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Welcome to our podcast! Today, we dive into the transformative power of sanctification and how it shapes your destiny. Sanctification is a vital part of preparing for God's plans in your life. It’s not just waiting for a promising future; it's about partnering with the Holy Spirit to transform yourself into the version God has envisioned. Prophet Hari Rao Pawar reminds us that your glorious destiny isn't something you magically stumble upon; it's already within you, waiting to be unlocked. Join us as we learn the importance of a renewed mind, maintaining deliverance, and the journey to unlocking your God-given destiny through personal transformation.
Sanctification in itself is not holiness; it is the act of being set apart and being dedicated to the Lord for a holy purpose. Join Prophet Hari Rao on this podcast as he teaches us that the easiest path to holiness is through love. When you love God deeply, it naturally produces a holy zeal for sanctification within you. Where holiness becomes a fruit you bear and not a goal you chase. Dive into a deeper understanding of sanctification and holiness, and discover how love can lead you to a sanctified life. Tune in and be transformed!
Today is a day of great mysteries revealed by the Lord. Join Prophet Hari Rao as he unveils the importance and power of a name. As you listen, may these profound truths sink deep into your spirit. While what you hear with your ears might be forgotten, what you receive in your spirit will remain.Jacob, a deeply flawed man named "deceiver" at birth, lived up to his name by deceiving his own family. Despite this, God was not intimidated by Jacob's mess or afraid to associate with him. Like Jacob, we all have lived up to the names given to us, which have become part of our identity. Sometimes, life is a journey of undoing a name. God, however, is not deterred by our frailties. When you come to God, you come to someone who can turn your life around.Jacob deceived his father and brother, usurping the blessing of the firstborn and stealing Esau's birthright. We often equate blessings with material possessions, but Jacob understood the power of the words his father was about to speak over his brother. Truly spiritual people understand that everything proceeds a word. Words spoken by a spirit are always more valuable than substance.Jacob's encounter in Genesis 28 occurs at the same location where his grandfather, Abraham, also encountered God and raised an altar to honor Him. This location had transformed from a mere physical place into a spiritual portal; the altar activated the spiritual DNA of the man who worshiped there decades ago. This is how you secure future generations. Your consecrations, altars, and sacrifices can speak for generations long after you are gone. You shape the future through the covenants you make, the prayers you pray, and the altars you raise. A legacy is not just an institution you build but the life you live before God.In Jacob's dream, he didn't just see a ladder; he saw mysteries, truths, and dimensions tabernacled in the Lord Jesus. The ladder is not just a physical element; it signifies a hierarchy of truths and mysteries. The distance between heaven and earth is bridged by truth, which is Jesus Himself. Jacob is now encountering this mystery and truth, receiving understanding from God. Every mystery conceals a reality, and this ladder leads Jacob to the God of his father. He learned mysteries that could provoke an encounter. Understanding these truths grants access to hidden realities.Jacob made a covenant with God, vowing to serve Him if he could return to his father's house in peace. Now, sixteen years later, Jacob wrestled for this covenant as he returned. Jacob was a man carrying mysteries; he understood the power of covenants and how to create lasting memorials before God. It wasn’t by chance; he engineered and prepared for these encounters. Often, we receive a divine encounter or word and move on, unsure of how to immortalize that moment with God. Each divine encounter should be made a memorial, sealed by raising an altar before God. This is how you seal an encounter and make it immortal before God.Jacob wrestled with a mysterious being for his blessing, who, despite being stronger, needed to be released by Jacob before sunrise because he sought to remain a mystery and not become public domain! This is why you need fathers who wrestle with hidden mysteries and truths to reveal them. The angel refuses to bless Jacob and instead asks for his name, knowing Jacob doesn't understand that he was already blessed and that what he truly lacked was an identity.Every person has the opportunity to bury their struggle with them. But Rachel, overcome by her pain and past, named her son Benoni, a son of sorrow, repeating the mistake made by Jacob's mother. However, Jacob, aware of patterns and the power of a name, intervenes and calls him Benjamin, meaning "son of my right hand," affirming a new identity devoid of past sorrows.What is your name? Because your identity unlocks your blessing.May God open your eyes to reveal your true identity in Him. Receive grace for a new name that will unlock your blessings.
God’s eternal purpose was not just to change your destination but to transform your identity. When all the work on earth is done, your earthly titles will be suspended. The only everlasting identity is that you are a son within the Son. This truth should not just be intellectual knowledge but a personal revelation that resonates in your heart. Prophet Hari is taking us on a journey to discover and unearth our identity and ranking in Christ.
Every believer must renew their mind and transition from being sin-conscious to being Son-conscious. If God's sole intention was to take us to heaven, He would have created Adam in heaven and enjoyed His creation there. Child of God, there is something greater that God intends to accomplish.
Revelation 1:5–6 boldly declares that we are kings and priests unto God. Adam was the first priest-king, setting the precedent. Melchizedek, Abraham, David, and Solomon also functioned in these two offices. Christ, the ultimate King and High Priest, enables us to enter this divine calling. We cannot become priests or kings by our own order, but only by being grafted into Jesus.
Your function as a priest of God:
1. Point of intersection:
In the Old Testament, a priest's primary role was to mediate between God and man. Priests had the privilege of exiting the camp of man and entering God's camp, touching the invisible and making it visible by God's calling. They were the intersection where two realms met; they knew what it was to be human and to meet God. Now, through Jesus, you have become the point of intersection—a mediator and intercessor for your family. Wherever you are, heaven can collide with earth; you are the outlet for God, and He flows in and through you.
2: Privilege to understand the mind of God:
In the garden, the tree of 'knowledge and evil' symbolized instant knowledge—revelation without relationship. Information that is divorced from a relationship produces death. Moses didn’t rely on his own ability and knowledge; he took the arduous journey up the mountain to inquire of the Lord. God desires to reveal Himself through fellowship
As you grow in your priesthood, there is no language barrier; you understand your Father more deeply. As a priest unto God, you investigate the heart and mind of God. As a priest, you are required to stand before God, know Him, and have a revelation of Him that can only be birthed out of intimacy and fellowship.
3. Preachers of the ways of the Lord:
The priest has the function of getting to know God and out of the abundance of knowing your God, you feed your people. As a priest, you are granted understanding and tasked with imparting this knowledge to God's people. Scripture says, "My people perish for lack of knowledge," so in bringing information, you are bringing life.
Your function as a king:
1. A king is an extension of God’s rule over the earth:
We are an extension of His love, mercy, and grace; we don’t rule over people, but we are meant to rule, reign, and have power over every demonic structure and principality.
2. A king protects his boundaries:
He knows his reach and manages his territory well. You are meant to take authority and govern within your sphere of influence.
3. A king manages his economy:
He controls the flow and direction of resources. A king searches a matter out and generates wealth for his kingdom.
You don’t serve mammon but it serves you.
Grace like that of Joseph and Daniel is being released today. May God grant you the grace of kingship in your finances, where you will function like the economy of an entire nation
Welcome to Kingdom economies; may the priesthood and kingship anointing in you arise!
In today’s teaching, Prophet Hari Rao is delving into a fundamental doctrine and bringing us a biblical, balanced, and heavenly perspective of the powerful truth of sonship.
The truth is powerful when applied appropriately, but when exaggerated, it can become dangerous. While it is meant to bring freedom, it turns burdensome when there is a lack of balance or a lack of capacity to handle it.
Balance is power. Without it, you will have a distorted view of God, yourself, and the world. The enemy will do everything possible to twist the truth. If you believe you must earn God's love, everything you do will be an attempt to earn it, even though it is given freely. Holiness is a fruit that you bear; it cannot be achieved; it is the outward manifestation of an inward reality. When you host a holy God, you produce a holy life.
Our principles and practices must bear scriptural evidence. While someone may have powerful and life-changing spiritual experiences, these cannot be turned into doctrines. The Word is our boundary! We don't base doctrines on experiences; our doctrine is subject to the Word of God, which is unchanging.
God leads people based on a heavenly reality. Moses was instructed to model the earthly tabernacle after the heavenly temple, which was a reflection of a heavenly model. Therefore, every doctrine or truth we believe must mirror a heavenly reality. It is a truth because it points to a heavenly precedent, reflecting how God has fashioned things.
There is a truth and explosive power behind the doctrine of 'sonship''; it mimics a heavenly reality. Spiritual sonship is a domestic application of a divine, pre-existing truth. We cannot fully grasp spiritual sonship without understanding divine sonship.
“For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.” (Romans 8:29)
Many come to God for various reasons, such as healing, restoration, and breakthroughs. They seek what God can do for them and often turn away after receiving help, being healed but not saved. But this is not God's design; the ultimate goal has always been to have a loving relationship with the Father. The purpose of salvation is to know Him. God desires us to know Him as our Father.
The eternal identity of Jesus is that of a Son, and when you are saved, you become a son or daughter within the Son. This truth is the cornerstone of our beliefs. Sonship is a privileged position; all other identities are transient, but your identity as a son is eternal and cannot be taken from you. Sonship cannot be earned; it is given to you. The primary message of salvation is not about an eternal destination but about an eternal relationship. You go from being an orphan to a son; this transformation is primarily in the relationship, which then changes the destination. Sonship is eternal!
As we read in Romans 8:15, the Spirit of God came and transformed our relationship with God into an intimate one, where we get to call Him the ‘Abba Father’. The cornerstone of our faith is that we are restored to a relationship with God and everything else flows out of that. Divine Sonship is the solution to all your problems.
If sonship is not your identity, then you're striving to obtain one, relying on your works. However, as a son, you don't have to work to get an identity; you function from a place of identity. Nothing can change this relationship, which is sealed by the blood of Christ.
You are not merely a son, but God's legal inheritor. An heir inherits all that belongs to the Father, and in Christ Jesus, you inherit a kingdom that will never pass away.
We have a poverty of thoughts because we don’t know Sonship; for in Sonship, nothing is out of reach!
Child of God, do you recognize your identity and the inheritance from your Heavenly Father?
Change begins on the inside. Real transformation begins from within and radiates outward. Too often, adjustments on the outside are hastily chosen for their perceived simplicity. However, inner change proves to be far more challenging yet rewarding. Join Prophet Hari Rao today as he brings wisdom and understanding that will change your trajectory.
God, being all-knowing, comprehends everything yet Proverbs 25:2 states that God's glory lies in concealing things, while the glory of kings is in searching them out. This verse reveals how God operates, emphasizing that pursuing matters hidden by God brings glory. What is not hidden requires no effort from the seeker; to walk with God involves embracing His preference for concealing matters, requiring a dedicated pursuit and spirit to unlock mysteries. By unlocking these, one also unveils the glory hidden in these mysteries.
The glory and greatness of kings manifest in their eagerness to thoroughly explore a matter to the point where mysteries cease to be mysterious. God rewards intentional seekers in their pursuit of understanding.
One may ask, how do we discern whether something is concealed or non-existent at all? Can one perceive the presence of a thing before actually detecting the thing itself?
Consider God's plan and purpose for us; while it's acknowledged, discovering that purpose demands diligence from believers. God's purpose is free but not cheap, and it doesn't unfold automatically. Just because God intends something doesn't guarantee its automatic occurrence.Upon receiving a prophecy, your lifestyle must become a nesting place and an incubator for the fulfillment of the prophecy. If a thought is conceived in the mind of God, realizing it requires His presence. When you receive a word, what you do with it after you have received it is as important as the word itself. Therefore, embark on a journey of active participation with God to avoid aborting His plans.
We must learn the art of searching a matter out. The pursuit and discovery of a matter brings glory to a king, and unlocking a mystery not only unveils the glory and brings it into your possession but also makes it available to others on a similar journey.
- Hannah serves as a blueprint for any woman yearning to birth her Samuel, providing a template for seeking God.
- Daniel's life offers a blueprint for ruling in a heathen world and succeeding in royal courts.
- Joseph's story becomes a blueprint for financial wisdom and bringing economic deliverance to a nation facing famine.
Solving mysteries that baffle others becomes your reward.
May this teaching enrich your spirit with the excellence to solve mysteries and change the trajectory of your life.
The Book of Daniel reveals that Daniel enjoyed a distinct preference over the nation's presidents and princes. Daniel was preferred because of the exceptional quality and nature of the Spirit within him. Today, Prophet Hari is introducing us to a lifestyle that can transform us into preferred vessels.
King Darius recognized the need to raise princes and presidents under his authority to ensure the efficient governance of the nation's provinces. As a result, he elevated Daniel to a position above them. Daniel's role went beyond being a prophet to the nation; he was elevated to the position of president and ruler. With the help of the Holy Spirit, Daniel spent years diligently cultivating his own spirit. As a result of this transformation, his spirit achieved a level of excellence worthy of recognition.
Daniel's greatness wasn't merely a result of divine grace or a bestowed gift. Observing Daniel's life reveals that, at an early age, he vowed to abstain from defiling himself. His exceptional journey commenced from the time he made this decision, setting him on a trajectory toward greatness. Dear child of God, Daniel serves as a model we should all strive to emulate, for within him resided an excellent spirit.
Excellence can often be practiced situationally, but Daniel's distinction lies in possessing an inherent excellent spirit. Unlike managing excellence, Daniel became excellence itself, developing his spirit to the point where operating at a high level was instinctive. Daniel's preference among others stemmed from the fact that he possessed an excellent spirit—a level of excellence that transcended mere visual assessments. It became evident that whenever chaos arose, Daniel consistently managed it with unparalleled excellence.
There are individuals who have become such perfected spirits that when you arrive in their presence, you behold excellence. Every word spoken by Jesus emanated life, as He is life.Striving to move beyond the perception of an excellent spirit to actually becoming one is crucial. In God, there exists the power for transformation; it is His desire that you not remain as the prodigal son but that you be transformed into the rightful inheritor of His promises.
The pitfalls to avoid in your quest :
- Ensure that your conduct is not driven by fear.
- Strive for excellence not solely due to passion, but because it aligns with your inherent functioning. For Daniel, it wasn't a matter of preference; it was an integral part of his identity.
- Don't let your quest for excellence make you legalistic. Legalism kills intimacy.
Growth is effortless but it requires intentionality. In an ideal environment, a seed thrives and grows, as growth is a result of being planted in the right environment.
As the body of Christ, resolve in your heart to intentionally grow in grace each day until you evolve into a glorious and preferred vessel. Yield to the spirit of God and begin to function in the spirit of excellence.
Today's teaching will equip us with insight and keys on how we can manage our soul well.
In order to have dominion over our entire being, we must learn to manage our soul effectively. Our body is designed to function in the visible realm through the senses. Although the body is capable of making choices, it is the soul that steers the body, influencing its actions and decisions, essentially making the body an extension of your soul and mind.
When you engage in the act of sinning, your soul and mind have contemplated it multiple times before your body acts on it. Your body merely follows the lead of your soul. This mental processing happens swiftly, and we rarely fully grasp its complexity.
A poorly managed soul lacks prioritization and is perpetually short on time. Conversely, a well-managed, developed soul can effectively accomplish tasks because this war is managed, as there is a silence and stillness to your soul.
It is your spirit that rules over your soul. Your soul is a super conductor to your spirit, it is tuned to detect even subtle shifts within it. However, your soul accumulates an excess of information, making it challenging when the spirit communicates. It's not just about hearing God's voice, but how you interpret the information. Accurate interpretation hinges on effective soul management. While God speaks in the language of spirit, your soul uses human languages, so when God's spirit communicates, it passes through the language your soul can comprehend. A well-managed and renewed soul is receptive to direct communication with the spirit, much like how God spoke to Moses face to face.
Your soul was designed to have fellowship with the spirit. The more your soul yields to the spirit, the greater dominion it has over the flesh and the more efficiently it can lead your body.
Your soul encompasses all your creative abilities, decision-making skills, and the capacity to process and interpret information. It relies on imagination and cognitive power to comprehend the greatness of the Spirit that’s communicating with you. Your soul has the assignment to decode the divine in partnership with the Spirit. While God dwells in your spirit, the soul serves as the point of contact. How you manage your soul reflects how you manage your life. What you permit in your physical surroundings mirrors what you've allowed into your soul. If you're at ease with chaos around you, it's likely because you've grown accustomed to managing chaos within your soul.
The world encourages you to acknowledge and adapt to your circumstances. God, on the other hand, desires to reveal His Spirit to your soul. When your soul aligns with His superior Spirit, it acquires the qualities of that higher spirit, making what was once difficult now effortless through this supernatural grace. God's plan is not just to provide a coping mechanism for you but to transform your soul to resemble His.
Keys to manage your soul better :
1. Manage your environment: Your soul relies on your physical body to influence the natural world. Take charge of your surroundings by using your body intentionally. If you lack dominion in a particular environment, remove yourself from it. Ensure your environment reflects a prophetic vision of the future, let it resemble heaven on earth.
2. Manage your conversations: Exercise wisdom and intentionality in your conversations, as words possess the ability to shape your soul. Your soul reflects the words you both speak and hear.
3. Soul submission: Consider who holds authority over your soul, for the one you submit to, shapes your soul. Your soul is molded by the voice it adheres to, so choose that voice wisely through prayer. In Christ, you can be both unique and united with others.
4. Feeding your soul: Your soul is a reflection of how you are consuming the Word of God. The word of God is a primary way to manage your soul, it is shaped depending on how you consume, retain and interpret the Word.
The book of 1 Thessalonians and Hebrews gives us an insight about how God created us, and that we are a triune being consisting of the body, soul and the spirit.
Our body, soul and spirit were each created with a unique design and to fulfil different purposes. Each of them distinct, yet combined to function as one being.
The body is the physical host to the soul and the spirit; entities that cannot exist outside the body. The body is the legal entity for them to operate in the earthly realm.
The soul is the seat of your mind, emotions, the invisible being. It has its own systems and is the carrier of your conscious and the unconscious mind. Every decision you make, is made in your soul. The way your spirit reaches your body is through your soul. The soul is your personality.
The spirit is the part of you that was designed to host God, granting access to the Spirit realm and the life of God. It is the spirit that becomes one with God. Everything that God achieves in you, initiates in the spirit and flows into your soul and body. The spirit has senses and everything pertaining to God is birthed in the spirit.
All these three entities are intelligent and unique systems by themselves, yet with all their complexities, designed to function in the same world. In the original design, each member of the triune being was meant to last forever. But when Adam sinned, there were repercussions and sin introduced abnormality and dysfunction.
The Body became vulnerable; decay, degradation and death was introduced. In the soul, a war was initiated and there arose an unending battle between the inferior fallen self and the superior image of God. At sin, the spirit lost access to the presence and mind of God shutting all of information. Hence, inspiration had to come from the outside to the inside, as it was no longer being formed within.
With every passing generation, the soul lacked resistance and they fell further from the grace and glory of God.
