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Good Morning Sunshine! Is The Word of God Like A Fire To You?

Jeremiah 20:9 AMP ~ If I say, “I will not remember Him Or speak His name anymore,” Then my heart becomes a burning fire Shut up in my bones. And I am weary of enduring and holding it in; I cannot endure it [nor contain it any longer].”

Sometimes you just have to repeat a word, (this is a repeated word, that we all need to hear)! I just can’t keep the Word of God to myself, I have to share it with everyone that I meet. His Word is like a Fire that you just can’t keep to yourself, you have to let it out! In the words of my grandmother, “there is more room out than it is inside.” Share your testimony with someone else, don’t just keep it to yourself, somebody needs to hear your story! In this hour, you cannot afford to keep silent, you have to speak the word that God has put on the inside of you, even if you have to suffer for a little while. God’s Word has to get out, it has to reach others that they might be saved. If you have been holding the word in and you feel heat, it’s the fire of God’s Word wanting to come out!

Do you have a yearning in for the Word of God? Does your heart burn when you think about the Word of God? Do you have a heart for the Word of God? Is the Word of God burning in your heart? All these questions are different but the one thing that is the same about them is, “Do you have a heart for God?” It’s called Passion for God’s Word and He put it on the inside of you before you were even formed! When you experienced this kind of fire in your heart you just can’t keep it to yourself, you have to share it! Free yourself by speaking what Thus says the Lord!

Because of the fire that is on the inside of you, you will run into challenges and sometimes it may feel like you are being rejected and attacked on every side because of your obedience and faithfulness to God’s Word. But hang in there, God knows, Job 23:10, “But He knows the way that I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.” I know that things may be hard during times, and you may even want to abort the mission that God has sent you on, but hold on, God will give you exactly what you need, He got you. Galatians 6:9, “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Hang in there, God knows, God sees, and God is going to take care of you. When you are concerned about His Word, He will be concerned about what you are concerned about. When you speak the Word of God, God watches over it to perform exactly what it is supposed to do!

God has a purpose for you, and you can’t run from it or ignore it any longer, that is why it feels like a burning fire shut up in your bones; so that you won’t keep it to yourself, you have to let it out! The Lord’s Presence is real in your life and the burden of His message is strong, and you cannot resist telling someone about Him, somebody needs to hear God’s Word from you! You must continue striving, speaking and serving God, regardless of how you feel or the consequences you will face! God is not moved by our emotions, but He is moved by the posture of your heart in prayer!

The fire in your bones is to fulfill your divine mandate from God! When the fire of the Holy Ghost is burning violently on the altar of your heart, you will rise up with holy power and boldness that will cause commotion in the camp of the enemy that has tried you. As a matter of fact, the Power that God has given you will cause the enemy to run in the opposite direction when you pass by. And your mouth is so full of fire that if the wrong kind of spirit tries to follow you, and they will be silenced by the Fire of God immediately in Jesus Name!

When this kind of the fire is burning on the inside of you; you just can’t keep it to yourself no matter what they say or do, you’ve got to let it out or it will consume you! Ask God for your next thought, that you may speak exactly what He wants you to speak! You have someone’s word on your lips, release it, that you may be released! His Word will bring good to you and Glory to His Name!

Let’s Pray:

Thank You God for the fire of the Holy Ghost. I surrender my mouth, mind and body to You. Fill me with Your Word and Power today.  Lord, please keep me on task and use me for Your assignment. Let the Fire of Holy Ghost Power lead me to do even greater things for Your Kingdom. Let every word that comes out of my mouth be full of Your fire and impact all who hears it, including me, as I read Your Word out loud. Lord let me never be the same, let me be changed by the Fire and Power of Your Word in Jesus Christ Name. Amen!!!

Today, read and pray out loud that you may hear yourself, then ask God for the Fire of His Holy Power to take control and then you just watch what God does!

Blessings…
Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine! It’s Time To Move Out!

Deuteronomy 1:6,8 NIV ~ “The LORD our God said to us at Horeb, “You have stayed long enough at this mountain. [8] See, I have given you this land. Go in and take possession of the land the LORD swore he would give to your fathers-to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob-and to their descendants after them.”

It’s Time to Move Out! You’ve Been Here Long Enough!

The Israelites were almost finished their 40 years of wandering in the wilderness and the new generation was getting prepared to enter into the promised land. While the Israelites were at Horeb, God spoke to them and said it was time to move! He commanded them to go to the place that was promised to them, it’s where their future is. Moses told them about what had happened earlier, as a warning so that they would not to repeat the same mistakes. He reminded them that God has spoken and what He expects from them after He had spoken!

