“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.”
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Today’s Word
One reason we don’t see God do great things is we’re only asking Him for small things. We pray over our food, we pray for protection, and we pray for wisdom. That’s all good, but when was the last time you asked God to do something that seems impossible, something out of the ordinary, something you couldn’t accomplish on your own? If God answered everything you’re praying about now, would it be big enough, would you be satisfied? Are you asking for your dreams? Are you asking for something that’s over your head? Are you asking for those secret petitions He’s put in your heart? You know those are from Him, but you haven’t told anyone because it seems too far out.
Many prayers are not being answered simply because they’re not being asked. If you only pray small prayers, you’re not going to see the greatness of our God. If you only ask for little things, you’re not going to reach the fullness of your destiny. God is just waiting for you to ask.
Prayer for Today
Father, thank You that You put desires and secret petitions in my heart and that You have said to simply ask You for them. Help me to believe big, dream big, pray big, and think big. I want to be one of the ones who always believes that You can do the impossible. In Jesus’ Name, Amen. 🙏 Yes lord ..build me and use me as thy will. Mould me and make me as a usefull vessel .lord guide me and gaurd me as a usefull weapons for thy kingdom and glory.let thy will be done. On this earth .Jesus coming soon let us make use of it Amen Hallelujah..
Deut 11:18“Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
19 You shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
20 And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates,
21 that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land of which the Lord swore to your fathers to give them, like the days of the heavens above the earth.
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The above verse was God’s call to Israel His people following the Israelites’ 40 years of wandering in the wilderness, approximately 1490-1450 B.C. Yahweh who brought them out from Israel with His strong hand and mighty arm is now the strategy for remaining blessed and in favour in the eyes of God. He says the word of God has to be written in our hearts and soul, in our hand, always before our eyes.
We are told to teach the word of God to our children, we must speak the word of God when we sit in our house, when we walk, when we lie down and when we rise up. We are to write on our door posts of our house and our gates. Not wake up and check Whatsapp, not Facebook, not You Tube, not call up people but the WORD of GOD be in us, around us and before us all the time. The benefit of this is that we and our children will increase in all areas of our life because God has made a covenant with His people. We have to keep our side of the covenant to obey Him.
Isaiah 8:20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
This verse says if we are not speaking the word of God,instead the facts, figures, situations and have the language of the world, then we don’t have light in us. Jesus said He is the light of the world. John 8:12Hence, it means if our words are not aligned to the word of God or if we don’t speak the word of God, we don’t have Jesus in us, we may claim to be of Jesus , we may be going through the motions yet we have no Jesus in us according to this verse. We are very diligent to check various blood tests etc., but do we conduct a spiritual test to check if we are aligned to what God says?
Ps 119:9-11 says the word of God convicts us of sin and it can cleanse us, lead us in righteousness.
Ps 119:105 says it’s a lamp unto our feet and light to our path, so we need not grope in darkness.
Job 23:12, Job said he has treasured the word of God in his mouth more than bread, we know that Job went through many trials but he came out victorious and was compensated.
Isaiah 40:8 entire universe may cease to be but not the word of God, it shall stand forever.
Ephesians 6:17 says the word of God is the sword of the Spirit.
Romans 12:2 says the word transforms us by its power, so it has power. The Lord asked Jeremiah “Is not My word like a fire?” “And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces? ( Jer 23:29). Let us ensure to saturate ourselves with the word of God.
To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NIV)“
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The LORD is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.” 2 Peter 3:9 .(NIV).“
Wait for the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek His will in all you do, and he will direct your paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6
(NIV)As a growing believer, I’ve learned over time that I need to trust God’s timing in all things, not mine.Because His plans and purpose for me are the best.I once read a caption that said, *‘If you want to walk with God, you should better throw away your wristwatch.’* Accurate words isn’t it?
This is my testimony.I’ve learned a lot about the importance of trusting God’s timing in seasons of waiting. I also know that this is easier said than done. Sometimes it’s hard to see the reason for waiting but this is a process. When I try to push things, I get frustrated.Besides, God makes everything beautiful… not in my time, or in the world’s time, but when He says it’s time. *Ever heard these declarations?* Yes, I made them for my child.Before the end of the year, you have to get married…Before the end of next year, you must have a baby …And then, I put myself under so much pressure by placing a timing on things that should naturally take its course. When it doesn’t fit my time, I have grown frustrated, get disappointed and upset that God isn’t coming through for me. I am not advocating that we shouldn’t declare prophesies or good things over our lives.But wisdom enables us to know when to move and when to run. For there’s a season for everything. And when we don’t understand our season or refuse to let a season run its course, we end up feeling unfulfilled.
