Coming before God in brokeness through Fasting and Prayer....

✿ 2 Chronicles 7:14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

It is easy to pray for us, our needs and for anything related to us.

But when was the last time we bowed down in brokenness before God for someone else's salvation, healing or need?

When was the last time we sacrificed something that is precious to us(food/time/activity), to pray for someone else?

 ✿ Ezekiel 22:30: "I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none."

Can we be that one person God's looking for to stand in the gap and pray?

Jesus Christ our Lord is our greatest intercessor.

✿ Romans 8:26, "In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans."

~We need to get back to fasting and praying. It's important, that once in a while we shut away work, pleasure, food and seek God's face, pray and feast on His Word.

We can give up food, or choose to sacrifice something we like to do everyday like reading the News paper, watch TV, use the computer & spend more time at Jesus's feet. We need to learn to separate our self from everything else to be with God.

Look around..Satan is on a rampage and at such a time God's looking for sacrificial souls who will join Him in holding these forces of evil back. 

In these days of trials God's looking for people who will stand in the gap and pray.

Let's fast, pray and intercede more than we ever have. We can fast alone, in small groups of two or three or as a family or as a church. Let's get hold of prayer partners (our spouse, friend, mom or just any one who is willing to commit to pray can be our prayer partner) and pray.

Can we be the one God's looking for?

~If one of us can put a thousands to flight...

Two of us can send legions fleeing!

God will speak to those who take time to listen.

✿Esther 4:16," Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maids will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish."

All through the Bible we see men and women of God fasted and prayed. Sometime a whole nation or tribe fasted!

✿Judges 20:26," Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, and there they sat weeping before the LORD. They fasted that day until evening and presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to the LORD."

It was also practiced by the New Testament believers.

✿ Acts 13: 2-3," While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off."

Be Blessed,

YSIC

Julia

Let us lift up our eyes....

Let us lift up our eyes to God and pray for all things at all times!

▓▒░☆ Psalm 121: 1 I lift up my eyes to the mountains—where does my help come from?

2 My help comes from the Lord,

    the Maker of heaven and earth.

✿For salvation of loved ones!

✿For restoration of strained relationships.

✿For healing, physical, emotional.

✿To strip the powers of darkness, for our battle is not against flesh and blood but evil forces in heavenly realms.

▓▒░☆ Ephesians 6:10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes 12 "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

✿For financial break through.

✿And believe God to bind and rebuke the satanic powers.

✿For those who are mentally oppressed by the enemy.

✿For those under severe depression

✿For the 100's and 1000's held in bondage to pornography, witchcraft & pray for their deliverance.

✿For the out pouring of the Holy Spirit in a mighty way in our city, land and across the Nations of the world.

✿ For World wide revival.

✿For a renewed passion for God and Holiness in our lives.

✿For God to cleanse the society of all evils like corruption, abuse of children and women, lawlessness, cheating etc.

✿For other individual and personal requests....

 So let's make 'Fasting and Praying' our life style!

And finally let's not fast to please men but do it to the Lord.

▓▒░☆ Matthew 6:18 "so that it will not be obvious to men that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will 

reward you."

Be Blessed,

Julia 

Let it go....God has always something better....

ARE WE WILLING TO LET GO OF THINGS THE LORD HAS BEEN PROMPTING US TO LAY ASIDE?

MAY BE IT'S A HABIT, A RELATIONSHIP, A HARMLESS ACTIVITY THAT'S TAKING TOO MUCH OF OUR TIME?

HOW OFTEN WE STUBBORNLY HOLD ON TO THINGS...WHEN THE LORD ASKED US TO LET IT GO.......

TODAY LET US JUST LET GO OF ALL THAT THE LORD WANTS US TO LET GO AND LAY IT ALL AT HIS FEET TELL HIM..

" LORD TAKE AWAY ALL THAT'S NOT REQUIRED AND REPLACE IT WITH THINGS FROM YOUR HANDS...."

IT MAY BE PAINFUL TO LET SOME THINGS GO AND LAY SOME STUFF DOWN. 

BUT WE NEED TO DO IT.

ARE YOU WILLING TO DO THE SAME?

IT IS THEN HE CAN GIVE US WHAT HE HAS IN STORE FOR US!

JULIA

Miracles Happen....

Someone said," Don’t worry,the fog will lift." 

That's true, so do not lose hope! The night will end, deserts will bloom.

Let us wait for our Miracle, it will happen soon!

 Isaiah 35:1 [The Future Glory of Zion ] "The wilderness and the wasteland shall be glad for them,And the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose."

There is power in the Blood of Jesus Christ my Lord!

Hi...

How easily we talk about peoples past, when we have not really been a part of their past and not spend time with them, walked with them, talked to them, prayed for them and with them.

Someone said: 

"Talking about the forgiven past of God's children diminishes the power of the Blood of Jesus Christ.

It’s like the Blood of Jesus is on trial to see if it has the effectual capacity to actually wash clean as white as snow the confessed sins of someone’s past history."

"Forgive us Lord for judging quickly."

Even to know our Lord better we need to walk with Him and talk to Him on daily basis...

 Micah 6:8

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

 Genesis 5:24

"Enoch walked faithfully with God;"

Thank God whoever will be in Heaven because of Christ's finished work on the Cross and not because what what the devil(liar) says about us!

Be blessed..

Julia

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A heart warming story:

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One night in a church service a young woman felt the tug of God at her heart.

She responded to God's call and accepted Jesus as her Lord and Savior.

The young woman had a very rough past, involving alcohol, drugs, and prostitution.

But, the change in her was evident. As time went on she became a faithful member of the church.

She eventually became involved in the ministry,teaching young children. It was not very long until this faithful young woman had caught the eye and heart of the pastor's son.

The relationship grew and they began to make wedding plans. This is when the problems began.

You see, about one half of the church did not think that a woman with a past such as hers was suitable for a pastor's son.

The church began to argue and fight about the matter.

So they decided to have a meeting.

As the people made their arguments and tensions increased, the meeting was getting completely out of hand.

The young woman became very upset about all the things being brought up about her past.

As she began to cry the pastor's son stood to speak.

He could not bear the pain it was causing his wife to be.

He began to speak and his statement was this:

"My fiancee's past is not what is on trial here.

What you are questioning is the ability of the blood of Jesus to wash away sin.

Today you have put the blood of Jesus on trial.

So, does it wash away sin or not?"

The whole church began to weep as they realized that they had been slandering the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Too often, even as Christians, we bring up the past and use it as a weapon against our brothers and sisters.

Forgiveness is a very foundational part of the Gospelof our Lord Jesus Christ.

If the blood of Jesus does not cleanse the other person completely

then it cannot cleanse us completely.

If that is the case, then we are all in a lot of trouble.

What can wash away my sins?

Nothing but the blood of Jesus! End of case!!!

 Psalm 55:23 "Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain theehe shall never suffer the righteous to be moved."

Remember : Jesus Christ's precious shed blood atones for ALL sin!