Marching Orders
Then Joab said to the Cushite, “Go, tell the king what you have seen.” The Cushite bowed before Joab, and ran. Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said again to Joab, “Come what may, let me also run after the Cushite.” And Joab said, “Why will you run, my son, seeing that you will have no reward for the news?” “Come what may,” he said, “I will run.” So he said to him, “Run.” Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and outran the Cushite. 2 Samuel 18:21-23, ESV
Then Ahimaaz cried out to the king, “All is well.” And he bowed before the king with his face to the earth and said, “Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delivered up the men who raised their hand against my lord the king.” And the king said, “Is it well with the young man Absalom?” Ahimaaz answered, “When Joab sent the king's servant, your servant, I saw a great commotion, but I do not know what it was.” And the king said, “Turn aside and stand here.” So he turned aside and stood still. And behold, the Cushite came, and the Cushite said, “Good news for my lord the king! For the Lord has delivered you this day from the hand of all who rose up against you.” The king said to the Cushite, “Is it well with the young man Absalom?” And the Cushite answered, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up against you for evil be like that young man.” 2 Samuel 18:28-31, ESV
When we receive our marching orders from God it will come with opposition. The opposition can be from within our own mind, or from outside sources. In the scriptures above, King David’s son Absalom had gone up against him in war. He was literally fighting to take over his father’s throne and destroy him. This reminded me of Satan, who tried to take over heaven, with God being his father. King David had given instructions about his son Absalom. He asked his soldiers to deal gently with the young man Absalom for his sake. The people had heard that the king had given this order, but regardless his son was murdered in the battle.
Joab was one of the commanders in charge of David’s army. After killing Absalom and gaining victory in the war, he told a Cushite to go and tell the king what he had seen. Even before Joab had given the instruction to the Cushite, a soldier named Ahimaaz asked Joab if he could run and tell the king the news. Joab told Ahimaaz, “no,” but sent the Cushite instead. The Cushite started running to deliver the message, but Ahimaaz once again asked Joab if he could go to the king. Joab finally relented and Ahimaaz took off. When Ahimaaz left, he took a different path than the Cushite and arrived earlier to the king.
Although Ahimaaz arrived before the Cushite and gave the king the news, he could not answer his question because he did not have all the information. The king put Ahimaaz aside and waited for the Cushite to arrive. When he spoke to the Cushite, he had all the information he needed.
When given an assignment you may not feel as qualified to handle it in comparison to someone else. One of our ministers at church said, “Comparison is a thief of joy.” Ahimaaz was the messenger who was regularly assigned to run and provide information to the king. The Cushite had no idea why he was chosen to run to the king instead of Ahimaaz. He was given one assignment: go to the king and tell him what he had witnessed. Ahimaaz had not seen what the Cushite witnessed so he lacked the adequate knowledge to go before the king.
Listen! God gives us assignments every day that may appear that we can’t handle! For example, I have several social media accounts and God told me to give the people the message he had put into my spirit on each one of the accounts. I can tell you for the longest time I did not follow that assignment! I felt like there were already too many other people on social media who were better qualified than me in giving God’s word. They had more education and knowledge of the word. But when God says to do something, he does not need us to give him an account of what the circumstances may look like. He only needs us to obey the order that was given! I found this out quickly when God had sent a personal message to me telling me that I was in disobedience to him. I quickly repented and started doing exactly what he said. I had no idea what God put into my spirit, but I know it is was a message from him and he wanted me to give it to the people.
I loved the story about the Cushite because it showed how God expects us to move no matter what we think. The Cushite never wavered from his assignment. He may have had doubts in his mind, the scripture does not say, but he obeyed the instructions that he was given. When he arrived to King David, he was the only one who could answer the king’s question. Stay the course of your marching orders!
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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Provision
“And if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God. Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock. Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out. “The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before you. They shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways. The Lord will command the blessing on you in your barns and in all that you undertake. And he will bless you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. The Lord will establish you as a people holy to himself, as he has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in his ways. And all the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they shall be afraid of you. And the Lord will make you abound in prosperity, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your livestock and in the fruit of your ground, within the land that the Lord swore to your fathers to give you. The Lord will open to you his good treasury, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hands. And you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you shall only go up and not down, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, being careful to do them, and if you do not turn aside from any of the words that I command you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. Deuteronomy 28
When I was growing up, I was not a fan of all my parent’s rules, so I disobeyed them. I thought my mom was crazy and I disliked being a pastor’s kid. By the time I was a teenager, needless to say, many of the people at our church were not a fan of me. My parents were consistently taking away privileges and disciplining me to get me to obey. When I think back about my behavior I wanted to be obedient on my terms. I did not enjoy getting in trouble and missing out on the opportunities that were there for me. It was a battle of surrendering my soul. I felt like I was giving up apart of myself when I surrendered. I did not realize that my soul needed to be surrendered.
