Tuesday Morning Prayer (Wk35/2021)

Abba! Father! I give You all glory, honour and praise. I thank You for awaking me this morning with all my faculties in place. I am comforted by the fact that You are the same Father as You were yesterday, will be tomorrow and will forever be; You change not.

Today, I hear You calling me to a Higher Place, knowing You; realising Who You are, Your power and Your might. I pray that You sit within my spirit and speak to me through the scriptures I read, all forms of media I come into contact with, songs I listen to and conversations I have. I ask for clarity in my thoughts and the understanding of the complexity of how the body and mind works; how it is affected by the things put into it and surrounding it. I am asking that You stand guard and become the Watchman of my mind, spirit and soul, so I will be open to receive only from You. Your Word tells me I can ask anything in the Name of Your Son Jesus Christ; Yeshua HaMashiach, my Lord and Saviour, and I will be given it. Therefore, I cover this prayer and ask, knowing I shall receive. My Father and my God, I trust in You.

“So let us know and become personally acquainted with Him; let us press on to know and understand fully the [greatness of the] Lord [to honor, heed, and deeply cherish Him]. His appearing is prepared and is as certain as the dawn, and He will come to us [in salvation] like the [heavy] rain, like the spring rain watering the earth.”

Hosea 6:3 (AMP)

For I desire and delight in [steadfast] loyalty [faithfulness in the covenant relationship], rather than sacrifice, and in the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Hosea 6:6 (AMP)

Prayer Promises

In that day you will not [need to] ask Me about anything. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name [as My representative], He will give you.

John 16:23 (AMP)

20 Now may the Elohim of peace [Who is the Author and the Giver of peace], Who brought again from among the dead our Lord Yeshua, that great Shepherd of the sheep, by the blood [that sealed, ratified] the everlasting agreement (covenant, testament),

21 Strengthen (complete, perfect) and make you what you ought to be and equip you with everything good that you may carry out His will; [while He Himself] works in you and accomplishes that which is pleasing in His sight, through Yeshua HaMashiach (the Messiah); to Whom be the glory forever and ever (to the ages of the ages).

Amen (So be it)

Hebrews 13:20-21 (AMPC)

Tuesday Morning Scripture (Wk35/2021) – Hosea 6

The Response to God’s Rebuke

1 “Come and let us return [in repentance] to the Lord, for He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.

2 “After two days He will revive us; On the third day He will raise us up that we may live before Him.

3 “So let us know and become personally acquainted with Him; let us press on to know and understand fully the [greatness of the] Lord [to honor, heed, and deeply cherish Him]. His appearing is prepared and is as certain as the dawn, and He will come to us [in salvation] like the [heavy] rain, like the spring rain watering the earth.”

The Reply of the Lord

4 O Ephraim, what shall I do with you? O Judah, what shall I do with you?

For your [wavering] loyalty and kindness are [transient] like the morning cloud and like the dew that goes away early.

5 Therefore, I have hewn them in pieces by [the words of] the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth; My judgments [pronounced upon them by the prophets] are like the light that shines forth [obvious to all].

6 For I desire and delight in [steadfast] loyalty [faithfulness in the covenant relationship], rather than sacrifice, and in the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

7 But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they have dealt treacherously against Me.

8 Gilead is a city of wrongdoers; it is tracked with bloody footprints.

9 And as bands of robbers [lie in] wait for a man, so a band of priests murder on the road toward Shechem [covering their crimes in that city of refuge]; Certainly they have committed crimes and outrages.

10 I have seen a horrible thing [sins of every kind] in the house of Israel!

Ephraim’s prostitution (idolatry) is there; Israel has defiled itself.

11 Also, O Judah, there is a harvest [of divine judgment] appointed for you, when I restore the fortunes of My people [who have been slaves to the misery of sin].

Hosea 6 (AMP)


Monday Morning Scripture (Wk35/2021) – Galatians 4:1-20

Sonship In Christ

Now what I mean [when I talk about children and their guardians] is this: as long as the heir is a child, he does not differ at all from a slave even though he is the [future owner and] master of all [the estate];

2 but he is under [the authority of] guardians and household administrators or managers until the date set by his father [when he is of legal age].

