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A Fullness of Anointing in the Church The five-fold gifts are not just offices. They are anointings. We took gifts, anointings, and we made them positions in the local church. When you make them positions, it’s about “me”. When you understand these are gifts and anointings, then you understand it permeates the entire body. You may not be a “Prophet”, but you can be prophetic. You may not be an “Apostle”, but you can be apostolic. You may not be an “Evangelist”, but you can win the lost. You may not be a “Pastor”, but you can nurture and heal people. You may not be a “Teacher”, but you can come alongside somebody and teach them and train them in the ways of the Lord. You can walk them through scripture. So, what we are about to experience is not a new anointing in leaders. We are about to experience a fullness of anointing in the Church. “Later, the apostles began to argue about which one of them was the most important. But Jesus said to them, “The kings of the world rule over their people, and those who have authority over others want to be called ‘the great providers for the people.’ But you must not be like that. The one with the most authority among you should act as if he is the least important. The one who leads should be like one who serves.” (Luke 22:24-26; ERV) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: • Order is important to God. He has a place for each one of us to function in His Kingdom. Decree God’s Divine Order into His people, especially His leadership. • Intercede for those who have titled themselves as Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor, and/or Teacher. Ask God to make clear to these individuals who they really are, so they can function properly. • Intercede for those who aren’t sure who they are. Ask God to reveal His grace-gift to them, so they can confidently express Christ in their gift. • Pray for all those who believe that the gifts and callings ended with the original Apostles. Most of these Believers love God’s Word. Pray for these that Jesus will cause their eyes to be opened to the fullness of the Word, so they can repent and help expand the Kingdom of God. They are needed in this hour! • Ask God to strengthen and increase revelation and anointing for those already confidently and humbly walking in their proper calling in both the Church and in the Marketplace. A prayer you can pray: Father, we need help with the revelation of the five-fold ministry. Some are calling themselves a title they are not able to operate in. This is confusing to the part of the Body of Christ trying to operate together with them. Some are not aware of their calling. Some don’t believe Apostles and Prophets are grace-gifts in operation today! We need to overcome the enemy’s confusion over this and operate properly in our places for maximum Kingdom advancement. Encourage those who are walking in their proper place and help the rest of these leaders to get there quickly. In Jesus’ loving name, amen. Today’s decree: I decree the Five-fold grace gifts into proper positioning with revelation for the sake of Kingdom-advancement!

The Five-fold Need Each Other Since we now have all five anointings of Christ manifesting, there is going to be a synergy of these giftings. Pastors will pastor better, because there are apostles, prophets, evangelists and teachers. Teachers will teach better and with a different emphasis and understanding, because they are linked to apostles and prophets. Evangelists are going to evangelize more effectively, because they are aligned with apostles and prophets. They’re not going to waste their time in one place, because the prophets are going to say, “No, go over here.” Apostles can’t be effective leaders without the rest of the gifts alongside him. A general can’t lead an army if there’s no army! Everything is going to go to a new level. “The eye can never say to the hand, ‘I don’t need you.’ The head can’t say to the feet, ‘I don’t need you.’” (1 Corinthians 12:21: NLT) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Read all of 1 Corinthians, chapter 12. Let it soak in. Think of those in the Body of Christ that have different gifts than you. Do you have trouble with the way their gift manifests? Talk to the Lord about it. Ask Him to help you appreciate and even need their gift. Pray for them with God’s heart for them. Ask God to show you how to work together with other giftings. Plan a day to prayer walk around a local school. Purposely invite others you would not normally partner with. Watch how God mixes your anointings together for transformation and kingdom advancement. A prayer you can pray: Father, open up fresh truth to me as I read 1 Corinthians, chapter 12. As I read, bring into my thoughts those in my congregation that have seemed less becoming to me in their gifts. Show me how to appreciate how You have created them and how their gift can work together with mine for Kingdom expansion. (Pray for one or two people you don’t always get along with. Plan a day to pray around a local school. Invite someone to join you that has a different gift mix than you do. Let God show you how your gifts work together.) Thank you, Jesus, for showing us how unity can help transform our community, and how our love for one another can draw the lost. Amen. Today’s decree: I decree that the grace-gifts are meant to work together to reveal Christ to our communities.