Child of God, you were created by God, for God. Every part of you was given so it can experience God. Your mind was created in such a powerful manner because its primary function was to host and fellowship with the Almighty God! The spirit that is infinite, can probe the Spirit of the infinite God.
After the fall, when people lost access to the Spirit of God, their soul-which had an appetite for many desires and needs. Thus, Jesus had to come in a physical body, with a soul and spirit, to rescue mankind.
It matters which parts of you were born again at salvation. In the physical body, nothing seems different from the outside. In the soul, there is a fire ignited, which burns for a while, but at the first sight of temptation an internal war begins. So it's the spirit that is truly born again and renewed.
At salvation, the whole package gets deposited into your spirit. So now you must work out what is inside and allow the body and soul to be reconditioned. This is what it means in the scripture where apostle Paul talks about “working out your salvation”.
The body needs to be offered as a living sacrifice and the mind should be renewed with the help of the Spirit. Our soul is malleable and a renewed spirit will provide divine assistance. Renew yourself every day, until your body, soul and spirit are transformed like that of God!
While we were still condemned, sinners, and alienated from God, in His mercy, God sent His Son to redeem us from our wretched condition and elevate us to a glorious position. Today, Prophet Hari is reintroducing us to our inherent God-ordained design.
In 2 Peter 1:4, we read about God’s promises that enable us to partake in His divine nature. God has provided the means for us to fulfill and accomplish all that we are called to do.
Salvation means more than just being redeemed from something; it means being redeemed for a greater purpose. The goal is not only about making it to heaven; the invitation is to partake in the very nature of God through privilege and election. You are designed to understand God and to be transformed like Him here on earth.
Desire and design are distinctly different. Having a desire isn't enough if it doesn't align with your inherent design. Desires can be deceptive, leading people to operate outside of God's intended design, as seen in Romans 1:21. Desire is not proof of design. As a child of God, don't let desire lead you; rather, study God's design, which supersedes desire. God has equipped us with the design to partake in His divine nature through His promises. A word or promise is all that's needed, as we already possess the raw material. When God created Adam and Eve, He endowed within them the ability to function in a divine nature. When you receive salvation, God simply activates the system He has already built within you. You were created by God, for God! When God created man, He formed a triune being: body, soul, and spirit, with the soul serving as a powerful intermediary between the body and spirit.
Your rise or fall hinges on how you manage your soul. While both the flesh and spirit have their own designs and desires, the soul can align with either. Its direction is determined by your stewardship. If the flesh prevails, you are in control, but if the spirit dominates, it's God who reigns.Our likeness to God qualifies us for His divine nature; it is the God-DNA that fosters our fellowship with Him. When Jesus called the disciples to follow, He spoke to a part of their DNA that enabled them to respond and follow Him. Functioning in the divine nature requires fellowship with God. The serpent disrupted Adam and Eve's original design, causing them to be deprived of fellowship with God that nurtures the spirit. In the absence of this fellowship, the spirit weakens, leading to uncontrolled flesh and soul. However, when the spirit is thriving, it can govern the soul, providing it with structure and direction. As Christians, our central focus is friendship with God. When the spirit is connected to God, it feeds both the body and the soul.
Our body, soul, and spirit were made for God! Align and train your triune being to be completely yielded to God!
God calls Samuel a faithful priest, a prophet that would serve according to His heart and mind. In this teaching, Prophet Hari is revealing the DNA of a prophet and the keys to unlock the voice of God.
In 1 Samuel 2 we read that the sons of Eli were wicked and heeded not to the corrections of their father. Therefore, God sent a man with a message about His displeasure concerning the ill-affairs of Eli’s family and that He was raising another faithful priest to serve.
The prophetic is so dynamic that information can be received from different dimensions but you shouldn't assume that it automatically applies to you.
We get into error because we assume things about ourselves that God hasn’t spoken. The man of God was only a messenger who was to bring the news about the prophet that God was raising.
It isn’t sufficient to only walk a morally upright life, you must be one that has access to the heart and mind of God. Not everyone who is morally upright in the world knows the heart and mind of God. A true prophet is in sync with God, in- tune with God’s heartbeat, carrying the evidence of the invisible Almighty God.
Samuel was ordained by God to be a prophet even before he was conceived, but his office didn’t start at birth; he still had to serve the man of God, in the house of God. He didn’t know he was special or called, and yet he diligently served without any expectations. You can be called, but it is faithfulness that elevates you.
Samuel carried out the duties of Eli and his sons, not because of a position but out of dedication. Because he did what Eli and his sons were supposed to do, he received what they were meant to receive.
God is drawn to individuals who are faithful in their pursuit. Anybody can be faithful when everything is glorious; but the key to provoke the voice of God is to diligently serve without entitlement.
When God wanted to bring a word, he went to Samuel because of his commitment. The invisible God broke the barrier and called out to Samuel.
Can you sustain the momentum and pursuit until the invisible becomes visible and tangible? The diligent pursuit of a reality makes that dimension accessible to you.
God didn’t change his method because Samuel didn’t initially perceive the call, but expected him to interpret His way. Is it possible that God presents Himself in a way that requires us to discern and respond? God doesn’t exist for us, we exist for Him!
Samuel’s first prophecy was against his own master Eli, but his faithfulness is what set him apart; because our loyalty is not to a system but unto God.
May the grace of Samuel become your portion!
Is it possible to have a title, and yet not fear the Lord? Today, Prophet Hari starts a series on the System of Samuel. In the book of 1 Samuel 2:12- it describes the sons of Eli as worthless men. In Israel, anybody could pick any job they like, except the family of Eli, who were chosen by God to be priests in the Temple of the Lord. Eli and his family had access to the things of God that nobody else had. Eli and his family had the privilege of representing God to men.God sees value and usefulness very differently than the world. God does not consider our title and function; He is looking for something deeper. It is possible to be in the temple of God and still not know the Lord, and that your works are divorced from the knowledge of God. It is possible that you were connected to God at some time and you are carrying the after-glow but you don’t have a relationship with God in the present. We must be careful to not engage with Holy things of God carelessly. Eli’s sons wanted to take what belonged to God, it was an abuse of protocol and principle; they were contaminating the worship and offering of the people to God.Your faithfulness is seldom tested in hard times of lack. The true test of a Christian is when they have plenty and when there is no pressing need. You are truly tested on how you deal with the things of God when you have everything you need. Submission is easy when you are in desperate need of help.Eli’s sons did not listen to the voice of their father. There is a posture of heart that comes into certain groups of people where they begin to rebel against sound advice and they can no longer discern that an instruction is coming to save their life. Lack of submission to the Word of the Lord and rebellion to instruction leads to death.Noah preached for a hundred years that the rain is coming yet no one was quick to repent. When you engage in a lifestyle of sin over and over again your heart slowly loses the capacity to discern an instruction and the warnings of God. It’s a curse when you can hear the words of warning but you cannot respond to it.
Remember the ways of the Lord even when everyone is forgetting them. You are not a victim of your environment; you are the environment. Samuel ministered to the Lord day and night in the midst of chaos and sin. God is looking for a generation that wholly belongs to Him. God is looking for Samuels who will remain pure in a polluted environment.Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favour with the Lord and also with man. If you can find the feet of Lord Jesus and stay there, you will find favour. We are doing everything today but to sit at his feet. We have abandoned the place of prayer and communion with God. The system of Samuel is the key to the favour of God.May God give you the grace to be a Samuel in your generation.
In today’s teaching, Prophet Hari highlights the power a child of God possesses to overcome the kingdom of darkness.
We derive our information from the Word of God; our focus is to become experts in the Kingdom of God and grow in the truth.
Hebrews 11:3 and 2 Corinthians 4:18 describe two worlds; the invisible and visible. The invisible realm has influence over the visible world. Mankind was made to function in both realms, the only aspect of God’s creation that has access to and functions in both worlds.
God is the author and the Highest Power in both realms. The Almighty God governs these realms by means of certain protocols and standards. The legal way of functioning in the Spirit realm is under the control of the Holy Spirit, adhering to the systems, protocols and standards. Therefore, anyone that accesses the invisible realm outside the Holy Spirit is functioning in the system of witchcraft.
Witchcraft is a pathway where information from the invisible realm is tapped into and manipulated in order to change outcomes in the visible realm. It is accessing information through demonic spirits, evading submission to the Word of God in order to gain fame and power for their own selfish agendas. The serpent in the garden, manipulating man to get a certain outcome beyond the plan of God was a form of witchcraft.
Ephesians 6:12 speaks about wrestling against spiritual wickedness. A way of knowing if witchcraft is at work in a child of God's life is when they notice that there are powers trying to derail them from their God-given destiny, in spite of being submitted and surrendered to God's plan for their life.
Witchcraft is communicated through words spoken in the visible or the invisible realm. Words are the highest form of warfare. When God has spoken a Word over you, the enemy's words are rendered powerless. God's Word is the highest authority. Get a Word from The Lord for your life, this is your protection.
When the enemy knows that his words are not working on you, he will try to cause you to live a lifestyle that is against the will and pleasure of God. When the Israelites couldn’t be cursed, the enemy plotted to cause them to sin in order for God’s wrath to come upon them. There is protection in living a holy and blameless life.
When praying, always consult God and desire to know His will, because praying and interceding above and beyond the will of God is a form of witchcraft. Our prayers and declarations have to be led by the Spirit of God.
Therefore, repent and disassociate yourself from any illegal covenants made knowingly or unknowingly. God has already given us arrows to use against every power of darkness.
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The Name of Jesus: we are given the authorization to pray in His name. Enforcing the highest covenant is our protection.
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The Blood of Jesus: we are washed by His blood and there is no claim the enemy can have over us. We are redeemed and protected through the blood.
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The Power of the Holy Spirit: the One that dwells in us. He is always present and never leaves nor forsakes us.
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Our location through Christ: we are seated in heavenly places, and functioning from that high position is our protection.
Child of God, all you need to defeat the powers of darkness and have victory is already given to you, begin to enforce your God-given authority.
When someone accepts Jesus Chris as their personal saviour, they are washed and redeemed by His blood and therefore one would think that all curses are broken automatically. If that were the case, then why is it that some believers suffer certain cycles of pain? In this teaching, Prophet Hari teaches us how to break demonic generational curses over our lives.
A curse is a result of certain wrong-doing; there is a sin that produces a curse. There is an invisible force introduced because of certain sins in the bloodline of an individual. When a curse is in operation, there is a limitation that is put on you as to how far you will go. The limitation of these curses cannot be explained naturally. There are some sins that impact the timeline of a person’s life but there are sins that go beyond the lifetime of an individual and cause multi-generational curses.
Some of your battles are not your own, they are battles you inherited. It is important to study your family line, for that you must study 2 things –
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Study certain events that repeat themselves through generations
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Study patterns of behavior that keep repeating themselves
When we see that it is unnatural to humanly orchestrate certain events, that is when you know there is an invisible force at work.
The first step of deliverance is to become aware that you need deliverance in a certain area. The second step is to locate your help.
What is required is for a man to take their position in Jesus Christ and declare that this pattern and sin must stop and not be permitted to go to the next generation. The power of the blood of Jesus is enough to break every curse and stop every cycle of suffering and pain. The enemy continues to fight us because of our ignorance and unawareness of the power of the blood of Jesus. It doesn’t matter how many generations a curse has been operating in your bloodline, all it takes is for you to invite the light of Jesus Christ in that area. Every curse in operation in a child of God's life is illegal.
Curses continue because of the human potential to duplicate and multiply. Curses would not be possible if there was no power of multiplication. If the enemy can succeed in depositing a sin/curse in one generation, a human being has the potential to duplicate that sin and curse to the next generation. Similarly, if we can get God to bless us in one area, we can multiply and pass on that blessing to the next generations. Our job is to produce a blessing from the Lord, and the grace to produce a blessing then becomes part of your bloodline.
The enemy knows that he cannot operate in the child of God illegally for too long as sooner or later his lie will be exposed. The enemy will try to re-introduce the sin that brought the curse in the first place, he then has a legal right to allow the curse to operate in your life. We must be careful to not fall into the sins of our fathers.
Curses can come in two ways – they can come because of sins or evil covenants.
There are sins that we commit unintentionally and then there are sins that produce evil covenants. The third way a curse can come is when somebody else mentions your name in a demonic covenant.
How do we ensure total victory?
- Repent of all known and unknown sins and ask the Holy Spirit to cleanse you. Make repentance a lifestyle.
2 Repent of any evil covenant that you have voluntarily or involuntarily walked into.
- Study your family line and anytime you observe a lack, engineer a Godly pattern in your life that will create Godly results.
May you grow in awareness and may you become the mould that God uses to produce blessings.
In today’s teaching Prophet Hari equips us to identify the traits of a true Church and points us to the glorious Church of God.
We live in a time where deception is so rampant and lies are presented so well. Therefore, a strategy that we can employ is to learn to identify the marks of a true Church. In the knowledge of truth, lies are more easily detectable. Your protection lies in discovering the truth.
In the book of 1 Timothy chapter 4 we read that in the end times some will turn away from the true faith and follow teachings that come from demons. Demons have teachings, they teach through human vessels; people that have become deceived by their own lusts. Deception starts by something feeding the lust of your flesh. If your lust is not controlled and protected by a boundary, then you can be introduced to lies through deceptive spirits.
Be careful who you follow. If you have a man of God that isn’t afraid to correct you and present you the truth, then count yourself blessed. You are the by-product of the voice you listen to. Your destiny is decided by your diet.
The enemy wants you to believe that your sins are inconsequential. There is a demonic logic to deception, if you give it attention long enough you will be deceived. The enemy is constantly gathering information about you and at an opportune time he will convince you about a certain logic to abandon God.
Keys to protect yourself from deception:
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Know the Lord personally and have an everyday communion with Him.
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Study the word, develop a disciplined study of the Word.
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Apply the Word, don’t only listen and read, start obeying.
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Perfect Love - You can’t claim to be a true follower if you are not on a journey where you are perfecting love everyday. Greatness is not just a position, it's your capacity to love. As a child of God you are held to a higher standard.
Traits of a True Church:
Christ Centrality and supremacy- A true church is obsessed with the centrality of Christ. He is what keeps everything in balance. When that is compromised, deception enters. The Lord's power and glory keeps everything in check. Develop an intentional pursuit of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Faithful in preaching the imperishable Word of God - A true Church will not compromise on the truth. It will not compromise on the supremacy of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Church was never meant to blend in and look like the world. They are not afraid of standing out and proclaiming the truth.
Engaged in the work of God – A true church is committed to preaching the gospel of God and discipling nations. They become the true ambassadors of Christ on earth.
A glorious church - A true church displays the glory of the Lord. The glory of the latter Church will be greater than the former.
Spiritually intelligent – The Lord Jesus is returning for a wise bride, one that is spiritually compatible, mature and intelligent.
Constantly increasing in holiness – A true church is on an unceasing quest of purification. They strive to become blameless and spotless in their generation by growing in maturity and stature; fabricating a life that represents Jesus well.
Child of God, make these truths a part of your life in order to protect your soul and to be transformed into the end time army of God.
The Bible says that the visible world is made by the invisible world. In this teaching, Prophet Hari teaches us about the systems of the spirit realm. Jesus, in flesh, was a tangible expression of God on earth. After His death and resurrection, He promised that He would send us a helper, His own Spirit. When the disciples were first filled with the Holy Spirit, they heard a sound and saw flames of fire, but they couldn’t see the form of the Holy Spirit. The visible world gets influenced and forged by the invisible world. In the invisible world, there are two kingdoms – the kingdom of God and the kingdom of darkness. The earth was given to man by God, therefore, whichever kingdom that wants to influence this world must find a man to partner with. Even God looks for an individual who is willing to partner with Him. Dominion on earth requires partnership, either voluntarily or involuntarily partnership. Furthermore, in the realms of the spirit, there are no vacuums or empty spaces. You are either hosting God or an inferior spirit. How does the invisible world interact with the visible world? The following are systems of the spirit: The primary system that God uses to influence the earth is a born-again child of God. God made Adam and gave him dominion over the earth, but Adam fell and forfeited his authority. Then the Lord Jesus came and redeemed mankind by paying the price on the cross. You being a member of the body of Jesus Christ makes you a candidate for God to interact with and use as a force of influence on earth. Those who do not know Jesus are part of the first Adam, the fallen man. Therefore, they become, voluntarily or involuntarily a part of an inferior kingdom. The kingdom of darkness, unlike God, does not seek permission to interact with man to influence the world.
However, those who know Jesus, have access to a superior life, a superior spirit which is the Holy Spirit and a superior world. When you are introduced to a superior world, your life must begin to reflect it; we do that by duplicating heaven on earth. Everything you do must reflect the Kingdom of God. The systems of God come to earth through men and women of God.Man is a bridge between the invisible and the visible realm. His environment is a reflection of how much he has tapped into the spirit of the invisible world. You become an extension of the kingdom you are most aware of. We must take extreme ownership of our God given destiny. When you partner with God for an assignment, you become aware of the system that God shows you and you become one with that truth.The other system that God uses to influence the visible world is through bloodlines. What you have received and what you possess during your lifetime doesn’t die with you. God created a way of transferring systems and information even when an individual passes on; all of this can be transferred through the blood-line. Through the system of birthing a child, you are able to pass information, systems and proclivities to the next generation. Every decision you make daily is shaping your DNA in a certain way. If you are listening to the word today, may you have victory over systems in your bloodline which are not from your God given DNA.
In this teaching Prophet Hari brings insights about what the Lord is requiring for the end time Church.
The mandate which has been entrusted to Prophet Hari is to get this generation ready to meet Jesus - that is the mission and vision of his ministry. When the Lord spoke to him, He impressed on his heart that 50% of the Church was not ready for His coming. Our assignment is to prepare an end time army of generals of God. The Lord Jesus is not just coming back for a forgiven Church but one that is an accurate reflection and representation of Him.
This brings us to the question, what does a generation that's ready look like, and how do we know that we are ready?
In the book of Matthew 25:1-13, we read in the parable of the banquet of the bridegroom, there were two groups of bridesmaids, one that took lamps without oil and the other that brought lamps with oil. Similarly, at the coming of the Lord there will be two groups: one that looks ready but is not ready. They had the oil but are no longer in possession of it. They are a lukewarm and inferior group, having a form of godliness but without power. Whereas the other group is ready; they have come prepared with the oil. They are the glorious, remnant Church operating in the full power and glory that God has bestowed upon them.
Both groups had a good start; they both had the oil. But when they experienced delay and tarry in the return of the bridegroom, one group ran out of oil. They didn’t anticipate what was required of them to meet the Lord. The end time Church must be ready to meet the Lord, any day, any time.
What is this oil and why is it important?
