March 22, 2026

CONSECRATION = To Be Set Apart

This is the time leading up to what we refer to as the RESURRECTION or EASTER.
Before that mighty Resurrection took place, Jesus died more than on the Cross, but He FIRST died to Himself when He went to the Garden of Gethsamane to PRAY and said, “NOT MY WILL BUT YOUR’S BE DONE.”
He also felt the feeling that we find ourselves in: He said, “IF THERE’S ANY WAY, LET THIS CUP PASS FROM ME.”  So there was a dying that took place.
But as He embraced the destiny that He knew He was called to, He SUBMITTED to the will of God to even give you and I ACCESS to God the Father.
We take this access for granted! In the Old Testament, we had to go through the priests and the prophet for direction, for blessing, for guidance, and for petition. But NOW we have been given access DIRECTLY to the throne to come boldly to obtain mercy and all that we need - most importantly a RELATIONSHIP with our God!

Fasting can somewhat be similar to Lent, for those who aren't familiar with Fasting.

1. It’s NOT all about DEPRIVATION or DEPRIVING ourselves of food or things!
It’s about what we will ADD in PLACE OF those things.

Colossians 3:2 KJV “Set your affection on things above, not on things of the Earth.”

2. We have to realize that the tangible things in our every day life is not the true reality of what goes on in the Spirit realm. When we stretch our mindset to consider HEAVEN and the ETERNAL things, this is when we have the right and wider perspective.

3. We are all called to be CARRIERS
-Carriers of Light
-Carriers of the Anointing of God

4. We have to confront things in our lives that keep us complacent in our walk with God, and our ultimate destiny in God!
Proverbs 1:32 NLT “Fools are destroyed by their own complacency.”
Spiritual complacency will destroy us, and also cost the spiritual lives of those around us.

5. We are responsible for our own spiritual desire and growth.
It requires:
-Discipline
-Endurance

6. Confront your old self - Colossians 3:5
7. Romans 8:12-14 We are to “deaden the deeds of our flesh”. God doesn’t want to kill every part of you! He wants to use you for His glory! BUT we have to deaden the flesh nature to be used by God and to receive ultimate personal joy. (Nothing wants to die! Even a spider will do everything in its power to fight to live!)
8.God wants to change your personality tendencies to serve His greater purpose.

FILLING THE SPACE:
A. How many times do we find ourselves discontent or hurting in life and we try filling that space with everything from Food, TV, Social Media, Bad Habits, and let things have a stronghold on us - only to be left empty and unfulfilled?
B. The spaces need to be filled with more of Jesus and “finding ourselves” in His presence.

9. Don’t be content to stay where you at or what your history has been with God in the past, even if you have experienced the glory of God! There's always MORE!  Begin to revive a prayer life greater than you have experienced before.
10. In the book of Revelation, the Church of Laodicea was called out for being Lukewarm. We are in that age in many ways!

(Coffee - Hot or Iced - not room temperature)
(Had it not been for the Charlie Kirk assassination, there had been a spiritual apathetic attitude towards God in many ways virtually since COVID- Do we have to have major persecution and devastation before we draw near to God?!)

11. We can see this world is not getting easier in many ways, and there’s more coming that might make us question everything we’ve ever depended on in life. But God desires to have pockets of people who have revival in their heart who are running after a closer walk with Him more than the latest and greatest thing this world has to offer.
12. There’s a time coming when people on this earth will need to call to the greatness of God within us, and will we be ready and have something to offer?
13. You may not want people to look to you, but you have been called for more than what you’re doing in this life right now.

14. Your child (no matter their age) needs to see you be the Man of God that you can be, the Mother of God that you can be, the Husband or Wife that you are meant to be… The asset to your church and the Kingdom of God that you are called to be without all the other stuff getting in the way.
(Someone you know may be faced with needing YOUR CONSECRATION to God!  YOU may need to call upon YOUR CONSECRATION to God when something could hit you that you didn’t expect!)

15. Power from God only comes from consecration and being set apart.
16. Our expectation and just being “close enough” is what limits the power and presence of God in our lives.
17. We hear talks about REVIVAL and wanting to see God move… (some of us may have experienced times of this but some may not have EVER)… But Corporate Revival STARTS with PERSONAL REVIVAL.
18. We feel “close enough” and our hunger for God isn’t more than a Sunday morning experience, which affects are EXPECTATION of God’s presence. So we end up dialing down on the Presence of God as a result.
(Takes 4 songs to get into the “feeling”)

Ephesians 5:15-18
-Make the best use of time: We don’t have time for carnality, or not caring about souls, or worrying about things of the every day drama.
-The will of God is to be “Lit” and light the fire in others.
-Being filled with the Spirit doesn’t just FALL ON US passively. We have to SEEK and PRESS. We have to fan the flames of passion for God.

19. We have to TUNE OUT THE NOISE of everything around us and FOCUS on the voice of God speaking to our heart. He might speak CHANGE, but He will always bring COMFORT by the Holy Ghost when He requires change from us.
20. Psalm 139:23-24 NLT “Search me, O God and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends You, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.”
21. If WE don’t plug in to the greatness of God in us and offer ourselves, then how will the will the Church be built, how will the Kingdom of God be performed, except through His people?
22.I f you’ve received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, REVIVE it in a greater way again! If you haven’t, NOW is the perfect time to seek for the overflowing that God wants to bring in your life. [Jude 1:20] This will increase your faith!

“Turn your eyes upon JESUS. Look FULL in His wonderful face; and the THINGS of earth will grow strangely DIM, in the light of His glory and grace.”  -Helen Howarth Lemmel