On the Mountain with Jesus by Nina Keegan

Psalm 3:4 

I cried out to the Lord,

and he answered me from his HOLY MOUNTAIN

WHAT HAPPENS ON THE MOUNTAINS..?

 I was reading today about the transfiguration on the mountain Matthew 9:2-12, I started realizing something about mountains and had a revelation from the Lord..

Jesus often took the disciples to either Mount Herman or Mount Tabor, a mountain was often associated with closeness to God and symbolized a readiness to receive his words. 

God had appeared to both Moses and Elijah on MOUNTAINS

Exodus 24:12-18 (NKJV)

12 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and be there; and I will give you tablets of stone, and the law and commandments which I have written, that you may teach them.”

1Kings 19:11

11 Then He said, (to Elijah)"Go out, and stand on the mountain before the Lord.”

Coincidentally ,

Scripture talks about how MOUNTAINS CAN BE A SYMBOL FOR TRIALS..  and that they, through faith , prayer and declaration shall become level plains in our lives... yes mountains of adversity and strongholds can be cast into the sea if we have faith just the size of a tiny mustard seed! 

The Bible talks about how we should speak to our mountain and the mountain ( of adversity) shall be cast into the sea...

Rev 8:8

[ Second Trumpet: The Seas Struck ] Then thesecond angel sounded: And something like a great mountain burning with fire was throwninto the sea, and a third of the sea became blood.

Zec 4:7 Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.

Mark 11:23

"Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.

The revelation I had is this: mountains symbolize two very different things in the Bible

God brings us through our mountains (trials) that need to become level Plains... that is where we are drawn so incredibly close to God, that's where we can see God's hand revealed.. , that's where He can oftentimes meet us in the pit ... 

On the other hand, the mountain top... high and lifted up, that's when we are so close to God, that's when we can hear clearly from God.. perhaps it is just a great image, a visual where we can see ourselves closer to God on the mountain tops having meetings with him like Moses and Elijah and witnessing the miraculous, high and lifted up above the naysayers down below. 

 "Many times through our mountainous trials… We can meet God on His mountain of victory!"

 When we are on our proverbial mountain top, elevated in the authority we have in Christ and in the light of God's revelation.. we can meet God to level those negative mountains that pop up in our lives, the trials, the tribulation, the angst, the worry and fear... all of the mountains that come to steal, kill and destroy, the bait of satan

that tries to devour us!

When I go back to that scripture about the transfiguration of Jesus, He took only Peter, James and John and led them up this high mountain and they watched as miraculously Jesus's appearance was brilliantly transformed…

 There were 12 disciples, do you ever wonder why only these three men were selected? Perhaps they were the only ones ready to completely understand and accept the great truth ...they were in the inner circle, they were among the first to hear Jesus's call..they were present at certain healings where others were excluded...I believe they were READY… I believe God is waiting on us to be ready.. sold out, available and obedient!

Luke 8:51

When he arrived at the house of Jairus, he (Jesus)did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John and James, and the child's father and mother.

The 3 had witnessed something amazing on the mountain of Transfiguration and were also told on the decent from the mountain, not to discuss what they had witnessed with anyone else… perhaps they were the only ones Jesus knew could handle such a miracle ...Jesus said this because they would not fully understand anything until Jesus had risen from the dead; only then would they realize that only through dying could Jesus show his victorious power over death and his complete authority to be King of kings,  Lord of lords… The disciples were not fully able to be powerful witnesses of God until they had grasped this as divine truth.

They did not have the Bible, they did not have God's revealed word, JESUS HAD NOT YET DIED AND RISEN..we have the scriptures that tell us about Jesus death and resurrection we have no excuse for unbelief.

We should never be afraid to confront evil (our mountains of adversity)  and to take our authority in Jesus on the mountain top! Jesus will always go with us, he will meet us on those mountain tops…we don't have to go on a search for Jesus like the disciples did.

We can meet Jesus high and lifted up on the mountain top closest to God… Where we can go when we are ready! What are you waiting for... go now.. lay down your fears, ask God to help your unbelief and meet him today..

I don't know about you but I want to be ready and willing for Jesus to lead me to the mountaintop and to receive great revelation of the mysteries of his divine will!

Eph 1:9

he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ,

We give God all glory and praise!

