The God Of Heaven Prospers Us

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Nehemiah 2:20

“Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, He will prosper us; therefore, we His servants will arise and build; but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.”

I think when we think of God prospering us, we think of God being far off in heaven and only prospering us to be where He is one day.  However, Nehemiah said “the God of heaven He will prosper us” while embarking on something that was well beyond his qualifications and experience. Nehemiah was aware of God being present there with him to help him prosper in accomplishing the greatest thing he would ever do.

Paul said in Romans, 8:31 “…If God be for us, who can be against us”. Imagine that, God is for us not against us!  God is for and not against our dreams and goals. He is for and not against you starting that business, getting married, writing that book, or having that baby.   He is right there with you to see that you prosper in all these things or whatever you desire to do.   He is your heavenly cheerleader.  Hallelujah!  No one wants you to prosper more than God.  So much so that He Himself came to live in us to assure us of prosperity.   Now ask yourself, has God ever failed? Of course not.  Therefore, you cannot fail.  Paul goes on to say in Romans 8:32, “He who spared not His Son but delivered Him up for us all how shall He not with Him freely give us all things”.  My friend, “all things” includes prosperity.

Listen, regardless of what you have to face as you work towards your dream or desire, know that you are prospering and the devil is in a constant state of defeat.  Think about that, if you are prospering anyone or anything that opposes you is defeated.   Romans 8:37, “Nay in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us.”  The key here is knowing that you are not alone.  That God is with you to prosper you.  You must persuade yourself of this very fact as Paul did.  Paul said “I am persuaded …”  Romans 8:38. It might take you some time to become fully persuaded but don’t stop, keep confessing what you want to see until you can say “I am fully persuaded that the God of Heaven prospers me.”

I Can Only Imagine

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The imagination is not an evil thing God gave us imagination.  Yes, it is true that due to man’s fallen nature his imagination through the enemy became evil.  But when you have the Spirit of Christ living in you the imagination is no longer evil because we have the Spirit and mind of Christ.  In fact, I believe God wants us to use our imagination to see or picture the things that He’s given to us.  It’s through our imagination that we are able to see ourselves possessing the promises of God before they are manifested in the physical realm.   1 Corinthians 2:9-10 says, “But as it is written, eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit; for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.”   The Holy Spirit reveals to us through our spirits things that God hath prepared for us.  Now, these things that the Holy Spirit reveals come up from our spirits to our minds where we are able to understand and imagine or see them.  If you never imagine yourself possessing the things God says is yours, you will never possess them.  For example, before I ever preached a sermon or lead a worship service I saw myself doing so.  If I never imagined myself doing it, it could never have become a reality.  Therefore, our imagination is necessary to fulfilling our destinies.

In July of 2008 the Lord gave me this prophecy concerning 2009 and beyond, “Dream big, there is nothing I can’t and won’t do for you.  Dream big for your future, 2009 will be a year of fulfillment of big dreams.  I will give you the desire you must take that desire and expand upon it.  Dare to dream big.  I need your dreams to fulfill.  Dream big, be extravagant and I will do it.” Wow! Want a word from God.  This word is as relevant now as it was then.  Notice God said, “I will give you the desire you must take that desire and expand upon it.”  How do we expand upon the desires He gives us?  We do it through the power of our imagination.   When Abraham settled in the land of Canaan, God said to him, “…Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward; For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever” (Gen. 13:14-15).  God was not only telling Abraham to imagine the land but to imagine his descendants living on the land.  Abraham didn’t have an heir at that time.  He further told him to “Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee” (Gen. 13:17).   Abraham was to walk through the entire land of Canaan the length of it and the breadth of it.  Now that may not have been physically possible but it was certainly mentally possible.  Abraham could imagine himself being in the entire length and breadth of Canaan with all his descendants and what he saw was what God gave to him.

Now, just as God told Abraham to look out from where he was God is telling us to look out from where we are and imagine where we want to be, where He has destined for us to be and He will give us what we see.  God needs our dreams and visions to fulfill if you’re not seeing anything than you’re not giving Him anything to fulfill.  I believe that many people are not using the power of imagination because they are still seeing it as something evil.  Even when the Holy Spirit is prompting you and giving you visions in your mind you shut it down because you think that it’s something evil.   Remember we have the Spirit and mind of Christ.  We don’t have to fear being overtaken by an evil imagination.  We have the Spirit of Christ to know the things that are given to us of God.  1 Corinthians 2:12, “Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.”  If Joseph had been concern about whether or not his dream was evil he would not have held on to it.  Although his brothers tried to talk him out of it Joseph held on to his dreams.  Don’t allow the enemy to stop you from envisioning yourself in something great due to feelings of guilt and condemnation, dream big.  Don’t allow him to tell you your dream is a fancy and that what you see is impossible.  There is nothing impossible with God.  There is nothing that God can’t and won’t do for you.  Allow yourself to imagine don’t be lazy in your mind.  Arise; walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it, frequently, daily.  See yourself doing the desires that God has place in your heart.  What is your desire?  Is it ministry, business, marriage, or is it a singing career?  Get a picture in your mind imagine every detail spare no expense for the Spirit of Christ is in you to accomplish all that you see.

Keep Dreaming!

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Genesis 13:17

“Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.”

The imagination is a wonderful and powerful thing.  God gave us imagination so that we can see the things that He has promised us.

Look at Abraham, he had not yet possessed the land but God told him to look out from from the place where he was north, south, east and west because everything that he saw would one day be his and his descendants (Gen. 13:14-15).  When Abraham look out he could imagine the land filled with his descendants from the north, south east and west.  What was yet to be seen in the natural could clearly be seen in Abraham minds.

When you imagine something in your mind it builds desire in you to possess what you see.  The more you look at it the more you will desire it and scripture tells us that God will give us the desires of our heart (Psa. 37:4).  Therefore, one of the major things the enemy comes to steal from us is our desire.  If he can cause you not to desire something, than he has succeeded in stealing from you.

Don’t allow the enemy to steal your desire.  Visit your dreams do as God told Abraham arise, don’t be lazy in your mind.  Walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for the things you see are yours.