THE DISCIPLES SAID,

THE DISCIPLES SAID,

LORD TEACH US TO PRAY

In this manner, therefore, pray:

Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.

Your kingdom come.

Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Matthew 6:9-10

BASICALLY JESUS WAS GIVING

THEM AN EXAMPLE RATHER

THAN A ROTE (formula, ritual, custom) PRAYER

Jesus said when you come into the Father’s

presence in prayer, come in with adoration

and praise of who He is.

Next Jesus told them to declare that

His Kingdom would come on earth

the same as it is in Heaven.

EXAMPLE

Father we come to you in the name of Jesus.

We worship you for who you are and for

what you have done for us. We pray

that earth would have the same attributes

as Heaven. There is no sickness and disease

or poverty in Heaven so we declare

that is the way it is on our part of the earth.

The part of the earth that you have given us

dominion over, to establish your kingdom here.

Thank you Father... Amen (so be it)

WORSHIP AND PRAISE GOD.

THEN DECLARE THAT HIS KINGDOM

COME ON YOUR PART OF THE EARTH

TO RESEMBLE HEAVEN.

WHAT A WONDERFUL PROMISE

WHAT A WONDERFUL PROMISE

Then your light shall break forth like the morning,

your healing shall spring forth speedily,

and your righteousness shall go before you;

The glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.

Isaiah 58:8

WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS OF THE PROMISE

The beginning of the sentence starts with "then".

These were the preceding words:

1. Loose the bands of wickedness

2. Undo heavy burdens

3. Let the opposed go free

4. Break every yoke

If you see someone who is hungry,

feed him. Give clothes to those

who have nothing to wear.

Do not refuse to help your own relatives.

Then

shall your light break forth like the morning,

and your healing (your restoration and

the power of a new life)

shall spring forth speedily;

your righteousness

(your rightness, your justice,

and your right relationship with God)

shall go before you

(conducting you to peace and prosperity),

and the glory of the Lord

shall be your rear guard.

IN OTHER WORDS, LOOK AROUND YOU

AND SEE WHO NEEDS HELP

WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS

WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS

OF PROTECTION FROM DISEASES?

If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God

and do what is right in His sight,

give ear to His commandments

and keep all His statutes,

I will not allow any of the diseases

to come on you which have come on the Egyptians.

For I am the Lord who heals you.

Exodus 15:26

IF YOU WILL DILIGENTLY HEED

THE VOICE OF THE LORD YOUR GOD.

In The Old Testament, the "old will" there

were many things that the children of Israel

had to do and should not do.

However, we have a better "will".

We have a "new will" The New Testament.

Our instructions now are only two fold:

(1) Love the Lord your God with all your

heart, soul and mind. AND

(2) Love your neighbor as yourself.

If you love your neighbor you will not:

Steal from him, Lie to him,

You won’t desire your friend’s wife,

You won’t Kill him, Lie against him

You will not Covet what he has.

You will Honor your father and your mother.

And you will Honor God.

LOVE GOD, YOURSELF, YOUR NEIGHBOR

REMEMBER THOSE THREE THINGS

FOR SOMEONE WHO IS SICK,

FOR SOMEONE WHO IS SICK,

THIS IS GREAT NEWS.

For I will restore health to you

and heal you of your wounds, says the Lord

Jeremiah 30:17

GOD SAYS HE WILL RESTORE

HEALTH TO YOU!

Restoring health is sometimes instantaneous

and sometimes it is a process,

but God said He would restore your health.

Healing always starts on the inside first.

God wants to restore more than just your

physical health. He also wants to restore

your mental and physical health.

Many diseases are effected by the things

that we think about. Sometimes that

thinking turns into stress.

The mind is stressed;

then the body is stressed and

the chemicals in the body are changed

which changes your physical being.

Healing starts from the inside out.

We have been stressed because we did

not know, understand or follow His directions.

ASK GOD TO SHOW YOU WHERE

YOUR STRESS IS COMING FROM

AND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO ABOUT IT.

WHO IS THE GREATER ONE IN US?

WHO IS THE GREATER ONE IN US?

GOD!

You are of God, little children,

and have overcome them,

because He who is in you is greater

than he who is in the world.

1 John 4:4

OVERCOME WHO?

THE POWERS OF DARKNESS

God in us overcomes the powers of darkness.

He always works through us

to defeat them.

GOD IS THE GREATER ONE.

There is a song that says,

God is bigger than any mountain (of difficulties)

Bigger than anything

God is bigger than any mountain

I can or cannot see.

Bigger than all the confusion

Bigger than anything

God is bigger than any mountain

I can or cannot see.

If we trust God and believe what He says,

He will work with us and for us to remove

our mountains of difficulties.

NO MATTER HOW BIG YOUR MOUNTAIN

IS TODAY, GOD IS ABLE TO BREAK IT

UP AND GRIND IT UP UNTIL IT BECOMES

LIKE INVISIBLE GRAINS OF SAND.

