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Hosea 6:2-3 ~ “After two days He will revive us; On the third day He will raise us up that we may live before Him. (3) So let us know and become personally acquainted with Him; let us press on to know and understand fully the [greatness of the] Lord [to honor, heed, and deeply cherish Him]. His appearing is prepared and is as certain as the dawn, and He will come to us [in salvation] like the [heavy] rain, Like the spring rain watering the earth. “

What will happen to you now that you have been revived by God! True Revival can only take place at your house because you pressed your way through!

To press means to leave your comfort zone, it means that when things are not easy or comfortable, it’s going to take everything in you to keep pushing, to keep moving, when the pressure is, even if you have to press when you are uncomfortable, you are going to keep it moving, to press. That’s the Pressing!

It’s something about pressing your way to God! Something happens when you press, when you press to acknowledge who He is! Something changes, something breaks loose, and somethings fall off! Keep pushing, praying and pressing, your healing and deliverance is in your Pressing!

All this is saying is that you need to pick up on the spirit of this verse, which says, “Let Us know … Let Us press on …” there is a power in your relationship with God and you need to be sure that you do not neglect it. Be faithful in services unto God! Be encouraged by God’s Word! Be an encourager for others to press on in the things of God! “Let Us In and Let Us Press On, for there is a Blessing in the Pressing!”

There is one goal that you should be aware of, and that is that you were created for God, created to worship Him and Him alone! Do hear it, the verse is telling you to press in “To Know The Lord.” That’s it, if you focus and follow this goal, you will be filled to overflowing, for this goal of life should be the goal of every person in the world, God created you is to know Him and then everything else will follow!

Now, let’s read today’s scripture again from the Message Bible, make it personal, (paraphrased) “Come on, let’s go back to God. (You must return back to your first love, Revelation 2:4-5, Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. [5] Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place-unless you repent.)

For God is the only one that can heal you! (God chastise those He loves, and He holds you in the palm of His Hand). He breaks off of you everything that is not like Him in your life, so that you can be right again with Him. (He will allow you to go through it, to draw you closer to Him). (But) In a couple of days (you) will feel better. And by the third day he’ll have made (you) us brand-new, Alive and on your feet, fit to face him. Then you will be ready to study God, eager for the God-knowledge; and as sure as the dawn breaks, so sure is His daily arrival (He’s coming back for you), He comes as rain comes, as spring rain refreshing the ground, it’s time for your revival!

Here is some fresh manna for you to eat today. After you have repented to God for trying to do it your way, He will revive you, and you will get your second wind! Now keep pressing towards the mark, you serve a Powerful and Perfect God who is sure of everything that He does every day! You have to press to lay your will down, to crush and deny your flesh, you have to press to see His Will be done, remember there is a blessing in the pressing! Press In and Press Onward!

Let’s Pray:
Father, Thank You! Thank You for the gift of Pressing! You have taught me how to push, pray until something happens! I know that there is a blessing in my pressing! Thank You for Your healing, Your love, Your peace, Your joy, Your deliverance and Your strengthening in me mentally, emotionally and physically! Thank You for feeding me in your Word daily. It’s Revival Time! Time to Press On! In the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Blessings…
Love, Minister Jean
Have a Blessed Weekend…

Ephesians 2:10 AMP ~ “For we are His workmanship [His own master work, a work of art], created in Christ Jesus [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, ready to be used] for good works, which God prepared [for us] beforehand [taking paths which He set], so that we would walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us].”

Does this scripture just make you feel awesome and just plan old glad about who you are?

As you begin this day, you need to know your worth! If you were given an expensive piece of art or jewelry, you would not beat it up, or treat it badly or demolish it, you would take good care of it because it’s valuable; that’s what you are to Jesus, you are valuable. Know your worth! You are known as God’s handiwork, His creation! God, the Creator of all refers to you as His own work, the work of His hands, a Masterpiece! This has got to make you feel good! Out of all the other things that God created, He created you and shaped you into the wonderfully, blessed person that you see today! God is the perfect Creator and He does not make mistakes and nothing He does is the incomplete.

