SCRIPTURE: Philippians 3:12-24.
CONFESSION: 1 John 5:4-5.
SONGS: 1. Sing unto the Lord a joyful song, I will praise His name for
the Lord is good. 2. Giving glory to the
Lord He reigns. 3. I am going higher
alleluia amen in the name Jesus alleluia amen.
HYMNS:1. Lord plant my feet on higher ground. 2. Burdens are lifted at
Calvary
PRAYERS
1. By the power in the blood
of Jesus, I cancel the effect of every dream of demotion, in the name of Jesus.
2. Every evil load preventing
me from going higher, I offload you by fire and by force, in the name of Jesus.
3. Power to move forward,
fall upon me now, in the name of Jesus.
4. Power of divine healing,
fall upon me now, in Jesus name.
5. Every evil conspiracy and gang up against my
calling, my destiny, and my life, scatter by fire, in the name of Jesus.
INTRODUCTION
Everybody say “I am stepping
up.” If you can step up, it means that you can step down also. Even right now, some people are stepping down
to hell fire which is very real. Some are
stepping down to demotion, non-achievement, depression, suicide, drugs, pornography,
and sin. You name it. But that is not you and that is not me. Say,
“I am stepping up. As long as we live, there is always a higher ground to press
unto. You never stop pressing higher.
There is always room to go higher. If you stop, you become stagnant and
after a while you begin to retrogress.
WHAT
IS HIGHER GROUND?
Higher ground is:
1. An elevated place. 1 Chronicles 17:14, Ezekiel 36:11.
2. A greater place.
3. A higher platform, forum, or stage.
4. Above normal or mediocre level. Jeremiah 18:9, Jeremiah 24:6, Jeremiah
31:28
5. A more exalted place.
6. An enlarged coast.
7.
A
strong place.
8.
A
place where breakthroughs and success become ordinary.
9. To be set up as opposed to being pulled down.
10.
To prevail.
1 Samuel 17:50.
11.
The
become the most favored when you used to be the least favored. Esther 2:6-18.
12. To have
your enemies hung in the gallows that they had prepared for you. Esther 7:10.
13. To use your distractors as stepping
stones to your destination.
PRAYER:
I will get to the level that no one else has achieved in my family, in
the name of Jesus.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO STEP UNTO HIGHER GROUND?
To step unto higher ground is to:
1. Increase in value or stature. 1 Chronicles 17:14, Ezekiel 36:11.
2. Ascend. 2 Samuel 7:10, Jeremiah 17:8, Psalm 92:13.
3. Increase in height. Jeremiah 18:9, Jeremiah 24:6, Jeremiah 31:28
4. Exhaust your enemy.
5. Attain a change in status for the better.
6. Have your coast enlarged.
7.
Go
above and beyond the ordinary level.
8.
Rise
above the standard.
9.
Be
a high achiever. 1 Samuel 17:50.
10.
Operate
at the Holy of Holies level instead of the out court. Be re-positioned from a lower place to a
higher place. It means you have moved from the place of lack of commitment to the place of
total commitment and alignment with God’s purposes and plans for your life.
11.
It
means you are no longer kicking against the prick. That you have moved to a place of more
maturity.
12.
Be
relocated to a better place, a stronger place, a place of strength.
13. Use your distractors as stepping stones
to your destination.
14. Become more influential.
15. To become outstanding.
16. Move to a more exalted and more glorious
place.
Prayer:
Power to step unto higher ground fall
upon me, now, in the name of Jesus.
SOME FACTS ABOUT PRESSING ON TO HIGHER
GROUND?
1.
You
must never stop pressing unto another level.
2. There is always a higher ground to
attain. More heights to attain for God.
3. When we step unto higher ground, we are
cooperating with God. Meaning we have taken that step to align with what God is
doing. Cooperating with God will always
take you to a higher ground. On the other hand, when we refuse to cooperate
with God, we are limiting God by our action. Psalm 78:3. Not only that, sorrow and demotion will be awaiting us.
Prayer:
Every lion assigned to take me
downwards, die by thunder, in the name
of Jesus.
4. As a Christian, higher ground should be
our normal place of abode. This is possible
because we are seated in Christ Jesus in heavenly places high above
principalities and powers.