Ephesians 1:11-14 tells us that in accepting Christ we have obtained an inheritance and received the Holy Spirit as a guarantee from God. The evidence of your salvation is the mark of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, when Jesus comes back He is looking for His own Spirit. The Holy Spirit can be attributed to the oil, but it is our duty to steward the oil well.
The Holy Spirit in us is what enables us to relate to God as our Father. Without this privilege, we go back to being strangers, that’s why when the unprepared bridesmaids returned and called out the Lord said He did not know them, because He didn't see the evidence of the Holy Spirit in them - the oil.
Child of God, Do you have religion or do you have an active, living relationship with God? Is it possible that you are riding on the strength of an encounter you had years ago and today you don’t have the reality of His presence? The manner in which you address Him is proof of the strength of your relationship. That’s why on the cross, in the final moments when sin had infiltrated the body of the only begotten, Jesus, He called out ‘my God’ and not 'my Father'.
The evidence of the presence of the Lord Jesus in your life is that you have an active and living relationship with Him. There is nothing more important than your relationship with Jesus. Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit. Be quick to repent. If you can preserve and guard the presence of the One who is guarding you, then the Holy Spirit will work on you and make you ready, spotless and without blemish for the return of the Lord Jesus.
The Church that Jesus is returning for is one that can exhibit God at a high level. The Church will be ready when Christ is fully formed in us, and we collectively look like the Lord Jesus; in nature, character and stature.
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
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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:
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A King executes a vision
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A King protects and preserves his territory
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
This week Prophet Hari teaches on the power of thinking.
There is a dimension of expansion that comes because of victories and a victory can't come without a battle. This year, may you overcome the warfare of your mind.
Fundamental facts about thoughts:
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Your thoughts matter to God.
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Your thoughts are naked before the Lord.
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God weighs and judges the quality of your thoughts.
As a child of God, we must know that we are a part of a Kingdom where we are rewarded or disqualified based on our thoughts. Our thoughts are a reality in another realm. Lucifer's expulsion was because of a thought, not a physical action. The lower your spiritual stature, the less effective your thoughts are, on the contrary, the greater your spiritual rank the more effective your thoughts are; they become like waves in the realms of the spirit. Your thoughts have weight and can influence beings based on the stature you possess.
The quality of your thoughts have strong implications on the quality of your life. The way that the Lord functions is that when He wants to bless you, He first thinks about you. A single thought from God sends out waves of light, and then He speaks. Our God is a thinking God!
God made us in His image and likeness, the primary attribute of that is the ability to think and imagine. Thinking is the only aspect that doesn’t need to be informed by external inputs or stimuli, thoughts can be self generated.
A thinking God made a thinking man. Your thoughts are the most powerful weapons in your arsenal. Every invention we see in the world was once a thought. Your thought life is the cradle of creativity.
Child of God, know that he who controls your thinking controls your life. It is possible that you are physically present in a location yet your mind is in a totally different place. Your ability to think and imagine is your superpower.
When God made Adam, he was free to think and function like God, without the fore-knowledge of good and evil. His thinking had no burdens or barriers, it was free and without bias. The enemy knew in order to capture Adam he had to infiltrate his system.
The introduction of thoughts into your system can become principalities. Fear, discouragement, anger can all be strongholds in your life. The only way that dark forces can control your mind is if you allow them to set camp in your mind.
There is a system in the realms of the spirit where your thoughts can be transferred, therefore monitor your thoughts and develop your ability to accept and reject thoughts that come to you. You cannot un-think a thought, but what you can do to overcome it is to introduce a superior thought. Renew your mind with the Word of God.
In this series, Prophet Hari has been teaching us about possessing the promised land and expansion. This week, the Prophet elaborates on what disqualifies you from entering the promised land.
We start our study in the book of Deuteronomy 1:8-40, where we see that a group of people were elected as heads over the 12 tribes. God led Moses and Aaron, who led the 12 leaders, who in turn led the 12 tribes. In the leading verses of that chapter, we see that the Israelites rebelled against the command of the Lord and failed to trust in His promises because of which the Lord was angered and He swore that they would not enter the promised land.
Child of God, when you are about to possess your prophecy, how do you respond to the reports of people?
When Moses sent the 12 spies into the promised land to bring back a report, they learnt that the land was fertile and fit to feed giants. As they studied, fear began to grow in their hearts. Fear is not in-borne, it is given and received.
The facts that they observed were true, so God wasn't upset with them acknowledging the facts, instead, He was upset with how they responded to these facts. How do you respond to information?
There’s a reason God promised them the land, He had already gone ahead and surveyed it. The promises and prophecies given to us by God are not dependent on our capacity, but His capacity through us. God’s word over your life must look impossible to you in your natural strength and ability. We are not called to figure it out completely, rather we are called to trust the Lord.
Instead of taking another route, God took the Israelites through the red sea to give them a memory, and to display His glory.
Before Goliath, David hadn't killed any giants, he only had experience killing animals. After assessing Goliath, the whole army was afraid. The more they studied, the more they saw their inadequacies. Sometimes, the more you know your enemy the greater the possibility for you to be deceived. Study your God more than you study your enemy. Those who have the knowledge of their God shall do mighty exploits.
Many believers lose a battle even before a fight because they have lost the battle in their minds through the wrong meditation. If you give yourself to an idea long enough, it becomes alive and it grows. We are part of a Kingdom where we are rewarded or punished for our thought-life. Your life rises or falls to the level of your thoughts.
Are you able to investigate and distinguish between the different thoughts you are having every day? Proximity can transmit certain thoughts and ideas into your spirit. Communication can happen through your flesh and blood, your body is a complex system designed to conduct revelation.
This year, may your thoughts be approved by God and may they qualify you for a promotion. God gave you a mind to build your future, so don’t allow the enemy to turn your mind into an instrument of torture. We are meant to rule and reign in Christ Jesus!
In this week's episode Prophet Hari empowers us for exploits. In the 2023 crossover prophetic message, we were told to prepare our fingers for warfare.
In the Kingdom of God, growth and expansion doesn't come without warfare. Every time a word is released, a corresponding attack from the enemy’s camp is released to take away the sent word so that it doesn't bear fruit.
This year we received a promise that God is expanding us and giving us territory. There have been powers of darkness occupying certain spaces that belong to us, but this year we are going to drive them out. There can’t be possession until you drive the enemy out of the promised land. This year, we are ready for warfare because we are ready to enforce the victory that the Lord has given us.
If you take your place, certain malfunctions in your life and family will be addressed this year. Your expansion will be in proportion to how much you grow this year.
In Exodus 23:27, we see that the Israelites were given the land, but they didn't have the capacity to cover the land. The Lord was saying that little by little, He would help them to drive out their enemies and make their growth exceptional and ordinary.
This year, if you are not prepared you will see the watchmen of the promised land and become intimidated, but that mustn't be the case because you own the land! Intimidation comes in different ways. Don’t disqualify yourself from anything that God has already qualified you for! Refuse to be intimidated, scared or anxious for the Lord has called you.
Even a blessing can be intimidating if your mind is not renewed and your identity isn’t formed. The enemy knows you are too anointed, so he creates imaginary demons and scenarios in your mind in order for you to fight your own blessing and sent help. The enemy can’t curse you, so he will try to get you to use your own mouth to say certain things against your blessings.
Why accept defeat without a fight? You are a giant in your own capacity. Become confident in the God given grace upon your life. If you know who you are, victory is yours. This year, while you are defeating demons, you will knock off some giants on the way. Everything you need for victory this year is already in your presence. Don’t study the enemy too much and forget who you are!
This year, God is releasing a once in a generation kind of blessing, grace and opportunity. Defeat is not our portion, we shall take over for the glory of God.
This week, Prophet Hari teaches principles on locating and receiving help. Help is not automatic, it must be located.
We’re not all born into equal circumstances. We all have a different economic background, information (way of processing life) and relationship status (network strength). Relationships are real currency in the Kingdom of God and in the world.
Often, God helps us by sending someone to us. You can be helped by holding the hand of one that is holding God’s hand. Can you discern the hand that is tugging and moving you forward? The speed at which you receive information is determined by the quality of the relationships you have access to.
You can’t decide where you are born, but you can decide how you acquire certain advantages in life. The biggest advantage we have in life is our relationship with Jesus Christ. We serve a God who is above our limitations.
The Word tells us that those who lack wisdom, must ask for it. But the question is, do you know that you lack wisdom? The biggest lie in every human being is the sense that they know. We don’t know that we don’t know. If there is a persistent lack in your life, it’s because you have allowed it to stay in your life. Locating help is an art.
In Genesis 39, the Bible tells us about the life of Joseph, how he was succeeding in everything because the Lord was with him. The Potiphar was able to perceive and recognise that there was something different about Joseph, so he elevated that grace and gave him authority. Potiphar brought everything under his covering, and was blessed because of that. All because He recognised and honoured a man that was close to the purposes of God.
Joseph’s family couldn’t recognise that the one who sustained Egypt was in their house. Small minded people fight greatness.
Potiphar was a wise man, he recognised grace. But his wife was not able to recognise the spirit that Joseph was carrying because she was too carnal. You can either be great, or the reason for greatness to leave your environment. Grace can either be drawn to you, or frustrated by you. His wife wanted something that was evil in the sight of God, and she was chasing that result. When you reduce grace for selfish reasons, the grace will exit your life.
Potiphar was furious about hearing his wife’s story, so he got rid of the favour of God by in-prisoning Joseph. Be careful to study the source of where your stories come from. He managed to do what his wife did, which was to drive grace out of their environment.
In Genesis 41, Pharaoh was disturbed by his dreams, so he sought out the interpretation. God knew that Pharaoh wouldn’t rest until he got the interpretation through Joseph. Pharaoh was so desperate that he gave an audience to a prisoner.
When he recognised that Joseph solved the mystery, he elevated him. The Pharaoh was operating at a higher level than Potiphar, because he elevated Joseph and kept him close. He made sure that his help would never be taken away from. He gave him authority and a wife. He knew how to sustain his help.
It’s one thing to receive help once, and it’s another to sustain help in your life.
In this week’s episode, Prophet Hari continues in the Tribes Series. In this teaching, he shares more in-depth about how to unlock divine grace from God.
In the book of Exodus, we see that God answered the Israelites prayers by choosing Moses to be their deliverer. Many times we think that the answers to our prayers must come to us, but God’s answer may not always come directly to us. Oftentimes the answer comes through the person that’s meant to help us.
God went to a man that was out of the system of slavery. The mindset that put you in slavery cannot deliver you from slavery. The advantage that Moses had was that he didn’t know how to think like a slave, he was raised in royalty. He possessed the mindset of royalty. God often sends you someone that doesn’t have the limitations of your situation.
When Moses came to Pharaoh, it was as good as God coming to Pharaoh. We can miss our deliverance because we have the wrong expectations of how God should function. Can you tell when God has stepped into your situation? Can you discern and unlock the grace that comes in the form of a man?
Most people can’t even perceive grace. The ones that can, they run the risk of making the second mistake, which is to perceive grace and then think that deliverance is automatic.
Jesus died and was resurrected, the price for salvation is already paid, yet there are still people going to hell. The fact that something is already done for you, doesn’t mean that it’s automatically transferred to your account. The truth that you engage with is what becomes reality in you.
Awareness is the first step. Awareness of a truth doesn’t automatically mean it becomes a reality in your life. It becomes a reality when you dedicate yourself to that stream. You must study the grace, in order for it to work for you.
Be specific in your pursuit. Intelligence is required to receive help. In order to grow at an accelerated speed, you must become tenacious in pursuing help.
The difference between a pursuit and an intelligent pursuit is that in a normal pursuit, you throw darts, but it takes time to see results. In an intelligent pursuit, you become laser sharp.
How you engage with grace will decide how you live and the fruit of your life.
Get singular focus and study the voice placed above you to help you. If God has placed you under a voice, the more you give yourself to that voice, the more grace you unpack. The voice you listen to, is the voice you have the grace to obey.
Continuing in our Tribes Series, this week, Prophet Hari teaches on how to lead a life that is built on abundant grace from God.
Through these teachings, our desire is not just to share information, but we want those teachings to make us a group of people whose lives testify about the truth we have. We are not part of a kingdom of words alone, we need the corresponding actions.
In 1 Corinthians 12, we get one of the most powerful descriptions about the body of Christ. It says that Christ is a many membered body, and yet He is One. God arranged the members as He chose.
We don’t get to choose where in the body we are located. Your location in the body of Christ is not determined by you. God has placed you in a certain location, and has divinely designed you to fit in a certain position.
Christ, the eternal one, the son of God, equal to the Father and the Spirit, was born and lived a life in a physical human body named Jesus. After that body was put on the cross, and after he bore the sins of the world and was resurrected, Christ decided to corporately dwell in a body called the Church. He poured Himself out into a many membered body and yet they are one.
Christ, while being seated on the right hand of God, His body is extending on the earth. It is a divine mystery. If we are one body, where are you located then? By association, are you also in heavenly places? If that’s true then can it be that we are not only earthbound? That means there are parts of us that can interact with other dimensions.
Is Christ who is seated in Heaven bound by time? He is operating in timelessness, and yet another section of His body is operating in time. If you can learn to understand the mystery that you’re a part of, you’ll learn to leverage timelessness into time.
What information does Christ possess that we have access to? We can walk into information by simply being located in the same body. There is a way that the body is wired, the experience of one part of the body can become the experience of the entirety of it.
We are baptised into one body and into one Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the cord that goes all the way back to Creation. The same Spirit has operated in every member of the body. What then do you have access to by being baptised in the same Spirit?
Hebrews 12:22-23 clearly outlines our current location in Christ to us, “But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect.”
Are you living life from your location in Christ? Are you experiencing that location? Is your life a reflection of that location? What conversations can you hear from this location? The foundation has been laid through this teaching, because you can’t unlock a grace that you don’t know. You can’t receive what you don’t perceive. May you rise in your generation!
We rise in this Kingdom on the strength of our understanding. Understanding is power in the realms of the Spirit. The entrance of God’s Word brings light.
This arrangement is an arrangement of grace. Christ is a many membered body. Everyone is valued. The members are not perfect, they’re flawed but washed by His blood. God has put treasures in earthen vessels. Everybody can discern the perfect Christ, but the intelligent can discern Christ in an earthen vessel. What grace has God deposited in the people around you? Have you learnt to unlock it?
We have to learn to unlock grace around us, in the body of Christ. Our location is powerful!
Continuing in our Tribes Series, this week, Prophet Hari teaches on how to lead a life that is built on abundant grace from God.
Through these teachings, our desire is not just to share information, but we want those teachings to make us a group of people whose lives testify about the truth we have. We are not part of a kingdom of words alone, we need the corresponding actions.
In 1 Corinthians 12, we get one of the most powerful descriptions about the body of Christ. It says that Christ is a many membered body, and yet He is One. God arranged the members as He chose.
We don’t get to choose where in the body we are located. Your location in the body of Christ is not determined by you. God has placed you in a certain location, and has divinely designed you to fit in a certain position.
Christ, the eternal one, the son of God, equal to the Father and the Spirit, was born and lived a life in a physical human body named Jesus. After that body was put on the cross, and after he bore the sins of the world and was resurrected, Christ decided to corporately dwell in a body called the Church. He poured Himself out into a many membered body and yet they are one.
Christ, while being seated on the right hand of God, His body is extending on the earth. It is a divine mystery. If we are one body, where are you located then? By association, are you also in heavenly places? If that’s true then can it be that we are not only earthbound? That means there are parts of us that can interact with other dimensions.
Is Christ who is seated in Heaven bound by time? He is operating in timelessness, and yet another section of His body is operating in time. If you can learn to understand the mystery that you’re a part of, you’ll learn to leverage timelessness into time.
What information does Christ possess that we have access to? We can walk into information by simply being located in the same body. There is a way that the body is wired, the experience of one part of the body can become the experience of the entirety of it.
We are baptised into one body and into one Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the cord that goes all the way back to Creation. The same Spirit has operated in every member of the body. What then do you have access to by being baptised in the same Spirit?
Hebrews 12:22-23 clearly outlines our current location in Christ to us, “But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect.”
Are you living life from your location in Christ? Are you experiencing that location? Is your life a reflection of that location? What conversations can you hear from this location? The foundation has been laid through this teaching, because you can’t unlock a grace that you don’t know. You can’t receive what you don’t perceive. May you rise in your generation!
We rise in this Kingdom on the strength of our understanding. Understanding is power in the realms of the Spirit. The entrance of God’s Word brings light.
This arrangement is an arrangement of grace. Christ is a many membered body. Everyone is valued. The members are not perfect, they’re flawed but washed by His blood. God has put treasures in earthen vessels. Everybody can discern the perfect Christ, but the intelligent can discern Christ in an earthen vessel. What grace has God deposited in the people around you? Have you learnt to unlock it?
We have to learn to unlock grace around us, in the body of Christ. Our location is powerful!
This week Prophet Hari continues the series on Tribes, and teaches on the power of alignment. We are all equally loved by God, but our experience of God’s grace is not always equal. The soul can be saved, but the experience on earth varies from person to person. There is a grace from which lifetimes of labour can be shrunk and given to you in minutes. One such grace is the power of alignment.
In the book of 1 Samuel, we see that Samuel was the man that opened heavens over Israel. He became the location for the voice of God. In the realms of the Spirit, people are locations and doors.
God’s great mystery is not a building, God’s great plan is a living House with living stones. The living stones are people with grace and treasures locked within them.
In 1 Samuel 10:5-8, Saul receives a prophecy from Samuel which says that there will be a band of prophets coming down from their place of worship, and at that time the Spirit of the Lord would come upon him powerfully and he would prophesy. As spoken, Saul prophesied. Something happened to him when he entered a tribe of prophets. He came in contact with another DNA which superseded every limitation that was upon his natural DNA. In one moment, he received training to prophesy. By instruction and alignment he partook in a grace that took a lifetime for Samuel to build.
Submission is not your limitation, submission is your elevation. We enter the courts of heaven on the merit of Jesus Christ, not on our sacrifices alone. By this principle we begin to operate in grace that we have not physically taken care of.
Submission is a revelation. You mustn’t submit out of fear or obligation, submit out of revelation. By revelation, we unlock different dimensions in people. Submission fuelled by revelation will unlock greatness and grace.
Sonship cannot be forced, it must be fuelled by revelation. That is the way to unlock the grace above your head. The heart of every father is that his sons and daughters will do greater works than himself. Your father is not the end, your father is the beginning.
In this episode Prophet Hari shares about friendship that is approved by God. Are your friends the friends of your past, present or do you see them as friends of your future? Are your friends adding to your destiny?
Many people take friendship casually. Friendships can be a clever strategy of the enemy to shift you. One conversation can change the course of your life.
