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Psalm 23:5 (NKJV) ~ “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over.”

There’s something sacred about being invited to a table. Whether it’s a table of celebration, covenant, or restoration, when your name is called and a seat is prepared, it speaks of value, intention, and identity. But the table God prepares is different. It’s not earned. It’s not random. It’s reserved, crafted with your name on it, covered with purpose, and overflowing with what you didn’t know you needed.

Maybe you’ve asked yourself, “Why am I still waiting?” or “What am I still doing here?” But the truth is: there’s a table that’s been prepared just for you. Not for who you pretended to be, but for who God knows you are becoming. The question is not whether the table is ready. The real question is, are you? Many people miss their moment because they’re waiting for ideal conditions. They let fear talk them out of obedience. They stand near the door but never sit down.

Luke 14 reminds us that many are invited, but excuses keep them from responding. Some cite relationships, careers, or personal matters. But beneath every excuse is the same root: fear, pride, or delay. And in the kingdom of God, delay can become disobedience if we keep choosing our comfort over our calling. But here’s the grace: your seat is still open. God hasn’t canceled your reservation.

He’s still calling you to the table, not just to observe, but to receive. Not just to nibble, but to feast. And once you sit, something begins to happen. The meal is not random. Each course is intentional. God begins to place on your plate the very things your soul has needed but your flesh has resisted, truth, correction, healing, maturity, and preparation.

There will be moments when what He serves doesn’t look like what you prayed for. It might be wrapped in a waiting season or seasoned with discomfort. But trust the One who prepares the table. He doesn’t serve you to satisfy your feelings, He serves to strengthen your future. And then comes the deeper test, not just of obedience, but of endurance.

You must learn to stay until you’re full. Many come to the table, taste a few blessings, and leave prematurely. But those who remain, those who dwell, are the ones who are transformed. Philippians 1:6 reminds us that God finishes what He starts. Isaiah 40:31 promises that those who wait on the Lord will renew their strength. Fullness is not for the rushed. It’s for the rooted.

And when you’ve stayed, when you’ve surrendered, trusted, and eaten the Word until it becomes life in you, God does something undeniable. He causes your enemies to witness your feast. You don’t need to fight for vindication when your seat speaks louder than your silence. God doesn’t remove your enemies; He prepares your table in front of them. It becomes a prophetic scene: the oil flows, the cup overflows, and the enemy can do nothing but watch.

But this table is not just about being filled. It’s about being poured out. What you’ve received is now meant to overflow into others. John 7:38 says that rivers of living water will flow from within those who believe. That means you become a well. A vessel. A fountain of the very grace you once had to wait for. You begin to serve what you once sat under. You become the evidence of what staying at the table will do.

So, rise but rise slowly. Rise with reverence. Rise with power. Rise knowing that the table changed you. And now that your cup runs over, someone else is waiting for your overflow. You are no longer just the one being fed. You are the one being sent. The table was never the end. It was the beginning.

Let’s Pray:
Father, Thank You for calling me to the table. Thank You for reserving a seat with my name on it, even when I didn’t feel worthy, even when I was tempted to walk away, even when fear tried to convince me I had missed my moment. Thank You for being patient with me, for not removing my place, for keeping the invitation open while You worked on my heart. Today, I surrender every excuse. I break agreement with fear, shame, comparison, and delay. I come boldly, humbly, but boldly, to the table You’ve prepared. And I choose to stay. I will not walk away because it’s unfamiliar. I will not push away what You serve because it challenges me. I trust that what You feed me is what I need. Even if it stretches me, it will sustain me. Even if it convicts me, it will complete me. Father, give me the strength to remain. Anchor my soul in Your presence. Quiet every lie that tells me I’m behind. Remind me that You’re not just feeding me for the moment, You’re preparing me for the mission. I ask for spiritual endurance. I ask for fresh hunger. I ask for deeper understanding. And I declare I will not leave this table until I am full of purpose, full of healing, full of revelation, and full of peace. Lord, I thank You for the oil. I thank You that it drips from my head, saturates my identity, and silences every accusation. I thank You that the enemy has no access to this seat. I thank You that You fight for me, not with weapons, but with presence. You prepare. You protect. You provide. And now, as my cup runs over, I ask You, show me where to pour. Let me be a table for others. Let me feed what You’ve given me to feed. Let me live as one who’s been filled. No longer striving. No longer starving. But seated, secure, sent. This table changed everything. And I will never be the same again. Who needs the overflow? Who needs the word, the healing, the testimony, the love that You’ve placed in me? In the Name of Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen!

