What Will We Do with Jesus?

Matthew 27:15-26
15 Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to releasing to the multitude one prisoner whom they wished. 16 And at that time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. 17 Therefore, when they had gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?" 18 For he knew that they had handed Him over because of envy. 19 While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that just Man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of Him." 20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus. 21 The governor answered and said to them, "Which of the two do you want me to release to you?" They said, "Barabbas!" 22 Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let Him be crucified!" 23 Then the governor said, "Why, what evil has He done?" But they cried out all the more, saying, "Let Him be crucified!" 24 When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, but rather that a tumult was rising, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this just Person. You see to it." 25 And all the people answered and said, "His blood be on us and on our children." 26 Then he released Barabbas to them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified.  NKJV

The feast had begun. The governor was to release "one prisoner" at that time. On deck was the notorious prisoner called Barabbas. (famous for being bad)
And Pilate asked the people who had gathered around, "Whom do you want me to release to you?" "Barabbas or Jesus, who is called Christ?"
And while the preparation of the Feast was underway, the governor's wife told him she had a dream about Jesus. It was a dream that caused her much anxiety

It is noted here in verse 18 that he the governor Pilate knew they the people who gathered envied Jesus. Envy is a poisonous thing. We are told this in Proverbs 14.

Proverbs 14:30

30 A sound heart is life to the body,

But envy is rottenness to the bones. NKJV

Yeah, have you smelled something rotting? Have you been around someone so sick, their body seemed to be rotting away under the affect of that which diseased the body part?

These people envied Jesus, and it was rottenness that was found in them to their very bones. 

James 3:13-18

13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. 14 But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. 15 This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. 16 For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. 18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.  NKJV

These people hated Jesus. They despised the truth He brought to them.

The governor asked, "why, what evil has He done?" But they cried out and it must have been a real riotous time. The people wanted Jesus crucified!

Pilate said he washed his hands of the matter and would release the "one known for his famous bad deeds"!

Justice? Not likely.

But everyday, people should to love Jesus. They find that strength in Him that is true joy to rise and do for His glory.

Likely, you too, will be in a crowd and probably will look like some believer's and some who just want their way. Those self-seeking will look to have their way. They will do little to help you, or they will ignore you entirely. They will either be for truth or they will love the way things are a comfort to them even though they are the naked, the blind and far from God. Some just delight in having their way that is the way of destruction.

And these people were the adamant about it. They said this: " His blood be on us and on our children." (see below)

Yikes!

Matthew 27:24-26

24 When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, but rather that a tumult was rising, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this just Person. You see to it." 25 And all the people answered and said, "His blood be on us and on our children." 26 Then he released Barabbas to them; and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered Him to be crucified.  NKJV

In choosing Barabbas, they sought their way, and they gained "the bad of Barabbas". They even spoke it to be done to their children as well.

In choosing to reject Jesus and truth, people invite the evil, that which acquainted with envy for another, in what they believe, what they look like, envy what they have, envy their social position in life, envy their confidence in God and in doing that lose their very soul.

Saw somewhat a controversial topic on CNN and it was on the 80's and the music that was on the scene at that time. They had notables talking to the stage of the country leaders to voice their objection to the violent music, the kind they believed that would permeate into violence and they spoke on the objectionable music videos. And to me, in some respects they were right. But where were they, the notables, when one atheistic woman wanted prayer done away with in the schools in 1964? That is my question. Where were those who had ministry and ministered at the time? What happened that day has brought a great darkness over this country. And one can see what can happen when one wants their way just by watching the evening news most every night.

Yes, there are those who live to give encouragement to others, but they seem few.

Where was the rallying at that time of the early 60's? One woman took center stage and demanded. What did they do with Jesus at that time? What will we do with Him today? 

I heard there was tent revivals going on from the 40's and 50's..............what happened?

We have opportunity after opportunity to minister the life that comes through Jesus alone. We must pray, we must know Him and trust completely that He has not abandoned us.

He surely watched as the High Priest when young Stephen was being stoned. He, Jesus, surely took His place to watch over him...........why........because Stephen prayed while he was being stoned.

And today people cower instead of standing face to face in the devil's face and tell him that his time is up. They cower in fear. They have become "the paralyzed".

Stephen prayed and asked in those last moments of life and Jesus stood as the High Priest........the Great Intercessor and quickly Stephen was received up into heaven.

Who are you rallying with? Do we even have a faith cry? Do we speak Jesus or find another like Barabbas? Are we like those who desire to put away Jesus from our lives? Are we seeking our "own thing"?

