As one minister stated, “People think they have faith problems when they have identity problems. If they knew who they are in Christ, they wouldn’t have faith issues.”
The key to walking in victory every day in this natural arena is to know who you are in the spiritual arena – you are IN CHRIST! We must learn all that belongs to us because we belong to Christ and because we are one with Him.

When we know who we are in Christ and what belongs to us because we are in Him, that’s the end of struggle, and faith issues become a thing of the past. We come into the highest order of faith when we know who we are in Christ and conduct our daily life in line with that.

Let’s look at how Colossians 2:9 & 10 read in The Living Bible translation. “For in Christ there is all of God in a human body; so you have everything when you have Christ, and you are filled with God through your union with Christ. He is the highest Ruler, with authority over every other power.”

Look at these wonderful words of truth! “…You have EVERYTHING when you have Christ…YOU ARE FILLED WITH GOD through your union with Christ….” When these truths dawn on our spirit, we will live differently and bear the fruit of these truths!

All God planned for us, He put in Christ. All God wanted us to have, He put in Christ – then put Christ in us and put us in Christ! Wonderful truths!

We have everything when we have Christ. Everything we will ever need to fulfill the plan of God is already fully stocked and supplied in Christ – and we are in Christ! We will never face a need that isn’t already met and fully supplied for in Christ. How that is to change the way we think, believe, speak, pray, and act! We aren’t trying to get anything! Christ is the treasury that holds all we will ever need. In Him, we have it all!

In the prayer life of the Old Testament saints, they were asking God to do something for them, but the emphasis of the New Testament is that all we will ever need has already been given to us in Christ. All we need to do is receive it and partake of what He has already made ours. Because this is true, we must discover through His Word all that God has made ours in Christ so that we enjoy what He has made ours.

In Christ, we already possess all things, but just because we possess it doesn’t mean we are partaking of it. Just like we can possess much food in our kitchen but not be partaking of it, it’s possible to not be partaking of all we already possess in Christ.

How do we PARTAKE of what we possess?  Philemon 1:6 tells us how. “That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.” Our faith goes into effect when we acknowledge all that God stored up for us in Christ. We partake of what is ours in Christ when we acknowledge it and speak of it as a present possession – not a future possession, but a present possession!

In Christ, we are already healed. Outside of Christ is pain, symptoms, and disease. So, speak of what’s already yours in Christ. Don’t speak of pain, sickness, and disease, for then we speak of what is outside Christ.

We are not to speak of what is outside of Christ, for we are IN Christ! Faith speaks of what has already been provided for us IN Christ. In Christ, we are already provided for. Outside of Christ is lack, but in Christ is abundance. Don’t speak of lack, but speak of the abundance that’s yours in Christ. This is the language of faith – speaking as one in Christ.

The devil wants us to be occupied with and speak of that which is outside of Christ and that which is of this natural realm. Outside of Him is fear, doubt, worry, lack, sickness, confusion, sorrow, depression, and all troubling things. But none of these things belong to the one in Christ. We are to confess and hold our attention on what we have and who we are IN HIM. In Him is healing, provision, wisdom, peace, joy, faith, victory, and all good things.
We refuse to leave our place in Christ to go to the lower flow of this natural world, for in Christ everything good is ours, and we choose to live as rich as we are! - (Excerpt from Nancy Dufresne monthly publication)

You can receive What Jesus Purchased for You—freedom from sin, sickness, death and the curse of the Law.

If you’ve ever redeemed a gift card, then you know what it means to exchange what you have (the card) for something of value (what you purchase). You understand the process of redemption, naturally speaking.

When it comes to using this term biblically, it refers to the spiritual redemption Jesus purchased for you. The word redemption means “to buy back.” Jesus purchased your freedom, buying you back. Isaiah 43:1 says, “Fear not, for I have redeemed you [ransomed you by paying a price instead of leaving you captives]; I have called you by your name; you are Mine” (AMPC).

Receive What Jesus Purchased for You! - freedom from sin, sickness, death and the curse of the Law.

1. Freedom From Sin
“He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins. He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding.” –Ephesians 1:7-8

Jesus bought every human being with His own blood—freeing them from sin—but it is up to you to receive Him and invite Him into your life. Second Corinthians 5:19 says, “God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation” (NKJV). God reconciled the world to Himself through Jesus. God canceled the world’s trespasses. Kenneth E. Hagin, in his book The Art of Prayer says, “People will go to hell, and when they get there, they’ll find out we hadn’t told them the truth. We hadn’t told them everything was canceled out. The sins of the unsaved have been canceled out by Jesus. That’s how God is kind to the unthankful and the evil. And He has given to us that message, that word of reconciliation.” You have been set free from sin and can share this fact with others, inviting them to receive Jesus into their hearts.

2. Freedom From Sickness
“He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases. He redeems me from death and crowns me with love and tender mercies. He fills my life with good things. My youth is renewed like the eagle’s!” –Psalm 103:3-5

Notice in Psalm 103 that the same God who forgives your sins also heals all your sicknesses and diseases. As a child of God, you are redeemed from sickness and disease, from aches and pains, from the common cold and the flu, from seasonal allergies and viral infections. You were made the healed the day you were born again (1 Peter 2:24). You were designed by God to walk in divine health. But it is up to you to receive hat Jesus urchased for ou and walk in your redemption by faith. Because of Jesus, you have freedom from sickness and disease, and have the wonderful opportunity to walk in divine health, giving glory to God!