Blessings…
Love, Minister Jean
Have A Blessed Weekend…

Psalm 46:1 (KJV) ~ “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”

There is a sacred place of safety that doesn’t crumble under pressure, a place stronger than the storms that rise around you. That place is not made of walls or human strength, it is the Presence of God Himself. Psalm 46:1 is a reminder that God is, not was, not might be, but is your refuge and strength. He is not removed from your situation. He is your immediate help in the heat of trouble. To say God is your refuge means that He surrounds you like a fortress. In Him, you are covered, secure, and protected. But His refuge is not only a place to hide, it is a place to be made whole. God is not simply keeping you from breaking; He is helping you rebuild while you are under His wings. He is your shield, but He is also your shelter of restoration.

And He is not just a place of safety; He is the strength you need when you have none left. He infuses divine energy into weary hearts and courage into trembling hands. His strength is steady when yours is wavering. He empowers you to face what once made you run. Where your ability ends, His begins. As Isaiah 40:29 promises, “He gives power to the faint; and to them that have no might He increaseth strength.” God is not delayed in showing up. He is very present. His nearness isn’t determined by your feelings, He is with you whether you feel Him or not.

The Presence of trouble does not mean the absence of God. In fact, it is often in trouble that you become most aware of how real, personal, and powerful He truly is. Psalm 34:18 assures us, “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.” Even when life caves in around you, your refuge does not cave in with it. His Presence doesn’t change because of your circumstances. When your heart is overwhelmed, you can say as the psalmist did in Psalm 61:2, “Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.” He is the rock that doesn’t move, the refuge that never collapses, and the helper who never sleeps.

Sometimes, you may think you must be strong before you can come to God. But God doesn’t ask you to be strong first, He is your strength. In your moments of fear, fatigue, and even failure, He welcomes you with open arms. Proverbs 18:10 reminds us, “The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run into it and are safe.” You don’t have to figure everything out. You just have to run into Him. Your help is not on the way, it’s already here. God is already working behind the scenes. He is not caught off guard by your trouble. He foresaw it and made provision for it. He is not pacing the heavens wondering what to do, He is seated in sovereignty, ruling with all power in His hands. Psalm 121:1–2 declares, “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.”

So today, don’t measure your hope by the size of your storm. Measure your peace by the size of your God. He is your refuge and your strength. Run to Him, not just when things fall apart, but because He holds all things together. He isn’t just a temporary escape. He is your eternal, unshakable hiding place. Refuge is not just about hiding, it’s about healing, recovering, and rising again under God’s protection. God isn’t looking for you to have it all together. He’s offering to hold you together. Trust that His arms are wide enough to catch you and strong enough to keep you. Even now, especially now, He is your refuge.

Let’s Pray:
Thank You Father! Father, I come before You with a heart that sometimes feels weary from the weight of life, but today, I choose to rest in the truth that You are my refuge. You are not a distant God watching from afar, you are a very present help, near to every cry, tuned in to every tear, and attentive to the silent groans of my heart. Thank You for being both my shelter and my strength. When everything around me feels uncertain, when I’m surrounded by fear, confusion, or pressure, help me to remember that You are my unshakable place of safety. You never slumber, never turn away, and never tire of protecting me. Teach me to find peace not in the absence of problems, but in Your Presence that overshadows them. Lord, in times when I feel weak and inadequate, remind me that Your strength is made perfect in my weakness. Let me draw deeply from Your well of grace and be renewed in spirit, mind, and body. Be the calm in my chaos, the clarity in my confusion, and the courage in my fear. Help me to surrender every worry into Your capable hands. Father, when I am tempted to run to other things for comfort, people, distractions, or false securities, pull me back to You. Let Your Word be my anchor, and Your promises my foundation. Wrap me in Your peace that passes understanding and remind me daily that You are enough. Thank You for being consistent, faithful, and true. You are not only my God, you are my hiding place, my covering, my shield, and my defender. I trust You with everything that concerns me, and I rest in the shelter of Your love. In the Name of Jesus Christ, my Refuge and Strength, Amen.

Blessings…
Love Minister Jean

Psalm 103:2-5 ~ “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.”

