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Thought For The Day – Forbidden Sin (Wk8/2021)

Tuesday Morning Prayer – (Wk8/2021)

My Father and my God, I approach Your throne of grace this morning, lifting my hands as I declare Your power, glory, grace and give You thanks. I thank You for what You have done, what You are doing and what You intend to do. I thank You for forgiveness of all my sins and leave myself open to what this day has to offer, through You.

Today, I close my spirit and mind to all but You. May I hear Your voice. I acknowledge that all things are possible for those whose hope and trust is in You, Yeshua HaMashiach. We have been called to spread the Good News, Your Good News. I pray that as I read the Scriptures, consume Your Word, it will not only edify me but also allow me to understand You more, and therefore go on to edify others, causing an increase of Your Kingdom. It is all for Your Kingdom. Help me to find the joy of being Your disciple, whilst also focusing on the treasures which await me. Strengthen me, so that I may get closer and closer to You. There is no limit for me when I am covered by You.

But those who wait for the Lord (who expect, look for, and hope in Him) will gain new strength and renew their power; They will lift up their wings (and rise up close to God) like eagles (rising toward the sun); They will run and not become weary, They will walk and not grow tired.
Isaiah 40:31 (AMPC)

“The Lord your God is in the midst of you, a Mighty One, a Savior (Who saves)! He will rejoice over you with joy; He will rest (in silent satisfaction) and in His love He will be silent and make no mention (of past sins, or even recall them); He will exult over you with singing”
Zephaniah 3:17 (AMP)

You who live in the shelter of ‘Elyon, who spend your nights in the shadow of Shaddai,²who say to Adonai, “My refuge! My fortress! My God, in whom I trust!” —³He will rescue you from the trap of the hunter and from the plague of calamities;⁴He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings you will find refuge; His truth is a shield and protection.
Psalm 91:1-4 (CJB)

²³And Jesus said to His disciples, Truly I say to you, it will be difficult for a rich man to get into the Kingdom of Heaven. ²⁴Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to go into the Kingdom of Heaven. ²⁵When the disciples heard this, they were utterly puzzled (astonished, bewildered), saying, Who then can be saved (from eternal death)? ²⁶But Jesus looked at them and said, With men this is impossible, but all things are possible with God.
Matthew 19:23-26 (AMPC)

To You who is able to keep me from falling and to present me before His glorious presence without fault and with great joy – to You who is the only God, my Saviour, be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Yeshua The Anointed One, my Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen. Jude 1:24-25

Monday Morning Prayer (Wk8/2021)

El Elyon, I ask that through this week You anoint me with Your Holy Spirit. I am nothing without You. You are aware of every detail ahead of me this week, but I need not fear because You will be by my side. Your Word forewarns me that the enemy comes for no reason but to steal, kill and destroy. He will steal my belief and give me doubt: steal my dreams, and replace with confusion, broken promises and nightmares: kill my joy and give me sadness: destroy my potential and plant the inconceivable seed: steal my zeal for things of You and replace it with a jaded view, putting my focus on things that are not of You. However, I trust in You. In the name of Your Son Yeshua HaMashiach, You will never leave nor forsake me. My hope in You will never falter. Once I look to You I will go from strength to strength to strength to……. Within this week I shall be able to accomplish all that You have set for me. I pray that everything I do will be pleasing to You, as I realise each moment where I am to spread Your Good News. You will be rejoiced. This week I look to You for all things, my hope is in You,

⁴You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself. ⁵Now therefore, if you will obey My voice in truth and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own peculiar possession and treasure from among and above all peoples; for all the earth is Mine.
Exodus 19:4-5 (AMPC)

But those who wait for the Lord (who expect, look for, and hope in Him) will gain new strength and renew their power; They will lift up their wings (and rise up close to God) like eagles (rising toward the sun); They will run and not become weary, They will walk and not grow tired.
Isaiah 40:31 (AMPC)

“The Lord your God is in the midst of you, a Mighty One, a Savior (Who saves)! He will rejoice over you with joy; He will rest (in silent satisfaction) and in His love He will be silent and make no mention (of past sins, or even recall them); He will exult over you with singing”
Zephaniah 3:17 (AMP)

And his heart goes out to you more abundantly than ever as he recalls the submission (to his guidance) that all of you had, and the reverence and anxiety (to meet all requirements) with which you accepted and welcomed him.
2 Corinthians 7:15 (AMPC)

