STATIONS OF CROSS

STATIONS OF CROSS

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🍁Preparatory Prayer

Most merciful Lord, with a contrite heart and penitent spirit  I bow down before Thy divine Majesty.  I adore Thee as my supreme Lord and Master.  I believe in Thee, I hope in Thee, I love Thee above all things.  I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, my only and supreme God. I firmly resolve to amend my life; and although I am unworthy to obtain mercy, yet looking upon Thy holy Cross I am filled with peace and consolation.  I will, therefore, meditate on Thy sufferings, and visit the Stations in company with Thy sorrowful Mother and my holy Guardian Angel,  to promote Thy honor and to save my soul. 

I desire to gain all indulgences granted to this holy exercise for myself and for the souls in Purgatory. 

O Loving Jesus,  inflame my cold heart with Thy love, that I may perform this devotion as perfectly as possible,  and that I may live and die in union with Thee. Amen. 

🍁Jesus Is Condemned to Death 

First Station - Jesus Is Condemned to Death

V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.  

R. Because by Thy holy Cross, Thou hast redeemed the world. 

Jesus, the most innocent of beings, is condemned to death, yes, to the shameful death of the cross.  In order to remain a friend of Caesar, Pilate delivers Jesus into the hands of His enemies.  O fearful crime, to condemn Innocence to death and to displease God in order to please men. 

O innocent Jesus,  I have sinned and I am guilty of eternal death;  but that I may Live,  Thou dost gladly accept the unjust sentence of death. For whom then shall I henceforth live if not for Thee, my Lord? If I desire to please men, I can not be Thy servant. Let me, therefore, rather displease the whole world than not please Thee, O Jesus! 

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be. 

V. Lord Jesus, crucified.  

R. Have mercy on us.  Through her heart, His sorrow sharing, All His bitter anguish bearing, Now at length the sword had passed.

🍁Jesus Carries His Cross 

Second Station - Jesus Carries His Cross

V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.  

R. Because by Thy holy Cross, Thou hast redeemed the world. 

When our divine Redeemer beheld the Cross, He most willingly reached out to it with His bleeding arms. He embraced it lovingly, kissed it tenderly, took it on His bruised shoulders, and, exhausted as He was, He carried it joyfully. 

O my Jesus, I can not be Thy friend and follower if I refuse to carry my cross. O beloved cross,  I embrace Thee, I kiss Thee,  I joyfully accept Thee from the hand of my God.  Far be it from me to glory in anything save in the Cross of my Lord and Redeemer.  By it the world shall be crucified to me, and I to the world, that I may be Thine forever. 

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be. 

V. Lord Jesus, crucified.  

R. Have mercy on us.  O, how sad and sore distressed Was that Mother, highly blest, Of the sole begotten One!

🍁Jesus Falls the First Time 

Third Station - Jesus Falls the First Time

V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.  

R. Because by Thy holy Cross, Thou hast redeemed the world. 

Carrying the Cross, our dear Savior was so weakened with its heavy weight that He fell exhausted to the ground.  The Cross was light and sweet to Him, but our sins made it so heavy and hard to carry. 

Beloved Jesus, Thou didst carry the burden and the heavy weight of my sins.  Should I then not bear in union with Thee my light burden of suffering,  and accept the sweet yoke of Thy commandments?  Thy yoke is sweet and Thy burden is light.  I willingly accept it.  I will take up my cross and follow Thee. 

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be. 

V. Lord Jesus, crucified.  

R. Have mercy on us.  Christ above in torment hands:  She beneath beholds the pangs  Of her dying glorious Son. 

🍁 Jesus Meets His Blessed Mother 

Fourth Station - Jesus Meets His Blessed Mother

V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.  

R. Because by Thy holy Cross, Thou hast redeemed the world. 

How sad and how painful must it have been for Mary to behold her beloved Son laden with the Cross, covered with wounds and blood, and driven through the streets by savage executioners!  What unspeakable pangs her most tender heart must have experienced!  How earnestly did she desire to die instead of Jesus, or at least with Him! 

O Jesus,  O Mary,  I am the cause of the pains that pierced your hearts.  Would that my heart might experience some of your sufferings.  O Mother,  let me share in thy sufferings and those of they Son, that I may obtain the grace of a happy death. 

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be. 

V. Lord Jesus, crucified.  

R. Have mercy on us.  Is there one who would not weep,  Whelmed in miseries so deep,  Christ’s dear Mother to behold? 

🍁 Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus Carry His Cross 

Fifth Station - Simon of Cyrene Helps Jesus Carry His Cross

V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.  

R. Because by Thy holy Cross, Thou hast redeemed the world. 

Simon of Cyrene was forced to help our exhausted Savior carry His Cross.  How pleased would Jesus have been, had Simon offered his services of his own accord.  However, Simon was not invited by Christ as you are.  He says: "Take up your cross and follow Me."  Nevertheless you recoil, and carry it grudgingly. 

