Episode 4: God and I

The Lord is your Husband or wife (part 2)

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As we continue to navigate through Christ. I want to continue to progress on this concept ‘The Lord is your Husband or Wife’.

In this episode, I encourage you all to perceive the Lord as your husband or wife as you have now learned the fundamentals as to why.

2 Corinthians 11: 2 - 3

2 I’m deeply concerned about you with the same concern that God has. As your father, I promised you in marriage to one husband. I promised to present you as an innocent virgin to Christ himself. 3 But I’m afraid that your minds might be seduced in the same way as the snake deceived Eve with his devious tricks. You might be unable to focus completely on a genuine and innocent commitment to Christ.

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Prayer to invite the presence of The Holy Spirit:

Heavenly Father, I thank you so much for your grace, love and mercy. I praise your name Lord as you are the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Lord please have mercy upon me for all my sins (ask God for forgiveness go into depth, ask the Lord to have mercy upon the sins of your forefathers and ancestors. Your mother's house and your fathers house). Lord please have mercy upon me for all my sins (be honest with The Lord about your own personal sin) .

2 Corinthians 12:9 He said to me, “My grace is enough for you, because power is made perfect in weakness.” So I’ll gladly spend my time bragging about my weaknesses so that Christ’s power can rest on me. (NIV)

Father, even as I read the content in Prophetic Diaries, may you open my ears, my spirit and my soul to receive this overflow of knowledge. In your words it says my people perish because of lack of knowledge.

Hosea 4:6 "my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge." (NIV)

Heavenly Father I invite the presence of The Holy Spirit to give me wisdom, knowledge and understanding. Holy Spirit have your way, nudge me in my spirit to take heed to the word.

Lord let your will be done over my life.

Lord, I love you and I want to know you more. Show me who you are and how I draw closer to you.

In Jesus Name,

Amen

Genesis 9 God’s covenant with Noah

Let’s now look into Genesis 9:8 - 11

8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him: 9 “I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you 10 and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you—every living creature on earth. 11 I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

Holy Spirit insight:

You have a covenant with the Lord. The Lord's word is not just a promise it is his word. The Lord destroyed the land with water due to the amount of sin and disobedience in the land. It's important for you to be constantly reminded of the covenant and union you have with the Lord. The Lord is a God of restoration, God can destroy your old to bring your new. The Lord will then establish a new covenant with you like the way he did for Noah. However, it is important for you not to return back to sin because sin has consequences.

The Lord had a covenant with Adam and Eve. Unfortunately, due to their disobedience the Lord provided another way to be in union with his children. This is the blood of Jesus Christ, the blood of the new covenant.

It is vital for you all to learn and understand what Jesus Christ did for you when he died on the cross.

Let’s take a look at verse 11 (Genesis 9:11).

What can we learn from this word?

We learn that God’s word is his promise and his promise is his oath.

Hebrews 6 is titled The Certainty of God’s Promise.

Hebrews 6:13 - 15

13 When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by himself, 14 saying, “I will surely bless you and give you many descendants.” 15 And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised.

When God says something it is FINIAL.

Learn to take REST in the word of God. Whatever the Lord your God says will come to pass, shall come to pass. As the Lord is your husband or wife, by accepting this agreement you now become one with the Lord. This now grants you access to your inheritance in his kingdom.

As children of God you must learn to wait and understand that there is a process. The Lord is working behind the scenes on your behalf but he is also doing a new thing whilst you wait in the process. The Lord can be placing new fruits in your spirit.

Abraham for example was waiting on a promise from God. Him and his wife's impatience resulted in them having a child that wasn’t the promise. Waiting for the Lord is key as the enemy can present counterfeit promises to you.

Understanding the concept ‘Fruits of the Spirit’:

When you have been living in the world you obtain bad fruits of the spirit as your garden harvests produce that doesn’t belong to the Lord. An example of this could be bitterness, lust, jealousy, fornication, envy or greed. In order for you to be who God has called you to be; the Lord needs to make your garden desolate so he can plant new fruits from his spirit.

2 Corinthians 3:3.

3 You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

When we look at Adam and Eve, Eve ate from the tree of knowledge for good and evil.

Genesis 3:6.

6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

Eve saw in the flesh what she thought was good but didn’t understand the consequences of her sin in the spirit as she was living in the flesh. Our desires can alter our perspective even though God may have told us what the consequence of a particular sin is.

Apply this to yourself now.

What sin have you committed in your flesh that has had a negative impact on your spirit?

When you sin it grieves the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit brings conviction to you to encourage you to flee from sin and acknowledge when you’ve sinned.

Sexual immorality can be used as a prime example of a sin that is committed in the flesh but has a detrimental effect on your spirit.

1 Corinthians 6:18

18 “Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.”

