James 5:13-18

“13. Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. 

14. Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 

15. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 

16.Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

17. Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. 

18. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.”

There is power in prayer, but the world needs people who are willing to stand in the gap and interceded for the nation. 

Are you willing to be an instrument of prayer to effect change that is so desperately needed?Or is your goal to spread fear with no real solution? 

We live in perilous times, but God is still the same. He is the only answer.

I encourage you to pray – it is a powerful weapon. It works.

***be blessed by the word and have a great Sunday. 

1Peter 4:17-18

“17. For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?  

18. And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?”

Food for preparation…

Matthew 6:6

“But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.”

Isaiah 59:19

“So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.”

I encourage you today, do not allowed the enemy to make you feel desperate. The bible tells us in 2 Corinthians 2:11, that we are not ignorant of the enemy’s devices. 

Rather than fall into traps we are familiar with, endeavor to stand on the word and fight the good fight of faith. God has your back. Let the word of God do the work. Your job is to use the word as a sword to fight the enemy. Do not lie still and allow the enemy to run over you – to do as he please in the circumstances of your life.

The enemy does fear the name if the Lord. We just have to make sure we use that name as instructed in the word. In your obedience, God will lift up a standard against your enemy – every time.

God has your back!!

*** I pray you are blessed by the word. As always your comments are welcome.

Psalm 118:23-24

“23. This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. 

24. This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.”

I have discovered that being happy is a choice. Every day that the Lord sees fit to allow be to arise, is a day to celebrate. 

So this morning ( and every morning) I choose to be happy and to bring glory to God. 

By faith I decree that I will have a good day and spread it to everyone I meet.

My prayer is that you have a blessed morning too! 

Psalms 115:14-15

“14. The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children.

15. Ye are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth.”

Go forth and accomplished what God has given you to do. 

Have a blessed day, but also be a blessing to someone!

 Ecclesiastes 1:9-10

“9. The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. 

10. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.”

Hebrews 13:8-9

“8. Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

9. Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines.”

Make sure you are moving toward God, not farther away. Every good idea may not be a God idea. In your quest for progress and innovative ideas, understand the philosophy of the world should not be the believers foundation. 

Sticking with the plan (the word of God), is the only sure way the people of God are to prosper. Learning to apply biblical principles to our everyday lives brings success (see Joshua 1:8).

*** I hope you prayerfully consider this post. As always your comments are encouraged. Be blessed