God uses insignificant people.

2 Kings 5: 6 (ESV)

“And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, which read, “When this letter reaches you, know that I have sent to you Naaman my servant, that you may cure him of his leprosy.””

Frightened and shocked the messenger moves a couple of steps backwards. In the face of an outraged king, who tore his garments? Who knows what will happen? Elisha hears of this and sends a message to send Naaman to me.

Naaman stands outside the prophet’s house, another messenger is sent out. “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored, and you shall be clean.” Red-faced the commander wants to rush off back to his country. The impudence of this prophet but his servant encourages him to just try it.

Water dripping down the commanders face and tears of joy as he looks at his body, he has been healed. The little girl was instrumental in pointing him in the right direction and God used Elisha.

Prayer

LORD, we are all instruments in Your hands, if there is something we can do for other shows us. Let us be the vessels You use to lead others to You. In the Holy Name of the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen

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Now is the Time.

Esther 4: 14 (NIV)

“For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”

How far does your influence reach? Where you born for such a time as this? God placed you in this position. You are sitting in a position to help people. Many people are in good positions and are able to speak up for a colleague or someone who is in need of a job. Perhaps you know someone who is able to assist with a place for someone to stay. You are rubbing shoulders with the right people and God is waiting for you to open the door for a person in need.

Are you using this time to your advantage? Are you in a position to assist someone in need and are you willing to help? What is stopping you? Is your pride holding you back? Are you letting this opportunity pass you by? Are you in a position for such a time as this?

Prayer

Lord as Mordechai reminded Esther that she was born for such a time as this. Lord where I find myself help me to do what I can in helping. I am not in a position to move mountains but I believe You know who is my mountain movers. I want to pray that You will move them into action. In the Holy Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen

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I Want to Glorify You LORD

1 Corinthians 6: 20 (AMP)

“You were bought with a price [you were actually purchased with the precious blood of Jesus and made His own]. So then, honour and glorify God with your body.”

I wonder if you truly understand the concept of honouring and glorifying God with your body? Let us think of a couple, eating and weight. I have a weight problem not because I eat too much because I now am eating. I never used to eat in the morning or during the day and only eat a small portion in the evening. Constantly worried that I will get fat, but I was losing my strength.

I find when I eat 3 balanced meals in a day, I put on weight. This frustrates me and then I revert back to my old ways. Am I glorifying God with starving myself? I don’t believe I am God wants us to be happy, isn’t it?

I know Jesus Christ of Nazareth died on a cross for my sins, and I am trying to glorify my God. Am I succeeding in my task?

Prayer

Heavenly Father, Lord help me to honour You with my body, I failed You so many times in the past. I want to bring You glory and honour with my body, I want to keep it Holy in Jesus Christ of Nazareth Name. Amen

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#reaping

Obadiah

“¹⁵ For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you; your deeds shall return on your own head.”

Thoughts gush into my mind, how many times have I hurt people intentionally? I know when you cross me I will get even. Is it frowned upon? It should be but who knows? I am the first to point out “what you sow you will reap.” Lashing out and stating my case all the time, hmm. Then one day I will stand before the LORD, what have I done?

I am an imperfect woman; I allowed my moods to rule my heart and mind. Today in humbleness I stand before the LORD, guilty of such horrible sins. My temper ignited and turned to rage. Red-faced and upset I shout at you. Will I ever be a good person again?

I crave to become a better person. I have constantly fought my moods, my feelings and what I have allowed in my life. I am dismantled; I stand exposed before the LORD. Guilty, guilty. Please forgive me.

Prayer

LORD, I stand guilty on some many accounts before You today. I know what I sow I will reap. In humility please hear me and forgive me. I realize that I am guilty of so many accounts. I repent of being self-righteous and believing I am better than others. In the name of the LORD Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen

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The Desire to Please God

Proverbs 4: 24

“Put away from you crooked speech and put devious talk far from you.”

