All honor, and glory to God! Continue to keep one another in prayer, thanking God for the victory, and refraining from claiming defeat from the enemy; ALWAYS pray for your desired result, NOT the unfavorable outcome. Do NOT lose sight of God in the midst of adversity, God Bless!
~~ Tylesha ~~
Passage James 3:5-8 (NLT):
"In the same way, the tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches. But a tiny spark can set a great forest on fire. And the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself. People can tame all kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and fish, but no one can tame the tongue. It is restless and evil, full of deadly poison."
Yesterday we were reminded that, be it a negative or a positive confession, those things that we speak into existence backed by our faith or our fear, will come to pass and hold true in Heaven and on Earth; our consequence will be either good (favorable) or bad (undesired), based on our choice words. Basically, when we speak our desired results (in faith), God's ability is released through our words, but, when we speak the problem (in fear), we release the power of the enemy to manifest defeat, which binds God's ability. For the rest of this week, and next, I'd like to talk about the "seven woes" mentioned in the Bible. The first comes from Matthew 23:13-14 (keep in mind that not all Bible manuscripts list verse 14, it is however added in the KJV and NKJV), "What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces. You won’t go in yourselves, and you don’t let others enter either. What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! You shamelessly cheat widows out of their property and then pretend to be pious by making long prayers in public. Because of this, you will be severely punished." Unlike in today's secular society, where celebrities seem to have just as much clout and status as the president, back in Jesus' day, religious leaders were the best known, best respected, and most powerful of all leaders. The message in this passage, though specific to those times, is still relevant to our current pastoral staffs. Today, many of our leaders (political, pastoral, and others) are just as hungry as the religious leaders from our ancestry, if not more, for power, money (the root to ALL evil), and status. The lustful drive of today's leaders, has clouded their mind, forcing them to lose sight of God; their blindness has influenced our nation to also seek selfish desires. This woe was mentioned first, because it affects others as well as ourselves; greedy desires will keep us from entering the Kingdom of Heaven, and furthermore, prevent those whom follow our lead from entering Heaven as well.
Prayer of the Day:
Father God we praise your Holy name. We thank you for your grace and everlasting mercies. Lord we thank you for the discernment to see the enemy's attack in action, and for the strength to claim defeat over the adversary in the name of Jesus. We thank you for undoing all the mischief that the enemy has established in our lives. We thank you for restoring all those things we lost in the midst of allowing our lives to be influenced by the enemy. We thank you for delivering us from the heavy load of burdens that once weighed us down. Father God we thank you for victory, we thank you for peace that passeth all understanding, and we thank you for taming our tongue and reshaping the words that depart from our mouth. We thank you for filling us with the presence of your Spirit, that our words may always be controlled, speaking only things that fall in line with your will - things that establish life, health, peace, and prosperity into existence. We thank you for your continued protection, and for being the ultimate provider. In the name of Jesus, we present to you our affirmation of faith, Amen!
~~ Tylesha ~~
"It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man." (Psalm 118:8)
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