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Greetings,

Today I am in Bellingham, and I will be heading to Bulgaria tomorrow. I am looking forward to all that God is going to do there. My wife will be with me as well as my son Jonathan and a team from Alife Church. I know it is going to be a life-transforming time. I am expectant of Holy Spirit revealing God’s love in supernatural ways.

Knowing God is not about believing that He is, it is about knowing Him in an intimate and personal way. Holy Spirit within us makes God closer than our skin. He is in us, with us, and desires to clothe us with His presence. He desires an intimate relationship with each of us. We don’t seek to know Him for His power or the things that He gives. We seek Him to know Him. His presence in our lives is the presence of a Father, who is a friend. Knowing Him enables us to be who we are meant to be in our world. This is dependent upon His presence every day. Without God’s presence, we cannot become. This is part of our eternal salvation.

God’s purpose won’t give us His presence, but His presence will reveal His purpose. His purpose is generational, and it is eternal. It is new every day and it bears the fruit of life in each new season of life. God’s purpose gives food for the life of others in our world and seed for life for the harvest seasons to come. Each season of our lives is another season of harvest. The purpose of every harvest is to give food for the day and seed for another season. This is the eternal plan of God in this world and in all that is to come. An eternal plan requires an eternal focus. That focus is to know God our Father and Jesus His Son through our fellowship with Holy Spirit each day. This is eternal life, and eternal life cannot die (Jn. 17:3).

What, or who, gives us our identity, testimony, and purpose? This is a season where you can find your identity, testimony, and purpose in Christ. There is an identity crisis in the nations and generations. When people look to created things in their world to give them their identity they fall for the deceptions of a lie. Only our Creator can create us to be as we each should be. The apostle Paul prayed for the church of Ephesus regarding these three things.

Ephesians 1:18 …the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power 20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. 22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

Our part in the calling of Christ is our true identity. Our part in the inheritance of Christ is our true testimony. Our part in the power of Christ is our true purpose in our world. As children of God, we are destined to be the body of Christ. We are called by God to be the helpmate of Jesus our head in all things. As the body of Christ, we are above and not beneath, and we are walking into our world to bring God’s life to every territory of death. We are sent as light and life to our world in a progressive and generational way. It is for this reason that we stand in all things.

Ephesians 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Our wrestle is against spiritual powers that motivate and manipulate human beings to resist the will and purpose of God in life. The beliefs of God are resisted by the lies of whatever opposes God’s kingdom in this world. To walk in a testimony of the spiritual realities of life in Christ, we must understand our warfare and walk being clothed in Holy Spirit. We are not defending ourselves against the enemy, the enemy is defending himself against us as we stand in our journey in Christ. We are moving forward, clothed in the armor of life to bring life to our world.

Principalities are spiritual influences that seek to influence the natural sight of mankind. Powers are spiritual imaginations that work to activate the creativity of the hearts of mankind to propagate influences that control the atmosphere within its sphere of influence. Rulers of darkness are actions of death that are motivated by judgments of the flesh. Spiritual powers of wickedness in heavenly places are beliefs in the hearts and minds of people produced by lies and deceptions.

When we are clothed in Christ, God’s Word and Spirit transform the lies and deceptions in our hearts and minds to embrace beliefs empowered by the kingdom of God. Those beliefs produce life-giving actions for the sake of our children and our children’s children. Beliefs based upon lies produce actions that are self-preserving and self-seeking. Beliefs based upon the kingdom of God produce actions that are life-giving as our Father in heaven is a giver of life in all things. Those actions activate imaginations in the hearts and minds of our children and our children’s children to be givers of life to their world. The end result is an influence of life the prevails over the former influences of death. These things are part of God’s eternal plan in our lives.

Blessings,

Ted J. Hanson

Donations can be made at the link on the home site of:

www.ted4leaders.com

www.ted4you.com or

www.houseofbreadministry.org.

Checks can be made payable to House of Bread Ministry and sent to:

House of Bread Ministry, 3210 Meridian St., Bellingham, WA 98225

To avoid us paying a transaction fee from your donation, you can also set up a payment or an automatic payment from your bank to House of Bread Ministry. Just set it up as a ‘bill pay’ through your online bank account and your bank will mail a check to House of Bread Ministry. We will record your payment as a donation to House of Bread Ministry (E.I.N. 91-2009037) and we will send you a contribution receipt at the close of the year.

Our Ministry Information Is:
House of Bread Ministry
3210 Meridian St.
Bellingham, WA 98225-1728

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Greetings,

I hope you are all well today. We are now into the fall season and very often the fall of the year seems to be a season of new focus, new testimonies, and new purpose for the church. I believe we are in a season of knowing God in a deeper way with a further step in our destiny as the body of Christ.

As people, we tend to see our world through a paradigm of our lifetime. We tend not to think in terms of generations. When it comes to inheritance, we very often think of what our parents will leave us that we can then spend. I believe that inheritance is meant to be expanded in the generations. It is something passed on that is then used to expand the family name and influence for the sake of the world of each successive generation.

