For No Reason

Have you ever suffered for no reason?

That was the exact case here:

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.

Psa 53:4

There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.
Psa 53:5

Gods people where afraid when there was nothing to fear. So much fear that they didnt call upon God.

Many times our response to trouble is "Am I sure God is there?" Am I sure he exsists? Does he really love me? Is he really interested? Can he really save me? If God is who he says he is, how come the devil can be doing this to me?

This all stems from believing that Gods children wont have trouble and that trouble is a sign hat something is wrong somewhere. When we think this way, then we see trouble as abnormal. We think, if God is really protecting me, why should this happen to me? If God is really leading me, why am I being attacked on this path.

For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless, thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee. Psalm 31:22

What we need to remember is that God's word says "In this world you will have trouble" in essence, when we face trouble, it is normal, It is expected, it will happen. God also says, "Call on me in the day of trouble". When you are in trouble, God has not changed, so call upon him.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and call on him in the day of trouble and you will see and know that you serve a living all powerful God. He will hear you when you call upon him.

The enemy deceives us into doubting God so that we will not call on him. Here is the deal, think about that situation troubling you right now. The one you have been scared to pray about because you are not sure God will do anything about it. The one you cant see any way out of. Think of that thing you got tired of praying for that it troubling you. Call on the name of your God, call Jehovah Rafa (your provider), Call Jehovah Nissi (your healer). God said to Moses (I AM THAT I AM) so in faith, call God who you need him to be right now whether you need protection, vindication, wisdom, understanding, healing, deliverance, promotion, salvation, dinner, school fees, money e.t.c


Just call God right now and say SAVE ME OH GOD. I KNOW YOU CAN. YOU ARE MY HEALER, PROVIDER, STRONG TOWER, HOLY SPIRIT MY TEACHER, ..._______________.

IN JESUS NAME I PRAY AS I RECEIVE MY VICTORY AMEN.

Walk boldly, remembering this scripture in Isaiah

He is near that vindicates me, who is he that will contend with me.

It is well with you, you are blessed. Having a father in heaven does not mean you wont have trouble. It means that you are sure to be the one laughing at the end of the day. Your troubles are powerless and you will overcome in Jesus Name, Amen.

There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.
Psa 53:5

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
Psa 53:6

You have no reason to fear, God has already scattered those who rose up against you, don't loose you faith when you need it most. Praise Jehovah the Almighty and Everlasting King. Hallelujah. 

Prayer for today

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Don't forget its status

But be doers of the Word [obey the message], and not merely listeners to it, betraying yourselves [into deception by reasoning contrary to the Truth]. James 1:22AMP


Fighting temptations is sometimes easy but sometimes it can be the hardest thing you have ever done in your life. One thing we must guard against in our battle for our lives it the natural tendency to make ourselves comfortable by changing the status of wrong to right.

Thanks to our conscience, experience and the Holy Spirit, we know when we are doing something that is wrong. We have an uncomfortable feeling. This helps us to stop and retrace our steps. It serves as motivation to overcome temptation and align ourselves with Gods will.

Sometimes when we are dealing with a recurring fault or when we find it to hard to let go of something that we want, we are tempted to 'reason' a way out of the bad feeling so that we can be comfortable to do what we want to do. We do this by giving ourselves reasons why

- Its not so bad
- Its different in our case or
- There is nothing we can do about it

This verse tells us, that is dangerous.

We need to resist the urge to reason away from Gods truth. We need to be able to recognize when we are doing something that is wrong and be strong enough to accept that it is wrong.

If you fight you will win. Don't let the devil take out your will to fight.
Dont change its status from wrong to right
It maybe hard and keep you up at night
And your worried because you are trying with all your might
To be faithful and walk in the light

I encourage you be strong in the power of God's might.
You will overcome, the end will soon be in sight

Delicious Truth

It is wonderful to know

Colossians 2:9-10

Amplified Bible (AMP)

9 For in Him the whole fullness of Deity (the Godhead) continues to dwell in bodily form [giving complete expression of the divine nature].

