Warring with His Sovereign Promises, Introduction

Have you ever heard someone pray and intercede from scripture? I remember the first time I heard someone use scripture as a part of their spiritual warfare. I had a light bulb moment.

Me: 🤯

Jesus: 😉

Me: 🤯

Holy Spirit: Pay attention to the details.

I immediately leaned in and noticed a few things:

1) The Word was written on their heart.

2) They had a deep, personal revelation of the Word.

3) They spoke with power & authority.

My inquisitiveness began asking Holy Spirit how they got to that place. I wanted what they were modeling - deep revelation of the Kingdom authority that they carried as a son or daughter of the Highest King. I also began asking my mentors questions on how they studied their Bible. They were modeling the intimate relationship with Christ that I was longing for.

Between their modeling, mentoring, and Spirit guiding me in my college dorm room late one night, I began what I now know is called a word study. I'm sure it had a name way back then, but I was clueless. All I knew was that the way I was studying the Word was bringing rhema revelation the more I dug deep.

Why do word studies?

Learning how to do word studies helped to accelerate head knowledge to heart knowledge. At the time I began learning to do word studies, I was a baby believer, only about 2 years in on my walk with Christ. When I first came to Christ on December 4th, 1999, I was brand new to the faith. I hadn't been reading a Bible. I don't even remember if I actually owned one.

When I bought my first paperback Bible - New King James Version, because of course I challenged myself unintentionally - all I knew was that this book in my hands was from the Lord. If He said it, and it was in this book, then it was truth. There was not a doubt or waiver because that's all I knew.

what have been the results of my word studies?

As I began digging deeply into the Word, I began to notice that rhema revelation would hit. The Word didn't just remain in my brain; it wasn't just one more thing to memorize because I had to. It became a living, breathing word that I was able to connect to body, soul, spirit. I began to see how the Word tied to different areas of my life and my thought patterns.

Now, I hope you truly hear me when I say that this was not a consistent practice I did. I chose which verses to do word studies on based on what verses just stuck to my brain like glue, like a brain sticky note. I would do a word study on a verse when I didn't understand the context, meaning or application on why/how it pertains to life.

The more word studies I did, I began to notice a shift in how I prayed during my quiet times. I noticed that I began to not just have these verses memorized, tucked in my heart for the times and seasons when it was needed, but I was able to share and impart those same revelations He downloaded in me.

How does this apply to you all?

I am so glad you asked that question! Great minds sure do think alike!

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine told me that she loves how I pray. I vaguely remember saying thank you or some such, but the Lord began to talk to me on the drive home. I began to remember HOW this journey started. It started with so many questions, because I did not understand NKJV.

BUT GOD. I firmly believe that He had me purchase that translation at the age of 16 so I can learn how to do word studies. Word studies was the key that I needed to begin to receive the revelation of my identity and authority in Christ Jesus.

That does not mean I'm perfect and there were no struggles. It was quite the opposite, actually. The battles for my mind were intense. There were moments over the many years that I truly wondered if I was crazy. I was weary, broken and at times, ready to give up walking with Christ.

Every time I wanted to give up, every time I thought about ending my life, every time I wanted to give into the addictions, death, grief, heartache and pain, He would bring to mind one of the scriptures I had studied. It was in those intense battles that I began to war with the sovereign promises of God. (I didn't know that's what I was actually doing at the time. I didn't have language to put this into words.)

next steps

Throughout the month of March, I will begin to break down what warring looked like for me. How did I do it? What tools did I use? What does it actually look like to do a word study?

My goal is to model for you what was modeled for me. I want to equip you, the believer, to begin to truly understand the authority we have been given. We are seated in Heavenly places. Here's the thing, though: you have to know what's been promised to you. You have to understand the inheritance you have as a son and daughter of the Highest King. It is vital to receive a rhema revelation of the word of God. Don't let His word and promises be a logos word - merely head knowledge with no heart knowledge revelation.

I pray that as you walk with me in the process, you too will begin to see His word dig deep into your heart. May His promises not only be yes and amen, but may they be rhema revelation to your heart. May you receive a deeper impartation of the revelation of who you are in Christ, and who He is to you.

In Christ Jesus, the One that loves us the best.

Alex Flint

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