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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP588 TERRITORY

GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP588 TERRITORY

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE:  TERRITORY

God told the children of Israel, wherever they set their feet he would give them for an inheritance. He will give us new territory if we believe him for it. I am not talking about physical ground but spiritual. There are times we need to believe for land and he will give us that too, if we are building his kingdom.

We all are in different places every day, but how many of us have claimed that territory for the kingdom? Our jobs, our city hall, anywhere we go, we should pray for God to move on that territory. We must pray over our workplace, the neighborhood and even the post office and grocery store before entering. Pray over everywhere you go. Ask God to be a guide. He can point his people to those that need an encounter with Jesus.

There are seven mountains of influence that shape a society. Right now, the enemy has strongholds in all of them. It is time to pray for God’s chosen people to take back these territories. They are as follows: business, education, family, media, religion, arts and government.

It used to be when a king would conquer a land, he would plant his flag, with his crest at the palace of his enemy. This let everyone know they were under a new ruler.  He would hang banners showing he was in control.

God is our banner. One Hebrew word for God is Jehovah Nissi means the Lord our banner. God is the one we can depend on in battle. We go into battle under his flag, under his anointing and authority, we will be victorious.

1Chr 4:10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

Several years ago, it was a popular thing to pray the prayer of Jabez. Bible studies and books were written about it. Then some new thing came along in Christian culture and it was forgotten about. God honored Jabez and answered his prayer. He desired for God to increase his territory. If we ask God to increase our territory, he will honor our prayer too. But before we pray this prayer, we need to be sure we are ready to have our territory enlarged.

When battling an enemy, in their territory it was a little more difficult because of the strongholds. They may have had an advantage of being fortified. Maybe they were high up and could see an army approaching.

Today our enemy has strongholds in many territories. He has created a network of sin that traps people. There is only one way out of the trap. His name is Jesus. God can give us new territory, but we must be willing to battle for it.

2 Cor 10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

Our weapons are the word of God and prayer. Not a little five minute, patty cake prayer. Not a ritualistic prayer with fancy words but a deep intercessory prayer. We can pull down strongholds of the enemy. We can take territories if we are brave and bold enough to step out of our comfort zone.

The place we have already won and is our current territory may feel comfortable. But we do not want to get too comfortable, because complacency will soon follow. We will not win against our enemy unless we are growing the territory of God’s kingdom. This will also at the same time shrink the territory of our enemy until he has nothing left.  

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07/09/2026

Good morning my God Focus friends. I pray your day goes well. My electricity was off this morning and my generator is too noisy to inflict on you in a video.

Anyway, I just wanted to hop on and remind you that there is nothing we are facing that we have to face alone. God is always with us and will carry us and guide us.

Hold on better days are ahead!

Have a wonderful day!

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP587 TIME TO SHARPEN

GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP587 TIME TO SHARPEN

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE:  TIME TO SHARPEN 

Warriors on the eve of battle would be checking their armor and their weapons. Many would be found sharpening their swords and daggers. Sharpening removes what is not needed to make the edge more effective to do its job. Take out the enemy. If we have spent time in the word, we will be better equipped to take out our enemy. We can use the word of God to combat all the lies he is spewing our way.

Think about sharpening a pencil. One that has not been sharpened is of no use. But remove a little of the wood and the lead inside becomes exposed. The pencil then can do its job, because the wood has been removed.

We are like the pencil; we have a lot of things covering us to keep us from doing our job. Worries, fears, cares of this life all can slow down our progress. But allowing ourselves to be sharpened will help us to be effective witnesses.

Prov 27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

If we can come together and reason out the scriptures, we will learn from one another. The word countenance means a facial expression. But it also means to approve of or give support.  If we can sharpen one another, we will help our friend to get rid of the things that makes them ineffective as witnesses and they will help us.

Heb 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

We often hear it said this means we must attend church. But it means we need to come together with other believers and have a meeting of the minds. Encouraging one another in understanding of the word. Lifting the spirits of our fellow believers and encourage them to keep going. Pray for one another, worship God together. In a church building or not, it is about the fellowship and worship.