One quarrel between Lot and Abraham’s shepherds caused Lot to leave a blessed place. He left a relationship that was meant to cover him. All it took for Lot to leave a blessing was a few sheep. He was sincere, but sincerely wrong.
Where did Judas find the time to fellowship with the pharisees? Judas was a true disciple at one point, but he kept certain connections alive. They still felt comfortable walking with him and talking to him. What appeared to be harmless conversations eventually took Judas away from the Master.
Jesus gave us the definition of divine friendship through the story in Matthew 12, when his mother and brothers wanted to speak to him while he was teaching. He said, “For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.” (Matthew 12:50).
Entitlement is a pain. Jesus was doing His Father’s work, so the ideal response from Jesus’ mother and brothers should have been to identify who is speaking, and humble themselves to sit and hear this great voice. Instead, history and familiarity dictated their response. They stood outside. There’s only so much you can draw from a person because of natural connections.
Divine friends are the ones who do the will of God. Mary is not the mother of Jesus because she gave birth to Him, she is his mother because she said yes to the will of God. As long as Mary will continue to do the will of the Father, she is family. The relationships you have now, are they actively helping you do the will of God? Define relationships by their posture to the will of God.
Keys for Divine Friendship:
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We cannot be friends only because of shared history. We are friends because we have a glorious future together.
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Friendships formed out of pain are very powerful, but they can cost you your destiny.
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Study who adds fuel to your fire
Stop listening to people who are not friends of your future. If you give someone enough of your time and attention, you will share in their destiny.
By listening to a voice that had already fallen, Eve participated in a fall that was not designed for her. By giving their attention, they began to participate in the serpent's destiny. You will fulfil the plans and the purposes of the one you are listening to! Who has your attention?
In this week’s special Prophetic service, Prophet Hari expounds from the book of Joel 2, about how there are prophets who can see a matter and there are those that can change a matter. Joel was one of those prophets that could do both.
Joel was able to tap into God and see the future and the desires of God. Not only was he able to zoom into the heart of God, he was able to pick up on the underlying plan. He told the people how to avoid disaster; by returning to the Lord with all their hearts. That required special spiritual intelligence.
It is a trademark of the friends of God that they get notice of what is about to happen. For friends of God, the prophetic is not just a vehicle for information, rather it is an invitation to change the outcome.
When you give your full focus to the Lord, you are not a victim of the times but you become a partner with the very source of life. The future is not an event that we arrive at, the future is something we build in collaboration with God. We can shape the future with intelligence from God.
You can turn destruction into destiny with Christ! God is making a way for you to exit suffering, He says return to me with all your heart. Why cry after suffering? Weep before the Lord before, and change the disaster.
The work of the Cross is both redemptive and transformative. It’s impossible to be a Jesus lover and not have godly sorrow over your sin. There must be a conviction in your soul when you are living beneath your identity. We must transform every day to reflect God accurately.
We believe that God is raising up a spotless generation, because of the redemptive and transformative work of God!
The posture of your heart that you have before the Lord is what will decide the future. Bring your heart to Jesus. Bring to Him what judgement would have been forced upon you. Consecrate that aspect of your life, and bring it to the light. What is consecrated before God can’t be judged before the same God. Whatever you honour God with is immune to judgement.
Return to the Lord with all your heart today.
Prophet Hari continues sharing the invitation to unusual favour. This week he elaborates on the verse in Luke 2:52, about how Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man. It’s a mystery how this one verse encapsulates 18 years of Jesus’ life. This tells us that there are levels of understanding, stature and favour. If there weren’t levels then there would be no need for increase. Jesus was on a constant trajectory of increase. The man Jesus was growing every second, and was not giving permission to talk about it. Therefore the requirement for favour can be that you have to hide it for some time. As we grow, there is an increasing proportion to the joy we bring to God. We should all desire to not stagnate in our favour. Increase is our portion in Christ.
Why did Jesus need to grow in favour of man? Favour with man is not just about them liking you or saying nice things about you, favour is what causes people to give their life for your cause. When you enjoy a dimension of this favour, you enter a zone where men cannot say no to you. An example of this is when Jesus approached the disciples for the first time. When they saw and heard His voice, there was an irresistible pull to His call.
There is a place in God, where you can ask whatever you want and it won’t be refused. I like to call that dimension of grace and favour the whatsoever dimension. In that place, we have to guard our hearts from asking for things. If we don’t protect our hearts, we could end up abusing that kind of favour. There is a favour with God where you don't ask for anything and yet you lack nothing. In order to not abuse it, there is a lifestyle of holiness required.
Unusual favour is something that must be given to you by the Lord. In that high place, even the laws of creation can be suspended. There is a favour where God even speaks to people on your behalf. Only the friends of God can walk into these realities. May you accept the invitation to walk in unusual favour!
In this episode, Prophet Hari continues teaching on Unusual Favour. He expounds on the life of Daniel; how he received favour from God.
Royalty is not and cannot be rushed. These distinct individuals that were selected would have to be put into 3 years of training for one appearance to stand before the king. There was a preparation required in order to present themselves in a manner that the king approved of.
Daniel understood something, that if he was called into the palace by the king, the king also had the power to kick him out of the palace, so he went to a superior power. He understood that winning the favour of the King of Kings is more powerful. There is a favour where the kings of the earth cannot fire you. If you truly stand for God, there’s no power that can cause you to fall. You can win the favour of kings without going and looking for the favour of kings. If the Lord likes you, what option does the king have? When the favour, grace and presence of God come upon you, you become irresistible. Your light causes you to become a candidate for unusual kindness.
Keys on Favour:
1- Favour is a result of you honouring God and His ways in your generation. It’s impossible to truly honour God and His ways and not enjoy a measure of favour.
2- Favour requires/demands preparation.
Queen Esther, the king’s wife, who was rightfully given the privilege to access the king, still prepared herself to make her request known. She didn’t throw a tantrum. Throwing tantrums doesn’t work with God. He wants us to learn His ways, and change our ways so that we know how to approach Him.
3- One of the blessings favour brings is access.
There’s no greater test than access. Favour has protocols. You abuse the protocol, you lose the favour. Favour brings access, and access brings information. Information brings more favour.
4- There is a situation that provokes God to have favour over your life.
When enemies hate you and fight you for no reason, you must celebrate, because they create a case for you that you can’t plead for yourself. By your conviction and love, when you put yourself in a place of disadvantage to honour God, God sees it and is moved to act on your behalf.
5- The cost of unusual favour is unconditional LOVE
This week Prophet Hari shares prophetic utterances over the month of September, and unpacks the mystery of unusual favour. We are expecting this season to be one of many testimonies, great rewards and reports. For those who believe, it will be a time of unusual favour.
There is a favour from God that cannot be explained. There are many wealthy people in the world, but not everyone who is wealthy enjoys the favour of God. There is a misconception that receiving a breakthrough is the same as receiving God’s favour. A breakthrough is the removal of resistance. It’s possible to experience a breakthrough but still not enter the favour of God. God’s favour is a higher dimension of grace. His favour is the most precious commodity that you can possess on the earth. It is the favour of God that makes you unstoppable. It’s easy to locate a favoured individual; they cannot and will not sink. Breakthrough is a single occurrence, favour is a daily lifestyle. For the favoured ones, divine results are not occasional but a daily matter. May divine results become your lifestyle!
In Exodus 33:13, Moses requests “Now therefore, if I have found favour in your sight, please show me now your ways, that I may know you in order to find favour in your sight.” He goes on to say, “Is it not in your going with us, so that we are distinct, I and your people, from every other people on the face of the earth?”
The favour of God is the nearness of God; the manifest presence of Jesus. The proof of favour is God going with you. When the Lord smiles upon you, your presence is confirmed with a superior presence. What makes us distinct is the manifest presence and glory of God coming with us. We stand out by hosting a measure of His glory.
Before Moses made his request, God promised to grant them victory and the supernatural. He was assuring them that He would fulfil the promise He made to Abraham and take them into the promised land. What more could they ask for? It’s possible to have all the evidence of God’s presence without God in your life. We don’t just want results, we want results with God! We don’t just want the fulfilment of the prophecy, we want God in it. We don’t just want movement, we want God in that movement.
The favour of God brings a revelation of His ways. His presence brings understanding. There are people that witness the acts of God, and then there are those that have the mind of God. There are degrees of favour and knowing God. The primary function of favour is to know Him! Favour unlocks God.
When we compare Zechariah and Mary’s divine encounters with an angel, we see that they asked similar questions but Zechariah was made mute, while Mary received answers. Why is that? The mystery is found in the greeting. To Mary, the angel called her highly favoured. Zechariah was getting an answer to prayer. That means that you can receive answers to prayer and still not be considered favoured. Mary didn’t pray any prayer, and yet because she was highly favoured, favour qualified her for answers and understanding. In the realms of the Spirit, you need to be qualified to ask certain questions and to receive certain answers. Zechariah was in a place to receive results, but not to understand how they would happen. When you are highly favoured, you receive things that you didn’t pray for!
When you find favour with God, divine information flows to you, the opposite is also true. May you grow wings and take off this month!
This week, Prophet Hari continues in the Spirit Life series. In this teaching, he shares how to increase your spiritual range.
In 2 Corinthians 10, Apostle Paul speaks about God-given spheres of influence. This is important because we serve a God of perfect design and order. He has a way of organising power, authority and spiritual rank. If we have all been assigned a sphere of influence, then we must know the boundary of grace upon our lives.
Paul describes the geographical boundary of his grace when he says that Corinth exists within that boundary. He had jurisdictional and territorial authority over them. From this we learn that we cannot rule beyond the measure of the grace that is given to us. Your grace has a boundary according to your assignment and nearness to God. When God calls you, He calls you with true grace, power and authority (rank). Our boundaries can be pushed and expanded. God places boundaries for our protection; they stop us from going into error. It’s a sin to leave your boundary. When you don’t honour boundaries, bondage is the future. We know this by the Scriptures that describe the angels that did not stay within the limits of authority that was given to them. We see time and time again in the Scriptures that jumping a boundary brought about judgement.
Studying from the life of Daniel, we learn that when he prayed for understanding he was hindered by a principality for 21 days. It gives us insight about how the realms of the spirit work. We see that there can be resistance over a territory. A spiritual conflict brought about a delay in natural time. There is a measure of strength given to spiritual beings. The principality had enough power to resist the angel Gabriel. When the same angel came to Mary there was no hindrance in his passageway because she was located in Israel. That means there are also points of entry in the realms of the spirit. Gabriel was sent to Daniel like a spy to deliver information, but because of the resistance, the angel Michael had to come down to assist him. There are angelic beings that watch over nations. Everything that happens in the world is a result of what’s first happening in the spiritual world.
The reason why Gabriel was resisted was because he was carrying information that would expose the plans of the enemy. It was given to Daniel what the kingdom of darkness was planning. What does the enemy know about your future that you don’t know that he’s fighting you for? The enemy always fights future glory and who you will become.
The intelligent in the bride of Christ study their life, have an understanding of boundaries and rules their sphere of influence well! The range that you cover in life is determined by your proximity to God. The closer and higher you walk with God the more time shrinks for you. When that happens, you are able to see more than most people.
Continuing in The Spirit Life series, Prophet Hari teaches on The God of Order. In 1 Corinthians 14:33, it states “For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,”. We serve a God of order. When we think of order, we often think of rigidity, but our God is not that way. He is a God that predetermined a way for us. The God we serve is a God of design, intelligence. There is a system for the things that issue out of Him. While it may look random or not make sense by the human mind, everything that precedes from God is intelligently designed and has an order to it. When you study God’s order, you’re understanding a portion of His Spirit. His order is the prescribed way a thing must function. We serve our highest and best when we function the way God designed for us to function.
In Mark 5:9, it says, “And Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He replied, “My name is Legion, for we are many.” Even the kingdom of darkness understands the principles of order. A legion is a highly organised unit. The Spirit realm is a highly sophisticated environment where order is clearly understood and executed. Every being knows its place.
When the presence of Jesus descends upon you, it brings a certain understanding of how things were designed and meant to operate. The presence of God brings perfect order in our lives. When we host His presence daily, it brings order to our family life as well. There is a method of parenting that comes from the place of the Spirit. There is a divine order that supersedes the natural order.
In every circumstance, above the wickedness of man, there is an unseen and divine hand of God. When the nearness of God and His favour comes upon you, enemies that are stronger than you begin to fail and fight each other. The nearness of God brings confusion to the camp of the enemy. When divine order comes, it brings chaos in the camp of the enemy.
As you become a mature believer, divine order becomes a part of you. As you read and hear this message, may God bring divine order to your life.
This week Prophet Hari shares keys on how to grow in your spiritual life. The greatest possession we can have in our life is the presence of God. There is nothing more valuable than His presence. The way that we are transformed into His image is by beholding the glory on the face of the Son of God. The more we see the Son, the more we become like Him. To become like Him, you must know Him. We serve a gracious God, when we take steps toward Him, He takes steps toward us.
The first principle for your consideration is, 1: Without dispute, the lesser is blessed by the greater. We are all equally loved by God, and all believers can walk boldly to the throne of grace, but that doesn’t mean that there’s no arrangement of grace and authority in the Kingdom. By alignment, we can connect ourselves to a greater light. We can find a greater light and come under the influence of that light by the instruction of the Holy Spirit. A good mentor is an accelerator to your spirit.
The second principle is, 2: Study your associations. You become the company you keep. The fastest way to change your life is by monitoring and changing your company. May God give you a company that elevates your spirit.
The third principle is, 3: Be in an atmosphere where the Word is not just appealing to your soul, but is mentoring your spirit. When the Word goes deeper than your soul, it begins to shape your spirit. In order for a Word to touch your spirit it must be born in the Spirit. Listen to preachers who can minister to your spirit.
The fourth principle is, 4: Dig deeper in the Word of God. Don’t stop reading when your soul is moved. Study further, meditate until you hit the Spirit behind the Word. Study until the Spirit that is in the Word leaps out at you. The Word must become flesh.
The fifth principle is, 5: Obedience is a catalyst, it provokes a response from God. Train your flesh to submit to the Spirit of God that is calling you. As you obey, new dimensions of grace are opened to you.
This month, overcome and obey at all cost. May you gain understanding in the Spirit realm. There is a blessing reserved to the overcomer and the one who obeys.
In this episode, Prophet Hari continues the Spirit Life series. You can find the previous episode (part 6) on Instagram. This week we unpack 2 Corinthians 3, most specifically verse 18 “And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.”
Adam and Eve were created in the image and likeness of God, therefore, wherever they went they served the purpose of representing the Creator. Satan understood the power of that, so when he deceived them into sinning, they no longer carried their original design, they began to reflect the fallen Luciferian system. In order to redeem the situation, in the generations to follow God hand-picked individuals through whom He could showcase His grace, glory and power. When we study their lives, we see elements of God; the God dimension in human beings. We didn’t get the full express image of God through them, we only saw parts of Him through fallen men. Moses was entrusted with a big mandate. He introduced to the people the way that God wanted them to live through the law. What he introduced was only a prophetic picture of the real way of living in the time to come. The law worked as a reminder to show them how far they had fallen from the original image and likeness of God. If the ministry of the law that brought awareness of sin came with glory, how much more glorious is the ministry that imparts righteousness? Moses understood that he was only the shadow of the real Saviour; everything he did was pointing to the One. He entered into a dimension of glory where his body was being transformed. When people saw this glory, they looked away, because they were made aware that they didn’t fulfil the requirement. Moses had to reduce that glory with a veil for people to engage with him, and he could not impart that glory to another, he had to keep going up the mountain. Moses was the dispensation of the law. As children of God, we are not under the ministry of the law, we are under the ministry of the Spirit of God! Jesus is not the reflection of the glory of God, He is the substance. Moses brought the requirement of God, Jesus brought the supply. The privileges we enjoy are the following: we’re able to behold the glory of God that is on the face of the Lord Jesus, and we are actively being transformed into His image. We become what we behold. You become like the dimension of glory that you are exposed to. In the Lord Jesus, there is no fading, we only keep shining brighter.
In this teaching, Prophet Hari shares how the enemy actually controls the world. Continuing from Ephesians 2, we see that Satan is described as the prince of the power of the air (not the earth). The dominion of spirit beings is not the physical world. When Lucifer was cast down, he occupied a space called air. In order for any spirit being to exercise any function on the earth, there is a need for a body. The enemy functions in the demonic realm, where he has his rule. In both the Kingdom of light and darkness, a body is required. We must ask the question, what is the extent of damage a body alone can make? Real influence is not in the physical body, real influence happens in the mind.
When we are born again, we can still be influenced by demonic spirits if our minds aren’t renewed. There can be territories of the mind that are still occupied by the wrong spirits. Whoever wins the battle of the mind will win the battle of the flesh. The battle is always for the mind and the battle is always in the mind.
There are dimensions where your thoughts are louder than your actions. We see this time and time again in the Scriptures. For example, the tower of Babel in Genesis 11. In God’s eyes, the tower was already erected, and He had to intervene. In the same line of thought, Jesus said, if you think it, it’s as good as doing it. Lucifer was cast down based on thoughts. We belong to a Kingdom where thoughts are rewarded or punished. Not only does God reward obedience, He also rewards thoughts and imaginations.
Thoughts are a fabric of your reality. Every concept, democracy, thought and way of living was once a thought. Possession of the mind is far more effective than possession of a body because the body is a slave to the mind. Your body is a mere extension of what your mind wants to execute.
The enemy occupies the mind by selling lies, he is the father of all lies. He does that through conversations with people through the medium of thoughts and imaginations. He also finds influencers that impart his ideas and they begin to propagate a way of life. If truth doesn’t interrupt it, generations can continue to carry it by the passing of minds. Bodies are time-bound, but minds are not.
As a child of God, you can either operate in the mind of Christ or the mind that your old man used to function in. God can’t perform an instant transformation of your mind, it requires the daily partnering of the Holy Spirit. We must install the mind of Christ every day.
The good thing about the human mind is that it’s highly flexible, it has the capacity to renew. We are not without hope. Whatever you dwell upon, you will develop it. The process is dwelling, developing and defining. Monitor what you dwell upon.
This week Prophet Hari brings the 3rd level of warfare into consideration, which is the god of this world (Satan). The three levels of warfare we unveil in this series is derived from Ephesians 2:2-3. Last week we covered 1- The flesh, and 2- The systems of the world.
Going deeper, in this teaching we will discuss the course of the world which is led by the enemy, Satan. There is a force, the structures to the lusts of the flesh, which is the course of the world, or the systems of the world. It is the environment which decides the direction of sin. The systems of the world create a path for sin. What’s important to note is that the devil is not the god of the earth, he is the god of this world. The earth belongs to the Lord.
