God Loves the Church

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"Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless." Ephesians 5:25-27

If you study the scriptures in the New Testament, you will find that Jesus always went to the Temple to teach and disciple the people there. Paul did the same. And also Peter. This shows us that Jesus and the apostles made believers a priority. You will also find that Jesus frequently prayed for the believers. He prayed to the Father in John 17:9, "I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom You have given Me; for they are Yours." Jesus loves the church and He proved His love by dying on the cross for her. (Ephesians 5:25) The church is the body of Christ. In Colossians 1:18 it says "And He is the head of the body, the church." In Matthew 16:18 it says, "I tell you, you are Peter and on this rock I will build My church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
               God has called me to intercede and stand in the gap for the church. God gave me a dream which I am part of, but I am representing the church...I was at a wedding and I was supposed to marry a bride that was on the platform. I didn't want to marry the woman and I couldn't understand why the Christians who came for my wedding found it acceptable. (In the dream, the bride represents a principality. This has nothing to do with perversity or a gay lifestyle. It has to do with being in alignment with a spirit or principality.) The dream shifted where I took a man aside from the wedding to talk to him in secret. The man was a father who had a son, and I asked the man to arrange for me to marry his son, because if I married his son, then I wouldn't have to marry the woman. The church has lost sight of "her" first love. When pastors/believers put other things ahead of Jesus, it opens the door for spirits or principalities to enter in.

​We Come Before God, the Judge, In His Heavenly Court     
Daniel 7:26-27

bWe repent on behalf of ourselves, all believers, and pastors who have authority over believers in their churches. We repent for not seeking Jesus first, and His will, above all things and people; for not giving Him our whole heart; for having other "loves." We profess, the blood of Jesus has cleansed us of our sins and we are free of guilt, so Satan can no longer accuse us or our brethren. 

DECREE

I decree the church will return to her first love; she will remember from where she has fallen and will do the deeds she did at first. ​Revelation 2:4-5