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Pressing Through to See What the Eye Has Not Seen

As the people of God assemble today may they find those of like heart and vision and, along with them, begin to encourage and press through to victories and seeing manifestations of the promises and Hand of Yahweh such as they never have in past experience. 1Cor.2:9,Amp—“But, on the contrary, as the Scripture says, What eye has not seen and ear has not heard and has not entered into the heart of man, [all that] God has prepared (made and keeps ready) for those who love Him [who hold Him in affectionate reverence, promptly obeying Him and gratefully recognizing the benefits He has bestowed].”
Click here to view an awesome worship song: “He Will Manifest Himself”.

Door of Opportunity

There is a door open before us and we are called to press through (1Cor. 16:9). There is something worth pressing through to on the other side. It is a day-by-day pressing. The matter of walking with the Lord and trusting the Lord is day in and day out. In the church where I grew up, we regularly sang, “I need Thee, Oh I need Thee. Every hour I need Thee”. Ps.34:19,NKJV—“Many are the afflictions of the righteous BUT God delivers them out of them all.” We are pressing and shall press through because the pressing is leading to things in God and God’s Kingdom agenda, leading to overcoming that we have never seen or experienced.

Boots on the Ground

MELISSA—A good practical way of praying is boots on the ground prayer.  The Lord may simply instruct you to go somewhere and just BE there and not say a word.  We carry the Eternal in us which far surpasses what’s happening in the atmosphere.  So, you may just need to carry that eternal realm to a location as a catalyst for what God is doing.  This is where Matthew 6:7 comes in really handy.  Just be, don’t babble.  I saw this in effect a couple of months ago.  There was an event happening in my county that had the potential to cause all kinds of sparks to fly.  Knowing this, even though I really wanted to go,  I questioned for a week if I should indeed go.  Finally I got the answer that I was supposed to have my boots on the ground.  It was an all-day event and I may have prayed once or twice as I was directed.  I never witnessed any tense moments and found out later that nothing had erupted and that was quite amazing.  Don’t discount just being where God tells you to go.

Lord God Will Have the Last Say

KATHY—God promised the Israelites in Joel 2:25 that He would restore what the locusts had eaten. But when there are so many that you are eating locusts without the honey, pulling crispy, creepy locusts shells out of your hair and swatting them away from your nose, eyes and ears, you wonder if you will be naked and half eaten or even able to see the Redeemer Who is coming to restore.  If you dared open your mouth, you would probably try to ask for His ETA.  However, that is the time to let the last line of Job 19:25, echo through you, “And at the last He will take His stand on the earth.”   He will have the last word and He will be the last One standing in our behalf.  So, let’s dare to trust Him to keep our accounts and wait for Him to show up to be our Redeemer, right here and right now, so we may be more effective in helping get others to their redemption.

Contend, Wage Warfare and Heed

Do you have a word or promise of God that has not come to pass in your life? Then (1) CONTEND—Deut.2:24 “begin to possess… and contend”; “contend”: to excite oneself against a foe,  (2) WAGE WARFARE— 1Tim.1:18 “wage the good warfare”: expedition, campaign, (3) HEED—2Pe.1:19 “…the prophetic word which you do well to heed”:  to attach oneself to; to be given to or addicted to; to devote thought and effort to.  Seems that while we are expecting God to do it all, there is a considerable amount we can be doing.

Putting on Jesus

MELISSA—A practical way to pray is by putting on Jesus: Romans 13:11-14 “Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light.  Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy.  But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.”  – Back to the above mentioned side note, you “put Jesus on” through relationship and the prayer that flows from that relationship hits the target because it comes from His thoughts and ways which stand above anything happening here! (Isaiah 55:8-9)

Discerning-Obedience

KATHY—I sat at lunch with a friend who is a real trooper in the trenches.  As I listened to her heart after God, the thought came to me, ‘The only thing that can stop her from getting to God’s intentions would be getting worn out on the way.’  I made a decree over her, “This year, you will be quick to discern the difference between obligation and obedience.”  The enemy cunningly lays snares for a compassionate heart to distract them by the needs of others while they’re on the way to a God-mandate.  If distraction can deplete our energy, hell can hinder the purpose and timing of God.  We must be wise this year and budget our efforts as diligently as our pocket books.  

Father God Will Never Leave Us

As the people of God assemble today may they cease to focus on those matters that press them with fear and cause their hearts to be troubled and consider defeat. May they worship and sing victoriously and preach zealously of the victory of the risen Christ and the promises of Father God Who has promised that He will never leave us nor forsake us (Heb.13:5). Ps.25:3,Amp—“Indeed, none of those who [expectantly] wait for You will be ashamed; Those who turn away from what is right and deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed (humiliated, embarrassed).”

Ordinary or Holy Ground?

Where you are standing may look like ordinary ground at first glance. Where you are presently, may seem like a wilderness without purpose but there is an all-wise, loving Father who in His wisdom and within His carefully planned timetable of events says, “Take off your shoes so that you do not tread thoughtlessly on ground and time that I have set apart for a purpose.”  “Then He said, “Do not draw near this place. Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.” (Ex.3:5, NKJV)

A Practical Way to Pray

MELISSA—Here are some practical ways to pray during this time.  (Quick side note, our first priority in wartime prayer is to tend to our relationship with our God.  It’s through that relationship that we learn to trust the One who created this earth, and know how to pray from divine truth.)  Back to prayer, 1. A practical way to pray is tongues.  Praying in tongues is speaking mysteries that only God can understand.  1 Corinthians 14:2 “For one who speaks in an unknown tongue does not speak to people but to God; for no one understands him or catches his meaning, but by the Spirit he speaks mysteries [secret truths, hidden things].”  There’s no babbling going on here, just full-on pure interaction with the King.  So, this means the soul can’t get in the way, nor can what we just saw on the news.