Week 1: God Loves You & Has a Plan For You

1. God Loves You & Has a Plan For You

1.1. Jer 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

1.2. Rom 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

1.3. God has put a purpose in you, and a gift to fulfill that purpose. Satan knows you have a purpose, and sees your gift; he tries to use it for himself. Satan has tried from a young age to destroy you. God has lit a fire in you and the enemy has spent your whole life trying to douse it.

1.4. Satan has “borrowed authority” over this realm and will use it to destroy your dreams and everything good

1.4.1. John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

1.4.2. He told Jesus he had control of the earth in Luke 4:6-7 And the devil said to Him, "I will give You all this domain and its glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. 7"Therefore if You worship before me, it shall all be Yours."

1.4.3. Jesus calls him ruler of this world in John 14:30 I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me.

1.4.4. Paul calls him god of this world in 2 Cor 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

1.4.5. Psalm 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all..

1.5. But you have the “Real Authority” to carry forward the mission of Christ

1.5.1. You were given rule and dominion: Genesis 1:28 God blessed them; and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth."

1.5.2. Luke 10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

1.5.3. James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
1.6. Your authority only comes when you live in your purpose, in the plan god has for you

1.6.1. Eph 3:20 Now to him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us. POWER THAT WORKS IN US.

1.6.2. Matt 18:18 "Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven. Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.


1.6.3. Phil 2:13 For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him..
1.7. Practicalities
1.7.1. Identify the enemy: don’t blame God for what the enemy does.
1.7.2. Bind and rebuke the enemy: take verbal action!
1.7.3. Release the hurt that the enemy has brought against you
1.7.3.1. Matt 6:15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins..
1.7.4. You have to walk close to the Father
1.7.4.1. The Four Legs: Daily Word Time, Daily Worship Time, Fasting and Prayer, Sowing
1.7.5. Identify your service gifts by working in the Kingdom of God
1.7.5.1. Eph 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.