God Spoke, Created, Formed and Breathed

 

God spoke in Genesis!                                                                                                       

Genesis 1:3-4 and God said, “Let there be light;” and there was light , 4 And God saw that the light was good (suitable, pleasant), and He approved it; and God separated the light from the darkness.

Genesis 1:10  God called the dry land Earth, and the accumulated waters He called Seas. And God saw that this was good (fitting, admirable) and He approved it.

Genesis 2: 7 Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath or spirit of life and man became a living being.

Genesis 2:15-17 And the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to tend and guard and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and blessing and calamity you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it, you shall surely die.

 

God created man, He formed him & breathed life into his body.He , God  then gave them  instructions .They had the breath that spirit of life that was of God…& then He gave them authority.  Laws and rules apply to using the roadways and cells phones…for some reason people try to do both things…how about doing drugs and driving fast on I-5 in Washington!

With the fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, we look toward Jesus. Authority had been given over to the devil……And for Jesus’ physical body to come, it took 4, 000 years to accomplish

1.. Why? In giving the earth into the devil’s hand, people had to be found who would truly speak forth with belief by faith in God be speaking from their hearts for the Consolation Who is Jesus!

2. God had to find people who would operate by faith, looking for men or women who would prophesy Jesus’ coming….someone with divine life in their hearts to speak forth Jesus’ body into existence.   (Jesus spoke if faith would be found on the earth at His return..)Luke 18:8

            3. It was necessary for God to become man, name Him Jesus, the Word made flesh, the physical presence of God on Earth…….to take the Authority back

4. God anointed men and women to speak forth and prophesy of HIM Who come…

                                                                                                                                      

 Isaiah Is One who Called Him by this Prophecy: Isaiah 25:9  Amp Bible 9 It shall be said in that day, Behold our God upon Whom we have waited & hoped, that He might save us! This is the Lord, we have waited for Him; we will be glad & rejoice in His salvation.

Isaiah 40:11-13 He will feed His flock like a shepherd: He will gather the lambs in His arm, He will carry them in His bosom & will gently lead those that have their young. 12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, marked off the heavens with a [nine-inch] span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure & weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance? 13 Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, or as His counselor has taught Him? [Romans 11:34]

 As born-again believers: the spiritually man or woman will speak!   Our spirit man has the power of heaven. It is through the death, burial, & resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. We respond to these things in faith.  Embracing His truths of this subject, we embrace & receive His provision for them.   WE are to command Light to come:

 Ephesians 1:18-20  Amp Bible 18 By having the eyes of your heart flooded with light, so that you can know & understand ] the hope to which He has called you, & how rich is His glorious inheritance in the saints (His set apart ones) 19 & [so that you can know & understand] what is the immeasurable & unlimited & surpassing greatness of His power in & for us who believe, as demonstrated in the working of His mighty strength, 20 Which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead & seated Him at His [own] right hand in the heavenly [places].  This was God showing off HIS Son Jesus WHO conquered the devil…We have AUTHORITY through Jesus..

1.      Knowing and understanding God, the Omnipotent One is vital

2.      BY Faith, we demonstrate the working of His mighty strength as the born-again believer

3.      There is no sickness in heaven, no hunger in heaven, no disease in heaven, no tears and no death in heaven…1 Peter 2:24-25 Amplified Bible 24 He personally bore our sins in His [own] body on the tree [as an altar & offered Himself on it], that we might die (cease to exist) to sin & live to righteousness. By His wounds you have been healed. 25 for you were going astray like [so many] sheep, but now you have come back to the Shepherd & Guardian (the Bishop) of your souls.  (Isaiah 53:5-6

We are to teach others! To observe all things whatsoever Jesus has commanded us….from Matthew 10:8 heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils; freely ye have received, freely give.

1.      According to Philippians 2:10, every knee is to bow…have we bowed our knee to His leadership or do we still rule by our emotions?