" God we ask for great knowledge and understanding that we will be ready and willing… We praise you and thank you for your wisdom and guidance into all truth in Jesus name we pray!"

Faith Moving Mountains

Matthew 17:20

And He said to them, "Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this MOUNTAIN 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.

Psalm 125:2

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So the LORD surrounds His people From this time forth and forever.

Psalm 11:1

In the LORD I take refuge; How can you say to my soul, "Flee as a bird to your mountain;

Psalm 90:2

Before the mountains were born Or You gave birth to the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

Isaiah 54:10

"For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake, But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you, And My covenant of peace will not be shaken," Says the LORD who has compassion on you.

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No More Delays.. by Nina Keegan

NO MORE DELAYS! WE DECREE OUR VICTORIES TO COME FORTH ! 

What is delaying your breakthrough… Is there something holding you back, a destiny robber, a delayer of promises.. A hindering spirit?

Daniel 10:10-14New Living Translation (NLT)

10 Just then a hand touched me and lifted me, still trembling, to my hands and knees.11 And the man said to me, “Daniel, you are very precious to God, so listen carefully to what I have to say to you. Stand up, for I have been sent to you.” When he said this to me, I stood up, still trembling.

12 Then he said, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day you began to pray for understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your request has been heard in heaven. I have come in answer to your prayer. 13 But for twenty-one days the SPIRIT OF PRINCE, ( Delay) of the kingdom of Persia BLOCKED my way. 

Then Michael, one of the archangels,[b] came to help me, and I left him there with the spirit prince ( delay) of the kingdom of Persia.[c] 14 Now I am here to explain what will happen to your people in the future, for this vision concerns a time yet to come.”

My friends if you have been praying for something and you feel like your prayers have not been answered, it's time to start praying against the spirit of delay and for God to send angels to bind and hold back that spirit so that our prayers can answered...

Is that scripture not amazing? Such revelation…it says that Daniel's prayers were heard,...But the spirit prince(delay), was holding back and hindering his breakthrough… But then Archangel Michael was sent to bind that spirit so he could receive his breakthrough...!

I feel God is revealing new mysteries to us about how to pray.. God is faithful to his promises so he always lets us know what we need to know to receive our victory and so in the name of Jesus we declare that any pronouncement or decision causing delay in our lives and in our victories be overturned and overruled by the blood of Jesus in the courts of heaven! 

We decree right now that we have the full potential to overcome annihilate, paralyze and neutralize the spirit of delay by the blood of Jesus, and in the name of Jesus and by the power of the Holy Spirit!

We pray right now in the name of Jesus that our lives will move forward, no more delays, no more limitations,and that we will rule and reign in life over the spirit of delay!

 I thank you Father that we are now restored from all things that have been stolen from our lives through delay, we come right now into an agreement that all spirits of distraction and interruption will be halted from our lives and cease to exist.

We thank you that every stronghold be pulled down, that all curses causing delay be annihilated, that any negative words ever spoken over us that have paralyzed our victory be neutralized by the work of the cross in Jesus name!

We thank you Father that you would send angels on command as we pray to guide us to victory and to fight off and to hold back that spirit of delay! We ask the Holy Spirit for wisdom, revelation, counsel and supernatural understanding!

 We praise you God that you would open our spiritual eyes to see and our spiritual ears to hear.. we ask the Holy Spirit to help us discover and discern any workings of the spirit of delay operating in our lives and in the lives of our loved ones.

Restore any area of our lives concerning promises, prayers answered, godly desires and plans, hopes and destinies; and that we would have spiritual mental, social, and financial maturity and wisdom to be over comers in Jesus name.

We ask for breakthrough angels and restoration angels to work on our behalf. Make our paths clear and align us in proper balance through the knowledge of your love for us...

We bind any opened doorways that we might have given the spirit of delay an opportunity through fear, complaining, prayerlessness,sin, temptation, desire to give up, frustration, anxiousness, depression and unbelief!

You said Father that in an acceptable time you have heard us and you said Lord God that you will bring us victory on every side, that your grace is sufficient for us and that our strength is made perfect in weakness ..let the power of Christ rest on each one of us!

We thank you Father that in your strong nail scarred hands we place what the enemy meant for harm and we know there, in that place, in your grip, it can only be made good!

We love you and praise you in Jesus name… We give you all glory, holy holy holy, Lord God Almighty who was, and is, and is to come!

