Use Your Keys

I know it has been a few days since I wrote last time, I hope everyone can remember what I was teaching on. I have been talking about our, that is humankind's, godly place on this earth. Last time I started to explain that God created everything with His word, and we are created in His likeness. We are the only created beings on this planet that can speak. And we are to use our words to have dominion over our lives.

So, I would like to start with a scripture that I believe I have already used to help us further understand the importance of Jesus, and what He has accomplished, and how we need Him in our daily lives.

18 And the Ever-living One [I am living in the eternity of the eternities]. I died, but see, I am alive forevermore; and I possess the keys of death and Hades (the realm of the dead). Rev 1:18 (AMP)Jesus existed before time.

Through Him all things were made. He saw what a mess humans made of this world. His love was so great that He became a man. He loved us so much that He delivered us the only way that was possible. Authority over all creation was given to man, so a man was the only one qualified to take the authority back. And only God was perfect enough to keep the law, which was what was required to take back the authority that Adam lost. So here in Revelation Jesus is explaining He has accomplished this. He is God, so He kept the law. And He was fully man here on earth, which qualified Him to take the authority back from Satan.Let's look at another passage to confirm this.

18 Jesus approached and, breaking the silence, said to them, All authority (all power of rule) in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Matt 28:18 (AMP)

This is Jesus speaking after He died and rose again, before He retured to heaven. Here again we can see that Jesus has all authority in heaven and on earth. "How does that help me?", someone might ask. Let's look at the gosple of Mark for the answer.

17 And these attesting signs will accompany those who believe: in My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages; 18 They will pick up serpents; and [even] if they drink anything deadly, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will get well. 19 So then the Lord Jesus, after He had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and He sat down at the right hand of God. 20 And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord kept working with them and confirming the message by the attesting signs and miracles that closely accompanied [it]. Amen (so be it). Mark 16:17-20 (AMP)

The answer is in verse 17. Jesus has the authority. And in that authority He has given it to us. He said He has the keys. He love us so much that He has taken back the keys that were lost. He now says to use them. You have the keys. The keys of authority, but if you don't use them what good are they? If I gave you a brand new car and the keys to drive it. And everyday you went out and sat in the car. You washed the car. You even read the owners manual, over and over again. You might have even memorized some of the pages. What if you had to go to work or run to the store, but refused to use the keys I gave to you? Then you came to me and said. Oh, Caroline you are so generous to have given me that car and those keys. I know you love me. But, I really need to get to work today. If it be your will, can you help me, please? How could I answer that? Didn't I already give you everything?? In Mark 16:17 Jesus said that we will have signs follow us, because we believe. Believe what? We believe that Jesus is our Lord and Savior. He is our righteousness and we believe that He has conquored sin, all the manefestations of sin and death itself. And in doing this, Jesus has given us His name. What does that mean? It means that the keys are in His name. And to use these keys we must speak the word of God over our lives in the name of Jesus. Let's look at the Word to further this piont.

16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you. John 15:16 (NKJV)

So here Jesus is teaching how we are to walk in authority, how to bear fruit, how to use His keys. He says to use His name, so that God can give the things that you speak to. Does He say to pray to God and ask Him to bear fruit for you? No, when you use the name of Jesus, God will cause you to bear friut. If you look back at Mark 16:20 it says that God worked with them, atesting to their message (or their words) with signs and miricles. They are God's keys, He has given them to us, to use them. And when we do, He shows Himself strong with signs and miricles.But, when we don't use the Word of God, and don't understand the power and authority of the name of Jesus, there will be no signs and miricles. When we don't take His keys and use them to run our lives, and instead let our lives run us, we shouldn't wonder why we don't hear anything from God when we pray. The bible says.