Have you ever seen the beauty in the sunrise, the beauty and splendor of God all wrapped into one. God is the Master of all creation! And no matter how beautiful the sunrise and sunset are, there is nothing compared to His greatest masterpiece, and God’s greatest masterpiece of all creation is Y.O.U! I’ve got something great to tell you, you are God’s Masterpiece! It’s the truth, there’s no mistake in this, you are a masterpiece! God designs are perfect! You are beautiful, handsome, exquisite, unique, talented and gifted all wrapped together. But it’s up to you in how you respond to how God made you and how He works in your life!

Have you ever wanted to go your own way, against the grain of how you were made? How did that rebellion work out for you?  I know that it didn’t, because you were made to stand out! You must not refuse Him, just cooperate with your Creator, He knows what’s best for you, and don’t worry He understands you better than you understand yourself! Today, it’s time for you to recognize that serving God is the only way to your total fulfillment in life! The Masterpiece that you are is a one of a kind, there’s no duplicate hiding anywhere, you’re it! God has uniquely designed you, He has molded, shaped and planned out every detail of you for His purpose, you are His Masterpiece!

As God’s masterpiece, you are on display for the world to see His Glory!  You may have been born spiritually dead and in sin, but now because of God’s grace and mercy you have been given a new life through Jesus Christ. This is exciting news! I want you to see yourself the way God sees you. Close your eyes and mind from all the negativity, guilt and shame and see yourself as the masterpiece that God created you to be! Go ahead and free your mind and heart from all the pressure that you put on yourself, God made you and everything He made is good, therefore you should not look down on yourself, but see yourself through the eyes of Jesus Christ who died for you, God does not see failure but success and victory!

So, the next time you look at yourself, remember that God created you, and the sooner you see yourself as God sees you, the sooner you can see yourself for who you really are, and believe that you are God’s priceless creation made for a purpose. You were created in His image, and you are indeed a piece of the Masters’ special design collection. Now, how could you not submit to the One who thought so much about you and all of your details! You are a One-of-a-Kind Masterpiece made just for His Glory! You were created for an awesome purpose! A Marvelous Masterpiece for His Glorious Display!

Let’s Pray:
Father Thank You! Thank You for making me Your masterpiece, for creating me with Your Hands! Father may wherever I go be a reflection of Your love and an expression of Your handiwork wherever You send me today. Thank You for creating me in Your image as Your Masterpiece! Father because I am Your handiwork, please help me to take on Your characteristics daily and to produce the work that You prepared me to do from the beginning of time. Father, continue teaching and training me in Your Ways! Thank You Father for putting me in the right place at the right time, being exactly where You want me to be! Father, please help me to see the beauty and anointing on the inside of me and how it radiates from the inside to the outside for Your Glory, in the Name of Jesus Christ my Lord and Savior!

Blessings…
Love, Minister Jean

Zechariah 9-4:10 (AMP)~ “The hand of Zerubbabel have laid the foundations of this house, and his hands will finish it. Then you will know (recognize, understand full) that the Lord of hosts has sent me [as His messenger] to you Who [with reason] despises the day of small (beginnings)? For these seven [eyes] shall rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. Thy are the eyes of the Lord which roam throughout the earth.”

Last year in February 2023, I wrote this devotional using this scripture and I normally don’t repeat them unless God leads me to do it! So, here you go again, “Don’t Despise Your Small Beginnings” or try to compare where you are with where someone else at, this is not a competition, embrace where you are right now!

God is rejoicing in the work that you have begun using the plumb line! Do you remember what a plumb line?  It is a cord with a non-magnetic weight attached to one end, when the cord is held in a certain way, the weight can dangle freely. Painters and carpenters use a plumb line to keep their work straight.  A plumb line doesn’t alter or shift with the impulses of the worker, it remains true horizontally and vertically!

Again, I say don’t despise your small beginnings where you are right now! Don’t try to compare where you are at with someone else, you are not in competition with anyone, just do the work that God called you to do. As we study Nehemiah yesterday on being in your building season, it’s only befitting to tell you this today.

