But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.(1 Corinthians 12:31)
        We’ve been talking to you about how Jesus led our captivity captive, and gave us
        some incredible gifts; both natural and spiritual

        Today we are exhorting you to develop an affection, or a passion and a warmth of feeling
        for the best gifts that God has invested into your life, because your gift will make room for you, 
        and herein lies your success

        We must utilize the gifts that God has given us to the fullest, and yet I want to show
         you a more excellent way to overcome every obstacle, be victorious over every challenge, destroy 
        your lack, and stand against every enemy in faith

        I want to show you a way to rid yourself of the fear of losing your job, or home in this market; 
        and how to rid yourself of the pressures associated with job security

        So if it seems like you have been in your trial or storm much too long, if you seem to be 
        fighting your lion with a stick, if your faith seems to be diminishing and getting weak, 
        this message is for you!

 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame. (1 Corinthians 15:34)
        You have been saved long enough to operate like a mature, victorious man or woman 
        of God, so avoid being carnal or operating in the flesh

For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. For every one that useth milk is not skillful in the word of righteousness for he is a babe.(Hebrews 5:12-13)
        God doesn’t want us to remain in situations where we are just trying to make it

        God will surely deliver you, but he wants you to become mature enough in faith and 
        righteousness to get someone else delivered!

        There is a secret weapon in your arsenal that is ready to be activated and used 
        for your protection called righteousness

        It will bring you instant victory because your greatest battle is occurring on the inside 
        where your weapon is

        Meaning that victory is within your reach!

        Yes, it’s really true that God has already given you everything that you need to overcome this trial

        The reason that most Christians are unsuccessful in their victory over extreme challenges
        is that they have not submitted themselves to the righteousness of God

For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. (Romans 10:3)
        You cannot make it on your own and the security that this world offers, you will 
        constantly have to walk by faith

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. (Matthew 6:33)
        The kingdom of God is where I live, and his righteousness is how I live

        The kingdom of God describes my location, but his righteousness describes my state of being

        You see it is in him that I live and move and have my being

        All of the old bondages and limitations of the flesh have passed away and everything is new

        I am my spirit man

        I am no longer subject to pain, disappointment, fear, or lack, that’s over!

But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: (1 Corinthians 1:30)

And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. I have the same supernatural status as God. (Ephesians 4:24)
        My supernatural status cannot sin

Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy. (Psalms 132:9)

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. (Job 29:14)

Expectations
The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant. (Psalms 25:14)
        The blessings of a new beginning are for covenant people
        
        A covenant is simply the thoughts and plans of an abundant life that God promises
        to give you when you agree to give him yours 

        In other words when you give him your lifestyle, he will give you his

        It is a plan and an agreement with an endowment or gift to bless and prosper your life

        A covenant is a blessing or a word spoken over your life to bring you to an expected end

        When God makes a covenant something comes from his hand into yours and something from yours into his

But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. (1 Corinthians 2:10)
        God is ready to reveal to you his plan to bless and prosper you

 
My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. (Psalms 89:34)
        God has already decided to bless, deliver, heal, and rescue you from the captivity of all of your challenges
        
        God is about to bless your life because of the covenant that you have with him


And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. (Deuteronomy 28:2)
        You are about to be overtaken with the blessings that come from having a covenant and yielding to the voice of God

        A blessing is not a car, a house, or a spouse

        A blessing is a word from God that comes from God out of the Spirit and makes it’s way
        into the natural, so that everybody can see that it is God

        There are certain blessings that have been following you all the days of your life waiting
        for the right season to manifest


And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation. (Luke 17:20)
        The blessings of the Kingdom come without observation from your natural senses into your life


But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. (1 Corinthians 2:9-10)
        These blessings are revealed to us by his spirit


Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. (Zechariah 4:6)
        The blessings of God come from having the right spirit upon you


So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. (Isaiah 55:11)
        When God’s word arrives at it’s proper destination in your life it has to prosper you


Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. (2 Corinthians 9:15) 
        There are some gifts that come from salvation that are simply unspeakable and indescribable

        Many times we don’t get what God has for us, because we don’t know what to expect

        Your unspeakable gift will soon bring you into the presence of people who will use their
        goods and services on your behalf


Experience

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. (Jeremiah 29:11-13) 
        In retrospect every major miracle in your life has been something that God had already planned