*Understanding God’s timing is no respecter of persons or society.* God’s ways are perfect and if He was able to orchestrate our salvation path (the most important part of our lives) without our help, then we need to trust him to handle every aspect of our lives.When we seek God, God’s will cannot be hidden from us, but trust, He will come through for each one of us.It may not fit society’s timing or even our timing, but if it fits God’s timing, it’s perfect.
Abraham’s life paints a perfect illustration of this.In haste to have a son, Abraham birthed Ishmael yet God did not change his mind about the promise.Although it felt long and exhausting to wait on God, God still insisted that His will would be birthed through Isaac.The reason why we sometimes miss out on God’s goodness could be as a result of our restlessness and fear of missing out on timeframes we may have set for ourselves.There’s so much liberation when we rid ourselves of people’s perception of us, society’s expectations of us and preconceived standards we’ve built in our heads.Timing God, makes us neglect God’s standards. God isn’t pressurizing you to get married before a certain age or have your babies within a timeframe.You’re not more ‘blessed’ than your brother or sister if you become an entrepreneur at an early age, neither are you a failure if you don’t figure out your life sooner than you expected. We must remember, time and chance happen to everyone.
The most important thing is that we transform into being Christ like.And if we don’t, then we’d fade away like the world and everything in it. 1 John 2:17. We should understand our season in order to trust God’s timing in all things, we need to understand that God doesn’t operate by our calendar, so his calculations aren’t based on that.God’s timing operates on heavenly frequency and we need to align ourselves with His leading.This means our journey may be slower and things may look rough on the outside. Friends will think you weird.Others might believe you’re obsessed about the whole Jesus thing and you’re taking it too far. It means we might be mocked and teased as being foolish for trusting God and handing over the wheels to Him as we wait, but better is the end of a thing than the beginning.And *God whose opinion matters MUST be pleased with our life.* We cannot compare our season with another person’s season.We need to focus, spend time praying and knowing God.When we know Him, He is able to strengthen and keep us sane in every season we find ourselves.I hope this helps you to discard any earthly timing the world may have burdened you with, and keep your gaze fastened on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.
*Prayer*
Oh Holy Spirit, guide my life’s direction and prevent me from making mistakes of timing. Protect me in those moments when I want things my way. Help me to discern your timing and gently humble me and put me back on the right track. The track with Your timing and purpose. To you be all the glory in my life. Amen.
We should always Trust and have faith in God’s timing for HE neither sleeps nor slumber but Ever-ready to help us as HE is a perfect God as Error or mistake is NOT possible by HiM
To understand it better_ Let’s see that in Genesis 15:13 – God had told Abraham that his descendants would be in a foreign land for 400 years. Genesis 15:13 – Then the Lord said to him, “Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there. But in Exodus 12:40 Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt was 430 years. Hence, we find that they were actually there for 430 years. Query arises as to Why the extra thirty years of bondage…?
As per Acts7:30 – After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai. So if we subtract the forty years that Moses spent in the wilderness from the total 430 years of bondage, we discover that Moses killed the Egyptian in the 390th year of captivity—ten years before their time was up. We can check this in Exodus 2:11-12 – One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were and watched them at their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people. Looking this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. So it was act out of impatience by Moses because as per Acts7:24-25 – He saw one of them being mistreated by an Egyptian, so he went to his defense and avenged him by killing the Egyptian. Moses thought that his own people would realise that God was using him to rescue them,but they did not_ Hence we find that Moses “supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.” This means that Moses knew God’s will for his life and was trying to set the Jews free when he killed the Egyptian, but he totally missed the timing. in fact, he was ten years premature.
in our life in Christ – We also turn impatient when answers to our regular or persistent and even Fasting prayers are delayed and we start trying to make our own ways to help God answer our Prayers_ PLEASE don’t do such unnecessary immature acts_ We can’t speed up God’s timing, but we can delay it – The way Moses did_
In our impatience , we often want to microwave our miracle or ministry. But all that our impatience does is delay the whole process. The Lord gives us our answers as we are able to receive them. if it seems like things aren’t coming as fast as we want, we need to check what’s wrong with us—not try to speed up God.
The Lord uses us as much as we are usable. instead of praying “O God, use me!” we need to pray “O God, make me usable !
