Influence is Being Added & Anointed Courage is Being Activated
INFLUENCE IS BEING ADDED. ANOINTED COURAGE IS BEING ACTIVATED
WORD BY JODIE HUGHES | MARCH 4, 2019
© Pour It Out Ministries
INFLUENCE IS BEING ADDED
ANOINTED COURAGE IS BEING ACTIVATED
Anointed courage is shifting history right now.
Luke 1 records the announcement of something new God is birthing into the earth “in the days of King Herod”. As we know these days were full of fear, political upheaval, evil scheming, murderous agendas to kill a generation, unrest, chaos, hardship, and an abortive spirit to squash God’s plans. The climate was also ripe for change. Much needed breakthrough, reprieve and rescue was needed. It was into this environment that God announced He was birthing a new era of God invading earth with hope.
As we know, to Mary he sent an angel to announce the birth of Jesus. To Zechariah, a righteous priest, he sent the same angel to announce the birth of John, who would be known as John the Baptist, and be used to trumpet the arrival of Jesus, and a new era. God had heard the cry of his people for rescue in the days of King Herod, and He announced a kairos season of redemption.
This parallels today in our nations with the phrase “as in the days of King Herod” describing our nations circumstances very well.
Certainly there is an abortive, murderous spirit that is attempting to annihilate a generation and abort God’s promises in every way possible before unprecedented harvest can break out fully. The intercessory cry of God’s people arises and the nations are prophetically poised for accelerated change. There is a kairos moment upon the body for a new wineskin, a due season of fulfilled promise and new era of justice and unprecedented harvest breaking in. We equally see the evil agenda of the enemy blatantly and openly attacking all that is pure and righteous to silence God’s people and squash hope.
It’s into the charged atmosphere of 2000 years ago, Zechariah heard an angel tell him that their long held prayer for a child was to be answered, and their son would be a pioneer of hope to God’s people of a new day dawning. God was stepping in and birthing change and hope where his people had felt desperate for breakthrough. All that had been before was merely preparation for what would now play out among God’s people. Redemption, restoration, healing, rescue, grace, a new miraculous season of hope fulfilled… this was upon the bride. Jesus would change everything, and John would announce the new day. The prophesies of old were culminating into a kairos moment of God literally breaking in.
Sadly, Zechariah despite apparently praying for a child for many years, when an angel finally announced the miracle, he didn’t believe it. Gabriel, the angel came from the very presence of God (meaning the angel carried the weighty glory and tangible, presence of God) and interrupted Zechariah’s life and ministry to tell him a new day was upon him. Sadly he didn’t believe what God told him, and he didn’t attach faith to his long awaited miracle moment that had finally come.
The angel announcing the child’s name as John did cause challenges for Zechariah as to give his son a name that wasn’t a family name essentially was saying his child wouldn’t follow in his steps and tradition and job, but would be set apart and unique. That no doubt was a lot to take in.
However, what is perhaps more profound is that scripture records that Gabriel, the angel, silences Zechariah’s voice because He didn’t believe what God was saying from His presence to him. God was very clear, because of unbelief, Zechariah lost his voice and his influence was severely inhibited and limited. To God is was important he recognise the presence of God and believe what was announced regardless of what was being said. (this is big, it makes me think)
WHAT HAS UNBELIEF COST US?
I wonder how much our influence corporately is limited by unbelief and not partnering with what the Lord is trumpeting out? I wonder how much our voice is inhibited by not believing what God says? I wonder how much we have missed by being familiar, trivialising or not recognising God’s manifest presence or His voice to us from an encounter?
It is important to note that God called the baby, their miracle child, John. As noted already, this was not a family, traditional, expected name to use and certainly didn’t follow any previous expectations or precedents set for naming a child in their family. It was totally a new thing. For whatever reason, It didn’t fit in the box of expected or status quo and it certainly set their child free from traditional expectation of following in his fathers footsteps. This was important, as obviously, the destiny of John was to decree a new day, and His message broke from religious status quo announcing the arrival of the Messiah Jesus and that everything would now be different.