Like Jesus, we should speak as well: ”THAT He who is of GOD hears GOD’S WORDS………”   “That of myself I can do nothing; BUT AS MY FATHER TAUGHT ME, I SPEAK THESE THINGS.” “He who has sent me gave me a command, what I should say, and what I should speak. Therefore, whatever  I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak.  (scripture references below:)Jesus said:  John 8:47……47 He who is of God hears God's words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God." …NKJV    John 8:28….28 Then Jesus said to them, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself;  but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things. NKJV   John 12:49-13:1………49 For I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak. 50 And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak."   NKJV

For what is written today, He commanded. I do not speak of myself, but what He has given me. It is "He who is of God who hears God's words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God."

May we speak and not be silently, but ever mindful of why Jesus was crucified for us. Let us not take for granted one moment that we should our lives like the devil and hope to be in heaven one day. It does not work that way and never will.

What will you do with Jesus?

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Takeover!

2 Kings 6:1-7..............6:1 And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, "See now, the place where we dwell with you is too small for us. 2 Please, let us go to the Jordan, and let every man take a beam from there, and let us make there a place where we may dwell." So he answered, "Go." 3 Then one said, "Please consent to go with your servants." And he answered, "I will go." 4 So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees. 5 But as one was cutting down a tree, the iron ax head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, "Alas, master! For it was borrowed." 6 So the man of God said, "Where did it fall?" And he showed him the place. So he cut off a stick, and threw it in there; and he made the iron float. 7 Therefore he said, "Pick it up for yourself." So he reached out his hand and took it.   NKJV

It is likely when this ax head fell into the water, it could not be seen. They say the Jordan usually ran high and with rapids. This act of borrowing something that belongs to someone else comes into play in truth when it is lost. For the sheer force of wielding an ax head at the base of a tree takes some muscle and great force. This ax head must have been at the point of being loose that with one great blow to the tree, the actual coming back to over the man's shoulder presented a new force to see it fly in the direction of the flowing river.

We know that iron will not float, at least not in the gravity we live in accord with. Anything weighty surely has a force that pushes it further into that which it has fallen.

I remember my father having an ax and it was sharpened always and he told me never to "play" with it. I was out one day tending to the trash that needed to be burned. Yes this was before "recycling". He had brought his ax out to cut off some low hanging branches off a couple of trees. Well, I thought I would just pick it up. And the weight of it caught me off guard and the blade part of the ax came down on my shoe very close to the largest toe. Yes, I had a cut on the canvas shoe that was worn for summer, but praise the Lord, my foot was intact!
In thinking of this project these prophets were doing, I wondered how many knew how to wield an ax. I wonder how many, if any knew the care that it needed to keep its edge!
Any thing worth doing, is worth the effort to use the right tools for the project and have some training with the tools being used.

That Word KEEPING THE EDGE RESONATES, DOES IT NOT?

This project was one that caused many of the students of the school to walk to the area of trees and then work hours to bring down the number of trees needed to build a room to accommodate all those who would be using the place. Elisha consents to their going and is close to the site where the ax head falls into the river. Interesting he asks, "Where did it fall?"
"Where did this problem begin?"

When the prophet shows Elisha the place, he says looks like a miracle to me! Does it not resemble that which no normal person would see on a daily basis, yet here, all these men in this place would see that which was lost and then was found!

Contrary to the nature of a piece of iron, we can see God move to cause a piece of metal to float?
One thought here is that God saw the man's heart and losing something borrowed presented a problem to the borrower. What if the owner of ax had lost the head off the ax? I do not think it would have happened. The heart of this whole ordeal was to build accommodations for the entire group of students to fit in the place or building , so as a group they could be taught.
"Where did it fall?"
Where was the problem? What occurred to stop this man his work? What needed to be done to keep the work going?  Why could they not use the "old handle" from the ax? Why did Elisha pick out a new one to place in the water, for the metal ax head came to the surface?
My thought is, those who do for the Lord, and perform the work without complaint, but do willingly and invites the man of God, as they did, were open to instruction, even away from the classroom!

No matter what the answers could possibly be, for when there is a man of God around who operates in the power of the Holy Spirit, then the miraculous occurs.  That is how God wants us to live our lives. He desires us to not be caught up in the natural of everything. Everything in the natural can wear out, lose it's edge, and come to nothing. But God, when He has His way, makes a way where there seems to be no way! He desires us to stay in the "spirit realm". He desires us to live in the "super natural". God is not limited to the natural. He created it all!

