Psalm 59:16-17 But I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress. O my Strength, I will sing praises to you, for you, O God, are my fortress, the God who shows me steadfast love.
Food4Thought: Could you honestly say in your heart this is true in your walk with God everyday?
This truth is very beautiful. And His grace is really out of this world. Taste it and you’ll be swimming in the zone of joy, peace and hope in your heart though your world may be shaking violently outside but your inner being is calm in Christ Jesus.
Psalm 46 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns. The nations rage, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts. The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Come, behold the works of the LORD, how he has brought desolations on the earth. He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the chariots with fire. “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Matthew 7:7-11 “Ask, and you will receive. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened for you. Everyone who asks will receive. The one who searches will find, and for the one who knocks, the door will be opened. “If your child asks you for bread, would any of you give him a stone? Or if your child asks for a fish, would you give him a snake? Even though you’re evil, you know how to give good gifts to your children. So how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him?
Whatever you ask that is in line with God’s purpose (whether you know or not) for your life; He’ll surely grant it. But BE PREPARED to embrace His blessing to your prayer in the form HE gives. It may not always come in the form you asked for! (could be greater or not) For He knows your heart better than yourself or others! Be thankful for the opportunity to practice gratitude towards your Creator; to grow in your faith; to practice patient endurance to build your character for your designated ministry within the body of Christ; to cleanse your heart more and more so your salvation may be a secure and sure thing till the end.
Don’t let the pride in your heart prevent you from growing in knowledge and wisdom of God.
Psalm 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. Good sense is shown by everyone who follows [God's guiding principles]. His praise continues forever.
Proverbs 13:10 Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.
As I was watching a video of the Bersih 3.0; a Malaysian protest rally held recently in Malaysia and around the globe for clean fair elections in Malaysia – I was overwhelmed by what I had seen. God really opened my heart to see the unity as well as the unjust persecutions in society! I actually cried from my heart and soul and God brought to mind the times I have had prejudice against my own people as well as foreigners. He also revealed in my heart of the deceptions fed to me since childhood from family, friends and media that created dissensions in humanity! This is such a big scam of the devil. It was a sweet and bitter reality in this video and it turned out to be also for my deliverance! What a revelation and freeing experience.
I prayed to God for His forgiveness and to take away all prejudice in my heart and help me see His people with His eyes and help me LOVE HIS PEOPLE like HE LOVES them!
And this also brought to light that within our Christian community; the Body of Christ; prejudice is also present. How are we to stand strong for the Kingdom of God on earth when we have such disunity within the body?! We must start to wake up to more of the devil’s cunning schemes that is infiltrating the hearts of God’s children! We are called to worship God in Spirit and TRUTH! At any time we are not worshiping in TRUTH; we aren’t worshiping God but the enemy. And it’s easy when we dig to the root; we can tell if it’s actually TRUTH or deception. And when it’s a big fat lie; we see it easily; but it’s the subtle lies – the sugar coated lies that we need to be careful of.
John 4:23-24 …when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father i seeking such people to wroship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth
1 Peter 5:8 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
John 8:44b The devil was a murderer from the beginning. He has never been truthful. He doesn’t know what the truth is. Whenever he tells a lie, he’s doing what comes naturally to him. He’s a liar and the father of lies.
I pray that your discernment to see the schemes of the devil will continue to grow as you soak yourself in God’s truth; standing firm in your faith in HIM and His truth. Lord, open their eyes to see the deceptions within and around them and help them clean out the filth in their heart so they may be filled completely with your truth; walk in truth and worship you in truth more and more. In Jesus name, Amen.
1 Peter 5:9 Resist him (devil), firm in your faith
Don’t hate people; LOVE people. HATE the SIN that is controlling and eating up their life! And HATE where that SIN comes from – the Father of Lies – the perpetrator!
Jesus is the path to eternal life in God’s Kingdom. Those who enter by Jesus; have life and shall live in peace.
John 10:9 I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture
Psalm 23:1-6 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even 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. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Matthew 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God
Psalm 24:3-6 Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully. He will receive the blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation. Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob
Food4Thought: If God were to look into your heart (which He does always!) to see the purity of your heart; what do you think He will find in there? Will He be pleased or disappointed?
Pray this:
Psalm 51:10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Jesus said, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.”
John 4:13-14 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
John 7:38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’
What is the Body of Christ? It is a house of believers of Jesus that worship God in Spirit and truth; a house of prayer glorifying God with one voice in their heart. We the believers are Christ’s body and Jesus himself is the head. And each believer strives to be Christlike; therefore pleasing to God and work as an honorable vessel ready for God’s good works.
John 4:23-24 But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way. For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.”