Inheritances are cultural and not structural. They are living and not preserving in nature; therefore, inheritances are meant to expand in the generations of men. Inheritances are a substance that can be received by the children of a passing generation. One generation gives the substance of its beliefs to the next generation and those beliefs are expanded through actions, imaginations, and influence on the generations that follow. Inheritances are a substance of value to be expanded to greater value in the earth.

Inheritances are measures of power given to expand the influence of God-given destiny in the earth. When inheritances are received, they are supposed to be cultivated, propagated, and released to expand in the earth. They are the testimony of a family name. Inheritance is a measure of destiny given to a family name. Destiny received is a substance to be passed to and through the dynasty of a family name that brings blessing to the world in a multi-generational way. The Church bears the name of Christ and God wants to give inheritances that can release a destiny of His great grace to the world. An inheritance from God is life-giving in its character and way.

Inheritances from God come by revelation. God has blessed us in heaven with every spiritual blessing in Christ (Eph. 1:3). Those blessings are only ours when we come to see what they really are. When we see them, we can receive them. When we see the blessings of God, we can also believe that God is giving them to us. God wants us to receive His blessings from heaven so that we can become the riches of His inheritance in the earth (Eph. 1:18).

The blessings of God come from God. God is not a performer of works. He is a being, and He wants to bless us by who He is. What we believe is the image that we will present to the world we live in. What we believe is not really based on the knowledge we believe, but in the person we believe. Who we believe determines what we believe, and beliefs determine who possess the gates. Gates are places of influence. They are what determine the future of the world. Whoever possesses the places of influence possesses the future of the world. Whoever possesses the gates possesses the future.

The future of the world is determined from heaven, but the question is, “Where is heaven?” Much of the Church believes that the future is determined by heaven, but their focus of heaven is a place that is far off or far away. I believe that we go to heaven when we die. It’s a great promise and reward when our race has been run in this life, but our race is a destiny and not merely the reward that we will receive in heaven. Jesus didn’t instruct us to pray that we would one day go to heaven. He told us to pray that the kingdom and the will of heaven would be done in the world in which we live. He told us to look to our source of inheritance while we are here upon the earth not to our hope of God’s power for escape. He didn’t instruct us to pray to a God who is powerful. He told us to pray to our heavenly Father who is holy. A father is a source of blessing. A father is a source of inheritance. This is not commonly understood in the fatherless societies of the world today, but a father is the source of a family name, and a family name is a source of inheritance. A family name carries the power of a family’s destiny that carries through the dynasty of a family name. Having a father in heaven guarantees heavenly blessings in any world in which we live.

When it comes to salvation, we tend to look through a view of our own lifetime as well. We may say that we understand our salvation to be one of eternal life, but our concept of eternal life is often centered on where we will go when we die. Jesus said that eternal life is to know God the Father and Jesus Christ the Son.

John 17:3 And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

Knowing God the Father and knowing Jesus Christ is not merely knowing that they are. It is knowing them. To be an inheritor of the things of God we must grow in knowing Him. When we know Him, we trust Him. When we trust Him, we can believe and receive the things that He gives. He wants to reveal to us secrets of His kingdom that can in turn influence our kingdoms in this world. We must grow in knowing God. This is possible by Holy Spirit in and with us in this life. He wants to clothe us with His testimony of life. God’s presence in our lives is more important than merely knowing what to do. Knowing God will empower us to be inheritors of His name.

Blessings,

Ted J. Hanson

Donations can be made at the link on the home site of:

www.ted4leaders.com

www.ted4you.com or

www.houseofbreadministry.org.

Checks can be made payable to House of Bread Ministry and sent to:

House of Bread Ministry, 3210 Meridian St., Bellingham, WA 98225

To avoid us paying a transaction fee from your donation, you can also set up a payment or an automatic payment from your bank to House of Bread Ministry. Just set it up as a ‘bill pay’ through your online bank account and your bank will mail a check to House of Bread Ministry. We will record your payment as a donation to House of Bread Ministry (E.I.N. 91-2009037) and we will send you a contribution receipt at the close of the year.

Our Ministry Information Is:
House of Bread Ministry
3210 Meridian St.
Bellingham, WA 98225-1728

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Greetings,

I am now home for a couple of weeks after a fruitful time in Portugal. It was good to be in my home church yesterday. Today I am posting a prophecy that I gave while I was in Portugal. I believe this word was not only for the church that I delivered it to, but to the body of Christ in this season and time. As we are awake to God, we discover that God has always been awake to us. Our prayers to Him are not overlooked. He is ready to partner with us and enable us to partner with Him for His eternal plan in our world.

We are living in a time where our true identity, testimony, and purpose can be found in Christ. We have a part in the calling of Christ, the inheritance of Christ, and the purpose of Christ in the plan of eternity. This is where we discover the life that we are, the testimony of that life to our world, and God’s partnership with us for His glory in His story to and in our world.

I hear God saying that the strength of the generations is in My presence. For the strength of the generations is not merely in where they come from, it’s who they are joined to. And God says, My favor is in this house and I’m awakening a new thing in the earth. For from the cry of identity, I AM. And the nations are crying for identity –  I AM.

