{"id":4940,"date":"2018-01-05T00:03:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T00:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/?p=4940"},"modified":"2017-12-09T08:27:18","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T08:27:18","slug":"another-coffee-break-spiritual-hierarchy-authority-part-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/another-coffee-break-spiritual-hierarchy-authority-part-12\/","title":{"rendered":"ANOTHER COFFEE BREAK: Spiritual Hierarchy &#038; Authority, Part 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-image-align-center in-legacy-container\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><div class=\"imageframe-align-center\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"307\" title=\"defaultblog1\" src=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-2006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1-400x269.jpg 400w, https:\/\/regnersmorningcoffee.com\/blogger\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/defaultblog1.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1105px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"WordSection1\">\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #747474\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;\ntext-align:center;line-height:normal\"><b>\n\t<span style=\"font-size: 27.0pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; color: #984806\">\n\tSpiritual Hierarchy &amp; Authority, Part 12<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;\ntext-align:center;line-height:normal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif\">\n\tJanuary 5, 2018<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><b>\n\t<span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; color: #984806\">\n\tLet\u2019s continue today with last week\u2019s discussion.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tOne of the things both Della and I have learned throughout the years is to \n\tcheck with the Lord before we accede to someone\u2019s desire to pray for them or \n\tfor some particular situation.&nbsp; Many times the request will be OK, but \n\tthe timing is off and Holy Spirit says, \u201cWait.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tWe have had multiple experiences in commanding the weather, speaking to \n\tstorms, hurricanes, etc., and seeing the immediate results of our commands.&nbsp; \n\tIt was puzzling, therefore, when we received no direction to pray over the \n\ttwo hurricanes, Harvey and Irma that recently hit the Gulf of Texas and \n\tFlorida as well as Maria, which hit Puerto Rico and did such major damage.<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tThe damage was catastrophic, yet the loss of life was almost insignificant, \n\tand minor by comparison to Katrina where more than 1800 people lost their \n\tlives.&nbsp; I won\u2019t try to take time today to delve into the reasons or the \n\tthings that God is accomplishing in the midst of these disasters.&nbsp; One \n\tthing we can say about the after-effect of these storms is that they brought \n\tpeople together in a spirit of unity on a scale that we have not seen in a \n\tvery long time.<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tDella and I have a young lady \u2013 Sarai Velasquez \u2013 whom we hired some weeks \n\tback to tutor our grandchildren after school in an effort to help them get \n\tcaught up academically.&nbsp; Sarai is a student in her last year at Mary \n\tHardin Baylor University.&nbsp; Her parents are pastors of a church \n\tfellowship in Houston.&nbsp; When Hurricane Harvey hit Houston, she left \n\there and made several trips back and forth to transport people and families \n\tfrom Houston who had suffered the loss of their homes.&nbsp; She went out of \n\ther way to make sure that those families were placed with friends or in \n\thomes where they could be safe and get their bearings for the future.<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tShe is an example of something that has been happening over the past months \n\tin this nation.&nbsp; Chaos and catastrophes are bringing folks together.&nbsp; \n\tAll of a sudden, names, titles, political parties, church affiliations, \n\tetc., are diminishing.&nbsp; The prayers and intercession of God\u2019s people is \n\tpaying dividends.&nbsp; And it must continue!<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tWe are seeing mass murders on a scale that this nation \u2014 and the world \u2014 \n\thave never seen in history.&nbsp; Terrorism has gained such a foothold that \n\tit has captured everyone\u2019s attention.&nbsp; Groups like ISIS and Al-Qaida \n\t(sp?) have committed such atrocities that you hear a common refrain from \n\tthose who are religious, but have no real relationship with God, \u201cHow can a \n\tloving God allow these things to happen?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tThe simple answer is that it is not God Who is allowing these things.&nbsp; \n\tThe Lord has not taken back control of the earth from \u201cthe children of men.\u201d&nbsp; \n\tThe authority to put a stop to this lies with the believers.