10 And you are in Him, made full and having come to fullness of life [in Christ you too are filled with the Godhead—Father, Son and Holy Spirit—and reach full spiritual stature]. And He is the Head of all rule and authority [of every angelic principality and power].

Read, read again, absorb and pray. 

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What did he tell you?

Have wished you could go back in time?
Do you feel you missed something somewhere and need to go back to what you missed?
Are you going down a path you chose knowing you felt God asked you to go somewhere else?

3 words : Moses, Jonah, Jesus.

When God created the heavens and the earth he called his work good. When God takes the responsibility to make anything, he doesnt stop until he can call it good. As the scripture says in

Romans 8:28   And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

It is God who makes us who he designed us to be.

Have you ever imagined a life where Moses did not kill the Egyptian and run away from Egypt? What do you think his life would have been like? Probably something close to this....

Moses the Hebrew child who was saved from the Nile river by the princess, would have grown up as a prince  in Pharaoh's palace and became the brother of King pharaoh when their father Pharaoh died. He was already living as a Prince before the unfortunate incident anyway. Maybe he would have been going round the palace one day when God would have appeared to him and given him hiss assignment which would have still translated to him leading Gods people out of slavery. MAYBE.

Moses' action changed the parameters of his life from Prince to shepherd but the purpose for his life remained the same.

Your unchangeable definition is in your purpose   Every other thing might change or be changed but your purpose stands and God can get you there no matter where you think you are.

Who are you?
John 21 When John the Baptist was asked "Who are you?" He didnt mention his name he quoted the scripture about him in Isaiah (The voice of one crying in the wilderness ). In Luke 4:20 Jesus told them who he was, quoting what the scripture said about him? The events of your life and your credentials are not the defining factor of who you are Your Purpose is ... So who are you?

Not mother of, husband of, wife of or owner of. You see, all that can change but your purpase was the basisnfor your design. Who you are doesnt change but all other paramaters might. The thing is that no matter how far where you are is from where you are going, God can take you there. God who parted the red sea, found a person he had placed strategically in the palace in the bush, got Jonah to Niniveh in a fish; That God can take you where you are going, provided where you are going is purpose. Provided you yield to him, provided you trust him.

You dont have to go back anywhere. We need to be like our father → The way back is not backward. Getting back on track is by going forward with God. God didnt scrap Mankind after Adam ate the apple. He mofed forward, he sent Jesus, he gave us a way back to him. Imagine all that changed when Adam ate the apple, God worked it out and found a way to give us back eternal life.

How far gone can you be, can you be farther than life is from death, or farther than sin is from holy? Jesus went all the way to hell to defeat the devil to ensure we can be what God made us to be,

You are amazing. God loves you. Stop trying to retrace your stepsnor find the life you lost. Go forward with God. He makes all thing new. You will not miss out on your purpose in him,

How do you know?

Ephesians 3:20-21 Amplified Bible (AMP) 20Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]— 21To Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations forever and ever. Amen (so be it).

Prayer for today

Lord I give my self to you and I accept that you can take me to my purpose no matter how my circumstances have changed. I let go of my past that part I longed for and the part I held on to. Help me follow you forward to something better. To my purpose, that thing which made you see me and call me good. I surrender to you OLord. Take me forward.

I love you Lord. I am who you say I am in Jesus Name, Amen

I did that to you...Lord I am sorry

This is the story of a great King. The mighty King Deo. He built his kingdom on the principles of honesty, integrity and justice. Other Kings far and wide came to learn from his style and they all considered him King above them. In his Kingdom, no criminal was ever able to work his way out of getting his due punishment. He had Children who he groomed according to his principles and he ensured they lived by it. The prisons where full of the vilest of men and they spent their days and nights reigning curses on the King and blaspheming. They had a ring leader, and he hatched a plan. He knew the King would never change his principles but still wanted to hurt him and disgrace him somehow. So he told the King. 

