TGN would like to celebrate
DANA SMITH, who had a great time bringing in her birthday Saturday, February 13th!
Please join me in praying over our sister DANA today:
Prayer: Father, we come to You in the name of Jesus to lift up Dana to You this day. First, thank You for creating her and placing her in our lives. Thank You for creating in her a relating spirit that draws people in, and allows Your Spirit- that dwells in her, to bless their lives, situations and circumstances. You are a very present help in trouble, and You are more than enough. Your Word declares that You shall supply all her needs according to Your riches in glory by Christ Jesus. You blessed your daughter with a generous heart. She brings all her tithes and offerings into Your storehouse and is consistent in listening to Your promptings when dealing in every area of her life. Thank You for the wise mentors that You have placed in her life who are teaching her the principles of good stewardship in different areas.
LORD of hosts, You said, "Try Me now in this...If I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it." I ask that You show forth this blessing today in closing deals and bringing new business into what You have appointed Dana head of. You will rebuke the devourer for her sake, and fill her heart with thanksgiving. She is a partaker of the inheritance and treasures of heaven. As Dana commits and entrusts her works to You, continue to cause her thoughts to become agreeable with Your will, so that her business plans continue to be established and successful; as she serves to obey Your Word by making an honest living with her own hands. Father, thank You for the ministering spirits that You have assigned to go forth to bring in clients and professional relationships that will move forward all the ideas and plans that You have called forth before her.
LORD, our God, Dana knows it is You, and will always remember that it is You Who give her the power to get increase and wealth, that You may establish Your covenant. In the name of Jesus, Dana worships You, and only You, and she will have no other gods before her. Your daughter has a great love honor and respect for You Father- You know her heart. Your relationship with her is close and personal and real. Remove the distractions LORD, and everything set against Dana, so that she is able to see clearly ahead, as she takes courage and leans on Your Strength through it all. I pray that she is patient and does not despair; but continues to call on you for Your Wisdom in all things. Trusting you to lead, guide, direct and protect her. If there are any issues that may be causing distress, remind her that "this too shall past." Move her to lay aside every weight and sin and run with endurance the race set before her. Looking unto Jesus the entire way; the Author and the Finisher of her faith. Rejoicing in You always!
Thank you for setting the resources in Dana's hands to be a great blessing to so many people in her life, including her family. Through her you are reaching the souls that You desire and the hearts You want more of. Your Word does not return void, dear LORD, but always accomplishes what it is sent to do.
I pray that in the midst of it all, that Dana truly follows and honors Your promptings of rest; for in rest, she is honoring You, and refreshing her mind, body, spirit and the "land" You have given her. In rest, she is trusting You to handle all her situations while she is standing still. For You are building her a strong team and allies! Thank You Father for Ms. Dana. Bless Your Name and thank You for all that You have in store for her. You are able to make all grace, every favor and earthly blessing come to Dana in abundance, so that she is always and in all circumstances, furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation. In the Mighty Name of Jesus, amen (Malachi 3; Psalm 4, 56, 119; Philippians 2, 4; Deuteronomy 8, Exodus 20, Luke 4, 2 Corinthians 9; Romans 8, Colossians 1; Isaiah 55, Philemon 1; Proverbs 2, 4, 16, 22; Ephesians 1, 4; 1 Timothy 5; Hebrews 1, 12).
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Mark 7:24-30 (NLT) *part 2*
Jesus
emphasis v. 29,30
29 "Good answer!" (Jesus) said. "Now go home, for the demon has left your daughter." 30 And when she arrived home, she found her little girl lying quietly in bed, and the demon was gone.
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This miracle is another testament to Jesus' power. His power over demons, specifically is so great that He doesn't need to be present physically in order to free someone. His power transcends any distance and is the power that is waiting to be activated in our lives today.
I receive weekly emails called Christ Notes to learn more about Jesus. My spirit is moved to share with you one of the Wisdoms this week. There is someone on this list who doesn't understand who God is, nor what Christ means to our lives. I pray this helps:
BECAUSE OF CHRIST'S DEATH, YOU CAN BE ADOPTED BY THE FATHER YOU REJECTED, FORGIVEN BY THE HUSBAND YOU CHEATED ON, AND EMBRACED BY THE FRIEND YOU BETRAYED.
Throughout the Old and New Testaments, the authors of Scripture use the images of a father and his child, a husband and his wife, and a friend and his companion to describe the relationship between God and his people.
