Thursday 29 August 2024
Scriptures
Ezekiel 11
English Standard Version
Israel's New Heart and Spirit
14 And the word of the Lord came to me: 15 “Son of man, your brothers, even your brothers, your kinsmen,[b] the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those of whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Go far from the Lord; to us this land is given for a possession.’ 16 Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: Though I removed them far off among the nations, and though I scattered them among the countries, yet I have been a sanctuary to them for a while[c] in the countries where they have gone.’ 17 Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.’ 18 And when they come there, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations. 19 And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, 20 that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. 21 But as for those whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations, I will[d] bring their deeds upon their own heads, declares the Lord God.”
22 Then the cherubim lifted up their wings, with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel was over them. 23 And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city and stood on the mountain that is on the east side of the city. 24 And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to the exiles. Then the vision that I had seen went up from me. 25 And I told the exiles all the things that the Lord had shown me.
Habakkuk 1:1-11
English Standard Version
4 So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; so justice goes forth perverted.
The Lord's Answer
5 “Look among the nations, and see; wonder and be astounded. For I am doing a work in your days that you would not believe if told.
ObservationGOD promises to give a new heart and a new spirit to Stephen just as HE gave this new and heart and spirit to Israel. HE gathered the people of Israel because HE was the One who scattered them, and HE promised to do for them what they could not do for HIM, and then GOD gives them a new heart and Spirit and as I read this, I am so encouraged because I receive this same promise for Stephen as I continue to pray for Stephen, GOD is doing something. All I have to do is pray and maybe act on somethings that GOD wants me to do but I know I have no power over Stephen, he says he has a girlfriend and I respect that. And this is the fact that hurts me so much. That GOD will tell me he is my husband but today he has a girlfriend. My Pastor says he doesn't believe he was one. What I see now hurts me but this is not what matters now because what matters is what GOD says will happen, GOD says HE will pour out HIS Spirit on Stephen and HE will give him a new heart. And GOD says he will be my husband and so I will wait and pray until this Promise comes to pass. It's like the dream that I have, that Stephen is hypnotized in his alpha state of seemingly sleeping but he is hearing the word of GOD that not even I could stop playing because GOD's Spirit is so strong and I have prayed for it to happen that Stephen will know GOD and HIS WORD and be filled with HIS Spirit. That dream is a confirmation of what GOD is doing!!! HE is answering my prayers not because of me but because it is HIS will.
ApplicationI will stand with GOD no matter how difficult it is for me to see the reality of this happening. I am able to stand because of his grace because I asked him to help me have faith and not doubt. GOD is going to do a wonder and I will be astounded! I am already astounded at how GOD has changed me into this person that no longer wants to go far from my family, how drastic this change has been when I have always wanted to go away from family and be on my own. But because of the prayers of my family and parents for me, I am changed so much, I am a living testament of this miracle, I attest to this drastic change in my life that it seems like I don't even have control over my will because GOD's will is more powerful than mine and HIS will is done in my life. And GOD is about to do great things for me as I pray for people like Stephen and Benita Yu, and as I pray for Sandro Muhlach, Jaja Gulfan, Carlo Rebadomia, Kyle Chua, Randy Sia and the people GOD put in my heart to pray. GOD will do more than what I could ask or imagine and my role is to keep praying. I will keep praying and believing because GOD is about to do a wonder that will astound me!
PrayersDear AVI,Blessed are YOU O LORD my GOD and KING of the Universe who reigns forever in majesty and power!!! O LORD, I believe in YOU because of what YOU have done for me. I believe in YOU O GOD because of how YOU have changed me through the prayers of many people who loved me. I thank YOU GOD for this revelation today! Help me to hold on to YOU no matter how difficult it is for me to believe and wait. Help me to keep trusting YOU O GOD based only in YOUR WORD, help me to keep doing what YOU have called me to do. Help me to be more aggressive at work and inspire me to do my best because I have become so discouraged lately, like I really don't know what to do. Guide me through the whole accounting process O GOD, please give me a teacher that I can learn from O GOD, have mercy on me. Help me to be the best at what I do, help me to be keep my eyes on YOU. O GOD, YOU can make me love what I hate, even though I hate numbers I know YOU can help me understand and love what YOU have called me to do. I thank YOU O GOD for the good health of my parents and I pray continually that YOU heal them and extend their lives, I pray continually for my pastors to keep praying for me to have a husband O GOD may YOU Speak to them, I pray that they will be able to encourage me as I continue to wait on YOU, I pray that YOU bless them, and I pray that YOU bless all our workers to do their jobs with all their hearts. I pray that YOU will continue to pour out YOUR love and Spirit to Stephen O GOD, please do it to him and his family, Benita his mom, Lucio his ahya, Mitchel and Kim and Grace his sister and family. I pray O GOD call him and reveal YOURSELF to Stephen and heal him, change him into the man YOU have promised in YOUR WORD a man with new heart and new Spirit O GOD I pray the same for Sandro Muhlach, Jaja Gulfan, Carlo R. and Kyle Chua, even for all those who are suffering right now I pray that YOU deliver these people from their struggles and tests, O GOD, enable them to overcome, enable them as YOU have enabled me by the blood of the Lamb and the Word of our testimony! O GOD, I pray heal us all for we are sick and in need of YOU always. I pray that YOU will enable Eleasar to pass this bar exam and that he will know YOU more as he goes through this pressure and process that he will cling to YOU O GOD Almighty. I pray even for healing continued healing for my family that I have, and that YOU will bring back Gjianna to YOUR presence and love and heal Gabella from her sickness and hormonal instability. I pray O GOD that YOU continue to enable us to pray and ask YOU to move in everything because YOU are in full control of everything O GOD. I just want to live a joyful and meaningful life in JESUS O GOD, YOU have overcome the world and so will we and so I thank YOU O GOD for humbling Dean and Denesse continue to make them humble O GOD and David and Kim to be blessed. Continue to change Deric and Grace to be more responsible and challenged to love work because work is worship. I pray O GOD that YOU will be glorified in all of us and that YOUR perfect will be done in our lives for YOU are the LORD our KING to whom all blessing, honor and glory and power belong!!!
In the Name of JESUS I pray Amen!
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