You will have a son and call him John the angel says. This was an announcement of the birthing of a miracle. But it was also the announcement of change. This child wouldn’t be named after what had been before… it was to be named by what God was currently releasing and doing… something new, something unique and purposed for they found themselves in. They hadn’t been this way before, and so what God was birthing was also new and masterfully designed for the season. This child, that prophetically trumped a new generation of wild, believers and era of grace, must carry a name that identifies the freshness of what God is birthing.
SILENCE WAS MORE PREFERABLE THAN UNBELIEF AROUND THE BIRTH OF THE NEW
John, which mean Jehovah is gracious, embodied all God was releasing. The way maker and preparer of a generation for the greatest harvest the nations had yet seen, and the birth of Jesus the Savour of all mankind, was being announced. This was not just any birth, this was a new era of salvation upon the nations. This required those around the birth to believe what God was saying and doing and partner in faith with God. It would seem that silence was more preferable than unbelief around the birth of the new. Be found as a voice of life and faith in due season moments. Be found as a voice that speaks life over what God is speaking life over.
Note: There are many things God is always doing, and the gospel requires boldness. Right now it would seem clear one issue close to the heart of God, is supporting life for the unborn. Silence is partnering with the enemy. This is an issue that corporate silence is no longer appropriate. Silence has effected the corporate influence of the church. Unbelief in God’s word or intimidation is being highlighted and fresh grace to stand with truth and life is being released. Anointed courage is being awakened. A new breed of grace-releasing, yet fierce kingdom activism is arising.
It’s at the birth of John the Baptist scripture tells us that as Elizabeth, his mum, wanted to call the child John, but those gathered around them, no doubt family and their community, didn’t agree and voiced their disapproval loudly of such a name was chosen.
Today, we often find ourselves in similar circumstances where many voice their loud, disapproval of Gods word and what God is saying.
As John the Baptist is born, and the family friends gather and disapprove of the chosen name, Zechariah with great determination finds the only way he has available to him to communicate, which was writing on a tablet, and makes sure He gets Gods word heard and silences the disapproving voices stating, “his name is John”. This cuts through the noise and releases God’s heart.
GOD IS GIVING HIS PEOPLE THEIR VOICE BACK. THE SHACKLES ARE COMING OFF
It is right in this moment, the moment of directly combatting other voices that misidentified what God was doing and disputed God’s word, that Zechariah got his voice back! God is similarly given his people back their voice! The shackles are coming off!
INFLUENCE WAS AMPLIFIED WHEN ZECHARIAH SPOKE OUT
Zechariah used what was available to him to agree with what God was saying and speak God’s word into the season. Immediately he got his voice back! INFLUENCE WAS AMPLIFIED WHEN ZECHARIAH SPOKE OUT.
Zechariah boldly spoke out to the disapproving crowd, and made sure what God wanted was heard and done. The child was to be called John. What the loud voices of the community were saying was contrary to God’s word, despite perhaps even being well meaning. It was in this moment of anointed courage, this moment of speaking out, this moment of decreeing God’s word, that influence was restored, increased and amplified on Zechariah. The restriction and limitation on his voice was broken as unbelief was rejected and belief in God was partnered with.
COURAGE IS ON THE RISE! A NEW BREED OF DARING IS UPON US.
INFLUENCE is coming on the prophetic voices of the nations, pioneers birthing new movements and the church in an accelerated onslaught as she SPEAKS. Anointed courage will be heard speaking to, and into current challenging conversations that need God’s word correctly identifying the issue, and speaking God’s heart and truth into the matter. The enemy has entrapped a people to think that speaking out will diminish their voice and influence. The opposite is true. Partnering with unbelief diminishes influence. Partnering wth truth and God’s voice increases influence.
Silence is loud, and diminishes influence
Remaining silent or not believing or obeying God’s word, will diminish influence and effectively silence many called voices. Speaking out with anointed courage what God is saying will amplify and increase influence. Yes there will no doubt be forms of persecution, but persecution will come regardless of if we speak or don’t speak. But speaking anointed courage will shift and re-shape history. History awaits being re-written by bold courage. The enemy is counting on our silence. Silence is the enemy of accelerated God-change.