The Lord wants to use us and answer our prayers more than we want to be used or for our prayers to be answered. it takes time to become a usable tool . Our impatience might cost us forty years in the wilderness and others thirty extra years of bondage. Don’t make/repeat Moses’ mistake. it’s not enough to know God’s will—we need to know His timing too_
My testimony is that My patience is resulting in amazing ways God is making for Nothing is i-m-possible for our powerful God who is The creator of this huge humangous Universe
His plans and will are always perfect as per Isaiah 55:8-9 – For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Let His perfect will come to pass
God bless you all and your families richly and abundantly
God is bringing a wave of financial miracles to the Body of Christ in this season. You may have been in an endless battle and relentless war for breakthrough in your finances. The enemy has put a noose around the finances of many to try and control the flow. He knows that without money, we are limited in how we can advance the Kingdom of Heaven in the earth. Some have been in a time of great and persistent lack; others have struggled to move past the threshold of “just barely enough.”
The Lord wants to say to you today that there is a divine uncovering coming upon your finances. What the enemy has kept hidden away or inaccessible will be uncovered! Where he has maintained control of funds for evil agendas in your family line, a swift uncovering and release is coming! We need to Align with God’s agenda and purposes. See, the global “Monopoly board” will shift from the enemy owning most land and properties to the sons and daughters of God taking back and occupying the land, houses, and regions.
Monopolies Will Topple! A Global Transfer of Wealth
Definition of the word monopoly: “the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service.”
There is coming a crumbling, yes, even a toppling of certain monopolies that have controlled the market in an unfair way. The ones who have been in power for selfish gain will soon see an unexpected end to their reign. Instead, the market will move towards one that is free, where businesses on different levels will have a fair chance. Industry giants will topple!
Corporations that have stifled the local markets will be brought to their knees. God is re-arranging the financial industries of the world, and it will be for the purposes of advancing His Kingdom! Wealth will be moved from enemy territory to the Kingdom of God!
Prayer and Declaration
Father, I thank You for Your promises of finances, wealth, provision, and favor. Right now, I declare a supernatural breakthrough upon the finances of Your people. Let there be a release of the hosts of Heaven to facilitate an acceleration upon the uncovering of that which has been hidden and kept inaccessible. We declare a divine uncovering and restoration now of monies, lands, and properties to Your sons and daughters. We declare the breaking of generational curses and poverty mindsets. We declare a divine recovery and recompense of lost treasure and things stolen. Let there be a turnaround in the finances of the remnant of God! Let Your people be at the head and not the tail, releasing Your glory through Kingdom endeavors.
We declare a shift to the global scene, to territories, and to regions where Your children will occupy land. We declare the release of houses, lands, buildings, and more to the sons and daughters of God for such a time as this!
Let this word carry forth with it the breakthrough and quickening upon all who read it. Let a swift, supernatural shift occur in the life of every person agreeing right now. In the name of Jesus, Amen.
If we could be guaranteed the receipt of any request from the Lord, for what would we ask? Solomon, the king of Israel, replied to the Lord’s astounding offer:.
Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people, for who can rule this great people of Yours? (2 Chronicles 1:10).
Solomon asked for wisdom — not earthly wisdom but wisdom that could only come from God. James wrote to Christians in the first century that they would be wise to seek the same from heaven.
James understood how critical wisdom is for enduring trials. But he also knew the human tendencies to rely on self-guidance, common sense, and worldly advice when tough times arise. That’s why he wrote: Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom ( James 3:13)
What is godly wisdom? A reliable principle for living is it’s not only important what we do in response to trials but how we do what we do.
James contrasted divine wisdom and human wisdom. Divine wisdom is genuine ( James 3:13) Marked by good behavior. Marked by gentleness.
Human wisdom is counterfeit ( James 3:14). James made clear that the two corresponding markers of human wisdom — bitter jealousy and selfish ambition — reside deep within the motive chamber of the unwise heart. James also indicated selfish ambition to be a clear sign that someone was operating by human wisdom.
Lord, Thank You for Your Word and for Your Holy Spirit which light the path & help us make the right decisions.
This Psalm teaches us about the relief we get when we call out to our Lord Jesus Christ when in trouble, when we are facing any problems in life,be it in the family, work, business, friends etc. This Psalm gives us four biblical pictures and in all this he shows us how he delivers us from the troubles and in turn He expects us to give thanks and praise
1. Psalms 107:4-8 shows us the picture of a desert and how we are wandering in the desert
When we are hungry, thirsty, lonely, and caught up in the daily struggles in life, or when we are struggling to achieve something in life on our own merit and we do not succeed, then we loose all hope and turn to God. When we call out to God, He is there to deliver us from all the troubles
Psalms 121:2 :- My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
Mathew 14: 30-31 But when he (Peter) saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, Wherefore didst thou doubt?
