The Lord is doing some incredible things. I believe that as we enter the Jewish new year, you will see an explosion of the supernatural take place. You will see an explosion of the power of God in a manifested realm that we have not been in before. Christianity is not the same as it was before. The bride is not the same as it was before. We have a choice either to press forward and go into the realms that the Lord is bringing us into or we can sit back and say that is nice. We are pressing forward in the name of Jesus because there is such a release of the power of God in these days. It is almost that at every prayer time we have there is a supernatural visitation of the Lord taking place. We need to expect it all the time. There is such a release that is taking place. It is no longer hard it is easy to get into the presence of the Lord. I know this is a busy time of year. Most of the enemies attacks come at this time of the year. Hahaha the devil is on the run. I really feel like the Lord is saying today the best defence is a strong offence. We are going to put a lot of points up on the board. When the devil attacks we are going to become stronger for the Lord.
A number of years ago, I was tremendously attacked in my body. So much so that on a Saturday night, I drove into emergency. At about 4:00 a.m. they got around to seeing me. They were running tests till about 8:00 a.m. Sunday morning. Then they said to me we cannot find anything wrong with you. So headed home, that 15 min drive from Red Deer to Sylvan Lake, I was telling the devil listen you will never attack me again in that area. I am going to preach the Gospel of the Lord with more fervency more zeal and more power of the Holy Spirit than I have ever done it before. Ever since that day I have never been attacked in that area again. The remedy for defeat is being offensive. What did the children of Israel do when they saw the giants in the land? They wanted to run and go backwards. That is not Christianity. Christianity is an offensive thrust into darkness. Light shinning into darkness, if there is darkness trying to attach itself to you; you shine that light that is in you. There needs to be a fervent zeal for believers. Devil take your best shot because you are defeated. I don’t care what is going on because I know the kingdom of God is going forward. We purpose to be a part of it. We are not sit back Christians who say that’s nice. No! We go in and we occupy. We take ground we do not give up ground. I come into agreement with you today and I declare that no weapon formed against you will prosper in Jesus name.
There is a strong anointing every time we get together. The Bible says every time two or more are gathered in his name he is there in the midst of them. That is a reality of the gospel. He is here to set the captives free. He is here to shake every force of darkness whether you believe it or not. The devil is on the run. He just doesn’t know it in your life yet. Amen. We declare that the assignment of the devil against you is broken.
I want to relay a story about an angelic visitation our family had at the Fairmont Hot Springs. It was after our summer conference a number of years ago and we decided to take a little holiday. So, we decided to spend a few days in this beautiful region in B.C... The springs itself, is surrounded by a lot of rock. When we get there we walked down a path that was from the regular swimming pool to the natural pool below. It takes about five minutes to walk down from the upper pool to the natural lower pool. On the side of the rock there was a place that was a natural place to put clothing before you go into the hot pool. On this rock were two total complete suits. Here are two guys coming out of the water as my family was going into the pool. They were having fun and I was eager to get in there and dunk Jonathan under the water. So, I start to talk to these two gentlemen that are getting out of the water and we are engaged in a dialog. Have you ever talked to someone and then afterwards thought oh I wish I would have said that. Or I wish I would have asked them a few more questions. That was the way I felt maybe two of three days later. So, I’m talking to them and they say who are you? That is what this message is about today. Who are you? So, I said my name is Peter Nash and I pastor a church in Sylvan Lake. I will never forget these words for the rest of my life. They said to me we know who you are. I didn’t ask them but I was thinking to myself, I wonder how they know who I am. Jonathan and Rebekah my son and daughter where saying come on in, and just before I get in to the hot pool these two men say to me at this time of night bears come out on this path so you might want to leave this area before then. So I thanked them for that advice and I turn and I take two steps and they were gone. I believe that these men we encountered was in reality a visitation of the angelic realm. We don’t glorify angels, but when you least expect it we can have supernatural encounters. Heaven not only knows who you are but is able to find you at any given moment.
