I was so excited when the Lord told me He was restoring Eden. I just didn’t know where it fit in—because I teach so much on the Seven Mountains.
It seemed as if the Lord was saying, “Every single person has a mountain to take but the starting point is in the sphere that you currently occupy.”
Your home and your family is at the heart of your Eden.
My wife has been telling me that I have the wrong order for my mountains! I’ve always started with the church, but now I see that she is right.
The family mountain is first! God put a family in a garden and in that garden formed an ecclesia—a place where two or more could gather together in the presence of the Lord—and expand the boundaries of their dominion.
I want to encourage you to think about Eden. Here are three things that are a revelation to me:
- God has given you “authority” over the garden. You MUST know about the authority you have been given, and use it! A serpent will always try to get into the garden. If he can’t stop you on the outside, the devil will try to corrupt you on the inside and negate your power to expand.
- The serpent has many disguises. America was once a well-watered garden—but the serpent got in and now it is a nation being torn apart by two seeds growing to maturity: one will produce life and the other will produce death. I wish it were otherwise, but Christians are needed to discern spirits more in this next season, than any other time before. This year the Church and Christian families are being targeted by radical, well-funded strategists. These influencers see the “soft underbelly” of Christianity as the critical swing factor in the election. Believers now, more than ever, are the factor that will determine the future of America's garden.
- Always war from the garden out! The secret to victory is to make sure God’s Spirit is ruling over your territory—first in your heart, then home, then work space.
The garden is a place that God has assigned you to. It is therefore part of your jurisdiction in the Spirit. In the garden, you have authority to establish a kingdom embassy. This is where the presence and peace of God rules. You expand from there. Watch what happens!
I see THREE battlegrounds you need to focus on:
- Your nation
- Your house and family
- Your finances and business
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Question: Have any of you sensed the spirit realm shifting? How is the Lord calling you to respond within your sphere of influence? Comment below!
As One!
Lance
Yes Brother Lance. The shifting I see is back to my First Love Jesus and the Person I fell in love with 40 years ago. Also I see for me a shift in deep Intercession for and with my Family. Supernatural Strength in my spirit is vital right now and getting more into God’s Word is the Key. The serpent has entered my Garden today with my new daughter in law in the form of fear of Cancer! IT WILL NOT STAY!! I will crush it’s ugly head and it will not rise again! Now more than ever I will seek His Orders and His Plan for this!! The serpent is going Down!! In Jesus Name So Be It!!!?
Thanks for the comment, Cindie! Agreeing with you for healing and no evidence of cancer for your daughter-in-law. Amen to what Jesus is doing/speaking in your life!
Yes. Genesis 50:20 “As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.”. Great harm is intended and has now been lined up by the enemy, even to the point of no longer being hidden or denied. But I seriously believe that God is already in the process of hijacking this plan for His glory. He is so good, he is Love and it is beyond understanding. Rest will be vital here, resting in God, stood ready, armored up, lamp filed with oil, waiting for the call.
Amen, Matt! The Lord is good. Rest in Him!
Wow! Just got your blog. Shifting? Yes! I feel lots of shifting. I have been following you for years and honestly have felt frustrated about transitioning(going through hell), convergence, sweet spot, calling, destiny, really all of it. I feel like I get it, then back to square one. I am determined to get this!!! I, right now read something you wrote earlier and am spending some time there. It was about battling for where you are going. Speaking to the future. I always felt I did this, but something hit me about it this a.m. I certainly am not giving up! I know a lot of things are Gods timing but I am almost sick of that saying too! Sorry Lance that I am ranting… But shifting needs to happen!!! I will press on! As crazy as I feel by watching all your stuff… I just love it! Gee, do you think this girl needs a shift!!! Yes!
Denise, thanks for the comments! Keep pressing in and don’t give up! Standing with you for a shift!
I have noticed after the conference in Red Deer Canada with the Nash’s and other speakers and you Lance, there is a shifted that had taken place in my life. Example, Setting in my family room to watch tv , the wall unite where TV sit look like it had been moved to left of the room. I asked my husband if he moved the wall-unite while I was away in Ref Deer, he said, no. A shifted to the left have taken plan.( noticed the shifted Tuesday evening). Blessings
Yes lance I am and have noticed a shift in the Spirit. It’s begining with our own personal mountain, and it is also affecting our church as well. We are currently in a transition. I’m exploring what is in my wife’s heart. I’m finding its connecting with a younger generation and learning their language which is media. We are currently transitioning my office into a studio/ office. She wants to learn the how to’s of running a camera and all the ends and outs of media. Its the language of the culture.
Fantastic, Daryl! Great to hear how you are applying these principles in the sphere of your family with your wife.
I sensed the Lord is calling me to be very focused on His word, listing to His voice and praying! All my interactions with those in my sphere of influence are directed by my time with the Lord. I find I’m less likely to make choices based in popular opinion, even among the body of Christ. As a result, I’m feeling more calm and confident in this season of my life.
Great testimony, Cassandra!
I have felt a shift, a dramatic one. On Sunday morning 8/24. When I woke up, it was tangible, Like a door in the atmosphere closed on the past, the enemy that has tormented people for a long time was on the other side of it, cut off, and I felt a great sense of peace, a new season has begun. I looked ahead of me , wide open atmosphere, a breakthrough that many have been praying for , was before me , wide open. Nothing hindering it. Like Joshua might have felt before the promise land. Time to advance , it’s ours, He has cleared the way, the time is now. All that week, I had everything that I had given up on at work completely turn around in my favor, and a new possible business idea presented to me , I had not thought of before. I know there is more to this, just the beginning;)
Thanks for sharing your vision and dream, Ann!
There has been a definite shift in the spirit! I can sense a new realm of authority that extends to my city. We need to take back the city and expand the Kingdom of God.
Brilliant Lance!! Absolutely spot-on. At home is where it begins and the Lord is restoring, rebuilding and establishing husband and wife teams that will demonstrate an extraordinary level of effectiveness in the spirit. Family = Foundation. As a builder it’s easy to spot a weak foundation because everything that is established above that point will collapse in on itself over time. While it will look substantial early on it will prove itself incapable maintaining a “mountaintop” presence. The enemy of us all will attempt to subvert at that point if he finds underlying weakness. Well done!
Bill, thanks for your comments!! Good word building a strong foundation & family.
I am at an impasse. What happened was that some people lied to my children about me and 30 years have gone by and it still sticks. I have talked to them about it, but I was told, “you are making excuses for your sin.” As each year continues it seems to get more and more hardened. It does not look like a mountain to me, but a huge tree dropped in the road. God has blessed me mightily in spite of all this. So I have no complaints or worries there. I know how to fight the devil and am good at it, but this lie is deep in their souls and I fear they rather enjoy the idea that I am not worthy of their concern. My being isolated is “no big deal” I guess.
Cornelia, praying for restoration in your family. May you grow closer to the Father even as there has been strained relationships with your earthly family. Praying for healing, honesty, open hearts, the tough conversations to surface and be possible…trust God’s character to restore and make right.