The Five-Fold Expression For many years we only saw the manifestations in the church of Pastor, Evangelist and Teacher. We could win people. We could nurture and love on people. We could heal people and teach people. We couldn’t go to the next level, but that’s changed! In the last 20-30 years, He’s restored understanding of the prophet, and, eventually, the Apostle. Now, we have the fullness of Christ functioning in the Church, so we can now reveal Him. That’s what the five-fold giftings are all about. The Church has not had the ability since the book of Acts to fully manifest who He is. The Church has not had the ability to fulfill all of the commission that Christ gave to us, because we can only do that when we have all of that functioning. “Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.’” (Matthew 28:18-20; NIV) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Thank Him for revealing in this generation the five-fold expression of Christ in the Church – Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor, and Teacher. Thank Him that we can now go to another level of revealing Christ in the earth. Declare the Kingdom of God will now be advanced in America at a more rapid pace. Declare that strongholds in America will now be dealt with, such as systemic poverty, violence, racial conflict, sexual perversion, and government corruption. Decree that the captives will be set free! A prayer you can pray: Thank you, Lord, for revealing Christ in His five-fold manifestation in this generation. Now, the Church can operate at a new level of grace, power and revelation. We can disciple the nation and the nations of the earth as You send us forth! In America, we will watch the advancement of Your Kingdom more rapidly than ever before from state to state. Every stronghold we have prayed about over the last twenty or so years will now have to give way to the Kingdom advancers. Corruption, violence, poverty, sexual perversion, and racism, among other things, we decree are unraveling before the prayers of the saints. The captive ones will now be set free in Jesus’ name! Amen. Today’s decree: I decree that the Church will disciple America through Christ’s authority!

Jesus is Not Just a Lamb Jesus is not just Mary’s little lamb, He’s the Lion! He’s not just the Shepherd, He’s the Apostle. He’s not just the Lover, He’s the General. He’s the Conqueror. He’s the Ancient of Days. He’s not just Nurturer Jesus. He’s the Judge of the Whole Earth. He has love in His eyes, but He also has fire in His eyes. When He speaks, it sounds like the rushing of many waters, and when the words proceed forth from His mouth, they become a sword. You can only fully manifest Jesus when you have the fullness of the Christ anointings. “Simon Peter answered, ‘You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.’ Jesus replied, ‘Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven.’” (Mathew 16:16-17; NIV) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Jesus came to reveal the Father to the Jews first and then to the rest of the world. Ask God to open your eyes to see Him as He wants to reveal Himself to you. Welcome Him as the powerful and terrifying Lion of Judah. Welcome Him as the Great Apostle, General, Leader worthy to be followed. Welcome Him as the One who conquers every foe! Welcome Him as the Ancient of Days; the One who knows the end from the beginning, who is bringing His plan to fullness. Welcome Him as the Judge of the Whole Earth, who is determined to save as many as possible from the fires of eternal separation from Himself. Worship Him as Messiah, the Savior, and Redeemer, and say, “America shall be saved!” A prayer you can pray: Jesus, you came to reveal the Father to the world, first to the Jews and then to the Gentiles. We welcome You as the powerful and terrifying Lion of Judah and the One who conquers every foe! We welcome You as the Great Apostle, General, Leader worthy to be followed. You are the Ancient of Days; the One who knows the end from the beginning, who is bringing Your plan to fullness. You are the Judge of the Whole Earth, who is determined to save as many as possible from the fires of eternal separation from Himself. You are Messiah, Savior, Redeemer! America shall be saved! Today’s decree: Jesus is revealing Himself in power and glory to the Church and America shall be saved!

The Fullness of the Christ Anointings God has had to get us to the place that we could be restored. That is seen in Ephesians 4:11 – Prophet, Apostle, Evangelist, Pastor and Teacher. These are the five Christ-anointings. Christ broke Himself down into five anointings and he gave those to the Church, so we could manifest Him in the earth. You can only see the fullness of His anointing in the earth with all of those in operation. So, if you just have Pastor gifts, you are really only manifesting 20% of who Jesus is in the earth. This is the shepherd, the nurturer, the healer. Evangelists can win souls and disciple sheep, but even with an Apostle alongside, they can only manifest 40% of the fullness of Christ’s anointing. Can you see this? “And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.” (Ephesians 4:11-13; NASB) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Tell God that you want to see the fullness of Christ in the earth! Cry out for the level of unity in the Body of Christ it will take for this to manifest. If you know your primary gifting, ask God to add to you what is lacking, whether you are serving in a local church, a national ministry, in government or in the marketplace. Intercede for those who are true evangelists. Pray that God will divinely direct them to where Holy Spirit is working and that the fish begin to jump into the boat. Intercede for those who are truly pastors. Pray for a magnification of their ability to love, heal and restore. Intercede for those who have the anointing of teachers. Pray that their revelation of the Word of God and ability to instruct will cause the Body to grow more quickly than ever in the history of the Church. Intercede for those in the office of the prophet that their words would manifest miraculously and quickly in the earth. Intercede for the apostles, that their great faith and leadership abilities will inspire the Ekklesia to overcome every obstacle encountered in the advancement of the Kingdom of God in the land and across the earth! A prayer you can pray: Father, let me see the fullness of the manifestation of Christ in the Church in in the earth. Grant us a grace for the unity we will need to walk together in the five-fold Christ-anointings. Add to my relationships those that I can work with to advance Your kingdom in my realm of influence. I intercede for the evangelists to bring in a supernatural harvest in supernatural ways. Grant the pastors a new level of love, deliverance, healing, and grace for the flock. Teach the teachers, Holy Spirit, unfolding Your living Word to them, so that we can mature! Let the prophets prophecy with truth, faith and accuracy, so that the fear of the Lord falls across the land. Let the apostles be full of faith and grace to motivate the Ekklesia to move every mountain and stronghold out of the way of the advancement of the Church. In Jesus perfect name, amen. Today’s decree: The five-fold manifestation of Christ is in active operation and our nation will see Jesus!

