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God's word to 3500 persecuted believers around the world at five dollars avoidable hundred dollars since 20 oh €800 word €800 worth 800 password or give a TruthNetwork.com welcome to running with horses just to inspire you relationship with all that empowers Congress things you never thought possible. Shirley Weaver wants to take you and now yesterday's episode everyone and welcome to the very first edition of this brand need weekly podcast running with horses swear we will take a spiritual look at the culture in the world and the believers leadership role as a catalyst for biblical outcomes that impact God's love for everyone everywhere. My name is Shirley Weaver, said the name running with horses comes from our new book by the same title. That book is a volume of 365 daily writings intended to exhort every individual to have bold confidence in God confidence that expects impossible outcomes, even supernatural interventions. That's what I'm thinking. That's the description of bold and inspired this way when the pace speeds up in the spirit to which you are called to which I am called then we can run ahead of anything that we previously thought possible rate anything really that we even believed. I'm thinking specifically of the passage in first Kings 18 and especially verse 46 I love this. The word says here, then the hand of the Lord came upon Elijah so the hand of the Lord came upon Elijah and he Elijah ran ahead of the king's chariots and the verse tells us that Elijah outran the horse-drawn chariots and was back at the city ahead of the king the chariots the horses everybody. I love it even says that as he began to run. He lifted his skirts and tucked them into the waste is the belt at his waist, meaning that would've been the dress and that day so he was ready for a supernatural outcome right and he was intentional as he did that so what is God saying I think he saying three things and how narrow this down into three things.

First of all, the presence of God in your member in the Old Testament and the passage they are in Exodus where Moses said to the Lord. He said to Almighty God. If your presence does not go with us, then we will not go and the implied intention. There is cannot go. We can't go without your presence.

The presence of God is everything, and we even learn as we grow in the faith to practice the presence of the Lord intentionally sit in his presence so that you can be with him here with him so the presence of God.

And then secondly alignment with him if you can be aligned with him. That means you can be out of alignment with him right you want to be aligned with the Lord and not distracted by anything that comes to deter you weaken your resolve that kind of thing.

So once you've heard him in the presence of God you intentionally align with him the presence of God in alignment and thirdly because say why are we doing this we are not just doing this for today. We are doing this within within the view of what's ahead.

There's a day ahead. There's the prophesied day that is ahead because were living in the end of the end times were living at the last of the last of days. Some people speak of the end of the world. That's not what I'm referring to.

I'm speaking of the end of an age so we're preparing for the church's role what the church will look like. This is why we practice the presence of God is why we are intentionally aligned with him.

We are preparing for a day that is different from today are yesterday.

Just one less point here. Did you know that nothing can stop the will of God.

Nothing now people managed to entangle themselves in ways that delay or circumvent God's plan are, it seems that way.

On the surface, but the truth is even that kind of foolishness does not cannot never will stop God's divine plan important to know so the emphasis is to inspire bold confidence in God and again we want his presence. We intentionally align with him and we prepare our lives for the day. That is ahead for everything that God pours out onto the earth several things here think this is so important to build into our lives. The intention intentionally aligning with him.

We intentionally want to mentor that means not cite stay the same not remain childlike. We we move from praying small prayers to praying big prayers. In other words, we grow in our faith and there are several things that I think are important to every disciple for us to actually manifest the life of a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ and this is it really important in our ministry is really the foundation of our ministry and the way that things I believe work out in the life of an individual believer.

Once they decide to make Jesus the Lord of their life. So several things. First of all, right teaching. Secondly, an authorized message three would be observable authority in your life in my life. Next disciplined lifestyles a discipline lifestyle.

And then there is word knowledge, or knowledge of the word. The ability to know the word, a student of the word and last but not least, my favorite big prayers praying big prayers since this is the overview right teaching authorized message observable authority, discipline, lifestyle, knowledge of the word big prayers. So let's break that down as look at that right teaching.

It says in the Gospels that Jesus fed the multitudes under impossible circumstances. He knew the right way. The right food for the people who were leaning in to hear the word of the Lord to hear about the kingdom coming on earth and how that affected their lives. So we are born again.

Just as Jesus fed them. Multitudes the masses physically. We are born again we must have the right spiritual teaching. We have to have that in order that we know what to do, not to how to do it. It's how you know to go own from that initial point.

If you don't know then you don't know how to go forward so right teaching is critical. It determines a great deal. This is really determines everything and those of you who have had godly right teaching you agree.

I'm sure it is a treasure. It's so so important. It's like a child being nurtured so that they grow properly. Matthew seven verse 28 through 29. I'm reading from the ESV says this and when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not just like the scribes, not like a religious guy wrote just indoctrinated sort of instruction so right teaching is really first first and foremost, Jesus fed the people physically, emotionally, spiritually, otherwise secondly is an authorized message I take this point. From what Paul prayed in Colossians 4 verse three.

