Author: Travail and Transform Ministry

Leviticus 26:3-5 KJV ~ “If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; [4] Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. [5] And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.”

There is a season within your season, and it’s call due season! It’s Your Due Season! 

Your due season is going to come because you chose obedience over disobedience! You have come into the full knowledge that there are no middle grounds where God is concern! The people in the Old Testament were warned time and time and time again about worshiping idols and being disobedient. And here we are in the same place, placing idols before Him, we may not be erecting buildings and stuff out of wood and stones, but you have put your money, your career, your family and so many other things before Him, everything that you think you have made has become more important than your relationship with Him, this is called idolatry my brothers and sisters! It’s time to relinquish this stuff and put first things first! 

But when you keep God’s commandments and live in obedience to His Word and follow His instructions you can expect for God to bless you. When you live according to His Word, then you will walk in His Will, His Will and His Word go Hand in Hand, you can’t have one without the other! It’s His Word that tells you what His Will is and shows you how to walk in what He’s planned for you to do. When you are in God’s Will, you will walk His Ways! It’s in this place that you can be assured that His blessings will come to you! 

I know in some seasons you have to wait a little longer than others and I know that it can become tiring, but hang on, your due season is near! The Word of God says, “Don’t get tired of doing what’s right for in due season you will reap if you don’t give up” Galatians 6:9! You are getting ready to enter into a Due Season Year! A year where God is going to show out in your life, like never before! Promises that you have been waiting and standing on, dreams that you have prayed for are getting ready to be fulfilled, problems that you prayed about, is getting to be turned around in your favor! It’s in this Due Season Year that God is going to cause those things to fall into place in your life! God is going to make things happen for you, He’s breaking protocol on your behalf, things that you know if the Lord hadn’t done it, you know that you couldn’t do it on your own! You should be praising Him right here! 

Just know that your hardest season will always come before your harvest season. Don’t quit, continue trusting God during these seasons, and just know that your Due Season is around the corner! Hang in there, and you will receive what God has for you! The blessings of God are His promises of resources to you in abundance, and it includes rain for you whenever you need it! Let God Reign in your life and He will rain down blessings on you and your family! You shall yield an increase, and you will dwell in your land safely! 

Let’s Pray:

Father, Thank You for strengthening me and giving me hope. Help me to stay in the good fight of faith. Help me to stay faithful, stay prayerful, and stay willing and obedient to You. I trust in Your goodness and Your love towards me. Thank You that every trial has an expiration date, and my time and season has a due date. Father, Thank You for what You have stored up for me in my Due Seasons! Thank You for what You are going release to me, help me to be a good steward over what You put in front of me. Father, Thank You for the suddenly, the unexpectedly, and the out of the ordinary blessings that You are sending my way! Father, keep my mind and keep me humble before You all day long. Father, I want to Thank You that this is my due season year and I will keep hoping, trusting, expecting, believing, and honoring You, just because of who You are! Father, I Thank You for all of the promises, favor, increase and manifestations that You have given to me. Father I am walking in my new destiny, a Due Season Year and it has nothing to do with the calendar dates, I know it’s what You predestined for me from the beginning and I’m grateful! Father, I absolutely love You and I give You all Honor and Glory! 

In Jesus Christ Name. Amen!

Blessings…

Minister Jean

1 John 3:16-19 NKJV ~ “By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. [17] But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? [18] My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. [19] And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him.”

It’s easy to know the right thing to say and to do, but it’s another thing all together to actually follow through with it, there becomes a disconnect between us not doing and doing the right thing.

Our verse today says that we shouldn’t just say that we love others for the sake of saying it, I mean it does sound good when we hear someone say they love us, and when we say it to others, but it needs to be followed up with action like Jesus Christ did; not just words, we need actions to go after the words.

Your life should reflect the love of God towards others, don’t just say the right things at the right time and in the right places for others, but live out God’s love in a big way every day because God is love! Whatever you do in word or deed, do it in the Name of your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Go back this weekend and study the scriptures from this week and ask God to give you a greater revelation and understanding of what you are supposed to be doing in this season of your life!

