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May 4, 2018
IN HIS HANDS
I Am sending My angel armies to fight on your behalf! Know that the battle is Mine and rest in Me as they battle for your destiny.
IN HIS HANDS
Can I tell you, without making you mad, that angels are not chubby white babies with wings and harps? Here’s another shocker: when good people die, they do not – I repeat, do not – become angels spreading joy and happiness throughout heaven.
Angels are God’s special creation. According to the Bible, angels are warriors and they are chomping at the bit to kill somebody!
When Peter went to defend Jesus with a sword, Jesus told him, “I don’t need you to defend me. I have twelve legions of angels at my disposal any time I call for them.”
Who needs 12 legions when 2 Kings 19 records a single angel killing 185,000 Assyrians?
So if there are 6,000 soldiers in a legion, 12 legions is 72,000 soldiers. If one angel is powerful enough to kill 185,000 people, do the math: 12 legions could kill 13 billion people! It is estimated that the world’s population at the time of Christ was only 250 million people. The population of the world didn’t even reach 1 billion until 1804!
The point is, if 12 legions of angels could take out a minimum of 13 billion people, Jesus held the safety of the entire world in His hands. He still does. That truly gives new meaning to the children’s Sunday School song, “He’s got the whole world in His hands,” and it’s a very good place to be.
So make sure you understand that angels are powerful warriors who war in the heavens on your behalf. Need supernatural deliverance? Ask Jesus to unleash an angel to fight for you when Satan is breathing down your neck. They’re just waiting for the command to war against the enemy for you!
Also know that Jesus is in control today, just as much as He was in control in the Garden of Gethsemane. Fear not!
But Jesus said to him, “Put your sword in its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword. Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels? How then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen thus?” – Matthew 26: 52-54
Today is a good day to know God is in control. Partner with God by praying His word and releasing angelic assignment through powerful declarations. His angels are prepared to do battle for you.
FROM MY BOOK: SOUL INVASION
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May 3, 2018
ALIGNMENT FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENT
You were not only made for such a time as this, My plan for you was set in My heart before your birth, but only you can fulfill your destiny. Come into alignment for your assignment and watch your borders expand.
ALIGNMENT FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENT
The Promised Land is not just an open place, it’s an assigned territory. While the Promised Land is huge, I’ll tell you right now, there are borders to it.
God Almighty will say to you, “I want you to cultivate, steward, and to fight for what I’ve given you – not for what I’ve given to someone else. You’re grown up enough now to know this is the life I’ve given you. You can take it as deep and as far as you want to, but these are the borders.”
Everything in the Promised Land is strategic. You go from a shotgun to a laser beam. He gives you an assignment. He assigns you things in the Promised Land. There is nothing random. You begin to walk in very specific things in the Promised Land and you begin to build up very specific skill sets.
In Promised Land living you have specific territory and specific assignments. That comes from Jesus Himself in the book of John.
“As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.” – John 17:18
Jesus came into the world for specific assignment. Just like He was sent into the world, you and I are sent out into the world in our Promised Land experience for a specific assignment.
So many people in the body of Christ are ineffective because they’re in the wrong assignment. Many people love God with all their heart and have no power at all. All their energy goes toward things that do not matter. But that’s not you!
You know how to fight for what matters. You have to fight for your assignment. Just look for the borders and steward what’s inside them.
FROM MY SERMON SERIES: MILK AND HONEY
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THE CURE FOR THE COUCH
I have a place for you in My Kingdom. I have a job for you to accomplish. Seek My place for you and I will show you a plan for good and not for harm.
THE CURE FOR THE COUCH
If you are not connected and functioning within the body of Christ using the personal gifts and talents you were given, you are not reaching your highest potential. Rebelling against God’s best for you because someone else’s territory looks easier or has more notoriety will cost you dearly.
This mindset has caused many to miss out on the best things God has for them, simply because they were not present when Jesus showed up. That miracle on the mission field? Someone else saw that. The changed life at the food bank? You weren’t a part of it, though it would have happened sooner if you had been there.
