Last week we talked about the authority Jesus has given us through His blood and how it is released through the laying on of hands, this week we focus on the spiritual battle at play for us to release His Kingdom and see His eternal life flow through us. Like it says in Isaiah 52 we need to be awake to spiritual realities and fight to the age we are living in, John 17:2 you have given me all authority of all flesh that I may give eternal life

Our calling as follows of Jesus is to give eternal life to those around us through this authority Jesus has given us.

Two spirits we need to be awake and cautious to are the spirit of fear and the Jezebel spirit that commonly go together.
This is the process we need to look out for: Fear leading to control through emotions, leading to lust for the things of the world then chaos in the mind.

God's plan against this cycle is the fear of the Lord and a holy reverence to trust Him with surrender.

Then He not only saves us but gives us His power and word to bring restoration just like the spirit of Elijah!

Josiah began Foundation 4 from Hebrews 6 - Laying on of hands. He shared that Laying on of Hands in relation to spiritual authority and the purpose of our authority in Christ to give eternal life - knowledge of the Father and the Son.

He is the most important person, all powerful and all glory goes to Him, yet still by His mercy and grace gives us authority to show His goodness in the earth. Let us not forget the authority He has given us through the power of His blood, to move how He leads so we can lift His name high in everything we do.

This year is a year to go all in for Jesus, to lay down any place in our hearts that is hard from past seasons or trials, receive His healing and sow into His Kingdom from a place of praise. We see in the book of Ruth what happened when they left the land of Judah, which means place of praise, that suffering and trials came. When we experience these situations it can be easy to let them pull us away, but there is an invitation to see what happens then we give Him glory in this place.

It says in Psalm 26:8 'Lord, I have loved the habitation of Your house,

And the place where Your glory dwells'. Also in Isaiah 26:3 'You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You'. May we not forgot these truths and be a people that keep our heart soft before Him, let His living word be our daily bread and sow from a place of praise.