Thank you Father that you would expedite our victories and redeem the time and restore to each and every one of us everything that is been held up and delayed!

In Jesus holy name again we pray!

1 Thessalonians 2:18King James Version (KJV)

18 Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.

Hebrews 10:36-39New King James Version (NKJV)

36 For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:

37 “For yet a little while,
And He  who is coming will come and will not tarry.
38 Now the just shall live by faith;
But if anyone draws back,
My soul has no pleasure in him.”

39 But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.

“Let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily hinders our progress ...” (Hebrews 12:1b NLT)

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GODS WORD HAS STAYING POWER .. By Nina Keegan

God calls you what you are WAY BEFORE it happens... people will call you what you are after it happens…good or bad, true or untrue.. many times people's words " I told you so's" and declarations over our lives have STINGING POWER...many times we believe these lies in our lives and our lives begins to take on the meaning of the negative words we have believed including the negative words we have declared about ourselves...God's words have STAYING POWER! His words are lasting and true and have the power to overcome any negativity that's ever been spoken over us… But how many of us believe what the enemy is laying down over what the word of God says about our lives...?

STINGING POWER OR STAYING POWER..!

 

God called Abraham the father of many nations... long, oh so LONG BEFORE it would ever happen, yet God spoke it.. so it happened! It made no sense what's so ever, that Abraham and Sarah, an elderly couple well beyond child bearing years would ever see God's words come to pass... How would He have one child let alone become the father of Nations? Even so... they still had to wait.. They had to wait for God's perfect timing…The kairos  timing of God is perfect.. He must prepare so many things behind the scenes that we will never even know about in order for God's vision to come to pass in our lives… But if GOD said it, He will do it ..make no doubt about it… God doesn't make mistakes! 

David was called to be a future King when he was just a mere shepherd boy..he wasn't even in the lineup of Jesses's  sons. They didn't even call him in the house to have a chance at consideration... and yet God knew exactly where he was…… no one could stop or lock out of the house what God had ordained for David ...And God knows where you are and he knows who has left you out of the lineup and who has deemed you unworthy!

David was Considered, simple, small and unworthy by his own father… Yet nothing could stop God's call on his life… God qualified him because David had a heart for God… And that gave God a springboard of faith from which He could do a mighty work... God needs obedience and God needs availability...then the sky is the limit in what God can accomplish with your life! God calls you blessed, successful, prosperous, highly focused, fearfully and wonderfully made, loved, qualified, skilled, righteous in him, worthy, and highly favored, healthy, and  talented .. 

He spoke these words ahead of time.. 

The list of who you are in Christ goes on and on… God called us these things before we were even born, He knit us together in our mothers wombs  for a purpose that only He knows… We are each unique in our call… You have talents and gifts that no one else does! No matter what negative things have been spoken over your life.. no matter who set limits and built the box of limitations that encapsulates you... GOD'S WORD IS THE ONLY TRUTH! What He says about you is the truth for your life… And there is a plan for your life that no one can steal unless you believe the lies the enemy has laid before You...

It's time to abandon every," you will never amount to anything"… "You're not qualified, you're not smart enough, good enough, pretty enough, talented enough... " lies !!!  Bury those lies in the sea of the abyss and cast them away through your authority in Jesus… Go back to what the word says about you… The words God penned with such love before you ever lived a single day… Just like the words that were spoken over and over again in the Bible over Abraham, Joseph, David, and many others… Those words when believed by you, by the renewing your mind and by you choosing to believe them,

will result in the most brilliant plan steeped in the fullness of God's pure joy for your life… Everything else is just a consolation prize… Receive all that God has in store for you, be determined to get everything he has planned for your life, and be determined that no one and nothing can come against God's word ...God's peace.. God's joy.. go get the victory even if it doesn't seem true right now .. victorious words have already been spoken over your life. They have already been declared. The outcome is  already determined.... Live with that life!!! 

Live what God has said about you ahead of time..

So like Abraham start declaring what God said no matter how far fetched it seems… Because God does his best work in a "that's impossible" situation!

You Are Valuable

I am the Creator and you are my creation. I breathed into your nostrils the breath of life (Genesis 2:7). I created you in my own image (Genesis 1:27). My eyes saw your unformed substance (Psalm 139:16). I knit you together in your mother’s womb (Psalm 139:13). I know the number of hairs on your head, and before a word is on your tongue I know it (Matthew 10:30; Psalm 139:4). You are fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14).