3 So also we [whether Jews or Gentiles], when we were children (spiritually immature), were kept like slaves under the elementary [man-made religious or philosophical] teachings of the world.

4 But when [in God’s plan] the proper time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the [regulations of the] Law,

5 so that He might redeem and liberate those who were under the Law, that we [who believe] might be adopted as sons [as God’s children with all rights as fully grown members of a family].

6 And because you [really] are [His] sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba! Father!”

7 Therefore you are no longer a slave (bond-servant), but a son; and if a son, then also an heir through [the gracious act of] God [through Christ].

8 But at that time, when you did not know [the true] God and were unacquainted with Him, you [Gentiles] were slaves to those [pagan] things which by [their very] nature were not and could not be gods at all.

9 Now, however, since you have come to know [the true] God [through personal experience], or rather to be known by God, how is it that you are turning back again to the weak and worthless elemental principles [of religions and philosophies], to which you want to be enslaved all over again?

10 [For example], you observe [particular] days and months and seasons and years.

11 I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored [to the point of exhaustion] over you in vain.

12 Believers, I beg of you, become as I am [free from the bondage of Jewish ritualism and ordinances], for I have become as you are [a Gentile]. You did me no wrong [when I first came to you; do not do it now].

13 On the contrary, you know that it was because of a physical illness that I [remained and] preached the gospel to you the first time;

14 and even though my physical condition was a trial to you, you did not regard it with contempt, or scorn and reject me; but you received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus Himself.

15 What then has become of that sense of blessing and the joy that you once had [from your salvation and your relationship with Christ]? For I testify of you that, if possible, you would have torn out your own eyes and given them to me [to replace mine].

16 So have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?

17 These men [the Judaizers] eagerly seek you [to entrap you with honeyed words and attention, to win you over to their philosophy], not honorably [for their purpose is not honorable or worthy of consideration]. They want to isolate you [from us who oppose them] so that you will seek them.

18 Now it is always pleasant to be eagerly sought after [provided that it is] for a good purpose, and not just when I am with you [seeking you myself—but beware of the others doing it].

19 My little children, for whom I am again in [the pains of] labor until Christ is [completely and permanently] formed within you—

20 how I wish that I were with you now and could change my tone, because I am perplexed in regard to you.

Galatians 4:1-20 AMP)

Saturday Morning Scripture (Wk34/2021) – Hebrews 2:9-18

Jesus Briefly Humbled

9 But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while [by taking on the limitations of humanity], crowned with glory and honor because of His suffering of death, so that by the grace of God [extended to sinners] He might experience death for [the sins of] everyone.

10 For it was fitting for God [that is, an act worthy of His divine nature] that He, for whose sake are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the author and founder of their salvation perfect through suffering [bringing to maturity the human experience necessary for Him to be perfectly equipped for His office as High Priest].

11 Both Jesus who sanctifies and those who are sanctified [that is, spiritually transformed, made holy, and set apart for God’s purpose] are all from one Father; for this reason He is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters,

12 saying,

“I will declare Your (the Father’s) name to My brethren (believers), In the midst of the congregation I will sing Your praise.”

13 And again [He says],

“My trust and confident hope will be placed in Him.”And again,“Here I am, I and the children whom God has given Me.”

14 Therefore, since [these His] children share in flesh and blood [the physical nature of mankind], He Himself in a similar manner also shared in the same [physical nature, but without sin], so that through [experiencing] death He might make powerless (ineffective, impotent) him who had the power of death—that is, the devil—

15 and [that He] might free all those who through [the haunting] fear of death were held in slavery throughout their lives.

16 For, as we all know, He (Christ) does not take hold of [the fallen] angels [to give them a helping hand], but He does take hold of [the fallen] descendants of Abraham [extending to them His hand of deliverance].

17 Therefore, it was essential that He had to be made like His brothers (mankind) in every respect, so that He might [by experience] become a merciful and faithful High Priest in things related to God, to make atonement (propitiation) for the people’s sins [thereby wiping away the sin, satisfying divine justice, and providing a way of reconciliation between God and mankind].

18 Because He Himself [in His humanity] has suffered in being tempted, He is able to help and provide immediate assistance to those who are being tempted and exposed to suffering.

Hebrews 2:9-18 (AMP)