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60. 4th WK – Prayer@The-Gates – EDUCATION Gate

EDUCATION GATE – 05.05.24

PRAYER GUIDELINES & PRAYER POINTS

Christ’s teachings are the eternal truth & the whole truth.
The Holy Spirit is the ultimate teacher leading us into those truths.
Pro 8:35
“For whoever finds me (wisdom) finds life, And obtains favor from the LORD.”

“In Biblical times and in the 1st century…a disciple’s goal was
to learn by emulating his Rabbi’s every move—not only
by listening and learning about the Rabbi’s instructions.
There was a popular blessing back then that stated,
“May you be covered in the dust of your Rabbi.”
This means that a disciple would follow so closely behind his teacher
that they’d catch the dust kicked up behind their rabbi’s feet.”
From: An East-West stateside missionary – Covered in the Dust of Your Rabbi

“The ultimate message to be taught to all of creation, is the message that Christ taught.” M. Munroe

Strategic Prayer Points – Education Gate –The Education & Calling of a God-fearing nation.

Thank you everyone, for taking hands, uniting His body in Prayer. Especially over this precious precious Nation of us. You are highly valued & deeply appreciated.

PRAYER POINTS SUMMARY:

1) PRAISE & Adoration.
2) PERSONAL REPENTANCE – “Let us be serious being set apart for Him …”
3) COMMUNION.
4) THANKSGIVING for HIS TEACHINGS of Wisdom & Knowledge.
5) Identificational REPENTANCE .
6) Prayers : EDUCATION LAWS, SYSTEMS, STRUCTURES & EDUCATORS. INFO re. this
7) Prayers : RESTORATION of a whole nation’s identity in Christ
8) Prayers : PURPOSE & CALLING – individuals, leaders (government & faith)
9) Own declarations / Words / Prophecies by the Holy Spirit.
10) Thanksgiving & Praise: Shofar blast in Worship of Him.
11) The Lord’s Prayer.
12) Thank you for Praying with us.

QUESTIONS to lead our meditations, prayers & discussions:

a) What does the Bible teach us about learning, wisdom, God’s statutes…, laws for living?
b) What was the purpose for growing in wisdom, knowledge, impartation & education how God intended it to be primarily?
c) Understanding that our complete character-“make-up”, upbringing, education, gathering of knowledge, skills & pursuing maturity through grace & faith were meant to form, attain, equip, & develop God’s purposes & the call of God on our lives…
d) Assessing: Where are we now regarding the “education of a Nation”/ knowing God?
e) What is the current situation on the current laws & challenges in education?

A. INTRODUCTION – Week 4 – The number 4 represents the following:

• The 4 wind directions, the Earth / material creation – air, fire, water, earth, unity… (See Rev8:12 – 4th angel; Rev7:11; 14:3, 19:4 – 4 living creatures)
• From the East, West, North & South, we come to STAND in agreement/unity: declaring God’s Promises, His Faithfulness & sufficient Grace over us & this Nation.


Luk 13:29 And [people] will come from east and west, and from north and south, and sit down (feast at table) in the kingdom of God.
Jos 1:3 Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you,..
Deu 4:10 … ‘Gather the people to Me, and I will let them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.

B. PREPARATION GUIDELINES.

Please refer to PREPARATION doc of Week 1– (PREP)

Introduction to the EDUCATION SPHERE

I want to encourage you to take note of the guidelines and information for week 4 re. the Education Gate. Especially that this does not only pertain to the general concept of education, but what the Lord laid on my heart is that we need to fervently pray for the redeeming of mandates and callings – so to speak – of His sons & daughters. As Father desires to position His Bride firmly in her authority, “to know what is the hope of her calling, the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints” (Ephesians 1)

Mandates and Callings

This is the season that the believers in Christ are arising to take up their mandates, standing their ground, overcoming evil by the blood of the Lamb & the daily words of our testimonies & in doing God’s bidding as He releases us by His Grace… Not by human strength but the power of God, by His Spirit alone… For all will know that man does not live by bread alone but from every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord… For indeed every knee will bow to Him & every tongue will confess to God.. AS He decrees in Isaiah 45 “Look to Me, & be saved, all you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.

Our Father gave me a glimpse of His love… His omni-benevolent love for all things created, and His deep affection for His children, for you, to strengthen you, to encourage you & move us also to bow our knees before His greatness – for He alone is worthy!

C. STRATEGIC PRAYER POINTS:

1) PRAISE & ADORATION

Lift His Name on high! He is worthy to be praised! All of creation shall worship Him!

  • Every created thing will bow before His greatness & might! Worship Him!
  • He deserves all our awe & wonder!
Psa 98:1-4

(1) Oh, sing to the LORD a new song! For He has done marvelous things; His right hand and His holy arm have gained Him the victory.
(2) The LORD has made known His salvation; His righteousness He has revealed in the sight of the nations.
(3) He has remembered His mercy and His faithfulness to the house of Israel; All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
(4) Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth; Break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises.

2) PERSONAL REPENTANCE – “Let us be serious being set apart for Him …”

Our God is the only God that requires “holiness” from His followers – for He is Holy!

  • Idols cannot claim holiness! Therefore, no other self-proclaimed deity or man-made idolatrous obsession has demanded holiness from its subjects/followers…
  • Only our God is Holy & worthy to be worshiped!
The truth about Christ will either lead us to draw closer or turn away from God

(11) He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still.”
(12) “And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work. (13) I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.” (14) Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. (Rev22:11-14)

PRAY FOR :
• His holiness to become a hearts cry & pursuit, forgive us…
(15) but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,
(16) because it is written, “BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY.” (1Pe 1:15-16)

• Revive this generation to seek Him… forgive where we lost our 1st Love (Psa 24:3-10)
(6) This is Jacob, the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek Your face. Selah

• Allow Christ to sanctify us, to be presented one day before the Father… (Eph 5:26-27)
(26) that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word,
(27) that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.

• Forgive us Lord, where we fail you… Your statutes & ways not adhered to & obeyed…
(6) By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil. (7) When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. (Pro 16:6-7)

3) COMMUNION – He is our life & sole existence as He gave Himself as an offering to God.

“The things signified by these outward signs; are Christ’s body and blood, His body broken, His blood shed, together with all the benefits which flow from His death and sacrifice: it is the New Testament in His blood.

  • His blood is the seal and sanction of all the privileges of the new covenant; and worthy receivers take it as such, at this holy ordinance.
  • They(we) have the New Testament, and (our)their own title to all the blessings of the new covenant, confirmed to them by His blood.”
    From: M.H. Commentary of the Whole Bible
1Co 11:24-26

(24) 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.”
(25) 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.” (26) For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death till He comes.

4) THANKSGIVING for HIS TEACHINGS of Wisdom & Knowledge

Pro 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go, when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Thank You, Lord :-
• Your every word guides us into all wisdom to walk, live & have our being in You.
• All created things exists IN You & provides all things pertaining to life.
• God’s Presence, Pre-eminence, Power, Authority… will be revealed over all the earth, also in our lives & over this area / Nation…
• All wisdom & knowledge, all powers & thrones, will come together FOR & IN You, for Your glory, purposes & plans.
• Your Word and truth will bring Your peace, rest, favour & counsel as we follow You close;
“May we be covered in the dust of our Rabbi, Jesus Christ our Lord”

Exo 18:20 And you shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and show them the way in which they must walk and the work they must do.
Col 1:15-17 (15) He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
(16) For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. (17) And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
Ecc 2:26 For God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

5) IDENTIFICATIONAL REPENTANCE

Psa 90:12 So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom.

We REPENT FOR :-

• Those who disobey & reject the light , the wisdom, knowledge, ways, and statutes & salvation message of God that will perish in the dark…
• The prominence of the church that has been compromised in its relevance, influence, impact & standing in society? Yet God will build His Church!
• All hurt, harm, abuse, children, we ourselves led astray by error, false doctrines…

Hos 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you that you shall be no priest to Me; seeing you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
Mar 9:42 “But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and- thrown into the sea.

Psa 51:13 I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted to You.
Psa 143:10 Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God Your Spirit is good.
Lead me in the land of uprightness.
Psa 94:12 Blessed is the man whom You instruct, O LORD, And teach out of Your law

Deu 10:12 And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you but [reverently] to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your [mind and] heart and with your entire being

“We must fear the Lord our God, We must adore His majesty, acknowledge His authority, stand in awe of His power, and dread His wrath.” M.H. Commentary (Deu10:12,20).

6) EDUCATION LAWS, SYSTEMS, INSTITUTIONS & EDUCATORS

Mat 19:14 But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”

PRAY For :-

• Educational institutions purposed to be places of learning; to educate people to attain and contribute to society God given intellectual development & wisdom.
• Enabling tutoring to guide learners in living well-balanced, wholesome lives.
• Instilling God-fearing principles & foundations on which all of creation should function.

PETITION AGAINST / RESIST & DIRECT our Prayers :-

• Reversing the works of the evil one that distort and corrupt the education institutions by removing its self-governance, being used to indoctrinate young, eager minds with sinister, hidden agendas of the elite powers in this world.
• Reversing these agendas by declaring God’s agenda by Truth, Hope & Love through declaring the two-edged sword of the Word over this.

