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FeedTheRealYou
This is to help busy people like me STAY CONNECTED. When you eat, you put food in your mouth, chew, swallow, digest and absorb the nutrients. Same with spiritual food, when you read the Word of God you need to: Ask the Holy Spirit to "show you the treasures in it", read it slowly, absorb it, think about it and ask God to help you live it. I used to read my Bible in a hurry, or just to fulfill all righteousness but when I consciously began to digest the word, my life transformed before my eyes.
Wednesday 9 March 2016
A peek into tomorrow.
Saturday 21 March 2015
Every conversation
Is it only when we pray or make a declaration that our words and conversations count?
NO.
Everything we say gets straight to God's ears and he can answer us even when we were not talking to him. But what will the answer be? When you go to ask people about a business without first asking him, he is involved.
You are his child and every conversation you have matters to him and he is right there to hear and answer even when you don't ask him or when you ask all of a sudden.
Read this word for word please:
2 Kings 1:1 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.1:2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
--- It was interesting that God was not called but he was still a part of the conversation and had something to say---
1:3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?1:4 Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.
---Dear Child of God. You cannot keep God out of your life by ignoring his existence, but you may receive correction rather than the succor which he desires to give all those who belong to in him.---
1:5 And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?1:6 And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.1:7 And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?1:8 And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
-- The King knew Elijah, that was a prophet of God and even where he was from but he had more faith in other God's and decided to get to them. Sometimes we feel God is far away and it is easier to go to a 'closer' other source for information or help. But Elijah met them on their way, he was closer than the prophets of evil and God was even closer. He was right there when the conversation was raking place ---
1:9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.1:10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
--Here is another simple conversation with INSTANT response from heaven. The key thing here is that God heard the conversation as it was happening. Elijah didn't have to wait 5 minutes for his prayer to travel to heaven and a response to come down. God didn't have to check Elijah's record to see if he was good enough to be answered. Child of God PLEASE we need to know beyond a shadow of doubt that God is WITH US. He sees and hears instantly even when we don't shout and kneel down and all. We should not pray and still have fear in our hearts about whether God will hear or answer. Elijah was not even saying God please if I be a man of God. He was responding to an instruction, talking to the captain and God responded as his own part of the conversation. How much more now that we have the Holy spirit in our hearts as Children of God. God is as part of all our conversations but what will his response be to the kinds of things we are saying?
1:11 Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.1:12 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.1:13 And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.1:14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.1:15 And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah,
--- Hello! Angel!? Who invited him. When did the Angel arrive? Did Elijah pray for an angel to tell him what to do? How many seconds did that take for the Angel to come down from heaven?
Child of God once again I call on you. Please do not think that God needs time, or notice before he can bring you your miracle or before he can respond to your request. GOD is GOD. He is neither limited by time nor space nor your forgetting to request for his presence. He is there already and he is there to do you good and take care of you, bless you and reassure you. Have faith. The captain was not adressing God, he was pleading with Elijah but God sent an angel to add his voice to the conversation. Child of God please do not forget. God is with you and he wants to bless you and he can do ANYTHING. HE is All-Powerfull.
Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.1:16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.1:17 So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.1:18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 2 Kings
You cannot keep God out of your conversations. Not even the 'unsavoury' ones where you go against his will.
The centurion pleaded with Elijah and God responded by talking to Elijah. When talking with friends if you say "When others say there is a casting down, I will say there is a lifting up." God can respond by talking to someone else to give you business, the next thing you know, your phone is ringing.
He hears your prayers and all conversations instantly so please 'Have Faith' in our might God. Halleluyah. God bless
PRAYER FOR TODAY
Father and shepherd of my soul. Thank you for being with me always. Thank you for helping me to realise it. God I recognise that you are a part of all conversations as they happen. I pray you make me sensitive to what you have to say. Help me to have right conversations always. I love you Lord.
Thursday 13 November 2014
Why did you escape?
