Unwholesome words!

Ephesians 4:29 (AMP)

²⁹ Do not let unwholesome [foul, profane, worthless, vulgar] words ever come out of your mouth, but only such speech as is good for building up others, according to the need and the occasion, so that it will be a blessing to those who hear [you speak]. 

I find that most people are profane, they don't care what they say and swearing is part of their daily vocabulary. How sad, that we cannot speak to each other with wholesome words. Instead, it's so cool to swear and use vulgar words.

What happened to be civil with each other and what happened to people being kind and understanding, having patience and compassion for each other. Are we so caught up in our own little world that we cannot be kind and civil any longer?

People grumble and moan all the time, on one shows that they are grateful and the best is they have so much to be grateful over.

I listen to people speaking to their spouse or partners and my word there is no civility, being married makes the way we speak to our loved ones even worse.

Lord, please place a guard over my mouth, stop me from being vulgar and stop me from saying profane words. I want to honour You in my way of life. Amen

Pray from your heart!

Matthew 6:5 (AMP)

⁵ “Also, when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to pray [publicly] standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets so that they may be seen by men. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, they [already] have their reward in full."

I have come to realise that lately, I have been reciting a prayer each and every day, I haven't really been praying from my heart.  Sadly this has placed me in a difficult position making me feel inadequate and without direction.

I have been so busy with all kinds of things keeping me from really expressing my hearts feelings and thoughts. 

Preaching to myself this afternoon, humbly coming before the LORD, bring my heartfelt desires and expressing my feelings. I have realised that I have been burning the candle both side and I am facing a burnout.

Exhaustion is creeping up on me and I feel hopeless at times because I have no real source of connection to the LORD. I am reading the Word praying prayers but not heartfelt ones.

O LORD, my LORD, humbly I express my regret of not speaking to You openly and honestly. I have been keeping myself so busy and this has resulted in my becoming overtired and drained. I have lost my passion and missed the point long ago. The best part is LORD, You stay faithful to me, constantly being here for me. How blessed I feel in this knowledge that You have not failed me once. Thank You LORD Jesus Amen

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June was a stress filled month for me:

Psalm 37: 5 "Commit your way to the LORD, trust in Him, and he will act."

It's been a difficult month for me, I have committed my way to the LORD, in the hope that I will continue to work. I have so many responsibilities and I would hate to drop the people who are depending on me.

I feel hopeful and believe that nothing is impossible with God and actually if all turns out the way I think it will, I should be continuing with my work.

God has never let me down in the past I don't think He will be doing this going forward.

I have a number of projects running and I believe God is working on my behalf.

Prayer

Humbly O, LORD my God I take refuge in You, I know there are people standing against me and is pushing with all their might to get rid of me. LORD as King David prayed in Psalm 7 I come humbly in prayer asking that YOU LORD, will help me. O LORD my GOD, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands, if I have repaid my friends with evil or plundered my enemy without cause, let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it, and let him trample my life to the ground and lay my glory in the dust. Selah

But in humility LORD, arise, in Your anger, lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; awake for me; you have appointed a judgment.

The LORD judges the peoples, judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.

In the Name of the LORD Jesus Christ, I cry out to YOU. Amen

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Scripture for Friday

Psalm 37:3 (AMP)

3 

Trust [rely on and have confidence] in the Lord and do good;

Dwell in the land and feed [securely] on His faithfulness.

Lord, You know how I feel about people who act like hooligans, they just cannot stop themselves and think its quite all right.

I know Your word says we should pray for them. I also know that we all will give a report on what we have done in our lives. Please, Lord, help me get over this and move forward in Jesus Christ's name. Amen

Are you expecting to be disappointed?

Zechariah 9: 12

"Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double."

Are you expecting to be disappointed? I think that we should not think in terms of disappointment. I am expecting God to give me hope and a future. I am expecting good things to follow me all the days of my life. I am putting my hope in the Lord.

When I think of the Lord Jesus I expect only good things to follow me because He died on the cross for my sins. I believe that Jesus is in control over my life and He came to save me. He called me by my name and I belong to Him.

You know the devil comes with lies and he whispers them in your ear all day long. Telling you that you won't make it and nothing good can ever come your way. All lies I tell you, we should turn our focus to the Lord Jesus, He loves us and will answer all our prayers.

Lord Jesus, thank You for today, for my friends and family. I am expecting double for my trouble and Lord I am grateful that You hear my prayers. Lord, I think of my family and friends and I dedicate each person into Your hands today. Bless each one of us with a double for our trouble, Lord You know our coming and our going. Lord when we lay down and when we get up. We cannot work without You, guide each one of us and take this expectation of disappointment away and replace it Lord with an expectation of double for my trouble in Jesus Christ name Amen

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Scripture for Sunday - advancing on to maturity and perfection and spiritual completeness

Hebrews 6:1 (AMP)

The Peril of Falling Away

6 Therefore let us get past the elementary stage in the teachings about the Christ, advancing on to maturity and perfection and spiritual completeness, [doing this] without laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, 

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Scripture for Saturday

Philippians 3:13-14 (AMP)

¹³ Brothers and sisters, I do not consider that I have made it my own yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, ¹⁴ I press on toward the goal to win the [heavenly] prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 

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Scripture for Friday

1 Corinthians 3:11 (AMP)

¹¹ for no one can lay a foundation other than the one which is [already] laid, which is Jesus Christ. 

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Scripture for Thursday

1 Corinthians 10:13 (AMP)

¹³ No temptation [regardless of its source] has overtaken or enticed you that is not common to human experience [nor is any temptation unusual or beyond human resistance]; but God is faithful [to His word—He is compassionate and trustworthy], and He will not let you be tempted beyond your ability [to resist], but along with the temptation He [has in the past and is now and] will [always] provide the way out as well, so that you will be able to endure it [without yielding, and will overcome temptation with joy].

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Scripture for Wednesday

Romans 1:16 (AMP)

¹⁶ I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation [from His wrath and punishment] to everyone who believes [in Christ as Saviour], to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 

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