48. “Memo to the Called”
The pride of life & the things of this world forces its priority on us. Only as He is lifted on high all who wills to “see” will be drawn unto Him and He will be glorified! Hailed by all of creation! Worshipped as the Great I am !
Pride of Life…
Extreme is the task that lays ahead,
Gross the calamity of our flesh, soul and sinful dread,
Weaknesses that ensnares our path,
And, oh, the pride of life that tempts in our head.
Man of God…
Oh, man of God lay down your crown!
Rather dare to follow The Son instead
His ways are pure, His words are truth,
He speaks of love amongst many other gracious worth.
Before His Throne…
Have you yet considered the moment before His Throne?
When asked what did you do with love?
How many days was self your lead?
Now to reveal your recited self-righteous creed.
Feed His sheep…
Low we bow before Your greatness, Lord,
To lay down our crowns and sword,
How fallible our greatest speech,
And yet you send us to feed Your sheep.
Forgive us Lord…
Strengthen now our feeble knees,
Burn our lips with cleansing coals,
We want to make Your kingdom proud,
Not many days to sow Your Seed.
Only when Christ is lifted High…
So many still need to ‘see’ The Seed,
Grace in action our strongest feed,
His Blood was shed – not to be trample on,
Only when He is lifted up will more men come…
… In truthful worship at His feet.
Alna@T 5.3.24
Scripture reading:
Joh 12:31-38
(31) Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.
(32) And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself.”
(33) This He said, signifying by what death He would die.
(34) The people answered Him, “We have heard from the law that the Christ remains forever; and how can You say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”
(35) Then Jesus said to them, “A little while longer the light is with you.
Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.
(36) While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.” These things Jesus spoke, and departed, and was hidden from them.
(37) But although He had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in Him,
(38) that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: “LORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT? AND TO WHOM HAS THE ARM OF THE LORD BEEN REVEALED?”
45. What do others think of us?
Reading 163. New Spirit Filled Life Daily Bible (NKJV) (ODH)
What others think of us?
Proverbs 18:17
“The first in his cause seems just, but his neighbor comes and searches him.”
“His neighbor cometh and searcheth him out.”
It is easy to boast of what we are or are not, but the real question is as to what others think of us?
Would that credit us with the highest attainments in Christian living? Would they concede the reality and beauty of our characters?
After all, might not we be mistaking our ideals for our attainments, and judging ourselves by a lower standard than we apply to others?
Might not our wives and sisters, our husbands and brothers search us?
It is so much easier to plead our own cause in a meeting than to stand clear in the searching scrutiny of the home.
And if our neighbors search us, what does God think of us as the fierce light of His eyes scans us and reads our deepest secrets?
What should we do… were it’s not for the blood of Christ?
I used to hesitate once to call myself a miserable sinner, but as I know myself better, I begin to feel that it is a reasonable designation.
That is what we are by nature, though we have been made by divine grace, children, heirs, joint heirs with Christ.
Job, the righteous man confessed himself vile when God’s light revealed him.
F.B. Meyer, Our Daily Homily.
44. Ignorance of our Depravity
Reading 161. New Spirit Filled Life Daily Bible (NKJV)
(SOCS)
2 Kings 8 verses 12, 13
Our ignorance of the depravity of our own hearts is a startling fact.
Hazael did not believe that he was bad enough to do any of the things here anticipated.
“Is thy servant a dog that he should do this great thing.”
He might have been conscious enough that his heart was none so pure, but it might consent to do many an evil thing, yet crimes so flagrant as those the prophet had foretold of him, he thought himself quite incapable to commit…
Ah, my brethren, the ignorance of Hazael is ours to a greater or less degree.
In our natural state we are oblivious of the depravity of our own hearts…
Ay, but, my brethren, we were, to a great degree, cured of this our ignorance when the Spirit of God brought us under conviction…
Much of our ignorance was taken away; but alas! how much remained!…
None of us know, after all, much of the baseness of our hearts…
The depravity of our nature forbids… a venturing or presuming to play and toy with temptations…
He who carries gunpowder about him had better not stand where there are many sparks…
I implore thee, therefore, as thou wouldst honor thy God, and thou wouldst stand in brightness, go not I beseech thee where the temptation to sin is glaring, and flatter thyself that thou will come out guileless…
God grant that we may not… be as Hazael, the perpetrators of crimes of which we never suspected ourselves capable.
Charles H. Spurgeon, Sermons of Rev. C.H. Spurgeon
1993 by Thomas Nelson, Inc
39. CLEANSED SANCTUARIES OF LIFE
CORPORATE PRAYER 22 Jan 2023
CLEANSED SANCTUARIES BEGIN through THANKSGIVING & PRAISE.
FOR HIS FAITHFULNESS, GOODNESS & PROMISES RECEIVED IN 2022
Psa 100:4 Enter the Temple gates with thanksgiving; go into its courts with praise. Give thanks to Him and praise Him. 5 The LORD is good; His love (mercy) is eternal and His faithfulness lasts forever. (to all generations)
More Scriptures to PRAY on THANKSGIVING & PRAISE :
Psa 63:3-5 3 Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You.4 Thus I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. 5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.
Psa 22:22,25 I will declare Your name to My brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will praise You. 25 My praise shall be of You in the great assembly; I will pay My vows before those who fear Him.
KEY focus 1
CLEANSING THE SANCTUARIES OF OUR LIFE from the very 1st day of 2023 (January 21 day FAST)
2Ch 29:17a “Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify (themselves),”… and on the eighth day…they came to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days
1st CLEANSING OURSELVES
Ezr 8:21 Then I proclaimed a fast… that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from Him the right way for us and our little ones and all our possessions.
Joh 17:17 Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.
LETs PRAY:
- FATHER, we come to HUMBLE ourselves before Your Holy Throne:
We humble and sanctify ourselves to set ourselves apart for You.
Re-dedicated our life, work, resources, giftings & calling to You.
Place into Your care; our relationships, families, connections & all resources & people entrusted to our influence.
2nd CLEANSING THE BODY of Christ – Scriptures
Bringing (Y)our House of Assembly before You:
Eze 45:19 The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the gateposts of the gate of the inner court. (Applies to all people entering the temple)
Heb 9:12 with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. (for us all) 9:22 And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.
2nd CLEANSING THE BODY LET’S PRAY :
LORD as Leaders we bring Your House of Assembly before You:
We come to REPENT INDIVIDUALLY & CORPORATELY for all sins, iniquities, trespasses, and disobedience regarding our service unto You, Your people and in ourselves.
We receive forgiveness and choose not to take any guilt, shame, or failure with us into this next year.
We place the Blood afresh on the doorpost of our mind, soul, eyes, ears, mouth, heart, and tongue – to HEAR what You SPEAK, to SPEAK what You REVEAL , to SEE what You SHOW… to DO as You LEAD.
KEY focus 2 BE WILLING to ENGAGE INTENTIONALLY with His PROSES of SANCTIFICATION
Act 26:18 …open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.’
ENGAGE INTENTIONALLY – SCRIPTURES
As Prayer-Leaders we bring the MINISTRIES IN and THROUGH this House before HIS throne:
Exo 29:43 I will meet with the children of Israel, the tabernacle shall be sanctified by My glory.
Heb 10:23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, …. but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.
ENGAGE INTENTIONALLY
LETS PRAY :
LORD, We bring our WORSHIP unto You & every form of SERVICE to be re-dedicated, cleansed and redeemed by Your blood:
Ev’ry pastor, service, program, teaching, ministry, calling & gift,
Ev’ry elder, leader, appointee, member as servants before You,
Our worship & offerings, seed & resources, sacrifices (of self),
Ev’ry person who has attended in the past or will enter this sanctuary in this year; to be healed, restored & sanctified,
Ev’ry believer: to receive revelation of You, insight & wisdom from YOU,
To take this year’s FAITH-WALK seriously to heart, by engaging the MATURING proses of becoming “vessels of honor, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work”. (2Ti 2:20-21)
KEY focus 3. ENABLED by the HOLY SPIRIT
LETS PRAY :
- Jesus, thank You for baptizing us with the HOLY SPIRIT and FIRE; for the sake of Your Holiness upon us and the Kingdom’s advance before us.