Let Christ Be Seen We have just come through a fullness, a “kairos” time, and God restored some things to the Church. He restored the five-fold Christ-anointings, which we’ll talk about in the days to come. He’s restored some things prophetically and apostolically. He’s moved us into another level of the way we are supposed to function. Ephesians 1 talks about “fullness of times (kairos-es) where all things are summed up in Christ.” All of the seasons (Kairos opportunities that we succeeded in going through) that He’s walking us through are being added up. When we are finished, things are supposed to look like Christ. He’s restoring things back to the way things are supposed to be where Christ can be seen in the earth in His fullness. “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace that he lavished on us in all wisdom and insight. He did this when he revealed to us the secret of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ, toward the administration of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ—the things in heaven and the things on earth.” (Ephesians 1:7-9; NET) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Worship God for His restoration of the revelation of the five-fold ministries to the Church. Read Ephesians 1. Pray Ephesians 1 out loud as a prophetic word. Pray verses 17-22 over yourself, over the congregation you belong to, and over Believers across the nation. Ask God to reveal to the Church the secrets of what He is restoring to the earth in this season, so that we can partner with Him to hasten the day Christ is fully revealed. A prayer you can pray: God, I worship You for restoring to the Body of Christ the revelation of the five-fold Christ-anointings. We are learning to walk together in them, and the Church is growing stronger and bolder and more functional, as we do. (Read Ephesians 1 out loud. Pray Ephesians 1 out loud as a prophetic word. Pray verses 17-22 over yourself, over the congregation you belong to, and over Believers across the nation.) Lord, what is it that You are restoring to the Church now? Grant us eyes to see and ears to hear what the Spirit is up to. I ask You to draw us into partnership with You, so that we may together hasten the day that Jesus is revealed in the earth! Amen. Today’s decree: I decree the American Church is interceding and working with God toward the administration of the summing up of all things in Christ!

Redemptive Cycles God doesn’t just restore things once. He restores things back to His plan and purpose in what I call redemptive cycles. We are always in some process of restoring something in the planet earth back to the church in the way it is supposed to be. Another word for this is “reformation.” Reformation means to correct or straighten. Something has gotten crooked or off, like a broken bone. It means to amend something, when it’s not just the way it is supposed to be. We shouldn’t think of reformation as just in the context of the “Great Reformation,” because we are always going through seasons of restoring and reforming things, and straightening things out. He started in Genesis at the Fall and He is going to correct everything. “And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.” (1 Peter 5:10; ESV) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Tell God you want Him to restore what needs restoring in your generation. No more “times around the mountain.” Ask Him how you can partner with Him in this. Declare a reformation season for America, because God is saying through the prophets that it is a reformation season for this nation. Declare that marriages and families are being restored. Declare that children that grew up in Christian homes are returning to their families and the Church. Declare a straightening out of racism in America. Say there will be honor where honor is due. Say that gender identities are being straightened out and men and women will know who God created them to be. Decree a re-setting of speaking and reporting the truth in media. A prayer you can pray: Father, so many things are out of alignment with You in this generation. I would feel overwhelmed if I did not know You work things out in cycles. However, I don’t want to see us go “around the mountain again”, not realizing Your promises in this generation. I want to partner with You to fulfill Your will. I declare this is a reformation season for America, because the prophets are saying it is! I declare that marriages and families are being restored! I declare that children that grew up in Christian homes are returning to their families and the Church! I declare a straightening out of racism in America and that honor will be given where honor is due! I say that that gender identities are being straightened out and men and women will know who God created them to be! I decree a re-setting of speaking and reporting the truth in media, because they are largely fueling the divisions in America today. Amen. Today’s decree: I decree that where the nation got off track, God is re-setting it!

