The Seven Pillars (Part 7) - NT Community & Guild-Based Living - Rod Mills

This is a series on the 7 Pillars of the AeroNova spiritual family, the DNA markers of who God has called us to be as a people. 
In this teaching we deepen our understanding of the third pillar, New Testament community, by talking about a lifestyle of guild based living. In their early history, guilds were organizations for craftsmen or students of different disciplines. Their purpose was to help one another improve their craft and to sharpen that trade as a whole.
When we are living in a guild based lifestyle then we learn and grow from one another, teaching one another. We coach, we mentor one another, we encourage and protect the integrity of one another, just like the guilds did in their professions many years ago.

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​It's such an honor for me to share this teaching with you, especially because of who all of you ladies are, I know that you have deep wells in this area. And I don't just know that from talking to you. I know that from being in prayer meetings with you and you praying over me, and watching the Lord move as each of you has walked in spiritual authority. So the respect that I have for you is so deep, and I just feel so grateful and honored to have the chance to share this with you. So we'd like to talk about the spiritual authority that God has given you specifically for the purpose of pushing back the enemy, and bringing the kingdom of God into the lives of the people that God has put within your sphere of influence. I've been praying Second Corinthians four, six over our time this evening, which says, For God, who said, Let light shine out of darkness is the one who has shown in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Messiah. And we need the light of God to be shining on this area of walking in spiritual authority. Because the enemy, he wants us to live in ignorance. And this, he wants us to live in confusion. And just kind of that I'll just set this over here because I don't understand it. First, Peter five, eight through nine says, Stay alert. Watch out, your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, searching for someone to devour. Stand up against him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of sufferings are being laid upon your brothers and sisters throughout the world. And James four seven says, Therefore submit to God, but resist the devil, and he will flee from you. And a lot of times, I think we read that for whatever reason, we read that as ignore the devil, and he will flee from you ignore the enemy, and then you won't have to be involved in the battle, thinking that it has nothing to do with them. But each one of us we were born into the battle, we do not have the option of sitting on the sidelines. But the Lord has already given us the victory through Jesus, and we already have the opportunity to walk in that victory. So starting out who is our authority over? Or authority is I'm not talking about authority over people. And hopefully it goes without saying, I'm not talking about any kind of authority over God. This is not about maybe if I, you know, say this words and this order, and you know, we're just talking about fasting, maybe if I fast enough, then God will move that is not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about the authority that the Lord has given us, over the enemy over the demonic powers in the earth, who come against us who come against our families, and who come against those in our spheres of influence. So as you all know, I come from a little bit of a military background. It's like all of you. And I don't know anything about military strategy. The most I know is what you learned playing risk with your brothers. But I do know this, you have to know who your enemy is. And you have to know what his purposes are. And our enemy is the devil. Our enemy are the demonic powers that come against us. Ephesians 612 through 13 says, For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore, take up the full armor of God so that you may be able to resist when times are evil. And what are the enemy's purposes. Jesus tells us in John 1010 The thief comes to steal, to kill and to destroy. And I like what Bill Johnson says about this. He says So anywhere that you see death, loss and destruction You know, it is not the hand of God. And you know, it's the work of the enemy. So as we come in, we start thinking about this topic of walking and spiritual authority, and what the biblical basis is for us to be walking in that authority. It's important that we're noting the differences between Satan and Jesus, because they are not, they are not even close. In authority, they are not even close in power, or person, Jesus is fully God, Jesus is God with us. John one tells us that Jesus was there at the beginning of creation. Colossians 115, through 20 says that He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation, For by Him all things were created in heaven, and on earth, the seen and the unseen, whether thrones or angelic powers, or rulers or authorities all was created through Him. And for him, he exists before everything, and in him, all holds together, he is the head of the body, his community, he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in all things. