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Arise and Receive Kingdom News and the Bread of the Morning, and Cancel Your Entertainment from Headlines by Thieves and Murderers of Time (PART 1)

By Moses Hightower

I have come that you might have life more abundantly. The thief has come to divert you from the fullness of life. Do not allow this thief to make merchandise of you. Refuse to allow him to use your time as a commodity. Redeem the time, for the days are evil. Time is short; therefore, it is one of the most precious commodities that you have. You must sacrifice to redeem time. Time is not redeemed without something else dying for lack of attention. You have allowed the thief to kill your time. This murderer of time rises with the light and has a scheme to kill your time. In the night, he is a thief with a plan to seduce you and carry you along paths of diversion when you awaken. While you commune with your own thoughts from an unfocused mind, the trap of distraction is sprung and another hour has been stolen by carnal news and Internet mail. You are marked for communion with the darkness. I have chosen the morning for communion with me. The morning to these thieves is as the shadow of death. They are swift as the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth. They are as the grave, for they are cold and destructive toward the things that are of life and godliness. Arise from your bed with praise on your lips, and the thief shall not enter in. Seek me early, and the bread of the morning shall be your strength and your guide.

Many do not know what they have lost in the bundles of time that they squander each day. Their habits of squandering shall be their snares in the hour of my coming. Watch, for you do not know what hour that I am coming. If the Goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Be ready, for in such an hour as you think not, the Son of man will come. I have spiritual news for you in the morning. Come and receive the kingdom news and cancel your entertainment before the voice of your own thoughts. Come and cast yourself before me, and the first fruit of your strength, mind, soul, spirit, and heart shall be embraced by me as precious incense. I have given you the kingdom of God. It is my good pleasure to give it to you. Immerse yourself into a relationship with the King of the kingdom each morning, and no thief will approach you or corrupt your treasures.

What are your treasures?

Distraction, Diversion, and Thieves (Part 1)

By Linda Galati

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light, and there was light."

God has come that I might have life more abundantly. The thief has come to divert me from the fullness of life. I will not allow this thief to make merchandise of me. I refuse to allow him to use my time as a commodity. I must redeem the time, for the days are evil. Time is short; therefore, it is one of the most precious commodities that I have. I must sacrifice to redeem time. Time is not redeemed without something else dying for lack of attention. I have allowed the thief to kill my time. This murderer of time rises with the light and has a scheme to kill my time. In the night, he is a thief with a plan to seduce me and carry me along paths of diversion when I awaken. While I commune with my own thoughts from an unfocused mind, the trap of distraction is sprung and another hour has been stolen by carnal news and Internet mail; therefore, I am marked for communion with the darkness. God has chosen the morning for communion with him. The morning to these thieves is as the shadow of death. They are swift as the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth. They are as the grave, for they are cold and destructive toward the things that are of life and godliness. I arise from my bed with praise on my lips, and the thief shall not enter in. I will seek the Lord early, and the bread of the morning shall be my strength and my guide.

Many do not know what they have lost in the bundles of time that they squander each day. Their habits of squandering shall be their snares in the hour of God’s coming. I will watch, for I do not know what hour that he is coming. If the Goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. I must be ready, for in such an hour as I think not, the Son of man will come. God has spiritual news for me in the morning. I will go and receive the kingdom news and cancel my entertainment before the voice of my own thoughts. I will go and cast myself before him, and the first fruit of my strength, mind, soul, spirit, and heart shall be embraced by him as precious incense. He has given me the kingdom of God. It is his good pleasure to give it to me. I will immerse myself into a relationship with the King of the kingdom each morning, and no thief will approach me or corrupt my treasures.

By Don Grigsby

Don and Linda Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - Arise and Receive Kingdom News and the Bread of the Morning, and Cancel Your Entertainment from Headlines by Thieves and Murderers of Time (PART 1)

God is so full of purpose and desires for us to realize his purpose for us every day. Ephesians speaks much about God's purpose in us. If every one of us will begin the day with thanksgiving, prayer, and God's word, we will have a defined focus that will displace every other demand on our time and energy. We must capture the real intent of seek ye FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD. When we focus on him and seek him first, we are rewarded for that diligence. Many diversions will come to get us sidetracked. Yet, when the river of God and his purpose are flowing strong and mighty in us, then even the log jams of the enemy are busted up before we reach them. Then we go down the steam of the day to the intended destination. We can waste the day in worry, or we can go on a march through the day as we say, "The Lord is good, and his mercy endures forever."

By Moses Hightower

Look unto me, and allow salvation to hold your hand and keep you. I am in covenant with you. I opened your blinded eyes and brought you out of the prison of sin. You sat in the darkness of a spiritual prison house. Now are you free. Give glory unto me, the Lord. Sing unto me a new song. Sing my praise from the end of the earth. The wilderness and the cities of the isles lift up their voice. The rocks are singing, and many shout from the top of the mountains. I am given glory and praise in the islands. I have gone forth as a mighty man and stirred up jealousy like a man of war. I have roared and prevailed against your enemies. I will make waste the things against you. I will dry up the pools that have stood before you. I will make darkness light before you and the crooked things straight. I will not forsake you, but I will uphold you and turn back your enemies. Your enemies shall be greatly ashamed, for they have been held by their chains of covetousness, which is idolatry.

