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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP498 INSIDE / OUTSIDE

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: INSIDE / OUTSIDE

Have you ever heard the phrase, it is what is on the inside that counts? This is true in the life of every believer. Inner holiness and having a pure heart are more important than appearing holy on the outside.

People sometimes get caught up in an idea of looking a certain way. Wearing certain things makes you more holy. They go to extremes with discussing dressing modestly. Then judge others who do not adapt and look exactly like they do. God doesn’t expect us to look like cookie cutter people. He made us individuals, and the Holy Ghost inside of you will lead you and guide you how to act, walk and dress.

I Samuel 16:7 But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

Out of all of Jesse’s sons, David would have been the last one that Samuel would have chosen to anoint king. Samuel looked at his brothers judging them to look more like a king. But God knew the heart of each of them. He knew that David had a servant’s heart that loved the Lord. His heart was pure.

We cannot judge people by how they look or dress. God sees us as we will be in the future and knows our hearts. Our faith walk is all about having a pure heart inside of us.

Luke 6:43-45 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 44 For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

What is in our heart is going to overflow out of us through our actions and words. Judgmental attitudes do not come from a place of purity. It often comes from a place of jealousy and self-righteousness.

We want to be found with a pure heart before God. Doing all we can to allow God’s love to flow out of us.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP497 HOW TO INCREASE FAITH

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: HOW TO INCREASE FAITH

As Christians we talk about faith, hope, love, salvation. Many feel like they need more faith. Most of us have felt like this from time to time. We find ourselves facing something difficult and feel like our faith is failing.

Even the apostles that were following Jesus asked for more faith.

Luke 17:5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.

Without faith it is impossible to please God. But we do not get an infusion of more faith just because we ask for faith.

Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Hearing in this verse means understanding. So faith comes by understanding and understanding comes by the word of God. The more we study the word the more our faith in God grows. Because when faced with tough situations, we can use the word to strengthen us to keep going. We will automatically recall the stories of how saints of old overcame their seemingly impossible situations.

Luke 17:6-7 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.

Two things we must know about mustard seed. When planted it turns into a large tree. Our faith can grow just like the mustard seed, big and strong. The second, mustard is pure, it is not so much the size of the seed as the authenticity and purity. Mustard stays mustard, it will not mix with other herbs. Our faith has to be pure and not mixed with doubt, negativity or other distractions.

The more we exercise our faith, the stronger it gets. Just like body building. Those people do not get those huge muscles by lifting five-pound weights. They keep adding to the amount that they can lift. Soon they are lifting large amounts of weight.

Faith means- Facing All I Trust Him.

Believing is having faith. Believing is accepting something as true even if you didn’t see it with your own eyes. I didn’t see Jesus die for my sins. I didn’t see him raised from the dead. I didn’t watch as some of his believers did when he ascended to heaven. But I believe it to be true, that is faith.

James 1:6-8 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. 7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. 8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Remember what I said about the mustard seed being pure. Our faith has to be pure. We are to ask in faith not wavering from our belief that God will grant our request. We cannot sway between two opinions like we are a boat being tossed in the waves of life. We cannot be double minded; we have to have our mind set with faith that God will answer our prayers. To be double minded is unstable and shows lack of faith.

I couldn’t try to help you increase your faith without going to my go to verse. It is one I use daily to keep me going the right way.

2 Cor 5:7 For we walk by faith and not by sight.

Many times, things look the opposite of how our faith needs to see them. We cannot depend on our natural senses to see situations in our lives. We have to look at them through the eyes of faith. Walking by faith means we believe God, even when our natural senses cannot find evidence.

Get in that word and increase your faith. We are about to walk through a season that we are going to have to rely on our faith to see us through. Because our natural eyes are going to want us to fall into fear and anxiety. But God is in control and we have to look to him to deliver his people from the evil of the enemy.

Keep the faith, stand strong, God is with is.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING –EP496 FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST

We as children of God are in a unique position to know the truth of God. Many are blinded by the lies of the evil one. Those of us who were raised in church often take for granted the message of the cross. We have become desensitize to the suffering of Jesus. He endured more than would be humanly possible and kept going. Because he understood what was at stake, our futures.

It is easy to get complacent in this life. Daily struggles and responsibilities distract us from what God would have us do. That is why I try to encourage you to keep your God Focus. It is something I have to remind myself of daily.