&nbsp; The \n\tauthority to bury the \u201carchons\u201d and \u201ckosmokrators\u201d who drive this wickedness \n\tlies with us as the sons and daughters of God.<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tDuring the eight years that the Muslim, Barak Hussein Obama, dwelled in the \n\tWhite House and functioned as the president of the United States, we saw a \n\trelease of such wickedness and perversion in this nation on a scale that \n\tshocked God\u2019s people into action.&nbsp; Obama professed to be a Christian, \n\tand yet everything he did spoke just the opposite.&nbsp; He welcomed sexual \n\tperversion and homosexuality as \u201cnorms\u201d instead of following the Biblical \n\tmandate.&nbsp; He inspired racism and racial wars on a level that surpassed \n\tall the demonstrations of the previous century.&nbsp; He stopped the \n\tNational Day of Prayer, yet honored Islamic holy days.<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tFor years, Christians had been lulled to sleep.&nbsp; The only reason he was \n\tallowed to become president was because of the spiritual lethargy that had \n\tovertaken our nation.&nbsp; The wickedness that prevailed in America caused \n\tan awakening long overdue in God\u2019s people.&nbsp; A prayer movement began \n\twith a few leaders, then expanded across this nation as God\u2019s people began \n\tto wake up and begin fasting and praying.&nbsp; Leaders like Dutch Sheets \n\tinspired a level of intercession not seen in America in more than a century.<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tThere have always been a remnant of God\u2019s people who have been awake \n\tspiritually and cognizant of the authority God has given them \u2014 no matter \n\twhat society has done or how it has functioned.&nbsp; This was no exception.&nbsp; \n\tAs far back as 2011, people like George Robinson began to hear from the Lord \n\tthat He was going to raise up a leader over this nation in the person of \n\tDonald Trump, and that Trump was going to be His administrator to clean \n\thouse.<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tWhen the election cycle for this past election grew to include 12 different \n\tnominees on the Republican platform, and Donald Trump was among them, he was \n\tprobably the last choice for a long time.&nbsp; Yet the Lord began to bring \n\thim to a level of prominence and acceptance that astonished even the most \n\texperienced of politicians and pollsters.<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tThe election of 2016 was a spiritual watershed in this nation.&nbsp; It \n\tshook the plans of those whose agenda was the destruction of America.&nbsp; \n\tIt overturned the plan of Satan to make America weak in the eyes of the \n\tworld.&nbsp; But it also enraged the demonic forces who thought their plans \n\tfor the destruction of a Christian nation were secure, and it has spurred a \n\tlevel of opposition and spiritual warfare in America as never before.<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tDutch Sheets had it right following the election when he said (and I\u2019m \n\tparaphrasing him), \u201cThe time for intercession has only gotten started.&nbsp; \n\tThis is no time for God\u2019s people to relax.&nbsp; Now is the time for us to \n\texercise our authority in God, and to know that this battle is yet to be \n\twon.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tLast week, we made the statement that if ever there has been a time when the \n\tbody of Christ needs to understand and walk in true authority \u2014 the \n\tauthority that comes from the Lord Jesus Christ \u2014 that time is now.&nbsp; \n\tTrue authority is recognized.&nbsp; If I have to tell you that I have \n\tauthority, the fact is that I don\u2019t!&nbsp; If it isn\u2019t manifested, there is \n\tsomething really wrong with where I am in Christ.<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tBack in the 1940\u2019s, a Lutheran minister in Germany \u2014&nbsp; Dietrich \n\tBonhoeffer \u2014 wrote a book titled, <b><i>The Cost of Discipleship<\/i><\/b>.&nbsp; \n\tBonhoeffer had seen the decline of spiritual commitment in the body of \n\tChrist in Germany and the watering down of relationship.&nbsp; When Hitler \n\tcame to power and so-called \u201cChristians\u201d began to buy into his mottos, his \n\tbeliefs, his hatred of the Jews, etc., Bonhoeffer resisted with everything \n\tin him.<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tHe refused to go along with the Nazi themes and ultimately was arrested, \n\tthrown into prison and tortured.&nbsp; He refused to capitulate and it cost \n\thim his life.&nbsp; If I\u2019m not mistaken, his book was written while he was \n\tin prison.&nbsp; It was a treatise on what it costs to walk with the Lord \n\tand to really know the Lord.&nbsp; The theme of his book was that true \n\tdiscipleship precedes true authority.&nbsp; There can be no compromise.&nbsp; \n\tThere can be no sidestepping a single command of the Lord if we are to be \n\ttrue disciples and to represent the Lord Jesus Christ to the rest of the \n\tworld.