Daily Bread - July 24, 2004

But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

I have come that you might have life and that more abundantly. The abundant life is yours. I have given it unto you freely. Freely you have received. Now freely give to others. Though your pains are many, rejoice. You are suffering with me and for my name's sake. For the sake of the living word, you are being persecuted. Marvel not that this is happening to you, but be glad. The blessings that are on the way unto you are not possible unless you travel through this valley. In this valley of the shadow of confusion, many have been turned around by confusion's shadow and his voice of misunderstanding. You have made it through the veil of unbelief that has been cast over so many minds and wrapped them with fear and defeat. Rejoice that you were elected to prevail by the faith of Jesus Christ.

Unbelief has not finished its war with you. It has sent reinforcements into the battle to detour you from faith. Know this of a truth, that faith is more than enough for this web of unbelief and its army. Offer praise, and give glory unto me continuously, and you shall destroy the wicked generals of unbelief. No weapon formed against you shall prosper. Every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment, you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and your righteousness is of me. The enemy has prepared many weapons and has much artillery to use against you in warfare. Worry not, for the weapons of your warfare are not carnal but mighty through me to the pulling down of strongholds, casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God. I will bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of myself. Have in a readiness to revenge all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.

Be wise as serpents and harmless as doves, for wisdom is better than weapons of war. Be not afraid of the enemy's weapons of resentment and annoyance. You shall be a terror unto them, for I am going to do a thing in your life that shall make the enemy afraid of you. I will turn back the weapons of war that are in the hands of the enemy, and I will fight against them with my outstretched hand and strong arm. I have opened my armory and brought forth the weapons of my indignation, for this is my work that they are against.

Send forth praises into the battle as you lean on me and not on your own understanding. I shall use the praisers as my battle-axe and weapons of war. With the praisers, I will break in pieces the enemy's artillery. Those who are against you shall be treated as a destroying mountain. I will stretch out my hand upon them and roll them down from the rocks of their high places that they have assumed. I will make them a burnt mountain. All who are against you shall be made desolate. They shall boast in their numbers and shall not know that they are desolate. It is bondage to persecute the bearers of the living word. You are the children of Jerusalem, which are above and are free. She is the mother of all of you. It is written, "Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband."

You are as Isaac was. You are the children of promise. Remember: He that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit even so it is now. You are children of the free. Rejoice in your freedom. Be not filled with dismay at the many tactics that the enemy comes against you with. I am more than a match for all of these things. None of his strategies shall flourish. They shall be as babblers who speak with a fork of flame, for I shall confound them, and they shall be found liars. Continue to believe on me, and you shall not be ashamed. The penalty that I shall impose on them shall be devastating. I shall make trouble for them in their own camp. I shall vex them with their own wickedness that they have assumed would never come up against them; therefore, worry not about them. They shall be too busy defending themselves against their self-inflicted attacks to seek your hurt.

Heed my promises, and look not to the warriors from your back. Goodness and mercy that follow you all the days of your life are more than a match for them. I have given you goodness and mercy as an inheritance. Now behold the attack of goodness and mercy on your behalf. You are a servant of mine, and your righteousness is not your own, but it is of me. I am the Lord, your righteousness. Make an altar of praise and thanksgiving unto me today. Worship with all that is within you, and behold the demolition of your fears. The enemy shall be as raging heathens. I shall ask them, "Why do you rage and imagine vain things against those who bear my word?"

They shall be speechless, for I shall break their bands asunder and cast away their cords from you. I shall laugh and cause them to dwell in derision. Behold the defense of your King on your behalf. Rejoice. I am for you. Then if they are on my side, why are they against you? They shall surely gather together but not by me. Whosoever shall gather together against you, shall fall for your sake. I have called you, and I have sent you with a word from me. Go and deliver what I have given you, and be not afraid of their faces. I am with you to deliver you. I touch your mouth again. Behold, I have placed my words in it.

Amos 3: 7 - 8

Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. The lion hath roared, who will not fear? The Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?