The
Cornerstone, The Tent peg, The Battlebow
And the
Violent take it by force.
Please note: the following are notes I assembled for a teaching many years ago. I do not have footnotes for any resource I used, due to the fact that I was never attending for the notes to be viewed. However, I do want to share these notes now for the focus on prayer for - THE RETURN on Sept. 25-26th, 2020.
Shall we pray
Lord I pray:
Eph1:18 the eyes of your understanding being
enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the
riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His
power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power
20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him
from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,
21 far above all principality and power and
might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also
in that which is to come.
22 And He put all things under His feet, and
gave Him to be head over all things to the church,
23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
Eph. 6:
12 For we do not
wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers,
against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of
wickedness in the heavenly places.
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People should be prisoners
of hope, not of sickness & disease!
Please
turn to Zech. 9:11
(Zec 9:11 NKJV) "As for you also, Because of the blood
of your covenant, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
(Zec 9:12 NKJV) Return to the stronghold, You prisoners of
hope. Even today I declare that I will restore double to you
(Zec
9:13 NKJV) For I
have bent Judah, My bow,……… And made you like the sword of a mighty
man."
(Zec 9:14 NKJV) Then the LORD will be seen over them, And His arrow will go forth like lightning.
The Lord GOD will blow the trumpet, And go with whirlwinds from the south.
(Zec 10:2
NKJV) For the idols speak delusion; The
diviners envision lies, And tell false dreams; They comfort in vain. Therefore
the people wend their way like sheep; They are in trouble because there is no
shepherd.
(Zec 10:3
NKJV) "My anger is kindled against
the shepherds, And I will punish the goatherds. For the LORD of hosts will
visit His flock, The house of Judah,
And will make them as His royal horse in the battle.
(Zec 10:4
NKJV) From him comes the cornerstone, From him the tent peg, From him the battle bow, From him every ruler
together.
(Zec 10:5
NKJV) They shall be like mighty men, Who
tread down their enemies In the mire
of the streets in the battle. They shall fight because the LORD is with them, And the riders on horses shall be put to
shame.
MT. 11:12 "And from the days of John the Baptist
until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by
force.
(NIV)
MT. 11:12 From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven
has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it.
Now let’s go
back to Zech. And put this all together.
(Zec 9:11 NKJV) "As
for you also, Because of the blood
of your covenant, I will set your
prisoners free from the waterless pit.
(Zec 9:12 NKJV) Return to the stronghold, You prisoners of
hope. Even today I declare that I will restore double to you
As for you:
believers,HR team members
What is are Blood covenant:
(Isa 53:4 NKJV) Surely He has borne our griefs And carried
our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted.
(Isa 53:5
NKJV) But He was wounded for our
transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our
peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.
(Heb 12:24 NKJV) to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of
sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.
Because Jesus fulfilled what the law was
not able to do, becoming the once and
for all sacrifice.
Heb.10:14 because by one sacrifice he has made perfect
forever those who are being made holy.
(Heb 13:12 NKJV) Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify
the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate.
(Gal 3:13 NKJV) Christ has redeemed us from the curse of
the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is
everyone who hangs on a tree"),
(Gal 3:14 NKJV) that the blessing of Abraham might come upon
the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit
through faith.
Set your prisoners free, from what: sickness, disease, bondages, poverty.
Stronghold
think of as cornerstone, the sure foundation.
Hope: to want or wish
for something with a feeling of Confident
expectation.
How do we
become; Prisoners of hope: Let us start with the foundation, the cornerstone.
Ask
yourself this question:
(Job 38:6 NKJV) To what were its foundations fastened? Or who
laid its cornerstone,
I believe if the
church’s foundation was build in the solid truth of scripture, healing would be
thought of as the same; that of salvation.
The very word salvation
comes from the word sozo; which means nothing lacking, nothing missing,
complete wholeness.
How do foundations become weak or built
on sand?
………………..
