Shalom,

Today we read Psalm 91 in our Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan and I want to post the entire Psalm here from the Amplified Bible!

1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty [Whose power no foe can withstand].

2 I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I [confidently] trust!

3 For [then] He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.

4 [Then] He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust and find refuge; His truth and His faithfulness are a shield and a buckler.

5 You shall not be afraid of the terror of the night, nor of the arrow (the evil plots and slanders of the wicked) that flies by day,

6 Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor of the destruction and sudden death that surprise and lay waste at noonday.

7 A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come near you.

8 Only a spectator shall you be [yourself inaccessible in the secret place of the Most High] as you witness the reward of the wicked.

9 Because you have made the Lord your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,

10 There shall no evil befall you, nor any plague or calamity come near your tent.

11 For He will give His angels [especial] charge over you to accompany and defend and preserve you in all your ways [of obedience and service].

12 They shall bear you up on their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone.

13 You shall tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the serpent shall you trample underfoot.

14 Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he knows and understands My name [has a personal knowledge of My mercy, love, and kindness—trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never forsake him, no, never].

15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.

16 With long life will I satisfy him and show him My salvation.

The Footnote for the Classic Amplified Bible says: The rich promises of this whole chapter are dependent upon one’s meeting exactly the conditions of these first two verses

That's why we have those two verses underlined! They ARE the prerequisite for obtaining, walking in and enjoying the PROMISES in this Psalm! Meditate on Psalm 91 and then declare, decree, proclaim and EXPECT them to operate in YOUR life! Here is Hillsong with "Made Me Glad":

Shalom in Him!

Shalom,

Today I want to share from Kenneth and Gloria Copeland's "From Faith To Faith" devotional:

Dare to Decide

Be it according to thy word. Exodus 8:10

I used to worry about making decisions for God. I used to be afraid to step out on faith and declare I was going to do something new that He’d shown me to do. I’d think, What if I fail? I was so scared of failing, I’d muddle around in indecision for weeks. Then one day I found out it wasn’t my power that was going to carry it out anyway. But it took my decision to move God in on the scene. Once I decided what I was going to do, and committed myself totally to it, God backed me!

What I learned is a truth from the Word of God that, if you’ll pay attention to it, will revolutionize your life. It’s truth that carries an awesome responsibility with it, but it’s a fabulous thing to realize.

Here it is: The right, the privilege and the power to decide has been left by God in the hands of men.

You have the right, for example, to decide where you’re going to spend eternity. You have a right to make that decision, and God will back your decision.

God can do everything for you but decide. He’s provided the power. He’s provided His Name. He’s provided the blood of Jesus. He’s provided the kingdom of God. He’s even made us partakers of it (Colossians 1:12).

But He’s not going to stuff that inheritance down our throats. Somewhere down the line we each have to make the decision to receive it.

Now the beautiful part is this: When you make that decision, God will back you to the hilt with His power. Once you make a decision to be born again, there’s no devil in hell big enough to stop you. All you have to do is decide.

Decide now. Declare your decision. Let it be done unto you according to your words.

Is God leading you in some new direction? Is He leading you to step out in faith for healing or prosperity or to take a whole new step of ministry? Don’t let fear hold you back.

AMEN! NEVER give in to fear! Here is Hillsong with "Ready or Not?":

Shalom in Him!

Shalom,

Today's devotional on The Spoken Word Church website is SO good!

Grow Your Faith

Everything begins small. The oak tree began with an acorn. The skyscraper began with a brick. Even weightlifters started their careers with just a few pounds. Little by little, they birthed new levels of strength and power.

Water the seeds of faith in your heart. Give them a chance to grow. You are just a portion of what you will be tomorrow.

"For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth." {Zechariah 4:10} "Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase." {Job 8:7}

AMEN! God is NOT 'expecting big things from you'! HE is expecting YOU to expect HIM to do those BIG THINGS! He is just about to do some turnarounds for many of His people! Be READY! Here is Hillsong UNITED with "Shadow Step":

Shalom in Him!