I believe that it is the same way when it comes to serving God. He promises all these provisions if we obey his instructions and the opposite if we choose to disobey his commandments. Because we live in a world full of sin and we were born with a sinful nature, the battle to have our own identity and do our own thing gives us a false sense that we are losing our identity if we surrender to God.
Many people don’t know that they have been robbed of their true identity. In addition, for many individuals it is not until there is hopelessness, or something worse in their life that they would even begin to consider God. Our true identity is found in Genesis 1:27, “so God create man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them…” Genesis 1:27-28, ESV When man knows and accepts who they are and their purpose they will never feel like they are losing their identity, or losing control of themselves. They will find that it is a joy to surrender to God, obey his instructions and enjoy all his provisions!
Lord, God!
How awesome you are to create man in your image! Thank you! Thank you for all your blessings! I pray that you will bless mankind so that they will begin to: understand how wide, long, high and deep your love is and to know that this love surpasses all knowledge; that they may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God; so that they will surrender their souls and be able to receive all the blessing you have waiting for every believer who obeys your word! This I pray in Jesus’ name amen!
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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Lack
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich. 2 Corinthians 8:9
Lack: the state of being without or not having enough of something.
Chacer(Hebrew): fail, want, lessen
Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?” He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little.” One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him, “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?” Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. So also the fish, as much as they wanted. And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.” So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten. John 6:5-13, ESV
The disciples had been with Jesus for sometime now and they had seen him do miracles before, but they still did not realize who was before them. We can all be that way in our own lives. We pray and ask God for something, he answers our prayers and we soon forget how he brought us out of our difficult situations. For example your car breaks down and you get hit with a huge car repair bill and there is no money in your budget to cover it. We can easily forget that God is standing right there waiting to help us. Just like the disciples, they didn’t realize that the resource they needed was standing right in front of them.
The scripture above says that our Lord Jesus Christ, though he was rich became poor, so that we who are in poverty could become rich. This Bible verse is telling us that once you accept Jesus Christ as our personal savior, you have become rich. You receive all that Jesus received. You have his inheritance. Immediately, you receive a direct deposit into your account as an heir of his. The reason the inheritance comes immediately is because Jesus already died. We all have to wait for our relatives to die to receive their inheritance. But that is not so with Jesus because he has already done the work necessary for us to just receive.
Scripture teaches that we are not to look at the things that are seen, but to the things that are unseen. We are to keep looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith. He who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. No matter what we face, God has already prepared the answer!
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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The Phone
…everyone should be quick to listen…, James 1:19, NIV
When I was growing up, the phone either hung on the wall, or it was attached to a cord that was attached to the wall in our home. You would have never seen anyone with a phone in their pocket. If someone had told me back then that I would be carrying a phone around in my purse I never would have believed them! But here we are today with this amazing technology!
I am grateful to be apart of this amazing technology, but we have to be very careful about how we use it. I remember that if I was not at home and someone called, they would have had to leave a message. They would never have been able to instantly get in touch with me. But now all that has changed. While on vacation, my hubby and I were at a coffee shop ordering a hot tea when my phone rang. I looked down and I was tempted to pick up the call, but at the same time I was interacting with the sales clerk. I felt the Holy Spirit in that moment say, “Pause,” so I continued with my order. Later in the day, the Holy Spirit prompted me to see if the caller had left me a message and there was one.
The message was from a dear friend. God had sent her to give me a one minuet word! The word was so powerful that I had to replay it multiple times and write it down. While I was sitting reflecting on the message, the Holy Spirit said, “I did that on purpose. I had the call come when you were busy because I did not want you to answer it. I wanted you to have the message saved on your phone.” If I had taken the call I would not have been able to save it for future reflection. I would have only heard it once.
He reminded me how important it is was to quickly listen to him. We are so accustomed to picking up the phone when it rings that we do not hear him telling us to pause. Many times the call is not for us at that moment. When we are engaged with someone else, or doing some work, we need to pause before we answer and check in with God. He has ordained every step of our life. He knows exactly what is coming and when we need to access the information. Scripture says, “Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there was not one of them. Psalm 139:16, NAS So, the next time your phone rings make sure that you pause and check in with your most trusted advisor; the Holy Spirit. It could be that the call is not for you to answer at that moment. Amen!
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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Sow Goodness
Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. Galatians 6:7, ESV
I was out in my garden admiring all the wonderful vegetation that had come up. It was my first time planting cabbage and broccoli so I was excited to see them grow up from a small seed to produce so much fruit. I remember touching the top of the broccoli so very carefully as I stood back and admired it. I was so excited to harvest the first batch!
Weeks later the Holy Spirit said to me, “You have received what you planted, but this principle works throughout all the earth.” When the scripture says that there will be a time to sow seed and a time to harvest, he is not only speaking about planting physically, but planting spiritually.
He began to show me in the spirit that if you sow evil to others that is what will produce for yourself in your life. He said, “You are only going to receive what you have sown in the earth.” He showed me that what we speak and do to others is like planting seeds and eventually just like my cabbage and broccoli produced fruit, so will our actions. I immediately began to repent and asked God for forgiveness because I have not always treated people with kindness.
