May God be gloried today by your words and actions. Why do many prayers go unanswered?  Mostly because of unforgiveness, and unbelief in the power of God’s Word.  Without faith, it is impossible to please God. Without believing that He exists, we may harbor bitterness that we feel is justified.  We must submit and give permission to the Holy Spirit, to purify us through willing repentance.  May our faith in God be obvious, as we covet His forgiveness. The Spirit moves when we humble ourselves and yield. We then delight the Lord as His glorious purpose shines from within! We gladly  operate in God’s power by not bargaining with our obedience. Wisdom and power enters as we lay down our agenda, our will — to be led into God’s will. Therefore, with intention, choose to disconnect from the news, from social media, and redirect your focus. Jesus calls us into a private communion. Let us surrender our opinions, objections, and excuses to the secret power within.   The Holy Spirit fills us with unspeakable joy as He supernaturally operates to infuse souls with a faith that surpasses the ordinary.  The extraordinary Spirit of God works in us to swap man’s ever twisted narrative into living words that refresh our very soul. Is He ever welcome as your Teacher? Is the Holy Spirit  your preferred influencer?  He is God’s eternal, ever present, and personal gifted Guide.  Are you delighted to be filled to overflowing with a joy that is impossible to manifest on your own? Pray: “Here I am, Lord sanctify me, as I gladly submit to being set apart for God’s glory.”  The Holy Spirit is a wellspring of refreshing water that gives us the sweet foretaste of heaven. We were declared whole, and healed when Jesus said, “It is finished.” Yes, Lord, we believe and receive!

With convicted obedience, I obeyed His nudge and prayed over myself in faith for a healing. I did not doubt, but believed in His promise! This morning my digestive system said yes Lord! My knee pain lifted and I am rejoicing on a walk with my Redeemer, my Lord, my Healer! Knowing that the daughter of Jairus woke up. That the leper shed tears of gratitude, and that the woman with an issue of blood reached in confidence for her healing.  So too, did Jesus call me by name to trust and believe that the power of His blood still heals anyone who asks, and believes! Lord, Jesus also equipped us, and we are His Spirit filled servants. Thank You Lord Jesus for healing my body, and for Your lavish loving kindness, patience, and joy in my obedience. “I cease striving, my mind is stilled to rest in Him.” Psalm 46:10

Delighting in the promises, and in the ever active Word of God! “Quietness and trust is your strength.” Isaiah 30:15  “The Lord fights for me and I hold my peace.” Exodus 14:14  “Let all the earth keep silence before Him.” Habakkuk 2:20 “Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him, do not fret.” Psalm 37:7 “Be still and know I am God; I will be exalted among the nations.” Psalm 46:10  “Be still, and know that I am God.” Isaiah 46:10 “My soul, waits silently for God alone, for my expectation is in Him.”  1 John 4 “Do NOT BELIEVE every spirit, but TEST the SPIRITS to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.This is how you can RECOGNIZE the SPIRIT of GOD: Every spirit that acknowledges that JESUS CHRIST has come in the flesh IS from God, but every spirit that does NOT acknowledge Jesus is NOT from God. “The ONE who is IN YOU is GREATER than the one who is in the world.” Wisely choose to praise Jesus and test the spirits.

“He who dwells in the presence of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust. Surely He will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you will find refuge. His faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.” Psalm 91 ❤️ We dwell in His shelter as we abide in Him. God covers you with His feathers, means that our Father bends low, to lean in close, to shelter you from what you cannot see. Waking up at 3 am, when the world is dark and spiritual forces are most active, this truth becomes our strongest weapon. God dispatches His angels to watch over, and they never sleep. When the world is quiet, the heart hears more clearly, and our soul rests more deeply. The disturbances of life are faint, and the whisper of the Holy Spirit becomes unmistakable. Choose to pray before the noise of the day to align your spirit with heaven. Connect with the divine intervention of God. Declare, “God goes before me and every spiritual force planning to derail me is slayed by the God who shields me. “Be still and know God.” 

Jesus is a very present help in trouble. Not distant, not delayed, but right now, very present. Prayer is not a ritual, it is an ongoing conversation with your Creator. When you honor Him at the beginning of the day, He honors the work of your hands. Psalm 37:23 “The steps of a good person are ordered by the Lord.” When the Lord orders your steps, He also orders provision, healing, and peace. God’s word is not passive, it is a weapon that dismantles fear, destroys anxiety, breaks generational cycles, melts confusion, and stops unseen forces that attempt to restrict your progress. God saving you from the fowler’s snare means the traps you never saw, the attacks you never anticipated, and the plans of the enemy that were designed in darkness will not touch you. So begin your day anchored in the Holy Spirit, and trust that you are covered in a protection that no enemy can penetrate. You are untouchable and spiritually awake and alive in Christ to experience deeper dimensions of peace, clarity, and supernatural protrction. Come before God first thing of each day and speak your heart and align with His will. Psalm 121:5 “The Lord is your keeper.” The Lord is your shade and His covering is not symbolic, it is literal. God’s favor covers you with supernatural protection.

Please Lord, illuminate our mind, strengthen our spirit, and transform us into the image of Christ. We need personal renewal. AMEN Romans 12:1-2  “I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing and perfect will.”

Today let’s intetionally fill our cups with gratitude, forgiveness, joy, words of affirmation, resilience, positivity; and kindness, love for all, and gentleness. Think about what fills you up? If you hold a cup of coffee and someone bumps into you, your coffee spills. Why did you spill the coffee? Because someone bumped into you? Nope, you spilled coffee because dark liquid was in your cup. If it was grace, mercy, or joy in your cup, that will spill out as you bless others with your response! Glory to God.

Whatever is inside the cup is what spills out. So when life shakes you, whatever is inside of you will come out. It’s easy to fake it, until you get rattled. So we ask ourself “what’s in my cup?” Life gets tough in traffic, at home, in church, at school so what spills out when a person acts out against your beliefs? Joy, gratitude, grace, humility? Anger, bitterness, hate? Our life is the cup, we choose how to fill it. Fill it with the goodness of God.

Keep speaking the name of Jesus over your soul, your family, city and nation. “Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.” Jeremiah 17:7  Pray: Lord help us surrender our ways and opinions. Help us to speak from an overflow of mercy and love to glorify the name of Jesus. Amen and Hallelujah

Storms bring necessary rain. God’s plan for the world stands firm and His plan is unfolding perfectly. All His designs are orderly and His ways never change. Blessed is the country who seeks God. Our Father has His eye fixed on those who obey His word. He goes before us with power and He flings open doors for us to walk through. He takes great pleasure in the ones who keep in step with His next move. Ever faithful, He comes to our rescue in bad times. In our weakness, He keeps our body and spirit walking “this way”. Depend on God; He is Who keeps our cups overflowing. Our Father is trustworthy and true, God is all we need. AMEN

If you do NOT believe in God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Person of the Holy Spirit, then you do not know the full blessings of GOD. Be absolutely undone by His perfect plan fir you. Be glad to submit to the Holy Spirit. Be set apart, and by His help TEST all the spirits. Living on earth is NOT our best life. Our best life is living “in Christ” for His glory. Let the whole, healthy, happy church say, AMEN!

Books by CS Lewis and Martyn Lloyd-Jones are jewels that God used to shed added light to my soul

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