Sunday Re Cap (4th Jan 2009)

The Year Of Great Favor-Part I

Isa 60:1-2 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. (2) For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

To fully understand this scripture, we need to read the preceding verses in chap 59:19-21

Isa 59:19-21 So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him. (20) And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. (21) As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.

Introduction
As we begin the New Year, we want to move on in the New Things that God has prepared for us. We need to desire to move into the next level of grace and anointing over our lives. We cannot carry on as we have done in the past. The old ways of thinking and the old ways of doing things. Something must change within us. It cannot be business as usual anymore. We need to begin to arise and shine. How?

Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.

The LORD gives us several keys as to how we can arise.

1.For thy light has come:
We believe that to arise we need to change our whole believe system. God's light is not on the way. The light has come. What is that light? It's the revelation of who God is; it's a revelation of His word through the inward working of the Holy Spirit. The Lord is awaiting inside of us, waiting to arise and shine. Many of us can feel it but we are held back by our understanding, pride, fear, reputation. Jesus says:

1.Mat 5:14-16 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. (15) Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. (16) Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Eph 5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

Eph 5:14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

Let that light that is within us which is the revelation of our LORD Jesus and His Word by the revelation of the Holy Spirit, that changed lifestyle that glorifies God, arise this year! We can receive this as a revelation as sons of God of simply keep it as good information as slaves. The key way is to approach the New Year as sons. Let's ask the Holy Spirit to give us a full revelation of what it means to be sons.

Rom 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.