Eccl 4:9-10 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. 10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

We need one another. The word says where two or three are gathered he is in the midst of them. There is safety in numbers. When I am weak my friends seem to be strong. When they are falling apart, I seem to have strength to pray and encourage.

We never walk alone in this life; God is always with us. But it is nice to have people of likeminded faith that can lift us up when we fall into our human emotions and doubts. We want to be like the warriors of old, never going into battle without sharpening our swords.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP586 FORGETTING THOSE THINGS

GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP586 FORGETTING THOSE THINGS

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE:  FORGETTING THOSE THINGS

I am sure if people were honest, they would agree that we all have something in our past that we wish wasn’t there. As children of God, however our past is under the blood and not remembered against us. Even so, some have a hard time letting go. They allow the enemy to put guilt on them. Guilt is not ours to carry.

Marcus Aurelis said, “You don’t suffer from the past, you suffer from dragging it forward.”  I found this to be profound. Today is a new day, the past is in our yesterdays. There is not one thing we can do about the past. Allowing the enemy to pull us back to a place of shame, only harms us. 

God’s mercy is new each day. We are new creations in him; how can we be stuck in the past if we are new? We are not supposed to be stuck in the past. It is easy to be paralyzed by so many emotional things. God wants us to move forward.

It is easy to stay stuck in emotional turmoil or self-doubt. God will tell us to move on and step out of our comfort zone and we freeze. We become like Gideon, we start asking for signs and putting fleeces before the Lord. We question if we really hear his voice. Until he has to give us a little nudge to get us to move forward.

Some hold on to the things others do to cause them hurt. They say they forgive, but every time you talk to them, they bring up the things of the past. Today is the day to let go of the hurt. Determine in your heart that you are not giving them space in your mind any longer. Every time the enemy tries to remind you of the painful things. Tell him you forgive and it is forgotten. God is the healer of our pain. The more you resist the thoughts and do not give them room the easier it becomes. But you have to fight against it.

Phil 3:13-14 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forth unto those things which are before, we need to press on. God has amazing things in store for his children. We are going to see many amazing things as be begin the final harvest gathering. I am excited to be a part of the soul winning harvest. But we cannot be effective witnesses if we are bound up in the past.

Others need to see that we have a light in us. Others need to experience the warmth of God’s love when they are around us. They will see that we are different, because the world is a cold and cruel place.

We need to be excited about where we are going and not be stuck looking back. We have nothing to look back to except pain and sin.

I PETER 3:15-16 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: 16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

The world may never understand us. They are blinded by satan and don’t understand how we can choose to live the life we have chosen. We must be ready always to give our testimony to others about how Jesus has set us free from the pain of the past.

In order to be ready to give that testimony, we must first not allow the past to interfere with our present. Each day is a gift, I don’t want to waste one more second remembering or caring about the things that are behind me. I want to be found looking forward and pressing on.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING –EP585 WE THE PEOPLE

GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING –EP585 WE THE PEOPLE

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE:  WE THE PEOPLE

One of the most important documents in our country of the United States starts, We The People. Which puts us, as citizens, of this wonderful country in a position of responsibility. Our society as a whole has lost that sense of responsibility with the entitled generation. But we are making a comeback.

When we took prayer out of schools and started to separate our country from God. Like so many times in the Old Testament he said ok, you want to chase other gods I will remove my hand.

As we celebrate 250 years as a nation this weekend let us not forget that we started as One Nation Under God. There has been a remnant that has held on to the truth and Our Lord Jesus Christ. It is because of those prayers and sense of civic responsibility that we have a nation.

Prov 22:28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

It is time our nation repairs the foundation. That is what is going to keep us standing strong. I want to encourage you to pray for our nation, pray for our president and his family. It is time we the people took our responsibilities seriously, one of which is to pray for this nation to find our way to truly be One Nation Under God.

Have a wonderful 4th of July weekend.  I pray over you all for protection and that a sense of patriotism wash over you.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING — EP584 DON’T FEAR –TRUST

GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING — EP584 DON’T FEAR –TRUST

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE:  DON’T FEAR –TRUST

Trusting God is like having a puzzle to put together without being able to see the picture on the box. He will give us insights or tell us to go somewhere; we will not get the next instructions until we have arrived where he told us to go. He also will not say, I have brought you half way now figure the rest out on your own, good luck. God has promised to never leave us. He has promised to guide us into all truth and righteousness.