(Zec 10:2
NKJV) For the idols speak delusion; The
diviners envision lies, And tell false dreams; They comfort in vain. Therefore
the people wend their way like sheep; They are in trouble because there is no
shepherd.
NIV says:
(NIV)
The idols speak deceit, diviners see visions that lie; they tell dreams that
are false, they give comfort in vain. Therefore the people wander like
sheep oppressed for lack of a shepherd.
Who
have we been following and what “theologies” have we taken hold of? What does the Bible the Word of God say?
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HEB. 6:1 Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary
principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the
foundation of repentance from dead works
and of faith toward God,
2 of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of
hands, of resurrection of the dead,
and of eternal judgment.
“Foundations are not to
be laid again but to be built upon”.
Unfortunately we the
church have not even grassed hold of the elementary truths!
(Mat 21:42 NKJV) Jesus said to them, "Have you never read
in the Scriptures: 'The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief
cornerstone. This was the Lord's doing, And it is marvelous in our eyes'?
This verse is
repeated in:
Ps. 118:22
MK. 12:10
LK. 20:17
Acts 4:11
1PT. 2:7
Rejected: to refuse or discard as useless
Who were the
builders: God’s people, you and I.
Will we accept & all the truth all
the fullness or will we pick and choose which parts “fit” for us, will we
reject?
(Eph 2:11 NKJV) Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in
the flesh; who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision
made in the flesh by hands;
(Eph 2:12
NKJV) that at that time you were without
Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and
without God in the world.
(Eph 2:13 NKJV) But now
in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the
blood of Christ.
(Eph 2:14 NKJV) For He Himself is our peace, who has made
both one, and has broken down the middle
wall of separation, (the curtain in front of the Holy of holies was torn into
at the crucifixion)
(Eph 2:15
NKJV) having abolished in His flesh the
enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to
create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace,
(Eph 2:16 NKJV) and that He might reconcile them both to God
in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity.
(Eph 2:17 NKJV) And He came and preached peace to you who
were afar off and to those who were near.
(Eph 2:18 NKJV) For through Him we both have access by one
Spirit to the Father.
(Eph 2:19 NKJV) Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers
and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the
household of God,
(Eph 2:20 NKJV) having
been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief corner
stone,
(Eph 2:21 NKJV) in whom the whole building, being joined
together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,
CORNERSTONE The
stone laid at the corner to bind two walls together and to strengthen them.
Used symbolically as a symbol of strength and prominence in the Bible.
The figure is often applied to rulers or leaders (Ps. 118:22; 144:12; Isa.
19:13 NIV, REB, NASB; Zech. 10:4). God promised through Isaiah that Zion would be restored,
resting on the cornerstone of the renewed faith of Israel (Isa. 28:16). Jeremiah
declared that Babylon would be so utterly devastated that nothing useful would
remain, not even a stone for use in a foundation (Jer. 51:26).
In the New
Testament Psalm 118:22 and Isaiah 28:16 are quoted (or alluded to) and applied
to Christ. The symbolism is clear: Jesus
Christ is the only sure foundation of faith. The Synoptic gospels quote
Psalm 118:22 after the parable of the wicked tenants to show the rejection and
ultimate triumph of Christ (Matt. 21:42; Mark 12:10; Luke 20:17; compare Acts 4:11;
Eph. 2:20-22).
In 1 Peter 2:4-8,
the two cornerstone passages are quoted in addition to Isaiah 8:14. Here the
appeal to the reader is to come to the** living stone (Jesus) the people rejected but precious in God's
sight. This is substantiated by a quote from Isaiah 28:16. There then comes a warning: those who
believe consider the stone to be something precious; but those who do not
believe are warned that the stone which they have rejected has
become the head of the corner (Ps. 118:22) and, further, this stone will
make them stumble and fall (Isa. 8:14; compare Rom. 9:33). Believers are
encouraged to become themselves living
stones like the Living Stone and be built into a spiritual house (1 Pet. 2:5). See
Rocks and Stones.