I have been blessed to be around some spirit filled people who I have witnessed consistently sowing into others. They made such a sacrifice with their own income, time and work to sow goodness into other individuals lives. Do you know what I see happen to them time and time again? God sows back into their lives abundantly! It is not just them who receives blessings, but their families and friends are also blessed because of what they have done for others! It reminds me of my garden: I planted the seeds and did the work so the plants could produce their fruit, but when the fruit came up it was so much that I gave some to my family and friends. The abundance was so much I could not eat it all! I had to share with others!
It is so important that you pay attention to what kind of seeds you are sowing because whatever you sow, you will produce fruit and impact all those around you. Jesus says that we are to love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. And we are to love our neighbor as ourselves. When we do this we are guaranteeing abundance of goodness back into our lives and those connected to us!
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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Embrace
Normally when I write I sit down with the Holy Spirit and I just start writing. I usually never know what I am going to write about, I hear the Holy Spirit speaking and I write. So when the Holy Spirit said to me, “Go get your notes from our quiet time together and write.” I became a bit anxious and nervous about writing. You would think that just writing from my notes would be easier, but I had become so reliant on the Holy Spirit. That is a good thing, but he was teaching me a new way of writing. It was like taking a bottle from a baby!
It was so funny! I had no idea that I was being hand fed by him. I thought that I was in this great space, hearing from God and writing, but now he was graduating me. I had learned how to depend on him and hear his voice, but now he was teaching me how to use my strength with him. I can tell you, I did not like the change because I had become comfortable with the way things were!
Every time I felt the prompt to look at my notes, I would try and write something else. My notes were not in any kind of order and it was going to be more work for me to get things written. Look at God! He was putting me to work for the kingdom, which is what I asked for, but I did not want to do it that way. God is always maturing us so that we can become all that he called us to be.
Many times when change comes we don’t like it because we are usually comfortable with the how things are going. I remember every time my son would have a birthday I would ask him, “Are you excited to turn this new age?” He would say, “No, I like the age I am. I don’t want to get older.” Although he was happy with the way his life was, God was not going to let him stay that way. Every year he got older, whether he liked it or not, and the responsibilities increased.
It is the same with us, as servants of the most high God, he does not let us stay the same. He is consistently growing us into becoming all that he ordained us to be from the beginning. Remember Moses started out in a palace, then as a shepherd and finally was the leader of millions. Every stage of our life has purpose and we have to embrace the changes knowing that God has the ultimate plan in mind and it is for our good! I want to encourage you to embrace the change that is coming your way because God is not going to change his mind!
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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Hear God
Call to Me and I will answer you, and tell you [and even show you] great and mighty things, [things which have been confined and hidden], which you do not know and understand and cannot distinguish. Jeremiah 33:3 Amplified Bible (AMP)
I was sitting in my quiet time just listening before the Lord. I had my journal and I was prepared to write whatever instructions he had for me. It had gotten so quiet that I was beginning to think that I was not hearing God. Then all of a sudden I heard him say, I want you to write these topics down for the week and these will be your topics for your daily tapings. I mean just like that! God gave me the topics I needed!
Later that day, God told me to tell the people how they can hear from him. I thought, well, I hear from you all the time. I have gotten accustom to your voice. If you are seeking God, then you need to go to a place where you can quiet your mind and wait on him. You have to give him your undivided attention and be ready to listen. Many times we hear God, but are we “actively” listening to do what he is instructing us to do? I remember when I first started to really seek God. I cleaned out a closet that was full of clothes and I put a pillow, blanket, writing pen and journal in the closet. I prayed over the closet and I asked God to meet me in there. When I would go to the closet, it was usually in the evening and I would knock on the door. I would wait to hear God give me permission to come in. At the time I did not realize, he was teaching me how to hear from him.
As I was writing this, my thoughts went to Daniel and how he sought God through prayer and fasting. When he needed to interpret the King’s dream God answered his prayer. Moses always went up to the mountain and he heard from God. Abraham would hear him in his thoughts through the night.
In all of these situations it required positioning of the heart and giving attention to listening. When we want to hear from someone, we give them our undivided attention. It is the same with God. When you want to hear God speak to you, you must seek him with all of your heart. The word says that those who seek him will find him. If we knock, he will answer. I am reminded of Job. He sought God to understand what was happening to him. Although he had to wait for sometime, God came to him and answered him. I love that God answered Job with questions that Job could not answer. Many times we think that we have a justified reason to complain about the bad things going on in our lives, but God always has the right answer for it that we could never have imagined!
I remember when I was complaining to God about something my husband did. I can’t even remember what the complaint was about, but I remember God answering me with a question. He said to me, “Which one of your husband’s good attributes would you like me to remove to replace it with the issue you are complaining about?” Yeah, I was like, “Never mind God. Perhaps you are just working on me!”
To truly hear God it requires that you to do something. It requires active listening!