Act 15:8-9 (8) So God, who knows the heart, acknowledged them by giving them the Holy Spirit,.(9)..purifying their hearts by faith.
Rom 8:5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. (Matt 3:11-14)
ENABLED BY THE SPIRIT
- HOLY SPIRIT, thank You for abiding IN & being WITH us:
that You guide, strengthen, anoint & empower us,
humble & move us to heartfelt repentance
keeping us dependent on God and hopeful in HIM alone. (Matt 3:11-14)
Isa 57:15 For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, With him who has a contrite and humble spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
LETS PRAY :
We confess our failure to yield to You and declare anew our utter dependence upon You,
We refrain from continued fearful self-protection & self-preservation. We choose to trust You with our whole lives,
We repent of our self-righteousness & disobedience, even against Your promptings,
We yield now our own will to obey boldly and be led by You without restraint,
We acknowledge that You are the VOICE of the FATHER and of the SON within us and we choose today to follow You blindly.
KEY focus 4. WILLING – TO SERVE
COUNTRY/TOWN – ALL AREAS OF SOCIETY & LEADERS
7. PRAYING for Godly leaders !!! We PRAY that leaders & citizens will COME to SALVATION in Christ and be baptized with You, precious Spirit of God
1Ti 2:1,2 PRAYER & supplications…for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.
Psa 89:14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Mercy and truth go before Your face.
Pro 21:15 It is a joy for the just to do justice, But destruction will come to the workers of iniquity.
2Sa 23:3 The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me: ‘He who rules over men must be just, Ruling in the fear of God
WILLING – TO LIVE FOR HIS GLORY
8. PRAYING for the BODY of CHRIST
SCRIPTURES to focus on:
Psa 5:12 For You, O LORD, will bless the righteous; With favor You will surround him as with a shield.
Isa 48:17 Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, Who teaches you to profit, Who leads you by the way you should go.
Heb 10:22-25 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled… and our bodies washed…
WILLING – TO RECEIVE HIM
9. PRAYING for ALL PEOPLE GROUPS
We bring our parents, children, teenagers, the elderly, the sick, compromised citizens, the poor, backslidden, the lost & broken, those burdened, destitute, in addiction, the workless & bound before You :
We pray for Your wisdom, strength and guidance to help all on their path & challenges of life. We pray for BREAKTHROUGH!!
We pray for those out in the ‘cold’; wilfully strayed from Your will.
We pray and plead for Your mercy, forgiveness & compassion to overflow their/our lives;
We take hold of FAITH to OVERCOME!!
We pray for the breaking of all bondages, spiritual eyes & ears to be opened and lives to be redeemed from the destruction that rebellion, deception, greed, pride & evil brings.
We declare FREEDOM!!
FINAL BLESSING
10. WE ARE CLEANSED, ENABLED & WILLING TO LIVE FOR HIS GLORY BY THE POWER of the HOLY SPIRIT WITHIN:
Psa 20:4-5 (4) May He grant you according to your heart’s desire, And fulfill all your purpose. (5) We will rejoice in your salvation, And in the name of our God we will set up our banners! May the LORD fulfill all your petitions.
Psa 62:6 He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be moved.
Rom 15:13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen & AMEN!!!!!
35. BEING SET APART / CONSECRATED / SANCTIFIED
We are being set apart, consecrated and sanctified:-
1. Firstly by HIS EXTREME LOVE for US
IN this blog we are doing a brief study from scripture on the principles of being set apart, consecrated and sanctified. If we look at PALAH, the Hebrew word for being “set apart” the following descriptions are linked to this word. PALAH stands for ‘to be distinguished’, ‘to be shown to be marvelous’, ‘to be separated’, ‘severed’ and ‘to be made wonderfully‘.
Luk 15:7
(7) I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.
Luk 15:21-24
(21) And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
(22) “But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe(anointing) and put it on him, and put a ring(covenant) on his hand and sandals(calling) on his feet.
(23) And bring the fatted calf(abundant provision) here and kill it (by Christ’s sacrifice), and let us eat and be merry(joy of the Lord-our strength);
(24) for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost(destroyed, perish, marred, die) and is found(find, get, obtain, perceive, see).’ And they began to be merry.
2Ch 16:9
For the eyes of the LORD run to and for throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal(full, just, made ready, peaceable, perfect, quiet, whole, complete) to Him.
2. WE ARE SET APART TO FULFILL GOD’S PURPOSES AND PLAN; TO UNITE IN HIS PURPOSE
Psa 4:3 But know that the LORD has set apart (PALAH; to distinguish, show to be marvelous, separate, sever, make wonderfully) for Himself him who is godly; The LORD will hear when I call to Him.
Exo 28:3 So you shall speak to all who are gifted artisans, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments, to consecrate (KAWDASH; to be/pronounced/observed to be clean, purify, sanctify, keep holy, proclaim) him, that he may minister to Me as priest.
Jer 29:11-14
(11) For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of PEACE (well, safe, happy, friendly, favor, prosperity, safe at mind, full, wholly, welfare, rest, health, perfect, salute) and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
(12) Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
(13) And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.
(14) I will be found by you, says the LORD, and I will bring you back from your captivity; I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the LORD, and I will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive.
Php 1:6 being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;
Php 1:10-11
(10) that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ,
(11) being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
3. WE ARE SET APART TO MINISTER UNTO THE LORD
WE come to the Lord to offer a sacrifice on the altar by fire. The offering we bring to the altar is ourselves. We are called by the Lord to bring ourselves as a living sacrifice. This means that we lay down our lives and this presents a sweet smell to the Lord. As the bread is pleasing to our pallets, just the same is our consecration a sweet smell to our Father.
Exo 28:41 So you shall put them on Aaron your brother and on his sons with him. You shall anoint them, consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to Me as priests.
Lev 20:7 Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the LORD your God.
Lev 21:6 They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God, for they offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.
Lev 21:8 Therefore you shall consecrate him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.
John Gill: “and the bread of their God do they offer; the shew-bread, which they set every week before the Lord on the shew-bread table, …, the “minchah”, which they continually offered along with the sacrifices: or the word “and”, being a supplement, may be left out; and so this clause is put by way of apposition, and as interpreting the fire offering to be the bread of their God, which being wholly burnt on the altar, and devoted to God, was his meat and food, and accepted by him, see Lev 3:11,” FOOD:(battle, overcome, make war, prevail)
Therefore they shall be holy; separate from all others, and abstain from all impurity both of flesh and spirit, from all uncleanness, moral and ceremonial; it being highly fit and proper that the bread of God should be offered by holy persons.
But God would not permit the blood, that made atonement, to be used as a common thing (Heb 10:29), nor will he allow us, though we have the comfort of the atonement made, to assume to ourselves any share in the honor of making it. He that glories, let him glory in the Lord, and to his praise let all the blood be poured out.
John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Lev 3:16 the priest shall burn them on the altar as food, offered by fire, for a sweet and satisfying fragrance. All the fat is the Lord’s.
1Ch 15:12 He said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark ( presence) of the LORD God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it.
4. WE ARE SET APART TO PURIFY AND CONSECRATE ONE SELF
IN YOUR WOUNDEDNESS and AFFLICTION / SICKNESS & DISEASE
– An example of being set apart, consecration and sanctification is when A BABY BOY is being circumcised on the eight day
– A LADY AFTER CHILDBIRTH and IMPURITY has to sanctify herself
Exo 13:2 “Consecrate to Me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and beast; it is Mine.”
