Have you ever experienced seeing the same number over and over again and then it dawns on you, I think it is a sign pointing me to something, but I am not sure what? I have friends who see consistent numbers all the time. One friend was seeing 717 continually and could not figure out what it meant, then the Lord revealed to her it was a date, not a bible verse. Another friend, consistently sees 1111, she sees it so much she has declared it is her number from God, but what does it mean, she is still not crystal clear. Seeing numbers is very common, henceforth, why people like Troy Brewer has a whole series on Prophetic Numbers.

For the past three weeks or so I have been seeing 808 and 818 over and over again, on the clock, on the odometer in the car, on billboard phone numbers, on buildings as an address number, you name the location, I am seeing the same numbers there. I spoke to a good friend of mine the other day and was telling her about this and she said that is Deuteronomy 8. I filed that away and then today, the Holy Spirit was nudging me to read Deuteronomy 8 and I am so glad I did. This chapter speaks to me personally in so many ways and is a great word of encouragement about the past 10 years of my life. However, I also heard the Holy Spirit speak to me about us as church.

Doctrines of men have created a powerless theology, meaning they have taken away the power of God from the people of God. They did it by telling us God doesn’t heal today, there are no longer apostles and prophets on earth, or your sick because you don’t have enough faith. The enemy loves a powerless church, but God created us to be a powerful church. Friends, we need the power of God in the people of God. Deuteronomy 8:18 says, “you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, that He may confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.”

This morning the Holy Spirit was showing me that we need the power of God for healing, restoration of marriages and families, forgiveness of other people who have sinned against us, to obtain wealth and for salvation. The power of God is needed for everything we need in life, so when the enemy uses theology to remove the power of God, then we have the people of God who are sick, relationally destroyed, poor or living paycheck to paycheck, or struggling with forgiveness. This should not be!!! I declare today, God is restoring the power of God to the people of God because we are created in the image of God. You can’t heal, save, deliver or make wealth without the power of God. It is time we take back the power of God, for it belongs to us the people of God.