Be On Fire For God | A Blessed Morning Prayer To Start Your Day

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Pitfalls of Immorality

1 My son, be attentive to my wisdom [godly wisdom learned by costly experience], incline your ear to my understanding;

2 That you may exercise discrimination and discretion (good judgment), and your lips may reserve knowledge and answer wisely [to temptation].

Proverbs 5:1-2 (AMP)

Come close to God [with a contrite heart] and He will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; and purify your [unfaithful] hearts, you double-minded [people].

James 4:8 (AMP)

“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon[money, possessions, fame, status, or whatever is valued more than the Lord].

Matthew 6:24 (AMP)

15 ‘I know your deeds, that you are [1]neither cold (invigorating, refreshing) nor hot (healing, therapeutic); I wish that you were [2]cold or hot.

16 So because you are lukewarm (spiritually useless), and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of My mouth [rejecting you with disgust].

Revelation 3:15-16 (AMP)
Footnotes
1 Revelation 3:15 This phrase and the word lukewarm in v 16 form a metaphor that is probably based on the quality of the water supply of Laodicea, which was delivered by aqueduct from the hot mineral springs about five miles away. During its journey, the water cooled to a warm or lukewarm temperature.
2 Revelation 3:15 I.e. alive, productive—beneficial in one way or the other.

Do not Love The World

15 Do not love the world [of sin that opposes God and His precepts], nor the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

16 For all that is in the world—the lust and sensual craving of the flesh and the lust and longing of the eyes and the boastful pride of life [pretentious confidence in one’s resources or in the stability of earthly things]—these do not come from the Father, but are from the world.

1 John 2:15-16 (AMP)

But Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back [to the things left behind] is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Luke 9:62 (AMP)

For even though [1]they knew God [as the Creator], they did not [2]honor Him as God or give thanks [for His wondrous creation]. On the contrary, they became worthless in their thinking [godless, with pointless reasonings, and silly speculations], and their foolish heart was darkened.

Romans 1:21
Footnotes
1 Romans 1:21 Anyone who attributes the existence of the world to chance or to a different creator is already guilty of deliberately rejecting God, because to deny the true God one must set aside common sense.
2 Romans 1:21 Lit glorify.

And do not be conformed to this world [any longer with its superficial values and customs], but be [1]transformed and progressively changed [as you mature spiritually] by the renewing of your mind [focusing on godly values and ethical attitudes], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His plan and purpose for you].

Romans 12:2 (AMP)
Footnotes
1 Romans 12:2 From the Greek word meaning “metamorphosis.” Refers to the process that leads to an outward, permanent change.

But without faith it is impossible to [walk with God and] please Him, for whoever comes [near] to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He rewards those who [earnestly and diligently] seek Him.

Hebrews 11:6 (AMP)

Then [with a deep longing] you will seek Me and require Me [as a vital necessity] and [you will] find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

Jeremiah 29:13 (AMP)

Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – The Great Untangling

I am purposely slowing you down for a time to deal with the small and intricate places that need to be untangled in your heart. These are issues that have gone unchecked or unnoticed for quite a long time, brushed under the rug due to the busyness of your fast-paced lifestyle. This is a time where I am asking you to pause and allow Me to shed the spotlight on the areas that are normally difficult to see. Instead of being satisfied with cutting off the bad growth at surface level, you must dig deeper to find the root issue and allow Me to pull it out. I want to set you completely free from every bondage and torment in
your life so that you can face this new era with a healed soul that is fully equipped to face the warfare ahead. Now is the time for Me to untangle your heartstrings and make you whole again!

Then, by constantly using your faith, the life of Christ will be released deep inside you, and the resting place of his love will become the very source and root of your life.

Ephesians 3:17 (TPT)

Wednesday Morning Scripture (Wk36/2022) – Ephesians 3

Paul’s Stewardship

For this reason [because I preach that you and believing Jews are joint heirs] I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—

2 assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was entrusted to me [to share with you] for your benefit;

3 and that by [divine] revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I have already written in brief.