Exo 19:10 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes.
Jos 7:13 Get up, sanctify the people, and say, ‘Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, because thus says the LORD God of Israel: “There is an accursed thing in your midst, O Israel; you cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the accursed thing from among you.
5. WE ARE SET APART AND CONSECRATED FOR WAR AND AT SPECIAL OCCASIONS
Jdg 7:5 So he brought the people down to the water. And the LORD said to Gideon, “Everyone who laps from the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set apart by himself; likewise everyone who gets down on his knees to drink.
Joe 2:13-17
13 So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the LORD your God, For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from doing harm.
14 Who knows if He will turn and relent, And leave a blessing behind Him—A grain offering and a drink offering For the LORD your God?
15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, Consecrate a fast, Call a sacred assembly;
16 Gather the people, Sanctify the congregation, Assemble the elders, Gather the children and nursing babes; Let the bridegroom go out from his chamber, And the bride from her dressing room.
17 Let the priests, who minister to the LORD, Weep between the porch and the altar; Let them say, “Spare Your people, O LORD, And do not give Your heritage to reproach, That the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’ ”
Mic 4:13 “Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion; For I will make your horn iron, And I will make your hooves bronze; You shall beat in pieces many peoples; I will consecrate their gain to the LORD, And their substance to the Lord of the whole earth.”
Jos 3:5 And Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”
New King James Bible
6. GOD SANCTIFIES HIS OWN NAME and SETS US APART FOR HIS NAMES’ SAKE
I Will Put My Spirit Within You
Eze 36:22-27
22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name’s sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went.
23 And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the LORD,” says the Lord GOD, “when I am hallowed in you before their eyes.
24 For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land.
25 Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.
26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
27 I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.
7. JESUS’S PRAYER TO THE FATHER TO SANCTIFY US – FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MINISTER & LIVE BY HIM; WHO IS THE TRUTH
Joh 17:17-19
(17) Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.
(18) As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.
(19) And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.
Heb 10:29 Welcomed into His presence by the Blood
(29) Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
8. WE ARE ENCOURAGED TO START FULFILLING OUR LIFE’S PURPOSE BY LOVING GOD FIRST & OURSELVES IN ORDER THAT WE CAN LOVE OTHERS
Mat 22:37-40
(37) Jesus said to him, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.’
(38) This is the first and great commandment.
(39) And the second is like it: ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’
(40) On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
9. WE ARE SET APART IN OUR OWN ‘DYING TO SELF’; TO RISE UP THROUGH REBIRTH IN FAITH UNTO LIFE
1Th 5:23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Heb 13:12-14
(12) Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate.
(13) Therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach.
(14) For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come.
10. WE ARE SET APART IN OUR DAILY MISSION
GO AND DO WHAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO DO TODAY. ONLY YOU CAN PERFORM THAT TASK
HEBREWS 13:15-16
(15) Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.
(16) But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
:20-21
(20) Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
(21) make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
:19-24
(19) Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus,
(20) by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, (21) and having a High Priest over the house of God,
(22) let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
(23) Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.
(24) And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works.
31. PRAYER POINTS/GRACE to see YOUR GLORY
9 PRAYER POINT/S for Corporate PRAYER – 22.11.20
Rev 1:6 CHRIST made us kings and priests to
His God and Father, to Him be glory and
dominion forever and ever.
Nine Prayer Point/s : “GRACE to see YOUR GLORY”
- We HUMBLY PURSUE YOU in this late hour.
- We PURPOSEFULLY DRAW NEAR to ENCOUNTER YOUR GREATNESS.
- We REPENT of all IDOLS – all other god’s… things.
- We REPENT of all things DISTRACTING from God.
- We have A GLOBAL NEED for GOD’S GLORY as we go into 2021 !
- We NEED Your GRACE to STAY IN FAITH & TRUTH.
- We STAND in the GAP for sin & evil in this Nation…
- We PRAY for the SERVANTS of God in this House.
- TODAY! We COME back to YOU, our 1st LOVE.
https://kairoslife.co.za/what-happens-as-we-pray/
PRAYER POINT ONE
(1) 2Pe 1:3
“For His DIVINE POWER has bestowed upon us
ALL THINGS that pertain
to LIFE and (A SPIRIT‐LED‐LIFE)
GODLINESS (reverence, piety, holiness)
through the FULL, PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF HIM,
Who called us by and to His own glory and
excellence (His virtue).”
WE ARE TO BE ACCOUNTED in HIM – to be
DEFINED in HIM!
All things WILL BE GLORIOUS unto HIM !
1. We HUMBLY PURSUE YOU in this late hour.
Father, You have given us ALL THINGS that can
help us to live a godly and Holy Spirit‐led LIFE.
We realize THIS is only possible through a
“FULL, PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE of YOU”
We repent for NOT taking THIS SERIOUS
‐ often living a “lackadaisy” FAITH‐LIFE.
Mixing up the PURSUIT of YOU & YOUR GLORY
with our own ‘more urgent or important’ STUFF
We aught to be ACCOUNTED in YOU;
NOT in our flesh‐life striving.
We COME to WANT to KNOW YOU more!
PRAYER POINT TWO
(2) Exo 33:7 COME MEET WITH GOD!
” Moses took his tent and pitched it
outside the camp, far from the camp,
and called it the
TABERNACLE OF MEETING.
And it came to pass that
everyone who sought the LORD,
WENT OUT
to the tabernacle of meeting
which was outside the camp.”
2a. Father, we PURPOSEFULLY DRAW NEAR
TO ENCOUNTER YOUR GREATNESS
Our PRAYER today is that the BODY of CHRIST:
Will RISE UP IN FAITH as we SEEK You daily,
by Your Spirit ‐ not through our fleshly
anguish or reasoning. (Rom 8)
Will SEPERATE themselves from worldly
councils to pursue YOU’RE YOUR WILL &
purpose.
Will pursue being SET‐APART for You.
Psa 63:1-5
1. O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water.
2. So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory.
3. Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You.
4. Thus I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.
5. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.
2b. Father, as we SEEK Your Face
Our PRAYER today is that the BODY of CHRIST:
Will RECEIVE Your DIVINE HEALING in SOUL &
BODY through the Spirit; TO ENTER YOUR PEACE.
Will TRUST in Your Protection, Wisdom, Provision
& HS Guidance TO RECEIVE Your GLORIOUS REST
in this late season.
Will SEEK YOUR FACE NOW for our lives; our
Towns, Churches, this Nation, Your Kingdom…
Will be STRENGTHENED TO GO and PREACH the
GOOD NEWS; to GO & make disciples!!
PRAYER POINT THREE
(3) Exo 33:9‐11 A DISPLAY of GOD’S GLORY!!
“And it came to pass, when Moses entered the
tabernacle, that the pillar of cloud descended
and stood at the door of the tabernacle,
and the LORD talked with Moses.
All the people saw the pillar of cloud
standing at the tabernacle door, and ALL the
people ROSE and WORSHIPED, each man in his
tent door. (taking ownership)
So the LORD spoke to Moses face to face,
as a man speaks to his friend…”
3a. Father, we Repent of DISTRACTIONS
We REPENT & strip ourselves today of
all that DISTRACTS from Your GLORY &
pre‐eminence.
We REGRET for allowing FEAR, DOUBT,
UNBELIEF ‐ in all forms, to drive us after
WORLDLY wisdom, securities, sensation,
carnal comfort & significance…
We BIND all FAMILIARITY (familiar spirits);
that debase and demean Your NAME, Holiness,
Judgement, Grace, Justice & SOVEREIGNTY!
We HUMBLY YIELD to WORSHIP You ALONE!
3b. Father, we Repent of all IDOLS
For running after so many other things in
seeking meaning and purpose for this life:
the lusts of the world & power (1 Jh 2:16)
our own carnal desires that provokes to
jealousy, strife.. (Ez 8:3)
Idols: ‐ idolatry of self, own worth, fame,
significance, prestige, position, wealth,
things, public status… (2 Pet 1:4)
For placing our daily issues; the pride of
life, the temporary things 1st‐ in Your stead!