Do you understand what you have in your divine benefits package from God? In our daily lives, we are quick to check what benefits we receive from our jobs, our insurance plans, or even our bank accounts. You will ensure that you don’t miss anything owed to you. But how often do you check your spiritual benefits?

Psalm 103 tells you to bless the Lord and not to forget all His benefits. These benefits are not temporary, nor are they based on human systems, but they are eternal and freely given through Jesus Christ. God forgives, heals, redeems, crowns, and satisfies us. Yet so many times you live beneath your privileges because you failed to access everything that God has already provided.

Think about this, there was a grand estate, filled with treasures beyond measure, gold-lined halls, lush gardens of endless fruit, and rooms overflowing with gifts prepared for the rightful heir. The deed had been signed long ago, and all the benefits of the estate belonged to the one for whom it was prepared. Yet, day after day, the estate remained quiet, untouched. The rightful owner lived not in the mansion, but outside the gates, struggling for survival. The heir labored tirelessly, working for scraps, searching for peace, longing for joy, never realizing that everything needed had already been provided.

One day, a messenger arrived with a letter sealed by the Master of the estate. It read: “Why do you live as though you are poor when I have given you wealth beyond measure? Why do you hunger when I have set a feast before you? Why do you wander in uncertainty when I have written your name in my book and given you the key to the kingdom? All that I have is already yours. Come and take what belongs to you!” At last, understanding dawned. The doors had never been locked. The inheritance had never been revoked. Everything that had been missing peace, healing, joy, protection, provision, was already within reach. The heir only had to step forward and receive. And so, the gates were opened, and for the first time, the one to whom it all belonged walked in the fullness of the inheritance. The hunger was satisfied, the burdens lifted, and the blessings poured out abundantly. The estate had never been empty. The benefits had never been withheld. They were simply waiting for the rightful owner to claim them. You! Many Christians live this way, spiritually bankrupt when their Heavenly Father has given them unlimited riches in Christ.”

Much like the heir in the story, you have failed to walk in the benefits God has already given. According to Psalm 103:2-5, His benefits include forgiveness of sins, healing, redemption from destruction, a crown of lovingkindness and mercy, and satisfaction with good things that renew strength like an eagle. These are not just occasional blessings, but divine provisions meant for every believer. Forgiveness ensures freedom from guilt and shame, healing restores both the body and soul, redemption keeps us from the traps of the enemy, God’s love and mercy provide covering and favor, and His goodness renews and refreshes our strength for the journey ahead.

Despite these promises, many times you have missed out on God’s benefits due to a lack of knowledge, doubt, fear, or disobedience. Hosea 4:6 warns that “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.” Some do not claim their benefits because they are unaware of what belongs to them. Stop letting fear and condemnation keep you from stepping into God’s blessings. For all of His promises, are seen in Deuteronomy 28, where obedience brings blessings and disobedience leads to lack.

To receive all of God’s benefits, you must first acknowledge and thank Him for what has already been provided. Gratitude shifts the heart into a position of faith. Next, you have to study and declare God’s Word and speak His promises over your life and rejecting every lie of the enemy. Praying in faith, without wavering, activates God’s blessings (James 1:6-7). Walking in obedience aligns you with divine provision, ensuring that you are in position to receive what God has already prepared. Finally, receiving by faith is crucial, there must be a bold confidence that God is who He says He is and that He will do what He has promised! 

The doors to God’s blessings have never been locked. The inheritance has already been given. All that is required is your willingness to believe, step forward, and claim what has been freely provided. Do not live outside the gates of your spiritual inheritance. Walk in, receive your benefits, and experience the fullness of all that God has in store for you!

Let’s Pray:

