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In today's teaching, Prophet Hari continues the series on Kings and Priests and dives into what it means to have dominion in our sphere of influence. 

The God that we serve is a God of extreme precision and order, there are no mistakes in His design or execution. He deals with His children in an orderly fashion. What seems abrupt and spontaneous was also designed intentionally. There cannot be order if there are no laws or principles governing the systems. The lack of systems is a sign of an underdeveloped spirit. Unfortunately, we live in a world that doesn’t appreciate systems and order.

There is a way that God weighs prayers. When God gives you an area of influence, that area comes within the circumference of your spirit. What happens in that area will depend on the quality of your spirit. It is important to understand your sphere of influence so that you can administer the grace of God well. 

Ways of understanding your Metron – Area of Influence

1. Based on Geography – your metron can be measured by how much physical space has been given under your influence. There are Prophets whose spirits cover certain geographical locations.  Jeremiah was called a Prophet to the nations; the grace to see, and influence nations was given to him. Some principalities are hyper-local because there are spirits ruling over certain territories.

2. Based on People Groups – You must be aware of your area of influence based on people groups that have been entrusted to you. A certain group of people will gravitate towards you based on your metron.

3. Spiritual Metron – Both geographies and people groups are tangible, but there is a metron which is spiritual and unseen. A spiritual metron is a grace that covers certain aspects of spirituality. There are individuals that are masters in certain spiritual areas.

Three keys that will help you to rule in your metron:

1. Your authority is determined by your proximity to God – the dominion you have in your metron is directly connected to your nearness to God. There is a power and a grace that comes upon your life because of your closeness to God. Grow in it by developing your friendship with God. When God shares a matter with somebody, that sharing is an invitation to participate in something that is about to happen. People cannot refuse you when you become a true friend of God.

2. Learn to steward the grace given to you – Every assignment comes with a grace. But to rule well, you must learn to steward God's grace well. The development of your character and holiness has a huge impact on how you manage your God given metron. A life that is riddled with sin can't govern well because it is always asking for mercy. Sin weighs us down. We must learn to master sin and gain mastery over our flesh.

3. Overcoming is a key to ruling your metron - Part of you ruling your metron is you becoming an overcomer. When you lead an uncompromised life, you are now able to administer grace because you are not part of that system. When Jesus was taken in the wilderness, He had to pass the test; being the Son of God was not enough. Power is given to those who overcome. 

If you are listening to the word today, may you be led to understand your area of influence and gain dominion over your metron. God wants you to rule well with power and influence. 

In this teaching, Prophet Hari invites us to reorganise ourselves in prayer to obtain results and solutions.

The Kingdom of God is not one of words and works alone, it is a Kingdom of power and results. There’s nothing more frustrating than to have knowledge but not appropriate it in your life. Your life is a reflection of the kingdom you are plugged into. We must not only be educated in the Word but be empowered by it.

How then, should we approach prayer as a king and priest in Christ? 

As a priest we are given the liberty of engaging with God in an intimate manner. Our priestly ministry allows us to commune with God. We are the location God has chosen to speak and work through. As a king, we are meant to be an extension of God, and rule on the earth on His behalf. 

As mature children of God we must understand that our mandate is not only to bring our supplications to God’s attention but also to receive solutions from Him.

We have familiarized ourselves with a comfortable theology to accommodate unanswered prayers. Whereas, we are required to investigate and find out why some prayers work and yet some others are left unanswered.

God has already equipped us with the power we require, so through prayer, we must learn to engage with God to receive wisdom and solutions.  Do not be satisfied with mediocre results! Your prayers reflect your revelation of God.

In the story of Lazarus, we know that Jesus arrived 3 days after his death, meanwhile, Martha had concluded that she would see her brother on the day of resurrection. We are quick to bring closure, and label situations even before God is finished working. 

Things to reconsider, when you have unanswered prayers:

1)    Did you tarry in the presence of God until He spoke?

Pray about a matter and don’t retire until you have heard from the Lord. The purpose of prayer is to get a heavenly perspective, and is a means to hear and understand the heart of God. We must make our requests known to God and be diligent enough to wait upon Him. 

2)    Has God spoken a Word over the situation?

When you hear from God and declare that word, there is an authority behind your words. Declare only after you have a word from the Lord. Famine in the life of a believer is the lack of the voice of God. 

3)    Are you functioning in your metron?

One reason why your declarations may fail is because it’s outside your sphere of influence. When God gives you a Word, the matter now comes within your metron and you receive the power and authority to declare and decree. Results come when you operate in your assignment and the location that is given to you.

4)    Have you raised a worthy altar?