Shalom,

In today's Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan we read one of the portions of Scripture that has always stuck out to me so clearly! Luke 9:18-22:

18 Now it occurred that as Jesus was praying privately, the disciples were with Him, and He asked them, Who do men say that I am? 19 And they answered, John the Baptist; but some say, Elijah; and others, that one of the ancient prophets has come back to life. 20 And He said to them, But who do you [yourselves] say that I am? And Peter replied, The Christ of God! 21 But He strictly charged and sharply commanded them [under penalty] to tell this to no one [no one, whoever he might be], 22 Saying, The Son of Man must suffer many things and be [deliberately] disapproved and repudiated and rejected on the part of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be put to death and on the third day be raised [again].

When Jesus asked them who THEY said that He was, Peter spoke his answer supernaturally by the Spirit of God Who came upon him and NOT through his own knowledge. How do we know? Because Jesus went on to say what He did in verse 22, but when these things that He spoke came to pass, not one of them actually knew what was going on! They were SO fearful! Why couldn't they comprehend and remember? Because they were not yet born again in their spirit man and did not yet have Holy Spirit living IN them. 1 Corinthians 2:14 tells us this in the Amplified Bible:

But the natural, nonspiritual man does not accept or welcome or admit into his heart the gifts and teachings and revelations of the Spirit of God, for they are folly (meaningless nonsense) to him; and he is incapable of knowing them [of progressively recognizing, understanding, and becoming better acquainted with them] because they are spiritually discerned and estimated and appreciated.

More simply put, The Passion Translation says this:

Someone living on an entirely human level rejects the revelations of God’s Spirit, for they make no sense to him. He can’t understand the revelations of the Spirit because they are only discovered by the illumination of the Spirit.

If YOU are born again, then you DO have the ability to learn, know and understand the Word of God! Now put what you know into action and you will see GOD'S results! Here is Hillsong with "Your Word":

Shalom in Him!

Shalom,

Today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers is one that you will really want to hear!

The Unblameable Attitude

If thou…rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee… — Matthew 5:23

If when you come to the altar, there you remember that your brother has anything against you, not — If you rake up something by a morbid sensitiveness, but — “If thou…rememberest,” that is, if it is brought to your conscious mind by the Spirit of God: “first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.” Never object to the intense sensitiveness of the Spirit of God in you when He is educating you down to the scruple.

“First be reconciled to thy brother…” Our Lord’s direction is simple — “first be reconciled.” Go back the way you came, go the way indicated to you by the conviction given at the altar; have an attitude of mind and a temper of soul to the one who has something against you that makes reconciliation as natural as breathing. Jesus does not mention the other person, He says — you go. There is no question of your rights. The stamp of the saint is that he can waive his own rights and obey the Lord Jesus.

“And then come and offer thy gift.” The process is clearly marked. First, the heroic spirit of self-sacrifice, then the sudden checking by the sensitiveness of the Holy Spirit, and the stoppage at the point of conviction; then the way of obedience to the word of God, constructing an unblameable attitude of mind and temper to the one with whom you have been in the wrong; then the glad, simple, unhindered offering of your gift to God.

AMEN! I LOVE the part that says NOT to try to come up with something here, but to move in obedience when the Spirit of God brings something up to you! Your heart will be free, your offering will be accepted and YOU will be in a place of God's complete protection and abundant blessing for being obedient to HIS WORD! Amen! Here is Hillsong with "Say The Word":

Shalom in Him!

Shalom, 

Today's devotional from The Spoken Word Church website is vital!

Expect Supernatural Intervention. '

Elisha and his servant were surrounded by Syrian soldiers. The servant, trembling with fear, cried, "Alas, my master! How shall we do?" Elisha answered, "Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them." The servant's eyes were opened, and he saw the invisible army of angels supernaturally assigned to protect them.

Expect the supernatural. Angels are assigned to you. Never underestimate the attentiveness of your Father. Nothing is ever as bad as it first appears.

"He gives power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength." {Isaiah 40:29}

"And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray You, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha." {2 Kings 6:17}

AMEN! Have confidence that the One, True GOD is looking out for you! ALWAYS! Here is Hillsong Young and Free with "Never Have I Ever":

Shalom in Him! 

