LET IT BE A MONTH OF DWELLING AND ABIDING IN THE LORD

It matters to know and stand in the Lord.
One that stands in the Lord abides in Jesus.
Abide is to continue in a relationship yielding with submission to God.
To abide in Jesus is the command of God that demands from all, not just from acclaimed believers in God.
The word of God is worthy to stand in it. 
The word of God identifies that God magnified His word above all His name. (Psalm 138:2)
The challenges of the time demand knowing to stand in the word of God, to live life for the glory of God.
To stand in the word of God is to abide in His word.
“Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.” (John 8:31) 
Claiming to be a believer and not abide in Him is ceremonial religion.
A failure to abide in Him is a passage to living life in darkness. 
Jesus said, “I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness.” (John 12:46)
The word of God is not a story but a secret to engaging not to live a life of waste.
Pray to abide in the word of God.
Think of it for a moment, does your way of life demonstrate the word of Jesus? 
Failure to abide in Jesus is the evidence of pride which is the agent of failure.
Know to know God to abide in Him.
What does it mean to abide in Jesus?
1 John 3:24 records answers to the above question, “Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this, we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.” 
To keep the commands of God is to love. 
Galatians 5:14 admonishes all, “For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 
Romans 13:8 also states, “Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.”
To fear, to love God is living life by the word of God, abiding in Him.
What happens when one does not abide in Him?
A choice not to abide in the light consciously or unconsciously is to walk in the darkness. 
God is light.
John 1:1-5 records the message, “This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.” 
Those who do not abide in Him are rebellious and do not know the ways of God to set themselves for destruction.
Job 24:13 records, “There are those who rebel against the light; they do not know its ways nor abide in its paths.” 
Jesus is the wisdom from God to all that will give themselves to the word of God, the wisdom from God.
Do not give ears to hearing the rebukes of life.
It is worthy to walk away from places whose conversation (relationship, discussion) will kill faith. 
Avoid continual listening to the conversation that prompts not giving self to the word of God, not to abide in the word of God.
A failure to abide in Him is a choice to the passage of living life in darkness. 
In John 12:46, Jesus said, “I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness.” 
It is not possible to be answering as an acclaimed believer and be full of darkness. 
To be full of darkness is abiding in darkness. 
Come out of the darkness of the world to settle yourself in the word of God.
With desire, continually abide in God to become one that dwells in the word of God.
Abide to dwell in the word of God.
It is safe to abide in the word of God, the presence of God.
Psalm 91:1-4 records, “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust. Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence. He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings, you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.”
The wisdom of God is His word.
The wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of one that gives self to dwell and abide in the word of God.
The grace and mercy of God have brought you this far.
The grace and mercy of God is the privilege not to abuse by not giving self to dwell and abide in the secret place of God, the word of God.  
Ask for wisdom and knowledge to gain stability in time.
Let it be your portion to abide and dwell in the word of God.