Thank You Father for another day! Thank You for choosing me to be a part of it! I come before You with a heart full of thanksgiving. You are a good and faithful God, and I bless Your Holy Name. Thank You for the benefits You have freely given me as Your child. I refuse to live beneath my privileges, and I declare today that I will walk in the fullness of Your promises. Father, I receive Your forgiveness, and I will not allow guilt or shame to weigh me down because Your Word declares that You have cast my sins as far as the east is from the west (Psalm 103:12). Thank You for Your grace and mercy that cover me. Thank You for redeeming my life from destruction. Even when the enemy planned to harm me, You turned it around for my good. You are my Deliverer, my Protector, and my Refuge. No weapon formed against me shall prosper (Isaiah 54:17). Father, I receive the crown of Your lovingkindness and tender mercies. I am not forgotten, abandoned, or alone. I am chosen, loved, and highly favored by You. Your mercies are new every morning, and I will walk in them. Father, I receive Your satisfaction and renewal. Fill my heart with Your peace, joy, and abundance. Strengthen me so that I will soar like an eagle above every challenge. I refuse to live in lack, for You supply all my needs according to Your riches in glory (Philippians 4:19). Today, I align my heart, mind, and spirit with Your will. I will not doubt, fear, or hesitate. I claim every benefit You have given me, and I will walk in them with confidence. In Jesus Christ Mighty. Amen!

Blessings…

Love, Minister Jean

Psalm 139:7-12 NLT ~ “I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence! [8] If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the grave, you are there. [9] If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans, [10] even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me. [11] I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night- [12] but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you.”

Good Morning Holy Spirit, I Welcome Your Presence on this 1st Monday of 2025!

Where can you go from the Lord’s spirit? Let me tell you, so that you don’t waste any more of your precious time, there is Nowhere that you can go! Period! Your Father is everywhere at the same time, He is Omnipresent! Today, there is nowhere else you should desire to be except in Your Father’s, Presence, that’s where His Glory resides! Did you receive this? His Glory is where His Presence is! You are never alone when you have God, God is always with you, everywhere you go, He goes!

In your busiest moments and in your quietest ones, God’s Presence surrounds you. Yet, I know that there are times in life when you may feel overwhelmed by guilt, shame, or fear, and it can cause you to believe you need to hide from God. You know what you do, you try to bury your worries in busyness, drown out your pain in distractions, or run from accountability, all the while forgetting one simple truth, there is no place you can go where God is not there! As a matter of fact, He beats you to that place that you are trying to run and hide in!

So today, instead of running, stop! Instead of hiding, turn to Him! He is waiting, not to judge or condemn, you but to hold and guide you. When you embrace this truth, you’ll find that the very Presence you feared is the source of your greatest peace. Psalm 139 reminds you of the inescapable and comforting Presence of God. Whether you find yourself on a mountaintop of joy or in valley of despair, He is there. When you feel lost, confused, or even consumed by darkness, God’s light breaks through. There’s no place too far, too dark, or too broken for His love and guidance to reach you.

In your struggles, you may often feel the urge to run from God, believing that your mistakes or weaknesses disqualify you from His presence. But Psalm 139 assures you of a comforting and transformative truth, God is everywhere. He is with you in the highs and lows, the darkness and the light. No matter how far you try to go, physically, emotionally, or spiritually, His love remains steadfast towards you.

His Presence is the source of renewal and restoration that you need. This theme in Psalms is echoed also in Romans 8:38-39, “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” God’s love for you knows no bounds; it breaks through all of your walls and reaches you in places that you never thought He would go!

And in Jeremiah 23:23-24, God declares, “Do I not fill heaven and earth?” He is never far; even when you feel lost, you are never out of His sight. It is in God’s Presence, that your call becomes clearer! It’s in His Presence where He talks with you! It’s in His Presence that He walks with you! It’s in His Presence that you find joy! It’s in His Presence that you find peace! It’s in His Presence that you find love! It’s in Presence where His Glory shows up and changes your life! It’s in this place, His Presence, that His Glory appears, and there is no other place you should ever want to be! How amazing it is to be in God’s Presence and to see His Glory show up!

God’s Presence is not only a comfort but also an anchor in times of fear and uncertainty. Consider Isaiah 41:10, which says, “Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” So, no matter what you are facing, challenges, difficulties, or inner battles, God’s Presence equips you with courage and endurance to keep pushing. When you stop running and allow Him to meet you where you are, you will find out that His strength has been enabling you to move forward all along!

Furthermore, God’s Presence is a constant reminder of how deeply known and valued you are. He is not a distant deity watching from afar, but an intimate Father who understands your every emotion, thought, and need. Matthew 10:29-31 tells you that not even a sparrow falls to the ground outside of God’s care, and that you are worth far more than sparrows. How reassuring it is to know that the Creator of the universe is mindful of you! You don’t need to hide, because God already knows you fully and still desires to walk with you. Reflecting on these truths can change how you navigate life. Instead of resisting or running, stop and invite Him into the deepest places of your heart!

