Developing the Priest in You - Part 1

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We welcome you to join us as Prophet Hari Rao teaches from the life of Samuel, showing us how to develop the priest within each of us - our highest calling and primary function in life

Even after Moses and Joshua led the Israelites from Egypt to the Promised Land, they frequently sinned and rebelled, which resulted in their captivity. In the Old Testament, we see that God established a system of sacrifices to cover their sins and raised judges and priests as deliverers to rescue them. Although God was their King, He chose to rule through His representatives—the priests and judges.

While all sin is destructive, there is a particular kind of sin that leads people into captivity, giving the enemy dominion over their lives.

This is often the consequence of persistent rebellion and disobedience to God’s ways.

1.⁠ ⁠When God is not honored in your life:

Dishonoring God is a sin that leads to captivity and allows the enemy to take over your territory, causing you to lose dominion. However, as long as you are walking in His precepts, even if you stumble, God has made a provision for your recovery.

2.⁠ ⁠When you become the God of your life:

Where God is no longer the author of your life.

You’re a slave if you cannot walk away from that sin; it gains dominion over you, causing you to lose ground & become a principality in your life.

Learn not only to walk in victory but also to sustain it.

Dominion shouldn’t be a place of visitation; it must become a habitation.

In 1 Sam 7, we read that, because of the presence of one man, God’s hand was against an entire nation.

In the kingdom, God is not a respecter of people; he’s a respecter of principles.

Samuel is a postcard; if you can glean from his life you can duplicate his results.

When the entire nation, including the priesthood, had lost its way, the little boy, Samuel, ministered unto the Lord. He understood that he was an offering unto the Lord and that he had a priestly obligation over his life.

Prayer is not an option for a priest; it’s a divine obligation.

The primary function of the priest is a consistent prayer life. During the Mosaic law, the majority of what the priests did inside the Tabernacle was hidden. While the average Israelite brought offerings to the Lord about 3-5 times a year, the priest was required to minister in His presence daily, ensuring the lamp remained burning.

But today believers have mastered the outward life that is on display but fall short in the hidden parts. True power flows from the secret place of intimacy with God.

Samuel was a Levite from a priestly lineage, but he went from serving as a priest to walking in the office of a prophet and eventually ruled as a judge who anointed kings. The priestly office is a birthing place.

You can’t develop the prophet in you if the priestly office in you is undeveloped.

4 areas you have to develop as a priest:

-Pray Daily

-Worship Daily

-Sacrifice Daily

-Make contact with the Word Daily

Your primary function is to operate as a priest, where you commune with God. Your outside life is evidence of your inside life.