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Day 397 1 Corinthians 5:1-13

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Thanksgiving: I Thank the Lord for life in the Spirit, For we know the flesh leads us to death. For what was from the earth shall return, but what is from God shall be His in Eternity! For what is in the world is not of God, but those who are in the world are shall return to Him. We fight not with flesh and blood, but called to use the gifts of the Spirit to fight beyond the flesh!

It is Written, “It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man is sleeping with his father’s wife. And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have gone into mourning and have put out of your fellowship the man who has been doing this? For my part, even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit. As one who is present with you in this way, I have already passed judgment in the name of our Lord Jesus on the one who has been doing this. So when you are assembled and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present, hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord. Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough? Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch–as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old bread leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people– not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler. Do not even eat with such people. What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked person from among you.” 1 Corinthians 5:1-13

Prayer: I Pray Lord that you Father send the Spirit of Holiness upon your People so that we may seek to be clean and purified before you in Jesus Name, Amen!

Day 396 John 4:3-14

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Thanksgiving: I Thank the Lord for Hunger and Thirst, For there is a burning desire beyond the Flesh which drive those called by the Shepard to seek his voice. We were made for more than this and the fire inside our souls will not let us relent. I Thank the Lord for His Waters that can satisfy this deep longing within!

It is Written, “So he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee. Now he had to go through Samaria. So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon. When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?” Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” John 4:3-14

Prayer: Father, I Pray Lord that you increase the Thirst of your people that we may seek you deep of a spiritual level in Jesus Name, Amen!

Day 395 1 Corinthians 1:1-9

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Thanksgiving: I Thank the Lord For Spiritual Gifts, For it is written that we must eager seek what the Spirit freely gives. I Thank you Lord for we are not victims to Spiritual forces, but have access to fight against Satan’s kingdom. For what we lack in the Flesh, all is given by the Spirit!

It is Written, “Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ–their Lord and ours: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. For in him you have been enriched in every way–with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge– God thus confirming our testimony about Christ among you. Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.” 1 Corinthians 1:-9

Prayer: Father in Heaven, I Pray Lord that we as your Children take a Firm Look at the Life you have called us to. For if it is not Flesh and Blood we won against, then it is only Spiritual weapons that shall defeat the enemy in Jesus Name, Amen!

Day 393 1 Corinthians 14:5-15

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Thanksgiving: I Thank the Lord for Understanding, For there is deep revelation and knowledge within the Spirit of the Lord! We must not lean on Knowledge alone, but be wise in all our actions. Only by the Holy Spirit are we able to meditate these things and make decisions that will further us in our Destiny. We seek great knowledge, but know it is the Wisdom of the Spirit that shall bear great Fruit!

It is Written, “I would like every one of you to speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be edified. Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you and speak in tongues, what good will I be to you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or word of instruction? Even in the case of lifeless things that make sounds, such as the pipe or harp, how will anyone know what tune is being played unless there is a distinction in the notes? Again, if the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle? So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air. Undoubtedly there are all sorts of languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning. If then I do not grasp the meaning of what someone is saying, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker is a foreigner to me. So it is with you. Since you are eager for gifts of the Spirit, try to excel in those that build up the church. For this reason the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that they may interpret what they say. For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my understanding; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my understanding.” 1 Corinthians 14:5-15

Prayer: I Pray Father that you continue to plant seeds of knowledge in your Children, so that our harvest of Understanding shall be great in Jesus Name, Amen!

Day 392 Psalms 150:1-6

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Thanksgiving: I Thank the Lord for Praise and Worship, For the key to the kingdom of Heaven is found in our utterance unto the Lord. We are called to make a joyful noise to the King of Kings in our sincere Love for the Father. As we pursue the things of God, He will continue to put Spiritual songs upon our hearts!