For as you are building, there is a real enemy out there that is trying to distract you and stop you from doing the work that God has called you to do! An enemy who will at every turn try to thwart the plans of God! He wants to pull you away from God with distractions and cause you to think that you are not making any progress in this process! I want you to know that you are right where God wants you!

I know it may seem like you are not moving or accomplishing anything, but I want to encourage you, it is more than you can see, for God is going to reward you as you show faithfulness in the small things! It does not matter what man says to you, it’s what God says that matters! Learn to ignore the mockers, and yourself and give what you deem small to God and watch what He does with it! God is the greatest mathematician and multiplier ever, He took five loaves of bread and two fishes and fed five thousand men, and this number does not include the women and children, everybody ate, plus there was twelve baskets left over, and we know that He is no respecter of person, He did it then and He can do it Now! (Matthew 14:16-21)!

You must be vigilant, in the work that you are doing, no matter what it is. You must seek God with all your heart; a heart that wants to honor God, that wants to glorify God in your thoughts, actions, desires and with every fiber of your being, you need to do what is pleasing to God.  to fight spiritual battle as you do daily life, you must remain faithful, both horizontally and vertically! Jesus Christ is the Builder, and He laid a stone in Zion, a tested stone, The Cornerstone, and you need this to make sure that your foundation and work is secure and sure! As the Kingdom of God is built, He is making sure that it is perfect, there will be no crookedness in the Kingdom of Heaven (Isaiah 28:16-17)!

Right now, there is a sense of urgency for prayer! It is time for you to put in the work and work the Word in your life to build what God has given you to do! It’s time out for pretending and procrastinating! It’s time to get serious about what you are supposed to be doing in this hour for God’s House! It is time to gird up your loins and make haste to Pray for wisdom, discernment, and discipline in this hour, you will need all of this to complete your work and to remain close to God!

You must be deliberate, intentional and disciplined so that you are not drawn away from God because of the environment that does everything to keep you distracted and distant from Him. It’s time for your spiritual discernment to rise, and you need to be sensitive to Holy Spirit and walk in the coming Revival that is about to take place! In order to do this, you must be about the Word of God and be men and women of prayer! You must be able to discern the times and season when God will come back to visit His children, for He is coming back!

As you lay all of your materials out and get your Word before you, The Cornerstone, Jesus Christ, will make sure that you are building your ministry, your career, and your business, the right way. Don’t worry about who’s with you, God has already ordained and commissioned your help and sometimes there may only be one or two with you, but give everything that God gave you, don’t short them of what God is saying, because when you lay it down at His Feet, He will make sure it’s straight! Again, I say don’t despise your days of small beginnings, they will be your best days!

This vision that Zechariah had was to encourage him, that better days were coming, and that God was pleased with the work that was being done to rebuild temple. I know that you have some things that need to be rebuilt, repaired or replaced, whatever it is don’t despise it today, get to it! I know that you may think that your efforts are small, but God is excited to see you beginning to do His work, even in your baby steps, you are moving and that’s what’s important. Just remember to keep Him included in the process, and His Presence, Provision and Protection is going to be there along with His Wisdom and Power, and Love multiplying and growing your small thing into a Mighty Thing for His Glory, He will see it to completion, that’s a promise you can count on and trust (Philippians 1:6)!

God loves your baby steps! Today, be patient with yourself and don’t lose hope! Wait on God! Just do the work that He assigned you to do and don’t worry about where the next person is or what they are doing! Let the Word of God help you do the work that He assigned to you! Everything will be done in His perfect timing; it’s not your job to force it, but to walk in it and to rejoice!

Let’s Pray:
Father Thank You! Father, Thank You for being my Chief Cornerstone, and for perfecting Your work in me, that Your Perfect Will, will be done! Father, I am ready to do what You have called me to do, for nothing is too small, I will be obedient and do what You say. Father, help me to not be scared or fearful, but to be fearless, bold and faithful! Father, help me not to get restless or anxious while I am working unto You! Father, fill me with Your that Holy Spirit and empower me to have discernment and recognize Your Hand at work in my life in Al things! Father, I desire more of You and Your Word, fill me with Your Presence and Your Spirit! Father, please remove the scales from my eyes, touch my heart so that I may understand, and quicken my ears to hear You, so that I won’t miss what You are saying. Father, I want to be ready and willing, no matter the size of the task, even when it’s small let me have faith and trust in knowing that You are Sovereign in all Your Ways and that Your plan for my life is greater than I can comprehend, for Your Will, will be done on earth and in my life as it is in Heaven! In Christ Jesus Name. Amen!

