PSALM 23: VERSE 2

The Lord the Shepherd of His People

A Psalm of David.

23 The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
² He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still waters.
³ He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.

⁴ Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

⁵ You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
My cup runs over.
⁶ Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days of my life;
And I will dwell^[a] in the house of the Lord
Forever.

As we continue to look at psalm 23, we now focus on verse 2.

A brief recap of VERSE I, shows that David was dependent on God for everything. God was his shepherd, protector, provider, guider, keeper and all that goes with the work of a shepherd. Now we continue to get insight from David as we progress with vs2.

² He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still waters.
David says God actually makes him to lie down, let’s look at that for a moment. As you read this psalm, you realise one important point…GOD IS IN CONTROL. HE IS THE ONE WHO MAKES DECISIONS FOR DAVID. HE IS THE ONE WHO ACTUALLY MAKES HIM LIE DOWN. WHY?

What is to lie down? To rest, AND to still your spirit. To listen , AND to relax.  David clearly tells the reader that all that happens to him is initiated and conducted by God. When David says God,  you will soon realise that the wording used here involves the Trinity working together in the life of David, or  as in our case, the child of God, believer, Christian, or bride of Christ. Some translations actually, Psalm 23:1 as Young's Literal Translation Jehovah is my shepherd, I do not lack,

The name Jehovah is the Name of the TRINITY, also is  LORD.  So many scriptures support that. So back to my point, David shows that it’s GOD IN CONTROL. (Will give scriptures confirming that as we get along.). He makes me to lie down….. GOD PLANS FOR DAVID TO TAKE TIME OFF AND GO TO LIE DOWN. REST. 

nuwach noo'-akh

a primitive root; to rest, i.e. settle down; used in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, intransitive, transitive and causative (to dwell, stay, let fall, place, let alone, withdraw, give comfort, etc.):--cease, be confederate, lay, let down, (be) quiet, remain, (cause to, be at, give, have, make to) rest, set down. Compare 'Yaniym' (3241).

WHERE? IN GREEN PASTURES.

I] Love that. What then are the GREEN PASTURES? IT’S the WORD OF GOD! John 10:9. ⁹ I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture^...

 This scripture shows that the green pastures are the Word of God. Why does David feel the need to tell us the colour of the pastures. GREEN. GREEN is a symbol of life and freshness. It’s a symbol of newness and growth. Life and Renewal, the Nature and Culture of Green: Green is life. Abundant in nature, green signifies growth, renewal, health, and environment. Green is a restful color with some of the same calming attributes of blue.   PASTURE is the Greek word NOM’AY, which has the same roots as Nomos which derive from the Hebrew word Law. Or the WORD. Now you can directly apply that GOD, LEADS DAVID TO THE LAW, TO GOD,TO HIMSELF: JESUS,  OR TO THE WORD. (JESUS) we know, The Word, OR the LAW, BECAME FLESH AND DWELT AMOUNG US. (JOHN 1:14. AND JOHN 1:1-5).  PASTURE is also associated with words like GROWTH AND INCREASE. WOW. Now David says God leads him to rest, lie down relax, in HIMSELF.IN A HEALTHY PLACE OF RENEWAL, AND LIFE. This is necessary for his growth and increase. That is the food that the believer needs to grow, the Word.

SELAH.

Moving on… He leads me beside the still waters.
Please note so far David has not done anything! IT’S still God doing everything. Now David says... God leads him to…. (Directs him, trains him, GOES IN FRONT OF HIM, makes David follow HIM

nahal: to lead or guide to a watering place, bring to a place of rest, refresh Original Word: נָהַל

, to the STILL WATERS. WHAT ARE THE STILL WATERS? The still waters are the waters of the HOLY SPIRIT, OR IT’S THE HOLY SPIRIT. REVELATION, 22:1. -2. (NKJV)The River of Life

22 And he showed me a pure^[a] river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. ² In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. The language compliments that of John 14:26. The Holy Spirit is the ONE who proceeds from the Father, and from the Son. He is also referred to as the River of EZEKIEL 47. JOHN 4:10-11, PSALM 46, ZECHARIA 14:8, PSALM36:8, MY FAVOURITE being, John 7:37-39. Jesus says if you come to Him thirsty, He will give you drink. Verse 39 explains that Jesus was referring to the HOLY SPIRIT. NOW let’s have a brief look at the benefits of being in a place where there is a river that flows from GOD. Ezekiel 47 :1ff states ⁷ When I returned, there, along the bank of the river, were very many trees on one side and the other. ⁸ Then he said to me: “This water flows toward the eastern region, goes down into the valley, and enters the sea. When it reaches the sea, its waters are healed. ⁹ And it shall be that every living thing that moves, wherever the rivers go, will live. There will be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters go there; for they will be healed, and everything will live wherever the river goes. ¹⁰ It shall be that fishermen will stand by it from En Gedi to En Eglaim; they will be places for spreading their nets. Their fish will be of the same kinds as the fish of the Great Sea, exceedingly many. ¹¹ But its swamps and marshes will not be healed; they will be given over to salt. ¹² Along the bank of the river, on this side and that, will grow all kinds of trees used for food; their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. They will bear fruit every month, because their water flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for medicine.”-  SELAH !.

David also explains that the Waters God leads him to are still waters. It is not a contradiction that EZE 47 is a flowing river, I would like you to concertrate on the fact that it’s not a stormy place, but a quiet refreshing place. If you have been to a river bed the water at times seems to be still and peaceful, that doesn’t mean it’s not flowing. That’s important. One cannot rest in a storm, or near a rough gushing, threatening river. It’s in a quiet still riverbed where it’s peaceful where we can find rest and refreshment. Other translations use similar words, e.g., restful waters, refreshing waters, quiet waters, peaceful waters, waters of rest. Also still waters refer to depth in God. By constantly going to rest in the WORD, AND HOLY SPIRIT, you grow in GOD. You feed your soul with the Word and Drink  FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT. Alleluia.

APPLICATION TO THE BELIEVER OF TODAY.

1-    Its GOD who is in charge of David’s, life. Both spiritual and physical.

As a Shepherd of David, God plans his life. God leads David to a place of rest, where he can be refreshed both spiritual, and physically. God makes David lie down in green pastures. It’s God’s plan and program. Look at some FACTS ABOUT GREEN.- Green occupies more space in the spectrum visible to the human eye than most colours. Green is considered the colour of peace and ecology. How the colour green affects us physically: ·         Soothes and Relaxes mentally, as well as physically ·         Helps alleviate depression, nervousness, and anxiety Offers a sense of renewal, self-control, and harmony.

Introducing green ·

 The Word of God  Heals our bodies, refreshes our spirits and causes growth in the knowledge of GOD. JESUS said His words are SPIRIT AND THEY ARE LIFE. John 6:63, (NKJV)It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. When Jesus leads us to the Word, and to the Holy Spirit, we get life. The way the green colour affects us is amazing… helps alleviate depression, nervousness, and anxiety. The green colour also offers renewal, self-control, and harmony. From reading these you have no doubt IT’S THE WORK OF the WORD. THEN we see the importance of the REASON why the  LORD leads us there,( TO THE GREEN PASTURES).  N.B. YOU can also see the lack of these benefits in the lives of those who don’t spend time in the green pastures.(The word.).

Ezekiel 34:14-16

2-     It is GOD WHO MAKETH….In Ezekiel, 34:1-ff. after God has been disappointed by  shepherds HE SAYS.." Ezekiel 34:14-16 (NKJV)

¹⁴ I will feed them in good pasture, and their fold shall be on the high mountains of Israel. There they shall lie down in a good fold and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. ¹⁵ I will feed My flock, and I will make them lie down,” says the Lord God. ¹⁶ “I will seek what was lost and bring back what was driven away, bind up the broken and strengthen what was sick; but I will destroy the fat and the strong, and feed them in judgment.”.  N.B. This scripture confirms what David says GOD does to him. God says HE WILL DO IT HIMSELF. NOTE THE,( I WILL). READ WHOLE OF EZEKIEL 34 and JOHN 10:9.

IN PSALM 23:2 WE learn, the sovereignty  of God, His love and Grace. We learn his mercies and the importance of being led, and guided by Him. Maybe on your own you wouldn’t realise the importance of the colour of the Pastures.  We also learn the Unity of GOD working within HIMSELF. THE (TRINITY), for the believer. God gives His word, and HIS Spirit for food, nourishment and growth. He knows what’s best for the sheep. It’s amazing to learn the power of the Word through the colour green, also the work of the Holy Spirit in refreshing, calming and growing the Christian in the things of GOD.