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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The Church
My husband and I were in Carmel during Holy Week celebrating my birthday. One morning I was up praying for all those that would attend church on Easter Sunday. I was asking for the presence of God to touch people’s lives and that there would be a change in their hearts.
In the midst of my prayer, God started to show me people in all these different locations on Easter Sunday. Some people were at the beach, some visiting friends, some at a gas stations, others at the park, and in hotels. People were everywhere. Almost immediately after I saw that vision, the people who had Christ living inside of them were meeting with those who were in all those locations on Easter Sunday. He reminded me that every individual who had accepted him were the temple of God, they were the church!
He said, all those you prayed for will now be in church. It does not matter where they are. I have assigned them to meet me! My heart became overjoyed because I knew what that meant. All those individuals I prayed for will run into someone who will give them a word of encouragement, or the word they need that would minister to their hearts. God knows what each individual needs and he knows who to send to them to meet the hearts of those who are lost.
As believers we are the church, we do not have to carry a Bible around, or have tattoos on our arms to let others know we are of Christ. Jesus lives inside of us and when we are just being ourselves, he will shine through. Because we have surrendered ourselves to Christ his presence comes through. So we need to stop beating the unbeliever up with trying to save them. That is not our job. One person sows, another waters, but only God makes it grow. As believers our job is to love, this is what Christ requires of the church; to love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind and soul and to love our neighbors as ourself.
Oh praise God for the church! Amen
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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You Have Time!
I had taken an afternoon nap and I remember being asleep, but as I was waking up I was telling myself, “I don’t have time to meet with God.” I had a large list of things to get completed. This nap was longer than what I wanted it to be and I had a list of things that I wanted to get completed.
First, a little background about my meetings with God. One Sunday afternoon, many years ago, I was sitting in my room just reading and spending time with God. I heard the Holy Spirit speak to me in my heart and tell me that he wanted me to meet with him at 5:00 pm everyday. I said, “Okay,” but at that time I was working full-time and my husband and I rode to work together each day. I got off work at 4:00 pm and my husband was off at 5:00 pm, so I would wait for him and then we would drive home together. I decided that if God wanted to meet with me I would just open my Bible while riding home and listen to what he wanted to tell me.
I never told my husband what the Holy Spirit had spoken in my heart. I just felt like God would deal with that. The following week, my husband came to me and said that his hours at work had been changed and he would now be getting off work at 4:00 pm. I knew God had made that arrangement so that I could meet with him. I’ve worked hard to continue this 5:00 pm appointment ever since! But on that particular day when I heard myself saying that I did not have time to meet with God; I was referring to my 5:00 pm appointment. When I finally opened my eyes and realized what I was saying, God had awakened me from my nap at 5:00 pm!
When I noticed the time and that it was 5:00 pm I knew that the enemy was trying to keep me from the appointment. As I sat with God, he let me see that. He did not even have to wake me. I could have died in my sleep. As those thoughts filled my mind, I started thanking him for all of his goodness, kindness, love, grace, mercy and forgiveness. My heart started to overflow with gratitude. The more I thanked him the more revelation he kept bringing; showing me that everything I was doing was because of him. I was so ashamed of the feeling that I had previously. Here God had given me an open invitation to join him and my thoughts were that I did not have time!
I remember praying asking God for forgiveness, but more than that, just being overwhelmed by the love he has for all of us! We do have time because time is a gift and that gift was given to us by him!
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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The Filthy House
…because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9, ESV
There was a house down the street from us where we saw a lot of people moving things out. We knew that there was an elderly couple and their older son living in the house. Because we were concerned, my husband stopped by to inquire about their family. We learned that the son who lived there had passed away. When his father got really sick he moved his parents in with him and took care of them. His father had already passed away and now it was just his mother left living there. The mother’s daughter and her relatives were getting rid of items in the house because they were going to sell the house.
My husband and I gave our condolences and while we were there, they offered to show us the inside of the house. We later thought about buying the house, but we talked about how much work we would have to do to get it to look the way we wanted it to. We knew it would take lots of work to get the house ready for us to live in.
Later that evening I was just thinking about all the things we would have to do and I remember telling my husband that I would not even want to live in there until we got the basic work done. Instantly, the Holy Spirit gave me this vision: I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal savior and he came in and sat in my filthy temple. My temple was so filthy that I wouldn’t even have wanted to sit in there. It smelled so bad. He showed me how when I accepted him, Satan left the residence, but all of his trash was left behind! The walls had to be scrubbed, the foundation had to be ripped up and relayed, pipes had to be replaced, nothing in my temple could stay.
He then began to show me that all those difficult hard times amounted to “cleaning”out my temple and replacing things so that I reflected him. He said just like you wanted to clean that house, I had to do the same thing with you, but your filth did not stop me from coming in because I knew the return on my investment would be outstanding! Hallelujah!
Every step in our life has purpose and it brings a mighty high return on Jesus’ investment!
