Released Series: Part 2 ARISE!

Released Part 2: Arise and Shine!

In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.

Francis Bacon

The characteristics of darkness is indicative of what it means to be in a prison. Even in the calm, comfort of the darkness of a mother's womb is limited confinement that must cease in its due season. There is a time to die and a time to be born. A time to mourn and a time to dance. Ecclesiastes 3: 1-4 says it this way: 

For everything there is a season,
    a time for every activity under heaven.
2 A time to be born and a time to die.
    A time to plant and a time to harvest.
3 A time to kill and a time to heal.
    A time to tear down and a time to build up.
4 A time to cry and a time to laugh.
    A time to grieve and a time to dance.

You may be encountering a season of darkness of confinement or imprisonment. It may be a season of sorrow, a season of loss, a season of disappointment, spiritual attacks from the left and the right. Your darkness or prison may be illness, depression or even watching a close loved one go through drug addiction. As a result of the fall of man darkness and dark moments are inevitable. What does it mean to be in a place of confinement or darkness? What does prison look like for you? What is your prison?

The word prison means: 

a building for the confinement of accused persons awaiting trial or persons sentenced after conviction.

any place of confinement or involuntary restraint.

Confine-to keep (someone or something) within limits : to prevent (someone or something) from going beyond a particular limit, area, etc.

The Confining and imprisoning forces of our lives come from intrinsic and extrinsic forces. As a result of being born in sin with out the power of Jesus Christ ruling and having dominion over of us the human mind body and spirit is ruled by innate desires and passions that can only be regulated by satan and demonic oppression. Human beings minus God equals darkness, confusion, bondage, and defeat.

Darkness denotes imprisonment in that darkness is confining. When stuck in the dark one can only go so far. One can only see so far or not at all. When one dwells or lives in darkness one is vulnerable to be controlled, mishandled, carried away and thrown any where. Some one who dwells in darkness is not mobile, is not advancing or moving towards neither can they be elevated to soar to the levels and dimensions that God has planned for their lives. Darkness is indicative of a cell where one remains motionless. 

What has you paralyzed, motionless, at a standstill, unproductive, at a bottleneck? What has you confined? 

When you dwell in darkness it is easy to be robbed and taken advantaged of.

What am I driving at in this blog before I even get to my main point?

I'm driving at that age old adversary that force of darkness that is insistent, deliberately, consistently with out ceasing stretching out his hands to destroy you, your life and those connected to you. 

This is his Character and his Nature:

Genesis 3:3,4-4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

A. The enemy is a deceiver and distorter of truth. 

John 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.

B. The enemy is a murderer and a liar.

10:10 The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.

C. The enemy is a Thief! The enemy is a destroyer.

1 Peter 5:8

Be sober, be vigilant; because[c] your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

D. The enemy is deliberate and seeks to devour, consume, eat you up, get rid of you!

Revelations 12:10-12

10 Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.12 Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.”

E. The enemy is an accuser of the bretheren

Ephesians 6

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age,[c]against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

F.The enemy is a ruler of darkness(CONFINEMENT, FEAR, UNBALANCED MINDSET, PRISON, CAPTIVITY, STRONGHOLDS, POWERLESSNESS, FAITHLESSNESS and DEPRESSION AND OPPRESSION) in a spiritual realm in another dimension. 

Meaning: The weapons of our warfare are not carnal-in the flesh, in our own power or might, ability, knowledge or strength but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds,2 Corinthians 10:4

Our weapons are mighty in God! Who is God but the supreme, infinite, all knowing, all powerful, all seeing, all sufficient God! He is the God that wars on our behalf which brings us to a continuation of our previous blog post of Peter's release from prison: 

Peter’s Miraculous Escape from Prison Acts 12:6-8

6 The night before Peter was to be placed on trial, he was asleep, fastened with two chains between two soldiers. Others stood guard at the prison gate. 7 Suddenly, there was a bright light in the cell, and an angel of the Lord stood before Peter. The angel struck him on the side to awaken him and said, “Quick! Get up!” And the chains fell off his wrists. 8 Then the angel told him, “Get dressed and put on your sandals.” And he did. “Now put on your coat and follow me,” the angel ordered.