Some of the best things about God are not taught, they are caught. They are imparted and come from the anointing that flows from one life to another. It’s one of those things where you “just had to be there” to get changed.
Even though thousands should have been packed in the upper room as Jesus commanded, there were only 120 there when the Holy Spirit showed up to baptize them.
And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spoke the Word of God with boldness. – Acts 4:31
If you missed that meeting, well, you missed it! There was a great move of God that He told you to attend, but you didn’t. Sure other opportunities eventually come along, but that one just left you at the station with a ticket still in your hand.
In Matthew 25, Jesus gave the parable of the 10 virgins. Do you know what He called the five who were not at the house when Jesus showed up? FOOLISH!
It’s just plain foolish to be a Christian and not be joined up to the body of Christ. No matter what your excuse, it just doesn’t fly. Today is a good day to get plugged in. God can break any addiction, even if it’s to your couch.
From my book: Soul Invasion
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May 1, 2018
COMMITTED TO A CROP
I will never leave you nor turn My back on you. In the same way, don’t turn your back on others.
COMMITTED TO A CROP
When it comes to the harvest, you must stay committed. You will not fall out or lose focus. God expects a crop of believers pulled from hell’s thresher.
If you signed up to teach Sunday School, don’t think of ways to get out of it because it’s time consuming. Mentoring a new believer? Don’t give up because schedules or personalities clash. Find a way! Serve. Love. Testify. It’s what we do and we don’t give up when things get inconvenient or uncomfortable.
Just as important as being committed, you need to stay in your own plot of land that God Almighty has given you, whether it’s one acre or 100,000 acres. Do not look at your brother’s plot and say, “He’s more fruitful than me. I want a crop just like that.”
“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come into the land which I give to you , and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest.” – Leviticus 23:10
Get your eyes off someone else’s ministry. The ministry God gave you is uniquely tailored to your strengths, talents, time and placement. You stay committed to it. Have lots and lots of Kingdom wins and give your High Priest the biggest harvest of souls you can.
There are days when things happen. There are days you don’t feel good, but you can’t run off. The enemy doesn’t like you sowing seeds and he really hates you pouring water on your fields because it puts out his flames. He doesn’t want Jesus to get a harvest. He will oppose you.
Defy the devil! Stay committed until there is a harvest. It really is that simple.
From my sermon series LORD OF THE HARVEST
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April 30, 2018
A GLIMPSE OF GLORY AND GOODNESS
I love it when you ask for My advice, guidance and provision. I Am so glad that you trust and obey, so continue! Your obedient heart makes Me smile and draws others to My goodness. I Am so proud of you.
A GLIMPSE OF GLORY AND GOODNESS
I love it in the Bible where God tells Moses He will grant him one of the desires of his heart with the words “I will do what you ask.” Before you go thinking God is our genie in a bottle to control, let me tell you He most certainly is not. He does, however, reserve the right to reward us, and God was pleased with Moses.
What charges me up isn’t that God made the offer, but that Moses had experienced enough of God’s goodness, spent so much time talking to him as a friend, that he requested something so outrageously cool, it still blows us away today:
“Show me Your glory.” – Exodus 33:18
I don’t know that I would have thought of that, but Moses did. He had glimpsed something in God’s character that he knew he had to have more of – God’s goodness! His Glory!
I believe glory is when your right relationship with God becomes manifest in your life – real and tangible. Moses so wanted to go from glory to glory. Like him, if you and I go after God’s glory, we’ll move from deep to deeper places in His presence.
That’s why the Bible says in Psalms 42:7 that “Deep calls unto deep…” God takes us into the extraordinary and gives us a glimpse of eternity with Him.
From everlasting to everlasting – Psalms 41:13
Want to join me in going after God’s glory? The fringe benefits of a deeper and everlasting relationship are yours for the asking – so ask!
Today is a good day to pursue the glory of God. Like Moses, come before your King and ask for a glimpse of His ultimate goodness. You will never be the same!
From my book Living Life /Forward
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April 29, 2018
UNALIENABLE RIGHTS
I have put you where you are for such a time as this. There is no better time for you to be born onto the planet. I saved the best of your bloodline for last, so go! Make an impact for My Kingdom.
