Daily Bread - September 3, 2004

But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

Do not think that the situations that have happened unto you are unusual. These things are not out of the ordinary. You should expect these things, for I have told you of them in my word. Though these things have brought unto you great pain, disappointment, rejection, betrayal, and sorrow, they are the ingredients of greater good that is in the making. These things are alien to the mentality of some Christians, for they do not know me in the fellowship of my sufferings. How can you rule over disappointment, grief, sorrow, rejection, betrayal, and impossibility, if you have not overcome them?

These things rule over most Christians because they have not bought gold tried in the fire. These things rule in the dimension of the fire. You should rule in these domains, for your God is a consuming fire, and you are a son of the fire. These things rule as giants over most people because they are weak in faith. How will you overcome the world, if you have not faith?

I shed my blood and gave you faith, grace, and love so that you might overcome all these things. Now by the blood of the Lamb and faith, rise up, and overcome this army of uncomfortable things. The fellowship of my sufferings must become an everyday experience for you. It must become common and ordinary for you. Many people want to know me in the power of the resurrection but have neglected to know me in the fellowship of my sufferings. I am sending forth a new decree into my body requiring those who are deemed worthy of me to know me as I want them to know me. Because you have become familiar with songs about me and had experiences with me, does not mean that you know me. My name is a familiar word used in Christian exercises, but a real knowledge of me is absent from these same exercises. I have come to give you living experiences that will train you for ministry beyond the good things of this life. What good is a ministry that can only minister to recipients of good things?

The experiences that I have designed for your life will make you ready for actual problems to be faced in future wars. By the time you enter into the wars ahead of you, you will be at ease with all the elements of the war for your soul. Many trials are considered strange to some because these trials are beyond their experiences, and the spirits that they war against use tactics that deviate from their knowledge of me. I am faithful and the same in every trial. I am your sufficiency. Look to me as the source of wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and victory.

You must learn to use joy as a weapon of war in your trials. You will not be strong enough to overcome grief and sorrow without the joy of the Lord. Many are attempting to overcome grief and sorrow using grief and sorrow as weapons. They are overcome easily, for they are defenseless. Lift up your voice with joy. Rejoice in the presence of all these things that have come to contend with you. Lead the people into rejoicing. Teach them to offer praise willingly.

Rejoice with great joy and say, "Blessed be the Lord God of the church and of Israel, our father, forever and ever. Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine. Thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and honor come of thee. Thou reignest over all and in thine hand is power and might. In thine hand it is to make great and to give strength unto all. Now therefore, our God, we thank you and praise your glorious name."

Come forth shouting for joy, and drown out the weeping of the people. Shout aloud so that the joy of the Lord is heard afar off. I will make the people joyful and strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel, and of the church. Come forth with the renewed joy of the Lord. It is your strength.

Amos 3: 7 - 8

Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. The lion hath roared, who will not fear? The Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?