The devil's designs, desires and agendas are contrary to God. The devil introduces his world implicitly; his rule is not always seen or explicit. He is the power behind many behaviours and thoughts. Many in the world, without knowledge and consent, are dancing to the tune of the enemy. The only legal way to achieve the redemption of man is by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, how He offered His body as a living sacrifice for us.
In this Kingdom, we don’t measure success only by outcomes, we measure success by how you go about attaining it. What were the tools employed? Is the example of that way found in Jesus? Your body, time, and space is either going to be used for the Kingdom of God or for the prince of the air (the course of this world). Your money can either glorify God or it can serve another master. The biggest problem of poverty is that you fail to honour God with your substance. The highest purpose money can serve is glorifying God.
With all this in mind, the following is a key that we must be mindful of. We must learn to exercise dominion over our bodies. A sin that becomes a habit is dangerous. When sin is repeated it becomes a stronghold in the flesh. It makes space for a spirit to come and occupy that territory. A stronghold can become fortified because of a demonic presence. If you’re not delivered it’s only a matter of time that you’ll return to that pattern. If the stronghold isn’t broken in your lifetime, it can be passed on to the next generation. Thankfully, as children of God we are anointed to overcome patterns! Bloodlines are spiritual real estate. It’s the system that God put in place to transfer image and likeness; it’s how the spiritual substance is transferred. May you be the Joshua in your family that cleanses your bloodline and breaks strongholds. The only solution is the blood of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit.
A true child of God is constantly at war with the flesh and the systems of the world. A believer is called to be a source for good, for God and the Kingdom of Light. Light doesn’t run from darkness. Light by nature is transformative. We are an extension of another reality on earth. May your light shine bright!
In this week’s teaching, Prophet Hari shares the 3 dimensions of warfare that every believer must gain victory in! The 3 levels of warfare that we will be covering are 1- The flesh, 2- The systems of this world, and 3- The Kingdom of darkness (prince of the power of the air, Satan). We derived these levels from Ephesians 2:1-3.
As seen in the garden of Eden with Adam and Eve, the serpent was successful in conjuring certain desires by using words. Lucifer’s primary weapon is lies, by painting pictures in our minds. Sin is a choice. Sin is the choice induced by the passions of your flesh that causes you to rebel against God. The first territory you must conquer and rule well is your physical appetite. The first place a man is meant to exercise dominion is over himself. Everything under our domain suffers from the consequences of our fleshly passions. A good test is seeing if you can keep the promises you make to yourself. If you can’t it’s a sign that there’s another power within you that is preventing you to do so; that is the power of the flesh. Which voice is winning in your life? When the flesh wins, that’s how you lose territory and time. Freedom is having the power to say no to the flesh.
The second territory is the systems of the world. Adam and Eve were God’s chosen instruments to multiply His image and likeness on earth. Sin corrupted the image and likeness of God. We see that generationally, their children carried out the desires and passions of their flesh. Every sin comes with a system that is conducive for that sin to prevail and multiply. The nature of the fallen man is building systems that sustain the fallen way of living. The systems of the world are built to feed the flesh and carnality which is opposite to God. As a child of God, your spirit can’t be at peace with the systems of this world. We must grow to a place where our spirit man rules over the systems of this world. It might be hard at the beginning, but if you stick to your convictions you’ll see that the Spirit of God will give you more benefits and privileges that this world can offer.
This week Prophet Hari continues teaching on The Spirit Life, more specifically, how to understand the flesh. As children of God we know that we are first and foremost spirit beings. Yet unfortunately, many have lost the definition of spirituality and carnality and also lost the ability to distinguish between spirit and flesh. There are many ways to go about life, and yet not all the ways are approved by God. There is a God approved way to obtain blessings. What makes someone spiritual is not determined by material things. Ultimately, what makes us spiritual or carnal is determined by the path we take.
In Genesis, the fall of man is shown through the lives of Adam and Eve. We see that after consuming the forbidden fruit, they didn’t fall dead instantly. What happened was that their eyes were opened to a dimension that hadn’t been made available to them before. They fell to an inferior sight.
What then is carnality?: 1. Perception. The lens in which the world is perceived. The greatest way to perceive life is by bringing God into the equation, and seeing the world from His perspective. 2. Knowledge. There is an earthly knowledge or there is a knowledge of the divine kind, which is beneficial and glorifying to God. 3. Response. The way one responds to situations can either be in the spirit or the flesh. The superior way is learning the ways of the Spirit and ruling over the flesh. The way that Adam and Eve responded to God changed. Before the fall, they came to His presence boldly. In the dimension of carnality that sin produced, they went away from God. Under the influence of sin, His presence no longer produced joy but rather fear. In the Spirit realm, love comes naturally. In carnality, fear is the natural response.
The two different operating systems of how to do life are either flesh or the spirit. They have different protocols, processes and create different responses. Operating in the spirit produces life, and operating in the flesh produces death. In order to operate in the spirit, the principles must be rooted in the Word of God and inspired by the Spirit of God. Our Lord Jesus is the visible expression of the invisible Spirit life. We must look to Him and His life on earth to get greater understanding. Studying His life is equivalent to getting the manuscript of the Spirit life. Jesus is the highest expression of true spirituality. When we are plugged into the Spirit of God, we rule over the natural order. We begin to rule over what makes people run, and are enabled to sleep during storms. Jesus spoke from His Spirit. How do you respond to the things of life? “For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.” (Romans 8:13). The way to victory is to live through the Spirit.
Welcome to part 1 of the Spirit Life. This week Prophet Hari begins to unravel the topic of true spirituality. We live in a time where the quest for relevance and acceptance has managed to dilute the truth of the Word of God. Sadly, many of us have come up with clever answers to cover up the lack of truth. As children of God, we must have more than information and theory, we must have the power and reality of God.
The Kingdom of God is not one of the words alone. The Kingdom of God is made up of words and power. In John 3:1 onward, we see the conversation between Nicodemus and Jesus. Nicodemus could perceive that no one could do the signs that Jesus was producing unless God is with him. Jesus didn’t only bring information, He brought information along with signs, wonders and miracles. There was a corresponding action and results to the teachings of Jesus. This also tells us that there is a way of verifying if God is with somebody. The words coupled with actions prove the presence of Almighty God in one's life.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is Spirit. When we are born again we are introduced to a new kingdom. In our fallen nature, we did not have the capacity or faculties to interact with the Kingdom of God. As children of God, what was invisible before becomes visible to us. Being born again is the quintessential experience of a believer's life, it’s when we become a spiritual being. To engage with the Holy Spirit, you must also be a spiritual being. As a spiritual being, you must ask yourself the question, if what you’re consuming isn’t producing Spirit in you, then where does it come from?
This Christian life can’t be divorced or separated from spirituality. Christianity is the real spiritual life. The life that Jesus authored is the true supernatural.
1- The Christian life is first and foremost spiritual.
God who is a Spirit made the physical world. Every work of God is spiritual.
2- Our identity is first and foremost spiritual
Who are you if everything that you lean on to form your identity is suspended? (Ex: Gender, culture, family). You are first and foremost a child of God. You are a spiritual being that came from a spiritual source. Your destiny and diet are spiritual. The sustenance of your spirit is the Words of God. Have you fed your spirit the sustenance that is required for it to grow?
This week, we continue our series on How to Approach God. In this teaching, Prophet Hari shares more specifically on how to approach men and women of God. How we receive sent ones is an indication of how we approach God. Immaturity tells us that we can approach a man/woman of God casually, but if that is your revelation then you can’t draw from that vessel.
“..Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be established; believe his prophets, and you will succeed.” (2 Chronicles 20:20) In this Scripture, we see a King’s revelation and understanding. In order to be established, we must believe in the Lord our God. It’s also saying that in order for prosperity to be added to our establishment we must believe in His Prophets.
In 2 Chronicles 15:3, we are told that for a long time Israel was without the true God, without a teaching priest and without the law. When God favours you, He always brings people in your life that understand His heart, so that you don’t stumble on your way to God. When God really wants to favour you, He brings the presence of a teaching priest in your midst for that vessel to reveal the heart of God to you, which helps you to avoid wasting time. The Word requires interpretation. The quality of your interpretation is a reflection of the quality of the teaching priest you have. Your diet of the Word will decide your destiny.
The way we receive Jesus Christ is by receiving the ones He sends. These are Kingdom mysteries. It matters to God how we receive His prophets. Below are 3 keys on how to approach a man/woman of God:
1- Have you taken the time to study this vessel?
Even before you meet them, have you discerned the grace that is upon their life? Studying is different from testing. You must investigate the kind of spirit operating in this person. The lack of perception leads to a waste of encounters. Another point to consider is that physical closeness doesn’t guarantee success. We can build bridges of honour, even without ever meeting in person. Study in honour.
2- Prepare for your encounter
In order to receive, your spirit must be light and free from offence. Our hearts and minds must be prepared, otherwise, we can stumble into a place of greatness and not profit from it. Prepare by coming with the right attitude. Entitlement doesn’t work in the Kingdom of God.
3- Come prepared with words
In the presence of someone that can help us, we should always come prepared with our questions. Think deeply about what you want to bring to their attention. Ask questions that have an impact on your life.
The reason why we teach passionately on this topic is because it’s impossible to honour God and not honour what He has honoured. A sent man/woman is a visible map to this invisible God.
In this week’s episode, Prophet Hari continues the series on how to approach God.
How we perceive God determines how we approach God. Your revelation is either your limitation or acceleration. How you perceive God will decide how you receive God. Similarly, we approach people in the capacity of how we see them.
As children of God, we cannot project earthly protocols with our Heavenly Father. In order to understand how to relate to Him, we must look at the approach that Jesus used.
The Biblical model of Father and Son is such that the Father comes up with the plan and then tells the son how to do it.
The manner of the Kingdom is described in the parable of the wedding feast in Matthew 22. The parable describes a man that came without a wedding garment. The man came unprepared. In the last teaching we learned that we must approach God boldly, but coming boldly doesn’t mean without preparation. Many of us approach God in the Father dimension but miss out on the glory of the dimension of God as righteous King. Some prayers can be unanswered because they’re not in the domain of the Father but in the domain of the King. We must change our protocols. We must grow to a place of stature where we can do business with God and stand upright before Him.
Our God expects a certain level of presentation from us. Although the man was invited, the expectation of the king wasn’t revealed, it was left up to the man to study the situation. He thought he could engage with royalty as he was. You can’t engage royalty as a commoner. God loves us the way we are, but He doesn’t want us to remain the way we are. We must learn the language of royalty.
The garment that God looks for: 1- The garment of praise. We must enter His courts with thanksgiving. 2- Garment of faith. The king is drawn to faith. 3- Garment of holiness. We must present ourselves in the holiness and righteousness imputed in us by God.
This week Prophet Hari elaborates on the importance of abiding in Christ, the True Vine, from the book of John 15. The way of the Kingdom of God is fruit and more fruit. The only direction is upward. For the children of God, there’s no subtraction, even when something looks like a reduction God works it out in a manner of multiplication. In the Kingdom we are cleansed by exposing ourselves to the sound of His Word.
As children of God, our goal should be oneness with Him. When Jesus said “Abide in Me,” He didn’t mean it in a short term, it’s meant to be a perpetual oneness and togetherness. The goal of our Christian life is not to live for the highlights, the goal should be to carry the cloud of God, to live in it daily and to become it. It’s not enough to be touched by the fire, the goal must be to become one with the fire. When we grow in oneness we begin to think and perceive on the level of God. When there’s a need for God to speak, it also means that there’s a distance, but in oneness there’s no need for speaking. Do we speak to the members of our body in order for them to work? The Kingdom of God will be fully visible on earth when we grow in oneness.
It is impossible to abide in Him without sanctification. When we make a choice to abide in Christ, that decision alone starts a process of sanctification. Saying yes to Jesus means saying no to many other things. Holiness is an invitation to operate in the God-class; to be like Him. When we become captivated by Him everything else fades away. It’s no longer about avoiding sins, but rather about beholding Him. It’s possible to avoid sin, but still fail to look to Him.
Sanctification leads to fruitfulness. Oneness produces sanctification, sanctification leads to multiplication. There is a growth and increase that is a result of your spirituality; your spirit man growing in Christ. Growth outside of Him is not approved by God.
Multiplication happens when something comes in contact with divine grace from God. For example, the 5 loaves and 2 fish multiplied when they left the hands of the boy and made contact with the hands of Jesus. The bread became sanctified and inherited multiplication. Likewise, when the lady’s last meal made contact with the prophet, it was exchanged for a lifetime supply of grace. There is a fruitfulness that is a direct result of sanctification.
“If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.” (John 15:7) There is a dimension in God where whatever you wish can be granted to you.
“By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.” (John 15:8) In you entering this realm, God is glorified. Our Lord wants us to lead a joyful life, where our joy can be full in Him.
In this week’s episode Prophet Hari lets us into a conversation from a high table, a teaching inspired by his spiritual Father, Senior Prophet Shyju Mathew.
We will be studying from John 15:1-5. In these passages of Scripture Jesus compares Himself to a vine. Jesus could have picked anything to represent Himself, for example, a mighty oak, but it’s interesting to note that He chose the vine. The vine is vulnerable, and needs constant caring and tending to. A vine requires a support system, it cannot stand on its own. It requires the strength of a structure to grow and sustain itself. Jesus depended fully on His Heavenly Father.
If you want to grow in your spiritual life, God didn’t design you to live independently. There are many ways to grow, but is your way approved by God?
Everything was given to Adam and Eve in order to succeed, they were made in the image and likeness of God, but they still needed a blessing. The question is, what did the blessing add? The blessing was the permission to go and be fruitful and multiply. It’s not enough that you have all the raw ingredients to succeed, you need the blessing of the Lord. The blessing is the difference between a son and Lucifer. Lucifer took all the anointing and went his own way. There are many ways to prosper but the only way that God ordained is to succeed with a blessing.
Jesus says, every branch that does not bear fruit will be taken away. How can you be in Christ and not bear fruit? Is it possible to develop certain disorders that stop the nutrition from the root from reaching you? It can be that your fruit isn’t evident because what you’re connected to is dying. Where you are and what you’re connected to is important. Certain nutrients may or may not reach you based on your location and association.
Jesus’ formula for bearing fruit is to abide in Him. It’s possible to be in Jesus and yet not learn to be one with Him. The key to fruitfulness in Christ is to learn how to abide in Him.
How to become One with the Lord: Our soul, spirit and body has been designed with the ability to cleave. Your capacity to cleave is determined by your capacity to leave. In life, it happens that parts of you can be deposited in different locations based on experiences and relationships. It’s time to retrieve all the parts of you and bring it to the feet of Jesus, so that you can abide in Him fully. You can’t cleave without making a withdrawal or deposit.
Pursue Oneness with the Word: Teach your soul, body and spirit how to receive the Word. You are a result of the Word you receive.
Obey the Word: It's not enough to possess it. You become the Word by obeying it.
Satan understood that Adam was the greater spirit on the earth, and he knew that whatever was given to him, Adam had the grace to multiply. He was aware that if he introduced sin, it would multiply on the earth.
The way to be fruitful in the Kingdom is by finding your place in Christ, and then understanding that whatever the spirit cleaves to, it has the power to reproduce it. What you feed your spirit, it has the capacity to grow it and multiply it. When you make room for the Lord Jesus Christ, your spirit begins to absorb Him.
In this episode Prophet Hari shares kingdom principles, and the remaining keys on how to walk in the anointing.
Key #4 - Association:
It matters whose company you are in. We see an example of this in the gospel of Mathew 2:13, where the angel of the Lord visits Joseph. It’s important to note that the angel visited Mary first. Joseph’s response and posture of heart toward Mary led to his own encounter. His association with Mary was not casual, but rather an association of honour and love. As a consequence, the anointing of having encounters with angels was imparted to Joseph. When you come into an anointed company, that grace of association can supersede and override your natural DNA. The Spiritual DNA and anointing that you choose to associate with can change the trajectory of your life.
Key #5 - Celebration and Honour:
The Anointing that you celebrate and honour is the anointing that will increase in your life. The anointing that you criticize will not work for you.
“These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob..” (Exodus 1:1-). In the realms of the Spirit, they were sons of Israel, but their journey was with Jacob.
Familiarity is the enemy of honour. The ones that have the opportunity to journey close to men and women of God become acquainted with their frailties and humanity. When there’s no honour the anointing stops working for you. A good father may keep a distance from you just to protect you.
There’s a language to honour. We grow in honour by studying the anointing and knowing His ways! We see perfect honour in the Trinity, because of the mutual agreement to submit.
Key #6 - Servitude:
The anointing you serve is the anointing that grows and makes room for you. Service is opposite to the spirit of entitlement. When someone serves selflessly it's proof of the fruit of humility which has grown in their heart. You are never too big to serve. Some of the greatest impartations happen when you serve the anointing. If you’re serving an anointing and not reaping the rewards of it, it’s likely that you’re serving as a servant and not a son. A son receives an inheritance. The inheritance of a man of God is his spirit, we see this principle through the life of Prophet Elijah and Elisha. Instead of asking for anything, Elisha asked for a double portion of Elijah's spirit. If you inherit the spirit you inherit everything that the spirit controls and oversees.
As you grow in understanding we pray that these keys will enable you to walk in the fullness of the anointing upon your life!
Continuing in the School of Purpose, in this episode Prophet Hari shares keys on how to walk in the anointing.
Anointing is an act. The question is, what is the content of the anointing? The substance that God anoints us with is His grace (power and enablement). The anointing is God giving a part of Himself to us, so we must handle it with care and honor.
“How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.” (Acts 10:38). When the anointing comes, you do good. The fruit of the anointing is good works.
Before getting into the keys, we must first mention the importance of honoring the Holy Spirit. If you only learn the keys but do not honor the Spirit that is giving the keys, the posture of your heart is wrong. The lack of honor leads people to abuse the grace given to them by doing things that are not approved by God.
If God has really given you an assignment and called you, you cannot fulfill that assignment by yourself. Divine assignments require divine energy. If it’s possible to accomplish by you alone, then it’s not divine.
It is in the pursuit of the presence of God that you fulfill the purpose of God. We need the presence to discover and fulfill the purpose. It’s possible to hear from the Lord and then go in your own strength. The arm of the flesh will fail you. Divine promises cannot be fulfilled by human efforts.
Key #1: The Nearness of God
There is an anointing and impartation of grace that comes when you are walking intimately with the Lord. Sadly, many have sold this principle as a product or a means to an end. We are meant to pursue Him for Him. There is a place in God where your life becomes immortal on earth. God causes the name of the one that walks in such a capacity to be remembered for generations.
