EBED-MELECH< ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Jeremiah 38:1-13

Ebed-Melech was an Ethiopian and he was also one of the eunuchs in King ZedekiahÕs house. Ebed-Melech heard that Jeremiah was cast into the dungeon and went to the KingÕs house and spoke to the king, saying, ÒMy Lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon, and he is likely to die from hunger in the place where he is. For there is no more bread in the city.Ó (Jeremiah 38:8-9) Ask God to raise your Ebed-Melech. Ask Him for someone that He will use to bring you out of every representative of dungeon. The dungeon that has been keeping you stagnated and every dungeon of deprivation. God is not a partial God and He that did it for Jeremiah will do it for you if you will look up unto Him to send you help from above. Do not allow challenges that you are facing today to cause you a doubt in your calling by the Lord.  Jeremiah was a prophet called by God and was imprisoned in a cistern; he was in a position that could have taken away his life, a position of no way out before Ebed-Melech one of the eunuchs in the kingÕs house heard about JeremiahÕs situation. Today, someone will hear about your own situation and that one will move on your behalf to find a way out for your salvation. The King responded to Ebed-MelechÕs request and commanded Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, saying, ÒTake from here thirty men with you, and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon before he dies.Ó (Jeremiah38: 10) The one that God will send in your direction for your release, your deliverance and your salvation will receive the commanding power that will also lift you above and beyond every representative of a dungeon in your life in the name of Jesus Christ. As you come out of your dungeon, Kings and honorable men and women in place of power will ask for your help in solving problems. As you come out, you will not go down into any representative of dungeon all the days of your life again in the name of Jesus. God is a faithful God and He will answer your prayer by sending your Ebed-Melech.   

SEE AND HEAR< ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Jeremiah 1, Acts 22:1-13

Paul the apostle, a devoted persecutor of the follower of Jesus Christ, became a giant in the hand of God. Saul, before becoming Paul was on his way to Damascus to go and carry out business (persecution) as usual. Paul was marching on with his persecuting agents when Jesus appeared to them and introduced Himself. Paul testified in Acts 22:9, ÒAnd those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they did not hear the voice of Him who spoke to me. 10 So I said, ÒWhat shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, ÔArise and go into Damascus, and there you will be told all things which are appointed for you to do.ÕÓ Paul saw and he heard before he could receive direction into his divine appointment. Could it be that you have seen and not heard or you have heard and not seen? There is a need to see and hear before gaining the direction of entering your divine appointment. The word that you receive and do not see will not enter into you. Also the word that you hear and not see will miss you. Faith demands that when you hear the word of God and you begin to see it as being there when it is not there, it will come to be. PaulÕs entourage saw and they allowed fear to take what they saw and the possibility of hearing was not in place. When the Lord touched Jeremiah, it was with purpose for him to be able to hear what the Lord was having for him. The Lord put His words in JeremiahÕs mouth and said to him, ÒSee, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out and to pull down, to destroy and to throw down, to build and to plant.Ó (Jeremiah 1:10) God told Jeremiah to see it when it was yet to be there. Seeing is believing and believing is becoming. When you begin to see your breakthrough, as being there when is yet to be there, it will come to be. Have you received a prophecy of favor lately? If you have received any, begin to see it and seal it with prayer and it will come to pass. Paul saw and heard, the story of his life, and was changed forever because in his seeing and hearing, his divine appointment was packaged. Be awake and alive in this journey of life.  

