Prepare for VICTORY!!

Prepare Ye Victuals

(NLT Bible) Joshua 1:10 "Go through the camp and tell the people to get their provisions ready. In three days you will cross the Jordan River and take possession of the land the LORD your God is giving you."

(New KJV) 10Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 11Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.
(KJV) (Jos 1:10) Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, (Jos 1:11) Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.

The Word of the Lord for today is... In three days you will pass over this Jordan (this trial). Spend three days praying, fasting, in worship and in the Word. After preparation, you are now to possess the land. It is up to you to go in to possess it. He promised the children of Israel the land of milk and honey. He has promised much to you. Receive it. Whatever ever your promise is, stand and receive. Don’t let anything contrary to the will of God pass through your lips. Speak faith and only faith. When you prepare “victuals,” you are getting ready through washing your mind in the Word of God and by prayer. (Rom 12:2) And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

If you never prayed through, do it today. Some of you many not know what prayed through means. It means you pray in the Holy Ghost until you feel set free from whatever it was. You don’t just get through praying you pray through. Don’t quit until you have that reassurance way down in your soul. You know that you know that you know whatever it was you were asking God.

Another scripture… Read in (Jos 5:14) And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?

Let’s talk about receiving from God. In Jewish customs, the law made them declare themselves unclean when they came near someone or pass by them if they had been diagnosed with leprosy. Persons had the right to know that they had Leprosy and were contagious. They had a law that if someone received a miracle healing from Leprosy, they were to return to the priest and show themselves to him. He would declare them clean or unclean. If they were declared clean, then they could return to life with other Jews being no longer separated because of their illness. When Jesus healed the leper who was referred to in Mark, chapter one, He commanded Him to go and show himself to the priest as was the custom.

Read these scriptures…(Mar 1:40) And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. (Mar 1:41) And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean. (Mar 1:42) And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed. (Mar 1:43) And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away. (Mar 1:44) And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

As in every Old Testament story, He is teaching us from this about our faith walk today. This is just another metaphor (or type and shadow). I want you to get a hold of this revelation on receiving from God.

We have often read this scripture and were fed by it. However, it says more than we have been seeing. Look at it again. (Rev 12:11) And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony… Sometimes when we see the word “word” it is literally another name for God. Sometimes it means His Holy Scriptures. In this case, the word of their testimony has a different meaning. Word is talking about speaking. The speaking of your testimony is your act of faith in receiving from God. wordG3056 wordG3056 G3056
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He said in (Jas 1:22) But be ye doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. To be doers of the word, you must act on the word. When you receive a miracle, it is up to you to receive it by faith. Act on the Word. That means put some word in your testimony. If you confess that “God can,” then you have reached hope. When you confess from your heart that “God will,” you are still in hope but your faith level is growing. You are moving into receiving from God but you are not quite there yet. When someone, for example, prays for your healing, let you testimony be “God is.” That is making Him a right now God. That is receiving from God.

What is the word of your testimony? How do you receive from God? You must bring Him into the NOW. I think this verse found in Hebrews 11:1, has been misquoted for years. Yes, it says that faith is the substance of things hoped for, but that is not exactly what it says. It says NOW. Now faith is the answer. Bring your faith into the right now He is doing it. That is how you can receive from God. This is the day that He has made and I will rejoice and be glad in it. (Heb 11:1) Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

We brought up the scripture found in James 1:22 about being a “doer of the Word.” Well, let’s go a little further down here in verse 25. If you will notice it says a doer of the work, not word right here. (Jas 1:25) But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the WORK, this man shall be blessed in his deed. It takes effort for you to receive from God. You must be a doer of the WORK. To receive from God, you must speak your testimony in faith. Maybe you have not seen a thing in the natural, but it says it in the word and that is good enough. Choose to stand with your testimony. Then God can work with your words and do your full miracle. (Read=Mark 16:20) When you speak correctly, the Lord will work with you. The result is signs and wonders.

Joshua and Caleb went to spy out the land. God has sent twelve spies. Only two came back with a good report. They all saw the same thing, but only Joshua and Caleb were looking through the eyes of faith. They said “we are well able.” The ten said “they were giants in the land and we looked like grasshoppers in their sight.” Only Joshua and Caleb entered into the Promised Land. It was because they had believed by faith what God promised and they had given testimony of it when they chose to believe what God had promised over anything else.

Receiving is a choice. In order to walk in the blessings of Abraham as you have been promised, you have a choice to make. You must choose to receive and obey the instructions. You must believe that when you do obey, the Lord is honest. He cannot tell a lie. That is impossible. He said He would do it for you. You must choose to receive every promise. He is doing it for you. Receive it right now. In (Deu 30:19) I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live.

You receive it by believing God is doing it right now. Quit putting off your miracles into the future. Fast from wrong thinking and wrong speaking. Now that is a fast! (Phill4:8) Fix your thoughts on what is true and good and right. Wrong thinking…. That is for another time.

In the story of David just before he went after Goliath, he encouraged himself with his past victories. He was teaching us to walk in faith here. David gave himself testimony of the times he killed the bear and the lion who had tried to kill his sheep. We need to look around and see what God has done. Declare it. Feed yourself and others with the Word of YOUR TESTIMONY. We must encourage ourselves with those words of victories to build faith. (Read=Romans 10:17)

· In the story found in 1 Samuel below, David had two of his wives taken hostage along with the families of all his army while they were out fighting the battles. The men were so distressed they wanted to stone David. David had to encourage himself. He gave himself testimony of the Word of God. He spoke of past victories and future promises. He kept testifying what he knew to be the will of God, unto his faith was strong to go get their families. (1Sa 30:6) And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God. Faith comes from the Word of God, so David had to have been testifying the Word of God to build his faith back up.

We overcome by the blood of the lamb and the “word” of our testimony. We must come into agreement with the will of God. (Read=1 John 5:14-15) Testify the will of God with your name in it. It is for you, just as it is for me.


(Luk 15:10) Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

(Heb 13:17) Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. Is this talking about man or about God?
What brings God joy here? (Heb 13:16) But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.


What brings God joy here? (Luk 15:7) I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

(3Jn 1:2) Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. He takes joy when we prosper, when we are in health, and when we are saved. This is what makes the Father happy.

What brings God joy here? (Luk 6:38) Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

It makes Him happy when He is able to give to us… We are His children.

Get into worship. Expect to hear from God. Have you ask Him to speak to you? Now just listen.