2. Psalms 107:10-16
This depicts a picture of a prison of how we imprison ourselves with the wats of the world. We look for the pleasures offered to us by the wrong choicest. We see alcoholics, drug addicts, gamblers, tobacco users search for relief through wrong choicest. They get trapped and are not able to be released even when they want. They try various ways. Some of us are trapped by the obligation of society. We are caught up in chains made by humans. Again when we call out to the Lord, the chains are broken and we are released from all bondages. Once released we have to give thanks.
Proverbs 3:5:- Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
3. Psalms 107:17- 20 tells us that sickness is due to unforgiveness
We are not able to eat and lie in pain due to sickness. When we call out to the Lord Jesus and forgive and forget, then we will be at peace and sickness will flee, and we will be healed of our infirmities
John1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth
4. Psalms 107:23-32 depicts the picture of the storm.
a. The place of storm :- When we take the step of faith and go beyond the unknown; we do not to come out of our comfort zone; we prefer our regular jobs with a regular income without any risks. In business there are risks but we try to avoid new challenges. But when we trust in the Lord, He will be out provider.
b. Psalms 107:25 Producer of storm
God at times causes the storm. He allows us to make mistakes. He puts us in the middle of the storm, but is ever present with us to bring us out of the storm when we rely on Him. At times he tests our trust and faith.
c. Psalms 107:26-27 The perils of the storm.
Joshua was thrown out in the deep as the storm was raging. He was saved by the mighty hand of God, and was forced to carry out the Lord ‘s command.
At times when we do not give heed to the voice of our Lord and obey Him; He allows us to go through hardships, and when we realise our mistakes and repent and seek God for a solution, He is ready to deliver us from all the problems.
d. Psalms 107:28 cry help
In the depths of our trouble when we call out to God, He is our ever present help. When we call out to God, he is ready to lift us from the miry clay. When a thorn is in our flesh, we are in pain and fully aware that the removal of the thorn will cause excruciating pain but still we are willing to go through the pain because it is for our good. Hence when we are inflicted with troubles, we should be aware that this is a training ground for us which will strengthen us and help us to be a better person in the sight of God.
e. Psalms 107:29-30 Peace in the storm
When God answers our prayers when we call out to Him then peace will prevail. God creates a storm for us at times but we have to trust our Lord Jesus Christ to calm the storm. He is in control of our lives. In all situations we have to thank the LORD with our body spirit and soul.
We have a lot of wrong ideas about God. Contrary to what some believe, God is not our buddy. He is not an overindulgent grandfather who lives in the sky. He is not a spiritual genie who will grant our every wish.
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Hebrews 12:29 directs us to think of God with “reverence and awe.” The thunder that accompanied the giving of the Law on Sinai was a signal that “God is a consuming fire” (see Deut. 4:24).
The Law taught that all who sin are in danger of divine wrath. The gospel does not douse the fire of God’s holiness. Nor does it cancel the day of judgment. Instead, the gospel provides forgiveness, righteousness, and a secure place to stand when that day comes. Those who place their faith in Jesus Christ receive “a kingdom that cannot be shaken” (v. 28).
The voice that shook Sinai at the giving of the Law foreshadowed an even greater shaking that will occur at the end of time. The voice that spoke on Sinai “shook the earth” along with all who heard it (v. 26). In the final judgment, God will “shake not only the earth but also the heavens.”
This quotation from Haggai 2:6 speaks of a judgment to come that will transform both heavens and earth and create a new order. The old earth will pass away and be replaced by “a new heaven and a new earth” (Rev. 21:1; see also Isa. 65:17), “where righteousness dwells” (2 Peter 3:13).
New Testament scholar F. F. Bruce explains that this is a picture “of the end of the present world-order…where earth and heaven flee away from the face of the judge on the great white throne.” Jesus is the judge. He will receive all who come to Him in faith. Those who refuse Him reject life itself. They have no place in His unshakable kingdom.
Go Deeper What important points does this passage make about God’s character? How does this shape our relationship with God?
Let’s Pray: Father in Heaven, what a consolation it is that in this changing world there is something unshakable—Your kingdom “where righteousness dwells” (2 Peter 3:13). Even more, today’s reading says we are receiving this kingdom!