        Most of your prior miracles happened because of the covenant of prayer and consecration

        The covenant is that God will answer prayer when you seek him with all of your heart

         When good things happen in your life it is because God had it scheduled, planned, 
        and timed with your obedience to the covenant


Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. (James 1:17) 
        When good things happen, God expects it because it came from him


Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Ephesians 4:8)
        You have more than one gift and there is a time and season for every gift and every purpose

        You never know what gift God is going to use in which season, therefore it is vitally 
        important that you keep your eyes on him

        We must keep our eyes on the giver and not just the gift

        Sometimes we are expecting God to use a certain gift that we possess when it is not the season for that gift

        He will choose which gift he wants to use from your inheritance

        Some of the things that you have tried in the past did not work because it was not the time or the season

        Perhaps God did not need that gift to glorify him at that time


Exhortations

A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. (Proverbs 18:16) 
        It is not always our recognizable gifts that bring us before great men

        It’s time to make ourselves available to other gifts in our lives that God has bestowed upon us


A gift opens the way for the giver and ushers him into the presence of the great. (Proverbs 18:16) 
        Your gift will always make room for the God that gave it to you that he may be praised and glorified


Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.  And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. (Jeremiah 29:12-13) 

 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. (Isaiah 10:27) 
        This day has to do with the day that you seek him with all of your heart and mind

        Every miracle has always been because of the anointing, which says that the most 
        important gift that you have is the anointing

        This is an unspeakable gift that flies under the radar of our senses

        This gift of peace and comfort that comes from the anointing is attractive to the blessing
        that he has planned for you

        The anointing is always attracted by sacrifice so you must learn how to attract it, 
        because it is the key to your success


For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. (Colossians 3:3) 
        Those plans of abundant life in the spirit and manifestations in the natural are hid with Christ in God

        There is a secret blessing that God has planned for your life that God is ready to reveal to you

        Your job is to get in position and keep his covenant


Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. (Proverbs 9:17-18)


Covenant Relationships

        Dating a person with no covenant is a recipe for both addiction and prediction

        It is an addiction because stolen waters are sweet and keep you coming back,
        and anything stolen is never yours, it must be given back

        The prediction is that stolen waters are for the present, but will certainly delay and 
        possible rob you of your future because it will separate you from God

        God will never send you someone to delay or rob you of his plan for your life

        Let go of anything that is not from God

So Remember that...

The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. (Proverbs 10:22) 
        Remember, God is going to reveal his secrets concerning our lives to covenant people

        The question then becomes this, is the person that you are considering dating a gift, or a compromise?

        Please keep in mind that God has instructed us not to be unequally yoked

        Whenever satan senses that God is about to bless you he will always send a counterfeit to distract you

        God will never give you anyone or anything what will stop your forward progress or rob you 
        of your new beginning

        God will never give you anyone who will separate you from him

Examples
After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? (John 6:1-5) 
        People are about to start following you because of the miracles that happening in your life

        You are so close to your Passover

        A Passover is the time when all of the things that you are dealing with pass over. 
        It is a time when all of your present challenges come to an end


And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do. (John 6:6) 
        God knows exactly what he is about to do for your next miracle

        There are some tests scheduled for you to overcome, just as David overcame the lion and the bear

        Some trials are scheduled for you simply because God knows that you will overcome them

 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.  (Isaiah 55:6)

But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. (1 Corinthians 2:9) 

O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.  (Psalms 34:8-9)
        God has planned to bless you because of the anointing that is on your life

        He has a major miracle scheduled for your life

        Don’t allow the wrong spirit to come upon you and delay the major miracle that has been 
        scheduled for your life

        Don’t doubt this time of blessing because God has resources that you have not even considered

Confessions and Expectations
For A New Beginning - Part 2

There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand. (Proverbs 19:21)
        A New Beginning cannot begin until something else ends

        You are facing the end of your lack, disappointment and depression

        All of Satan’s tactics concerning your life are under your feet

        You cannot be defeated because Jesus is your Lord

        You must expect your trials to show up because they are getting ready to clock out and leave

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
(James 1:2-4)
        This is why we count it all joy when we encounter trials and test because the trying of 
        your faith will result in added strength