3-    We also learn the benefits of OBEDIENCE. And SURRENDER.

  NEVER ONCE DOES DAVID COMPLAIN.!. David shows complete trust, in  his Shepherd, ability, to feed, guide, lead and plan his life. The fact that he writes the psalm shows his confidence, in letting God run his life. What an example of being a sheep in the care of the GREAT SHEPHERD. The flock of today have much to learn from David in Psalm 23.

4-    Let’s apply the benefits of this verse to our lives today.

5-    We, AS THE SHEEP OF Jesus should  allow Him to be the good shepherd. We should follow and allow Him to lead us to a place of rest in His Word. In the box above there is a study of words Friday, 24 February 2012imagine what your life would be like if you allowed God to bring you to dwell, Settle down, and remain in His word .Also  If you let the Word refresh you and bring growth and renewal in your life.

6-    What about the benefits of allowing  The good Shepherd to bring you to the still waters, the Holy Spirit?.  Eze-47 quoted above shows that the RIVER OF God, brings life to everything in your life v9, MANY FISH…vs10. Some say fish are souls, or money. Both ways you win. You need to bring souls to the kingdom, and you need money to minister. Hence the fruitfulness of the healing waters.

7-    Vs12.- many trees for food and medicine, and unfailing fruit every month. Surely we need this. Can you comprehend what your life would be like when you allow yourself to be lead to the still waters. Fruitful ness, NO BARRENESS. HALELUA. EVERYTHING WILL LIVE WHERE THE RIVER GOES THERE SHALL BE LIFE.

8-    Psalm 46 says it’s the same river that makes glad the city of GOD. IT’S THE SAME RIVER OF LIFE THAT SUSTAINS THE heavens and the universe. Glory to God. That is why its only Jesus who can bring you there. The river flows out of HIM. It’s His Spirit.

9-    N.B….Please when you get to the green pastures and the still waters remain there until God has finished working on you!. MOST OF US NEED THE THERAPY OF THE GREEN PASTURES. WE ARE BADLY IN NEED OF CALMING AND SELF CONTROL. REVISIT THE BOX THAT TALKS ABOUT HOW GREEN AFFECTS US PHYSICALLY. ITS ABOVE. THINK HOW BADLY YOU NEED THE MINISTRY OF GREEN PASTURES IN YOUR LIFE.

10-       RELAX AND LET GOD WORK IN YOU!. BEFORE YOU RUN AND CALL OTHERS, BE A FINISHED PRODUCT  FIRST, OR ELSE YOU WILL END UP HURTING THOSE THAT YOU CALLED.

11-       ONLY AFTER YOU HAVE BEEN TO THE GREEN PASTURES AND STILL WATERS DO YOU GET THE OTHER BENEFITS. SELAH.

LETS PRAY.

FATHER WE NEED YOU. WE NEED YOU LORD. PSALM 23 IS CHALLENGING US AND SHOWING US THAT WE ARE FAR FROM YOU. SO FAR. DADDY WE NEED THE MINISTRY OF THE GREEN PASTURES AND THE STILL WATERS. WE NEED TO LEARN TO BE LED. WE NEED TO SETTLE DOWN AND DWELL IN YOUR WORD, WE NEED TO RELAX AND DRINK FROM THE LIVING WATER THAT FLOW FROM YOU. HELP US LORD. IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND THE TENDER LOVE AND MERCIES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BE WITH US AMEN.

PRAYER HOUSE: PRAYER-WEEK

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BREAK THROUGH 2012.

MY BREAKTHROUGH IN 2012

THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD.

1. THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD; I SHALL NOT WANT.

2. HE MAKES ME TO LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES.

HE LEADS ME BESIDE THE STILL WATERS.

3. HE RESTORES MY SOUL.

HE LEADS ME IN THE PATHS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

FOR HIS NAME’ SAKE.

4. YEA THOUGH I WALK IN THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW,

OF DEATH, I WILL FEAR NO EVIL;

FOR YOU ARE WITH ME.

YOUR ROD AND STAFF THEY COMFORT ME.

5. YOU PREPARE A TABLE BEFORE ME IN THE PRESENCE OF MY ENEMIES.

YOU ANOINT MY HEAD WITH OIL.

MY CUP RUNS OVER.

6. SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY SHALL FOLLOW ME,

ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE,

AND I WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER.

AMEN.

A BRIEF LOOK AT PSALM 23. A PSALM OF DAVID.
AS we enter 2012, we need to have a different view of how to view God. David is a good example of somebody who as a shepherd understood that the way he had concern over the sheep, was the same way God cared for him or even more. Studies show that David wrote some of the Psalms when He was on his own and no-one cared, for him. Some scholars assume that from Psalm 27:10 Even if my father and mother abandon me, the LORD will take care of me. King James 2000 Bible (©2003) When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. When Samuel went to anoint a king in Jesse’s home David was the only one absent. 1 Samuel 16:11. 1 Samuel 16:11
New King James Version (NKJV)
¹¹ And Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all the young men here?” Then he said, “There remains yet the youngest, and there he is, keeping the sheep.”
And Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and bring him. For we will not sit down^[a] till he comes here.” Why was he, being the youngest son, alone tending the sheep in dangerous pastures when Jesse had other grown up sons.? We give glory to God because it’s when we feel alone and rejected that He turns up to shepherd us then we can cry out with confidence and say THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT WANT. That led him to fully turn and trust in God, for he had no-one. There are certain important lessons we can learn from David. We shall look at verse by verse.

1. THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD; I SHALL NOT WANT.
What a statement! What brings somebody to a point where they cry out...THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD? FIRST, the NAME, LORD, has a very important meaning for you and me. Let’s look at the word LORD. - IN HEBREW the word LORD is ‘adon which means MASTER and OWNER. IN GREEK the word the word is kurios, meaning OWNER, CONTROLLER, OR ABSOLUTE DOMINION, and SUPREME AUTHORITY.  The word SHEPHERD, in GREEK is poimen, meaning, ONE WHO TENDS, GUIDES, LEADS, CHERISHES, FEEDS AND PROTECTS A FLOCK. Now, if you bear in mind what these words mean, you understand that David was saying, THE LORD, MASTER, LANDLORD,OWNER, ONE WHO IS IN CHARGE OF EVERYTHING, IS MY  KEEPER, GUIDER, PROTECTOR, AND FEEDER!. What a statement. That is why David goes on to say l will not want, lack, need, search for anything. If your Landlord is the Owner of the universe, what then can you lack?David faced some circumstances in his life that no human being could solve. Remember he was always on his own herding sheep, when the lion and the bear attacked the sheep. The LORD, fought for him. 1 Samuel 17:34-37.
King James Version (KJV)³⁷David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee. David shows great confidence in GOD. David had to fully rely on God when King Saul was chasing him. 1 Samuel 19 :1-2,Saul Persecutes David;
¹ Now Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill David; but Jonathan, Saul’s son, delighted greatly in David. ² So Jonathan told David, saying, “My father Saul seeks to kill you. Therefore please be on your guard until morning, and stay in a secret place and hide. Imagine your father in law who happens to be the most powerful man in the country is after your life. Its only God who can protect you in that situation. Later his own son was after his life, he had to run away and hide. 2 Samuel 15:13-14New King James Version (NKJV)¹³ Now a messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”
¹⁴ So David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise, and let us flee, or we shall not escape from Absalom. Make haste to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly and bring disaster upon us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.” David,s life was full of danger and uncertainty. At one occasion he had to escape with his life from King Achish by pretending to be a madman.1 Samuel 21:12-13 (NKJV)¹² Now David took these words to heart, and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath. ¹³ So he changed his behaviour before them, pretended madness in their hands, scratched on the doors of the gate, and let his saliva fall down on his beard. Now I do believe that the problems David faced led him to adopt a different view of God. To him God became a personal God, with a personal relationship found between a Shepherd and his sheep.God's protection led him to realise that God was concerned about his welfare, and it was between God and him. Personal relation(my shepherd). No matter who was there or not or who wanted to kill him, God was his keeper and protector.
 HE WAS FULLY PERSUADED THAT THE LORD IS HIS KEEPER AND THEREFORE CAN NOT LACK FOR ANYTHING. THERE IS NO WANT IN THOSE WHO TRUST IN HIM. PSALM 84 ¹¹ For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
The LORD will give grace and glory;
No good thing will He withhold
from those who walk uprightly. ALSO PSALM 34:9-10. Psalm 34:9-10
New King James Version (NKJV⁹ Oh, fear the LORD, you His saints!
There is no want to those who fear Him.
¹⁰ The young lions lack and suffer hunger;
But those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing.
David shows that He knew it was the LORD, who protected, led, guided, and provided for him. No wonder he could write such a psalm of total boldness and confidence in God...