Jesus showed us this time and again. Like the water into wine, the drachma coin in the mouth of the fish. Again, we see here a powerful man who was the Son of God, having the power and authority to speak and to do.

Matthew 17:24-27............24 After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax came to Peter and asked, "Doesn't your teacher pay the temple tax?" 

25 "Yes, he does," he replied. 

When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. "What do you think, Simon?" he asked. "From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes-from their own sons or from others?" 

26 "From others," Peter answered.   "Then the sons are exempt," Jesus said to him. 27 "But so that we may not offend them, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours."  NIV

Even in this example, the disciples went fishing. They threw out their line and the first fish they found a four-drachma coin. And the interesting thing of this was that the coin was a four-drachma coin which was more than enough to pay the temple tax!
Jesus gave the directive for the disciples to use their ability of fishing for fish. He did not tell them to go get a degree in something before paying the tax that was needed then at that moment. Although God can give someone a directive to get a degree in something, it will be for the future and long term. This certainly was something for right now, on the spot, this very moment! 

John 2:6-12..........6 Now there were set there six water pots of stone, according to the manner of purification of the Jews, containing twenty or thirty gallons apiece. 7 Jesus said to them, "Fill the waterpots with water." And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And He said to them, "Draw some out now, and take it to the master of the feast." And they took it. 9 When the master of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom. 10 And he said to him, "Every man at the beginning sets out the good wine, and when the guests have well drunk, then the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now!" 11 This beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him. 12 After this He went down to Capernaum, He, His mother, His brothers, and His disciples; and they did not stay there many days. 

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I believe these are the days now when all that has been sunk in the mud is going to rise in glory to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

Today, I believe the greatest days are those when we see the washing away of the mud, the cleaning away of the world and the greatest experiences in a new, fresh wind of the Holy Spirit.  Our trust is to be in Him who can do the impossible in our lives.
Today, we have the leading of the Holy Spirit to move and to act according to the directions given us.

The point is to be free to move and do as He gives the direction to do it!  People will see finances come from a different place. Buying bread to eat and food to prepare will come from another place. A way of doing things will be made simple and far more useful than we could ever imagine.

We will be told to gather over in that field, that county, that country, and bring back the harvest to give out to those as the Lord directs.

Simple fishermen went and threw out a fishing line and got a fish with a 4-drachma coin in its mouth. We, who serve the Lord, are set for the supernatural. WE ARE SET FOR NEW APPOINTMENTS THAT GOD HAS LINED UP FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SAID YES. HE HAS SET US TO MEET THOSE WHO WILL BE TOUCHED BY GOD IN A WAY THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. THIS IS THE CUSP OF THE GREATEST MOVE, AND IT IS A FIRE THAT WILL GROW AND NO MAN CAN PUT IT OUT! TODAY IS THAT DAY THAT DREAMS ARE COMING TO LIFE! TODAY THE WIND OF GOD IS BLOWING..........GOD'S WILL IS COMING ON THE EARTH!
It is not how much you experience, but how far you will be willing to continue to step out for God's glory.

Paul had admonished those he wrote to, to be filled with the Holy Spirit rather than with wine. 

Ephesians 5:18........18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit,  NKJV

WE ARE to be filled with the Holy Spirit to accomplish God's plan on the earth.

That ax head represents the natural of this world. It is hard, unyielding, and when not used, can and will rust, lose it's edge, and not good for what was intended for it. It is as the "heart".
Whatever the directive from God it is in His wisdom and power!


 TODAY WE ARE BEING INSTRUCTED ..............to move forward.......out of the past and to move into a future with no hindrances. Yes, there will always be an enemy, and will be in all generations, but God gives us His power. Like Joshua leading those over into the new land, those muddied waters had to part. Whatever the troubles and even death itself cannot overwhelm us. Isaiah 43:2)
Isaiah 43:2...........2. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. NIV

People spend their lives much like the Israelites in trying to make buildings out of nothing but straw.
They can be the slaves to man and the things of man. But trusting God, the water of the Word is made into WINE! The Holy Spirit comes and things change.
These who inherited the Promised Land had to rid it of those giants, those which might have tried to stand against them in the beginning of taking the "new thing" and moving over to "take over" the land. But we saw the "supernatural" when the priests carried the ark of the covenant over the Jordan in flooding waters, and the waters parted when the priests had gotten to the center of the river Jordan.
Nothing can stand against God! All that tries to stand against, will come down, COME TO NOTHING, when His Word is given.