Blessings…
Love, Minister Jean

Proverbs 16:1-3 AMP ~ “The plans and reflections of the heart belong to man, But the [wise] answer of the tongue is from the LORD. [2] All the ways of a man are clean and innocent in his own eyes [and he may see nothing wrong with his actions], But the LORD weighs and examines the motives and intents [of the heart and knows the truth]. [3] Commit your works to the LORD [submit and trust them to Him], And your plans will succeed [if you respond to His will and guidance].”

Yesterday, we studied committing your work to God, so that your thoughts would be established by God! Well today is part 2! What is your reason for doing what you do?

Stop trying to justify your bad actions by claiming they are divinely ordained and given to you by God. God is not the author of confusion or conflict, so if you believe that you prayed and God told you this, this is straight from the enemy, you got played by the devil. Please repent immediately! You cannot rationalize meanness, and division, and say God told you to do this in love! Where is love in this?

When your heart is pure and your motives are right, they will be aligned with what God says. Your actions will be genuine biblical teachings, and when you made/make a mistake, you would know, and you would follow suit and seek God on how to make things right. God has the final say to even the plans you think you made. It’s in doing God’s Will, that you must coordinate your efforts with God’s control.

In much of what you do, God gives you free will to plan and work out the details. He wants you to use your own mind to seek Him and to plan accordingly. Nevertheless, God delivers the final results! In your planning you will seek God’s desires (Philippians 2:13) and He will lead you to acting His way. When you live for Him, you will always ask Him for guidance while you plan and then you will trust Him to act on the plan. You committed your work to Him so that you could be established and successful!

With this being said your heart has to be pure! You need to see things through God’s eyes and not yours, because your vision can be tainted sometimes! And this is how you will know what’s in your heart, you will rationalize and judge others, fault finding, thinking evil is good and the most important one is, you will always try to justify what you are doing, you will always believe that you are right and everyone else is wrong! “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 7:21-23. Try this first, before you put any plan into action, ask yourself these questions: Is this plan in harmony with God’s truth? Is my attitude pleasing to God?

There have been so many ways that you have failed to commit whatever you were doing to God. Like I said yesterday, you can be superficially and can say that what you are doing is for God, when you only have yourself in mind and how you will benefit from it and who will be patting you on the back! Remember, awards come from man and rewards are from God! You have to know that your actions have consequences, and that you cannot use God’s Name to excuse your harmful behavior.

For when you find yourself justifying your wrong choices by claiming they are “God’s Will,” you need to examine your motives and seek to align your actions with what God says and not what you want! If you are here, repent and ask God to transform your mind so that you will no longer conform to the world be transformed by the Word; “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” Romans 12:1-2!

Let’s Pray:
Thank You Father! Thank You for one more opportunity to repent and be transformed by Your Word! Father, help me to discern Your true Will and Ways and to live in accordance with Your teachings. Guide me to recognize when I am using my faith to justify harmful actions and give me the courage to make amends and live righteously for You in all my ways. Father help me to remain true to You when I feel like I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place, for this is when I need your strength, wisdom and guidance. Father, I want to do Your Will and walk in the fruit of the Spirit and in the ways of the Spirit. Father help me to be steadfast and unmovable in the work that I do for You. Give me the power not to turn to other vices but to endure and persevere, especially when I feel pressed, for I know that with You, I may be pressed, but I will not be crushed or abandoned.  I Father, give me Your way of loving others, even in the face of the fires all around me. Help me to keep hope that You are carrying me through, because I am committed to You and I have committed everything that I am doing to You so that You can establish me and keep me settled and successful. In Jesus Christ Name. Amen!