"If your very own son where in my shoes he would be a criminal too, let me test just how good of a father you are? Who are you to judge us when you protect your children so much that they have no reason to be dubious." Knowing what he had taught his children the King said to him, go ahead, do what you can. You will see that my children are true representatives of me. To his utter dismay one after the other his children were seduced by circumstances into evil and for each one, he was scorned and disgraced by his enemies. What his enemies could never have whispered about him to one another was now being shouted from the roof tops because his children gave his enemies occasion to blaspheme.

Have you ever wondered what would have happened if Job had fallen? If he had given up, cursed God and died? This verse below gives us an idea of what happens when we 'give-in' to trials as Children of God who he has boasted upon.

This is what the prophet Nathan told David after he had killed Uriah and taken his wife.

2 Samuel 12

Amplified Bible (AMP) 12 For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun. [Fulfilled in II Sam. 16:21, 22.]

13 And David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die.

14 Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the Lord and given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child that is born to you shall surely die.

...given GREAT OCCASION for the enemies of the Lord to Blaspheme. This message is just a reminder that Jesus died on the cross to give us power over sin. God gave us his very nature so that we can be holy as he is holy. Just as Jesus knew when Satan tempted him that he could not afford to fall, we too must realize that when we sin, the reputation of our Heavenly father is at stake. Pause for a minute and imagine how the devil would have gloated and blasphemed God if Jesus had given up, or if Job had given up. We do not have to be afraid of facing the same fate as David's child because Jesus died to pay for our sins and all the times we will make this type of mistakes.

But even with that: May the enemies of God never blaspheme for our sakes. May our awesome God who deserves mighty everlasting praise not be scorned by out action. May we be strong in the day of adversity and prove him holy who protects us from adversity.

PRAYER FOR TODAY

Lord I am Sorry, Forgive me. I did that to you. There have been times I fell for temptations the enemy put in front of me, I was so consumed by the difficulty around me and the desire inside of me that I didn't consider the fact that I was giving the enemy cause to blaspheme. I was disgracing your name. Wash me clean by the precious blood of Jesus. Teach me to stand strong by your power. I love you Lord. 

FOOD FOR YOUR SPIRIT - Read, Digest and Absorb

1 Corinthians 10:13 (Amplified)

For no temptation (no trial regarded as enticing to sin), [no matter how it comes or where it leads] has overtaken you and laid hold on you that is not common to man [that is, no temptation or trial has come to you that is beyond human resistance and that is not adjusted and adapted and belonging to human experience, and such as man can bear]. But God is faithful [to His Word and to His compassionate nature], and He [can be trusted] not to let you be tempted and tried and assayed beyond your ability and strength of resistance and power to endure, but with the temptation He will [always] also provide the way out (the means of escape to a landing place), that you may be capable and strong and powerful to bear up under it patiently. 

God help us all in Jesus Name. Amen

Dont go blank...Check the receipt

One day Peter and John were on their way to the temple and they saw a beggar asking for Alms. Rather than give him money, they decided to do this instead.

Acts 3:6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

What informed their decision ? How did they know they had the power to do that? They checked their receipt. They had just been given something (power after the Holy Spirit came upon them) and when they realized what they had, they knew what they could offer to the situation at hand. When every one was in shock this was Peter's response.

Acts 3:12 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk? 3:13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. Acts 4:10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.

They knew where the power came from because it had been clearly spelt out earlier. Jesus already told them they would recieve power Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. 

Peter & John were not hoping, they were acting in faith. The knew what they had received. They were working based on what they had been given, Jesus had paid the price for them and they knew that 'healing the sick and raising the dead' was a part of what he paid for. They knew what they had received.

Jesus also was very aware of what was written about him. 

Luke 24:44

And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me....