INFO re. current legislation challenges to give perspective:

Prayer for the protection of : Biblical education laws, parental & educators rights in SA:

  • Family values
  • Parental rights
  • Well-being of children
  • Right to fundamental Biblical rights & education
  • Right to home schooling

Prayer for exposing the hidden agenda behind the proposed :

  • Comprehensive sexuality education
  • Management of learner pregnancy education = abortions on demand

Prayers to reveal the true agenda’s behind Bela Bill

  • Criminalizing parents
  • Flawed public participation process
  • Undermines parental rights: extermination of their authoritative intervention in children’s lives
  • Small school closures
  • Limits SGBS power
  • Give the state power overreach
  • Makes children vulnerable
  • Gives HOD undue power
  • Makes homeschooling complicated & un-affordable

ECD Toolkit ( Early Childhood Development agenda) – aimed at children 0- to 9-year-old

  • Promotes ideas that conflicts with our faith-based values & beliefs : encourages children to question their gender & promotes transgender ideologies
  • Normalizes uses of pronouns -they, them instead of he & she
  • It teaches that gender is a choice – toilets to correspond
  • Encourages hosting LGBTQ speakers at nursery & primary schools to expose learners to this

7) RESTORATION of a whole nation’s identity in Christ (Eph 1)

Eph 1:17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the
spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,
Luk 2:40 And the Child grew and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.

PRAY FOR :- Hearts of the “Fathers & children”/ God’s heart & His children… P.6

• Restoration of Godly generational relationships & teachings/impartation… of the ways of God to be taught to the next generations through parents, grandparents, families, … church families & healthy social/society initiatives. (Mal3:6, Titus2)

• Supernatural hunger after the knowledge of God stirred up in our hearts – to know Him who is true.
• Flee from idolatrous ways & trusting in ourselves or the things of this world.
• The fear and reverential awe of God printed deep into the hearts of man
• The redeeming of THE MOUTH; our WORDS & SPEECH to come in line with the TRUTH of God – the truth that He declares & speak over our lives

1Jn 5:19-21

(19) We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one. (20) And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life. (21) Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

Psa 34:11 Come, you children,…; I will teach you to revere and worshipfully fear the Lord.
Pro 15:33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, And before honor is humility.
Pro 22:4 By humility and the fear of the LORD Are riches and honor and life.

Deu 6:7 & Deu 11:18-21
(7) You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.

Deu 6:9, 25 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
(25) Then it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to observe all these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us.’

1Co 4:15-16: – “Father’s” can teach sons to follow in their footsteps.
(15) For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

8) Prayers : PURPOSE & CALLING – individuals, leaders (government & faith)

All accumulated knowledge, educational systems, curriculums, social & faith education/structures … are supposed to provide, equip & steer into knowledge & truth- based facts that will educate/direct people finding their natural God-given talents & gifts.
Thus, to equip & enable people to live their lives – fully purposed in their God-ordained mandate – to live for the glory of God and to fulfil our missions!!

  • Churches & faith communities are supposed to help develop our God-given gifts, train in character and callings to endorse believers into purpose & calling…
  • Many people have lost or never stepped into their divinely ordained, purposed callings.

Our God given personality, character traits, intrinsic “make-up”, aptitude, and capabilities form all part of God’s equipment to enable us to fulfill our God ordained purpose & calling in Him – for the honor & glory of His name.

Pray for :

• Healing of emotional wounds, self-confidence/image damage that many people walk with today…. (resulting from educational system, regulations & policy’s shortcomings, human/educator’s dispositions, personal challenges, compromised agendas…)
• Supernatural release of mandates, stepping into callings in the knowledge, all things given in God’s divine nature withing to make our salvation election sure… entering into His divinely ordained purposes, calling… anointing & plans for us.

2Pe 1:2-3,-9

(2) Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of
Jesus our Lord, (3) as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain
to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us…

2Pe 1:4

by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

2Pe 1:10-11

(10) be even more diligent to make your call and election sure,… (11) for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom…

Eph 1:18

(18) the eyes of your understanding being enlightened;
that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints…

9) Own declarations / Words / Prophecies by the Holy Spirit

  • God’s Wisdom to fill/lead our Nation forth…
  • Changing the heart, mind & utterances of man to align with His wise counsel through His holy spirit.

Ecc 12:9-14

(9) And moreover, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yes, he pondered and sought out and set in order many proverbs.
(10) The Preacher sought to find acceptable words; and what was written was
upright—words of truth.
(11) The words of the wise are like goads, and the words of scholars are like well-driven nails, given by one Shepherd. (13) Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, For this is man’s all.
(14) For God will bring every work into judgment, every secret thing, Whether good or evil.

Eph 3:10 to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places.
1Co 2:5 that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

10) Thanksgiving & Praise: Shofar blast in Worship of Him!

Ps 98:5-9
(5) Sing to the LORD with the harp, With the harp and the sound of a psalm,
(6) With trumpets and the sound of a horn; Shout joyfully before the LORD, the King.
(7) Let the sea roar, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell in it;
(8) Let the rivers clap their hands; Let the hills be joyful together before the LORD,
(9) For He is coming to judge the earth. With righteousness He shall judge the world, And the peoples with equity.

11) The Lord’s Prayer

12) Thank you for Praying with us! Amen & amen!

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59. 3rd Wk – Prayer@The-Gates – ECONOMY Gate

28April24 – (P@G) – ECONOMY Gate – GUIDELINES & POINTS

“Understanding how we partner with God to make a difference is the biblical foundation of business.” B. Epperhart

“The better God is known, the more He is trusted”- M. Henry. “Eternal life is to know God”(1Jh5:20)

“When you give everything to the Lord, the returns are incredible” J. Hayford(LSFL)

Strategic Prayer Points – Economy Gate

PRAYER POINTS SUMMARY:

1) THANKSGIVING, Praise & Adoration of our God, Creator, Father & Redeemer.
2) PERSONAL repentance
3) COMMUNION
4) PRAYERS FOR GOD’S PROTECTION, Provision, Power, Presence & Pre-eminence
5) IDENTIFICATIONAL repentance – Economy/Business/Work of our hands
6) Declarations & Prayers over GATE of Economy/Business of the abundance God’s promises – For SA
7) Declarations & Prayers for PERSONAL Work/Vocation/Finance
8) APPENDIX A: Prayers over all the sectors & the 5 Biblical principles
9) Thanksgiving & Praise 4 what God is doing in this nation!
10) Shofar Blast in Worship of Him
11) The Lord’s Prayer
12) Thank you for Praying with us

ECONOMY GATE – Christ is the OWNER of all Wealth, all Provision & SOVEREIGN in REIGN!

A. INTRODUCTION

WEEK 3 – 3 witnesses in Heaven & on earth that testifies WHO Christ is!

Christ came with His credentials well founded in who He is and therefore has given unquestionable evidence that He is Who He said He is!

He came forth from God & that He is the sole CREATOR, SOURCE & SUSTAINER of ALL of creation:

1Jn 5:6-8

Christ’s credentials, office, authority & mission by the witnesses in heaven & on earth:

(6) This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth.
(7) For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. (8) And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.
2) Important points pertaining to “economy/wealth/God’s promises/…:

If we think of the “BUSINESS or ECONOMY GATE” many facets of that sphere come to mind;

Economy & business relates to trade, investment, money, wealth & riches, profit & loss, financial goals & planning, stakeholders & directors, employers & employees, clients & suppliers, financial institutions & debt, governmental and statutory laws, regulations, the trading floors & markets, and the graces & challenges surrounding all of the above.

But in all of this… business, economy & wealth is summed up in the Bible with one word –
“Stewardship”
We have been commissioned, ordained, equipped & anointed by God to be good stewards of that which He has entrusted to us.

“Stewardship is the use of God-given resources for the accomplishment of God-given goals.” Ron Blue
“Business leaders are increasingly the stewards of civilization.” Max L. Stackhouse

• Humanity was called to steward; – work, manage & protect the earth. (Gen2:15)
It all belongs to God, even the cattle on 1000 hills, the earth and all its wealth… it is all God’s. (Ps.24:1)

• To serve or do unto others – is another golden rule when it comes to financial stewardship and how we handle our financial obligations, the stewardship of possessions entrusted to us, resources (incl. finances) management & development, stewarding employees, co-workers, clients, and business acquaintances & paying our taxes, debtors, and service providers.

• Finance for God’s Purposes: – of great importance is our application of principles on stewarding, which is “finances for God directed purposes”.

Our FINANCES rise and fall on the principled application of 1st fruits, tithing, giving, sowing, alms & offerings, as well as our stance on praying for / blessing Israel.

• Therefore, how we steward finances, – resources & talents entrusted to us have a direct impact on our economy & the wealth deposited in the heavenly bank accounts of individuals & nations.

An important thing to remember is that we’re “making sense of making money, for making a difference.” Billy Epperhart

• God gives the strength to attain wealth: Before crossing into the Promised Land, Moses warned Israel not to take credit for their prosperity.”

“Then you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.’ And you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.” (Deut8:17-18)

“The Christian’s perspective is eternal; the attitude is one of holding possessions lightly and the lifestyle is free from worry & anxiety.” Ron Blue: Master your Money.

Therefore, these principles all begin from the entry point of the way we handle our money & resources in the faith context. These principles are clearly laid out in the Scriptures:

  • The first fruit blessing (Deu 26:1-2, Pro 3:9-10), harvest/salary ownership & stewardship, tithes (Heb7:7-10), giving, sowing and offerings.
  • We mostly choose to interpret these biblical financial guidelines according to our own experience, preferences, personal belief system, culture, training and/or convictions.
  • It is each one’s responsibility to find out the truth and pursue to know God’s ways in this.
    Best is always to refer to what was meant by it, as God depicted it in the 2000 verses on finance in the Scriptures & how it was practiced by the Jews in Biblical times as well as in these current times.
The consequences of good or bad stewardship is seen and witnessed by all

Ecc 11:6
In the morning sow your seed, And in the evening do not withhold your hand; For you do not know which will prosper, Either this or that, Or whether both alike will be good.

Luk 16:8-13
(8) So the master commended the unjust steward because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light….
(10) He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much.
(13) You cannot serve God and mammon.”