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile all things to himself, making peace through the blood of his cross, whether things on earth or things in heaven. This is who Jesus is, Jesus has all authority. First Corinthians 127 says, For God has put all things in subjection underneath his feet. And who is Satan, who are his demons, they are created beings created by God to serve him. But when they turned from him, they were cast out of heaven, and God has His appointed time for their end. So they had a beginning, and they will have their end. And it is not going to be difficult for the Lord. If the Lord wanted to, he could, in a moment, make them gone. But in his perfect wisdom, he has a storyline that he has written and is following. It's also important to note here, the difference between Satan's power and Satan's authority. And this is something that I learned from Dutch sheets, book authority and prayer that I really highly recommend so much, I bought four copies, anybody can have them, take them home as my gift, because I cannot recommend this book enough. So God has always been all powerful in heaven. And on earth before and after the cross, Satan has been given a measure of power. And Jesus has not yet strips it in of his power, but he has taken his authority, his right to come against us, the people of God. So when God created Adam and Eve, He gave them a responsibility, what was it? Right, and then their responsibility. So they're the command was to not write the command was to not eat the fruit of the forbidden tree. And the responsibility was to care over their guard over the garden, to care over the earth, that was their dominion. That is where God took the keys and he gave them the authority over the earth. Then when Adam and Eve sinned, they handed their authority over to Satan. In fact, when Jesus when Satan comes and tempts Jesus on the earth, he shows Jesus all the kingdoms of the world in an instant. And the devil said to him, I'll give to you all of this authority, along with its glory, because it has been handed over to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish. Therefore, if you will worship me, all this will be yours. The word authority used here in the original Greek is x, Lucia. I had to look that up and say it a bunch to get in my head, but it's x CSEA. And when Jesus responds to him, Jesus does not say, No, that's not true. You haven't been given all authority, you don't have X Lucia. Instead, Jesus says, It is written, You shall worship Adonai your God and Him only shall you serve. So Satan did not have authority over Jesus. Jesus did not have to be obedient to Him. But Satan had authority given to them on Earth by the sin of Adam and Eve. But when Jesus died on the cross, as the perfect sacrifice for our sin, he took back the authority that Adam and Eve had given Satan and he Jesus acknowledges and pro claims that he has taken back this authority after his resurrection and 20. And Matthew 2018, saying, All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. And when Jesus says this, All authority has been given to me, he uses that same word, X, Lucia, he says, All x, Lucia has been given to me, on heaven, in heaven and on earth. Paul then notes this in Colossians, 113 thing that Jesus rescued us from the ecstasy of darkness, that is the authority, the domain of darkness, and brought us into the kingdom of the Son whom he loves. And now we recognize well, that while the devil still has his measure of power, he no longer has the right to come against us. He no longer has the right to be attacking us, in our minds, in our bodies, in our hearts, and our marriages and our finances, we have the authority given to us by Jesus, to command him to stop in Jesus name. And a crucial part of our calling, as Christians, bringing the kingdom of God onto the earth is to be walking in this authority to be resisting the devil to not be ignoring the devil. One of the final things that Jesus says after his resurrection, excuse me, and before His ascension into heaven, is these signs will accompany those who believe in my name, they will drive out demons, they will speak new languages, they will handle snakes, and if they drink anything deadly, it will not harm them, they will lay hands on the sick, and they will get well. This is our calling on Earth. This is the sum of the final words of Jesus is giving us this authority to bring the kingdom of God. X 1038 summarizes the whole ministry of Jesus on the earth. And it says you know how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, how he went about doing good, and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him. And we are called to be doing the same thing. Jesus said that we will do the same works that he did in John 1412. I have so many scriptures here, where I could just go on and on of Jesus saying, Here's your authority, use it. Here's your authority, use it. And so often, we think, Oh, Lord, I hope you take care of that issue of the enemy's just really attacking me, I hope you you know helped me God. And Lord said, Come on, come on, girl, I've given you the authority, it's time to use it. And before we want to go, we go on, I want to note that this this is a point of compassion. This is a point of love, that if we have compassion, and love for the people around us, and the people that we come in contact with, then we will drive the enemy out from their lives, we will bind the enemy from working in their lives, because of the heart of the love of God and His desire for the fullness of the kingdom of God to be to be in their lives and in our lives. Jesus taught tells us to go into all of the world to make disciples. And we can't individually go into all the world to every nation and reach every 6 billion, 7 billion I can't. Okay, billions and billions. We could not