3. Freedom From Death
“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.” –John 3:16-17

Your decision to be born again and make Jesus the Lord of your life opened the door for you to partake of all that Jesus purchased for you, including freedom from death. Without that decision, you would still be on your way to hell. That’s why it is the single most important decision you could ever make—and indecision is a defeat you never want to experience. You have been redeemed from eternal damnation and redeemed to eternal life. Instead of spending eternity in hell—designed for the devil and his cohorts—you can spend eternity in heaven with God and Jesus and all those who have chosen to believe and receive Jesus’ sacrifice.

When you make Jesus the Lord of your life, you are welcomed into the family of God. Galatians 4:5 says, “God sent him [Jesus] to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children.” Before receiving Jesus, you were an orphan (John 14:18). After receiving Jesus, you were made a child of God (1 John 3:1). You were translated into the Kingdom of God's Son (Colossians 1:13). You were made a joint heir with Jesus (Romans 8:17). You were given a place to belong for all eternity. You were redeemed to be a son or daughter of the King (2 Corinthians 6:18). And being set free from death, you can enjoy eternal life with God.

4. Freedom From the Curse of the Law
“But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing. For it is written in the Scriptures, ‘Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.’Through Christ Jesus, God has blessed the Gentiles with the same blessing he promised to Abraham, so that we who are believers might receive the promised Holy Spirit through faith.” –Galatians 3:13-14

Jesus redeemed you from the curse of the Law which includes anything bad you can think of—death, sin, sickness, disease, poverty, lack, depression, addiction and anything else that’s bad. Gloria Copeland says, “If it’s bad, it’s under the curse. It doesn’t belong to you.”
Jesus paid the price for your release from sin and its punishment. His death was in exchange for your life—and redemption is only possible “through His blood,” that is, by His death and resurrection. 1 Timothy 2:6 says, “He [Jesus] gave his life to purchase freedom for everyone.” Jesus took care of the freedom you need in every area of your life.

How do you access that freedom? You access your redemption benefits—freedom from sin, sickness, death and the curse of the Law—by faith in Jesus. That's it. You trust in the Lord Jesus and His finished work. Believe and receive! Don't doubt and do without! 

What Jesus Purchased for you covers everything you need in this life and throughout eternity! The next time you are at a store or restaurant and redeem a gift card, take a moment to remember the high price Jesus paid to redeem you and provide you with a life of freedom, a life that is full and overflowing with the very life of God Himself! - Excerpt from KCM Publications)

For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile. . 1 Peter 3:10

This verse lets us know that loving life and seeing good days is connected to the words we speak. A sick day isn’t a good day. A broke day isn’t a good day.

We like to believe that Satan is always the source of our problems in life, but the truth is, evil speaking fills a life with terrible things. That’s the harvest on seeds sown.

It is to be understood that Satan is the author of all sickness and evil, but evil words spoken opens the door to Satan to fill our life with hellish things. 

There’s much emphasis placed on our diet, but the Bible points out that one of the top killers of man is his tongue, not just his diet!

If we are to walk in health and the fullness of God’s redemption, we must pay strict attention to how we use our tongue. Sometimes we think too highly of our own opinion and of what we say! We think we’re always right, but Paul warns us in Romans 12:3 not to think more highly of ourselves than we ought.

Some people speak evil out of pure habit. Criticizing and judging have become their way of thinking and speaking. They don’t even listen to themselves anymore to notice how they sound.

Are people safe with you when they’re absent?

It takes a real effort to allow only sweet waters to flow from the tongue, but ask the Holy Spirit to help you, for He is the Helper! In fact, speaking only sweet words will help you achieve and maintain divine health and prosperity in every arena of life! - (Excerpt from Daily Healing Bread from God’s Table by Nancy Dufresne.)

There is a tremendous harvest of life for the people of God! A harvest that has been prepared, purchased and laid up for every single child of God. People sometimes wonder how we are to plant God’s Word - the Promises of God -  for it to be activated and harvested in our lives. We plant it by putting it in our mouths.

When we go to God’s Word and say what He says about us, our lives, our family, our finances, our health, etc, we are planting the greatest and most powerful Seed in the earth and in heaven. We are planting the living Word of Almighty God.  

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away. Matthew 24:35

We need not wait for God to move and do something spectacular for us as God has already moved. He has already completed redemption and the saving of mankind, spirit, soul and body. For the harvest of health, provision, peace, joy, restoration, deliverance and everything we need in our lives, we need only to plant the Seed of God’s Word and watch over it, tend to it. We plant the Seed of the Word the same way we feed on it, and that is with our mouth - by saying what God says. The harvest will come! Tend to those Seeds. Thank God, rejoice over them, keep the weed seeds and the cares of life off of them.(See Mark 4 and the parable of the sower.) The more we water and tend to (by thanking Him and continuing to say what He says) that precious Seed, the greater the harvest will be!

The Word will do the work when we come into agreement with and say what God says! He’s already told us that He watches over His Word to perform it. Jeremiah 1:12. He’s not going to perform any other word, but He absolutely every single time performs His Word. 