  • Paul wrote here that believers should go and learn from the shrewdness of those in the “world’, how to work wisely with our money & wealth portfolios….
  • Reaping what you have sown is a divine law instituted by God that works on the righteous & unrighteous as with the law of gravity and His rain that will fall on both…

Unfortunately, most people, nations, corporate & individual entrepreneurs do not embrace these foundational Biblical principles due to various reasons. Regardless of those…. The result is evidential in all the decay in society all around us.

“The whole world suffers for its disregard of God’s laws on stewardship of the earth.”

Isa 24:4-5, 21
(4) The earth mourns and fades away; The world languishes and fades away; The haughty people of the earth languish.(5) The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants Because they have transgressed the laws, Changed the ordinance, Broken the everlasting covenant. (21) It shall come to pass in that day That the LORD will punish on high the host of exalted ones, And on the earth the kings of the earth.

B. PREPARATION GUIDELINES.
Please refer to preparation doc of Week 1– (PREP)

C. STRATEGIC PRAYER POINTS :
Economy Gate – “Give us this day our daily bread”

1) Thanksgiving, Praise & Adoration: Jesus Christ our Provider, Creator & Giver of everything good !

2) Personal repentance: Any known sins, also especially re. finances

Forgive others. Repent of fear of lack & reject greed, covetousness, worldliness…

Mat 5:23-25
(23) Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, (24) leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. (25) Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.

3) Take Communion – In remembrance of what our Lord & Savior had done for us – forgiveness of sins

4) Prayers for God’s Protection, Provision, Power, Presence & His Pre-eminence

Job1;10 &Hab 3:17-19
(17) Though the fig tree may not blossom, Nor fruit be on the vines; Though the labor of the olive may fail, And the fields yield no food; Though the flock may be cut off from the fold, And there be no herd in the stalls— (18) Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. (19) The LORD God is my strength; He will make my feet like deer’s feet, And He will make me walk on my high hills.

5) Identificational repentance – Economy/Business/Work of our hands

Because of disobedience, unbelief, and worldly idolatrous ways… Most people don’t live in God’s blessing of rest, therefore suffer the consequences of fear, anxiety, stress. Heb3:7-19,4:1-14

We repent therefore for:
a) Not honoring God’s Sabbath rest … habitually 1 day of rest, honors God’s command in principle…

To live in God’s Sabbath rest/It sustains our physical bodies with strength to work … as well as nature to bear fruit/harvest continually. Christ finished His work on earth, seated at the right hand of God, awaiting HIs 2nd coming.

Heb 10:12 this Man, after He had offered 1 sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God,

Gen2:2-3 And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Lev16:31 It is a sabbath of solemn rest for you, …is a statute forever.

Deu5:14 You shall do no work…. (All) may rest as well as you. (Ex35:2, Lev23:36, Jer17, Luk13:14)

Lev25:4 the 7th year…a sabbath to the LORD. You shall neither sow your field nor prune your vineyard.

b) Not providing for the poor, elderly, orphans as God described – to be givers of something to these…

Deu24:19 “When you reap your harvest in your field, and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

Jas 2:17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

Eph4:28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.

1Ti6:16-18…ready to give…to share.

c) Not doing or work “as unto God”, but falter in our commitment, zeal, effort, selfless-ness, SERVANT HOOD.

To have servant hearts, serving the purposes of God be established through our lives, daily living…

2Th3:10

(10) For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. (12) Now those who are such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread. (Isa43, Php2:12-14)

D) Not being an example of Christ to the world in our conduct at our vocations, business,…

1Th4:11-12

(11) that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your
own hands, as we commanded you,
(12) that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and that you may lack nothing.

E) Father, forgive us our unbelief; still doubting in you willingness to sustain us.

Allowing the spirit of mammon that breeds fear, anxiety, stress…, therefore discord & strife
After all you’ve done for us we know that Your goodness, faithfulness, mercies are new every morning. You are Yehovah Yireh.. God Who sees everything, knows what we need… always give sufficient by Your grace.

Mat6:32-34

(32) For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. (33) But seek first
the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. (34) Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.


Isa 55:1-3

(2) Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And let your soul delight itself in abundance.
(3) Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and your soul shall live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you—The sure mercies of David.

F) Forgive us for harbouring all forms of greed, covetousness, jealousy…

Fear of lack, being status and/or image prone, insecure in what we are / have… trying to keep up with our peers…

Luk12:15 And He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.”

G) For not seeking the kingdom first.

Allowing the needs, wants & desires of this life to take our focus of from the eternal, Kingdom purposes of God.

Mat6:33

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, all these things shall be added to you.

Rom14:16-19

(17) for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. (18) For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men. (19) Therefore, let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another.

6) Prayers over Economy/Business Gate of the abundance God’s promises… For this LAND where He has planted us – … for the NATION of S.A.

Jer 32:40-42

(40) And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me. (41) Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will assuredly plant them in this land, with all My heart and with all My soul.’

a) Father, put again the “fear & awe of God” in the hearts of our leaders & people to return back to Your ways in handling the things, wealth & resources entrusted to us to mange for the goodwill of all in the nation.
b) Father, we come to bring every part of the economy, financial & business sector of this nation before You to ask FORGIVENESS for the lack of righteous stewardship, lack or responsibility, corruption, greed & lack of love… in how we as a nation handle our financial affairs…

Rom 8:18-21

(18) For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. (19) For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. (20) For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; (21) because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

c) Father, the church today take responsibility for our part played in letting go of our responsibility to pray, serve & sustain this nasion in love like we should have… We pray to obtain Your inheritance…

Eph 1:7-11

(7) In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the
riches of His grace (8) which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, …
(11) In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will.

d) We pray for obedience to the laws of this nation to bring order, justice, safety, basic living rights…

Rom 13:5-7

(5) Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience’ sake.
(6) For because of this you also pay taxes, (7) Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.

e) Forgive us our rebellion, self-will, stubbornness, self-righteous hearts & actions to our own detriment

Jer 6:10

To whom shall I speak and give warning, That they may hear? Indeed their ear is uncircumcised, And they cannot give heed. Behold, the word of the LORD is a reproach to them; They have no delight in it.

Jer 6:16-17

(16) Thus says the LORD: “Stand in the ways and see, And ask for the old paths, where the good way is, And walk in it; Then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’ (17) Also, I set watchmen over you, saying, ‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’ But they said, ‘We will not listen.’

7) Prayers for our personal Work/Vocation/Finance Gate

Five biblical users for money:

1. Seed for the Sower (Tithe).

2. Bread for Eating (Consumption).

3. Multiplication of Seed for sowing (Sowing and Reaping).

4. Increasing your Fruits of Righteousness (Using money to free people from bondage).

5. Generosity (Giving).

Earl Pitts/Craig Hill: Wealth, Riches & Money

We Pray & ask for:

a) We ask forgiveness for robbing You; not tithing in storehouses to sustain the work of the Lord

Mal 3:7-14 (8) “Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! …’ In tithes and offerings. (9) You are cursed with a curse, For you have robbed Me, Even this whole nation. (10) Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it.
(11) “And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” (12) all nations will call you blessed, For you will be a delightful land,” Says the LORD of hosts.

b) Blessings for the work of our hands: (Read Deut 28:1- 14 – Blessing for obedience)

Deu 28:12

The LORD will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.

Deu 8:1-3

(1) “Every commandment which I command you today you must be careful to observe, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land of which the LORD swore to your fathers.
(2) to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.
(3) So He humbled you, …that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD.

c) We pray for wisdom, humility & faithfulness in handling our money, wealth, riches & resources:

Pro 13:10-11

(10) By pride comes nothing but strife, But with the well-advised is wisdom.
(11) Wealth gained by dishonesty will be diminished, But he who gathers by labor will increase.

Mat 25:21 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

d) To be faithful in our business, work, sowing, servanthood & stewardship of the resources God entrusted to us

Luk19:17 And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.’ (Matt25:14-15, 20-21, 27-29. Luk 19:13, 16-17, Luk 16:10)

d) Thank you Father, for “doing us GOOD”:

– as we have come under the everlasting covenant by being “grafted into the commonwealth of Israel” by faith in Jesus Christ, Your Son. (Eph2:12-14, Rom11:17).

• God wants us to be blessed, cheerful in the abundance of His goodness & grace:

Ecc 9:7-10

(7) Go, eat your bread with joy…(8) Let your garments always be white (white: joy, cheerful; clean, walk with God for you are worthy in Christ-Rev3:4), And let your head lack no oil, (Ps23:5). (9) Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity; for that is your portion in life, and in the labor which you perform under the sun.(10) Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might;…

Joh 10:10 …I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

e) God’s circle of blessing: Favor & Blessing to the next generations

– Ps25:12-132 Cor9:8-9 p158

• We pray for righteous parents/leaders to leave an inheritance to our children & the next generations.

Psa 25:12-14

(12) Who is the man that fears the LORD? Him shall He teach in the way He chooses.
(13) He himself shall dwell in prosperity, And his descendants shall inherit the earth.
(14) The secret of the LORD is with those who fear Him, And He will show them His covenant.

• Work for those who need jobs, to be able to live & have their being
Heb 6:7 For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God;

• A heart to bless, giving, sowing, integrity in doing good work to be released over this nation.

2Co 9:6-9

(6) He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
(7) So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, …for God loves a cheerful giver.
(8) And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.
(9) As it is written: “HE HAS DISPERSED ABROAD, HE HAS GIVEN TO THE POOR; HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS ENDURES FOREVER.”

8) Prayers over all the SECTORS & the 5 Biblical principles

8.1 The Economic Sector classifications to pray for:

Primary business sectors in society (raw materials): exploiting natural resources: agriculture, animal husbandry, fishing, forestry, mining, deposits, energy

Secondary sectors in business (manufacturing) : textile production, quarrying, car/aerospace & all transport and all other manufacturing, handicraft & construction. Manufacturing is an important activity in promoting economic growth and development.