I had a thought I wanted to share with you. None of us are on the same spot on our journey. Some have been walking with God for many years. Others may have just made the big step to start turning over control to Jesus. It doesn’t matter where we are or how much bible we know, we can always grow in grace and wisdom.

Prov 24:16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

We all have stumbled and fell short of God’s plan. We fall and we fail him. But we pick ourselves up and we start again. Use the natural for an example: There is a reason why young children are called toddlers. Because the are easy to fall. They are still learning balance and how to walk. As they mature into school age, they are steadier on their feet, but still fall occasionally.

This is how we are as Christians. When we first start our faith walk. We are unsteady, still wrapped up in the world in many ways. But we slowly begin to get our balance. We think we can walk, then the enemy comes along and tests that theory. We stumble and fall. God knows we are trying and he forgives us when we ask.

The next time the enemy comes with the same thing, we are a little wiser to his traps. This time we know how to avoid it. But with each new level in God there is a new level of devil to fight. This is why it is so important for us to learn to be led by the Spirit. This is why we need discernment so that we can resist the enemy.

This is not a journey we can do alone. We need the body of Christ. It is important to surround yourself with a group of people that have your back. People you can pray with and encourage as well as draw encouragement from for your walk. This is what church is about, finding a group of people that love God and love one another.

How does the world know we are followers of Christ. Is it our bumper sticker on our car? Is it the fact that we carry the bible with us everywhere we go? Is it the cool saying on our Christian T-shirt.

John 13:35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

Some say love one for another. But the King James Version says love one to another which means we show that love. We don’t just have love for our brothers and sisters. But we give that love to them.

I hope this encourages you to seek God, walk closer and share the love he has given you with those around you. Love God and Love People, this is what we are called to do.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP495 HOW SOON WE FORGET

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: HOW SOON WE FORGET

I often think about the children of Israel. They had believed God and saw many awesome things. But then they still turned and asked for a golden calf. They wanted to be God’s people when it benefitted them. But they didn’t learn to trust him. He took them to the promised land. But they refused to go in, so they wandered in the desert for forty years because of unbelief.

They were just one battle away from taking what belonged to them. Did they think that God wouldn’t go before them? Did they doubt his protection. They allowed fear to be bigger to them than their God. But before we judge them too harshly. We often do the same things to God.

We treat him like we don’t fully trust that he will work things out for our good. We want to believe and try to walk by faith. But sometimes we allow the enemy to speak fear into our hearts. Fear is not faith. It takes faith to please God. This is why they wandered for forty years until that generation had passed away.

Deut 5:27-29 Go thou near, and hear all that the Lord our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the Lord our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it. 28 And the Lord heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and the Lord said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken. 29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

They told Moses to go hear what God had to say and tell them and they would do it. They made vows to follow God’s commands and to do the right thing. But God knew that they would build a calf and put it in his position as their god. He knew their hearts were not changed just because they were free from being in captivity.

His greatest desire is for us to fear him and keep his commandment. He wants fellowship with us as he did them. But sin separated them from God.

I cannot seem to get away from the ways we are like the children of Israel. At first chance they built them and idol of gold. We often have idols and don’t even realize it. These idols are in our hearts, which are the most dangerous. It is easy to see a statue and say it needs destroyed. People can get rid of it and repent.

We often have idols we do not even realize. Anything that comes between us and God is an idol. These things on their own may not be considered a bad thing. Our church, our ministries, our family and friends. If we put any of them before God it is idolatry and we may as well have a golden calf. Because our hearts are not 100% right. God has to be first. He must sit on the throne of our hearts. Then all the good things can be added to our lives. He has promised to add good things into our lives.

Matt 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Most of us have been guilty of praying hard because we needed God to intervene in a situation. As soon as the crisis passed, we got busy with life and forgot God. Walking as a child of God means that we are consistent with our faith walk. We pray and believe in God when things are good as well as when they are bad.

This week I have been praying for God to search my heart. I want him to have his proper place in my life. I don’t want to be guilty of allowing my faith walk to waiver because things are good. I don’t want to forget that he saved me from the bondage of the evil one.

James 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

Take sometime today to meditate on God’s word. Ask him to draw closer to you. Ask him to search you and to give you strength to walk by faith and not be double minded. We can overcome as long as we don’t forget what God has done for us.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP494 THE WORD

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: THE WORD

The weather is supposed to be cold and snowy this weekend across a large portion of the country. It seems like a good time to grab your bible, a note book and something warm to drink and study God’s word.

