Psalm 42.

Dear Father, “¹ As the deer pants for streams of water,
    so my soul pants for you, my God.
² My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
    When can I go and meet with God?
³ My tears have been my food
    day and night,
while people say to me all day long,
    “Where is your God?”
⁴ These things I remember
    as I pour out my soul:
how I used to go to the house of God
    under the protection of the Mighty One^[d]
with shouts of joy and praise
    among the festive throng.

⁵ Why, my soul, are you downcast?
    Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
    for I will yet praise him,
    my Savior and my God.

⁶ My soul is downcast within me;
    therefore I will remember you
from the land of the Jordan,
    the heights of Hermon—from Mount Mizar.
⁷ Deep calls to deep
    in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
    have swept over me.

⁸ By day the Lord directs his love,
    at night his song is with me—” I pray
    “a prayer to the God of my life.

⁹ I say to God my Rock,
    “Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I go about mourning,
    oppressed by the enemy?”
¹⁰ My bones suffer mortal agony
    as my foes taunt me,
saying to me all day long,
    “Where is your God?”

¹¹ Why, my soul, are you downcast?
    Why so disturbed within me?”
Help me as the Psalmist says to “Put MY hope in God,
    for I will yet praise him,
    my Savior and my God.” In Jesus Holy and matchless name, I give you my downcast soul as I feel it whither you will strengthen me because I am not my own, I belong to you. My soul is yours. My heart is yours, and so is my being. In Jesus name.

Let us remember that our souls are not our own. To God we truly belong, and The cares of this world will always pass away. So why is your soul so downcast within you? Put your hope in God. And may we not struggle with unbelief, we believe that you are the lover of our souls andb that you care for our souls. So we trust you. Trust God give your soul to him to care for, whatever he leads you to whether singing, dancing, praying, writing, meditating on him, rest in him and do it.

Anxiety is a voice that tells you lies. It doesn’t have control over you. You have control overnit, turn down the volume of lies.

it just tries to appear scary so it can consume you with all the negative possibilities. Overpower it with the confidence of who yo already know you are in Christ. You are a light

Wait on the Lord, sometimes we get impatient waiting but in the meantime ask God to bring to mind things you need to focus on, spend time with him, have fun with him, get to know him and yourself through him! It can be a refreshing, healing process when you allow it to be. Keep waiting in worship and trusting HIS timing.

Jeremiah 9 23-24 “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, nor let the rich man glory in this, that he understands and knows Me”.
Amen and amen!!!!!! Do not glory in the strength of your own might, do not seek to go after your own wisdom of your calling but always seek God’s Holy calling according to Stormie in the power of a praying woman always surrender what you think God has called you to first. Surrendering it to him means he has control, this is something I too am still learning but I know that when I surrender my way to his, what can’t he do? What can’t he lead me to? As I read Stone’s words it inspired me to give God control over everything, my dreams and even the dreams I feel that he wants for me, just give it over becaus your life is not your own at the end of the day.
It isn’t always easy submitting what you want to give it over to what God wants but always remember you’re giving it to the Lord of your life who knows and sees every single thing that Is best for you. If he is Lord of your life then let him be, and if he knows what is best, I wouldn’t want to give it to anyone else.

Another thing; be faithful in the little things, God is watching how you handle them

Prayer: Dear God according to your word help us as Paul has stated that “Therefore I, a prisoner for serving the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God. Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love. Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace. For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future.” Help us to live this scripture out through our lives, and fully completely live the life you have called us to in surrender. We surrender to you, we admit it can be hard but we KNOW your way is better any how so we give you it because you are our LORD AND we are not. So we surrender our dreams for ourselves and the dreams you have for us to you and we ask that you transform our way into your will for our lives in Jesus name we pray amen.
Ephesians 4:1‭-‬4 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/eph.4.1-4.NLT

Task: Together, you and I, let’s lay our dreams at God’s feet every single dream we have mapped and laid out place it down. He is in control. Let us write them down if we have to and place them on the alter of surrender and sacrifice. When we learn to let go we have stepped into the heart of surrender. Let’s do that today and this week, every thought we have that we desire first give it to God and tell him to have his way in it. Let’s listen and be sensitive to his nudge and his guiding as he gives us peace and directs our hearts to what he wants instead, and if what you’ve laid down is the direction he wants you in remember you are serving him first and not the dream so allow him to let it be done his way not your own.

Psalm 5

King James Version

5 Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation.

² Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.

³ My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

⁴ For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

⁵ The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

⁶ Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

⁷ But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

⁸ Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

⁹ For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

¹⁰ Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

¹¹ But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

¹² For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

For the past few days we’ve been talking about prayer, not only to lay down your worries but to ask for direction. Repeat these Psalms in your prayer this morning evening or night when you go to meditate on God, and mean them from your heart. He listens.