Romans 15:5-6 May God, who gives this patience and encouragement, help you live in complete harmony with each other, as is fitting for followers of Christ Jesus. Then all of you can join together with one voice, giving praise and glory to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Mathhew 21:13a He said to them, “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer,’
Ephesians 1:22-23 And God placed all things under his (Jesus) feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
2 Timothy 2:21 If you keep yourself pure, you will be a special utensil for honorable use. Your life will be clean, and you will be ready for the Master to use you for every good work.
Hebrews 13:20-21 Now may the God of peace — who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, and ratified an eternal covenant with his blood — may he equip you with all you need for doing his will. May he produce in you, through the power of Jesus Christ, every good thing that is pleasing to him. All glory to him forever and ever! Amen.
As I reflect upon my walk in Christiandom; I see so many divisions within the Body of Christ. Believers who are worldly – slandering, going after money, honor of man, each trying to outdo the other, etc. I’ve seen very few who are really building the Body of Christ the true way. And that is sad for the Kingdom of God. This only shows many believers are buying into the subtle deceptions from the enemy penetrating into the house of God and many are oblivious of it happening in their own lives and church!
Ephesians 6:10-18 A final word: Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places. Therefore, put on every piece of God’s armor so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil. Then after the battle you will still be standing firm. Stand your ground, putting on the belt of truth and the body armor of God’s righteousness. For shoes, put on the peace that comes from the Good News so that you will be fully prepared. In addition to all of these, hold up the shield of faith to stop the fiery arrows of the devil. Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.
I wonder how many busybodies are there in the Body of Christ who are in the position they do not belong for the glory of God. I wonder how many are actually serving out of their fleshly desires than God given desires that is the will of God for his House. If the former supercedes the latter; then the Body of Christ as a whole is weak! And the strong true Body of Christ have to work harder to sustain in the spiritual warfare. When will God’s children wake up to His truth and His will for all of them and His House?
1 Corinthians 7:17 Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches.
1 Corinthians 7:7b However, each person has a special gift from God, and these gifts vary from person to person.
Ephesians 4:11-16 Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ. Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth. Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church. He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.
Each believer has a special role within the Body of Christ. And it’s important to pray about your role within the Body so you can help God effectively build up the Body of Christ as a whole. Your role could be serving the church, or prayer intercessions, providing financial aid, etc. Each member is important to building God’s kingdom and to battle unseen spiritual warfare. Don’t be a busybody but be a SOMEBODY within the Body of Christ. A SOMEBODY that is according to God’s will for you in your life. Above all, guard your heart so it may only serve one true God – our Father in Heaven through his Son Jesus Christ! When each believer within the Body of Christ can achieve the two greatest two commandments in Mark 12:30-31; “Love God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength” and “Love your neighbor as yourself”; I am confident that the House of God will have more and more victorious battles than believers being defeated by the enemy’s intrusions and persecutions!
1 Corinthians 12:27-31 All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it. Here are some of the parts God has appointed for the church:
first are apostles, second are prophets, third are teachers, then those who do miracles, those who have the gift of healing, those who can help others, those who have the gift of leadership, those who speak in unknown languages.
Are we all apostles? Are we all prophets? Are we all teachers? Do we all have the power to do miracles? Do we all have the gift of healing? Do we all have the ability to speak in unknown languages? Do we all have the ability to interpret unknown languages? Of course not! So you should earnestly desire the most helpful gifts.
Who are you fighting for? God or Satan? What’s really in your heart and your devotion? Are you building up the Body of Christ or are you one of the many that is paralyzing the Body of Christ? BE HONEST! May God have mercy on you!
Imagine this visual. Imagine the Body of Christ as an electronic device. God and Jesus are the power supply. The Holy Spirit is the current that ignites every component to start up and function according to its purpose. We are the components within the device. If any one of these are broken or removed; can the device function at all or properly? You tell me!
1 Corinthians 12:12-26 The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ. Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles, some are slaves, and some are free. But we have all been baptized into one body by one Spirit, and we all share the same Spirit. Yes, the body has many different parts, not just one part. If the foot says, “I am not a part of the body because I am not a hand,” that does not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear says, “I am not part of the body because I am not an eye,” would that make it any less a part of the body? If the whole body were an eye, how would you hear? Or if your whole body were an ear, how would you smell anything? But our bodies have many parts, and God has put each part just where he wants it. How strange a body would be if it had only one part! Yes, there are many parts, but only one body. The eye can never say to the hand, “I don’t need you.” The head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you.” In fact, some parts of the body that seem weakest and least important are actually the most necessary. And the parts we regard as less honorable are those we clothe with the greatest care. So we carefully protect those parts that should not be seen, while the more honorable parts do not require this special care. So God has put the body together such that extra honor and care are given to those parts that have less dignity. This makes for harmony among the members, so that all the members care for each other. If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it, and if one part is honored, all the parts are glad.