PRAYER POINT FOUR
(4) Exo 33:13‐15 A GLOBAL NEED for GOD’S GLORY!!
“Now therefore, I pray, if I have found
grace in Your sight, show me now Your
way, that I may KNOW YOU and that I may
find grace in Your sight…
And God said, “MY PRESENCE WILL GO
WITH YOU, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST.”
Then Moses said to Him,
“If Your Presence does not go with us,
do not bring us up from here.
(4…) Exo 33:17‐18
So the LORD said to Moses,
“I will also do this thing that you have
spoken;
• for you have found grace in My sight,
• and I know you by name.“
4. Father, we have A GLOBAL NEED for
Your GLORY to MANIFEST !!
We Pray for Your MERCY, COMPASSION &
GRACE in CHRIST as we enter into 2021.
To find grace in Your sight;BY the Son’s Blood.
To show us YOUR WAY, not to take our own.
That You may KNOW US BY NAME. (Rev1:5‐8)
That the Holy Spirit will INVADE the Earthly realm
to strengthen and REFRESH the
MANDATE of the CHURCH for Your Sovereign WILL,
GLORY and ETERNAL FAME to prevail.
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PRAYER POINT FIVE
(5)a. Exo 33:19 COME MEET WITH HIS GOODNESS!
Then God said,
“ I will MAKE all My GOODNESS pass
before you,
I will PROCLAIM the NAME of the LORD
before you.
I will be GRACIOUS to whom I will be
gracious, and I will have COMPASSION
on whom I will have compassion.”
(5)b. Exo 34:2 BE PERSISTANT in FAITH!!
So BE READY in the morning, and come up in
the morning to Mount Sinai, and present
yourself to Me there on the top of the mountain.
5. Father, we need Your GRACE to KEEP us IN
FAITH & REMAIN STANDING in YOUR TRUTH ALONE
We will SEEK You EARLY, and seek You as the
1st MOST important thing in our life.
We will go up ‘higher’ to seek You out
amongst all the other things that life calls for.
We PRAY in REVERENCE of Your Holy Name.
PRAYER POINT SIX
(6)a. Rev 2:2 “I know your works, your
labor, your patience, and
that you cannot bear those who
are evil…
(6)b. Rev 12:11 Look at our mandate IN Christ…
And they OVERCAME him (Satan, EVIL)
by the blood of the Lamb and by the
word of their testimony, and
they did not love their lives to the death.
SELAH in this!
Let’s look at what GOD SAYS about evil!
(6)c. Psa 97:10
You who love the LORD, hate evil!He preserves the souls of His saints; He
delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
(6)d. Pro 8:13
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way and the
perverse mouth I hate.
(6)e. Amos 5:15
Hate evil, love good; Establish justice in the gate.
It may be that the LORD God of hosts will be
gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
6. Father, We STAND in the GAP by the
POWER of the Blood to REPENT for SIN & EVIL
We take responsibility for ourselves, our
Families, Churches, Towns & Nation; TO
STAND in the GAP.
We repent for all the sin, evil & bloodshed,
rivalry, discord & injustice… lack of love,
LIES, greed, apostasy to Your Sovereignty.
We pray Your Glory will manifest to ROOT
OUT sin, expose corruption & the works in
darkness; AS YOU GO BEFORE us…
We pray for God‐fearing LEADERS!
PRAYER POINT SEVEN
(7) Rev 2:3
…and you have persevered and
have patience,
and have laboured
for My Name’s sake
and have not become weary.
We THANK You God, for all the
SERVANTS of GOD in this House;
praying in all humility.
7. Father, We PRAY for the SERVANTS
of God in this house
We Pray for PROTECTION, Strength,
Perseverance, Servanthood & Godly Unity
to prevail.
We Pray for REVELATION, Council,
Wisdom, Strategy, Plans, Influence,
Favour, PEACE & Your REST in all areas.
We pray that Your Kingdom GLORY will
CHANGE this area also through us;
For Your NAME’S SAKE!
PRAYER POINT EIGHT
(8) Rev 2:4‐5 LET it BE about GOD!!!
Nevertheless, I have this against
you, that
you have left your first love.
Remember therefore from where
you have fallen; repent and do the
first works, or else I will come to you
quickly and remove your lampstand
from its place—unless you repent.
8. Father, TODAY! We COME back to YOU,
our 1st LOVE
We repent, LORD, of our personal & corporate
decline allowing pride, lethargy, weariness,
laziness, sluggishness to numb
and tempt us away from sincere, truthful
REVERENTIAL AWE & HOLY LOVE for YOU.
We repent for loosing our fervent zeal &
standard of LOVING YOU 1st and MOST of all!
– To love You FOREMOST. (Mrk12:30)
Open our eyes TO SEE!: ‐ in the MIRROR of
Your Word where we are tempted to go astray.
We ask forgiveness for taking Your honour
and making it about us.
We repent for IGNORING YOUR HOLY SPIRIT;
We regret our stubbornness in NOT adhering to Your lead & wise council BUT
following our own will.
We ASK ‐ in YIELDING to Your Spirit, for
leading us to PURITY, FERVENT DEVOTION,
HOLY OBEDIENCE & REVERENTIAL AWE.
We humbly come to seek YOUR PRESENCE
to REVEAL Your GLORY
here in this PLACE!
BLESSING
Rom 5:1‐2,5
YET, BY GRACE WE can REJOICE
in THE HOPE of HIS GLORY
Therefore, having been JUSTIFIED by faith,
WE HAVE PEACE WITH GOD
through our Lord Jesus Christ,
through Whom also we have ACCESS by faith
into this GRACE in which we STAND,
TO REJOICE in HOPE of the GLORY of God.
Now HOPE does not disappoint, because the
LOVE of God has been POURED OUT in our hearts
by the HOLY SPIRIT Who was given to us.
THANK You LORD, JESUS!!! AMEN!!!
LET’S THANK & WORSHIP HIM NOW
29. What Happens As we PRAY
What Happens As we PRAY
I release these words as God reveals His heart. I believe He wants to encourages us all, to PRAY & TO BELIEVE that He IS VERY PRESENT in our CURRENT, VERY interesting SEASON.
Psa 85:6-9
(6) Will You not revive us again, That Your people may rejoice in You?
(7) Show us Your mercy, LORD, And grant us Your salvation.
(8) I will hear what God the LORD will speak, For He will speak peace To His people and to His saints; But let them not turn back to folly.
(9) Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, That glory may dwell in our land.
WHAT HAPPENS AS WE PRAY !?
SEED NATURE TRANSFORMATION
Every seed is created by God to change the nature of that seed into something completely different as it is PLANTED or SUBMITTED. It becomes a living organism and of a “different nature”. It changes from strength, phase, stature, appearance, purpose, destiny & in effect.
God has DESIGNED THAT SEED to react to HIS NATURE – SUPERTNATURAL POWER
As we pray, putting our faith out there in audible words, we create something very powerful, life changing, atmosphere changing by releasing our faith into the God realm.
These faith-released ‘SEEDS’ change completely from nature as prayer turns words & sound into actions. These PRAYERS are to be executed by a different kind – the angel-kind, and released into another realm to execute, to manifest here on earth as it is in heaven.
PRAYERS RELEASE THE SUPERNATURAL
These prayers are directed into the spiritual realm to create something supernatural and of a wonderworking type. The heavens react to the words & doings of God’s saints, His warrior bride. Angels are sent into action. Daemons are set to flight and heaven touches earth.
Do we understand the authority & power we exude as we utter & demonstrate words, prophetic actions, gestures, songs and even groanings & sounds of weeping, praise or joy by faith?