There are things we have to do and trust as we move in the power of God............His hand is not shortened that He cannot save........Isaiah 59:1...................1 Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: KJV


The man of God is any man who follows closely the teaching of Jesus. He follows closely and hears when God speaks!          2 Timothy 3:16-17...................16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. .NIV

God has placed us as His temple. We are His vessels that will stand in His power and His truth. Our hearts are that which are softened, not the hard, unyielding, but the soft and pliable.
Jesus came to show a new way of doing........and He showed us how.........by the Word and by prayer. He kept His vigil in prayer by night and with God's Word throughout His days!

Today is the day of "takeover"........today is the day we rise in His power and see the miraculous daily. Those who adhere to His word and expect will have the greatest time with the Lord. I am expectant that we are many, and we are those who will say "yes" to His every command. Let's be open to the instruction from the MASTER, whether in a service, or throughout out our day.........He is welcome here..........!

It comes now in Jesus' name. Amen.

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BUT THIS IS MY LEISURE TIME!

Have you ever been asked to attend something that the pastor, himself, would not be attending? Have you ever been asked to attend something that was miles away, would take some time driving from where you live to get there and take hours out of a Saturday that you rather enjoy as "the leisure time"? About seventeen years ago, the pastor of this church we were attending asked us, the entire church, to attend this seminar being led by John C. Maxwell. Anyone who was in leadership or serving in some department was asked to attend the event. It was to be held down at SeaTac and would require all day. Although Dr. Maxwell was not literally in "the house", he was being televised in by some special means that day! And if you remember those days of the latter 1990's, names like Dr. John C. Maxwell, Andrew Carnegie, or Virginia Arcastle were commonplace. Everyone was teaching about lifting people higher to be the great leader.
I thought of this scripture today when reflecting back to another time and place. And I thought how Jesus in verse ten of John 7 went secretly to the Feast of the Jews.


John 7:1-19................7:1 After this, Jesus went around in Galilee, purposely staying away from Judea because the Jews there were waiting to take his life. 2 But when the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near, 3 Jesus' brothers said to him, "You ought to leave here and go to Judea, so that your disciples may see the miracles you do. 4 No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world." 5 For even his own brothers did not believe in him.

6 Therefore Jesus told them, "The right time for me has not yet come; for you any time is right. 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that what it does is evil. 8 You go to the Feast. I am not yet going up to this Feast, because for me the right time has not yet come." 9 Having said this, he stayed in Galilee.

10 However, after his brothers had left for the Feast, he went also, not publicly, but in secret. 11 Now at the Feast the Jews were watching for him and asking, "Where is that man?" 

12 Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, "He is a good man."

Others replied, "No, he deceives the people." 13 But no one would say anything publicly about him for fear of the Jews.

14 Not until halfway through the Feast did Jesus go up to the temple courts and begin to teach. 15 The Jews were amazed and asked, "How did this man get such learning without having studied?" 

16 Jesus answered, "My teaching is not my own. It comes from him who sent me. 17 If anyone chooses to do God's will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own. 18 He who speaks on his own does so to gain honor for himself, but he who works for the honor of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him.
NIV

Now from the scripture passage, all males were to attend the Feast of Tabernacles. It was man's wisdom thinking that Jesus should go while Jewish people came for the feast and thus gain popularity.

Now back to the day spent with Dr. John C. Maxwell! There were probably some 25 people who showed up. That was only about a 1/4 of the entire church!  Yes, it was that of an early morning arrival. We got there and wanted to see where seating was available. Then as we found seating, the pastor and his wife showed up as well. Some of us looked in awe. Was father duck, checking over the little ducklings? 
Yes, for certain, he came to see who would show up, even though all were told that he would not be attending this event on that Saturday. Well, he took note of how many came and evidently took down the names of those attending. He gave us a smile and off he went to his scheduled appointment with other pastors for that Saturday morning.

In the above scripture passage, Jesus' brothers wanted Jesus to go and draw on the popularity, of that influence He was gaining. But Jesus came to expose sin. He came to bring light to the evil in the world. The "talk" was evident with differing opinions. "Where is that man?" One testifying He was good and another that He was a deceiver.

Jesus moved in secret, not to flaunt Himself, but to remain a person without fanfare. Jesus only moved when His Father revealed it to Him by His Holy Spirit. And Jesus had the wisdom of God to teach and preach in light of the truth, even though He had not attended any rabbinic schools. 

Those who spoke evil, spoke loudly about Him, as they had the rulers on their side.But those who believed Him to be good, kept it more as a quiet speech as not to be heard by others in fear of getting into trouble with the rulers of the day!

What Jesus did was to make known of the doctrine His Father sent Him to preach. He was actually teaching from the Old Testament and gave it precisely as it was written. He did not change anything, but spoke as He was commissioned to teach it!