You will know that I AM. In increasing measures you will know that I AM in your midst for My presence is not merely for blessing. My presence is for purpose. There’s not merely a new energy that’s coming into your midst, there’s a new fire. And that fire will consume you. And that fire is a fire of My purpose. It’s a fire of My vision. Not the vision of the hands of men but the vision of the heart of the Father. For I have a great inheritance and My inheritance prevails.

There’s an awe of Me that’s coming into the nations.   An awakening to My presence, that is holy. An awakening to My presence that transforms you. It doesn’t adjust you; it transforms you. Not a religious reverence, but a breaking open of your hearts to see Me, to see Me, and be changed. To be awakened.

Seeds have been sown and seeds cannot die. For seeds of Me have eternal life within their destiny. And I’m germinating the seeds in the nations. I’m germinating the seeds. And there’s a stronger community that’s coming into the earth. You will see Me. Signs and wonders will confirm My presence and the presence of Me in your life will confirm My signs and wonders.  For you will see sons and daughters, you will see living waters. In the driest of place will come forth the power of My grace.

The Spirit of God says, daughter, you’ve given me your night, you’ve given Me your nighttime. The night hours, you’ve given them to Me and I’m giving you my DAY time. My daylight hours are at hand. And you will shout, you will say; This is the Day! This is the Day!

For our God has prevailed and His love has not failed for the glory of God is filling His  house. There’s an awakening, an awakening. For every tribe, every tongue, every people, every nation will know that I am the Father of creation. Not merely from days past but from now, and you will say, TODAY is the day and NOW is the time! For the glory of God is arising.  

God is awakening us to His plan in our world. Things that have been against Him will be destroyed by Him arising in our lives. His presence in our lives will empower our being. God’s presence in us will not only bring His blessing; it will also empower us in His purpose for the glory of His name.

Blessings,

Ted J. Hanson

Donations can be made at the link on the home site of:

www.ted4leaders.com

www.ted4you.com or

www.houseofbreadministry.org.

Checks can be made payable to House of Bread Ministry and sent to:

House of Bread Ministry, 3210 Meridian St., Bellingham, WA 98225

To avoid us paying a transaction fee from your donation, you can also set up a payment or an automatic payment from your bank to House of Bread Ministry. Just set it up as a ‘bill pay’ through your online bank account and your bank will mail a check to House of Bread Ministry. We will record your payment as a donation to House of Bread Ministry (E.I.N. 91-2009037) and we will send you a contribution receipt at the close of the year.

Our Ministry Information Is:
House of Bread Ministry
3210 Meridian St.
Bellingham, WA 98225-1728

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Greetings,

Today I am in Portugal. I have had a busy, but wonderful, week. I was blessed to connect with several churches and many leaders. I am finishing today with more connections and times of sharing. I will fly home tomorrow. I am looking forward to being with my family after a fruitful time away.

The true desirable place of life is to live in and from the presence of God in our lives. It is not only a place of God’s blessing, but also the place of finding God’s purpose for our lives. To fulfill our purpose in life, we must live from a place of God resting in us and with us. This testimony can be seen in the beginning of creation as recorded in the book of Genesis.

God formed man from the dust and then He plated a garden in the East and put man in the garden. It was a place of knowing God and knowing the goodness of God in order to fulfill human purpose upon the earth. The goal was not to live life in the garden, but to live life from the garden. Our goal is not just to live to know God in life, but to live life from the place of knowing God. We are supposed to influence our world with the goodness and presence of God in all things.

There was a river in the garden of Eden that produced four riverheads,  and those riverheads flowed to the world. I believe that these rivers in the garden depict what Jesus was talking about when He cried out; Is anyone thirsty? Come to me and drink, and from inside of you will flow rivers of life-giving water! I know this to be true, not only in Scripture, but in the testimony of my own life.

When we live in a desirable place with God, the expressions of our lives become desirable to others. When we experience the life of God, we become givers of the life of God to others. Like the four covenant rivers in the garden of Eden, the life that flows out from our lives causes our world to be changed. The covenant rivers in the garden were filled with the abundance of life for the purpose of reaching the field. The purpose of the rivers was to reach the place where herbs needed to grow. The water of these rivers was destined to flow where trees needed to find their destiny. The field that Adam was formed from was dust and it needed herbs and trees. The earth needed life to become a place that can give life. The garden of Eden was not just a place of blessing, it was a place of purpose. When God rests in our lives it is not just for us to experience the life of God. It is so we can be those who give life to our world.

Genesis 2:10 Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads. 11 The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which skirts the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 And the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and the onyx stone are there. 13 The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which goes around the whole land of Cush. 14 The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it is the one which goes toward the east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

There was a river in the garden that produced four riverheads. Four is a number of covenant and it represents the ability to give life to the whole world. These rivers were the testimony of life for all who need life in the earth. If we look at the names of these riverheads, we find some great truth concerning the power of life. If you research the names of these four rivers you will find a description of the following testimony:

• A RIVER THAT BRINGS CHANGE FOR INCREASE – (Pishon – persuasion – an extension of the mouth). This is like BELIEF that causes our confession to be one of faith.
• A RIVER THAT BRINGS AWAKENING – (Gihon – breaking forth – valley of grace). This is like ACTION that empowers our vision to give our lives for the sake of others.
• A RIVER THAT BRINGS INCREASE AND MOMENTUM – (Hiddekel –beyond what is – sharp voice, sound). This is like IMAGINATION that inspires us to dream for the next generations.
• A RIVER THAT BRINGS FRUITFULNESS – (Euphrates – that makes fruitful). This is like INFLUENCE that produces blessing for the world beyond our own lives.