Fullness of Time In Acts, chapter 3, God talks about “seasons of restoration of all things.” The Greek word there means to reconstitute. That means to move things back to where they were supposed to operate or function, such as the constitution of an organization or the way a human body is supposed to operate. A season is a “chronos”. In every season you have a window of opportunity. That is a “kairos” season. This is when you reap the fullness of that season. This is not a guaranteed time, but rather an opportune time – an opportunity is being provided to reap the fullness of the season. “So change the way you think and act, and turn [to God] to have your sins removed. Then times will come when the Lord will refresh you. He will send you Jesus, whom he has appointed to be the Christ.” (Acts 3:19-20; GWT) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Repent of complacency, for a kairos time is upon us. Chronos and kairos are spiritual and natural words and meanings. Ask God to open your eyes for any “investments” you have made in prior seasons, in the natural and in the spiritual, where you can expect a harvest now. These could be financial, relational, fields of study, and/or spiritual preparation. Ask God to restore things out of alignment back to His original intent. Do this for personal things out of order – you health, finances, relationships, etc. Also, call national matters to line up with God’s will and the U. S. Constitution. A prayer you can pray: Lord, I repent for any complacency in my life. Break any lukewarmness and all effects of delay off me. Show me where investments I made in the past, even when I wasn’t conscience of making them, now have the potential for multiplied harvest. Make me expectant in this kairos season.  Restore my health, my finances, and my relationships. Restore my faith, the operation of spiritual gifts, and my ability to hear Your voice. Restore national confidence in our founding documents, such as our U.S. Constitution, as well as Your plan and purpose for America. Restore wise, godly men and women to public service and replace the arrogant, proud, and self-seeking. Thank you, Jesus. Amen. Today’s decree: The fullness of time has come and God is realigning matters in the United States back to the Constitutional standard.

Can You See Him Now? Let’s take a good, hard look at Jesus. How well do we really know Him? We just prayed through the last few days of His life, applying those truths to our relationships with Him. Job thought He knew God. That is, until God showed up and asked Him a series of questions: “Where were you when…? Did you…? Do you know…? Are you able…?” When God revealed Himself in full reality before Job, it changed his life forever. Though he had lost everything, he repented to God for his pride and ignorance. He realized that he really knew little about God and His ways until the very moment God confronted him. He had known what others had told him about God, but now, he knew Him for himself, and he was forever changed. The nation needs a fresh revelation of God. Go get it! “You told me to listen while you spoke and to try to answer your questions. In the past I knew only what others had told me, but now I have seen you with my own eyes.” (Job 42:4-5; GNT) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: The way we “see” Jesus now is through the Bible. Start reading it in a new way – to receive a revelation of Who He is. Forgive when you see things in that Bible that were once taught to you out of context, or where God was misrepresented. Embrace the truth. Look up the Greek and Hebrew meanings of words using a concordance or Bible app. As you read, let God ask you the types of questions he asked Job. Know you do not have answers. You don’t know, but He does. Let this knowledge cause you to worship Him. Let Him show you how to pray and what to do to make Him known in your sphere of influence. A prayer you can pray: I want to see God! Show me, Father, as I read Your Word. Holy Spirit reveal truth to me in those precious words. Lord, I forgive those who knew in part and taught in part. Forgive me for not checking some things out for myself. Correct my spiritual vision and knowledge of You, as I study to show myself approved. Let me not be afraid for You to ask me questions about Yourself that I have no answers to. I will worship You and let You teach me! Teach me to pray all over again in new and fresh ways, so that I touch Your heart, even as You touch mine. Set me in the harvest fields in my sphere of influence, introducing others to Jesus. America will be saved! Amen. Today’s decree: He is freshly revealing Himself to the Ekklesia through His Word!

