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Delivering a Dose of Holiness

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'But in Mount Zion there shall be those who escape,      and it shall be holy, and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions. The house of Jacob shall be a fire,      and the house of Joseph a flame,      and the house of Esau stubble; they shall burn them and consume them,      and there shall be no survivor for the house of Esau, for the Lord has spoken.' Obadiah 17-18 !ESV) Dear Father Thank You for Your Word. Thank you for the words of the prophet Obadiah. Thank you Lord for the freedoms that we have in America. Through You we are like the house of Jacob and are able to possess our own possessions. We are the House that You built. We pray for our country and her people Lord. Amen! For we know that You have chosen us and called us to be salt and light. As in the days of Jacob, Joseph and Esau, we see that You chasten Your people for their own good. Just as then, we can see the signs of...

Instead, Justice

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'Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice,      an endless river of righteous living.' Amos 5:24 (NLT) Dear Father. Thank you for Your Word. Thank you for the words of Amos the prophet. With ears let us hear. With eyes let us see. We look up to You for Reason. We fear You Lord. Release Your Spirit Lord. Lift up a Standard. Let Your mighty rivers of water in the form of righteous living flood this land, and like the waters of a mighty tide flow over the injustices of our day. Bring them down and wash their filthy remains out to sea. Bring forth Your justice and let Your Spirit roll on like a river over the nations. Sweep away all obstacles to Your Truth. Fill our hearts so completely with the revelation of Christ that we can see no other. Bring us back to You. Let us sit at Your feet, teach us, so that we might not neglect Your Wisdom and Your Ways.  Let us seek justice for all who are for You and Your righteousness. Release the flow of justice acr...

Stay in the Flow

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' “Then, after doing all those things,      I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy.      Your old men will dream dreams,      and your young men will see visions.' Joel 2:28 (NLT) Dear Father. Thank you for Your Word. Thank you for what You did for me. Thank you for what You are doing for me now. Thank you for what You will do for me in the future. We are the called. We are the living. We are blessed among Your creation. Let Your Church arise out of the ashes again. Let the outward manifestations of the gifts of the Spirit as in the Days of Pentecost flow again. Pour out Your Spirit like water on this dry and thirsty land. Fill this land with the Gospel message and make it fruitful again. Bless Your people for Your Glory. From Joel 2 to Acts 2, we pray Peter's prayer of faith. Let it come to pass.   “‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out...

In His Presence

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'“Come, let us return to the Lord . He has torn us to pieces;      now he will heal us. He has injured us;      now he will bandage our wounds. In just a short time he will restore us,      so that we may live in his presence. Oh, that we might know the Lord !      Let us press on to know him. He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn      or the coming of rains in early spring.”'  Hosea 6:1-3 (NLT) Dear Father Thank you for Your Word. Thank you that You broke us that You might heal. We will not fear. You hurt us that You might mend. We need You. You died for us to make us clean. We praise You. You saved us. We love You. You restored us so that we might live in Your presence. We will not turn. You are the Most High God, You will never fail.  Even now, there is this virus that they say has no cure! It is a little plague wannabe. Another test of our fa...

Welcome Home

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'But as for you (Daniel), go your way until the end [of your life]; for you will rest and rise again for your allotted inheritance at the end of the age.”'Daniel 12:13 (AMP) Dear Father. Thank  you for Your Word. And as it is for Daniel, so let it be for us, the believer. For we know that one day we must leave this world and knowing this it is also good to ready oneself for the next. For us, we are told to find comfort in the thoughts of our own happiness in death, in judgment and in eternity. We can be secure in knowing that You will not call us home until You need us there and You are done with us here. Content in our circumstances we shall forever be. Welcoming Your Will and happy at all times resting in You by faith and in the thoughts of the best that is yet to come. We will rest and we will rise again. So we will do as You say, and, 'go your way', until the great day of our own welcome home celebration, when we will hear You say 'Welcome home'! Well d...

The New Day

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' And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart .' Ezekiel 36:26 (NLT) Water is used to cleanse the flesh on the outside and it is also a sign of the work of the Holy Spirit on the believer's heart. Through the sanctifying influence of the Holy Spirit and the atoning blood of Christ we are renewed every morning. Regeneration makes everything new. Dear Father. Thank you for Your Word. I know that my Redeemer Lives. Jesus saves!  Through You, Lord, I went from a life of stubborn, self-interest and greed of purpose to one of giving, sharing and joy. I couldn't be happier.  I testify that the change You made in me was most remarkable. Your Words are True. Your very own Spirit came to live in me! I am now Spirit-filled and as if visited by the spirits to Ebenezer, I found You and Your Joy in giving, not in stingy stony heart accumulating. Today is the day. It...

Social Conditions

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' “Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets.' Matthew 7:12 (NLT) 'The suborning of false Witnesses, and Perjuries in the open Courts of Justice, and the Raising of Mobs to rescue Offenders, can aim at nothing less than the Wresting of the Sword from the hand of Justice, and employ it to be a Terror to the good, and a Protection to the Wicked. The crying Sin of Sodomy, and the unnatural practices, worse than brutish, was, perhaps, never more common, except in those Cities which are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. The horrid Oaths and Curses, which are heard every Minute of every Day by those who go in the Streets, from the Mouths of Porters, Coachmen, Carmen, Watermen and others, calling up GOD Almighty to damn their own Souls, and the Souls of those to whom they speak, are enough to rend the Heavens, and sink us into Hell. The impugning the Divinity ...