ROCK The use of rocky
sites as places of refuge (Num. 24:21; Judg. 15:8; 20:47) led to the frequent image of God as a rock, that is, a source of protection. Titles
of God include: the "Stone of
Israel" (Gen. 49:24 NASB); the Rock (Deut. 32:4); the Rock of salvation (32:15); the
Rock which begat Israel
(32:18); "the e rock that is higher
than I" (Ps. 61:2). Isaiah 8:13-14 pictures the Lord of hosts as a
"stone of stumbling" to
the unholy people of Israel
and Judah.
Paul identified Christ as the which nourished Israel in the wilderness (1 Cor.
10:4). Other texts apply to Christ the Isaiah image of a rock which causes
persons to fall (Rom. 9:33;
1 Pet. 2:8). Jesus' teaching is the
rock-solid foundation for life (Matt. 7:24-25).
The identity of the rock upon which Christ promised to build the church (Matt. 16:18) is disputed. Possible
identifications include: Peter, whose name means "rock", the larger
group of disciples, Christ Himself, and Peter's confession of faith. The
different Greek terms employed (Petros and petra) argue against a quick identification
of Peter as the foundation. Both Christ (1 Cor. 3:11) and the larger circle of apostles (Eph. 2:20; Rev. 21:14) are pictured as
the foundation of the church elsewhere. It seems unlikely that Matthew presents
Christ as both Builder and foundation of the church. Application of the
foundation image to evangelistic work (Rom. 15:20; 1 Cor. 3:10)
suggests that Peter's God-revealed confession of faith in Jesus as the Christ,
the Son of the living God (Matt. 16:16),
is the foundation of the church which lays seige to the gates of Hades. See
Keys of the Kingdom; Peter.
Symbolically, a stone
denotes hardness or insensibility (1 Sam. 25:37; Ezek. 36:26). It could also
mean firmness and strength. The followers of Christ were called living stones
who were built up into the spiritual temple
of Christ. Christ himself
became the chief cornerstone (Eph. 2:20-22;
1 Pet. 2:4-8).
Foundation: a base or supporting structure upon which a
building , wall is erected.
(Isa 28:16 NKJV) Therefore thus says the Lord GOD:
"Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation, A tried stone, a precious
cornerstone, a sure foundation; Whoever believes will not act hastily.
(1 Pet 2:6
NKJV) Therefore it is also contained in
the Scripture, "Behold, I lay in Zion
A chief cornerstone, elect, precious, And he who believes on Him will by no
means be put to shame."
(Eph 1:19 NKJV) and what is the exceeding greatness of His
power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power
(Eph 1:20 NKJV) which He worked in Christ when He raised Him
from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,
(Eph 1:21 NKJV) far above all principality and power and
might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also
in that which is to come.
(Eph 1:22 NKJV) And He put all things under His feet, and
gave Him to be head over all things to the church,
(Eph 1:23 NKJV) which is His body, the fullness of Him who
fills all in all.
(Eph 2:5
NKJV) even when we were dead in
trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
(Eph 2:6
NKJV) and raised us up together, and
made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
(Eph 2:7
NKJV) that in the ages to come He might
show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ
Jesus.
(Eph 2:8
NKJV) For by grace you have been saved
through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
(Eph 2:9
NKJV) not of works, lest anyone should
boast.
The same power that
raised Christ from the dead and sit Him in Heaven is in us and available to us.
Let’s
take a look again at Zech. 10:4-5
Remember these
three words:
The
cornerstone
The tent peg
The battle bow
(Zec 10:4
NKJV) From him comes the cornerstone, From him the tent peg, From him the battle bow, From him every ruler
together.
(Zec
10:5 NKJV) They shall be like mighty
men, Who tread down their enemies In
the mire of the streets in the battle. They shall fight because the LORD is
with them, And the riders on horses
shall be put to shame
Now we have covered the
importance of the cornerstone. What Jesus did for us at calvery.
