What Have You Decreed Today?

Have you decreed what is going to happen to you today, tomorrow, next week, or this year? I mean really decreed! I have been "coaching" a close friend in Chi town who is going through a divorce. I'm still reeling from the fact that we have spent every summer together since our kids were infants. She finally confessed to me that she immediately went home after seeing baby Jordan and got pregnant. So our sons are just a year apart.

But anyway, now her husband comes and visits George by himself with the son, and she visits by herself. They are just starting the whole divorce part, they have been separated for 8 months trying to figure this thing out. They both love the Lord, they minister at there church. But a leviathan spirit entered her husband and their life turned upside down. I know...you're saying, how do you know it was a leviathan spirit? Well I've studied these spirits for so many years because for some reason God chose to reveal demonic spirits to me very early in my salvation. Then I came to the conclusion that this must be a part of my life because I stopped saying it was a coincidence that people with demons kept showing out right in front of me literally. I also realized that when I saw something was "off" with someone I never left it alone I would say there's something going on with you so let's pray and see what God says. I'm thinking God is going to say something prophetic to them in prayer, but what happened sometimes is that the person would start acting "off" and what else could I do?

So anyway, that spirit was on her husband and he did the typical things that spirit is known for. Demoralizing the wife, making her feel like everything was her fault for the marriage, became completely consumed with pride, all of a sudden this upright family man who did everything with his kids was making excuses for not being around as much. You have to understand that that is a spirit that makes a person seem like they have completely turned from what you knew about them. What do we think demonic possession does! It changes you.

So what did the wife decide to do? All I told her at the very beginning was you are the king and priest in the KINGDOM. You determine how this will turn out and it doesn't matter what happens between point A and Z. What matters is that you decree what "Z" will be for your life so that God can operate to bring it to pass. I told her that if you are decreeing the turnout, then you now don't have any excuse for acting defeated. It doesn't mean you don't hurt, or can't cry yourself to sleep every night. No, what it means is that you have an expected end!!!! That's what the word says, we have a hope and an expected end. That's one of the million benefits of the covenant ladies!!! So I asked her what should she look like if she is expecting a certain result? I said, "Girl, now you don't have the distraction of meeting your husband's needs everyday right now, and your oldest daughter is 17 so she can babysit the younger, so do your thang. Go to the gym anytime you want now, lose all the weight you ever wanted now that you don't have to cook everything he likes. Now pick up something you've been wanting to try but he was putting you down for your dreams and ideas"

Well you wouldn't believe what she did. She did all of that. She even cut out the weave in her hair and got her hair cut in a short crop and even her ex-husband told her how good she looks. She lost over 15 lbs so far and her pastor told her that her husband looks like sh-- (yea, he actually said that, he reminds me of our pastor), but he said she look wonderful. Everyone is complimenting her on how she looks and how they can't believe she is going through all this drama (and trust me it is too much drama for me to even begin here). She just told her co-workers last week now that lawyers may be involved and people may be calling her at work. Her co-workers mouths dropped because no one knew she was going through this. They told her that she was different than anyone they had ever met that was going through a divorce.

Now do you know why? Because she is convinced that she is not of this world, she lives in the KINGDOM. She has also decreed a thing, and it shall come to pass!
Again, what have you decreed today?

It's funny that Janice has been told several times, like in prayer at our last gathering, that she can determine how her business will sell. So I can't wait to see if Janice has decreed a thing, and I can't wait to see if she has decreed a hope and an expected end for the sell. Again, it never matters what happens between point A and Z. Trust me, it will definitley look crazy and hopeless between too! It only matters what you have said point Z will look like in your life.

Until next time,

Coach Teresa
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