CONCLUSION: Altars mark significant places in our lives in our circumstances, a serious, sacred place of transaction. It is also a place where we meet with God. And remembering the blood of Jesus is the blood of a new covenant. You can accept it or reject it but you cannot change it. “THANK YOU JESUS FOR YOUR LIFE, THANK YOU JESUS FOR DYING ON THE CROSS FOR ME. THANK YOU FOR THAT ALTAR OF COVENANT THAT I WILL KEEP ON HOLDING TILL MY LAST BREATH. I ACCEPT AND I AGGREE TO THE COVENANT OF GOD OVER MY LIFE. I COMPLETELY OFFER MY LIFE AS A LIVING SACRIFICE IN JESUS NAME”.

1. What kind of Altar are you building for yourself? How would this altar define you?

1. What will you do if God will say “To your offspring I will give you this land” ?2. Are you accepting God’s Covenant over your life?

PRAYERFather God, You’re an Awesome God. We Praise you and Adore You. We Exalt Your Name on High. May we your children build our altars and offer our bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to you our God. And thank you for always giving us opportunity to be of service to You and Your people. Guide us and Empower us in the Mighty Name of Jesus Christ, AMEN.

GPL MISSION: To have the love and grace of God overflow in our lives which will cause us to reach people who are longing for God’s love that would lead them in worshipping the Creator and follow their destiny.

GPL VISION: To raise anointed people founded by the Word of God who will impact individuals, family, society, rulers and government.

Glorious Presence of the Lord Global MinistriesRiyadh, KSA (April 11-12, 2019)

FOUNDED “ALTAR OF COVENANT“

WEEK 2 De

Romans 12:1 “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God —this is your true and proper worship.”

What covenant of God are you claiming right now in your life?

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The Call of Abram Genesis 12:1-912 Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people that they had acquired in Haran, and they set out to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan, 6 Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. 7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.8 From there he moved to the hill country on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. And there he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord. 9 And Abram journeyed on, still going toward the Negeb.

What is an Altar- An altar is any structure upon which offerings such as sacrifices are made for religious purposes. It was usually a raised platform with a flat surface. There are over four hundred references to altars in the Bible. The word altar is first used in Genesis 8:20 when Noah built an altar to the Lord after leaving the ark. However, the idea was present as early as Genesis 4:3–4 when Cain and Abel brought their sacrifices to the Lord.

- A place/space of exclusivity we build for God to dwell in our lives/heart.Access to God has always been through an altar. Not the altar of structure, but the altar of the heart. The intention and desires of the heart. Man cannot come to God on man's terms; it must always be according to God’s Will.What is a Covenant? -a binding promise between two parties for the purpose of creating & maintaining successful, lifelong relationships.God’s Covenant Involved:

1. Statement of Promise2. Shedding of Blood3. Sign of Remembrance

1.a-OLD COVENANT (Statement of Promise)Genesis 6:17–18 “‘... Everything on earth will perish. But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark ...’”1.b-NEW COVENANT (Statement of Promise)Jeremiah 31:31, 33, 34 -“‘The time is coming,’ declares the LORD, ‘when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah ... I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.’”

2.a- OLD COVENANT (Shedding of Blood)

Genesis 8:20–22 “Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it. The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: ... never again will I destroy all living creatures ... 2.b- NEW COVENANT (Shedding of Blood)Colossians 1:19–22 “... God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish...

3.a- OLD COVENANT (Sign of Remembrance)Genesis 9:15–17 “‘... Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures...’ So God said to Noah, ‘This is the sign of the covenant ...’” -3.b- NEW COVENANT (Sign of Remembrance)Colossians 2:11–12 “In him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of the sinful nature, not with a circumcision done by the hands of men but with the circumcision done by Christ, having been buried with him in baptism and raised with him through your faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.”

What is the Altar of Covenant? -The altar of covenant is a place and a promise.-An altar is a place for doing business with God. -The altar of covenant is a place we establish identity.

1. The Altar of Covenant is a place and a promise:It is about the journeys of people through all kinds of circumstances. The altars in your life do a time, date, place stamp.

2. The Altar of Covenant is a place of doing business with God.It is a serious, sacred place of transaction. Altars are about transactions. They are not just about hanging out. They are not just about why don’t we swing by the altar. They are about doing business with God. An altar in this case is a memorial on Abram’s part to the place God had led him and a memorial to the place God met him. It is a place to do business with God that leaves an imprint on your soul. It is a place where He wants to do business with you. And if you’ve ever had that kind of experience, it never goes away. It is imprinted on your soul.

3. The Altar of Covenant is a place we establish our identity.When we get discouraged and when we come back to that place and say this is where He met me, that’s the peace. And when you read Abram’s story, he has a little checkered history, but they said even though all of our dreams haven’t been fulfilled, sitting in this place on that night years ago, God showed up. This was a place of altar and anointing and empowerment right here in this same altar of covenant you made with our God.

To raise up an altar means to build in both the Greek and the New Testament. And it is a transactional moment where God is raising something up. You are participating and the same verb that is used for raising up altars in the Old Testament is the equivalent verb in the New Testament where it says God raised up Jesus from the dead. So the link, Centuries before Jesus, Abram raised up an altar to honor God and to show God’s authority and dominion in his life. And Jesus said, ‘I am going to be raised on the third day,’ the disciples didn’t get that, but He said, ‘Before I go, let’s eat together.’ at the supper, He passed around the wine and He said, ‘This is my blood, the blood of a new covenant.’ This is a royal covenant. This is the Almighty God and his creatures engaging in a royal covenant. And this is what He says, ‘Here’s the deal, I am going to sacrifice my life for you, there is a price to pay and I will pay it all.’ We say no, we need to do our share. Let me do a little work. But He says, ‘I will do it all, you can take those terms or you can leave those terms, but you can’t change those terms.’Aren’t you grateful for the God who says Jesus paid it all? All to Him I owe. Sin has left a guilty stain, He washed it white as snow. Here is the God who meets us in the places of our greatest need. And from Abram to Jesus, when sacrifice is needed, when memorial is needed, when contact and engagement and brokenness and refreshing and resurrecting life is needed, that is where He meets us. I pray for you a life full of covenants in Jesus Name.

April 11-12, 2019 F O U N D E D - “Altar of Covenant” GPL-LG

April 11-12, 2019 F O U N D E D - “Altar of Covenant” GPL-LG