Month: February 2021

Numbers 23:19 Amp Version.

God is not a man, that He should tell or act a lie, neither the son of man, that He should feel repentance or compunction ( for what He has promised). Has He said and shall He not do it? Or has He spoken and shall He not make it good.

What a beautiful Scripture for all who have had a promise or a prophetic word from God and as yet has not seen it fulfilled.
Sarah was old and really in the natural unable to conceive BUT GOD.
He had given her the promise and she was holding onto it and believing for it to come to pass.
We know she was not disappointed because what was impossible with man was possible with God.
When we get a prophetic word from God we need to take it and pray it through. We cannot just sit and wait and wait and wait on it happening.

Several years ago I had received a word from a pastor in the middle of a morning service. Part of the word was that change was about to come.
Every morning that I went to work I struck that day of on the calendar and kept saying God this is a day closer to change.
Exactly a year later one of the biggest changes in my life occurred.
It was not how I expected but it was as God wanted. I am forever grateful that He did it His way.

So today if you have had that word and have not seen it happen yet, rise up and keep your faith that what God has said will come to pass in His time.

Numbers 23:19 Amp Version.

God is not a man, that He should tell or act a lie, neither the son of man, that He should feel repentance or compunction ( for what He has promised). Has He said and shall He not do it? Or has He spoken and shall He not make it good.

What a beautiful Scripture for all who have had a promise or a prophetic word from God and as yet has not seen it fulfilled.
Sarah was old and really in the natural unable to conceive BUT GOD.
He had given her the promise and she was holding onto it and believing for it to come to pass.
We know she was not disappointed because what was impossible with man was possible with God.
When we get a prophetic word from God we need to take it and pray it through. We cannot just sit and wait and wait and wait on it happening.

Several years ago I had received a word from a pastor in the middle of a morning service. Part of the word was that change was about to come.
Every morning that I went to work I struck that day of on the calendar and kept saying God this is a day closer to change.
Exactly a year later one of the biggest changes in my life occurred.
It was not how I expected but it was as God wanted. I am forever grateful that He did it His way.

So today if you have had that word and have not seen it happen yet, rise up and keep your faith that what God has said will come to pass in His time.

Numbers 23:19 Amp Version.

God is not a man, that He should tell or act a lie, neither the son of man, that He should feel repentance or compunction ( for what He has promised). Has He said and shall He not do it? Or has He spoken and shall He not make it good.

What a beautiful Scripture for all who have had a promise or a prophetic word from God and as yet has not seen it fulfilled.
Sarah was old and really in the natural unable to conceive BUT GOD.
He had given her the promise and she was holding onto it and believing for it to come to pass.
We know she was not disappointed because what was impossible with man was possible with God.
When we get a prophetic word from God we need to take it and pray it through. We cannot just sit and wait and wait and wait on it happening.

Several years ago I had received a word from a pastor in the middle of a morning service. Part of the word was that change was about to come.
Every morning that I went to work I struck that day of on the calendar and kept saying God this is a day closer to change.
Exactly a year later one of the biggest changes in my life occurred.
It was not how I expected but it was as God wanted. I am forever grateful that He did it His way.

So today if you have had that word and have not seen it happen yet, rise up and keep your faith that what God has said will come to pass in His time.

Numbers 23:19 Amp Version.

God is not a man, that He should tell or act a lie, neither the son of man, that He should feel repentance or compunction ( for what He has promised). Has He said and shall He not do it? Or has He spoken and shall He not make it good.

What a beautiful Scripture for all who have had a promise or a prophetic word from God and as yet has not seen it fulfilled.
Sarah was old and really in the natural unable to conceive BUT GOD.
He had given her the promise and she was holding onto it and believing for it to come to pass.
We know she was not disappointed because what was impossible with man was possible with God.
When we get a prophetic word from God we need to take it and pray it through. We cannot just sit and wait and wait and wait on it happening.

Several years ago I had received a word from a pastor in the middle of a morning service. Part of the word was that change was about to come.
Every morning that I went to work I struck that day of on the calendar and kept saying God this is a day closer to change.
Exactly a year later one of the biggest changes in my life occurred.
It was not how I expected but it was as God wanted. I am forever grateful that He did it His way.

So today if you have had that word and have not seen it happen yet, rise up and keep your faith that what God has said will come to pass in His time.

Isaiah 41:10 Amp Version.

Fear not (there is nothing to fear), for I am with you; do not look around you in terror and be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and harden you to difficulties, yes, I will help you; yes, I will hold you up and retain you with My (victorious) right hand of righteous and justice.

What a beautiful promise from God to us His precious children to fear not .

Fear not is mentioned 365 times in the Bible, YES one ‘fear not’ for every day.

What is it this day that your fear?

Fear of finances.
Fear of abuse.
Fear of death.
Fear of sickness.
Fear of our loved ones not knowing Jesus.
Fear of job loss.