5. It is a place of a very clear vision of
where you are going. When you are on higher ground, you can see very clearly
and very far. You develop the eyes of
the prophet Elisha. You are like a man on a watchtower. This puts you steps ahead of
your competitors and your enemies.
6. Stepping unto higher ground is a choice,
a decision that you have to make.
7. There are certain things that you must
not do if you want to step up to higher ground.
Prayer: I receive the power to step unto higher
ground, in the name of Jesus.
EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE THAT STEPPED UNTO
HIGHER GROUND IN THE BIBLE
There are several examples in the Bible
of people that stepped unto higher ground.
They decided that enough was enough.
They refused to accept mediocrity or to take no for an answer. They
include:
1. Daniel who rose from being a slave boy
in a foreign land to serving under three different kings, Nebuchadnezzar,
Darius and Cyrus. Daniel 28.
2. Joseph who was buried in a pit, sold
into slavery and ended up a prisoner in a foreign land. He greatly feared God and ended up as the
Prime Minister of Egypt the land of his captivity. Genesis 41:38-46.
3.
Nehemiah.
Nehemiah 6:15-16.
4. The widow of the prophet overcame debt,
poverty and the threat of losing her children. 2 Kings 4:1-7.
5. David who stepped from being the shepherd boy
and the least favored in his father’s house to being the king of Israel. Not
only that, David will always have a king on the throne because King Jesus is
that King. 1 Samuel 16:5-23.
6. Jehoshaphat. 2 Chronicles 20:20-27.
7.
Paul
who stepped from being the murderer of Christians to being the chiefest of the
Apostles. Acts 8:1, 1 Corinthians 15:9, 2 Corinthians 11:5.
Prayer: I step unto higher ground, in the
name of Jesus.
ENEMIES OF STEPPING UNTO HIGHER GROUND
There are things that you should not do
if you want to step up to higher ground. They include:
1. Sin and rebellion.
2. Refusal to deal with internal stumbling
blocks. This includes laziness both in
spiritual and in physical things. Diligence makes you to stand before kings. It
includes talkativeness and telling your enemies your secrets. It includes anger which can abort your
destiny as a whole. It made Moses unable
to enter the Promised Land. Deuteronomy
32:51. It includes pride which demoted King Saul. It also includes moral bankruptcy which
disgraced and killed Samson before his time. Judges 16: 1-30. Another is greed. It pulled the rug from under Gehazi, and denied him his higher
ground. 2 Kings 5:20-27.
3.
Unbelief
and doubt.
4.
Fear
which can make you to limit God. This is why “fear not” appears 365 times in
the Bible.
5. Evil weights which can keep you down and
prevent you from going higher. You have to shake these off as no one will do it
for you. Hebrew 12:1.
6. Evil company. Get rid of those unprogressive and
uncircumcised in heart friends of yours or you will never get to the next level.
7.
Worldliness.
Friendship with the world is enmity with God.
8.
Negative retrogressive thinking inhibits progress.
9.
Living
in the glory of yesterday when God wants to do a new thing now. Psalm 1:1-6.
Prayer:
Everything in my life limiting God’s vision and power for my life, come out and
die, in the name of Jesus.
WHAT TO DO IF YOU WANT TO STEP UNTO HIGHER GROUND
To step unto higher
ground, you have to do the following:
1. Get to know God and make
Him your friend. You cannot do anything by your own power. On the other hand, through Christ Jesus, you
can do all things. Therefore, a good relationship with Jesus is the launching
pad for stepping unto higher ground.
2. Get a vision of the higher
ground that you are aspiring to. You should know what “higher ground” is for
you. Know what God wants you to be and
step up there. You have to set goals and not just drift through life.
3. You have to make a
conscious decision to step unto higher ground. There are decisions to be made
and choices to be made in doing this. They should all line up with the vision
that we talked about above. There are some associations that must be left
behind if you are truly serious about stepping on higher ground.
4. You have to be able to
identify divine opportunities and take hold of them to prevent them from being
wasted and aborted. Procrastination aborts opportunities. The abortion of such
opportunities will only lead to regret and stagnancy.
