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When God Looks at Himself in the Mirror

23/07/06 at 10.30am   /   by Dannie Hood   /   0 Comment

July 9, 2023

  • Brightness is the Greek word, apaugasma, which means radiance, effulgence, or reflection. The quality of sending out rays of light. Jesus came as the light into the world; not a separate light from another face, or from another person, or from a demigod figure on a different throne; he came as the one true light of the character of God.  
  • You must understand that Jesus is not a resemblance of the Father, he is a reflection of the father. If God could look in a mirror and see Himself the image would be the man Christ Jesus. Think about that; God is not looking through a lens of eternity upon a separate image that has his appearance or likeness; He is not glancing upon an imitating substance derived from his omnipotent nature; He is not looking at a stump carved out His everlasting glory, planted in our human world and witnessing a distinctive growth or plant or god-form. God didn’t Xerox himself and send that into world. He created a human house and came himself to dwell in it. Jesus was not a close version of God; He was not an imitation; he was the incarnation. Jesus didn’t stop by the fueling station of the heavens and get a filling of the Divine nature; he was the fuel, the gas station, the everlasting power of God.    
  • Remember, He is the brightness of his glory. Think, rays of sunshine; a beam from a flashlight; an illumination from a torch; you can’t separate the one from the other and they both distinctly exist. Also, glory is significant as the God said he would not give his glory to another. Isaiah 42:8
  • This is why the Trinity doctrine corrupts the image of God. It diminishes the authority of one and makes it reliant upon three different forms, or on unanimous counsel to get something done. Listen now…

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An Ocean of Anointing

23/06/28 at 10.30am   /   by Dannie Hood   /   0 Comment

July 2, 2023

What is the difference between a reservoir and a river? One is man-made. The other is God-made. A reservoir is measured in feet and depth. Man determines the volume of water. But a river is determined by rain levels and banks and flow. Spiritual things from God are immeasurable. You can’t control its current, you just have to move with it. Spiritual movements are powerful as long as we don’t put up humanistic barricades and try to control it. And in the world of the Spirit, God has given us depths of anointing. We don’t have to settle for little ponds of religion. We need to use powers of truth at our altars to touch a hurting and hopeless world. Go deeper. Pray a little more. See the impossible become a fulfillment. Listen now…

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Three Frogs and a Sword

23/06/21 at 10.30am   /   by Dannie Hood   /   0 Comment

June 25. 2023

What comes out of the mouth of this trio of darkness is dubious to the mind, dangerous to the soul, and destructive to the body. If you listen long enough to their speeches you will feel yourself begin to question things that were concretely driven deep in your heart. If you taste the temptation of their offerings you will begin to believe that holiness tastes nasty and rivers of living water are too bitter to drink.

So, you have to challenge these ancient spirits with a newborn experience. “out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength that thou mightiest still the enemy and the avenger.” To still the enemy is to silence his hateful, demeaning rhetoric. The Spiritual application here is that when someone opens their mouth as a newborn babe in Christ, the New Birth Experience; it mutes hell. It’s like every auditory nerve in the Universe suddenly goes deaf, and as if some ethereal sound producer is at the controls the evil words fade out. Huh? I can’t hear you. I’m too busy singing. Huh? I can’t hear you. I’m too busy quoting the Word. Huh? I can’t hear you. I’m too busy praying in the Spirit. Your New Birth Experience has more power than demonic exaggerations that try to intimidate you. They will boast weapons of shame. They will target your vulnerable areas. But your New Birth Experience has more power than demonic excavations. These are the things they dig up from your past. Bones of bitterness. Rotted flesh of failures. Decomposed bodies of sin and regrets. Skulls of old thoughts in the dirt of shame. But your New Birth Experience has more power than demonic exploitations. These are the disadvantages the enemy thinks you have; your weaknesses he can key in on; your failures of the past that he can try and capitalize on when you try to do something for God, say something for God.

Goliath threatened Israel in I Samuel 17 and the Israelites were weakened by what they saw in Goliath. But then came David. And David was strengthened by what God saw in him. God’s view of us is more powerful than our fearful view of the enemy. Listen now…

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Pharaoh or Follower

23/06/14 at 10.30am   /   by Dannie Hood   /   0 Comment

June 18, 2023

Then Pharaoh looked out his window and saw Aaron standing in a nearby field. Something was in his hand. Dirt? No, ashes. And just then Aaron and Moses required an audience and as they stood before the ever-defiant Pharaoh Moses lifted his hand and slowly allowed the ashes to sprinkle on the wind. From the ashes of the furnace boils were born. The boils got so bad on all the people that the magicians canceled their next performance; they were too embarrassed by the ravaging sores all over their bodies.

But the boils only boiled Pharaoh’s resolve, and he stubbornly went back to his room, slammed the door and would not let the slave labor be free. It’s funny how Pharaoh became more imprisoned by pride and became a slave to his own will and wore heavier chains of bondage to destiny.

You see, you can’t do it your way and have prosperity with God. And men often think God is just suppressing their skills or intelligence; that by making God a non-existent entity they can erase limitations or human guilt. But God isn’t going anywhere? And no matter who says He doesn’t exist simply doesn’t change His existence.

The fool hath said in his heart there is no God. But God is a rewarder of those who believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him. There is no reward in rejection. There is no comfort in ignoring God’s existence, or in refusing God’s instructions, or in reforming God to be something man-made and man controlled. Listen now…

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The Cancellation Policy of Heaven

23/06/07 at 3.49pm   /   by Dannie Hood   /   0 Comment

June 11, 2023

Luk 5:1  And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, 

Luk 5:2  And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. 

Luk 5:3  And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon’s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. 

Luk 5:4  Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. 

Luk 5:5  And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. 