Have you ever heard the saying, “you can lead the horse to the water, but you can’t make him drink it.” Well God had prepared the land and set it before them (you) for their taking, but they still had to take possession of the promise (you too, you have to take possession of what He put in front of you, He has put it there, but you have to get it)!  It’s just like us, we get comfortable in a place, and we just settle thinking that’s all there is, we start to enjoy our own place of Horeb.  Mount Horeb is a place of instruction, the place where you are being prepared to do what God has called you to do. It’s not the place where you are to settle in as your permanent place, Mount Horeb is a temporary place, remember that!

Mount Horeb, is not the only place that God has for you! This was your place of transition, to move from where you use to be, to where you are going! It’s your transformation place, I know that you are enjoying where you are, but the time has come for you to move out and up! And in this new place you must do what God tells you to do, period! (Deuteronomy 12:1)!

Don’t you feel the pulling and tugging of the shift? This is your time; God has been preparing you all along the way so that you would be ready when the time came! It’s the Word of God, that you are hearing, telling you, it’s time, time for you to move out? And as it is with any journey, there will be risks. Yes, you will have to move outside of your comfort zone, you will have to say goodbye to some relationships in order to form new ones, you will have to do some new things, differently from what you have been used to doing. It’s time to stop watching what others are doing and watch what God is doing! And know this that with every risk, there will be great rewards!  It’s when you leave Mount Horeb that you come move into the Promise Land, the place of peace and promises! I believe that the God is speaking to you and me and saying that Now Is The Time! It is time that to go up and possess your Promise Land.

Let’s Pray:
Father Thank You! Father, I ask that Your steadfast love would be upon me this today according to Your promise. Father, please don’t take Your Word of truth from my lips, for I know that all of my hope is found and fulfilled in You. Father, forgive me for not listening to what You revealed to me the first time. Father I cherish Your revelation and the Words that You have spoken to me. Father, help me to keep Your commands as I continue walking in Your Will and Way in all the areas of my life. Father, grant this now as I turn to Your Word and follow them all the days of my life.  Father, cause me to never to be comfortable in a temporary place but to always be alert and to listen to Your voice as You speak. Father, thank You for keeping me and helping me not to make another round in this same place, and I receive my new place of now! In the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Blessings…
Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine! It’s Not Too Late!

Isaiah 61:1-3 ~”The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, Because the LORD has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound; [2] To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn, [3] To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.”

Today, if you are here and reading this devotion, that means God has awaken you to a new day and has given you breath; so, that means it’s not too late for Him to give you beauty for ashes, joy instead of mourning, and praise instead of despair!  It is not too late to change your story. It is not too late for Him to turn your mourning into dancing, pull off your sackcloth, and put on your clothe of gladness (Psalm 30:11)! God has given you a promise, He has given you the garment of praise for your spirit of heaviness! It works like this, Praise Him! Praising Him is like looking into a magnifying glass, the longer you focus on what you are looking at the bigger it gets! Through praise and worship, you are reminded that your God is bigger than any situation that you face! Praise is the key to problem-solving because it gets your focus on God, the problem solver. When you worship God, you can forget all about your cares and you can get a glimpse of what Heaven will be like, Oh, Magnify the Lord and Exalt His Name!

Remember, what He did for you before, now know what He can do for you today, it’s not too late to have hope, it’s not lost, it’s not too late for God to intervene in your situation! It is not too late for you to enjoy divine favor like Mephibosheth, David told him, “Do not fear, for I will show you kindness for Jonathan your father’s sake, and I will restore to you all the land of Saul your grandfather; and you shall eat bread at my table continually” (2 Samuel 9:7)! Nobody knew how long Mephibosheth had lived in Lo-Debar before David brought him back to Jerusalem and showered on him favor. Some people thought that he was going to die there, (some people thought that you were going to die in Lo-Debar, (the place of nothingness) you may have even thought this will never end, but don’t give up on God. Hang in there, He will see you through!) You will eat from the King’s Table! It’s never too late for God to change your story. Whatever the situation you are in right now, don’t worry, it is not too late for you to experience the change, praise for heaviness and dancing instead of mourning is your portion!

Today, instead of taking a coffee or tea break, take a Praise Break! Praise God for His grace, guidance and goodness and then recall how good He’s been to you! So go ahead and change your garments, take off the spirit of heaviness and put on your Garments of Praise and Worship Him and see just what He does!

Let’s Pray:
Thank You Father! Father, I believe in Your promises and put all of my trust in You. I am blessed because I believe and there will be a fulfillment of the things which You have promised me Jesus Christ Name. Father, today, I claim victory over every doubt and distraction that tries to come my way today, and I will praise You! I’m pulling off my sackcloth and I’m putting on Your gladness, as my strength and my place of peace. In Jesus Christ Name. Amen!!!

