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(05/24/2001) dominion by position


Hello prayer warriors, 1. Prayer note: dominion by position [2 Corinthians 2:15] For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing I've been talking about dominion. God has created us to take dominion over our lives. When we understand that we have these keys, we would learn how to use these keys to control the chaos in our lives. That was what God did when He first talked about creation. He took order over chaos and then He created man to maintain that order. Charles Nieman explained something that came completely new to me, which I've mentioned before in a previous email. [Genesis 1:3] And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. For 28 years, Charles Nieman was confounded by the above scripture. If God had created light which shines on the earth through the sun, how would He mention the creation of the sun many verses later? Charles checked the Hebrew translations and the word light in [Gen 1:3] seemed to just mean light. Until one day, he switched on the television and heard a Jewish professor expound on this scripture. The Jewish professor, who also happens to be a Christian, said that the Hebrew language has evolved. The bible was translated from the middle Hebrew language. In the old or original Hebrew language, the word "light" meant order and the word "darkness" meant chaos. Isn't that what God wants to establish in our lives? When we received Him, isn't He continually bringing order into our chaotic lives? God created Adam and the first thing that he told Adam was that he was to have dominion over everything in the garden. He wanted Adam to maintain order and to control chaos. That is what God wants us to do in our lives? Jesus died to bring back that authority and dominion which our first father, Adam, has lost to satan. Now, the keys are in our hands. The problem is even when we stand on His Word and learn to pray, many times our hearts accuse us. We feel that we are not worthy, and not good enough to have dominion. We feel that we have fallen short of that God-given authority. What have we done to ourselves? As we became Christians, we turned back to our works and our own righteousness to determine whether or not we can have the authority and dominion that God has promised in our Word. We try so hard to please others and prove ourselves to others with our works, that we bring this into our relationship with God. God doesn't need us to prove ourselves worthy. We are already worthy because of what Jesus has done on the Cross. We are not only worthy, we are an aroma pleasing to Him. We have dominion not because of our works but because of our position ... we are sons of God. A son receives his inheritance because of his position. A son receives his authority and dominion over his father's household because of his position. A son is pleasing to his father because he was born into the household. When we forget that and let the devil or our hearts accuse us, we forget that it is our position that matters. I have dominion because Christ did not just become my sin offering, He became my burnt offering. In the Old Testament, there are many types of offering, two of which are sin offering and burnt offering. In sin offering, the sins of the people were placed on the lamb that was sacrificed. In burnt offering, a perfect animal was offered, an animal without blemish and the perfection of the animal was transferred to the people. The aroma of the burnt animal became a sweet aroma to God. Jesus became my burnt offering. My position in Christ is secure and I have dominion because I am His daughter, and my Father in Heaven is pleased with me. So, when you pray, exercise that dominion and know that God honours our prayer because of our position in Him. [Mark 11:23-24] 23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. 24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. 2. New prayer requests: i. 12-year old girl needs prayer -- shmessier http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=1834&table=prayer ii. I need patience! -- guest http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=1835&table=prayer iii. at a turning point -- aschnadelbach http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=1836&table=prayer iv. My family -- godswoman http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=1838&table=prayer v. My friends needs prayer! -- guest http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=1840&table=prayer vi. Prayer for a new job -- ybeerens http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=1842&table=prayer vii. PLEASE PRAY AND AGREE WITH ME! -- guest http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=1843&table=prayer 3. Prayer update: i. victory for desperate situation! -- guest http://mydevotion.com/logos/asp/viewpyrrep.asp?forumid=5&forumtype=2&topicid=1844&table=prayer 4. Number of prayer warriors: 832 We welcome sayamen29, tonia, stephgir, amp1216, tmoore, dchao26, ailsnail, alley, rev, tru2ak, fb31336, ms_pierre, geegee, one gospel, jahjahwarrior, remlap, ac110, jwquinn3, gwitles and bears34 into our prayer group. 1 has unsubscribed and 5 emails have become invalid. in Christ, Wai Hun
Thursday, May 24, 2001 9:16:41 AM waihun
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