Shalom,

From our Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan for today we have Psalm 85:8-13:

8 I will listen [with expectancy] to what God the Lord will say, for He will speak peace to His people, to His saints (those who are in right standing with Him)—but let them not turn again to [self-confident] folly. 9 Surely His salvation is near to those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him, [and is ready to be appropriated] that [the manifest presence of God, His] glory may tabernacle and abide in our land. 10 Mercy and loving-kindness and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. 11 Truth shall spring up from the earth, and righteousness shall look down from heaven. 12 Yes, the Lord will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase. 13 Righteousness shall go before Him and shall make His footsteps a way in which to walk.

What wonderful promises that we have here coming forth from the Word of the Living God! HE has never, nor will he ever, give up on HIS people! Find out who YOU ARE - IN HIM! You will never be the same again! Here is Hillsong Kids with Ask, Seek, Knock:

Shalom in Him!

Shalom,

Psalm 84 from our Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan has some familiar and encouraging verses!

4 Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are those who dwell in Your house and Your presence; they will be singing Your praises all the day long. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! 5 Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whose strength is in You, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.

9 Behold our shield [the king as Your agent], O God, and look upon the face of Your anointed! 10 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else]; I would rather be a doorkeeper and stand at the threshold in the house of my God than to dwell [at ease] in the tents of wickedness. 11 For the Lord God is a Sun and Shield; the Lord bestows [present] grace and favor and [future] glory (honor, splendor, and heavenly bliss)! No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly. 12 O Lord of hosts, blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who trusts in You [leaning and believing on You, committing all and confidently looking to You, and that without fear or misgiving]!

The Psalms are also SONGS of PRAISE and WORSHIP! SO use them! Here to encourage you further is Hillsong with a worship song from this Psalm! 

Shalom in Him!

Shalom, 

Today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers is another thought provoker!

The Missionary’s Master

Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. — John 13:13

To have a master and to be mastered is not the same thing. To have a master means that there is one who knows me better than I know myself, one who is closer than a friend, one who fathoms the remotest abyss of my heart and satisfies it, one who has brought me into the secure sense that he has met and solved every perplexity and problem of my mind. To have a master is this and nothing less — “One is your Master, even Christ.”

Our Lord never enforces obedience; He does not take means to make me do what He wants. At certain times I wish God would master me and make me do the thing, but He will not; in other moods I wish He would leave me alone, but He does not.

“Ye call me Master and Lord” — but is He? Master and Lord have little place in our vocabulary, we prefer the words Saviour, Sanctifier, Healer. The only word to describe mastership in experience is love, and we know very little about love as God reveals it. This is proved by the way we use the word obey. In the Bible obedience is based on the relationship of equals, that of a son with his father. Our Lord was not God’s servant, He was His Son. “Though He were a Son, yet learned He obedience….” If our idea is that we are being mastered, it is a proof that we have no master; if that is our attitude to Jesus, we are far away from the relationship He wants. He wants us in the relationship in which He is easily Master without our conscious knowledge of it, all we know is that we are His to obey.

BECAUSE of our RELATIONSHIP with the Father by the Blood of JESUS, we are able to have intimate fellowship with HIM! The GOD of all the UNIVERSE! HE is waiting on US to make much more use of our time with Him! In His presence is not only 'fullness of joy', but EVERYTHING we will EVER need! Here is Hillsong with "Every Breath":

Shalom in Him! 

Shalom,

Today's Psalm 82 in our Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan is a GREAT ONE!

1 God stands in the assembly [of the representatives] of God; in the midst of the magistrates or judges He gives judgment [as] among the gods. 2 How long will you [magistrates or judges] judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! 3 Do justice to the weak (poor) and fatherless; maintain the rights of the afflicted and needy. 4 Deliver the poor and needy; rescue them out of the hand of the wicked. 5 [The magistrates and judges] know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in the darkness [of complacent satisfaction]; all the foundations of the earth [the fundamental principles upon which rests the administration of justice] are shaking. 6 I said, You are gods [since you judge on My behalf, as My representatives]; indeed, all of you are children of the Most High. 7 But you shall die as men and fall as one of the princes. 8 Arise, O God, judge the earth! For to You belong all the nations.