What are you saying concerning your life? Are you saying what you see and how you feel? Or are you saying what God says? The more you say what He says, the more you will have it! 

And my God shall supply all my need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19

There is no want, no lack in my life because The Lord is my Shepherd. Psalms 23:1

We call our bodies healed, whole and strong. They serve us well and in health and strength all the days of our lives. 1 Peter 2:24; Matthew 8:17; Joel 3:10 

No plague, no pestilence, no evil, no destruction comes near our dwelling. Psalms 91 

With long life God satisfies us and shows us His salvation! Psalms 91 

All Grace abounds to us and we have all sufficiency in all things and we abound to every good work! 2 Cor 9:8

In Genesis 1, we see God created the heavens and the earth. When He created the earth, He supplied it with everything man would ever need. After Creation was complete, then He created man. Man was the purpose for the creation of the earth. The earth was created to provide a suitable habitation for man and for all man would ever need. The earth is to serve man and his needs. God had man’s supply in mind when He created the earth. God fully supplied the earth before He placed man here. By doing this, He showed us that He provided the supply before man ever faced a need.

As born again children of God, we must always remember that every need we face already has a supply. We just have to release our faith to receive that supply and allow the supply to annihilate the need. 

We should allow what God tells us in Philippians 4:19 to renew our thinking, “But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” The emphasis in the mind of many believers is how great their needs are, but God wants this verse to give us His emphasis, which is how great God’s supply for our life is. No longer should we be need conscious, but we should be supply conscious. The supply was provided before there was ever a need.

There is a divine order in this verse. “God” is listed first, then “supply,” then “need”. So the order is: 1) God, 2) Supply, 3) Need.

Always keep God first - not the need. The supply is listed before your need, for God provided a supply before your need ever arose. Never change the divine order and put your need in front of the supply by being more conscious of the need than the supply. God put the supply in front of the need, so hold the supply before the need in your thinking, your speaking, and your actions. - (Excerpt from, “I Have a Supply” by Nancy Dufresne.)

Isn’t it so refreshing to be around people who have a “can do” attitude? It’s a quality we all should think about and endeavor to grow in.

It’s very tiring, very wearing and discouraging to be surrounded by “I can’ts.” The I can’ts of the Israelites ultimately brought about their death in the wilderness. When God says we can and we say we can’t, we are completely left to what we can produce in our own strength and ability, not to mention we are calling God a liar. Look at the contrast of this famous account of God doing His best to take His people into a place of provision and blessing and the response of His people.

Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.” But the men who had gone up with him said, “We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are.” Numbers 13:30-31.  

Notice in this passage that it matters who you are with! The old saying, “You can't hang out with chickens and expect to soar with eagles" certainly applies here. You will become like the people you associate with.

Our core relationships must be with those of like minded faith. We endeavor to always remember that our attitude, our demeanor and ultimately, what is an expression of our faith and confidence in God,  not only affects us, but also those around us. Our cans and our can’ts will actually determine our destiny and our family’s destinies.

As God's children, we are a household of faith and we cultivate the culture of, YES WE CAN AND YES WE WILL.

We are a household of faith: a place of the Word and the Spirit.  We help create and keep an atmosphere of faith and love. The Bible says that without faith it is impossible to please God.

One of the best and most powerful things we can do as a body of believers is to bring our faith with us when we arrive at church. We come prayed up, faith engaged, and ready to meet with our Lord and other believers and expect a supply of the spirit to be flowing through us when we arrive, and to be ready to receive all that God has for us and the service. The faith and love we bring into the room can help another person receive what they need!

The Lord spoke a powerful word over this house in 2017 through Pastor Mark Hankins. We use our faith and cultivate this atmosphere of faith, love and expectation. We put God’s Word in our mouth and we say what God has said! Below is a small excerpt from that word.

“That the hand of the Lord is upon this house.  That this is a place of holy ground. This is a place of fire. This is a place of the Word of God and it will grow, multiply, and the anointing of the Holy Spirit and the Word of the Lord and the revelation knowledge that shall flow in this place of the teaching and the preaching of the Word of God.  

That it shall be a sign and a wonder in this generation of a place of the presence of God. And so now in this season and in this time, the increase of God, the increase of the Word, the increase of the Holy Spirit, the hand of the Lord resting upon you. For this hour, for this time, the spirit of wisdom and revelation, the anointing, launching men and women, young and old, into the harvest, into the fields in this hour.  

Every meeting shall be a place of the presence and the glory of God.  And people you haven’t even met yet shall come to hear the Word for it will go far and wide. Go around this place.  And you will launch out into the deep and let down your nets and the nets will reach out further.  And there will be a catch, a greater catch that will come in. And you’ll teach the way of the Lord more accurately to those who have not learned.  The way of the Spirit and the way of faith shall be made clear.

What kind of a place is this? Ah, this is a place of My presence, saith the Lord.  This is a place of My Word, this is a place of My Spirit, and this is a place of My fire.  And the glory of God shall be in manifestation. And the goodness of God and the blessing of the Lord shall multiply. And you’ll laugh and you’ll rejoice, and you’ll say “it’s like a dream coming to pass beyond what I could have ever thought” for I am able to do exceeding abundantly above all you can ask, more than you can even think according to My power that works in you.”

For those serving in a local church, a good attitude that needs to be highlighted in our church culture is, “I get to serve”.

