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I suggest you Pray Psalm 91 daily!

Psalm 91: (personalized)

1 I dwell in the shelter of the Most High Will remain secure and rest in the shadow of the Almighty [Whose power no enemy can withstand].

2 I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust [with great confidence, and on whom I rely]!”

3 For He will save me from the trap of the fowler, And from the deadly pestilence. 4 He will cover me and completely protect me with His pinions, And under His wings I will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and a wall.

5 I will not be afraid of the terror of night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day,

 6 Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, Nor of the destruction (sudden death) that lays waste at noon.

7 A thousand may fall at my side And ten thousand at my right hand, But danger will not come near me.

8 I will only [be a spectator as I] look on with my eyes And witness the [Divine] repayment of the wicked [as I watch safely from the shelter of the Most High].

9 Because I have made the LORD, [Who is] my refuge, Even the Most High, my dwelling place,

10 No evil will befall me, Nor will any plague come near my tent.

11 For He will command His angels in regard to me, To protect and defend and guard me in all my ways [of obedience and service].

12 They will lift me up in their hands, So that I do not [even] strike my foot against a stone.

13 I will tread upon the lion and cobra; The young lion and the serpent I will trample underfoot.

14 “Because I set my Love on HIM, therefore HE will save me; HE will set me [securely] on High, because I know HIS Name [I confidently trust and rely on HIM, knowing HE will never abandon me, no, never].

15 I will call upon HIM, and HE will answer me; HE will be with me in trouble; HE will rescue me and honor me.

16 With a long life HE will satisfy me And HE will let me see HIS salvation.”

Illegitimate thoughts build strongholds!

We are to guard our minds through what we see, hear, and speak.  When we focus our thoughts on worldly, sensual things, we begin to build strongholds.  An illegitimate thought that the enemy has suggested over my life, is like a stone.  As I dwell and meditate on such a thought, I create more stones and ultimately build a habitation for the enemy to dwell unrecognized.

We know that we can do nothing without HIM.  Our problem is that we learned to do nothing with HIM.

Luke recorded by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 10:

38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, Who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

When GOD is with someone, the impossible is expected to bow.  The renewed mind is a huge part of this journey.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians 6:

10 Now my beloved ones, I have saved these most important Truths for last: Be supernaturally infused with strength through your life-union with the Lord Jesus. Stand victorious with the force of His explosive power flowing in and through you. 11 Put on God’s complete set of armor provided for us, so that you will be protected as you fight against the evil strategies of the accuser!

12 Your hand-to-hand combat is not with human beings, but with the highest principalities and authorities operating in rebellion under the heavenly realms. For they are a powerful class of demon-gods and evil spirits that hold this dark world in bondage.

13 Because of this, you must wear all the armor that God provides so you’re protected as you confront the slanderer, for you are destined for all things and will rise victorious.

14 Put on Truth as a belt to strengthen you to stand in triumph. Put on Holiness as the protective armor that covers your heart.

15 Stand on your feet alert, then you’ll always be ready to share the blessings of peace.

16 In every battle, take faith as your wrap-around shield, for it is able to extinguish the blazing arrows coming at you from the evil one!

17-18 Embrace the power of salvation’s full deliverance, like a helmet to protect your thoughts from lies. And take the mighty razor-sharp Spirit-sword of the spoken Word of God. Pray passionately in the Spirit, as you constantly intercede with every form of prayer at all times. Pray the blessings of God upon all His believers.

Our faith is intended to extinguish the evil strategies sent by the adversary.  The sword of THE SPIRIT digs out and removes the lies.  We cast down those lies with The Word of GOD just as Jesus did when confronted by the devil in the wilderness.  It is vital that we recognize the Truth that replaces the lies of the devil.

Truth is not to be glanced at in a daily reading, but to be dwelt on, memorized if necessary, so that we can adequately extinguish the lies and “half-truths” confronting us.

The lies always war against our identity in Christ.  They will focus on our old man of the past and try to convince us that we unable or unworthy to walk in Christ.  They will challenge and try to undermine revelation given specifically to our individual callings.

