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September 15, 2025 · 5:30 AM

Kingdom Dominion

In Genesis 1, as God was about to make man He said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion…” (NKJV) Before sin entered the world, He instituted His Kingdom on earth and gave man the responsibility to have dominion. We were commissioned with a divine assignment to bring Heaven’s culture to earth. He then gave man His image, much like a signet ring, to have authority over everything. However, when the Fall happened, the call to Kingdom dominion remained, but our capacity became compromised.

Jesus coming to earth was not only meant to restore us to God, but also to the life of Kingdom dominion He created us to live. When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray in Matthew 6, Jesus started out by restoring His Kingdom mandate. He prayed, “Your Kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.” Jesus restored a governmental order that sin clouded. He restored our purpose and recommissioned us to bring the culture of Heaven to a world darkened by sin. Then before He ascended into Heaven, Jesus said that all power (absolute rule and authority) had been given to Him as He recommissioned us to go and make disciples who would be Kingdom carriers.

In Christ you are an image bearer with His authority. What sin tried to take away, Jesus restored. You have been given authority to cultivate the Kingdom of Heaven in your home, on your job and wherever you go. Walk in the authority He has given you, not to dominate, but to demonstrate the culture of the Kingdom. You are to enter every room as Heaven’s representative. You carry Kingdom authority, so walk like a citizen of Heaven, speak like an ambassador and love like the King of Kings. Use your Kingdom dominion to not only change the environment around you, but to shift the atmosphere as you help God’s Kingdom and will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.

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June 25, 2025 · 5:33 AM

The Dominion Mandate

In Genesis 1:28 one of the first directives God gives mankind is a dominion mandate over the earth. That word dominion means to exercise authority, to make productive through the cultivation process and to steward well what had been given to them. I believe that mandate continues to this day, but also extends to the areas of our lives and gifts God has given us. Imagine how your life would change if you exercised authority over your thoughts, your flesh and your time. What would change if you began to cultivate the relationships God has given you, your finances, resources and talents? We are called to be stewards of all God has given us.

I love the story of Nehemiah. He did all these things well because he took the dominion mandate seriously. He was a cupbearer to the king. He cultivated that relationship to the point that the king financed his calling. When he returned to Jerusalem, he found that the walls were in torn down with rubble everywhere. He exercised authority over the situation and the people responded. They took what was broken and rebuilt the walls of the city in a short amount of time. The city had not been productive and couldn’t grow because of the lack of protection. By stewarding his vision, organizing the people and taking dominon over the situation, Jerusalem became a vibrant city again.

Proverbs 13:23 says, “Abundant food is in the fallow (uncultivated) ground of the poor, But [without protection] it is swept away by injustice” (AMP). There is so much untapped potential in our lives because we fail to take dominion and leave it uncultivated. There are places in our lives that are like Jerusalem before Nehemiah showed up. They’re without protection and need the walls rebuilt. Where in your life do you need to begin taking dominion? What do you need to cultivate in order to change fallow ground into fertile soil? Where do you need to be exercising your God given authority? You have been given a dominion mandate by God. Don’t settle for fallow for fallow ground into the land God has given you.

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