How aware are we of what has been bought for us? Jesus Paid for our sin & bought us salvation. We know that but what does that cover? If there was a receipt booklet with all the things contained in salvation, what would be on the receipt? 

When last did we look into scripture to know what was available for our situation. Receipts can fade with time and we forget what we bought. Sometimes we struggle to buy something we already have because we forget it is in our cupboard. One way to prevent ourselves from feeling like victims or from being victims is to check THE Receipt. (Gods Word). That way we can stand on our rights as Children of God and we can use what we already have. 

For example do you remember the Bible says: 

The Lord will help me and I will not be ashamed (Isaiah 50:7)

OR

There shall no evil befall you neither shall any plague come near thy dwelling (Isaiah 91) 

OR 

Let he who lacks wisdom ask God who gives freely 

OR

He will cover you with His pinions,
And under His wings you may seek refuge;
His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark. (Psalm 91:4) 

The list of blessings is actually endless. When last did we pray these scriptures over our situations? What about YOU SHALL LAY HANDS ON THE SICK AND THEY SHALL RECOVER. When every trouble comes your way, DONT GO BLANK...Check your receipt.

There is so much for the believer in Gods salvation Covenant but FAITH comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. 

Read your Bible and everyday, check your receipt, use it when you pray.

Commune with the Holy spirit everyday and all the way.

Know what you have or someone will make you into what you are not. 

God Bless

 PRAYER FOR TODAY! 

Dear Lord Jesus, Thank you for the price you Paid on the Cross for me. God my father Thank you for Your word that shows me who I am and the Holy spirit who gives me Power to be who you have made me to be. Lord I will walk in the fullness of your Glory in Jesus Name. Teach and help me to read your word and live as the King you have made me through the blood of your son Jesus. Not only will I read your word Lord, help me proclaim it to the captives and set them fee. In Jesus Name, Amen

Search out some of Gods promises and proclaim them on Your life today #GodsWordWorks. 

Hallelujah

Get ready or go quickly

Jesus gave the disciples an Instruction . Then he said...WAIT. Acts 1:2 then he said Acts 1:4 and 1:8 The most important part of successfull obedience is enablement. Since we know that God does not call the qualified, he instead qualifies the called we must not see a calling as the only sign that we are ready. 

Acts 1:2-8

King James Version (KJV)

2 Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
3 To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
4 And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

We must not see our moment of calling as a validation our readiness or our ability. Remember that God told Noah to build an ark before showing him how to make it. Sometimes God prepares us for things before HE calls us but he can also call us and ask us to Wait A Bit so that he can teach and show us how to achieve and do that which he has called us to do. We do not also want to over wait so while waiting we need to be sensitive for more direction and not just direction but ENABLEMENT God who told David about what would happen to Jesus Acts 2: 25-28 He is never surprised. 

Do you feel God has called you to ministry and you are 'stuck in an office' OR are you hungry to know what God called you for? Do you wish your life was making more impact. 'Wait on God' that in itself is a call. Maximize the opportunities you have around you presently to live a life of impact.

1 Timothy 4:12

12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

Be an example of the believer

Talk to people about Christ

Take part in activities that enrich others

Pray, Fast, Study

He who called you is faithful and able by his word and his spirit to equip you for your task. You may not be where you want to be or where you feel God has sent you to, but where you are right now, start doing what you can do. Wait on the Lord, he will send you the contact, task, enablement etc that you need. Do not be discouraged, sometimes waiting is part of the process, your life is not wasting if you are IN THE PROCESS. If you are waiting dont while away time.

Keep your fellowship with God strong remember you are waiting on Him.

God Bless

PRAYER FOR TODAY

Lord help me to wait on you, help me to be a blessing where I am. Lord use me mightily for your work. Make me an instrument in your hands. Help me to represent you even where I am right now. I love you Lord. Use me for your Glory and for your name sake.

In Jesus Name

Amen

Its a trick!