There are all sorts of ways to study the bible, by book, diving into the history of the time. By topic, meaning find out everything the word says about one thing. For example: look up ever verse about faith and make notes. That would be a topical study. You could also take a chapter and look up everything in that chapter, places and all the words that you do not 100% know what they mean. You would be amazed at what you can learn by looking up words.

Some feel like they would have to attend a bible school before they could understand the word. But if we have God’s Spirit inside of us, he will teach us.

Sit quietly and ask him for guidance to what you need to learn. Pray for him to open the word up to you in a new way. Then sit quietly and allow him to speak to you. He will guide you where to go in the word.

Whatever you end up studying I want to remind you of a few truths.

The fullness of God (or the godhead) is in our Lord Jesus Christ. He died so that we could live life and have eternal life.

Hell was made for satan and his demons. Man was never meant to go there, but because of disobedience to God’s laws some people will end up in the fiery punishment for all of eternity.

God loves us and will deliver his people. He will provide what we need. He will heal us when we are sick.

When we are weak God is strong and will give us strength to keep going.

When mankind is blinded by the enemy, God’s light will shine into the darkness, giving people a way out.

Fear, anxiety, depression are all tools of the enemy. Just like all of his lies. We need to pray for God’s discernment to know when the enemy is lying to us.

We can never fall too far for God to reach us, if we want to be reached. Just look up and ask him to pick you up.

Letting go of the weights of life will help us with our faith walk. We can overcome with Jesus by our side.

There is not a problem too big or a battle too hard for our God. He will help us navigate our problems. He has given us the whole armor of God to protect us in battle.

We cannot give up, we have to keep pressing on and walk by faith. Aligning with God’s purpose for our lives will allow us to win many to the kingdom of God. Winning souls is our purpose. We just have to keep the faith.

I pray that you find encouragement in something I have said today. I also pray that the next time you open your bible that it will come to life for you. There is joy in serving Jesus.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP493 ALIGNING WITH OUR PURPOSE

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: ALIGNING WITH OUR PURPOSE

God has plans for all of us. Those plans however big or small will never workout until we come into alignment with God’s purpose. He has been preparing us our whole lives for this moment. He is getting ready to do great things in the earth, there is a huge harvest that needs gathered, it is all hands on deck. Now is the time to find your purpose.

The word align means to place or arrange thing in a straight line. To bring order to your actions through prayer and God’s timing. Making sure that you line up with God’s plan.

God prepared Moses to be the one he would use to set the Israelites free. Think about it, Moses was raised as a future Pharaoh. He knew their laws, customs, religious beliefs. He knew the Pharaoh, was raised with him as cousins. Moses knew how stubborn the Pharaoh would be and felt like he was helpless to change his mind.

He started making excuses why he wasn’t the one to go. Moses was looking at his ability to take on this monumental task. He forgot that God would go before him and would do the work for him, he just had to be obedient and show up.

Most of us at some point has been like Moses with the excuses. But we have to see the bigger picture. It is not about our abilities; it is about the souls we will reach if we just align ourselves with God’s plan and purpose for our lives. It is about people finding God and being free from their form of bondage.

If we can get aligned with God’s purpose for our lives no one, and nothing not even satan himself will be able to stop us. But first we have to make sure our mindset is right. The purpose has to be God given and not man given.

We achieve alignment with God’s purpose for our lives by prayer, submission to him, repentance and focus on the word of God. In other words, we have to keep our GOD FOCUS.

Romans 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Aligning with our purpose comes through having our mind set on what is the perfect will of God. We renew that mindset through prayer and study of God’s word. Asking him for direction to our purpose. It comes by living in the Spirit.

Gal 5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

This verse calls for us to allow the Spirit of God to lead us and walk where he leads. When we align with God, we bring our life, thoughts, actions and desires into harmony with God’s will, purpose and plans.

Our prayer everyday should be:

“Dear God, help me to align with your plan for my life. Help me forget my plans and ideas of how things need to be done. Help me to not give in to all the directions I am pulled in every day. Things like social media, entertainment, the long list of responsibilities that beg for attention. Help me to put you first.

Help me to align with your plans for my day and my life. I understand that people are needing someone to stand in the gap for them, to help them find you. Help me to fill the gaps you need me to fill, so that we can reap the billion-soul harvest. Amen.”

There is one verse that comes to mind when I think about us walking in the spirit and finding our purpose. I will leave you with this verse.

Isaiah 6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

Are you ready to align with your purpose?