4 By referring to this, when you read it you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,

5 which in other generations was not disclosed to mankind, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets by the [Holy] Spirit;

6 [it is this:] that the Gentiles are now joint heirs [with the Jews] and members of the same body, and joint partakers [sharing] in the [same divine] promise in Christ Jesus through [their faith in] the good news [of salvation].

7 Of this [gospel] I was made a minister by the gift of God’s grace given me through the working of His power.

8 To me, [though I am] the very least of all the saints (God’s people), this grace [which is undeserved] was graciously given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the good news of the incomprehensible riches of Christ [that spiritual wealth which no one can fully understand],

9 and to make plain [to everyone] the plan of the mystery [regarding the uniting of believing Jews and Gentiles into one body] which [until now] was kept hidden through the ages in [the mind of] God who created all things.

10 So now through the church the multifaceted wisdom of God [in all its countless aspects] might now be made known [revealing the mystery] to the [angelic] rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.

11 This is in accordance with [the terms of] the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord,

12 in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him [that is, our faith gives us sufficient courage to freely and openly approach God through Christ].

13 So I ask you not to lose heart at my sufferings on your behalf, for they are your glory and honor.

14 For this reason [grasping the greatness of this plan by which Jews and Gentiles are joined together in Christ] I bow my knees [in reverence] before the Father [of our Lord Jesus Christ],

15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth [1]derives its name [God—the first and ultimate Father].

16 May He grant you out of the riches of His glory, to be strengthened and spiritually energized with power through His Spirit in your inner self, [indwelling your innermost being and personality],

17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through your faith. And may you, having been [deeply] rooted and [securely] grounded in love,

18 be fully capable of comprehending with all the saints (God’s people) the width and length and height and depth of His love [fully experiencing that amazing, endless love];

19 and [that you may come] to know [practically, through personal experience] the love of Christ which far surpasses [mere] knowledge [without experience], that you may be filled up [throughout your being] to all the fullness of God [so that you may have the richest experience of God’s presence in your lives, completely filled and flooded with God Himself].

20 Now to Him who is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly more than all that we dare ask or think [infinitely beyond our greatest prayers, hopes, or dreams], according to His power that is at work within us,

21 to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations forever and ever. Amen.

Ephesians 3:1-21 (AMP)

Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 3:15 In Greek, the word for family is patria, which is derived from pater, the word for “father.” The concept of family originates with God.

Let The Light Of God Shine Over Your Life | A Blessed Morning Prayer To Start Your Day

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Jesus Is The Light Of The World

Once more Jesus addressed the crowd. He said, “[1]I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”

John 8:12 (AMP)
Footnotes
1 John 8:12 The second of the memorable “I am” statements.

For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of Light [live as those who are native-born to the Light]

Ephesians 5:8 (AMP)

“The people who were sitting(living) in [spiritual] darkness have seen a great Light, And for those who were sitting(living) in the land and shadow of [spiritual and moral] death, Upon them a Light has dawned.”

Matthew 4:16 (AMP)

14 “You are the light of [Christ to] the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden;

15 nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

16 Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good deeds and moral excellence, and [recognize and honor and] glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 5:14-16 (AMP)

The Light shines on in the [1]darkness, and the darkness did not understand it or overpower it or appropriate it or absorb it [and is unreceptive to it].

John 1:5 (AMP)
Footnotes
1 John 1:5 i.e. the world immersed in sin: all that stands in opposition to God and biblical truth.

Just as each one of you has received a special gift [a spiritual talent, an ability graciously given by God], employ it in serving one another as [is appropriate for] good stewards of God’s multi-faceted grace [faithfully using the diverse, varied gifts and abilities granted to Christians by God’s unmerited favor].

1 Peter 4:10 (AMP)

God Is Light

This is the message [of God’s promised revelation] which we have heard from Him and now announce to you, that God is Light [He is holy, His message is truthful, He is perfect in righteousness], and in Him there is no darkness at all [no sin, no wickedness, no imperfection].

1 John 1:5 (AMP)

but if we [really] walk in the Light[that is, live each and every day in conformity with the precepts of God], as He Himself is in the Light, we have [true, unbroken] fellowship with one another [He with us, and we with Him], and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin [by erasing the stain of sin, keeping us cleansed from sin in all its forms and manifestations].

