Hello beloved!

According to Genesis 1:26, we were made in the image and likeness of God. It says,

• God said, Let Us [Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] make mankind in Our image, after Our likeness, and let them have complete AUTHORITY over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the [tame] beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth.

God gave Adam and Eve dominion and AUTHORITY over the earth!

What is even more beautiful is that God did not stop there! After our Lord Jesus arose from the dead, He gave us even more AUTHORITY through His majestic Name! For example, Matthew 28:18 declares,

• And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.”

So here, we see another realm added – heaven!

Jesus speaks more specifically about that AUTHORITY in Matthew 16:19 where He says,

• And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever YOU bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever YOU loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

Wow! Sometimes as Christians, we walk around tolerating whatever the devil wants to send our way! We tolerate sickness, death, financial lack, problems in relationships, etc. However, we should take a moment and think about what God has established, not in just two realms, but three: We have been given AUTHORITY on earth, in heaven, and over the forces of hell! Philippians 2:9-10 says,

• Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the Name which is above every name, that at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth…

Matthew 10:1 states,

• And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.

What does this do for us? Well, first of all, it gives us responsibility. It makes us responsible for some of the things that go wrong in our lives. We do not lose it when trouble comes. No! We have been given the AUTHORITY by God Himself and it is our responsibility to use it!

I encourage you to make a list of the things you need to take authority over in your lives.

To get started, I want to give you some confessions to make daily as your proclaim your AUTHORITY:

“Father, I thank You, that You have given me AUTHORITY over all the power of the enemy (Luke 10:19). Therefore, I take AUTHORITY over (fill in the blank) in my life!”

“I speak to the demonic force operating behind (name relational conflict or person), and I thank You, Father, for giving me the AUTHORITY to bind. Therefore, I bind that spirit in Jesus’ Name!”

“Father, in Jesus’ Name, I take AUTHORITY over lack and insufficiency. I thank You for a revival of prosperity in my life! I thank You that all is well in my household, in my finances, etc.”

“Father, in the Name of Jesus, I take AUTHORITY over sickness and disease and declare that all is well in my body. All is well in with my mind and emotions, in Jesus’ Name.”

“Lord, I declare in Jesus’ Name that all is well in my relationships. I take AUTHORITY over any irritation, confusion, strife, frustration, miscommunication, etc. that takes place in any of my relationships. I bind every demonic force operating in my relationships in Jesus’ Name!”

Walking in my AUTHORITY in Christ Jesus,

Lisa Gordon💖

Gordon Ministries and Jesus City Church✨