Key #2: The Words you Receive
When God wants to anoint and equip you, He sends you a Word. The Word has the Spirit, and the capacity to recreate the world. If you don’t have a life that is built on the Word, you may receive impartations but you won’t know how to manage it (keep, sustain and grow in it).
Key #3: Tapping into your Assignment
The assignments of God come pre-loaded with the anointing of God. There is a grace given to overcome every obstacle met on the way to the promise. Wherever God sends He spends. Where there is a vision there is provision.
As you meditate on these keys, may the grace of God give you an understanding on how to walk in the fullness of the anointing upon your life.
This week we’ll be diving deeper into the specifics of how to discover purpose.
We’ll be studying from Mark 5 (Jesus Heals a Man with a Demon). The story describes a man that was bound by many evil spirits. No one had the strength to subdue him, because the spirits within him made his body strong. The Scripture tells us that the man would harm himself and cry. When nobody could hear him, there was One (Jesus) that heard him from across the sea. Child of God, may this act as a reminder for you that Jesus hears your cry.
Jesus came to his region and delivered the man from the demonic spirits. After his deliverance, the people were still scared of him. Sometimes society can be so accustomed to a demonic culture that it becomes normalcy.
The people went on to beg Jesus to leave, while many others wanted him to visit their town. The man that had been possessed begged Jesus to stay with Him.
Jesus responded by telling him to go and share all that God has done for him. He went on to proclaim in 10 cities all that Jesus had done for him.
Jesus left a miracle crusade to go after one man. By helping the one man, Jesus was rescuing the souls of 10 cities! The destiny of 10 cities was locked up in one man. Sometimes the attack on your life is proof of the destiny you are carrying. You can be a location of great spiritual activity and not even know it. God has planted something valuable in you. The devil doesn’t visit a location that God hasn’t visited first. It is the visitation of God that provokes interest.
It’s interesting to observe how the evil spirit interacted with Jesus. The spirit negotiated with Jesus by using certain principles. Instead of hiding, it went straight to Jesus. The spirits were cast out and went into the pigs, and we see that all 2000 pigs decided to run in the same direction. They were in different bodies but collectively there was a synergy between them. Jesus didn’t tell the spirits to leave the country, but then later He sent the man to deliver the 10 cities. In delivering a man, He delivered a location. When the man that God places over a location prospers, the location prospers.
We see that Jesus was willing to leave without telling the man what to do. Being saved is different from living in destiny. Salvation is God visiting you, destiny is you being with God. In the pursuit of the presence of God, you find purpose. It’s in you longing to be with Him that you are sent. When Jesus told him to go, in that moment, he was transformed. In the presence of Jesus, His assignment was made known to him. In that word, grace was given to him to be a successful evangelist.
The cornerstone principle of discovering your purpose is by being with Him. When you come to Jesus, the parts of you that you thought were dead come alive. Everything He puts in you begins to shine brighter when you are with Him.
All we need is His presence and glory. In the fire, your assignment is revealed. The greatest discovery a man finds after Christ is his assignment and purpose in God. May this message inspire you to pursue proximity with the Lord Jesus and His Word!
This week we will be continuing in the School of Purpose. We will be unveiling the revelation that purpose is a divine location.
“In Him, we live and move and have our being..” (Acts 17:28). Christ Jesus is the divine location. Everything about us begins in Him. Outside of Him, it’s possible to be very successful and not fulfill your highest purpose and original design.
The connection between pain and purpose: Pain is often the catalyst for somebody to discover purpose. A lot of people derive meaning in life because of the pain they have suffered. Ultimately, the pain was not God’s design to discover purpose. Just because He uses everything doesn’t mean that He ordained it. You don’t have to suffer tragedy to discover purpose in life. If you register to the school of the Spirit, then you don’t have to go through the school of suffering to discover purpose. If pain was the prescription, then why did God place Adam in the garden and not the valley of dry bones?
We do not extract our identity from our circumstances. We derive our identity from who we are in Christ. There is suffering that comes because of the gospel, but that’s a different thing altogether. Suffering doesn’t make us, and neither does joy, Christ makes us. God can use suffering and pain, but that is not His prescription to discover purpose.
We also don’t define purpose by happiness. We must pursue design over happiness. When we find what He has designed for us, there is joy everlasting. We are not servants of pleasure or happiness, we do what He asks us to do. We delight in doing His will.
Importance of Spiritual Location: When you encounter the body of Christ, you are encountering Christ Himself. We see this through the life of Paul the Apostle. When he encountered Jesus for the first time, he was asked “why are you persecuting me?” At the time, Paul was persecuting the children of God, but how can you hurt the body without hurting the head? By persecuting the body, he was persecuting Christ. The same Spirit that leads the head, leads the body. In this context, Paul understood the revelation of the importance of the body of Christ.
As part of the body of Christ, we must find our purpose within the body. Members that are out of order can’t serve their highest purpose or function in full capacity. Our gifts and graces find full expression in the right location. Joseph’s gift nearly got him killed in one location but was the reason for his elevation in another. If you don’t find your location, your purpose will suffer. Find the place where you are received and celebrated. It’s in an environment of honor where you discover gifts and graces inside of you that never flowed out before.
Your effectiveness and success in fulfilling your God-given destiny depends on you knowing your identity in Christ and you finding your location in His body.
Welcome to episode 2 of School of Purpose. Our desire is that you might hear this teaching not just as gathering information, but rather as the Father’s invitation to enter into your destiny.
We cannot talk about purpose without first talking about identity. Your works do not give you identity, your identity gives you works! Out of your identity flows your assignment.
2 things that contribute to the formation of your identity which leads to purpose:
1- Eternal identity: Your eternal identity doesn’t change with seasons. Once you are adopted as a son of God in Christ Jesus, you partake of His identity. Our eternal identity is derived by our relationship with Jesus Christ.
2- Functional identity: Your functional identity is decided by where God places you in the body of Christ. Your function is decided by God and is connected to the community God places you in. That location is where you are allowed to shine, and those around you compliment you. Your functional identity is never individual, because we serve a God of families. We exist in the Body to serve God and the members in the Body. Ex: Joseph’s elevation was to sustain his family as well as to glorify God. In order to understand your purpose you must learn to discern the Body and where you are placed.
The company you choose will decide your destiny. By association, you can either participate in grace or curses. 1/3 of the angels in Heaven partook in the punishment of Lucifer because they chose his company over God’s. As children of God, we are enjoying the benefits and merits of Jesus because we chose His company. Identity is directly connected to the relationships you form.
If your desire is to walk into your purpose then discern the Body of Christ, investigate where you have been placed, and begin to shine!
Welcome to episode 1 of School of Purpose. We pray that these teachings give you the understanding to walk into your God-given destiny.
First and foremost, Child of God, you must know that you are not a mistake. You are not the product of your parents' thinking, you are a product of God’s divine intention. You are here on the earth today because God planned and purposed it that way.
Know without a shadow of a doubt that God has a plan and a purpose for you.
When you shine your God-given purpose, the world around you benefits. You are the salt and light of the earth. You were created to shine. Our creator never makes junk, He only makes valuable things.
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” (Jeremiah 29:11) Whose report are you going to believe?
Keys to Discover your God-Given Purpose
We must first lay the foundation before getting into specifics. We cannot discover our purpose without first understanding our identity. The way God assigns purpose is by first defining who and what a thing is. To establish purpose without establishing identity is to make you a servant.
God first develops who you are, and out of that identity flows your assignment and purpose. Ex: At the baptism of Jesus, when the Father spoke over Him, He shared His identity as a beloved Son. Interesting to note that He did not address Jesus as Saviour or Redeemer at that point, He announced Him as Son. The Father spoke the identity and not the function.
1- Understand the identity that God has given to you as a Child of God. Out of that identity flows your assignment. Our society is obsessed with assigning identity with function. The things you do are not your identity, be mindful not to confuse the two. Your identity is greater than your purpose. One day what you do will cease but who you are will remain.
How do we Understand our Identity?
For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, in order that He might be the firstborn among many brothers. (Romans 8:29)
Your first pursuit should be to be transformed into the image of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To be like Him is the highest and the greatest purpose in life. We get to know our identity by beholding Christ. That is the will and heavenly calling of God for the Church, that the world might be able to experience Jesus through us. He is our ultimate standard.
There cannot be a discerning of the will of God without the transformation of your mind (Romans 12:2). As we set our hearts to renew our carnal minds to reflect and become Christlike, that’s the only time we’ll be able to discern the will of God.
The greater our maturity in our identity, the work that we do will be corresponding. The same God that predestined you to be conformed to the image of Jesus also predestined you for certain works in Christ (Ephesians 2:10). Our works testify of how much Christ has been formed in us.
Remember this, our purpose in life is: 1- To grow in the image and the likeness of Jesus Christ, 2- To walk in the good works that He has prepared for us.
In this episode we will be continuing on Dominion DNA, and how the dominion on the inside of you can begin to overflow into your environment.
In the book of Acts, we read the story of the lame beggar by the side of the Beautiful Gate, and Peter and John offering something superior than money to him. They were declaring that they had something superior inside of them, more valuable than riches and gold. They were demonstrating that they possessed a DNA that was not crippled. This is a prime example of functioning in dominion. They offered the grace and dominion that they possessed on the inside to change the outward results.
When you experience dominion on the inside, it can’t stay inside. This dominion DNA is the Spirit life that God wants everybody to experience so that it can be shared to help others.
We can only release what we possess. Every person is carrying a spirit. Some spirits are of confusion, chaos, violence, so wherever the person goes that begins to manifest on the outside.
Peter used words to communicate what he possessed on the inside of him. The transfer happened through words. Be careful whose words you’re listening to.
God is very protective of His people. He will call men and women to be a blessing, but if they do not submit themselves to the leading of the Spirit and development of their character, God will not allow them to function in fullness because He doesn’t want that spirit to be transferred. God in His mercy gives us space and time to develop our Spirit man.
As seen in the book of Genesis, God first formed Adam and then placed him in the garden of Eden. God first forms you and then places you. He makes you before He sends you. Remember, you cannot be placed without first being formed.
If God hadn’t formed Adam first, he would have released his formlessness into the garden. After the fall, God had to remove him from his environment because his DNA became contaminated by sin. He no longer qualified to be a steward of that sacred environment.
Another example of this is seen through the life of Jacob, his father in law began to prosper because of what he was carrying. Is your environment being charged by what you’re carrying?
If you still don’t have full confidence in what you carry, it is an indication that your identity is still not fully formed. Know what you carry. The greatest Spirit lives inside of you. It’s time to rise up. Victory and dominion is your portion in Christ!
The chaos you see around you must first be conquered inside of you. You are carrying a world inside of you. There are dimensions and realms of the Spirit locked up inside of you. The world outside has to make room for the world inside of you.
The declaration of the gospel is God introducing His world to this fallen world. It was one realm exercising authority over another realm, not merely empty words. Dominion must first happen on the inside, and then spill out of you to help the world around you.
In this episode, we will continue our teaching on dominion. We have been on a journey of understanding the internal war that we experience and must overcome in order to have dominion on the outside. It’s imperative that we first win the inner battle.
When our thoughts, imaginations, and emotions are led by the Spirit of God, they give birth to a set of behaviors that’ll lead us into our destiny.
In order to dive deeper into this, we must first understand the conscience. The conscience is the restraining force/barrier that doesn’t allow us to act on everything we think and feel.
Strength in your conscience comes by living a sanctified life and by daily walking with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit becomes the invisible barrier that helps us navigate and process our thoughts and feelings. The more we walk with God, the stronger our conscience is.
The conscience is a precious gift from God, we must take care of it! The danger of neglecting it is that after a while of repeating a certain behavior, the conscience registers that sin as permissible and stops alarming you.
The way to ensure victory in this area is by allowing the Word of God to become the filter. If something is not encouraged in the Word of God, it must not have room in our life.
The test to attest the strength of your conscience is to measure how long it takes for you to look away from temptation and repent. The longer it takes, the more it indicates the weakness of your conscience. The opposite is true, the faster you resist, the stronger your conscience.
Once we have dominion on the inside, then we’re ready for the next level of dominion. The God we serve does everything in layers. He is a God of orders and systems. Every level of elevation comes intentionally.
[Levels of Dominion]:
1- Dominion on the inside
2- Household dominion:
Our God is a God of generations. The enemy knows that and tries to hijack bloodlines so that certain sins and patterns can continue generationally.
As redeemed children of God, we must be aware and fight forces, behaviors, and proclivities that push bloodlines in a particular direction. Bloodlines are real estate; they give spiritual beings real estate. Your bloodline is the greatest intergenerational wealth transfer you can do. You can transfer grace, understanding, and victories from generation to generation.
The first step in recognizing this is by studying patterns. There are patterns that run in every house, some are godly and some are demonic that are meant to bring limitations and bondage.
The second step is to force break every demonic pattern and limitation. We do this by appropriating the grace of God, and the victory of Jesus Christ in every area of our life.
This week’s episode is a continuation of last week's teaching, possessing the gates of the enemy. We will be teaching you how to first have dominion within you.
As a child of God, Scripture tells us how we ought to function, “For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.” (Romans 8:14). We were not given the spirit of slavery, rather we were given the spirit of liberty through the Holy Spirit. We are meant to be led by the Spirit of God daily, not by past experiences or memories.
We are not only called to have dominion on the outside, dominion starts from the inside of us. We must first learn to rule the gates that the enemy tries to plant and place within our souls.
The enemy is not so powerful to know the sovereign plans of God, therefore how he operates is not by challenging the plan, but he challenges the one that is meant to carry out the plan. He does that by setting up controlling powers within the soul, and strongholds in the mind, and from that operates in people’s lives.
The enemy tries to plan his attacks in advance by creating situations and experiences and introducing ideas in the mind and soul to corrupt the thoughts and behaviors of people. This is the internal battle that each one of us faces, being pulled to be led by past experiences and memories or being led by the Spirit of God.
It’s important that we daily renew our mind, because when God speaks, He speaks to us in our spirit, but in order to understand, we must use the faculties of the soul. The soul is the filter the Voice comes through. The bigger war is on the inside.
Keys to exercise dominion within you:
1- Be led by the Spirit of God
The only way to have dominion is to be led by the Spirit. The Spirit life is the life of dominion. If we’re not daily led by the Spirit of God, we can easily get carried away by being led by emotions and corrupted intuitions.
2- Dominion is part of the Spirit of Sonship
We can’t understand dominion without understanding sonship in Christ. Sonship is a place of maturity. Only the mature and sober-minded in Christ can handle dominion. As your spirit matures, the less the carnal excites you. You can have the great anointing, but if you don’t mature your life can’t go up because you haven’t developed the requirements for the next level. You can be gifted but have low influence. Dominion is directly connected to your spiritual maturity in Christ.
Power over Environments
In the book of 1 Samuel, we see that Samuel was born and grew up in a corrupted environment with bankrupt leadership. Despite his circumstances, he was not a product of his environment.
Child of God, it doesn’t matter how corrupt your environment is, you must realise that within you is the very presence of God. You shift environments, environments don’t shift you. When you realise the light inside of you, the environment will bend to accommodate who you are.
In Christ, you are the superior environment and the greater light. When you are born again, you become the tabernacle of God, so wherever you go, peace, light, and dominion goes! You are the dominion of God.
In this week’s episode, we will continue the study on the revelation of gates.
Gates are a location where decisions are made and ruling authorities come together. As children of God, we are not meant to be ruled over by the enemy and demonic powers, nor are we meant to be subjugated to the effects of the kingdom of darkness. God gets no pleasure in seeing us suffer and becoming a victim of the schemes that the devil and his kingdom create on earth.
The promise given to Abraham was, “your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies.” (Genesis 22:17).
The lack of a good foundation is the reason behind many of the sufferings that Christians endure. A poor foundation leads to enduring things that are meant to be eradicated from our life.
What you believe about God will decide what you believe about yourself and what you believe about yourself will decide the quality of your life!
What the Seed Entails:
1- The seed includes your biological children.
In Christ, our offspring shall have dominion.
2- The seed represents the destiny (gifts and graces) that God has given you and deposited in you.
When you carry out your God-given destiny, that purpose will ensure that dominion will be achieved in every area of your life.
For example, Joseph experienced dominion because he allowed his God-given gift to have an expression in his life. He ruled over a land because his purpose found an expression.
If you are truly connected to the Kingdom of God, He will provide in such a way that you are empowered for good works that will benefit many. Kingdom finances are for Kingdom projects.
If a child of God cannot be trusted with dominion, who can be trusted with dominion? Dominion in the children of God brings peace, health, prosperity, the blessings of God.
Your seed rules by carrying out the plans and purposes of God. We exercise dominion by allowing the purposes of God to shine in our life. Let your light shine!
This week’s teaching will begin to unfold the mystery of gates. The revelation of gates is not limited to the Old Testament. One of the most profound promises made to Abraham was, “..your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies, and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed because you have obeyed my voice.” (Genesis 22:17). Another reference to gates is found in the book of Matthew, “I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” (Matthew 16:18).
Not a Physical Battle
When the Scripture makes reference to enemies, it doesn’t mean the people we don’t like. As children of God, we are meant to address the invisible enemies that are pulling the cords, which lead to certain outcomes. The enemy of our soul is invisible. Our battle is not against flesh and blood.
If warfare is a matter of strength, Lucifer has no strength against God Almighty. The battle is always over what God has spoken. It’s a matter of legality and has to do with rules of engagement and who He is.
Lucifer understood the nature of God, that He can’t lie or go back on His covenant and therefore finds ways and loopholes to manipulate the power given to him.
We have been called by God not to engage in a battle over force, but to occupy a territory that is legally given to us and to take down spirits that cause destruction and unrest. We do that by engaging in spiritual protocols.
How to Conquer
In order to possess the gates of your enemies, the gates of your enemies cannot possess you. You can’t conquer what you’re cohabitating with. You can only conquer what you’re willing to confront. You can only confront what you’re not in friendship with.
Our greatest warfare is not based on our righteousness, it is based on the life, work and sacrifice of another; our Lord Jesus Christ. The beginning and end of our warfare are found in Jesus Christ.
Having Dominion and Authority
In Christ, we are meant to rule. Dominion is our portion, as well as power and authority. Somebody can have power and not authority.
The spiritual protocol in the Kingdom of God is that the Father engages the battle through the Son. It is the responsibility of the son to win battles. The privilege of the son is that he can wage warfare on behalf of the father. The father never represents Himself in a battle, He sends the son.
The Church of Jesus Christ is the visible representation of the invisible Christ. We are the visible representation of the victory Christ has already won.
Next week we will elaborate further on what gates represent. In the Bible, the gate is the power central of a city. It was where rulers would come together and sit and come up with strategies. Our promise in Christ is that we will not only have a seat at His table but that we shall have influence and power on earth. Join us in the next episode as we continue to unveil this mystery of gates.
