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Posture in Response to the Prophetic


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Posture in response to the prophetic. 

Sunday, July 5, 2020

1 Kings 18:1 And it came to pass after many days that the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the earth.”

2 So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab; and there was a severe famine in Samaria.

41 Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.” 42 So Ahab went up to eat and drink. 

And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; then he bowed down on the ground, and put his face between his knees, 43 and said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.”

So he went up and looked, and said, “There is nothing.” And seven times he said, “Go again.”

44 Then it came to pass the seventh time, that he said, “There is a cloud, as small as a man’s hand, rising out of the sea!” So he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot, and go down before the rain stops you.’”

45 Now it happened in the meantime that the sky became black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy rain. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.

46 Then the hand of the Lord came upon Elijah; and he girded up his loins and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

Acts 1:4-8 4 And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me; 5 for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” 6 Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

Acts 2:1-2 When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

We believe in the prophetic. We believe that God still speaks to His people, by (but not limited to) His logos or written word, but by the Rhema or spoken word of God as well. When I look back over the past couple of years at the things The Lord has prophetically declared over this body there are some things that they all have in common. 

A prophetic word is a divine invitation by God to release your faith WITH corresponding action toward the fulfillment of that promise. They don’t just happen without your cooperation

January 11, 2019  “I am stirring a hunger, a passion within the spirits of the people of Ignite. A passion that will ignite a relentless pursuit of My presence! Relentless, relentless, relentless! I have not relented in my pursuit of you and from this time forward you will not relent in your pursuit of Me! I reward those who relentlessly pursue Me. I reward them with unimaginable manifestations of my Glory! As you release your worship and pursue me relentlessly I will release waves of my Glory! 

Waves of Glory that will be spoken of for miles around. My manifest Glory is what you will become known for! People will come from three states away seeking my Glory! People who are hungry and will not be satisfied with anything less than Glory! You purse me and and I will do the rest!” 

May 31, 2020, Pentecost Sunday The Lord gave me prophetic message concerning the Rain (revival) and this word. “I have not called you to celebrate Pentecost annually, but to live in the power Pentecost daily!”. “I am moving you into a kairos marked by signs, wonders, and miracles and sustained by my presence!”

June 28, 2020God is raising up a people who have been placed in a position of sonship. Their posture before Him will be one of expectation. 

Their posture before the world (meaning unbelievers) will be one of love, compassion and empathy. 

Their posture in the spirit will be one of absolute victory taking territory with no thought for selfish promotion but only Kingdom promotion. 

They will be compassionate with people, but violent with the spirits driving people!

Relentless pursuit of His presence leads to manifestation of His Kingdom which releases His Power that demonstrates His love, carried out through His people which bring HIM Glory!

  • Many times God will give us a prosthetic word, an invitation, and then allow agitation in our life to move us to respond! 
  • These two passages of scripture have something in common that I believe is for us today. Posture in response to the prophetic. 
  • Posture and how it relates to the church. 

    1. Noun; The position in which someone holds their body when standing or sitting.
        • Mike mentioned 3 things that bad posture can lead too. One was Deformities of the spine. Everything in the body is affected by the spine. 
        • A misaligned spline pulls on the surrounding muscles, over working some and underworking others. These imbalances causes injures. 
        • One of the quickest ways to cause the spine to become misaligned is sitting too much. Not enough movement. 
        • The body of Christ as a whole has become deformed, dysfunctional because there has been too much sitting and not enough doing! Some muscles (believers) have become overworked and burned out while others are have become underworked and weak! 
        • Muscle when it’s not being used atrophy. It shrinks and looses strength! USE IT OR LOOSE IT! 
        • Deformities lead to injuries. The portion of the body that is overworked becomes bitter and it causes division. They become hurt and eventually walk away from the church and in some cases The Lord! 
        • Injuries lead to Dysfunction which leads to LOSS OF FUNCTION! The Church as a whole in dysfunctional and has moved away from its original function…
        • What is the original function: To prove the will of God in every situation by demonstrating the Kingdom through the power of God destroying the works of the devil! 
        • Digestion issues. We have become obese on knowledge and spiritually malnourished. 
          1. Noun; A particular way of dealing with or considering something; an approach or attitude.
              • You could easily say it is a perspective. 
              • Our posture must be one of The Kingdom of God! 
                1. Verb; Behave in a way that is intended to impress or mislead.
                    • We have postured ourselves to impress the world which has robbed us of power to change the world thereby misleading them!
                    • We should focus on impressing The Lord! 
                    • What determines our posture?   

                        • How we see a word from God will determine the posture we take. 
                          • Both Elijah and the 120 received a Prophetic word form The Lord.
                          • “the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “…I will send rain on the earth.”
                          • “… He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father…” “And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you…”
                          • Faith in His word must supersede what we see in the natural! 
                            • Elijah had plenty of opportunities to give up on the word from the Lord. 
                              • “So he went up and looked, and said, “There is nothing.” And seven times he said, “Go again.”
                              • They were in the upper room for 10 days. Not knowing what the fulfillment of the word would look like. 
                              • The correct posture brings the desired result!   

                                  • The posture of expectation brings the fulfillment of the Word! 
                                  • There has to be a tenacity in us to grab ahold of His promise and not let go no matter what!
                                  • “…And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; then he bowed down on the ground…”
                                    • Up into His presence and bowed down in worship! 
                                    • Worship will ALWAYS be the correct posture! (not matter what situation you find yourself in worship is always the correct posture!) Why? Because WORSHIP IS THE POSTUE OF OF FAITH!
                                    • What were they doing all that time in the upper room? I would imagine they were worshipping and praying with expectation of the fulfillment of a promise! 
                                    • The enemy is after your worship! 
                                    • He is trying to stop your worship and redirect it because he ultimately desires to be worshipped.     (California mandate)
                                    • Anytime we focus on it out our trust in someone or something other than The Lord, we are redirecting our worship!
                                    • The correct Posture brings increase!  

                                        • 44 Then it came to pass the seventh time, that he said, “There is a cloud, as small as a man’s hand, rising out of the sea!” So he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot, and go down before the rain stops you.’”
                                          • At the first indication of rain, Elijah responded as if it were flooding! 
                                          • The response to the drop brings the flood! The response to the little brings that overflow! 
                                          • 45 Now it happened in the meantime that the sky became black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy rain.
                                            • He responded before the sky became black… 
                                            • The correct posture releases power!   

                                                • 46 Then the hand of the Lord came upon Elijah; and he girded up his loins and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
                                                • He was overcome by supernatural power and he outran a chariot!
                                                • 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you
                                                  • We have worked hard to preserve pentecostal theology of tongues and missed the power! 
                                                  • We promise tongues with the baptism of The Holy Spirit and and tongues is what we get, but in the Acts of the Apostles, power was promised and power is what they got!
                                                  • 5,000+ were saved! 
                                                  • Close: I believe The Lord is realigning us with His original intent. He is posturing us to walk in the fullness of what Jesus has done! Its a finished work! Revival is not coming, revival has come! Revival is within each one of us. 

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