The words of your mouth can change the atmosphere; the song in your mouth can bring deliverance to those around you.
Setting The Atmosphere For God’s Glory
8-12-2012
Isaiah 51:16 And I have put My words in your mouth; I have covered you with the shadow of My hand, That I may plant the heavens, Lay the foundations of the earth, And say to Zion , 'You are My people.'"
Not long ago I had this passage in my sermon notes however God has been stirring this word in me and now it is the headliner verse for this bible study! God revealed through the prophet Isaiah, God would put His word in His children’s mouth! When you speak God’s word you plant the heavens and lay the foundation of the earth. God has called His children to set the atmosphere for His glory. It is time for us to put His word in our mouth and change everything around us.
Matthew 6:31 "Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32 "For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
God has been speaking to me about His children need to set the atmosphere for His glory to abound in their lives. Your pursuit sets the atmosphere for your reward. If we want to see the kingdom of God come we will set the atmosphere for His glory to abide. Pursuit of the kingdom of God not only brings the glory of God, it brings the provisions of every need of our lives. Set the atmosphere by the pursuit of the kingdom of God .
John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
Jesus came and was the ultimate atmosphere setter! Jesus became flesh and we beheld His glory! Where ever Jesus was the atmosphere was changed. Jesus came and broke the bondages of sin and oppression. Jesus came that we might live life and life more abundantly.
Colossians 1:18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. 19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,
Jesus has preeminence! His obedience to the death of the cross set the atmosphere of reconciliation between God and man! Jesus having preeminence is something to meditate and ponder. It is better than 1st place. It not like a top 10 list and He is # 1! Preeminence is more like the center of everything; if you have your top 10 list whatever has preeminence is considered and factored into every item on the list. When we yield to the preeminence of Jesus Christ we are setting the atmosphere for the supernatural to be in our lives every day.
2 Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, 6 who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
Setting the atmosphere for God’s purpose is to know that all sufficiency is from God alone. Total and complete reliance upon our Redeemer. If we are to ever see the fullness of God’s glory in our life we will have to surrender to that to which we have been birthed in! Paul here in Corinthians declared himself to be a minister of the new covenant. Does it matter one might ask? If we want to see the fullness of the glory of God it is the only way! For the atmosphere to be set we must walk as children of the new covenant.
2 Corinthians 3:7 But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away, 8 how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious? 9 For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness exceeds much more in glory. 10 For even what was made glorious had no glory in this respect, because of the glory that excels. 11 For if what is passing away was glorious, what remains is much more glorious. 12 Therefore, since we have such hope, we use great boldness of speech;
The law of Moses is called here the ministry of death and the ministry of condemnation. If we want the atmosphere to be set properly we must hunger for the much more glorious. Glory found the law of Moses had no glory in this respect the glory found in grace in truth excels it by far. We need to set the atmosphere with the greater glory; it is the hope for all people. It is time to set the atmosphere with a boldness of speech that says in Jesus Christ there is a greater glory and better promises based on a greater covenant.
Hebrews 8:6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.
Set the atmosphere with this truth. Jesus has a more excellent ministry the atmosphere needs to be changed by the better ministry. We need the greater glory; put that word in your mouth and change the atmosphere.
Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
Here is a life changing atmosphere setting truth; put this word in your mouth and watch the transformation. Plant it in the heavens by speaking it out and the foundations of that truth will be laid in the earth.. Until the whole earth is filled with the glory of the Lord.
1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
Set the atmosphere by putting a praise in your mouth. An occasional praise is not setting the atmosphere. Us proclaiming the praises of God is setting the atmosphere! It is time for the children of God to have a perpetual praise in our mouth. Go ahead plant it in the heavens and watch God lay the foundation of it in the earth!
Mark 8:31 And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 He spoke this word openly. And Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. 33 But when He had turned around and looked at His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, "Get behind Me, Satan! For you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men."
Peter did not think it was a good idea for Jesus to go to the cross; Peter was rebuked with one of the strongest rebukes in all of scriptures. “Get behind me satan. You are not mindful of the things of God but the things of men.” If we want to set the atmosphere we must keep the things of the kingdom cental. A good idea will not change the atmosphere; surrender to the will of the Father and pursuit of His kingdom will change everything.
Acts 16:24 Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. 25 But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. 26 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's chains were loosed.
Praising, worshiping, and singing can change the atmosphere. Here in Acts 16 Paul and Silas were in jail for preaching Jesus. Paul and Silas begin to pray sing and worship! It changed the atmosphere! The prisoners were listening to them. What you put in your mouth sets the atmosphere. It will change your life and the lives of those around you. Paul and Silas’ praise and worship brought a supernatural move of God! People were saved Paul and Silas ended up being set free. How is the words of your mouth affecting the atmosphere around you? If we will set the atmosphere with praises and singing unto God it can change everything. What if Paul and Silas had set the atmosphere with complaint and their own despair? Believers with no victory in their life need to take a good look at the atmosphere they set in their homes, workplaces, and churches.
When John the Baptist earthly father was in the holy place being visited by an angel there was a atmosphere of praise and worship in the courts of the Lord. The psalmist David wrote “I will enter His gates with thanksgiving in my heart, I will enter His courts with praise.” When the Holy Spirit was poured out on the day of Pentecost the church set the atmosphere by waiting upon God. This is much more than setting an atmosphere for a worship service in church; it is setting an atmosphere for living in the fullness of God’s grace for your entire life! Put His Word in your mouth… change the atmosphere… God will plant it in the heavens and lay the foundation of it in the earth. You can be a world changer!
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