Whatever be BELIEVE determines how we ACT. How we ACT determines what we can IMAGINE. What we can IMAGINE determines how we can INFLUENCE the world around us. The secret to these being life-filled realities for life-filled purposes is to live in and from the presence of God in all things. God is resting in our lives for the testimony of His glory in our world! It is not merely so we will be blessed. It’s so we will be a blessing. It’s not so good things of God will be added to our own lives. It’s so we can see good things come to others in our world. It’s not just so we will know God today, but so the world can receive the glory of God through a generational inheritance of life. It’s not about what can happen in our lifetime. It’s what can happen in the earth because of our lifetime. Knowing God resting in us is so we will fulfill the purpose of God in our lives and His name will be glorified in all things.

Blessings,

Ted J. Hanson

Donations can be made at the link on the home site of:

www.ted4leaders.com

www.ted4you.com or

www.houseofbreadministry.org.

Checks can be made payable to House of Bread Ministry and sent to:

House of Bread Ministry, 3210 Meridian St., Bellingham, WA 98225

To avoid us paying a transaction fee from your donation, you can also set up a payment or an automatic payment from your bank to House of Bread Ministry. Just set it up as a ‘bill pay’ through your online bank account and your bank will mail a check to House of Bread Ministry. We will record your payment as a donation to House of Bread Ministry (E.I.N. 91-2009037) and we will send you a contribution receipt at the close of the year.

Our Ministry Information Is:
House of Bread Ministry
3210 Meridian St.
Bellingham, WA 98225-1728

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Greetings,

Today I am in Prestatyn, Wales. I have spent several days with friends that I have known for close to thirty years. It was good to connect and to experience God’s presence with us for the days that are yet ahead. Today I will be heading to Portugal for many divine appointments, trainings, and experiences with God and my Portuguese church family.

People in the world often get their identity and purpose from what they do in life. This is not the way of children of God. Sons and daughters of God get their identity and purpose from knowing God as their Father. It is not merely knowing God. It is knowing Him as their Father. Knowing Him empowers our hearts and minds to know who we are. As a Creator, He doesn’t shape us like some work of art in stone, wood, or some earthly material. As our Father, He is very creative in how He has designed each of us to be fully alive in our world and givers of life to our world. The life that God gives, and the life that we partake in, is eternal. This is the fruit of an intimate relationship with God our Father and Jesus His Son. It is not merely knowing about them or even knowing that they are. It is about growing in knowing them. This is eternal life (Jn. 17:3)! It is all about a relationship with the One who loves us. By this we are growing in being sons and daughters of God who know God’s love and manifest His love to our world. It is in our identity, our daily testimony, and our purpose in life.

Jesus taught us that prayer in a matter of relationship with God. It is not about praying to know what to do. It is about living in a relationship with God in a way that empowers our hearts and minds to know who God is and who we are. It involves an invitation for His presence and an expectation of change because of His presence in our lives.

Matthew 6:9-13 In this manner, therefore, pray:

• Our Father in heaven,
• Hallowed be Your name.
• Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
• Give us this day our daily bread
• And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
• And do not lead us into temptation but deliver us from the evil one.
• For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

Every day is about a personal relationship with God as our Father and we as a part of His family. Knowing Him enables us to be who we are meant to be. In knowing Him we grow in awe of who He is. He is hallowed. This is not a fear of death, but a willingness to give our lives freely and wholly to Him because of who He is. We are in awe of Him! He is holy; therefore, we are holy. An awe of Him is a recognition that He sanctifies us to be holy. Our confession is a daily invitation for His kingdom to come and His will to be done on earth, AS IT IS in heaven. This is in every area of our lives. The kingdom of God is within us, and it empowers our earthly kingdoms to be expressions of Him in His character, nature, way, power, and authority. When we know who God is, we have a proper perspective of our daily bread. Our daily bread is not just the physical food we eat. It is every aspect of provision in our lives that enables us to be givers of life to our world. We live on every word, every expression of God to us in our lives. A relationship with God gives us a dependency upon His love and goodness to be forgiven and to forgive. His attributes of mercy and grace increasingly become a part of the tenderness of our own hearts. Love becomes more valuable than merely rules of right and wrong. We grow in an expectancy of His protection and His deliverance in all things. We know our need for His powerful love in our journey in life. Our invitation to Him is about making everything about Him, not our problems. This is a true perspective of His kingdom, His power, and His glory and it comes through a daily walk with Him in our lives.

Blessings,

Ted J. Hanson

Donations can be made at the link on the home site of:

www.ted4leaders.com

www.ted4you.com or

www.houseofbreadministry.org.