Sometimes we need to be reminded what a tremendous blessing and strength the local church is to us. Just imagine what your life, your family’s lives would look like without being a part of THE CHURCH - the place God calls the “pillar and stay of Truth in the earth”.

Church and serving is not something we have to do, it is something we get to do. Truly, what an honor it is that God chose us to be here for such a time as this and to connect us with those in the body with the same spirit of faith and true desire to love God and serve Him by serving people, and to be in that kind of atmosphere contributing to the building up of Christ’s body in every way.

GOD CHOSE YOU to be this person! As with anything in our lives, what we become unthankful for, we lose honor for and forfeit the precious supply of what God intended for us. We, at Beyond Church say not here, and not us! We notice. We acknowledge. We are thankful that God found us, chose us and set us in our place of flourishing, and we serve Him well by serving others for His glory!.

. .that you may know how people ought to conduct themselves in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and stay (the prop and support) of the Truth. 1 Timothy 3:15

There are many voices in the world, many that vie for our attention and our allegiance. While we continue to learn and grow in the Truths of God’s Word, we must make this a non-negotiable today, that what God says in His Word, the Bible, is the Word, the Voice that we come under, or the one that we declare has the final say so in our lives.

We change our way of thinking and believing to line up to what God says in His Word. We don’t try to make the Bible say what we want it to say.  It's good to have the thought pattern that "God is right. God's ways are right. God's Word is right." This is the anchor to our soul. It is the ever steady and sure foundation in which to build our lives upon. It is the foundation that won't give way to the storms of life, for God never changes with the passing of time nor with culture of the day.

We find the place in the Bible that “it is written”, just as Jesus did when He was on the earth. We answer every thought and every assault against us with, “It is written!”

GOD’S WORD IS TRUTH (John 17:17).  Truth is not relevant.  God’s Word IS Truth.  

John 8:32 says, “We shall know the Truth and the Truth will make us free.”  The Word will MAKE us free. Free from what? Free from wrong thinking and believing. Free from anything that is not of God, anything that is contrary to our life and existence in Him, and anything contrary to our redemption.  
 
We honor God’s Word as absolute final authority, and we order our lives accordingly!

”But on that day I will sever and set apart the land of Goshen in which My people dwell, that no swarms [of gadflies] shall be there, so that you may know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth.

And I will put a division and a sign of deliverance between My people and your people. By tomorrow shall this sign be in evidence.“
‭‭Exodus‬ ‭8‬:‭22‬-‭23‬ ‭

Just as in the day of Israel’s dwelling in Egypt (type of the world), although we are in the world, we are not of the world. God makes us a distinction between His people and the world. He separates His people from having to partake of the curse in the world. Whatever judgment, plague, pestilence, financial downturn or political upheaval happens in the world - by the Blood of Jesus we are separated.

The Israelites, by faith, applied the blood of the sacrificial lamb over their doorposts of their home. God said that when He sees the blood, the destroyer will not be allowed to touch the home and those in it. Although every dwelling in Egypt suffered destruction that night, not one of the Israelites were touched.  Why? Because they took God at His Word.  They obeyed His instructions. The applied the blood. That blood separated them from the judgment and plagues of Egypt.

Life is different for God's people. Oh, it's all around us. It's in the world, but we, by faith, don’t have to participate in or partake of what the world does. We apply the Blood of Jesus by faith and God will see to it!

That all may know The Lord is with His people here in the earth.

I am supernaturally infused with strength through my life-union with the Lord Jesus. 

I stand victorious with the force of his explosive power flowing in and through me. 

I put on God’s complete set of armor provided for me, so that I will be protected as I fight against the evil strategies of the accuser! 

My hand-to-hand combat is not with human beings, but with the highest principalities and authorities operating in rebellion under the heavenly realms. For they are a powerful class of demon-gods and evil spirits that hold this dark world in bondage. 

Because of this, I wear all the armor that God provides and I am protected as I confront the slanderer, for I am destined for all things and I will rise victorious. 

I put on truth as a belt to strengthen myself to stand in triumph. I put on holiness as the protective armor that covers my heart. 

I stand on my feet alert, and I am always ready to share the blessings of peace. 

In every battle, I take faith as my wrap-around shield, for it is able to extinguish the blazing arrows coming at me from the evil one! 

I embrace the power of salvation’s full deliverance, like a helmet to protect my thoughts from lies. And I take the mighty razor-sharp Spirit-sword of the spoken word of God. 

I pray passionately in the Spirit, as I constantly intercede with every form of prayer at all times. 

I pray the blessings of God upon all his believers. And pray also that God’s revelation would be released through me every time I preach the wonderful mystery of the hope-filled gospel.“

Ephesians 6:10-19 TPT

As a member of God’s family, you have a responsibility to grow and be fruitful in your Christian walk. Just as a person in the natural must receive physical nourishment to grow, develop, and be sustained properly, Christians must constantly receive spiritual nourishment in order to grow and develop spiritually as God intends. 

Below is one practical application for spiritual growth that will greatly aid you in this new life you have in Christ. It is one of what I call a non-negotiable. Non-negotiables are not up for debate.  They do not change with circumstances or with our feelings. They will keep us steady when the winds are blowing and the waves are crashing, and when things are seemingly going smoothly. The tricky thing about our adversary is that he’ll deceive us into believing that all is well or that we’re in trouble based on our current circumstances, and we will make decisions accordingly in the absence of these non-negotiables we’ve set in our lives.