Here we have it in this pericope of scripture that Peter has been imprisoned. Not only has he been placed in prison but he was doubly guarded and was doubly chained. In the background text it says that King Herod stretched out his hands against the Christians to persecute them in order to please the Jews. While he waited to execute Peter the saints stretched out before God in fervent prayer to pray for Peter's Divine RELEASE. Peter was guarded in such a way that they could not have delivered Peter from his point of darkness. 

The women and men of God in the Body Christ had only one resolve and that was to use spiritual tactics to deal with a spiritual attack. Herod really represents and is governed by a spiritual, demonic, prince of darkness. The Christians' response to this attack against the church was to PRAY WITHOUT CEASING! 

God proves in this text that His out stretched hand is bigger than any Outstretched hand of the enemy. The enemy may roam about like a lion, but God has given us power and authority of the enemy and his imps through spiritual warfare.

In order for Peter to be fully delivered he had to obey the voice of the angel of God. Though the enemy has principalities God does too and his power has thee power to overpower the works of darkness. 

Psalms 91 states that he For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.They shall bear thee up in [their] hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. Pslams 91:11-12

Psalms 68:17-17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands. The Lord is among them as He was in Sinai, [so also] in the Holy Place (the sanctuary in Jerusalem).

Revelations 12:7-9

Then war broke out in heaven; Michael and his angels went forth to battle with the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought.

8 But they were defeated, and there was no room found for them in heaven any longer.

9 And the huge dragon was cast down and out—that age-old serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, he who is the seducer (deceiver) of all humanity the world over; he was forced out and down to the earth, and his angels were flung out along with him.

The enemy is a defeated foe! We already have the victory! If you take the time to read Revelations 12 in it's entirety you will find that God was giving the enemy a glimpse of his future. The enemy's job has been taken. he knows that his time is short and that is why he is after the God in you. He will try to take advantage of you while you are in dark seasons of life that are not under your control but you got to do what the angel of the Lord told Peter to do ARISE!

Matthew 12:29

29 Or how can a person go into a strong man’s house and carry off his goods (the entire equipment of his house) without first binding the strong man? Then indeed he may plunder his house.

Arise for the Light has come and the angel of God is ready to be dispatched but you have to do something! ARISE!

Get up! Stand! Be Firm! Be awake be vigilant be watchful! Be well balanced! Be alert! Be mobile, have faith, don't waver, Stand in Faith. Don't be tossed by the winds and waves of doctrine but believe and trust God's word. Make sure you have a solid foundation of faith so that when the winds come and the waves come you will be able to travail by standing firm on the word of God! There is no time for sleep. No time for lethargy, complacency, being comfortable. There is no time to rest, Be Ready Be diligent.

If you know how to hear God's voice like Peter heard the angel, the wolf referenced in St. John the tenth chapter can't kill, steal or destroy you.

If you hear the voice of God you won't be distracted by the voice of a serpent that speaks half truths because you will compare every voice or argument you hear to the word of God.

If you simply know God's voice you will not be murdered or destroyed but you will resist the enemy and he will flee. 

The weapons are our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for the pulling down of strongholds. That word strongholds means opposing arguments. So any opposing voices, arguments, thoughts, lies, untruths, fears, doubts that the enemy brings can be pulled down through reading, speaking, and applying the word of God. If we are rooted in hearing the voice of God the enemy can't come in and destroy our minds and the power to use the weapons mentioned in Ephesians 6!

So BE ENCOURAGED the enemy is fighting against the Body of Christ but we must STAND! Whatever prison you are in today your deliverance starts when you ARISE! Your time to ARISE is NOW! 

11 And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. 13 Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy. 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts. Romans 13:11-14


Next Month We go more in Depth with putting on the whole armor for the Angel of the Lord gives Peter some specific instructions as he is delivered from his prison. #YEAR of RELEASE!

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Released Series part 1 :Travail!

