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B V O V : 2 5 spirit. And it has everything to do with position. Let's say the Holy Spirit brings a situation to mind that He wants you to pray about—the nation's economy, for instance. Just the week before, your spouse was laid off work and the pantry is nearly empty. So, sure, you are more than glad to pray about the national economy. e challenge is, will you pray from the right position? You could easily find yourself praying from a place of being under the pressure of the situation—a position beneath your God-given authority. Or, by an act of your faith, you can pray from a place above the pressure—where you belong. en the circumstances must change to fall in line with God's will because someone in a position of authority—that's you—says so! Obviously, this is the time when faith-filled words need to pour out of your mouth—not faith-sounding words that are really full of fear, words that get squeezed out of you once panic sets in over a situation. e point is, the position you take in prayer determines the outcome of your prayers. Any time you pray faith-sounding words that are actually motivated by fear, you are praying from a position that is beneath your true seat of authority. And that will get you nothing. Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24 describes your position like this: You have not come [as did the Israelites in the wilderness] to a [material] mountain that can be touched, [a mountain] that is ablaze with fire, and to gloom and darkness and a raging storm, and to the blast of a trumpet and a voice whose words make the listeners beg that nothing more be said to them.... You have come to Mount Zion, even to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to countless multitudes of angels in festal gathering…and to the God Who is Judge of all…and to Jesus, the Mediator...of a new covenant. God has authorized us to sit in heavenly places with Him in the Anointed Jesus. So the call to us today is, Come up! Come up to a higher awareness of your rightful position at the very throne of God. Come up and begin to pray from a position that is above the circumstances of this world—and not beneath. Jesus compares the workings of the kingdom of God to planting seeds in the earth. "When the seed is sown," He said, "it grows up...." Notice He didn't say that it would occasionally grow up. Or it grows up if it's God's will. He said, "It grows up and becomes greater." Period. God's economy isn't like ours. It isn't up one day and down the other. It's always the same and it always works perfectly. If you have good earth, good seed and good water, you're going to have growth. It's inevitable. So, if you're facing a need, don't panic...plant a seed! That seed may take the form of money or time or some other resources you have to give. But no matter what form it takes, make sure you put life in it by giving it in faith and surrounding it with praise and worship. Say, "LORD, as I bring You my goods, I bring myself. I give myself to You—spirit, soul and body." Pray over that seed. Fill it with faith, worship and THE WORD. Then plant it. You can rest assured—it will grow up and become greater! "And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it." Mark 4:30-32 Plant a Seed and Watch It Grow! by Kenneth Copeland

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