It is Written, “Praise the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens. Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness. Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre, praise him with timbrel and dancing, praise him with the strings and pipe, praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD.” Psalms 150:1-6

Prayer: I Pray Father that you fill your Children with praise that is driven by the Spirit in Jesus Name, Amen!

Day 391 Romans 8:18-28

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Thanksgiving: I Thank the Lord for Working all things for Good! For in times of hardship and turmoil it is hard to see how God is going to work things out! For we are sometimes trapped in the moment and not able to see pass our own situation! But it takes Wisdom to understand that the Lord has a greater plan than what we see with our human eyes!

It is Written, “I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. 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. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God. And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:18-28

Prayer: I Pray Father that we continue to build ourselves for your purpose Lord and may we count every suffering to the pursuit of Christ in Jesus Name, Amen!

Day 389 3 John 1:1-14

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Thanksgiving: I Thank the Lord for the opportunity to be Imitators of His Word, For we all know that no man is good, but we are called to be that which is not a reflection of evil. It is in our humbleness and understanding that it is Grace that has saved us and it is by His Love that we have been brought for a price. Christ gave all and at every opportunity we should give in remembrance of Our Lord’s Great Sacrifice!

It is Written, “The elder, To my dear friend Gaius, whom I love in the truth. Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well. It gave me great joy when some believers came and testified about your faithfulness to the truth, telling how you continue to walk in it. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers and sisters, even though they are strangers to you. They have told the church about your love. Please send them on their way in a manner that honors God. It was for the sake of the Name that they went out, receiving no help from the pagans. We ought therefore to show hospitality to such people so that we may work together for the truth. I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not welcome us. So when I come, I will call attention to what he is doing, spreading malicious nonsense about us. Not satisfied with that, he even refuses to welcome other believers. He also stops those who want to do so and puts them out of the church. Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God. Demetrius is well spoken of by everyone–and even by the truth itself. We also speak well of him, and you know that our testimony is true. I have much to write you, but I do not want to do so with pen and ink. I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face. Peace to you. The friends here send their greetings. Greet the friends there by name.” 3 John 1:1-14

Prayer: I Pray Father that you continue to Build your Children up to be Brave and stand for you in these evil and wicked times in Jesus Name, Amen!

Day 387 Colossians 1:19-29

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Thanksgiving: I Thank the Lord for Restoration of Health, For we are blessed daily to be able to go about our day and function. It is only when this freedom is taken from us that we understand what we have taken for granted in our life!

It is Written, “For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation– if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant. Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church. I have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness– the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord’s people. To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ. To this end I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me.” Colossians 1:19-29

Prayer: I Pray Father that you Continue to reveal the Mystery of your to your people in Jesus Name, Amen!

Day 386 John 3:22-30

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Thanksgiving: I Thank the Lord for Fire, For there is live that is far from flesh that is calling. We in this natural state have a burning in our bones that can not be quenched by the things of this world! I Thank the Lord for a desire that goes beyond all understanding and seek to go deeper with all things that have been given to me in Jesus Name!

It is Written, “After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them, and baptized. Now John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water, and people were coming and being baptized. (This was before John was put in prison.) An argument developed between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the matter of ceremonial washing. They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, that man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan–the one you testified about–look, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him.” To this John replied, “A person can receive only what is given them from heaven. You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah but am sent ahead of him.’ The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete. He must become greater; I must become less.” John 3:22-30

Prayer: I Pray Father that you guide and direct the path of your Children, bring us into the Destiny we have always called to be in Jesus Name, Amen!

Day 385 2 Corinthians 3:1-10

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Thanksgiving: I Thank the Lord for being able to praise and worship his Holy Name! For our Father has given us a voice that is called to give Him Worship. Many idle words may department our mouths, but sacred and pure are the Words that Flow from the Spirit!

It is Written, “Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.” 2 Corinthians 3:1-10

Prayer: I Pray Lord that we carry with us the Death of the Flesh, So that the Life of the Spirit shall be shown through us in Jesus Name, Amen!