Remember and know this, God knows every hidden corner of your heart and yet pursues you still. His Presence is not something to flee but something to embrace every single moment of every single day that He has given you your life!

Let’s Pray:
Father, today I will open my mouth and declare Your goodness before everyone that I meet. Father, thank You for never leaving me, even when I tried to run and hide. Help me to rest in Your Presence and bring my whole heart to You, alongside with my fears, my failures, and my hope. Open my eyes to see that I don’t need to run, for Your love pursues me relentlessly. Thank You for being my ever-present help, in every season of my life. Father, teach me to trust that You can meet me with grace and not judgment. Wherever I go, remind me that Your hand guides me, and Your love never fails. Fill the dark corners of my life with Your light and give me the courage to surrender my life to You and to fully submit to Your Ways. Let me rest in the assurance that I am never alone and that Your plans for me are always good. I will declare I’m victorious because of what You are doing in my life, and I belong to You! Father, Thank You for Your promises and everlasting Presence that covers me and everyone that I am concerned about. Father, mold my heart to seek You in all things and to walk confidently in the knowledge that Your presence surrounds me in every moment of my life. Father, there is nowhere that I want to be, except in Your Presence, for Your Glory and my good. In Jesus Christ Name, Amen!

Blessings…
Love, Minister Jean

Proverbs 17:3 ~ “The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart.”

Let’s look at the process and purpose of the fire! And to be specific, the Refining Fire! God uses the “Firing Pot and the Furnace” for the purpose of purifying you. The Pot and The Furnace show what God uses to work out of you the wrong stuff and how He works in your life to make you the best possible you for His Glory! There is a Purpose in the Refining Process, and you need to know that you know that He is Refining you on purpose!

Silver and Gold are two different things, but they are both refined by the Fire, one is tried in the firing pot and the other in a furnace! But your heart is purified by God through the fiery furnace of afflictions and trials! Man can refine silver in the firing pot and gold in the furnace, but he cannot refine the heart! Nobody can do this, only God can change your heart! Can’t Nobody Do You Like The LORD! You do know that your heart is deceitful above all things, and it is wicked: who can know it? Nobody but the Lord, (Jeremiah 17:9-10)! And the Lord is going to reward you according to your heart, (1 Kings 8:39), you cannot escape what’s in your heart, for what’s in you in bound to come out of you!

It takes intense heat to purify gold and silver. Similarly, it often takes the heat of trials for you be purified, to come to God. Through trials, God shows you what is in your heart and clears out anything that gets in the way of you completely trusting in Him. Peter said, “These trials will show you if your faith is genuine or not. Your faith is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold though your faith is far more precious than mere gold” (1 Peter 1:7). So, when tough times come your way, thank God and realize that He wants to use them to refine your faith and purify your heart.

God knows you; He knows what you are afraid of and what you boast about, He knows your strengths and weaknesses, your temptations and your secrets, and He knows what sets you off and what shuts you up! God is refining you of the sins that so easily beset you! Humble yourselves before Him, because He will humble you in the furnace of afflictions to test and try your faith in adversity! He will use the firing pot of infirmities to build up your dependence on His Mercy and Grace!

How can silver and gold be purged, purified, and prepared without the fire? How can your heart be purged, purified and prepared without going through the God’s firing pot and furnace, (Psalm 139:23-24)? You have to go through the firing process to burn away all of your impurities, that they may float to the top so, that God can remove the dross, (the dross is everything that hinders the true you from being pure and ready for use), that you will be ready and fit for service in the Kingdom of God, in the earth realm! The process is painful, but the promise outcome is Glorious, and it will Glorify your Father and increase your Faith! Today, submit your heart to His Firing Process and watch your faith explode for good through the refining process! Embrace the fire that comes your way, it’s from God!

Let’s Pray:
Father, Thank You! Thank You for purging me by the fire of Your Holy Spirit. Thank You Father, for clearing and cleaning my mind that I may think like You! Father, continue to burn through me and push the dross and impurities to the surface of my life, because the more dross that You remove, the better I will be! Father, purify my heart that I may love like You! Father, guide me, that Your purpose and Presence will shine brightly through me! Father, I’m going to praise and worship You through this process, for I know that it is for my good and Your Glory! In the Name of Jesus Christ! Amen!

Blessings…
Minister Jean