Jesus came to set the captives free. Captives of traditions, of sin and Satan. “And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, .. Ephesians 2:1-2
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,The Bible says::”And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” John 8:32
What is truth?
His Word is truth and Jesus is the truth as He is the Word. When you know Christ Jesus, you will be set free. Once we were gentiles, away from God and His ways. But when God had compassion on us He granted us the authority to be His children merely by faith in Christ through grace.
This was a great mystery which was hidden in the heart of God who knows everything beforehand. He chose Israel to be the Royal priests through whom all the world could be saved to form His Kingdom. This is clear from the instructions He gave to the 70 disciples who were sent to the lost sheep of Israel. When the Syro Phoenician woman asked for healing of her daughter Jesus answered that He would not give His children’s bread to the puppies as healing was the bread of His children. It was not because of lack of compassion, but because He wanted to make it clear to His disciples that His Kingdom could be established through the Israelites. His own people didn’t accept Him.
Even after His death and resurrection Israel was not ready to acknowledge Him as their Messiah. The 12 disciples whom He chose to be with Him, tried to convince the people about Christ’s Kingship Jesus expressed the future plan of making them judges over the 12 tribes of Israel when He would return to the earth. .
When the people were stubborn and arrogant to refuse His authority He caught Saul on his way to Damascus and continued giving him revelations after revelations, to save the gentiles through faith alone by grace. . Therefore Remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh—who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision Made In The Flesh By Hands— That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. Ephesians 2:11-12
Now we have become members of His household as we believed in Christ Jesus. We are adopted into His family and we are heirs of heavenly inheritance and authorities. Though we are free we come under the oppression of traditions and legalities. Apostle Paul warns about legalism in the epistle to the Galatians.
But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage? You observe days and months and seasons and years.Galatians 4:9-10
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love. Galatians 5:6
Law is not there for those who are in Christ as we are not saved by our good action. We are saved by grace through Christ who bore our sins and became a curse for us. For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Galatians 5:13-14
Therefore, if you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations— “Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle,” Colossians 2:20-21
These regulations constitute legalism which restricts our freedom in Christ. If we come under this legalism Christ suffered the cross without any effect in our lives. And we demean the value of Cross.. So let us be careful not to take our Lord and His cross to be granted and lowly for our righteous actions cannot save us.
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. I Corinthians 1:18
Cross of Christ Jesus has provided us with the ministry of reconciliation. We are the ambassadors of Christ in this W world. May the Holy Spirit guide us through our ministry and let us be vigilant not to fall a prey in the hands of legalists and traditionalists. Praise Jesus.
Prayer:
Thank you Jesus for setting us free. Thank you Lord for reconciling us with God through Your cross. May the faith in Your cross be our strength. Thank You for laying down Your life as a ransom for us. Help us to remain grateful for Your blood which you poured out for us. We love You Lord. We worship You. Glory to God. Amen.
In todays err people get hurt for small things and go through a painful situation. People are not aware of spiritual life and spending their whole time wasting on wining the argument’s, holding our generational pride, gossiping about others and investing their precious time in perishable thing and in worldly pleasure.Why do people get hurt?
“My god hath send his angels, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before his innocency was found in me; and also before thee, o king, have I done no hurt” (Daniel 6:22)
Daniel was cast into lions’ den was not a hurt in any manner, states the scriptures. Although the word “hurt” in this text is used in the physical sense, we can take it in the spiritual sense too. Why do people get hurt?First of all, Daniel says, “innocency was found in me”.
Since Daniel was innocent before God and man, he could not be hurt. If we are getting hurt, it proves we are guilty, and not innocent. Spiritually speaking a child of God is innocent and transparent in character just can’t get hurt.Secondly, Daniel says, “Also before thee, o king, have I done no hurt”. Since Daniel did not hurt or grieve the king, he himself was not hurt.
The Lord Jesus has taught us not to hurt even our enemies as we read in (Matthew 5:44)
1. love them
2. bless them and
3. pray for Them
Dear child of God, let us examine ourself today are we like Daniel? Begin transparent and innocent before God and loving our enemies? If not Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and fine grace to help in time of need (Hebrew 4:16)
Prayer
Dear God, give us grace to be humble and subdue the powers of the world and Satan under our feet this day. Give us a fleshy heart that you may exalt in us. Like Daniel give us a prayer life and a life of innocent. Master let all our pride be dust before you give us a heart to forgive and forget the hurt which people give to us. We surrender ourself to you this day less of us, and more of you lord in Jesus name we prayer AMEN