By LWWC Confession Writers

I look unto the Lord and allow salvation to hold my hand and keep me. He is in covenant with me. He opened my blinded eyes and brought me out of the prison of sin. I sat in the darkness of a spiritual prison house. Now I am free. I give glory unto Jesus, the Lord. I sing unto him a new song. I sing his praise from the end of the earth. The wilderness and the cities of the isles lift up their voice. The rocks are singing, and many shout from the top of the mountains. He is given glory and praise in the islands. He has gone forth as a mighty man and stirred up jealousy like a man of war. He has roared and prevailed against my enemies. He will make waste the things against me. He will dry up the pools that have stood before me. He will make darkness light before me and the crooked things straight. He will not forsake me, but he will uphold me and turn back my enemies. My enemies shall be greatly ashamed, for they have been held by their chains of covetousness, which is idolatry.

By Don Grigsby

RE: RHEMA - The Opportunity to Become Acquainted with Grief

Jesus Christ hung on the cross in three hours of darkness. He did this to let us know that he would be with us through our darkest times of life with just as much power available then as in our salvation. Prophets walked the path of rejection, pain, and grief in order to show us the God that would be with us in a time of grief. Jesus wept at the death of a friend for many reasons. One of the reasons was to show his taking part of our humanity. How can infinite power submit and be a partaker in the temporal sorrows of grief and pain?

His love for us descended into the lowest depths of humanity. When he arose, he led captivity captive and gave gifts unto men. When he arose, he not only had the keys of death and hell, but he also possessed the keys to the chambers of human suffering. He not only was able to give the gifts of the Holy Ghost and the nine gifts of the Spirit, but he was able to find the comfort that does not come in a pill or therapy. One version of the scriptures tells us not to look on our trials as enemies but to greet them as delightful guests. If something is happening in our lives that is pressing us, then God must be about to give us a pressed down and running over blessing. Our suffering will allow us to desire to embrace the hurting and suffering. Our lives remain closed to a great extent unless they are opened up with the fellowship of suffering. In the shadow of death and suffering is the brilliant light of life that is beyond the power of death. The junction of our path that meets grief and pain has a dwelling that houses incredible joy at the same address. We look through a glass darkly. If this is reverse reality and an indirect revelation of deity, then we are beholding the face of deity in the pile of dust that constitutes our grief. In the midst of the gloom of grief is the glory of God that will cause us to reign eternally with him. We have all quoted that weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. We look into the face of the night, but morning is coming to us. The true way that they that sow in tears shall reap in joy is as follows. How can you sow tears and reap joy? It will never happen because this destroys the law of the harvest. We can sow joy in the midst of tears and reap in joy! The preposition “in” should be translated as “in the midst of”. So in the midst of the grief and tears, we will rejoice in the One who has born our grief and carried our sorrows, and we will reap in joy!

By Moses Hightower

(Continued)

Look to me, Jesus, the finisher of your faith, and you will see my glory. I am a radiant light, the treasure in earthen vessels. Do not be afraid. The excellency of the power of God rests upon you. It works in you mightily. Though trouble comes on every side, do not be distressed. Though perplexity comes as a ball of confusion, do not be discouraged. Though persecution unfolds as an exterminating tyrant, be assured that you are not forsaken. Though you are cast down, be broken on me, the rock of your salvation, for I will not allow you to be destroyed. My life, which is your light, will be manifest in your body in every trial, for you are delivered unto death for my sake. Through all of these things, my life is made manifest in your mortal flesh. Death works in you, but life works exceedingly more.

396. Do you believe this?

You were a slave to sin. Your old master, the devil, has not given up his pursuit to bring you back into bondage. His quest to capture you is consistent. Do not fear, for I am your protection. I have made provisions for you. You are freely given all things that pertain unto life and godliness. Grace and peace are multiplied to you. My grace is more than enough. My peace passes all understanding. It will keep you when understanding has reached its limitations. I will not betray you. I will never leave you. I am not a covenant breaker. I am a covenant keeper. There is nothing in the enemy's kingdom that I would hand you over for. I do not sell out. I am faithful. My life was not too much for me to spend for you. You are mine.

397. Who has a price more than what I have paid for you?

(To Be Continued)

March 28, 2007

By Rashall Sanchez

Lord, I am so thankful today that you are so full of purpose. I am grateful that you have a divine purpose for me every day. I praise you that you have given me the revelation of what your purpose is for me this day. As I begin this new day, I will come into your gates with thanksgiving and into your courts with praise. I am grateful that through prayer and your word I can have a defined focus that will displace every other demand on my time and energy. I am so glad that you have given me the opportunity to seek your kingdom first. I have sought you first; therefore, you have rewarded me. I am humbled that you have not allowed me to become sidetracked by the many diversions that have come my way. I thank you for allowing your river and your purpose to flow in me with strength and might, for it has made a way for me. Your purpose and your river have busted up the log jams of the enemy before I even reach them. I am so grateful that you have made divine intervention for me. I am so thankful that you have made a way so that I can go down the stream of the day to the intended destination. I praise you for the peace that you have given my mind. I am grateful that you have not allowed me to waste the day in worry. You are so good! Therefore, I offer up this praise to your name, and I will say: "The Lord is good and his mercy endures forever."

RE: PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING - March 28, 2007

The Greek word for purpose in the New Testament is the word prosthesis. It is also used for the word shewbread. Every day as we rise to focus on God's purpose, we must eat the living bread of God's presence. As he speaks to us and we converse with him, the communion will cast out every false way and establish us in the ways of the Lord. We confirm his purpose for us as we place it in the framework of his word and as we begin to pray to maintain this focus all day long. His kingdom must be seated on the throne of each day. Our King of kings must not be king only when we have a need, but he should be king every day of our life. When God is first and the only focus of our lives, all other intruders are vanishing vapors in the night.