Monday Morning Scripture (Wk25/2022) – Luke 6:27-38

27 “But I say to you who hear [Me and pay attention to My words]: [1]Love [that is, unselfishly seek the best or higher good for] your enemies, [make it a practice to] do good to those who hate you,

28 bless and show kindness to those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

29 Whoever [2]strikes you on the cheek, offer him the other one also [simply ignore insignificant insults or losses and do not bother to retaliate—maintain your dignity]. Whoever takes away your coat, do not withhold your shirt from him either.

30 Give to everyone who asks of you. [3]Whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand it back.

31 Treat others the same way you want them to treat you.

32 If you [only] love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

33 If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.

34 If you lend [money] to those from whom you expect to receive [it back], what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners expecting to receive back the same amount.

35 But love [that is, unselfishly seek the best or higher good for] your enemies, and do good, and lend, [4]expecting nothing in return; for your reward will be great (rich, abundant), and you will be sons of the Most High; because He Himself is kind and gracious and good to the ungrateful and the wicked.

36 Be merciful (responsive, compassionate, tender) just as your [heavenly] Father is merciful.

37 “[5]Do not judge [others self-righteously], and you will not be judged; do not condemn [others when you are guilty and unrepentant], and you will not be condemned [for your hypocrisy]; pardon [others when they truly repent and change], and you will be pardoned [when you truly repent and change].

38 Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over [with no space left for more]. For with the standard of measurement you use [when you do good to others], it will be measured to you in return.”

Luke 6:27-38 (AMP)

Footnotes

  1. Luke 6:27 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 higher good for another.
  2. Luke 6:29 In this context the “slap” is not an act of violence, but more likely an insult or violation of one’s rights.
  3. Luke 6:30 Probably a prohibition against frivolous legal action.
  4. Luke 6:35 Or not despairing at all.
  5. Luke 6:37 This is not a prohibition of judgment, nor is it a command to stop using godly wisdom, common sense, and moral courage together with God’s written word to discern right from wrong, to distinguish between morality and immorality, and to judge doctrinal truth. There are many judgments that are not only legitimate, but are commanded (cf John 7:24; 1 Cor 5:5, 12; Gal 1:8, 9; 1 John 4:1-3; 2 John 10); however, you cannot judge another if you are committing the same type of sin.

Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Blessing into Breakthrough

Are you feeling stuck?

Are you feeling like you’ve been waiting for breakthrough; waiting for something to shift in your life?

I see you and I am bringing a new warfare tactic to you at this time to help bring you into the breakthrough you are looking for.

It is a time to bless. At times we need to war, to cast out demons, to stand and fight in intercession and fasting, but right now, I am calling you to bless. To speak and declare blessing. It is time to speak a blessing over the situations holding you back, over the people who have hurt you, over your job, your family, your finances, your friendships, and your home.

Beloved, I have seen you fighting, seen that you are tired, but now is the time for joy to bring breakthrough. The gift of blessing and thanksgiving coming from your mouth. Speak it out; speak it aloud.

Be a voice of blessing.

And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:19 (NIV)

Give, and it will be given to you; a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over—will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.

Luke 6:38 (CSB)

Friday Monday Morning (Wk24/2022) – 2 Corinthians 10

Paul Describes Himself

1 Now I, Paul, urge you by the gentleness and graciousness of Christ—I who am meek [so they say] when with you face to face, but bold [outspoken and fearless] toward you when absent!

2 I ask that when I do come I will not be driven to the boldness that I intend to show toward those few who regard us as if we walked according to the flesh [like men without the Spirit].

3 For though we walk in the flesh [as mortal men], we are not carrying on our [spiritual] warfare according to the flesh and using the weapons of man.

4 The weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood]. Our weapons are divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.

5 We are destroying sophisticated arguments and every exalted and proud thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought and purpose captive to the obedience of Christ,

6 being ready to punish every act of disobedience, when your own obedience [as a church] is complete.

7 You are looking [only] at the outward appearance of things. If anyone is confident that he is Christ’s, he should reflect and consider this, that just as he is Christ’s, so too are we.

8 For even though I boast rather freely about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be ashamed [of the truth],

9 nor do I want to seem to be trying to frighten you with my letters;

10 for they say, “His letters are weighty and forceful and impressive, but his [1]personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible [of no account].”

11 Let such people realize that what we say by word in letters when we are absent, is the same as what we are in action when present.