O Jesus, whosoever does not take up his cross and follow Thee, is not worthy of Thee.  Behold, I cheerfully join Thee on the way of the cross.  I desire to carry it with all patience until death,  that I may prove worthy of Thee. 

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be. 

V. Lord Jesus, crucified.  

R. Have mercy on us.  Can the human heart refrain From partaking in her pain, In that Mother’s pain untold?

🍁 Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus 

Sixth Station - Veronica Wipes the Face of Jesus

V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.  

R. Because by Thy holy Cross, Thou hast redeemed the world. 

Moved by compassion, Veronica presents her veil to Jesus, to wipe His disfigured face.  He imprints on it His holy countenance, and returns it to her as a recompense.  Shall Christ reward you in like manner?  Then you too must do Him a service.  But you do a service to Christ every time you perform a work of mercy towards your neighbor: for He says: "What you have done to the least of My brethren, you have done to Me."

Dearest Jesus,  what return shall I make Thee for all Thy benefits?  Behold, I consecrate myself entirely to Thy service. My whole heart I give to Thee; stamp on it Thy holy image, that I may never forget Thee. 

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be. 

V. Lord Jesus, crucified.  

R. Have mercy on us.  Bruised, derided, cursed, defiled, She beheld her tender Child, All with bloody scourges rent.

🍁Jesus Falls the Second Time 

Seventh Station - Jesus Falls the Second Time

V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.  

R. Because by Thy holy Cross, Thou hast redeemed the world. 

Overwhelmed by the weight of the Cross, Jesus falls again to the ground.  But the cruel executioners do not permit Him to rest a moment.  With thrusts and blows they urge Him onward.  With what cruelty Jesus in treated and trampled under foot!  Remember, compassionate soul, that your sins caused Jesus this painful fall. 

Have mercy on me, O Jesus,  and help me never to fall into my former sins. From this moment I will strive sincerely never to sin again. But Thou, O Jesus, strengthen me with Thy grace,  that I may faithfully carry out my resolution. 

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be. 

V. Lord Jesus, crucified.  

R. Have mercy on us.  For the sins of His own nation, Saw Him hang in desolation Till His spirit forth He sent.

🍁 Jesus Speaks to the Women of Jerusalem 

Eighth Station - Jesus Speaks to the Women of Jerusalem

V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.  

R. Because by Thy holy Cross, Thou hast redeemed the world. 

Moved by compassion, these devoted women weep over our suffering Savior.  But He turns to them and says: "Weep not for Me, but weep for yourselves and your children.  Weep for your sins and those of your children; for they are the cause of My suffering."  You also must weep over your sins, for there is nothing more pleasing to our Lord and more useful to yourself than the tears you shed out of contrition for your sins. 

O Jesus,  who shall give my eyes a torrent of tears,  that I may day and night weep over my sins?  I beseech Thee by Thy bitter and bloody tears  to move my heart, so that tears may flow in abundance from my eyes, and that I may weep over Thy sufferings and over my sins until death. 

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be. 

V. Lord Jesus, crucified.  

R. Have mercy on us.  O thou Mother: font of love! Touch my spirit from above, Make my heart with thine accord.

🍁 Jesus Falls the Third Time 

Ninth Station - Jesus Falls the Third Time

V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.  

R. Because by Thy holy Cross, Thou hast redeemed the world. 

Exhausted at the foot of Calvary, Jesus falls for the third time to the ground.  How painfully must have been reopened all the wounds of His tender body by these repeated falls.  And how enormous must my sins be, to cause Jesus to fall so painfully.  Had not Jesus taken my sins upon Himself, they would have plunged me into the abyss of Hell. 

Most merciful Jesus,  I return Thee a thousand thanks  for not permitting me to die in my sins  and fall into the abyss of Hell,  as I have deserved so often. Enkindle in me a sincere desire to amend my life. Let me never again fall into sin,  but grant me the grace of final perseverance. 

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be. 

V. Lord Jesus, crucified.  

R. Have mercy on us.  Make me feel as thou has felt; Make my soul to glow and melt, With the love of Christ my Lord.

🍁 Jesus Is Stripped of His Garments 

Tenth Station - Jesus Is Stripped of His Garments

V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.  

R. Because by Thy holy Cross, Thou hast redeemed the world. 

Arriving on Calvary, Jesus was cruelly deprived of His garmen

John Hands (1780-1864)

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John Hands (1780-1864)

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John Hands biography, is one of the lesser-known missionaries who served Lord in Karnataka for more than three decades. John finished his studies at Gosport, England. He was ordained for the Kannada Mission in India by the London Missionary Society (LMS) in 1809. Immediately he set out for India and reached Madras on 5th May 1810. He then proceeded to Bellari and established a mission station which became his center of ministerial work for the next 30 years.