possibly do this. But we can bring the kingdom of God into our lives into our friends lives into our family of life, far more than we ever imagined. As women, it's vital that we are walking in the fullness of this calling as mothers, we might not be by biological mothers, obviously. As I'm like looking at you, too, you're not moms yet. But there we all have people in our lives that who we love are loving, who we care for and who we desire for the Lord's heart to really encounter their lives and that is that is spiritual mothering. And the enemy, he is fighting hard for the destruction of the hearts and souls of our kids, of our husbands of our friends of our parents of our grandparents. He is I mean he's he knows that his end is coming. So he is fighting hard and we need to rise up and realize that the Lord has given us the weapons of warfare. And it is our calling. It's not just a good idea. It's your calling as a believer to be to be casting out the devil where he is attacking, and to be bringing in and ushering in the kingdom of God. I love what Proverbs 3127 says of the Woman of Valor, she watches over the affairs of her household. And we know that we have lots of responsibilities and watching over the affairs of our household laundry, and dishes and cooking. And you know, making sure that our two year old doesn't escape out the back door every two minutes. That's my life. But also, our responsibility. And what I believe that this proverb is speaking about is watching over the affairs of the heart and over the affairs of the spirit, and having our spiritual eyes and our spiritual ears in tune to what's going on to be able to recognize when and where the enemy is attacking our kids, or our friends, our parents. Because sometimes, you know, you'll just get what my mom calls the niggle. So she'll just say I got it, I haven't I just have a little niggle. And that means she's sensing something from the Lord that something is off. Or sometimes, you know, I had a dream about someone close to me. Once that was just right on very prophetic, I had no idea this was going on in their lives. And I And the Lord just gave me that dream so that I could begin praying before I ever knew there was a problem. And that's, as we tune into the Holy Spirit, he he is going to allow you to watch over the affairs of your household, the affairs of your kids, the affairs of your friends, as you tune into him. I love this verse when it comes, especially in the context of motherhood, or spiritual warfare in general is Blessed be the Lord my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle. The Lord is training us for the battles that were called to fight. We are there are battles we are fighting now. And there are battles that we will be fighting in the future, whether it's for a family or for other people, and it is life and death. And I think that's what we need our hearts to grasp is that this is a life and death issue, that we will be doing spiritual battles for the souls, the for the souls of people. And the Lord has given us the Lord has given us everything that we need to fight these battles. So whenever we recognize that the enemy is attacking, how do we go to war? How do we do this? Because we can know like, okay, the Lord's given me authority, we can recognize the enemy as definitely attacking. But how do we really go into battle and overcome? The first thing I will say is before I know I'm about to enter a big spiritual battle, like not just a little thing, but something bigger is, I just asked the Holy Spirit to come and to examine my heart, and to convict me anywhere that there might be thin. Because anywhere that there might be sin in your heart is a is an opening for the enemy. And when I say opening, I don't mean you know, he will take a hold. And but I just mean that if you're going into battle, you want to know you don't have any kinks in your armor. And none of us are perfect. So just laying that before the Lord and asking the Lord to cleanse you and the blood of Jesus so that as you enter the battle, you are ready. Next is you've probably all heard me talk about this because it is just one of my favorite things is worship as a weapon of warfare. So as I before I even just start interceding over issue, a lot of times I will just start worshiping the Lord just extolling the lord over the problem and lifting up his name. Second Chronicles 2021 through 22 says Joseph appointed singers to the Lord, praising the splendor of His Holiness, as they went out before the army, saying Praise Adonai for his mercy endures forever. As they began singing and praising the Lord set ambushes against the children of Amman, Moab and mount SEER who had come against Judah, and they were defeated. So as the people were worshipping before the army, the Lord went out and defeated the enemy and that is what the Lord does for us. That is what the Lord does for us as we are fighting the spiritual battle. Before we even need to say a word about the problem itself, we just start worshiping the Lord and lifting him up. And he starts taking care of this one. One thing after another. A time when the Lord really taught me this in a smaller issue that was very tangible and very quick was after I had left home, I bought a little blue Honda Civic, and just love this car. It had over 100,000 miles on it. But it was such a good car. However, I was terrified of car issues. I was really scared because I knew nothing about taking care of a car. I knew it needed gas. And a few months after about the car, my dad, like frantically calls me he was like, I don't think I ever