Text: Hebrews 12:2

‭‭‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭12:2‬ ‭KJV‬‬

[2] looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 

HEBREWS 13:2 KJV

People of God, it requires self discipline and determination,  to not allow anything or anyone to distract you from your set course, or from achieving your goals.

If you have not set goals nor have defining principles for yourself, you will become the victim of happenstance, and life will become unnecessarily difficult for you. 

In order to exercise your God given dominion over the earth, you must resolve to work on your relationship with God right away.  

As our picture post points out, when you  allow false,  useless, and worthless things to take up your time, you’d have forsaken God, from Whom mercy flows. 

It is because of the mercy of God that we have not been destroyed (See Lam. 3:22-23).

Therefore,  in this season of Abundant And Boundless mercy, be wise my friend and rearrange your priorities. 

If and you make Hid your top priority, you will do the right things at the right time, because you are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.

Here are a few tips to help you before we pray:

*Reprioritize your relationship- Put God first and everything else will fall into place .

*Set aside quality time for prayer, personal Bible Study, and worship. 

* Sing praises to God: even in the shower He loves you and will love to hear your voice as you sing praises to Him.

*Never forsake to fellowship with the Brethren. 

*Be given to hospitality- just invite friends over for prayer, praise and testimony time – tell them of His excellent greatness.

Finally,  scripture says, 

‭‭”Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.” James 4:8, NLT.

Let us Pray:

Father God, there is none that can compare to you in mercy and loving kindness.  

Your mercy has prevailed over judgment for our sins and you have blotted out all the handwriting of ordinances working against us.

We acknowledge that although we have neglected to relate with You as we should, You have mercifully intervened to help us through some bad choices we made. We are grateful. 

This new season, as we strive towards perfection in our relationship with You: 

garrison our souls with your peace that transcends understanding and graciously enable us to stay the course of Daily Christian Disciplines of prayer, personal Bible study, etc.

We are thankful that you are working with us to become more Christlike in our worship, character and service.

We affirm that You are our God and we will worship you with our life and lifestyles, and will never allow satan and the cares of the world to distract us from focusing more on You.

We command to be destroyed at once, all structures, ideologies, beliefs systems and whatever else that seeks to dominate our lives and remove our focus from you.

All the evil spirits influencing idolatry, anxiety, depression, faithlessness, adversities and ill-health,  are to leave at once to the feet of Jesus Christ. 

We affirm that we have on the Breastplate of righteousness and have been empowered to do the right things at the right time and to excel at whatever we do, in the matchless name of Jesus Christ. 

Thank You Father for your Abundant and boundless mercy at work for us, in Jesus name 🙏🏽. 

Shalom from Hephzibah Christly, TheSpiritualWarrior, Jan 5th 2024.