What we think and what we determine has an effect on the outcome of what GOD desires for us.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 12:

1 Beloved friends, what should be our proper response to God’s marvelous mercies? To surrender yourselves to God to be His Sacred, living sacrifices. And live in Holiness, experiencing all that delights His Heart. For this becomes your genuine expression of worship.

2 Stop imitating the ideals and opinions of the culture around you, but be inwardly transformed by the Holy Spirit through a total reformation of how you think. This will empower you to discern God’s will as you live a beautiful life, satisfying and perfect in His Eyes.

3 God has given me grace to speak a warning about pride. I would ask each of you to be emptied of self-promotion and not create a false image of your importance. Instead, honestly assess your worth by using your God-given faith as the standard of measurement, and then you will see your true value with an appropriate self-esteem.

The adversary wants you to set your affections on the world, especially money and pride.  As we surrender to GOD, our Love will only be directed toward HIM and there will be no strongholds in our life.

We become like what or who we worship!

When we worship GOD in Spirit and Truth, we will receive new understanding.  FATHER gives to those who surrender to HIM.  Why?  Because HE knew that HE could trust them with greater insight, power, and authority.

The Beloved Disciple recorded by The Holy Spirit in John chapter 4:

5 So Jesus came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

6 Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8 For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.

9 Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. 10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and Who it is Who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you Living Water.”

11 The woman said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that Living Water?

12 Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?”

13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the Water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of Water springing up into Everlasting Life.”

We were designed to walk with the fountain of The Holy Spirit flooding us with endless Life.

15 The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.”

16 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.”

17 The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You have well said, ‘I have no husband,’

18 for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly.”

19 The woman said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.

20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.”

21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father.

22 You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.

23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and Truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him.

24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in Spirit and Truth.”

A true worshipper is one who surrenders his or her life to THE FATHER and ministers to HIM out of Love for Who He is and what He has done.  He first Loved us and now we have this Truth revealed to our hearts.  Those who have this revelation have an overwhelming tenderness to GOD.  What they see as important is different than that of those who are focused on the inferior.  Judas Iscariot was in that group as we saw in yesterday’s writing concerning Mary’s act of worship.

When Jesus came, He provided us the privilege to come face to face with Our Heavenly Father and worship HIM in full surrender.  We have the opportunity to exist in HIS manifested Presence and live.  HIS manifested Presence will overtake all our issues and resolve them in the appropriate manner.  We are to pursue full surrender and worship HIM in Spirit and Truth!

FATHER created us with the capacity to Love and worship HIM; it is our choice of what path we pursue.  Something happens in the adoration of Who HE is.  Our priorities begin to align with HIS and what was once important, is no longer.  Our Love for HIM leads to worship!

We are not to walk in the ordinary!

In the Old Testament, the severity of sin was emphasized.  If a sacrifice had a blemish, it was not acceptable.  If you encountered a leper, you were unclean until you went through a ritual of cleansing. (Leviticus 13)

However, in the New Testament, things changed.

Jesus spoke in Matthew chapter10:

5 These twelve Jesus sent out and commanded them, saying: “Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of the Samaritans.

6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

7 And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.’

8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.

Jesus instructed the disciples to touch the lepers, and they would become clean, the opposite instructions of the Old Testament.  The presence of the righteousness of GOD is greater than the condition of leprosy, disease, sickness, and death.  Sin cannot persist or endure in a Holy environment.  The tables have turned and is revealing more of what GOD intended in the first place.

As we walk in obedience to The Holy Spirit, we represent the Kingdom of God on the earth.  We walk in the supernatural that overtakes the natural and causes positive change to occur.  There is no sickness in Heaven and there should be no sickness on earth as the Kingdom of God expands and overtakes the earth. 

As Image bearers, we live to reveal THE FATHER here on earth.  If we walk under the Lordship of Jesus Christ, there is no distortion of the Image we bear.  Sin distorts.  When there is no distortion or blindness, we are able to hear and respond to FATHER appropriately.

Jesus spoke in John chapter 12:

27 “Even though I am torn within, and My Soul is in turmoil, I will not ask the Father to rescue Me from this hour of trial. For I have come to fulfill My purpose—to offer Myself to God.