Blessings…
Love, Minister Jean

Psalm 91:9-12 NIV ~ “If you say, “The LORD is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling, [10] no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent. [11] For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; [12] they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.”

Thank You God, You are so good to me, Thank You for protecting my family tonight. God, if I had 10,000 tongues it wouldn’t be enough to thank You with! Thank You for Your Guardian Angels being on assignment tonight and doing Your bidding, according to Your Word in, Psalm 103:20, which means that You dispatched Your Angels right on time tonight to protect my family. Thank You for everything!

Thank You God, for being our Protection and Protector! Thank You for Your Gracious Presence that watches over my path and how You watch over me and my family from all hurt, harm and danger! Thank You God for covering every step that I take and Thank You for watching over me and protecting me from the hidden snares of life! I’m so grateful that You watch over my loved ones, and you kept them safe from all danger, seen and unseen! I’m so grateful! Thank You God for rescuing me and my family and all that I love safe from all things! God You are my strength, and I know that I can rely and trust in You to see Him me through! Father, I will obey what You tell me to do, and I will go where You say go. Father, today I’m putting all of my trust in You and Your in Your Power!

Tell God Thank You again! For if you had had ten thousand tongues it wouldn’t be enough to thank God for what He has done for you! And if ten thousand tried to fall at your side you can be secure in Your Father, knowing that because of His Supernatural Strength that you would be okay because His Power will prevail in your life because you love Him! Thank You God for Your Right Hand of protection that covers me like Your Angels Wings! God’s Thank You for keeping me! When you truly trust God, you will be able to see through His eyes and you will see His Hand at work in your life. All you have to do is remain faithful at the coming of Jesus Christ, your Lord and Savior!

Thank You God, for being my fortress and defender, so that no one can snatch me from Your hand. For there is no other God like you. In You I put all of my trust. Sanctify me through Your truth and Your Word in Jesus Christ Name! God, Thank You for Your Angels hovering all over me and near me to eradicate fear, darkness, and all spiritual forces that I cannot see. Help me to cast down every imagination and thought that the enemy is trying to use to exalt itself against my mind and my thoughts! I’m covered by the wings of God’s angels!

Let’s Pray:
Father Thank You! Thank You for covering me. Father, give me Your wisdom and the understanding of Your Word that I may apply it to my life daily. Father, You have set things in place in my life for my good. Father, help me to know and follow my angel so that, with their guidance, I will be worthy of being in Heaven with You! Father, guide me by Your Holy Spirit, as I seek You and Your ways. Father, Thank You for being my Comforter and heart fixer. Father continue to cover me in Your love, truth and peace in the good and bad times and lead me away from myself and worry. Thank You God for Preserving me and from injury and, from the fear of the enemy, and from the arrow that flies by day, and the trouble that walks in the darkness, and grant me eternal life with Jesus Christ. In the Name of Jesus Christ Name. Amen!

Blessings…
Love, Minister Jean

Philippians 3:12-16 ERV ~ “I don’t mean that I am exactly what God wants me to be. I have not yet reached that goal. But I continue trying to reach it and make it mine. That’s what Christ Jesus wants me to do. It is the reason he made me his. [13] Brothers and sisters, I know that I still have a long way to go. But there is one thing I do: I forget what is in the past and try as hard as I can to reach the goal before me. [14] I keep running hard toward the finish line to get the prize that is mine because God has called me through Christ Jesus to life up there in heaven. [15] All of us who have grown to be spiritually mature should think this way too. And if there is any of this that you don’t agree with, God will make it clear to you. [16] But we should continue following the truth we already have.”

Have you ever read something, and you had to re-read, and re-read again, it’s like you were perpetually stuck on this last page and you can’t go forward? What is it that’s keeping you from turning the page? Were you distracted, discouraged, or did you just disconnect? Was it something bad, sad or was it exciting and good and you just want to keep living in this moment, this place of contentment? Let me let you in on a little thing, that’s not possible, you have to move on! It’s time to turn the page!

