Hey Girls,
During my Bible study Sunday night before the fast, God took me to Ezekial. specifically to passages about being a watcher and warning the people to get right with God..I even said hey God are you telling me to warn people? are you talking about me? and then he took me to another passage about if Ezekial didn't warn people and they didn't repent then their blood would be on his hands. I said..Yikes!
So at lunch yesterday I went to the park to pray and read. The one thing I heard from God was this, "Charlotte tell the other girls to make sure their houses are in order and tell them to tell others to prepare and get their houses in order...its time to make sure everything is under the blood and to let go of the world"
I got this sense of urgency and knew that it couldn't be a coincidence that I just read about Ezekial warning the people and calling them to repentence and then the Lord speaking to me to tell us to call ourselves and others to make sure we are have everything in order. I know for myself that there are things that i need to let go of and even some people...
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
The Unchanging Christ - Day 1 Devotion - revelations and confessions
From: MT
Hebrews 13:5-8 5Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 6So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. 7Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation. 8Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and for ever.Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever. Mandy Turner different yesterday, today and hopefully tomorrow. Hopefully as each day goes by I am grounded and rooted more firmly in the living Word of God. Holding my Fathers hand closely as I embark on my journey that's developing a purpose in HIM not myself. In day ones devotion I quote, "We can't really have hope in God until we have a revelation of him as the God of hope' (Romans 15:13 13May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.)" I am challenged daily as the enemy tries to deter me off of the straight and narrow. Because of grace and mercy through the blood I now have redemption when the Holy spirit quickens me in my fear, my lifestyle when it tends to not honor my father and my unconscious covetness and discontentment. Even though I am constantly changing I too often fear a change that God is making in me. God is this really what you want, am I doing the right thing, I know this is you God, but what if someone else thinks it's not the best choice. A statement in day one's devotion pierced me like an arrow, "THERE IS NO ROOM FOR FEAR IN THE HEART FILLED WITH THE PRESENCE OF THE ANCIENT OF DAYS". No room for fear in a heart filled with the Holy Spirit, so each time I let fear set in I let the enemy triumph over me. I let my trust in God go and make room for my enemy driven, flesh laden fear!!FEAR: to be afraid of, expect with alarm. If God is for me, Whom can be against me? "The God we've heard about must become the ONE we've experienced." What God has done for the ones who have gone before us has set a precedent before us and God is no respector of persons, what HE will do for one son or daughter HE will do for the next. Today I boldy declare The Lord is my helper, I shall not fear as I walk in the transformations He is making in my heart and in my life. I am expecting alright, not in alarm but in anticipation. End....
From: MC
Below is what I logged in my journal
“We often….too often forget that God’s love is truly the greatest gift of all things in and out of this world” It’s time for us to come back to that knowledge.
There is no room for fear in the heart filled with the Ancient of Days.
This spoke to me the loudest of all that I read: mainly bc I have long wrestled with the generational curse of the spirit of fear… thank God that stronghold has been broken……
Fear is the opposite of faith….So the greater our fear the more room it takes up in our hearts…meaning there’s less room for faith and God’s presence in our heart’s. – Now that’s a truly fearful thought!!!. God truly is unchanging!!! End...
Hebrews 13:5-8 5Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 6So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. 7Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation. 8Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and for ever.Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever. Mandy Turner different yesterday, today and hopefully tomorrow. Hopefully as each day goes by I am grounded and rooted more firmly in the living Word of God. Holding my Fathers hand closely as I embark on my journey that's developing a purpose in HIM not myself. In day ones devotion I quote, "We can't really have hope in God until we have a revelation of him as the God of hope' (Romans 15:13 13May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.)" I am challenged daily as the enemy tries to deter me off of the straight and narrow. Because of grace and mercy through the blood I now have redemption when the Holy spirit quickens me in my fear, my lifestyle when it tends to not honor my father and my unconscious covetness and discontentment. Even though I am constantly changing I too often fear a change that God is making in me. God is this really what you want, am I doing the right thing, I know this is you God, but what if someone else thinks it's not the best choice. A statement in day one's devotion pierced me like an arrow, "THERE IS NO ROOM FOR FEAR IN THE HEART FILLED WITH THE PRESENCE OF THE ANCIENT OF DAYS". No room for fear in a heart filled with the Holy Spirit, so each time I let fear set in I let the enemy triumph over me. I let my trust in God go and make room for my enemy driven, flesh laden fear!!FEAR: to be afraid of, expect with alarm. If God is for me, Whom can be against me? "The God we've heard about must become the ONE we've experienced." What God has done for the ones who have gone before us has set a precedent before us and God is no respector of persons, what HE will do for one son or daughter HE will do for the next. Today I boldy declare The Lord is my helper, I shall not fear as I walk in the transformations He is making in my heart and in my life. I am expecting alright, not in alarm but in anticipation. End....
