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Behold

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Exodus 14

When you first started in your journey it was with boldness. Something happened to you; things have changed for you, all that was answering for you in the beginning of the journey do not answer for you any more. Do you care to know what happened? Check this story outÉ.Ex.14:8 and the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh King of < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Egypt, and he pursued the children of Israel; and the children of Israel went out with boldness (just like when you first started out, it was with boldness so did the children of Israel). In the course of the journey something changed and the change brought up a condition that is not for a child of God. Here is the changeÉEx.14:10 and when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them. So they were very afraid, and the children of Israel cried out to the LORD. The change is that, you are lifting your eyes to behold the problem in the journey. Just like the children of Israel, your condition is now that of the one that is afraid. Are you scared to continue? Do not be scared, enter your boldness again; lift up your eye, behold Him and He will uphold you. He is a faithful God.

 

Meditation

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Meditation

Joshua 1:1-9

The word of God encourages meditation not memorization. When you memorize it will mesmerize (Hypnotize-a sleep like condition) you. When you memorize it cannot be activated in time of need. It stays on you like a decoration and it lacks power to produce results. However, when you meditate as the word of God required, it will become a power source for you and produce results on a consistent basis. Meditation is a labor; you have to work the word before it works for you. Josh.1:8 this book of law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have a good success. Can you see the labor that is required? Is it worth it? Absolutely it is more than worth it. What meditation does is make you spend your whole time (day and night) thinking the word; in whatever you are doing so you are able to observe the word. Observation will give you an eye to see clearly in the word. Clarity of seeing will enable you to do according to what the word is saying. In your doing of the word, GodÕs prosperity and good success (not just the success of this world) will become you. Ask God for understanding of His word and you will have a knowing-edge (Knowledge) over confronting situations in your world. 

 

Peace Of God

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Phil.4:4-9

Ask God for the grace, that this month of June will be your month of peace of God.

Praying and asking God for peace could be an empty prayer. Peace of God in the life of a believer does not happen by accident and it will not happen by accident. The word of God gave a clear direction as to how peace of God takes its place in the life of a believer. When anxiousness is dealt with as required by the word of God, then peace will have its way.  Phil.4:6,7  be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.  The source for peace is clear and direct, it requires no further interpretation. Your tears in prayer will not bring that peace but getting rid of anxiousness by heeding to the word of God will lead you into the peace of God. Address your absence of peace; get out of groaning and crying unto God in your asking for peace that surpasses all. Get rid of anxiousness, enter into prayer, supplication, and thanksgiving and let your request be made known and God will honor His word, if you will harbor yourself in His word.

June 2006 Issue.

Monthly Newsletter

 ÒI have found the book of law in the house of the Lord.Ó(2Kings22:8)  
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In the process of repairing the temple during the reign of King Josiah, Hilkiah the high priest founded the Book of Law in the house of the LORD. Having found the Book of the Law, he forwarded it to King Josiah. 2 kings < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>22:11 now it happened, when the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, that he tore his clothes

~ Word of God~

Evidently, the Book of the Law (the word of God) was never lost. The book has always been in the temple but the people of God have been lost from the book. Hilkiah the priest was the first to find the book because he was also lost from the book. In this case, the priest that should have been leading in propagating the book was lost from the book. The king was no where to be found where the book was located while the whole country could not recognize if the book actually existed. The priest, king and the whole country were lost from the book. The story is not different from the story today except that there is a slight difference from the situation of today. Today, so many know that the Book of Law is in the house of the LORD but they have chosen to ignore the Book of the Law of the LORD (Intentional grounding). It has been packed up and replaced by the book of the government or the book of self. The ones in position of the priest have subjected to the book of this world. Without any doubt, among the cause for this exchange of the Book of the Law with the book of the government, self and world is the absence of the FEAR of the LORD God almighty.

~Fear God~

Man no longer fears God with their heart but with the mouth. Church as the leading offender could only confess the fear of God with the mouth but not with the heart. The church could no longer be confirmed in what they confess. It is not possible to be fearful of God and be full of yourself. In the world today, man is full of himself and God is empty in self. Where the fear of God is missing, there is a misplacement of the Book of the Law of God. Every time there is a misplacement of the Book of the Law in life, there is an automatic replacement into the avenue of eternal damnation.

~Will of God~

Without any compromise, the will of God for man is to fear God. Clearly it is stated in both the Old Testament and New Testament of the Bible for anyone that chooses to hear and learn to fear Him.Deut.31:12, 13 ÒGather the people together, men and women and little ones, and stranger who is within your gates, that they may hear and that they may learn to fear the LORD your God and carefully observe all the words of this law, Òand that their children, who have not known it, may hear and learn to fear the LORD your God as long as you live in the land which you cross the Jordan to possess.Ó The same God yesterday, is the same God today and forever. He has not changed, and He will not change. The word of God remains forever the same. Also, what He has spoken to them He has also spoken to us. The will of God is for man to fear Him. They could not fear Him then and now because they have been lost from the Book of the Law that supposes to have been teaching them to learn to fear Him. Josh.24:14 ÒNow therefore, fear the LORD, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the LORD! When you fail to hear and learn, you cannot fear Him and you will miss Him in your service.

Wrong Way

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Wrong way

Jer.7: 21-24, 17:9-10

Which way have you been taken in your journey? Are you going forward or backward? As a child of the most high God, have you thought about the reason why you have been going backward instead of forward? It could have been that you have been following the dictates of your heart. Jer.7:24 say ÒYet they did not obey or incline their ear, but followed the counsels and the dictates of their evil hearts, and went backwards and not forward. The word of God is true and alive. Take to the word of God and it will see you through in the journey of life. You can not afford to continue taking counsels and dictates from your heart. It will only lead you in a wrong way. The word says the heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; who can know it? (Jer.17:9) Why should a God fearing person want to keep going back to the heart for counsels and dictates? It will lead to wrong way. Take all of your counsels to the Lord in prayer; He alone is the living God. Avoid the wrong way and take on to the right way let God guide and lead you.