Last Saturday night, Pastor Nabil Elfar, our dear friend from Jordan preached an inspiring and engaging message about our authority as royalty (kings and queens) who co-labor with God to bring about His transformation. He was challenging us to think bigger.
After he preached, I asked him to pray over us as a church, (You can listen to his entire message here: http://blazingfire.podbean.com/e/restored-to-his-image/. This prayer declaration begins at 1:10:07. In the transcription that follows, I added the Scriptures). God is waking us up to know the truth, to agree with the truth, and to walk in the truth. Be encouraged and allow your spirit to rise up and agree with who you are and what you carry!
Nabil’s Prayer Declaration:
I want you to claim that you are king over the Bay Area and that you bring this area to God's Kingdom this coming year. The Bible says, everything you step on is for you. Everything you look at and claim, it is for you.
I will give you every place you walk, wherever your feet touch, just as I promised Moses.
(Joshua 1:3)
You have so much love. The bible says love is the ultimate, ultimate, ultimate power. There are many gifts, many authorities, and many powerful things in God’s Kingdom, but the ultimate power, like a fire, is the love. And the blazing fire is over you. Your love will shine to the people around you. You will win them with your love.
Raise your hands to the people all around you in this region and let your blazing fire fill up the Bay Area. You’re filling your neighbors, your relatives, your colleagues at work with your love. This is the most powerful thing ever, the blazing fiery love. More of blazing fire over you! More love that will burn everything out for His glory—will bring the Bay Area as a living sacrifice to His glory.
More love! More love! More love! The very heart of the Holy of holies is love. Not the yard outside, but the center, the core of the Holy of holies is love. And you have it!
This church is anointed with love! This is who Jesus is. You’re taking in more of Him. He’s over you from head to toe. His love surrounds you. His blazing fire shines on you and your blazing fire is shining back on Him.
His head and hair were pure white, white as wool and white as snow; His eyes blazed like a fiery flame. (Revelation 1:14)
Your eyes are like blazing fire right now. You are reflecting Him as you’re becoming His image. You’re becoming His image! You have the most beautiful eyes. God is telling me in these coming weeks people will tell you, “There’s something beautiful about your eyes.” You’re going to win thousands of people through your eyes. Light, fire, love will shine through your eyes. That’s what God was telling me for the last two days about you.
I want you to put your hands on your eyes and receive the anointing of Jesus. Jesus’ eyes will be upon you. As you lift your hands, the eyes of Jesus will be in you. The most beautiful, shining eyes in the whole universe—you will have it.
You will appear among them as shining lights in the universe. (Phil 2:15b)
You will look like Jesus with his love. You will shine and radiate love to everyone around you and they will come and ask you, “What is it about you?”
As Daniel won the whole empire of Babylonia to the Lord, so you will win California to Jesus! You’re going to make a difference in the United States of America for Him! God will use you in a mighty way. Claim it just as Daniel prayed for the Babylonia empire to serve God: The entire USA will serve our God!
And that will be through you. Don’t underestimate yourself. You kill a lion and a bear with your bare hands (and with a toothbrush)!
(End of Nabil’s prayer declaration)
If you’re wondering about that last statement, you’ll have to listen to Nabil’s hilarious story about camping!
http://blazingfire.podbean.com/e/restored-to-his-image/
It's more important than ever that we keep our gaze fixed on Jesus' eyes of blazing fire and that we keep loving with His love. Be encouraged that love is winning!
Pastor Brent |
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