Roger Thrower Podcast

1. A place of divine timing 2. A place of birthing 3. A place that seems insignificant 4. A place of convergence 5. A place of worship

The Revelation of Christmas: God partners with ordinary people (MARY, JOSEPH, ELIZABETH, ZACHARIAH) in everyday places (BETHLEHEM, NAZARETH, JERUSALEM) to bring eternal impact into the world (SALVATION) using divine encounters (ANGELS IN PERSON & DREAMS) and affirming witnesses (SHEPHERDS, WISE MEN) amidst a resistant warfare. (HEROD, SOLDIERS, DEVIL) Prophesy to yourself: It is never too late for God to do a new thing in me. Prophesy to yourself: God has chosen me to reveal Christ through me to impact those around me. Prophesy to yourself: In Christ I will overcome every hindrance that I may fulfill God’s purpose with my life.

2 Samuel 6:16- As the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart. Luke 15:20-24 And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. 21 And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’[a] 22 But the father said to his servants,[b] ‘Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet. 23 And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate. 24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate. Luke 1:39-45,56 In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah, 40 and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 41 And when Eliza

Besiege means to confine, bind, show hostility to, to treat as a foe, to shut up. This high-minded ruler with a loud voice puts God’s people under siege. The result of his agenda is famine, shortages of food, scarcity of grain, oppression to the God’s people who are now hungry. His tactic of oppression is working. Being under siege brought about absolutely horrifying circumstances. The people are starving to death all because of the selfish agenda of an opposing ruler.

We believe a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit is coming upon the earth. The devil resists this great move of God. A spirit of foreboding has come over our nation and held the church in captivity to expecting misfortune and evil. We repent of all foreboding and any and all agreement with it. The anointing destroys the yoke of foreboding. We decree that our expectation is in the Lord only. We decree great expectation in the Lord.

What is amazing about our Lord’s faithfulness to us is that He has factored in our humanness. By that I definitely mean our propensity to try to figure out his will and do it in our own strength without him. But amidst their human frailty and limitations, amidst the long waiting and battles with doubt, amidst the outrageous level of promise the Lord made to his servants, He came through for them. It did not always look like what they thought it would look like when they arrived. Joshua 21:43-45 Thus, the LORD gave to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their fathers. And they took possession of it, and they settled there. 44 And the LORD gave them rest on every side just as he had sworn to their fathers. Not one of all their enemies had withstood them, for the LORD had given all their enemies into their hands. 45 Not one word of all the good promises that the LORD had made to the house of Israel had failed; all came to pass. John 14:1-3 Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe

Treasure - the place in which good and precious things are collected and laid up HERE ARE A FEW TREASURES LAID UP FOR US Because I am made in God’s image, I am valuable and worthy of dignity and respect (and all people are.) Because I am forgiven in Christ, I am no longer a slave to guilt and shame. Because I have been justified and redeemed in Christ, I don’t have to earn God’s love – I am enough Because I am perfectly loved, I don’t have to look to the approval of others to find significance. LET ME DECLARE TO YOU A WORD I RECEIVED FROM THE LORD THURSDAY EVENING. OPEN THE BOOK AND RETURN TO THE PAGES AND I HAVE REVELATION TO SPEAK TO YOU. I WILL MAKE A RIVER FLOW INTO YOUR DRY PLACES AND ALL THE STRONGHOLDS WILL BE WASHED AWAY LIKE SAND CASTLES FOR THEY ARE BUT SAND TO ME. LISTEN FOR MY VOICE AND RESPOND. THE LORD PASSIONATELY LOVES YOU AND WANTS YOU TO LIVE IN THE FULLNESS OF HIS LOVE 1 Peter 1:8-9 You love him passionately although you have not seen him, but through believing in him you are satu

John 6:6 - Now Jesus already knew what he was about to do, but he said this to stretch Philip’s faith. Jesus spots the “wow factor” in you. He looks for the absolute best in people and calls it forth. When you put people down, you degrade yourself. When you elevate people, you upgrade yourself. And Jesus looked at sinners he dreamed of saints. The investment that Jesus makes people turns nobodies into somebodies. Jesus already knows what he is doing with your life. He wants to stretch your faith to trust him beyond where you are now. Miracles come by getting every into Jesus’ hands.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BUILD AND ALTAR? Building an altar is establishing God‘s destiny in your heart. An altar requires two things: 1) A place. 2) A sacrifice. - Abraham built altars out of stones, which represent hard things. He gathered the stones and put them in order before the Lord and offered a sacrifice in worship. Today: 1) The place of the altar is your heart. 2) The sacrifices we bring before God are the hard things (heart issues) of life. We put them in order before Him and we sacrifice our self-will.