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP492 FAITH VERSES WORKS

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: FAITH VERSES WORKS

This is often a debate among Christians. Some believe that they can check off a list of Christian things. This is a works-based religion. But there is a difference in religion and salvation. Many non-Christian religions are works based. You have to crawl up a mountain of steps with an offering strapped to your back to offer to an idol. You have to wear a certain religious robe, hat or piece of clothing. All of these are things that are man’s ideas and not based on God’s word. Many in the early church struggled with faith verses works.

Gal. 3:1-2 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? 2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

The people in Galatia were trying to mix the new gospel with works of the law. He asked them if they received the Holy Ghost by works of law or by hearing of faith. He wanted them to realize that all the rituals they did under the law was not necessary. Because we are justified by our faith in the work of the cross and not by works, we can do to check off a list that makes us a “good little Christian.”

Gal 3:3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?

He asked them if they were foolish enough to think that they would receive the Spirit of God only to turn around and be justified by the works of the flesh.

Hebrews 11:6 – But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

This says without faith we cannot please God. It says that we must have faith. It doesn’t say that God is pleased with our list of good things we do. But if we have the Spirit of God within us, good works will follow us.

But they do not justify us. Oxford’s dictionary online says: the word Justify means declare or make righteous in the sight of God:

Our works do not save us or give us right standing with God. But they will follow a believer.

Oxford’s dictionary on line also says the word justify when applied to a page of text mean that the text is spread evenly and the edges are straight.

That is what God does for us, he adds himself in the spaces to spread us out so that our edges are straight.

Going back to Galatians.

Gal 3:4-5 Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. 5 He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

Paul was trying to open their eyes by asking the question, when miracles happen is it because of the Spirit of God inside of you or by the works of the law or by the hearing of faith. It is because of the Spirit of God. There is nothing we can do to create a miracle. It has to be through the power of God that dwells within us. We access God’s Spirit through faith, not by works.

Gal 3:6-7 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. 7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.

Because Abraham believed God, He became the father of many nations. It took the spirit of God to make it possible for them to have Issac. That was not by works of the flesh. Works are not to be thrown out completely. Faith without works is dead. Sometimes we have to, as the old timers would say, put legs on our prayers.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP290 PRESS ON

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: PRESSING ON

Anything worthwhile takes time. Mastering skills and learning new things, always requires time and study. Athletes train for years for that one day they are in the big leagues. The Olympics, the super bowl or world series. For them they have decided that the prize is worth striving for, the sense of accomplishment of finishing their race strong. They have a built-in determination to push themselves beyond their limits. Training means constantly pushing the boundaries of what you can do. Setting new boundaries and then breaking them.

Runners that run distance races learn how to pace themselves early in the race. While they are the strongest. When the time comes that their strength is starting to fade, they can dig deep and push themselves. Imagine running out of strength from sprinting, you go to push yourself and realize you still have miles to go with an empty tank of energy and strength. Many often lose the race because they burn out.

But imagine you started that race along side of the sprinter. For a while it looked like they were going to win. They were so far ahead, that they ran ahead of God. Soon they grew cold and lack strength because they didn’t run their race with patience and with God.

Heb12:1-2 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 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.

How do we run the race that is set before us? Verse 2 Looking unto Jesus who is the author and finisher of our faith. He has his pen and is writing our story. He is the finisher of our faith, it was all finished on the cross. He tells us to lay aside our weights and sins. We only have the capacity to carry a certain amount of weight.

Example: Let’s say all the weight you can carry is twenty pounds. It doesn’t matter if those twenty pounds is in rocks or feathers, it is all you can carry. God has responsibilities he wants us to carry. But if we are so bogged down by the cares or weights of this life, we will not have the capacity to carry anymore. That is why we must set aside the things we are not meant to carry. This frees us up to have room to carry what God has for us.

Phil 3:13 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.

We cannot get caught up in the past. We need to forget the issues of yesterday. Today is the day to reach forward and try to grasp what God has in store for us. We can dig deep and press toward the goal. As the world grows dark, we are called to be a light. It takes us pressing forward to be that light.

When I think about pressing forward or digging down and pushing ourselves to keep going. I think about the oil press. How it takes the fruit to be pressed to release the precious oil. We sometimes have to be squeezed for the anointing to come out of us. That anointing can break the yoke of the enemy. That anointing can pour over on others giving them what they need to press on.