Trust is defined as a firm belief in someone’s reliability and honesty. To feel like you can rely on the character and integrity of someone. Trusting someone means you open up your life to someone else, having faith that they will not harm you.

It doesn’t take a leap of faith to know we can trust God. He loved us so much that he died for us. He has our best interest at heart. He cannot lie. But still when he asked us to step out of our comfort zone, we react with fear and lack of trust. That is what happens when we lean on our own understanding. We forget to trust, our flesh gets in the way. This is why we must trust the Lord.

Prov 3:5–6 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

If we look to him and trust him, not listening to our fear or the reasoning of our flesh. He will be our guide. If we will acknowledge him by stepping out in faith, he will lead us in the right path.

Look at the story of Ruth. She didn’t understand the plan God had for her. She couldn’t have imagined that she would marry a man like Boaz. Her destiny was to be in the lineage of Christ. When she vowed to not leave Naomi she didn’t know how her future would be, but she had learned to trust the God of Naomi.

Long before Esther became queen, she was taught to trust the Lord. Long before the evil Haman came to power God was working. He had queen Vashti removed to make a way for Esther to be in position to save her people. But when the time came for her to go to the king to petition for her people. She told Mordecai that she could not go to the king without risk of being killed, unless the king sent for her, entering the king’s court was a great risk. Mordecai reminded her that God had placed her in the palace, for such a time as this.  She allowed her trust in God to override her fear. In the end her people were saved and the evil Haman was destroyed.

These are just two examples of what can happen if we let go of our fears. If we allow our trust in God to override our doubts. Trusting means not needing to know five steps ahead or what the outcome will be next week, next month or next year.

Fear would override our faith if we knew where God was going to take us. The amazing things he has in store for each of us would be overwhelming to us. But if we grow a little at a time, one step at a time, by the time we reach that destination we will be prepared.

Proverbs 29:25 Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.

It is easy for us to fall into fear of man. If we are not careful that fear will cause us to make the wrong choices. Fear of man will keep us from following the leading of God. A snare is a trap that binds up what is caught in the snare. The last thing we want is to be bound up by the enemy because we lacked courage to step out and listen to God. Trusting in the Lord is what will keep us safe and safely get us to our promised land.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP583 A “WELL” PLANNED MOMENT

GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP583 A “WELL” PLANNED MOMENT

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE:  A “WELL” PLANNED MOMENT

God has appointed times and moments that divine intervention is necessary. God is the master of perfect timing. He knows the heart of a person and what they need at any given moment. I can think of many times that God has showed up and surprised me with just the right verse, song or his still small voice that gave me the encouragement I needed.

Today I want to talk to you about a meeting at a well. Jesus is all about well-planned moments. But when he met the Samaritan woman at a well in the middle of the day it was perfect timing. I am sure it made her nervous to be seen with Jesus. The custom of that day was that a man and a woman couldn’t be alone together without a chaperone unless they were related or married. Jews and Samaritans didn’t get along very well so there was tension there also.

What would the people of the village have said to Jesus about this woman? What type of things would they have spewed with judgment about her? They would have surely warned him that being seen with her would ruin his reputation. If anyone would have warned him, he wouldn’t have listened. He was there not to be affected by her. He was there to change her life.

She had a reputation and the other women treated her badly. Giving her looks and talking about her. Normally the woman of the house would gather water early, at day break before it got hot. But this woman came in the middle of the day to avoid the looks and comments.

Jesus told her at one point to go get her husband and come back and he would explain to her how he could give her living water. She said she didn’t have a husband. Jesus said to her that she was telling the truth because she had been married five times and the one she was currently living with was not her husband.

Jesus knew her pain and rejection. He understood the dry well of her soul that desperately needed to be filled with living water. The word doesn’t say the reason for her many marriages. Did her husband’s die or reject her and throw her out of the house to make it the best way she could. But with that many failed attempts at marriage she had a lot of emotional scars. Marriage then was different than today. Women’s survival depended on their husband or father. Even a widow needed provision left by her husband. Jesus understood the deep reasons for her choices and was there to show her a better way.