APPLICATION.

AS WE ENTER 2012, we need to know WHO GOD is, in our lives, and what He is in our lives. We must get to a point where we can cry out with confidence whatever the circumstance, that The LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT WANT. It’s a statement of faith. We may be like David who was left to defend a flock on his own. He knew that God was with him. You may be the shepherd of your family, remember Jesus is the Lord, and David shows us that if the Lord is your shepherd, you shall not lack guidance, help, protection, food, and whatever provision you need. BEING CONFIDENT IN THE WORD. THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD. I SHALL NOT WANT. LET’S STAND IN THE INTEGRITY OF THE WORD. LETS NOT ENTERTAIN THE ENEMY’S NOS. IF THE ANSWER YOU GOT IS NOT WHAT YOU WERE EXPECTING, SEND IT BACK. DON’T ACCEPT IT. TAKE NO NONSENSE FROM THE ENEMY. MICAH 3:8 SAYS ⁸ But as for me, I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the LORD, and with justice and might., THE Spirit that is in you is the Spirit of the Lord, The same Spirit that God used to create the universe. Job 26:13 (NKJV)¹³ By His Spirit He adorned the heavens;
His hand pierced the fleeing serpent. He is the same Spirit that was working signs and wonders in the life of Jesus.
¹⁴ Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of Him went out through all the surrounding region. ¹⁵ And He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all. Now look at verse 18, ¹⁸ “ The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,^[a]
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set at liberty those who are oppressed; That is the Spirit in you. He is the Spirit of POWER AND OF MIGHT. I encourage you to change things in this year, just by knowing who your shepherd is, and whose Spirit is in you, and what that Spirit can do!
, AMEN.

WE CONTINUE SOON WITH THE REST OF THE PSALM. GOD BLESS YOU.

REMEMBER YOU CAN CONTACT ME PRIVATELY ON MY EMAIL. pastornomsa@gmail.com or through facebook private messages. Let’s pray.

DEAR FATHER, WE WORSHIP AND ADORE YOU. WE GLORIFY YOUR HOLY NAME. WE MAGNIFY AND BOW DOWN IN WORSHIP. FATHER WE COME IN THE NAME OF JESUS AND THE LOVE AND CARE AND MERCY OF THE HOLY GHOST. WE LOVE YOU FATHER, WE ADORE YOU. GLORY TO THE KING OF KINGS. FATHER TALK TO US THROUGH THIS WORD. TOUCH OUR HEARTS LORD. DADDY WE COME AS CHILDREN. WE TAKE AUTHORITY OVER EVERY FOUL SPIRIT OPERATING IN OUR LIVES. THE SPIRIT OF LACK, POVERTY, DESTRUCTION AND DISCONTINUITY, WE DESTROY THROUGH THE POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST, IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS, EVERY THIEVING SPIRIT. THAT FOUL SPIRIT THAT HAS STOLEN OUR PROGRESS, JOY, UNITY, PEACE, LOVE, FAMILY, FINANCES. WE CALL THE FIRE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO CONSUME THE WORK OF THE EVIL ONE. FATHER WE STAND ON THE INTEGRITY OF THE WORD WHICH SAYS” CALL UNTO ME I WILL ANSWER YOU, AND SHOW YOU GREAT AND MIGHTY THINGS YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.” WE COME IN THE NAME OF JESUS, THE NAME THAT IS ABOVE EVERY NAME. KNOWING FULLY WELL AND BEING CONFIDENT THAT AT THE NAME OF JESUS EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW AND EVERY TONGUE CONFESS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD. THANK YOU FATHER. GLORY TO GOD.
AMEN.

     

     

     

     

THE LORD'S PRAYER :MATTHEW 6: 7-21 AND WHEN YOU PRAY.......

INTRODUCTION
IN THE LAST POST WE LOOKED AT THE SECRET PLACE AS JESUS SAID THAT'S WHERE THE FATHER IS..MATT 6:6. WE NOW CONTINUE TO EXAMINE THE LORDS PRAYER, PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT THE LORD WAS REALLY SAYING THERE, WHAT WAS HE TEACHING US THAT IS NOT OBVIOUS TO THE EYE? WE ALSO EXPLAINED THAT JESUS WAS NOT IMPRESSED WITH THE PRAYER RITUALS OF THE PHARISEES AND SCRIBES AND SEEMS TO BE REBUKING THEM FOR THEIR HYPOCRITICAL PRACTISES.

MATTHEW 6 VS 7- WHEN U PRAY DO NOT USE VAIN REPETITIONS AS THE HEATHENS DO...
VAIN  MEANS--1- EXCESSIVELY PROUD OF OR CONCERNED ABOUT ONES OWN ----------------------APPEARANCE, QUALITIES.
--------------------2-PROCEEDING FROM OR SHOWING PERSONAL VANITY, VAIN -----------------REMARKS.
--------------3-IN EFFECTUAL OR UNSUCCESSFUL, FUTILE.
---------------4-WITHOUT REAL SIGNIFICANCE,VALUE, OR IMPORTANCE; BASELESS, OR ----------------WORTHLESS.
---------------5-SENSELESS OR FOOLISH.
REPETITIONS----REPEATED UTTERANCE;REITERATION.

YR FATHER KNOWS WHAT U NEED BEFORE U ASK HIM ....WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

WELL, AS A FATHER WHO KNOWS THE END FROM THE BEGINNING, HE WATCHES U ALL THE TIME. SO WHEN U GO TO HIM U NEED TO KNOW THAT HE IS NOT LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT YR LIFE. IN JOHN 14 :16-18, JESUS SAID I WILL NOT LEAVE U AS ORPHANS I WILL SEND THE HOLY SPIRIT TO U. ANOTHER HELP TO BE WITH U  HE DWELLS WITH U WILL BE IN U. SO IF GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT IS IN U AND DWELLS WITH U, DO U NEED VAIN REPETITIONS WHEN U COME TO GOD?.. THE MEANING OF VAIN EXPLAINED ABOVE INCLUDES BASELESS,WORTHLESS IN EFFECTUAL FUTILE REMARKS!
THAT MEANS DON'T COME TO GOD YR FATHER WHO LOOKS AFTER U IN THE PERSON OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND START ACCUSING HIM OF NEGLECT,eg I'M DYING, I'M FAILING, I'M SINKING WHERE R U, THIS IS GOING TO KILL ME, U DON'T CARE ABOUT ME, U DON'T LOVE ME,  ALL THOSE PRAYERS ARE BASELESS, WORTHLESS, INEFFECTUAL,AND REALLY VAIN. WHY BECAUSE IF U UNDERSTAND THE FATHER-SON/DAUGHTER, RELATIONSHIP THEN U REALISE NO LOVING FATHER WD NEGLECT HIS CHILD. IN FACT LONG BEFORE U WERE CREATED HE PUT MEASURES IN PLACE SO THAT U ARE COVERED AND PROTECTED EG SENT CHRIST TO COME AND DIE FOR U SO THAT U CAN BE RECONCILED TO HIM AND THEN U LIVE AS A SON IN THE KINGDOM. 2 HE GAVE U THE HOLY SPIRIT TO DWELL IN U AND HELP U. JESUS SAID I WILL SEND ANOTHER HELPER THE COMFORTER TO BE WITH U. 3.. GAVE U HIS ANGELS TO BE WITH U ALL THE TIME MINISTER TO U AND FOR U. HEBREWS 1:14. THAT MEANS THEY DO THINGS FOR U THAT U CANT DO FOR YR SELF. IF U NEED SOMETHING U CANT MANAGE THE HOLY SPIRIT SENDS THE ANGELS TO HELP U.  THANK GOD FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT.