FEAR GOD TO BECOME STABLE 

In the challenging times, knowing to fear God shall experience the stability of God.  
Give regard to fear God by inclining ear to keep the word of God in the depth of the heart, not just in the head.
Ecclesiastes 12:13 identifies fear God, “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man’s all.”
Know and understand to fear God in the whole matter.
The word of God speaks to all to fear and live life by the ways of God.
Proverbs 1:7 records, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge…”
Proverbs 9:10 states, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom…”
Isaiah 33:6 confirms, “Wisdom and knowledge will be the stability of your times, And the strength of salvation; The fear of the Lord is His treasure.”
One is bound to be stable in times of challenges if rooted in wisdom and knowledge of God, the evidence that such have stability in this wicked world. 
To Fear God is the treasure of God, and such shall be stable in the challenging times.
Ask that to be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.
To fear God from the depth of the heart is not by the mouth but is established by asking God to give the spirit to fear Him.
Matthew 7:7 records the word of God, “Ask, and it will be given to you.
God that says ask confirms that He will give.
Jeremiah 32:39-41 records, I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me forever, for the good of them and their children after them. 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me. 41 Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will assuredly plant them in this land, with all My heart and with all My soul.’“
Pray that God will give you one heart and one way that you will fear God forever for your good and your children.
Ask God to put His fear in your heart that you will not turn away from doing good and not depart from God.
It takes a desire to fear God, believe in Him, and abide in Him to know the truth of God.
John 8:31-32 states, “Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” 
One living by the word of God (acclaimed believer) fears God from the heart, not in the mouth.
The character of fear of God abides in God as His disciple.
To abide in Him knows the truth.
To know the truth is free from the agendas of the wicked world because such is full of the fear of God.
Pray that you will live life by the word of God with growth in His fear in your life.
Ask that God shall enable you to dwell and abide in Him continually.
Ask that you shall know the truth of God that makes one free not to become a victim of evil agendas of the wicked world.
One that does not know the truth knows the lies.
The character of the liar one is a lack of fear of God.
To fear God gives self to God but not fear God does not give self to God.
Abraham fears God and could not withhold himself from God.
Genesis 22:12 records the word of God to Abraham, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now, I know that you fear God since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”
Pray that whatever in your life that is consciously or unconsciously withholding not do according to the word of God be permanently cease. 
Ananias and Sapphira lied to the Holy Spirit that kept them from God.
Acts 5:1-4 document, “But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession. And he kept back part of the proceeds, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles’ feet. 3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? 4 While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.”
Ask against what opens to become filled up by Satan shall not access your life.
Who will not fear God? 
The challenge of today demands to fear God to experience the promise of God.
Psalm 33:18 records, “Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, On those who hope in His mercy.” 
Psalm 34:7 states, “The angel of the LORD encamps all around those who fear Him and delivers them.
Live life for God, fear God.

UNDERSTAND THAT GOD HAS BROUGHT YOU THIS FAR

It is not how long one is yet to experience the answer to prayer before God that counts, but how far God has brought one in life journey.
God has brought you this far.
Resolve your life by giving thanks to God for all things, and all things shall work together for good.
It is never too late to experience the remembrance of God or visitation of God.
In your expectation, pray as the Psalmist prays, “Remember me, O Lord, with the favor You have toward Your people. Oh, visit me with Your salvation.” (Psalm 106:4)
God has brought you this far!
Life can be cumbersome with labor and discouragement that comes with pain.
Know that healing and deliverance will answer all kinds of pain.
The healing power of the word of God is encouraging.
Engage the word against the pain of the wicked world for healing and deliverance.
Psalm 107:20 encourages, “He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.”
The word of God is power yesterday, today, and forever.
The word of God is with direction, to deliver and preserve anyone that will give self to the word of God.
Give yourself to the word of God that heals!
The care of God has brought you this far!
Living in the consciousness of the care of God is the evidence of faith, the expression of expectation for the divine protection of God. 
Regardless of the persistent challenge, do you know that God is near for you?
The Psalmist expresses, “A man who is in honor, yet does not understand, is like the beasts that perish.” (Psalm 49:20) 
God made all but many lives life outside of God, not as a child of God, not keeping to His command, and far from God. 
In the near to God is the protection of God for one that draws near to God.
God sees persistent challenges of one with expectation but waiting and praying before God will gain the presence of God. 
David prayed with expectation, “But those who seek my life, to destroy it, Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.” (Psalm 63:9)
One that monitors or seeks your life should experience offensive prayer from you.
On this new day, week, and month, ask against those monitoring or seeking your life with evil to become permanently terminated from this hour, in this new month in the name of Jesus.
This new season, know to look up to God continually with the expectation, and do not be weary or discouraged from waiting on God for His appointed time.
Know to seek God diligently to gain and retain His presence.
When the expectation for manifestation is not at hand, one should not be discouraged from walking before God but live life by His word.
Acts 6:4 encourages, “but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
Living life by the word of God is to gain and retain the presence of God.
The presence of God is the nearness of God.
In the near to God is the protection of God if one will give self to prayer and the word of God.
Ask to be enabled to give yourself continually, not casually, to the word of God.
Maintaining life with God is to gain His presence for deliverance and preservation.
What does it take to gain and maintain being nearness of God? 
The pages of the Bible identify what it takes to gain and maintain self in the near of God.
Acts 6:4, “but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
Acts 20:32, “So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.”
Jude 20, “But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.”
According to the word of God, seek God diligently by: 
Giving self continually, not casually, to the word of God.
Give yourself to be built up and be able to claim the blessings of God.
Give yourself to be a prayerful believer.
Give self to the word of God to become faithful, not become a faith-less believer.
One that lives life by the word of God is near to God.
Give thanks to God always!
God has brought you this far.
Ask God with a desire to live life in the consciousness of His care for your life. 