9 Therefore [because He stooped so low] God has highly exalted Him and has freely bestowed on Him the name that is above every name, 10 That in (at) the name of Jesus every knee should (must) bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 And every tongue [ frankly and openly] confess and acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Phil 2:9-11 (AMP)

Every sickness has a name. Every attack from the enemy has a name. And those names are below the name of Jesus. We have come to understand that we are supposed to speak to things, like God does. And now we are understanding that the keys are in the name of Jesus. So let's say you have a pain in your body, you need to walk in the authority Jesus gave you. Say, "Pain, I command you to leave me in the name of Jesus Christ!" If you have lack in your finances. Say, "Lack, I command you to flee from me in the name of Jesus." And now start to speak blessings over your life, over your body. Start to use the keys.

Word Containers

So in the last blog we began with Genesis and laid down the foundation that we (humankind) were created in the likeness of God, and that we were to have dominion or authority over the earth. I would now like to define the word dominion.

1.the power or right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority.
2.rule; control; domination.
3.a territory, usually of considerable size, in which a single rulership holds sway.
4.lands or domains subject to sovereignty or control

God made the earth and everything in the earth for us to have rule, control, dominate, be subject over, and have complete authority over. Did God say He would have control of these things for you? No, He said that we are to have dominion over them.

So then, the next question should be, "How? How are we to do this?" Now the best place to find the answer would be the Bible. Since we are created in the image of God, it would make perfect sense to see how God rules and reigns. Let's go to the beginning.

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 3 Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day. Gen 1:1-5 (NKJV)

God was looking at the earth. He saw that it looked like a big mess. Light was mixed with darkness, good was mixed with bad. There was confusion. I'm sure we have all had a situation like this before. But, what did God do? He spoke. He spoke to the earth. He spoke to the darkness. And He told the earth how it should be. He said, "Light be." and Light was. God used His words to change what was. The way that God created everything we see is with His words. And we are created in His image. To have authority over our lives and this world.

1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. 3 By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. Heb 11:1-3 (NKJV)

There is a supernatural creative force that God used to create everything that we now see. This supernatural force is the Word of God. His words are the most powerful force in the seen and unseen realm. And this power that is in His Word is called faith.

If you are having trouble understanding what I mean picture this. God is out in the heavens somewhere, and He decides to speak. As the words leave His mouth, somehow they can be seen. But, instead of words we are seeing containers. And as the word reach where they were sent the container breaks open to reveal the thing spoken. Now when the words are in the container form they are filled with Gods power. They are filled with His faith. This is the supernatural faith of God. This is how God creates and this is how we are to take dominion over our circumstances. We are to speak God's Word over our lives. We send out the containers (His Word) filled to the full with faith in His Word. They go where we have sent them. They break open and then we see the manifestation of the things that we spoke to.Let's take a look at how Jesus did this.

19 And as He saw one single leafy fig tree above the roadside, He went to it but He found nothing but leaves on it [ seeing that in the fig tree the fruit appears at the same time as the leaves]. And He said to it, Never again shall fruit grow on you! And the fig tree withered up at once. 20 When the disciples saw it, they marveled greatly and asked, How is it that the fig tree has withered away all at once? Matt 21:19-20 (AMP)

Did you catch that? Jesus is speaking to the fig tree. He is talking to a thing. When a fig tree has leaves it is supposed to have figs too, so the tree was lying to Him when it didn't have fruit. So Jesus spoke to it, and cursed it, and His words were containers filled with faith, and the fig tree died. That is dominion. And we know that Jesus was operating as a man, He had to in order to have dominion on this earth. So what was Jesus' response to the disciples?

21 And Jesus answered them, Truly I say to you, if you have faith (a firm relying trust) and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, Be taken up and cast into the sea, it will be done. 22 And whatever you ask for in prayer, having faith and [really] believing, you will receive. Matt 21:21-22 (AMP)

I encourage you to do a study on the way God says we should speak, and study the way Jesus spoke. We are created in His image, to speak like Him. To fill our containers (our words) up with faith so that when we speak our situations change. But, before you can speak you must be filled yourself. You must study, and be filled with, and firmly standing on the truths of God's word. It is a process, but one with great rewards. You will become closer than ever before to God and understand Him better then ever before.

