-remember Jesus leads // the adversary drives
-remember that confession brings possession
-I have all the time I need to do all that God has called me to do (this day).
-I resist all stress and pressure in Jesus’ name.
-I bind any / all spirits that are driving / pressuring me in Jesus’ name.
-I release myself into the leadership of the Holy Spirit / the Shepherdship of Jesus.
-I release myself to be fully led by the Spirit
-ask the Lord to free you from “shoulds and ought to’s”
-practice continual/constant listening – radical listening
-Psalm 139:16 Living Bible “You scheduled each day of my life before I began to breathe.”
“I walk in what You have scheduled for me today.”
I let You, LORD, navigate. Spirit, You show me what to do step by step; even minute by minute. I check in with You Lord: What are You saying? What are You doing? Radical dependency. This is vital given the reality that there is an unseen realm with familiar spirits / hosts of wickedness.
Look up Eph. 6:10-20 The Message on biblegateway.com.
“We have all heard that when we are trying to be rushed by others and circumstances, the Holy Spirit may not be the person in charge.
Agree? With the new beginnings, we want to walk steadfastly and in pace with the timing of our Lord and in His perfect will and path. Let us humbly bow before Him and our brothers and sisters, and especially those over us, as we come into our new seasons. Exciting these new seasons are, but we want to be prudent.” Pat Pierce 4-21-08 Wake County, NC.
Know the Holy Spirit as Helper.
Prov. 3:5-6 Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight and understanding. In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths.
Phil. 4:6 Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God. And God’s peace [shall be yours, that tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and being content with its earthly lot of whatever sort that is, that peace] which transcends all understanding shall garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
SS 8:5 lean on your Beloved
Psalm 23 A Psalm of David.
1THE LORD is my Shepherd [to feed, guide, and shield me], I shall not lack. 2He makes me lie down in [fresh, tender] green pastures; He leads me beside the still and restful waters.(A) 3He refreshes and restores my life (my self); He leads me in the paths of righteousness [uprightness and right standing with Him–not for my earning it, but] for His name’s sake.
-Jesus carries / HE gives rest. HE IS the true refreshing.
Is. 28:12 AMPC
To these [complaining Jews the Lord] had said, This is the true rest [the way to true comfort and happiness] that you shall give to the weary, and, This is the [true] refreshing—yet they would not listen [to His teaching].
Hebrews 4:9-11 Amplified
9 So then, there is still awaiting a full and complete Sabbath-rest reserved for the [true] people of God; 10 For he who has once entered [God’s] rest also has ceased from [the weariness and pain] of human labors, just as God rested from those labors [a]peculiarly His own.(A) 11Let us therefore be zealous and exert ourselves and strive diligently to enter that rest (i.e. labor to enter that rest) [of God, to know and experience it for ourselves], that no one may fall or perish by the same kind of unbelief and disobedience [into which those in the wilderness fell].
-laboring to enter God’s rest is to become so built up in the Word (the promises) that you can stand on it, abide in it – what the Word declares is more real to you than the circumstances, the mountains in your life – the realm of the spirit superceding the realm of the senses – the unseen over the seen.
Mark 11:24 AMP
{the reality of the finished work}
For this reason I am telling you, whatever things you ask for in prayer [in accordance with God’s will], believe [with confident trust] that you have received them, and they will be given to you.
II Cor. 4:18 AMP Since we consider and (choose with the will to) look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen; for the things that are visible are temporal (brief and fleeting), but the things that are invisible (the things the Word depicts) are deathless and everlasting.
Matt, 11:28-30 Amplified
28Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. [I will [a]ease and relieve and [b]refresh [c]your souls.] 29Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will find rest ([d]relief and ease and refreshment and [e]recreation and blessed quiet) for your souls.(A) 30For My yoke is wholesome (useful, [f]good–not harsh, hard, sharp, or pressing, but comfortable, gracious, and pleasant), and My burden is light and easy to be borne.
From Matthew William Hester’s The Tree of Life
“The idea of rest in the Body of Christ seems like such a foreign concept in this day and time. So much of the Church is convinced that they draw their identity from what they are doing instead of who they are being. It is important now more than ever that we understand the work of Christ and operate out of His work instead of producing something of our own effort. We are ordained to enter the rest of the Lord and understand that it is not our accomplishments that make us effective, but rather our being in accordance with the relationship God desires from us.”
A manifestation of sin is trying to prove yourself by your own works. Where there is any performance or self-effort via soul strength vs. yielding to the anointing; this mode blocks intimate union with the Lord Christ within.
-recognize that whatever He’s called you to do; it’s His ministry –He’s in complete control
-come inside the temple (your physical body) where Jesus dwells or is – there is stillness there before the Unchanging One – retreat into your spirit
-know Him as refuge, shelter, hiding place, high tower
- Gal. 2:20 drivenness is crucified with Christ – drivenness no longer reigns in me; INSTEAD Christ reigns in me
-the Prince of Peace dwells within – come INSIDE and be present to Him
John 14:27 AMP Peace I leave with you; My [own] peace I now give and bequeath to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. [Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed; and do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled.]
-the Lord is my financial source; what HE guides me into, HIS PLANS vs. MY PLANS; He will provide.
-walk in two realms at once – like Jesus did on earth (Study the Gospels.)
-command the soul and spirit to slow down – bring yourself under the rule of the spirit entwined with the Spirit of God
-guard against exertion of self; any rule of self; any exhaltation of self; Humility is necessary to be led of the Spirit // the flesh resists the DEPENDENCE of ALWAYS ABIDING // Mature sons of the Father ARE LED by the Spirit. Romans 8:14.