<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:9.5pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tSt. Francis of Assisi was queried one day on the secret of the authority \n\tpeople saw in him, along with the very evident presence of the Lord.&nbsp; \n\tHe thought for a minute and then answered.<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t\u201cThere are three principles.&nbsp; First, submit!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tHe paused for a minute and continued.<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t\u201cThe second principle is \u2026 submit!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tHe paused once more, obviously having fun, and then said,<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t\u201cThe third principle is \u2026 submit!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tLast week we shared the picture of the centurion who came to Jesus and said, \n\t\u201cI also am a man under authority.\u201d&nbsp; The centurion had learned that any \n\tauthority residing in and with him was predicated on his submission to the \n\tauthority of those who were in authority over him.<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tConsider again, all that Esther went through before she was brought before \n\tXerxes and immediately crowned as his counterpart, his other self and his \n\tqueen.&nbsp; Hegai saw in Esther all the resident qualities, which, if \n\tbrought into discipline, qualify her as no other woman in the empire to \n\tbecome queen.&nbsp; Esther was subjected to three-and-a-half years of the \n\tmost intense discipline and preparation.<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tDuring those years, not one single woman who had been brought into the house \n\tof the king\u2019s women with the objective of being prepared endured the same \n\tkind of discipline that Esther did.&nbsp; What the king saw in her was \n\texactly what he desired and knew instinctively that she was qualified.&nbsp; \n\tThink, for a minute about what it cost Esther to come to that point.<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tShe had to give up her \u201cJewishness.\u201d&nbsp; She had to hide her real \n\tidentity.&nbsp; Though she had been being groomed to become the bride of \n\tMordecai (and indeed, she loved and revered him) she had to cancel out any \n\tthought and totally put aside the plans and the grooming she had already \n\tgone through.&nbsp; She had to become something and someone that was \n\tanathema to the children of Israel \u2014 part and party of and to the nation \n\tthat had taken her people into captivity.&nbsp; She had to be grilled and \n\tdrilled with the laws of the Medes and Persians and to become fluent and \n\timmersed in the ways of the Persian court.&nbsp; More than that, she had to \n\timmerse herself in knowing the very nature and makeup of a king she\u2019d never \n\tspent so much as five minutes with.<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tIt was three and a half years of the most intense discipline anyone could \n\tpossibly imagine.&nbsp; There was nothing \u201cfun\u201d or enjoyable about any part \n\tof it.&nbsp; Yet the fruit of that discipline produced a serenity and a \n\tgrace in an 18-year-old Esther that belied her years.&nbsp; The preparation \n\tthat she endured enabled her to sit as co-regent with her husband, King \n\tXerxes, for 14 years before he was assassinated, and then to guide and steer \n\ttheir son, Artaxerxes I, for the next 40 years as Queen Mother.&nbsp; Under \n\ther guidance, Nehemiah became the king\u2019s cupbearer and was subsequently \n\tnamed as Governor of Judah. <\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tUnder Esther\u2019s guidance, Ezra was able to return with a contingent of \n\tpraisers and worshippers and rebuild the temple in Jerusalem.&nbsp; For 54 \n\tyears, Esther was able to guide and exercise a spiritual authority behind \n\tthe scenes that paid dividends for Israel and enabled those in captivity to \n\tultimately return home.&nbsp; Was the discipline worth it?&nbsp; Compared to \n\tthe years that she was able to exercise real authority, the three-and-a-half \n\tyears were nothing.<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tIt is a principle that has been largely lost in the body of Christ.&nbsp; \n\tAuthority \u2014 true authority \u2014 costs!&nbsp; Those who are handed authority \n\twithout the cost and discipline that prepares one for it wind up bringing \n\tchaos and disaster.<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12.5pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tWitness the still very young Kim Jung Un in North Korea, who was handed the \n\tpresidency at age 22 with no prior training or preparation to rule.&nbsp; He \n\tnever served in the military, nor underwent the necessary discipline or \n\tunderstanding that goes with the years of experience.&nbsp; His actions yet \n\ttoday are that of an undisciplined child who petulantly demands his way.&nbsp; \n\tThe nation of North Korea is suffering under his lack of discipline.