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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Our Father
Pray like this: Our Father in heaven…Matthew 6:9, ESV
The disciples had asked Jesus to teach them how to pray and we read in Matthew the instructions that he gave them. I love that he started the prayer with, “Our Father”! He is telling us to acknowledge him and to communicate with him like a child communicates to their parents.
There is no big fan fare or prestigious way to come to God. He requires us to come to him as a child with a pure heart. Recently I had been starting my prayers with the words “our Father” and it seems that I could not get past those words in my prayers. God would start to show me where he had been not just my Father, but Father to anyone who calls him Father.
I had the opportunity to visit a dear friend in a assisted living facility. She had been in the hospital for two months because of an illness in her body and she was now in this place to receive physical therapy. When I visited her she had been in that facility for two months. She was told that she would never walk again, but we know that God is a healer. She told me that she sees herself walking. We agreed on that and prayed together.
I sat beside her while she was in one of her physical therapy sessions and she was so happy. She was kind to all of the staff and there was just joy in her soul. God showed me how she has all these ailments going on in her body, yet he had put joy and peace in her soul. She would be heading home in a couple of days, and all she could talk about was how thankful she was to be going home. She did not complain about her illness, or about being in a wheelchair. She was just so happy! I told her, I had come to lift her up, but she had lifted my soul! She told me about some of the opportunities God had given her to travel. She had worked in politics for many years which gave her the opportunity to live in Washington D.C. For some years she had also worked at the Pentagon, but she was glad to be back in California. What I did not tell you is my dear sister is blind and as she shared some of her life with me. God kept showing me how he had been her Father.
After I prayed with my friend and left, I saw this gentleman sitting in a wheelchair outside. He had lit up a cigarette and in joking as I passed by him I said, “That is not good for you.” He said, “I know, I am trying to quit.” As I headed to my car the Holy Spirit prompted me to pray for him. I went back to him and asked if I could pray for him. He said, “Yes.” In our conversation he asked if I could pray for his mother. He said that she was aging and needed prayer. I thought wow, he is in this facility, but his heart is on someone else getting better. God showed me how this man could have joy and peace in his spirit and could be thinking of others rather than himself because he knew his Father was taking care of him.
When Jesus said to pray “our Father” He was telling us that God is our Father and no matter what situation we find ourselves in “our Father” will take care of us. Our situation may not be the way we want it, but our Father is there and He is taking care of us! Hallelujah!
Our Father, there is nothing more to be said, but thank you! Thank you that you are our Father! Amen.
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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It Is Not About You
“All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that if any man or woman goes to the king inside the inner court without being called, there is but one law—to be put to death, except the one to whom the king holds out the golden scepter so that he may live. But as for me, I have not been called to come into the king these thirty days.” Esther 4:11, ESV
Many times when God allows things to come to us we think it is all about us. Esther knew that her people were in trouble, but she was concerned about her own life. We can be distracted about our own well being and miss the assignment that God has for us. God used Esther’s cousin Mordecai to put her mind back into perspective so that she could focus on the assignment at hand. Esther 4:13-15, ESV
Several weeks ago, my right eye was itching really bad. I would put a warm compress on it and took medication to stop the itching, but it continued. One night it was so bad that swelling and redness with little bumps appeared around the outside of my eye. I prayed and asked God what this was all about, but heard nothing. The itching and swelling got so bad that I called my doctor for an appointment.
When I called the doctor’s office the receptionist said that there was a cancellation and asked if I would I like to take that appointment. I said, “Yes.” When I arrived to the appointment the following day they took me back into the doctor’s office and I waited for my turn. While I was waiting I felt the urge to pray about the conversation I was to have with my doctor. I did not understand why I felt that way, but I prayed for the Holy Spirit to speak through me. A little history about my doctor: we have known each other for years, he is an atheist and knows that I am a Christian. So, we always joked with each other about our differences.
When he walked into the office we went through our usual spatting back and forth, but this time it was different. He looked sad and I learned that he and his wife were headed towards a divorce. I sat for at least 20 minutes listening to him talk about his marriage. I asked God what he wanted me to say to him and God gave me words to encourage his heart. When we finished our conversation I said to him, “You know, I am going to pray for you and your wife.” As he turned to head towards the door, he stopped, turned around and said, “Usually I would make fun of you and give you a hard time when you talked about praying, but today I just want to say, “Thank you.” I knew immediately that I would no longer have any problems with my eye. It was the mechanism God used to get me to visit his office. God sent me on an assignment as his vessel so that He could sit before a hurting individual and give him direction and hope.
I had been praying for years for my doctor to be saved! I could not understand why my eyes were bothering me so much, but it was never about me. It was about God doing the work in another individual’s heart. Amen!
In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. Matthew 5:16, ESV
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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The Tongue
While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease. Genesis 8:28, ESV
“Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.” Mark 11:23, ESV
The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. Proverbs 18:21, ESV
Below is an article from Got Questions that I wanted to share with you:
“The tongue” is used throughout Scripture in both literal and metaphorical ways, especially in Psalms, Proverbs, and James. The tongue is a “small part of the body” (James 3:5), yet Proverbs 18:21 says it “has the power of life and death.” This holds true whether we’re speaking of spiritual, physical, or emotional “life and death.”