Non-Negotiable #1 - Be committed to and planted in a local church
1 Corinthians 12:18 states, “But now God has set the members every one of them in the body, as it has pleased Him.” This tells us that where we go to church is a matter of obedience to the Lord rather than our own personal preference. God is the One Who knows the pastor that we need and the body we need to be connected to. He knows the supplies we need and He knows the supplies that are in us that are to be used for the building up of the body. HE knows where we will flourish. It is allowing God to plant us in the local church and staying planted that will facilitate the greatest growth in our lives. Look at this great promise God gives us when we allow Him to direct us to the church HE chooses:

And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. Jeremiah 3:15

The Lord told me many years ago that when He shows us what church we are to be a part of to make a big deal of that.  Write it down! Because Satan’s greatest desire is to separate a Christian from the body they are joined to, and he works to do just that mainly through offense.  Other ways as well, such as distractions, the busyness of life, etc, but a big one is through offense. If we know that ahead of time, then when the opportunity arises for us to leave the place God has called us to, we can recognize the enemy’s tactics and deal with the offense the way God tells us to deal with it rather than picking up our marbles and going down the street to another church. 

As stated earlier, staying planted in the local church God has set us in will facilitate the greatest growth in our lives. And to be frank, God is not schizophrenic. Christians should never say that God led them to a church and then a month later say He led them to another one and then to another one, when in reality, it is that they aren’t willing to deal with their own flesh when things don’t go their way, and allow God to work in them. 

And let us consider and give attentive, continuous care to watching over one another, studying how we may stir up (stimulate and incite) to love and helpful deeds and noble activities, Not forsaking or neglecting to assemble together [as believers], as is the habit of some people, but admonishing (warning, urging, and encouraging) one another, and all the more faithfully as you see the day approaching. Hebrews 10:24-25

A minister once said, “We, as Christians, make the decision to go to church one time." One time.  That’s it. This non-negotiable in our lives now is that we go to church when the church He has led us to has services. Period. It’s not up for debate. It doesn’t depend on how we feel on that particular day or what the present circumstances are. We are committed to our local church, to not only go to church, but be involved in the life of the church, and we’ve made this decision ahead of time so other things cannot take precedence. That non-negotiable is obeying Hebrews 10:24-25. Make the decision as Joshua did and state, “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord” (Joshua 24:15).

I remember laying in bed as a child and staring up at the wall and thinking about death. I was 8 or 9 years old at this time and it's one of my strongest childhood memories.  I gave my heart to The Lord when I was 9 years old, but prior to that I would think a lot about life and death. I would just stare at this certain place on the wall and wonder what the purpose of life was.  Why do we live on earth and then just die?  Die. The end.  It seemed so pointless to me that this was all there was to life. And I had many many nights of these ponderings. Sounds odd and deep for such a young child, doesn't it?  

Actually it shouldn't, because Ecclesiastes 3:11 tells us that God has set eternity in the hearts of men. I didn't realize it at the time, but The Lord was drawing me to Himself! He was answering the cry of my heart. I was created for eternity!  You were created for eternity!  We were created to live with the eternal God, our Creator and our Lord throughout all of eternity! There was a time that you and I did not exist, but from the moment we were created and our hearts began beating, we will never cease to exist! Physical death is not the end. For anyone.

Understanding that we are a three part being helps immensely when we are processing this event called death. We are a spirit. We have a soul, (our mind, will, and emotions) which is also part of our spirit being, and we live in a body, or as I like to refer to it, our earth suit. Our body is simply what houses our eternal spirit man here on earth. It's so helpful to also know that the spirit realm is more real than the physical realm, for the physical realm that we see was created from the spirit realm, or the eternal realm.  

Because of the early awareness in my life of eternal things, heaven has always been very real to me. I thank God for that!  For those who have called on the Name of Jesus and made Him their Lord and Savior, when we take our last breath on earth, we inhale our very next breath in Heaven with Jesus and all of our loved ones who have gone on before us. Wow! How I love Him for this!!  What comfort, what joy, and what peace this brings. The real us never dies, we just move from earth to heaven!

We are confident that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. (‭II Corinthians‬ ‭5‬:‭8‬).  To be absent from this physical body is to be present with The Lord!  Praise God forevermore!

I can’t stop there, for there is another reality for those who have rejected Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Their next breath is taken in hell, eternally separated from God, from life, from love, from any comfort and hope. A place not made for man and a place the Lord Jesus Christ paid the ultimate price to redeem every man from! The ONE thing that determines where we will spend eternity is: What did we do with Jesus? Did we receive Him or did we reject Him?

Again, we are an eternal being. There is no end. If you don't know for sure where you will spend eternity and if you've  never made Jesus your Lord, all you have to do is call on Him!  

. . .that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (‭Romans‬ ‭10‬:‭9-10‬ NKJV)

Thinking on eternity has a way of bringing our everyday living into perspective, doesn't it?  What are we really living for?  What really matters?  How are we treating people, the ONLY thing of eternal value?    It's been said many times that the only thing we can take to heaven with us is people. How true this really is.  We must be living for eternity.  