According to Genesis 1 and 2, when God created the first human being, Adam, God breathed into him the breath of life (Genesis 2:7). In a very profound sense, Adam was a son of God (see Luke 3:38). In Jesus' parable of the prodigal son, the son takes his inheritance and runs away from his father because he is seeking joy and pleasure in a very different lifestyle. Similarly, Adam inherited a beautiful paradise, but by trying to become like God (Genesis 3:5), Adam rejected the Father who breathed life into him.
In addition to using father and son language to describe God and his people, Scripture uses the language of marriage: Just as a marriage is commenced in vows so also the relationship between God and his people is sanctified in covenantal vows. God made a covenant with the nation of Israel: "I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people" (Leviticus 26:12). God remained faithful, but his people cheated on him; they slept with the gods of other nations such that the Lord sent prophets to call back his adulterous people: "'Return, faithless people,' declares the Lord, 'for I am your husband'" (Jeremiah 3:14). (See also Isaiah 54:5-6; Jeremiah 3:20; 31:32; Ezekiel 16:32.)
By rejecting our Father and cheating on our Husband, we became "an enemy of God" (James 4:4), helpless in the face of his wrath (Romans 1:18, 2:5).
But God, in his great love and unswerving commitment to his covenant, did not give up on the child who rejected him, the wife who cheated on him, and the friend who betrayed him. God could not overlook our sins, but instead sent his son, Jesus, to absorb God's wrath against all those who had rejected and betrayed him. While we were still sinners and enemies, Christ died for us (Romans 5:8).
Through Christ's death, you, by faith, can be adopted as a child of God (Romans 8:14-17, James 4:4-5). Because of Christ's work on the Cross, the Father can celebrate "for this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found" (Luke 15:24).
As God's adopted children from every race, ethnicity, society, and people-group, we are his people. Just as a husband and wife are united and become one flesh, so also, we, God's people, will be united with Christ in a new marriage covenant when he returns (Ephesians 5:31-32, Revelation 19:6-9).
Finally, because Christ, through his obedient life and sacrificial death, absorbed the wrath of God, you, if you have placed your faith in Christ, are no longer an enemy of God. You have an entirely new identity. Now, instead of being an enemy, you are, like Abraham, a friend of God (James 2:23).
What good news! The wonderful grace that defines Christianity is all about being pursued and adopted by the Father we rejected, being forgiven by the husband we cheated on, and being embraced by the Friend we betrayed. And when we think about this amazing grace, there is no room for anything but completely unavoidable rejoicing.
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Today's Prayer: LORD, I am abiding in Your Word, holding fast to Your teachings and living in accordance with them. It is my desire to be Your true disciple. I am abiding in and vitally united to the Vine. I cannot bear fruit unless I abide in You. LORD, because You are the Vine, and I am a branch living in You, I bear much abundant fruit. Apart and cut off from the vital union with You I can do nothing. Your Son, Jesus, said, "If you live in Me and My words remain in you and continue to live in your hearts, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you" (John 15:7). When I bear and produce much fruit, You, Father, are honored and glorified. By Your grace that I have received, I will show and prove myself to be a true follower of Your Son, Jesus. He has loved me, just as You, Father, have loved Him. I am abiding in that love.
LORD, You have assured me that if I keep Your commandments and continue to obey Your instructions, I will abide in Your love and live in it, just as Your Son, Jesus, obeyed Your commandments and lived in Your love. He told me these things, that Your joy and delight may be in me and that my joy and gladness may be of full measure and complete and overflowing. This is Your commandment: that we love one another, just as You loved us. Father, thank You for Your Word- it is the truth that makes me free. I am born begotten of You, LORD, and I would like to change any way in me that deliberately, knowingly, and habitually practices sin. Your nature abides in me, Your principle of life remains permanently within me; and I cannot practice sinning because I am born begotten of You. I have hidden Your Word in my heart that I might not sin against You in any way.
May Christ through my faith actually dwell, settle down, abide, and make His permanent home in my heart! It is my desire to be rooted deep in love and founded securely on love, that I may have the power and be strong to apprehend and grasp with all the saints (Your devoted people and the experience of that love); what is the breadth and length and height and depth of it.
I pray in the name of Jesus, that I may know this love that surpasses knowledge-that I may be filled to the measure of all Your fullness. You are able to do immeasurable more than all I ask or imagine, according to Your power that is at work within me. To You be glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever! Amen (Job 8; John 8, 15, 17; 1 John 3; Psalm 119; Ephesians 3).
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Resources:
biblegateway.com, NIV Women's Devotional Bible- Classic Edition, Life Application Study Bible, Prayers- Prayers That Avail Much... (Germaine Copeland), Christ Notes.
Peace comes when our minds stay on Him.