Checks can be made payable to House of Bread Ministry and sent to:

House of Bread Ministry, 3210 Meridian St., Bellingham, WA 98225

To avoid us paying a transaction fee from your donation, you can also set up a payment or an automatic payment from your bank to House of Bread Ministry. Just set it up as a ‘bill pay’ through your online bank account and your bank will mail a check to House of Bread Ministry. We will record your payment as a donation to House of Bread Ministry (E.I.N. 91-2009037) and we will send you a contribution receipt at the close of the year.

Our Ministry Information Is:
House of Bread Ministry
3210 Meridian St.
Bellingham, WA 98225-1728

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Greetings,

Welcome to September! It always amazes me how fast the summer months pass in comparison to the rest of the year. I will be heading back to Europe this week for some time in the U.K. as well as some great ministry venues in Portugal. I am once again looking forward to all that God is going to do.

God’s love for us is the passion of His heart. His love for us is stronger than His hate for sin. Our sin was not merely wicked acts and unrighteous ways. It was our self-seeking, self-willed disconnection from God. We were looking for love in all the wrong places and thus we lost our ability to be life-givers to our world as God is a giver of life to all who come to Him. Jesus is our reconciliation. The New Covenant is a testimony of receiving God’s life, becoming an expression of His life to our world, and partnership with God in all things to give the life that He gives to our world. God’s presence in our lives is our salvation in all things. This is the new song in our lives for each and every day.

Isaiah 12:2 Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; for YAH, the LORD, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation.’” 3 Therefore with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. 4 And in that day you will say: “Praise the LORD, call upon His name; declare His deeds among the peoples, make mention that His name is exalted. 5 Sing to the LORD, for He has done excellent things; this is known in all the earth. 6 Cry out and shout, O inhabitant of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst!”

God in our midst is more important than any instruction that He gives. God is not some boss in a business producing some product of ministry. He is our Father and Jesus has been revealed to us as His Son. His identity is revealed in terms of relationship, endearment, and intimacy. Our walk of faith is not one of merely seeking instructions from God regarding what to do or how to act. Our walk of faith is one of relationship with Him. Trusting God is the fruit of knowing His love. When we know His love, we are empowered to become like Him and we give life to our world. The wells of salvation are within our hearts. Drawing water from the wells of His presence within us is a matter of relationship. The fullness of joy is found in the presence of God and the presence of God is within us. We are a temple of Holy Spirit.

God wants us to call upon His name. We can depend upon who He is. We can know Him in His character, nature, way, power, and authority. It is not just the things that He gives or the works that He does that we depend upon. It is who we become because of Him in our lives. He causes us to change in life-giving ways. It is by this that we truly declare His deeds to others in our lives. We know that His name is higher than any other name. He is the exalted one in our lives that inspires us to sing a new song each new day. This is the fruit of His presence in our lives!

Psalm 16:11 You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

God is always speaking to us, and He wants us to hear His voice. He wants us to know Him in a personal and intimate way. He wants to be our friend. His thoughts are more than can be counted.

Psalm 40:5 Many, O LORD my God, are Your wonderful works which You have done; and Your thoughts toward us cannot be recounted to You in order; if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

God wants to communicate with us with thoughts of life. His thoughts outnumber the sand. They are precious thoughts that are one of a kind for each of us. The motivation of His heart is love for each of us. It is His desire to think of us in a personal and intimate way and His heart is moved to act according to His love on our behalf. This is our Father in heaven and us as His sons and daughters make Him known in our world with a new song of life each day.

Psalms 139:17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! 18 If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; when I awake, I am still with You.

God is speaking, but we have to listen (Ps. 95:7-8). His thoughts are good like fruit; they give us life and empower us to be givers of life to our world. God’s voice is a sound and an internal empowerment of love, joy, peace, gentleness, self-control, goodness, faithfulness, patience, and kindness (Gal. 5:22, 23). The notes and words in the song of our lives is filled with the essence of these in all things.

Blessings,

Ted J. Hanson

Donations can be made at the link on the home site of:

www.ted4leaders.com

www.ted4you.com or

www.houseofbreadministry.org.

Checks can be made payable to House of Bread Ministry and sent to:

House of Bread Ministry, 3210 Meridian St., Bellingham, WA 98225

To avoid us paying a transaction fee from your donation, you can also set up a payment or an automatic payment from your bank to House of Bread Ministry. Just set it up as a ‘bill pay’ through your online bank account and your bank will mail a check to House of Bread Ministry. We will record your payment as a donation to House of Bread Ministry (E.I.N. 91-2009037) and we will send you a contribution receipt at the close of the year.

Our Ministry Information Is:
House of Bread Ministry
3210 Meridian St.
Bellingham, WA 98225-1728

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Greetings,

Today I am in Bellingham. We lost summer for a few days and it seems like fall, but the forcast says the sun is on the return. I hope you all had a good weekend and are ready for a new week of purpose in Christ.

Today I am posting two prophesies that were given by me and my son Jonathan on Sunday, August 18, 2024. I believe that these two words are most important for the New Song in our lives that brings about God’s purpose and will for His glory.