IF U R NOT BAPTISED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT WITH THE EVIDENCE OF SPEAKING IN TONGUES U R WAY BEHIND. U CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT THAT GIFT. SPEAKING IN TONGUES HELPS U AND THE HOLY SPIRIT TO PRAY FOR THOSE THINGS THAT PERTAIN TO YR LIFE AND WHICH AFFECT U AND U HAVE NO IDEA, ONE TESTIMONY OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT HELP IN PRAYER IS OF A WOMAN WHO HAD A SENSE OF URGENCY IN HER TO GO TO HER CLOSET TO PRAY. SINCE SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG SHE STARTED TO PRAY IN TONGUES. TWO HRS LATER HER SON PHONED AND SAID THANKS FOR YR PRAYERS MOM IVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A FATAL ACCIDENT I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO SURVIVED. SHE THEN REALISED THATS THE URGENCY IN HER SPIRIT THAT SHE PRESENTED TO THE FATHER IN TOUNGES WAS FOR PROTECTION AND THE LIFE FOR HER SON. WHEN U PRAY IN THE SPIRIT ITS THE HOLY SPIRIT PRAYING FOR U, WITH U, IN TONGUES. ROMANS 8:26 SAYS THE HOLY SPIRIT HELPS IN OUR WEAKNESSES FOR WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE OUGHT TO PRAY FOR BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT HIMSELF HELPS MAKES INTERCESSION FOR US WITH GROANING THAT CANNOT BE UTTERED. THANK GOD FOR THE HOLY GHOST. U CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT HIM. U NEED HIM MORE THAN U NEED YR LIFE, YR LIFE IS MEANINGLESS WITHOUT HIS BAPTISM. IF U HAVE BEEN SURVIVING WITHOUT THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT UP TO NOW THE TRUTH IS THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS TASKED SOME ONE TO CARRY U IN PRAYER. SOMEONE IS BEARING U IN THE SECRET PLACE SPEAKING IN TONGUES, SINCE ITS GROANING THAT CANNOT BE UTTERED THEY MAY NOT EVEN KNOW LEST THEY BOAST , OR HOLD U RANSOM END UP MAKING THE WHOLE PRAYER VOID.
 NB.. ASK JESUS TO BAPTISE U WITH HIS HOLY SPIRIT, ITS JESUS WHO BAPTISES WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT NOT ANY PERSON. ITS JESUS'S SPIRIT SO HE DOES THE BAPTISM.


ASK AND SAY, LORD JESUS ,PLIZ CLEANSE ME WITH YR BLOOD AGAIN AND BAPTISE ME WITH YR HOLY SPIRIT. SEND THE HOLY SPIRIT TO DWELL IN ME AND BE MY HELPER AND MY COMFORTER IN MY LIFE AND IN EVERYTHING I DO. AMEN. THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL COME UPON U AND U WILL SPEAK IN TONGUES . THIS WORKS IF U PRAY SINCERELY EVEN IF U R ON YR OWN. IF U R IN A SITUATION WHERE NOBODY BELIEVES IT OR THERE IS NO ONE TO HELP U JESUS IS WITH U, HE WILL HELP U. U CAN BE BORN AGAIN TODAY AND BE BAPTISED IN THE HOLY SPIRIT TODAY. U DON'T HAVE TO TARRY FOR SOME TIME, RECEIVE YR BAPTISM TODAY U NEED HIM TODAY!.

NOW ALL THIS WAS SAID TO SHOW U THAT WHEN U APPROACH THE FATHER AS A CHILD U DONT NEED VAIN REPETITIONS BECAUSE JESUS HAS ALREADY. PRAYED FOR U, LUKE 22:31-32. BEFORE PETER EVER DENIED THE LORD JESUS HAD ALREADY PRAYED FOR HIM. THANK YOU JESUS! THANK GOD FOR GIVING US HIS SON THE LORD JESUS. WHERE WD WE BE WITHOUT HIM. PRAISE JEHOVAH HE IS AWESOME... BEFORE U MAKE THAT FATAL MISTAKE THAT COULD COST U MUCH, EVEN YR LIFE, MINISTRY, FAMILY JESUS HAS ALREADY PRESENTED THE CASE BEFORE THE FATHER. ROMANS (8:34) AND HEBREWS 7:25. 2-THE HOLY GHOST HAS ALSO PRAYED FOR U WITH GROANING THAT CANNOT BE UTTERED. THE ANGELS OF GOD ARE WITH U. SO IF U UNDERSTAND THIS THERE IS NO NEED FOR VAIN REPETITIONS, COMPLAINTS, ACCUSATIONS, DISPAIRE, DISCOURAGEMENT  WHEN U GO TO THE FATHER. BY THE TIME U GET THERE THE HOLY SPIRIT  AND JESUS ARE ALREADY ON THE CASE. AMEN.

IN THIS MANNER THEN PRAY...

OUR FATHER WHO ARTS IN HEAVEN..... START BY ACKNOWLEGING HIM AS YR FATHER, SHOW THAT U UNDERSTAND THAT U R CHILD. U R NOT COMING AS A STRANGER TO A STRANGER. U KNOW HE IS IN HEAVEN IN THE SECRET PLACE. U R TALKING TO A FATHER U KNOW ABOUT, AND WHERE HE IS GETTING THIS PRAYER FROM.. 

HALLOWED BE THY NAME... WORSHIP! - WORSHIP IS THE LANGUAGE OF GOD. IF U VISIT THE WEBSITE INSIGHTS OF GOD .COM. U READ ACCOUNTS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD VISIONS OF GOD. ALL OF THEM DESCRIBE HEAVEN AS A PLCE OF WORSHIP. AROUND THE THRONE  OF GOD WHERE YR PRAYER IS GOING WORSHIP IS GOING ON ALL THE TIME. REVELATION 4 :4-11 DESCRIBES THE SCENE AROUND THE THRONE AND JOHN THE WRITER OF REVELATION SAYS THEY DO NOT REST DAY AND NIGHT THEY CRY OUT TO THE LIVING GOD SINGING HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, LORD GOD ALMIGHTY...ACCORDING TO ANNA ROUNTREE IN A VERY ESSENTIAL BOOK WHICH U NEEDAS A CHILD OF GOD, CALLED HEAVEN AWAITS THE BRIDE   WOSHIP IN HEAVEN IS A SUBSTANCE WHICH CAN BE SEEN AND HANDLED. ITS PRESENTED TO THE FATHER AS A SUBSTANCE, BOOK2 PAGE 94. SO BE CAREFUL WHEN U WORSHIP THE FATHER. ANGELS CARRY YR WORSHIP TO THE FATHER AND PRESENT IT TO HIM AS A SACRIFICE OR GIFT FROM U. DO YR BEST TO PRESENT BEST WORSHIP TO YR FATHER THE KING OF KINGS. TH ATS WHY JESUS SAID DON'T USE VAIN REPETITIONS ALL THOSE EXPANATIONS MENTIONED ABOVE. WORSHIP IS ALSO A.PRAYER, WEAPON OF WARFARE. 2 CHRONICLES 20 VS 1-30 GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF THE PEOPLE OF AMMON MOAB AND OTHERS COMING TO ENCAMP AGAINST JUDAH (spiritually when an enemy camps against judah its an attack on yr worship. judah means praise. Anything that affects yr praise affects God because yr praise goes to HIM.) JEHOSHAPHAT SAYS IN VS12 THAT THEY ARE TOO BIG A GROUP AND JUDAH HAS NO POWER NOR THE MEANS TO FIGHT THIS BIG GROUP. BUT JEHOSHAPHAT SAYS THIER EYES ARE ON GOD. AFTER THE PROPHET HAD PROPHESIED AND TOLD THEM THAT THEY WILL NOT NEED TO FIGHT IN THIS BATTLE VS18 SAYS THE WHOLE NATION BOWED BEFORE THE LORD AND WORSHIPPED. IN THE MORNING THE KING ENCOURAGED JUDAH TO BELIEVE IN THE LORD AND HIS PROPHETS THEY WILL PROSPER. JEHOSHAPHAT SET UP A PRAISE TEAM. PROBABLY HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS HIS BATTLE SRATERGY. THEY BEGAN TO SING...VS22-23  SAYS AS THEY BEGAN TO SING.. THE LORD SET UP AMBUSHES AGAINST THE PEOPLE WHO HAD COME TO FIGHT JUDAH. THEY BEGAN TO KILL EACH OTHER AND TOTALY DESTROYED EACH OTHER WHILE JUDAH WAS PRAISING AND WORSHIPPING GOD. VS24-30 RECORDS THAT JUDAH LOOTED FROM THE ENEMY SO MUCH SPOIL IT LASTED 3 DAYS, ON THE 4TH DAY THEY MET TO WORSHIP AGAIN, THE LORD WHO HAD USED THE STRATEGY OF WORSHIP TO DESTROY THE ENEMY. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT AFTER THAT ONE BATTLE WHICH WAS FOUGHT BY GOD THRU PRAISE AND WORSHIP..ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THOSE COUNTRIES THAT HEARD THAT GOD HAD FOUGHT FOR ISRAEL FEARED GREATLY. VS30 SAYS THEN THE REALM OF JEHOSHAPHAT WAS QUIET FOR HIS GOD GAVE HIM REST ALL AROUND. WORSHIP WILL CAUSE GOD TO FIGHT FOR U IN SUCH AWAY THAT U WILL BE AT REST FROM YR ENEMIES ALL AROUND. U WILL HAVE PEACE IN YR REALM. NOW U UNDERSTAND WHY IN THE MODEL PRAYER JESUS SAYS DON'T SAY ..... BUT START WITH WORSHIP! HE KNEW THAT WORSHIP IN THE RIGHT ATTITUDE CAN GIVE U REST AND PEACE FOR THE REST OF YR LIFE.