First, we should keep in mind that the word tongue is often a reference to the spoken word. This is a special kind of figure of speech called metonymy, in which one word stands in for another, closely related word. A common example of metonymy is seen in this sentence: “The White House issued a statement.” Of course, the White House, as a building, cannot issue statements; however, in this instance, White House refers to the President, who lives there. In the same way, when Proverbs 15:4 states, “A deceitful tongue crushes the spirit,” tongue is a metonymy. Obviously, a literal, fleshly tongue cannot crush the human spirit, but the words the tongue produces can.
Spiritual:
What our tongue produces has eternal implications, for it reveals what is in our heart. Jesus said that “the good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him” (Matthew 12:35). Isaiah places words on par with actions for displaying a sinful heart (Isaiah 59:2-3). “Men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken” (Matthew 12:36). In and of ourselves, we are utterly unable to “tame the tongue” because “it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison” (James 3:8). A tongue under control is a mark of the Spirit’s power. Apart from accepting Jesus’ atonement on the cross, we will be judged according to our words: “For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned” (Matthew 12:37).
Physical:
In order to take Proverbs 18:21 literally – that the tongue can cause physical life and death – we do not need to tax our imagination. Words create actions, good and bad. A judge or jury, by simply saying a word, can cause a person to be killed or to live. Words often save lives: a doctor advises surgery, a weatherman issues a tornado warning, a counselor gives hope to a suicidal person. Conversely, words can also kill: murders are often initiated because of arguments or verbalized hatred. In the sense of causing action, then, the tongue does indeed have the power of life and death.
Emotional:
Emotions are powerfully affecting, yet they are vulnerable to injury. James describes the tongue as “a fire” (James 3:6) – and who has not been burned by it? Proverbs 15:4 describes a “healing” tongue as “a tree of life.” As much as love is an action, what would romance be without words? Encouragement often comes through spoken words. So does discouragement. “Reckless words pierce like a sword” (Proverbs 12:18). The wound is emotional, and it is deep. What we say can have a profound effect on others.
Conclusion:
God made us expressive beings, so we are nearly lost without communication. That is why we have audio recordings and Braille for the blind, sign language for the deaf, and writing for anyone who has something to say from afar. Indeed, speech has enormous implications, especially as a vehicle for sharing the gospel (Romans 10:14). Therefore, we are commanded to control the tongue, to “keep [it] from evil and your lips from speaking lies” (Psalm 34:13). A Christian’s speech should consistently honor the Lord: with the tongue “we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be” (James 3:9-10).
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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Obedience
…or of obedience, which leads to righteousness. Romans 6:16, ESV
Obedience: to submit, obey, submissive to authority.
I had just finished resting and praying in the Spirit when this image came to my mind. The Holy Spirit reminded me of a time when He really started to deal with me about being obedient.
I had gone shopping at an expensive store and bought two outfits. While shopping I heard the Holy Spirit tell me exactly what I could purchase, even down to the jewelry I could buy to go with each outfit. On my way out of the store, I saw these shoes that would match perfectly with what I bought. Now I did not hear the Holy Spirit tell me to get the shoes, but they just looked so good with the outfits that I purchased them anyway.
I was so excited about these new outfits I could not wait to wear them. Several weeks went by and every time I went to put on one of the outfits, I would hear the Holy Spirit say “No, put on something else.” About three weeks later, my sister called and said she was coming by for a visit. I was excited to have a visit with her because we had not seen each other for a while. When I hung up the phone, I heard the Holy Spirit say, “Give those two outfits you purchased with the jewelry to your sister.” My heart sank. “But God, I bought shoes to go with the outfit!” He said, “I never told you to buy shoes but since you did, you can give her those too.”
Now my heart turned from a joyous occasion of seeing my sister to being mad. I thought, “God, I did not even get to wear the outfits!” He said, “I know - they were never for you.” All of a sudden, the truth about how much I love God was in a battle with my desire for this stuff! I knew I had to be obedient to God; I did not have a choice. But I was upset! So, I gave her the outfits when she arrived and I thought that was it. Then one Sunday I saw my sister at church, and she had the shoes and a top from one of the outfits all mixed up with something else. I thought, “God, she is not even wearing the outfits right!”
I was so irritated. I had no idea that the material stuff had such a hold on me. Through submission and obedience, even though I had an attitude, God was cleaning out all of that junk inside of me. He was turning my heart towards the righteousness of Christ. I remember guilt and condemnation was trying to settle into my spirit because I knew I did not have the right attitude towards my sister - and it was not even her fault! But God in His graciousness showed me that He was working on my heart, and I was right where I was supposed to be.
God is always doing a work in us, and it will require submission of our will. When we surrender to God, we are releasing control. Remember when King Saul disobeyed God, it cost him his kingdom and God withdrew His presence from him? Obedience is better than sacrifice. “Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience which leads to righteousness” (Romans 6:16).
