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January 30, 2022 - January 17, 2023
The Son’s arrival was announced with joy and a promise of favor for all humankind.23 But ultimately, the greatest joy and the greatest upgrade—the “It is finished”—has been echoing throughout the universe since Jesus exchanged His blood for our depravity, defeating sin, sickness, death, and hell. This joy speaks today and speaks loudest. We must make room for it to resound in our souls, our lives, our communities, and our nations.
Excited by the thought of how 'it is finished' would charge my community of we allow it to resonate in us
As the Creator worked and spoke “let there be light” into the void, into the chaos where there was nothing—something He still loves to do today—the morning stars sang in response, and the angels shouted. They shouted for joy. Envision thousands of angelic beings roaring with joy as the plans for creation begin to unfold.
Roaring
Out of a context of joyful personal transformation, we become those who are not only recipients of massive restoration, but those who carry and execute a restorative process for others. I want you to notice the words rebuild, restore, and renew. These words speak to a renovating back to previous purpose, through a process, where the final result is as good as new.
We are called to receive His joy so that we can rebuild those around us
What others may see as a wasteful use of time, resources, and energy, God may see as a life well spent on hosting His presence, leaning in when He invites, and accessing everything He is offering.
Spending time getting more into His presence is worthwhile and a positive thing
The joy we have access to is a powerful force of personal renewal and restoration, but also a catalytic force of societal renewal and reformation.
Scripture clearly informs us that what is unseen is actually more real than that which we call reality.
Remember this that God has a spiritual reality that was, is and is to come
that what i see now is temporary
It is an impossibility for the One who defeated death and hell, who gave us a regenerated nature, and actually lives in us and through us by His Spirit to not change the atmosphere around us when we enter an environment. It’s inconceivable that the same Spirit who raised Christ from the dead cannot dispel darkness in whatever way it is manifesting in a particular situation.
This is it, the holy spirit is more than capable of changing the atmosphere, so then, if he does not is that me stopping him working?
Because it takes a culture to influence a culture, God is inviting us into the formation of environments or cultures that carry His very values, priorities, and presence in transformative dimensions. The culture of death, depression, heaviness, loss, and bitterness is to be influenced by and resurrected through a culture of joy, light, hope, buoyancy, delight, and laughter.
The joy of God creates an inward reality, generating core values and practices that shape a culture of joy, producing a pervading atmosphere.
The very details of your past defeats are the invitations for solutions and strongholds of hope for someone else’s journey. The blueprints behind every enemy assignment is intimately known to you, because you have lived it. Our lives have been restored to how things should be—all of the “dis” places being returned to creation design. Dis-ease to health. Dis-repair to restoration. Dis-honor to honor. Dis-empowerment to powerful identity. Discontentment to fulfillment.