Biography:

Birth: 05-12-1780

Home Calling: 30-06-1864

Native Place: Dublin

Country: Ireland

Place of Vision: Karnataka, India

He commenced the Kannada language study and simultaneously started compiling a dictionary. He also published a Kannada grammar book, which is still referred to, for Kannada literary works. His ultimate aim was to provide the Kannada people with the Bible in their own language.

John particularly believed in education in one’s mother tongue. Hence, in 1811, he established and popularized the Kannada Medium schools in and around Bellari. He also established a church where services were conducted in Kannada.

John Hands ministry in India

As the ministry was flourishing, John lost his wife Sarah Silversmith within a couple of years of his arrival in India. John too became very weak due to the intense ministry burden and unsuitable weather conditions. Yet, at that time he took up the responsibility of translating the Bible into Kannada. Assisted by a few other missionaries, John completed the Kannada Bible translation and successfully published it in 1831.

But due to severe illness, he left for London in 1835 to recuperate. From there he went to St. Petersburg, Russia to minister among the Anglo-American church for a couple of years. 

Although he couldn’t completely recover, his heart longed to come back to Bellari to continue the mission. Hence he returned to Bellari in 1838. There he established a printing press that revolutionized the Christian literature ministry in the next decades.

However, ill-health compelled him to leave India in 1841. In London, he continued to work as an advisor for a missionary society till his last breath.

MESSAGE TITLE: THE SPIRIT OF INTEGRITY

■MESSAGE TITLE: THE SPIRIT OF INTEGRITY■

Many of you lack integrity that's why God cannot trust you with His blessings and wealth. Please if this message touches you, please try and change and be a better person in life.

■ What is the meaning of integrity?

Many of you are victim of this message today. You will say yes now and say no the next time they ask you. God can't trust you at all.

● Integrity means the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles.

● Integrity means the state of being whole and undivided.

● Integrity means doing the right thing in a reliable way.

● Integrity means to be very upright in all endeavours of life.

● Integrity means to good virtues and honest in all business deals.

● Integrity means to be straight forward.

● Integrity means to be sincere.

● Integrity means a person who will not disappoint you when you give them responsibility to perform.

● Integrity means when you say yes and people are not afraid.

● Integrity means to live a life of total decision.

Every Christian must walk in the spirit of integrity if you want God to trust you.

The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. Proverbs 11:3 KJV

Integrity is a spirit from God to help you behave like Him and you need to stir it up until it manifest.

“To the faithful you show yourself faithful; to those with integrity you show integrity. 2 Samuel 22:26 NLT

Integrity goes with your total faithfulness and commitment to God and humanity.

Because of this, make every effort to add integrity to your faith; and to integrity add knowledge; 2 Peter 1:5 GW

Are you aware that your faith works with your integrity, so without that God won't really bless you at all.

And endurance (fortitude) develops maturity of character (approved faith and tried integrity). And character [of this sort] produces [the habit of] joyful and confident hope of eternal salvation. Romans 5:4 AMPC

■ WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF THE SPIRIT OF INTEGRITY?

1.) THE SPIRIT OF INTEGRITY STABILIZES YOU.

And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: [5] Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel. 1 Kings 9:4-5 KJV

It was the spirit of integrity that sustain the throne for David, now God is telling Solomon too. Are you aware whatever you want God to sustain for you, you need to add integrity to it.

2.) THE SPIRIT OF INTEGRITY PRESERVES YOU.

Integrity and honesty will protect me because I wait for you. Psalms 25:21 GW

Judge me, O Yahweh, because I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted Yahweh and not wavered. Psalms 26:1 LEB

When you walk in integrity, enemies are defeated in your absence.

3.) THE SPIRIT OF INTEGRITY UPHOLDS YOU.

You will help me, because I do what is right; you will keep me in your presence for ever. Psalms 41:12 GNB

And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. Psalm 41:12 KJV

Upholds means to guide and guard. You must be truthful at all time, nobody can kill you.

4.) THE SPIRIT OF INTEGRITY GUIDES YOU.

The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. Proverbs 11:3 KJV

And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. [2] And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. [3] But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife. [4] But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? [5] Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this. [6] And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. Genesis 20:1-6 KJV

When you walk in the spirit of integrity, even when you want to make mistakes, God has a way of speaking to our heart. When you operate in the spirit of integrity, you are not afraid.

5.) THE SPIRIT OF INTEGRITY YOU CARRY BLESSES YOUR CHILDREN AND GENERATION.

The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him. Proverbs 20:7 KJV

A righteous person lives on the basis of his integrity. Blessed are his children after he is gone. Proverbs 20:7 GW

So it goes beyond you and it affects your children and your unborn generations and lineage.

