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Psalm 121

You have been looking for help from the wrong sources for a long time. Your thinking has been limited. Your help will not come from where you look; it will not come from your own thinking. Confirmed by God as the king for the children of < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Israel, Saul began to look and think of help from the people that were surrounding him. Saul was to fight the Philistines, but he could not wait for SamuelÕs role to carry out the burnt offering. Saul took the law of God into his own hands by presenting the offering. This was limited only to the priesthood. Are you planning to take the law into your hands? This is not from God. The fact that you cannot see right ahead of you, does not mean that your Samuel is not nearby. At SamuelÕs arrival, he confronted Saul for presenting the offering. 1Samuel 13:11-12, Ò11 And Samuel said, ÒWhat have you done?Ó Saul said, ÒWhen I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you did not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered together at Michmash, 12 then I said, ÔThe Philistines will now come down on me at Gilgal, and I have not made supplication to the LORD.Õ Therefore I felt compelled, and offered a burnt offering.Ó You know what God can do. You know what He has done. You also know what He is doing. Waiting for God will not make you a loser. God is faithful. He cannot be otherwise. We have no excuse that will stand before Him. Think of it; He alone has brought you this far, and He will not leave you nor forsake you. Trust in Him. Do not turn from His ways. Are you wondering where your help will come from? Psalm121:1-2, Ò1 I will lift up my eyes to the hills from whence comes my help? 2 My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.Ó Your help will surely come. It will never be too late when you wait for GodÕs visitation. Saul could not wait, and he lost all sight of GodÕs calling. Lift up your eyes to the Lord who has His dwelling place in Zion.

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Acts 3

Lameness is when movement is disabled, difficult, or impossible. A man that has been lamed in any area of life is in a good position to share the experience. It is absolutely certain that no man would love to be in any position of lameness concerning any issue of life. The lame man the Peter healed at the temple has been in that situation since birth. So many are actually lame and do not know it. They have been lame ever since they were in the motherÕs womb because of generational curses. Are you having a ÒlameÓ experience in any area of your life? Are you at the right location and the right time of receiving your deliverance? If you can identify your location and time then your situation is half-solved. The lame man was there at the gate of the temple at the hour of prayer. When he saw Peter and John, he asked for alms, but being the hour of prayer, Peter and John had more to offer him. Acts 3:4-5, ÒAnd fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, ÔLook at us.Õ So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them.Ó In your lameness, you have been inside, not outside, of the temple so many times yet you have never received. If you will begin to come with attention, expecting manifestation, your history will be changed. Peter gave the reason why the lame man was able to receive. Acts 3:16, ÒAnd His name, through faith in His name, has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.Ó If you will give attention with expectation, the faith which comes through Him will deliver you from your lameness.

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John 21:1-14

It does not matter how long you have been toiling or what you have been getting from toiling, when your morning comes with Jesus, your day will be filled with blessings that do not come with sorrow. After the death of Jesus on < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Calvary, Simon Peter and some of the disciples carried themselves back into their former business, which was fishing. They toiled all night and caught nothing. They were professional fisher men, but a time came that no fish responded to their net. Is your case like that? Have you taken a step backward from where the Lord has placed you? He is a merciful God; ask Him to visit you with favor and He will not fail. When He visits you, He will settle you with blessing that will move you forward, not backward into the past. Peter and the other disciples struggled all night before their morning came. John 21:4, ÒBut when the morning had now come, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.Ó When Jesus showed Himself, there was a command he gave, a command that required obedience. They did not recognize Him but they took His word with obedience. The disciples did not question His qualification as a fisherman. Do you know whom He will send to you or when He will show up? There is gain in following direction. The disciples placed their net into the water and caught fish beyond what they could handle. John 21:11, ÒSimon Peter went up and dragged the net to land, full of large fish, one-hundred and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not broken.Ó The disciples did not catch just any fish they caught large fish that was enough to break the net. When your morning comes with Jesus, you will get a blessing the will not tear your container. Proverb 10:22, ÒThe blessing of the LORD makes one rich, and He adds no sorrow.Ó Ask God for your morning to come with Jesus so all your toiling will become a thing of the past.  

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Jeremiah 7:1-12

In your going and coming to the house of the Lord what have you been doing? Have you limited yourself to entering and not dwelling? Jeremiah 7:1-3, ÒThe word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 2 ÒStand in the gate of the LORDÕs house, and proclaim there this word, and say, ÔHear the word of the LORD, all you of Judah who enter in at these gates to worship the LORD!ÕÓ 3 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Israel: ÒAmend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.Ó It is clear that the word was for the people in the house of God and not those that do not know God. It is definitely not enough going and coming to gain entrance but going and coming to begin to dwell is all that counts. No wonder David stated in Psalm 27:4, ÒOne thing I have desired of the LORD, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of And to inquire in His temple.Ó If your going and coming is not to dwell ask for GodÕs help that will cause you to begin to dwell in His house. He who comes to God must believe that He is. You have been coming long enough and nothing has change in your spiritual life. What is the basis of your coming? Is it religion? There is a need to begin to come and seek Him diligently. Your level of belief is what will determine how you seek Him. Seek Him diligently and He will reward you because He is a faithful God. It is possible to come to Him and not believe. In the days of Jesus Christ, so many came to see Him; some to ridicule and some did not go to him because they did not believe. So many go to church on Sunday or any given day not being able to identify in themselves if they actually believe Him. Many went to Him and did not seek Him. When you come with belief, you will no doubt seek Him diligently. It is enough of just coming; come to seek Him. Seeking Him diligently is what brings the reward.

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1 Kings 17, 18:1-19

Elijah has caused the whole < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>land of Israel big trouble when he prayed for rain to cease. Where there is lack of rain, evidently, famine will reign. Having put the whole land in trouble, he fled for his life. Elijah was doing a just cause; he was on the LordÕs side. Elijah became the enemy of the land because he was doing the work of God. Elijah could not present himself as much as he would because he became a wanted man to the government of King Ahab. Are you in any position that is keeping you away from presenting yourself in places that you love to be? Elijah could not present himself; he was hiding and running for his life because destruction was ahead for him. Psalms 107:20, ÒHe sent His word and healed them and delivered them from their destructionsÓ What you need is the Word to come into your direction to deliver you from destruction. The Word came forth for Elijah and he presented himself in the face of the enemy and agent of destruction. 1 Kings 18:1, ÒAnd it came to pass after many days that the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, ÔGo and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the earth.ÕÓ The word of God is undeniable, undisruptive, and its power is beyond any circumstances. Elijah went and presented himself to the enemy, but they could not pull a single hair out of him. Do you really take the Word of God as living? Everything that you need to hear for your transformation–from hiding to riding–is in the Word of God. If you will, ask God to open your ear of understanding so you will begin to move in the direction of His word of healing and deliverance from your enemies.