What is Our Place?

I have been working on a new topic. It is the importance of using the authority that God has given us. Let's start by looking in Genesis.

26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." Gen 1:26-28 (NKJV)

The book of Genesis is so vitally important to study because it sets the stage of how God created everything and our position in that creation. Here in verses 26 through 28 we can see that mankind was created in the image of God. And in that image we are to have dominion over all the earth. Yes, God created everything but then gave Adam authority over His creation. And once God had done that, once He decided to give mankind authority or dominion over the earth to mankind, we were free to do what we pleased with it. Let's take another look at scripture.

16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's; But the earth He has given to the children of men. Psalms 115:16 (NKJV)

And we all know what Adam did with his authority. God had given Adam the keys to the planet earth. And Adam handed the keys over to satan. "When did he do that?", one might ask. Adam gave his authority over this earth to satan when he listened and obeyed satan's words about the tree of knowledge, instead of listening to God's words. By heeding satan's lies, Adam forfeited his dominion. God says that He will never break His word. So once He gave man dominion, man was free to do whatever he pleased with it. God doesn't rule directly over the earth. That is why in order to take back the authority that man gave to satan, God became a man. As God, He didn't have the authority to change the earth, but as a man, satan was in big trouble. So let's take a look at what Jesus accomplished.

18 And the Ever-living One [I am living in the eternity of the eternities]. I died, but see, I am alive forevermore; and I possess the keys of death and Hades (the realm of the dead).

Rev 1:18 (AMP)

Praise God! Jesus was fully man, just as He was fully God, and therefore able to take back the keys that Adam had surrendered. Yet, He only operated here on this earth as a man. He operated as a sinless man, who walked in the gifts of the spirit. And now He has given us, His children the keys back. He has delivered us from living a life under the authority of satan, and if we will take the keys He died to give us, we will have victory in this life. However, it is still a choice.

I can see Jesus with His arm outstretched, the keys of authority, dominion, victory, peace, freedom, and eternal life in His hands. Yes, He has gone to battle for you. He has won the victory for you. This is what it means to be more than a conqueror. Let's take those keys that Jesus won for us, and walk in the abundant life that He wants us to have. In the next few entries I will be taking those keys and unlocking some of the wonderful treasures in God's word, so we can walk in the dominion that He wants us to have.

So Tender is Our God

I have been reading the book of Isaiah the last few weeks and came to the last book and found such a beautiful word picture. It portrays the beautiful tenderness of our God. And how lovingly He takes care of us.

12 For thus says the Lord: Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream; then you will be nursed, you will be carried on her hip and trotted [lovingly bounced up and down] on her [God's maternal] knees. 13 As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem. 14 When you see this, your heart shall rejoice; your bones shall flourish like green and tender grass. And the [powerful] hand of the Lord shall be revealed and known to be with His servants, but His indignation [shown] to be against His enemies.

Isaiah 66:12-14 (AMP)

I can remember when my children were infants, and the bond that was formed as I nursed them. I would tenderly stroke their hair. I would hold and rock them in my arms. How I loved those moments. This is how God sees us. He is tenderly guiding our lives, with His mighty right hand. He surrounds us with His grace to comfort and uphold us.

And because of His love and grace we can rejoice. And in this grace we will flourish. Our bodies and our children shall be strong and mighty, because of the Lord's powerful right hand, Jesus Christ.

Better than Botox

It is amazing how good it is to be a child of the most high God. We are blessed. Here is another beautiful promise.