2.      We have generated power of God now deposited on the inside of us: we are born-again, the Spirit-filled and tongue talking believer, we release God’s healing flow into others and see them restored. 

3.      In boldness: God moves through His people on earth: Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His ]power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely] beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes or dreams]----

4.       God moves through us as we obey His commands and promptings of the Holy Spirit

 

Influence our nation by ministering the word of God: for it is power of the church to proclaim and demonstrate the Gospel  : Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the Gospel a righteousness which God ascribes is revealed, both springing from faith and leading to faith [disclosed through the way of faith that arouses to more faith]. As it is written, The man who through faith is just & upright shall live & shall live by faith. [Habakkuk 2:4]

AS Commanded by Christ : to go into all the world Mark 16:15

1. TO BE witnesses of Him: Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost will come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria and to the uttermost parts of the earth.

2. WITHOUT Him: we can do nothing :John 15:5

3. FREELY GIVE:  Matthew 10:8 Cure the sick, raise the dead,  cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely (without) pay you have received , freely (without charge) give.

4. BE WORD MINDED: John 6:63 The word that I speak to you, they are spirit and they are life.

Be Word FULL: Our minds should be kept on God. Stop thinking on that past relationships, that past job that was lost, the last conversation with a friend who left years ago & abandoned the friendship, …….& stop thinking about how if you had just said this or did that, things would be different …PULL scripture that will heal your soul, raise you up and help you see from the new perspective of flying like the eagle!

a. Do not give into temptation as the place to reside in you… If we think on the past “anything” we will return there and the opportunity to sin will come.

b. We do not need to be ‘”informed on foolishness” and anything perverted will not take you to God’s purpose for you. We should reject wrong thinking!

Romans 16:19 For while your loyalty & obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, I would have you well versed & wise as to what is good & innocent & guileless as to what is evil

Be not deceived: evil communication corrupts good manners. 1 Corinthians 15:33 Recognize death & life: Be committed to God’s peace. Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. 2 Peter 1:2

Be not conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:2

God was and is in our moments of life. He was in Mary's life to speak of Jesus. He was there in His birth and death! He is available always to us in our bright moments and those dark and dangerous ones!

Jesus was brought forth from the dead. He lived again to give instructions. If you have a grief, a moment you felt God left you in your anxiety, let you an orphan to face tomorrow without Him you are so wrong. Your child passed and you grieved, but that grief must go to the altar to worship God. Your spouse betrayed you and left you. YOU grieve but that grief must go to the altar to worship God. Your job came to an end but God is there. YOU may grieve that job but place it on the altar and see God move in His love for you. Be word full of Him. allow your reading to move to overdrive and hear the words of Him that jump off the page to reach your brokenness. He is alive, and He speaks, He created and provided, He formed and has breathed His life into us. We continue. We seek His plan in the pain we experience. He did! He felt Jesus crucified. He felt the abandonment of sin but as He grieved He found peace in the soul. God is God who knows, understand and reveals the man of dust, But He is God Who Sees> Genesis 16:13 The God Who Sees Me.

God spoke, created, formed and breathed for a special plan. Like Hagar who came into the midst of a man and woman who desired children, she found heartache and no place to live in peace. But God showed her he heard of the cry of the boy's heart for water. He heard her plea for help!

Struggle can come, but we are children of God. We are not without hope. We are noticed by Him and that is what counts in this moment of time! Amen and Amen.

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Flint into Fountain of Waters

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Ever held a piece of flint in your hand? A friend gave us a sample many years ago. It would fill the hollow part of my hand. I have it somewhere in a box of things from other church members (you know things you like to hold onto to remember that friend or family from long ago)


In the tales told me long ago, anyone going out for a camping trip always had their flint rock with them in case of rain. Unless you smoked back then, and no kind of lighter was available, then yes, matches would be required at number one on my list of things to take on that outing.
Now that was decades ago, and today they have waterproof matches! In those ancient times, flint was used as a weapon like for the arrowhead used by the Indian tribes. We held it important for its use in igniting a spark to start a wood fire!