1 John 1:7 (AMP)

8 On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you, which is true and realised in Christ and in you, because the darkness [of moral blindness] is clearing away and the true Light [the revelation of God in Christ] is already shining.

9 The one who says he is in the Light [in consistent fellowship with Christ] and yet [1]habitually hates (works against) his brother [in Christ] is in the darkness until now.

10 The one who [2]loves and unselfishly seeks the best for his [believing] brother lives in the Light, and in him there is no occasion for stumbling or offense [he does not hurt the cause of Christ or lead others to sin].

1 John 2:8-10 (AMP)
Footnotes
1 1 John 2:9 This focuses more on the self-centered, hateful actions (not the emotion) of someone who habitually cultivates an obstructionistic attitude, and ignores the command to act in a way that expresses unselfish Christian love (see note v 10).
2 1 John 2:10 The key to understanding this and other statements about love is to know that this love (the Greek word agape) is not so much a matter of emotion as it is of doing things for the benefit of another person, that is, having an unselfish concern for another and a willingness to seek the best for another.

Tuesday Morning Scripture (Wk36/2022) – Isaiah 48:12-22

End of Captivity

12 “Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I called; I am He, I am the First, I am the Last.

13 “My hand founded and established the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; When I call to them, they stand together [in obedience to carry out My decrees].

14 “Assemble, all of you, and listen! Who among them [the idols and Chaldean astrologers] has declared these things? The Lord loves him (Cyrus of Persia); he will do His pleasure and purpose against Babylon, and his arm will be against the Chaldeans [who reign in Babylon].

15 “I, even I, have spoken; indeed, I have called Cyrus; I have brought him, and will make his way successful.

16 “Come near to Me, listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret, from the time that it happened, I was there. And now the Lord God has sent Me, and His [Holy] Spirit.”

17 This is what the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says, “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit (benefit),
Who leads you in the way that you should go.

18 “Oh, that you had paid attention to My commandments! Then your peace and prosperity would have been like a [flowing] river, and your righteousness [the holiness and purity of the nation] like the [abundant] waves of the sea.

19 “Your offspring would have been like the sand, and your descendants [in number] like the grains of sand; Their name would never be cut off or destroyed from My presence.”

20 Get out of Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans [who reign there]!
Declare with a voice of jubilation, proclaim this, send it out to the end of the earth; Say, “The Lord has redeemed His servant Jacob.”

21 They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts. He made the waters flow out of the rock for them; He split the rock and the waters flowed.

22 “There is no peace for the wicked,” says the Lord.

Isaiah 48:12-22 (AMP)

Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – The God Who Knows How

Yesterday, I talked about how well I know you and that I am committed to finishing the good work I started in you, because my plans for you are good.

Today, I am wanting to reassure you that because I know you so well I also know how to teach you. I understand you; I know you have different ways of learning.

Sometimes I will use memorable events and circumstances to act as a catalyst to move you into a new direction or give you a fresh revelation.

I know how to teach and lead you. There will be times when you need a change of direction because you need a change of diet; a fresh revelation and a renewed mind for the new season. That will be when I may be using the prodding to help you find my merciful course correction. Some of you need refreshing and rest and it’s time to go somewhere new in the spirit with me. A new experience can be my provision to help you learn another aspect of me.

Activation: Ask the Lord to give you revelation about your circumstances. Is there a symbolic parallel that He is using to emphasise something? Is the ‘prodding’ of the circumstances a way to help you see that a change of direction is needed? If you sense that is what is happening to you, then remember the merciful nature of the Good Shepherd who is wanting to teach you to profit and lead you in the way you should go and ask Him for His merciful course correction.

Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the Lord your God, who teaches you for your own good, who leads you in the way you should go.

Isaiah 48:17 (NRSV)

Footnote

(In Isaiah the root of the word ‘teaches’ is actually similar to the goading or prodding of cattle. A good farmer will teach the cattle where to go for food and safety. He knows how to cause the cattle to learn. A good shepherd will also find ways to lead his flock)

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