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Welcome to July! This month to us by the word of the Lord is our month of HIGHER GROUND and our text scriptures are: Rev.4:1 and Galatians 2:2

Rev 4:1  “After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.”

Gal.2:2 “And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain”.

A meditation on our text scripture would hatch the following understanding to us:

1.     Higher ground means promotion and it is initiated by God. John said he heard a voice from heaven which told him to step up. Apostle Paul said he went up by revelation. By the way, revelation here means knowledge revealed to Him by the Lord.

2.     For you to hear the voice from heaven that will take you up, you must be in the spirit. This was the experience of the Apostle John. He said he was in the spirit on the Lord’s Day, and then he received a revelation in which he saw an open door in heaven. Remember, the door must be opened by God because He is the one with the key of David that opens a door that no man can shut [see Rev.3:7]. Then He heard the Lord say to him that he should ascend or step up [“come up hither”].

3.     Being in the spirit means having a spiritual mindset or being spiritual [Gal.5:16; 1Cor.2:13-14; Rm.8:7-9; Rm.12:1-2]. We are told that if we remain natural as believers, we cannot receive the things of the spirit. One of the things of the spirit is stepping up to higher ground and this is what God is set to do for us this month of July as we wait on him.

4.     For you to be in the spirit, you must fulfill certain conditions as a believer. These conditions are: Prayer especially praying in the spirit or in tongues, reading and meditating on the word to receive revelation from the Holy Spirit, studying the word, and doing the word of God by giving ourselves wholly to it.

For the above reason among others, we shall be looking at a series this month I have titled: SPIRITUALITY VERSUS CARNALITY. We are going to see how spirituality can help us wait on the Lord until we hear him speak to us and then we can step up by the revelation He gives to us. I believe God that after these series of teaching this month, we would know how to change levels from glory to glory on a regular basis with God.

once again, I welcome you to the month of July our month of HIGHER GROUND. For more information about our ministry and resource materials, please check out our blog at www.jointheirsfamily.blogspot.com. and my memoirs at www.flourishinggirl.blogspot.com. Presently, you may not be able to access our website as it is under reconstruction, but you can visit my face book page and benefit from our resources by liking HEALING AND RESTORATION TIME WITH PASTOR ALERO NANNA and KINGDOM JOINT HEIRS FAMILY CHURCHES under alero.nanna1@facebook.com.