Was reading through Psalm 114 and I thought of that rock of flint.
I mean, someone like passing by a rocky region with much limestone and the such might come across some kind of flinty rock and unless you knew where to search for arrowheads you might miss seeing that rock already shaped into an arrowhead by person long dead.

My husband knew where to search for them and found some from time to time. He tried teaching our daughter but her heart did not seem to be into that kind of thing at the time of her youth!

Let's look into Psalm 114!
Psalm 114
When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language, 2 Judah became His sanctuary, And Israel became His dominion. 3 The sea saw it and fled; Jordan turned back. 4 The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs. 5 What ails you, O sea, that you fled?
6 O mountains, that you skipped like rams? O little hills, like lambs? 7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob, 8 Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

In this writing, the focus is on the distinction of two kingdoms, yet still one group of people, not lost like what is given as the Anglo-saxon theory of the 10 tribes being lost.

No, God in His mercy keeps His own and keeps them safe.
In this passage: we see the six marvelous works of our great God! The Red Sea was divided (Exodus 14:3), the Jordan River was divided ( Joshua 3:13; 2 Kings 2:8,14) , mountains skipped like rams.
the hills jumped like rams (from v.4) , the rock poured rivers of water (seen in Exodus 17:6)
Exodus 17:6 Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at [Mount] Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

............And the flint into a fountain of waters.
Many a traveler through that region describe what is to be the very rock that Moses struck. It is said to be a vast size of granite. The Dake's Bible states: it was a rock: 15 feet long, 10 feet wide and 12 feet high. It is described as a rock with holes and channels through it which could only be formed by the exertion of water running through it. It was stated also that the water that flowed at that time supplied water to 6,000,000 people or more and also for their stock as well!

When their need was met by being filled, the water cease to run!

God is not hindered! He is our sufficiency and what could make fire like flint became what the people needed. It was the needed water that came rushing forth, and watered the people and their stock as well. What we must do, whether man or woman, grown or a as a child, it is we each individually must seek the Lord for His plan for our lives.
We can certainly work to make a living. Each, male or female can do the work around the home or even in the work place, but it takes God to make us into what we are destined to be come in His hands. The fire rock became gushing torrents of water; not limited to any firmness of the rock.
The Israelites came to the place of hardness. They had a hardness of heart and even within seeing all this wonderful things God did to deliver them, they were found in the desert without the surplus of water for survival!
But God! But God in His mercy blessed them with water. These people did not need to make weapons for war or make a fire, they needed the much desired cool water to quench their thirst.

John 4:13-14  Amplified Bible 13 Jesus answered her, All who drink of this water will be thirsty again. 14 But whoever takes a drink of the water that I will give him shall never, no never, be thirsty any more. But the water that I will give him shall become a spring of water welling up (flowing, bubbling, [continually] within him unto (into, for) eternal life.


God is our help and He is our shield. But we must stay with Him, talk with Him, and be people who pray to keep the communication lines open!

May we as His people seek His beauty and His love giving thanks for His word of truth that sets us free. It is in Him that we are alive. He meets our thirst and gives us our daily bread (Matthew 6:11)
Friends can come and go throughout our lives, but God must always be present for us. Keep your watch on Him, and desire His peace and comfort. Know He brings you to that even place, His habitation (Psalm 33:14; Psalm 52:5) and will bring to you a strength that will carry you through all your tomorrows! And may your inner most being bubble forth with praise to our God and King! Amen.


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What then is the Bleating of Sheep in My Ears?

What instructions do we hear and respond to act on in accord with what God speaks to us? Do we initiate (to begin) and complete the said instruction to our hearts or do we find ourselves like King Saul? Did Saul turn toward man and those he led? Did he consider pleasing them more than pleasing God?