Blessings…
Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine, It’s Time To Rise And Pray!

Lamentations 2:19 NIV~ “My eyes fail from weeping, I am in torment within; my heart is poured out on the ground because my people are destroyed, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city. [19] Arise, cry out in the night, as the watches of the night begin; pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint from hunger at every street corner.”

Sometimes you just have to repeat something that has been said. As I was preparing another devotion, this one fell in my spirit. It’s Time to rise and pray, our children lives depend on the prayers we pray today!

Yesterday we talked about what your Inheritance is, now today I want to talk about your seed (children)! What Legacy or Inheritance are you leaving them? What have you taught them about the Word of God? We make our children go to school every day, whether they want to or not and then for Bible Study and Worship we give them the option to stay home, you say that you need a “Me Day” guess what, “Worship and Bible Study” or off limits for your “Me Day!” While you are having a “Me Day”, our children are fainting and dying in the streets! (I’m not trying to be harsh; I’m just want you hear me.)

Most of us had a parent or grandmother that drugged you to church, and I mean literally drugged you kicking and screaming, (I was one of them, now I’m so thankful that my grandmother did that and then she made me drag mines to church also)! I’m so grateful that I was drugged to church, I didn’t have an option or an opinion, I was going and that was final, Proverbs 22:6, Train them Up! Now we don’t make them go to church, we call that their rest day, but we make them go to school on Monday. How many of you had the same experience growing up, you didn’t have a choice, you were going and that was it. What has happened, our children and grandchildren need us to Arise and Pray for them, their lives depend on it and so does yours! We will stand in line for $300.00 tennis shoes for them, but we don’t want to stay in church and prayer for them for 30 minutes. We have got to do better; our children need to know that there is a Risen Savior and He came to save redeem them and give them hope and a better future!

These times that we live in are not a grin and bear it kind of minute, God is waiting to talk with you, you are being called to the Altar to Pray, listen to your children crying. You can’t continue to ask others to cry out for your children when you are not praying and crying for them! Jeremiah was a weeping prophet; he had cried so much that he cried his eyes dry over the children that were fainting and being slain in the streets!

I am begging you to cry out for your children in prayer during the night watches, (6pm, 9pm, 12 midnight, 3am, and 6am) we need to cover and tear down all the enemy’s camps and plans that he’s trying to us to destroy our children in this season. Pray for every decoy and roadblock and Plead the Blood of Jesus Christ over them, so that they can have a future!

It’s Time to Pray! No more procrastination, this is times, thief! You can’t delay any longer, it’s to dangerous now! All of this is workings of the enemy! For the Holy Ghost, says “Today, if you hear his voice, harden not your heart! “It is never too soon to pray, after all you are to be praying without ceasing!

Let’s Pray:
Thank You Father! Father, I lift up my hands and heart to You in prayer. Father, teach me how to pray for our children, they need You! Father I’m forever grateful that You have shown me what’s more important than leaving my children tangible things that are temporary and giving them Your Word and instructions, which is eternal! Father, I want to leave my children a Spiritual Maintenance Inheritance Plan to teach them what’s more important, and that they may have wisdom, discernment, discipline, and dignity and that they will know who they are in You and how valuable they are to You! In Jesus Christ Mighty Name. Amen!

Blessings…
Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine! Are You A Whosoever One?

Luke 9:24-26 AMP ~ “For whoever wishes to save his life [in this world] will [eventually] lose it [through death], but whoever loses his life [in this world] for My sake, he is the one who will save it [from the consequences of sin and separation from God]. [25] For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world [wealth, fame, success], and loses or forfeits himself? [26] For whoever is ashamed [here and now] of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and the glory of the [heavenly] Father and of the holy angels.”

You have only one life, that’s all you get, there is no reproducing, one life, no more and no less, period! What you do right now in your life will determine how and where you will spend eternity! So, if you are living your life by trying to bring fulfillment and honor to yourself, then be prepared to lose everything including your life!

If you chose you, you give up everything that is of eternal value for the temporary fix for your flesh, you made the choice! Remember, when the time comes for you to meet your Lord and Savior, you cannot take anything that you had with you, your money, cars, houses, and everything else that is temporary, all of that will be left behind for someone else. You just kept wanting and getting more and not sharing and doing for God’s people, because you wanted more! You chose stuff over your relationship with God, now you have nothing in the end to show for it! Don’t pursue what is insignificant and perishable but invest in what’s long term and lasting in your life, Jesus Christ!

However, if you choose Jesus Christ, then you are living now to live again, and eternity should look really good to you! Now you understand the value of your relationship with Jesus Christ, because you chose Him first! Today, can you say, no to you, to your ways, to your wants and follow Jesus Christ without any questions or reservations, just because it’s Him?  Your eternal view will be determined by what you do now!