When was the last time you felt like the only honest person left on the planet. Have you every heard something that made your skin crawl and wonder if anyone else on earth still fears God? Here is an interesting true life story of someone with a similar experience.

Interesting Story
1 Kings 19

¹² And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

¹³ And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?

¹⁴ And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

¹⁵ And the Lord said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:

¹⁶ And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.

¹⁷ And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.

¹⁸ Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

¹⁹ So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.

Elijah was on the run because of what happened in the previous chapter

1 Kings 18: 34 

³⁴ And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.

³⁵ And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

³⁶ And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.

³⁷ Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.

³⁸ Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. ³⁹ And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he is the God.

After this victory, Elijah got people to kill the 450 prophets of Baal who had unsuccessfully gotten baal to set fire to their burnt offering. Because of this Jezebel sent a message to Elijah swearing that she would kill him within 24 hours and he got up and RAN! 1 Kings 19: 1-7

The question is WHY WAS ELIJAH RUNNING?

He had just called down consuming fire from heaven. How come he was afraid of Jezebel's threat. We can find a clue to this answer in verse 4 where he asked God to kill him

1 Kings 19:4-7

⁴ But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

Elijah had been victorious over evil many times, he still believed in God's authority and ability to save but he was just tired. Tired of fighting along, tired of feeling like he was the only one a few verses later  when God asked him, Elijah, what are you doing here his response said it all

¹⁰ And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

Elijah was tired because he believed he was the only one left. He had tried all he could. There must have been a reason the others had all gone. Maybe its really more difficult than anyone can bear. Why suffer alone when they are all resting in heaven. Let me go to heaven before I join those who went astray. Maybe one day I will buckle under the pressure. Lord please take me while I still can make heaven. I am not better than all the others, the temptation is too much I don't want Jezebel to catch me unawares and kill me or punish me.

¹⁵ And the Lord said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:

¹⁶ And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.

¹⁷ And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.

¹⁸ Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

It is normal to feel overwhelmed and overworked when you feel like you are the only one resisting temptation, fighting the fight of faith, not stealing, not lying, not cutting corners, not cheating, trying to live right. It feels good sometimes to feel like in a big bad world you are one of the very limited few who are truly serving God. It makes you feel exclusive and righteous. But it is a setup, it is the devil setting us up to give up when the pressure gets really tight.

It is the devil dividing us so he can conquer. Never forget that the devil cannot touch you and it is not because you can save yourself, it is because God saves you. It is not because you can pray one thousand times a day it is because Jesus himself is praying for you.

Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. Hebrews 7:25 KJV

Whenever you begin to feel like 'EVERY ONE IS DOING........' Don't Fall For It. It is a trap. It is a trick to make it easier for you to give up when pressure comes. You may cherish it to the high heavens just as Elijah cherished God's work but he ran away not because he stopped loving God. He was just sure that no one else had survived that pressure.

Dear believer, please don't propagate the mindset that everyone is stealing, cheating, lying, fornicating, doing rituals e.t.c It is not true, we are not the ones that know. God is the one who preserves his people and he is the one who knows. Yes, some people are doing it, maybe even the majority but it is certainly not everyone. And if you are on the verge of breaking down because you feel no one has probably overcome what you are facing, or that only a few people do. Please be encouraged. You are not alone and He that is in you is far greater than he that is in the world. It is well with you in Jesus Name. 

 ¹⁸ Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. 

The third group of believers are those who represent the other 7000 prophets in Israel  Elijah was in a place where 7000 believed what he believed and yet he felt alone. Maybe because they were in hiding in order to avoid persecution. Dear, child of God. If you stand for the truth...STAND UP and SAY SO. Do it so that someone around you who is probably 'in hiding' will know that he is not the only one living for God, faithful to his wife, ignoring evil, avoiding bribes e.t.c

When intense pressure comes to do something that is wrong, usually the strongest thing that makes people fall is the thought "No wonder no one else can cope, no wonder everyone else gave in." If you didn't give in be as vocal as those who did and want everyone else to think its impossible not to.