From: MC
Below is what I logged in my journal
“We often….too often forget that God’s love is truly the greatest gift of all things in and out of this world” It’s time for us to come back to that knowledge.
There is no room for fear in the heart filled with the Ancient of Days.
This spoke to me the loudest of all that I read: mainly bc I have long wrestled with the generational curse of the spirit of fear… thank God that stronghold has been broken……
Fear is the opposite of faith….So the greater our fear the more room it takes up in our hearts…meaning there’s less room for faith and God’s presence in our heart’s. – Now that’s a truly fearful thought!!!. God truly is unchanging!!! End...
Monday, August 16, 2010
Elijah list given
MORE from our 8/14 Saturday Faster
Day 21: Expectations Gone and Self-Pity Remains! Never Give in to Self-Pity!
The opposite of confidence and worth is self-pity. Self-pity occurs when we feel we are warranted to receive but get passed by. This can occur in our natural or spiritual life. Self-pity helps define our moment or, may I say, cause us to miss our moment. We feel we are deserving or entitled to a blessing, and we lose faith when we see a blessing slip past our life.One of the best examples of self-pity is the crippled man at the Pool of Bethesda (see John 5). Jesus knew his full condition and then, through Peter, asked the man if he wished to be healed. The man began to explain why he had not and could not be healed. Jesus seemed to quit listening to his self-pity and healed him anyway.We can easily lose sight of God's promises when we are in difficult situations. This is often how we get off target in seeing God fulfill our prophetic destiny. Even though the Body of Christ goes through great times of testing, we are not to grow fearful and be discouraged. The enemy takes advantage during our testing periods by using a strategy to discourage us. Discouragement breeds hope deferred, which makes the heart sick. When we have a measure of hopelessness within us, we lose our expectation of God."Future" and "expectation" are synonymous. Our future is linked with an expectation of God moving. This is a time for the Church to have its expectation level renewed and raised to another level. Isaiah 59 and 60 are wonderful prayer guides for us to follow to see this happen in our lives. Hope must transcend and move into faith. Faith produces overcoming. Overcoming leads to a demonstration of God's power and a manifestation of His promises.The Cycle of Self Pity.Prophecy unlocks our future. But once we get wounded or experience loss, we can lose sight of our future. The biggest demonic force that we have to contend with is self-pity. Self-pity draws attention to our loss and keeps us from seeing God's glory manifested in our life. Instead of our loss directing us to God's continued perfect plan for our life, our self rises up and causes us to say, "Pity me for what I have lost." Any time we experience loss, trauma, wounding or injustice, we can either choose to live with a belief system that God can heal and forgive or we can allow our mind-set to form rejection, self-defense and self-pity.During times of loss and wounding, we have a tendency to accuse God for the trauma that we are experiencing. The power of this accusation leads to a type of fatherlessness. Instead of experiencing the spirit of adoption, we feel abandoned and lost. From our self-defense, we actually form a rebellion to authority. We also become unteachable. We have a mind-set that says, "No one understands me or what I am going through."We also begin to think that there is no solution to our problem. We wake up thinking, "There is no way out." We fall into apathy because we have no hope of healing or restoration. Since we know that we should be living a godly life, religious mechanisms become a solace to us. We may even gain a martyr complex and say, "O woe is me. This is my cross to bear. Look how heavy is my cross." This type of thinking causes us to not fight when we need to fight. Instead of fighting and advancing, we become a slave to comfort and the status quo. We forget that we are called to fellowship with Christ's sufferings-a type of fellowship that leads to His resurrection power manifesting in us.Losing sight of the love of God causes us to turn to self. God's love forces us to deal with these thoughts born of our self-pity. I have experienced enough freedom in my own life to know when I am not free. Faith works by love. Once we experience God's liberty and love, we will be able to resist that call from self to be pitied and be able to overthrow hope deferred.Blessings,Chuck D. Pierce
Day 21: Expectations Gone and Self-Pity Remains! Never Give in to Self-Pity!