Let us father look at tent peg & battle
bow
Tent peg – driven into the ground to
hold secure a tent (we can be considered a tent, our body); to work or strive hard and preservingly
So I am going to drive the tent peg of
truth, crucifying myself into the solid foundation, the cornerstone, Jesus
Christ. Recognizing the fullness of my
salvation.
(Gal 2:20 NKJV) "I have been crucified with Christ; it
is no longer I who live, but Christ
lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in
the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
I will crucify
my theology, my doubts, my disbelief, I will take on the fullness of my salvation,
nothing lacking, nothing missing. Jesus
reversed the curse by becoming the curse for us. So I
am going to drive the tent peg of truth, crucifying myself into the solid
foundation, the cornerstone, Jesus Christ.
Recognizing the fullness of my salvation.
Battle
bow – a weapon for shooting arrows. We
are LIKE that a WEAPON (a battle bow) TO SHOOT THE ARROWS.
(Zec
9:13 NKJV) For I
have bent Judah,
My bow…
So how
are we bent into that bow? Shall we take
a look at a few ways.
Praise
& worship (Judah means praise)
Interceding
(threshing)
Power
of Word, on the tongue
Praise
& Worship:
(2 Chr 5:13 NKJV) indeed it came to pass, when the trumpeters
and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking
the LORD, and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and
instruments of music, and praised the LORD, saying: "For He is good, For
His mercy endures forever," that the house, the house of the LORD, was
filled with a cloud,
(2 Chr 5:14 NKJV)
so that the priests could not continue ministering because of the cloud;
for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.
(2
Chr 20:14 NKJV) Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon
Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of
Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly.
(2
Chr 20:15 NKJV) And he said, "Listen, all you of Judah
and you inhabitants of Jerusalem,
and you, King Jehoshaphat! Thus says the
LORD to you: 'Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude,
for the battle is not yours, but God's.
(2
Chr 20:16 NKJV) 'Tomorrow go down against them. They will
surely come up by the Ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the
brook before the Wilderness of Jeruel.
(2
Chr 20:17 NKJV) 'You
will not need to fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still and see
the salvation of the LORD, who is with you, O Judah and Jerusalem!' Do not fear or be dismayed;
tomorrow go out against them, for the LORD is with you."
(2
Chr 20:18 NKJV) And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face
to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem bowed before the LORD, worshiping
the LORD.
(2
Chr 20:19 NKJV) Then the Levites of the children of the
Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites stood up to praise the LORD God
of Israel
with voices loud and high.
(2
Chr 20:20 NKJV) So they rose early in the morning and went
out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and
said, "Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the LORD your God, and
you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper."
(2
Chr 20:21 NKJV) And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the
LORD, and who should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the
army and were saying: "Praise the LORD, For His mercy endures
forever."
(2 Chr 20:22 NKJV)
Now when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushes against
the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they
were defeated.
Interceding:
MT. 11:12 "And from the days of John the Baptist
until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence,
and the violent take it by force.
(NIV)
MT. 11:12 From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven
has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it.
971. biazo,
bee-ad'-zo; from G970; to force, i.e. (reflex.) to crowd oneself (into), or
(pass.) to be seized:--press, suffer violence.
Violent:
physical force or activity used to cause harm, damage, or abuse,
exhibiting intense emotional or mental excitement: passionate intensity “heat”
Force: to compel to do
something or to act, to obtain by
coercion; to bring forth, as with effort; to move or drive against resistance;
to break down by force; to press or impose; as one’s will. Strong-effective-powerful-vigorous
*******The kingdom of
heaven which Jesus set up as a powerful movement or reign among men (suffers
violence) requires of them an equally strong & radical reaction. The violent then who take it by force are
people of keen enthusing & commitment who are willing to respond to &
propagate with radical abandonment the message & dynamic of God’s reign.
The passion of Jesus.