Inaction and complacency rob nations.
This is not a call to anger, it is a call to grace and God inspired solutions. This is not a call to obnoxiousness. It is a call to daring courage to stand with truth and the heart of God. Inaction has stolen much from the church and the nations. Complacency robs nations of kingdom solutions and salvation.
Be found speaking and partnering with truth and what God is doing on the earth. As the body speaks with anointed courage, our voice will again be heard in the current conversations requiring kingdom solutions. Influence will increase to speak into hearts and lives with relevant solutions, inspired revelation and life giving kairos wisdom to pressing issues.
Intimidation is breaking as bold courage inspires and awakens a people to believe, speak and act on what God is saying. There are those who loudly disagree and attack, but the baby must be called John. This season must have anointed voices of truth speaking exactly what God is saying and not changing the message because of unbelief or because of fear of God doing something new.
INFLUENCE IS BEING ADDED WHERE ANOINTED COURAGE IS BEING ACTIVATED
The church is arising from intimidation and attack intended to silence and abort destiny, into a season of daring courage to speak and enter new, spectacular harvest. Fear of man is being broken. Any partnerships with unbelief are being highlighted and evicted, and bold faith is arising. The bride is breaking free of unbelief and intimidation that has fiercely assaulted and squashed her voice, and our collective and individual voice is being unshackled and unleashed. Influence is being added where anointed courage is being activated.
A SPIRIT OF MIGHT WILL COME UPON YOU. YOUR ANOINTED COURAGE IS SHIFTING HISTORY
Courage is on the rise! A new breed of daring is upon us. BE READY FOR A SPIRIT OF BOLDNESS AND MIGHT TO COME UPON YOU. ASK FOR A SPIRIT OF BOLDNESS AND MIGHT TO COME UPON YOU. You will arise in new boldness as anointed courage comes upon you for Kingdom exploits. Unprecedented harvest is breaking out and you are anointed, appointed and called into such a time as NOW. Your anointed courage is shifting history.
Jodie Hughes
Pour It Out Ministries
www.pouritout.org
WORD BY JODIE HUGHES | MARCH 4, 2019
© Pour It Out Ministries
INFLUENCE IS BEING ADDED
ANOINTED COURAGE IS BEING ACTIVATED
Anointed courage is shifting history right now.
Luke 1 records the announcement of something new God is birthing into the earth “in the days of King Herod”. As we know these days were full of fear, political upheaval, evil scheming, murderous agendas to kill a generation, unrest, chaos, hardship, and an abortive spirit to squash God’s plans. The climate was also ripe for change. Much needed breakthrough, reprieve and rescue was needed. It was into this environment that God announced He was birthing a new era of God invading earth with hope.
As we know, to Mary he sent an angel to announce the birth of Jesus. To Zechariah, a righteous priest, he sent the same angel to announce the birth of John, who would be known as John the Baptist, and be used to trumpet the arrival of Jesus, and a new era. God had heard the cry of his people for rescue in the days of King Herod, and He announced a kairos season of redemption.
This parallels today in our nations with the phrase “as in the days of King Herod” describing our nations circumstances very well.
Certainly there is an abortive, murderous spirit that is attempting to annihilate a generation and abort God’s promises in every way possible before unprecedented harvest can break out fully. The intercessory cry of God’s people arises and the nations are prophetically poised for accelerated change. There is a kairos moment upon the body for a new wineskin, a due season of fulfilled promise and new era of justice and unprecedented harvest breaking in. We equally see the evil agenda of the enemy blatantly and openly attacking all that is pure and righteous to silence God’s people and squash hope.
It’s into the charged atmosphere of 2000 years ago, Zechariah heard an angel tell him that their long held prayer for a child was to be answered, and their son would be a pioneer of hope to God’s people of a new day dawning. God was stepping in and birthing change and hope where his people had felt desperate for breakthrough. All that had been before was merely preparation for what would now play out among God’s people. Redemption, restoration, healing, rescue, grace, a new miraculous season of hope fulfilled… this was upon the bride. Jesus would change everything, and John would announce the new day. The prophesies of old were culminating into a kairos moment of God literally breaking in.