August 18, 2024 – by Ted J. Hanson:

The Spirit of God says, You can trust My eye. Because what I see is your destiny. And it’s not by My power that I bring you there, it’s by My powerful love. For am your Rock and I cannot be shaken. In the times of distraction My focus is clear. In times of resistance I am still near, and I’ve set My eye towards your destiny. And I’m placing in your hand the weapons of My life for My weapon is a bow,  not of the flesh, but it’s a bow of the Spirit. And the arrows that I place within that bow are sons and daughters. They are the testimony of the inheritance of My name. My plans for you are greater than you can expect for I am your Redeemer. I brought you back to the place of life. So, My eye is set on the target and My hand is upon you. Where I look is where I send and I’m sending you. I’m declaring this day that the weapons of the enemy have not prospered for the weapons of the enemy are merely weapons of the flesh. But My weapons are weapons of life, weapons that cause dead things to come alive again. Weapons that cause broken promises to be renewed in new ways. For I am the RE God. But when I do things new, I make them NOW. For I am not the GO BACK AGAIN God. I’m the MOVE FORWARD God for My eye has been fixed upon your destiny.

August 18, 2024 – by Jonathan Hanson:

I see people looking up to Jesus with their eyes, they’re looking directly at Him. They’re not blinking. Their eyes are open wide and as Jesus is looking for people’s eyes that are open, His flames in His eyes are setting the fames in your eyes on fire. And that’s what He is doing across the planet right now. He’s looking for anyone who has their eyes set on Him. Because He’s coming with fiery eyes to set ablaze something that’s inside of you. To set ablaze, to start a fire. To keep a fire that goes from ever and ever. It burns away the things that do not belong in your life. It makes it so you have to release the ashes, that are things that used to be in your life. But He’s turning those places of ashes to beauty. He’s turning those places of ashes to rivers of living water. He’s bringing life – He’s bringing fire and He’s bringing water. The springs of life are being stirred inside of you. The longings of your hearts are coming alive. The longings of the passions and dreams He’s put inside of you have caused you to open your eyes and to look. So, set your gaze on Him. Set your gaze on Him and as you set your gaze on Him, keep your eyes on Him. Don’t’ grow weary. Keep your eyes on Him and He’s going to set your eyes ablaze on fire with His eyes. That is what He’s doing in this season. He’s looking for the ones who were like the three hundred of Gideon’s time who did not take their eyes off of what was around them. They kept their eyes open as they were doing the things they were doing. They kept their eyes open as they were nourishing their bodies. God says I’m looking for the three hundred. I‘m  looking for the remnant, the hungry remnant who keep their eyes on Me. Because as you keep your eyes on Me, I have kept My eyes on you. And I’m piercing through the places of your hearts and I’m awakening things inside of you that the earth needs, that the earth is groaning and travailing for. This is what I put in you for such a time as this. This is what you were born for. Your purpose is not done. Your purpose is just getting clear. Your purpose is not done. What the enemy meant for evil I’ve already turned it for good. I’ve already turned it into a testimony before you could even see it. So, keep your eyes on Me. Your purpose is not done. Your identify is being made clear. Your purpose is being made clear. And I’m releasing the keys of the kingdom of heaven to bring heaven to earth. I’m releasing the keys of the kingdom of heaven. You carry a specific key that I designed just for you to open up the flood gates. To open up the gates that are around you. To open up the needs that are all around you. I’ve anointed you for topics. I’ve anointed you to share the good news of what you’ve been through. I’ve anointed you to share and release the keys that release the anointing oil that breaks the chains that other people are still stuck in. Your time is not done so keep your eyes on Me. It’s my timing that makes it perfect. It’s My timing that makes it perfect. So, keep your eyes on Me and I will open the doors when it’s time. For now, your eyes are being set ablaze by Me. The springs of life are being stirred within you and that’s where I want you in this space. You are not done. You are moving forward in Me and there’s coming a time where I’m going to show off with the light on your life where you get to see chains broken on others. Even before your chains feel like they’re fully broken, I’m going break free other people around you because of your yes. So, keep your eyes of Me, He says. Keep your eyes on Me.

Let’s keep our eyes on Him, because He has set His eye upon the target of our lives. He has our destiny and as we look to Him, we will fulfill His purposes in our lives. It is for such a time as this.

Blessings,

Ted J. Hanson

Donations can be made at the link on the home site of:

www.ted4leaders.com

www.ted4you.com or

www.houseofbreadministry.org.

Checks can be made payable to House of Bread Ministry and sent to:

House of Bread Ministry, 3210 Meridian St., Bellingham, WA 98225

To avoid us paying a transaction fee from your donation, you can also set up a payment or an automatic payment from your bank to House of Bread Ministry. Just set it up as a ‘bill pay’ through your online bank account and your bank will mail a check to House of Bread Ministry. We will record your payment as a donation to House of Bread Ministry (E.I.N. 91-2009037) and we will send you a contribution receipt at the close of the year.

Our Ministry Information Is:
House of Bread Ministry
3210 Meridian St.
Bellingham, WA 98225-1728

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Greetings,

Today I am back in Bellingham. It was great being in California with family and now I am blessed to be with my family here. I am loved and I know the riches of the fruit of family. Our time together as a church family yesterday was filled with God’s presence and a deep sense of community.