. .The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working]. James 5:16

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hears us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. 1 John 5:14-15

Confidence is important when we pray.  God says that when righteous people pray, tremendous power is made available!

We are not the power Source, but we are the ones that His power flows through on the earth. God’s power is made available to the object or person of our prayers.  John Wesley made this statement, "It seems God is limited by our prayer life—that He can do nothing for humanity unless someone asks Him."

God’s Word is always spoken before It is performed or manifested.  He is always looking for someone to utter His Words back to Him so His Words of life, of help and of power can be brought about in people's lives.
 
The absolute best way to pray for another person is to pray God’s Word over them. We never pray manipulative or short sighted prayers. We never pray “if it be your will” prayers over others. We pray God’s Word over each other.  For example:

Ephesians 1:17-18:  I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe.

Ephesians 3:16-19:  I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
 
1 Peter 2:24:  I call you healed and whole in the Name of Jesus for by His stripes you were healed!

1 John 3:8:  Anything in your body not planted there by God, I call it undone, destroyed, loosened and dissolved in Jesus’ Name.

Psalms 23:  Because You are their Shepherd oh Lord, I thank you that their supply is full.  There is no lack, no want in their home.
 
It is always a good thing to pray in the spirit when praying for others as well as the Holy Ghost through us will pray out and utter things needed that we have no knowledge of.  Romans 8:26

Through our words and prayers, the body can be built up and strengthened on a daily basis!

"I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I [confidently] trust!" Psalms 91:2

Notice that verse says, "I will say".  Circle the word say in your Bible because we must learn to verbalize our trust. We answer back to God what He says to us.  There is power in saying His Word back to Him! The more we say His Word out loud, the more confident we become in His protection and provision.

So many times, as Christians, we mentally agree that the Lord is our refuge, but that is not enough. Power is released in saying it out loud. When we say it and mean it, we place ourselves in His shelter. By voicing His lordship and His protection, we open the door to the secret place.

One cannot miss the fact that this verse used the word my three times, "my refuge", "my fortress," "my God". The Psalmist makes a personal claim to God. The reason we can trust is that we know Who God is to us.

God may use different people or avenues to meet our specific needs, but our hearts have to run to Him first as our Shepherd and as our Protector.  We must settle in our hearts and minds that He is our one and only SOURCE, and be unwilling to put pressure or expectation on any other person, organization or avenue to meet our needs. God has to be the One we run to first!

Be aware of what comes out of your mouth first when situations arise in your life. Saying your trust in God out loud from the get go releases faith and brings your Provider, your Help, your Answer on the scene! Don't just think it or "know" it, say it out loud! I will NOT fear, I trust God! He is my Help!  

I WILL SAY OF THE LORD, HE IS MY REFUGE, MY FORTRESS, MY HEALER, MY DELIVERER, MY WISDOM, MY PEACE, HE IS MY GOD, AND I TRUST HIM!

To walk in faith means you have left the sense realm.

This world we live in is a world that trains the five physical senses and lives off the information gathered through them.

The realm of God, on the other hand, operates outside the five physical senses. To operate successfully in the realm of God, we must live above the confines of our five senses.

Our five physical senses aren't wrong; they are just confined to this earthly realm and are unable to perceive the knowledge that God's realm gives us.

It's faith that receives and conducts the power of God, but too many people try to conduct God's power through five physical senses - and fail. Then they accuse "faith" of not working.

They weren't operating in the realm of faith - in the unseen realm, or it would have worked. They were still in the sense realm and mistakingly calling it faith.

God seeks to manifest His Kingdom into our natural realm, and that can only be done by faith - by living according to His Word instead of by what we experience with our five senses.

If we live limited by the five senses of this earthly realm, we are bound to receive only what this realm can give. However, if we make the choice to allow faith in God's Word to guide our vision, our thoughts and our believing, the wealth of the Kingdom of God will manifest for us and through us! Always keep in mind that what we see is temporary, but God's realm, God's Word is eternal - lasts forever. So if something in your life went from good to bad, it can change and go from bad to good, and it can and will change by your faith in the higher eternal realm beyond your five senses. What does God say? 

". .While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:18

Preaching Jesus. Everyone. Everywhere.  It's the mission God's people have been given, and while this mandate has always been in the heart and mind of God for His body in the earth, the intensity of this focus is the Word of the Lord to this house.  

Jesus is coming soon and God is filling the earth with His glory.  The call to His set apart ones is strong.  It is becoming hotter and hotter within for those whose hearts are turned toward Him.  He desires for His body to unleash the resurrection power of God upon the earth and for the message of Jesus to be declared loud and clear and far and wide!  Say it with me, "We are these people!  We accept the call and the time is now!"

Below is a Word of the Lord given through Pastor Nate in the fall of 2020, and it is still moving and speaking today!