Spiritual battles are won even before we enter the battlefield. Your sacrifice must speak louder than that of the enemy camp in order for you to gain victory.

We read in 1 Kings 18:36, that prophet Elijah called out the whole challenge of fire only after receiving a word from the Lord. The Word brings power, authority and fulfilment.

Kings and priests, pray, hear and speak! 

In this series, we are being reintroduced to our original God given mandate and identity. 

People perish due to lack of understanding. Royalty is of no use without knowledge of how the Kingdom works. There's nothing more frustrating than to be given the promise of an inheritance and never walk into it. The way the enemy tries to rob us of our inheritance is by convincing us that we're not worthy of it. 

When Adam was made and placed in the garden of Eden, his mandate was to take the Eden experience and fill the whole earth with the environment of Eden. Adam failed and that mandate was corrupted, as a consequence Adam began to multiply an inferior way of life as was cut off from the Eden experience. Through salvation in Jesus Christ, man was re-instituted to the original mandate of filling the earth and subduing it. Even before Adam sinned, there were things he was supposed to subdue, the first being the voice of the serpent. 

Identity as Kings and Priests: God didn’t only call you, God made you; which means you carry the fingerprint of God. The invisible God becomes visible through you. Within the image of God there are two functions; the function of a King, and function of a Priest.

The Ministry of a King:

Three of the primary functions of a King are:

1.        A King executes a vision

2.        A King protects and preserves his territory

3.        A King is a role-model, a first citizen of a Nation 

A king sets the standard of what he wants to be duplicated and imitated in His kingdom. A king always rules with His words. As a child of God, you must take your words seriously. The more casual you are with your words, the less weight they carry. If you don’t want it in your life, don’t speak it. 

We live in a society that celebrates the inferior you, because that is what they identify with the most. The moment you start walking in your calling, you become less like the world and the more the world hates you. You will not profit from a Prophet if you constantly expect him to come down to your level. The oil flows from a higher level to a lower level. 

The ways of royalty in the Kingdom of God are contrary to the ways of this world. A king produces solutions. Complaining is the fruit of a mind that is colonized by an inferior mindset. 

The Ministry of a Priest:

Adam was both a king and a priest. The king executes the vision, but he gets it and comes in contact with the will of God through the priest. The Priest is the office where the human and the divine meet. The priest is the location where God comes down to speak. He can hear both the cries of the people and the Word of God. The office of the priest is the most powerful office on earth. The priesthood of all believers who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ partake in His priestly office, ministry, privileges and responsibilities. You are the point of intersection because of

Jesus Christ; wherever you are, you become the location that God visits.

When Adam sinned he was kicked out of Eden, but God didn’t not limit His voice to the garden. After the finished work of Jesus, Eden is not outside, it is a location inside us. Our God lives in earthen vessels. You experience it more through consecration. 

Prayer is a function of the priestly office – to engage with God for yourself or on behalf of a group of people. As a priest, you have the ability to carry people to the presence of God.  

God put both of these ministries inside Adam, and in Lord Jesus Christ we see the fullness of it. May we walk in the fullness of the identity given to us by our Creator and Lord.

The human mind is like a field. The soil in the field is designed to develop and multiply the seeds sown. It cannot distinguish between good and bad seeds, it grows any seed. Therefore, it’s important to discern what seeds you are sowing and where you are deriving your identity from.
 

In this teaching, Prophet Hari re-introduces us to the perspective of who God has made us to be.

In Revelation 1:4, we read that The Lord Jesus rules over the kings of the earth and we belong to Him; the Ruler of all these kings. Depending on your theological background, it’s possible that you haven’t been taught about who a believer is and what truly is your identity in Christ. 

If God's only intention was to get us to heaven, then He could have created us in Heaven and kept us there. His original mandate for us is that we reflect, represent and rule on His behalf on the earth! 

Reflect: Adam was made relevant in two realms, one part of Adam was from the dust of the earth and the other part of him was the divine breath of God. God’s desire was for Adam to be the visible image of God on earth.

Represent: There are beings that can be a reflection of God but aren’t necessarily given the authority to represent God. Adam was created to manage the earth realm; He was made the extension of God on the earth. 

Rule: In Scripture we read that God blessed Adam and Eve and commanded them to be fruitful, multiply and have dominion over the earth. When God sends you to a location it is the dominion mandate; that location has a need for you. 

When the Scripture addresses Adam, it is addressing everything in Adam, therefore it also encompasses us. When God made Adam a ruler, everything in Adam became a ruler. As children of God, we are called to reflect and represent the Son of God, rule the earth and re-introduce God to the dimension of the earth. 