JN. 11:33 Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and
the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was
troubled.
34 And He said, "Where have you laid
him?" They said to Him, "Lord, come and see."
35 Jesus wept.
36 Then the Jews said, "See how He loved
him!"
wept: burst into sudden tears, then silently wept,
wailing, heaving of the bosom-and the cry of a soul in agony.
Groaned: to
utter a deep prolonged sound of disapproval or pain.
(Heb 5:7
NKJV) who, in the days of His flesh,
when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from
death, and was heard because of His godly fear,
(Heb 5:8
NKJV) though He was a Son, yet He
learned obedience by the things which He suffered.
(Heb 5:9
NKJV) And having been perfected, He
became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,
(NIV) 7 During the days of Jesus' life on earth, he
offered up prayers and petitions with loud
cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard
because of his reverent submission.
2478.
ischuros, is-khoo-ros'; from G2479; forcible (lit. or fig.):--boisterous,
mighty (-ier), powerful, strong (-er, man), valiant.
In His plan of
salvation for humankind God has ordained that believers be co-workers with Him.
In some respects God has limited himself to the holy, believing, preserving
prayers of his people.
Think of Prayer:
violence that can explode the impossible
Where has are passion
gone?
You can also think of pray
as: Threshing (tread down):
(Isa 41:15
NKJV) "Behold, I will make you into
a new threshing sledge with sharp teeth; You shall thresh the
mountains and beat them small, And make the hills like chaff.
(Micah 4:12 NKJV) But they do not know the thoughts of the
LORD, Nor do they understand His counsel; For He will gather them like sheaves
to the threshing floor.
(Micah 4:13 NKJV) "Arise
and thresh, O daughter of Zion; For I will make your horn iron, And I
will make your hooves bronze; You shall beat in pieces many peoples; I will
consecrate their gain to the LORD, And their substance to the Lord of the whole
earth."
Arise means:
abide, remain, perform, stir-up, strengthen, succeed, accomplish, avail,
endure, establish, carry-out
Thresh means:
break, tear
For I will
make means: appoint, bring, charge, commit, ordain,
order, purpose,
But does this season of being bent into
a battle bow last forever? Certainly
not; there comes a time to release the bow and shoot the arrow, release is the
easy part.
(Lev 26:5
NKJV) Your threshing shall last till the time of vintage, and the vintage
shall last till the time of sowing; you shall eat your bread to the full, and
dwell in your land safely.
(Lev 26:6
NKJV) I will give peace in the land, and
you shall lie down, and none will make you afraid; I will rid the land of evil
beasts, and the sword will not go through your land.
(Lev 26:7
NKJV) You will chase your enemies, and
they shall fall by the sword before you.
(Lev 26:8
NKJV) Five of you shall chase a hundred,
and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight; your enemies shall fall
by the sword before you.
(Lev 26:9
NKJV) 'For I will look on you favorably
and make you fruitful, multiply you and confirm My covenant with you.
(Lev 26:10
NKJV) You shall eat the old harvest, and
clear out the old because of the new.
(Lev 26:11
NKJV) I will set My tabernacle among
you, and My soul shall not abhor you.
(Lev 26:12
NKJV) I will walk among you and be your
God, and you shall be My people.
(Lev 26:13
NKJV) I am the LORD your God, who
brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves; I
have broken the bands of your yoke and made you walk upright.
Is. 28:23 Does
the plowman keep plowing all day to sow? Does he keep turning his soil and
breaking the clods?
25 When he has leveled its surface, Does he not
sow the black cummin And scatter the cummin, Plant the wheat in rows, The
barley in the appointed place, And the spelt in its place?
26 For He instructs him in right judgment, His
God teaches him.
27 For the black cummin is not threshed with a
threshing sledge, Nor is a cartwheel rolled over the cummin; But the black
cummin is beaten out with a stick, And the cummin with a rod.