It was thus that Sarah obeyed Abraham (following his guidance and acknowledging his headship over her by) calling him lord (master, leader, authority). And you are now her true daughters if you do right and let nothing terrify you (not giving way to hysterical fears or letting anxieties unnerve you).
1 Peter 3:6 (AMPC)

Sunday Morning Prayer (Wk7/2021)

🎵As I think of the goodness of Jesus and what He has done for me, my heart cries out HalleluYah, thank God for saving me🎵

Almighty God, I come before You with my heart filled with thanks and praise. Today is the day that we are to set aside to glorify and lift You up. I ask You to anoint me and speak to my spirit. I pray any Word I receive, comes directly from Your throne of grace and that I will be able to meditate on the scriptures within this prayer. This day is usually considered to be a day of rest in the world, depending on what path/religion we choose to follow, but I thank You that, because of Your Son Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMashiach, You love us anyway. It is because of His Blood, shed on calvary’s cross, our belief in it and His resurrection, that we are covered by that Blood and all it signifies. We can praise and worship You on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday, but You still sit on Your throne and what You sent Your Son to do has already been done. It is finished! Help us to remember we are servers of the Mighty King and that we are not to be religious but followers of The One You sent to die.

I thank You for what You’ve done, what You’re doing, and what You intend to do.

One thing I have asked of the Lord, and that I will seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord (in His presence) all the days of my life, To gaze upon the beauty (the delightful loveliness and majestic grandeur) of the Lord and to meditate in His temple.
Psalm 27:4 (AMP)

I will meditate on Your precepts And (thoughtfully) regard Your ways (the path of life established by Your precepts).
Psalm 119:15 (AMP)

Make me understand the way of Your precepts, So that I will meditate (focus my thoughts) on Your wonderful works.
Psalm 119:27 (AMP)

And I shall lift up my hands to Your commandments, Which I love; And I will meditate on Your statutes.
Psalm 119:48 (AMP)

Just consider and meditate on Him who endured from sinners such bitter hostility against Himself (consider it all in comparison with your trials), so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
Hebrews 12:3 (AMP)

Saturday Morning Prayer (Wk7/2021)

El Elyon, I come before You with thanksgiving and praise within my heart. No matter what had happened at the beginning of this week, yesterday or last night; You are the same God then as You are now and as You will continue to be. For that I give You thanks because You are the one constant in my life. I ask You for forgiveness of all sins, whether they be of thought, word or deed.

Today, as I go about this day; washing, cooking, cleaning or whatever task may cross my path; I pray my spirit will be at rest within you. Your Word tells me those who hunger and thirst after righteousness shall be filled. I lift my life to You and know it will be filled, but I dare ask for an overflow. You hear and answer prayer, so I am assured, the best is yet to come. You do not sparingly reward Your children, so I know You will continue to answer my prayers and bless me with the strength required and patience to endure, as I wait. Whatever happens, victory is mine and there will be an expected end. Help me Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMaShiach, as I continue to trust in You.

Blessed and fortunate and happy and spiritually prosperous (in that state in which the born-again child of God enjoys His favor and salvation) are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God), for they shall be completely satisfied!
Matthew 5:6 (AMPC)

For truly I tell you, until the sky and earth pass away and perish, not one smallest letter nor one little hook (identifying certain Hebrew letters) will pass from the Law until all things (it foreshadows) are accomplished.
Matthew 5:18 (AMJC)

But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and green and tomorrow is tossed into the furnace, will He not much more surely clothe you, O you of little faith?
Matthew 6:30 (AMPC)

He said to them, Because of the littleness of your faith (that is, your lack of firmly relying trust). For truly I say to you, if you have faith (that is living) like a grain of mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, Move from here to yonder place, and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.
Matthew 17:20 (AMPC)

4 And we still have the promise that God gave those people. That promise is that we can enter his place of rest. So we should be very careful that none of you fails to get that promise. ²Yes, the good news about it was told to us just as it was to them. But the message they heard did not help them. They heard it but did not accept it with faith. ³Only we who believe it are able to enter God’s place of rest. As God said,
“I was angry and made a promise: ‘They will never enter my place of rest.’”
But God’s work was finished from the time he made the world
Hebrews 4:1-4 (ERV)

³⁵Do not, therefore, fling away your fearless confidence, for it carries a great and glorious compensation of reward. ³⁶For you have need of steadfast patience and endurance, so that you may perform and fully accomplish the will of God, and thus receive and carry away (and enjoy to the full) what is promised.
Hebrews 10:35-36 (AMPC)

Friday Morning Prayer (Wk7/2021)

Today, I choose to meditate on You. I ask that You reveal Yourself to me, in a way that has never been done before. I want to see Your Glory. My aim is to go to the next level. Cleanse me from my head to my toe, inside and out; in ways felt and not felt, seen and unseen. As I meditate on Your Word I pray that I will see all that You want me to see. Help me to shut out all else, so I will hear Your voice and be obedient to it. We are all called to spread the Good News but I ask that You direct me to know how I am to do this in and for Your Kingdom. I know the only way I can do this is if I realise the Blood which was shed for me and its power. Not to just think of it today, but every day. Help me as I feel the pull of Your Holy Spirit, as I step into my destiny.