1 Samuel 15:1-23...................15:1 Samuel said to Saul, "I am the one the LORD sent to anoint you king over his people Israel; so listen now to the message from the LORD. 2 This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. 3 Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy everything that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.'" 
4 So Saul summoned the men and mustered them at Telaim-two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand men from Judah. 5 Saul went to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the ravine. 6 Then he said to the Kenites, "Go away, leave the Amalekites so that I do not destroy you along with them; for you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt." So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites. 
7 Then Saul attacked the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, to the east of Egypt. 8 He took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, and all his people he totally destroyed with the sword. 9 But Saul and the army spared Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs-everything that was good. These they were unwilling to destroy completely, but everything that was despised and weak they totally destroyed. 
10 Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel: 11 "I am grieved that I have made Saul king, because he has turned away from me and has not carried out my instructions." Samuel was troubled, and he cried out to the LORD all that night. 
12 Early in the morning Samuel got up and went to meet Saul, but he was told, "Saul has gone to Carmel. There he has set up a monument in his own honor and has turned and gone on down to Gilgal." 
13 When Samuel reached him, Saul said, "The LORD bless you! I have carried out the LORD's instructions." 
14 But Samuel said, "What then is this bleating of sheep in my ears? What is this lowing of cattle that I hear?" 
15 Saul answered, "The soldiers brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best of the sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but we totally destroyed the rest." 
16 "Stop!" Samuel said to Saul. "Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night." 
"Tell me," Saul replied. 
17 Samuel said, "Although you were once small in your own eyes, did you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel. 18 And he sent you on a mission, saying, 'Go and completely destroy those wicked people, the Amalekites; make war on them until you have wiped them out.' 19 Why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you pounce on the plunder and do evil in the eyes of the LORD?" 
20 "But I did obey the LORD," Saul said. "I went on the mission the LORD assigned me. I completely destroyed the Amalekites and brought back Agag their king. 21 The soldiers took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of what was devoted to God, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal." 
22 But Samuel replied: 
"Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, he has rejected you as king."   NIV

Every time we visit the pages of scripture passages, we are given instructions of which the Father wants for His children. Each time we dwell in verses either for healing, strength and courage, or for loss, we seek to find that which strengthens us in the area we need it at the time. Just like trees and plants need water, so to, we need that which brings life to our spirit, soul and body.
The prophet Samuel asks, "what then is this bleating of sheep in my ears? What is this lowing of cattle that I hear?"

Verse 9 says they were unwilling to destroy completely........!

In speaking about his obedience, it was the king's flesh that spoke a stink to heaven. It was that indulgence to please other men that proved a witness against Saul himself. What looked good to Saul and the other men? 

Nothing was to be spared of the Amalekites. The relationship between King Saul and his allowing Agag, the king of the Amalekites to live and to not only live, but live in Israel brings the same issues to the time of Esther and her relative Mordechai. 

Both of these were of the same lineage of King Saul, the tribe of Benjamin, and of Saul who was going to let the Amalekites live. But Samuel made sure the king Agag would die. In a later time, we see Haman who shows up bringing much hardship and pain as he came breathing out cruelties to the time of the Book of Esther. (he was some relative of the king Agag)

I have known when the Lord wants to correct something I am taking way too far in giving my time or even extra focus to. We can demonstrate obedience or we can demonstrate disobedience. The noise within King Saul's camp was the a noise of sheep and cattle that were to be destroyed and not used for any kind of sacrifice. God did not want anything those Amalekites had. It was King Saul's character we see showing it's true colors to pleasing man and not God! He was bringing problems to Israel. As Samuel spoke in verse 23 to Saul, that Saul's rebellion was that as the sin of divination, and his arrogance was sin so evil as idolatry!



Wow! that is really strong! So what is the sin of divination? Any obtainable knowledge of a present or future tense is that of paganism (of the profane) and is opposite of that which we know in "church" when a prophecy is given by inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Divination is the speaking spirit that is demonic, is not from God, and the knowledge or information is counterfeit and is of the profane. It is opposite of the truth of the godly heritage. You can see in the story of one such instance in the Book of Acts.