Our faith and authority do not lie in the words, method or strategy BUT in the power of the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ; – as the word so clearly state.
BELEIVE IN GOD OR NOT
As we PRAY, we have a choice to believe that something will happen as we have brought the matter before the Father’s Throne of grace. We also have an option to see by the spirit, our Lord, the Chief Intercessor, seated at the Right Hand of the Father, interceding for us, or we can look with the natural eye and see ourselves trying to do this life by our own natural ability…
When we employ our faith in an ALMIGHTY GOD through our PRAYERS, we can extend our spirit-hearts to take hold of the HOPE and even ETERNAL JOY; to actively RECEIVE the PEACE that we have in our Lord, HIS COMPLETE SHALOM. OR we will be guilty of being a doubting Thomas. There are no grey areas when it comes to faith in God.
We either believe in God or we don’t; in His goodness, faithfulness, wisdom, justice and kindness… to name but a few of His characteristics. If the Word of God states over and over that God is good … His mercies endures forever, then we have to make the choice, even TODAY, to believe, that is WHO He says He is – NOW & for ever more.
When circumstances changes … God does not change with it!!!
FAITH COMES ALIVE AS IT HEARS THE WORD OF GOD !
The Word says that God has given us all a measure of faith. This faith comes alive and goes into action as it HEARS the LIVING Word of God. Even more so when we utter or demonstrate this ourselves by the filling our minds, heart and mouth with great measures of the Word.
LET us therefore go INTO ACTION with our PRAYERS, filled with WORDS of WORD-FAITH! And let us look, to see & wait in expectancy what God is doing on our behalf, in this life that He has blessed us with. If you are also one of those doubting if this present situation is a blessing… I don’t blame you… surely, we are all wondering where this is going.
But one thing will never change and that is :
Joh 14:13-14
(13) And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do,
that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
(14) If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.
Luk 18:7-8
(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?”
MORE SCRIPTURE REFERENCES :
Mat_7:7, Mat_7:11, Mat_18:19; Mar_11:24; Luk_11:8-10; Joh_14:13, Joh_15:7, Joh_16:24; Jas_5:16; 1Jn_3:22, 1Jn_5:14-15
PRAYER SCRIPTURE
Psa 85:10-13
(10) Mercy and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed.
(11) Truth shall spring out of the earth, And righteousness shall look down from heaven.
(12) Yes, the LORD will give what is good; And our land will yield its increase.
(13) Righteousness will go before Him, And shall make His footsteps our pathway.
CONCLUSION :
Keep your Hope, Stay in FAith & remeber AS you PRAY things DO TURN AROUND!!!
20.VISION : WORSHIP RELEASES THE BLOOD TO FLOW
A VISION : WORSHIP RELEASE THE POWER of the BLOOD
As I was busy with COMMUNION, I asked the Father to reveal to me His perspective on Worship. He took me into A VISION :
COMMUNION
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“I saw us on top of the mountain… partaking the Bread of Communion”.
As the BREAD became part of our bodies, it also became part of the Body of Christ…. as we understand it; in the context of Believers united in Christ.
AS WE PARTAKE in COMMUNION – EAT THE BREAD & DRINK THE BLOOD of CHRIST – HIS BODY becomes part of ours & His Blood starts to cleans us.
The effect of PARTAKING the Bread, released springs of LIFE; a river of LIVING WATER – to flow from our bellies.
He who believes in Me [who cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Me] as the Scripture has said, From his innermost being shall flow [continuously] springs and rivers of living water. (See below Joh 7:38)
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“I saw the River of Life – The living Water of the Holy Spirit – starting to flow through us in 5 different streams down the mountain.”
- “The 5 STREAMS flowed THROUGH HIS HOLY FIRE (to purge our worship from self, idolatry, self righteousness, fear and sin… ) the Fire turned the STREAMS (Worship) into Blood.”
WHY FIVE streams?
FIVE is the NUMBER of GRACE.
I believe our Father just wanted to emphasize again that His ABUNDANT GRACE is the very thing that KEEPS us… for NOTHING of self, our OWN efforts can help us.
THE POWER OF THE BREAD and THE BLOOD
The power of the Blood enables True Worship to reach the Destiny that the Living Word; the Bread was meant for.
The BREAD that we eat turns into streams of living water, flowing from our bellies; which in turn brings us life & therefore FOOD, nourishment – the BREAD; JESUS CHRIST to flow through us to the people HE has destined us to touch with HIs love….
“For My flesh is true and genuine food, and My blood is true and genuine drink.” (See Below John 6:55)
- “I saw the Blood flow into the sea … water… Holy Spirit… the water evaporates… meaning THE HOLY SPIRIT rises up and nourish us with the RAIN… ALSO a symbol of Life; LIFE for ever more.”
“I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts”
The Complete circle of the Water & the Fire (heat) & the Blood…
SEA speak of souls… the people He has destined – before the begiining of time – for us to reach, influence & lead to Christ
WHY WAS THE 1ST MIRACLE OF JESUS THE WATER TURNED TO WINE?
JESUS CHRIST is The Bread…. He was there with them at the WEDDING (UNION between God & us)…
BUT His Blood had not yet flown…
The Wine was a typo of His Blood still to be shed… His Blood IN ABUNDANCE, enough Blood for the redemption of all of creation… and it was THE BEST Wine kept For last… to redeem man back to God… through the Holy Spirit
RESPOND TO HIS LOVE DECLARATION
The only thing that we should be doing, the only actions that we actually can perform in this whole REDEMPTION GIFT DISPLAY from our Father; is to EMBRACE it & RESPOND back with LOVE BECAUSE of His FIRST LOVE INITIATION ACT.
We CANNOT INNITIATE anything… HE IS the ALPHA & the OMEGA. HE IS the begiining & the End of ALL things.
WE SHOULD ONLY RESPOND to this amazing LOVE DECLARATION from CHRIST… ENRAVED on a TREE… WRITTEN IN BLOOD
Hebrews 12:4, 18-18, 22, 24 NKJV
You have not yet resisted to bloodshed, striving against sin. For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness and darkness and tempest,
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,
TO Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant,
and
TO the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.
Vision : PRAYER MOUNTAIN – The GIFT of REPENTANCE
30/08/2017
Mat_3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
Joh 4:13 Jesus answered her, All who drink of this water will be thirsty again.
Joh 4:14 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.
Joh 7:38-39
38 He who believes in Me [who cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Me] as the Scripture has said, From his innermost being shall flow [continuously] springs and rivers of living water.
39 But He was speaking here of the Spirit, Whom those who believed (trusted, had faith) in Him were afterward to receive. For the [Holy] Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified (raised to honor).
Joh_19:34 But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out
Rev_21:6 And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts.
Isa_48:18 Oh, that you had heeded My commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
Isa_66: For thus says the LORD: “Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, And the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream. Then you shall feed; On her sides shall you be carried, And be dandled on her knees
Rev 22:1-3
1 THEN HE showed me the river whose waters give life, sparkling like crystal, flowing out from the throne of God and of the Lamb
2 Through the middle of the broadway of the city; also, on either side of the river was the tree of life with its twelve varieties of fruit, yielding each month its fresh crop; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing and the restoration of the nations. [Gen. 2:9.]
3 There shall no longer exist there anything that is accursed (detestable, foul, offensive, impure, hateful, or horrible). But the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall worship Him [pay divine honors to Him and do Him holy service]. [Zech. 14:21.]
Joh 6:51-56
51 I [Myself] am this Living Bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this Bread, he will live forever; and also the Bread that I shall give for the life of the world is My flesh (body).
52 Then the Jews angrily contended with one another, saying, How is He able to give us His flesh to eat?
53 And Jesus said to them, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, you cannot have any life in you unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood [unless you appropriate His life and the saving merit of His blood].
54 He who feeds on My flesh and drinks My blood has (possesses now) eternal life, and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day.