28 Bread flour must be ground; Therefore he does not thresh it forever,
Break it with his cartwheel, Or crush it with his horsemen.
29 This also comes from the LORD of hosts, Who
is wonderful in counsel and excellent in guidance.
The Release:
(Zec 9:14 NKJV) Then the LORD will be seen over them, And His arrow will go forth like lightning.
The Lord GOD will blow the trumpet, And go with whirlwinds from the south.
So let’s recap:
After I have
built my cornerstone foundation, on Jesus the rock.
I will drive
the tent peg of my faith into the solid rock, the cornerstone.
I will then
become the battlebow; through praise & worship, interceding (threshing)
Now I am ready
for the easy part, the release. My feet
are planted, the battlebow bent, I let
the arrow go, which is the Word of God off my tongue.
God’s Word does
the work!!
(Prov 18:21 NKJV) Death
and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its
fruit.
Deu. 30:11 "For this commandment which I command
you today is not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off.
12 "It is not in heaven, that you should
say, 'Who will ascend into heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear
it and do it?'
13 "Nor is it beyond the sea, that you
should say, 'Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may
hear it and do it?'
14 "But
the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.
15 "See, I have set before you today life
and good, death and evil,
16 "in that I command you today to love the
LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes,
and His judgments, that you may live and multiply; and the LORD your God will
bless you in the land which you go to possess.
17 "But if your heart turns away so that
you do not hear, and are drawn away, and worship other gods and serve them,
18 "I announce to you today that you shall
surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land which you cross over
the Jordan
to go in and possess.
19 "I call heaven and earth as witnesses
today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and
cursing; therefore choose life, that
both you and your descendants may live;
20 "that you may love the LORD your God,
that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life
and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the LORD
swore to your
MT. 12:34"Brood
of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
35 "A good man out of the good treasure of
his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure
brings forth evil things.
36 "But I say to you that for every idle
word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
37 "For
by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be
condemned."
(2 Tim 2:9
NKJV) for which I suffer trouble as an
evildoer, even to the point of chains; but
the word of God is not chained.
(Isa 43:13
NKJV) Indeed before the day was, I am
He; And there is no one who can deliver out of My hand; I work, and who will reverse it?" (or When I act, who can
reverse it)
(Psa 89:34
NKJV) My covenant I will not break, Nor
alter the word that has gone out of
My lips.
(Num 23:19 NKJV) "God is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or
has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
(Isa 55:8
NKJV) "For My thoughts are not your
thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways," says the LORD.
(Isa 55:9
NKJV) "For as the heavens are
higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts
than your thoughts.
(Isa 55:10
NKJV) "For as the rain comes down,
and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, But water the earth, And
make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower And bread to
the eater,
(Isa 55:11 NKJV) So
shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void,
But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for
which I sent it.
(Isa 55:12
NKJV) "For you shall go out with
joy, And be led out with peace; The mountains and the hills Shall break forth
into singing before you, And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
God’s word is
above His very name.
I encourage you and challenge you to :
Let’s set the
prisoners free!! And release them to be
prisoners of hope!!
(Zec 9:11 NKJV) "As for you also, Because of the blood
of your covenant, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
(Zec 9:12 NKJV) Return to the stronghold, You prisoners of
hope. Even today I declare that I will restore double to you
(Zec 10:4
NKJV) From him comes the cornerstone, From him the tent peg, From him the battle bow, From him every ruler
together.
(Zec 10:5
NKJV) They shall be like mighty men, Who
tread down their enemies In the mire
of the streets in the battle. They shall fight because the LORD is with them, And the riders on horses shall be put to
shame.
Who are the
riders on the horses?
And the riders on horses (sickness,
disease, bondage, demon possessed, poverty stricken) shall be put to shame.
The cornerstone
The tent peg
The battlebow
Salvation (sozo) nothing lacking, nothing missing,
complete as though the curse had not
happened.
It is possible some quotes may have come from one of Jack Hayford's books