LET US PRAY< ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Luke 11:1-13

The new King of Egypt did not know Joseph. The growth of the children turned out to be a headache unto the king as a result, he wanted to decrease the children of Israel. The King gave a command by saying, ÒCome, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiplyÉÓ (Exodus 1:10) Today, in the name of Jesus, any devise that has been put in place to deny your blessing of growth, the Almighty God will deny the enemyÕs devise. Your growth will not be altered and you shall increase to the glory of God. Exodus 1:11, ÒTherefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdensÉÓ Believe it today that the same God that sent for Jehu to be anointed and brought up from among his associates to become the King, will release this day an anointing that will remove all the burdens from your shoulder. Every taskmaster-causing affliction in your life will be permanently terminated in Jesus name. The Bible said in Exodus 1:12, ÒThe more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were in dread of the children of IsraelÓ As it was for the agent of Pharaoh so it shall be to the agent of the wicked that wants to deny your growth. You will grow while they groan, you will increase while they decrease, and they will be in dread of you in the name of Jesus.  Jesus our Lord and savior commanded us to ask, and it will be given to us; when we seek we shall find; Knock, and it will be opened to us. Everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened (Luke 11:9-10). The word of God does not lie it will come to pass. You do have the choice of what to do. If it is asking you will receive, if you are seeking you will find and if you are knocking it will be open to you. What is it that you want? This day, any one that has been designated to destroy you will encounter the fear of God like that of the midwives that were assigned to kill every son born by the Hebrew women. It is written, ÒBut the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but save the male children alive.Ó (Exodus 1:17) The wicked shall fail in their intention and evil agenda towards you and you will not be locate-able for evil encounters, in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

WHAT TO SAY< ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Numbers 14:1-35

There is nothing too minor or unnecessary to take before God for His intervention. Jesus our Lord and Savior knew well enough when He instructed the disciples in Matthew 18:19, ÒBut when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak.Ó What to speak in time, at place and in responses is very crucial and if God is not in what we speak and how it is being spoken, it can bring an immediate termination to the life of a believer. God also spoke concerning communication and this confirms the reason why our communication can make or break us in the journey of life. God responded to Moses when he was looking for a way to avoid answering to GodÕs assignment. Moses gave an excuse to God that he was not eloquent, slow of speech, and slow of tongue (Exodus 4:10). There is no excuse that will stand before God because He alone is the almighty God. He declared to Moses, ÒNow therefore, go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you say.Ó(Exodus 3:12) As a believer you are no longer in a position to just open your mouth and say anything. What you say is what will determine what you become. It will never be too much to ask God to be with our mouth everyday before every going and coming. He promised to be with MosesÕ and if you ask, he will do it for you because He said in His word that when we ask, it shall be given. The children of Israel on their way to The Promised Land got themselves stranded forever in the wilderness because their mouths could not be controlled, and as a result they complained, contended for water and their mouth could not be retrained because they do not know what, when and where to say what they have to say. As a result, God responded by sending Moses to the children of Israel in Numbers 14:28-29, ÒSay to them, ÔAs I liveÕ says the LORD, just as you have spoken in my hearing, so I will do unto you: 29 The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, all of you who were numbered from twenty years old and above.ÕÓ In there complaint they confessed death and death penalty became their portion. Pray daily, that the Lord will be with your mouth and He will teach you always have to say at every juncture of your life. 

KEEP FOLLOWING HIM< ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>John 13:31-38

When the call of salvation came forth, you were able to answer yes and entered into a journey to follow Him. As the journey continues, there have been ups and downs that sometimes slow you down or partially knock you down as it does to most believers that have given there life to follow Jesus. Above all of your challenges, by your own judgment you have done the worst that is enough excuse for you to quit. Think of Peter for a moment, he witnessed the best of all miracles yet he did the worst of all expectations. Peter denied Jesus convincingly. In PeterÕs conversation at the time of Jesus announcement of His departure, Peter said to Jesus, ÒLord, why can I not follow You now? I will lay down my life for your sake.Ó 38 Jesus answered him, ÒWill you lay down your life for my sake? Most assuredly, I say to you, the rooster shall not crow till you have denied Me three times.Ó Peter denied Him but he did not let it derail himself. He got back on his feet by the grace of God and his life was never what it was after getting back to follow Him. Wherever you have missed it that it continues to keep you grounded could never have been worst or better than that of Peter. It does not matter how long you have remained grounded and you chose not to get back into following Him, but what matters is for you to get back on your feet and begin to follow Jesus. Peter got back and the beginning of his following was not, in any way, better than the end of PeterÕs journey. Peter lived and died following Jesus. Jesus encouraged believers not to give up when He said, ÒAnd if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, I repent, you shall forgive him.Ó(Luke 17:4) As the forgiving forgiver, he will forgive when we fail. Get up from where you have been grounded and get into your following Him. He will help you through in the journey of life.