Praying in tongues yields a level of understanding that cannot be accessed in the natural. Thoughts you receive while praying in tongues are truly other worldly and when we truly hear what that other world is saying, it alters our understanding of operation in this world in which we live. For you that don’t know, as believers in Jesus Christ we have dual citizenship. We are citizens of earth and citizens of heaven. The work of transformation is to rebuild our internal infrastructure so our heavenly and earthly citizenship are synonomous. Jesus of Nazareth was the model of a unified dual citizenship. Henceforth, why He told us to pray, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. One person two citizenships.

With that being said, while praying in tongues this morning, the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, “I cannot cast out a thief you submit to.” John 10:10 says, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” As people we have submitted to more theives that we even realize. Religion, politics, culture, memories, have all programmed us to believe the thief, submit to it, and therefore, our agreement with the thief is why it is not being removed from our life. We see the affects of the thief, but the thief feels allusive and we can’t seem to put our finger on it, because we have submitted to it.

Our submission is the thief’s authority to stay. Once we decide the thief is not benefiting us, servicing us, helping us in any way, but is actually stealing, killing and destroying us, we will evict it from our life. We have so much authority, we decide what theives are evicted and what ones remain. Proverbs 6:30-31 says, “Men do not despise a thief if he steals To satisfy himself when he is hungry; But when he is found, he must repay sevenfold; He must give all the substance of his house.” The Lord will reveal the thief to you if you ask, but you must repent of submitting to the revealed thief if you want the thief evicted and the sevenfold return. The choice is yours as to what you do with the thief in your life. Personally, I am done being robbed and I am done submitting to the thief, no matter what form it may take.