Jehovah, thank you for the reminder that in all things I am called to release control to you. I asked for forgiveness for the times when I disobeyed your instructions and did my own thing. I repent and I ask for your help with surrendering my will in everything. In Jesus’s name, amen.
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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Am I Right with God?
None is righteous, no not one… Romans 3:10, ESV
In the past I often found myself saying to God, “I just want to be right with you. I want to pray right; I want to do the work you have given me the right way. I want to be in alignment with you. Am I where you want me to be?”
The more I focused on those thoughts about being “right”, the more I would try and make myself right with God. Yet, as much as I worked, I never felt satisfaction in my heart. I would become confused and frustrated, and a feeling of hopelessness would settle into my spirit. That was because I could never work myself into right standing with God. Jesus is the only one who could do that for me. There is absolutely no work that any of us can do to get right with God.
Right standing with God comes through faith in the atoning work of Jesus on the cross. No one can stake claim to righteousness based on his or her own obedience, for all have sinned and fall short of what God demands. The righteousness of God comes through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. We are justified by His grace as a gift through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by His blood, to be received by faith. For scripture teaches that Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness (Romans 4:2).
Satan wants us to believe that we have to work to get right with God. But God called us to believe in Him. When we accept Jesus as our personal savior, we become righteous instantly because His blood covers our sins. Righteousness never had to do with our works! I remember praying to God about doing the right thing and staying in right standing with Him and I heard the Holy Spirit say, “I know who you are, I created you. I know how to course correct you.” Over the years Jehovah has taught me that His focus has always been on my heart posture. When my heart was right, everything else lined up in accordance with His will. There was never a need to worry about my positioning with God.
He gave us righteousness as a free gift, and He will work with us individually to get us where He has ordained us to be through the reading and hearing of His Word. Praise God that we are all righteous because of what Jesus Christ did on the cross. Amen!
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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No Thank You
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. Ephesians 6:11, ESV
I was in prayer listening to God. As He was talking to me, a spirit of comparison came upon me out of nowhere. I saw a vision of myself, comparing myself to someone else. In the past I would get mad and find myself fighting with the thought because it was taking me away from prayer. What I did not realize is that God was showing me an area that needed to be cleansed.
One particular time I had asked God, “What am I supposed to do with this spirit?” I had prayed about it and casted it out, but this somehow kept showing up. He told me that when the spirit of comparison presents itself, say “No thank you”. Immediately I saw myself at a table with a big feast. There were all kinds of foods, some of the food I liked and put them on my plate but there were other items that I did not like, and I said “No thank you” to them. God said to me, “Those spirits like to come back to see if the home is open or closed. You do not even have to fight because the door is closed, locked, and sealed. Eventually you will get to a place where the spirit can show up and you will not even acknowledge it.”
He told me that the spirit only keeps coming back because I give it some kind of attention. Why do I give it some kind of attention? Because I had not spent enough time with Jehovah understanding that He already paid for that sin. When that sinful spirit came, I took on condemnation and tried to pray my way out of that guilty feeling. The problem was I relied on my feelings rather than what I knew to be true - that the debt was paid before I was born.
Satan and his demonic spirits are always looking for a doorway in. That is why God tells us to put on the whole armor of God daily so we will be able to defeat the wiles of the devil (Ephesians 6:11). I looked up the word “wiles” and according to the Webster’s Dictionary, it means “…devious or cunning stratagems employed in manipulating or persuading someone to do what one wants”. We are not strong enough to fight the manipulating schemes of the devil by ourselves; we must armor up! And when he comes, we have the power to say, “No thank you!”
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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You Are Not Too Old
They still bear fruit in old age…Psalm 92:14, ESV
Why is it that when we hit a certain age, we think we are supposed to stop bearing fruit? No matter how old a tree gets, it continues to bear fruit. Everything that God makes bears fruit until it dies - except man. Society has told us that when we reach a certain age we are supposed to retire and do whatever we want. It’s a crazy notion, but many have bought into it.
In scripture we learn that God did not start using many of the amazing figures in the Bible until they hit what we would consider retirement age. Abraham was 75 years old when God called him to leave his hometown and move to Canaan. At 75 years old is when God said He would make him a great nation. Moses was not called to lead the people out of Egypt until he was 80 years old! Elizabeth gave birth to John the Baptist in her old age. Society tells us that at those ages, we should be in a resting home. But that is not what God’s Word says about us.
I am sure their aging bodies had some of the same elements that ours do today but because they said yes to God, He gave them what they needed to fulfill the promise He had inside of them. Listen, Caleb said to Joshua, “…and now, behold, the Lord has kept me alive, just as he said, these forty-five years…And behold, this day I am eighty-five years old. I am still as strong today as I was in the day that Moses sent me; my strength now is as my strength then for war and for going and coming. So now give me this hill country of which the Lord spoke on that day, for you heard on that day how the Anakim were there, with great fortified cities. It may be that the Lord will be with me, and I shall drive them out just as the Lord said” (Joshua 14:10-12).