God has not brought you this far to leave you where you’re at! You can’t keep taking 2 steps forward, only to take 4 steps backwards! You cannot live in what was or what use to be and expect to experience something better! You have to be in the Right Now! It’s in the right now with God that you will have an encounter with Him and experience the new.  God is the God of your past and He is the God of your present as well as your future! Only God knows what’s next in your life, so you are going to have to be in constant communication with Him to see what’s next!

Turn the page and watch what God does for you. He will bring you into alignment with Him on your journey and He will anoint you as you go forward from the past to the present! As you turn the page, God is equipping you for purpose and godly impact! Yes, I know turning the page means that you have to give up some hurts, habits, people, and stuff that you don’t like as well as what you do like, you can’t have that where God is taking you next! Let go, let God and turn the page!

So, no matter what paragraph you are re-reading right now, this I know, if you stay on this current page, you will never find out the rest of the story! You will never see all of what God has in store for you! The Apostle Paul refused to get stuck in his cold old past, instead he chose to step into a new future as a new man on a new trajectory! And this is where God is calling you to, to a new trajectory in life! The Apostle is letting you where he’s been, but he is also telling you that he’s not going to stay in that place. He says, “Dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I am focusing on this ONE THING, I’m going to forget my past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I am going to press on to reach the end of my race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling me for.”

This is how you turn the page! Yes, I know that your previous chapters were good, you learned how to navigate and move through it, the good, the bad and the ugly, but that does not matter, you have to keep pressing forward! Paul turned the page from a life of sin and pride, and he stepped forward into a future that forever shaped the history of our faith. You too can turn the page from your sin, shame, and pride by inviting God in to reveal His purposes and plan for your life and then letting Him have His Way, for it is “Thy Will Be Done!”

What is in your new chapter, the next page? In order to see it, you have to turn the page! You have to let go of the old! You have to embrace the new! God is saying in His Word that you just read, forget about the past (because whatever it was, you can’t change it or undo it, it’s done) and look forward to what lies ahead of you and not to allow your past to make you fearful of the new opportunities in your present and the great possibilities that await you in your future! 

There are 46 days left in this year, and someone who is your age is not here today, and somebody won’t make it out of 2024 into 2025, (that could be you or me, we don’t know, but you better be ready when He comes!) Today is a great day to get this in your spirit, let go of what was and embrace what is happening in your life right now!

Be the change that you want to see, move pass your past, live in your present and have hope in your future that God has put in place for you from the beginning of time, for your Right Now! Let go and receive everything that He has for you, for it’s in the new chapter, the next page that it will begin! Turn the page!

Let’s Pray:
Father Thank You! I thank You for the gift of this day and the chance for a new opportunity to turn the page and to connect with You in prayer. As I open my heart to You, I am reminded of Your Word, forgetting about my past (yesterday) and moving towards today my present and to press on toward the goal you have set before me and to keep my focus on You as I go! Father, grant me the strength and perseverance to keep moving even when I want to stay where I am, for I know that I cannot grow where I’m at, I have to turn the page, and I cannot do it without You and Your help. Father, I know that I am not perfect, I have made mistakes and fallen short of your glory, Father, Thank You for forgiving my shortcomings, I am grateful that Your Mercy and Grace is boundless. Father, Thank You for the righteousness that comes through having faith in Your Son, Jesus Christ, this is a gift that I cherish and hold dear to my heart. Father, I surrender my fears of turning to the next page to you, for I am assured of this One Thing, that You hold everything in your hands that concern me and that You have me, and You won’t let me fall! Father, help me to keep my eyes on You as I turn the page and to eagerly await the day when I will be with You in Glory! In the Name of Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen!

Blessings…
Love, Minister Jean
Have a Blessed Weekend..

Exodus 16:4-5,17-19 NLT ~ “Then the LORD said to Moses, “Look, I’m going to rain down food from heaven for you. Each day the people can go out and pick up as much food as they need for that day. I will test them in this to see whether or not they will follow my instructions. [5] On the sixth day they will gather food, and when they prepare it, there will be twice as much as usual.” [17] So the people of Israel did as they were told. Some gathered a lot, some only a little. [18] But when they measured it out, everyone had just enough. Those who gathered a lot had nothing left over, and those who gathered only a little had enough. Each family had just what it needed. [19] Then Moses told them, “Do not keep any of it until morning.”