As death is the price of sin, when you sin against your own body, it causes death in your spirit. This is why it is so important to reject a lifestyle that is contrary to God. The Lord is aware that nobody is perfect. In order for the Lord to restore aspects in your life (spirit) that have been ruined due to sin, allow the Lord to assist you with the sins you battle with.

Don’t run away from your Father, approach the Throne of Grace BOLDLY

Hebrews 4:16.

16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

How can you identify fruits from God's spirit?

Galatians 5: 16 - 26

16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other. (NIV)

The Lord has to destroy your vineyard to produce new fruits in your life.

Isaiah 5: 5 - 6.

5 Now I will tell you

what I am going to do to my vineyard:

I will take away its hedge,

and it will be destroyed;

I will break down its wall,

and it will be trampled.

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I will make it a wasteland,

neither pruned nor cultivated,

and briers and thorns will grow there.

I will command the clouds.

The Lord can not do a new thing in an old body.

Matthew 9:17.

17 Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”

Get ready to enjoy your marriage and union with the Lord your God.

Questions to ask yourself and list in your diary:

• Write down Biblical promises and follow the prayer point.

• Discuss with the Lord about different fruits of the spirit you can obtain by waiting on the Lord.

• Right a reflection of who you are now and tell the Lord how you have faith in him that he will do a new thing in your spirit.

Key importance from this insight:

• It is important for you to know the covenants that the Lord has with the Biblical characters in the Bible and apply them all to YOURSELF. Everytime you read a scripture, list out the promises the Lord had stated and include them in your prayer.

Before you read this prayer. I encourage you all to fast and tell the Lord that this is the day of the bridegroom. However, you fast is up to you. You could fast for 2 days or 1 day whatever the Holy Spirit leads you to.

Luke 5: 33 - 36

33 They said to him, “John’s disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking.”

34 Jesus answered, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? 35 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; in those days they will fast.”

36 He told them this parable: “No one tears a piece out of a new garment to patch an old one. Otherwise, they will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old. 37 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. 38 No, new wine must be poured into new wineskins. 39 And no one after drinking old wine wants the new, for they say, ‘The old is better.

Prayer points:

• First praise God for this day his grace, love and mercy. Then ask God for forgiveness of your sins.

Lord, I bring my life to you as a living sacrifice. I come into agreement with you.

I ask for you Lord to establish a new covenant over my life.

Lord I renounce and denounce every evil altar that I had created a demonic covenant with. Let the blood of Jesus Christ begin to speak over any evil altar that was hindering me from receiving promises from you oh Lord. I establish an altar with you God. I offer my life as a sacrifice and I will sing to the nations the goodness of your name. Use me for your glory dear God. Remove anything in my spirit that didn’t belong to you. Destroy my garden, oh Lord and make my garden like the garden of Eden.

Lord any evil covenant I came into agreement with by eating in my dreams. I renounce and denounce it. I refuse it in the name of Jesus. Lord may you cause my spirit to vomit any negative harvest in the name of Jesus. Lord may you deliver me from any altar that had been established over my life due to territorial sin, personal sin, sin of bloodline and ancestors. In the mighty name of Jesus. Lord may I testify to the nations. Lord pour the spirit of humility in my life, so that when you raise me up I will be humble. Lord remove any shape of pride, anger, bitterness or selfishness in my life (list negative fruits of the spirit here). Lord, I want to see your face. Like the way Father Abraham saw your goodness let your light radiate from within. Do a new thing with my spirit Lord may I harvest fruits from your spirit.

Lord I renounce and denounce any covenant from false prophecies that had been established over my life. In your word it says ‘The bride, a princess, looks glorious in her golden gown (Psalm 46:13 NLT)’. Lord may I be glorious from within. May my spirit reflect your glory. I am your bride (groom) and I come into agreement with the blood of the new covenant.

The same covenant you had a covenant with Noah Lord. I pray that you implement it with me. Like the way there was a flood Lord, I pray that you wash away everything in my life that was not from you. Carry me into the Land of promise, Oh Lord. Remove anything that was in my land that was causing sin and destruction in my life. In your word it says that you will establish your covenant with me. Lord like the way you called Father Abraham, I inherit that covenant. I am a descendant of Father Abraham Lord may you bless me and make my name great in the name of Jesus.

Father the way you showed Noah a sign of the new covenant. Lord may they be rainbows over all areas of my life. Lord may you show me signs of the new covenant in natural like the way you showed Noah a rainbow. May all areas of my life begin to blossom . Father may you give me a sign of the new covenant whether in my spirit or in the natural.

In Jesus Name,

Amen

Go deeper:

• Make promises to God yourself and honor them.

• Tell the Lord how much you honor him.

• Tell the Lord to attach your promises to the Throne of Grace.