THY KINGDOM COME....HERE JESUS SAYS AFTER WORSHIP, TALK TO THE FATHER ABOUT THAT WHICH INTRESTS HIM ...THE KINGDOM! THE FATHER IS CONCERNED WITH THE KINGDOM AND THAT IS THE WELFARE OF HIS CHILDREN.

KINGDOM MEANS- GOD'S PRESENT AND ETERNAL SPHERE OF AUTHORITY. ITS MADE UP OF TWO WORDS; KING AND DOMAIN, ITS THE DOMAIN WHERE THE KING RULES.
IN THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW THE FIRST WORDS JESUS SPOKE AFTER THE BAPTISM AND TEMPTATION WERE:- REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND. MATT4:17
SINCE THESE WERE HIS FIRST WORDS THIS SHOWS THAT WAS HIS MAIN MISSION AND PRIORITY. ALSO IN THE LORD'S PRAYER AFTER WORSHIP JESUS SAYS TALK ABOUT THE KINGDOM OF GOD. REPENT THERE MEANS RENEW YR MIND, CHANGE YR WAY OF THINKING, RELIGION IS NOT ABOUT RULES AND RACES ANYMORE, ITS CHANGING ITS FACE. THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS UNIVERSAL AND INCLUSIVE, ITS NOT ABOUT  JEWS ONLY, ITS NOT ABOUT MEAL RITUALS AND KEEPING DAYS ITS ABOUT THE ATMOSPHERE OF HEAVEN COMING DOWN ON EARTH. WHICH IS WORSHIP, RIGHTEOSNESS PEACE AND JOY IN THE HOLY GHOST. WHAT JESUS WAS SAYING FROM NOW ON THERE IS NO KINGDOM OF GOD WITHOUT THE HOLY GHOST.
WHEN JESUS WAS BAPTISED  THE HOLY GHOST CAME DOWN AND SAT ON HIM THEN THE FATHER SPOKE AND CONFIRMED THAT HE WAS THE SON OF GOD. NOW THE FATHER SON AND HOLY GHOST WERE READY TO WORK TOGETHER TO BRING THE KINGDOM OF GOD ON EARTH. AFTER JESUS HAD ANOUNCED THAT THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND HE WENT ON TO DEMOSTRATE WHAT THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS. MATT 4 VS 17-23 IS THE RECORD OF WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN WHEN THE GOSPELL HAS ARRIVED. 1- RECRUTING PEOPLE TO FOLLOW JESUS. 2-TEACHING AND PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM. 3- HEALING ALL KINDS OF SICKNESS AND DISEASES. ALL KINDS, NOT SOME... I BELIEVE IN DIVINE HEALING AND DELIVERANCE FROM ALL KINDS OF OPRESSIONS OF THE ENEMY. THE MINISTRY THAT JESUS PERFOMED IN THE BEGINNING OF HIS MINISTRY IF PERFORMED IN THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT SHOULD BRING RIGHTEOSNESS PEACE AND JOY ....IN THE HOLY GHOST. SO WHAT JESUS WAS SAYING IN THE LORD'S PRAYER AFTER WORHIP U SHOULD ASK FOR HIS KINGDOM TO COME TO EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN, WHICH IS SALVATION OF SOUL, TO FOLLOW JESUS, TEACHING,PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD, HEALING AND DELIVERANCE FROM ALL KINDS OF SICKNESS, DISEASES, AND ALL OPRESSION OF THE ENERMY.
THIS IS WHAT JESUS MEANT BY THY KINGDOM COME ,THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN ALL THAT IS EXPLAINED ABOVE IS THE WILL OF GOD IN HEAVEN THAT JESUS DESIRED TO HAVE ON EARTH.

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD WHAT IS THE DAILY BREAD? ITS THE WORD OF GOD. JESUS SAID IAM THE BREAD THAT CAME FROM HEAVEN JOHN 6VS 48-51. JESUS IS THE DAILY BREAD OF LIFE WHICH IS ESSENTIAL FOR OUR LIVES. U NEED A WORD OF GOD INTO YR SPIRIT EVERYDAY, SO U NEED TO READ THE WORD(BIBLE) EVERYDAY TO GET A WORD OF GOD. GOD SAID MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE BUT BY EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD.  YR SPIRIT NEEDS FOOD AND WATER EVERYDAY. THE WATER IS GIVEN BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, IT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT THE RIVER OF LIFE SO THAT IS WHY U CAN NOT AFFORD TO LIVE WITHOUT THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. YR SPIRIT NEEDS THE WORD OF GOD WHICH IS ITS FOOD. THAT BREAD IS FOUND IN THE BIBLE. AS U READ THE BIBLE U FEED YR SPIRIT WITH THE BREAD OF LIFE. IF YR SPIRIT DIES U DIE, THAT'S WHY JESUS IS THE BREAD OF LIFE. READING THE WORD IS SO ESSENTIAL TO YR SPIRIT. FEED YR SPIRIT DAILY WITH THE WORD OF GOD.ASK THE HLOY SPIRIT TO LEAD U WHERE TO READ THE WORD DAILY.  

AND FORGIVE US OUR SINS, AS WE FORGIVE THOSE THAT SIN AGAINST US.

FORGIVENESS IS SO CRUCIAL IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD. GOD IS FAIR AND JUST. BECAUSE HE WANTS U TO BE LIKE HIM. SO HE ASKS U TO FORGIVE OTHERS AS HE FORGIVE YOU. THE VERY ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS OF ENTERING THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS FORGIVENESS. WITHOUT FORGIVENESS U CANNOT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD. U CAN NOT BE A CHILD IN THE KINGDOM IF U CANT FORGIVE OTHERS. YR SALVATION COST JESUS HIS LIFE THAT IS YR FORGIVENESS, SO U NEED TO FORGIVE OTHERS. NO MATTER WHAT THEY HAVE DONE. ONE OF THE SIGNS OF FALSE RELIGION IS THAT IT DOESNT ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO FORGIVE OTHERS. IF U SAY U ARE A CHILD OF GOD OR U FOLLOW GOD BUT CANT FORGIVE OTHERS, THEN WHOSE CHILD ARE U. U SEE FORGIVENESS IS PAINFUL FOR IT KILLS U INSIDE. U FEEL U HAVE A RIGHT TO HATE, KEEP GRUDGES AGAINST THOSE THAT HURT U BUT REALLY WHEN U DIE TO THAT PAIN U THEN LIVE IN THE INSIDE OF U. UNFORGIVENESS KILLS U INSIDE. IF U KEEP A GRUGDE LONG ENOUGH U END UP NEVER CARRING ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE THAT HURT U. SOME PEOPLE END UP WAITING FOR THE DEATH OF THAT PERSON WHO HURT THEM. WHEN U LIKE THAT U DEAD. UNFORGIVENESS HAS KILLED U. IF U DIE ONCE IN KILLING THAT PAIN WHEN U FORGIVE, THEN U LIVE INSIDE. THERE IS LIFE IN YOU. JESUS HAD TO DIE TOO BEFORE HE COULD FORGIVE OTHERS. WHEN GOD DIED ON THE CROSS THE PAIN OF MANS REBELLION ALSO DIED THERE. WHEN HE ROSE UP, HE WAS READY TO FORGIVE PEOPLE SINS NO MATTER WHAT THEY HAD DONE. WHEN JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS THE FIRST THING HE DID WAS TO GO AND GET THOSE PEOPLE THAT THE ENEMY  HAD BOUND. HE WENT AND FORGAVE ALL OF THEM, TOOK THEM BACK TO GOD AND RECONCILED THEM TO GOD. HE COULDNT DO IT BEFORE HE DIED. SO FORGIVENESS MAY BE PAINFUL LIKE DEATH, U MAY FEEL LIKE U R BEING CRUCIFIED WHILE FORGIVING BUT AFTERWARDS U GAIN YR LIFE BACK. U HAVE YR RIGHTEOUSNESS , PEACE AND JOY RESTORED BACK TO U. REMEMBER JESUS SAID FORGIVE US AS WE FORGIVE  THOSE THAT SIN AGAINST US. SO IF U NOT WILLING TO FORGIVE OTHERS U R NOT WILLING TO BE FORGIVEN. IT ALSO MEANS U CAN NOT DWELL IN THE SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH. PSALM 15 1-5..SAYS LORD WHO CAN ABIDE TABERNACLE.. WHO CAN DWELL IN YR HOLY HILL, HE WHO WALKS UPRIGHTLY AND WORKS RIGHTEOUSNESS.... SO IF U DON'T FORGIVE U NOT WORKING RIGHTEUOSNESS. REMEMBER WHAT THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS! FORGIVE SO U WILL BE FORGIVEN THEN U CAN ABIDE IN GOD.S HOLY HILL.