55 For My flesh is true and genuine food, and My blood is true and genuine drink.
56 He who feeds on My flesh and drinks My blood dwells continually in Me, and I [in like manner dwell continually] in him.
Dan_12:7 Then I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever, that it shall be for a time, times, and half a time; and when the power of the holy people has been completely shattered, all these things shall be finished.
7. EMBRACING THE GIFT – COMMUNION 1
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WE ARE INVITED TO TAKE PART IN COMMUNION AS OFTEN AS WE CAN
The Father invites us to His table for COMMUNION; to commune with Him and spend time in His Presence. His Divine presence entails perfect unison with our Trinity God, undeserved grace, unconditional love, surpassing peace, unmerited forgiveness, strengthening joy & blood-bought healing… He invites us to bring every ailment and worry, disease and quest and lay it before Him, as often as we need.
THERE IS SO MUCH TO RECEIVE & SO MUCH WE CAN GIVE
WE HAVE SO MUCH TO BRING OF OURSELVES IN THIS TIME OF INTIMACY WITH OUR GOD and THERE IS ALL OF GOD TO EMBRACE and RECEIVE
My husband & I have felt led to start having COMMUNION regularly in the evening, as we have received the revelation of His Table being laid for us to partake from, every moment of our existence. Understanding that God so LOVES US & that He gave us this prophetic symbol to ENTER INTO HIS PRESENCE through the RIGHT DOOR and to COME AND ENJOY the FATHER’S LOVE in order to find REVELATION on how to live our lives that will guide us to stay INSIDE HIS CIRCLE OF BLESSING and NOT open ourselves up … or wander outside the “boundary” of His Blessing.
ARE WE GOING TO KEEP THE FATHER WAITING AT THE TABLE?
KEY Scripture: 1Co 11:24-25 (Ampl)
(24) This is My body, which is broken for you. Do this to call Me [affectionately] to remembrance.
(25) Similarly when supper was ended, He took the cup also, saying, This cup is the new covenant [ratified and established] in My blood. Do this, as often as you drink [it], to call Me [affectionately] to remembrance.
REMEMBER ME
WHY WOULD WE USE COMMUNION EVER SO OFTEN?
Well just the mere thought of Jesus Christ, WANTING us TO REMEMBER HIM… make me think…. WOW … what a privilege to be able to have such a special connection with my God, that a symbolic action like communion can put us in such a SPECIAL intimate moment; where both parties share in the blessing and where all life, peace and joy can germinate from.
A VISION OF CHRIST’S ASCENSION
I saw in my spirit a vision of Christ… with Peter, John & Paul on the mountain of configuration. As the cloud ascended, Christ holds His hand out in a very affectionate way, in the same way that you and I probably would have done, if it were us going away FOR EVER… I saw Him doing this while He was voicing a last request down to His creation:
” DON’T forget ME! REMEMBER ME! REMEMBER ME! DONT FORGET ME! “
I saw a tear… and then a desperate urgency in His Spirit… BECAUSE He knew IF WE WILL FORGET HIM…. OUR SOULS WILL END IN HELL and our lives WILL BE hell ON EARTH
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO DRINK & EAT FROM HIS COMMUNION TABLE?
1Co 10:16 The cup of blessing [of wine at the Lord’s Supper] upon which we ask [God’s] blessing, does it not mean [that in drinking it] we participate in and share a fellowship (a communion) in the BLOOD of Christ (the Messiah)?
The bread which we break, does it not mean [that in eating it] we participate in and share a fellowship (a communion) in the BODY of Christ?
EMBRACE THE GIFT THROUGH COMMUNION
We are encouraged to EMBRACE the WORK of the CROSS; ALL THAT CHRIST DID FOR US, on a REGULAR BASIS.
Communion, symbolizing His PERFECT REDEMPTIVE WORK to reunite us with the Father.
TO PARTAKE IN COMMUNION IS OUR ULTIMATE SOLUTION and should be our CONSTANT RESOLUTION in these days.
At the end, all we truly need and can depend on IS His PERFECT SACRIFICE (God requires NONE MORE); His BODY that was broken for us and His Blood shed IS that perfect sacrifice justifying us FOR ETERNAL SALVATION and ETERNAL REDEMPTION. We are therefore FOREVER IN RIGHT STANDING with God because of the FORGIVENESS, LIFE and POWER of the BLOOD.
THIS will work for us ONLY if we UNDERSTAND & EMBRACE the GIFT
CHRIST DID EVERYTHING necessary for us to be able to live in GOD’S GRACE, PEACE and PRESENCE.
ALL that we need to do is to EMBRACE it and BRING IT INTO OUR HEART OF HEART’S FAITH, by DISCERNING HIM, HIS SACRIFICE AND ETERNAL VICTORY; by TAKING COMMUNION.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO “DISCERN HIS BODY and HIS BLOOD”?
- IT MEANS to take time at the feet of the Cross while giving the Holy Spirit an opportunity TO IMPRESS on our hearts the COMPLETE VICTORY OF THE CROSS, OVER the GRAVE and HELL and to make it your own.
- Here we are to COMPREHEND & APPRECIATE the FULL IMPACT of HIS RESURRECTION and the MAGNIFICENCE of HIS ASCENSION where HE IS NOW SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE FATHER; INTERCEDING FOR US CONTINUALLY.
- Discerning His Body and Blood…
should lead to a cognizant state; of being in UTMOST FAITH, UNWAVERING TRUST, UTMOST RELIANCE and UNYIELDING HOPE IN OUR GOD…. WHO WOULD NEVER forsake or leave us at the mercy of HIS adversary. (Read Ps. 91, 23, 121… aloud)
TO DISCERN HIS BODY & BLOOD IS TO KNOW:
He is fighting for us
He is NOT against us BUT FOR US!
HE is the Eternal GOD of Glory, Creator of the Universe…!! also living IN US… !
He is VERY, VERY NEARBY… AS FAR AS YOUR WORDS OF FAITH PROCEEDING FROM YOU OWN MOUTH
A CHILD’S PRAYER
Be humble enough to listen to a child’s prayer. A child’s Innocent Prayer, praying by the revelation of the Holy Spirit – without even knowing it – make you realize how much there is… HOW CLOSE GOD IS:
Liandri’s prayer at age 5:
“Thank You, Lord, for my family. Thank YOU for ALL the LOVE. Thank You for ALL the CHURCHES and THANK YOU FOR THE COMMUNION”
TAKE COMMUNION
Are there, fear, worries and stress in your life?
Then TAKE COMMUNION!
Is there thankfulness, joy, abundance and peace in your life?
Then TAKE COMMUNION!
Does uncertainty, heart-ache and feelings of rejection taring you apart?
TAKE COMMUNION!
IMPORTANT Note on COMMUNION:
What does it mean to drink in an ” UNWORTHY MANNER “
– This when you take communion without knowing why you do it,
– or when you take it in a ritualistic way… NOT DISCERNING Christ / Not understanding what Christ did for us on th Cross
– Also as in Bible times, they indulged on the wine… and ate the bread out of hunger.
We TAKE COMMUNION out of REMEMBRANCE of Christ’s Perfect Work on the Cross:
– setting us completely free from th kingdom of darkness… He brought us into His marvellous Kingdom of Light through complete forgiveness of our sins and redeeming us back to the Father into a PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP FOR ALL ETERNITY AS WE RECEIVE CHRIST AS OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR….
KEY NOTE on Communion:
WHATEVER YOU are in NEED off TO BE DONE…. REQUEST IT, just ask!
– UTTER YOUR FAITH’S TESTIMONY, ON GROUNDS OF HIS BLOOD SHED for YOU & SEAL IT – IN THE POWER OF THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB …
Follow the link below to a POEM on PRAYER
CONCLUSION:
As you look down on that marked peace of BREAD in your hand & taste the sweet WINE in your mouth… REMEMBER HIM!
