Secrets To Taking Your Territory.

Most believers don’t understand the secrets behind ruling their environment. God has given us the Dominion Mandate, which is a mandate for rulership. It is a mandate that empowers us to manage the earth and all its resources as faithful stewards (Genesis 1:28).
Genesis 1:28
"And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth."

It is amazing to note that most of the people to whom God has entrusted the earth and all its resources don’t even know how to govern their own lives talkless of governing their environment. The Bible makes us to understand that every believer is made a king and a priest unto God in order to reign on the earth. Adam ruled as a king because He was a priest whose altar was potent. God visited him always in the cool of the day to commune with him and obviously to teach him how to carry out his task of dominion. As long as his altar was potent, he had dominion. When he sinned, his altar was desecrated and he lost the glory of God. When this happened, he lost dominion over all.

The physical world is ruled from the supernatural realm. The altar connects the physical realm to the supernatural realm. It is a designated for interactions, transactions and exchanges between the natural realm and the supernatural realm of existence. It is a place where covenants, vows and sacrifices are established and executed. No priest can function without a potent altar. It is the duty of the priest to make his altar potent.

Every land, territory and institution is ruled from the altar that is speaking in it. Whosoever must rule in the territory must first establish the ruling altar and then exercise power and dominion over the territory through the altar. By raising an altar in a territory, the priest brings God’s power, kingdom and glory into that territory and connects his environment to heaven.

For Christians, a functional altar demands that lots of prayers, worship, quality time spent in communion with God in the word of God and sacrifice be established regularly. When a believer spends time with the word of God, God equips him with the tools of Dominion. One word from God always changes situations. God gives to the believer a Rhema word which he uses to change his world (John 1:1-2; Hebrews 4:12).

Have you ever been reading the Bible when suddenly you were gripped by a fresh new understanding of God? That was God speaking! That was God sending a Rhema word! That was God revealing something new to you about Himself! So, what do I do to respond to this truth.

1. I write down the passage of scripture.
2. Then I meditate on it.
3. I try to immerse myself in the meaning of that verse or passage. What is God telling me?
4. I prophesy the Word over my life, situation or territory.
5. I adjust my life to the truth and, thus, to God. That means I agree with God, and I commit to take any actions necessary for Him to work in the way He has just revealed to me. I identify the adjustments I need to make in my personal life, my family, my church, and my work life in response to God’s revelation.
6. I write a prayer response to God and spend time praying it.
7. As I leave the place of Bible study, I watch to see how God uses that truth in my life during the coming days.
8. I take action by obeying the Word. It becomes a governing scripture in my life.

DISCUSSION.

1. What has God said to you recently through His Word? How did you respond to it? Did you experience a miracle?
2. Are you spending time regularly reading your Bible so you can hear God speak?
3. If you keep a journal as you read scripture, take time to review it and see if there’s a pattern to what God has been saying lately.
4. If you have not been hearing God speak to you through His Word, why do you think that is? What might you need to do to change that?