Today’s Reading:
2 Corinthians 2
Titus 2
2 Corinthians 5
God always makes his grace visible in Christ, who includes us as partners of his endless triumph. Through our yielded lives he spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of God everywhere we go.
2 Corinthians 2:14 TPT
I heard the Spirit of the Living God say,
Steady yourself for the storm. I have given you the strength and discernment you need to prevail, to succeed, to be victorious in the midst of the storm. I have established a beautiful, strong connection for My conquering ones who call themselves by My Name. They will be able to attend to the service of higher things and lower things. They will be able to connect Heaven to Earth and cause the Church to once again be exalted over the State. My lovers, My body, My Ekkleisa, My Kingdom government is higher than earthly government. I have established a way and a connection for you to enforce that rightly again.
We have become the unmistakable aroma of the victory of the Anointed One to God —a perfume of life to those being saved and the odor of death to those who are perishing. The unbelievers smell a deadly stench that leads to death, but believers smell the life-giving aroma that leads to abundant life. And who of us can rise to this challenge? For unlike so many, we are not peddlers of God’s Word who water down the message. We are those sent from God with pure motives, who speak in the sight of God from our union with Christ.
2 Corinthians 2:15-17 TPT
I have made a beautiful, strong connection between My Kingdom and the earthly realm, but it must be recognized which is higher and which is lower. My Church is higher. My Kingdom is higher and earthly government is lower and exists to serve the higher interests of My Kingdom. My people, My conquerors are meant to traverse the realities of both, the higher — My Kingdom level — and the lower, the earthly governmental plain over which I still exert authority. My conquerors are created to serve as Ambassadors of My Kingdom in the earthly plain of government. Some serve and spend more of their time in the Kingdom, Heavenly realm. Many I have made to be busy traversing and crossing the two realms continually, frequently. The realms of My glory are to be carried by My Ambassadors down to the earthly realm to impart truth, identity and a foundation of love.
God’s marvelous grace has manifested in person, bringing salvation for everyone. This same grace teaches us how to live each day as we turn our backs on ungodliness and indulgent lifestyles, and it equips us to live self-controlled, upright, godly lives in this present age. For we continue to wait for the fulfillment of our hope in the dawning splendor of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus, the Anointed One. He sacrificed himself for us that he might purchase our freedom from every lawless deed and to purify for himself a people who are his very own, passionate to do what is beautiful in his eyes.
Titus 2:11-14 TPT
All who are called to service in the earthly realm and the earthly governmental realm who bear My Name have access — open and free access — to the up-higher places of My Kingdom realm. The two places are connected with a a firm, strong, beautiful connection, and those who are conquerors, those who bear My Name have ownership and access to it all. This is My Kingdom come. This is My will being done on Earth as it is in Heaven.
How to Respond
- Pray, Holy Spirit help me to see, understand and embrace the identity and place you created for me to occupy. I want to be rightly aligned with You. I want to be a carrier of Your glory and one who enforces the governmental authority You have given me, establishing Your ways on Earth as they are in Heaven.
- Pray, ‘Our Beloved Father, dwelling in the heavenly realms, may the glory of your name be the center on which our lives turn. Manifest your kingdom realm, and cause your every purpose to be fulfilled on earth, just as it is in heaven. We acknowledge you as our Provider of all we need each day. Forgive us the wrongs we have done as we ourselves release forgiveness to those who have wronged us. Rescue us every time we face tribulation and set us free from evil. For you are the King who rules with power and glory forever. Amen.’
Matthew 6:9-13 TPT - Declare, Now, if anyone is enfolded into Christ, he has become an entirely new person. All that is related to the old order has vanished. Behold, everything is fresh and new. And God has made all things new, and reconciled us to himself, and given us the ministry of reconciling others to God. In other words, it was through the Anointed One that God was shepherding the world, not even keeping records of their transgressions, and he has entrusted to us the ministry of opening the door of reconciliation to God.
2 Corinthians 5:17-19 TPT - Decree, I am a carrier of hope and the glory of the Lord. My work and my voice are vehicles to establish Kingdom rule on Earth as it is in Heaven. I represent the King of Glory, and His Kingdom; and I cause the earthly realms over which I have authority to bow in submission to His Lordship.
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