I am your Exceeding Great Reward. I am the Glory and the Lifter of your Head. I am the One that takes you from and takes you through and takes you to for I have called you to become. I have called you to become. I have called you to become and so as you become, My children, what you speak is what you will become because My life is in you. My life is in you, but I need to come out of you.

Speak My Word! Sing My Word! Decree My Word! Live My Word and you will become like Me. I overcame. I overcame through My Son. Will you allow Me to come out of you so you can overcome as My children? – Prophetess Cheryl Nelson

We Christians can be just as wrong as the unsaved if we think attending church services and singing songs is going to somehow take the place of a true relationship with the God of the universe. This is the wrong idea for if it never worked in the past, it will not work for us today. Using Christian cliches and bringing out our symbols of faith will never take the place of the true surrender of a son of God who seeks to walk in constant obedience to the Most High.

Like the children of Israel, I believe you and I are in the midst of not only a cultural war, but a spiritual conflict that requires no props, symbols, and religious practices. What we need are real, live instruments that when applied will do damage to the enemy and advance the Father’s kingdom. I intend to win the battle in Christ’s name. What about you?

See you at the finish line! Apostle Anthony Nelson

It seems that gifts are what we all would like, but many times, don’t get the ones we prefer. But we get the ones that others give us in the spur of the moment or based on their pocket, they give you what they can afford. After all, when Christmas is over, we still have to live.

But over the years as I walk with the Lord, I have begun to understand that God’s gifts to us are always what we need and filled with the potential to challenge our lives to grow and develop into what He wants them for. He does not give you seasonal gifts, but lifetime gifts. There is a verse we all know quite well that endorses this statement.

John 3:16: For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
 

In this profound statement, we see the heart of God our Father to us in that His love for us, His creation, would not allow Him to stand by and see our demise. He knew before the world began what He intended to do for man’s condition of sin, so He freely gave His greatest gift to us. He gave us the opportunity to have life more abundantly through His Son as we believe and receive Him in faith.

Your mind is still trying to solve things and get out of things and by the time you go to bed, your brain is still working, so all when your mind should be resting, you are still running through your mental process. But your brain is not reset yet. You can read the Scriptures all you want, and sing some songs, but your brain needs to be reset. What God has given to us to reset our minds is worship. And something in our lives is going to give – either the situation or you. If man can tell us to reset ourselves with Daylight Savings Time, how much more God! Worship resets us to God’s time. We are worried about many things like where we are going to live, what we’re going to do, but that’s the business of our heavenly Father. We don’t think that way, though, because our minds have not been reset.

Worship is the primary way to reset yourself. You may say I don’t clap my hands. I don’t raise my hands. That’s alright, but I guarantee you when you walk into a new revelation of God, your whole body will get free from your mind.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.  And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God (Rom. 12:1,2).

In this nation, we are filled with our minds and with our reasoning. But if you are going to survive, break out in worship. The moment the bill comes to you, don’t think about it. Worship your God!  Are you going through a hard time, a difficult time? I’ve been there, and I’m still seeing some things around me. But as long as you live, something will always want to challenge your life. As long as we are on this planet, things will always come at me to disturb my peace, but I will worship my God and He will be my refuge.

What God said alone will never defeat the enemy; it’s what’s coming out of your spirit man. God said He looks for those who will worship Him in spirit and truth.

If you don’t come to a place in your personal worship, you will counsel that thing for the rest of your days. We are counselling demons and we are writing books for people to gain more intellectual understanding because we have become masters of our own heads. We have fooled a whole generation to become masters of their heads. Now we have fatheads, but weak spirits. How can we be counselling people for 15 years? But in a moment Jesus met the woman at the well and she had an encounter with Him. We would have counselled her about her parents, the men in her life, but she just needed Him.

We don’t need a building to worship God. We don’t need statues or crosses. We need an open mouth that is filled with praise. For every situation that comes to you, reset your mind before you respond to it.

I am here because of worship. How are you going to win? Don’t ask God to deliver you. Ask Him to empower you for worship. - Apostle Anthony Nelson. Taken from the Apostolic Training Center, Sun. Nov. 2011.