HE REMEMBERS 

This new month of the year, are you complaining before God, asking how long you wait with no manifestation of your expectation?
Be thankful to God, and appreciate how far God has brought you in life, not how long your expectation is yet to manifest.
Complaining is the expression of dissatisfaction that can position one for a painful journey in life.
The Israelites complained, and God responded, “The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness…” (Numbers 14:29)
Pray not to be a victim of the spirit of complaint but pray that God shall remember you with favor and visit you with salvation. 
God does not forget but remembers.
Psalm 106:4 states, “Remember me, O Lord, with the favor You have toward Your people. Oh, visit me with Your salvation.”
What one asks is desires, and God deposits to gain desires.
The word of God encourages asking to receive. (Matthew 7:7)
This day, ask that God remember you with favor and visit you with salvation.
God does not forget but remembers to reverse irreversible challenges and visits with salvation.
WHEN GOD REMEMBERS TO DELIVER, HE WILL VISIT TO BRING ONE OUT OF BONDAGE.
The Israelites were in bondage for over four hundred years, and God remembers with a favor that gave freedom from the hand of Pharaoh.
With visitation was the stretch out-hand for deliverance. 
All should know to call on God to become remembered for deliverance.
When the Israelites cried out in bondage, God remembered them for deliverance from the bondage of Egypt.
Exodus 2:24 records, “So God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.”
God does not forget but remembers.
Are you looking up to God to remember you with favor?
With the remembrance with favor, God visited with salvation when He committed His stretch-out hand to bring the Israelites out of the evil of Pharao of Egypt.
Exodus 3:20 records the visitation of God by His hand, “So I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My wonders which I will do in its midst, and after that, he will let you go.”
The hand of God brought the Israelites out of the evil bondage of Egypt with His mighty hand and an outstretched arm.
Are you looking outside of the remembrance and visitation of God over your life for deliverance and preservation?
Keep eyes on God, and have the expectation to be remembered and visited with salvation.
JESUS REMEMBERS HIS DISCIPLES THE SELF-LOCKED FROM FEAR.
When God remembers to open one up, He will visit to unlock such from self-locked because of fear.
The disciples of Jesus walked with Him, dined with Him, sat around Him, and listened to His word to know and understand what was to happen but not understand His word. 
After His crucifixion, they locked themselves in fear of the wicked ones despite His spoken word for them before His crucifixion.
Jesus remembered them to visit them. 
As they assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst and spoke peace to them. (John 20:19)
Jesus repeatedly remembered His disciples and visited them with salvation while they self-locked up because of fear.
Thomas, a disciple, asked for the signs of proof of the crucifixion to believe Jesus.
Jesus responded to Thomas, “Jesus said to him, “Thomas because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” (John 20:29) 
The response of Jesus to Thomas speaks to all acclaimed believers.
The disciples, acclaimed believers, lack the understanding to be free, the evidence of a lack of faith and not knowing the truth of God.
The grace and mercy God remembers with favor and visit with salvation for one not to become a victim of fear that terminates calling over the life of called ones.
Are you one that is self-locked up by the fear of the wicked, militating force against your life consciously or unconsciously?
Turn to God, calling for Him to remember you with favor and visit you with salvation, not become a victim of fear of the wicked world. 
Do you believe in Jesus?
Will you believe in Him with a desire for Him to remember you with favor and visit you for salvation?  
The word of God encourages, “but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.” (John 20:31)
The word of God is to be engaged for declaration, not for decoration. 
Romans 15:4 buttresses, “For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.”
The word of God does not return to Him void.
With understanding, give yourself to the word of God continually, expecting Him to remember you with favor and visit you with salvation.
This month, continually ask that you will live life for God to experience His presence by Him remembering you.  