When Adam sinned, he compromised his own authority and assignment by obeying the serpent. Satan had no authority on the earth, but Adam gave away a portion of his authority. Sin was the bridge for Satan to have control, dominion and influence on man. Sub-mission is submitting to a mission, they become the extension of the mission and agenda of the serpent. Submission invites authority and rulership.

Adam was not tasked to create images of God, he was the picture and image of God. But sin disqualified him and he fell short of the original glory. God being a respecter of protocols could not reclaim and redeem the earth as God Himself. He had to become the image of Adam without subjecting Himself to the proclivities of the flesh. God didn’t defeat Satan as God, but He came in the image of man as Jesus and defeated him.

Adam fell from his original glory but in Christ’s sacrifice, now this glory has been restored and given to us as a free-gift! That’s why in John 17: 22, we read John saying “I have given them the glory you have given me”. The original mandate was to have dominion, to multiply and subdue the earth, but it was compromised with sin, so God had to introduce salvation. Salvation must lead to dominion; it reinstated the original mandate. We are ambassadors of Christ, to be His express image, representation and extension on the earth. 

Through this word, may your heart and mind be re-calibrated with the God-DNA!

In today’s teaching, the Prophet teaches us about the calling of God and the lifestyle it takes to fulfil the purpose and assignment of God upon your life. Those who are called by God are accountable to God in a higher capacity. 

Though he is still serving God’s purpose, yet he is not serving the purpose God originally designed for him. Everybody is serving God’s purpose – with or without His permission. God can fire you and yet, you still end up serving the purpose of God. To explain more – God didn’t choose Judas to betray Him but God always knew that Judas would betray Him. Judas, while not fulfilling God’s original design, he carried out the purpose of Satan, and in carrying out the other purpose, he served the ultimate purpose of God.

Also, in the realms of the spirit, no sin is forgotten, unless it is under the blood. Outside the blood, there is a very clear record of sins. No curse we have inherited is legal in our life because there is a superior blood of Jesus that cancels out every curse we have inherited from our blood-line.

So, is the calling of God without reproach? Yes, but it doesn’t mean that you can live the way you want. There is a system where God allows you to keep your position but there may be no authority in it. God can allow you to keep the titles in your life and yet there may be no grace over it. God can allow you to keep the calling and the gifts and yet the blessing and the favour of God could depart from you.
How do you know that you have lost grace in your life? – You run from the very thing that God has ordained for your elevation. You are defeated in your soul to confront your enemy. You can identify the grace in your life by the enemy you are stirred to confront. When Goliath came, Saul ran from Goliath. Yet, when David confronted Goliath, there was an anointing within him called ‘King’ which compelled David to protect his kingdom.

God is requiring three things from you today –

1. Remember from where you have fallen

2. Repent from where you have fallen 

3. Return to your first love.

This is how you know God is having mercy on your life. HE gives you an opportunity to repent, He doesn’t shut the door on you.

Live Prophetic Service with Hari Rao - 26th April 2023

In this teaching, Prophet Hari shares principles about the power of raising altars.

Friends of God don’t function in theology alone; they implicitly obey and follow principles even before having the complete revelation of what God is asking of them. Revelation can come after an act of obedience; it’s a place where understanding comes in the flash of a second.

The Kingdom of God operates in the power of principles. These principles mustn't be used to manipulate outcomes but rather out of love and obedience to God, to enforce God's will.

God abides by the principles He instituted; they are an extension of His Spirit.

Our obedience to follow principles must be motivated by love. Witchcraft is having the knowledge of principles but utilising them for twisted agendas and never for the intended purpose it was created for. The enemy doesn’t play a fair game and that’s why ignorance has a heavy price to pay.

The Power of Covering:

Adam and Eve were in the perfect place, but when they partook of the forbidden fruit, they felt exposed and needed to cover themselves. In the Kingdom of God, one cannot cover oneself; covering has to be given. A superior grace must cover you. When Noah was found unrobed in his tent, the son who saw him was cursed but the other two covered him. God’s Word had covered Adam and Eve until knowledge uncovered them. There is knowledge that protects and covers you, and knowledge that leaves you exposed.

The Power of the Blood:

When Adam and Eve sinned, their original design was contaminated and they were exposed. Therefore, before God could send them out of the garden, He killed an animal and used the skin to cover their nakedness; blood had to be shed. In the shedding of blood, covering came because there is no covering in the realms of the spirit without the shedding of blood. There is great power in being covered before being sent out.

Principle of Transactions:

The realm of the Spirit is a place of exchange. The worship and alms of Cornelius went up to God as a memorial and He received an angelic visitation.

