Frame your year.

“For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:”
Colossians 1:16(KJV) 

From our opening scripture, we understand that God's creative power is in Jesus because according to Matthew 16:16, Jesus is the Christ, and Jesus who is the Christ is the Word of God made flesh. John 1:14 says, “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us.”

John 1:1-3 says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made.” So, it is evident that the Word of God has God's creative ability in it.

Therefore as you are about to enter into year 2013, enter the year with this understanding that God's creative ability is in you because Christ is in you. Then, load yourself up with the word of God, until it comes out of your mouth. Then you can with those words frame your year. The Bible says in Hebrews 11:3, “Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.”

Therefore, if God framed this world that we see with His word, then you can also frame your year and the circumstances of your life with the word of God. The word framed also means to repair or to mend. In other words, through the word of God in your mouth, you can repair or mend anything; including your body, circumstances or even the year with the word of God.

The word framed in Hebrews 1:3, also means to restore. This means that if you seek any form of restoration in any area of your life, you can call forth that restoration with the word of God. Get the word (scriptures) that deals with that specific situation and speak the word of God to that situation and demand a restoration. And the Lord says to you, “I will give you back what you lost in the years … Now you will have plenty to eat, and be satisfied. You will praise the LORD your God, who has done wonderful things for you. My people will never be despised again.” Joel 2:25,26 (GNB). Amen.

PRAYER
Dear Father, I believe your word to me. Your creative ability is in me because Christ is in me. Therefore, as I speak what I desire to see in the coming year, so shall it be unto me in the Name of Jesus. I bless the year 2013 with your goodness. May the year release favour and prosperity unto me. The year shall bring fruitfulness and productivity. Thank you Father for increased productivity in my spiritual life, in my mind and in my body. It shall be an acceptable year of the Lord, a year of dominion shall it be unto me. Amen.

For further study read:
Psalm 5:12, Psalm 65:11, Isaiah 58:11, Jeremiah 17:8,
Joel 2:21-2.

DOING THE WORD
Keep declaring and confessing what you want the coming year to bring forth for you.  

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Christ is in you.

“For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell”
Colossians 1:19(KJV)

In Christ dwells all the deposits and wealth of God's wisdom and knowledge. This means that all fullness is in Christ. In other words, Christ is completely filled with all of God.

This is why the scriptures tells us in Colossians 1:27, “To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory” Colossians 2:3(GW) also says, “God has hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge in Christ.” So, in Christ dwells all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Also, in Christ dwells all the completeness of the Godhead, nothing is left out, everything in God with all the blessings, gifts and abilities, are all in Christ. The Bible tells us that this Christ is in you.

If Christ is in you, it means that all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge dwells in you. Also, all the completeness of the Godhead, with nothing left out, everything in God with all His blessings, gifts and abilities are inside of you. What a blessing we have received. The Bible calls it a mystery. Everybody does not know this. But if you would only come to understand this secret, being aware of it and daily living with this consciousness that Christ is in you, the Bible says, it is the hope of glory.

In other words, living with this consciousness that Christ is in you, will birth in you the completeness and the perfections of the divine nature (that is the doxa of God, which is the glory of God) in you.
With this understanding, you can see that the Christian is complete, you do not lack anything. There is nothing that you need that is not already in you today, because Christ is in you. 1 Corinthians 1:30 says, “But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption” “And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.” Galatians 3:29.
“Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours; Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours; And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.” 1 Corinthians 3:21-23.            

CONFESSION
All fullness is in Christ. All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge is in Christ. And all of God's glory is in Christ, and according to the scriptures; Christ is in me and I am complete in Christ. therefore, all the fullness of God is in me, and I am completely filled with God Himself. All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are at work in me now. All the blessings, gifts and abilities of God are working in me now. Christ is my wisdom, He is my righteousness, my sanctification and my redemption, and all things are mine because I am Abraham's seed. Glory to God.

For further study read:
John 17:21, 1 Corinthians 8:6, 2 Corinthians 10:7.

DOING THE WORD
 “… Your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

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God is at work in you.

“For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.” 
Philippians 2:13(KJV)

You are not alone; God is in you, energizing you and producing in you the desires and the ability to do His good pleasure. God is working in you, talking in you, talking through you and loving through you.
God is at work in you.

You have become God's headquarters on earth today. The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 3:16, “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?” You have been made God's outreach centre to your world. You are God's point of contact and He wants to reach your world through you. God is within their reach because you are there.

In 2 Corinthians 3:5-6, the Bible says, “Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.” In our own selves and ability, we are not able to reach our world with God's power and do His good pleasure, but because He is now

at work in us, we have become qualified and enabled to reach our world with His power and to do His good pleasure. Now, they can find Christ in you because Galatians 3:27(ALT) says, “For as many as were baptized [or, immersed] into Christ put on [or, clothed yourselves with] Christ.”

When Christ was here on earth carrying out His ministry, the Bible tells us in 2 Corinthians 5:19 that, “God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself …” Today, the Bible says that Christ lives in you (Colossians 1:27). If Christ lives in you, it means that He will continue to carry out His ministry of reconciling the world to God through you, that is why the Bible tells us in 2 Corinthians 5:20 says, “Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.”

CONFESSION
Christ in me the hope of glory. God was in Christ and Christ is in me. I am not trying to reach God; He is already resident in me. I am His home, His abode, His dwelling place. I cannot leave Him because I carry Him in me wherever I go. The presence and the power of God in me, twenty four hours a day every day of my life. Praise God.

For further study read:
2 Thessalonians 1:11, Hebrews 13:20-21, Isaiah 41:10,
 Acts 18:10, 2 Timothy 4:17, Revelation 22:21.

DOING THE WORD
Be conscious of God's presence in you and with you everyday.