KNOW TO BE PLEADING FOR THE MERCY OF GOD

It is a great privilege of God, His mercy but not a right for one to be seeing the light of a new day or the new month.
The breath of life is the doing of God, the mercy of God, not because of the right of one.
Job 12:10 points out, “In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?”
Job 33:4 testifies, “The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.”
Without a doubt, it is the mercy of God to see day after day, week after week, month after month, or year after year.
One alive should resolve to praise God for His mercy, the privilege of the breath of life.
Psalm 150:6 speaks to all, “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!”
It is an abuse of the privilege of God to be alive and be reduced to not thanking God, praising God for the mercy of having a life.
The challenge of life reduces one not to be praising God for His mercy at every breath of life.
All should know that challenges are bound to cease where it exists, and the word of God encourages, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all.” (Psalm 34:19)
With the mercy of God, the affliction of life, the challenge that persists can be a glimpse that is not permanent.
It is worthy to consistently acknowledges God for His mercy.
Praise and thank God at every moment for mercy to be alive.
It is not beyond God for His intervention in times of challenge in life.
Job 14:7 records the encouragement to know that there is hope for one not to abuse the privileged of the mercy of God to be alive.“For there is hope for a tree If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And that its tender shoots will not cease.”
The mercy of God is enough to reverse any irreversible because God is the unchanging changer, and always good not to ignore when and where He desires to intervene over any challenge.
In this season of life, know to call on the mercy of God.
The mercy of God is not cheap, not of no one to command God for His mercy.
Assuming instead of asking for the mercy of God is an error.
Pleading, asking for the mercy of God in all areas of life, is evidence of not assuming in the place of asking, seeking, and knocking for the mercy of God.
With faith, ask and not assume but plead before God for His mercy in all endeavors.
At this moment in time, all should be pleading before God at the breath of life.
What does one know and not be pleading for the mercy of God?
All should learn and know as documented in the pages of the Bible.
For example, the psalmist knows better to be pleading for the mercy of God, “Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us! For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.” (Psalm 123:3)
Learn in the word of God, know to be asking for the mercy of God, not acting like one that is qualified for the mercy of God.
Romans 9:15 record the word of God, “For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.”
Romans 2:11 makes us know, “For there is no partiality with God.”
However, the mercy of God is attainable when one asks or pleads for His mercy. 
Job is one that God declares as none like him on the earth; a blameless and upright man who fears God and shuns evil.
Job recognizes to plead, not assume for the mercy of God as Job 9:15 states, “For though I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I would beg mercy of my Judge” (Job 9:15). 
The testimony of God about Job did not excuse Job from receiving the mercy of God without pleading for the mercy of God. 
Like Job, Psalmist pleads for the mercy of God, “Have mercy on me, O LORD! Consider my trouble from those who hate me, You who lift me from the gates of death.” (Psalm 9:13). 
All should know to plead for the mercy of God to receive mercy from God.
Looking up to Him is trusting in Him.
Lift voices in crying to Him for His mercy. 
Luke 17:13 records, “And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” 
God is merciful and never runs out of mercy.
Plead for the mercy of God!
Ask that from this hour, the mercy of God shall begin to answer for you more than ever in the life He has given you.
Ask that the mercy of God that brought you this far shall not expire all the days He has given to your loved ones.