Make a decision and put your past behind you. Start learning how to control your thoughts. I identified sins that have tripped me up. You have to confess Pride, Rejection, Stress, Rage, Suspicion, Jealousy, Fear, Bitterness and Confusion. I confessed my shortcomings to the Lord on each of the above attitudes.

We need to clear the air with the Lord, repent. I desire to please God. I want to live a Holy life. I want to be the change I want to see. Crying out to the Holy Spirit for help, I am losing my way.

Each of the attitudes I mentioned causes me to react in an unpleasant way towards the people I love. I am fighting this war with the help of the Holy Spirit. I will not allow my mood to rule my heart any longer.

Prayer

Lord, humbly I confess I allowed pride, rejection, stress, rage, suspicion, jealousy, fear, bitterness and confusion to rule my heart. Holy Spirit please shows me how to restore my life. Lord Jesus guide me and teach me, show me how I can renew my mind and learn to live a life that is pleasing to You. I declare the blood of Jesus Christ over my heart, soul and mind. Amen

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God will bring you down a peg.

Proverbs 8: 13 (AMP)

“The [reverent] fear and worshipful awe of the LORD includes the hatred of evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way, and the perverted mouth, I hate.”

Take it from me, don't think you can judge people and get away with it. God will bring you down a peg. The funny thing is I never really seem to learn.

God hates people who are filled with pride and are arrogant. Here are two life experiences I can share with you today on being arrogant and prideful. I was sitting in church and I had the cheek to think badly of an anointed man from God. I looked at him while he was praying and thought to myself, you hypocrite.

Nothing happened to me at that stage but a week later, I had a bleeding stomach and wouldn't go and see a doctor. I walked with the bleeding stomach for probably 4 weeks. I realized my mistake and confessed my sin before God asking Him for His forgiveness. I set the anointed man of God free and repented. I was healed. No jokes.

In the other event, I said to someone "I am blessed and you aren't" oh my goodness what a terrible mistake. God absolutely hates a haughty person and I was so full of myself you won't believe. I was sick for a long time again.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, I humbly pray Lord God, please forgive me I do forget that You are Holy and that You are all knowing. I also forget that You hate arrogance and people full of pride. I made a mistake in thinking I am all that and more. I have failed You and I have fallen on my face again. Humbly I ask You to forgive me. In the Holy Name of the Lord Jesus Christ Amen

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Jesus calms the sea!

Mark 4: 39 ESV

“And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.”

Jesus calms a storm. Sometimes things don’t always pan out the way I planned them. I am reminded of something that happened over the weekend. I love baking and I had baked a couple of cakes, to my horror and disappointment the one cake collapsed. I was so upset and angry because that meant I had to bake another and this would mean I lost all my profit on the cake.

I was so upset that by the time I went to bed, my peptic ulcer started up. I couldn’t fall asleep and to top it off I started to sneeze. Today I have a full blown “cold” which isn’t very pleasant. My head is stuffy and my ears feel like I can hear you speaking through a tunnel. My throat is sore and I have sinus.

What I have learned from this experience is God allows thing even small things to happen in our lives to see what we do. Our reactions and how we relate to others. Mine wasn’t very pleasant and I am bearing the consequences of that today.

I have repented but the consequence of my actions has to be accepted and I must get through this with the help of medication. I believe the Lord is teaching me to be kind, compassionate and most importantly have loads of patience.

Prayer

Humbly heavenly Father, I come into Your presence today. I have sinned against You and others. I allowed my pride to come between myself and You, I was boasting and make it all my own success when in fact You need all the glory and honour. Thank You that I am able to come and repent and thank You that You have forgiven me. Bless the people who bought the cake, may it be a blessing to their lives and the people that eat it with them. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen

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Are you brokenhearted?

Psalm 147: 3 (AMP)

“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds [healing their pain and comforting their sorrow].”