TRAVAIL! Released Series Part 1
by Jannae Cammon

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

I am excited to say that this year is still a blessed and wonderful year. I am thankful to have made it to another year of Destiny in Christ! Here it is that those of you who had a chance to see my video diaries on Facebook you were able to partake in the countdown into 2014! The video diaries concluded that 2014 is the year of RELEASE! How did Recover the Oil come up with such a conclusion? We came up with that conclusion by studying the biblical numerology and its deeper meaning in the bible and in the Hebrew culture. In the Hebrew culture numbers are words with meaning. God often used these meanings to convey a message to the Jewish people in the word of God.

 In ours studies I discovered that the number fourteen contains two sevens. The number seven means completion, finished, or perfect completion. The number contains double perfection. The number seven is also equated with release from bondage. It was the 14th day of the first month that the first PASSOVER occurred and the Hebrews were freed from the bondage of Egypt. It was a also during the 14th day of the first month that Jesus was crucified during the PASSOVER. Every year of jubilee or at the end of seven years, God commanded the people to release those who owed debt or were slaves/bondage. Hence the number seven means to be free from bondage and the number 14 means double release or freedom from bondage.  Jacob worked 14 years for the release of Rachel and Leah. Double seven also signifies double the amount or double portion. As a result of double labor, Jacob received a double blessing through his seed. Through his seed and lineage would not only the King of Kings and the Lord of Lord's be born but Joseph, David, King Solomon and so many great men and women in the bible and even in the world. The Hebrews entered into double when they finally made it out of the wilderness. After enduring persecution on earth and the cross, Jesus now sits on the right hand of the father, fully restored back to power, holding the keys to death and the grave.

God has given us in this special series a special message about the year of Release.  I hope that you are  able to receive the word from God that has come straight from the heart of God. Here it is in the book of Acts the 12th chapter, during the PASSOVER, that the Apostle Peter has been apprehended and taken to prison and in his imprisonment he was doubly bound. Not only was he guarded by sixteen soldiers, he also was guarded by the keepers of the prison. He slept between two soldiers and was bound with two chains.

About that time King Herod Agrippa[a] began to persecute some believers in the church. 2 He had the apostle James (John’s brother) killed with a sword. 3 When Herod saw how much this pleased the Jewish people, he also arrested Peter. (This took place during the Passover celebration.[b]) 4 Then he imprisoned him, placing him under the guard of four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring Peter out for public trial after the Passover. 5 But while Peter was in prison, the church prayed very earnestly for him.

Peter’s Miraculous Escape from Prison

6 The night before Peter was to be placed on trial, he was asleep, fastened with two chains between two soldiers. Others stood guard at the prison gate. 7 Suddenly, there was a bright light in the cell, and an angel of the Lord stood before Peter.

The number two here signifies double chains. The number sixteen also is equated with double eight which is double new beginnings.  Though Peter's situation looked grim. Peter was surrounded by a predicament or a situation that was taking him into Double New beginnings. A large place, a heavy anointing, an upgrade in ministry, grace and anointing! Here it is that the number sixteen can also be seen as perfection plus imperfection. That the sixteen soldiers where not complete or powerful enough to keep Peter bound for good. The number sixteen also means love and signifies that even though Peter looked surrounded by a foe that he was really surrounded by the love of God and that regardless of what his situation not a demon in hell could keep Peter bound. 

 What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? 32 Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else? 33 Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one—for God himself has given us right standing with himself. 34 Who then will condemn us? No one—for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God’s right hand, pleading for us.

35 Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? 36 (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”[c]) 37 No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.

38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[d]neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. 39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:31-38

God's plan for his people is always best. So no matter what one is facing God is present. He promised to never leave nor forsake us and as long as we call on him in the time of trouble, He is a present help in the time of trouble. 