UNALIENABLE RIGHTS
The second sentence of the Declaration of Independence reads is so very Kingdom. Check this out:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” This is truth and ‘on target’ with the kingdom.
“Unalienable rights” means they exist not because a government decree, but because they originated with God and the government needs to line up with God. God doesn’t need to line up with the government like the socialist agenda tells us.
Our founders were in agreement with the apostle Paul whenever he wrote:
“Now the Lord is that Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty” – 2 Corinthians 2:17
Muslims do not believe this. You can talk about how the Muslim religion is perfect for America all you want. There’s not a practicing Muslim in the world who believes God gave us unalienable rights to life or liberty.
There’s not an atheist in the world who believes that. The liberal school teachers and college professors of our generation do not believe this. The racists among us do not believe this. So who does believe this?
The Christians in America are the only ones in this nation who believe in what America is all about – liberty. If the Christians are silent in America, there is no America.
You say, “Oh no, Pastor Troy. The atheists will take care of us because they believe we’re all important and they believe in personal freedom.” No, they don’t! Here’s what they believe: “I’m gonna get mine because I’m the only one who matters. It’s survival of the fittest and I will survive.”
What people group is going to stand for freedom? Who will stand up for the poor, the old, the outcast, the unborn, the addicted, or disabled if the body of Christ does not stand for those things? The only people who believe in what America believes are people who believe in what Jesus believes.
Do you see it? The Truth is a person. It is Jesus Christ. He is the self-evident Truth in our Declaration of Independence. Pray for unity in the American Church. Pray for revival and a boldness to stand up for Truth. Stand up for Jesus!
FROM MY SERMON SERIES: I LOVE MY TRIBE
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April 28, 2018
POWER PLAY
Walking in My power is not for the faint of heart. Be brave and step into all I have for you!
POWER PLAY
People flock by the millions to pack out movie houses to see The Avengers, X-men, The Justice League, Star Wars and Lord of the Rings. The reason? These movies portray people who have a leg-up on everyone else around them. They have what we all want — power.
How tragic it is that there are churches on every corner in America that don’t know where the power is. It is so important that the church believe and declare that our God is a miracle-working God — not just in biblical times when great men of God, inspired by the Holy Spirit, put pen to paper, but for this time as well.
Let’s throw away the doctrine that says God will be powerful again someday. The world has gone to Hell while we’ve fed into this lie.
Jesus is no less God now than He was in biblical times. Nor is He less God now than He will be when He rides His white horse from Heaven to take back this earth. He is God right now — this very minute — and He is powerful.
“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.” – Hebrews 13:8
There are a lot of people who don’t believe in the power of God for today because they don’t want to be held responsible for walking in the power of God today. They relegate healings and prophecy to the past. Dreams, visions and words from God, they say, are not for us. If they were, we would have to act on them — heaven forbid!
Today is a good day to act on His power. Dare to share that Jesus is in the miracle business and you are job No. 1.
From my book: Miracles with a Message
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April 27, 2018
DEFEATING THE DEVIL OF DEPRESSION
Your words are powerful. If you say them enough, you will start to believe them whether they are the truth or a lie. Listen to what you say. Speak truth – My truth.
DEFEATING THE DEVIL OF DEPRESSION
Depression is real, and the devil loves to exploit it. Though some of us are more prone to depression, every one of us has to make a stand against that mental malfunction.
The truth about the devil is this: he’s extremely evil, but that does not make him big or extremely powerful. If you fight him on his turf, he’ll eat you for lunch. So fight him on the turf Jesus gives you. It is there that you see the devil for the cosmic punk he is.
You see, the devil likes to work in darkness to bring doubt and depression into your life. In the dark, you can’t see how pathetic he really is. You envision him, and your problems, as horrible, undefeatable and unending. You believe the lie that “things will never get better.”
However, shine the spotlight of truth on him and you have the same revelation as Isaiah:
Those who see you stare at you, they ponder your fate: “Is this the man who shook the earth and made kingdoms tremble, the man who made the world a desert, who overthrew its cities and would not let his captives go home?” – Isaiah 14:16-17
The fact is, we give the devil a lot more credit than he deserves. If you’ve seen “Star Wars” you know what I’m talking about.