Psalm 23King James Version

23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

² He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

³ He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

⁴ Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

⁵ Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

⁶ Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

I was feeling so discouraged, lost hope, lost direction, lost motivation, just plain lost. Sometimes I look to find comfort in a show, a movie or a friend. An escape for a while to keep my mind off of things is easy and simple and best way out I sometimes think.

But God said na, pray to me right now in this moment of discouragement. Kneel down, shut the doors of disctraction (whatever that might be for you) and pray child.

CAN WE DISCUSS THE POWER OF PRAYER ?

My my my it moves mountains! It pulls down strong holds!! It removes worry and fear and doubt. Prayer is POWERFULLL. And when you take the time to pray instead of running to other things your burdens will be lifted.

Mark 11:24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Matthew 7: 7-8 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and yeshall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seekethfindeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. What are you seeking? Peace? Love? A job? Direction? Motivation? List it all out and pray about it. Your burdens will be lifted.

Be intentional about your prayer, do not only pray about your own needs but find someone to pray for each time as well. Cover them as you would yourself, ask people, friends, loved ones for their prayer requests, you would be surprised how encouraged people feel when they know someone wants to pray for them.

we are never alone, we all share burdens and load but our Heavenly Fathe grave us the Holy Spirit that he may be with us and in us. We are never alone sometimes all you can do is cry in prayer, and that is okay. Cry, yell, scream, tell God from deep within your fears.

Your fears are safer with him than with you. As you let them go he will enable you because fear is not of him, let it go beloved.

Romans 8:26

“Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.”

Psalm 107:28-30 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed. Then they were glad that the waters were quiet, and he brought them to their desired haven

Isn’t it comforting knowing the Holy Spirit intercedes for us in Prayer? Open up your mouth and pray, groan, utter words as led by Holy Spirit, don’t be ashamed we’re all here doing the same. We all need God. Be at peace knowing this, God is our creator, there’s nothing he doesn’t already know about you, so when you cry I prayer you are releasing to him what is not yours to carry to begin with. You are creating and nurturing relationship when you run to God first instead. Let him have it beloved.

The space is open for you to leave a request and pray for someone else who comes to mind, let God lead right now in this moment, as you lay your burdens and cover the burdens of another i pray in Jesus name the Philippians 4:7King James Version

⁷ And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Matthew 7:7 ”Ask, and it will be given to you seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

Matthew 21:22 And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.”

Prayer: Pray about whatever is troubling your heart, pray about your deepest desires, ask God to align them with his.

Pray for his will to be done in you and in all the earth and pray that as you empty your heart to him of all your cares and worries your heart will be softened to hear his voice. Amen.

Where do you abide in most ? Do you know what you consume will more than likely become apart of your subconscious brain and impact your thoughts and actions?

What you abide in matters. When you abide in pornography or posts that allude to such and wonder why you struggle with lust, the answer is because you consume it. When you abide only in social media and wonder why you can’t focus for too long without having to pick up your phone the answer is because that is where you abide in most. What you abide in determines how you go about your life.

The word of God:

John 15 New International Version

The Vine and the Branches

15 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. ² He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. ³ You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. ⁴ Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

⁵ “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. ⁶ If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.⁷ If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. ⁸ This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.

⁹ “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. 

¹¹ I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.¹² My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. ¹³ Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. ¹⁴ You are my friends if you do what I command.¹⁵ I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.¹⁶ You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.¹⁷ This is my command: Love each other. Wow, the word of God is so powerful and refreshing, anytime you need reassurance, love, comfort and truth read the word!

Abiding in God produces fruit:

Galatians 5:22-23 New International Version

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³ gentleness and self-control.Against such things there is no law. Please remember that as you abide in Christ you will bear good fruit and your fruit will be expressed and seen in everything that you do, ask God for the

• gentleness of his spirit,
• The kindness of his heart
• For the goodness he possespossess to be in you
• Faithfulness in all things
• Forbearance and perseverance
• His love
• His joy
• His peace
• Self-control to withstand things meant to destroy you.

Asking for things like this mean that circumstances will come up that will allow you to practice for instance patience, will you remain faithful and persevere in patience? All of the fruits of the spirit intertwine often and if you want to abide in Christ remain faithful to him and allow the fruits of the spirit to manifest in your everyday lives.

remember abiding in Christ is safety and security he loves you so much! When situations come around that test your faith stand firm and abide in Christ so that his fruit may abide in you.

Dear God help us to according to Stormie Omartian’s words in her power of a praying woman book to replace the wrong in me with the goodness of your character. Help us to know that we are abiding in you and not in ourselves or one another for that peace, safety and love. You are a father and abiding in you is our goal. We love you too and we thank you for the peace that comes with abiding in you. Help us to display your fruit as we face this world. In Jesus Amen.

Isaiah 51King James Version

51 Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.

² Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

³ For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.

The Lord is calling us to awaken and hear him, hear his voice.