There are so many reasons that the enemy uses to try and grip us with fear.

F… false
E… evidence
A…appearing
R… real

God tells us there is nothing to fear for He is with us.
He does tell us that there will be difficulties because of the trials in life, but because He loves us He wants to pour into our hearts and strengthen us in these times.

Twice in this verse He assures us with:

YES … He will help you.

YES … He will hold you up with His victorious right hand.

We have nothing to fear and I urge anyone today who is living in torment to call on the Name of Jesus and allow Him to reach out and take this burden from you and receive His peace and joy.

Jesus loves you so much He wants you to be set free today.

James 4: 10 Amp Version.

Humble yourselves (feeling very insignificant) in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you( He will lift you up and make your lives significant)

I wakened this morning with the scripture ,Come close to God and He will come close to you which is verse 8 of this passage of Scripture.

I have meditated on this today and know that what really is important is how we come before the Father. We need to come as the Scripture says humbly knowing that we are in His presence and that He wants us to be there.
He delights in you.
When we come before God with humility , and recognising that He alone can lift us up and make our lives count for His Glory…. what a beautiful thought.

Many of us feel unworthy because of past situations that the enemy is still trying to bring before us so that he can keep us away from God.
Our past is behind us stop allowing it to keep us away from God.

God is standing waiting patiently and longingly for us to fall into His arms and allow Him to set us free.

We sometimes feel that when we sort ourselves out then we will come to God, but that is not possible we need to come as we are and allow Him to shape and mould us so that are lives are significant.
God has a great plan and future for each of us.

Today I urge you to wait no longer but to seek Him as a matter of urgency and take this journey with Him one step at a time.

Below is a link I pray each one of you listen to it and are blessed.

1 Peter 5:7 Amp Version.

Casting the whole of your care (all your anxieties, all your worries,all your concerns, once and for all) on Him, for he cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully.

God spoke to me yesterday about how so many of us His precious children have fear deep rooted within us.
As I considered this today he continued to speak with this verse of Scripture in

1 Peter 5:7 … The words of Peter are a command. It is not God’s will for us His children to live under these burdens. He wants us to release them to Him.
We so often come our Father and ask Him to lift a burden from us and before we finish praying we have taken it back.

When we have carried something for so long it actually becomes a part of us that God never intended us to carry.
We also forget that when we worry about something it actually goes so deep that it can cause sickness and disease to our body.
So we need to cast it all off and not just a part of it otherwise it will just keep returning.
That is why Peter says all
All anxieties.
All worries.
All concerns.

God desires His very best for all of us. He does not slumber nor sleep. He cares for us affectionately and cares about us.
So I ask you to consider what you are holding onto that you should be surrendering to your Heavenly Father today.
By doing so you will have such peace, joy and have the freedom.
He so desires to takes your burdens today.

Meditate can also mean to ‘Mutter’, speaking something over and over ‘to ourselves’, until it becomes a part of us.

Keep this Book of the Law always on your LIPS(in your MOUTH); meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. (Many want the results without the application!) Joshua  1:8

God’s command to Joshua was ‘keep it on your lips/speak it out often’. When we repeat something our minds will inevitably be drawn to think about we’re saying, so God told Joshua to speak or mutter His Law.

In yesterday’s blog we recounted how the first generation of God’s people failed to enter into their inheritance, through ‘fear of man’. They wouldn’t face the giants in the land God had promised them.

Major General Frederick C Blesse (US Air Force) wrote a fighter tactics manual in 1955 with the stirring title, ‘NO GUTS, NO GLORY’. He was a highly decorated fighter pilot who’d often lived out what he’d written.

I came across a short article based on this title by Daphne Delay, (theinspiredwoman.org). Excerpt from the article;

“There’s a reason the devil pushes so hard to make you and I feel inferior. If he can get us to focus on our mistakes, or challenge our courage, he has hit us right in the gut.

NO GUTS! NO GLORY!

And this is why I’m so passionate about helping you understand your righteousness in Christ. If you and I remain ignorant of how God sees us (through the blood of Christ and the exchange of His righteousness for our sin), we will also continue feeling inferior and we’ll never fully see the glory of God in our lives.
So, take up this motto with new inspiration today! You are the righteousness of God in Christ and you are crowned with glory and honour!”

In yesterday’s blog I stated that we would either be directed by the ‘Fear of God’ or the ‘fear of man’. God warned Joshua as leader of the people to continually focus on His Words and NOT LISTEN TO THE MAJORITY OPINION, FOR EXAMPLE THE 10 SPIES. It’s so easy, particularly in this age, to be influenced by the words of others who know nothing of God or His Plan for the close of this Age. Joshua needed to be ‘in step or in tune’ with God and His Plans and so will we!

Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, “This was their finest hour.” Winston Churchill

It’s interesting that I’ve quoted two military sources today, without any such intention. Joshua and Israel needed courage to go in and TAKE THEIR INHERITANCE AND I BELIEVE SO WILL WE IN THE CHURCH.

May the praise of God be in our mouths and a double-edged sword in our hands. Psalm 149:6

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The latter part of Joshua’s life was a battle, the conquest of Canaan, Israel’s God ordained inheritance.

The second occurrence of the word ‘meditation’ in the Bible is in the first chapter of Joshua. Israel came out of Egypt, (symbolises the world system) and headed for the land of Canaan, but as we know that generation failed to take the land. The ‘slave mentality’ may have been too deeply rooted in them after 400 years in Egypt, they couldn’t face the giants in Canaan, the land God had promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Their eyes were too focused on the enemy and not on the Lord!

Joshua and Caleb were the only 2 spies who brought back a positive report about the land promised by God;

7 and said(Joshua and Caleb) to the entire Israelite assembly, “The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good. 8 If the Lord is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us. 9 Only do not rebel against the Lord. And do not be afraid of the people of the land, because we will devour them. Their protection is gone, but THE LORD IS WITH US. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM.” Numbers 14:7-9

Joshua had fought the Amalakites Exodus 17:9 under Moses command, he knew about hand to hand fighting. He also knew that when Mose’s hands dropped before God, the enemy began to win. He’d experienced battle against real enemies and knew the dangers.

God said to Joshua 4 times in chapter 1, before they entered Canaan, ‘be strong and courageous, don’t be afraid of them’. But God also said to His chosen leader;

7 “Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. 8 Keep this Book of the Law ALWAYS ON YOUR LIPS, MEDITATE ON IT DAY AND NIGHT, SO THAT YOU MAY BE CAREFUL TO DO EVERYTHING WRITTEN IN IT.  Then you will be prosperous and successful. Joshua 1:7, 8

KEEP DOING WHAT I SAY AND EVERYTHING WILL BE OK.

God couldn’t allow Israel to turn back a second time, they had to fight and win! So I believe it will be for the Church (Christ’s bride) in the coming times. Situations and circumstances may become difficult but we are also called to fight and win. God led Israel to victory after victory in the Land of Promise and He will do the same for the Church, but we’ll need to hear and obey His leadership. Things ahead may seem difficult, but if WE KEEP LISTENING AND LOOKING TO GOD AND NOT THE BAD REPORTS OF MEN AND THE MEDIA, He will bring His people through to a spiritual inheritance, the greatest harvest of souls in history. The outcome for the Church may well be determined by whom we’re taking our lead from, the FEAR OF GOD or the fear of man. God has planned a glorious climax for the end of the Age and Jesus return for His victorious bride.

God bless and keep you today.

Come apart, outside the camp, to commune (share one’s intimate thoughts or feelings with (someone), especially on a spiritual level) with God.

The first mention of meditation in the Bible was to bring comfort to Isaac, miracle son of Abraham. Gen 24:67

Isaac had put himself in a position to receive from God, he’d come apart outside the camp in the evening time. He saw the camels bringing Rebekah, his bride to be, as they approached. As we said yesterday, COMING APART from people allows us to COME TO GOD. Coming apart onto God may well mean that we perceive and know things before those in the clamour of the camp.

We also looked at Jacob’s return to the land of Canaan, with his children, servants and livestock. He’d fled from his uncle Laban, whom God warned in a dream not to say anything to Jacob. Then he met his brother Esau in weakness (with a dislocated hip socket) and in fear for his people and possessions. Jacob had to face his past with Esau, but after 20 years Esau was willing to forgive and forget, though Jacob blessed him with a generous gift. Genesis 33:10, 11

God had given Jacob family and livestock and he had to move at their pace

But Jacob said to him, ‘My lord knows that the children are tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard just one day, all the animals will die. So let my lord go on ahead of his servant, while I move along slowly at the pace of the flocks and herds before me and the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir’. Genesis 33:13, 14

Some of us may need to SLOW OUR PACE (or in some cases quicken it) and get back in step with the Spirit of God.

Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Galatians 5:25

The whole world has been impacted by Covid today and much activity has been brought to a halt. Today more than ever we need to get in step and stay in step with God’s Spirit. The TIME OF ENFORCED STILLNESS AND SLOWER PACE is our chance to turn back to God! Who knows what the future will hold, but it’s we who need to correct and get in step with Him.

My wife Anne was blessed as she read the opening verses of Psalm 105 today in the Amplified Bible;

3 Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those rejoice who seek and require the Lord [as THEIR INDISPENSABLE NECESSITY].
4 Seek, inquire of and for the Lord, and crave Him and His strength (His might and inflexibility to temptation); seek and require His face and His presence [continually] evermore.

May the Lord bless and keep you today.