WORD OF THE LORD
This is a word of the Lord given to Pastor Nate in Sept 2020

Seasons are changing.  Are you aware? 
Change is coming.  Change is here. 
And so there are new patterns for you to walk in and do.
Don’t discern with only your eyes or you won’t have a clue. 
You see, this season is brand new.
I have arranged this season from the beginning of time.
Harvest season is hear (here), 
but you must pick up the sickle and the spear.
Make the declaration:  “I will not be taken out,
but I am moving with and partnered with what He is about.” 
There is, in this season, a strength from within 
and so it is set and begins. 
Partner with My promises as you walk each day,
you will recognize them as a substance that establishes your way. 
The reality of your partner will continue to increase 
and carry with it supernatural peace.  
So pause in this place and make a note, 
it’s time for you to get out of the boat. 
My Word will be there loud and clear. 
It will be undeniable that I am near. 
My directions are not burdensome or more than you can bear.
They are precious gems entrusted to you, 
Priceless, valuable and rare.
Put them up high and on display.
They will keep you and establish you in My way.
The assembly I have designed and called you to be apart 
Operates and functions when you yield to the heart.
Don’t be filled with care because of this and that 
I’ve known this season and where you are at 
Honor My Word as it is a must 
For you to dwell in the place of great trust.
There is joy ahead for My people, I say 
Days of fulfillment because you have consecrated your way.
Don't be distracted or pulled aside 
Don't be ashamed or convinced to hide.
Stand tall and be bold so others can see
It won't be long before you are with Me.

The prophecies of Jesus' return to the earth are being fulfilled before our very eyes!  Soon and very soon, those who belong to Him will be changed in the twinkling of an eye and caught up with Him in the air.  What a day we are living in.  It would do us all good to acknowledge that God created us and pre-planned for US to be here on planet earth for such a time as this!

In light of where we are on God's timeline, there's a passage of Scripture that instructs us of some things we should be giving our attention to.  This is the time that we should be wide awake and alert and understanding what the will of the Lord is.

Hebrews 10:23-25: Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)  And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

Number one, we are instructed to hold fast our profession or our confession of faith.  In other words, we are to hold on tight to our confession of faith, and then He reminds us that He Who promised is faithful!  Why would we need to hold on tight?  Because something is after it!  The spirit of the world, the enemy of our soul, an unrenewed mind and undisciplined flesh are all enemies of our faith, but if we will hold tight to God's Word, stay with It, keep It in our hearts, and in our mouths, the Bible says He is faithful to perform His Word on our behalf!  Hold tight the profession/confession of your faith - without wavering!

Number two, we are to be thinking of our brothers and sisters in Christ - those who He has joined together in the local church, and how we can encourage, strengthen and help each other to love and to do the good works that God planned for each of us to walk in. (Ephesians 2:10) Verse 24 in the AMPC reads: and let us consider and give attentive, continuous care to watching over one another, studying how we may stir up (stimulate and incite) to love and helpful deeds and noble activities.

Number three, we are clearly instructed to not quit assembling together, but we are to be encouraging one another and it goes on to say - and even more so as you see the day approaching.  What day is that?  The day of the Lord's return.  So, we are not to be going to church less, but more!  Church is to be our life, not an option or addition to our lives.  The glory is in the assembling! The power is in the assembling!  

Confession:  I will hold tight the confession of my faith without wavering, for God, Who promised is faithful! I will give attention to the body of Christ and how I can be a blessing, encouragement and strength to those He has called me together with, and I commit to be in church, assembled together with the other saints as God has instructed - not less but more, and I will run my race and finish my course all to the glory of God!  When He returns, He WILL find faith in me and in my house.  

"When Jesus was raised from the dead, He stepped from the tomb as absolute master of death in all of its phases; hell and all of its hosts; of Satan and all of his works; of sin and all of its consequences. He was the first of a redeemed, restored, victorious humanity that would follow. He is the firstborn from the dead; the first Man to enter the death experience and master it.  Jesus is Lord!" - Mark Hankins

Hebrews 2:14 - Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

Philippians 2:9-11 - Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;  And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

JESUS is Lord!! Don't let anything in this world lord over your life! Jesus conquered and mastered it for us - forever and eternity freeing us from every bondage, every limitation and every consequence of sin now and forever!!  

A minister once said, “It seems that for God’s plans to come forth, He goes into our future and brings us THE WORD necessary - the word that must be proclaimed in order to get us to where we are to be on His good path for our lives.”  He brings us a word!

The Word of God is incorruptible seed! Everything started as a seed. God cannot do anything apart from His Word (seed).  It’s how He does everything.“For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever.” 1 Peter 1:23-25

Not only does the Word of God stand forever, but He is constantly watching over HIS WORD to perform it! His Word must be in our hearts and coming out of our mouths - exercising our authority in the earth for Him to perform it for us. "Then said the Lord to me, You have seen well, for I am alert and active, watching over My word to perform it."  Jeremiah 1:12

Acceleration!  Days of acceleration! Quick harvests on seeds planted.  ALL seeds.

“Yes indeed, it won’t be long now.” God’s Decree. “Things are going to happen so fast your head will swim, one thing fast on the heels of the other. You won’t be able to keep up. Everything will be happening at once—and everywhere you look, blessings! Blessings like wine pouring off the mountains and hills. I’ll make everything right again for my people Israel . . . . Amos 9 13-15

Below are a few Words of the Lord to stir yourself up in and EXPECT God to accomplish these words in you, your family and in Beyond Church!  Exercise your faith in these words knowing God is watching over them! Hallelujah!

Pastor Nate:
What would take 10 years will take 1 and what would take 20 will take 2.  That is this House.