I am God's child.
Galatians 3:26

I am Jesus' friend.
John 15:15

I am a whole new person with a whole new life.
2 Corinthians 5:17

I am a place where God's Spirit lives.
1 Corinthians 6:19

I am God's Incredible work of art.
Ephesians 2:10

I am totally and completely forgiven.
1 John 1:9

I am created In God's likeness.
Ephesians 4:24

I am spiritually alive.
Ephesians 2:5

I am a citizen of Heaven.
Philippians 3:20

I am God's messenger to the world.
Acts 1:8

I am God's disciple-maker.
Matthew 28:19

I am the salt of the earth.
Matthew 5:13

I am the light of the world.
Matthew 5:14

I am greatly loved.

Romans 5:8

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Made Whole In Him by Nina Keegan

MADE WHOLE IN HIM!

The brilliant steadfast word of God is so alive and unchanging and has the power to transform any and every life.

PSALM 107:20

"He sent his word and healed them…"

There is executive power in the word of God and when we speak it, it is an unrelenting sword to pierce through any evil and bring miraculous change. The power of God's word has not been diminished or changed through the centuries..

Because God's word is unchanging… Its supernatural power when spoken and declared is still bringing forth creative miracles today!

In reading the Bible story about Jesus healing the man at the pool of Bethesda, John 5:1-15....I get asked many times why Jesus didn't heal everyone that was lingering around that pool ... Many disease ridden people laid around the pool unhealed because they were doubtful .. they couldn't see beyond what they had placed their hope in... many had kept their eyes on the pool.. their faith was in the waters .. and they had no eyes for

Jesus! 

How many of us are over looking the miracle that's in Jesus? How many of us are over looking who is right there with us… The miracle worker right in front of us.. ? JESUS is waiting on you to invite him into your life to bring transformation, healing, deliverance, restoration…

Are we over looking the miracle? Are we stepping over the POWER of who Christ is for a rigid list of religious must do's?

How many of us are putting our hope in a teaching, a prayer, a doctor, a medicine,… trying to obey every law and feeling exhausted in our efforts to be good enough to feel worthy to be touched by God?

When we pray, our hope should not be in our prayers… But in the ONE who has the ability to answer them!

Many of us keep our trust and hope in the things we can see with our eyes, the things we deem provable...

Faith is always in what we cannot see or why would we ever need faith at all?

We need to get our eyes on God instead of on things!

We are in the world but not of the world… We are over comers… We must take heart because Jesus came and through  his blood shed, He has overcome the world!

IT IS GOD'S WILL FOR YOU TO BE WHOLE IN EVERY AREA OF YOUR LIFE!

Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. It is God's  will that you be healed, restored, vindicated, redeemed, prosperous,and blessed in every area of your life, in other words, Jesus wants to make you whole!

It is God's will for us to prosper even as our soul prospers… We are not meant for a day of calamity and we are not meant  to be broken down Christians, we are to be a light in the darkness, we are to share the very countenance of Jesus so brilliantly that we might walk in an anointed holiness and that there may be an evidence of Him bestowed to us for all people to see..

Let them see transformation on you ,let others see Jesus in you, let them see your former brokenness be completely made whole through the blood of Jesus and the written, spoken Word of God!

The power of God is the absolute same today as days of old.. we must believe God's word and every "thus saith the Lord"!  God is coming forth, we want to be in the rising tide and accept all that God has for us,

all that is available to us, all that God said, and all that God  wants to do WITHOUT HESITATION! 

"Wilt thou be made whole?"it is Jesus who asks this question… Give Him your answer!

1Thess 5:23-28

May God himself, the God who makes everything holy and whole, make you holy and whole, put you together - spirit, soul, and body - and keep you fit for the coming of our Master, Jesus Christ. 

24 The One who called you is completely dependable. If he said it, he'll do it! 

25 Friends, keep up your prayers for us. 

26 Greet all the Christians there with a holy embrace. 

27 And make sure this letter gets read to all the brothers and sisters. Don't leave anyone out. 

28The amazing grace of Jesus Christ be with you!

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STAY PRAYED UP by Nina Keegan

STAY PRAYED UP! BE A WARRIOR OF THE WORD!