told you, you got to change the oil. Have you changed the oil, because he knew I wouldn't know anything about cars. So I'm driving home from work one day, and I get a check engine light. And of course, I just My heart just starts racing. And it's making all these crazy noises that you know, I can't even describe, you know, to a mechanic and I'm scared to go to a mechanic. And so I got home, I parked my car, turn it off, and I grabbed my phone. And an intercessory missionary of mine says, Just wanted to let you know I got a text from a friend. She feels like the enemy is going to start attacking cars. And I said, Oh, yes, he is. He is I got the memo. He said, Well, why don't you try just worshiping the Lord over this issue? And I was like, I've never like that never crossed my mind. I mean, if it was something like a different nature, yes, but my car, but I thought, Okay, I'll give it a try. So I go in the house, like get my guitar, start worshiping the Lord just have a really great worship time for about 30 minutes. And then of course, I'm like, Alright, I'm gonna go see if it worked. Get out there I turned my car on. Sure enough that light is not on. It's not making the clunky sound. And it did amazing for months. And, you know, that's not a life or death issue. But it is something that it was affecting my life. But more importantly, it was a way that the the Lord was tangibly giving me this weapon and saying, Nicole, worship is warfare. Worship is a weapon. Lift up my name. I want to give you guys another example that has a lot more weight to it. In 2014, a little boy named Willie was kidnapped from his driveway in Atlanta. Have you guys heard this? Okay, it's on YouTube, you can watch the news articles about it. As he sat abducted in the back of the man's car, he started singing the worship song, every praise. The man got angry and started screaming and cussing at him demanding him to stop. But Willie kept on going. I don't know which part of the song Willie was singing. But here's just some of the lyrics. God my Savior, God, my healer, God, my deliver. Yes, he is. Yes, he is God my Savior. God, my healer, God my deliver? Yes, he is. Yes, he is. He didn't stop. He just kept worshiping. And that man threw him out of the car unharmed, and Willie walked back home. Yes, an incredible story. Incredible story. And it is a reminder that the evil in this world is demonically empowered. And the man that kidnapped Willie was demonically empowered. So when Willie started singing and worshiping the Lord, and us just worshiping and extolling the name of the Lord, that demonic power had to come into submission to the Lord and Willie walked away unharmed. And this is it's just such an important is such an important thing for us to grasp for us to walk in and start recognizing, number one, who the enemy is and number two that we have already been given power and authority over him in Jesus name. So second is intercessory prayer. Never underestimate the power and the impact of your prayer. Even if you don't feel anything. The Lord is moving. And there is action in the spirit realm that we don't see. I love Daniel 10 because Daniel has been fasting and praying for I believe it was 21 Day He's, and then Gabriel, the angel comes and visits him and says, Daniel, I tried to come on day one, but then I was detained by the Prince of Persia, and your prayers kept me going kept me fighting. And Michael had to come help me. So here I am, I finally made it. And, you know, I know Daniel had some crazy experiences in his life. And this wasn't the first time Gabriel visited him. But I bet he was shocked. I really think that he, he was surprised because I'm shocked even reading it, you know, that Daniel is praying, and there is warfare in the heavens. And so often we think, Well, I can't see it, I can't feel it. And I don't see the effects of it. So, you know, it's difficult for us to really engage, but it engaged, but it is happening, there is there are angelic powers that go forth, because of our prayers to the Lord. So along with this, we command the enemy to stop in Jesus name. And this is very simple. There's not a speech we need to give, there's not you know, I don't know some kind of like, pep talk we need to have beforehand. But we, as the enemy comes against us, we say stop in Jesus name, we bind the lies, we command him to leave. And I'm not saying it's an overnight thing every single time there is battle. And Jesus tells us that sometimes there's fasting that needs to be involved in praying. But my point here is, it's the Lord who has the authority. It's the Lord who's giving us the authority. So we know, even if you're just a small child, you know, I started having experiences where I was engaging in spiritual warfare at a really young age, when I didn't even necessarily me thankfully, my mom and dad taught me a lot about spiritual warfare. But I won't tell stories here. But stories were. The enemy was very much making himself known. And I didn't have any special words, except for what my parents taught us as little, just little toddlers was no no devil Jesus power. And you know what? They, the enemy will respond to that. You the enemy will respond to that, because it's the power of Jesus. All right, and one that is perhaps the most vital, what does scripture say is our weapon of warfare? Mm hmm. The sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And while I do believe that this can be the word that the Lord speaks to your own heart, there is so much power, untapped power, I believe in the power of Scripture and using scripture in