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Words of Wisdom: Wisdom

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Words of Wisdom and Scripture:

Greetings to all.  Over the past month, I have experienced the love and protection of the LORD like never before.  I have been tried and tested beyond measure, and yet am I standing.  I found myself in situations of confusion, hurt, and harm with no way out and nowhere to go.  Everything that I have ever believed was challenged.  I found that I could not pray and I could not even read the Word of God.  All I could do was “remember.”  I remembered that I had a God that loves me more than words can ever express!  I remembered that God promised me that He would always be with me and would never leave me!  I could not see Him…I could not hear Him, and O how my soul ached for His arms.  But…I could remember.  I held on to the power of the mystery of WISDOM.  I remembered that God had already given me understanding of the meaning, relevance and power of WISDOM!  This is what saved me during this difficult time.

Once again, God has allowed me to suffer as the enemy was granted access to my life.  When things go wrong, and it seems that there is no hope, remember, remember and then continue to remember!  Amen.  Believe all that you remember and know that God is there trusting that you will always remember all that He has taught you.  I pray now that you have teachings in your “Soul” that you too can remember.  Get Wisdom and hold Her in your heart.  Receive Her and you will find all answers to life.  When you are restored you will come though stronger than ever before.  Tonight, I dry my eyes.  Tonight I prevailed in the LORD.  Tomorrow is another day and may the LORD continue to have mercy on my soul. Amen.

Scripture Reference:

5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. 6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. 7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. 8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. 9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. 10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. 11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. 12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. 13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.  (Prov 4:5-13)

Prayers: Vanity of Vanities

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God Hear Our Prayer:

Dear Heavenly Father, I come before your throne of Grace and Mercy this day.  I come, Lord God, just to experience your presence.  It is in your presence that I long to stay.  I am safe from all danger when I am with you, Lord. Each day, as I smell the sweet savor of your breath, Dear LORD, I am so glad that you have shown me how to walk and talk with You.  You have taught me what it means to be a wife, a mother, and a friend.  In all my educated wisdom, loving you has taught me that I knew nothing at all before I met you.  For all this and more, my God, I am grateful.

I am still “Considering” you, O LORD.  There are so many things that we look upon with our natural eyes and mind and we marvel at the wonder of it all not realizing its spiritual significance.  The Bible teaches us, Lord, that you made the sun, the moon, and that you also made the stars.  These heavenly entities will one day pass away.  They were created to bring light in the midst of darkness for a given period of time for the benefit of mankind.  Man has developed ways to capture, worship, and even improve earthly knowledge.  We act in ignorance because we know not what they are.  O LORD, have mercy on us!  Forgive our sinfulness and our desire to be so intellectually superior to others that we prove ourselves truly ignorant before you instead.

I understand the cries of King Solomon when he declared, “Vanity of Vanities, all is Vanity.”  Seeing the world through your eyes, Father, creates doom in the eyes of the beholder, yet it brings joy everlasting when one realizes that he has been “saved” from the dangers of the battle that is raging all around!  O God, sometimes it feels like walking through the valleys and shadows of death with the enemy pulling on all sides.  But, O, in the midst of it all, even in the light of the dangers that are seen, you still remain God Almighty.  You still provide unspeakable peace.  By your Mercy, LORD, I have “Considered” all the workings of the world under the sun, and I am grateful that you protect those that love you.  Oh how I love you, Lord God!  Help me to never stop loving you, Father God.  Amen.

I pray now, Lord God, for the faithful followers you have given me.  Help them to continue to seek your presence, Lord.  Keep them safe from danger and hold them close as they seek your wisdom.  Help me to stand for them, Lord, when they cannot stand.  Help us all to remain on one accord while following your directions to us, Father.  Make us all one in your sight and continue to Dissect our souls, Dear Lord.  Shed your sweet loving Holy Ghost upon us, I pray.  Amen.

As I humble myself in your presence today, Father, I have “Considered” as Your Spirit has directed.  O God, what a thought!  To consider my life without you brings tears to my eyes; to consider ever that I must stand alone in this battle is fearful indeed; to consider that the God that is God of ALL things in heaven, in the earth, and in the sea beneath the earth, “loves” me, provides me with a greater faith, strength, and the assurance that I can endure to the end.  To be “Considered” by you, Dear God, is to make you proud and give you joy.  I have “Considered” You, as You continuously “Consider” me!  To this end, My Everlasting Friend and Savior, I do submit my TOTAL being to You in Love.  Amen, Amen, and AMEN.

