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Greetings,
Today I am in Utrecht, Netherlands. I will be here for the week. We have had several great days so far with prophetic training, a gathering of men, Sunday service, and a time with the youth. I am looking forward to more connections and God experiences in the next days. I hope you have all had a great weekend.
We must live our lives as sons and daughters of God to manifest the light of God’s life to our world. This means we must be empowered from within to shine as light among people who are bound to the futility of a fallen world. As believers in Christ, we have found the secret to restoration in a fallen world. Our hope is Christ within us, and that hope gives us confidence of God’s salvation and restoration in all things. All paths in our lives lead to greater life. Even death has no sting, but only leads to a great glory when our race has been made complete. As sons and daughters of God we are people of purpose, people with an intention towards life.
Isaiah 61:4 And they shall rebuild the old ruins, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations.
It is for this reason that Christ came into our world, and it is for this reason that Christ is in us. We can expect more life! Old ruins will be rebuilt, things that were made desolate will be raised up again, and the ruin of communion with God and one another will be repaired by the working of God’s grace. The kingdom of God is within us, and it is by the power of God’s grace working in and through us that we can overcome all things in this world. Children of God have a destiny to become fathers and mothers in the faith, but it begins with knowing the love of God and His forgiveness of their sins in all things. Knowing we are loved by God empowers us to seek Him, draw near to Him, and cling to Him in all things. We become strong in His word and strong in His Spirit to overcome every wicked thing in our world. The futility of our world only proves to manifest who we really are as sons and daughters of God. Amid the challenges of our daily lives, we are those who are led by God’s Spirit (Rom. 8:14, 15).
God doesn’t want to remove us from a hard world, He wants us to manifest His life to our world from within our hearts. His life within us reveals who He is and who we are in Him. It is the testimony of God’s resurrection life – His eternal life!
Romans 8:20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; 21 because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
We are living in a significant time of being people of God in a difficult time in our world. The environment of our world is not sent by God to destroy us. We have been sent by God to bring His life to the difficult times of our world. In the world we can expect to face things that appear to conquer the hearts and minds of men, but we are more than conquers in Christ. We have the desire of God in our hearts that demonstrates the life that comes by the love of the Lord Jesus Christ made real within us. This is the power of the Spirit of the Lord, a desire of life that comes by being loved by God in life. In the world we can expect things that appear to rob men and women of their peace, but we have peace with God that inspires faith towards Him from within our hearts. Nothing can separate us from His love and our path forward is not led by the wisdom of the world but by the wisdom of God in all things. In the world things appear to give a testimony of less with economic hardships and restrained testimonies of life, but in Christ we can expect a greater testimony of life. He is the one who empowers us by His word in our hearts and an external testimony of changed lives by the power of His Spirit. This is our hope of understanding. In the world things appear to lead to darkness and death, but we have the increased reality of His authority of life that brings light to every room of darkness. We are children of light, because our Father is light and He gives us the perfect gifts of life in our world. He is our counsel. In the world there are many apathetic paths that inspire people to seek to be clothed in a garment of selfishness, but we are clothed in Christ with His resurrection life. This is our might that empowers us to live to give His life to our world. In the world we can expect more divisions among men, but we will manifest with the unity of the Spirit of God and the truth of being the family of God. Our knowledge is a knowledge of intimacy with God and one another by His Spirit that leads to a community of life. In the world there appears to be no future or hope, but in the midst of demonic destruction we will overcome by the greater glory in Christ. The future is limitless because we are in awe of the Creator of life!
Blessings,
Ted J. Hanson
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