Persistence

Pray for All Men:

"Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men,for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time, for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle—I am speaking the truth in Christ[a]and not lying—a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth." 1 Timothy 2:1-7

I want to share the following, the parable of the persistent widow;

Luke 18 New King James Version (NKJV)
"Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart, 2 saying: “There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man. 3 Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, ‘Get justice for me from my adversary.’ 4 And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, ‘Though I do not fear God nor regard man, 5 yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.’”
6 Then the Lord said, “Hear what the unjust judge said. 7 And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them? 8 I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?”

Do you see? Jesus gave us a mandate not to stop, be persistent in our prayers! As long as we are praying for our leaders to be saved, for the knowledge of God to fill them, for our land to be healed and be one Nation under God. How can we lose? WE CAN'T! Don't give into what the negative world has to say about our country(s), we have the promises of God that tell us different. God will fulfill for us the promise of 2 Chronicles 7:14:
"If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." (KJV)

Love and Blessings!

Stronger because of Him

“The LORD is king! He is robed in majesty. Indeed, the LORD is robed in majesty and armed with strength. The world stands firm and cannot be shaken. Your throne, O LORD, has stood from time immemorial. You yourself are from the everlasting past. The floods have risen up, O LORD. The floods have roared like thunder; the floods have lifted their pounding waves. But mightier than the violent raging of the seas, mightier than the breakers on the shore— the LORD above is mightier than these! Your royal laws cannot be changed. Your reign, O LORD, is holy forever and ever.”

Psalms 93:1-5 NLT

  What can't be shaken can not be broken, joy can not be lost, lights won't be dimmed. The one who does not change lives within you that means YOU can't be moved from your appointed place and purpose! 

Love and Blessings!! 

Don't Let Go!

 God has given each one of us dreams and desires. He placed these in us before we were ever born, for this day and time. It's time to bring those dreams and desires for your lives to the forefront.

 For many of us it's time to start planning for 2016. We are told in Habakkuk 2:2 "to write the vision down, make it clear so even running it can be clearly read." I urge you if you haven't yet write down your vision as God has given it to you, if you already have bring it out and re-read it. 

Today is the day, remember your first love, remember what excitement you had when God first revealed that dream to you. It's an exciting time to be alive! Pray for direction and what steps need to be made to achieve that vision. Pray for direction on how you can help others achieve the vision given to them. We are made to work together for the purpose of kingdom expansion. Our Father has so much love for each one of us, He see's you successful and thriving. Grab hold of that, not just for yourself but for your families and this nation, don't let go!

 Love and Blessings!

Open Your Eyes

" [For I always pray to] the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, that He may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation [of insight into mysteries and secrets] in the [deep and intimate] knowledge of Him,
By having the eyes of your heart flooded with light, so that you can know and understand the hope to which He has called you, and how rich is His glorious inheritance in the saints (His set-apart ones)," Ephesians 1:17-18 (AMP)


 Paul was praying here for the church in Ephesus to have a revelation of the hope to which they were called. Revelation is important to us as believers, one of the the greatest revelations we as Christians can have is who we are...what we are called to do. The key to that is spending time with Him, in His presence. The more time we press in toward Jesus the more our calling becomes clear, the more we are equipped. Praying tonight for a spirit of wisdom and revelation of Him to be manifest in us. God wants a church wholly filled with Himself, so we can show Him to the world.


Love and Blessings!

First Timothy 2:4

"(God) wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the Truth" (1 Tim. 2:4).

"A "World Changer" is someone with vision. Vision is stimulated and stirred up by the Word of God. This Scripture exposes one of the most essential passions in the heart of God - that everyone would be saved and come to a knowledge of the Truth.
When God says all, He means all. He won't be satisfied with just a few people; He wants all people.

This vision inspires "World Changers". They constantly look for ways to be used by God to affect all people. They pray about it. They think about it. They want to do something to attain God's ultimate goal of reaching all people.

You need to let this Scripture get underneath your skin. You need to let it start beating in your heart so that in every realm of life - missions, your hometown, school and work - you start seeing God's heart and compassion for all people.
Everything you do or say will come from the fact that God wants all people to be saved.

First Timothy 2:4 is not just a neat little Scripture that happens to be in the Bible. It's the very heartbeat and passion of the living God. There is nobody beyond His reach and nobody He doesn't want to reach. There is nobody that His Son's blood wasn't shed for.

As a "World Changer", you see and embrace that and extend your vision to be enveloped in God's vision that all people will be saved. Begin now to pray for people you see every day to be saved."

Love and Blessings!!

Vision...

 Thinking about how so much of the work of personal and church ministry is unseen. Now that is the key here, it may be unseen but not UNKNOWN. Habakkuk 2:2-3

" Write the vision...Though it tarries, wait for it;Because it will surely come...."

 He gives us each a vision that we need to keep before us. It is our future, so we know the future just not all the details, just yet. Tonight lets pray for clarity of vision, for each of us to act on the God given ideas and plans they have been given. No holding back, moving forward to the KNOWN future, God's plan for us is good and not evil (Jer.29:11) and we know that God gives us victory through Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 15:57).

Love and Blessings!

See What He Sees, and Don't Let Go

God has given each one of us dreams and desires. He placed these in us before we were ever born, for this day and time. Its time to bring those dreams and desires for your lives to the forefront. We are told in Habakkuk 2:2 "to write the vision down, make it clear so even running it can be clearly read." I urge you to if you haven't yet, write down your vision as God has given it to you, if you already have bring it out and re-read it. Today is the day, remember your first love, remember what excitement you had when God first revealed that dream to you. It's an exciting time to be alive! Pray for direction and what steps need to be made to achieve that vision. Pray for direction on how you can help others achieve the vision given to them. We are made to work together for the purpose of kingdom expansion. Our Father has so much love for each one of us, He see's you successful and thriving. Grab hold of that, not just for yourself but for this church, dont let go!

Love and Blessings!