[Humility is VITAL: see https://bondslavefreedom.com/2013/09/10/overcoming-pride-blindedness/ “Overcoming Pride Blindedness.”]
Humility key: The flow of the anointing, the riches of the zoe life of God, this supernatural issue does not come from us. A gift from our Maker it is as we are vessels, branches to the Vine, perhaps more receptive than others, but we have to help others RECEIVE the gift of new creation life in FULL.
[Warning: Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. Prov. 16:18. YHVH cannot have ANY PRIDE or REBELLION in His ruling class, the overcomers. His Bride/Sonship company. Hence: bondslave freedom is the rule or Romans 6:22.]
Psalm 37 AMP for Instruction in Wisdom
Isaiah 26:3 Living Bible. He will keep in perfect peace all those who trust in Him, whose thoughts turn often to the Lord.
Isaiah 26:3 Holman. You will keep the mind that is dependent on You
in perfect peace, for it is trusting in You.
Psalm 131:2
Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me [ceased from fretting].
Isaiah 30:15
For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: In returning [to Me] and resting [in Me] you shall be saved; in quietness and in [trusting] confidence shall be your strength. But you would not.
Isaiah 32:17
And the effect of righteousness will be peace [internal and external], and the result of righteousness will be quietness and confident trust forever.
Isaiah 32:18
My people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.
Isaiah 38:13
I thought and quieted myself until morning.
Zephaniah 3:17 (Amplified Bible)
17The Lord your God is in the midst of you, a Mighty One, a Savior [Who saves]! He will rejoice over you with joy; He will rest [in silent satisfaction] and in His love He will be silent and make no mention [of past sins, or even recall them]; He will exult over you with singing.
Job 37:14
Hear this, O Job; stand still and consider the wondrous works of God.
Psalm 23:2
He makes me lie down in [fresh, tender] green pastures; He leads me beside the still and restful waters.
Psalm 37:7
Be still and rest in the Lord; wait for Him and patiently lean yourself upon Him; fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked device
Psalm 46:10
Let be and be still, and know (recognize and understand) that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth.
Psalm 65:7
Who still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples.
Psalm 89:9
You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves arise, You still them.
Psalm 107:29
He hushes the storm to a calm and to a gentle whisper, so that the waves of the sea are still.
Isaiah 18:4
For thus the Lord has said to me: I will be still and I will look on from My dwelling place, like clear and glowing heat in sunshine, like a fine cloud of mist in the heat of harvest.
Psalm 5:3
In the morning You hear my voice, O Lord; in the morning I prepare [a prayer, a sacrifice] for You and watch and wait [for You to speak to my heart].
Psalm 27:14
Wait and hope for and expect the Lord; be brave and of good courage and let your heart be stout and enduring. Yes, wait for and hope for and expect the Lord.
Psalm 31:24
Be strong and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for and hope for and expect the Lord!
Psalm 33:18
Behold, the Lord’s eye is upon those who fear Him [who revere and worship Him with awe], who wait for Him and hope in His mercy and loving-kindness,
Psalm 33:20
Our inner selves wait [earnestly] for the Lord; He is our Help and our Shield.
Psalm 33:22
Let Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, be upon us, in proportion to our waiting and hoping for You.
Psalm 37:7
Be still and rest in the Lord; wait for Him and patiently lean yourself upon Him; fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass.
Psalm 40:1
[ To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. ] I WAITED patiently and expectantly for the Lord; and He inclined to me and heard my cry.
Psalm 62:5 (Amplified Bible)
My soul, wait only upon God and silently submit to Him; for my hope and expectation are from Him.
Psalm 104:27
These all wait and are dependent upon You,
Psalm 106:13
But they hastily forgot His works; they did not [earnestly] wait for His plans [to develop] regarding them. [NIV They did not wait for HIS PLAN to unfold.]
Psalm 112:8
His heart is established and steady; he will not be afraid while he waits to see his desire established upon his adversaries.
Psalm 130:5
I wait for the Lord, I expectantly wait, and in His word do I hope.
Psalm 130:6
I am looking and waiting for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, I say, more than watchmen for the morning.
Psalm 145:15
The eyes of all wait for You [looking, watching, and expecting] and You give them their food in due season.
Proverbs 29:26
Many crave and seek the ruler’s favor, but the wise man [waits] for justice from the Lord.
Isaiah 40:31
But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] shall change and renew their strength and power; they shall lift their wings and mount up [close to God] as eagles [mount up to the sun]; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint or become tired.
Isaiah 64:4
For from of old no one has heard nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen a God besides You, Who works and shows Himself active on behalf of him who [earnestly] waits for Him.
Lamentations 3:24
The Lord is my portion or share, says my living being (my inner self); therefore will I hope in Him and wait expectantly for Him.
Lamentations 3:25
The Lord is good to those who wait hopefully and expectantly for Him, to those who seek Him [inquire of and for Him and require Him by right of necessity and on the authority of God’s word].
Lamentations 3:26
It is good that one should hope in and wait quietly for the salvation (the safety and ease) of the Lord.
Hosea 12:6
Therefore return to your God! Hold fast to love and mercy, to righteousness and justice, and wait [expectantly] for your God continually!
Micah 7:7
But as for me, I will look to the Lord and confident in Him, I will keep watch; I will wait with hope and expectancy for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.
Micah 6:7-8 Lexham English Bible
Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams,
with myriads of rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
He has told you, O mortal, what is good,
and what does Yahweh ask from you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God.
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