Dear brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus,
In addition to His Precious Blood, His Eternal Word, His Name above all names, and His Total Authority in heaven and on earth, His Word gives us key verses by which we are already empowered as His salt and light to dispel the evil darkness all around us. HALLELULIAH! NO MORE PLAYING LUKEWARM CHURCH!
In this series we focus on HIS ARMOR, those weapons of spiritual warfare given to us in Ephesians 6:10-20.
“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 6: 10-13 (NASB)
And here it is in the Amplified version; let each Word sink in:
" In conclusion, be strong in the Lord [be empowered through your union with Him]; draw your strength from Him [ that strength which His boundless might provides]. Put on God's whole armor [ the armor of a heavy-armed soldier which God supplies], that you may be able successfully to stand up against [all] the strategies and the deceits of the devil. For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the despotisms, against the powers, against [ the master spirits who are ] the word rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly [supernatural] sphere. Therefore, put on God's complete armor, that you may be able to resist and stand your ground on the evil day [of danger], and having done all [the crisis demands], to stand [firmly in your place].
Please join me in repenting that the Christian church at large has way too often failed to 1) prepare people to come into His Kingdom through sincere repentance, real conversion, and 2) then encourage God's people to USE God's complete armor and the indwelling the Holy Spirit to stand up successfully against ALL the strategies of the devil.
We have unknowingly, or sometimes even knowingly, created an atmosphere of seeker friendly “entertainment” in our sanctuaries, where fun-planned events have become more popular than Holy Spirit-filled prayer gatherings where real repentance is welcomed and modeled by the shepherds of Your flocks. Instead of playing church we need boldness in Truth spoken from every pulpit about the true state of our souls, our families, our land. It's time to dispel the moral and physical pestilence by sincere repentance. May the church not be deceived by the enemy regarding the real spiritual battle God’s people now face.
As the Lord leads, please join me in this prayer: " Father God in the name, blood and authority of Yeshua the Mashiach (Jesus the Christ), You have commanded the church and Israel to walk in full obedience to You. You have called us to love You with all our heart, soul, mind and strength. We declare that Your church shall have no other gods before you. Teach us to be discerning and to put on the Armor of God daily as we stand strong in You, living daily for Your Kingdom purposes. Enable Your church to awaken from their slumber! It's time to WAKE UP! Place the FIRE of the Holy Spirit over Your true church, burning away all that is not of You! Shake, dismantle, and make null and void all falsehoods within the churches across America and all other nations!
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THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS: His second weapon of spiritual armor
Ephesians 10:13-14 (NKJV)
“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. Stand therefore having girded your waist with truth, HAVING PUT ON THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, ”
Forgive me, LORD, and the church for often not being “ready and prepared” to battle according to God’s Word and Truths. (2 Samuel 10:12)
I repent on behalf of the church for not studying Your Word, in great depth, so that we may not be fooled with twisted philosophies contrary to your Word. (Colossians 2:8)
I repent for the church not recognizing that You have already given us ALL that we need for spiritual battles. May this Truth be taught boldly at every pulpit across America and all nations! (Colossians 2:15)
Forgive the body, Lord, for often not remembering that our righteousness and all talents(gifts) come from You. (1 Peter 4:10)
We repent on behalf of the church that too often forgets that Your righteousness never fails. Even though we sin, we stand in Your righteousness because of the blood of Jesus. (1 Corinthians 1:30)
We repent that instead of cleansing our hearts through sincere repentance, we have played church, and as a result what pours forth out of our hearts is not the good treasure provided by You. (Luke 6:45)
We repent that Your shepherds in Your church have too often failed to be diligent in teaching and displaying Your Word, bearing fruit worthy of repentance. (Matthew 3:8)
Almighty God, help the church to thirst for righteous-living by being sensitive to and proactive in what we watch, speak, read, set our eyes upon and participate in. May Your people identify and be convicted to remove all in our lives that is not in alignment with Christ. (Romans 12:1-2)
Teach us Lord to honor You and Your Word, by girding ourselves daily with Your BELT of Truth and YOUR BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS that we and Your church may be prepared and ready for what is here now and what is to come. (1 John 4:4)
May Your Bride, Your church, THIRST for righteousness, becoming zealous to repent. AND MAY WE EXHIBIT, AND PUT TO FULL USE YOUR ARMOR TO DEFEAT THE ENEMY IN OUR LIVES AND OUR NATIONS !!
Declaration:
By the Authority given to us in Jesus, we declare that God's people will gird themselves daily with the Belt of Truth AND HIS BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS so that God’s people may be prepared for spiritual battle!
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Here's one of several requests for support today from ministries encouraging repentance:
Jamal Jamal africalive5050@gmail.com
Jeffrey Daly jdalylaw@aol.com
Brother,
We have a request from a youth organization for copies of the repentance booklet. They have a youth conference on Repentance starting from tomorrow in one of Malawi's towns. The conference to run for a week has drawn together youths from various parts of the country. We are printing TAKE THE REPENTANCE ROUTE booklets about 1000 of them. A well wisher has paid money for printing papers and will transport them on behalf of the young people. Brother, if possible help us with only 20 USD. We are replenishing our toner cartridge. We need to help these children brother. This is the only way we can take the Gospel of repentance across the country. We have issues yes like cholera and other things which need our attention, but we are running repentance ministries. You didn't budget for this I know. I will pay back this money to Joseph next week alongside what I have got from you. My heart longs to help these youths.
I'm patiently waiting for your support .
We have to print the booklets by tomorrow afternoon and have them delivered.
Thank you very much brother in advance for your support. I get so many calls on a daily basis people asking for this booklet. But we have no capacity to reach out to every person
May God bless you.
Kind regards,
Jamal
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Luke 8: 2-3 lists those who ministered to Yeshua/ Jesus "from their substance."
Those women are a great model of giving today; we don't know how much each gave, but each is now recognized eternally in God's Holy Word.
Question: Do you identify with those mentioned in Luke 8:3? Are you able to provide from your substance, your finances, as a Luke 8:3 person today??
Thank you so much.
God bless you,
Pastor Jeff Daly
National Day of Repentance
pastorjeff@repentday.com
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