He revealed to her that he was the messiah, she was so excited she ran to the village and told everyone, come see a man that told me everything I ever done. In all of her relationships she was missing something. Her soul longed for acceptance and to be loved. Jesus’ act of compassion changed her for the rest of her life. That was a well-planned moment.

What well are you drawing at, a well of never being satisfied? A well of self-doubt, fear or anxiety? Does your life currently have some rough edges that others judge you for even today?

Come see a man that has living water. You can draw from his well of salvation, grace and love.

We must meet people where they are and pray that God gives us the right words to say that will change their lives and future. If we pray every day for a well-planned moment, God will open doors of opportunity for us to share the story of a man that has living water. A man that can change their lives. We just need to be excited enough about what he has done for us that we are like the Samaritan woman. Willing to run and tell everyone about a man called Jesus.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP582 GAINING PERSPECTIVE

GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP582 GAINING PERSPECTIVE

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: GAINING PERSPECTIVE

There are many references to mountain tops and valleys in regard to our Christian faith walk. Everyone wants the mountaintop experience. They want that feeling of strength and like nothing bad could ever happen. The feeling of being in God’s presence so strong. We feel like we could do anything. But we cannot stay there or we would not reach the lost. The mountain top is only to remind us of the big picture. To help us gain perspective about winning the lost.

Then the fall down the mountain into the valley. We go from feeling strong and resilient to weak and vulnerable. You feel lost and at times do not even feel God’s presence. In the valley the noises turn to deafening quiet. In these times of quiet we have to just hold on to the fact that God is still with us. He has promised to never leave us.

From the top of the mountain our vision is far reaching, we can see life in a big picture perspective. But in the valley, we see the fine details. In the valley, the cactus has thorns, but also have bloom. But from the top of the mountain, all you see are very tiny cactus. It is all a matter of perspective.

God allows the valleys to make us appreciate the mountain tops of life. The moments of clarity for the long-term goals, the big pictures we can see. But it takes walking through the valley to walk out the details of the plan.  

Matthew 6:28-29  And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

In the quiet of the valley, we know Jesus is there, because he is the lily of the valley. He will provide all that we need. Being in the valley doesn’t mean we will have lack, he is our provider. Consider the lilies.

Many beautiful things grow in the valley. There is a purity of the valley, because it is a road less traveled, less scared by man. The true beauty comes from God’s grace and anointing which helps to focus our path.

We often experience transition moments in the valley. God helps us to leave behind what is no longer serving a purpose and moves us gently into a new season. Sort of like decluttering our house of things that no longer serves a purpose in our lives. Those bulky sweaters and kitchen gadget may be what someone else needs in their new season. But they no longer serve us in our current season.

Every journey is different and we all are at different places along the path of life. That doesn’t mean anyone is wrong, it just means we all got on the path in different places and have different lessons to learn.

We can be sure if we are on the mountain top, in the deepest valley or somewhere in between we will never walk alone. Like the old poem about footprints in the sand, there will be times God will even carry us. These are the times we are most broken and cannot walk on our own. But he is faithful to love us and pour healing into our lives, until we can walk again. He will see us through whatever we are facing.

We can be sure of one thing, life is about change and we need to embrace every season for its gifts and lessons. All are important to mold and shape us into that strong child of God that we are destined to become. It is in the transitions that we learn to grow the fruit that makes us the best light to this dying world.

As we learn to walk out our faith, we often realize that we have slowly climbed back to the mountain top again. A place to look out and get a fresh perspective and another glimpse of  God’s big picture for our lives.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING –EP581 FERVENT PRAYER

GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING –EP581 FERVENT PRAYER

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE:  FERVENT PRAYER

For several years we have seen the following verse on shirts, billboards and Christian products. It has been quoted and preached in most churches across our land. You would have to be blind to not see that our nation and our world is in desperate need of healing. When major cities thumb their noses at law enforcement while gangs destroy everything and everyone in sight. When are we going to stop quoting the scripture and start doing it.