Sadly, Zechariah despite apparently praying for a child for many years, when an angel finally announced the miracle, he didn’t believe it. Gabriel, the angel came from the very presence of God (meaning the angel carried the weighty glory and tangible, presence of God) and interrupted Zechariah’s life and ministry to tell him a new day was upon him. Sadly he didn’t believe what God told him, and he didn’t attach faith to his long awaited miracle moment that had finally come.
The angel announcing the child’s name as John did cause challenges for Zechariah as to give his son a name that wasn’t a family name essentially was saying his child wouldn’t follow in his steps and tradition and job, but would be set apart and unique. That no doubt was a lot to take in.
However, what is perhaps more profound is that scripture records that Gabriel, the angel, silences Zechariah’s voice because He didn’t believe what God was saying from His presence to him. God was very clear, because of unbelief, Zechariah lost his voice and his influence was severely inhibited and limited. To God is was important he recognise the presence of God and believe what was announced regardless of what was being said. (this is big, it makes me think)
WHAT HAS UNBELIEF COST US?
I wonder how much our influence corporately is limited by unbelief and not partnering with what the Lord is trumpeting out? I wonder how much our voice is inhibited by not believing what God says? I wonder how much we have missed by being familiar, trivialising or not recognising God’s manifest presence or His voice to us from an encounter?
It is important to note that God called the baby, their miracle child, John. As noted already, this was not a family, traditional, expected name to use and certainly didn’t follow any previous expectations or precedents set for naming a child in their family. It was totally a new thing. For whatever reason, It didn’t fit in the box of expected or status quo and it certainly set their child free from traditional expectation of following in his fathers footsteps. This was important, as obviously, the destiny of John was to decree a new day, and His message broke from religious status quo announcing the arrival of the Messiah Jesus and that everything would now be different.
You will have a son and call him John the angel says. This was an announcement of the birthing of a miracle. But it was also the announcement of change. This child wouldn’t be named after what had been before… it was to be named by what God was currently releasing and doing… something new, something unique and purposed for they found themselves in. They hadn’t been this way before, and so what God was birthing was also new and masterfully designed for the season. This child, that prophetically trumped a new generation of wild, believers and era of grace, must carry a name that identifies the freshness of what God is birthing.
SILENCE WAS MORE PREFERABLE THAN UNBELIEF AROUND THE BIRTH OF THE NEW
John, which mean Jehovah is gracious, embodied all God was releasing. The way maker and preparer of a generation for the greatest harvest the nations had yet seen, and the birth of Jesus the Savour of all mankind, was being announced. This was not just any birth, this was a new era of salvation upon the nations. This required those around the birth to believe what God was saying and doing and partner in faith with God. It would seem that silence was more preferable than unbelief around the birth of the new. Be found as a voice of life and faith in due season moments. Be found as a voice that speaks life over what God is speaking life over.
Note: There are many things God is always doing, and the gospel requires boldness. Right now it would seem clear one issue close to the heart of God, is supporting life for the unborn. Silence is partnering with the enemy. This is an issue that corporate silence is no longer appropriate. Silence has effected the corporate influence of the church. Unbelief in God’s word or intimidation is being highlighted and fresh grace to stand with truth and life is being released. Anointed courage is being awakened. A new breed of grace-releasing, yet fierce kingdom activism is arising.
It’s at the birth of John the Baptist scripture tells us that as Elizabeth, his mum, wanted to call the child John, but those gathered around them, no doubt family and their community, didn’t agree and voiced their disapproval loudly of such a name was chosen.
Today, we often find ourselves in similar circumstances where many voice their loud, disapproval of Gods word and what God is saying.
As John the Baptist is born, and the family friends gather and disapprove of the chosen name, Zechariah with great determination finds the only way he has available to him to communicate, which was writing on a tablet, and makes sure He gets Gods word heard and silences the disapproving voices stating, “his name is John”. This cuts through the noise and releases God’s heart.