Let’s Pray:
Father I love You and the boundless love that You show me every day. You don’t just say You love me in words, but You showed me Your unconditional love by suffering and dying for me and my sins.  Father, teach me to love others the way You desire, fill me with Your love that I may daily serve You and others as a reflection of Your love on the inside of me, do it God like only You can, in Jesus Christ Name I pray.  Amen!

Blessings…
Minister Jean

Luke 10:23-25,27-37 AMP
Then turning to His disciples, Jesus said privately, “Blessed [joyful, spiritually enlightened, and favored by God] are the eyes which see what you see, [24] for I say to you that many prophets and kings longed to see what you see, and they did not see it; and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.” [25] And a certain lawyer [an expert in Mosaic Law] stood up to test Him, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” [27] And he replied, “YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND; AND YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.” [28] Jesus said to him, “You have answered correctly; DO THIS habitually AND YOU WILL LIVE.” [29] But he, wishing to justify and vindicate himself, asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” [30] Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he encountered robbers, who stripped him of his clothes [and belongings], beat him, and went their way [unconcerned], leaving him half dead. [31] Now by coincidence a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. [32] Likewise a Levite also came down to the place and saw him, and passed by on the other side [of the road]. [33] But a Samaritan (foreigner), who was traveling, came upon him; and when he saw him, he was deeply moved with compassion [for him], [34] and went to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them [to sooth and disinfect the injuries]; and he put him on his own pack-animal, and brought him to an inn and took care of him. [35] On the next day he took out two denarii (two days’ wages) and gave them to the innkeeper, and said, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I return.’ [36] Which of these three do you think proved himself a neighbor to the man who encountered the robbers?” [37] He answered, “The one who showed compassion and mercy to him.” Then Jesus said to him, “Go and constantly do the same.”

Our scripture is going to be longer than our devotional today. I really need you to read and study these scriptures for a few days and ask God to show you, you. And then answer these questions, are you privileged? Did you ever cross over to the other side, instead of helping? What does God require of you?

The first two men that passed by and crossed over to the other side were spiritual leaders that were privileged, not because they had earned it, but because they were born into it. Do you know anyone who thinks that they are better than someone else because of a title, status or who they are kin to or know? A privileged person is used to being treated in a certain way, and they don’t like being inconvenienced. Very seldom will they go out of their way to help someone; and yet they say that you are to love! If you have been born into privilege, please don’t let this advantage keep you from helping someone in need! God is listening to your words, but He is watching for your actions!

The Jews felt like they were privileged because of their family lineage. And they saw the Samaritans as unprivileged, they were a mixed race of every kind of person, the least likely kind of person that would be kind! They hated each other Think about it, a poor person will see you and come to your aid quicker than a rich person! (Read about them, 2 Kings 17:24-41, Israel’s Exile.) As a matter of fact, when he answered Jesus, he wouldn’t even say the word Samaritan. Go back and read what he said you should have for people in verse 27, Love. He was so sure of himself, that his missed the most important thing that he said you should have for all people, love! Love is an action word, it will require you to do something, it will cause you to be inconvenienced, it will cost you something. The one person that you write off, will be the one that will stay on the right side and help you get back on track!

The religious leaders went out of their way not to help and the Samaritan who they hated, not only bandaged him, up, he carried, care for him and provided for him and he didn’t tell anyone or ask for a favor or recognition, he did what God wanted him to do, to love and to serve, knowing that his reward was coming from God and not man! I said this to say, stop looking for man validation when you are doing what God called you to do. There is value in the blessings that come from God!

When you think about your neighbor remember the Commandments, (Matthew 22:37-40); so just so you know, your neighbor is anyone of any race, creed, or background that is in need. And you are to love them m, which means acting to meet their needs in real time and not just when you have time, (Matthew 25:42-46)! Also, know this wherever you are, there is somebody in need that is close to you. So, don’t close your eyes and cross over to the other side, stop and show them the love of Jesus Christ that’s in your heart!