Tertiary sectors in business (service industries involving people): trade, transport, distribution, sale of goods produced, communication, banking, education, health, tourism, services, insurance etc

Quaternary sector in the economic sector involves providing specialized knowledge to others: Service delivery that includes higher education & expertise, eg. Technology professionals, stockbrokers & product developers.

Quinary sector in economy ( to serve the public good): universities, healthcare government officials, top executives of large corporations, research scientists, police, fire department, military, non-profit organizations/charities, nursing homes, childcare & housekeeping. (studymarter.co.uk – economic sectors)

8.2 The following five biblical principles forms a biblical foundation for business.

They are from the first five books of the Old Testament (known as the Pentateuch), and they give us insight into the financial mindset of the Jewish people:

1. Participation in the Creative Process—Working together with God to do what He wants to do in the earth, the way Adam tended to the garden of Eden (Gen. 2:15).

2. Protection of Private Property—Giving people the opportunity to own property, resources, or assets (Gen 13:15, Ex. 6:8, Deut. 1:8, Is. 61:4).

3. The Accumulation of Wealth (a Virtue)—Honoring and finding virtue in partnering with God to accumulate wealth, not mistaking poverty as noble (Deut. 8:18, Ps. 90:17).

4. Caring for the Needy;—Helping those in need, including both charitable giving and empowering the poor to come out of poverty on their own (Deut. 15:11, Matt. 26:11).

5. Limited Government—Allowing everyone to have the opportunity to prosper through limited government involvement and protection of private property.

I also like to connect the Hebrew concept known as “tikkun olam”, which means “repairing or perfecting the world,” with the Lord’s Prayer, “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven” (Matt. 6:10).

In the end, it all comes down to building wealth with God so you can be an even greater blessing to others, not so you can use it for selfish purposes.
Money Mastery, Author: Billy Epperhart. Billy Epperhart, CEO, Andrew Wormack ministries.

An important thing to remember is that we’re “making sense of making money, for making a difference.”

9) Thanksgiving & Praise

10) The Lord’s Prayer

11) Shofar Blast to declare His Pre-eminence & Sovereign Reign!

We profess His Goodness & Glory, and Faithfulness over all ! One day every knee will bow & every tongue will confess that Christ is The Lord!

12) THANK YOU for Praying with us.

2Th 2:16-17
(16) Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace,
(17) comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.

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57. Prayer@The-Gates GUIDELINES : BELIEF Gate

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2nd WK – 21April24 – Prayer@The-Gates (P@G) COMPREHENSIVE Prayer GUIDELINES & Biblical perspective for the BELIEF Gate.

See Blog post Nr. 58 for summarized PRAYER POINTS.

“The Church of the Lord Jesus Christ is supposed to be the conscience of the world bringing to light the purposes and the plans that God has for humanity. The church is currently sick. A torn and hurt church cannot heal hurt and a torn world. It is through a revival that the church will be restored to its central position of being a channel for the healing of all social ills. Dr. Elijah Mashanganyi ”

Greetings all P@G Partners NB : We share in part

A. WEEKLY PREPARATION guidelines. Please see last page of this document – (PREP)

B. INTRODUCTION: P@G – BELIEF GATE – Week 2 – WITNESS of TWO!
(See also introduction from Week 1 : Deut 6:4 & Psalm 2)

“Revival in all spheres of society is needed now. The church should take the lead in this. Unfortunately, the church has grossly failed society in its assignments. Most of the organized church has become like the secular world, enticed by enmity for wealth, position, power, platforms, prestige, and politics in its corridors.” And yet God is building His church through it using ordinary people like us… @A.T.”

1st Key Scripture – The Great Commissioned given by Christ is clear –

Mat 28:18-20
(18) And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. (19) Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, (20) teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

2nd Key Scripture – The Church is built on what it declares about Christ –

Mat 16:16-19
(16) Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
17) Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.
(18) And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
(19) And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”

3rd Key Scripture – The Church is built on Christ, the Cornerstone –

Act 4:7-12
(7) “By what power or by what name have you done this?” (8) Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders of Israel: (10) let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole. (11) This is the ‘Stone which was rejected by you builders, WHICH HAS BECOME THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE.’ (12) Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

C. Strategic comprehensive PRAYER GUIDELINES for Prayer@the-Gates

1. Thanksgiving, Praise & Adoration of our God, Creator, Father & Redeemer.

Rev 5:11-14 (11) Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands,

12) saying with a loud voice: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain To receive power and riches and wisdom, And strength and honor and glory and blessing!”
(13) And every creature … I heard saying: “Blessing and honor and glory and power Be to Him who sits on the throne, And to the Lamb, forever and ever!” (14) Then the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped Him who lives forever and ever.

2. Welcome Father, our loving Father, Christ Jesus the Holy Lamb of God:

On Christ, Whom the 7 Spirits of the Holy Spirit reside upon.
Isa 11:2 The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.


The 7 “I AM” statements of Christ.
I AM – the BREAD of life (6:35), the LIGHT of the world (8:12), the DOOR (10:7), the GOOD SHEPHERD (10:11, 14), the RESURRECTION and THE LIFE (11:25), the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE (14:6) and the TRUE VINE (15:1).

https://thecrossing.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Come-See_Book_Week-8-I-AM.pdf

3. Personal Repentance: Lead group in personal repentance & humbling.

(Ps24, 51, Jam 4:7)
Rev 3:19-21 (19) As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore, be zealous (have desire.1, fervent mind.2) and repent. (20) Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.
(21) To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. (1-G2206,2-G2205)

Act 17:30-31 (30) Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent, (31) because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.”

1Jn 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

4. Communion: In remembrance of Christ’s perfect redemption for our sins.

-reconciling us back into the Father’s presence. His body broken. By the Blood we enter through the veil. (Mat26:26-29, Heb.9:11-12, Is53, Jhn12:1)

5. Prayer for the Protection of all praying for the Nation:

(Ps91,121, 68)

From Job 1:10, pray for God’s hedge of protection – yourself/prayer partners.
Eph6:10-20; –Put on the whole armour of God; stand, keep on standing.

Week TWO – BELIEF GATE

“Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as in heaven”

TWO speaks of two witnesses, communion in His divine presence, sent out 2 by 2…

Exo 25:22 And there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the Testimony, about everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel.

2Co 13:1 “BY THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES EVERY WORD SHALL BE ESTABLISHED.”
Mat18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”
Luk 10:1 … the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to go.

6. Identificational Repentance for the BELIEF GATE/sphere
– “TURNING BACK TO GOD!”

2Ch 7:14-16 (14) (MSG)

[If] my people, my God-defined people, respond by humbling themselves, praying, seeking my presence, and turning their backs on their wicked lives, I’ll be there ready for you: I’ll listen from heaven, forgive their sins, and restore their land to health.
(15) From now on I’m alert day and night to the prayers offered at this place.
(16) Believe me, I’ve chosen and sanctified this Temple that you have built: My Name is stamped on it forever; my eyes are on it and my heart in it always. (MSG)

We stand in the gap to do identificational REPENTANCE for the Church for where we HAVE FAILED:-

a) Society:

Church to SERVE this nation with God’s Gospel Bread!

Rom7:4, 8:6 Therefore,… you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another—to Him who was raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God.

1) Judging the world instead of reaching out to a lost & broken world. 2) Idolatrous worship of self, own agendas, earthly or carnally minded…. Acting like the world. 3) Not “GOING”, but stayed in the comfort as our own salvation that is secured…. not being Christ out there. Therefore, 4) Lack of faith & fearful to go out… to correct, serve, be an example. 5) Not being set apart but tempted by the world, looking like the world … 6) Lured by the lust of the flesh and eyes, the pride of life,.. 7) Not taking ownership of the conditions around us praying God’s plans into being – perhaps intimidated… backing off instead of standing our ground.

b) Body of Christ:

Church to TURN back to God – God’s Kingdom 1st!

Act 20:28 Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. (Ez34, Heb4:17)

1) Lost our 1st Love-Ephesus, 2) Corrupt doctrines & corrupt worship, sexual immorality-Pergamum. 3) Spirit of Jezebel that seduces-Thyatira. 4) Hypocrisy: Dead works by the flesh-Sardis. 5) Lukewarm-Laodicea… 6) Not walked in love; 7) not bearing the fruit of the Holy Spirit.

Eph 5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma…

7. SCRIPTURE declarations on the Belief Gate – The Church / Body of Christ / His Bride

THANK God for:

Eph 1:22-23 Christ’s HEADSHIP over the church.

To Him all authority belongs. His Blood covenant and the redemption of all who chooses to accept Him as Lord & Savior…
(22) And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, (23) which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

Act 2:46-47 The COMMUNITY of Believers. Unity in Him.

(Eph 2:11 – 22; 4:1-16, Jh17)
(46) So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,
(47) praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.

Eph 3:19-21 His LOVE, the FULNESS of God in us, His POWER, spiritual strength…. To arise!

(Ps68)
(19) to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. (20) Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, (21) to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

1Co12:28 The GIFTS of Christ through the Holy Spirit/9 gifts of Holy spirit…

(Ef 4:11, 1Cor12 & 14)
And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues.