DO NOT LEAD US INTO TEMPTATION BUT DELIVER US FROM  THE EVIL ONE.
WHY WOULD GOD LEAD US INTO TEMPTATION? TO CONFIRM OUR FAITH AND IDENTITY! MATT 4 VS 1 SAYS THEN JESUS WAS LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT INTO THE WILDERNESS TO BE TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL. WHY HE HAD TO PROVE THAT HE PERSONALLY BELIEVED THE WORD OF GOD THAT HAD JUST TOLD HIM HE IS THE SON OF GOD. WHEN HE WAS BAPTISED THE HEAVENS OPENED, THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME DOWN, AND GOD SAID U ARE MY BELOVED SON IN WHOMIM WELL PLEASED. NEXT THE ENEMY ASKED HIM..  IF U R THE SON OF GOD COMMAND THAT THESE STONES BE TURNED INTO BREAD...IF U R THE SON OF GOD... THE DEVIL WAS USING THE SAME TRICK HE USED IN THE GARDEN TO TEMPT EVE---DOUBTING THE WORD OF GOD. JESUS COULD HAVE SAID BUT GOD JUST SAID.. BUT HE COUNTERED THE ENEYM USING THE WORD OF GOD....GIVE US OUR DAILY BREAD. U NEED THE WORD OF GOD DAILY TO FIGHT THE DEVIL. NOTE WHEN THE DEVIL TEMPTS U HE BRINGS SOMETHING THAT U NEED. JESUS AT THAT TIME WAS REALLY HUNGRY AND NEEDED BREAD. BUT THE ISSUE WITH THE ENEMY WAS NOT TO FEED JESUS... HE WANTED TO CONFIRM HIS SONSHIP BY PRODUCING A MIRACLE AT THE DEMAND OF THE ENEMY OR AT THE REQUEST OF THE ENEMY. HAD JESUS FOLLOWED THE ENEMY , HE WD HAVE DOUBTED WHAT GOD HAD SAID THAT HE IS HIS SON AND TRIED TO TASTE HIS POWERS OF SONSHIP THRU PERFORMING FOR THE ENEMY. NOTE THE ENEMY KNOWS THAT IF U R A SON OF GOD U HAVE POWER TO PERFORM MIRACLES. THE SAME DEVIL WILL COME TO TASTE U TO SEE IF U REALLY A SON AND WHEN U SAY OUR FATHER DO U REALLY MEAN IT. U SEE PEOPLE SAYB THAT THE DEVIL IS A LIER HE LIES WHEN HE ACCUSES PEOPLE TO GOD .... DO U REALLY THINK THAT THE DEVIL DOESNT KNOW THAT GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU. WHY WD HE WASTE HIS TIME GOING TO LIE IF GOD SAY ACTUALLY U R LYING. THE BIBLE SAYS TWICE IN THE SCRIPTURE THAT SATAN WAS FULL OF WISDOM. EZEKIEL 28:12.. SO he IS MUCH MORE CLEVER THAN TO GO AND LIE TO U. WHAT HE DOES HE TWISTS THE WORD A LITTLE BIT SO THAT U DOUBT WHAT GOD SAID ABOUT U. DID GOD SAY.... IF U R THE SON OF GOD ..THEN.... BUT IF U R THE SON OF GOD SPEAK THE WORD. FIGHT HIM WITH THE WORD. RAISE THE STANDARD, WORSHIP. SHOW U KNOW HOW GREAT YR FATHER IS THRU THE WORD AND WORSHIP. SHOW HIM U HAVE HAD YR DAILY BREAD THAT DAY. NOT ONLY DID GOD LEAD JESUS TO BE TEMPTED , THE BIBLE RECORDS THAT HE LED ISRAEL ALSO TO TEMPT THEM.. IN EXODUS 15 AFTER ISRAEL HAD SEEN THE LORD OPEN THE RED SEA AND DROWN THE ARMY OF EGYPT, THE BIBLE SAYS MOSES LED THEM  3 DAYS IN THE WILDERNESS NO WATER. THEN THEY CAME TO MARAH BUT THE WATER WAS BITTER. SO THEY CRIED AND COMPLAINED TO GOD AND COMPLAINED AGAINST MOSES. .... GOD GAVE THEM WATER BUT THE BIBLE SAYS THERE GOD TESTED THEM. ....AFTER A VICTORY COMES TESTING TIME , ITS JUST A TIME TO TASTE YR FAITH AND TO CHECK IF U REALY BELIEVE IN YR IDENTITY. BUT JESUS ASKED THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE LED TO TEMPTATION, ITS BECAUSE HE KNOWS ITS A HARD TIME,. SO BE PREPARED TO TRIUMPH IN YR TEMPTATION BUT REMEMBER U CAN ONLY WIN IF U USED THE WORD OF GOD!.THE WORD OF GOD WILL BE USED BY GOD TO DELIVER U FROM THE EVIL ONE.

FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM, THE POWER AND THE GLORY FOREVER AMEN

END YR PRAYER BY WORSHIP, AS U STARTED BY WORSHIP! TELL YR FATHER U UNDERSTAND THAT  HE IS THE ONLY ONE WITH THE KINGDOM, THE POWER AND THE GLORY....FOREVER  MEANS WITHOUT END.

HOW DO I KNOW MY PRAYER WILL BE ANSWERED?

WHEN JESUS WAS ASKED SUCH A QUESTION WHEN HE HAD CURSED A FIGTREE AND IT DIED TO ITS ROOTS, HIS ANSWER TO THEI PUZZLE WAS HAVE FAITH IN GOD