Jerry Savelle:
“These are days of acceleration," says the Lord.  “Days in which I will cause those who demonstrate an uncompromising stand on my Word and an unwavering faith in My Promises to experience in one year what used to take 10 years and in 2 years what previously took 20 years.  I am in a hurry to get things done and to fulfill all that I have declared and you are the generation that will see it come to pass.  Settle it in your heart once and for all that giving up, giving in, and turning back are no longer a part of your lifestyle and I assure you that your future will be filled with good things and your victories will be many!”

Marty Blackwelder
(From an article he read and he wanted to read it to us this night because it seems applicable right now)
You would ask, “Can a situation or a season change overnight?” Thus says the Lord, “Not only can it, but it will. Many of you have been waiting and calling out to Me for changes, crying out for the promises I have spoken to you perhaps in days past. And you’ve waited and waited and it seems like the waiting will never come to an end.” But the Lord says, “Now is the time when the winds of change are blowing, and things are going to happen faster and faster. (I guess because Jesus is coming there might be an acceleration) And you’ll see things that I’ve promised you, and you’ll see those things that I’ve said will be fulfilled in your lives, and in your ministry, and in your finances, and in your family, and in every area of your lives. You will see those things that seem to have been delayed, be released. Don’t become discouraged. Don’t become disheartened. Do not think it as a proverb spoken in Ezekiel, ‘Well the time keeps passing…none of the visions are fulfilled.’ But know that the time has come for the fulfillment of every vision. I will do what I said I will do. And you will do what I’ve said you will do. And you will have what I said you will have.” “Watch,” says the Lord, as I begin to turn things…as I begin to change things…and as I begin to do that which would seem impossible. And you’ll say as in Psalm 126, ‘It’s like a dream. The Lord turned our captivity and is filling our mouths with laughter and our tongues with singing.’ Because He who promised is faithful, and He will do what He promised He will do.”

God is working-He’s heard your prayers. Psalms 34:15

“2023-God’s going to bring restitution. God’s going to bring restoration. I don’t know if maybe you’ve lost some things, you’ve had some setbacks. I don’t know what the situation might be but God is a God of restoration.  God can change the course of events in such a way as to alter the perceived outcome.  Maybe you’re facing something at this moment, and the perceived outcome does not look very favorable.  But God can alter events in such a way, or change events, change circumstances, as to alter the perceived outcome and bring us to a place of victory. God can turn seemingly impossible situations.  God has innumerable ways of bringing things into our possession and into our lives to fulfill his promises.”

Rick Renner
2023 is a year of DIVINE SURPRISES, DIVINE PROVISION, AND DIVINE REVELATION for those who will receive it.  

Pastor Nate
So I want you to know.  I want to work with you.  I want to work with you in all that you do.  Everywhere you go; every step you take a new flow, and it’s with Me.  A new song.  A song of rejoicing.  A song of victory.  A song of I AM Who I AM, and I will be Who I will be. Bring Me into what you thought was impossible, and you will hold a new understanding of Who I AM.  More than words on a page, or words from this pulpit.  You will hold; you will know a Rhema Word where I pull back the covers, and unveil to you Who I AM.

We were never meant to be our own caretaker or provider.  A loving God created us, and that same God wants to be THE Source of our lives.  The greatness of Who He is to us is best received and realized when we make Him our one and only source.  

Proverbs 3:5 - Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

Trust in the Lord with all of your heart, or put the whole of your weight upon Him.  He loves it when His children don't hold back on trusting HIm.  He loves it when we don't have plan b and plan c to fall back on.  He loves it when we conscientiously trust Him in everything and for everything in our lives!  The whole of our weight upon Him!  He loves it when we trust His Word!  It pleases Him, the Bible says.  

"Basically the church has only one message: In all things our Heavenly Father can be trusted to honor His Word. How the father nature of God must long for man to return to the security and simple faith of pure fellowship with Him, taking His Word as fact that can be fully trusted. His promises are each a revelation of what God is eager to do for us."  (Excerpts from Christ the Healer, F.F. Bosworth)

God is clear in His Word. If we are going to be pleasing to Him, it requires us to live by faith.  

Hebrews 11:6 - But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Faith pleases God because God wants to move in our lives and it's our faith that invites Him and allows Him to move; He is pleased when He can work in our lives.  God is a perfect gentleman.  He won't work in our lives uninvited.  Our faith opens the door to God to move and work for us.  God only moves in response to faith!  God's power meets faith!

The greatest joy we can give our Creator and Redeemer is to take His Word and believe and act on His Word over every other word, every other voice and every circumstance that we face in this world.  This is called walking by faith and not by sight.    

I'm reminded of the testimony of the woman who went to the doctor to have an ultrasound as a previous test had shown a spot on her breast.  As the doctor was doing the ultrasound, he turned the monitor towards her and said, "See this spot right here", as he circled it on the screen, "this is what we are concerned about."  She said inside herself, "Oh, Lord, if I just hadn't seen it with my eyes, it would be so much easier to believe you."  She heard within her spirit the Lord say, "Is what you see greater than My Word?"  She quickly answered, "Oh, no Lord, please forgive me.  There is nothing greater than Your Word! Your Word says that by the stripes that wounded You, I was healed!"  In that instant as she, the doctor and the nurse looked on, a bright circle of light appeared on the screen and around that "spot".  It kept moving in closer and closer in on it and when the light was gone, so was the spot!

We walk by faith and not by sight!  NOTHING is greater than your Word, Lord!