Whatever causes a condition that destroys what was meant to be built, desolates what should be filled, or ruins what was meant to be seen can be made new by God’s Holy Spirit of life though the expression of His word. His presence in our lives empowers us to be expressors of His life to our world. God is the word, and we are His voice! We are called to be expressions of Him in who we are in our world. When we become expressions of Him, life happens!

When the prophet Jeremiah was appealing to God’s people to return to God, he saw something in the spirit that alluded to a time before human history. His words were not intended to inspire us to pursue some theory regarding a pre-Adamic race. They were words to inspire God’s people to know that God is the Creator and only by returning to Him can we find the future that we were meant to walk in.

Jeremiah 4:22 “For My people are foolish, they have not known Me. They are silly children, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.” 23 I beheld the earth, and indeed it was without form, and void; and the heavens, they had no light. 24 I beheld the mountains, and indeed they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth. 25 I beheld, and indeed there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens had fled. 26 I beheld, and indeed the fruitful land was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down at the presence of the LORD, by His fierce anger.”

Whatever this creation was that Jeremiah saw, it appears that the loss of form, the depletion of life, and the condition of darkness was the consequence of silly children not seeking to know God. Something that was formerly stable was shaken. There was a fleeing from God and what was fruitful became desolate. In their departure from God they could not stand in the presence of the Lord and thus they suffered the anger of the Lord instead of His blessing. The condition appears to be a condition that needed a new beginning. The condition was that which we see at the first of God’s words to man, but that condition was all that God needed to give a beginning. God gives life, breath, and all things. He gives form to what needs form, He gives fullness to what was is void, and He gives light to what becomes dark.

Genesis 1:1 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.

God rebuilds things when they are destroyed. He raises up things when they become desolate. God repairs things that have been ruined. God doesn’t merely want to restore our lives; He wants to empower us to be a testimony of restoration to and for our world. This is the nature of our Father. God is a redeeming God. He is a reconciler, a restorer, a rewarder, and a replenisher to a world in need. When we experience God’s presence in our today, we find that our world is created new in some way.

Everyday we need to invite God’s presence. Everyday we must expect to see God in our world. When we turn to Him, we find His light. Whatever situation you face today is ready for God’s presence to do a miracle. We are not silly children turning away from God. We are those who seek Him in our world every day. By this we can know new things, new experiences, and new expressions of His life in our world for a greater glory that we have known before.

The new song of God brings new pathways of life. That life is not just for us, it is for us to reveal God’s goodness to our world. It is so that we can partner with God in seeing what has been destroyed rebuilt, to see what was made desolate raised up again, and to see what was ruined repaired in a new and greater way.

Blessings,

Ted J. Hanson

Donations can be made at the link on the home site of:

www.ted4leaders.com

www.ted4you.com or

www.houseofbreadministry.org.

Checks can be made payable to House of Bread Ministry and sent to:

House of Bread Ministry, 3210 Meridian St., Bellingham, WA 98225

To avoid us paying a transaction fee from your donation, you can also set up a payment or an automatic payment from your bank to House of Bread Ministry. Just set it up as a ‘bill pay’ through your online bank account and your bank will mail a check to House of Bread Ministry. We will record your payment as a donation to House of Bread Ministry (E.I.N. 91-2009037) and we will send you a contribution receipt at the close of the year.

Our Ministry Information Is:
House of Bread Ministry
3210 Meridian St.
Bellingham, WA 98225-1728

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Greetings,

Today I am in Redding, California. Bonnie and I have had a wonderful week with our family here. We will be heading back to Bellingham tomorrow. Family is great, but knowing God as family is even better. God’s gift of life, expression of life, and His purpose of life in and through us is meant to bring life to our world.

Christianity is not meant to be some form of religion. Christianity is simply a label placed upon those who embrace a relationship with Christ in their hearts. This is the testimony of sons and daughters of God. We are no longer a body of our own identity, testimony, and purpose. We are members of the body of Christ. This is to be a dwelling place of God by His Holy Spirit. Christ in us is the hope of glory. We are joined to God, and we know His powerful love working in and through our lives. We sing a New Song of life in every season of our lives.

Romans 8:38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

God gives us life and liberty so that we become givers of life to our world. He doesn’t just love us to set us free. He sets us free to empower us to be givers of life to our world. This is not merely a testimony of being set free, it is a testimony of being made free as sons and daughters of God to be givers of life as He is a giver of life in all things. The Spirit of Lord is in and upon us so that we can be a part of a multigenerational family of life. It is by the fruit of our lives that God is glorified.

Isaiah 61:1 “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn, 3 To console those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.”

God gives us life and liberty as sons and daughters of God so that we can bring life and liberty to our world. We can expect to face things that need the identity of life, the testimony of life, and the purpose of life. Sons and daughters of God grow in their identity in Christ, their testimony in Christ, and their purpose in Christ. What the enemy intends for evil God turns toward His purpose.

Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

God doesn’t just work things for our good according to our own plans and vision for life. When we receive His love and allow Him to empower us to love Him, He takes what any enemy intended for evil, and He turns it for good according to His purpose. Some things were destroyed – they need to be rebuilt. Some things have been made desolate – they need to be raised up. Some things have been ruined – they need to be repaired. God doesn’t merely want to restore our lives; He wants to empower us to be a testimony of restoration to and for our world. 

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.

The nature of God our Father is to give life, breath, and all thigs. His Spirit hovers over places that are formless, void, and dark. His Spirit is always ready and willing to bring forth a testimony of God’s love and life. Who are we? As sons and daughters of God we can expect to partner with Holy Spirit to rebuild what has been destroyed, raise up what has been made desolate, and repair what has been ruined.

Blessings,

Ted J. Hanson

Donations can be made at the link on the home site of:

www.ted4leaders.com

www.ted4you.com or

www.houseofbreadministry.org.

Checks can be made payable to House of Bread Ministry and sent to:

House of Bread Ministry, 3210 Meridian St., Bellingham, WA 98225

To avoid us paying a transaction fee from your donation, you can also set up a payment or an automatic payment from your bank to House of Bread Ministry. Just set it up as a ‘bill pay’ through your online bank account and your bank will mail a check to House of Bread Ministry. We will record your payment as a donation to House of Bread Ministry (E.I.N. 91-2009037) and we will send you a contribution receipt at the close of the year.

Our Ministry Information Is:
House of Bread Ministry
3210 Meridian St.
Bellingham, WA 98225-1728

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Greetings,

Today I am on my way to see my children and grandchildren in California. Bonnie and I are excited to see them. I know our time together will be blessed. Yesterday I spoke at Alife, and it was both a privilege and a blessing. I am enjoying my summer months.

In my past several blogs, I have been addressing the New Song of the Lord in our lives. The New Song is the testimony of God in our lives in the day called TODAY and the time called NOW. This is the power of the New Covenant. The New Covenant is a testimony of God in our lives each and every day. We don’t merely live as servants to a God who is a Master. We live as sons and daughters of God with a growing reality of His character, nature, way, power, and authority manifesting in our lives. In the Old Covenant, the first command that revealed the character of God was to put Him before all others.

Exodus 20:2 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 You shall have no other gods before Me.”

God doesn’t need us to put Him first for Him to be who He is. He is who He is! We need to put Him first to be who we are in all things. God is the only one who brings us out of bondage into our path of destiny. His powerful love leads to His powerful purpose. He wants us to know Him as our Father, who is a friend, who does God things in our lives. Believing God creates us, empowers us, and sends us into our purpose in Christ. As sons and daughters of God, WHO WE ARE determines what we can do in life.

Hebrews 10:5 Therefore, when He came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You have prepared for Me. 6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You had no pleasure. 7 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come—in the volume of the book it is written of Me—To do Your will, O God.’” 

Our relationship with God is a daily reality for us. The identity, testimony, and purpose of our lives is found in Christ in the day called TODAY and the time called NOW. The New Covenant is a testimony of the character, nature, way, power, and authority of God written in our hearts and minds for God’s glory. It isn’t a covenant of information, but one of testimony. 

Jesus was the body of Christ for the will of the Father so that each of us could be sons and daughters of God with Holy Spirit within us. As members of the body of Christ we are given a new song of life. This is what others in our world see, hear, and experience as we walk in our path of destiny. Who we are brings life to our world. Our identity, testimony, and purpose is revealed through the song of our lives.

Our lives are a testimony of praise to God. The praise of God is our LIFE-SONG of PURPOSE. It is our connection to God in our hearts that transforms our lives to be a testimony of His praise. God’s voice to our hearts is not about information. It is a testimony of intimacy with God and God with us. Who we are determines what we do in life. Who we are determines the life that we bring to our world.

We are sons and daughters of God, empowered by His love, for the purpose of His love in our world. As sons and daughters of God we are a part of a family of life – eternal life. Eternal life is knowing God the Father and Jesus the Son by the fellowship of Holy Spirit (Jn. 17:3). Our futile world appears to oppose us as sons and daughters of God, but the impossible things in our world are meant to reveal who we really are.

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.

When we are faced with opposition in our path, that opposition only proves the testimony of Christ within us. When we hold on to our relationship with eternal life, a knowing of God our Father and Jesus the Son, we become empowered by His powerful love to be who we are meant to be. We increasingly manifest as sons and daughters of God. We become givers of life to our world.

Blessings,

Ted J. Hanson

Donations can be made at the link on the home site of:

www.ted4leaders.com

www.ted4you.com or

www.houseofbreadministry.org.

Checks can be made payable to House of Bread Ministry and sent to:

House of Bread Ministry, 3210 Meridian St., Bellingham, WA 98225

To avoid us paying a transaction fee from your donation, you can also set up a payment or an automatic payment from your bank to House of Bread Ministry. Just set it up as a ‘bill pay’ through your online bank account and your bank will mail a check to House of Bread Ministry. We will record your payment as a donation to House of Bread Ministry (E.I.N. 91-2009037) and we will send you a contribution receipt at the close of the year.

Our Ministry Information Is:
House of Bread Ministry
3210 Meridian St.
Bellingham, WA 98225-1728