Remember he prayed for an entrance and utterance an entrance and another. It's probably one of my favorite scriptures is says this in the message Bible I pray that every time I open my mouth.

I'll be able to make Christ plain as day to those who are hearing what I'm saying.

I pray that every time I open my mouth. I'll be able to make Christ plain as day to those who hear to the hearer and then the voice I love this to the voice concerning Colossians 43 I'll read this to you. And while you're at it, add us to your prayers. Pray that God will open doors and windows and minds and eyes and hearts for the word we are speaking so that we can go on telling the mystery of the anointed one, for this is exactly what we intend to do. You know, is why Paul was imprisoned because he was carrying a message that would light up the heart that it would black hit with dynamite that it would resonate in the hearing of the hearer. Paul prayed for that he prayed that he would have an entrance and utterance. Did you know that God gives you a message that he has authorized for you to speak. Every believer has that an authorized message so is not something that we that we developed really is something God gives us. We become a student of it we develop it as we release it, and increasingly so, but it's a message that the Lord has authorized I think of that teaching in the Old Testament about authorized fire on the altar. You know in the temple.

You and I have a message that is like fire that God himself has authorized to be released through us you have unauthorized message. I have one the next person has one we don't necessarily say and do the same thing is the message God gives us. But at the end of the day you find that that message is the same for everyone. It leads to the same place back to the Messiah back to Almighty God. Back to the leading of the Holy Spirit.

The authorized message. So, besides the right teaching and an authorized message. The believer needs to possess this you think about it, observable spiritual authority. Remember in the word. The disciples were perceived as our own unlearned men day. It was realized they had not gone to seminary. They hadn't been trained. They said it had not set under the teaching of the religious leaders in the scribes and yet they had authority. They were not educated or highly developed, culturally people, but they instead had been with Jesus. That was the bottom line they had been with Jesus. So their words had authority. It was observable it was something that was seen in Osaka presents that you see on a person's life. We get that from acts 413. The passion translation. I love says this then they began to understand the effect that Jesus had had all these disciples simply because they were with seven because they had spent time with him that applies to you and make away spend time with the Lord, we come away with something. This observable by other people is not of our own doing is something that comes from having been in the presence of the Lord to make that point again but also to the something you come away with observable spiritual authority.

Next is a disciplined lifestyle and of the word says it uniquely. I think that we are epistles. In other words, our life is a story that other men read that as they watch our life plate out. They read and observe certain things so we are epistles. Second Corinthians 32 and three. We are epistles, that is, stories that are read and known of all men.

And is it something that can be written on the heart and he read it verbatim here. This is the new King James you are an epistle written in the heart, known and read by all men clearly you are an epistle of Christ, written not with ink but by the spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on the flesh tablets. That is the heart. The heart did you know that your lifestyle comes from the fact that God has written his plan for you and his word on your heart and what emanates from you is that message.

This is an example. This discipline lifestyle is an example of what we can come to expect in the life are the lifestyle of one who has been with the Lord of of a disciple, one who has practice his presence determined to be aligned with him and is living a prepared life. Next is a knowledge of the words that were not religious.

Jesus said if you're religious, you don't necessarily know the Scriptures and if you don't know the Scriptures you can't possibly know the power of God, the power of God, the power of God takes in everything it takes, in his authority he takes in his will. It takes in the covenants of God as they are rolled out and made available to humanity.

Jesus said this in Matthew 2229 actually said it.

In Mark 12 2224 so in both both gospels record this fact this truth. Jesus said this your mistake is that you don't know the Scriptures and you don't know the power of God and the meaning there is because you don't know the Scriptures you can't possibly know the power of God. You know there's healing in the power of God. There is deliverance in the power of God, there is the shaking of my life that causes me to fear the Lord and to want to choose the way of life that he is laying out for me, as opposed to something silly or foolish of my own making over here on the side so a knowledge of the word and remember Jesus said Jesus said a man didn't say this Jesus said your mistake would be to not know the Scripture.

Therefore, you couldn't possibly know the power of God and how you responded that the way I responded that I want to know the word because I want to know about the power of God, not just for my life which I do. I wanted for my family, but I wanted for every person and every person in the whole wide world and it is available that is really the message that the disciple carries right and last but not least big prayers you know it. It really does take bold faith which is why we written our book running with horses and power producing this podcast. It takes bold faith to believe God in a way that causes me to pray big prayers big prayers not praying for things that I know are possible. Actually, I'm praying prayers that are impossible, they are beyond the norm. The reason I do, that is, the Lord said in his word I want to give you exceedingly abundantly above anything that you can think like in your mind. You can even think big enough to pray as bold and big prayers as I really choose really want you to pray because the bigger the prayer the larger the answer, the more of God's love is poured out in every place. His eye is on the sparrow, so it's important for my heart to expand to believe God for big things big things bold prayers big answers and you know think about it running with horses right the prophet Elijah had the encounter on Mount caramel the profits of bail parade their prayer. Elijah prayed his prayer in the power of God came onto the altar and took over charge to charge over the altar destroyed the profits of bail and advanced God's prophet Elijah the hand of the Lord came on him in such a way that he was physically done.