How often do miss how God guides and provides for you? God knows what you need before you need it. God wants you to simply trust Him, and to go to Him with your needs without doubting His love, power, and provision. He promised to take care of you, you just need faith, James 1:5-8. For with faith, all things are possible Mark 9:23.

Have you or do you know anyone that has dealt with short term memory? The Israelites hadn’t been gone away from Egypt a whole month yet and they were already crying and accusing Moses and Aaron of leading them into the wilderness to kill them and to let them die. I guess they had forgotten about how God parted the Red Sea, not long ago for them and to get out of bondage!

Here they are complaining about being hungry with nothing to eat, as if God had not just provided a way out for them; so surely, He was going to feed them; but their lack of faith had given them short memory, of what had just happened last month! Their discontent had changed their perspective, and they were frustrated, they started reminiscing on what they had in Egypt, they had food, shelter and clothing, but they had forgotten at what cost, they were slaves in bondage! They complained about everything, no faith, they were selfish, and they let their flesh win over their minds and hearts. Have you ever felt like this, no matter what God did, it wasn’t enough, no faith, no trust!

They could not believe that God could satisfy their hunger in the wilderness, even after He had just delivered them from the hand of their enemy! Where is your faith that you speak of? God had already made the provision for the journey before they started! Now I’m telling you the exact same thing, God has already prepared the provision, promises and plan for your journey, you just need to keep it moving forward. The need and desire for the bread was already there, it was to help God’s people with an opportunity to understand and Him and to trust Him in all things!

God has prepared the way before you, including the provision that you will require. You just need to remember that is your provider! He is Jehovah Jireh, He always has a ram in the bush for His faithful servants, He just needs to know that you trust Him. Genesis 22:13-19.  God will set up a moment for you to learn this lesson on purpose. God will also teach you a lesson when you try to act as your own provider, especially when He has given you precise instructions on what to do and what not to do! He’s already told you what supplies you will need and when you need them. Stop being so reckless and rebellious, it’s not a good look on you!

Listen to what God was saying, I will test you to see whether or not you will follow my instructions! This is very important for you to understand, there is no short cuts to obeying God, be it Old or New Testament, obedience is better than sacrifice every time; 1 Samuel 15:22!  Ask God to give you some wisdom and with your wisdom get an understanding; Proverbs 4:7! God will test you, but you will have a testimony when you finish!

Don’t turn and run away from God and what He has prepared for you just because it does not look like what you expected it to be, Joshua 6; for Naaman almost made this mistake and it was going to cost him his very life and health; 2 Kin. 5:8-14! When you disobey God, there can be some dire consequences that you may face, even death, all because you did not follow His instructions. (Stop thinking that you know more than God, because you are all educated and experienced, you don’t know anything, as a matter of fact, God’s ways are higher than yours, you can’t even comprehend what He’s thinking next; Isaiah 55:8-9!

Today, God wants you to focus on your own spiritual and eternal needs so that you will learn to trust Him in all things and for all things, Isiah 48:18! Even when God delays His answers to you, His instructions remain the same, you are to keep praying Psalm 27:14 and trusting; Psalm 37: 3-5 and waiting on Him, Isaiah 40:31. He knows when you are ready for the next and the new! He just wants you to trust Him at every turn that you will make in life this life. Your prayers are an act of faith because when you pray, you are saying, Lord, You know all things that I need Your wisdom, peace, and the ability to keep moving without failing, and this is when God will answer you when you call to Him!

Follow God’s instructions, just like He gives them to you, don’t try to modify or go ahead of Him! For these are lessons that you get to relearn over and over again and the sooner you learn it, the sooner you will get to where God has provided for you! God is your path leader and provider, the more you listen the more He can do in you and for you and the more effectively you can live.

There is so much peace and joy when you are journeying with God, and when you let Him have His way by following His steps, directions and instructions, you can expect, to be led in the right way, and to end up in the right place at the right time. For wherever God guides, He provides also, you can trust this 100%! God will show you the way to go! And as you go, don’t be greedy and/or worried about what you need next or what you are going to eat, or where you are going to sleep, everything is already there in place! No Hoarding allowed! Just take and use what you need! For if you disobey and take more than you need, you will not be blessed and the more will be turned into naught!