WHAT IS FAITH ITS BELIEF IN GOD! HEBREWS 11:1 SAYS NOW FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR, THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT YET SEEN.....I SAID THAT IN HEAVEN THINGS HAVE SUBSTANCE... HEAVEN AWAITS THE BRIDE BY ANNA ROUNTREE PG 94. SO IF U NEED SOMETHING FROM GOD, U DONT WAIL, SCREAM,CRY MOAN,   GOD IS NOT MOVED BY TEARS, HE IS MOVED BY FAITH. IF GOD WAS MOVED BY TEARS WOMEN WD BE MILLIONAIRES WHILE MEN VERY POOR. BUT WHEN U COME TO GOD APPROACH HIM BY FAITH AND USE HIS WORD. GOD CAN NOT GO AGAINST HIS WORD NOR CAN HE DENY HIS WORD.  IF U BRING FAITH AND THE WORD U WILL GET RESULTS. THE BILBE SAYS IN HEBREWS 11 VS THAT BY FAITH WE UNDERSYAND THAT THE WORLDS WERE FRAMED BY THE WORD OF GOD, SO THAT THETHINGS THAT ARE SEEN WERE NOT MADE BY THE THINGS WHICH ARE VISIBLE. NOW WHAT SCRIPTURE IS SAYING IS THAT WHEN GOD CREATED THE WORLDS IN THE BEGINNING, HE HAD FAITH AND HIS WORD. NOW GOD HAS NOT CHANGED, HE STILL REQUIRES THE SAME IF U WANT THINGS FROM HIM. IN VS 6 OF HEBS11 HE DAYS WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSIBLE TO PLEASE HIM, FOR HE BWHO COMES TO GOD MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS.....(WHAT EVER U WANT HIM TO BE),  AND THAT HE IS A REWARDER OF THOSE THAT DELIGENTLY SEEK HIM..... WITHOUT FAITH U CANNOT PLEASE GOD ENOUGH TO GET ANYTHING FROM HIM. U MUST ALSO HAVE FAITH THAT HE IS WHAT U NEED. HE SAID TO MOSES IAM...WHO IAM.  I CAN NOT DEFINE MYSELF ACCORDING TO YR NEEDS, IAM MUCH MORE THAN THAT. MOSES WAS LOOKING FOR A DELIVERER, BUT GOD KNEW THAT A DELIVERER WD HAVE GOTTEN THEM OUT OF EGYPT, BUT THEY ALSO NEEDED  A HEALER, A GUIDER, A WARRIOR, A BREAD MAKER, WATER MAKER , A PRESERVER OF THEIR CLOTHES AND SHOES, A CRAFTSMEN ....A MIRACLE WORKER, ALAW GIVER ETC. SO HAD GOD DEFINED HIMSELF ACCORDING TO WHAT MOSES NEEDED THEN MOSES WD HAVE STRUGGLED IN THE DESSERT. SO WHEN A NEED AROSE HE WENT BACK TO GOD KNOWING THAT HE IS..... HE IS WHAT I NEED AT THAT TIME. HE CAN BE MY DOCTOR, LAWYER, FRIEND, FATHER, COUNSELLOR, THE LIST IS ENDLESS. ALL I NEED IS FAITH. THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID IN MARK 11 VS22-24... HAVE FAITH IN GOD IF U NEED A MIRACLE. ALSO BEFORE U ASK FOR ANYTHING FROM GOD FORGIVE IF ANYONE HAS TRESPASEED AGAINST U. SOUNDS LIKE WHAT HE SAID IN THE LORDS PRAYER!

SO IN ORDER TO GET MY PRAYERS ANSWERED I NEED TO .......1-  HAVE FAITH IN GOD, 2---COUPLE FAITH WITH THE WORD OF GOD....3 BELIEVE HE IS... WHAT I NEED AT THAT TIME AND IS A REWARDER OF THOSE THAT DELIGENTLY SEEK HIM. 4--- COME WITH THE RIGHT ATTITUDE OF WORSHIP PRAISE AND THANKS GIVING.5.FORGIVE THOSE THAT TRESPASS AGAINST ME. I HOPE THIS STUDY WILL HELP U IN YR CHRISTIAN WALK TO GET YR PRAYERS ANSWERED.AND ALSO TO DEVELOP A COMMUNICATION RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD YR FATHER! PRAISE THE LORD.

HAVE FAITH IN GOD, REMAIN ABIDING IN HIS HOLY HILL,
PASTOR NOMSA.

THE LORD'S PRAYER :MATTHEW 6: 5-6. AND WHEN YOU PRAY.......

BACKGROUND

THE LORD JESUS'S MINISTRY WAS CONDUCTED WITHIN THE SECOND TEMPLE JUDAISM. AS U KNOW JESUS DID NOT HAVE A CHURCH, THE WORD SAYS, HE TAUGHT IN THEIR SYNAGOGUES AS WAS HIS CUSTOM. MATTHEW 4 : 23, THEREFORE WE FIND THAT DURING HIS TEACHING LESSONS, HE HAD  TO CONFRONT AND CORRECT IDEOLOGIES THAT WERE CONTRARY TO HIS MANDATE....(BRINGING SALVATION TO ALL MANKIND NOT JUST JEWS.) THIS CREATED A LOT OF TENSION WITH MOSTLY THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS OF THAT DAY. MATTHEW 23 RECORDS IN THAT WHOLE CHAPTER A SERIES OF WOES ATTACKING THE SCRIBES AND THE PHARISEES. IT APPEARS THE PHARISEES AND SCRIBES GOT THE WORST CRITICISM BECAUSE THEY WERE A HOLINESS MOVEMENT, THAT BY TRYING TO PLEASE GOD ENDED UP CREATING LAWS THAT LED TO HYPOCRITICAL BEHAVIOR THAT THEY THEMSELVES COULD NOT EVEN MANAGE. MATTHEW 23 :1-3,13, 27-28. BEFORE JESUS TAUGHT "THE LORD'S PRAYER" AS IT IS COMMONLY KNOWN TODAY, HE BEGAN BY ADDRESSING THE HABITS OF HYPOCRITES (PHARISEES AND SCRIBES MATT 23:13,14,15,23.).
IN MATT 5: 2O, JESUS SAID "FOR I SAY TO YOU, THAT UNLESS YOUR  RIGHTEOUSNESS EXCEEDS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES, YOU WILL BY NO MEANS ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN".

JESUS WENT ON TO TEACH ON WHAT TO DO WHEN PRAYING...VS ..5 WHEN YOU PRAY YOU SHALL NOT BE LIKE THE HYPOCRITES FOR......WHAT JESUS WAS TALKING ABOUT THERE IS PUBLIC DISPLAY OF PRAYER LIFE.."SHOW OFF" PRAYER SHOULD BE BETWEEN U AND YR FATHER. ITS PRIVATE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN FATHER AND SON/DAUGHTER.

VS 6 ....BUT WHEN U PRAY, GO INTO YR ROOM....PRAY TO  YR FATHER  WHO IS IN THE SECRET PLACE...... I JUST WANT TO DISCUSS THE SECRET PLACE

WHAT IS THE SECRET PLACE?

PSALM 91 VS 1-16 GIVES US A LONG EXPLANATION OF THE SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH.


VS 1- HE WHO DWELLS IN THE SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH SHALL....

---DWELLS... THAT WORD MEANS TO, CONTINUE, TO PERSEVERE, TO TARRY, TO ABIDE, TO LIVE, TO TABERNACLE, TO LINGER,TO SETTLE. IT MEANS ....LONG STAY,

--SECRET PLACE.... THE TABERNACLES OF GOD... HIS DWELLING PLACE

--MOST HIGH...EL-YOHN..MEANS ,UPPER MOST, PERTAINING TO THE HIGHEST, IN THE HIGHEST HIGHNESS, SUPREME, LOFTY, ELEVATED, HIGH IN RANK, EXALTED!

--SHALL ABIDE UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY
   ABIDE   IS THE SAME AS DWELL EXPLAINED ABOVE
---SHADOW--- A PLACE OF REST, RELIEF, PEACE,PROTECTION.
---ALMIGHTY ---SHADDAY... PLIZ NOTE WHEN THESE WORDS ARE COMBINED WITH ---GOD'S TITLE, EL,   THEY PERTAIN TO GOD eg EL SHADDAY-GOD ALMIGHTY, ---EL-ELYON-. ELOHIM,-GOD MOST HIGH etc.
---ALMIGHTY MEANS...MIGHTY, UNCONQUERABLE, MOUNTAIN PERTAINING TO HIS ----GREAT STRENGTH,  EVERLASTING NATURE, ALL SUFFICIENT...SELF SUFFICIENT!

VS 2- I WILL SAY OF THE LORD, HE IS MY REFUGE AND MY FORTRESS: 
LORD....MEANS MASTER, (ADON), OWNER,CONTROLLER, (KURIOS) OWNER, MASTER, THE ONE WHO HAS ABSOLUTE DOMINION, SUPREME AUTHORITY, UNLIMITED POWER ARISING FROM OWNERSHIP (DESPOTES JUDE 4). 
REFUGE MEANS ...1- SHELTER OR PROTECTION FROM DANGER, TROUBLE, ie REFUGE FROM A STORM.
-------2 - A PLACE OF SHELTER, PROTECTION, OR SAFETY.
----3-ANYTHING TO WHICH ONE HAS RECOURSE FOR AID,RELIEF, OR ESCAPE.
FORTRESS MEAN  1-A LARGE FORTIFIED PLACE
-----2- A PLACE OF EXCEPTIONAL SECURITY; A STRONGHOLD.

 VS 2b- MY GOD IN HIM I WILL TRUST.....VS 3 SURELY HE SHALL DELIVER YOU....


GOD...MEANS ETERNAL CREATOR, STRONG, MIGHTY etc.
TRUST...(CHASAH) TO HOPE, TO MAKE SOMEONE A REFUGE....NESTLING UNDER GOD'S WINGS THE SAME MANNER A BABY BIRD HIDES IT SELF UNDER ITS ITS PARENTS FEATHERS.

