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Monday, January 6, 2014

Obedience



John 14:31 ESV
,“but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.”


Worship

Prayer

Intercession

Spiritual Warfare

Obedience


I didn’t think I would have a word focus for 2014 as it seems Father is continuing to lead me deeper into spiritual warfare. He is truly expanding this ministry of intercession in marvelous ways and I had no idea the path I would be taking when I began this journey.

I started off in worship which led to prayer and then intercession. Last year He told me spiritual warfare and with that He gave me the honour of running a House of Prayer out of my home church. This fall I have been asked to run my church's prayer chain and with this new task formed the House of Prayer into a ministry all of its own with so many opportunities for worship services and hopefully more prayer services. Father is just blowing the doors open here with an ad in the regional church paper with an open invitation for all of the churches to come together to corporately pray, and in the near future plans a sign out front of the church inviting my home town to come on it and pray.

I asked Father if He had a word focus for me this year and He told me ‘obedience’ and my heart shriveled, because I know what He wants and I am very scared to do it, yet I am trusting in Him to provide the courage I will need when I face this fear.


Isaiah 41:10 ESV
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.


I am snared by the fear of man.


Proverbs 29:25 ESV
The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.


You see, with the House of Prayer being a ministry all of its own under the covering of my church, opportunities for expansion are already surfacing. One of these opportunities is for the House of Prayer to take over the prayer time during the church service and that means a big ol microphone and me. Ahhhhh, just typing that out made my tummy turn to jello. :( Folks, I am a behind the scenes type of person, the one who lays on her face in the dark praying for others in the lime light. Yet Father is calling me to do this and I know without a doubt that He will meet me when the occasion arises but it is that first step that is hard. I envision myself running to the edge of the cliff and just jumping off and in most situations I do this flying leap very well but in this one I see myself coming to an abrupt halt bound by fear and feeling myself shrink into the ground.

If you remember please pray I have courage to take a running leap when I am asked to do what I fear. God is faithful and I do trust Him therefore I know I am safe in Him. 

Thanks!

Do you have a word for this new year?  I would love for you to share it in the comments below or write a post on it. 

Blessings,
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8 comments:

  1. BARBIEJanuary 6, 2014 at 11:14 PM

    Oh friend, if anyone has passion for prayer, it's you! I will definately be praying for courage for you my friend. I'm so excited about this.

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    1. child of GodJanuary 7, 2014 at 4:47 AM

      Thank you Barbie, I am in need of lots of prayer for this one. It is a deep rooted fear but I know Father is even deeper. :)

      Blessings,
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  2. BrendaJanuary 7, 2014 at 12:20 PM

    Hi child of God,
    there is no better word than 'obedience', and the only fear we should have is the fear of the Lord which is the beginning of wisdom.
    ' Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.'
    God bless you

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    1. child of GodJanuary 7, 2014 at 1:10 PM

      Hi Brenda,
      Thank yo for your prayer of Scripture for me and I stand in agreement with it and praise the name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

      Blessings hon,
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  3. ~Neverforsaken~Lisa DreamchildJanuary 17, 2014 at 7:55 PM

    I am praying for you...for Father to make a way. I can't help but think of Moses and Aaron....Too bad you do not have an 'Aaron'...hmmm...Ask and ye shall receive.
    Father, is it possible according to your will that you might send her someone to act as the PR person while she works behind the scenes in this ministry you have called her to?...if so, please let it be...if not, please give her confidence and the words when she needs them...Your words and not her own...In Jesus precious and Holy name...Amen!

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    1. child of GodJanuary 17, 2014 at 8:13 PM

      Hi Lisa,
      Thank you hon! I believe God has answered this prayer before you even prayed it. Sweet huh? My hubby is a great spokes person and he may just fill the need where I lack. This Sunday, I am putting out a 24 hr call to prayer. With this needs to be an announcement and hubby will do it for me. He is so engaging with people and amazing at public speaking. :)) I just wonder if he will be able to fill in all the speaking spots...I highly doubt it because I feel Father pulling me here. :s

      Thanks for praying sister,
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    2. ~Neverforsaken~Lisa DreamchildJanuary 18, 2014 at 12:29 PM

      So sweet!
      Even if your hubby only paves the way for you...It will be a big help. :)
      It's my privilege to pray ;D

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    3. child of GodJanuary 18, 2014 at 4:58 PM

      Yes Lisa, my hubby is a big help that way. He has the gift of the gab and I don't. :)

      Blessings hon,
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