5. You need to hide the word
of God in your heart and then you will have good success. Joshua
1:8.
6. You should operate by
revelation because revelation will always put you at the right place at the right time. You should be like the children of Issachar who were on the same
wavelength as the Holy Spirit. The Bible
records that they knew the times and the season, to know what they were
supposed to do. 1 Chronicles 12:32. Not only does revelation put you at the right place at the right time, but God prospers His people by
instructions. You receive instructions
through revelation.
7. Ask the Holy Spirit to help
you. That is why Jesus asked the Father
to send the Holy Spirit. He is our Helper. John 14:26.
8. Ensure that you are
properly located as your location determines your allocation.
9. Ensure that you are
properly positioned for success and to go to the next level. Get all the training that you need to function at the next level before you even get there.
10. Be bold. God told Joshua
the same thing. Also Gideon. It is a major ingredient in stepping unto
higher ground. Joshua 1:9. Take the offensive to the camp of the enemy. Daniel
11:32.
11. Keep your focus on Jesus. Psalm 34:5.
12. Be determined and refuse
to give up and quit. Be like blind Bathmeau who refused to take no for an
answer.
13.
Pray targeted prayers. Pray relocation and repositioning prayers
when needed. James 5:16, Ephesian 6:18.
14.
Be patient. It took Abraham 25 years to get the God
promised heir.
15.
Be disciplined. Ensure your character is above board and flee
all appearance of evil.
16.
Refuse to be discouraged or frustrated. David refused to be and
he overcame his enemies and became king. 1
Samuel 30:6.
17.
Walk in the Spirit and not in the flesh.
18. Live a life of thanksgiving and praise like Paul and Silas did.
Say: “Power to step unto higher grounds fall upon me, now.”
PRAYERS
Song: 1. I am going higher
yes I am. Going with Jesus to stay. 2. By fire by force I am stepping higher. 3.
By the reason of the anointing every yoke shall be broken.
1. Bring quality repentance
before God
2. Every power resisting my
advancement in life, be paralyzed now, in the name of Jesus.
3. New effectual doors of
opportunity open unto me by fire, in Jesus name.
4. My Father make me to be
sensitive to the wavelength of the Holy Spirit, give way now.
5.
I call forth by fire all individuals and resources divinely
assigned to move me forward, in the name of Jesus.
6. Anything and anyone
assigned to demote me, move away, in the name of Jesus.
7. Power of vision, fall upon
my life, in the name of Jesus.
8. I am born to be great. Power to be great come
upon my life, in the name of Jesus.
9. I pursue, overtake, and repossess all
my stolen benefits, in the name of Jesus.
10. O God arise and raise a
voice for me where I have no voice.
11. Enemies of my progress be
exposed and disgraced, in the name of Jesus.
12. Lord give me the spiritual
alertness to recognize opportunities, in the name of Jesus.
13. Internal battles working
against my progress, die, in the name of Jesus.
14. I loose myself from every
power of witchcraft and bewitchment, in the name of Jesus.
15. I cancel the power of all
curses put upon my head by the power in the blood of Jesus.
16. Stubborn covenants working
against my life break now, in the name of Jesus
17. Favor shall pursue my life
and overtake me in the name of Jesus.
18. Arrows of envious
witchcraft come out and die, in the name of Jesus.
19. Embargos against my
progress, break now, in the name of Jesus.
20.O God arise and plant my
feet on higher ground, in the name of Jesus.
21. Let all opposition become
stepping stones to my promotion, in the name of Jesus.
22. Begin to bless yourself
with all kinds of blessings.
23. Thank you Lord for
answering my prayers.
8 comments:
God Bless you richly in Jesus name
More anointing sir
A vivid dream in March. Higher ground..I am sending you to higher ground. In one month FL house sold and Tennessee house won over 12 other bidders. Praise God!!Thank you for this post! Confirmation!
Jesus told me to move to higher ground before the floods come..does he mean spiritually or physically?
More more of His Grace sir. Be blessed with overflowing annoting in Jesus name
God bless you sir
A touching and impactful message
Wao, am excited with this lecture. More unction to function
This is good. Very apt, instructive and reviving.
Thank you. More grace to you.
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