Eph 1-6 1) The spiritual blessings in Christ. 2) The greatness of His power. 3) For faith 4) Forgiveness of sin, 5) Salvation received through faith, by 6) the exceeding richness of His grace & kindness. 7) His manifold wisdom. 8) Equipping of the saints for the work of ministry. 9) New Life (by the newness by the Spirit, Rom7:6) . 10) His spiritual armour…

8. DECLARATIONS into the Belief Gate – “I am the Alpha & the Omega, the 1st & the Last”

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE HAPPENING in & through the church?:

[The organized church, the Body of Christ, the assembly of saints, voice in the street in the last days? (Rev1:11-b)]

UNITY of the Body over denominations:

Stop dividing quarrels over grey doctrinal areas, serve each other in Love, take hands & love over all spheres extended. To live in His Glory. (Joh17:11,21-23)
Rev 5:9-10 (9) And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, (10) And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth.”

FELLOWSHIP:

Having fellowship with the Father & Son through the Holy Spirit & one another (1Jn1:1-7).

GLORIFYING the FATHER in the Son:

Joh 14:12,13 (12) “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. (13) And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

LABOUR for Christ’s Name sake:

Not became weary, had patience, hated those who were evil, tested the self-proclaimed apostles. (Rev2:Ephesus).

TO OVERCOME:

Be faithful until death & will be given the crown of life. He who overcomes will have eternal life. (Rev2:Smyrna)

Rev 12:10-11 (10)…”Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. (11) And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

GOD’S PROMISES fulfilled:

His Kingdom come, His will be done…The church/next generation to arise!

Mic 4:1-2 (1) BUT IN the latter days it shall come to pass that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains; and it shall be exalted above the hills, and peoples shall flow to it. (2) And many nations shall come and say, Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that He may teach us His ways, and we may walk in His paths. For the law shall go forth out of Zion and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

READY to meet Him at His 2nd coming:

Luk 12:35 “Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning…;
Luk 12:37 Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching.

SEVEN SPIRITS: Prayer for all His sons & daughters to receive:

Isa 11:2 The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD to become the foundational Spirit of God on which we build our relationship with God.

9. The Lord’s Prayer – All pray this together.

Leader led, pray it at a slow rhythmic pace. (Mat6:9-13)

10. Thanksgiving, Praise & Celebration – of Christ’s victory on the cross.

Release your testimony of what Christ did, who He is that seals the overcoming spirit of the Bride over all. (Rev12:10-11)

11. Shofar blast, anoint the streets with oil, salt… and last farewell Prayer

Pray for God’s Peace, Presence, Power, Protection to ENTER the GATES of TZANEEN. (Ps24)

12. Thank YOU for placing your STAKE of Faith in the soil Praying@The-Gates with us!

God keep, bless & guard you in His peace as you stand
in the gap for our Nation in
Prayer@The-Gates.

Additional INFO IN PREPARATION FOR PRAYER A@THE GATES

A. PREP: Strategic Preparation BEFORE we go praying at the gates:

Through the 7 weeks P@G, a 7-step strategy is rolled out building up to the 7th week for
GOVERNMENTAL prayer. We therefore start by praying for the other areas/spheres first.
We will therefore, have added focus per week on one of the 7 Gates/Spheres of Society as follows:

1. Family (14/4) 2. Belief (21/4) 3. Economy 4. Education 5. Media, Science & Technology 6. Arts, Sports & Culture 7. Government.

Please PREPARE the following: (as you feel led by the Holy Spirit):

  • Communion elements served at the gate: take along water/grape juice/crackers and plastic cups.
  • Salt (symbolic of cleansing and preservation the gate/road)
  • Oil (symbolic to anoint the gate/road for a sign of sanctification).
  • Shofar, trumpet, or recording of shofar blasts at the end (symbolic of the trumpets of heaven…).

Come with prepared hearts

  • Come with prepared hearts according to these suggested guidelines: (C. Jacobs, 2006)
  • Yield to the leading of Holy Spirit. (Rom 8:5, 7-11)
  • Be mature in the Spirit. (Php 3:14-16,20, Eph3:8-12)
  • Be free from known sin. (Rom 6, 1Pet2:11-12)
  • Sever unbelief and fear, come full of faith in God & Christ our victorious King. (Col 1&2, Heb10:35-39)
  • Be under submission to a local church/ministry. (Num 27:15-23; 1Pet2:4-10,Heb13:17)

Explaining GATES : What do we mean by ‘Gate’?

(Nahum3, Is.26:2, Ps87:2, 24:9, 147:12-15, 118:19)

  • ‘Gates’ here refer to entry points of towns and the 8 spheres of Society as we found it in the Bible.
  • At the Gates of the Cities everything happened. From betrothals, healings, councils, elder counsels, stoning/discipline, signing of contracts & here agreements were made for business, marriage… (Rev21)

Initial guidelines preparing ourselves for this time of Prayer in foundational positioning:

-The Armour of God. (Eph6, Ps91)

  • Before you leave for the time of prayer, clothe yourself, your family and those praying with you & the whole (P@G) initiative with the armour of God – to all areas of your life: relationships, house, vehicles, finances/business/job, health…

–Repentance. (Ps24, Ps51 & Is59:1-2)

  • As we repent, we take responsibility for our own thoughts, words, and actions and any known sin.
  • Ask God to show you specific sins that give demons the right to establish strongholds.
  • Involvement in Witchcraft & New Age may require fasting and declaring the Word as Jesus did in the wilderness. (C. Jacobs, 2006)
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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?”

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36. BEING SET APART FOR JOY

SET APART FOR JOY – His joy is found in Truth

When thinking about being set apart for Joy that is found in God’s truth – in His reality, we need to ask ourselves some questions to get to a clear and transparent answer.

Are we perhaps sometimes finding ourselves in an unhappy state… because we (sometimes) live in untruth, not being completely honest with ourselves or others?

IN different situations, good or bad, what do we tell ourselves? Do we say it as God says it in His Word and as He sees it by His almighty power of possibility? Or do we keep on repeating the negative… the UNTRUTH according to our fleshly observation? Do we see and speak from the temporary realm on what our REALITY dictates and not what we SEE and know to discern in the spirit?

Do we measure things according to the truth or according to what we want to believe or want it to be…..Are we sometimes forced by our unbelief to speak along with our enemy?

Do we speak His truth into situations or tag along with the lie of the enemy ? Do we bring our flesh into subjection to the spirit or does the flesh dictates?

Do we live as being set apart or being subject to?

Flesh needs to come to the end of its temporal ability in order to start functioning by the ability of the all powerful Holy Spirit.

We have been SAVED, REDEEMED and SET APART by God for Himself to live for the Praise of His Name for an hour like this in the JOY of His Glory.

SET APART for Joy – for God

Rev 22:21  The grace (blessing and favor) of the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) be with all the saints (God’s holy people, those set apart for God, to be, as it were, exclusively His). Amen (so let it be)!

2Ti 2:21  So whoever cleanses himself [from what is ignoble and unclean, who separates himself from contact with contaminating and corrupting influences], will be a vessel set apart and useful for honorable and noble purposes, consecrated and profitable to the Master, fit and ready for any good work.

Heb 3:1  SO THEN, brethren, consecrated and set apart for God, who share in the heavenly calling, [thoughtfully and attentively] consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest Whom we confessed [as ours when we embraced the Christian faith].

1Th 4:3  For this is the will of God, that you should be consecrated (separated and set apart for pure and holy living): that you should abstain and shrink from all sexual vice,

Eph 1:4  Even as [in His love] He chose us [actually picked us out for Himself as His own] in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy (consecrated and set apart for Him) and blameless in His sight, even above reproach, before Him in love.

Zep 1:7  [Hush!] Be silent before the Lord God, for the day [of the vengeance] of the Lord is near; for the Lord has prepared a sacrifice, and He has set apart [for His use] those who have accepted His invitation. [Hab. 2:20.]

Psa 4:3  But know that the Lord has set apart for Himself [and given distinction to] him who is godly [the man of loving-kindness]. The Lord listens and heeds when I call to Him.

HE HAS CHOSEN US – a HOUSE of SACRIFICE to be HOLY – For His NAME

2Ch 7:12-17

12  And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night and said to him: I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.

13  If I shut up heaven so no rain falls, or if I command locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people. 14  If My people, who are called by My name, shall humble themselves, pray, seek, crave, and require of necessity My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

15  Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer offered in this place.

16  For I have chosen and sanctified (set apart for holy use) this house, that My Name may be here forever, and My eyes and My heart will be here perpetually.

SET APART as HIS COVENANT PEOPLE – To Live in AWE

Deu 10:12-21  

12  And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you but [reverently] to fear the Lord your God, [that is] to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your [mind and] heart and with your entire being,

16  So circumcise the foreskin of your [minds and] hearts; be no longer stubborn and hardened.

20  You shall [reverently] fear the Lord your God; you shall serve Him and cling to Him, and by His name and presence you shall swear.

21  He is your praise; He is your God, Who has done for you these great and terrible things which your eyes have seen.

SET APART FOR JOY – requires a BATTLE CRY

Psa 27:6  And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me; Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy ( A BATTLE CRY ) in His tabernacle; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD

Psa 21:1   THE KING [David] shall joy in Your strength, O Lord; and in Your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!

Psa 21:6  For You make him to be blessed and a blessing forever; You make him exceedingly glad with the joy of Your presence.

1Ch 16:27  Honor and majesty are [found] in His presence; strength and joy are [found] in His sanctuary.  – in your inner self

Neh 8:10  Then [Ezra] told them, Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet drink, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. And be not grieved and depressed, for the joy of the Lord is your strength and stronghold

SET APART FOR JOY – REQUIERES FAITH – trusting him regardless

Hab 3:17-19

17  Though the fig tree does not blossom and there is no fruit on the vines, [though] the product of the olive fails and the fields yield no food, though the flock is cut off from the fold and there are no cattle in the stalls,

18  Yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will exult in the [victorious] God of my salvation!

19  The Lord God is my Strength, my personal bravery, and my invincible army; He makes my feet like hinds’ feet and will make me to walk [not to stand still in terror, but to walk] and make [spiritual] progress upon my high places [of trouble, suffering, or responsibility]!