2 Chr. 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

This verse was originally written during the time of Solomon’s first-temple dedication. But it is true for the body of Christ today. The reason things are so wicked is that God’s people turned a blinded eye to the things going on in the world. They allow evil to take prayer out of schools, to make it legal for a mother to murder her baby. The list goes on and on. Where would we be as a nation if we had stood against such evil ideas and stopped them at their beginning.

Now they have grown and are beyond our ability to correct or fix, but God.  He is the only one who can bring balance to chaos. The only giver of peace and wisdom. He needed us to petition and decree that our nation and the nations of the world will come into alignment with the truth of God. This is the only way for peace to reign and people to have their moral compass calibrated.

If God’s people who bear his name will stop being proud and religious, feeling superior to the lost, and they petition God, and turn from sin that has creeped into the church, then God will forgive us for our arrogance and sin and will heal our land. The healing of our land will bring in a large harvest of souls before it is too late.

I know that I have heard that Jesus is returning my whole life and it has not happened yet. But since the foundation of the world the day and time was in God’s plan. It will not happen until that date and time. God is a meticulous planner. It is all in his timing. We don’t have to be concerned with the when, but should be concerned with making sure people are ready.

Look at Noah’s time, he told him to preach to the people. Then he told him to build an ark. The ark sat there for many, many years and people laughed and mocked. Until one day and time, God shut the door sealing Noah and his family along with the animals inside.

Then they begged and pleaded for Noah to let them in, but he could not, God had shut the door. Once again, the door is closing a little at a time, but one day the door of time will slam shut and Jesus will gather his bride before he pours out rath upon the face of the earth. 

James 5:16 The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Effectual means- bring about desired result.

Fervent means –passionate, persistent, heartfelt prayer fueled by a true desire and sincerity.

The desired passionate, persistent heartfelt prayer fueled by passion and sincerity prayed by a righteous man has great power and produces effective results.

Often the enemy will try to tell us that our prayers are not being answered. That God’s promises will not come to pass. He tried to distract and discourage us in every way. We can be sure that even if it doesn’t look like it at the time, God will answer our prayers. As long as we come to him with clean hands and a pure heart.

If for any reason our hands are not clean and our heart is not pure, the first prayer should be the one of repentance and rededication to walk closer. Then present the other prayers that God has placed on our hearts.

Remember the lost, remember to pray for protection for the President and his family, and all those who are on the front lines of battle. We will win this battle against evil if for Christ we will take a stand.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP580 KEEP THY HEART

GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP580 KEEP THY HEART

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE:  KEEP THY HEART

I cannot seem to get away from the feeling that God wants me to remind you to be vigilant. Distractions are everywhere, I must remind you to keep your God Focus. Our minds are supposed to be on God and his plans for our lives. He has plans for each of us. But God is not the only one who has plans for us. The enemy does too. Somewhere in the middle is our plans we make for ourselves.

The enemy loves to use destructive thoughts of self-doubt, fear, worry, regret or even a false sense of security. He will use anything he can to keep our focus off of our mission which is to Love God and Love People. Some Christians believe because God dwells within them that they cannot fall into temptation or fail. We are in danger of making wrong choices if we are not in tune to the Lord.

Prov 4: 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Everything we do flows from the heart. If we do not keep our God Focus, we risk drifting away and falling into the trap of the enemy.

Think about riding a float on a lazy river. The water is not more than three feet deep. To stop going around you simply have to stand up. But until you do something to stop it you will just keep floating along drifting with the current. The enemy wants us to keep drifting along not paying attention. Spiritually speaking if we allow our attention to drift away from God and his word, we may find ourselves in deep water.

We cannot allow ourselves to drift, it is time to stand up and look around for attacks from the enemy. He is sly and will come at us where he finds a weakness in us. We do not want to give him any room to get a stronghold. Asking God to search our hearts is something we need to do often.

Psalm 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

God will show us where we are vulnerable to the attacks of the enemy. It takes much prayer to keep us on track. Listening for that still small voice of direction from our heavenly father. He will never allow us to drift as long as we keep our mind on him.

Prov 4:25-26 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

This verse is reminding us to be laser focused on our faith walk. To not look to the right or to the left. We are to think carefully and cautiously about the path our feet are on. We will be established as long as we keep our God Focus.

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