The opposite of confidence and worth is self-pity. Self-pity occurs when we feel we are warranted to receive but get passed by. This can occur in our natural or spiritual life. Self-pity helps define our moment or, may I say, cause us to miss our moment. We feel we are deserving or entitled to a blessing, and we lose faith when we see a blessing slip past our life.One of the best examples of self-pity is the crippled man at the Pool of Bethesda (see John 5). Jesus knew his full condition and then, through Peter, asked the man if he wished to be healed. The man began to explain why he had not and could not be healed. Jesus seemed to quit listening to his self-pity and healed him anyway.We can easily lose sight of God's promises when we are in difficult situations. This is often how we get off target in seeing God fulfill our prophetic destiny. Even though the Body of Christ goes through great times of testing, we are not to grow fearful and be discouraged. The enemy takes advantage during our testing periods by using a strategy to discourage us. Discouragement breeds hope deferred, which makes the heart sick. When we have a measure of hopelessness within us, we lose our expectation of God."Future" and "expectation" are synonymous. Our future is linked with an expectation of God moving. This is a time for the Church to have its expectation level renewed and raised to another level. Isaiah 59 and 60 are wonderful prayer guides for us to follow to see this happen in our lives. Hope must transcend and move into faith. Faith produces overcoming. Overcoming leads to a demonstration of God's power and a manifestation of His promises.The Cycle of Self Pity.Prophecy unlocks our future. But once we get wounded or experience loss, we can lose sight of our future. The biggest demonic force that we have to contend with is self-pity. Self-pity draws attention to our loss and keeps us from seeing God's glory manifested in our life. Instead of our loss directing us to God's continued perfect plan for our life, our self rises up and causes us to say, "Pity me for what I have lost." Any time we experience loss, trauma, wounding or injustice, we can either choose to live with a belief system that God can heal and forgive or we can allow our mind-set to form rejection, self-defense and self-pity.During times of loss and wounding, we have a tendency to accuse God for the trauma that we are experiencing. The power of this accusation leads to a type of fatherlessness. Instead of experiencing the spirit of adoption, we feel abandoned and lost. From our self-defense, we actually form a rebellion to authority. We also become unteachable. We have a mind-set that says, "No one understands me or what I am going through."We also begin to think that there is no solution to our problem. We wake up thinking, "There is no way out." We fall into apathy because we have no hope of healing or restoration. Since we know that we should be living a godly life, religious mechanisms become a solace to us. We may even gain a martyr complex and say, "O woe is me. This is my cross to bear. Look how heavy is my cross." This type of thinking causes us to not fight when we need to fight. Instead of fighting and advancing, we become a slave to comfort and the status quo. We forget that we are called to fellowship with Christ's sufferings-a type of fellowship that leads to His resurrection power manifesting in us.Losing sight of the love of God causes us to turn to self. God's love forces us to deal with these thoughts born of our self-pity. I have experienced enough freedom in my own life to know when I am not free. Faith works by love. Once we experience God's liberty and love, we will be able to resist that call from self to be pitied and be able to overthrow hope deferred.Blessings,Chuck D. Pierce
Word from our Saturday 8/14 Faster
Restoration
Isaiah 61:3 to grant to those who mourn in Zion-- to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.
Isaiah 61:4 They shall build up the ancient ruins; they shall raise up the former devastation; they shall repair the ruined cities, the devastation of many generations.