In this week’s episode, we will be expounding on principles to enjoy dominion.
“The Lord said to Abram after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward, for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever. I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted. Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.” (Genesis 13:14).
1- God must speak over the territory that He will give you.
You cannot exercise dominion over something that is not legally given to you. The legal way of entering dominion is when God speaks over your life and over a matter. In order to have legal rule and dominion, you must first hear from God.
If you want to experience the rule of God over any territory, you must first labor in prayer until He speaks a Word to you. To exercise dominion you must hear the voice of God.
2- Walk over the territory as a King, and let the Spirit of God cover it. Mark it by raising altars.
There’s a way of walking on a territory as a visitor, and another way of walking as the landowner. God instructed Abraham to arise and walk the length and breadth of the land because He wanted his spirit to touch and cover the land.
Before God could exercise dominion He released His Spirit to cover the waters of the earth. After covering, then He spoke. (Genesis 1).
Abraham became the covering of an entire location, by hearing God and physically covering the territory.
Inward Growth
You cannot exercise dominion to a place where your spirit has not reached.
Every environment bends to the liking of the ruling spirit. Ask yourself the question, does the taste and organization of my home reflect the Spirit of God in me?
Before ruling a territory, the light in you must cover it.
In the book of Genesis, the serpent came into Adam's territory and introduced his spirit, by sharing his thoughts and his spirit of rebellion. He infiltrated Adam’s territory by sharing words from another realm and dominion.
Words have a point of origin. They come from a spirit (a location).
In the kingdom of God, ownership and spiritual dominion is enforced. Even if something is yours, it can be challenged and must be contended for. Demonic spirits don’t give territories freely.
Therefore, as children of God, we must continue to grow in understanding His ways and principles to take possession of our inheritance in Christ.
The Mystery of Divine Speed
This week’s episode will be on the topic of how to step into divine speed and understanding the mystery of time.
Many things in life can be restored, such as material things, but time is the only commodity that cannot be reversed by anyone. The realm of time is outside of the realm of man. Time doesn’t spare anybody. Everybody feels the effects of time.
Only the God of the Bible can redeem the time. In order to understand divine speed, we must first understand time. Time is a mystery.
Time is a topic that is seldom studied, and yet the prophets in the Bible understood how God uses and manipulates time to His advantage. You can’t be a prophet if you’re not a student of time.
How To Overcome the Limitations of Time
When God speaks a Word, it comes from a realm beyond time. God’s Word carries power, grace, glory, and strength to create an environment for it to conceive, (ex: Sarah’s womb). The Word creates in you the location it came from. Time bends to the Word of God!
Lucifer is a being that understands the time and the effects it has on people, that’s why he weaponizes time against mankind. He always tries to divine plans to suck out your time. There are tricks that he plays to cause delays and pauses. There are also relationships that can be sent as a distraction to steal your time.
“I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten.” (Joel 2:25).
The main assignment of the locust was to steal time by taking away the agricultural produce. It’s a spirit that removes labor and prosperity (time and money).
Not discerning the voice of God costs time. Thankfully God has His own ways of redeeming the time. There is a divine acceleration that God brings that compresses a ten-year harvest in a single year. Divine speed brings supernatural results and abundance.
When God adds weight to life, they produce a great impact in a short time. As a consequence, they are remembered and celebrated centuries after their passing.
Keys to Walk into Divine Speed
1- Whatever is born of God makes news
The projects of your life must be birthed by God.
Why would God promote something that is not His purpose? There is a divine demand for whatever is born of God.
2- Divine speed requires intensity and intentionality
God cannot add speed for a diffused person. What is the level of intensity you bring to the primary matters in your life?
3- Get a mentor
A mentor shortens your learning curve.
4- In the glory of God the law of time is suspended
There is a realm in which the laws of physics are suspended. It is possible to be sustained by the glory of God (ex: Moses on the mountain). In the valley time is your enemy.
5- The speed of your life is determined by the brightness of your light.
The entrance of the Word produces light! The light in you determines how fast/slow your life is going to accelerate. Divine speed is associated with divine Word
We believe that we are entering a season of divine speed. By faith, enter into the door of divine speed this year.
A Sinful Woman Forgiven
“One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee's house and reclined at table. And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment,and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment. (Luke 7:36-38)
In these passages of Scripture, the writer was capturing who this lady was, and by the description we can assume that she was a prostitute. Everybody sins but it’s a different thing to be known as a sinner, it became her introduction.
“Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner.” And Jesus answering said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” And he answered, “Say it, Teacher.”” (Verses 39-40)
Instead of replying to the Pharisees, Jesus looked to Simon and gave a response. Some questions don’t deserve a direct response. Jesus can answer you and yet not be in a conversation with you.
The Trait of a Revivalist
The trait of a revivalist is unashamed worship of the Lord Jesus Christ. Only someone who has seen who He truly is can worship Him without reservation.
The woman was not there to gain the attention of everyone, she was there to worship the One who had changed her life. Her tears were enough to wash His feet, and she used her hair to wipe His feet.
The disciples and Pharisees saw her gesture of breaking the alabaster jar and anointing His feet as a waste of money. Meanwhile, Jesus didn’t respond or move. Jesus remained unmoved and allowed the woman to finish what she was doing. The only time He responds is when someone begins to accuse her. When you learn the art of worshipping Jesus, you don’t have to defend yourself. The Lord Jesus Himself will speak on your behalf.
Everything Unto Jesus
When was the last time you worshipped Jesus with such abandonment that you forgot yourself? This is what happens when you truly behold Jesus. When you truly behold Jesus you lose sight of yourself. God knows your heart but He’s also watching your actions.
If she was indeed a sinner, what do you think she used the perfume for? In her previous life she used the perfume to attract customers. Now that she encountered Jesus, she had no use for that expensive oil anymore. For everyone it was expensive, but for her it was her declaration that she didn’t want to go back to her previous life. She broke the one thing that connected her to that old life and remained at His feet. That moment wasn’t only about the oil, she used her tears and her hair as well..everything unto Jesus.
The one that moved the heart of Jesus was the one who understood how to worship Him. All the others had theology and intellect, but this story is about the lady that abandoned herself at His feet.
We have read stories in the Bible where people have interrupted meetings for healings and miracles. They all came to take and receive something, but here we read about a lady who interrupted a meeting not to take anything from Jesus but to leave something at His feet.
After her act of worship, she got up and left. Just because there wasn’t a visible transaction or outward manifestation it doesn’t mean that she left empty handed. You can’t come to the feet of Jesus. It is impossible for you to enter the presence of God and return empty handed. Our God is not a debtor to any man. He is a rewarder to those who diligently seek Him. There was an exchange, because now wherever she went she carried the aroma of Jesus.
As in the Days of Noah
Welcome to this week’s episode. We have dedicated this series to understanding from Scripture about the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. As you go through these teachings it is our desire that you come out with a greater understanding of what it means to prepare for His coming.
The Variations of Interpretations
Each denomination has its own interpretation of Scripture which colours their view of eschatology. As believers it’s important that we avoid the frog in the well situation, where we are limited to a narrow understanding. We must daily ask the Lord for understanding and truth. There are so many concepts and different ideas when it comes to the second coming of Jesus Christ.
Undoubtedly there are common denominators, things which are uncompromising and set in stone. That being, that there will be a visible second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Our Lord will definitely return for His Church, and His enemies will be scattered and defeated. This is the cornerstone of Christian eschatology.
Traits of the Days of Noah
If we can unpack the timeline of Noah, we will have a better understanding of the signs and symptoms of His coming.
1- Explosion of Population
In the days of Noah there was the first mega population outbreak. It was an unprecedented time of population increase.
2- Marked with Technological Advancements
In those times people learned to use metals and different resources to build cities. Even today, we are living in a time where technology has grown so much.
3- Wide Spread Knowledge Sharing
Communication became easier in those times.
4- Mankind Had no Regard for God
While Moses was preaching, the others were busy drinking, marrying and worrying about the things of this world. Nobody thought about God. Even now, there are signs that our generation sees no value in religion. There is a lack of consideration for Christ and His Word.
Noah preached for 100 years. He was a preacher of righteousness, he warned about the coming flood. The only people he managed to save was his own immediate family.
The unsettling reality is that a generation can have the presence of a speaker of truth, and still not discern truth. Noah’s generation could not perceive the voice of God coming through a man. They could not recognise him, nor could they recognise the God that sent him.
May we never come to a place where we think we know everything and can’t discern the truth. May we always be able to hear the sound of truth.
When we see both these family lines, one was cursed by God and cast away from His presence. The other was regarded by God but murdered (Abel). One was extremely successful but the other was carrying the favour, likeness and grace of God.
The birth of Enosh marked the first account of prayer because of a man who was carrying the image of God. He was consecrated to the Lord. His great-grandfather was murdered because of his spirituality (Abel).
We live in a time where the Church will be persecuted because of belief systems. Simultaneously there will be a birthing of a generation, a move of God which will bring a worldwide revival. It’ll be a movement of prayer, holiness and righteousness where people will become suddenly aware that they need G
How God Measures Success
We read what was recorded about the descendants of Cain, and we also read about the descendants of the likeness of God and there’s no accomplishment or outright success that can be boasted about.
God sees success differently. Success is not measured by what you achieve, but by the preservation of the image and likeness passed down to you.
How did you preserve the seed, grace, testimony that has been given to you?
End Time Deception
This week’s teaching will cover the power of deception. The Word of God tells us that in the end times many will be deceived. That is why we must become intentional about asking the Lord for discernment and to lead us into all truth. Our desire is that through this we may help people to build lives that are deception proof, and protected against the lies of the enemy.
When Jesus was asked about the end of the age, before responding directly to the question He warned, “Do not be deceived.” He wasn’t making a loose statement, it was a clear warning to the Church to steer clear of the lies of the enemy so that the soul, body and spirit might be preserved.
The tricky part is that nobody makes it a goal in their life to be deceived. How is it then that people are led astray? The challenge is that those that are deceived are never aware of it. A deceived person is convinced that they are in the truth. Unfortunately, that leads to more and more errors by the day.
Deception is not a matter of being in the right Church, you can be in the perfect Church and still be deceived. We can see an example of this through the life of Judas. He was sitting and eating with the Lord Jesus Himself, and somehow the enemy found a way of deceiving him.
Someone who thinks they are deception proof is a prime candidate for deception. If that’s true then we must be all the more sober minded and vigilant. We must be able to test the times and seasons, and the spirits of our time.
Matthew chapter 24 extensively describes the characteristics of what the end of times will be like. These verses describe how there will be many false prophets. The reality is that someone can possess the title of a prophet and not be sent by the Lord. We recommend that you read and study the whole chapter for yourself.
How to Avoid Deception
The best way to stop yourself from being deceived is not to walk around with a lie detector. Neither is it about having a false christ radar. The best way to avoid the false is to become acquainted with the original/genuine/authentic. Your knowledge of the authentic is what will make you understand what is fake and what is false. How can you estimate something to be false if you don’t first possess the knowledge of the authentic? Those that have a real relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ have tasted the truth to such a capacity that they can easily identify false Christs. Your experience with the authentic sets off a radar in your spirit.
Many have dedicated themselves to only talking about the false, and such people don’t take the time to teach the truth. They focus on telling people what not to do instead of what to do. We are meant to spend the maximum amount of time amplifying the truth. The only way to do that is to become intimately aware of the truth. Spend your time understanding the truth and testing what is true. Spend your time with the Lord Jesus Christ.
When Culture Hijacks the Church
"I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments." (Colossians 2:4)
"See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ." (Colossians 2:8)
Whatever you believe, and whatever philosophy you subscribe to, you will become captive to that. Culture has the power to imprison you. Sadly, culture of this world creeps into the Church as well, and then it is no longer dictated by the Word of God.
A Fixed Time
“So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.” (Acts 1:6-8)
Firstly, it’s important to note that the end times is a season fixed by the Father by His own authority. When Jesus Christ returns, He will be surrounded by a cloud which is symbolic of a group of witnesses. This company of witnesses is composed of those that have received Him; the saints of old, all His sons and daughters.
“And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.” (Acts 1:10-11)
Secondly, His coming will be a visible phenomenon. He will come like a thief in the night, like the twinkling of an eye.
Those who walk with the Lord
When you are truly walking with the Lord and building your life upon His Word, you may not be able to tell the exact time, but your spirit will bear witness to His coming.
It is not the will of God for the authentic Church to be destined for wrath, but rather He has destined us for salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
For those that are true children of God, who aim to build everything upon the eternal patterns of God’s Word, the coming of the Lord is not sorrow or tribulation, it is glory. It is the union of the lover of our souls with us.
What Jesus Has to Say
When the disciples asked Jesus for the sign of the end of the age, Jesus responded by saying, “See that no one leads you astray.” Instead of directly answering the question, He saw fit to respond this way because He wanted to highlight to us that there is a capacity for deception in us. He goes on to say that there will be rumors of war, but not to be afraid. And lastly, He says that nation will rise against nation, which will mark the beginning of the birth pangs. Another sign will be that the love of many will grow cold.
He goes on to say that, the one that endures until the end will be saved. The gospel will be preached as a testimony. We serve a righteous God, it would be unfair on God’s side to judge a nation if they never heard about the gospel. The gospel must be preached not only in Word but in demonstration.
Is the Church Ready?
Over 12 years ago, the Lord clearly spoke to Prophet Hari Rao, giving him the mandate to get this generation ready to meet Jesus. That was the birth of our ministry, Get Ready Ministry. The assignment has been very clear from that time. Along with that Word, the Lord shared through a dream that over 50% of the Church was not ready for His coming. If that’s the case then we must be careful, otherwise we run the risk of not being prepared for our Bridegroom.
How Do We Prepare?
The big question is, how can we assess when someone is ready? What is the picture of being prepared? Below are a few keys for you to consider.
1- Develop a personal/intimate relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.
There is no replacement for you walking with God and knowing Him for yourself. Your goal should be to hear His voice and experience His presence daily.
The people in your life should motivate you to have a deeper friendship with God, there should be no compromise on this. You must be born again to enter a loving relationship with the Father.
The Conception of Desire
“Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin, when it is fully grown, brings forth death.” (James 1:15)
Desire plays a powerful role in the kind and quality of life we lead. Desire is a function of your soul, when desire is hijacked by sinful nature or a demonic spirit, that desire gives birth to sin. And yet not all desire is sinful or demonic in nature. Think of desire as a womb. Whatever seed you place in the womb called desire, whether it is sin or righteousness, it will produce it for you.
Thoughts in the Kingdom of God
The law of any country cannot punish you for your thoughts, but in the Kingdom of God, not only are your actions measured but your thoughts as well. A trait that sets Christianity apart from other faiths is that as believers, we are rewarded for our thoughts. Our thoughts are as real as actions. Thoughts are the birthing place of your actions. In the realms of the spirit, there is a dimension where your thoughts are equivalent to your actions. These kinds of thoughts are not passing thoughts, we’re talking about thoughts that are meditated upon, that consumes time, energy, and mind space.
Every sin is committed in your mind several times before your body commits that sin. Sin is first conceived/hatched in your heart, mind, soul and then it becomes a desire which leads to the action of your body.
Check your Heart
We must search our hearts, for out of it flows the issues of life. Whatever is in your heart will find its way into your life. Before praying or reading the Bible, you should have done so first in your heart. If you don’t like something in your life, instead of blaming the devil or blaming God, check your heart to find out where in your heart have you made peace with that area? If you can introspect you will find the root cause which is enabling that thing you don’t like to exist in your life.
Why do we Keep Sinning?
Sin is a voluntary choice. God can’t punish you for something that isn’t driven by your free will. The reason why we keep sinning is because sin feels good and provides temporary pleasure. God designed us to have pleasure, it’s not wrong to enjoy pleasure, but sin is the illegal means of getting that pleasure or feel good moment. Temptation is an invitation to enjoy pleasure outside of God’s provision.
Expose yourself to the Father
Hiding never helps because the strength of sin is secrecy. We break sin not by hiding it but by bringing it to the light of God’s eyes. There is a love that comes from God that sees you at your worst and still loves you as if you’ve never committed a sin. Only God can remove sin and preserve the sinner.
2- Be Accountable
Everyone can be honest with God, but it takes a certain level of vulnerability to be honest with a human being. Not everyone qualifies to be this safe place, use discernment to see who God sends your way.
3- Hide the Word in your Heart
“Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You.” (Psalm 119:11)
There is a direct relationship between how much truth has possessed your heart and the life you will live. To live victoriously your life must be possessed by truth.
Why hide it? The truth is the seed that you must place in your soul. If the soul is the womb, then the only thing making an entrance in it should be the truth of God’s Word.
4- Learn to Develop Healthy Boundaries
No society can function without boundaries. Prison, for example, is a place for people that don’t know how to put a boundary on themselves so an external boundary is imposed on that person by the society.
In this week’s episode, we will be discussing how to have victory over sin. Sin is a term that is used most frequently to describe moral failures and shortcomings, but in this teaching, we will be going deeper in understanding the root issue and how we can overcome temptations through Christ Jesus.
“Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.” (Romans 7:4)
Before accepting and obtaining salvation through Christ, we were living in the flesh according to our sinful passions. When we lived in the flesh, our sinful passions which were aroused by the law were at work in our members to bear the fruit of death. Now that we have died to that which has held us captive, we serve in the new way of the Spirit.
It is often perplexing to read what the great Apostle Paul has to say about his personal struggle with sin. He openly shares about the internal conflict and war within. He says that he has the desire to do what is right but ends up doing what is evil. He noticed a force that would not allow him to carry out his godly desires and intentions. This power is called sin. He describes this law as when he wants to do what is right, evil lies close at hand. Although his delight is in the law of God, in his members there seems to be another law waging war against his mind and holding him captive to the law of sin. Many of us can relate to this, that after the salvation experience there are certain sins/vices that we seem to be delivered from the right way, while there are others that seem to be stubborn sins/habits.
This power (sin) hijacks a certain part of the being that controls execution. It can prevent us from executing godly desires. When we speak of sin we are talking about this force, not the different ways of sinning (sins).
Looking at what the Bible calls the original sin, we see that when Adam and Eve went and ate from the fruit, it was considered a sin. It’s not like they killed anyone or did the things that we would generally consider a sin, except they ate from the tree that was forbidden. What then is sin? Sin is a departure from God’s prescribed way of living.
When Moses was on the mountaintop and asked God to show him the way, he wasn’t asking for a geographical location, he asked that God would show him the ordained way that he was supposed to live; the way of living that is pleasing to God.
Sin, therefore, is a departure from the original intention God had for you. Someone can be morally upright and not necessarily be living the way that God ordained for them.