In the wilderness, Satan tempted Jesus and asked him for worship in exchange for wealth, kingdoms, popularity, and dominion. He understood the principle of transactions.

God functions on these principles and that’s why Jesus was sacrificed for our sins. We have access to God on the merit of Jesus’ sacrifice. Everything we inherit in the Kingdom is through grace.

Principle of Representation:

The Spirit realm recognises representation. There was a system where sin was transferred to the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus represented us and took our place.

In the Scripture, Jesus says, “As the Father sent me, I send you, and anyone who receives you has received Me."

Principle of Raising Altars:

The raising of altars should not be a way of manipulating God; it should be done out of love.

The Spirit realm has no favorites, it’s a purely transactional place, so it's important what you bring to the altar and the weight that it carries. Our biggest advantage is that we don’t come in our name; we are granted the privilege to engage the Spirit realm in the name of the Lord.

Abraham was a master builder of altars; he unlocked certain principles and introduced the language of sacrifice.

What an altar represents:

1. It acknowledges that God is our only hope. We bring our best and give it to God because our strength is in the Lord.

2. It recognises the value of His presence. We bring our everything because we are in the presence of royalty, and we never meet a king empty-handed.

There is a seed that reaps God!

In this teaching, Prophet Hari continues the series on money and shares 3 keys on how to walk into God-approved prosperity. 

Our goal is not to run after riches, rather we are in pursuit of the pleasure of God. It's possible to have gold and not the glory of God, but it’s impossible to have God and not have gold that follows. One can be wealthy and not have the favour of God. 

Every child of God must make a journey from a place of lack to a place of provision, and then arrive at a location called prosperity. It’s a shift from having enough to meet your needs, to having an overflow. You are prosperous when your purpose lacks no resources. Your prosperity is measured in relation to your God given purpose. 

Keys to Access God-given Prosperity:

1.  Prosperity is a consequence of God-given purpose. Money is drawn to purpose. If you don’t give your money an assignment it will end up serving the purpose of another. Wealth can move from a place that has no purpose to a place of purpose. Prosperity is defined in the context of purpose, assignment and vision, thus without purpose, prosperity has no meaning. Prosperity is not our pursuit, it’s a consequence of pursuing God. Acceleration comes when you further God’s agenda.

The highest purpose the oil in the alabaster jar could take was to be poured out at Jesus’ feet. Although many reasoned differently, the woman realised that there was no greater purpose that she could use the oil for than to worship Jesus. Worship will always trump charity. There's no harm in doing charitable works but the motive matters. You can care for the poor as an act of worship, and you can give to them with the desire of being an extension of God's love. Not all charity is equal.

 2. Prosperity is a result of the pleasure of God. There is a prosperity that is produced because God takes pleasure in seeing you prosper. When your heart, thoughts and motives are weighed, and God enjoys it, favour and wealth can locate you. This is a unique way of acquiring wealth because it cannot be explained. You could labour just for a few hours and yet have a superior result due to the unseen hand of God above your life. If your prosperity cannot be explained, then it’s because God has blessed you.

Obedience led Abraham to be the most wealthy among the land. If you have His glory and His presence, money will find its location in your life. Let God be the author of your prosperity. 

3. Prosperity as a result of understanding principles. When you have discovered the ways of God, taken time to study the Word, prosperity will pursue you. We read in Joshua 1 that there’s a prosperity that comes as a result of living a life of principles. There is prosperity that comes because you have invested time in the Word of God. Diligence in the Word shall make your way prosperous! 

