Listening to God's voice through Kris Vallotton...

One does not need to be very observant to see how depression and anxiety are slowly destroying our people. Both unbelievers and believers suffer from this cruel monster that black people believe to be a “white thing”. Depression is real, and you most probably have steered in that direction in some point of your life. We all have those days when we feel fear and hopelessness. It is unfortunate that for some of us it becomes medical, even more unfortunate that it is spiritual for all of us. (Ephesians 6:12) 

Kris Vallotton is a senior associate leader at Bethel Church in Redding, California. He also co-founded KV Ministries, together with his wife Kathy. He and Danny Silk flew in for the “Invasion” conference, and on April 10th he spoke at UJ. This is a man who has gone through some real struggles in life, but those struggles are what lead him to serve and touch the lives of people through his testimony (for you cannot lead a people to a place you have not been to or experienced before). For 3 years he church-hopped just for an encounter with Christ, right after he had said to God: “if you heal my mother I will serve you for the rest of my life”. God indeed healed her, and he started to diligently seek the face of God. One day while taking a bath a thought settled in him. He believed he was going to die soon, and there he started to suffer from a panic attack that became worse and lasted for many years after.

I remember him describing it as fear. He became fearful and totally hopeless. A person who had come to know the goodness of Christ Jesus suffered from fear and hopelessness. These are the tricks of the enemy, and you need to know that fear is faith in the wrong god. Angels and demons travel at the speed of thought, so the thought you entertain is the one you give the authority to govern your mind. An old Cherokee legend put it this way: It is a terrible fight between two wolves. One is evil and the other is good. The same fight is going on inside every person, and the wolf that wins is the one you feed.

“Feeling bad about yourself is an open door to demonic activity”- K.V

All this boils down do identity. See, you have got to know who you are and whose you are. You cannot be a child of the King and feel like you are a loser. “God is the artist, Jesus is the model, and you are the painting”. You were made in the image of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Surely you know that by now, but the Christ you believe in is also the prince of peace. Jehovah Shalom, the Lord our peace. Every time you feel fear, shameful, confused and hopeless something in you has been broken, but that does not define you. The name of Jesus breaks chains that have kept you in bondage and condemnation, depression and anxiety.

The environment you create within you is the environment you create around you. If you have the Kingdom of Light within you it matters not where you are put, you will change the place. Kris makes a comparison between a prince and a pauper. Place a pauper in a palace and he will turn it into a mess because that is all he knows and that’s the kind of environment he has inside of him. Being a prince (princess) means you carry the Kingdom with you wherever you go. You impact the lives of those around you, and give hope to the hopeless. You impart the spirit of light that is within you. Kris Vallotton continues to do just that, and I believe he spoke to the hearts of many that night. He sure did speak to mine, even though he didn’t prophesy over me:(

You can take the Prince and Pauper test here>> http://kvministries.com/prince-pauper-test   and see the kind of environment that is within you.

Be blessed:)