The wages of sin is death. Some may think, well it was only a random fruit that Adam and Eve ate, it’s not like they hurt anybody. It wasn’t even about the tree so much, it was the fact that they digressed and deviated from the way that God asked them to live. When they ate from the tree they chose another way of living. In the garden, they were led by God, but when they chose another way to live, that’s when they came under another controlling power. Sin entered the human being, and within that power called sin was every other sin hidden. The original was against God.
Adam never committed murder, but his son Cain did. Unlike Adam, his sons were not made in the image of God, they were born into the fallen image of Adam.
Sin can remain a certain way in one generation, but the potential of sin is such that it can manifest in an uglier way in another generation.
We must then learn to understand the nature of sin. It is very deceptive to think that we can control the areas that sin touches. Both small and big sins are departures from God’s ideal. Sin can enter your life as an act, but it doesn’t remain an action, it becomes a way of life.
Getting to Know Our Blessed Inheritance and Seal
“In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.” (Ephesians 1:11-14)
Unfortunately, many of us have reduced the Holy Spirit to being a mystical being. We have defined Him based on the symptoms of what happens when He comes into a believer's life, and not for the Person that He is. The Holy Spirit is a far more precious commodity than what we make Him out to be. He is not a power, He is a person.
Without the Holy Spirit, Christianity would be just like any other religion. The Holy Spirit makes Christianity a reality to us. He is the most misunderstood and ignored Person in the Godhead. If your desire is to grow in your faith it is imperative that you develop a personal relationship with the Holy Spirit and understand His role and function in your life.
Growing up in the faith, I always desired to be able to go back in time to see how Jesus prayed on the earth. I thought that it would be amazing to observe how He lived. One day, the beloved Holy Spirit nudged my heart, and said to me, “I was there, I can show you.” This is made possible because the same Spirit that was with Christ Jesus was now living in me. By the virtue of that Spirit, I am connected to the life of Jesus. He makes Jesus a reality in our life.
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14)
That means we can stand in the same shoes that John, Peter stood in and behold the beauty of the only begotten Son of God.
The Holy Spirit is our connecting point to the life of Jesus. Jesus Christ is a revelation that only the Holy Spirit can open your eyes to. In and by Him Jesus becomes tangible to us.
The Role of the Holy Spirit in Salvation
The born again experience is the work of the Holy Spirit, we cannot do it by ourselves. He places us in the body of Christ. When we are born again, we are born into a whole new world. As a part of being born again, you are marked by the Holy Spirit and that is what marks you as a legitimate son/daughter of God.
Without the Holy Spirit you cannot reach the Father as Abba. The Holy Spirit is God’s DNA in you. We receive the DNA of the first born of God, Jesus Christ. In His earthly body, He could not duplicate Himself, He could only multiply His Words (Spirit and Life).
When the Holy Spirit comes inside your life He brings Christ in you. He takes this uncontainable God and makes Him containable in you and me!
The same way that Mary was overshadowed by the Holy Spirit to conceive Jesus, through this born again experience He covers us. Christ is born in us by the person of the Holy Spirit. It becomes our birth certificate in the Kingdom of God. He comes as proof that you are no longer far away from God. He is our assurance that we are not disconnected from God. Through this we become embraced in the family of God.
His seal upon our lives becomes the guarantee of our inheritance, and acts as legal proof that you have been marked for an inheritance in Christ Jesus. It is our certificate and will that guarantee an inheritance in Christ. It is also our proof of adoption into the family of God and the will that God has for my life. He keeps us and matures us all along the way.
In this season allow the Holy Spirit to rise up and show you who you truly are. In the process He will solidify your Sonship in your life.
In this episode, Prophet Hari defines sonship, its merits and provides practical tips to grow in your sonship in Christ.
Prophet Hari Rao engages in a meaningful conversation with Pastor Priji Varghese on the Covid 19 Pandemic, current state of the church and Sonship, on Day 1 of the Prophetic Services at Bangalore Revival Centre
Coming Move of God
Beloved of God, this week we sense the release to share this important Word with you. We believe that God is preparing us for a shift; a powerful move of His Spirit. Join us by receiving it in your spirit. Receive it as a prophetic word for you, your family, the Church, and the Church of this great nation India.
The Valley of Dry Bones
Despite the labor and hardships, the people of Israel experienced in the land of Egypt they kept growing. In the days that Moses was born, there was a mass genocide of Hebrew male children overnight. The stench of death was everywhere. Sorrow was heard in every house. When the children of Israel prayed, their prayers went up to God.
This God that we serve and worship, in that situation of death, He gives birth to a Moses - the deliverer! In the camp of death, God placed a deliverer. God didn't bring outside help, He birthed deliverance in the same camp. In this season, your help is being birthed! There is a God that will birth life in the midst of death!
In the days and years to come, the earth shall be filled with the power of God.
When all you are hearing is death and negative reports, God has found a womb in whom to conceive Moses. Your Moses is being conceived and birthed!
There is no demon or principality that can stop the purpose of God and the will of our Lord Jesus Christ. This Kingdom that we belong to is unstoppable! God is about to birth a move on earth that is unstoppable. The fire and oil will never run out. We are going to be in this move until the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The world has a habit of underestimating the Church. Kingdoms and governments have come and gone, but this gospel has not stopped! This Church will continue to march until the Lord Jesus comes back again!
The Holy Spirit is marking a generation for the glory of God! It is our time to prophesy over these dry bones and say “you will live!” We believe that an entire army will rise up for the glory of God. In the valley where you saw death and decay, you are about to hear a sound - the rattling of bones! The wind of the Holy Spirit will blow into your situation.
A wind and glory is blowing upon you. Your dry bones are about to receive the voice of the Living God! Rise up and stand. Arise and become an army. Join your faith with us! Prophesy and declare the glory of the Lord over your life, family, Church, Nation.
Get ready for incredible signs and wonders in the days to come. Unthinkable miracles will break out.
This move of God is locked up in the Words you’re about to release. The move of God is locked up in the Words He asks you to speak.
We strongly believe that the greatest move of the Holy Ghost that this world has ever experienced is about to happen.
If you have been walking through a valley, remember that you are precious to the Lord. He is about to visit you and turn you into a mighty warrior.
Let this be your prayer, “Let it be unto me according to His will. I'm available for your glory! Enlist me in the army of God.”
End time warrior, rise up and walk! Life has come to you.
Defeating Goliath - National Level Problems
When the kingdom was transferred from Saul to David, a transaction happened in the realms of the Spirit. Later, when Goliath comes to the stage, Saul is helpless. Goliath was a national-level problem. David was anointed of God, he had no title, position, or throne but what he had was a Word from God.
In this season, the ones that have been hiding under the mighty hand of God, that have His grace upon their lives will rise to the surface to bring solutions.
Saul had the position but was rejected by God; David did not have a position but had the Word from God and he defeated this national-level problem.
The Greatest Warfare
To understand this next principle for divine immunity we will be studying the life of someone who had a deep understanding of the things of the Spirit.
Job was a God-fearing man, and he was deeply favored by God. He understood the power of sacrifices and worship. So much so, that he would offer sacrifices in advance for the sins of his family. The first thing the enemy struck was his animals. Essentially, he struck Job’s altar first; his ability to offer worship and sacrifices unto God.
Worship is a form of divine immunity.
Worship that is in Spirit and in Truth is powerful, glorious and can bring down principalities. It becomes a form of divine immunity in your life.
Every time we worship we are declaring something that reminds the devil of what he lost and where he got kicked out from. The highest form of warfare in a believer's life is over his worship. The enemy is after the sound you will produce as it sends waves in the realms of the Spirit.
In the midst of his turmoil and loss Job’s confession was, “I know my redeemer lives. He gives and takes away but blessed be His holy name." His worship belonged to the Lord! This worship was not circumstantial. He was determined to praise God all the days of his life.
The enemy’s goal is to rob your soul of worship. Can you worship Him in spite of your circumstances? Will worship be found in your Spirit?
Let the devil know your worship and praise belong to God!
Let angels bear witness that you're worshipping the Living God!
There is power in your worship. Some people will never understand your worship because they don't know your story and your history with God. Praise all the more.
Seek the Lord and Live
"For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: “Seek me and live.”" (Amos 5:4)
It is in the pursuit of God that we discover life. How can we lack life in the bosom of the One that authored life itself? It doesn’t matter what you were pursuing until now, in this hour, this is an invitation from the Lord to pursue Him wholly. Come to Him.
In His presence is an abundance of life. Knowing it intellectually is not enough. You become a beneficiary of something by living it, not by knowing it. Make His presence your singular pursuit in life. The reality is that 99% of the things that you run after can’t help you. But there is One that is your ever-present help, and his name is Jesus Christ! He will never leave you nor forsake you.
“You make known to me the path of life; in your presence, there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” (Psalm 16:11)
In spite of all the challenges that David experienced in his life, this was his confession and reality. If you know the way to God’s presence you will never be robbed of peace, joy or direction.
His presence makes us whole. There is no greater way to do life than with the Lord Jesus.
The Principle of Divine Boundaries
In Scripture, we see in many instances how God draws a boundary of light around His people.
“Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.” (Job 1:10)
Satan had made a thorough investigation of how he could enter and access Job’s life, but he could not penetrate the God-given hedge of protection.
There is a God-given boundary upon every life, and within that boundary is immunity, protection, grace, and provision. Learn to recognize that boundary, and stay within it. When you do, the enemy cannot touch you.
“And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon. He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.”” (Matthew 15:21-25)
In this instance of Scripture, we are introduced to a heathen woman who had an understanding of who Jesus was, she had done her investigation.
Jesus’ response indicates to us that his earthly ministry had a boundary. He was sent to the lost sheep of Israel. Jesus was doing the will of His Father by staying within the boundary of His assignment.
“But we will not boast beyond limits, but will boast only with regard to the area of influence God assigned to us, to reach even to you.” (2 Corinthians 10:13)
Apostle Paul was very aware of his boundary.
Your grace is limited by the boundary of your assignment. Your divine boundary is the divine grace and measure of faith that God has given to you. That boundary is decided by the assignment God gave you. Your assignment comes pre-loaded with grace.
God's will for your life is your divine boundary. When you discover God's will and you stay within the direction of God guiding you in it, you enjoy effortless grace, immunity and protection.
It is imperative that you take time to understand God’s will for your life. The more you do, the more you will rule and have dominion. When you come under the will of God and you have an intimate walk with Him, nothing can touch you.
God has set and revealed principles in His word, when followed leads to inheriting divine blessings.
In this episode Prophet Hari sheds light on one is meant to receive the gifts and graces God sends our way.
The culture of Honour is the quintessential key to unlock divine grace in the church and in one's life.
The culture of Honour is the quintessential key to unlock divine grace in the church and in one's life.
In this series titled The Joseph Principle - Prospering In a Time of Famine, Prophet Hari Rao shares God's design for wealth, its purpose, accurate stewardship, and the power of a blessing.
One of the symptoms of Grace in a person’s life is growth, scripture is full of examples of it. Both in the Old and the New Testaments, you will see people who carried the grace of God always prospered irrespective of external circumstances. Please note, I’m not saying that they were prevented from adverse environments, I’m saying in spite of adverse environments a Child of God is meant to thrive and grow in all circumstances.
We must settle it in our hearts and minds that God wants us to grow, prosper and increase. Anyone who tells you otherwise is probably misinformed or doesn’t want you to grow. Does that mean everyone should own private jets? No, but everyone must grow and increase according to the measure of grace given to them.
In the third episode of the series Broke to blessed, in this episode, I teach on Biblical Stewardship of finances. Before we start let’s take a quick recap of the first 2 episodes.
- Episode 1: We defined Biblical Prosperity: You are blessed when you manifest all the resources that Christ has made available for you to live well, prosper and finish your God-given assignment.
- Episode 2: I answered the question of who is the source of the blessing and made the distinction between source and supplier
WHAT IS BIBLICAL STEWARDSHIP? It is the administration of Grace to effectively manage all God-given resources with the intention of growth and multiplication.
Did you know that Jesus Christ, our Lord, spoke a fair bit about money(directly or indirectly) he often used parables about money to drive home a bigger point? In one of the parables in Mathew 25:14 onwards, we read about the master who called his servants and distributed his wealth unequally. To one servant he gave 5 talents, to another 2 and the third servant got 1 talent. Contrary to what you may have heard, the biblical word Talent is not referring to your ability to sing or play the guitar. A talent was worth about 15 to 20 years of wages for a laborer.
Now that is a lot of money. So, the guy who got one talent was not handicapped in any measure. Let me get back to my main point if you study this parable well, the two servants were appreciated and rewarded for managing the wealth well and multiplying it and one servant who buried the talent and gave it back to the master was rebuked and was penalized.
If God and the kingdom of heaven operate on these principles we must make every effort to understand them and apply them.
5 LESSONS FROM THE PARABLE 1. A measure of Grace is given to all of us, within that measure of grace there are resources, gifts, and anointings. 2. God expects us to use the resources wisely, with the intention of growing them and multiplying them. 3. He rewards effective stewardship, He rewards multiplication with more multiplication. 4. Christ doesn’t reward poor stewardship; God doesn’t reward poor principles and unwise, unbiblical behaviors. 5. He equates stewardship to faithfulness and goodness. 6. God equates poor stewardship to wickedness, worthlessness, and laziness.
In the second episode of the series Broke to Blessed, I share with you a simple idea that changed my finances forever. I talk about how I left my job at Microsoft to embark on a journey of faith and adventure.
When I left my job to do this full-time I still had a loan and I had so many bills to pay, and I had no clue how I was going to do any of it. One day God spoke to me and said something, that will remain with me for life.
I don’t take care of you because you work for me, but because you are mine That one line shifted my whole life, I began to see God has my source and my father not just my boss or master. I encourage you to listen to this week’s episode and share it with someone.
Let me start by defining my goals for this series:
1- To teach Biblical truths on money, prosperity, and blessings. 2- To share how you can prosper in your life in a holistic way. 3- To make this series as practical and pragmatic as possible.
My hope is that as you journey along through this series you would be able to take back more than just head knowledge and information but actually take back practical steps to grow in your finances.
In this first segment, I’d like to lay the foundation by sharing a few thoughts with you. There’s an exaggerated, imbalanced, divisive emphasis on this topic of poverty and prosperity.
When you listen to thought leaders in the Christian world today and many of them seem to have an exaggerated focus and imbalanced way of teaching and sadly the worst is that these teachings can be divisive in nature and can potentially cause damage in the body of Christ. Rather, my heart through this series is I’d like to show a more excellent way to personal finances that exist in the Bible which I believe is balanced and rewarding. I’d like to call this idea/concept: The Stewardship of Finances.
What Does it really mean to be blessed vs. broke?
If we don’t define these ideas we’ll have a very subjective understanding of these topics. Depending on who you’re asking the question to the answer will vary depending on where that person is in terms of life experience and circumstance. We must come to a place where we understand and define what Biblical prosperity looks like.
What does it mean to be poor? If you’re in a place in life where you don’t have enough money to fulfill every assignment God has given for you then there’s a definite lack of resources. You’re in a place of lack if you can’t fulfill your God-given assignment because of insufficient resources and if you can’t take care of the family God has entrusted you with. God’s ideal best also aren’t living from paycheck to paycheck.
What does it mean to be blessed?
To be blessed by God is a far greater and superior thing than to simply be rich financially. To be blessed by God means a lot more than just having a healthy bank balance. You’ll see throughout Scripture that there have been people that weren’t necessarily very rich according to societal standards and yet were considered blessed by God because they had the favor of God on their lives.
The blessing of God isn’t just about having money, the fullness of the blessing is His favor on the life of a man/woman. It’s about the measure of God’s presence that carries favor in the life of that person.
If you only measure based on materialism and money you’ll miss the point. Of course, the blessing of God does also include financial prosperity but is not limited to it because His blessings are far greater and bigger than that. There are spiritual blessings that God can release that add weight and depth to your life that causes things to work in your favor.
Let’s consider the life of Joseph in the Bible, the Word of God tells us that the Lord was with him, but a lot of times, especially in the first part of his life, you probably wouldn’t consider his situation blessed. He was imprisoned and sold as a slave and yet through all those seasons the Bible still says the Lord’s presence was with him. Because of God’s favor on his life, irrespective of the situations he was put in, he always found a way to come up in life. He always found a way to prosper, to grow, to go higher in life and that is the proof of the blessing of God.
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For the last couple of weeks, I have been sensing and hearing from the Lord that we’re in a prophetic season, and the Lord has been stirring my heart to pursue Him like never before. Hopefully, this word will meet you where you are and be an encouragement to you.
The months of March and April are prophetic months for the global Church of Jesus Christ. Whatever we do in this season is going to be amplified to a great extent to the rest of the year and has the potential to carry you for many years to come. As you set your heart to seek the Kingdom of Jesus in this season, He will magnify and amplify His will and purposes over your life.
God is going to use 2018 to set and establish what He’s about to do on planet earth for the next 30-40 years.
In these months there seems to be an open heaven over the Church as I’ve observed many of the global prophetic leaders have set this time to seek the face of God through prayer and fasting.
God is going to use 2018 to set and establish what He’s about to do on planet earth for the next 30-40 years. Click To Tweet
Keys to tap into what God is doing:
1- Be aware of the season you’re in
2- Set your mind and be intentional about setting time apart to seek the Lord
We must consecrate ourselves unto the Lord, We can’t expect to run through the same motions as last year or previous seasons and expect tremendous change.
3- Elevate your prayer life
In order to have God’s perspective and a heightened sensitivity towards times and seasons, we must elevate the way we perceive and assess situations.
4- Cut-away from every distraction
God must be found as the first priority in your life. Be aware of the schemes of the enemy to distract your heart and mind. Be vigilant in locating every wicked device intended to capture your attention. Be brutal with any distraction that can potentially steal your attention away from Jesus.
Be brutal with any distraction that can potentially steal your attention away from Jesus.Click To Tweet
“For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.” (2 Peter 2:19)
In this season walk away from anything that has an unhealthy hold on your heart. For some it might be social media, for some others it may be an ungodly relationship.
At this point in time it’s vital to get right with God. Give your heart entirely to Him, and in turn He will impart a supernatural anointing over your life.
5- Hide in God
Those who hide in God in this season will stand on great platforms of influence in the next season.
If you set your heart and mind to act intentionally upon these principles I believe the Lord will impart something powerful over your life. This is a season of open heavens which means many of God’s people are going to have glory encounters with God. There’s a portal of open heavens over the church right now where angels are going to ascend and descend.
Conclusion
God is calling His bride to enter into a place of intimacy; a place of great friendship with God so that they might be empowered to defeat every demonic force around them and experience the Angelic Host that God has released for them. Will you answer the call of the Bridegroom in this season?
Leave a comment and let us know what God has been speaking to you in this season.