WHAT KIND OF WEAPONS ARE

WHAT KIND OF WEAPONS ARE

WE TALKING ABOUT HERE?

No weapon formed against you shall prosper,

And every tongue which rises

against you in judgment you shall condemn.

This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,

And their righteousness is from, ME

"Says the Lord."

Isaiah 54:17

THE WEAPONS HERE ARE WORDS

FROM TONGUES THAT RISE AGAINST

US IN JUDGMENT.

Ephesians 6:16

talks about the fiery darts of the enemy.

Those weapons and fiery darts

that come against us are WORDS.

The enemy works with words just like God does.

Many times the enemy causes people

to come against us with their words.

However, God said He would vindicate us

from those words.

That means when words are spoken against us

God will show that the words are not true.

So when people speak evil words about you

that are not true, hold those words up for

the Lord to vindicate you.

WE ARE IN A UNIVERSE THAT WORKS ON

THE PRINCIPLES OF CREATIVE

OR DESTRUCTIVE WORDS.

WORDS ARE POWERFUL,

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SPEAK

WHO ARE THE RIGHTEOUS?

WHO ARE THE RIGHTEOUS?

Many are the afflictions of the righteous,

But the Lord delivers him out of them all.

Psalms 34:19

HOW DO I GET ON THAT RIGHTEOUS

LIST TO GET DELIVERED FROM

THE AFFLICTIONS?

Who are the righteous?

The righteous are those who are in

right standing with God through

the blood of Jesus.

Even though we sometimes get into

trouble and bad situations, when we

cry out to God, He will deliver us.

The scripture says many are the afflictions

BUT

The Lord delivers us from them all.

If you are in problems now that seem

to never end, call out to God for help.

He will hear you and deliver you.

DON’T PUT A TIME LIMIT

ON THE DELIVERANCE

The old saying goes, "Live for today, for tomorrow we shall die". There is another saying, "He that dies with the most toys wins". Yet another says, "Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you die". Whoever was responsible for these sayings had no concept or knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ nor of God in general. These statements are self serving and ignorant and have led many, many people astray and put them on the road to hell. Heaven is a true place as is hell. And you alone determine where you will spend eternity. Don't let the ignorance of those around you influence your life to the point of just plain stupid decisions that can affect your eternity. Your acceptance of Jesus as your Lord and Savior is not a free pass to continue a sinful life and get into heaven anyway.

That may sound like a very harsh statement, but someone has got to step up to the plate and deliver the news that, whether you believe it or not, there is a heaven and a hell and you WILL spend eternity in one of these places. There is no in between. And there will be no parties in hell.

Bill Wiese wrote a book called, 23 Minutes in Hell. He tells the story of how God allowed him to see, smell and experience hell. It was not a dream. He was literally transported to hell. I advise everyone to read this book. To read it is to experience terror on a new level. You will never have a wishy-washy attitude towards hell ever again. Not only will you never want to go there, you will not ever want even your worst enemy to go there. I hear people all the time casually expressing themselves in anger by saying, "Go to hell". What a curse to send to someone. Read this book and I guarantee that you will never say it, even in jest, ever again.

What can we do to insure that we never enter the gates of hell? Start by accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Then you must turn your old ways into the ways of Christ Himself. You CANNOT remain with old friends that do not accept Jesus. You cannot continue to go to the places that you used to go to and do the things that you used to do. The road to heaven is a narrow road indeed. (Matthew 7:13) But what is so bad about being good? Most people think that everything that you have to do to get through life such as work and study and church and giving of your time to help those in need are the bad things in life. And they think that drugs, and music, and sex, and living for the next party is what makes life good. How misguided! How sad! How tragic! Multiple millions are on the road to hell with this thought pattern and I am here to tell you, to implore you, to not be one of them. Let us all strive to live Godly lives and be an example to the world. Let us strive to take anger, hatred, lust and filthy language out of our way of life. On our jobs, let's set an example of hard work and honesty and integrity that is above reproach. Let's make it so the worst thing anyone that is still in the world can say about us is that we are just so darn nice and good that it makes them sick. Now there is a compliment I like to hear. Remember, we are in this world but not of it. Romans 12:2 says, "And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God." Once you have accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you no longer are living for yourself. But you must strive to become like Him and to be a light unto the world. You must set an example for others to follow. And they just might follow your example all the way to their own salvation. It is no longer your life because it was bought with a price. And that price was the shed blood of our Savior, Jesus. So starting tomorrow morning, if you already are not on the right path, renew and rededicate your life to Him. 1 Peter 2:12 says, "Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us." NKJV. When all is said and done, and Jesus returns to claim His sheep, make sure that you are found in His herd. Make sure that you have a lot of company with you when He comes. Our true job in this world is to lead everyone we possibly can to Jesus. If you do this, you will always be about your Father's business and you won't ever again be able to just live for today...Patti