        The trying of your faith will employ patience for continued faith in God

Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. (Hebrews 10:35-36)
        Patience will see you through until the manifestation comes

Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.  Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. (Psalms 63:3-4). Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord. (Psalms 134:2)
        Get excited about what God is doing in your life

        Practice lifting your hands during trials realizing  that your little hands are on a spiritual time clock

        Just as a natural clock has a little hand and a big hand so does the spirit realm

        The little hands move all the way around the clock to a certain point that causes the big hand 
        to move changing the time and even the season

        Get excited because the big hand of God is about to move in your life

        You must keep your hands uplifted doing trials because they are the sign that you are 
        receiving and moving toward your goal

        God is trying to get you to walk into a new season

And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding. He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. (Daniel 2:21-22)
        Sometimes the little hand gets stuck behind the big hand and causes the time to 
        stand still in your life, so keep your hands moving toward God

        As you keep your hands moving toward God it causes you to qualify with those who 
        will live the rest of their days in prosperity and their years in pleasure

        Remember God expects you to expect so just pursue him and He will come

        You must also keep in mind that when your trials show up this is not the time to doubt God

        They have come to clock out but doubting gives them the liberty to stay

        However, when you believe God no challenge can stay

        As you lift your hands in God’s presence you gain spiritual altitude, and it is your 
        altitude that determines your attitude

        It is how you look at your problems that determines how much power is in them and also in you

        We must give God the glory that is due his name for what he has done, because he has 
        seated us with him in heavenly places of authority far above principalites, powers, might, 
        dominion and every name that is named; both in this world and the world to come

 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come. And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church. (Ephesians 1:21-22)
        This will help us to have courage over those things in which we are afraid

        So sometimes we will be trembling but trusting which will result in victory

        As we continue to overcome our enemies we will gain even more courage which will cause 
        us to become like David who because of his encounters with the lion and the bear ran toward 
        Goliath in faith

        So you will build up the endurance to run toward your challenges instead of running away from them

        You will learn how to resist the devil and he will flee from you

        The darkness is past and the true light now shines, so when we run toward our trials, we are 
        actually running toward God

        The light is always on the other side of your trial

        Remember when the Israelites were running toward the red sea, they were really running 
        towards God’s power

        God had already arranged for their breakthrough to come by way of the East wind to come and 
        divide the sea, which blew all night so that they could go across on dry land

        The spiritual east wind is already blowing in your life, and you are about to go across your trial 
        on dry land

        God has resources that you have never considered

There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand. (Proverbs 19:21)
        Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that will prevail

        This is one of the greatest days of your life

        The happiest people in the world are the people who have found out that God’s word is true

        Sometimes even though many of us are gifted, talented, and smart, our lives are filled with 
        incompletion because we don’t finish anything

        This is the very reason that parents should continue to chasten their children so that they 
        will develop that stick-to-it-ness

        We must prepare them to take over the kingdom, otherwise when the hard times come they 
        will abandon the victory

        They must be prepared for their adversary who goes about as a roaring lion seeking whom 
        he may devour

        We must rid them of short tension spans so that when they take over the kingdom, 
        they won’t clock out when God is about to clock in

        We must not be weary in well doing, because we will reap if we faint not

        Remember God allows us to go through our trials so that we will build up endurance and 
        not doubt him

        Now ….this word is for everyone who has made bad choices in relationships

        When you get on God’s plan and accept his counsel you will meet the one whom he 
        has prepared for you

        Remember if you play with trash while it is burning, it will certainly get in your eyes

        So it is with relationships, if you are dating people whom God has not sanctioned, the burning 
        in your flesh will get into your eyes and become all that you see

        Satan’s tactic is to disqualify you for the person that God has prepared for you

        If you don’t want the person that you marry to be all used up, then you should make sure 
        the same thing doesn’t happen to you

        You want to keep yourself for your mate and remain pure

        You also don’t want to indulge in everything and then say God here I am this is what I 
        have left, what do you have for me?

        If you want the best, you have to stay out of mess!