Words of Wisdom: Have Mercy On Me Lord

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Consecration and Scripture Reference:

Teachings:

My life has been a roller coaster of trials and tribulations over the last few months.  The last 7 days have proven to be worse yet.  All these things have been allowed by God to teach me how to trust and love Him more.  All that I teach, I must first live.  When I live it, it then becomes my testimony and no one can alter or cause me to deny that which I have personally endured.  I am grateful to God for being my friend.  In the midst of all matters of life, I still find the teachings of God to be true and everlasting.  If you follow the truths below, you will ALWAYS prevail over darkness.  As I endured the darkness that was before me, I followed the steps below which I now pass on to you.  Study the scriptures and make them your own.  Amen.

Always repent before the Lord…daily.  When you pray, assume that you have sinned in some manner, even if you do not know the specifics.  This cannot be a routine that is not genuine.  It cannot be half-hearted.  God will read your heart to see if your repentance is genuine.  See the words of Psalm 51 below. Use this as your daily guide with the goal of God restoring a “Clean Heart” within you.

Worship God in spirit and in truth.  God is Spirit and is all “Truth.”  There is no evil or darkness within Him.  God does not need us constantly begging for stuff and things in life.  All we need to do is “honestly” Worship Him! See the scriptures below.  When we worship God, darkness cannot remain in our lives.  True worship is a product of true love.

  • 1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. 4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. 5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. 9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. 13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. 14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. 15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. 16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. 19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.  (Psalms 51:1-19)

  • 23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.  (John 4:23-24)

  • 17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.  (John 14:16-17)

  • 13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. 14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. 15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.  (John 16:13-15)

Prayers: Evil is Everywhere

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God Hear Our Prayer:

Dear Heavenly Father, my God and my Lord.  I thank you not only for this day in which you have allowed me to breath, to hear, to see, and to understand.  I pray that you will protect me throughout my daily journey and my complete walk with you, Lord.  Today, dear LORD, I surrender my soul unto you.  The more I see…the more I understand.  I know that you have given me choices in life and, Sweet God Almighty, I choose you!  I want no other choice in life.  I understand that I am not capable of choosing correctly for myself.  The devil stands watching at the gates of my heart to present me with choices that are against your perfect will for me.  I see him, and I hear him, but I will not open my heart to him.  The only way, Father, that I can survive is with you!  Amen.

On my last Sabbath Day, LORD, as I studied your word, prayed and worshiped you, God, I gained added light into the degree of evil that surrounds this world.  How great is this evil! All the wisdom of this world does not compare to even a single element of what you give to those that Love YOU, dear Lord.  The foolishness of our hearts and our evil imaginations are only evil in your sight as the Almighty God.  When we begin to think that we are in control of our own destiny, we have already lost the battle.  When we believe that we have gotten away with a particular sinful act, we fool ourselves, as you, God, cannot be deceived. Evil lurks nearby delighted that we have been such an easy prey.  O God, have mercy on us!

You protect us when we have no knowledge that we need to be protected.  Please, Lord; continue to identify the things for which we must pray.  Search our hearts and know that we want you and YOU alone.  Search my heart, Heavenly Father, and KNOW that I am yours. Remove, LORD, all things that might stand between you and me and that might deny me access to your Presence, Dear God.  I give you all of me today, yet again.  I do not trust what I see or hear.  I only trust you, LORD.  It is your truth and your understanding that guides me along this treacherous journey of life.  Thank you for your Mercy and your Grace. I pray that the Holy Ghost Spirit will dwell this day within my total being.  I am treading on dangerous ground and evil is all around.  Every step I take, I take in faith that Wisdom is with me.  I understand that because of my love for you, dear LORD, that your enemies have become my enemies.  I know that the first and last layer of protection for me is wrapped up in Wisdom!  How great is your Wisdom, my God.  I will not be moved by the angry gestures, or the awful visions of destruction.  I place my soul and my spirit into the hands of you as my LORD and Savior.  Amen.

Bless the members of DMSM and the students that pass our way.  Give them the right mind and heart to serve you this day.  Let them know that you truly are God! Amen, Amen and AMEN.