THE POWER OF EXTRAORDINARY INFLUENCE
Greg Howse, August 17, 2014
We need power to breakthrough in the spirit realm and the natural realm to achieve and experience the resulting territorial enlargement and expansion
2014 is a significant year . . .Breakthrough
New frontier
Open doors / Opportunities
Partnerships
Implementation of plans / Taking action
Enlargement & Expansion . . . Think & Live BIG!
A time of rekindling . . .Family fire . . . cold love / hard hearts
Leadership fire . . . cold passion
Entrepreneurship & business fire . . . cold trails
Economic fire . . . cold gains
THE BLESSING
Psalm 1
1 Blessedis the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
2but his delightis in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night.
3He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.
4The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.5Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
BLESSED:Empowered to overcome; to advance forward; to succeed; to prosper
PROSPER:To travel well on the journey
Making progress
Break out of your present position
Move forward / Go higher
Jeremiah 17:5-8
5Thus says the Lord:
“Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart departs from the Lord.6For he shall be like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see when good comes, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land which is not inhabited.
7“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord.
8For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, which spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes; but its leaf will be green, and will not be anxious in the year of drought, nor will cease from yielding fruit.”
Trusting in man . . . heart departing from the Lord
Like a shrub in the desert / Inhabiting parched places / Salt land uninhabited
Shall not see when good comes . . . does not realize it / dysfunctional ways
Trusting in the Lord . . . your hope is in the Lord
Like a tree planted by the waters / Spreading out roots by the river
No fear when heat comes . . . remain fresh and green
No anxiousness in drought
Continually yielding fruit
EXTRAORDINARY INFLUENCE IN EVERY SECTOR
Revelation 11:15
15Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!”
God is placing His people in the various kingdoms of this world . . .
INFLUENCE & SIGNIFICANCE
Daniel 4:3
How great are His signs, and how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His dominion is from generation to generation.
Matthew 6:10
Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Kingdom ComeEternal government
Will Be doneDominion / generational
On earth Like heavenObliterate and remove the devil’s works
EXTRAORDINARY INFLUENCE
ReligionManufacturingEducationEconomics
FamilyTransportationScienceAccounting
GovernmentTourismMedicineEntrepreneurs
Law enforcementFood serviceMediaConstruction
BusinessFreight shippingArts & entertainment
Law practiceSocial servicesSportsTechnology
Family:The family is the core of a productive society
Family is the incubator that creates healthy people for good influence in
the earth
Religion:A powerful force that controls minds, cultures, and systems
Islam (for every non-Muslim child born there are 8 Muslim children born; 1970 about 1,000 Muslims in the US; over 7 million today in the US; within 20 years Muslims will be able to elect the president of the US; 50 million Muslims in Europe; Sharia law)
Hinduism (80% of 1.2 billion in India)
BELIEVERS IN JESUS:Access to God
Access to power
Walk in authority
Death & Resurrection technology
Die to self / Not my will
Dead things come to life
Stones move
Angelic activity
Breaking evil:
Simon the Sorcerer
Elymas the Magician
Witchcraft
Leviathan / Behemoth
Jezebel / Antichrist
Death & Hell
EXTRAORDINARY:
Amazing; exceptional; marvelous; out of the ordinary; outstanding; particular; peculiar; phenomenal; rare; surprisingly uncommon; unheard-of; unique; unprecedented; unusual; remarkable; noteworthy
Going beyond what is usual
Exceeding the common measure
THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE IS THE FAITH-FILLED LIFE
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
- NOW is always the time zone for the exercise of faith.
Faith is always active in the present tense . . . NOW
- EXPECTATION that is directed at promised things that haven’t happened yet.
Romans 4:18-22; Philippians 1:19-21; Hebrews 10:23; 11:11
The object of faith is the faithfulness of God.
- PERCEPTION of the invisible spiritual realm.
II Kings 6:16,17; II Corinthians 4:18
Faith is being certain of what we do not see with our natural eyes.
THE WORLD SYSTEM
I John 5:4
For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—even our faith.
Psalm 24:1
The earth is the Lord’s and all of its fullness.
Psalm 115:16
The heaven, even the heavens are the Lord’s; but the earth He has given to the children of men.
- The EARTH is the physical, natural life we live in
- The WORLD is the system by which the earth was designed to function
- The WORLD (system) was surrendered to the devil by Adam . . . perversion
- The SYSTEM now functions to enslave people in various forms and levels of oppression
- BELIEVERS are empowered to OVERCOME the world / the system . . . by FAITH
EXTRAORDINARY means we are going to THINK BIG
EXTRAORDINARY means we are going to LIVE BIG
EXTRAORDINARY means we have rising INFLUENCE
EXTRAORDINARY means we have increasing SIGNIFICANCE
EXTRAORDINARY means we live with the FAVOR of the Lord
“Cornerstone drips with favor.”
FAVOR:Good will; acceptance; the benefits flowing from these
The special affection of God toward you - that releases influence on you - so that others are inclined to like you, or to cooperate with you
Preferential treatment and special advantages
Giving you the benefit of the doubt
Positioned for success
Favor is God letting you borrow His cologne so that everywhere you go you smell just like Him
Psalm 5:12
For You, O LORD, will bless the righteous; with FAVOR You will surround him as with a shield.
It is God’s will to bless, assist, and give preferential treatment and special advantages to His very own people.
Kindness, mercy, and forgiveness
Peace and stability
Generosity
Protection
Creative ideas
Open doors of opportunity
Financial increase
Success
Physical, mental, and emotional health
Health in relationships
Deuteronomy 33:23
You are satisfied with favor.
LAND
Psalm 24:1
The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein.
Psalm 115:16
The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s; but the earth He has given to the children of men.
Psalm 37:3
Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.
Psalm 37:29
The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell in it forever.
Psalm 37:34
Wait on the Lord, and keep His way, and He shall exalt you to inherit the land.
Psalm 85:9
Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that glory may dwell in our land.
Psalm 85:12
Yes, the Lord will give what is good; and our land will yield its increase.
Genesis 12
v.1God will show you a land.
v.7The land is for your descendants.
Genesis 13
v.12Dwell in the land.
v.15All the land you can see through the eyes of faith is available to you.
v.17Walk through the land and take ownership.
Genesis 15
v.7The land is your inheritance.
v.18The land is given to your descendants.
Genesis 17
v.8You may feel like a stranger in the land, but it is your possession for you and for
your descendants.
Genesis 23
vs.12,13 Exercise respect for the present owners of the land.
Genesis 26
vs.12,13 Sow in the land and reap a hundred-fold harvest.
Genesis 28
v.13The land is a gift to your descendants.
Exodus 3
v.8You are being brought from one land to a better land.
Exodus 6
vs.2-4You have the land that belongs in your journey.
Joshua 1
vs.2,3Arise and tread on the land that has been given to you.
This land that was desolate has become like the Garden of Eden!
Think BIG!!!
Live BIG!!!
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