I am not worthy but Yeshua HaMashiach did it for me anyway, and for that I give thanks.

You must be faithful to the Lord your God, never doing anything he considers wrong.
Deuteronomy 18:13 (ERV)

“The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things which are revealed and disclosed belong to us and to our children forever, so that we may do all of the words of this law.
Deuteronomy 29:29 (AMP)

⁶God said, “Listen to me! You will have prophets. I, the Lord, will let them learn about me through visions. I will speak to them in dreams. ⁷But Moses is not like that. He is my faithful servant—I trust him with everyone in my house.⁸When I speak to him, I talk face to face with him. I don’t use stories with hidden meanings—I show him clearly what I want him to know. And Moses can look at the very image of the Lord……..”
Numbers 12:6-8 (ERV)

Day after day pours forth speech, And night after night reveals knowledge.
Psalm 19:2 (AMP)

The secret (of the wise counsel) of the Lord is for those who fear Him, And He will let them know His covenant and reveal to them (through His word) its (deep, inner) meaning.
Psalm 25:14 (AMP)

¹⁶You don’t really want sacrifices, or I would give them to you.¹⁷The sacrifice that God wants is a humble spirit. God, you will not turn away someone who comes with a humble heart and is willing to obey you.
Psalm 51:16-17 (ERV)

¹⁵But God had special plans for me even before I was born. So he chose me through his grace. ¹⁶It pleased him to let me see and know his Son so that I could tell the Good News about him to the non-Jewish people. I immediately prepared to do this work without asking for advice or help from anyone.
Galatians 1:15-16 (AMP)

Thursday Morning Prayer (Wk7/2021)

El Elyon, I awake this morning, giving You glory, honour, thanks and praise. I give thanks that I was able to wake up one more time to start all over again. I ask You for forgiveness of my sins whether they be of thought, word or deed. I thank You for Your Word, as it tells me that my sins are as far from me as the east is from the west, so great and vast is the expression of Your love towards me. Abba Father, I magnify and praise You for Your saving grace.

Today, as I go about my day, I ask that You remain as a Hedge of Protection around me. May You continue to be the Rock in which I can hide where no evil or bad thing will be able to find me. Increase my faith, so I may always remember You as the God of immense Might and Power, so I can go boldly about the things planned. Continue to lead and allow me to remain adaptable to the days tasks.

¹⁰he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. ¹¹For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; ¹²as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. ¹³As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;
Psalm 103:10-14 (NIV)

With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all
Acts 4:33 (NIV)

So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who confirmed the message of his grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.
Acts 14:3 (NIV)

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.
Ephesians 2:8-9 (NIV)

²⁰But you, beloved, build yourselves up on (the foundation of) your most holy faith (continually progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher), pray in the Holy Spirit, ²¹and keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously and looking forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ (which will bring you) to eternal life. ²²And have mercy on some, who are doubting; ²³save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy but with fear, loathing even the clothing spotted and polluted by their shameless immoral freedom.
Jude 1:20-23 (GW)

Thought For The Day – Trust In ALL Seasons Of Life (Wk7/2021)

Wednesday Morning Prayer (Wk7/2021)

Almighty Father, I come before You with thanksgiving, honour and praise. I glorify Your Name. Your Word tells me, I love Your Son Jesus Christ because He first loved me. He laid down His life for me whilst I was so unworthy and it is because of my realisation and acceptance, that I am made worthy. I thank You that, as You look down at me, You see the Blood of Your Son and I am considered redeemed; paid for in full. I thank You for the calling and give thanks that everything I do, is evidence of the salvation I have received. On a daily basis I take up my cross and follow You, answering with my whole heart and being. Therefore, my prayer is that I will continually have hope in victory; faith that You will always do what You have promised because You cannot lie; and remember the first and greatest commandment, which is to love You with all my heart, mind and soul.