warfare. You pray scripture over every spiritual battle that you encounter. And you know, what's great is we have Google, like, I don't know, I wish I knew every scripture that just, you know, related to the battle. I was fighting, but I don't. I have like a few scriptures, you know, that I know. But I'll just, you know, Google, like, scriptures, online scriptures on fear, whatever, you know, finances, whatever it is, I feel like the enemy is attacking. I just, you know, get that list of Scripture. And when you're praying, you just start praying those scriptures over the battle that you're fighting. And to that I always pray is no weapon formed against you will prosper. And then just basically, every verse in Psalm 91 is like, you know, so good. And the great thing is, you know, I was saying, like, I've got a few scriptures I use all the time. The scriptures never get worn out. They never get dulled. And I'm like, oh, no, it's overused. I used all the power from that one, you know, like, that doesn't happen. Like if anything, the more you use it, the sharper you're sort of getting as you use it. And lastly, recognize where people in your life are believing lies, and speak truth over them. I think especially your kids, and especially, especially when they're teenagers. I mean, all the years but especially when they're teenagers, speaking the truth over them and this goes back to watching over the affairs of your household and asking the Lord and believing that he'll answer you, asking the Lord to give you eyes to see and to give you ears to hear where your loved ones are believing lies. My An example of this is about 10 years ago, and I'm trying to be somewhat discreet. But 10 years ago, I was just having a very bad summer, I'll put it out, just not good. And there were a number of people in my life, who I had been very close to who just said some things to me, that really tore me down. And it was really kind of a betrayal, to be honest. And I just, it wasn't them, it was the enemy using their words, you know, the enemy taking their words. And then I was just totally bound up in these lies about myself that I was believing. But thankfully, there was somebody watching over the affairs of her household. And that was my big sister Janae. And I hadn't told her anything that was feeling, I didn't even know I was believing lies. Because you know, if you knew you're believing a lie, that's half the battle right there. Right? Like? Exactly, yes. So I had, I was just very weighed down, and my sister came to me, and she spoke with authority, I will tell you that she said, come here. And she said, I need to tell you who you are. And she pulled out Psalm 45. And she started reading Psalm 45, the portion about being the Bride of Christ, and just speaking that over me, and as she read this, and spoke it over me, it was almost like I could physically feel her taking the heavy weights of the lies off my back and off my shoulder in the Spirit of God, washing away all the residue of the lies. And then she pointed out the lies and said, This is a lie. And this is a lie. And when you have someone come in and do that, especially with the power of the Holy Spirit, not only giving her insights of what the lies were, but giving him the authority to take the lie off completely, so powerful, I remember walking away, just feeling like a new person. And that that's part of our calling, and the Lord, the Lord gives all of us the opportunity to be in tune with him to hear and to see where people are bound up and to set them free. And that's another reason why I say, this is so driven by compassion, and love. And a lot of times when we think about walking in spiritual authority, we think of those, you know, those people who are just like, they got this personality, you know, and they speak loud, and, and they're, you know, brave and courageous, but it is not a personality thing. It's it, it's being washed in the blood of Jesus, and then being willing, just like we have to be willing to share the gospel and the good news of Jesus, we have to be willing to say, Yes, Lord, I will walk in this authority so that I can I help you set people free. So speaking of lies, don't let the enemy make you feel disqualified from the battle with his lies. I think this might be one of aside from the biblical basis of spiritual authority, I think that this might be one of the most important things we talk about tonight. Because the enemy will work so hard to keep you out of the battle. Because it's a lot easier to fight, you know, when your hands are tied behind your back, you know, he knows you have a sword at your side, and he knows how sharp it is. He knows that sting, he knows you have a shield of faith, and he knows it will catch every dark. So if he can convince you that it does, that you don't have a sword that you don't have a shield or that you don't have the right to use it, then, you know, he can do any he'll feel like he can do anything that he wants. So he often uses condemnation, condemnation for past sins, failures, present weaknesses, and tells you that well, that's just you know, oh, that's for other people. But because of this thing, do you remember that? That's what he often does. That's why it's not for you. That's what he'll tell you. And he'll say it again and again and again. And if you've ever noticed, he he does not fight fair. He will kick you when you're down. He will and I think that we've all felt that when we have walked through times of immense grief. or trauma, who comes walking up ready to kick? That's the enemy. But the Lord's mercies are