■ HOW CAN YOU OPERATE IN THE SPIRIT OF INTEGRITY?

A.) TO TAKE A VOWING OR COVENANTAL DECISION.

Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders. Isaiah 49:22 KJV

B.) SET A STANDARD TO BE CONSISTENT NO MATTER WHAT.

At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable to do so. They could find no corruption in him, because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent. Finally these men said, “We will never find any basis for charges against this man Daniel unless it has something to do with the law of his God.” Daniel 6:4‭-‬5 NIV

Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. [5] Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. Daniel 6:4-5 KJV

If you want to live in integrity, build a standard for yourself.

C.) DON'T COMPROMISE YOUR INTEGRITY BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS OR TROUBLES.

And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause. [9] Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. Job 2:3,9 KJV

Even with what happened to Job, he refuse to stop going to God and church. Like many of you would have stopped going to church even serving as a church worker in the church because of what has happened to you.

God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. Job 27:5 KJV

D.) SAY THE TRUTH ALWAYS AND DON'T BE AFRAID OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN.

Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. [4] And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. [5] Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee. Psalm 45:3-5 KJV

People don't like people who tell them the truth.

The Lord shall judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me. Psalm 7:8 KJV

Don't expect to be love or like you for speaking the truth. They will fight you and destroy your names for telling them the truth. They will say you are full of pride and jealous of how God is helping them. Keep telling the truth. Are you aware that people that speaks the truth don't have many friends at all.

■ BIBLICAL EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE WHO PRACTISE THE SPIRIT OF INTEGRITY.

But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. Matthew 5:37 KJV

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation. James 5:12 KJV

1.) Daniel as a Prophet and Politician. He was never corrupt or stolen money like many politicians are doing in many part of the world.

2.) Job as a business and God's servant. No matter what happened to him, he never turn against God because of what happens to him. He lost his businesses, children, properties and everything yet he stood his ground and his integrity in God.

3.) Abraham as a father of faith. He is a complete package of integrity, ever obedient to God.

4.) David as a King, Priest and Prophet. Even after the his son died, he return back to God and serve him faithfully. 

5.) Esther as Queen and a Jew. She stood her ground for freedom even to the death.

6.)  And you, can you be related to one integrity at all?

Stop taking bride that's not integrity. Stop spreading your legs to get that opportunities and jobs that's not integrity. Stop stealing that money as a politician your children and generations will suffer it that's not integrity.  Stop falsifying documents to get that jobs, that's not integrity. Stop lying on the pulpit men and women of God, that's not integrity.

If you don't have it, cry to God in prayer it is a spirit. God will release it upon you.

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. [6] 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. James 1:5-6 KJV

May God use this teachings to shape and reform you again and again. God bless you all, have a nice day.

ProphetDrChrisMichael

DANGEROUS PRAYERS

DANGEROUS PRAYERS

TEXT: 2 KINGS 2-19:23 

2 Kings tells us that the same anointing that brought blessing, was also the same anointing that brought curses.

When a person becomes a victim of racism, rape, genocide, slave trade and unjust treatment then no one can blame them for praying acidic prayers

TYPES OF ENEMIES

1. Acquired enemies

2. Road side enemies

3. Envious enemies

4. Inherited enemies

5. Environmental enemies

6. Transferred enemies

7. Conscious

8.Unconscious enemies

9. Accidental enemies

10. Parental enemies

11. Sibling enemies

12. Sworn enemies

13. Enemies of misfired aggression

14. Relationship enemies

15. Magnetic enemies

16. Enemies of mistaken identity

17. Innocent enemies

18. Dangerous enemies

Dangerous enemies needs dangerous prayers. These dangerous enemies are wicked and they need to be dangerously destroyed.

DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF PRAYERS

1. Anointed prayers

2. Assurance prayers

3. Benediction prayers

4. Bodage-breaking prayers

5. Prayer of faith

6. Prayer of petition

7. Prayer of binding and loosing

8. Emergency prayers

9. Defensive prayers

10. Desert prayers

11. Disentanglement prayers

12. Mountain- moving prayers

13. Judgemental prayers

14. Dangerous prayers

15. Wrestling prayers

7 TYPES OF THE ANOINTING DAVID POSSESSED

1. Prophetic anointing

2. Kingly anointing

3. Warrior anointing

4. Priestly anointing

5. Worship anointing

6. Deliverance anointing

7. Prayer anointing

AGGRESSIVE PRAYERS OF THE PSALMIST IS NEEDED WHEN;

1. Goliath are chasing you

2. You are being pursued by death

3. You are facing difficulties

4. You are being pursued by enemies like Saul, Goliath.

5. When you have sickness that wants to claim your life

6. When your name is on the hit list of the enemy.

7. When domestic / household wickedness are ready to finish you.

8. When you have hidden enemies.

9. When you have aggressive witchcraft.

10. When you are in deep waters of trouble.

11. When you are faced with death.

12. When you have hardened enemies.

13. When you are fishing and catching nothing in the ocean of life.

WHEN YOU LEARN THE DANGEROUS PRAYERS OF THE PSALMIST YOU BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE;

 

1. Peace

2. Turnaround breakthrough

3. Upliftment

4. Achievement

5. You will be able to torment your tormentors

6. Oppress your oppressors

7. Locate the forehead of unprotected forehead of your Goliath

Blessed is the destroyer of the enemies, cursed is any one that doeth the work of the lord deceitfully.