We MUST know the signs of the times in which we are living by meditating daily on the Word of the Living God! Holy Spirit, Who lives IN every believer, will bring knowledge and understanding of the Word for us as we meditate on and then OBEY that Word! THEN we can walk in total freedom and confidence that GOD will see us through! Here is Hillsong with "New Thing":

Shalom in Him!

 Shalom,

Today I want to share again from Kenneth and Gloria Copeland's "From Faith To Faith" devotional. This message is so verry important for every believer who desires to walk in the promises of the Word of God for health and healing and for every other area!

Time to Get Serious

O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee.... I [will] remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. Psalm 63:1, 6.

If you’re going to live in divine health, there are going to be times when you’ll have to be downright extreme about the Word of God. Times when you may be facing a sickness so severe that you need more than just a few moments in the Word and a quick prayer to receive your healing.

I want to tell you, in very practical terms, what I would do in a situation like that.

The moment I woke up in the morning, before I did anything else, I’d take Communion. I’d say, “Lord, I dedicate my body all day today to the service of my Lord Jesus Christ. I take Jesus’ pure blood shed for me.”

Then I’d put the devil in his place. I’d say, “I rebuke you, Satan. You’re not going to put any sickness and disease on me today. Regardless of the symptoms, regardless of what my body thinks about it, by the power of Jesus through His Spirit, I have overcome this sickness because He who is within me is greater than he who is in the world.”

Then, all day long, I’d thank God for my healing. I’d choose some teaching tapes that would fill my mind and my spirit with the anointed Word of God, and I’d listen to them throughout the day. In the afternoon, I’d praise God and receive Communion again to remind myself that the blood of Jesus is in my veins, that I’m part of God’s family.

You don’t have to wait until the second Sunday of each month or whatever to receive Communion. Jesus just said, “This do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me” (1 Corinthians 11:25). And if you’re facing a serious attack of the devil, you need to remember Jesus all day and all night. You need to consider Jesus until thoughts of Him push the thoughts of that sickness right out of your mind.

That night before bed I’d receive Communion again, then I’d praise myself to sleep. If I woke up in the night, I’d reach over and get my Bible and read all the healing scriptures and make the devil sorry he woke me.

When the devil launches a serious attack against your body, don’t mess around. Get serious about the Word. Put yourself under its constant care and it will take good care of you.

AMEN! DO THIS and you will find yourself healed and whole, and being able to stand for anything and everything that God has promised in His Word! Here is  Hillsong with "The Passion":

Shalom in Him!

 Shalom,

Today I want to share again from the devotional on our Spoken Word Church website.

Recognize Your Deliverer

God assigns deliverers. Moses was assigned to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. Elijah was sent to the widow of Zarephath to help her use her faith for provision. If you are sick, look for the man of God who believes in healing. If you are having financial problems, look for the man of God who believes in prosperity. No one fails alone. If you fail, it will be because you chose to ignore those God assigned to help you.

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! 38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate." {Matthew 23:37-38}

GOD has already sent those people into your lives that are meant to minister TO and FOR you! Be QUICK to hear! QUICK to obey! And QUICK to tell HIS story! Here is Hillsong with "GO":

Shalom in Him!

Shalom,

Today's devotional on The Spoken Word Church website is so completely appropriate right now!

Use the Weapon of Praise

King Saul was often tormented by evil spirits. When this happened, he called for David, the Psalmist and shepherd boy, to play the harp. The evil spirits always departed.

Praise and worship are dreaded weapons in Hell. Demon powers are demoralized by it. Don't neglect this weapon. It is too powerful to ignore. As you lift your hands in worship and praise, you will literally purge the atmosphere of demonic activity.

"And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him." {1 Samuel 16:23}

AMEN! PRAISE and WORSHIP are actually the highest forms of prayer! When we do this, we turn our eyes completely on GOD and off of everyone and everything else! HE deserves all of our praise! Let's make it our consistent lifestyle to have continual and intimate fellowship with the ONE Who loves us MOST and BEST! NOTHING can ever separate us from HIS great LOVE! NOTHING! Here is Hillsong with one of my favorite songs "Like Incense (Sometimes By Step)":

Shalom in Him!