Let’s Pray:
Father, Thank You for this lesson today. Thank You for helping me to help someone else that is in need. Father, speak clearly to me today and show me the way in which to go, to serve and to love. Father, give me insight and a keen eyesight to see and move according to what You show me. Father, help me to learn what You want to teach me. Father, forgive me for when I thought that I was privileged and got in my own and kept me away from loving people as You wanted me to love them. Father, may I learn, by from You how not to walk by on the other side of the road. Father, I want to love as You have loved. Father, help me to move and do so in the real time for people have real life issues going on and they need real time help. Father, help me daily on my journey to offer help to those in need because of the love that I have in my heart for you. In Jesus Christ Name. Amen!

Blessings…
Minister Jean

Matthew 28:18-20 NIV
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. [19] Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, [20] and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Do you remember the parable in Luke 14, about the Great Banquet that the man was having, he started inviting people to come but everyone was busy and had an excuse of why they couldn’t come. So finally, he said, “Go out into the highways and the hedges and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.” So, with this being said, I have a question for you, when did you see a highway coming through your church dropping off folks at the altar for repentance? It’s not happening, you have to go out into the highways and byways and get them and bring them in! You have to love on them, and some more than others. It’s going to take love and not a judgmental spirit as if you have never sinned, you have been squeaky clean, I think not. God said in His Word, that all have sinned and come short of His Glory, (Romans 3:23) so at some point you had to go to the altar, confess and repent that you may be washed and cleansed!

There are no more excuses! You know better now it’s time to do better! God wants you to go out into the highways and byways and compel them to come, not to your house but to God’s House! You can’t ask them to just come in you have to go out there and get them! God says there is much room in the in His House and He wants to fill it! It’s time to move from complacency to compelling! God is pushing you out to grab those that are perishing in the streets, (Lamentations 2:19), let’s go! We always say send me, I’ll go, (Isaiah 6:8), well today is the day! Last night in a class that I’m taking, my instructor said this, “We have to get out of our heads, we need to stop focusing on the details and focus on the destination, the details will come forward as you go! The destination is Heaven! God will provide the details, you just have to go, even if you have to go along! Stop asking God for another confirmation on what He has said, just obey the command! His Word will confirm itself because it’s true!

Here is some food for thought…Have you ever planned a dinner/party and had certain guest that you wanted in attendance, you planned, you prepared, and you were present and then one by one your guest started canceling, you have all this stuff and no one to share it with. What do you do? You do like that man in Luke 14, you go into the streets and alleys, and you get those that you will have to lead, the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind and the deaf. All of these must be led, they must be brought, for they are willing, they just don’t know the way. They will come, no resistance on their part, they just need the directions, show them the way to your Lord and Savior, and when you serve them, you are serving Jesus! Matthew 25:32-46!

Here’s another question, are you really being duplicated as a disciple? You do know that you are supposed to be a bearer of fruit, according to the Word, Matthew 7:16-19 NIV, “By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? [17] Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. [18] A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. [19] Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.” So, today ask yourself, what kind of fruit are you producing good or bad? You should desire to be producing godly fruit that reproduces godly seeds that are being planted in others for God’s great harvest. If you are not doing this then it’s time for you to repent and get busy!

Remember this, you go into the church building, the four walls to worship with other like believers like you and then you go outside of those same four walls to worship and work drawing others to Jesus Christ!

Let’s Pray:
Father, Thank You! Father I repent right now for not moving and doing what You have told me to do. You told me to go out into the highways and byways, preaching and teaching the Gospel, You told me to make disciples. Father I’m sorry. Father, please help me to be and do better, teach me how to be a better son/daughter and a servant. Father, I want to produce good fruit, and I know that in Your Word I will find all of the nutrients that I need to do that. Father, I won’t just say send me I’ll go, I’m going even if I have to go alone, for I know that I’m never alone for You are always there with me, leading, guiding, loving and watching over me. Father, help me to daily examine the fruit of my life. Fill me up with faith that is strong from the roots up, so that my fruit will be good and pleasing to you. In Jesus Christ Mighty Name. Amen!

Blessings…
Minister Jean