Thaaaaaaaaaankful!

Another happy holiday has come and gone like lightning.  We had a houseful of friends and family.  Too much food, of course.  It was a beautiful day of doing things differently.  And the fridge of full with the promise of satisfied appetites for the next week.  I will take a vacation from meal planning and prep.  I love that.

I think Thanksgiving doesn't get the attention that it really deserves.  If "thank you" is the password to enter God's gates (and it is...confirmed by those who believe it and those who don't know that's what's happening), then it seems like a day of celebration around gratefulness should go on for at least a month like Christmas does.  Don't you think?  It needs to make the imprint and take influence over all the grumbling and complaining that seems to come right after the turnover of the new year (so easily).

Our family has recently landed on a prayer/declaration that we gather around almost everyday.  I thought I would post it here.  It has been a journey to even be able to speak this out with such conviction...so the daily rehearsal has become such a joy around here.  We are seeing new things happen all the time as we are believing for more.  I'm learning that the kingdom of God is about increase...multiplication...exponential solar flare.  This truth is making a home in our hearts.  And I am grateful.  So here it is:

WE MAKE IT OUR BUSINESS TO REMEMBER WHAT GOD HAS DONE AND TO REJOICE IN WHAT HE IS DOING.  WE SPEND NO TIME WITH COMPLAINTS OR EXCUSES (THAT IS THE LAND OF DARKNESS).  WE REJOICE IN GOD'S GOODNESS!  IT'S HIS GOODNESS THAT  PERPETUATES HIS ABUNDANT FAITHFULNESS.  HE ACTUALLY CANNOT BE ANYTHING BUT GOOD.

WE REFUSE TO TAKE OFFENSE AT GOD'S DOING OR HIS NON-DOING, OR AT HIS PACE AND TIME FRAME.  HE IS ALWAYS GOOD AND ONLY HAS GOOD INTENTIONS TOWARDS US.

WE DECLARE THE INCREASE OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD OVER OUR LIVES - OUT LOUD AND CONSISTENTLY.  WE ADAMANTLY REBUKE THE LIES OF DARKNESS, POVERTY, AND INSUFFICIENCY.  WE PROCLAIM THE JOY AND LIFE-FORCE OF THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST JESUS OVER OUR LIVES AND INTO PHYSICAL REALITY.  WE ARE ROYAL PRINCES AND PRINCESSES OF THE KING OF GLORY; WE WILL ACT AS SUCH AND HOLD FORTH GREAT EXPECTATION ACCORDINGLY.

WE DO NOT ALLOW SELF-DEPRACATING LANGUAGE OR BERATING BEHAVIOR.  WE ARE NOT NEEDY OR DESPERATE.  WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN ALL WE NEED FOR LIFE AND GODLINESS IN CHRIST JESUS.  WE HAVE BEEN BURIED WITH HIM IN DEATH TO OLD NATURE AND OLD ALLOWANCES, AND WE HAVE BEEN RAISED WITH HIM IN LIFE AND GLORY, AND WE HAVE BEEN SEATED WITH HIM IN HEAVENLY REALMS FAR ABOVE ALL RULE, PRINCIPALITIES AND DOMINION.  WE ARE THE LIFE OF GOD IN THE EARTH!  WE ARE THE KINGDOM OF GOD COME!

WE ARE ABUNDANTLY WEALTHY BEYOND IMAGINATION.  AND WE WILL PERSISTENTLY AND VERBALLY DECLARE THIS REALITY - THE SPIRIT REALITY OF THE GLORY OF GOD - UNTIL IT IS MADE PHYSICAL REALITY IN OUR LIVING.

WE ARE BLESSED SO THAT WE CAN BE A BLESSING TO EVERYONE WE TOUCH, EVERYONE WE SPEAK TO, EVERYONE WE SING OVER - DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY.  OUR CHILDREN ARE BLESSED, OUR GENERATIONS ARE BLESSED.  THERE IS NO END TO THE INCREASE OF GOD'S KINGDOM IN US.