The BreakThrough

June 19, 2006

5:26pm


When I look back over this time, I think about the goodness of what God has done for me. Now when you look at me you are looking at a miracle. When you hug me, you’re hugging a miracle. When I was ready to lose my mind and accept defeat, He said no. He promised me that when the enemy comes against me one way it is forced to flee from me seven ways. And for that, Lord I thank you. I remember sitting at church listening to a sermon by my pastor in which he said, “God is not going to let you die in the wilderness.” That one statement saved my life. It was just the rejuvenation that was needed to let me see where I needed to go. What the enemy meant for evil, God custom designed it for my good. I didn’t want to go, but I told Him I would listen and move. He was moving me out of my comfort zone. He moved me out from everything that was established and rooted. He moved me from what I thought was my identity of my own; where I thought I was finally an individual, back into the environment of shadows. This was an act of necessity. In my heart of hearts I believed that no matter what state I was to be in, I was to be content. In this, I know there will be joy and deliverance. In a matter of weeks, what took two years in Michigan to find suitable employment, I was faced with potentially two very different career paths in North Carolina. One, a firm and steady check week after week in advertising and the other, temporary (with a possibility of promotion) in higher education. This was a bittersweet conundrum that I was happy to finally face! Bittersweet because it wasn’t long ago where everything I touched failed miserably. This was a crossroad that I was facing that was going to affect the rest of my life. The choices that I make today will perhaps determine where I will be years from now. I had to play it safe; taking a career path with only possibilities was too much of a risk. Perhaps, if I believed in myself a little more maybe I would choose different. I had to pray to remove all doubt and disbelief; I will no longer walk in the spirit of fear. Any choice that I made there will be promotion ahead of me, I will have the favor of God and everyone will see His glory. Right now, I’m on autopilot; taking steps that are only ordered by God. In a matter of four short months I’m literally higher than I have ever been. Now I live in a condominium on the 12th floor of a luxury high-rise building. I have an increase of faith like never before. He blessed me so that I could draw nearer to Him, to know Him intimately. He told me that if His word abides within me, I could ask what I will in His name. I am finally depending on Him on choices that I am making. My life is not my own anymore, I know that its not going to be easy. After all, He is my Shepard and I shall not want. He promised that he would supply my every need, exceeding and abundantly and above all that I could ask or think. I see my deliverance and breakthrough, and for that, Lord I thank you!

The Praise!

Father, I come boldly before your throne of grace, thanking and praising you for Your blessings and prosperity upon my life, and upon the lives of my family. According to Your Word, You said that You desire above all things that I may prosper and be in health, even as my soul prospers; therefore, I know that it is Your will for me to prosper.

Father, I thank You first of all, that my soul prospers in You. I thank You that I prosper daily in the knowledge and understanding of Your Word, and that I become rooted, grounded, settled, and establish in Christ Jesus.

I thank You that according to Your Word, You have established us as kings and priest unto the Most High King, Jesus Christ. Father, You said in Your Word, “When a king shall decree a thing, it shall be established.” Therefore, I decree and declare according to Your Word, that I am blessed the city and blessed in the field; I am above only and not beneath; I am the head and not the tail; I am blessed coming in and blessed going out; I am the lender and not the borrower. I thank You that I am blessed upon my job, and blessed in my home. I confess also that my family is blessed, and my children are blessed and prosperous all the days of their lives.

I thank You Father that I am blessed in my mind with a sound mind, and with the peace of God that passes all understanding. I thank You for blessing me in my body with good health. I thank You for making me to lie down in green pastures, which are the abundance of Your blessings; and Your blessings are continually upon me and overtaking me in every area. I thank You that the windows of heaven are open for me, and You are constantly pouring me out the abundance of Your blessings up my life – spiritually, physically, and financially, whereby I do not have room enough to contain them.

I thank You Father that You have made known Your thoughts towards us – thought of good things and blessings for us and not of evil. You instructed us to say continually that You are magnified and You take pleasure in prospering us. So I confess according to Your Word, both now and continually that “YOU ARE MAGNIFIED O LORD AND YOU TAKE PLEASURE IN PROSPERING ME” in every area of my life.

I thank You for opening doors of prosperity and success for me that no man can shut, I thank You for also closing every door of failure and defeat in my life which no man can open. And I pray that You would anoint the works of my hands, whereby I may prosper in everything I do.

Father, I pray that You would bless me to keep my eyes upon You continually. Help me to seek You and Your will, first and foremost in my life. For You said in Your Word that if I seek first the Kingdom of God and all of Your righteousness, You would bless the desire of my heart to be added unto me, and bless me to prosper in everything I do. I thank You therefore that I am blessed and prosperous in my spiritual life, my job, and my finances. And Father, I pray that Your goodness and mercy follows me all the days of my life, in every area of my life.

Father, You promised in Your Word that if I would walk in Your ways that You bless me to prosper, and You would cause my leave not to wither. Therefore, I confess Your Word that the leaves of my health shall not wither, and the leaves of my finances shall not wither, I also confess that the leaves of my car, home and household appliances, equipment, and furnishings shall not wither. I decree that God’s blessings are upon them to last, and Satan cannot bring destruction on God’s blessing in my life in any area or in any way. I decree this by the authority of the Word or the Living God in the name of Jesus Christ.

I take authority over every hindering spirit of the enemy. I bind them my life and I render them helpless, powerless, inoperative and ineffective to hinder my life in any way, by the authority of the name of Jesus Christ. I pull down every stronghold of the enemy, and I cast down every wicked spirit that Satan would attempt to use against me.

Father, according to Your Word, if an enemy is caught stealing, he must return seven-fold of that which he has stolen. Father, I have caught the enemy. For Your Word has revealed and exposed Satan as the thief who comes to steal, kill and destroy. So Satan, by the authority of the name of Jesus Christ, I command You to return seven-fold of everything you have stolen from every area of my life.

Father, I thank You that this is a prosperous day, week, month, and year for me, and the doors of success have been opened. I confess that I shall succeed in everything in Christ, because every door of failure has been closed, and I shall not know defeat. And I am fully persuaded, that what You have promised in Your Word, You are well able to perform in my life.

Now Father, I thank You for Your Word, and how Your Word does not return unto You void, but it accomplishes that in which You send it to perform. So as I have prayed Your Word, I thank You that Your blessings are performed and accomplished in my life. In the name of the Lord, Jesus Christ, I pray, AMEN!


-By Kenneth Scott, The Weapons of Our Warfare