Instead of crying and complaining go to a powerful gathering where dangerous prayers are prayed.

8. Uncommon favour

YOU NEED TO PRAY DANGEROUS PRAYERS WHEN:

1. Unbelievers are asking where is your God

2. When your marriage is at stake.

3. You have been tied down with sickness and infirmity

4. Things aren’t working out well for you

5. When people are mocking you

6. When people have already concluded that you are finished.

7. When you are confronted with your Jordan.

8. When you are confronted with enemies that are ready to put you to shame.

9. When the Lazarus of your life has been embalmed.

10. When you are told to forsake prayers and holiness.

THINGS TO DO

1. Accept Jesus as your Lord and personal savior

2. Repent from every known sin

3. Separate yourself from the world system

4. Knowledge

5. Be persistent

6. Hatered of God’s enemies

PRAYER POINTS

1. Dangerous enemies assigned to rubbish my destiny your time is up die, in the name of Jesus .

2. Strange enemies assigned to afflict my life receive angelic slap in the name of Jesus .

3. Powers saying my battles will not end what are you waiting for die, in the name of Jesus .

4. Powers making my life difficult swell up, burst and die in the name of Jesus .

51 SAMPLES OF DANGEROUS PRAYERS OF THE PSALMIST

1. Oh Lord give my enemies basket to be fetching water in Jesus’ name.

2. Innocent blood cry against my enemies till they give up in Jesus’ name.

3. Let the blood of my enemies turn to poison in their bodies in Jesus’ name.

4. The enemy that wants me to feed today and be hungry tomorrow, Oh Lord burst their stomach in Jesus’ name.

 

5. I smash the head of every strongman troubling my life to the wall of fire in Jesus’ name.

6. The forest my enemies are staying in order to attack me, demons of the forest eat them up in Jesus’ name.

7. Wicked elders that are angry with my goodness, Oh God, let the rage to death in Jesus’ name.

8. Any power trying to tie me to a candle, let the candle burn them to ashes in Jesus’name.

9. Oh God move my enemies from tragedy to tragedy in Jesus’name.

10. Every power writing my name down for evil,let the writer of the name and the book catch fire together in Jesus’name.

11. The enemy setting trap for me,hand of God draw me out of their trap and kill my enemies inside the trap they set up in Jesus’name.

12. Every enemy carrying sacrifice against me Lord command them to eat their sacrifice and die in Jesus’name.

13. The dance of darkness over my life,let that dance turn to madness in Jesus’name.

14. Any wicked power that wants to waste me, Oh Lord announce their obituary in Jesus’name

15. Any power receiving negative training against my life, Oh Lord destruction their brain in Jesus’name.

16. Any wicked one that has buried any animal to change my glory,bury them with their animal in Jesus’ name.

17. Any power that wants good people to forget me, Oh Lord tear their lives apart in Jesus’name.

18. Fire of maggot fall upon my enemies and bring forgetfulness into their brain in Jesus’name.

19. Those mocking me Oh Lord slap them by the mouth and mock them in Jesus’name.

20. Confusion and noise of cry begin to reign in the camp of my enemies in Jesus’name.

21. All those who want my eyes to see evil, violent angels from heaven, throw them inside the evil room of torment in Jesus’name.

22. Any wicked power that says my life will not be pleasant, let them drink the water of torment in Jesus’ name .

23. Every root of hardship in my life, arise and attack your senders in Jesus’ name.

24. Anybody that wants me to sleep and wake up in frustration withdraw them from the land of the living in Jesus’ name.

25. Oh Lord cut short the lives of those monitoring me for evil in Jesus’ name.

26. Oh Lord withdraw mercy away from every aspect of the lives of my enemies in Jesus’ name.

27. Enemies pretending to be friends fire from heaven burn them to ashes in Jesus’ name.

28. Enemies walking up and down to destroy me,Oh Lord destroy them with death in Jesus’ name.

29. Those that are insisting on destroying me, Oh Lord make them mad and blind in Jesus’ name.

30. Every spoiler of destiny begin to eat ashes till you die in Jesus’ name.

31. Holy Ghost throw the stones of confusion upon every enemy of my promised land in Jesus’ name.

32. Any wicked power that says I shall never be the head but tail,stones of death from heaven rain upon them now in Jesus’ name.