Caleb never mentioned his fears, his shortcomings, or things that were happening in his body. He proclaimed that he was as strong as he was at 45. He believed God for the promise that He said was for Caleb. He stood on that promise regardless of what his body or society said. Remember, because of Israel’s rebellion, anyone over 25 years old would not enter the promise land (Numbers 14). That means everyone else was at least 24 years younger than Caleb and Joshua.
If you are reading this message, that means God has ordained you to be here because He still has work for you to do! Do not give up on what He has put in your heart no matter what your age! Age is not a problem for God. Abraham had Isaac at 100 years old, and God continued to bless His seed. After Sarah died Abraham remarried and had six more sons. (Genesis 25). “Nothing is impossible with God” (Luke 1:37).
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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Text Message
One early morning I was listening to Jehovah speak to me. I was just sitting, reading, and listening when I received a text message from my son. I knew better than to have my phone in my office when I am studying because it always causes a distraction. I only want to hear God and nothing else. My time with Jehovah is always amazing. He consistently pours into me revelation after revelation, and I do not want anything to take me away from that intimacy.
When I heard the chime ring from my phone, I immediately checked it. I was bummed that I let it distract me. I knew I had interrupted what God was saying to me. However, God in His graciousness still spoke to my soul. When I read the message, I was encouraged. My son was telling me how much he had enjoyed one of the posts I had sent out. My heart was filled with joy as I read his response.
Immediately I heard the Holy Spirit say to me, “That is how I feel when my children take the time to read my Word. I know they will not understand everything they read; I know they will not get all the revelation of the reading the first time, but I am so proud when they read my Word. They are following my instructions, and we are having a conversation together.”
As I meditated on what Jehovah had just spoken to me, I was elated that our obedience could bring Him that kind of joy. God is not looking for perfection, He just wants our obedience. Scripture says obedience is better than sacrifice. King Saul had offered a sacrifice to God instead of obeying His instruction and that disobedience cost him his throne. Our obedience to God’s instruction is what pleases Him (1 Samuel 15). Jehovah wants us to know that what makes Him proud is when His children sit with Him and talk to Him about His Word. Hallelujah!
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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It Is None of Their Business
I was having a conversation with my sister when she mentioned not wanting to share her journey to healing with some of her co-workers. She said they were nosy, and it is none of their business anyway. I could totally relate to what she was saying. There are people who you just don’t want in your business and that is wisdom. You cannot tell everyone everything about you.
However, this was her journey to healing and the Word says that as believers we overcome by the blood of the lamb and the word of our testimony. She was not ready to share her journey because it meant she would have to be vulnerable about her illness. Vulnerability can be difficult because it opens the door for everyone else’s opinion. The definition for vulnerability implies that you are open to attacks, and open to being harmed. We all seek to protect ourselves, but Jehovah reminds us that He will protect us. He is Jehovah Shammah and He is always with us. When we become vulnerable and share our story it allows God to demonstrate His power through us. We become His vessel for others to taste and see Him.
She told God she did not want everyone knowing her business and God said, “Your business is my business, and everyone’s business is my business.” It does not matter who knows your business. We can get so caught up in our personal insecurities that we close the door for God to use us even though He has allowed us to be in that place of difficulty to be a testimony for Him. Our journey is not about us. When we say we surrender all to God, He takes us at our word! We have to remember the earth is over four billion years old and we were hand selected for this specific season to be used by Him and bring glory to His name. Our assignments are to walk in our faith and to draw the world to Him! Amen! Let us rejoice and again I say rejoice!
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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Seated
…and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 2:6, ESV
When we accepted Jesus Christ as our personal savior we are born anew, meaning we were immediately washed of all of our sins, given eternal life, the spirit of Christ moved in us, and we were seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. For a long time, it was hard for me to understand the “seated” part of this scripture because I am here on earth, so how could I be seated with Christ Jesus in heaven?
Scripture says, “In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead” (Colossians 2:11-12). When we accepted Christ Jesus, everything He did on the cross, we did. Our old fleshy sinful person was cut away and buried with Jesus in death. When Jesus was raised up, we were raised up in our new spirit and where He is seated, we are seated. We have moved from the position of seeing from the eyes of our own flesh to the position of seeing with the vision of Christ. We now see from Christ’s vantage point.
This means that when there is an incurable sickness that comes into our lives, we don’t see devastation and the end of the world anymore. We see from the position of where we are seated that God is Jehovah Rapha the healer and all is not lost. We see that we can agree with His word that He is our healer. We can now see the healing power of Jesus, claim that for ourselves, and speak it out. When there is no provision, we can see from the position of where we are seated that God is Jehovah Jireh our provider and therefore because we can see that, we can claim that God our Father will provide and stand on that Word. We now sit at the right hand of God so we can see who He is, claim what He says, and stand on that! And now because He lives in us, we have the mind of Christ! We are in a new position with a new mind! Hallelujah!!!
…but we have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16).
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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