Jesus had the truest of hearts to obey His Father Who sent Him to do something specific. He did not come to gain the glory, but to bring glory to His Father.

When asked to do something as we were asked to do, are we willing to be obedient to do it? Are we willing to do it when others refuse to do one "simple thing" that may take a leisure day out of our week? Yes, the pastor did comment on those who did not attend. But he also had some great comments on those who did attend. He made it known that he was there for a short time to check the attendance of those who actually did "show up" what they were asked to do by him!

We came away with some great teaching of how to be a leader and be one of "influence". It was a good thing to invest the time to be taught on leadership.

Will the Lord find us doing what He has asked us to do for Him? Will we choose to obey or will we take "the leisure day" at our own expense? Do we just want to show up when the pastor is there so we can hear him say something like, "how great we are for taking a day to do his plan"? 

In any kind of ministry, we should always look at the side of it that Jesus reflected on. It was always about the purpose of fulfilling the Father's plan for salvation. And it had nothing to do with fanfare!
 If someone knows our name, may it always be known that we are one with the Lord and that it is about His glory always and not for ours.

Luke 12:51-58........51 "Do you think I have come to give peace to the earth? No! Rather, strife and division! 52 From now on families will be split apart, three in favor of me, and two against-or perhaps the other way around. 53 A father will decide one way about me; his son, the other; mother and daughter will disagree; and the decision of an honored mother-in-law will be spurned by her daughter-in-law."

54 Then he turned to the crowd and said, "When you see clouds beginning to form in the west, you say, 'Here comes a shower.' And you are right.

55 "When the south wind blows you say, 'Today will be a scorcher.' And it is. 56 Hypocrites! You interpret the sky well enough, but you refuse to notice the warnings all around you about the crisis ahead. 57 Why do you refuse to see for yourselves what is right?

58 "If you meet your accuser on the way to court, try to settle the matter before it reaches the judge, lest he sentence you to jail; 59 for if that happens, you won't be free again until the last penny is paid in full."     TLB

There will always be those who complain, and bring division. Jesus said that He did not come to bring peace to the earth. The peace He brought was that who heeds the Word of God and obeys it. They are those who live their lives to obey instructions.  There were those who listened to Him and were in awe of the wisdom of which He spoke and still others were breathing out cruelty and lies as they looked to those religious leaders to circumvent Him and keep Him from doing those things He did. He only obeyed the Father and moved as the Holy Spirit caused Him to move. Jesus was the faithful servant who did what the Father asked Him to do. He went when He needed and He taught when He should. If we have someone over us in leadership, say the church, do we follow their instruction?
Do our lives reflect that in anyway?

Jesus had the wisdom of God to make the decisions He needed as He made His way to the Cross. He was going to walk, not in fear, but knowing all that He had to speak and do was that which was ordered by God His Father.  Whatever the controversy or debate, Jesus remained faithful to follow His Father's instruction! Jesus was always "ready" to do what the Father asked Him to do! When Jesus returns for His Bride, will He find us doing as much?

Father, it is in Jesus' name we pray today. We pray to be obedient like Jesus to obey without expecting all the fanfare. We desire to be the image of Jesus, and be that person who testifies of the Word of God and of His power in our lives. May we be commissioned like Jesus to deliver the message.

Father, today we pray to be delivered from our enemies, O God. Defend us from those who rise up to do us harm. (Psalm 59:1) Fight against those who fight against us (Psalm 35:1). In YOU, O’LORD, we put our trust. Let us never be put to shame (Psalm 71:1). If you are for us, then who can be against us (Romans 8:31)?

We ask as the Word reveals to be preserved from the enemy, hide us from secret counsel of the wicked. Pull us out of any net which has been laid for us. Keep us safe from the evil of gossiping mouths. Where there has been ill spoken of us, touch the lips of those who speak it with YOUR refining fire. Let those involved be revealed. Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion who seek to destroy our lives; let them be driven backward and brought to dishonor who wish us evil (Psalm 40:14). We commit our way today unto YOU, and we know that YOU will bring to pass what we believe for to pass.

Our desire is to have total trust in You and not be afraid of what man can do to us (Psalm 56:11) for YOU have said whoever believes in YOU will not be put to shame (Romans 10:11). Lead and guide us, and be our mighty fortress and hiding place. We choose today to delight ourselves in You and it is YOU Who will give us those righteous desires of our hearts. May our light so shine before men that they see our good works and glorify YOU Lord ( Matthew 5:16 ) Amen.

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