The soldiers also could be seen or represented as an analogy or metaphor for satan and his demons. Here we have it that the enemy is organized according to Ephesians the 6th chapter and in his organization he is fully equipped to keep one bound as long as one wants to be bound.  Here it is in the text that the people of God were in fervent prayer for Peter. One translation says:

 5 So Peter was kept in prison, but fervent prayer for him was persistently made to God by the church (assembly).-Amp

Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.- KJV

All the time that Peter was under heavy guard in the jailhouse, the church prayed for him most strenuously.- Message

That word ceasing in this text means to stretch out. When one is stretching out one is sleeping or resting. So the saints of God prayed non stop, not even to stretch out and rest. Instead of stretching out to sleep the saints stretched out in prayer. Neither did the saints try to go get Peter out or point out the wrong committed to Peter. They didn't try to fight the battle through their flesh. They fought it through prayer! Instead of stretching forth to do something in the natural they stretched out in prayer! When one is stretching out in prayer it means to lay prostrate and travail before God. They were praying with out ceasing. They were consistent and prayed with out stopping until, all of a sudden. A few words that stick out in each translation mentioned above is  persistent, fervent, passionate, full of faith, non-stop, with all one's might, energy and strength. They were in Travail. The word travail means to labor. It means to put a whole lot of effort to receive deliverance or freedom. To travail means to push. In labor or during child labor, it is only through travail that one is able to bring forth a child or give birth. Regardless of the pain that is experienced during childbirth, one must ignore it to get the expected outcome. #Travail! PUSH. Pray until something happens or manifests! Praise until salvation is seen, heard and manifested. Push!

While Peter was sleeping between two guards with two chains  keeping him from moving wherever he wanted to move to. All of a sudden in the midst of his darkness or point of darkness an angel of light appears to guide Peter to his DELIVERANCE! As of the result people, the saints, body of Christ TRAVAILING in prayer for Peter, Peter saw his deliverance.Do you want to see someone delivered in this hour? TRAVAIL! The love of God and the love of God's people for Peter DELIVERED HIM! Your release may be contingent on your obedience to release someone through your prayers! #TRAVAIL! This is the season to TRAVAIL! #PUSH!

In the midst of Peter's darkness he slept. If you are Peter rest assured that God is about to deliver you. Do not be afraid. Trust God and live in his rest. The number seven is also equated with the divine rest of God. While yo are waiting for your deliverance access the divine rest of God. There is Travail in resting and fully relying on God to give you your divine release. Next Month we will discuss the process of deliverance according to Acts the 12th chapter BE BLESSED!


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A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she rememberet h no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
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Spiritual Farming Series Part 2: Sovereignty:The Power Invested in You!

Spiritual Farming Series Part 2:Sovereignty:The Power Invested in You!

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Henry David Thoreau

Here it is in the word of God everything we need to understand who God created us to be. He created us to have dominion, power, ruler ship and authority over the earth and over spiritual wickedness in high places. God has given us authority and power over the enemy. Here it is in the Garden of Eden. A garden that represents life and the very ideal of what happens when God steps on the scene of darkness. 

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth and the earth was with out form and void. Darkness that which speaks of emptiness, lacking, something missing and something with out. But God stepped into nothingness and created life. He breathed into man life! He breathed into man the power to create, reproduce, make decisions, rule over the fishes and the sea. God created out of darkness and the mysteries of his mind a world made for man to have dominion. Genesis chapters 1-4

The enemy who had been kicked out of heaven before the creation of man was already existing in this nothingness waiting for what had been hidden in the earth(Spiritual Farming series 1c, revelations 12) In revelations chapter 12 the enemy sees what his end will be and seeks to destroy the seed of Eve. What the enemy did not understand is that his very desire to kill the seed was a part of God's ultimate plan to bring man up from dominion over the earth to dominion over the earth and satan himself. If Adam had true ultimate dominion over the enemy then Adam would not have had a choice to make.  

Mankind was destined to be subjected to the choice between God or satan. God already knew that satan would choose to rebel and that he would be exposed to his children. He also knew that Adam and Eve would make the wrong choices. Why did God create man? He created man out of love and a desire to commune with us and shepherd us as a father does his children as a parent. God wanted more children.  God could have gotten rid of all of us after the fall, but since He knows that there are a few good seed out there that will choose Him he waits on us knowing that the good seed will be separated from the bad seed and that for the joy that is set before Him He endures the bad seed because He knows there are some redeemed of the Lord who will choose Him over the flesh, pride of life, greed, money, worldly power and sin.  Ephesians Chapter 1

3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 5 he[b] predestined us for adoption to sonship[c] through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the richesof God’s grace 8 that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding, 9 he[d] made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, 10 to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.