Remember how scary Darth Vader was? Evil with a capital “E.” Big, strong, ruthless, destructive. However, Luke Skywalker stood up to fear. He went on the offensive and defeated him. As Vader was gasping for his final breaths, Luke took off the menacing helmet and unmasked a scrawny, ugly, pathetic creature. Vader loomed large only because he played on the fear of others.
Satan is like that. He’s not a brilliant strategist or a brutal general. He is a schoolyard bully – a molester who preys on weak people, in their weakest areas, at the weakest time of their lives. That doesn’t have to be you.
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary, the devil, roams the earth like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. –1 Peter 5:8
He can only devour you with darkness and doubt if you let him. It says in James 4:7 “Resist the devil and he will flee from you.” That’s the best advice for those dealing with depression. Resist it. Focus on God and all things good, and depression will flee.
From my book: Soul Invasion
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THE POWER OF REDEMPTION
My blood paid for your redemption. There is great power in being redeemed, so use it to receive upgrade into deeper relationship and greater territory. This gift already belongs to you, so use it.
THE POWER OF REDEMPTION
The book of Exodus is all about redemption. Just look at these three extraordinary acts of redemption that take place.
First, God raises up Moses from the tribe of Levi. Before Moses shows up, nobody wanted to be a Levite. That is redemption. Where there’d been shame, now there is honor. Redemption is powerful!
Then, Moses was made safe floating in the very river that was killing all the other Hebrew boys. What was death to others was life to Moses. That is the power of redemption.
Also, the mother of Moses was actually paid by the house of Pharaoh to feed the baby Pharaoh had made it illegal to feed. The devil who was destroying the relationships between mothers and babies actually paid this momma to feed and spend time with her baby. Again, the power of redemption.
This theme is all throughout the book of Exodus and you can miss it. You could miss it in your own life too, so know this: redemption belongs to you. Did you know that? You can actually claim those three extraordinary acts for yourself because you have been redeemed. Check this out:
“Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy.” – Psalms 107:2
You know what? We are supposed to approach life from the perspective that redemption is in full operation within our lives. We’re not supposed to fight for victory. We’re supposed to fight from victory.
I know this because the book of Deuteronomy says every devil that rises up against me one way, shall have to flee from me seven different ways. That is the power of redemption.
Are you walking in the power of redemption? You probably are and don’t even know it. Even so, start speaking redemption. Claim it! Declare and decree it! Now, that’s power.
From my sermon series EXODUS
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April 25, 2018
THE DEEP END
I have promised a thousand generations to those who love Me. Are your children part of a thousand generations? Show you love me. Reflect Me and My love, and watch your generations follow.
THE DEEP END
God loves your family. He loves the people in your family that you don’t even love. When you’re like, “I cannot believe we’re all part of the same gene pool,” Jesus is like, “Yuuup! And you’re all from the shallow end.”
While there is nothing that can bless you like family, there is nothing that can curse you like family. There’s nothing better than family, or worse than family. With that in mind, know this truth: it is God’s idea for family to be life-giving to you.
Your family being life-giving doesn’t just happen because you’re a Christian. I don’t care how saved you are. You don’t get the goodness of God into your family just because you’re saved or you attend church.
The only way you can be blessed and bring the kingdom into your family is if you partner with God in the long term. It takes hard work, prayer and intentionality. It’s something you determine, then strive for.
It’s up to you to bring the presence of God into your family. It’s not enough for you to have a relationship with Jesus. Jesus has to be part of the family so they can have a relationship with Him too.
Your walk with God doesn’t just rub off on your spouse, children, brothers and sisters. You have to introduce them. The best way is to reflect brother Jesus’ sacrificial nature. Or, you can selflessly provide and protect the way Father God does.
When they recognize God’s family resemblance in you, they’ll see that’s a gene pool they want to swim in. So invite Father God and Brother Jesus into the family and jump into the deep end!
These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. – Deuteronomy 6:6-7
From my sermon series NEXT OF KIN
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