God wants us to take spiritual ground for the kingdom of God. There is spiritual land for us to occupy. Faith believes that our best days are yet to come. Psalms 30:5 Favor Follows FAITH! Romans 12:2 Joshua 1:2-3 3 Components of Spiritual land acquisition: God’s promises God’s timing Our faith response So here is how you obtain the spiritual real estate that God has for you! Joshua 3:1-6 Get close to the presence of God! Consecrate yourself Joshua 3:5 Consecration = kaw-dash' Belonging to God alone To set apart for God’s exclusive use Devoted, dedicated and made holy through separation To be set apart from common things in order to be exclusively devoted to, and used for God’s purpose 4 Facts about taking spiritual New Ground Consecration proceeds the ‘Amazing Things. Consecration is an invitation, not a forced behavior. Consecration is an act of faith that does not need to know the outcomes of the sacrifice and commitment. An amazing life and legacy await us all on the other side of complete and permanent surrender. Permanent surrender is consecration. Dwight L Moody said “the world is yet to see what God can do with a man or a woman totally surrendered to him.”