{"id":959,"date":"2017-05-09T11:10:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T16:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/what-are-kings-and-kingdoms-in-your-life\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:09:49","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:09:49","slug":"what-are-kings-and-kingdoms-in-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=959","title":{"rendered":"What, are the Kings and Kingdoms in Your Life?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nYears ago, our Masters IV Quartet sang a song by the Lanny Wolfe Trio that the chorus went like this:
\n“Jesus, be the Lord of all. Jesus, be the Lord of all. Jesus, be the Lord of all the kingdoms of my heart.” The verses went like this:
\nVERSE 1
\nIn my heart are kingdoms of a world that’s all my own.
\nKingdoms that are only seen by myself and God alone.
\nIn the past when I tried to rule my world, it just seemed to fall apart.
\nSo please, Jesus, be the Lord of all the kingdoms of my heart.<\/p>\n

VERSE 2
\nI guess I only fooled myself, for I said I have yielded all.
\nBut in a secret corner of my heart was a kingdom that didn’t fall.
\nI surrender now, make my heart Your throne.
\nRule its kingdoms, great and small, for if you’re not Lord of everything, then You’re not Lord at all.<\/p>\n

Kings, kingdoms — all those little vices, flaws and inner conflicts that keep us from peace and the abundant life Christ promised us. We may be well on our way of living a care-free, overcoming and victorious life, but discouragement, insignificance, disappointment, jealousy, bitterness, low self esteem, depression, anger issues, temptations, feelings of inadequacy, and so many other “kings and kingdoms” are around that we are still in the process of conquering. The point is….there will always be opposing forces to our successes and victories. That’s why we hear in Ephesians 6:10-18, God’s wisdom for how we conquer those kings and kingdoms:<\/p>\n

\u200b”\u200bFinally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil\u2019s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers\u200b\u200b, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.\u200b (My note: all those KINGS!) \u200bTherefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. \u200b\u200bIn addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.\u200b \u200bAnd pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord\u2019s people.\u200b” <\/p>\n

\u200bI believe God is equipping us ALL, as He did with Queen Esther \u201cfor such a time as this\u201d. Often we encounter “kings” in order for God to get our attention. He is raising up an army of FULLY DEVOTED followers of Christ, who are committed to being in a \u201cpreparation season\u201d because He needs us to be His hands extended to a very hurting world.<\/p>\n

We ALL should realize\u200b \u200bthat we are here for specifically designed purposes by Father God, at THIS TIME. He has given us ABILITIES and the AUTHORITY, and like the little shepherd boy, David, \u200band Moses and Joshua, \u200bHe wants to ANOINT us to complete the ASSIGNMENTS He has given us. But before we head out into this day….into the battlefield, we need to be sure we put on the whole ARMOR of God. \u200b Then we’ll be in on the offensive side…. conquering king after king after king.\u200b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Years ago, our Masters IV Quartet sang a song by the Lanny Wolfe Trio that the chorus went like this: “Jesus, be the Lord of all. Jesus, be the Lord of all. Jesus, be the Lord of all the kingdoms of my heart.” The verses went like this: VERSE 1 In my heart are kingdoms…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5858,5357,1772,3257,5859,5860,5861,5862,5863,5864,5367],"class_list":["post-959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-assignments","tag-ephesians-610-18","tag-for-such-a-time-as-this","tag-gods-wisdom","tag-jesus-be-the-lord-of-all","tag-kings","tag-kings-and-kingdoms","tag-lanny-wolfe-trio","tag-masters-iv-quartet","tag-opposing-forces","tag-whole-armor-of-god"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=959"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6646,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959\/revisions\/6646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}