Luk 5:6  And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.

The frustrated fisherman glanced at the barren nets. He rubbed his hands over his eyes and wished he could wipe away the futility of the night. His back ached. His bank account suffered. He stared at a disappearing moon that hung like a curved blade over the waters, and part of him wanted to just cut up these empty nets and make new ones. The morning water lapped at his feet. The boats creaked in the gentle waves. A cool breeze brought no comfort to his tired face. His sleepy eyes dreamed of a big catch. But as the sun arose his spirit did not…

  1. Nevertheless. It just cancelled everything negative before this word. It stopped looking at the past and it started seeing the potential of the moment. Let down the net, don’t give anymore excuses. Let down the net, stop talking about what didn’t happen. Let down the net…
  2. And when they had this done…it’s not what Peter said; it’s what He did. It could have ended with something he said. We can’t. I won’t. I will never happen. Mind your own business. You don’t work in his line of work. Stick to what you know. I’ve toiled all night and I’m going home. The nets didn’t break until Peter first had a break…He broke from the past to empower the moment. You can’t empower the moment if your expectation is always looking over your shoulder; always anticipating the worst outcome. Listen now…

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Iron Mixed with Clay

23/05/31 at 5.57pm   /   by Dannie Hood   /   0 Comment

June 4, 2023

In the Last Days there will be confidence and confusion, democracy and imperialism. We will see men rise up with great authority and yet have limited abilities. There will be great deception in man’s ability to rely on himself, on humanism. Educational strength will be compromised by avarice desires. Hopes will be mixed with lying signs and wonders. Strong militancy will be mixed with hatred toward any kind of authority. And so, the weaknesses of mankind will be the ultimate undoing of the Antichrist Empire of the End; it will be pulverized by the Kingdom of Christ. Listen now…

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Your Adversity has an Expiration Date

23/05/25 at 10.30am   /   by Dannie Hood   /   0 Comment

May 28, 2023

1Pe 4:12  Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 

1Pe 4:13  But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

  1. The word strange is foreigner, so first of all the apostle is telling us that the fiery trial is your friend, not a stranger. To be foreign is to not know the territory; but this is no stranger of danger, but a friend of faith and revelation. Jesus called Judas friend. He knew what Judas would do. Anything that helps shape your destiny is your friend and though it becomes your enemy, the result reveals it was as if a friend had done you a favor.
  2. Happened. Not happening. Past tense, not presently occurring. So, this means whatever was taking place has already happened. It’s over. Your past it. You’re through it. You’re at the end of the chapter. You’re over the mountain of conflict. You’re beyond the valley of strain and stress. You’re out of the wilderness of confusion. Your victory has developed out of the darkness. Your treasure has come out of the fire. Your faith has come out of the furnace of anxiety. It has processed into a promise. It has formed from broken to something priceless. Also, happened is a word that speaks of an event. An event has a time stamp on it. It is based on something transpiring at a particular time. If you buy tickets to some type of entertainment, it has a date and time on it. You can’t show up a day later and use the same ticket. Hey, devil you can’t show up in my tomorrow promise with yesterday’s pain…listen now.

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It Takes a Mother Part 2

23/05/18 at 5.07pm   /   by Dannie Hood   /   0 Comment

May 21, 2023

It takes a mother in a world that’s shifting,

A culture that is sifting,

The fledgling minds and youthful hearts of the land,

Under a dark and sinister demonic hand…

It take a mother who fills up the prayer wagon

And slays the fiery, sharp toothed dragon

To battle the chaos of confusion  

The ongoing endless classroom delusion

The intolerance of Biblical inclusion

The loneliness of the Christian institution;

In the book of Judges we read of the oppressive Canaanites who

Rule the idolatrous Jews, who once again have fallen, they are crawling and bawling like beggars again before a heathen King;

Jabin has chariots of iron and well trained warriors who march with harmony

Of clanking armor and thundering footfall and faces of steal,

They have a fierce and woeful will; they come to kill;

As they march over the sun baked sands and naked desert floors

There is an intimidating power that cannot be ignored; they are matchless

In their militancy; their manner is one of belligerency; there is no present army with equivalency; they are strong and stubborn and demon powered;

The chariot wheels whine and the muscular horses stretch and the eerie shadows

Of this racing strength extend in elongated, twisted ink up the hillsides and along the dusty roads; there is trembling fear in all the country and every village And every abode. To hear the rest listen now…

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It Takes a Mother

23/05/11 at 12.17pm   /   by Dannie Hood   /   0 Comment

May 14, 2023

We live in a world of demonic confusion, of unrighteous cultural conformity, and of deceptive religious corruption. Who’s going to stand against these end time foes? Who is going to make a difference in a world with so many choices? Who is going to pray when others remain silent? Who is going to stand and say something when others feel muted by intimidation? It takes a mother. Nobody loves you like a mother loves you. In the Kingdom of God, the mother is the origin of our faith that began in Jerusalem 2000 years ago. That same mother still connects us to the Saving Gospel of Jesus Christ. That same mother still fights for us against the onslaught of sin and perversion. Listen now…

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Preserving the Promise

23/05/04 at 10.30am   /   by Dannie Hood   /   0 Comment

May 7, 2023

Noah built an ark for the salvation of his family. Then, after the flood, Noah built an altar for sacrifice. Salvation and sacrifice go together. And in the Christian life we need to maintain our altars. We learn to be selfless when we sacrifice. We learn to be continually thankful to God when we show in our relentless devotion. The Promises of God are not just about saving us from danger; but they are equally about showing us our future, our fruitfulness. So, don’t be hampered by hurt or bound by bitterness; build an altar and see yourself grow through prayer, preserving every promise of God spoken over your life. Listen now…

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