11 In him we were also chosen,[e] having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, 12 in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. 13 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory. Ephesians 1:3-13

What God sees when he looks at the children of men is seed. He knows what seed is bad and what seed is good. And when we choose him all he can see is THEE SEED! JESUS Christ! And the enemy's plan is to kill the power that has now been invested in you! Once Christ is in you and you have been filled with the Power of Holy Ghost! You have been supernaturally changed. The fruits of the Spirit that Adam and Eve had before the fall that would have prevented Cain and Abel. murder, hate, and etc has been restored back to your mind and a sincere and genuine love for others and life has now been restored! But in all of that because you are still in this body and in the world you are still in a BATTLE! 

Now that your mind has been supernaturally restored there is a fight to keep what God has INVESTED in you. You can multiply it or have what has been given taken away. The devil is fighting you for what God has INVESTED in you. More than talent! More than what you have in natural ability, but that, of the Holy Spirit and the JESUS, THE SEED! The POWER IN YOU!  The gifts of the spirit include the fruit of the Spirit; Galatians 5:21-22, prophesy, working of miracles, healing, speaking and interpretation of tongues, hospitality, Apostles, Teachers, Prophets, Evangelist, and Pastors.  The devil wants to steal the fruit of the spirit from you, the gifts to lay on the sick and recover! he wants to steal your ability to give and help others. He wants to steal the image of Christ in you! 

Christ brought us together through his death on the cross. The Cross got us to embrace, and that was the end of the hostility. Christ came and preached peace to you outsiders and peace to us insiders. He treated us as equals, and so made us equals. Through him we both share the same Spirit and have equal access to the Father.

19-22 That’s plain enough, isn’t it? You’re no longer wandering exiles. This kingdom of faith is now your home country. You’re no longer strangers or outsiders. You belong here, with as much right to the name Christian as anyone. God is building a home. He’s using us all—irrespective of how we got here—in what he is building. He used the apostles and prophets for the foundation. Now he’s using you, fitting you in brick by brick, stone by stone, with Christ Jesus as the cornerstone that holds all the parts together. We see it taking shape day after day—a holy temple built by God, all of us built into it, a temple in which God is quite at home.

 Ephesians 2:16-22

So as you complete this day to day walk with God remember who you are and who is INVESTED IN YOU! Remember the Power that is INVESTED IN YOU!

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Bonding: What Does it Mean to be a REAL FRIEND?

Bonding: What it means to be a REAL FRIEND!
FRIENDSHIP is the rainbow between two hearts sharing seven colors: feelings, love, sadness, happiness, truth, faith, secret & respect.-Anonymous


Someone somewhere in the world felt like expressing the meaning of friendship. According to this anonymous quote, friendship is connected or bound by eight characteristics; feelings, love, sadness, truth, faith, shared secrets and respect. 

When a true frienship is melded or linked by these characteristics it is bound to stay together. In the word of God there are many types of relationships that are bound and linked by many negative and positive characteristics. In the book of First Samuel, David and Jonathan had a unique and special bond. As we look at the meaning of what it means to bond this month, David and Jonathan's relationship in the bible display a bond, bound by feelings, love, sadness, happiness, truth, faith, shared secrets, and respect.

Jonathan and David's relationship was odd in that both were to be successors to the same throne. Since Saul had been named king in the natural order of things Jonathan was next in line to be King. However according to the supernatural order of things, David was to be king.  The fact that God had ordained David to be king never hindered Jonathans faithfulness and loyalty to David and their friendship. In fact in 1 Samuel the 19th chapter Jonathan had a great opportunity to kill David to ensure his own kingship. But Jonathan recognized that he would be going against the Sovereign will of God. Hence we discover that Jonathan had faith in God's decision to demote his family from the throne and place David as king instead. Jonathan had faith that when David took the throne that all would be well.

Jonathan did not mind being second place. Jonathan was humble. He had humility.  When he had the opportunity to kill his friend, he was loyal. Real friends are faithful and loyal. Real friends trust God and respect God's Sovereign will for their own life as well as the lives of their friends. Real friends show humility and compassion towards one another.

