I love writing.  It is my face time with the Lord.  I draw out of the Holy Spirit realms of revelation.  One of my quoted scripture over the last couple years has come out of Matthew 16: 13-20.  Jesus asked a simple question that was an opportunity for the Father to download secrets and mysteries of heaven concerning Jesus and His relationship to the church.  All of which were timely in the greater scheme of training and equipping the church to fulfill it's mission.  That mission was to reach the known world at that time with the message of the gospel.  Extremely important tools were dispersed in the dialog with the 12 selected followers. Here are some general points that have repetition through the New Testament dealings with us as His followers:

• Who do men say I am ?  Are you going along with what others are saying about me or are you searching as an individual.
• Who do you say I am ?  Are you open to me Peter to tell you who I am ? or are you going to go along with the crowd ?
• Did you figure that out on your own ?  Information will come from your flesh BUT
• Did you get revelation from the Father in heaven ?  The stuff from the Father is where I am going to build.
• Peter, you are a stone, but I am going to build on a rock ! (Good construction savvy Jesus )
• What's the rock Jesus ?  Revelation from the Father in heaven.  
• The Gates of Hell (entry places around you where the tempter destroyer comes to stop you and keep you from me and my mission for your life) will not prevail against you when you are running on my revelation.   
• I will give you keys of the kingdom of heaven....you are going to get to open up heaven on the earth because I am going to reveal what and when you should open, so that you can further:
• Bind things I tell you to bind and loosen things I tell you to loose...that way we are working together and you are not just doing things in the flesh.