To be a strong military or army, they must be very prepared in every way to stay protected… They have their full military armor, They have full instructions on how to use their weaponry, they study to learn how to recognize the enemy and to stay vigilant and alert in case of an attack. They learn defensive and offensive strategies in order to outsmart, cancel and prevent enemy attacks.

Friends our spiritual battles need to be handled very much the same way! Just because our battles maybe supernatural we still need to be completely strategic in our battle plan.

One thing I do every day is pray Psalm 91 protection over myself my family, my friends, my ministry, and for this nation! I boldly pray these prayers out loud as the enemy is the prince of the atmosphere… He cannot stand against the word of God!
I break it down line by line and physically see myself protected, covered.. as I declare these words over every concern I have and every situation!

Psalm 91
1 Those who live in the shelter of the Most High
    will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 This I declare about the Lord:
He alone is my refuge, my place of safety;
    he is my God, and I trust him.
3 For he will rescue you from every trap
    and protect you from deadly disease.
4 He will cover you with his feathers.
    He will shelter you with his wings.
    His faithful promises are your armor and protection.
5 Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night,
    nor the arrow that flies in the day.
6 Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness,
    nor the disaster that strikes at midday.
7 Though a thousand fall at your side,
    though ten thousand are dying around you,
    these evils will not touch you.
8 Just open your eyes,
    and see how the wicked are punished.
9 If you make the Lord your refuge,
    if you make the Most High your shelter,
10 no evil will conquer you;
    no plague will come near your home.
11 For he will order his angels
    to protect you wherever you go.
12 They will hold you up with their hands
    so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.
13 You will trample upon lions and cobras;
    you will crush fierce lions and serpents under your feet!
14 The Lord says, “I will rescue those who love me.
    I will protect those who trust in my name.
15 When they call on me, I will answer;
    I will be with them in trouble.
    I will rescue and honor them.
16 I will reward them with a long life
    and give them my salvation.”
Each morning I physically see myself putting on the whole armor of God and I see myself with my sword and my shield ready for battle and ready to overcome… We must be prepared with an arsenal of the word of God… It is our double edge sword that can cut through anything the enemy throws our way! The battle is already Won...the enemy is a defeated foe! We need to realize and know who we are in Christ.. we are sword bearers of the word!!

Ephesians 6:11-18King James Version (KJV)
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.

I pray the Lord's prayer every day in earnest knowing that this is the prayer that Jesus himself told us to pray… It is not just words that we have memorized since childhood… But it is a blueprint to follow every day! I personalize it and pray each line specifically for certain needs in my life… I love when it says that "Thy kingdom come"… I pray that Heaven kisses earth concerning all needs… We glorify God By Hallowing (praising )his name!!! We have knowledge of who he is as OUR FATHER...!
The Lord's Prayer 
Matthew 6:9-13

Our Father, which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come. 
Thy will be done in earth, 
As it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
As we forgive them that trespass against us. 
And lead us not into temptation, 
But deliver us from evil. 
For thine is the kingdom, 
The power, and the glory, 
For ever and ever. 
Amen

Next I always say the prayer of JABEZ
The prayer for God to bless us INDEED in  every area of our lives... that's not just normal blessings... that's a blessing indeed, that's an Bonafide exclamation point! BELIEVING FOR
GODS BEST .. and for Him to expand our territories, our purposes, and His divine plan for us... glory to God!!

1Chron 4:10
The prayer 
"And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, 'Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain.' So God granted him what he requested."

Each day I like to start my day ready for battle, geared up, prayed up with my arsenal of the WORD! Nothing can stand against the word of God and the name of JESUS!
I daily declare in the name of Jesus that no weapon formed against me or my family can ever prosper… We can pray the Scriptures, these are blueprints and outlines that we can personalize over anyone and over any circumstance, situation or trial!
When we combat the enemy with the word of God and the name of Jesus he has to flee!!
My challenge to you is to copy these prayers and to say them out loud every day for 30 days...learn them and let them become part of your daily battle plan to overcome and cancel all of the assignments of the enemy… then let's see things begin to turn around!

I love you all and I  pray blessings over you all every day!!
God bless you my precious friends!

Hebrews 4:12New King James Version (NKJV)
12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
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GOD WANTS TO USE YOU .. by Nina Keegan

GODS WANTS TO USE YOU!! ARE YOU PREPARED..?