Isaiah 61:6 you shall be called the priests of the LORD; they shall speak of you as the ministers of our God; you shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory you shall boast.
This is what I hear the Lord saying:
Restoration:
The broken fountains within you are being repaired. I have taken the tender places within your heart into My hands, so that I may restore and heal them. You have felt the pain of the past and I Am now renewing you. Trust Me with the secret chambers of your heart, for I have longed to free you of the hurt, betrayal and rejection that you endured. I Am removing the wounds caused by harsh words and mistreatment that came in that season. I will love you back to a place of completeness, confidence and joy again. These things have restrained you from seeing My fullness, but I have heard and seen your desire to come into fullness. I Am and I will continue to saturate you with My Presence. You are hungry and I will nourish you.
You will carry an increase of My Presence. The fountains within you will become conduits of great blessing for My River. The refreshing that you receive will also flow to others. You will see the multiplication of My greatness touching many. You will see My Spirit flowing through you. Embrace this. Do not be startled by how I work through your life. I have uniquely created you to carry My Presence. You will be known for mercy, compassion, strength, wisdom and restoration. These are the things that precede and lay a foundation for power. Power without My love within you will easily corrupt you. You will see and know My power for I Am your foundation. You have placed your life in My hands and I will work with great tenderness through you. My restoration will impact every area of your life. Your spirit and soul will be renewed. Your physical body will enjoy divine health. Your storehouse and your finances will be blessed. You will live under the blessings of My favor and abundance. I will do this and you will bring Me glory because of this. I have placed a wall of protection around you. You will not be harmed again by the enemy, or those he would try to use. Come then let us walk forward together today.
Isaiah 61:3 to grant to those who mourn in Zion-- to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.
Isaiah 61:4 They shall build up the ancient ruins; they shall raise up the former devastation; they shall repair the ruined cities, the devastation of many generations.
Isaiah 61:6 you shall be called the priests of the LORD; they shall speak of you as the ministers of our God; you shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory you shall boast.
This is what I hear the Lord saying:
Restoration:
The broken fountains within you are being repaired. I have taken the tender places within your heart into My hands, so that I may restore and heal them. You have felt the pain of the past and I Am now renewing you. Trust Me with the secret chambers of your heart, for I have longed to free you of the hurt, betrayal and rejection that you endured. I Am removing the wounds caused by harsh words and mistreatment that came in that season. I will love you back to a place of completeness, confidence and joy again. These things have restrained you from seeing My fullness, but I have heard and seen your desire to come into fullness. I Am and I will continue to saturate you with My Presence. You are hungry and I will nourish you.
You will carry an increase of My Presence. The fountains within you will become conduits of great blessing for My River. The refreshing that you receive will also flow to others. You will see the multiplication of My greatness touching many. You will see My Spirit flowing through you. Embrace this. Do not be startled by how I work through your life. I have uniquely created you to carry My Presence. You will be known for mercy, compassion, strength, wisdom and restoration. These are the things that precede and lay a foundation for power. Power without My love within you will easily corrupt you. You will see and know My power for I Am your foundation. You have placed your life in My hands and I will work with great tenderness through you. My restoration will impact every area of your life. Your spirit and soul will be renewed. Your physical body will enjoy divine health. Your storehouse and your finances will be blessed. You will live under the blessings of My favor and abundance. I will do this and you will bring Me glory because of this. I have placed a wall of protection around you. You will not be harmed again by the enemy, or those he would try to use. Come then let us walk forward together today.
Friday, August 13, 2010
Praise Report - from Friday Faster
First let me say this…Thank You God for all your blessings and provision that You have provided my family and thank you all prayer warriors for interceding on any prayer requests that I had and supporting me!