5 Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. 6 In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths. 7 Be not wise in your own eyes; reverently fear and worship the Lord and turn [entirely] away from evil. 8 It shall be health to your nerves and sinews, and marrow and moistening to your bones.
Prov 3:5-8 (AMP)


Leaning entirely on God, and agreeing to do things and live life His way comes with a promise, Praise God. It is health and healing to our nerves, and sinews (the connective tissue) and even moistening to our bones. Trusting in God and worshiping God is health to our bone marrow. Red blood cells are produced in the bone marrow. Stem cells are in our bone marrow. Trusting in God, giving Him worship and praise causes us to have healthy marrow and immune systems. Praise God! And our sinews are what keep our bodies young in appearance. Yes, it is better than botox. Praise God! The Word is alive. God sent His Word and healed us. Praise God! And did I mention, PRAISE GOD!

God's Garden

I am going to spend some time focusing on digging out some of the wonderful promises and amazing blessings that God has spoken to us in His Word. His Word is super positive and is the cure for anything that is ailing you.

10 And if you pour out that with which you sustain your own life for the hungry and satisfy the need of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in darkness, and your obscurity and gloom become like the noonday. 11 And the Lord shall guide you continually and satisfy you in drought and in dry places and make strong your bones. And you shall be like a watered garden and like a spring of water whose waters fail not. Isaiah 58:10-11 (AMP)

Thank you Father that I am your garden that you tend. You water me and give me light. Even if there is a drought all around me, I shall still bare fruit. And even my health shall not fail, because my bones will be strong. And if my bones are strong, my immune system is strong. And if my immune system is strong my entire body is healthy and in balance. Praise and Glory, to You Lord!

Saul's Fall

I would like to talk about a somewhat of a sensitive subject. Being a man pleaser. Proverbs 29:25 says
25 The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever leans on, trusts in, and puts his confidence in the Lord is safe and set on high.
Prov 29:25 (AMP)
If someone trusts in what a man says over what God says it will cause a snare. It will limit what God can do, if you trust someone above Him or His word.

For instance, if someone is trusting in a man for their own spiritual growth it will limit your walk. You must seek. You must read the Word. You must want to grow. The bible says that we (the born again believers) have been made kings and priests in the new covenant with God. We are to have a personal relationship with our Father in heaven, and no man can do this for us. And there is no human being on this earth that is more favored by God than anyone else. Praise God! He is no respecter of persons. We have all been granted access by the blood of Jesus. Hallelujah!

No on can enter God's presence for us or instead of us. So be careful not to seek a man, but lean on, trust in and put your confidence in God.

Let's look at a Saul in the book of Samuel. Saul was God's first choice as king over the Israelites. And at first he was a very humble man, who loved and sought the Lord. But, he started loving the praise and acceptance of the people over the acceptance of God. In 1 Samuel 15 we see that God sent Saul to kill all of the Amalekites. But Saul didn't follow the directions of God. And then the prophet Samuel heard from God.
10 Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying, 11 I regret making Saul king, for he has turned back from following Me and has not performed My commands. And Samuel was grieved and angry [with Saul], and he cried to the Lord all night.
1 Sam 15:10-11 (AMP)

As you can see Saul chose to turn his back on God, by not doing what God said to do. Then Saul said that he disobeyed God because of what the people wanted. And Samuel said that because Saul had rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord had rejected Saul as king. And Saul said.
24 And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice. 25 Now, I pray you, pardon my sin and go back with me, that I may worship the Lord.
1 Sam 15:24-25 (AMP)

But God knew Saul's heart and he was still more concerned with how people viewed him. So Samuel said:
26 And Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel. 27 And as Samuel turned to go away, Saul seized the skirt of Samuel's mantle, and it tore. 28 And Samuel said to him, The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than you.
1 Sam 15:26-28 (AMP)

But Saul still didn't care about the words of the Lord. He was still thinking about, and worrying about what the people would think about him more than what God thought about him. And he said to Samuel.
30 Saul said, I have sinned; yet honor me now, I pray you, before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, that I may worship the Lord your God.
1 Sam 15:30 (AMP)

Because Saul cared more about what people thought about him then what God had said, it limited what God wanted to do in his life. And then God chose David to replace Saul. David was not God's first choice, Saul was. But Saul fell because he cared more about people's opinion about him then God's opinion.