REMEMBER that IT ALL revolves around His LIFE, RESURRECTION & ASCENSION…. it all boils down to WHO HE IS. HE IS the beginning & HE IS the end of all things.
And that our prayer should keep Him in the center and our Focus to stay on the VICTORY on the Cross.
Speak to the problem about God & not the other way round
RELEVANT SCRIPTURES:
I COR 11:24-27, 29, 31 NKJV
” and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes. Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged.
JER 31 V 2-3
…. Found GRACE in the WILDERNESS — Israel, when I went to GIVE him REST.” The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying: “Yes, I HAVE LOVED YOU with an EVERLASTING LOVE;
Therefore with LOVING-KINDNESS I HAVE DRAWN YOU.
Jeremiah 31:2-3 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/jer.31.2-3.NKJV
HERE are two LINKS to The FOUR CUPS of Passover:
https://www.knowingthebible.net/topics/messianic-passover
https://jewsforjesus.org/publications/newsletter/newsletter-mar-2002/the-mystery-of-the-passover-cup/
3. NO WILDERNESS DEATH – TRUST GOD!
FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME …
From Adam’s plight to Christ’s RISEN SITE, it has always been man’s biggest quest TO TRUST GOD
Therefore…
IT IS NOT ONLY ABOUT SOARING THE ‘HIGHS’
& TRUSTING THROUGH THE ‘LOWS’
BUT
‘THE STAND’ IN PEACE
WALKING IN FAITH
-EVERY SINGLE MOMENT; KEEPING ON EVERY DAY…
THE ABIDING, ABIDING…
TRUSTING GOD UNCONDITIONALLY
‘THAT WILL GET US THERE’
AS WE ARE SOAKED IN GRACE
GRACE – WHO IS CHRIST
MEDITATION:
Where you are right now in your life, God promises to BE AND GO with you.
THEREFORE WE CAN TRUST GOD
HIS Name is JEHOVAH SHAMAH – The God Who Is Here & Who is ALREADY There Where you are going
HE IS NOT A MAN THAT HE CAN LIE
HE CANNOT GO AGAINST WHO HE SAID HE IS
THERE IS A PREREQUISITE :
IF WE WILL TRUST HIM and DO NOT FEAR;
IF WE WILL BELIEVE !
IF WE DO NOT REBEL AGAINST HIM – THINKING WE KNOW BETTER
For how long must our Father still keep on, trying to convince us of His LOVE & all surpassing wisdom on our behalf?
For how long will we keep on rebelling AGAINST THE ROAD HE CHOOSES FOR US TO WALK & THE PLACE OF OUR PROMISE; knowing He knows best.
WHAT DOES HE SEES… THAT I AM MISSING…?
Straight road or narrow road, high road or valley trotting… there is everywhere a ‘risk’, a challenge… a curve to negotiate… even when it seems to me the perfect way to be
Only He has foresight will then be able to taking us then on the best path.
WHY DO WE STILL STRUGGLE TO TRUST GOD?
Through all that we have been through in our lives… NOT ONCE can we truly say God did not come through for us or left us to be on our own… unless we have rejected Him or stopped believing?
SCRIPTURE READING
( paraphrased )
Num 14:6-9
6 Joshua and Caleb, among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes;
7 and they spoke to the children of Israel, saying: “The land we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land.
8 If the LORD delights in us, then HE will bring us into this land and give it to us, ‘a land which flows with milk and honey.’
9 Only do not rebel against the LORD, nor fear the people of the land, for they are our bread; their protection has departed from them, and the LORD is with us.
Do not fear them.”
Num 14:10-11
11 Then the LORD said to Moses:
“How long will these people reject Me?
And how long will they not believe Me, with all the signs which I have performed among them?
Num 14:18-23
20 Then the LORD said: “I have pardoned, according to your word;
21 but truly, as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD—
22 because all these men who have seen My glory and the signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have put Me to the test now these ten times, and have not heeded My voice,
23 they certainly shall not see the land of which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who rejected Me see it.
Num 14:24
24 But My servant Caleb, BECAUSE HE HAS A DIFFERENT SPIRIT IN HIM and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land where he went, and his descendants shall inherit it.
Num 14:30-32
30 Except for Caleb and Joshua, you shall by no means enter the land which I swore I would make you dwell in.
31 But your little ones, whom you said would be victims, I will bring in, and they shall know the land which you have despised.
I gather – by the next verse – ” TO TRUST GOD ” is what He really wants us to do & TO HAVE FAITH in HIM
Num 14:34
34 According to the number of the days in which you spied out the land, forty days, for each day you shall bear your guilt one year, namely forty years, and you shall know My rejection.
Num 14:38
38 But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive, of the men who went to spy out the land
Conclusion:
MANY OF US HAVE EXPERIENCED a sence of REJECTION through our lives
Was this not maybe because of our own doing?
Was this perhaps because we chose BY DEFAULT to distrust GOD & therefore experienced a loss of LOVE & COMFORT?
Through Christ ALL things were made NEW – this means
WE HAVE BEEN RESTORED TO OUR FATHER’S LOVE ETERNALLY
HAVE YOU PERHAPS FORFEITED THIS PLACE OF PEACE & ACCEPTANCE
Because you withdrew from Him?
Because we have stopped TO TRUST GOD?
2. ADORATION – NAMES and ATTRIBUTES of GOD
INTRO:
THIS PAGE IS MEANT TO ASSIST YOU in YOUR PURSUIT of GOD.
IT CAN BE USED as a SCRIPT IN HAND; WHEREBY YOU CAN BOLDLY MAKE ADORATION DECLARATIONS by MENTIONING & DECLARING the NAMES and ATTRIBUTES of GOD.
WE ALSO want to come into a time of DEVOTION through the leading of the HOLY SPIRIT in order that we can BE IN HIS KAIROS TIMING, KAIROS LIFE ans KAIROS PURPOSES
‘KAIROS’ MEANING here; – BEING LED BY THE SPIRIT & DISCERNING HIS VOICE that will lead us EVERY SECOND of the day and show us FORTH TO the FATHER and the SON
Joh 16:13-14
13 But when He, the Spirit of Truth (the Truth-giving Spirit) comes, He will guide you into all the Truth (the whole, full Truth). For He will not speak His own message [on His own authority]; but He will tell whatever He hears [from the Father; He will give the message that has been given to Him], and He will announce and declare to you the things that are to come [that will happen in the future].
14 He will honor and glorify Me, because He will take of (receive, draw upon) what is Mine and will reveal (declare, disclose, transmit) it to you.
![NAMES and ATTRIBUTES of GOD. Psa_72:17 His name shall endure forever; His name shall continue as long as the sun [indeed, His name continues before the sun]. And men shall be blessed and bless themselves by Him; all nations shall call Him blessed!](https://kairoslife.co.za/wp-content/uploads/EAGLE-SUNSET-600x338.jpg)
The NAMES and ATTRIBUTES of GOD explain ALL THAT HE IS
During this time of DEVOTION, we will pray and declare the NAMES and ATTRIBUTES of GOD, and build up our FAITH in Him BY declaring His Name out loud & use this as a powerful Bible based “TEXT ” in prayer, to position ourselves IN HIM; as we draw near to Him through our ADORATION DECLARATIONS.
THEREFORE as I am POSITIONED IN the Holy Spirit’s DEVOTION unto The Father & Son:-
I now HUMBLY COME in PROPHETIC STANCE before God Almighty, BOWING before His throne to DECLARE my ADORATION.