Ok so for most of us it is payday. However, this week Eric didn’t get paid because he was on vacation last week and his company no longer pays for vacation. Well on top of all that school started and tuition was due for Caleb. We were already behind on our bills and stuff when the fast began. I kept hearing Holy Spirit saying Trust me and my sister kept telling me to untie God’s hands and allow him to handle it. So I told my flesh to get the heck back and I trusted God. I’m not saying it was easy and there were times I wanted to take the easy road over the past 3 weeks but God wanted me to learn something. Now in the Flesh there is no way even on paper that we have been able to pay the bills but God sustained us and kept us afloat. God took what we had and he doubled it (double portions) the money was stretched. This fast for me has been about trusting and receiving complete healing. I am so humbled by what God has done I’m an emotionally wreck but in a good way. And for those of you who don’t know I am not a crier but I am so overcome with thankfulness. He is faithful and true to us if we would just trust him and allow him to handle our situations. The enemy has attacked us so much over these last 3 weeks but we kept our head above water and kept trusting.
Ok so for most of us it is payday. However, this week Eric didn’t get paid because he was on vacation last week and his company no longer pays for vacation. Well on top of all that school started and tuition was due for Caleb. We were already behind on our bills and stuff when the fast began. I kept hearing Holy Spirit saying Trust me and my sister kept telling me to untie God’s hands and allow him to handle it. So I told my flesh to get the heck back and I trusted God. I’m not saying it was easy and there were times I wanted to take the easy road over the past 3 weeks but God wanted me to learn something. Now in the Flesh there is no way even on paper that we have been able to pay the bills but God sustained us and kept us afloat. God took what we had and he doubled it (double portions) the money was stretched. This fast for me has been about trusting and receiving complete healing. I am so humbled by what God has done I’m an emotionally wreck but in a good way. And for those of you who don’t know I am not a crier but I am so overcome with thankfulness. He is faithful and true to us if we would just trust him and allow him to handle our situations. The enemy has attacked us so much over these last 3 weeks but we kept our head above water and kept trusting.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Day 16 of the Fast - 1st Day of the month of Elul
As I fasted yesterday – it became the MOST difficult of the days that I had fasted. I became sick on Monday afternoon and I did receive healing but it was not until Wednesday night. I had been taking an antibiotic and doing that on an empty stomach all day is not a good thing – especially in this kind of heat. I was weak and worn by about 1:45 Wednesday afternoon. I emailed the girls and told them I desperately needed prayer for strength and refreshing and healing. Well I sat in my car praying and worshipping God on my lunch hour – and felt completely RENEWED and mainly HEALED and WHOLE. U can’t convince me that prayer doesn’t work. Here are the words that I received Wednesday night during my study time….
Isaiah 36:4-11
4 The field commander said to them, "Tell Hezekiah,
'This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: On what are you basing this confidence of yours? 5 You say you have strategy and military strength—but you speak only empty words. On whom are you depending, that you rebel against me? 6 Look now, you are depending on Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff, which pierces a man's hand and wounds him if he leans on it! Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who depend on him. 7 And if you say to me, "We are depending on the LORD our God"-isn't he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, "You must worship before this altar"? 8 " 'Come now, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them! 9 How then can you repulse one officer of the least of my master's officials, even though you are depending on Egypt for chariots and horsemen? 10 Furthermore, have I come to attack and destroy this land without the LORD ? The LORD himself told me to march against this country and destroy it.' " 11 Then Eliakim, Shebna and Joah said to the field commander, "Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Don't speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall."
Isaiah 36:4-11
4 The field commander said to them, "Tell Hezekiah,
'This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: On what are you basing this confidence of yours? 5 You say you have strategy and military strength—but you speak only empty words. On whom are you depending, that you rebel against me? 6 Look now, you are depending on Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff, which pierces a man's hand and wounds him if he leans on it! Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who depend on him. 7 And if you say to me, "We are depending on the LORD our God"-isn't he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, "You must worship before this altar"? 8 " 'Come now, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them! 9 How then can you repulse one officer of the least of my master's officials, even though you are depending on Egypt for chariots and horsemen? 10 Furthermore, have I come to attack and destroy this land without the LORD ? The LORD himself told me to march against this country and destroy it.' " 11 Then Eliakim, Shebna and Joah said to the field commander, "Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Don't speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall."