Are you ready for God to use you for every good work?

This is the question we must ask ourselves, of course none of us are ever perfect we are always a work in progress but we should continually strive to be ready for anything God has in store for us… How do we do that? We must start with a self check of the condition of our hearts..

Let's start with the letter that Paul wrote from prison to Timothy whom he regarded as a son.

This was Paul's last letter to Timothy as Paul knew that he was going to die soon. He starts off by telling us to be strong through the grace that God gives us in Jesus Christ, he reminds us through his words to Timothy that God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity but of power love and SELF DISCIPLINE or a sound mind.

God has called us to live a holy life and he tells us that through the power of the Holy Spirit who lives within us, we must carefully guard the precious truth that has been entrusted to us.

But what stands out to me most is

2 Timothy 2:19-22

19 But God’s truth stands firm like a foundation stone with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,”and “All who belong to the Lord must turn away from evil.”

20 In a wealthy home some utensils are made of gold and silver, and some  made of wood and clay. The expensive utensils are used for special occasions, and the cheap ones are for everyday use. 21 If you keep yourself pure, you will be a special utensil for honorable use. Your life will be clean, and you will be ready for the Master to use you for every good work.

22 Run from anything that stimulates youthful lusts. Instead, pursue righteous living, faithfulness, love, and peace. Enjoy the companionship of those who call on the Lord with pure hearts.

What grabs my heart is the description of utensils… Like many of us we may have every day dishes…that we don't worry about and we use them daily without giving them much concern..they tend to get chipped and cracked overtime but we don't stress about it because they are not very valuable to us. Then we may have the special China the crystal,and silver that we bring out for special occasions like holidays… often times we handle these pieces with kid gloves.. I know with my China which was my grandmothers, is very valuable to me and I handle it with kid gloves usually hand washing it and storing it extra carefully… It seems we take way better care of these special occasion dishes because they are often  irreplaceable and they have much more sentimental value to us..

But Paul is saying that if we keep ourselves pure we will always be like that...we can ALWAYS be a special utensil..  and we will always BE READY for the master to use us for EVERY good work!!

Friends we don't want to be like every day dishes anymore… the ones that don't quite make the cut… We don't want to have our chips,scratches and flaws keep us from all God has for us!

 We want to be the wiped clean beautiful, shiny, treasured, valuable and polished China and silver. We want to be ready willing and available; we want to amen God and be his servants here on earth! We want to be the image of Jesus and be trusted to do great and mighty exploits for the Lord!

How do we do that? Run from anything that stimulates youthful lusts..we must pursue righteous living, we must be faithful and continuously walk in love and peace.. we must forgive often, we must be the image of Jesus here on earth.. we must keep ourselves PURE and be incessantly washed clean, we should be  overflowing with the power of the Holy Spirit… So much so that there's no room for what the enemy tries to fill us with!

Running away from all evil is not cowardly.. wise people realize that we often times need to remove ourselves physically from all temptation to sin; this actually can be the most courageous action to take. We must do all we can to avoid all recurring invitations to those besetting things in our lives. The things that are difficult to resist... we must remove ourselves physically from any situation that we know is the plot of the enemy! The things that cause us to get into spiritual battles, unforgiveness, turmoil, anger, bitterness, the pride of life that causes us to get into foolish arguments.

We must be the kind of person that Christ can use for his Nobelist purposes NOW!! 

 We as God's children, his one body must never settle for less than God's highest calling and his best plan for us. We must allow  to use us as his great and mighty instruments for his will and his purposes only!  

We must stay close to him and ask God to reveal to us what he wants to do with our lives and we must be ready at a moments notice to run! 

 Get prepared... Take his baton, his mantle, his plan and yes run with it… All for the glory of God!

I pray right now that in the name of Jesus that every person reading this would be a wiped clean empty vessel ready and prepared for the will of God to manifest in their lives, and that each person reading this will step into their strategic purpose and fulfill God's divine plan for their lives in Jesus name I pray amen!

God bless you all! ❤️

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity And cleanse me from my sin.

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Psalm 51:7

Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Psalm 51:10

Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Leviticus 16:30

for it is on this day that atonement shall be made for you to cleanse you; you will be clean from all your sins before the LORD.

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