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Ephesians 5:1 tells us to
"be ye therefore followers
of God, as dear children."
The Amplifi ed Bible, Classic
Edition, puts it this way:
"Therefore be imitators of
God [copy Him and follow
His example], as well-
beloved children [imitate
their father]."
God wouldn't ask us to
do something if He hadn't empowered us
to do it. This verse commands us to imitate
God. In other words, we're to get our eyes o
the physical world and raise our eyes to the
spiritual. It's an essential part of fulfi lling our
dominion mandate.
by Bill Winston
We Have Jurisdiction
I'll never forget the day a lady burst through
the door of our church and demanded to see
me. She wasn't playing around.
"The drug dealers have taken over my
block!" she said. "What are you going to do
about it?"
Some might say she should have gone to the
police instead of a church, but they'd be wrong.
She was in the exact place she needed to be.
Why? Because she wasn't dealing with a natural
event. Sure, the drug dealers were operating
in the natural. But they weren't the ones in
control. Satan was the puppet master. He was
the reason those drug dealers were coming out
night after night, peddling their poison. What
they didn't know, though, and what this lady
"So often, we are so focused
on getting something out—such
as debt, sickness or addiction—
that we forget we really just
NEED TO GET THE
KINGDOM OF GOD IN."
Fulfi lling Our
Dominion
Mandate
Body of Christ, it's time
to put the Word to work.
For too long we've heard
the Word, studied it
and meditated on it, but
we haven't taken our
dominion with it as
God instructed.