When Saul shared his plans to kill David with Jonathan, Jonathan spoke on his behalf.  Jonathan also told David to hide so that he could speak on his friend's behalf. Jonathan was also an intercessor or mediator for his friend.  He did whatever he could to work things out for the best outcome for his friend. Real friends intercede or mediate on your behalf for things to work in your favor.

David and Jonathan were able to confide in each other. When David told Jonathan about his father's plans to kill him, Jonathan believed him. This means that there was a strong element of trust between Jonathan and David.  Jonathan trusted David till the point that he was prepared to help David in his situation. Real friends trust you and are trust worthy.

Jonathan promised to tell David whether or not Saul meant to kill him and to let him know whether he should continue to go on the run or stay. Jonathan was a man of his word. Real friends keep their word.

Jonathan and David's bond was so great that they made a pact between each other that would last past death.

"As God, the God of Israel, is my witness, by this time tomorrow I’ll get it out of my father how he feels about you. Then I’ll let you know what I learn. May God do his worst to me if I let you down! If my father still intends to kill you, I’ll tell you and get you out of here in one piece. And God be with you as he’s been with my father! If I make it through this alive, continue to be my covenant friend. And if I die, keep the covenant friendship with my family—forever. And when God finally rids the earth of David’s enemies, stay loyal to Jonathan!” Jonathan repeated his pledge of love and friendship for David. He loved David more than his own soul!1 Samuel 20:13-17

Jonathan's friendship to David extended beyond jealousy, hate, self gain, selfishness and lust for power. Jonathan respected David as the annointed of God. Even though he could have become familiar with David, he did not allow familiarity keep him from respecting David as God's chosen. Real friends respect the annointing in one's life.

It was a sad occasion when David and Jonathan departed. It was not easy to leave a season of shared happiness and transition into a season of sadness and separation. Real friends feel happiness and sadness together. Real friendships out last separation, tragedy and even death.

servant." 3 And the king said, "Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God to him?" Ziba said to the king, "There is still a son of Jonathan; he is crippled in his feet." 2 Samuel 9:3

After Jonathan's death, David kept his word to his friend by honoring his best friend's son, Mephibosheth.

And Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, son of Saul, came to David and fell on his face and paid homage. And David said, "Mephibosheth!" And he answered, "Behold, I am your servant." 7 And David said to him, "Do not fear, for I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan, and I will restore to you all the land of Saul your father, and you shall eat at my table always."
2 Samuel 9:4-7

Real friends keep their word even when it seems impossible. They will find a way to do whatever it is that they said.

Real friendships are bound by the very characteristics of God. Jonathan and David had Agape love for one another. Jonathan put his life on the line for David. When he stood up for David his father even tried to kill him, but he stood his ground. Real friends will endure with you in tough times.   Jonathan was obedient to the commandment that said that we should love our neighbor as we love our own selves.Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.  Jonathan and David endured all things, believed all things, hoped all things and bore all things!

Jonathan and David's friendship actually is a picture of Christ's love for us. Jesus laid down his life for all of us and endured all things for us. Real friends show Agape love towards one another.

The knots that bind Godly relationships include:

Love for God
Agape love for one another
Trust in each other
Faith in God's Sovereign will
Intercession/Mediation
Faithfulness and loyalty
Humility and compassion
Keeping one's word
Respecting the annointing on each other's lives
Experiencing happiness and sadness together
Outlasting separation
Imitating Christ's love for us

A rainbow in the word of God represents God's promise of Grace. God promised Noah that He would never destroy the earth again with water. God kept his promise and graced man with a second chance to experience His love and grace through Jesus Christ. This is not something that God had to do, but something that He chose to do because of His unconditional love for mankind. So be encouraged to form relationships with others that exemplify and show the love of Christ.  When it seems you can no longer endure the faults, troubles and trials of your friends, remember the cross and remember what it means to really have Agape love for others. The bond that brings all relationships close and closer is Agape love. 


Let yor day Be filled with the love of Christ!

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Humility: The key to Coping with the Changes of Life

Humility: The Key to Coping with the Changes of Life!

“Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life. ”

George Arliss

According to Actor George Arliss, the one true wisdom, discretion, bit of knowledge, enlightenment, elucidation, light of understanding, and illumination one needs to cope with the various changes of life is to maintain a mindset of humility.

Whether it is a house going into foreclusure, not being able to pay rent, a car breaking down, a miscarriage, a lost loved one, losing a job, suffering from heart break, embarrasement, or hurt or betrayal from friends, co-worker or a loved one; changes in life can be abrupt interruptions that have a way of causing us to discover who we really are.

It is through being with out, suffering pain, and experiencing vulnerability that we discover what we are really and truly made of. It is when you are faced with choices that one sees where one's heart is once the decision has been made.  Will you curse God or Bless Him through it all? Will you choose to lie or tell the truth when under pressure at work?  Will you choose to sleep around for a promotion or trust God to elevate you? Will you choose to steal, sell drugs, look for a sugar daddy or mama to pay your bills or will you trust God? Will you cut corners, cut people down, or back stab your way into a position or let God work on your behalf?

At the end of the day the bottom line question is: Will you trust God? An humble person trusts God with everything. An humble person obeys the commandments and adheres to the voice of God.

When you are facing negative changes in your life, will you TRUST GOD?  When everything around you is dark and it seems as if there is no way out, will you TRUST GOD?  When you need more money to feed your family, will you TRUST GOD! True faith in God takes true humility. It's realizing that all that you are and this world is, God controls. When you trust God you have already come to the realization that you are NOT GOD. You do not know all of the things that God knows. You willl never sit as high or as low as He sits and because of that you will trust Him because at the end of the day God knows what is best for you.

Being able to live out faith in God shows true humility.
When you win the lottery, get a new appointment, job, promotion, get married, move into a new house or upscale neighborhood, and purchases a new car, what will be your response? Who are you really.  A wise person once said that it is not power that corrupts but it is the person who gains the power who is corrupt before they gain the power or even money.

When God elevates you will you Trust God! No matter how low or high Joseph was promoted or demoted His faith in God never wavered. Joseph's character was proven in His response to His brothers.

19 But Joseph said to them, "Do not fear, for am I in the place of God? 20 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. 21 So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones." Thus he comforted them and spoke kindly to them. Genesis 50:19-21


After all that Joseph had suffered he was still able to maintain a heart of forgiveness. Humility is the ability to maintain God-Like Character no matter what one is experiencing. It is the ability to maintain peace with God, peace in your mind and peace with others whether you have or have not.

Paul states it this way: 11 Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. 12 I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. 13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me Philippians 4:11-13


After Paul gives us true examples of humility in the book of Philippians where he has highlighted the death of Jesus Christ, his servant and himself. Paul states that he knows how to be at peace in his mind whether he has more than enough or whether he is lacking. This is what true humility is composed of.

Humility is the ability to be able to treat everybody with the love of Christ regardless of the circumstances including how they treat you. 

Jesus never deserved the cross, Paul never deserved imprisonment and neither did Joseph. However their character never changed while experiencing these harsh situations. God used these situations to not only elevate these men, but to also display His glory and change lives. When you serve God, even while mistreated it is so that God will ultimately get the glory!

So be encouraged Saints! No matter what you experience in life God is using that situation to show you who you really are so that you can do the necessary work to allow God to reshape and mold your character into what He wants you to be so that He can get the glory and praise and lives canbe changed.  God can do His part as long as you make the choice to allow God to show you your flaws. An humble person is not afraid to recognize His or her flaws, confess them and repent.

In order to cope with the changes of life in a Godly manner one must maintain a stance of humility by keeping a realistic view of oneself. Stop spending so much time monitoring some one elses character growth with out first monitoring your own. When one monitors their own growth, one will maintain a spirit of humility. If today has enough evil in it for itself with out worrying for tomorrow, so do your own issues and character flaws each day! So by the time a person gets through working on their own flaws in one day, they really don't have time for anyone elses.

So Be Encouraged to handle the Changes of life by maintaining a Spirit of Humility by trusting God, focusing on your own character flaws, and treating others with love and respect.

LET YOUR DAY BE FILLED WITH THE LOVE OF CHRIST!


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