Robert Henderson - Accessing the Courts of Heaven: Positioning Yourself for Breakthrough and Answered Prayers

DESTINY IMAGE BOOKS BY ROBERT HENDERSON

Unlocking Destinies from the
Courts of Heaven Curriculum

Unlocking Destinies from the Courts of Heaven

Operating in the Courts of Heaven

YOUR NEXT STEPS IN THE COURTS OF HEAVEN

T he basic principles outlined in this small book are precursors to Operating in the Courts of Heaven and all subsequent Courts of Heaven books.

I consider these teachings essential and preparatory for those who wish to engage in the Courts of Heaven strategy for seeing breakthrough in prayer.

Before you study the details of the Courts of Heaventhe Books in Heaven, the three dimensions of prayer, dissolving curses, retrieving books of destiny, etc.I want you to have a solid foundation of what gives you a legal right to enter into the courts to begin with and receive breakthrough answers to prayer.

Copyright 2017Robert Henderson

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I n this next section, I want to share three keys that, when understood and applied, will give you access to breakthrough and answered prayer in the courts of Heaven.

The three keys you need to apply in order to step into the third dimension of prayer and answer the case against you in the courts of Heaven are based on Revelation 12:11.

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

1. The blood of the Lamb
2. The word of your testimony
3. Not loving your life until death

When we walk in the third dimension of prayer, we are able to answer any and every accusation against us that the adversary would use to stop the full breakthrough that we desire from coming into our lives.

The enemy has spent a long time building a case against you. If someone files a suit against you, they have evidence against you and have spent time putting this case together. The enemy is the same way.

Satan has spent a long time putting together cases against us because he doesnt want us coming into the full breakthrough God has for us. But Jesus, by what He has done on the cross, has given us everything we need to answer every case, silence the accuser, and see the fullness of what God wants for us become reality in our lives. This ought to raise the level of our excitement and expectation when it comes to the place of prayer.

In the next three chapters, I want us to study each of those three keys separately, beginning with the blood of the Lamb.

W e have a little dog named Otis. Otis is about 14 pounds with long, shaggy hair. His mother is a dachshund mixed with terrier or poodle or something else. Thats just who Otis is, and we love the little guy.

One day our six-year-old grandson, Jackson, is in the living room with Otis, and he doesnt know anybodys around. My wife sees Jackson on the floor with Otis. Jackson is gently holding Otiss head in his hands and looking into his eyes. Jackson says to Otis, Otis, if you want to be a superhero, youre going to have to change the way you think. The first thing you have to do is get a cape. The second thing you need is a superhero name like Super Dog. And the third thing you need to do is learn how to fly.

If we want to move in the supernatural, we have to change the way we think.

I tell people that my grandson understands more than we do about how the Kingdom of God operates. If we want to move in the supernatural, we have to change the way we think. Our natural way of thinking does not lend itself to moving into the supernatural realmsand the courts of Heaven are in the supernatural realm of God.

THREE DIMENSIONS OF PRAYER

Jesus put prayer in three different dimensionsFather, Friend, Judge. The first dimension of approaching God as Father is found in Luke 11 and 18. The Holy Spirit reveals the father-hood of God, heals our wounds, comforts us, etc. We fall in love with the Father and come into greater revelation of how deeply the Father loves us. Jesus says, When you pray, say: Our Father in heaven (Luke 11:2). So, the first dimension of prayer is approaching God as Father.

In Luke 11:5-6 (NIV), Jesus says, Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him. The second dimension of prayer is approaching God as Friend.

Jesus was teaching the disciples the three dimensions of prayer. The first one related to God as Father, which is about getting our own needs and desires met. The second realm is approaching God as Friend, with the picture Jesus painted of a man who had a friend in need and couldnt help him, so he went to another friend. We are the ones who cant help, but we can go to our Friend for helpwe are in a position of intercession.

We come before God the Father for our own needs and our own desires. We come before God as Friend for the needs of others. But we come before God as Judge when were dealing with an adversary.

In Luke 18:1-8, Jesus teaches on prayer through a parable, showing the disciples that they should always pray and not give up. He tells them there was a widow who came before an unjust judge and wanted justice from her adversary. He didnt agree right away, but he finally gave her what she wanted because she kept nagging him. Jesus told them that God will quickly avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him.

The third dimension of prayer is that of approaching the Judge or going into a judicial system. When Jesus spoke of a widow approaching an unjust judge, He was not saying God is an unjust judge; He was saying that if a widow could get a verdict from an unjust judge, how much more can we, His children, come before the righteous Judge, the Judge of all the earth, and see Him render verdicts on our behalf and in our favor.