God Bless

PRAYER

Thank you Lord for your grace, mercy and favor. Help me to live right and as your word said to be an example of the believer in thought, word and deed. Help me to remember that you have made me a light so I can shine and encourage people around me to live holy by you grace and mercy. Lord help me to always remember that I am preserved in you not by my power or your ability but by the enable-ment of the Holy spirit inside me. Help me that no matter how many times I fall, I should remember that in you I have victory over sin so that I can rise again and stand strong in you.

I love you Lord in Jesus Name

Are you what you feel you are?

John 3:17 (KJV)

¹⁷ For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

James has a bad cold but he doesn't want to go tot he hospital. It has been going on for a week weeks now but he doesn't care. He will take over the counter medicine if he has to but there is no way he will go to the hospital. He doesn't want to go because three of his room mates who had similar cases ended up getting diagnosed with pneumonia and they were all so sacred and stressed out for a while taking all kind of medicines. One of them even died. Now Chike and Thelma are on his case telling him he should go to the hospital quickly. James is not listening because he is not willing for someone to diagnose him of anything big. He is taking flu medicine and that's final. 

What James is not considering is that:

-Even though a diagnosis will change the way he feels (make him scared or stressed), with or without a diagnosis he has, what he has.

Jesus came not to condemn but to save. The Holy Spirit makes us aware of our sinful state (like a diagnosis), sin is what condemns, not HIM. Without him we would live 'blissfully unaware' of the condemned state we live(d) in. Jesus came to save us and then make us blissfully AWARE of our justification and freedom in him. After our awareness of an already sinful/condemned nature, we have a choice to accept the sacrifice of Jesus meant to justify us (i.e cleanse us, make us no more guilty, save us, remove condemnation which is the price for our actions). After that happens, we are no longer condemned neither can we be condemned.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (Romans 8 :1)

Here is an open secret. People who accept Jesus and his sacrifice are not perfect people, they are just Saved.  Blessed and happy and ^[a]to be envied is the person of whose sin the Lord will take no account nor reckon it against him. That's in Romans 4:8. So the first step really is to know what condemnation means: It simply means you are the one responsible for paying for your sins

2nd step: Sin has power over you until you pay

3. Jesus came to pay(that's why he bled and died)

4. If you accept his payment on your behalf you then become ABLE to live above sin.

5. Otherwise you are back to number one (you have to pay by yourself)

Do you see where this is going?

Many of us refuse to come to Jesus because we feel he will condemn us, but in truth the Holyspirit is just giving us the diagnosis of what we are. James in running away from the doctors did not realize that a diagnosis was only necessary in order to administer the right cure which would take the feeling away.  

People may condemn you, even those who know Jesus. You shouldnt care what they think, because they themselves cant justify you. Jesus will never condemn any who comes to him. He came to save and he is so dedicated to saving that when HE ROSE AGAIN he makes it his business to save us daily. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, it is much more [certain], now that we are reconciled, that we shall be saved (daily delivered from sin’s dominion) through His [resurrection] life. Romans 5:10 AMP

The only difference between someone who has Jesus and someone who does not, is that one is free and the other is not. One is going to pay for his wrong doing and the other is free because he accepted the offer to have his sins paid for. 

Halleluyah! Jesus rose again and is saving us everyday so we cannot be condemnable

Slowly read this: It explains clearly the basis for indictment:

^John3:19 The [basis of the] judgment (indictment, the test by which men are judged, the ground for the sentence) lies in this: the Light has come into the world, and people have loved the darkness rather than and more than the Light, for their works (deeds) were evil.

Don't for the fear of 'feeling' condemned reject the only person who can save you from 'being' condemned.