<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tThere is much more ground to cover in dealing with spiritual authority, and \n\tthat which God has given, as well as the responsibilities and anointing that \n\tgo with that authority.&nbsp; We will continue to explore this in the days \n\tand weeks to come.<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tWhen I was in my typing class in my first year of college, we had a phrase \n\twe used to test our typing speed and skill: <i>Now is the time for all good \n\tmen to come to the aid of their country.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tAMEN!&nbsp; NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOD\u2019S PEOPLE TO ARISE IN HIS AUTHORITY!!<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\tI\u2019m going to stop here for today.&nbsp; Next week we will consider the \n\tprocesses and the preparation that must take place in order for us to walk \n\tin the authority that has been made available to us as sons and daughters of \n\tthe Most High.<a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:13.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><b>\n\t<span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; color: #002060\">\n\tFor those of you who\u2019ve participated during the past three years in our \n\tMonday night Healing Prayer Conference Call, this is just a reminder that \n\tthe calls have resumed on a once-a-month basis, the first Monday of each \n\tmonth.&nbsp; If you have a need for healing, or you have friends in need of \n\thealing, here is the number to call: <\/span>\n\t<span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; color: red\">\n\t(712) 775-7035.&nbsp; <\/span>\n\t<span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; color: #002060\">\n\tThe Access Code is: <\/span>\n\t<span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; color: red\">\n\t323859#.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; color: #002060\">&nbsp; \n\tFor Canadians who have difficulty getting in to this number, you can call\n\t<\/span>\n\t<span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; color: red\">\n\t(559) 546-1400<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; color: #002060\">.&nbsp;&nbsp; \n\tIf someone answers and asks what your original call-in number was, you can \n\tgive them the 712 number and access code.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\"><b>\n\t<span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; color: #002060\">\n\t&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\"><b>\n\t<span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; color: #002060\">\n\tAt the same time, in case you are missing out on real fellowship in an \n\tenvironment of Ekklesia, our Sunday worship gatherings are available by \n\tconference call \u2013 usually at about 10:45AM Pacific.&nbsp; That conference \n\tnumber is <\/span>\n\t<span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; color: red\">\n\t(712) 770-4160<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; color: #002060\">, \n\tand the access code is <\/span>\n\t<span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; color: red\">\n\t308640#.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; color: #002060\">&nbsp; \n\tWe are now making these gatherings available by Skype.&nbsp; If you wish to \n\tparticipate by video on Skype, my Skype ID is regner.capener.&nbsp; If you \n\tmiss the live voice call, you can dial <\/span>\n\t<span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; color: red\">\n\t(712) 770-4169<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif; color: #002060\">, \n\tenter the same access code and listen in later.&nbsp; The video call, of \n\tcourse, is not recorded \u2013 not yet, anyway.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: 'Book Antiqua',serif\">B<b>lessings \n\ton you!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:\nnormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; 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Should you desire to\nparticipate and covenant with us as partners in this ministry, please contact\nus at either of the above email or physical addresses, or visit:&nbsp;<\/span><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.riverworshipcenter.org\/\"\ntitle=\"http:\/\/www.riverworshipcenter.org\/\"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;\nmso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'>http:\/\/www.RiverWorshipCenter.org<\/span><\/a><span\nstyle='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\";mso-fareast-font-family:\n\"Times New Roman\"'>.<\/span><span style='font-family:\"Book Antiqua\",\"serif\"'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s continue today with last week\u2019s discussion.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nOne of the things both Della and I have learned throughout the years is to check with the Lord before we accede to someone\u2019s desire to pray for them or for some particular situation.  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