My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.

⁶ Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.

Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

⁸ For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

⁹ Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?

¹⁰ Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?

¹¹ Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

¹² I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;

¹³ And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

¹⁴ The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

¹⁵ But I am the Lord thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The Lord of hosts is his name.

And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.

¹⁷ Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.

¹⁸ There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.

¹⁹ These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?

²⁰ Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the Lord, the rebuke of thy God.

²¹ Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:

²² Thus saith thy Lord the Lord, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:

²³ But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.

As I read these scriptures, I hear God’s voice beckoning us to awaken. He is near, he is with us, he is comforting us.

Like the Jews, even if we went astray, God is our Heavenly father and he is looking after us, to take us back from captivity, to heal us, to deliver us and to give us a new home. As you read these scriptures of confidence and comfort. Listen to his voice and how he speaks

New beginnings are upon us all, as we transition we must remember who causes us to move, God. Honour him in the fruit of your lips and in the way you walk. As Israel transitioned to their new abode, it was mentioned “Therefore thou hat forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, becaise they be replenished from the east and are doomsayers like the Philostines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers” Isaiah 2:6

But I was reading Isaiah 50, let us hold fast to the teachings we were taught and the lessons we learn along the way, God will provide a way for you to speak or use them:

“The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.

⁵ The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.

⁶ I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

⁷ For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

⁸ He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.

⁹ Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.

¹⁰ Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.

¹¹ Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.”

This is the obedience of the servant of God.

As God taught them he will teach you, people think that the bible is so far fetched from where they are now. But im here to say as God used Esther to redeem his people he will use you to redeem even one person who is struggling. As God used Moses in leadership who thought he wasn’t equipped, he will use you in leadership to help guide people where God instructs you to guide them, God will give you ideas and vision of what is to come those whose minds are stayed in him and who he has blessed in that way. Do not count yourself out.

Even if people speak a negative word against you, these are all attempts to pull you down from your potential. Stand firm and release what was given to you from the Lord in season. You have his gift.

Lord help us to use the gifts you have given to speak, teach, write and lead. As we transition into a new land we are not going to be afriad for you are with us, we will not be dismayed for you are our God.

I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.11″All who rage against you will surely be ashamed and disgraced; those who oppose you will be as nothing and perish. Isaiah 41:10-11.

Help us to transition smoothly.

in Jesus name amen.

YOU GOT THIS BRO/SIS!!!

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So in fighting temptation we are BY NO MEANS DOING IT IN OUR OWN FLESH. After spending time in Prayer this morning AND in God’s word because I strongly believe in the two going hand in hand, I came to these conclusions on fighting the temptation.

The word says: “For if ye live after the flesh ye shall die: but if he through the spirit do mortify the deeds of the body ye shall live” Romans 8:13

Romans 8:9-10 “But he are not in the flesh but in the spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin;but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.”

The word makes it plain and simple to live after the spirit and not the flesh because one leads to life the other if fed more leads to death. The deeds of the flesh that tempt us are these:

Immorality,

Sensuality

Impurity

Jealousy

Envy

Idolatry

Sorcery

Enmeties

Strife

Outburst of anger

Disputes

Dissension

Factions

Drunkenness

Cariusing

Now walking in the SPIRIT is this:

Worshipping

Reading the word

Praying and fasting

Praying in general

Fellowshipping with other believers

Serving others

Evangelism

Meditation on the word/God

The steps God has given me to fight the urges of the deeds of the flesh above when they come through temptation is

1. Turn completely in the opposite direction – this is the very act of repentance, as you feel tempted begin to pray, get up begin to exercise, go on a walk, examine why you’re being tempted befpre acting in the sin and decide that you will not do it. The point is that we have way more power over our thoughts that we give ourselves. We can simply tell the devil “no” and take part in another activity that shuts down the tempting voice. Believe in the power God has given you to turn completely away.

2. Worship – simply put on a worship song and if that is not possible, begin singing one. As you enter into worship your focus shifts from the temptation and onto the words you are actually singing in worship unto God. Worship allows you to fall before God’s feet and glorify him. WORSHIP IN THE FACE OF THE ENEMY. HE CANNOT STAY IF YOU DO.

3. Prayer – as soon as you feel the temptation begin talking to God, this and every other point takes discipline but the more you practice it the better. Enter into deep prayer as you feel the temptation, talk to God about the temptation he more than understands. Just pray.

Faather help us to practice these practical steps in defeating the flesh that we COMPLETE POWER OVER? You have died for the very sin that come to tempt us so that through the Holy Spirit we can CHOOSE to say no and walk in the other direction. Give us the power and discipline to shut down temptation’s voice and walk in the other direction because honestly, when we think of the sin we engage in, it is not worth it. Neither does it glorify you or make you please, NEITHER does it help us grow, it only keeps us in the same place. We can only do this through Christ. In Jesus name amen.