For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (^[d]unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life. (John 3:16)

Christ died for you

PRAYER FOR TODAY

Thank you Lord for making me know that I am not condemned. Help me to show your love to others and not be self-righteous. I know that I cannot make myself righteous. Thank you for the Holy spirit, my teacher, helper and comforter. Take all the glory honor and praise Lord. Help me Lord to hold on to Jesus so that he can make me more like you each day. Thank you Jesus for your death and resurrection to give me salvation. May everyone I know come to the knowledge of you so that they can escape judgement. In Jesus Name I pray Amen

If you have done all you can!

 

Isaiah 50: ⁷ For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

Have you ever waited, trusted, prayed, fasted, 'faithed' and believed God for something that seemed like it will never come. Have you or are you still doing all to stand in faith waiting for a blessing or miracle. This message is for you:

What do you do when you have done everything you think you should do and yet your set time doesn’t seem to have come? The answer is here in Ephesians 6 and Isaiah 50

^{Ephesians 6
10} Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. ¹¹ Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. ¹² For our struggle is not against flesh and blood,but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. ¹³ Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. ¹⁴ Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, ¹⁵ and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. ¹⁶ In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. ¹⁷ Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.¹⁸ And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. ¹⁹ Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, ²⁰ for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.

Lets X-ray verse 14 – 19, they tell us what we are to do. After doing everything to stand, we must stand firm. Holding on to:

- Truth: Jesus is the truth, God’s word is truth

^1John2:20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.^[e] 21 I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth. ²² Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son. ²³ No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.²⁴ As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. ²⁵ And this is what he promised us—eternal life.

- Your right standing with God (through Christ): You are made righteous by the blood of Jesus. John says: If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.  If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

^{1 John 1:7} But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all^[b] sin.

1 John 2: 2 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. ² He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

- The Gospel of Peace and be ready for your blessing

- Don't loose faith. The devil will try to tell you so many lies to make you loose hope. He is a liar. Always have a scripture to use to resist the devils fiery darts.
Faith extinguishes all arrows. Faith comes from hearing and hearing by the word of God.

¹⁹ This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence:²⁰ If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.²¹ Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God ²² and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him. ²³ And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. ²⁴ The one who keeps God’s commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.

- Be aware of your salvation and protect your mind. Don’t let the devil convince you that God has abandoned you.

1 John :3 See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. ² Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,^[a] we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. ³ All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.

Finally : Ephesians 6:18  And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. ¹⁹ Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, ²⁰ for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.

This is a Word Specially For you. God cannot sell you out. He is able: He is Mighty! Read this scripture designed for the weary soul. Stand and see the deliverance of God

Isaiah 50:1 Thus saith the Lord, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? [God has no creditors and he will never sell you out.] Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.

² Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

³ I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. [He is able and powerful enough to deliver you]

⁴ The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.

⁵ The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.

⁶ I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

⁷ For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. [Trust God completely and speak positive, you shall not be disgraced or ashamed]

⁸ He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.

⁹ Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up. [Remember God has made you righteous by the blood of Jesus]

¹⁰ Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.

¹¹ Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow. [Vengeance is the Lord’s, wait on him]

PRAYER FOR TODAY:

For you oh Lord God will help me, therefore I will not be confounded: Lord I set my face like a rock, looking upon you, I know that I will not be ashamed. My God who justifies me in near; who will contend with me? God is for me, who can be against me? Noone. Let him come near to me. They will flee in many ways. Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? Noone! They will all wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up. Holy spirit please help me to walk in the fear the Lord, and obey your voice. Even though I walk through a way that seems dark and there is no light and all seems confusing, I WILL TRUST IN YOU LORD! I TRUST YOU LORD. I will lean on you lord God, I shall not be shaken and my feet shall not be removed from where you have planted me.

Behold, all ye that kindle a fire against me, that compass yourselves about trying to consume me. Walk in the light of your fire and in the sparks that you have kindled. The word of God says this; you shall lie down in sorrow.

 After you done all you can...just STAND...Keep standing...God is taking you to an expected end.