Acts 16:16-24..........16 Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling. 17 This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, "These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation." 18 And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And he came out that very hour. 19 But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities. 20 And they brought them to the magistrates, and said, "These men, being Jews, exceedingly trouble our city; 21 and they teach customs which are not lawful for us, being Romans, to receive or observe." 22 Then the multitude rose up together against them; and the magistrates tore off their clothes and commanded them to be beaten with rods. 23 And when they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely. 24 Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.  NKJV

This divination was practiced by the slave girl. She knew enough by the demon spirit that Paul and Silas were men or servants of the Most High God. This was done to show to those of the community "who watched" that she followed those godly men. But in truth when these servants would have left the area, the slave girl's talent would have a step up to a greater degree of use for the enemy instead. She would have continued to make money for those her masters. But any prophecy later would be of the divination given by the devil himself either for individuals or for groups of people!

All would be under the guise of "good" but of evil intent in any knowledge to any people after Silas and Paul were gone. But the teaching tells us that Paul cast that spirit of divination out of the slave girl!

In reality, Saul had future information, and it was that which God chose to do away with the Amalekites once and for all. He knew this group of people to be the epitome of evil and of the blackest hearts.

Saul's arrogance was so evil as the sin of idolatry. He was serving himself. He had those around him, that he listened to more than he listened to God for instructions. God had the idea of how He wanted any sacrifice given, and Saul and these men were going to do it their way and call it "good". But they erred in their thinking that a good God would go along with this.......for how can you want what this group or tribe of people had accumulated according to the sin that filled lives they led?  How could Saul think that God would want any part in the use of the Amalekites resources of cattle, sheep, camels and donkeys for a source for good? 

Yes, Saul was overtaken in his arrogance. He felt superior to others, and held a conceit that showed in his actions. In verse 12, we find Saul going to Carmel to build a monument to himself. Not to glorify God, but himself. In receiving God's commands to do something where is the "heart issue" on the matter? Do we really want to serve God and do His command or do we do something and finish up with what we think is best?  When Samuel charged Saul of his disobedience, Saul charged back in his own hypocritical nature. For what was displayed was that which was a witness against him. He proved he wanted the glory and to be "the BIG MAN" on the scene. But his arrogance got the kingdom torn away from him! Bad move on the part of Saul, yet, this was always in him to do!

What was it that T. S. Eliot wrote? "Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions."

Yes, good intentions was what Saul was demonstrating. He thought that keeping the livestock would benefit them all and bring a good meal. Barbecued steak anyone? 

Aahh....intentions......you know that one of the meanings is "purpose"......something that is purposed. God has things He has purposed for our lives!
Seeking the purpose, not just living, but why we are set here for this time, just before the Lord's return!
But the purpose God intends for each of us is by truth in His Word, by the Blood of Jesus and by power of the Holy Spirit to see the instruction completed.

What do we allow to keep our focus and allow to live that needs to be put away from us? Could we doing something today, that could bring us harm or even death in a few days, a few months, or even in a few years? Even in the account of all that transpires in the book of Esther, there is no mention of any of Haman's nieces or nephews or aunts or uncles being taken to the gallows. It only mentions Haman and his ten sons! So many of them were allowed to live and have problems with Israel that have continued through the centuries even to this day and time!

When following God's instructions, are we following it to the letter as He speaks it?

If I buy all the ingredients to make a chocolate cake, but do not follow the instructions, then what do I have at the end? Probably the finished product will be anything but an actual cake.  I remember making this one recipe many years ago, but it did not turn out. It was suppose to be an airy type cake texture, but in reality it was FLAT as a pancake and thinner than a pancake! It was a recipe given to me by another person. I told them about it and guess what? They had left out ONE of the most vital ingredients I needed to make that recipe. It was the buttermilk! It was one of the those Texas Sheet Cakes! They are very good if you have never made one! But you need all the ingredients to see a "good" finished product.