I doubt there is anybody that can heal a broken hearted person. I was a person that was truly broken hearted. The person I trusted the most was the person that broke me. Today I have forgiven that person; it took me forever to get over the pain and abuse.

People who struggle with a broken heart tend to try and cover it up. I would pretend that everything was going well when in fact my life was in total havoc. I have heard someone say you are responsible for the “look on your face.” It’s true I used to carry my heart on my sleeve. People would notice something was wrong.

It took me a very, very long time to forgive this person and it still pains me to think of the things I had to endure. My character was being molded and I was changing.

The only place I still find solace is with the LORD. I had to learn a very specific lesson, I must not allow evil to conquer me but I must stand firm in doing good even if I wanted to get even [Romans 12: 21]. I also had to learn to trust God’s love, He loves me unconditionally and He forgave me all my sins [1 John 4: 8]. Each day is a learning curve in my own life, each day I draw closer to God. Each day I want a new experience in my life, God loves me and HE is working in my life right now.

Finding out who I am in Christ is changing my perspective on God’s love for me. He loves me and has called me by my name, I belong to Him, so do you. Don’t turn away from God, turn back to Him, let Him heal your broken heart. I implore you in Jesus Christ’s name.

Prayer

Lord God, I want to pray and ask that You will heal our broken hearts, some of us are faced with truly difficult situations in our lives. Help us to draw near to You especially in our pain. Help us to focus on Your word, teaching us to forgive and know that You truly love each one of us unconditionally. Until we grasp the fact that You love us unconditionally we will struggle to become healed. Forgive us, we have little faith. Please, Holy Spirit heals our broken hearts in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

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I want to give thanks to the LORD

Psalm 138: 8

“The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.”

It is my heart’s desire to come to the LORD each and every day to bring praises and say thank You for all the gifts out of my LORD’s hands. I am grateful that the LORD fulfilled His purpose for me, His steadfast love, endures forever. He doesn’t forsake the work of His hands. LORD with all my heart and my soul and mind, I want to come and say thank You.

In communing with You today I want to give You thanks, LORD. LORD, I believe You hear our prayers for salvation and help. I want to pray and say thank You for renewing our minds, through Your Holy Word.

I believe truly in You LORD and that You have my best interest at heart. I want to bring You praise and worship for helping me this year. I also want to say thank You for answered prayers.

LORD as I face today, help me not for lose sign of Your goodness, Your purpose and Your blessings in my life.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, Abba Father, I want to come and say thank You, thank You Lord, You provided according to my needs. Thank You, Lord that I am able to bring You praise and give You glory. Thank You Lord for helping me face another day. Thank You Lord for providing for my family and friends. Thank You Lord that I am able to speak to You in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen

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Is worry giving you an ulcer?

Philippians 4: 6 (Amp)

“Do not be anxious or worried about anything, but in everything [every circumstance and situation] by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, continue to make your [specific] requests know to God.”

Worry is something that used to drive me crazy, I used to worry about my kids, I used to worry about clothes, I used to worry about food, I used to worry about my finances. In the last couple of years, I can honestly say I don’t worry. If I feel anxious or worried I will start praying. I am not being religious this is my only option. I feel that I cannot share what I am going through with anybody around me. I feel that I can only speak to God.

I will keep on praying for an answer until I get it, I don’t think about my problem all the time I just speak to God. I feel that He will resolve my issues and I will be just fine. My life is in His hands and when I feel worried, I pray about it.

I also understand we are human in we struggle with a lot of issues in our lives, but hey, if you worry about money – is the money coming into your pocket? No, it's still somewhere out there. Not in your pocket.

My children are in Gods hands, I dedicate them each and every day into His hands, His blood is their protection. All my family, in fact, are in God’s Hands.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, thank You that You love us so much that we don’t have to feel anxious or worried about anything, in all our situations we come to You in humble prayer. Lord we dedicate our children, husbands and wives, family into Your hands today. Keep each one of us safe let no harm come our way. Thank You, Lord, in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ. Amen

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