Jer 33:9  And [Jerusalem] shall be to Me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth that hear of all the good I do for it, and they shall fear and tremble because of all the good and all the peace, prosperity, security, and stability I provide for it.

Psa 5:11  But let all those who take refuge and put their trust in You rejoice; let them ever sing and shout for joy, because You make a covering over them and defend them; let those also who love Your name be joyful in You and be in high spirits.

SET APART FOR JOY – BECAUSE OF HIS FAITHFULNESS

Psa 16:11  You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy, at Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.

Mal 4:2  But unto you who revere and worshipfully fear My name shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in His wings and His beams, and you shall go forth and gambol like calves [released] from the stall and leap for joy.

Joh 16:24  Up to this time you have not asked a [single] thing in My Name [as presenting all that I AM]. But now ask and keep on asking and you will receive, so that your joy (gladness, delight) may be full and complete.

Joh 17:13  And now I am coming to You. I say these things while I am still in the world, so that My joy may be made full and complete and perfect in them. [That they may experience My delight fulfilled in them. That My enjoyment may be perfected in their own souls, that they may have My gladness within them, filling their hearts].

Rom 15:13  May the God of your hope so fill you with all joy and peace in believing [through the experience of your faith] that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound and be overflowing (bubbling over) with hope.

Rev 19:7  Let us rejoice and shout for joy [exulting and triumphant]! Let us celebrate and ascribe to Him glory and honor, for the marriage of the Lamb [at last] has come, and His bride has prepared herself. [Ps. 118:24.]

Jud 1:24  Now to Him Who is able to keep you without stumbling or slipping or falling, and to present [you] unblemished (blameless and faultless) before the presence of His glory in triumphant joy and exultation [with unspeakable, ecstatic delight]–

STAND IN HIS JOY AND TRUTH

3Jn 1:4  I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my [spiritual] children are living their lives in the Truth.

1Pe 4:12-14

12  Beloved, do not be amazed and bewildered at the fiery ordeal which is taking place to test your quality, as though something strange were befalling you.

  • ‘Strange‘ : unusual and alien to you and your position

13  But insofar as you are sharing Christ’s sufferings, rejoice, so that when His glory [full of radiance and splendor] is revealed, you may also rejoice with triumph [exultantly].

14  If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified.

1Pe 5:6-11

6  Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,

7  casting all your care (DISTRACTION, DISUNITY, DIFFER) upon Him, for He cares for you.

8  Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. (TO DRINK DOWN, GULP ENTIRELY, DROWN, SWALLOW)

  • ‘Devour’ :TO DRINK DOWN, GULP ENTIRELY, DROWN, SWALLOW)

9  Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.

  • ‘Resist ‘: STAND AGAINST, OPPOSE, WITHSTAND

RESIST is also TO STAND which also means to ABIDE, APPOINT, BRING ABOUT, CONTINUE. To stand in the authority by COVENANT, to ESTABLISH, to HOLD UP, to LAY. To PRESENT, SET (UP), STANCH, STAND (BY, FORTH, STILL, UP).

10  But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

11  To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

God BLESS and KEEP you in His TRUTH and GRACE

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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.

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26. UNITE IN CHRIST Part 2

18 Day 28 40 DAY CALL Wed 21 Nov

UNITE IN CHRIST Part 2

GOD Himself is BUILDING HIS CHURCH – It is His ECCLESIA

He will not fail His own purpose or Divine Will …

Christ is not coming for a few individuals who lived a perfect life or followed a perfect doctrine.

Christ is returning to a TOTAL BRIDE

– that will be

UNBLEMISHED – ONLY IN CHRIST ‼

A remnant that will only be ready as they all,

TOGETHER, ABIDE IN CHRIST.

– CORPORATELY we make up the REMNANT…

We all form together the Ecclesia that NEEDS each OTHER… the knee, heart, toe, mouth and hand…

HE IS the HEAD…

We SHOULD BE the BODY WORKING TOGETHER.

Rom3v23

” … for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

… almal het gesondig, en ontbreek aan die heerlikheid van God.”

THEREFORE…

LET US ATTEMPT TO :

♡ HAVE MERCY and GRACE with each other.

♡ SNATCH those in sin from the fire… with much Love and graced Truth

♡ FORGIVE as I see my own sin,  weaknesses and struggles scarring His body

♡ LOVE like CHRIST LOVED; with much Grace

♡ SEE HIS MERCY and BLOOD STAINED ROBE on others as much as gratifying it to my own imperfect life.

WE ARE THE BODY – CORPORATE

AS WE ARE :

@ MADE ONE, IN HIS NAME,

@ Being SANCTIFIED by HIS TRUTH through His WORD,

@ UNITED in HIS LOVE for US.

He LOVES US “ALL”

with the SAME LOVE that the Father had for Christ!!!

LET US THEN BE :

ONE IN HIS LOVE

FOR ALL OF HIS CREATION

… AND FORGIVE !!!

SCRIPTURES:

And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

John 17:3 NKJV

I have given to them the words which You have given Me;

THEY HAVE RECEIVED them” ( HIS WORDS…)

“… as Christ LOVED the church and GAVE HIMSELF up for her,

That HE might PRESENT the church TO HIMSELF

in

GLORIOUS SPLENDOR, without spot or wrinkle or any such things

[that she might be holy and faultless]. ”

Ephesians 5:25, 27 AMPC

WE ARE TO :

  • GO and move in the

AUTHORITY of CHRIST

  • LOOK at this present age

from HEAVEN’S PERSPECTIVE

ENCOURAGE-ment :

○ Man sees limitation,

GOD sees His LIBERATING GRACE.

○ Man look upon sickness,

CHRIST sees me through the STRIPES on His flesh, for my HEALING.

○ Man wavers to do,

CHRIST opens His mouth and CREATE life…

so must we also SPEAK & LIVE LIFE

○ Man look at numbers and position,

GOD knows the CAPACITY,  POWER and AUTHORITY of one

Scripture: Ephesians 4:15 AMPC

” Rather, let our lives LOVINGLY EXPRESS TRUTH

[in all things, speaking truly, dealing truly, living truly].

ENFOLDED in LOVE, let us grow up in every way and in all things into Him Who is the Head, Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).”

GOD KEEP and BLESS YOU

IN HIM;

FOR HIS NAME’S SAKE

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22. Are YOU REAPING ALL THE BENEFITS – COMMUNION 2

CUMMUNION ROSE OF SHARON

REAPING COMMUNION BENEFITS 2

Are YOU REAPING ALL THE BENEFITS

OF HIS Body, BROKEN for YOU :

Do YOU LIVE IN THE POWER of HOLY Blood’ SHED

YOUR NAME there PAINTED IN RED?

He HAS DONE IT ALL :-

ARE WE EMBRACING THIS GIFT at ALL?

IN FULL HE GAVE HIS ALL in ALL

TO ALL OF MAN-KIND

ONE and ALL

In SINGLE CRIMSON DROPS DROPPED

The MYSTERIOUS VALUE of HIS LOVE’ S LOT

THE FATHER CALCULATED each BLASTING BLOW

‘TLL the LAST LIFE-BREATH STOPPED

ROSE CIRCLES of ETERNAL LOVE
COMMUNION ROSE 1

WHAT MAN HAS no THOUGHT OF

WHAT EYE HAS not PERCIEVED

NOR EAR has EVEN HEARD OF

RECEIVE THOSE WHO WILL JUST BELIEVE

NO KING’S CARPET ROLLED OUT, YET

THOUGH, VERY SOON… BUT NOT YET,  NOT YET

A ROYAL PALACE’ ROBE, in BRIDAL SET

AWAIT HIS BATTERED SAINTS  –

SUPERIOR OVERCOMER’S REIGN

NO EARTHLY CLAIM FOR FAME or NAME

JUST HIS BLOOD and BODY, RED

SPEAKS LOUDER THAN THE GREATEST FOE:

“THE SON HAS WON”

“THE PERFECT LAMB HAS COME”

AND THIS…

WAS NOT IN VAIN

AlnaTbl

03.07.18

SUPPORTING SCRIPTURES:

1Co_2:9

What eye has not seen and ear has not heard and has not entered into the heart of man, [all that] God has prepared (made and keeps ready) for those who love Him [who hold Him in affectionate reverence, promptly obeying Him and gratefully recognizing the benefits He has bestowed]

Psa 103:2-5

2 Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul, and forget not [one of] all His benefits–

3 Who forgives [every one of] all your iniquities, Who heals [each one of] all your diseases,

4 Who redeems your life from the pit and corruption, Who beautifies, dignifies, and crowns you with loving-kindness and tender mercy;

5 Who satisfies your mouth [your necessity and desire at your personal age and situation] with good so that your youth, renewed, is like the eagle’s [strong, overcoming, soaring]! [Isa. 40:31.]

4.2 Sowing His Body To Reap a Body for His Glory

REAPING COMMUNION BENEFITS 2

EXHORTATION

CHRIST SOWED HIS BODY…. AS A SEED THAT DIED IN THE GROUND

THE HARVEST HE DESIRED TO REAP FROM HIS SACRIFICIAL “SOWING”, IS A BODY FOR HIM TO INDWELL – BOTH INDIVIDUAL & CORPORATE

HIS DESIRE FOR THIS BODY / THESE BODIES
IS THAT IT WILL BE A “SERVANT” FOR HIS GLORY:

A SERVANT TO SERVE THIS WORLD WITH HIS

LOVE, TRUTH, GRACE, POWER & GLORY

COMMUNION SCRIPTURE READING

Heb 10:1-39

1 FOR SINCE the Law has merely a rude outline (foreshadowing) of the good things to come…

4 Because the blood of bulls and goats is powerless to take sins away.
5 Hence, when He [Christ] entered into the world, He said, Sacrifices and offerings You have not desired, but instead You have made ready a body for Me [to offer];

9 …Behold, [here] I am, coming to do Your will.