12 We do not have the audacity to put ourselves in the same class or compare ourselves with some who [supply testimonials to] commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they lack wisdom and behave like fools.

13 We, on the other hand, will not boast beyond our proper limit, but [will keep] within the [2]limits of our commission (territory, authority) which God has granted to us as a measure, which reaches and includes even you.

14 We are not overstepping the limits of our province, as if we did not [legitimately] reach to you, for we were the [very] first to come even as far as you with the good news of Christ.

15 We do not go beyond our proper limit, boasting in the work of other men, but we have the hope that as your faith [in Christ and His divine power] continues to grow, our field among you may be greatly expanded [but still within the limits of our commission],

16 so that we may preach the gospel even in the lands beyond you, but not to boast in work already accomplished in another one’s field of activity.

17 However, “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”

18 For it is not he who commends and praises himself who is approved [by God], but it is the one whom the Lord commends and praises.

2 Corinthians 10:1-18 (AMP)

Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 10:10 Among the Greeks, a speaker’s presence and delivery were as important as his message, as the orator Demosthenes made clear when he said that the three most important elements of a speech are delivery, delivery, and delivery. However, Paul did not follow these rules because the message of salvation does not need to be presented with fanfare in order to reach the hearts of the audience.
  2. 2 Corinthians 10:13 I.e. ministry to the Gentiles.

Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Internal Reset

Think about what you are thinking about.

There is a place of unbroken, uninterrupted contentment, peace, and joy that exists outside of what is happening in the world. This place is available to you, in me.

Today, I am calling you to be a warrior who stands watch over the peace in your heart. Become a slayer to those things that try to come against my peace and joy in your life.

Activation: Allow my Holy Spirit to umpire every thought that comes to you throughout the day. Become an expert at working with my Holy Spirit to process these thoughts and determine the origin and destination for each. Weigh them together with me. We will keep and develop the good things and we will reject the thoughts that will draw you away from me.

For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.

2 Corinthians 10:4-5 (NKJV)

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.

Colossians 3:15 (NKJV)

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Thursday Morning Scripture (Wk24/2022) – Matthew 7:24-29

Build on A Solid Foundation

The Two Foundations

24 “So everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, will be like a wise man [a far-sighted, practical, and sensible man] who built his house on the rock.

25 And the rain fell, and the floods and torrents came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.

26 And everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not do them, will be like a foolish (stupid) man who built his house on the sand.

27 And the rain fell, and the floods and torrents came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and great and complete was its fall.”

28 When Jesus had finished [speaking] these words [on the mountain], the crowds were astonished and overwhelmed at His teaching;

29 for He was teaching them as one who had authority [to teach entirely of His own volition], and not as their scribes [who relied on others to confirm their authority].

Matthew 7:24-29 (AMP)

Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – A New Era of Building

Come out from the rubble, My children! Move out from the war-torn places where the enemy has blasted you with heavy artillery. It is a new day and the old man-made structures that have held you back in religious bondage have been torn down. I used the shaking of the past two years to remove the hindrances that have kept you blocked from entering into your promised land. It was a divine realignment to launch you into an entirely new era of freedom and liberation.

See, the whole land is before you to explore and expand into the fullness of your capacity. I will give you blueprints to build heavenly structures that will last the test of time. You will build on My rock so that you will not be shaken when the waves and the wind come to shift you. You have experienced a season of loss, but I am about to bless you with a time of great harvest and abundance that will flow in many directions. It’s time to leave the old structures and step into the new places I have for you!

Activation: Ask the Lord what old mindsets or “structures” He is tearing down in your life. Then ask Him what He wants to build in this new season.

See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.

Jeremiah 1:10 (NIV)

Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

Matthew 7:24 (NIV)

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Lion Bites – Global Prophetic Alliance – Perseverance Brings Endurance

I see your tiredness; I see your hardship. I see the areas where you have lost hope and where your faith has been tested so many times you are unsure of what you believe.

Do not give up!

This is the time for perseverance; this is the time to stand up and press in. Keep holding onto truth, for it is time to hope again and cling to my promises.

You might not have seen the breakthrough yet, but I am on the move. Don’t slow down. I am giving you endurance to keep running this race when you choose to persevere during this time.

Teach me your way, Lord,

that I may rely on your faithfulness;

give me an undivided heart,

that I may fear your name.

Psalm 86:11 (NIV)

25 Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.

26 Give careful thought to the[1] paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways

Proverbs 4:25-26 (NIV)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 4:26 Or Make level