Tell me whom you love and I'll tell you who you are.
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And God said, Let us make man in our own image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepth upon the earth.
Genesis 1:26 KJV
I love revivals. My church is in a revival at the present time and last night I had some light shed on the concept of dominion. We as humans clearly have dominion over things. At times it might not seem like it, but we do. We have dominion over animals. The example was told last night of the farmer who loads up his cattle to take to the market. The cattle dont say, Now hold on! I dont want to go. No, they have no choice. We have dominion over them. We have dominion over our pets, even though sometimes it might not seem like it. We also have dominion over the plant kingdom. When we plant a tree somewhere that is where it grows. It does not get up and move. Weeds come up in our yards but we exercise our dominion over them and pull them, cut them, or get rid of them some how. We have dominion over the earth, but if we dont use our authority the earth will have dominion over us. The evangelist brought up a few examples last night of plants having dominion over us when we allow them to. The first example that he gave was nicotine. I have been smoke free for four and a half years, but for 44 years, nicotine had a hourly pull on my life. I had to take dominion over tobacco and become in charge of my life to win the battle. I am so grateful today for the victory, because tobacco is such a subtle foe. There are many other examples of plant life having dominion over people. We have heron, morphine, cocaine, and marijuana, grains used in making alcohol, coffee, tea, coco, and one sneakiest of all plants, the ones that supply sugar. When the evangelist hit on coffee and sugar, he stepped on my toes. Most of my mornings are started with a little caffeine, and most of my evenings are ended with a little sugar. I keep some Hersheys chocolate and mini Milky Ways in my frig and I must confess as I open the frig door scanning for munchies, they take dominion. Today plants that take dominion over me are being whittled down one by one. Eight years ago today at almost this same hour (noon), I took my last pull off a bottle of alcohol. I was on the way to treatment, and I remember as we crossed the Current River, that I tossed the empty pint bottle out the window and said, theres another dead soldier. I picked that term up from my dad who was also alcoholic. That might have been a dead soldier, but by the grace and power of a loving God, a new soldier was resurrected. One that took dominion of the plants that go into making alcohol. Today I must exercise my dominion daily. Alcohol is also a subtle foe, and if allowed could slip back into my life. Not only do I recognize the right to have dominion, but I also have the authority to use the name of Jesus, which gives me the double insurance against losing dominion. Today by realizing who I am in the Word of God I am able to take back my life and live it in abundance. God has done for me what I could not do for myself JRE
Jesus said to the people who believed in him, You are truly my disciples if you keep obeying my teachings. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
But we are descendants of Abraham, the said. We have never been slaves to anyone on earth. What do you mean, set free?
Jesus replied, I assure you that everyone who sins is a slave of sin. A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son is part of the family forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. (John 8:31-36 NLT)
Author unknown
And God said, Let us make man in our own image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepth upon the earth.
Genesis 1:26 KJV
I love revivals. My church is in a revival at the present time and last night I had some light shed on the concept of dominion. We as humans clearly have dominion over things. At times it might not seem like it, but we do. We have dominion over animals. The example was told last night of the farmer who loads up his cattle to take to the market. The cattle dont say, Now hold on! I dont want to go. No, they have no choice. We have dominion over them. We have dominion over our pets, even though sometimes it might not seem like it. We also have dominion over the plant kingdom. When we plant a tree somewhere that is where it grows. It does not get up and move. Weeds come up in our yards but we exercise our dominion over them and pull them, cut them, or get rid of them some how. We have dominion over the earth, but if we dont use our authority the earth will have dominion over us. The evangelist brought up a few examples last night of plants having dominion over us when we allow them to. The first example that he gave was nicotine. I have been smoke free for four and a half years, but for 44 years, nicotine had a hourly pull on my life. I had to take dominion over tobacco and become in charge of my life to win the battle. I am so grateful today for the victory, because tobacco is such a subtle foe. There are many other examples of plant life having dominion over people. We have heron, morphine, cocaine, and marijuana, grains used in making alcohol, coffee, tea, coco, and one sneakiest of all plants, the ones that supply sugar. When the evangelist hit on coffee and sugar, he stepped on my toes. Most of my mornings are started with a little caffeine, and most of my evenings are ended with a little sugar. I keep some Hersheys chocolate and mini Milky Ways in my frig and I must confess as I open the frig door scanning for munchies, they take dominion. Today plants that take dominion over me are being whittled down one by one. Eight years ago today at almost this same hour (noon), I took my last pull off a bottle of alcohol. I was on the way to treatment, and I remember as we crossed the Current River, that I tossed the empty pint bottle out the window and said, theres another dead soldier. I picked that term up from my dad who was also alcoholic. That might have been a dead soldier, but by the grace and power of a loving God, a new soldier was resurrected. One that took dominion of the plants that go into making alcohol. Today I must exercise my dominion daily. Alcohol is also a subtle foe, and if allowed could slip back into my life. Not only do I recognize the right to have dominion, but I also have the authority to use the name of Jesus, which gives me the double insurance against losing dominion. Today by realizing who I am in the Word of God I am able to take back my life and live it in abundance. God has done for me what I could not do for myself JRE
Jesus said to the people who believed in him, You are truly my disciples if you keep obeying my teachings. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
But we are descendants of Abraham, the said. We have never been slaves to anyone on earth. What do you mean, set free?
Jesus replied, I assure you that everyone who sins is a slave of sin. A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son is part of the family forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. (John 8:31-36 NLT)