This led me on to the next chapter – Isaiah 37 to Hezekiah’s prayer to God:
16 "O LORD Almighty, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. 17 Give ear, O LORD, and hear; open your eyes, O LORD, and see; listen to all the words Sennacherib has sent to insult the living God. 18 "It is true, O LORD, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste all these peoples and their lands. 19 They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands. 20 Now, O LORD our God, deliver us from his hand, so that all kingdoms on earth may know that you alone, O LORD, are God.
Even in doing what seems like a good work (by giving our tithes directly to those who desperately need help) we are STILL tying up God’s hands and feet. We are taking that blessing of gratitude and saying this to God – “God you are so busy and I see that Neighbor Jack desperately needs food for his children – God I am going to take my gift of gratitude for you and just directly give it to Neighbor Jack…. That way it’s one less thing You will have to do God – u know God bc if I give it directly into the church it may never reach Neighbor Jack directly”. – What we were really saying is “God – I DO NOT TRUST YOU to take care of my neighbor and his family. God if I give this money directly to Neighbor Jack – then I KNOW that he and his family are taken care of” – thus tying God’s hands to move in Neighbor Jacks life and family and thus sinning and causing Neighbor Jack to miss out on seeing how TRULY faithful God is!!! All bc me – little Miss Do-Gooder let her fleshly emotions mix in with her Godly compassion and got them confused…..Last night God showed me that and then backed it with verse…..
Deuteronomy 12:5-28 – New KJV
5 “But you shall seek the place where the LORD your God chooses, out of all your tribes, to put His name for His dwelling place; and there you shall go. 6 There you shall take your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the heave offerings of your hand, your vowed offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks. 7 And there you shall eat before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice in all to which you have put your hand, you and your households, in which the LORD your God has blessed you. 8 “You shall not at all do as we are doing here today—every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes— 9 for as yet you have not come to the rest and the inheritance which the LORD your God is giving you. 10 But when you cross over the Jordan and dwell in the land which the LORD your God is giving you to inherit, and He gives you rest from all your enemies round about, so that you dwell in safety, 11 then there will be the place where the LORD your God chooses to make His name abide. There you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the heave offerings of your hand, and all your choice offerings which you vow to the LORD. 12 And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you and your sons and your daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, since he has no portion nor inheritance with you. 13 Take heed to yourself that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see; 14 but in the place which the LORD chooses, in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you.
15 “However, you may slaughter and eat meat within all your gates, whatever your heart desires, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you; the unclean and the clean may eat of it, of the gazelle and the deer alike. 16 Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it on the earth like water. 17 You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain or your new wine or your oil, of the firstborn of your herd or your flock, of any of your offerings which you vow, of your freewill offerings, or of the heave offering of your hand. 18 But you must eat them before the LORD your God in the place which the LORD your God chooses, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in all to which you put your hands. 19 Take heed to yourself that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land. 20 “When the LORD your God enlarges your border as He has promised you, and you say, ‘Let me eat meat,’ because you long to eat meat, you may eat as much meat as your heart desires. 21 If the place where the LORD your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, then you may slaughter from your herd and from your flock which the LORD has given you, just as I have commanded you, and you may eat within your gates as much as your heart desires.
22 Just as the gazelle and the deer are eaten, so you may eat them; the unclean and the clean alike may eat them. 23 Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life; you may not eat the life with the meat. 24 You shall not eat it; you shall pour it on the earth like water. 25 You shall not eat it, that it may go well with you and your children after you, when you do what is right in the sight of the LORD. 26 Only the holy things which you have, and your vowed offerings, you shall take and go to the place which the LORD chooses. 27 And you shall offer your burnt offerings, the meat and the blood, on the altar of the LORD your God; and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of the LORD your God, and you shall eat the meat. 28 Observe and obey all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you and your children after you forever, when you do what is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God.
Genesis 12:11 – The CALL of Abram – Abram used wisdom and Godly knowledge and told Pharaoh that Sarai was his sister instead of his wife…. God heaped out plagues upon Egypt bc of their lust after Sarai. This in turn caused Pharaoh to heap riches and blessings on Abram.