new every morning. And Paul says that in his weakness, God's strength has made perfect has been, God's strength is made perfect. So, when the enemy comes, and he's lying, and he's reminding you of every sin, you, you just remind him of the blood of Jesus. And you remember that you have been made new. And you remember that, yes, we all have weaknesses, but God's strength in you is made perfect through your weakness. Secondly, lies about what you have, or don't have to offer. And, and this kind of ties into a third lie that it won't make a difference. So, and this also goes back to the personality thing where you think, Well, Lord, I'm just a quiet, humble person, you know, I'm, I'm just tender person, I can't walk in spiritual authority. That's a lie. That's a lie of the enemy. And, and because it is the Lord's power in us, because it is the power of the Holy Spirit. It doesn't matter who you are, it doesn't matter how old you are, it doesn't matter what skills you have, it doesn't matter what your personality is. Everyone is called to do this. And everyone has been given the grace and the empowerment to do this. And remember that it's not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord. And lastly, the lie that lulls you into asleep, to just keep the peace. This is like a really big one, I think. Because we'll see a major issue going on in our family. It's usually family. We'll see something, we'll know about it. And we're like, I don't want to touch it, even in prayer. And have, you know, because you start praying the Lord start staring at us staring. So, but it is worth it. It is worth it. Because we have to believe about this issue, that we don't want to touch that the Lord has the victory. And we have to be willing to believe to say, Okay, Lord, I'm going to stand up. I'm going to pray over this, I'm gonna worship over this, I'm going to rebuke the enemy off of this, I'm going to speak the Scripture off onto this, because I know that Lord, you already have the victory completely worked out. We, we just, we can't sit back and watch the enemy, plunder our family, because he is like I said before, he is busy, he has his plans, and he wants to steal, he wants to kill he wants to destroy. And we have the authority to tell them to stop. I was thinking earlier today about flying around my face. I was thinking earlier today about the biggest spiritual battle that I think I have fought in my life up until this point, for the soul of someone that I love so much, and fighting alongside people I love to fight for this person's very soul, and destiny, and eternity. And the enemy through every one of those lies at me. And I know that the the others who are in that battle felt the same. The enemy through that lie of you're unqualified, it's not going to make a difference will remember this that you did back there. And it won't make a difference that you just don't touch it. It'll work itself out on its own. But I knew I knew that this was the battle for this person's soul. So everything else had to fall by the wayside. Everything else? I mean, if you came to my house, you would think this woman loves in school. I mean, my laundry was piled my head. I'm just pulling whatever I can out of the freezer. And when I would wake up in the morning, I would get the snacks and drinks and just kind of set them around me so that my toddlers had something to grab as we prayed. And you know what the Lord met us. The Lord met had us powerfully, and he gave us dreams. And he gave us a vision. And he gave us words. And he gave us scriptures. And we prayed. And whenever we got weary, he would bring encouragement. And then we prayed, again, and again and again. And I was looking back in my prayer journal as we fought this battle, and the words that the Lord spoke over this. And the end of the story was so much better than I could have ever imagined. As I was just feeling like I was climbing in prayer, sometimes over this, the end of the story, the fruit he brought from the victory. I mean, he didn't just take back what the enemy had stolen, he took so much back. And he brought so much fruit, it turned out to be the most beautiful, powerful victory, far beyond whatever I could have asked or thought or imagined. And now, as we encounter battle after battle in our lives, as we are walking on earth, he has the victory. He knows the end of the story. And it is better than you could ask for. And it is better than you could think. And it it's better than you could imagine. We're not going to be victims, the enemy may attack, but we're not going to be victims. And there might be some things that you have battled year, after year after year. And the Lord wants to say to you, I have the victory, you will not live in bondage to this the rest of your life, you will not live under this oppression, you will not live under this attack for the rest of your life because the victory is coming. It's on its way. I love Second Corinthians 214 says, Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ. And, you know, Jesus paid such an immense sacrifice for us to get the fullness of his desires, and the fullness of walking in authority. And just like that song says, May the lamb receive the reward of His suffering. And so when the Lord looks at us, I know all of you feel the same our hearts desire is that he would receive the reward of His suffering and that's not just our life completely surrendered. That's walking in obedience to bring the kingdom of God and to drive out the enemy. Thank you for joining us today. 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