This is not possible in the natural but in the supernatural, under the influence of the power in the hand of God outran the physical being God's creation. The horse outran a non-human being right, so this is not passive. We're talking about unusual outcomes, bold faith in God's supernatural results. So what do I believe God is saying is we begin this brand-new podcast which I just have to say I was so excited. So excited. I'm so glad you're here. I'm glad you're listening. I believe with you for everything that God is saying to you in your home, your nation so thankful for your presence here with us. Hope you can join us every time. So what do we think God is saying.

What do I believe God is saying in this three point framework of the direction that were going to take as we proceed. Beginning today that would be the presence of God alignment with all 90 God in preparation for God's plan for the day. This ahead. I think there's something really unique that really fits right here from our book are 365 daily writings.

The very last day of the year December 31 is titled transition time transition time in his brief, let me read this because it's so important.

Wrapping up at the end of the year which we just did write a month ago wrapping up at the end of the year includes a transitioning as we consider the new year ahead. One season ends another begins and visionary juices. Stir visionary juices. Stir! I believe that this transition time. I'm still reading from the devotional. I believe this transition time corresponds with the way that God so God opens doors we govern in rule with the mind of the Lord so that people everywhere experience a blessing we go ye with that message to tell. Teach, preach and impart his eternal plan, last paragraph, God with us one with us and to then a man I would add the ironic blessing that is found in number 623 through 26, you know that passage, the Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face to shine upon you, this taken from the writing concerning the last day of the year as we transition into a brand-new year, and the part that I love about this writing is the second paragraph, second sentence, I'll repeat it. We govern we govern and rule.

We are believers we govern and roll with the mind of the Lord says that people everywhere experience a blessing and added to that topic.

From that day's writing transition time is the all important key of what makes up the church. What do we look like will we look like an overlap of anointing's an overlap of anointing's is the way and the ladies that God moves my anointing your anointing someone else's anointing as we come together in submission to him our anointing's overlap, so that there is a corporate flow, not an not just this individual or that individual. But in overlap, creating a corporate flow that represents the Lord in the earth is the way that is done that's how we and while we can even pray in belief or glory in the church, let there be glory in the church and I want you to know this about our ministry are board our partners, our friends, we really value the glory of the Lord because that's the church. The Lord recognizes and in that incoming from that we value and develop governmental are you might say ruler anointing's. We value those governmental ruler, anointing's not just those who are in seats of natural government, but in every place we govern. The Bible says that God is given us the keys to the whole kingdom.

So wouldn't you think there'd be some governing going on there. The government of Almighty God flowing through his people in every place in every sphere, you know, because doesn't that make you think that when we say we have the mind of Christ that would be the thought life of the king right if I have the mind of Christ.

I have the thought life of a king.

I had the thought life of a ruler one who governs Oswald Chambers said this about the text in acts 26 verse six, where Paul is writing you know that the Lord's that I have appeared to you for this purpose.

What purpose what purpose and my fulfilling all X 26 six says the Lord has appeared to you for this purpose for his purpose. A divine purpose for his presence alignment with him in preparation for his plan.

Oswald Chambers commentary on that verse one to read verbatim here. God created man to be master of the life in the earth and see and sky. And the reason he talking about man is not is because he took the law into his own hands and became master of himself. But if nothing else, who read it again.

God created man to be master of the of the life in the earth and sky and see and the reason he is not is because he took law into his own hands. Man became master of himself, but have nothing else. He didn't become master of the earth and sea and sky. He wanted to be master of himself.

He wanted to control his own life. He wanted to say on the Lord of my life and also Chambers just really says that well it says that we were called to master to rule and to govern we submit our lives to the Lord and then through us. He governs the earth and the sea and the sky all of his creation.

You know, I just pray for you and for me as we begin this journey because there's so much that's possible here.

But then there's a lot of staying. The earth's shaking the world shaking and I believe that God's anointing on the inside of you rises to the day rises to the occasion and that we have the anointing of God to rule and terrain with him right here now to accomplish accomplish his purposes have appeared to you for this purpose, said so.

God bless you. I pray that I've had an entrance and utterance reach your hearing heard the message and then it touched your heart that it's changing you even as you carry God bless you. We will see you next time a man by explicitly if you enjoyed this episode and you'd like to help support this project, please share it with others.

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