GOD IS GIVING HIS PEOPLE THEIR VOICE BACK. THE SHACKLES ARE COMING OFF
It is right in this moment, the moment of directly combatting other voices that misidentified what God was doing and disputed God’s word, that Zechariah got his voice back! God is similarly given his people back their voice! The shackles are coming off!
INFLUENCE WAS AMPLIFIED WHEN ZECHARIAH SPOKE OUT
Zechariah used what was available to him to agree with what God was saying and speak God’s word into the season. Immediately he got his voice back! INFLUENCE WAS AMPLIFIED WHEN ZECHARIAH SPOKE OUT.
Zechariah boldly spoke out to the disapproving crowd, and made sure what God wanted was heard and done. The child was to be called John. What the loud voices of the community were saying was contrary to God’s word, despite perhaps even being well meaning. It was in this moment of anointed courage, this moment of speaking out, this moment of decreeing God’s word, that influence was restored, increased and amplified on Zechariah. The restriction and limitation on his voice was broken as unbelief was rejected and belief in God was partnered with.
COURAGE IS ON THE RISE! A NEW BREED OF DARING IS UPON US.
INFLUENCE is coming on the prophetic voices of the nations, pioneers birthing new movements and the church in an accelerated onslaught as she SPEAKS. Anointed courage will be heard speaking to, and into current challenging conversations that need God’s word correctly identifying the issue, and speaking God’s heart and truth into the matter. The enemy has entrapped a people to think that speaking out will diminish their voice and influence. The opposite is true. Partnering with unbelief diminishes influence. Partnering wth truth and God’s voice increases influence.
Silence is loud, and diminishes influence
Remaining silent or not believing or obeying God’s word, will diminish influence and effectively silence many called voices. Speaking out with anointed courage what God is saying will amplify and increase influence. Yes there will no doubt be forms of persecution, but persecution will come regardless of if we speak or don’t speak. But speaking anointed courage will shift and re-shape history. History awaits being re-written by bold courage. The enemy is counting on our silence. Silence is the enemy of accelerated God-change.
Inaction and complacency rob nations.
This is not a call to anger, it is a call to grace and God inspired solutions. This is not a call to obnoxiousness. It is a call to daring courage to stand with truth and the heart of God. Inaction has stolen much from the church and the nations. Complacency robs nations of kingdom solutions and salvation.
Be found speaking and partnering with truth and what God is doing on the earth. As the body speaks with anointed courage, our voice will again be heard in the current conversations requiring kingdom solutions. Influence will increase to speak into hearts and lives with relevant solutions, inspired revelation and life giving kairos wisdom to pressing issues.
Intimidation is breaking as bold courage inspires and awakens a people to believe, speak and act on what God is saying. There are those who loudly disagree and attack, but the baby must be called John. This season must have anointed voices of truth speaking exactly what God is saying and not changing the message because of unbelief or because of fear of God doing something new.
INFLUENCE IS BEING ADDED WHERE ANOINTED COURAGE IS BEING ACTIVATED
The church is arising from intimidation and attack intended to silence and abort destiny, into a season of daring courage to speak and enter new, spectacular harvest. Fear of man is being broken. Any partnerships with unbelief are being highlighted and evicted, and bold faith is arising. The bride is breaking free of unbelief and intimidation that has fiercely assaulted and squashed her voice, and our collective and individual voice is being unshackled and unleashed. Influence is being added where anointed courage is being activated.
A SPIRIT OF MIGHT WILL COME UPON YOU. YOUR ANOINTED COURAGE IS SHIFTING HISTORY
Courage is on the rise! A new breed of daring is upon us. BE READY FOR A SPIRIT OF BOLDNESS AND MIGHT TO COME UPON YOU. ASK FOR A SPIRIT OF BOLDNESS AND MIGHT TO COME UPON YOU. You will arise in new boldness as anointed courage comes upon you for Kingdom exploits. Unprecedented harvest is breaking out and you are anointed, appointed and called into such a time as NOW. Your anointed courage is shifting history.
Jodie Hughes
Pour It Out Ministries
www.pouritout.org
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