Day 198 Nehemiah 1:1-11

Posted on March 12, 2014 by J.C. Jeffrey

Thanksgiving: I Thank the Lord for Trust, For without faith, we serve a dead God! I Thank the Lord for Idols, For the Image of Perfection is just an illusion. I Thank the Lord for assignments, For He uses all things to shape our Destiny!

It is Written, “The words of Nehemiah son of Hakaliah: In the month of Kislev in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa, Hanani, one of my brothers, came from Judah with some other men, and I questioned them about the Jewish remnant that had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem. They said to me, “Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.” When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven. Then I said: “LORD, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and keep his commandments, let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer your servant is praying before you day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess the sins we Israelites, including myself and my father’s family, have committed against you. We have acted very wickedly toward you. We have not obeyed the commands, decrees and laws you gave your servant Moses. “Remember the instruction you gave your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations, but if you return to me and obey my commands, then even if your exiled people are at the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for my Name.’ “They are your servants and your people, whom you redeemed by your great strength and your mighty hand. Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of this your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Give your servant success today by granting him favor in the presence of this man.” I was cupbearer to the king.” Nehemiah 1:1-11

Prayer:I Pray Lord that you strengthen your servants to bring forth a Heart of Repentance for this generation in Jesus Name!

Day 197 Matthew 4:1-11

Posted on March 11, 2014 by J.C. Jeffrey

Thanksgiving: I Thank the Lord for Understanding, For our hardships in this life shall not be forever! I Thank the Lord for clarity, For God blesses those who seek the Spirit of discernment! I Thank the Lord for Testimonies, For at the end of this life, we shall have ours written in the Book of Life!

It is Written, “Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'” Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: ” ‘He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'” Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'” Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.” Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.'” Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.” Matthew 4:1-11

Prayer: I Pray Father that you grant access to the deeper knowledge and understanding of your Word to all your Children as we prepare for the events of the future in Jesus Name!

Day 196 Job 1:20-21

Posted on March 10, 2014 by J.C. Jeffrey

Thanksgiving: I give Thanks to the Lord for every trail, for within them we find strength in Him and Not ourselves! I Give thanks to the Lord Obedience, for God’s Son was the greatest sacrifice and we are not to follow His every Word! I Thank the Lord for Perseverance, for it shall manifest into Faith!

It is Written, “ At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship and said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised.” Job 1:20-21

We all have lost something or someone that was taken away from us. In our pain, we fall into despair and go through a time of mourning. The Book of Job chronicles one of the greatest events of great wealth and health to absolute lost and affliction. Through it all, even when friends and His own thoughts that tried to turn against Him, Job relented and said, “ May the Name of the LORD be praised!” God is not a God of circumstance, He is a God that is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. Daily, as you wake, rather you are blessed or going through yet another trail, Lift your voice up and praise the Lord. “ Naked we came into this World, and naked we all shall depart.

Prayer: I Pray Lord that you increase the Faith of your Children through adversity and even more so in times of prosperity in Jesus Name!

Day 193 John 5:1-10

Posted on March 7, 2014 by J.C. Jeffrey

Thanksgiving: I Thank the Lord for Truth, for it is greater than the Law! I Thank the Lord for Sabbath, For it is a day of remembrance of your Great Name!I Thank the Lord for Faith, for even the crippled are called to stand by the voice of your Name!

It is written, “Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Here a great number of disabled people used to lie–the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?” “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. The day on which this took place was a Sabbath, and so the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat.” John 5:1-10

Prayer: I Pray Father that your Children Look beyond the Law and see the Perfect picture of Jesus in this Hour!

Day 192 Psalms 118:1-9

Posted on March 7, 2014 by J.C. Jeffrey

Thanksgiving: I Thank the Lord for Sincerity, For the True of Heart will be revealed through every trail! I Thank the Lord for Dependence, For my strengthen is in the Father! I Thank the Lord for Truth, for lies are mortal, but truth is immortal!

It is Written, “Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. Let Israel say: “His love endures forever.” Let the house of Aaron say: “His love endures forever.” Let those who fear the LORD say: “His love endures forever.” When hard pressed, I cried to the LORD; he brought me into a spacious place. The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? The LORD is with me; he is my helper. I look in triumph on my enemies. It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in humans. It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.” Psalms 118:1-9

Prayer: I Pray Father that you bless all your children who seek to give praise to your Holy Name!

Day 191 John 14:1-10

Posted on March 5, 2014 by J.C. Jeffrey

Thanksgiving: I Thank the Lord for Blessing, for we are overcome with Joy when we it comes in a needed time! I Thank the Lord for Faith, for every situation can be changed in a moment! I Thank the Lord Love, even when we aren’t perfect, God always is!

It is Written, “”Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.” Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.” Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.” Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.” John 14:1-10

Prayer: I Pray Father that you give an overflowing abundance of Love to your children who seek to Known the Fathers Heart in this Hour in Jesus Name!

Day 189 Hebrews 2:1-9

Posted on March 3, 2014 by J.C. Jeffrey

Thanksgiving: I Thank the Lord for His Sacrifice, For we are called to Obedience as our offering to the God! I Thank the Lord for Perception, For the ways of God is not the ways of Men! I Thank the Lord for Wisdom, For knowledge alone shall lead you down many different paths!

It is Written, “We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. For since the message spoken through angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment, how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation? This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him. God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will. It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking. But there is a place where someone has testified: “What is mankind that you are mindful of them, a son of man that you care for him? You made them a little lower than the angels; you crowned them with glory and honor and put everything under their feet.” In putting everything under them, God left nothing that is not subject to them. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to them. But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.” Hebrews 2:1-9

Prayer: I Pray Lord that you send Angels amongst your Children to bring forth encouragement in their Hour of Need in Jesus Name!

Day 187 Romans 5:1-9

Posted on March 1, 2014 by J.C. Jeffrey

Thanksgiving: I Thank the Lord for Honor, For we daily seek to glory the King of Kings! I Thank the Lord for Destiny, For we were written in the Book of Life before the Womb! I Thank the Lord for encouragement, for we daily seek to uplift the body in the name of the Father!

It is Written, “ Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him!” Romans 5:1-9

Prayer: I Pray Lord that you in this Hour Bless your Children with an increase measure of Faith that leads to Hope in Jesus!

Day 184 John 17:15-26

Posted on February 26, 2014 by J.C. Jeffrey

Thanksgiving: I Thank the Lord for forgiveness, for we forgive because we are found innocent! I Thank the Lord for Security, for we are His and He is ours! I Thank the Lord for Favor, for He rescues the lost in their time of need!

It is Written, “My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified. “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one– I in them and you in me–so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. “Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.” John 17:15-26

Prayer: I Pray Lord that as your Children Abba, you anoint us with the understanding that we are yours and not the worlds!

Day 183 Matthew 25:32-41

Posted on February 25, 2014 by J.C. Jeffrey

Thanksgiving: I Thank the Lord for Today, for tomorrow is not promised to any man! I Thank the Lord for prayer, for He has given us the power to change the unseen world! I Thank the Lord for revelation, For it shall enlighten those who were once blind!

It is Written, “All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.” Matthew 25:32-41

Prayer: Abba Father, I Pray that all men who have received praise in your name direct the flocks devotion to the one and only true and living God in Jesus Name!

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