THE ABOVE VERSES EXPLAIN A LOT ABOUT WHY JESUS IN MATTHEW 5 TOLD US ABOUT THE SECRET PLACE. NOTE THAT EVERY HUMAN BEING NEEDS A PLACE OF REFUGE , AND A FATHER WHO THE ALMIGHTY. IF U REALISE THAT THERE IS A PLACE LIKE THAT WHERE U AND YR FAMILY CAN BE PROTECTED THEN U SEEK IT. IN  THE FOLLOWING VERSES YR REWARDS OR BENEFITS ARE DETAILED...
VS-----3....DELIVERANCE FROM THE SNARE(ANYTHING SERVING TO ENTRAP OR ---------ENTANGLE UNAWARES, TRAP) OF THE  FOWLER (ONE WHO CATCHES BIRDS IN A ----------TRAP).
----------DELIVERANCE FROM PERILOUS (HAZARDOUS DANGEROUS) PESTILENCE (A ----------DEADLY OR VIRULENT DISEASE, SOMETHING CONSIDERED ----------HARMFUL,DESTRUCTIVE OR EVIL
VS-----4--REFUGE UNDER GOD'S WINGS, A PLACE OF SAFETY!
VS-----5--FREEDOM FROM TERROR BY NIGHT... ANYTHING THAT COMES TO U IN THE ------------DARK, WHEN U R ASLEEP, DEFENCELESS AND POWERLESS.
------------FREEDOM FROM INVISIBLE ARROWS(FIERY DARTS OF THE WICKED ONE ------------EPHESIANS6:16 ).
VS-----6--FREEDOM FROM FEAR OF PESTILENCE THAT COME IN DARKNESS (HIDDEN ------------DESTRUCTIVE PLANS FROM THE EVIL ONE).
------------DESTRUCTION THAT JUST HAPPENS TO PEOPLE EVEN WHEN THEY ARE ------------WATCHING BUT ARE POWERLESS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.
VS------7--PROTECTION FROM ATTACKS THAT ARE DESTROYING OTHER PEOPLE -------------AROUND YOU.
VS------8--WATCH THE DESTRUCTION OF YR ENEMIES.
VS------9-- ITS ALL BECAUSE U HAVE MADE THE LORD A REFUGE AND A DWELLING --------------PLACE WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?.... U DWELL IN THE SECRET PLACE . PRAY
------------- U LINGER, U PERSEVERE , U CONTINUE,ALL THE EXPLANATIONS FOR -------------DWELLING EXPLAINED IN VERSE 1 APPLY!
-------------WHEN U DWELL IN THE SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH, U SPEND TIME IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE FATHER, U R A FRIEND, U DON'T SHOUT ONE MINUTE PRAYERS WHILE RUSHING TO SPEND TIME WITH FRIENDS, FAMILY, WORK, SPORT..ALL THOSE ARE GOOD FOR SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS BUT ARE FATAL TO HEAVENLY RELATIONSHIPS. U NEED TO SPEND TIME WITH THE FATHER IN HEAVEN TOO. THAT IS ALSO A RELATION SHIP THAT NEEDS CULTIVATING. ITS NOT FORCED ON ANYONE BUT THE BENEFITS ARE THOSE WILLING TO TARRY, TABERNACLE, LINGER, LIVE IN THE SECRET PLACE WITH DADDY. WHERE U DEVELOP A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATHER THAT HE CAN TRUST U WITH REVELATION, POWER, INFORMATION, ASSIGNMENTS. EVERY KINGDOM HAS GOT ITS MEMBERS THAT KNOW THINGS THAT EVERYBODY DOESN'T KNOW. THAT'S WHY ON EARTH WE HAVE PAPARAZZI TO GET THE NEWS. IN HEAVEN NO ONE SPILLS THE BEANS, U HAVE TO GO AND GET THE NEWS YR SELF. GOOD NEWS IS EVERYBODY WHO CALLS ON THE NAME OF JESUS QUALIFIES. ITS UP TO U TO GO TO THE FATHER IN THE SECRET PLACE AND GET THE BENEFITS LISTED ABOVE AND MANY OTHERS THAT ARE NOT MENTIONED HERE.PSALM 68:19 SAYS "BLESSED BE THE LORD WHO DAILY LOADS US WITH BENEFITS. PRAISE THE LORD MY FATHER LOADS ME WITH BENEFITS... I'M ON HEAVENLY BENEFITS! ITS NOT JUST A FEW HE ACTUALLY LOADS US , MY FATHER IS LOADED... WOMEN..RISE UP! WE HAVE FOUND A LOADED MAN...PSALM 103:1-5 ALSO LISTS SOME MORE BENEFITS.
WELL I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET U TO UNDERSTAND THAT SPENDING TIME IN PRAYER IN THE SECRET PLACE, WHICH IS WHY JESUS IN MATT 5 SAYS GO TO YR ROOM CLOSE THE DOOR... IT ACTUALLY MEANS UBE THERE FOR SOME TIME.

VS -----10--FREEDOM FROM EVIL AND PLAGUES! EVIL MEANS...CHARACTERISED BY MISFORTUNE,SUFFERING UNFORTUNATE, DISASTROUS, WICKED...DISASTERS... THINGS THAT COME UPON U SUDDENLY WHILE UN AWARE etc. PLAGUES...AN EPIDEMIC DISEASE THAT CAUSES HIGH MORTALITY, OR ANY WIDESPREAD AFFLICTION, OR CALAMITY.

VS-----11--FOR HE SHALL GIVE HIS ANGELS CHARGE OVER YOU TO KEEP U IN ALL YR -------------WAYS
VS-----12 -- ANGELS SHALL BEAR UP LEST  U DASH YR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.. A HARD ----------------SITUATION.. ANGELS WILL MAKE SURE YR WALK ON EARTH IS SMOOTH -----------------NO HARD SITUATIONS THAT CAN AFFECT YR JOURNEY.
VS-----13----YOU SHALL TREAD UPON THE LION AND THE COBRA....SATAN AND HIS -------------DEVILS..THE WORD TELLS US THAT THE ENEMY IS ROAMING LIKE A LION ---------------SEEKING WHOM HE CAN DEVOUR (I PETER5:8)
VS--- 14---- BECAUSE HE HAS SET HIS LOVE UPON ME,,,,WE HAVE A RELATION SHIP
WE COMMUNICATE, WE SPEND TIME TOGETHER. HE COMES TO DWELL, HE DOESN'T SHOUT COMPLAINTS FROM AFAR, HE IS A SON /DAUGHTER HE KNOWS AM HIS/HER DADDY/FATHER THERE IS A RELATION SHIP OF LOVE HERE!  GOD SAYS I WILL SET HIM ON HIGH..PROMOTION, BECAUSE HE KNOWS MY NAME MEANS WE HAVE A RELATIONSHIP. HE KNOWS ME INTIMATELY.... HE CAN CALL ME EL-SHADDAY, EL ELYON, SHALOM, SHAMMAR, EBERNEZER..TSIKEDNU..HE KNOWS ALL MY NAMES MOST IMPORTANT HE CALLS ME FATHER... THE ONE WHO CREATED.. OR BROUGHT FORTH.
VS ----15--I WILL ANSWER WHEN HE CALLS..THE FATHER SAYS WHOEVER DWELLS IN THE SECRET PLACE WITH ME I WILL, ITS MY WILL, TO ANSWER HIM. I WILL HONOUR HIM, I WILL DELIVER,SAVE, HELP HIM WHEN HE IS IN TROUBLE, I WILL GIVE HIM LONG LIFE AND SHOW HIM MY SALVATION! WOW..PHEW! WHAT AN HONOUR THAT COMES FROM JUST DWELLING IN THE SECRET PLACE ... PRAYING ALWAYS, PRAY WITHOUT CEASING. THAT'S WHY JESUS SAID MEN OUGHT TO PRAY ALWAYS HE KNEW THAT BY PRAYING ALWAYS U DEVELOP A RELATION SHIP WITH THE FATHER AND END UP IN THE SECRET PLACE WITH ALL THESE BENEFITS... ALLELUIA KEEP PRAYING   LETS INVADE THE SECRET PLACE WITH OUR PRAISE, WORSHIP. ADORATION, THANKSGIVING... THEN IN TURN THE FATHER WILL GIVE US THE BENEFITS OF THE SECRET PLACE.

REMAIN IN THE SECRET PLACE
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