28 So, Father, bring glory to Your Name!” Then suddenly a booming Voice was heard from the sky, “I have glorified My Name! And I will glorify It through You again!”

29 The audible Voice of God startled the crowd standing nearby. Some thought It was only thunder, yet others said, “An angel just spoke to Him!”

30 Then Jesus told them, “The Voice you heard was not for My benefit, but for yours—to help you believe.

31 From this moment on, everything in this world is about to change, for the ruler of this dark world will be overthrown.

32 And I will do this when I am lifted up off the ground and when I draw the hearts of people to gather them to Me.”

33 He said this to indicate that He would die by being lifted up on the cross.

The condition of the people’s hearts determined how they heard the audible Voice of GOD.  Some attributed the Voice to something natural.  Some thought it was supernatural but not for them.  FATHER spoke in a way that could be heard by everyone.  When you clearly hear and understand what FATHER says, it brings forth increased knowledge that translates to increased responsibility.

James wrote by The Holy Spirit in James chapter 1:

22 But be doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

23 For if anyone is a hearer of the Word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror;

24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.

If you don’t want to live in the ordinary, be a doer of The Word whether your read It or hear It from The Holy Spirit… without any distortion.

As you successfully navigate through trials, you will experience great joy!

Trials will test who is Lord over your life.

James wrote by The Holy Spirit in James chapter 1:

2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,

When it seems as though you are facing nothing but difficulties, see it as an invaluable opportunity to experience the greatest joy that you can have!  Nobody looks forward to difficulties, but when deliverance comes, we are overjoyed, knowing that GOD intervened on our behalf.

3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.

4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

For our faith to grow, it must be tested and that requires patience.  Society has become extremely impatient in all areas of their life.  People who are waiting in line at the grocery store are now irritated when my wife pays with cash rather than a credit card.  They are generally in a hurry to go nowhere but they want to get there soon.

5 If any of you lacks Wisdom, let him ask of God, Who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

When we are in the midst of a trial, the one thing we need is Wisdom and with it comes understanding.

6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.

7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;

8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

When a trial comes, it reveals whether you are truly walking in the Lordship of Jesus Christ or whether you are looking for other temporary solutions to the problem.

Are you fully committed to absolute triumph and victory over your trial?  Both Wisdom and faith are essential parts of being able to take this journey that GOD has invited us into, this awkward journey to die to the flesh.

To go through this narrow door of counting it joy when I am facing things that I don’t like, I didn’t ask for, I didn’t sign up for… this isn’t according to what was promised.  I’ve fasted, I’ve prayed, I had done all these things and still there seems to be no yielding of these circumstances.  But going through the door where I can actually, genuinely celebrate with joy, the goodness of GOD and HIS faithfulness, in that moment, somehow the enemy becomes disarmed.  He can no longer impact my soul.  That which he used against me no longer works.

Why?  I have given myself to the Lordship of Jesus.

I love the concept of the tithe.  One reason I love it is because it says it is to go into the storehouse.  It’s not directed by the giver.  It’s a true test of Lordship.

Jesus spoke in Luke chapter 20:

22 Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

23 But He perceived their craftiness, and said to them, “Why do you test Me?

24 Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?” They answered and said, “Caesar’s.”

25 And He said to them, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.“

26 But they could not catch Him in His words in the presence of the people. And they marveled at His answer and kept silent.

And it is written in Malachi chapter 3:

8 “Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, ‘In what way have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings.

9 You are cursed with a curse, For you have robbed Me, Even this whole nation. 10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” Says the LORD of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it.

This is the test of Lordship: tithes and offerings.  What is HIS food?

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 5:

12 For you should already be professors instructing others by now; but instead, you need to be taught from the beginning the basics of God’s prophetic oracles! You’re like children still needing milk and not yet ready to digest solid food.

13 For every spiritual infant who lives on milk is not yet pierced by the revelation of righteousness.

As you provide “food” in FATHER’S House, you will begin to receive revelation knowledge appropriate to your situation.  You will successfully navigate through the trial with Wisdom and faith resulting in great joy!