The Sword Conquest Passion for the Kingdom

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The Sword ConquestPassion for the Kingdom

• Pursuing the purposes of God with relentless
  passion

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The Heart of Conquest is Love

• We Always Conquer by Love
• John 316 For God so loved
• II Corinthians 514
• Christ's love has moved me to such extremes. His
  love has the first and last word in everything we
  do.

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As I Corinthians 1313 commands uswe have
three things to do to lead us toward that
consummation Trust steadily in God, hope
unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of
the three is love. (The Message)
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The Christian faith has not been tried and
found wanting. It has been found difficult and
left untried. --- G. K.
Chesterton
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The Highway of Conquest - Faith

• Luke 418-21
• 1. To preach the message of good news to the
  poor,
• 2. To announce freedom to the captives and
  recovery of sight to the blind,
• 3. To see the oppressed, burdened and battered
  delivered and
• 4. To proclaim the year of Gods grace and favor.

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Twenty years from now you will be more
disappointed by the things you didnt do than by
the ones you did do. So throw off your bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade
winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
Discover. -- Mark Twain
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The most basic opportunity of conquest for the
King begins on a personal level

• What would the King have me conquer in my
  personal life for His glory?
• Am I practically placing my faith and trust in
  the Good News of His Kingdom?
• Am I walking in the freedom of the Truth?
• Am I blinded by some sin or living in deception
  in any area of my life?
• Am I allowing the enemy to oppress me, batter me
  or beat me down in any way?
• Am I daily experiencing the full grace and free
  favor of God through Jesus Christ?

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Hebrews 412For the word of God is living and
powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword,
piercing even to the division of soul and spirit,
and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of
the thoughts and intents of the heart. (NKJV)

• 1. Be doers of the word and not just hearers
  James 122
• 2. Be a faithful vessel of faith plus works
  James 217
• 3. Be who you were created to be, doing what you
  were created to do Ephesians
  210

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The Hope of Conquest

• Christ
• In
• You!
• Colossians 127

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God has always intended His people to be a
powerful influence in the world. His plan is not
to vacate His creation but to infiltrate it. His
mandate is go into the world, be light in the
darkness, salt in the tasteless and yeast in the
dough of life.
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Now is the Time!

• Awake, o sleeper and rise from the dead
  (Ephesians 514)
• Arise! Shine, for your light has come (Isaiah
  601-2)
• ...it is high time to wake up out of your
  sleep (Rom. 1311)
• Rouse yourselves and keep awake and strengthen
  and invigorate what remains (Revelation 32).

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The Elijah GenerationandThe Elisha
GenerationWhich are you?I Kings 19 and II
Kings 2
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The Elijah spirit

• An ordinary man who did extraordinary feats
  James 517
• A man who ran an impressive race
  I Kings 1844-46
• A man that God was not through with yet I
  Kings 19 II Kings 212
• A man who obeyed God in faithfully passing the
  spiritual baton to the next runner
  I Kings 1915-20

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The Elisha spirit

• Being faithful in the ordinary things and ready
  for God to promote when it is the right time.
  
• I Kings 1919
• Willing to step out in faith, burn bridges,
  submit to, serve under and learn from proven
  leadership. I Kings 1920-21
• A passion for a greater anointing, the double
  portion and being in the right place to receive
  it. II Kings 29-15

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God is committed to establishing a Kingdom that
will never end and His Kingdom will endure from
generation to generation

• I will make Your name to be remembered in all
  generations Therefore the people shall praise
  You forever and ever. - Psalm 4517
• The Lords plans stand firm forever and the very
  purposes of His heart are connected from
  generation to generation. - Psalm 3311

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Britain upsets U.S. in mens 400 relayAnother
sloppy baton pass dooms favored Americans
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Do you see yourself as an Elijah or an Elisha?

• Has God placed you into a position as a mentor or
  as an apprentice?
• As an Elijah are you willing to faithfully pass
  the spiritual baton to the next generation?
• Or as an Elisha are you humbled, prepared,
  faithful and ready to serve the generation before
  you and receive the mantle when it is given you?

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Alan Vincent prophetic word to PABC in March 2005

• I have a sense of God wanting to bring this
  church into a new phase where it becomes a
  regional center. A place where the power of God
  is present first of all in a mighty new
  initiative in prayer and then there will be an
  outflow rivers of healing and rivers of
  deliverance and rivers of salvation will flow out
  from there. Thats what I feel Gods got on the
  agenda, He wants to use these facilities and use
  you people in a way that youve never fully
  experienced before.

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Alan Smiths Prophetic word and prayer

• Prophetic word to the 25 and under generation
• This generation is going to see a movement of
  God and is going to be involved in a movement of
  God. Each generation needs to see a supernatural
  outpouring of a movement of God. I believe the
  Lord spoke to me to give to you that you are
  going to see it if you will run after it. An
  outpouring and a movement of the Holy Spirit. And
  I believe it will happen in the near future.

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Alan Smiths Prophetic word and prayer

• The Prayer
• We agree O God that this group we call forth
  right now to be a part of an out pouring of the
  Spirit of God upon planet earth, wherever they
  go. There are some feet here that will go to all
  places on the earth. Dear heavenly Father, we
  commission them as children of God and as men and
  women of God that they will carry the heart of
  Jesus to the uttermost parts of the earth and
  with them they will have healed the sick, healed
  the broken hearted and they will bring people
  into the knowledge of God. In Jesus name, Amen.