Thus He does away with and annuls the first (former) order [as a means of expiating sin] so that He might inaugurate and establish the second (latter) order. [Ps. 40:6-8.]

10 And in accordance with this will [of God],

we have been made holy (consecrated and sanctified) through the offering made once for all of the body of Jesus Christ (the Anointed One).

12 Whereas this One [Christ], after He had offered a single sacrifice for our sins [that shall avail] for all time, sat down at the right hand of God, 13 Then to wait until His enemies should be made a stool beneath His feet. [Ps. 110:1.]

14 For by a single offering He has forever completely cleansed and perfected those who are consecrated and made holy.

Communion2 Summary:

As YOU CELEBRATE HIS BODY broken for you and His blood that was shed for you, remember that He has done it for you as an individual person… FOR YOU ‘ALONE’ on that cross He died…

He wants to share the communion meal with you, as one of His children with whom He shares your Life-time with – explaining through His Holy Spirit deep into your heart His personal LOVE DECLARATION to you.

No matter where you are in your life right now…

HE has it covered… IN HIS BLOOD and BODY – HIS BODILY SACRIFICE – SERVING YOU with HIS ULIMATE LOVE ANNOUNCEMENT… to quicken Body, Soul & Spirit – TO LIFE!

ALLOW Him to LOVE you to the FULL measure of His DIVINE INTENT.

CHRIST DID NOT DIE IN VAIN

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11. DOES SIN SEPARATES US from GOD?

We want to look at : 

Does SIN separates us from God?

How does sin effect our relationship with God?”

Does God leave us when we sin?

Why do we then feel rejected by Him and often blame Him for that?

If GOD IS TRUE to His word.. WHICH HE IS… He says in His WORD that:

  • He loved us with an unconditional love. Nothing can separate us from His love 

Jer 31:3 …Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn you and continued My faithfulness to you.

Rom 8:38-39
38 … neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things impending and threatening nor things to come, nor powers,
39 Nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

  • The FATHER loves us JUST THE SAME as He loves CHRIST. 

Joh 17:23 I in them and You in Me, in order that they may become one and perfectly united, that the world may know and [definitely] recognize that You sent Me and that You have loved them [even] as You have loved Me.

Joh 15:9-11
9 I have loved you, [just] as the Father has loved Me; abide in My love [continue in His love with Me].
10 If you keep My commandments [if you continue to obey My instructions], you will abide in My love and live on in it, just as I have obeyed My Father’s commandments and live on in His love.
11 I have told you these things, that My joy and delight may be in you, and that your joy and gladness may be of full measure and complete and overflowing.

  • HE loved us before we could love Him

1Jn 4:18-19

There is no fear in love [dread does not exist], but full-grown (complete, perfect) love turns fear out of doors and expels every trace of terror!

For fear brings with it the thought of punishment, and [so] he who is afraid has not reached the full maturity of love [is not yet grown into love’s complete perfection].

1Jn 4:19 We love Him, because He first loved us.

  • While we were still sinners… Christ died for us

Rom 5:8 But God shows and clearly proves His [own] love for us by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) died for us

Isa 59:1-2
1 BEHOLD, THE Lord’s hand is not shortened at all, that it cannot save, nor His ear dull with deafness, that it cannot hear.
2 But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear.
Isa 59:12-13
12 For our transgressions are multiplied before You [O Lord], and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know and recognize them [as]:
13 Rebelling against and denying the Lord, turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving in and muttering and moaning from the heart words of falsehood.

  • He wants us to experience HIS ETERNAL LOVE & INHERIT ETERNAL LIFE

1Jn 4:16
16 And we know (understand, recognize, are conscious of, by observation and by experience) and believe (adhere to and put faith in and rely on) the love God cherishes for us. God is love, and he who dwells and continues in love dwells and continues in God, and God dwells and continues in him.

Joh 6:37
(37)  All whom My Father gives (entrusts) to Me will come to Me; and the one who comes to Me I will most certainly not cast out [I will never, no never, reject one of them who comes to Me].

  • WHAT HAPPENS THEN , WHEN we SIN?

If we look at the scriptures above… we can come to a clear conclusion that our SINS are NOT a problem to God. HE has sent His SON to the WORLD to SET SINNERS free.

In other words GOD DOES NOT LEAVE US & DEPART FROM US when we sin.

HE HAS MADE a plan that we can be RE-UNITED with HIM

BUT

Our sins / iniquities SEPARATE us FROM HIM!

WE WITHDRAW from HIM … when we sin , because the sin CONVICTS us. We feel guilty for God has written His law, His new COVENANT on our hearts & we know VERY clearly when we sin and this conviction of sin pushes us away from God IF WE DO NOT HAVE the WORD’s TRUTH in our hearts that tells us clearly WHAT our position is before God after we have sinned

Rom 7:9  Once I was alive, but quite apart from and unconscious of the Law. But when the commandment came, sin lived again and I died (was sentenced by the Law to death).

  • GOD PROMISED NEVER to leave or forsake US

Heb_13:5 (NKJ)

Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU.” (NKJV)

Heb 13:5 (Ampl)
5 Let your character or moral disposition be free from love of money [including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly possessions] and be satisfied with your present [circumstances and with what you have]; for He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support.

[I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree

leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)!

[Assuredly not!] [Josh. 1:5.]

  • WE SHOULD EMBRACE HIS COMPLETE forgiveness, FORGIVE OURSELVES and start living with Him in JOY, CHRIST’s RIGHTEOUSNESS & PEACE 

Rom 3:21-26
21 But now the righteousness of God has been revealed independently and altogether apart from the Law, …
22 Namely, the righteousness of God which comes by believing with personal trust and confident reliance on Jesus Christ…
23 Since all have sinned and are falling short of the honor and glory which God bestows and receives.
24 [All] are justified and made upright and in right standing with God, freely and gratuitously by His grace (His unmerited favor and mercy), through the redemption which is [provided] in Christ Jesus,
25 Whom God put forward [before the eyes of all] as a mercy seat and propitiation by His blood [the cleansing and life-giving sacrifice of atonement and reconciliation, to be received] through faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in His divine forbearance He had passed over and ignored former sins without punishment.
26 … He Himself is righteous and that He justifies and accepts as righteous him who has [true] faith in Jesus.

 

  • WE should not withdraw FROM God when we sin, BUT WALK TOWARDS Him & REPENT. ACCEPTING His COMPLETE gift of DECLARING us SAVED, FREE & RIGHTEOUS by the perfect offering of His Son. 

Rom 10:13
(13)  For everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord [invoking Him as Lord] will be saved. [Joe_2:32]

  • Do NOT crucify Christ again & again by not accepting His offering… and then falling into bitterness & resentment; in due time falling away from our PREVIOUS STAND OF CONFIDENT FAITH

Heb 6:6 If they then deviate from the faith and turn away from their allegiance–[it is impossible] to bring them back to repentance,

for (because, while, as long as) they nail upon the cross the Son of God afresh [as far as they are concerned] and are holding [Him] up to contempt and shame and public disgrace.

Joh 1:12  But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name–[Isa_56:5]

Isa 56:5
(5)  To them I will give in My house and within My walls a memorial and a name better [and more enduring] than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.

  • GOD’s AIM is for us to HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. It is TO KNOW GOD

Joh 17:3 And this is eternal life: [it means] to know (to perceive, recognize, become acquainted with, and understand) You, the only true and real God, and [likewise] to know Him, Jesus [as the] Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah), Whom You have sent.

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10. THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION ? SALVATION

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6.1 SCRIPTURE PSALM 68 – ARISE! OH GOD!

PS 68

Psalm 68 (KJV & AMPL)

VERSES :1-6

DAVID ASK GOD TO ARISE and APPEAR IN ALL HIS GREATNESS, PRAISE & STRENGTH

Psa 68:1-4KJV
(1)  To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of David.

Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.

(2)  As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melt before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
(3)  But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
(4)  Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that ride upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.

(5)  A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
(6)  God set the solitary in families: he brings out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

VERSES : 7-14

DAVID GIVES PRAISE & THANKSGIVING TO GOD FOR THE GREAT THINGS HE HAS DONE FOR HIM, THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL & THESE PEOPLE OF OLD…. ALSO THAT HIS MERCIES OF THE PAST  WILL REMIND US THAT HIS MERCIES ARE TRUE NOW

(7)  O God, when You went forth before Your people, when You marched through the wilderness
(8)  The earth trembled, the heavens also poured down [rain] at the presence of God; yonder Sinai quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
(9)  You, O God, did send a plentiful rain; You did restore and confirm Your heritage when it languished and was weary.
(10)  Your flock found a dwelling place in it; You, O God, in Your goodness did provide for the poor and needy.

(11)  The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it. (KJV)
(11)  The Lord gives the word [of power]; the women who bear and publish [the news] are a great host. (Ampl)

(12)  The kings of the enemies’ armies, they flee, they flee! She who tarries at home divides the spoil [left behind].
(13)  Though you [the slackers] may lie among the sheepfolds [in slothful ease, yet for Israel] the wings of a dove are covered with silver, its pinions excessively green with gold [are trophies taken from the enemy].

… wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.(KJV)

(14)  When the Almighty scattered kings in [the land], it was as when it snows on Zalmon [a wooded hill near Shechem].