God has blessed you for a reason. Yes, number 1 is because he loves you, but could there be another reason? It is not all about you. How will you react if you need to put it all on the line to do God's will? Perhaps you were brought to that position of authority and power for such a time as you may be avoiding. Read this interesting story to the end and please think carefully about the comment after it.
Esther 1
Queen Vashti was dethroned and the King needed a new queen.
Esther 2:8
So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.9 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.
10 Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.
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Esther 3
Esther 4
Esther 5
Esther 7 King James Version (KJV)
Wednesday 13 August 2014
His will...His Plan
It is the Lord's work and he has a plan.
If you dont know what to do, you are human. And if you call on him, you will see that He is God.
It is a great comfort to know that God created me for a work that he has already prepared in advance for me to do.
I was made for this. No matter how hard, I just need to lean on God in my weakness and watch things happen.
Hallelujah!
Be encouraged.
No wonder he said we will not face anything that we cannot conquer. He prepared us in advance.
Prayer for today
Lord, I thank you for being a planner. I thank you for making me for your work and for pre-planning a work for me to do. Help to discover it and do it.
Lord I will no longer live timid or afraid because I know that you who began a good work in me and through me, you have a plan and will be faithful to complete it in me in Jesus Name
Help me to trust you.
Amen
Saturday 3 May 2014
ITS NOT YOU
Lord, You are my anchor, everything in me is all about You, in Jesus’ name. Have A Restful Day
Thursday 27 March 2014
I had a dream
I looked to my left and saw a huge‘office building’ about five stories high. There was a long paved pathway leading up to transparent glass doors at the entrance with beautiful plants and palm trees here and there.
There were groups of people all around walking on the path towards building appearing relaxed and unrushed. As I joined them, I noticed that some people were wearing sleeveless white tunics made of thick wool that looked as soft as feathers while others were wearing normal clothes (suits,skirts, trousers, dresses etc.) Someone in the white tunic with a camera in his hand called me aside. He pointed towards the beach and said ‘Look closely’.
As I looked at the water, I saw a great whirlpool in the distance. There were people in it but I could only see their hands. The sea seemed to be swallowing them up and taking them downwards out of sight. At this point, I started to wonder about this place where I found myself and what I was doing in such a place. Then it hit me: Bad things were happening to the people who weren’t wearing the white tunics. I became very sad and troubled and began to walk away from the building.
Then I saw a group of people on the beach. Most of them were children. They were wearing school uniforms and looked like they were on a field trip. I noticed that only one little boy was wearing the white tunic. Suddenly, the sand under their feet became fiery red like lava. It had the shape of a bird with large wings which came up, covered them then dove into the ground. They all vanished except the little boy.
I was terrified and became frantic. A million thoughts were rushing through my mind... (My heart is breaking! This white wool tunic is the greatest treasure any one could ever have! Too many people are wearing ordinary clothes! I need to do something! Hurry!Warn them! Find a way to stop people from coming to this place! Find out where all these people are coming from! Don’t let them come here without it! I need to warn my family! I need to warn everyone! They need to get the white tunics before they get here! They need to protect their wool tunics with everything they’ve got! I need to go back!)
As I hurried down the path desperately trying to get to the entry point of this place, I looked at the people’s faces hoping that if I saw anyone I knew that they would be wearing the white tunic.I saw two people wearing white shirts and trousers. ‘You are wearing the wrong type of white’ I said. Where are your wool clothes? But they said ‘There is nothing to worry about’. They seemed confident that they would be fine since they were wearing white. With a sinking feeling, I wished them well.
As I continued on my way, I heard a voice say that I was not allowed to go back and that if I did, my wool tunic would be exchanged for ordinary clothes. So I thought to myself ‘Let me send an e-mail to my friends to tell them that they must make sure they get their wool tunics before they find themselves here. I found a laptop but there was no e-mail or internet connection available on it. Thats when I woke up 20/01/2014