I COR. 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

The enemy will try to get us to fall into temptation. He wants us to get burnt out, stressed out and pressed in from all sides. His job is to get us to give up. But we have to press on, push him aside, fight for the right things, stand strong on the word of God.

The enemy will press in until we take the authority, God has given us. God will use the anointing of the Holy Ghost to break the yoke of the enemy. Allowing us to press on toward the prize. Which is hearing him say, “well done my child, enter in.”

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING –EP488 RELATIONSHIP

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: RELATIONSHIP

People say they want a relationship with God, but often they want a one sided friendship. One where God gives and gives and gives; they just take. They never offer him praise, worship or spend any time talking with him or reading his word.

Then when something happens they question why God doesn’t move. They act like it’s a flaw of God. They act like he doesn’t want to help us. But again, I remind those people it is about relationship.

Psalm 143:7-10 Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

Almost everyone has experienced that place of feeling down. Our spirit feels like there is no use to try. It seems everything we try ends up in failure. We need to see God, but it feels like he is a million miles away. This is the beginning of falling into the pit of despair. This is a place that depression thrives and it seems that thing will never get better.

When we feel like we have failed God or failed in general and there seems to be no way out. Surrender to God instead of the darkness and despair.

Verse 8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

Starting our day in prayer is not something we do to check off a box. It is vital to our spiritual survival. It sets the tone for our day. It gets our minds in the proper place to be able to walk through whatever is in front of us.

It is about our relationship with our Heavenly Father. How can we have a relationship with someone you never talk to or listen to?

Verse 9 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.

By strengthening our relationship, we can be in a position to ask God to deliver us from our enemies. We can get into that secret place where we pray and God will meet us there. The secret place is where we petition the throne room of heaven.

Verse10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

By asking God to teach us to do His will, we are telling him we want to grow in grace and knowledge. We desire a closer walk with Him. We will never be an effective soul winner unless we first build that relationship with God for ourselves. We cannot speak about things we have not experienced for ourselves.

How can we tell someone Jesus is the answer, if we first do not dig down deep and realize for ourselves that he is the answer. We can learn a lot from David and the Psalms. David was not perfect, just like we are not perfect, no matter how hard we try to be. Admitting that we are flawed and at times weak, and need a perfect God is the beginning of us building a strong relationship.

Everything we do comes down to our relationship with God. With all that is going on in the world, now is the time to draw even closer to the one true God. He will be our provider and protector a voice of comfort when we are weak. He died on the cross to set us free. His name is Jesus.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP487 A CALL TO PRAYER

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: A CALL FOR PRAYER

If you notice in the bible all through the old testament, when the people had turned their backs on God. Trouble came to their land. God removed his hand and allowed the consequences of their idol worship to manifest. But when the people learned the error of their ways they would turn to God in prayer.

Many leaders would call for prayer. Esther, before she went to the king about Haman asked the nation to fast and pray. It is often the key to winning battles. Look at the many times armies prayed before going to battle.

Jehosphat had three armies determined to destroy him. He called for prayer first. God gave him the battle plan of how he was to proceed. No doubt if he had gone in his own strength, his army would have been destroyed right along with the other three that were coming against him.

After much prayer, by the time Jehosophat’s army arrived, the battle was over. Because of his obedience to call for prayer.

Now is the time that we travail for our country, president and those who are risking their lives to save our country. Our military has been treated badly by a group of woke people. Our nation is full of people who believe in this country. Who know that they are in a position to be used by God to save our nation. We must pray for every one of them.

What does travail mean? Oxford dictionary defines travail as painful, laborious effort. If we travail in prayer, it will not be a quick prayer but will take effort and time in a quiet place. A place it is just you and God.

What if God is just waiting on us to pray so that he can move. The only way for good to prevail is for us to travail. The intenseness is in the air. If you have any discernment at all you should be able to feel it. God is drawing us closer to him. He wants us to look to him and know that he is God.

Travailing in prayer is a form of spiritual warfare. We don’t wait for the enemy to attack and then ask for help, we step forward and pray. Cutting off the plans of the enemy. God needs us all to be intercessors right now.

The evil of the world has plans to destroy us all. But that evil will not win as long as we depend on God. As long as we bind together and focus on our relationship with him. He has never failed his people. He will not start with us.

I can almost hear him saying, Draw near to me my children, now is the time to draw closer to me. Come and hide away in my presence in that secret place.

We often feel helpless like the situations in our country. But there is much we can do. It is called prayer.

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