I have this green chile recipe that was given to me by my mother and her mother many years ago. I have certainly made it a lot and am showing my husband how to make it as well since he wants to eat it more often with our meals. But in making it, you make sure you have the right Anaheim peppers and garlic cloves for the recipe. If you veer off that ever so slightly, as our daughter says, "it tastes bland". And she is right! 

Following instructions and heeding what it tells us to do will keep us out of harm's way. I am in no means a chef, or the cook like my sister is, but I do try new things to prepare. My husband looks for recipes for soups and has found some we like to eat.

Proverbs 1:2-6.............2 To know wisdom and instruction,
To perceive the words of understanding, 
3 To receive the instruction of wisdom,
Justice, judgment, and equity; 
4 To give prudence to the simple,
To the young man knowledge and discretion-- 
5 A wise man will hear and increase learning,
And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel, 
6 To understand a proverb and an enigma,
The words of the wise and their riddles.    NKJV

I have learned over the years, that knowing wisdom and instruction looks much like correction. Whatever may have been taught us from our mother's knee, must always have the Word of God to have the complete picture of what God desires for us and those who follow after us!

In realizing a recipe could be FLAT like what I had experienced, I think how our lives could become flat without life or any zest to them. We could look pretty much like the world looks, with no difference at all.

 We were meant to look different and sound different! People should see us as being different than the world. We are to be those who follow instruction in applying God's wisdom, justice, judgment and equity to every aspect of our lives. In the book of Amos and the fifth chapter, the prophet tell us in verse 24 to "let justice run down like water, and righteousness like a mighty stream. We are not to be those out for justice, but those who know God seek the other's good by doing justice.
God knew the Amalekites as those who were destructive in their hearts. These people of any age, held a most evil heart against other living human beings. God Himself wanted an end to them because of the vile hatred they held toward those who came around them. But Saul disregarded the instructions and Samuel the prophet had to end Agag's life. 
Still today we see all the hatred toward Israel and those which want them gone for good. But God is making sure His chosen will stand in even the harshest moments of hatred, hostility, and abominations against the Lord and His people.

Will what we choose to do today in regard to God's instruction to us be honorable or of the profane? I really do not want to hear something like Saul heard from Samuel............
16 "Stop!" Samuel said to Saul. "Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night." 
"Tell me," Saul replied. 

22 But Samuel replied: 
"Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, he has rejected you as king."   


Would surely not want the Lord to reject me in something He has purposed for my life, would you?

Father, in Jesus' name, we pray to be those who heed and obey YOUR instructions regarding our lives and the lives of others. We desire to be disciplined in the Word of God and be renewed daily in our minds to see transformation come. Today we desire to be those who would be quick to say yes to YOUR commands, and follow them closely.
Help us today to see if we are on the wrong schedule for life. We know serving is a choice and does not start when the kids are back in school or when a New Year comes on January 1. We know it is a "heart issue".

Help us to see the right time is right now! That in choosing to follow YOUR instructions we are choosing the things of YOUR way and doing that which will bring us to honor.

We desire to be a catalyst that will spark the importance of following Jesus and imitate HIM. In doing that, the world will see us as different and living different kind of lives than that of the world.

We know some can always find excuse and blame another, as Saul chose to put some of the blame back on those men who followed him.(verse 21) But we are not those speaking of there always being a lion in the street or the Jordan is always overflowing its banks! No, today we are those who speak......and believe......that Your Word is true. Whatever You instruct us to do, we know we have the ability to see it completed for Your glory. No matter the odds, no matter the intensity of war, no matter the level or any correction God is our Father and He is for us!

WE understand that Chaos is our enemy. We determine to be men and women who will triumph in YOU. Today we fight with the fight of faith and arise to take our place.

We have discernment and have the wisdom of God to make the decisions to keep to the course set before us. Whatever we have allowed into our camp, show us what needs to be killed or moved out entirely never to be returned to our home and family again. We give praise and glory to YOUR name! Amen.

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