VERSES :15 – 21

HERE, DAVID THANK & PRAISE GOD ESPECIALLY FOR BEING THE GOD of ZION – A SMALL HILL, CHOSEN BY GOD TO DWELL ON; AS A TOKEN OF HIS PECULIAR PRESENCE

(15)  Is Mount Bashan the high mountain of summits, Mount Bashan [east of the Jordan] the mount of God?
(16)  Why do you look with grudging and envy, you many-peaked mountains, at the mountain [of the city called Zion] which God has desired for His dwelling place? Yes, the Lord will dwell in it forever.

(17)  The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands. The Lord is among them as He was in Sinai, [so also] in the Holy Place (the sanctuary in Jerusalem).
(18)  You have ascended on high. You have led away captive a train of vanquished foes; You have received gifts of men, yes, of the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell there with them. [Eph_4:8]

(19)  Blessed be the Lord, Who bears our burdens and carries us day by day, even the God Who is our salvation! Selah
(20)  God is to us a God of deliverances and salvation; and to God the Lord belongs escape from death [setting us free].

VERSES : 22-31 (1)

GRACIOUS PROMISES OF GOD OF THE REDEMPTION OF HIS PEOPLE & THEIR VICTORY OVER THEIR ENEMIES. HE PROMISES THAT HE WILL DO GREAT THINGS FOR THEM (2) HIS PEOPLE WILL START TO DICOVERY HIS GRACE IN HIS WORKS & WORD(3) HIS POWERFUL INVITATION & INTRODUCTION INTO HIS KINGDOM; FOR THE GENTILES TO COME IN

(22)  The Lord said, I will bring back [your enemies] from Bashan; I will bring them back from the depths of the [Red] Sea,

(24)  They see Your goings, O God, even the [solemn processions] of my God, my King, into the sanctuary [in holiness].
(25)  The singers go in front, the players on instruments last; between them the maidens are playing on tambourines.
(26)  Bless, give thanks, and gratefully praise God in full congregations, even the Lord, O you who are from [Jacob] the fountain of Israel.

(28)  Your God has commanded your strength [your might in His service and impenetrable hardness to temptation]; O God, display Your might and strengthen what You have wrought for us!
(29)  [Out of respect] for Your temple at Jerusalem kings shall bring gifts to You.

(31)  Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hands [with the offerings of submission] to God.

VERSES : 32-35

HERE WE FIND A PASIONATE INVITATION TO THE GENTILES TO COME & JOIN IN PRAISE OF HIS GREATNESS, POWER & STRENGTH

(32)  Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth, sing praises to the Lord!
(33)  [Sing praises] to Him Who rides upon the heavens, the ancient heavens; behold, He sends forth His voice, His mighty voice.
(34)  Ascribe power and strength to God; His majesty is over Israel, and His strength and might are in the skies.

(35)  O God, awe-inspiring, profoundly impressive, and terrible are You out of Your holy places; the God of Israel Himself gives strength and fullness of might to His people. Blessed be God!

 

GOD BLESS & KEEP YOU IN HIS PEACE

Α – Ω

Shalom

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6. TESTIMONY – Having A SWORD IN YOUR MOUTH

LET GOD ARISE

— Having a SWORD IN YOUR MOUTH

…is to RECEIVE a WORD, a PHRASE, a VISION, a DREAM or a SCRIPTURE from the Holy Spirit for a specific situation and to be used as your SPIRITUAL WEAPON.

By having a sword in your mouth that comes from Him, WHO KNOWS ALL THINGS, is to have the very WORD of the LIVING GOD, WORKING ON YOUR BEHALF.

THIS IS A DIVINE INTERVENTION of heaven into the issue at hand. AMEN!!

It introduces THE POWER of THE SWORD into any given situation. THIS is the DIVINE WRITTEN WORD of GOD, taken as your weapon of warfare & authority, to be DECLARED INTO a situation, at a given KAIROS moment in time; RELEASED & ENDORCED BY the POWER of His Name.(1)

— SCRIPTURE as a SWORD in your mouth WILL BE USED as a very POWERFUL CREATIVE FORCE(2).

It will either be driven into the root & sting of the matter; to disperse it into nothingness: – being annulled, being cancelled and declared null & void of any power or effect.

OR

This SWORD in your mouth, will be empowered by HEAVEN’S MANDATE of the LIVING WORD of GOD; Who is JESUS Christ – our CREATOR GOD, to create & bring about something new:-

“On earth, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN”

OUR TESTIMONY

 

Ps68 God Shall Scatter His Enemies
“Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered. Also let those who hate Him flee before Him. 
As smoke is driven away, You drive them away; As wax melts before the fire, let the wicked perish in the presence of God. 
But the righteous are glad; they rejoice before God. Yes, let them exceedingly rejoice. 
Sing to God, sing praises to His name; praise Him who rides on the heavens by His name JEHOVAH, and rejoice before Him”.

 https://kairoslife.co.za/scripture-ps-68/

 

BACKGROUND TO the TESTIMONY at hand:

 

A couple of years ago… I woke up one morning with an urgency in my spirit to read the WORD out loud. The Holy Spirit led me to Ps68 and I felt prompted to read it over & over as if Holy Spirit encouraged me to memorize it.

It come into my spirit that this was a very specific WORD for OUR Business.

Getting to my office, I was immediately prompted to open my Emails. Previously, this has not been my priority on arrival .

I was drawn to an email from a friend informing about the ” Ides of March “ https://fatherslove.co.za/multimedia-archive/beware-the-ides-of-march/

This email encouraged Business People to seek God’s face for specific Scripture to pray for their business’ protection.

Well, needless to say, I was so enthralled by the experience of having my Father already leading me to this very powerful Scripture – to use for this identical situation. I immediately realized that this is not just another moment, but God intervening somewhere in our lives and business without us even realizing exactly where, when, how & why.

God has taken the “time” to engage with us re. our business… a very earthly matter! His omniscient existence looked into our personal KAIROS MOMENT; to intervene through His written word.

As it was released on earth through the power of the tongue – becoming the SPOKEN WORD into a KAIROS MOMENT in OUR TIME DIMENTION – to engage with heaven in releasing His Divine protection, foreknown. 

This was one of the most awesome moments in my life… realizing HOW CLOSE these dimensions are and HOW NEAR MY FATHER IS to me…

 

HAVING A SWORD IN YOUR MOUTH & TO USE IT

A few weeks later while I was preparing to go to the office… I again felt a very strong prompting in my spirit to PRAY PS68 OUT LOUD. This had to be done while preparing for work & running the last chores before running to the office… BUT the conviction was so strong that I just kept on reading… even in between the mirror & the kitchen, the stove & the wardrobe… 

 

THE ‘SWORD OF THE WORD’ HAD TO BE RELEASED

I read through Ps68 about 2-4 times… again not having a clue what this was all about… JUST STAIGHT FORWARD OBEDIENCE to the PROMPTING of the Holy Spirit.

 

TESTIMONY

That same morning at about 11h, my husband phoned me with the news that one of our timber trucks has had problems with its breaks. This incident happened while the truck came down the mountain with a full load of timber when the vehicle’s breaks failed.

By His grace …

It happened at a spot where the truck was not in danger & the driver kept his head. The incident took place literally in the cradle of the valley, where the vehicle could role to and fro until it got to a stand still. With only the load of timber that came loose off the truck on the side of the road and very neatly positioned it also did not cause any harm to oncoming traffic. All the timber could be salvaged very easily. There was no significant damage & nobody got hurt.

We were so thankful and in awe of His gracious hand of protection over all involved.

PRAISE to our God!

 

RHETORICAL QUESTIONS:

 

WHAT would have happened if GOD did NOT give me that SWORD in my mouth the previous time AS well as this specific morning?

WHAT would have happened if I did not obey?

DO we understand what happens when we PRAY the WORD out loud? (3)

 

CONCLUSION:

 

The SPOKEN WORD releases the HEAVENLY MANNA; the “WORD” that CAME to BECOME FLESH.

CHRIST is THE ULTIMATE TRUTH versus EARTHLY REALITIES.

He is the REAL MANIFESTED WORD, the Son of the Living God… FOR EVER SPEAKING! 

CHRIST HIMSELF ARE “INVOKED” in ALL the FULLNESS with which HE FILLS all things(4), into our lives to perform HIS POWER and GRACE on our behalf(5)… AS WE DECLARE HIS ” I am”… BACK TO HIM

 

TO ME…

 

THIS IS GOD HIMSELF STANDING IN THE GAP & DOING WHAT HE SAID IN HIS WORD THAT HE WILL DO FOR US. MY GOD AT WORK FOR HIS CHILDREN. THIS IS TO ME OUR GOD BEING WHO HE SAID HE IS.

 

I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where shall my help come from? My help comes from Jehovah, who made Heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. Jehovah is your keeper; Jehovah is your shade on your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. Jehovah shall keep you from all evil; He shall keep your soul. Jehovah shall keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even forevermore. Psa 121:1-8

 

REVELANT SCRIPTURES

(1) Rev 2:12 

These are the words of Him Who has and wields the sharp two-edged sword…

(2) Heb 4:12 

For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective]; it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and [the immortal] spirit, and of joints and marrow [of the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and sifting and analysing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart.

(3) Isa 59:21

As for Me, this is My covenant or league with them, says the Lord: My Spirit, Who is upon you [and Who writes the law of God inwardly on the heart], and My words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart ( withdraw from) out of your mouth…

(4)Eph 1:23

Which is His body, the fullness of Him Who fills all in all [for in that body lives the full measure of Him Who makes everything complete, and Who fills everything everywhere with Himself].

(5)Isa 55:11 

So shall My word be that goes forth out of My mouth: it shall not return to Me void [without producing any effect, useless], but it shall accomplish that which I please and purpose, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

GOD BLESS and KEEP YOU IN HIS PEACE.
Α-Ω
SHALOM