I am going to declare this over each one of you, “Heaven does know who you are”. The scripture says that he knew you before the foundations of the world. He knew you before you were in your mother’s womb. That says a lot to me. How many believe the Bible? He knows you. He knows you’re going in and you’re coming out. He knows how many hairs are on your head. You are not an accident. He knows who you are and there is a mandate of Heaven on your life. There is a mandate of the supernatural on your life. It is there. There is a realm of glory that he is bringing us into that defies all natural understanding. So when you come in the doors of the church, just leave your natural mind behind. We are supernatural men and women empowered by the spirit of the Lord. Before you leave this place you need to have an understanding that heaven knows who you are. Heaven has assignments for you while you are here. Amen.
I am setting a foundation because there is going to be things that will come into your life in the very near future that will defy all natural understanding. The church in times past, every time there is s visitation of the supernatural they have gotten into fear. The Bible says every time there is an angelic visitation whether it is in Joshua or Luke, fear not. I wonder why that is there. There is a tendency to fear the supernatural power of God. That is sometimes why revivals are shut down. When God manifests fear tries to come in and they get shut down. That is not the Lord. Or it becomes a work of man. We don’t want either. I am not asking for flakiness. However we do have to understand that the supernatural realm transcends our mind. You can have the mind of Christ. I am fully expecting a visitation of the Lord manifesting in our services. I’ve seen the Lord in our services. The spirit of the Lord reveals himself. There is a pressing in and then the Spirit of the Lord reveals it, rather than shutting it down we are going deeper into the things of God. Here is one thing, it will always line up with the things of God. It will not take you into deception. It will be something that takes you into a greater realm of glory with God. That is where you are headed if you are a part of the church. I am the most logical person in the world. God has never worked that way in my life. I have had miracle after miracle in my life and it never comes the way I think it will happen. So, why do we get so bogged down with these things? How many remember the story of Naman? He had to go dip in the River Jordan seven times. He said, why couldn’t God do it to me in my home country. Why couldn’t it happen there? If anything it is to defy our natural thinking. Has anyone had a miracle of God? Has it come the way you thought it would?
Psalms 139:1-7 “O Lord, you have searched me and you know me. You know when I sit up and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord. You hem me in- behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?”
He knows who you are. His wisdom, understanding, and knowledge transcends your thinking. We could talk about the attributes of light and sound. There are particles moving around in this chair. We think it’s solid but there is distance between it. His thoughts are way above our thoughts. He knows more than you and I. Why are we after the presence of God? It is because in the presence of God that every thing changes. Amen. How many understand that? The presence of the Lord changes everything.
Psalms 139-23-24
“Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts see if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”
On one Friday morning during prayer I had a visitation from the Lord and he brought me to this piggy back race and guess who I had to carry? It was the Lord. So he gets on my back and we start the race. I begin to feel the weight of him on me. So I said get off. That is the type of relationship we can have with the Lord. Then I realized what I had done and I had to repent. I want him on my back. I said O Lord I am so sorry. So many of us carry things around all the time, but are we really carrying the Lord Jesus Christ? Let’s be honest as human beings there are times when we don’t want to carry him. That is why I repented. I need to carry him; I need him more than the other things I am carrying. If you are in here carrying a burden today, that is not the Lord. There are so many things we are carrying around that weigh us down yet we refuse to carry the Lord. The only thing I want to carry is the presence of the Lord.
Matthew 11:30
I repented and I believe for the universal church that this is a new day of carrying the Lord in our hearts and lives. This is a message that the Lord desires us to take. You know, everything looks so hard sometimes but as we pick up the stride it gets a lot easier. I heard the Lord say pick up the stride take me and it will be a lot easier.
“For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” This is the Lord speaking. Where I thought that burden was heavy the Lord rebuked me and said, no my burden is light. We are into a season of carrying him like never before in our hearts and lives. You can reject this or receive it in your heart. I know I am going to a different realm. We will not have church. I refuse church from this moment onwards. I refuse the thing that denies the power of God. Why do you thing Christianity has fallen by the way side in many respects?
Psalms 91:11
11“For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands so that you will not strike your foot against a stone;” This is a reality not something to be futuristic.
When you lay down your burdens and pick up his it will be light. It is a release of the grace and mercy of the power of God to achieve everything that he has for you to achieve.
When you are in service to him he will give his angels charge over you. I am going to a new realm of obedience and service today. It comes with a cost; it comes with laying down your burdens and picking up the cross. It is not a sacrifice anymore it is a delight. There is a new realm that is coming.
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