Today is your day, trust the processes of God and keep the faith in Jesus Christ, and be prepared, to take up your cross and follow Him and His footsteps, for the sake of your life with Jesus Christ! This is your God ordained assignment from God, it’s your destiny to be with God for life!

Let’s Pray:
Father, Thank You for preparing everlasting life for me. I intentionally choose You today and every day. You are my Lord and Savior and I give it all to You. Use me how You will! I will shout to World that I am Yours! Lord forgive me for putting more value on what’s temporary over my eternal life, nothing or no one is more important than You. I choose You and Heaven as my eternal home, help me to stay on my journey to see You and to hear You say. “Servant well done!” In the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen!!!

Blessings…
Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine! It’s Your Reaping Season!

Galatians 6:9 KJV ~ “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. [10] As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.”

Today, I want to encourage, “Do Not Give Up!” Do not become weary in doing good, for in the right season you will reap a ripe harvest if you Do Not Give Up!

Life has a way of making us all weary at times, but the key is to not give up, but to keep pressing in. The Word of God says, don’t get weary in well doing. Do you want to know how this is possible? God has your answer! Do you understand what I am saying to you? Your strength and answer are with God!

God is going to provide you with strength for your journey and strength for everything that He has called you to do, He is going to strengthen you for every test, trial and temptation that you are going to face, He is going to strengthen you for every second of every day so that you may endure until the end and come out triumphantly for His Glory!

It’s time for you to work, watch, wait, worship God, this requires you to continue trusting God and to do good. “Doing Good’ is not the same thing as doing what you want. Doing good requires you to be disciplined and connected to God, your ultimate source where you are an active participant, and it takes effort on your part.  When you are connected to God, He keeps you, so that you don’t grow weary in doing good! 

Doing good means taking every opportunity that you have to help someone else. It can be with money or labor, and sometimes it will just cost you your time, but whatever it is, give it! These instructions are from God, not man, doing good is for all people, doing good is doing what God says and sometimes you have to do good to those you like and those you don’t. If you can do good for somebody today, then this is exactly what you need to do!!!

Let’s Pray:
Thank You for Your strength and power that helps me endure and to remain faithful in my weary seasons. Thank You for the harvest of benefits that I’m reaping right now because I’m choosing to walk in Your Will and Way and not faint, I will not quit or give up because Your Word lives on the inside of me and it has never failed me and it never will and I say Thank You Father, help me to hold on, that I don’t give up, and that I will reap my rewards in the proper time that you have ordained. Father, I am so grateful for all the lessons that I’ve learned while doing the work you assigned me to. Help me to continue to do all the things that I am supposed to, even when I’m tired and  I don’t see any visible signs of  results. Help me to see that these experiences are a part of my character building for Your Glory and Your Kingdom! In Jesus Name, Amen!

Blessings…
Minister Jean

Good Morning Sunshine! You Are Loved By God!

 1 John 4:7-12 NIV ~ “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. [8] Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. [9] This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. [10] This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. [11] Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. [12] No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.”

You are the children of the Most-High God, He is the Sovereign God of our universe and He absolutely and positively “LOVES ” you!

Children of the Most-High God, today’s verses are all about Love, Love and more Love! There is never a time that we should just be saying that we love one another just for the sake of it; I know it may 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.

Children of the Most-High God, with what you know about Love, have you told anyone that you love them today? Has anyone said that they love you today? If not, get this one thing in your spirit and hold on to it forever, God “LOVES” you unconditionally and there nothing like it or can ever be compared to the “LOVE” of God! Rejoice in this today, again I say rejoice in the “LOVE” of God!

Children of the Most-High God, remember that your life should be a reflection of the love of God towards others, don’t just say the right things at the right time and in the right place for others, but live out God’s Love in a big way today and 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. Colossians 3:23!

Children of the Most-High God, you can rest in the fact and knowledge that your Lord and Savior “LOVES” you in spite of you, He displayed His “LOVE” for you and me, while we were yet sinners, God “LOVES” you!

Father, we believe in You and we know that You “LOVE” us, You proved Your “LOVE” for us over 2,000 years ago by dying on an old rugged cross, and we thank God, You didn’t stay there, in 3 days You got up just for us, now that’s “LOVE! “Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, and Thank You Lord for loving and saving us. We belong to You by our faith in Jesus Christ, and “the just shall live by faith.”

Let’s follow these two commandments from God today, “LOVE” God and “LOVE” others! To know God is to know “TRUE LOVE”!

Let’s Pray:
Father, Thank You for Your Love! Thank You for loving me! 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