My prayer for you today comes from …

Proverbs 3:6 ESV “In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.”

2 Corinthians 12:9 But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

Don’t fear the path unknown… want details, listen to Nehemiah 6 - the Enemy’s Plot, Still the Wall Is Finished

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Help for Hurting People - Our Government Has a Responsibility 

Nehemiah 5 is about how the people were hurting, because of a famine in the land, the poor were selling everything they owned and borrowing money just to get food. The nobles (the rich) and rulers (our government) were imposing heavy burdens on the people. 

When Nehemiah confronted them, the nobles and rulers promised to stop inflecting pain on their people by taking an oath.  

12 Then they said, “We will give it back and not require anything from them. We will do exactly as you say.” Then I called the priests and took an oath from them that they would act in accordance with this promise.

Nehemiah 5:13 Amplified Bible (AMP)

After praising the Lord, Nehemiah prayed that the nobles and rulers would keep their promise. 

13 I also shook out the front of my garment and said, “So may God shake out every man from his house and from his possessions who does not keep this promise; like this may he be shaken out and emptied.” And all the assembly said, “Amen!” And they praised the Lord. Then the people acted in accordance with this promise.

Footnote to v13

Nehemiah 5:13 The folds of a robe over the chest formed a place where objects could be carried and protected, so Nehemiah’s gesture was a vivid illustration of the divine punishment he was invoking upon violators.

I prayed today ...

May our government keep their promises, the oath they took to uphold the constitution and the oath they took to help their constituents. Who has money does not define our character, nor should it detect who has a right to healthcare. The cross is about reaching up to God and out to others. May we all do our part to help those in need. Amen! 

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Reading Nehemiah 4 teaches me that prayer matters and God has given me the task of praying for others. We all deal with ridicule and discouragement, but God tells us not to be afraid. Amen! 

Nehemiah 2:5

5 I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your presence, [I ask] that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, so that I may rebuild it.”

Think… When was the last time you prayed to the Father like Nehemiah?

My affirmation prayer when I have an ask…

Father, my King, my Lord of Lords,

Thank you for all the blessings in my life

I praise you and my your kingdom live forever

If it pleases You,

and if your servant (Your Name Here) has found favor in Your presence

[I ask] that you…, so I may …

This is key… have you been obeying God or at least trying daily to be obedient to Him?  Has the Father found favor in Your presence? Do you know how to please God?

Seven Ways to Please God -  author: Overcoming The Times

Merry Christmas Everyone

Today I read from Luke 1:26-35, did you know that God is already pleased with you.

As we celebrate Jesus' birthday, we remember the true meaning of the season. He came to teach, heal, and save. When opening your gifts, think about ...

- Who Jesus is,

- Who the angel told Mary, Jesus would become...

He will be great, and people will call him the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of King David, his ancestor. He will rule over the people of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end.” ...  the power of the Most High will cover you. The baby will be holy. He will be called the Son of God.

In Jesus' name I pray Amen!

Help me Father to find my joy.  God replied, The power to choose joy is and has always been yours. Remembering Ezra 3:12-13. 

12 But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ households, the old men who had seen the first house (temple), wept with a loud voice when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, while many shouted aloud for joy,

13 so that the people could not distinguish the sound of the shout of joy from the sound of the weeping of the people, for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the sound was heard far away.

Tears and shouts of joy. Amen

Not quite… 

Some were shouts of Joy, however the old men… wept, not for joy, but because they remember Solomon’s temple, which was larger grand. They saw the second temple as smaller and inferior. 

So, it was a very mixed audience. They were perhaps seeing it as something lost instead of something regained.

One group - looked back with regret

The other group - looked forward to good things to come

The choice to choose Joy is mine.

Our prayer today ask God to keep you from pain and provide you the power to ask for anything in Jesus' name. 

1 Chronicles 4:9-10 NIV

John 14:14 ESV

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A Prayer to Bless the Work of Your Hands

Psalm 90:17  The Passion Translation  (TPT)

17 O Lord our God, let your sweet beauty rest upon us and give us favor. Come work with us, and then our works will endure, and give us success in all we do.

I love to read the same scripture in different verses, it's like hearing various points of view and interpretations. This is an opportunity for you to draw closer to God, enjoy this time, lay down your fears, and watch HIS mighty hands work in your favor. Amen! 

Meaningful Quotes from Ezra 8 showing us - The Power of Fasting and Prayer

“There, by the Ahava Canal, I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.” ‭‭Ezra‬ ‭8:21‬ ‭NIV‬‬ 

“I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road, because we had told the king, “The gracious hand of our God is on everyone who looks to him, but his great anger is against all who forsake him.”  Ezra‬ ‭8:22‬ ‭NIV‬‬

31 We set out from the river Ahava on the twelfth [day] of the first month to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was upon us, and He rescued us from the hand of the enemy and those who lay in ambushes along the way.  ‭‭Ezra‬ ‭8:31 ‭NIV‬‬

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This prayer is about - Staying true to who you want to become

My affirmation prayer for you today is about … Staying true to who you want to become, which is an obedient child of God, and understanding that takes time.

It’s important to not rush, we need to realize it will be in God’s time not ours.

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Be Bless and Stay Fit - Amen!