⁴³“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ ⁴⁴But I tell you, love your enemies. Pray for those who treat you badly. ⁴⁵If you do this, you will be children who are truly like your Father in heaven. He lets the sun rise for all people, whether they are good or bad. He sends rain to those who do right and to those who do wrong.
Matthew 5:43-45 (ERV)

And the second command is like the first: ‘Love your neighbor the same as you love yourself.’
Matthew 22:39 (ERV)

Then Jesus taught the followers that they should always pray and never lose hope. He used this story to teach them:
Luke 18:1 (ERV)

¹⁴“But I will tell you this: I worship the God of our fathers as a follower of the Way, which these Jews say is not the right way, and I believe everything that is taught in the Law of Moses and all that is written in the books of the prophets. ¹⁵I have the same hope in God that these Jews have—the hope that all people, good and bad, will be raised from death.¹⁶This is why I always try to do what I believe is right before God and before everyone.
Acts 24:4-16 (ERV)

There was no hope that Abraham would have children, but Abraham believed God and continued to hope. And that is why he became the father of many nations. As God told him, “You will have many descendants.”
Romans 4:18 (ERV)

Faith is what makes real the things we hope for. It is proof of what we cannot see. God was pleased with the people who lived a long time ago because they had faith like this. Faith helps us understand that God created the whole world by His command. This means that the things we see were made by something that cannot be seen.
Hebrews 11:1-3 (ERV)

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6 (NIV)

¹¹When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, and I made plans like a child. When I became a man, I stopped those childish ways. ¹²It is the same with us. Now we see God as if we are looking at a reflection in a mirror. But then, in the future, we will see him right before our eyes. Now I know only a part, but at that time I will know fully, as God has known me. ¹³So these three things continue: faith, hope, and love. And the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:11-13 (ERV)

Tuesday Morning Prayer (Wk7/2021)

Today, I look where I was, to where I am now, and thank You that I am blessed. It is because I am blessed that I can choose to be happy. Life has thrown so much at me but I still persist in my attempt to live my life in a way that is pleasing to You, even more so. If I remain focused on You, Yeshua HaMashiach, I need not fear. All that is on this earth is for Your Kingdom and I, being a part of it, should be happy that I live within the realms that You have provided. I am in the world but not of the world. Your Word says that at the right time my storehouse will be opened and I will be sent Your richest blessings. Everything I touch will be blessed. You will send down the latter rain at the right time; ideas will spring forth; dreams will become projects; projects will reap souls for the Kingdom and tangible assets; I will neither hunger nor lack any good thing, whether it be food, clothing or resources: I will begin to thrive with an overflow.

To be blessed is to be holy, consecrated and set apart, what choice do I have but to be both blessed and happy.

How blessed and favored by God are those whose way is blameless (those with personal integrity, the upright, the guileless), Who walk in the law (and who are guided by the precepts and revealed will) of the Lord.
Psalm 119:1 (AMP)

My eyes anticipate the night watches and I awake before the call of the watchman, That I may meditate on Your word.
Psalm 119:148 (AMP)

Blessed (happy and sheltered by God’s favour) is everyone who fears the Lord (and worships Him with obedience), who walks in His ways and lives according to His commandments.
Psalm 128:1 (AMP)

So I have seen that there is nothing better than that a man should be happy in his own works and activities, for that is his portion (share). For who will bring him (back) to see what will happen after he is gone?
Ecclesiastes 3:22 (AMP)

The people of Israel will come to the top of Zion, and they will shout with joy. Their faces will shine with happiness about the good things the Lord gives them. He will give them grain, new wine, olive oil, young sheep and cattle. They will be like a garden that has plenty of water. And the people of Israel will not be troubled anymore.
Jeremiah 31:12 (ERV)

“The master answered, ‘You did right. You are a good servant who can be trusted. You did well with a small amount of money. So I will let you care for much greater things. Come and share my happiness with me.’
Matthew 25:23 (ERV)

“For God so (greatly) loved and dearly prized the world, that He (even) gave His (One and) only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him (as Saviour) shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge and condemn the world (that is, to initiate the final judgment of the world), but that the world might be saved through Him.
John 3:16-17 (AMP)

¹²While I was with them, I kept them safe by the power of your name—the name you gave me. I protected them. And only one of them was lost—the one who was sure to be lost. This was to show the truth of what the Scriptures said would happen. ¹³“I am coming to you now. But I pray these things while I am still in the world. I say all this so that these followers can have the true happiness that I have. I want them to be completely happy. ¹⁴I have given them your teaching. And the world has hated them, because they don’t belong to the world, just as I don’t belong to the world.
John 17:12-14 (ERV)