I pray for discernment in your life and may the Spirit of truth reveal God’s will for your life more and more to you as you seek God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. I pray that each of you will be built up into a vessel ready for honorable use for the Kingdom of God. I pray for patient endurance as you learn to understand His will for you more and more. In Jesus name, Amen!
John 4:34 Jesus told them, “My food is to do what the one who sent me wants me to do and to finish the work he has given me.
A related subject by Zac Poonen – The Cross and Unity
He is the light of the world. In Him is the path to light. In Him all darkness shall turn to light. In Him you are set free!
John 8:12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
John 8:36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be absolutely free.
Believe In The Promise of Salvation through Jesus Christ, the Son of God
John 6:35-40 Jesus told them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never become hungry, and whoever believes in me will never become thirsty. I’ve told you that you have seen me. However, you don’t believe in me. Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me. I will never turn away anyone who comes to me. I haven’t come from heaven to do what I want to do. I’ve come to do what the one who sent me wants me to do. The one who sent me doesn’t want me to lose any of those he gave me. He wants me to bring them back to life on the last day. My Father wants all those who see the Son and believe in him to have eternal life. He wants me to bring them back to life on the last day.”
Ephesians 1:7 In him (Jesus) we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace
2 Corinthians 5:17-19 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
Genesis 9:12-17 God said, “This is the sign of the promise I am giving to you and every living being that is with you for generations to come. I will put my rainbow in the clouds to be a sign of my promise to the earth. Whenever I form clouds over the earth, a rainbow will appear in the clouds. Then I will remember my promise to you and every living animal. Never again will water become a flood to destroy all life. Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember my everlasting promise to every living animal on earth.” So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the promise I am making to all life on earth.”
Mark 12:29-31 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”
Food4Thought: Do you question why there are difficult people in your life?
Out of the two greatest commandments “Love God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength” and “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Mark 12:30-31); I believe the latter is much more difficult for our worldly heart to master. As we learn to cleanse our heart from that filth of unloving and unforgiving attitude, we’ll have a heart more and more like Christ’s. Rejoice in the Lord with a thankful heart that we get to practice as often as we can till we get them right! To those who are willing, He is faithful to deliver them.
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Revolution In World Missions
Prayer Request
Please pray for:
All mentally ill people around the world for their deliverance, healing protection, patience and love from caretakers and salvation!
Pray for the lame and sick to know Jesus and be saved before they pass on.
Pray for widows and orphans for strength, support, healing, deliverance, protection, salvation and love.
All handicappers around the world for strength, perseverance, support from community, patience and love from caretakers, healing, deliverance, protection and salvation!
All missionaries around the world doing God's works. Pray for protection, deliverance, healing, courage, revelation, salvation, opportunities, stronghold broken and strength.
All non Christians for their salvation.
All Christians who do not have a real relationship with Jesus to have revelation and conviction to repent and build a real relationship with Christ.
Pray for the Body of Christ (churches) around the world.
Ask Jesus into your Life
Jesus is your gateway to reconcile with God. Saying YES to Jesus is a beautiful journey to fellowship with God. Whatever you are going through right now, know that God is with you. He is there! Open your heart to him; and He will always come near to you.
If you are ready to be reconciled to God through Jesus, then say this prayer from your heart!
"Dear Jesus, I confess that you are the Son of God who died on the cross for all my sins and was resurrected on the 3rd day. I am sorry for all the sins that I have committed and I ask you to forgive my sins. Please come into my life and I will follow you. Let your Holy Spirit guide me into all truth and guide me to walk righteously. Thank you for dying on the cross for me. In Jesus’ name, Amen."
If you have said the prayer above, then you need to do the following…
1. Get a bible in the language that you understand best. Read it daily and keep a journal of how God is speaking to you through his words in the bible
***Most important is to read God's word (bible) for yourself. Fill your mind and heart with God's truth. Let light into every darkness in your life so no darkness shall overcome you.
2.1. Ask God to plant you in a church with a community of true Christians (followers' of Christ) who can help you grow in your knowledge of God
2.2 Ask God also to place you in a good bible study group that can help you grow in the knowledge of God
3. Love God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. (Mark 12:30) Ask God to fill you with his Holy Spirit more and more so you will bear the fruit of the Spirit which are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control (Galatians 5:22-23)
Prayer to the Lord
Words in prayer are mainly from scriptures in old and new testament of the Bible. Click on prayer title to read.
...For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and future
Isaiah 41:10
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand
John 1:5
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it
John 14:27
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid
Psalm 145:8;13
The Lord is gracious and merciful. The Lord is faithful in all his words
Proverbs 4:20-23
My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. For they are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh. Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life
Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life
Proverbs 10:11
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life
2 Chronicles 30:9
For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him
Revelation 3:7-12
"And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: 'The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.'" I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews and are not, but lie - behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet and they will learn that I have loved you. Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth. I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, and the new Jerusalem, which comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.
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