        If you wait on God, then you won’t have to go through a lot of clothes-burning..lol….. 
        while trying to stay saved

        Stop all of the kissing, touching, rubbing and other things until time

        If you are not engaged, promised to, or have a covenant with someone then, you have no 
        business kissing anyone

        Remember, God made your body to react to kissing, touching, and caressing; therefore if you 
        do this too early it will certainly make you vulnerable to trouble and sin

        It is for this very reason that some male Christians have had to go down the hall with books 
        covering their lower extremities, and depending on where they were even their Bibles….lol

        Some church people even have to go home and change their underwear because they were 
        allowing themselves to be tempted by their lusts while being saved

        However if you weren’t touching, or kissing you would not be releasing those vibes or shock waves 
        to your body that stimulate it to react

        Most Christians are unaware that while you are trying your best on the dating scene to abstain 
        from going all the way, satan is trying to scar your life with another spirit

        Remember the person you are dealing with is a spirit, are they sent from satan or from God?

        It is the thief that comes to steal, kill and destroy both your time, innocence and the joy that comes 
        from waiting on God

        Satan wants to get you involved with another spirit, so that when you get married you will still have 
        these spirits to deal with in your mind

        You don’t want to get married, be in bed with your spouse, only to find out that you are in the bed 
        with a bunch of other spirits, because people are spirits

        We are not ignorant of the devils devices; therefore we must keep ourselves pure because God 
        won’t bless a mess!

        Church people shout and dance, then like dogs go right back to their own vomit

        So one of the reasons that church people are not more prosperous, is because they are not living 
        holy and consecrated lives

        Holiness means to be like God, so ladies keep your skirt down!

        Don’t start touching too early….doing things that you think that you can get away with 

        This doesn’t mean that sex is a dirty word, it is a beautiful thing when it is engaged in by married people

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. (1 Corinthians 7:1-2)
        So wait on the Lord and again I say wait before you touch

        The Bible says it is not good for a man to touch a woman

        Married people need to teach their children how to live holy without premarital sex

        When God gives you a mate, he gives you a match, however nobody is perfect

        So just because a person has a child doesn’t mean that they have leprosy

        You have to allow God to choose, because you have already proven that you don’t knw how to choose
 
He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. (Psalms 47:3-4)
        God will choose your inheritance for you, that means that 99%  of the people that you 
        have chosen were wrong

        We must learn how to forgive ourselves because God is giving you a new beginning

        Forgive yourself and move on

        Regardless of the mistakes that you have made in your life, God has always had the same plan, 
        because he knew your genealogy 

        This is the reason that you need to know if a person is whorish or not, because even though 
        a person gets saved, renewing your mind is a slow process

        Help your children to recognize what is in your family…..especially if there were pimps, players, 
        or tricks in the family…lol

        Remember that when you get married everybody is going to be so happy that you’ve found 
        somebody,  that most people won’t tell you the truth

        Make sure you are not marrying somebody who is not sound!....you don’t want to have trouble 
        later because they are crazy

        Remember that God has not deviated from his plan…because he loves you

Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure. (Isaiah 46:10)
        Aren’t you glad that God still has good pleasure planned for your life

The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand. (Isaiah 14:24)
        God has figured into the equation all of the mistakes that you were going to make and He 
        still has plans to prosper you

        God has a shortcut planned for your life that bring you to the point where he wants you to arrive

        This is why we have to expand our tension span, and stay in his presence until help arrives

        We must learn how to seek God with all of our hearts

        When we talk about counsel, we are talking about the plan and purpose of God for your life 
        that he has purposed in himself

        It has to do with the steps in life that the Godhead has ordered to take place for your 
        peace, prosperity, and success

        It appears that every generation goes through a lot of fornication and adultery before 
        arriving at God’s promises coming to past

        Don’t let it be you!

        We must continue to seek God with all diligence and not stopping to participate in fornication

        We must also ensure that we are not acting ugly around our children, because they 
        will only duplicate it to their generation

        Remember  that love is kind, and love doesn’t hurt or hit

        When you are looking for a mate check out their grandparents; find out what you are dealing with

        Look for anger problems and alcoholism

        Remember when you are dating people are on their best behavior

        Don’t let your children grow up in dirty homes because one day they will marry somebody 
        and repeat the process

Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Ephesians 4:8)
        God has giving us gifts, and the first place he wants us to try it out is at home first

        He doesn’t want to give you a business if you can’t handle your own business

        He wants you to be stable and keep a clean house

        You should not only be working on your hair but also your patience, because you don’t 
        want to live in a house with somebody that is hard to get along with because they are so tired