I HUMBLY COME in PRAYER to PROCLAIM HIM; His NAMES and the ATTRIBUTES of GOD, by FAITH, INTO THE SPIRITUAL REALM;
as I draw near… my heart closer… closer to my FATHER’s heart
and
with the guidance of Holy Spirit, and by HIS SPIRIT-PASSION & POWER
THE HOLY SPIRIT TEACHES MY LIPS what to pray and to bring HONOR to HIM ALONE
He Who searches the hearts of men knows what is in the mind of the [Holy] Spirit [what His intent is], because the Spirit intercedes and pleads [before God]
in behalf of the saints according to and in harmony with God’s will. [Ps. 139:1, 2.] Rom 8:27
This is He Who came by (with) water and blood [His baptism and His death], Jesus Christ (the Messiah)–not by (in) the water only, but by (in) the water and the blood. And it is the [Holy] Spirit Who bears witness, because the [Holy] Spirit is the Truth. 1Jn 5:6
ADORATION DECLARATIONS – EMPOWERED BY HIS NAME
– We are EMPOWERED by the ETERNAL VICTORIOUS NAME of JESUS; the ONLY LORD & ONLY SAVIOR of this world –
13 And I will do [I Myself will grant] whatever you ask in My Name [as presenting all that I AM], so that the Father may be glorified and extolled in (through) the Son. [Exod. 3:14.]
14 [Yes] I will grant [I Myself will do for you] whatever you shall ask in My Name [as presenting all that I AM]. Joh 14:13-14
ADORATION DECLARATIONS – CHANGING THE ATMOSPHERE
My expectation – through THESE PROCLAMATIONS of the VICTORIOUS NAME of our Lord JESUS, the Christ and of the FATHER & Holy SPIRIT – is that the spiritual ATMOSPHERE, around my life’s circumstances & influence sphere, will be changed.
I therefore confidently believe that the spiritual CLIMATE will also be transformed by His creative power & presence. This will result in a CULTURE change because of the POWER released through CHRIST’S redemptive WORDS of FAITH – spoken into EACH SITUATION.
My unconditional hope is that these declarations will amend my BEHAVIOR to change into that of a BIBLE BELIEVING, GOD FEARING, FOLLOWER of CHRIST JESUS fulfilling the Great commission, ‘TO GO’ into this broken world; and therefore being influential towards an “ENVIRONMENTAL ADJUSTMENT” both in the physical as well in the spiritual spheres in & around us.
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind (declare to be improper and unlawful) on earth must be what is already bound in heaven; and whatever you loose (declare lawful) on earth must be what is already loosed in heaven. Mat16:19
ADORATION DECLARATIONS – A PRAYER
WE COME WITH OUR WORDS OF ADORATION
“Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be Thy name”
– HALLOWED BE THE NAME OF GOD ALMIGHTY –
Who is the Creator of Heaven & Earth
I want to declare my LOVE, TRUST & ETERNAL DEVOTION to YOU in this day; that Your HOLY NAME be glorified through my lips & the mediation of my heart
“Bless the Lord, Oh my soul: and all that is within me, bless Your Holy name.”
Ps103
ADORATION DECLARATIONS – NAMES OF GOD
ADORATION PAGE (1)
I come to stand on my POST to ANNOUNCE YOUR NAME;
in the presence of ALL SPIRITUAL HOSTS,
from the 1st, through the 2nd and into the 3rd HEAVEN!!
AS THE KING ON HIS ARRIVAL AT THE BANQUET :
KING of kings, LORD of lords – HOLY IS HIS NAME
Act 3:16
And His name, through and by faith in His name,
has made this man whom you see and recognize well and strong. [Yes] the faith which is through and by Him [Jesus] has given the man this perfect soundness [of body] before all of you.
UNDERSTANDING the NAMES and ATTRIBUTES of GOD
I BLESS YOUR NAME:
Elohim: Jehova-Elohim – The Lord is God,
the Creator of heaven and earth, God three persons. Who was in the beginning. It is You who made me and You have crowned me with glory and honour. You are the God of might and strength. Hallowed be Thy name! The name which reflects divine majesty and power. “ The plural of Majesty.
El-Shaddai, the God Almighty of Blessings.
You are the many Breasted One who nourishes and supplies. You are All-Bountiful and All-Sufficient. Hallowed be Thy name!
Adonai, my Lord and my Master.
You are Jehova – the Completely Self-Existing One, always present, revealed in Jesus who is the same Yesterday, today and forever. Hallowed be Thy name.
Jehova-Jireh, my Provider, the One who sees my needs and provides for them. Hallowed be Thy name.
Jehova-Rapha, my Healer and the One who makes bitter experiences sweet. You sent Your Word and healed me. You forgave all my iniquities and You healed all my diseases. Hallowed be Thy name!
YOU ARE :
Jehova-Nissi, You are my Victory, my Banner and my Standard.
You Banner over me is love. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, You will lift up a standard against him. Hallowed be Thy name!
Jehova-Shalom,
I bless Your name. You are my Peace – the peace which transcends all understanding, which garrisons and mounts guard over my heart and mind in Christ Jesus. Hallowed be Thy name!
Jehovah-Tsidkenu, my Righteousness.
Thank You for becoming sin for me that I might become the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. Hallowed be Thy name!
Jehova-Rohi, You are my Shepherd and I shall not want for any good or beneficial thing. Hallowed be Thy name!
HALLELUJAH TO YOUR NAME :
Hallelujah to Jehova-Shammah, Who will never leave or forsake me, YOU are always there. I take comfort and am encouraged and confidently and boldly say, The Lord is my Helper, I will not be seized with alarm – I will not fear or dread or be terrified. What can man do to me? Hallowed be Thy name!
I worship and adore You, El-Elyon, the Most High God Who is the First Cause of everything, the Possessor of the heavens and earth; the Everlasting-God, the Living-God, the Mighty-God. You are Truth, Justice, Righteousness, and Perfection. YOUR Name is El-Elyon – the Highest Sovereign of the heavens and earth. Hallowed be Thy name!
Father, YOU have exalted above all else YOUR name and Your Word, and You have magnified Your Word above all Your name.
The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and His name is JESUS! Hallowed be Thy name!
AMEN & AMEN
Resources:Taken from “Prayers that avail much” series. Scriptures from AMPLIFIED BIBLE
ADORATION DECLARATIONS PAGE 2 – ATTRIBUTES OF GOD
PRAISE PAGE
Father God, You are………
Loving, Timeless, Present and Unique.
Spotless, Glorious and Great!
You are…
Holy, Excellent, Reliable and Strong; Sufficient, Measureless and Wise!
Majestic, Creative, Available and Mighty; Steadfast, Generous and Able!
Just, Invincible, Beautiful and Kind; Responsive, Changeless and Forgiving!
Faithful, Powerful, Helpful and Secure; Peaceful, Radiant and Righteous!
Merciful, Joyful, Infinite and Stable; Wonderful, Accessible and Sovereign!
Faithful, Knowing, Patient and Complete; Gracious, Victorious and Good!
Awesome, Supreme, Unending and Pristine; Unswerving, Absolute and Magnificent!
Lord, You are………..
Unrivaled, Unequaled and Unsurpassed.
Peerless, Matchless, Faultless and Flawless.
God, You are Choice, Fine, Elite!
You are…
Splendid, Marvelous, Glorious, Fabulous and Wondrous,
Phenomenal, Sensational, Splendid, Spectacular, Majestic,
Fantastic and Terrific is My King!
Your Presence is
Amazing, Awe-Inspiring, Astonishing,
Outstanding, Stirring, Stimulating and Electrifying.
You’re magnificent, Brilliant, Radiant, Resplendent and Transcendent.
Immense and Massive. Large, Grand and Great
Your Person is Superior, Superb and Sublime.
I HAVE DISCOVERED YOU TO BE…
Excellent, Exquisite, Exceptional.
Extraordinary, Remarkable, Incomparable, Impeccable.
Irreproachable and Unimpeachable.
There is Absolutely None Like You!
You Truly Stand Alone!
Resources:Taken from “Prayers that avail much” series. Scriptures from AMPLIFIED BIBLE