33. Powers that want to destroy my family,receive instant death in Jesus’ name.

34. Every satanic alter assigned against my family, let the alter swallow the shriners in Jesus’ name.

35. Any satanic agent making covenant with death against me dust dust of the earth scatter them in Jesus’ name.

36. Every evil gathering against my life,rock of ages grind them to powder in Jesus’name.

37. Powers of darkness that do not want peace to reign in my life die a hot violent death in Jesus’name.

38. Any power that wants to turn my abode to an abode of crying let them cry to death in Jesus’name.

39. Every mandate of evil altar against my life let them backfire in Jesus’ name.

40. Any power assigned to cause go slow in my life, let the spirit of decay fall upon them in Jesus’name.

41. Any wicked personalty that wants to turn my goodness to rag , Lion of Judah, tear them to pieces in Jesus’name.

42. Any evil power turning to animal in order to attack me, divine hunters shoot them to death in Jesus’name.

43. Wicked powers that does not want my testimonies to manifest,let the storm of destruction fall upon them in Jesus’name.

44. Stones of death, stones of fire strike against the strongman blocking my way in Jesus’name.

45. Every evil stone that the enemy is throwing at me, seven folds ,let the stones go back to the senders in Jesus’name.

46. The sacrifice of of the wicked elders carried against me in the midnight, let your fire swallow the wicked elders and the sacrifice in Jesus’name.

47. The enemies attacking my hands so that I will not prosper Oh Lord pour your fire upon their heads in Jesus’name.

48. The sacrifice of elders offered at the grave to put me to shame, bury them inside the same grave in Jesus’name.

49. Powers that wants me to wear the garment of madness run mad and die in Jesus’name.

50. Destiny spoilers, let them sleep the sleep of death in Jesus’name.

51. Any old person using my glory to have long life, Lord beat them to death in Jesus’name.

TEXT: 2 KINGS 2-19:23 

2 Kings tells us that the same anointing that brought blessing, was also the same anointing that brought curses.

When a person becomes a victim of racism, rape, genocide, slave trade and unjust treatment then no one can blame them for praying acidic prayers

TYPES OF ENEMIES

1. Acquired enemies

2. Road side enemies

3. Envious enemies

4. Inherited enemies

5. Environmental enemies

6. Transferred enemies

7. Conscious

8.Unconscious enemies

9. Accidental enemies

10. Parental enemies

11. Sibling enemies

12. Sworn enemies

13. Enemies of misfired aggression

14. Relationship enemies

15. Magnetic enemies

16. Enemies of mistaken identity

17. Innocent enemies

18. Dangerous enemies

Dangerous enemies needs dangerous prayers. These dangerous enemies are wicked and they need to be dangerously destroyed.

DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF PRAYERS

1. Anointed prayers

2. Assurance prayers

3. Benediction prayers

4. Bodage-breaking prayers

5. Prayer of faith

6. Prayer of petition

7. Prayer of binding and loosing

8. Emergency prayers

9. Defensive prayers

10. Desert prayers

11. Disentanglement prayers

12. Mountain- moving prayers

13. Judgemental prayers

14. Dangerous prayers

15. Wrestling prayers

7 TYPES OF THE ANOINTING DAVID POSSESSED

1. Prophetic anointing

2. Kingly anointing

3. Warrior anointing

4. Priestly anointing

5. Worship anointing

6. Deliverance anointing

7. Prayer anointing

AGGRESSIVE PRAYERS OF THE PSALMIST IS NEEDED WHEN;

1. Goliath are chasing you

2. You are being pursued by death

3. You are facing difficulties

4. You are being pursued by enemies like Saul, Goliath.

5. When you have sickness that wants to claim your life

6. When your name is on the hit list of the enemy.

7. When domestic / household wickedness are ready to finish you.

8. When you have hidden enemies.

9. When you have aggressive witchcraft.

10. When you are in deep waters of trouble.

11. When you are faced with death.

12. When you have hardened enemies.

13. When you are fishing and catching nothing in the ocean of life.

WHEN YOU LEARN THE DANGEROUS PRAYERS OF THE PSALMIST YOU BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE;

 

1. Peace

2. Turnaround breakthrough

3. Upliftment

4. Achievement

5. You will be able to torment your tormentors

6. Oppress your oppressors

7. Locate the forehead of unprotected forehead of your Goliath

Blessed is the destroyer of the enemies, cursed is any one that doeth the work of the lord deceitfully.

Instead of crying and complaining go to a powerful gathering where dangerous prayers are prayed.