Which lead me to Genesis 15 in which God makes a covenant with Abram.
1 After this, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward. 2 But Abram said, "O Sovereign LORD, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?" 3 And Abram said, "You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir." 4 Then the word of the LORD came to him: "This man will not be your heir, but a son coming from your own body will be your heir." 5 He took him outside and said, "Look up at the heavens and count the stars—if indeed you can count them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be." 6 Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness.
And indeed the Lord did give Abram a child, a son – Ishmael – Abram was 86 years old when his wife’s maidservant Hagar bore him Ishmael. God changed his name from Abram to Abraham at 99 years old – and named him the Father of many Nations. HE also changed Sarai’s name to Sarah – and also gave her the ability to have a child after all those years of never bearing children. And thus Isaac was born! But Abraham had to keep his covenant with God – that he and every male in his family and/or household be circumcised as a sign of their covenant with God.
GOD IS FAITHFUL TO HIS COVENANT WITH US WHEN WE ARE FAITHFUL IN OUR COVENANT TO HIM!!!!
Psalm 27: 13-14
13 I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
14 Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.
Isaiah 41:18-20
18 I will make rivers flow on barren heights, and springs within the valleys. I will turn the desert into pools of water, and the parched ground into springs. 19 I will put in the desert the cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive. I will set pines in the wasteland, the fir and the cypress together, 20 so that people may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the LORD has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it.
John 12:9
9 Now a great many of the Jews knew that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead. 10 But the chief priests plotted to put Lazarus to death also, 11 because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.
The priests plotted to kill Lazarus bc he was a living, breathing, walking, talking testimony of the authority and power of God flowing and working through Jesus. The enemy would in the same way set out to destroy us – the more we become living, breathing, walking, talking testimonies of the authority and power of God.
II Kings 5: 1-27
God uses Elisha to deliver Naaman from leprosy. Naaman offers Elisha money but he refuses payment. Only telling Naaman to “go in peace”. Gehazi (Elisha’s servant) ran out after Naaman and lied to receive money and garments from Naaman “in the name of Elisha” …..when Gehazi comes back Elisha questions his servant as to his where abouts – Gehazi stands in his master’s presence and lies to his master’s face telling him that he not gone anywhere…. Elisha’s spiritual discernment knew better. Elisha told him that “My heart went with you when the man turned back from his chariot to meet with you? Is it time to receive money and to receive clothing, olives groves, and vineyards, sheep and oxen, male and female servants”
Because of Gehazi’s greed and lies to Elisha – because he preyed on a vulnerable man that had just been delivered from leprosy – Elisha wanted to make certain that Naaman knew God was the one who truly delivered him – but his servant went behind his back and marred the blessed event that had just taken place. For that reason Gehazi was cursed – in fact he left the presence of Elisha with the leprosy from Naaman and it clung to him and his descendants.
God says – NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO SIN AGAINST GOD OR THOSE GOD HAS APPOINTED AS HIS AUTHORITY IN OUR LIVES.
Luke 4:6
Worship the Lord your God and serve HIM only.
Lucifer was described in Ezekiel 28:13 as the great worship angel
“The great workmanship of your timbrels and pipes was prepared for you on the day you were created”
It was also describes Lucifer as a beautiful being at the time: Ezekiel 28:13
Every precious stone was your covering: The sardius, topaz, and diamond, Beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold.
Verse 17 goes on to tell of why Lucifer fell from Heaven
“Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor.”
It was the greed and the attitude of pride that cause Lucifer the beautiful angel of worship to fall from God’s favor and God’s Love.
AGAIN – God says – NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO SIN AGAINST GOD OR THOSE GOD HAS APPOINTED AS HIS AUTHORITY IN OUR LIVES.
During my entire prayer time last night on the front porch – there was white lightning going on all around me in what was a deep night but cloudless sky – no rain in the air….
Lightning means: A sudden charge from a major happening…..charge can mean jolt, emotionally, physically, spiritually = sudden “wake up call” – I believe this speaks to what I said yesterday about “Awakening the Watchmen” and the stirring that we are feeling right now in our midst.
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