Shalom,

We read Psalm 78 in our Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan for today. Look at verses 1-6:

1 Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth. 2 I will open my mouth in a parable (in instruction by numerous examples); I will utter dark sayings of old [that hide important truth]— 3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their children, but we will tell to the generation to come the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, and His might, and the wonderful works that He has performed. 5 For He established a testimony (an express precept) in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, commanding our fathers that they should make [the great facts of God’s dealings with Israel] known to their children, 6 That the generation to come might know them, that the children still to be born might arise and recount them to their children

THIS is the formula for a successful life and family! KNOW the WORD and then teach that WORD to you children. The promise for training a child in the way that they should go is that they will NOT always depart from it! THIS is the way that they should go! Knowing the Word of God! And then we also have this in Hebrews 12:1-2:

1 Therefore then, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who have borne testimony to the Truth], let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and that sin which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us, 2 Looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith [giving the first incentive for our belief] and is also its Finisher [bringing it to maturity and perfection]. He, for the joy [of obtaining the prize] that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising and ignoring the shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Keep your focus on JESUS and you will ALWAYS be a in position to succeed in whatever you put your hands to! Here is Hillsong Young and Free with "New Thing":

Shalom in Him!

Shalom, 

Hebrews 11:6 from our Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan for today:

6 But without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him. For whoever would come near to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him.

Our God is NOT pleased with THINGS, but with the FAITH of HIS PEOPLE! What is faith? Verse 1 says this:

Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].

FAITH is the PROOF that we BELIEVE God and His Word! FAITH says: God's Word says this, so it is so! Faith takes God at His Word and fully expects it to be manifest in their lives! I hope that YOU will choose the life of FAITH in what GOD has already done! Here is Hillsong with "Ready Or Not":

Shalom in Him! 

Shalom,

Today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers is a great one!

What To Renounce

But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty. — 2 Corinthians 4:2

Have you “renounced the hidden things of dishonesty” — the things that your sense of honour will not allow to come to the light? You can easily hide them. Is there a thought in your heart about anyone which you would not like to be dragged into the light? Renounce it as soon as it springs up; renounce the whole thing until there is no hidden thing of dishonesty or craftiness about you. Envy, jealousy, strife — these things arise not necessarily from the disposition of sin, but from the make-up of your body which was used for this kind of thing in days gone by (see Romans 6:19 and 1 Peter 4:1-2): Maintain a continual watchfulness so that nothing of which you would be ashamed arises in your life.

“Not walking in craftiness” that is, resorting to what will carry your point. This is a great snare. You know that God will only let you work in one way, then be careful never to catch people the other way; God’s blight will be upon you if you do. Others are doing things which to you would be walking in craftiness, but it may not be so with them; God has given you another standpoint. Never blunt the sense of your Utmost for His Highest. For you to do a certain thing would mean the incoming of craftiness for an end other than the highest, and the blunting of the motive God has given you. Many have gone back because they are afraid of looking at things from God’s stand-point. The great crisis comes spiritually when a man has to emerge a bit farther on than the creed he has accepted.

AMEN! Have nothing to do with those who are NOT children of God yet except to minister to them! I LIKE that! Here is Hillsong with "Bright As The Sun":

Shalom in Him!

Shalom,

Kenneth E. Hagin's "Faith Food" devotional for today is another of my favorites!

Family

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. — JOHN 1:12,13

No truth in all the Bible is as far reaching as the blessed fact that when we are born again we come into the family of God! God the Father is our Father!

He cares for us! He is interested in us — each of us individually — not just as a group, or a body, or a church. He is interested in each of His children, and He loves each of us with the same love.

However, our Heavenly Father is not the Father of everyone, as some supposed. Jesus said to some very religious people, “Ye are of your father the devil . . .” (John 8:44). Yes, God is the Creator of all mankind, but a man must be born again to become His child. He is God to the world, but Father only to the new creation man.

God is your very own Father. You are His very own child. And since He is your Father, you can be assured that He will take a father’s place and perform a father’s part. You can be certain that as your Heavenly Father, God loves you, and He will take care of you.

Confession: I am born of God. I am born into God’s family. God the Father is my Father. I am His very own child. He is my very own Father. He loves me. He provides for me. He takes care of me.

