Delivered by John Paul Jackson at
‘Releasing of Eagles Conference,
Proverbs
8:22-31 “The LORD possessed me at the beginning of
His way, Before His works of old. 23 I have been established
from everlasting, From the beginning, before there was
ever an earth. 24 When there were no depths I was
brought forth, When there were no fountains
abounding with water. 25 Before the mountains were
settled, Before the hills, I was brought forth; 26 While as yet He had not made the earth or the fields, Or
the primal dust of the world. 27 When He prepared the
heavens, I was there, When He drew a circle on the face of the deep, 28 When He established the clouds above, When He strengthened
the fountains of the deep, 29 When He assigned to the
sea its limit, So that the waters would not transgress His command, When He
marked out the foundations of the earth, 30 Then I was
beside Him as a master craftsman; And I was daily His delight, Rejoicing
always before Him, 31 Rejoicing in His inhabited world, And
my delight was with the sons of
men.
Wisdom takes delight in the sons of man
Rejoicing = translated from Hebrew for ‘laughter’. True wisdom = laughter
2
Corinthians 5:12-13 For we do not commend ourselves again to you, but give you
opportunity to boast on our behalf, that you may have an answer for
those who boast in appearance and not in heart. 13 For
if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; or if we are of sound mind, it
is for you.
Shared personnel 1995 throne room experience, angels danced with wings, Worship with sound and movement, connect to God
Always go with the Holy Spirit, position yourself
2
Kings 6:8, 14-18 Now the king of Syria was making war
against Israel; and he consulted with his servants, saying, “My camp will be
in such and such a place.” 14 Therefore he sent horses
and chariots and a great army there, and they came by night and surrounded the
city. 15 And when the servant of the man of God arose
early and went out, there was an army, surrounding the city with horses and
chariots. And his servant said to him, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?” 16 So he answered, “Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are
with them.” 17 And Elisha
prayed, and said, “LORD, I pray, open
his eyes that he may see.” Then the LORD opened the eyes of the young man,
and he saw. And behold, the mountain was
full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
18 So when the Syrians came down to him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, and said, “Strike this people, I
pray, with blindness.” And He struck them with blindness according to the word
of Elisha.
There is a co-existing spiritual arena around us all the time. If you are where you should be God will move heaven and earth to support you
Acts
1:8But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit
has come upon you; and you shall be
witnesses to Me in
We are to be witness to God’s existence
God wants to give gifts to men more than men want them. The invisible is more real than the visible.
Colossians
3:2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.
‘Set your mind on things above’
Philippians
4:8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true,
whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever
things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are
of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything
praiseworthy—meditate on these things.
‘Meditate on these things’
Questions that we have
A. Will our lives become better?
B. Why are my unsaved friends doing better that me?
Choices come from our thoughts.
Proverbs
23:7, For as he thinks in his
heart, so is he. “Eat and drink!” he says to you, But his heart is not with you.
Proverbs
16:3 Commit your works to the LORD, And your thoughts will be established
Make your choices and then your choices make you
Make the right response to God, setting our minds on things above.
The battle and the moment of choice
In order for us to change our thinking, we must know what we are supposed to be thinking about.
Matthew
The
Only Christians can have a transformed
mind, enlightened minds.
Psalm
97:1-2 The LORD reigns; Let the earth rejoice; Let
the multitude of isles be glad! 2 Clouds and darkness
surround Him; Righteousness and
justice are the foundation of His throne.
Righteousness and justice are available to Christians.
Psalm
100:1-5 Make a joyful shout to the LORD, all you
lands. 2 Serve the LORD with gladness; Come before
His presence with singing 3 Know that the LORD, He is
God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are
His people and the sheep of His pasture.4 Enter into His
gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to
Him, and bless His name.5 For the LORD is
good; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures
to all generations.
Fervently seeking the kingdom in all aspects of our lives, allows all of heaven’s spiritual agents to act on our behalf.
Things above thinking, kingdom thinking
Matthew
5: 3 “Blessed are the
poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Produce spiritual fruit. Walk the talk
The power of the kingdom will be available to you.
Pray everyday for the wisdom from God.
Luke
‘The
We can see
the effects
The law
of observation: ‘When you observe something it changes.’
As you
think so you will become.
See where
you are going, see your purpose
Change
your thinking on how you see people.
Atomic
relationship, see how particles relate to each other
1 Corinthians 12, 13 ‘Love’
Matthew
Luke 6:45 A good man out of
the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of
the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the
abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
Change your heart to kingdom thinking.
Your choices lead to spiritual intimacy. Your kingdom come…
Matthew
28:18-20 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go
therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in
the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20
teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am
with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
All authority has been given. We have the ‘keys’.
Change your heart
Isaiah 61:1 “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, Because the
LORD has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim
liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are
bound;
1 Corinthians
The kingdom is power
God is waiting for a people to
believe Him
Hebrews 2:8 You
have put all things in subjection under his feet.” For in that He put all in subjection under him, He
left nothing that is not put under him. But now we do not yet see all
things put under him.
Repentance, Forgiveness of sins, cleansed
God sees our tomorrow better than today.
God is waiting for us.
Isaiah 30:18 Therefore the LORD
will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And
therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the LORD is
a God of justice; Blessed are all those who
wait for Him.
God will wait.
Daily repentance is good.
It is what is inside that makes the difference.
Kingdom thinking matures us.
Romans 5:10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through
the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
We have the opportunity to walk
into things that the world can not walk into.
We are the light of the world
Forgiveness does not remove the
consequences of our sin.
Salvation is a new existence.
Light has substance. Darkness is
just the absence of light
1 Corinthians 2:10-11 But God has revealed them to us through His
Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the
deep things of God. 11 For what man knows the things of
a man except the spirit of the man which is in him?
Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.
Colossians
Ephesians
2 Peter 1:4 by
which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that
through these you may be partakers of
the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the
world through lust.
Titus 3:4-5 But
when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, 5 not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through
the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
Give the touch of the
The other side of your choice is intimacy
and time in the light.
God is in control
Make the right choice, one choice
at a time
Start with choosing Jesus