Entry from - Day 10 Faster

Yesterday was definitely a challenging day… first off – the girls in my office went to my MOST favorite place for lunch – which the NEVER (can I say NEVER) do. I politely told them I wouldn’t be having anything. They brought me back a plate anyway – nice thought but really? God sustained me though and I made it through the day on water and light juice only when my sugar would drop.

I found a lot of things in my study/meditation time last night… here are the highlights… Below are the scriptures I was drawn to read and study…

I felt the overwhelming need to lift up our leaders in prayer – everyone from the US president, to state governors, to pastors, to teachers, to your boss’. I felt a great sense of urgency for us to do this and for us also to begin to pray for all believers.

God will repay good for harm. I was praying for the words to express the praise of my heart to God… I just couldn’t find all the words that I wanted to say to tell HIM how amazing HE is and how deep and great my love is for HIM…. Turns out – David took the words right out of my heart!

Psalm 104 - Praise to the Sovereign LORD for His Creation and Providence

1 Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great: You are clothed with honor and majesty, 2 Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment, Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain. 3 He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters, Who makes the clouds His chariot, Who walks on the wings of the wind, 4 Who makes His angels spirits, His ministers a flame of fire. You who laid the foundations of the earth, So that it should not be moved forever, 6 You covered it with the deep as with a garment; The waters stood above the mountains. 7 At Your rebuke they fled; At the voice of Your thunder they hastened away. 8 They went up over the mountains; They went down into the valleys, To the place which You founded for them. 9 You have set a boundary that they may not pass over, That they may not return to cover the earth. 10 He sends the springs into the valleys; They flow among the hills. 11 They give drink to every beast of the field; The wild donkeys quench their thirst. 12 By them the birds of the heavens have their home; They sing among the branches. 13 He waters the hills from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works. 14 He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And vegetation for the service of man, That he may bring forth food from the earth, 15 And wine that makes glad the heart of man, Oil to make his face shine, And bread which strengthens man’s heart. 16 The trees of the LORD are full of sap, The cedars of Lebanon which He planted, 17 Where the birds make their nests; The stork has her home in the fir trees. 18 The high hills are for the wild goats; The cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers. 19 He appointed the moon for seasons; The sun knows it going down. 20 You make darkness, and it is night, In which all the beasts of the forest creep about. 21 The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God. 22 When the sun rises, they gather together And lie down in their dens. 23 Man goes out to his work And to his labor until the evening. 24 O LORD, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all. The earth is full of Your possessions— 25 This great and wide sea, In which are innumerable teeming things, Living things both small and great. 26 There the ships sail about; There is that Leviathan Which You have made to play there. 27 These all wait for You, That You may give them their food in due season. 28 What You give them they gather in; You open Your hand, they are filled with good. 29 You hide Your face, they are troubled; You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust. 30 You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the earth. 31 May the glory of the LORD endure forever; May the LORD rejoice in His works. 32 He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the hills, and they smoke. 33 I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.34 May my meditation be sweet to Him; I will be glad in the LORD. 35 May sinners be consumed from the earth, And the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD!

Psalm 43 Prayer to God in Time of Trouble

1 Vindicate me, O God, And plead my cause against an ungodly nation; Oh, deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man! 2 For You are the God of my strength; Why do You cast me off? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 3 Oh, send out Your light and Your truth! Let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy hill And to Your tabernacle. 4 Then I will go to the altar of God, To God my exceeding joy; And on the harp I will praise You, O God, my God. 5 Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.

Ephesians 6 Children and Parents

1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise: 3 “that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.”4 And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.

Bondservants and Masters
5 Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ; 6 not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, 7 with goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men, 8 knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free. 9 And you, masters, do the same things to them, giving up threatening, knowing that your own Master also is in heaven, and there is no partiality with Him.

The Whole Armor of God
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age,[c] against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; 18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints— 19 and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

A Gracious Greeting
21 But that you also may know my affairs and how I am doing, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will make all things known to you; 22 whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, that you may know our affairs, and that he may comfort your hearts. 23 Peace to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.

16In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

In reading this last night – I realized for the VERY first time that our FAITH is what detours the enemy’s arrows. Our faith is all about God. Faith is just basically that we KNOW that God is ultimately working everything out for our good according to HIS purpose and will for our lives! If we operate in that faith at all times – the enemy’s arrows can’t touch us ladies.

While during my study time I got a string of texts from a bestie… she was concerned and I became concerned but immediately received word from God to release it to HIM – this is part of the advice that I received…

The enemy would set out to infiltrate and destroy “you girls”. He desires to come in the midst of you and set up camp – especially during this fast – to cause backbiting and create strife amongst you sisters. BE EXTREMELY AWARE and use great DISCERNMENT of the alliance that you make and also of the alliances that are trying to be made with you or the alliances that are trying to come back into your life.

PRAISE REPORT: Our internet has been out for over a week now. We have had 3 techs come out and no one can seem to help us. We have to wait for a tech to come out Saturday morning to check our modem and our phone jack filters…. Well I called billing beyond frustrated (didn’t react out of line – just frustrated and rightfully so). I explained the to lady that I was upset but that I didn’t want to take it on her that I knew it wasn’t her fault in any degree. She pulled up my account verified that the net had been down for over a week and the trouble that we have had with the techs and not getting help…. She zeroed out our balance of $36 PLUS gave us a free month of service – that’s a little over $100.

I went inside the house about 9 last night after my bible time on the front porch – I really began to war and pray in the spirit and intercede. These are the things that I saw - each one is separate from the other - separated below in sentence form.

I saw kids sitting around a campfire in a circle – they were silently sitting, listening in awe to a talking tree with a face – tree had arms (branch arms) and a face – leaves were bright green.

I saw trees planted on a river bank drinking from the river. The river was dark and very mucky – like oil…. The trees were being tainted and deceived – the sky turned dark and one by one the trees disintegrated and turned to ash in the river. After each tree had become ash in the river – the sky turned bright blue and white and the water in the river became crystal clear – I could see the bottom and the fish (life) in it. MEANING: I believe this to mean that we are going to see some leaders who have been deceived, distorted and tainted bc of a lack of discernment/vision begin to have their positions or ministries disinegrate - but I believe this is a call to intercession for the watchmen - and also God letting us know that this must happen in order for their to be clear vision and clear discernment in the future leadership.

I saw a tall beautiful mountain – The sky became a DEEP YELLOW color – the whole sky – the clouds suddenly transformed into a large yellow puffy cloud shaped like an attack dog – the dog was charging and growling – swooped me up but didn’t hurt me.

I saw green fog settling in the house.

If anyone has insight that they would like to add to this – please do… I am going to take the time in a bit to look up the meaning of the visions. I will come back in a bit this afternoon to jot down the meanings I find.