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We have delegated authority.

 “And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.”         
Mark 16:17-18(KJV)

We have divine immunity in the Name of Jesus. The authority of Jesus has been delegated to us in His Name. For He said in our opening scripture, “… In my name shall they cast out devils …”

Through the authority that we have in the Name of Jesus, we have become a victorious and a triumphant Church. For the word of God declares in Luke 10:17, “… even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.” We are not afraid of devils because they are our subjects. They are slaves unto us in the Name of Jesus, therefore they obey every command from us.

The greater One is inside of you. You are not a weakling, you are a victor because the Christ who whipped the devil, sin, sickness, disease and poverty is in us today. This means that we are more than a match for any devil.

The Bible says in 1 John 4:4, “Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.” In Romans 8:37, the Bible says, “Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.” Therefore we are more than conquerors because the all conquering One is in us today.

CONFESSION
I am more than a conqueror because the victorious Christ who conquered death, the devil, sin, sickness, disease, poverty, fear, and all the power of the enemy lives in me today, and He has given me the legal right to use His all conquering Name on earth. In that name, I have authority to command obedience of things in heaven, of things on the earth and of things under the earth, because Jesus is Lord.

For further study read:
Philippians 2:5-11, Hebrews 1:4, 1 Peter 3:22.

DOING THE WORD
Exercise your authority in the Name of Jesus.

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Jesus is Lord.

“And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:”                                                                      
 Romans 1:4 (KJV)

The divinity of Jesus Christ was fully demonstrated by His resurrection from the dead. God has declared Him to be His Son with power, that all men may know that Jesus Christ is the Son of God in truth.

All other false Prophets who have laid claims to divinity are all dead, but Jesus Christ is the Lord of hell and death. Jesus said in Matthew 28:18 after He rose from death, He said, “All
power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.”

Jesus has risen from the dead and destroyed (made ineffective), him that had the power of death, that is the devil according to Hebrews 2:14-15 which says, “Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.”  

The Lord Jesus Christ totally defeated and paralyzed the devil. He not only defeated the devil but He also delivered us from the fear of death. 2 Timothy 1:9-10 says, “Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:”

Colossians 2:15 talking about Jesus says, “And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.” The forces of hell are powerless against us. They have been made ineffective, and they have been rendered completely helpless and useless. The authority is now in the hands of the church because He has sent us as His legal representatives backed up by resurrection power (Matthew 28:18-20)

CONFESSION
I have power and authority from Christ over all the power and ability of the enemy because I am in Christ and Christ is in me. I am His legal representative on the earth therefore, nothing shall be impossible unto me, and I can do all things through the power of the resurrected Christ in me.

For further study read:
Acts 4:10, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Ephesians 1:19-22,
Ephesians 6:10, Philippians 4:13.

DOING THE WORD
Fear not because all of the power of heaven is backing you up.

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We have received of His fullness.

“How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.”
  Acts 10:38(KJV)

From our opening scripture, we see that Jesus went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed of the devil. By so doing, He was manifesting the goodness of God. He went about doing good; demonstrating the virtues and perfections of God.

Jesus Christ was the glory of God personified according to Hebrews 1:1-3, “God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high”

Jesus is the glory of God personified, and all of us who have received of His life, have received of His fullness. The Bible says in John 1:16, “And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.” This means that God's glory is in us today. Therefore, we have received grace and the ability to do good works and also to demonstrate the virtues and the perfections of God.

Ephesians 2:10 says, “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” Therefore, Matthew 5:16 says, “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Titus 2:13-14 says, “Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.”

CONFESSION
For I am a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar person, to show forth the excellence and the virtues of Him who has called me out of darkness into His marvelous life.

For further study read: 
1 Peter 2:12, 1 Corinthians 1:5, Ephesians 4:7, Colossians 2:9-10.

DOING THE WORD
Show forth the perfections of Christ because you have been perfected in Him.

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He gave us His son.

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”
Isaiah 9:6(KJV)

From our opening scripture, we see that the birth of Jesus Christ was foretold by the Prophet Isaiah many years before He was born as a child into this world.

The Bible says in Isaiah 7:14, “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” Immanuel means; God with us. This means that Jesus brought the presence and the revelation of the Father to us.

In Luke 1:35, the Bible says, “And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.” Jesus is the son of God in truth. He was sent by God into this world to save sinners. Jesus said in His own words in Luke 19:10, “For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

Jesus came to save sinners and to give eternal life to as many that will believe on Him. John 10:10-11 says, “… I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.” Jesus manifested the greatest love to us when he gave His life for us as the sacrifice for our sins. “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13. 1 John 2:2(ALT) says, “And _He_ is [the] propitiation [or, appeasing sacrifice] concerning our sins, but not concerning ours only, _but_ also concerning the whole world's!” Jesus died for the whole world.

John 3:25(GNB) says, “God offered him, so that by his blood he should become the means by which people's sins are forgiven through their faith in him. God did this in order to demonstrate that he is righteous. In the past he was patient and overlooked people's sins; but in the present time he deals with their sins, in order to demonstrate his righteousness. In this way God shows that he himself is righteous and that he puts right everyone who believes in Jesus.”

CONFESSION
Father I thank you for loving me and sending Jesus my Lord, to die and save me. Today, I acknowledge what He did for me over two thousand years ago, and I am forever greatful that He died for me, He was buried for me and he was raised again on the third day for my justification. Today I live as a child of God and as a new creature because of Him. I love you Jesus.

For further study read:
Matthew 1:21, Luke 2:10-14, Luke 5:31-32, Hebrews 7 :25,   1 John 4:14.

DOING THE WORD
“Let us thank God for his priceless gift!” 2 Corinthians 9:15 (GNB).

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