AMEN! Know who GOD says you are and dare to believe and act on that TRUTH! HE is waiting for us to take our rightful place in HIS authority and at HIS direction, by Holy Spirit Who lives IN us! Let's GO! Here is Hillsong with "Who You Say I Am":

Shalom in Him!

Shalom,

Today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers is another thought provoking teaching! 

After Surrender – What?

I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do. — John 17:4

Surrender is not the surrender of the external life, but of the will; when that is done, all is done. There are very few crises in life; the great crisis is the surrender of the will. God never crushes a man’s will into surrender, He never beseeches him, He waits until the man yields up his will to Him. That battle never needs to be re-fought.

Surrender for Deliverance. “Come unto Me,…and I will give you rest.” It is after we have begun to experience what salvation means that we surrender our wills to Jesus for rest. Whatever is perplexing heart or mind is a call to the will — “Come unto Me.” It is a voluntary coming.

Surrender for Devotion. “If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself.” The surrender here is of my self to Jesus, my self with His rest at the heart of it. “If you would be My disciple, give up your right to yourself to Me.” Then the remainder of the life is nothing but the manifestation of this surrender. When once the surrender has taken place we never need “suppose” anything. We do not need to care what our circumstances are, Jesus is amply sufficient.

Surrender for Death (John 21:18-19). “…another shall gird thee.” Have you learned what it means to be bound for death? Beware of a surrender which you make to God in an ecstasy; you are apt to take it back again. It is a question of being united with Jesus in His death until nothing ever appeals to you that did not appeal to Him.

After surrender — what? The whole of the life after surrender is an aspiration for unbroken communion with God.

I LOVE that last line the best! I truly desire that unbroken communion with HIM! When we have that, we are in position to have every need met, to know His will for our lives and to be aware of His presence IN us at all times! I hope that you will cultivate this precious and valuable communion with the ONE Who loves you MOST and BEST! There IS no greater love than HIS for us! Here is Hillsong with "Bright As The Sun":

Shalom in Him!

Shalom,

I LOVE this from Kenneth E. Hagin's "Faith Food" devotional for today!

No Trespassing!

Leave no [such] room or foothold for the devil [give no opportunity to him]. — EPHESIANS 4:27 (Amplified)

I remember reading in Reader’s Digest about a lovely little patch of grass that people were prone to cut across. So the gardener built a small fence around this beautiful square of grass — just some small stakes and string. But people persisted in stepping over the string and walking across the grass. So the gardener painted a crude sign:

Gentlemen will not,
and others must not,
trespass on this property!

That gave me the idea of putting up a sign on my body. You can’t see it, because it’s in the spirit. But the devil can see it. My sign says:

NO TRESPASSING!
DEVIL, THIS MEANS YOU!

I did that by faith. I’ve had that sign up for years now, and the devil doesn’t trespass on God’s property — my body.

As the custodian of your body, it’s your job to see to it that Satan does not trespass on God’s property.

Confession: As a custodian of God’s property, I do not allow trespassers. I leave no room, nor do I even give a foothold for the devil. I allow him no opportunity.

AMEN! WE are the 'custodians' of our own bodies! I pray that YOU will continue to make the wisest choices for yourself and your family! Here is Hillsong with ("Not Today!")

Shalom in Him!

Shalom,

In our Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan for today we read Hebrews 6. Here are verses 1-3:

1 Therefore let us go on and get past the elementary stage in the teachings and doctrine of Christ (the Messiah), advancing steadily toward the completeness and perfection that belong to spiritual maturity. Let us not again be laying the foundation of repentance and abandonment of dead works (dead formalism) and of the faith [by which you turned] to God, 2 With teachings about purifying, the laying on of hands, the resurrection from the dead, and eternal judgment and punishment. [These are all matters of which you should have been fully aware long, long ago.] 3 If indeed God permits, we will [now] proceed [to advanced teaching].

We are to 'go on' and 'get past' the basic teaching of the Word of God. In other words: GROW UP! We are to grow up in the Word of God by meditating on the Word and speaking of the Word and doing the Word! No one can help you grow up until you really WANT to! There IS a price to pay for consistent intimacy with HIM! It will cost you your whole heart! All that you are! BUT, the return will prove to be your best investment EVER! The return will be MORE OF HIM! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with "Whole Heart":

Shalom in Him!