In this episode Prophet Hari shares about how many in the body of Chris are experiencing delays and provides solutions to how we can cancel delays in our lives. 
The prophet shared about how the Lord spoke to him during his time of meditation that many in the body of Christ that are experiencing delays and are waiting for the delays to be removed from their lives. The Holy Spirit ministered the following things about delays in a believer’s life.
1. Delay is not natural for a child of God. It is important to be able to distinguish between delay and God’s perfect timing. Unfortunately, many have glorified delays. We must not ascribe God’s timing to delay and we must not make peace with delay. 
2. All delays have a source – if delay is unnatural, there is something that introduces delay in our lives and our destiny. It is important that we must do the due diligence of locating and identifying the delay. There are 2 things that bring delay in our life:
Disobedience – Disobedience brings delay in our lives. When we obey God, there is an acceleration in your destiny. Similarly, when you disobey God and live a lifestyle that is contrary to God, your disobedience can produce delay. If God is authorizing the delay, then that is the mercy of God over your life, because it is dangerous for you to walk into the fullness of what God has for you with a mind-set/character issue. God is waiting for you to come to a place where your obedience can sustain answers to your own prayers. Great answers cannot land on small prayers. God is waiting for you to be strengthened in your obedience, maturity and your ability to follow Him. 
Delayed obedience – The second thing that brings delay is delayed obedience. When God gives us an instruction, we mustn't think that we can obey at our own convenience. Every assignment comes with grace for a certain period of time. If you overstay, that same instruction can become a burden. The faster you respond to God’s prompting, the easier it is for you to follow the instruction. 
3. Delay is a friend to a double-minded person – It is a spirit that causes you to second guess everything you do. Double-minded people have a problem because fear and doubt rule their hearts. They tend to always see something that is better and they never commit to anything. Lack of commitment over a period of time is the proof of a spirit that is underdeveloped. Some of you are stuck in life because you question the very source that is meant to bring help to you. You can author your own delay. 4. Become vigilant of generational cycles. The same spirits that attack your biological father can also attack you. Ask God to help you to not succumb to the same spirits. You will be amazed how cycles repeat. What will you pass to your next generation – will you pass delay or will you pass victories? The Prophet heard this profound statement from a general of God, "what makes you a father is that you have dominion over the afflictions of your sons." You become a spiritual father whenyou have gained mastery and dominion over the afflictions of your generation.
If you are listening to this today, it is because God wants you to rule over the afflictions of your generation. You shall tread upon the serpent and you shall overcome and be victorious in the name of Jesus. May you pass grace, victories and crowns to your children.

In this episode, Prophet Hari teaches on how to train your mind. In Philippians 4:8, the Word says to fix your thoughts, which means that we have the ability to control and direct our thoughts. You don't have to be led by your thoughts, you can lead them. If you don't train your thought-life, you will be dragged in the direction of your strongest thoughts. 

In spite of being a king, warrior and one after God's own heart, David was overtaken by lust in his mind. Because he was a man in authority and influence, the consequence of lack of discipline in his thoughts had grave consequences. If you don't train your thoughts, they will train you. 

Ideas can produce light and clarity just like they can produce darkness and confusion. A foolish thought about God produces darkness and confusion. There are also another group of people that claim to be wise but God calls them utter fools (Romans 1:18-25, 28). 

The Scripture says that the people went on worshipping the creations of their mind, therefore God abandoned them to do their foolish acts. The worst punishment God can give you is to let you do anything you want without reservation. When you no longer carry remorse or conviction in your heart, that is when you can know that God has let you do what you want. You are in the mercy of God when there is still the presence of conviction. The fact that you have sorrow in your heart about your sin is proof that the Spirit of God is still wrestling with you.

It is possible to disobey God without sinning. There is a season where God will wrestle with your heart for you to do something, but once that season comes to an end, the grace to do that particular thing can expire. 

In Philippians 4:9 Apostle Paul introduces himself as a standard to imitate. He guaranteed them that imitating him would cause God to be with them. The benefit of having a spiritual father is that you inherit a mindset which becomes a leverage in your life. 

Three powerful ways to train your mind:
1. Sanctify your gaze. Be intentional about what you feed your eyes. 

In Genesis 15:2, God brought Abraham out of his tent, which represents a thought pattern and a limited way of thinking, and asked him to look out to the heavens and count the stars. God was giving him a new vision; a prophetic imagination. God trains your mind by giving you a prophetic picture. Your perspective must be divinely inspired. If your mindset doesn’t change you won't be able to change.

Science can't explain spiritual laws. In Genesis 30:37  we see that Jacob was trying to re-engineer the DNA of the flocks of sheep by altering what they beheld. Jacob changed their diet and vision and the outcome was changed because the favour of the Lord was resting upon him. A great example of the power of gaze. 

2. Monitor the confession of your mouth. You can change your mind by what comes out of your mouth. The Lord re-named Abram to Abraham (which means Father of nations) even before he had a child. A greater Word over Abraham gave him a new picture for his life. Don't speak your feelings if your mind isn't yet renewed. Only speak what God has spoken to you. Speak the truth and what you want to see in your future. The higher you grow in your spiritual stature, the more discretion you use and the less you speak. 

3. Walk in prophetic obedience. If your obedience to God needs to make sense to your logical senses, your growth will be very slow. When you are born again, your spirit man is made new, but your mind requires constant renewal. Prophetic obedience doesn’t make sense to the carnal mind. Can you shock your system by obeying God even when it doesn't make sense to you? Go deeper than your logic, and find what the Spirit is saying and telling you to do. 

There are locations your spirit can take you to which your mind hasn’t even conceived. Don’t limit yourself on account of what your mind is saying, obey and go where the Spirit is taking you.