Always remember what your next step is, now and always, it is to hear, follow and obey God. So, when you hear what God wants you to do and where He wants you to go, just follow and obey and know that the promise and provision has already been provided in advance, He’s got what you need all along the way. He knows your best work and He has your helpers in place, just like He gave Moses, Aaron, and his father-in-law to help him. God has your village; He has a team of capable warriors who are ready to work and war with you to expand His work here on earth! Because of what God put in place Moses was empowered and he was a better leader! God is doing the same thing for you too! God’s guidance and provision is there, just follow the instructions; Exodus 18!

Let’s Pray:
Thank You Father! Thank You for providing the way and for keeping me safe as I traveled on this journey! Father, show me the way that I should go, for to you I lift up my soul, Psalm 143:8. Father, I am listening to You and Your still quiet voice, I will hear and obey Your instructions and I’m going to trust You all the way! Father, Thank You for going ahead of me and making every crooked place straight, Thank You for taking care of my feet as I walked on all of these different and difficult paths, to get to my land of milk and honey! Father, I am confident in this one thing, You are who You say You are! For I am sure that where You are leading me, You have already made the provision for what I will need! Father, I know that the good and perfect gifts that come to me have come from! Father I choose to walk close with You as You keep me close to You. In the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Blessings…
Love, Minister Jean

Psalm 16:1-2,5-7 AMP ~ “Keep and protect me, O God, for in You I have placed my trust and found refuge. [2] I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; I have no good besides You.” [5] The LORD is the portion of my inheritance, my cup [He is all I need]; You support my lot. [6] The [boundary] lines [of the land] have fallen for me in pleasant places; Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me. [7] I will bless the LORD who has counseled me; Indeed, my heart (mind) instructs me in the night.”

Have you ever been awakened at 3:00 or 4:00 am, in the morning and you couldn’t go back to sleep, it’s like your mind is racing back and forth with thoughts and things that only seem to roll through your head during the middle of the night? Only in the night seasons do you experience this!

What better way to go through your night seasons than with God! For apart from God, you can do nothing! And I mean nothing, you need God for everything, you need Him to breathe so that you can do everything else.

It’s in the night season that God reveals to you what you didn’t see in the day light, and you need those seasons to keep you focused on God’s instructions! The night seasons help you to pay close attention to God’s Word and it teaches you how to apply it to your life! God loves you so much and this is why He wakes you up, He wants some alone time with you, He wants to be close to you and He doesn’t want you to have any distractions that would draw you away from Him, He wants you all for Himself that He might draw close to you and you draw close to Him for everything that you need!

When God allows you to be in a difficult season and you can’t find the solution that you are looking for, it means it’s time for you to give in to God and surrender your whole self to Him for the answers! It’s time to trust and depend on His leading and be assured of His Word as your lifeline! For this is your portion and inheritance!

In your vulnerability at night, God draws your heart to His heart, because you don’t have anywhere else to go, there is nowhere to run, nobody to turn to, nobody to hear you and nothing to distract you, all you got is God! And all you need is God! The lines in your life have fallen in sweet, pleasant places; and your heritage and legacy are beautiful for you to look at! Look at what the Lord has done for you!

God will be instructing you all throughout this day, even up until nighttime, He never takes His eyes or Hands off of you, He is consistent and constant with counseling you, especially at night. Because of His counsel you can trust Him and rest at night! For your inheritance is secure!

Let’s Pray:
Father, Thank You! Thank You for keeping your eyes and hands on me, especially during my night seasons. Father, I trust You in my current night season I’m going to obey, surrender and submit myself to You, for I take refuge in You, for You will give me sweet relief and rest when I have nowhere else to turn too. Father, help me to always turn to You and not to myself or others, and sustain me in Your Word, both day and night, because Can’t Nobody Do Me Like You! In Jesus Christ Name, Amen!

Blessings…
Love, Minister Jean