8. Uncommon favour

YOU NEED TO PRAY DANGEROUS PRAYERS WHEN:

1. Unbelievers are asking where is your God

2. When your marriage is at stake.

3. You have been tied down with sickness and infirmity

4. Things aren’t working out well for you

5. When people are mocking you

6. When people have already concluded that you are finished.

7. When you are confronted with your Jordan.

8. When you are confronted with enemies that are ready to put you to shame.

9. When the Lazarus of your life has been embalmed.

10. When you are told to forsake prayers and holiness.

THINGS TO DO

1. Accept Jesus as your Lord and personal savior

2. Repent from every known sin

3. Separate yourself from the world system

4. Knowledge

5. Be persistent

6. Hatered of God’s enemies

PRAYER POINTS

1. Dangerous enemies assigned to rubbish my destiny your time is up die, in the name of Jesus .

2. Strange enemies assigned to afflict my life receive angelic slap in the name of Jesus .

3. Powers saying my battles will not end what are you waiting for die, in the name of Jesus .

4. Powers making my life difficult swell up, burst and die in the name of Jesus .

51 SAMPLES OF DANGEROUS PRAYERS OF THE PSALMIST

1. Oh Lord give my enemies basket to be fetching water in Jesus’ name.

2. Innocent blood cry against my enemies till they give up in Jesus’ name.

3. Let the blood of my enemies turn to poison in their bodies in Jesus’ name.

4. The enemy that wants me to feed today and be hungry tomorrow, Oh Lord burst their stomach in Jesus’ name.

 

5. I smash the head of every strongman troubling my life to the wall of fire in Jesus’ name.

6. The forest my enemies are staying in order to attack me, demons of the forest eat them up in Jesus’ name.

7. Wicked elders that are angry with my goodness, Oh God, let the rage to death in Jesus’ name.

8. Any power trying to tie me to a candle, let the candle burn them to ashes in Jesus’name.

9. Oh God move my enemies from tragedy to tragedy in Jesus’name.

10. Every power writing my name down for evil,let the writer of the name and the book catch fire together in Jesus’name.

11. The enemy setting trap for me,hand of God draw me out of their trap and kill my enemies inside the trap they set up in Jesus’name.

12. Every enemy carrying sacrifice against me Lord command them to eat their sacrifice and die in Jesus’name.

13. The dance of darkness over my life,let that dance turn to madness in Jesus’name.

14. Any wicked power that wants to waste me, Oh Lord announce their obituary in Jesus’name

15. Any power receiving negative training against my life, Oh Lord destruction their brain in Jesus’name.

16. Any wicked one that has buried any animal to change my glory,bury them with their animal in Jesus’ name.

17. Any power that wants good people to forget me, Oh Lord tear their lives apart in Jesus’name.

18. Fire of maggot fall upon my enemies and bring forgetfulness into their brain in Jesus’name.

19. Those mocking me Oh Lord slap them by the mouth and mock them in Jesus’name.

20. Confusion and noise of cry begin to reign in the camp of my enemies in Jesus’name.

21. All those who want my eyes to see evil, violent angels from heaven, throw them inside the evil room of torment in Jesus’name.

22. Any wicked power that says my life will not be pleasant, let them drink the water of torment in Jesus’ name .

23. Every root of hardship in my life, arise and attack your senders in Jesus’ name.

24. Anybody that wants me to sleep and wake up in frustration withdraw them from the land of the living in Jesus’ name.

25. Oh Lord cut short the lives of those monitoring me for evil in Jesus’ name.

26. Oh Lord withdraw mercy away from every aspect of the lives of my enemies in Jesus’ name.

27. Enemies pretending to be friends fire from heaven burn them to ashes in Jesus’ name.

28. Enemies walking up and down to destroy me,Oh Lord destroy them with death in Jesus’ name.

29. Those that are insisting on destroying me, Oh Lord make them mad and blind in Jesus’ name.

30. Every spoiler of destiny begin to eat ashes till you die in Jesus’ name.

31. Holy Ghost throw the stones of confusion upon every enemy of my promised land in Jesus’ name.

32. Any wicked power that says I shall never be the head but tail,stones of death from heaven rain upon them now in Jesus’ name.

33. Powers that want to destroy my family,receive instant death in Jesus’ name.

34. Every satanic alter assigned against my family, let the alter swallow the shriners in Jesus’ name.

35. Any satanic agent making covenant with death against me dust dust of the earth scatter them in Jesus’ name.

36. Every evil gathering against my life,rock of ages grind them to powder in Jesus’name.

37. Powers of darkness that do not want peace to reign in my life die a hot violent death in Jesus’name.

38. Any power that wants to turn my abode to an abode of crying let them cry to death in Jesus’name.

39. Every mandate of evil altar against my life let them backfire in Jesus’ name.

40. Any power assigned to cause go slow in my life, let the spirit of decay fall upon them in Jesus’name.

41. Any wicked personalty that wants to turn my goodness to rag , Lion of Judah, tear them to pieces in Jesus’name.

42. Any evil power turning to animal in order to attack me, divine hunters shoot them to death in Jesus’name.

43. Wicked powers that does not want my testimonies to manifest,let the storm of destruction fall upon them in Jesus’name.

