[Hedz Up!] Identify Your Battlefield
BE SPECIFIC about your unique challenges at this time.
Know your own position, your vulnerabilities and the weapons at your disposal.
Know your goals – what is Victory in this situation.
Evaluate your enemies and their weaknesses.
Let the Lord teach and train you to Rule and Reign now!
Write it down, track your progress.
Engage!
[Hedz Up!] Seriously, Refreshed
Take your times of refreshing seriously. Plan them. Schedule them. Regularly. God does not value burn-out, and has given you your body — and your soul — to take care of and watch over. Nurture a variety of interests and skills to maintain balance while on this earth.
Enjoy your time here.
Be happy.
PREPARE Radio Recap ~ OPEN LINES
Saturday’s program apparently struck a chord with many people so I’m specifically circulating a link to the archived program. Enjoy!
Question of the Week: “I look back at my life and see all the places I missed God, or didn’t even ask to find out what He wanted. How do I get back on track? Can I make up for all the laziness and selfishness to be what God is requiring in this hour?”
PREPARE OPEN LINES
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YE ARE THE TEMPLE by Ray Prinzing
“For ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.” (II Corinthians 6:16)
From the time that Jesus declared “Your house is left unto you desolate”, (Matt. 23:38), and “The veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom”, (Matt. 27:51), since that time our “God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that He is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands”, (Acts 17:24).
There are two Greek words, which have been translated as ‘temple’, they are: HIERON, meaning a building, and NAOS, referring to the inner sanctuary. When the veil was rent asunder, as far as God was concerned, that building ceased to be a temple, naos, and thereafter was just a building, hieron. Then Paul picks up this word ‘naos’ and uses it exclusively when speaking of THE TEMPLE, INNER SANCTUARY, which is the new, living dwelling place of God. He dwelleth no more in temples, naos, made with hands, such are only building, but He dwelleth in the inner sanctuary of your heart and mine.
“But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building (making),” (Heb. 9:11). He is forming HIS TEMPLE with the “LIVING STONES” whom He is processing and preparing through the nitty-gritty of every day living. Renewed into the mind of Christ, for His dwelling shall be all of one mind, HIS! Brought to that place where from every avenue of our being we cry out, “not my will, but Thine be done”, His will is supreme in His entire house – supreme, yes, it is also the sole delight of all who are His temple. This living temple fulfills Haggai 2:9, “The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts; and in this place will I give peace”.
[Hedz Up!] Review Your Position
New opportunities are opening up for you. Check in with God about your personal issues — time, finances, relationships — to make sure they are compatible with His plans for you. You may need to do this fairly regularly for awhile, but it will be worth it.
“Lord is there any area where I’m spending my time that I need to adjust?”
“Lord is there any area in my finances that I need to adjust?”
“Lord are there any relationships that I need to adjust?”
Follow through completely.
Have a great week!
Prepare Radio Program Update
Due to unforeseen circumstances, this morning’s program, “Knowing God: The Lord’s Night Visits; 8 Steps to Engaging the Supernatural” has been postponed until next Thursday. Be sure to join us Saturday at 9am for Prepare Open Lines where we will be answering questions and discussing current topics. If you have a question or topic you’d like discussed, send it to dianne@wecanprepare.org or post it as a comment below.
Have a great day!
[Command] Boldness to Leaders
YOU are a Leader. Command Boldness to yourself and others to speak God’s Life and Presence into this time and into your own circumstances.
Boldly Command Boldness !
Overlap of Law and Grace ['It's About Time,' cont.]
This is the Age we are living in now. The remnants of law still dominate our beings in our soul and body, and believers struggle to live, move and walk according to the Spirit, according to dependence on God. We often insist on using the old rules to judge by, as if the debt hadn’t been paid, as if there was still something that needed to be done in order to enter into union with God. It’s important that we understand that when Jesus said, “It is finished,” He meant it. Time was “up.” And more importantly, when the Father raised Him from the dead, we were raised with Him completely, not partway. Just as Jesus paused to dwell on earth for 40 days before ascending to His Father, so too are we simply pilgrims and ambassadors, passing through our sojourn here on this earth, on our way to fully dwell with our Father.
The law was given for a purpose and will never change until it has completed its work on this earth. So thank God He changed us! According to Paul, in Romans 6:14: “you are not under law, but under grace.” We can’t be both under law and under grace! So since the law has done its part, we shouldn’t try to bring it with us. The law is like a crossing guard, protecting us and guiding us in the right path. Once we are on the other side of the street, we continue on to our destination, motivated now out of our new inner nature, rather than outward direction or instruction. The crossing guard remains at his post, left behind to continue his job.
Jesus wasn’t sent to earth to die for our sins. He was sent to do a new thing — give us Life. But you can’t put new wine into an old wineskin. He had to start over. In order to do that, the law had to be completed, fulfilled, and date-stamped.