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THE FORSAKEN FOUNTAIN

"For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, and hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water." ~ Jeremiah 2:13   REFERENCE: Jeremiah 2:4-13   We live in very strange times; being a devoted believer has never been more challenging than now. You may say, "Well, there was a time when people were thrown to the lions for their faith, but not any longer (at least, on a large scale). True. However, the enemy has changed strategy; he is giving us options that preoccupy, pacify, and seem to take our eyes away...
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COURTROOM PRAYERS: THE GOD OF JUSTICE

"Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be gracious to you; and therefore will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the LORD is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for Him." ~ Isaiah 30:18   REFERENCE: Isaiah 30:18-19   God is a God of perfect justice. The foundation of His justice is His righteousness. Praying for Sodom, Abraham said, "Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked…! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?" (Genesis 18:25) God never condemns...
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HOW CAN I?

"How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel?" ~ Hosea 11:8   REFERENCE: Hosea 11:8-9   "How can I" in this verse is not about the inability to do a thing; it is God declaring the absurdity of doing it. It is like someone saying, "How can I stop following Jesus?" It is not because the person cannot stop following Jesus, but why should they; it would be absurd to do so. So, when God said, "How can I give you up," He said to Israel, "Don't ever think that I would do that; it...
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POSSESSING YOUR GATES

“Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in.” ~ Psalm 24:7   REFERENCE: Psalm 24:7-10   In the Bible, gates represent seats of authority where the Council of States sits to formulate policies, make strategic decisions, and transact business. The courts were held at gates, and kings dispensed justice and decided matters there. When scripture says, ‘Gates of hell,’ it means a place where the satanic council sits to decide battle plans and schemes to do wickedness. Spiritually, gates are places of power and control. Whoever possesses...
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MUTED FOR A MIRACLE

"But behold, you will be mute and not able to speak until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words which will be fulfilled in their own time." ~ Luke 1:20   REFERENCE: Luke 1:13-20   Have there been times when you left the place of prayer fully convinced that God had heard your prayers, only to say something like, "If only God would grant my requests," a few moments later? Perhaps you received a prophetic word from church or a revelation from your time of Bible study. Still, no sooner than that encounter, you say...
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NOT TOO OLD TO START

"Those planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bear fruit in old age; They shall be fresh and flourishing…" ~ Psalm 92:13-14   REFERENCE: Psalm 92:12-15   Aging is a human phenomenon that places certain limitations on men, which God is not bound by. He is the ageless one, and 120 years are just to Him, like 120 days. For this reason, He does not place an age limit on when He can call and use a man for any assignment. That means you are not too old to start...
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HE HAS BORNE OUR GRIEFS

“Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.” ~ Isaiah 53:4   REFERENCE: Isaiah 53:1-5   If you are a human being, I am sure you feel the effect of man’s fall in the Garden of Eden daily. When Adam ate the forbidden fruit, the whole of God’s creation was thrown out of balance, and corruption came into the created order—pain, sorrow, sickness, afflictions, fears, etc., was introduced into the world because of sin. These became the totality of man’s grief. Grief (Hebrew: Chǒlîy) is a pain like a...
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SENT, NOT SOLD

“He sent a man before them—Joseph—who was sold as a slave.” ~ Psalm 105:17   REFERENCE: Psalm 105:16-22   How different would our attitude to life’s misfortunes be if we saw them through the eyes of God? We would see that things are not as they seem. In the most turbulent seasons of our lives, God is ever present, working a bigger purpose and setting the stage for a testimony of His goodness. The events in your life happening around you now are not happening by chance; God knows. From man’s eyes, Joseph went through an excruciating experience of betrayal; his...
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BLESSED BY THE CROSS

"Then Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn." – Genesis 48:14   REFERENCE: Genesis 48:9-19   Manasseh and Ephraim were brought to Jacob, their blind grandfather, to bless them. Their father Joseph placed Manasseh, the firstborn, by Jacob's right hand and Ephraim on the left. The reason is that the first in the order of birth should receive the double portion blessing of the spiritual inheritance. However, a switch occurred, and the younger was blessed by...
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HE WILL NOT LET YOU FALL

“You pushed me violently, that I might fall, but the Lord helped me.” ~ Psalm 118:13   REFERENCE: Psalm 118:13-15   There was a song by Maranatha Music that comforted me as a young believer going through adverse times. It says, “I look up to the mountains, to the hills I lift my eyes, who will come to help me, can I find a place to hide? The One who made the heavens and the earth will hear my call; the Lord will come to help me, and He will not let me fall.” The Chorus says, “He will not let...
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