Walking in the Holy Spirit “Jesus Christ was filled with the Holy Spirit. He could have gone through the beatings, the crucifixion, and all of the pain in sovereign health. He could have shown Himself obviously to be God in the midst of the attacks against Him. But God had a different plan, So, Jesus willingly laid down His life and He took it up again three days later. 50 days after His resurrection, He gave that same Spirit to His disciples, who were waiting for His promise right where He told them to be. Since that day, every Believer who welcomes the Holy Spirit’s baptism and walks in obedience to Him can live expressing the same works that Jesus did.” (Robert Heidler)1 “No one can take my life from me. I sacrifice it voluntarily. For I have the authority to lay it down when I want to and also to take it up again. For this is what my Father has commanded.” (John 10:18; NLT) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Did you think Jesus was killed by the Roman soldiers? Did you think He was killed by the Jewish priests or Satan himself? They could never have killed Him! Look again. Are you regularly waiting before Him; listening for Him; watching for His activities around You? Choose to do so from this time forward. If you are filled with the Holy Spirit, do you know you can walk in the power of the Holy Spirit, just like Jesus did? Ask Him to manifest through you to those that need to see Jesus and know the Father. Declare, “The sons of God are being revealed!” A prayer you can pray: Jesus, let this revelation sink deep down in me. I have often thought that You were killed by others. I have even said so at times, even though I know what You said in John 10:18. There is a fresh Holy Spirit wind blowing over Your Word and drawing me to seek You in a deeper way. What I have been taught In Church is not enough. Teach me, Holy Spirit. Lead me, guide me and direct me, as I lean on, trust in and rely on You. Manifest Your reality to those around me that need to see Jesus. Draw them to the Father, then put me in their path. I want to be one of the “sons” of God that are being revealed all across America – those that heal the sick, raise the dead, cast out demons, and preach the good news of the Gospel of the Kingdom. Amen. Today’s decree: The outpouring in America is waiting for the Ekklesia to reveal Him! 1 Robert Heidler is the Teacher gift at Glory of Zion International. Message 4/1/18.

He is Risen! Jesus Christ is risen! He received terrible lashes for our healing. He died to deal with the sin and iniquity of all mankind. He rose from the dead and defeated death, hell and the grave! He has dealt with every vestige of the curse of Adam! If we have accepted Christ, why then do so many of us live in such defeat? What revelation do we need to see the appropriation of the blessings of our eternal life in Him? The Bible says we must only believe. “Overhearing what they said, Jesus told him, ‘Don’t be afraid; just believe.’” (Mark 5:36; NIV) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Today we are going to pray the Word. Jesus is the Living Word. If you are born again, all of these promises are yours. Let faith arise in you to make these scriptural declarations. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” (Matthew 17:20; NIV) “If You can?” echoed Jesus. ‘All things are possible to him who believes!’” (Mark 9:23; NIV) Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, ‘I believe; help my unbelief!’” (Mark 9:24; NIV) Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” (Mark 11:24; NIV) “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16; NIV) “But Jesus overheard them and said to Jairus, ’Do not be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.’” (Luke 8:50; NIV) “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.” (Romans 15:13; NIV) A prayer you can pray: (Today, declare the scriptures above. If you get stuck on one or find it hard to declare, take your time and talk through it with the Lord. Jesus died to set you free! Happy Resurrection Day!) Today’s decree: I am a BELIEVER in the Lord, Jesus Christ!

The Silent Day “Jesus is silent on Saturday. The women have anointed his body and placed it in Joseph’s tomb.  The cadaver of Christ is as mute as the stone which guards it. He spoke much on Friday. He will liberate the slaves of death on Sunday.  But on Saturday, Jesus is silent. Jesus is silent. God is silent. Saturday is silent. Jesus knew God would not leave him alone in the grave. You need to know, God will not leave you alone with your struggles.  His silence is not his absence, inactivity is never apathy. Saturdays have their purpose. They let us feel the full force of God’s strength. You do what Jesus did. Lie still. Stay silent. Trust God.” (Max Lucado)1 “You will not abandon me to the grave, nor will you let your Holy One see decay.” (Acts 2:27; NIV) Give Him 15 minutes in prayer: Sit or lie down very still today and rest in God’s holy presence. Ask Him to speak to You – His love for you, His plans for you and your loved ones. Feel the force of His strength in the silence. Repent, if you are having trouble being still and knowing He is God. He knows. Ask Him to help you desire these quiet moments with Him. Intercede quietly and confidently for God to hover over our nation, over those who need Him, over circumstances that seem so out of control. In the stillness, feel His determination to complete the tasks He has started for America. A prayer you can pray: Lord, most people, including Believers, struggle to sit in quiet. We are so used to activity, even prayer activity. It feels foreign to “do nothing.” But, you did nothing, seemingly, on the day Jesus rested in that tomb. You were quiet right before the greatest victory the planet has ever experienced! You weren’t checked out, or angry, or rejecting man. You were waiting for the exact right moment to undo all the works of the evil one – in a powerful surprise moment! Show me how to rest and wait on You and Your perfect moments. Show me how to intercede for a nation that seems out of control right now. Show me how You are resting, waiting, for that perfect salvation moment. You are coming! Amen. Today’s decree: I decree that Jesus will not leave me alone in my struggles. He is coming to save me and save America at the exact right time! 1 Excerpted from The Silence of Saturday, 3/30/2013.