44. Stones of death, stones of fire strike against the strongman blocking my way in Jesus’name.

45. Every evil stone that the enemy is throwing at me, seven folds ,let the stones go back to the senders in Jesus’name.

46. The sacrifice of of the wicked elders carried against me in the midnight, let your fire swallow the wicked elders and the sacrifice in Jesus’name.

47. The enemies attacking my hands so that I will not prosper Oh Lord pour your fire upon their heads in Jesus’name.

48. The sacrifice of elders offered at the grave to put me to shame, bury them inside the same grave in Jesus’name.

49. Powers that wants me to wear the garment of madness run mad and die in Jesus’name.

50. Destiny spoilers, let them sleep the sleep of death in Jesus’name.

51. Any old person using my glory to have long life, Lord beat them to death in Jesus’name.

The Woman with the Issue of Blood

The Woman with the Issue of Blood

HER CHARACTER:

So desperate for healing, she ignored the conventions of the day for the chance to touch Jesus.

HER SORROW:

To have suffered a chronic illness that isolated her from others. 

HER JOY:

That after long years of suffering, she finally found

peace and freedom. 

KEY SCRIPTURES:

Matthew 9:20-22; Mark 5:25-34; Luke 8:43-48

HER LIFE AND TIMES

MENSTRUAL BLEEDING

Any woman who has suffered through "an issue of blood" knows the difficulties and the debilitating effects of the disease. When blood flows freely and frequently instead of in its regular monthly pattern, women endure not only the untidiness of the condition but can also experience a loss of strength and weight.

The woman in this story suffered from such a haemorrhage for twelve long years. She was probably weak and thin. Because of the ritual uncleanness that surrounded such a condition, she most likely didn't often go out in public. Imagine twelve years of this:

When a woman has a discharge of blood for many days at a time other than her monthly period or has a discharge that continues beyond her period, she will be unclean as long as she has the discharge, just as in the days of her period. Any bed she lies on while her discharge continues will be unclean, as is her bed during her monthly period, and anything she sits on will be unclean, as during her period. Whoever touches them will be unclean; they must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening. -LEVITICUS 15:25-27

A woman was considered unclean for a mere seven days when she had her regular period (Leviticus 15:19). This woman, however, bore not only the inconvenience but also the curse of being unclean for twelve years. Anyone and anything she touched became unclean. Imagine: She gives her husband a plate of food and their hands touch - he's unclean. She gives her neighbor a hand with her laundry and their hands touch - she's unclean. Anything she sits on at home becomes unclean, as does anything she sits on at a neighbor's home or in public. Before long, everyone is aware of her uncleanness and no one wants to be around her. 

Many different conditions could have caused this woman's ailment: fibroid tumors, an infection, a hormone imbalance. Whatever the cause, the doctors she had seen over the years had taken all of her money but given no relief. With the forthrightness and compassion that are characteristic of the gospel writer Mark, he says this woman "had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors." In fact, at times their cures were probably worse than her sickness. Still, no matter how much money she spent or how much agony she endured, her sickness seemed impossible to cure. Until she met the God of the impossible.

What doctors couldn't do, Jesus could. No repulsive or painful remedies. No visits to doctors more interested in financial gain than in her cure. With just a soft, loving touch of his coat, she was cured. Healed. Freed. Immediately!

The glory of Christ is that he succeeds where others fail. He brings healing when doctors say none is possible. He offers forgiveness when the heart says it can never be forgiven. He extends comfort when the agony is too great to carry, and peace when all is chaos. He presents the possible after twelve years of impossibility.

HER PROMISE

God promises to heal us. That statement may seem to fly in the face of the many who have suffered from illness and disability for years, but we need to remember that our concept of healing is not necessarily the same as God's. For some, healing may not take place here on earth. True healing - the healing that will cure even those who don't suffer from any particular physical ailment here on earth - will take place not here but in heaven. There, God promises the ultimate healing from our sickness, our disabilities, our inclination to sin.

Promises in Scripture

I am the LORD, who heals you.

-EXODUS 15:26

O LORD my God, I called to you for help and you healed me.

-PSALM 30:2

Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits - who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion.-PSALM 103:1-4

They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.

-REVELATION 21:3-4

HER LEGACY OF PRAYER

When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, because she thought, "If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed." -MARK 5:27-28

REFLECT ON:

Mark 5:21-34

PRAISE GOD:

That his touch produces peace and freedom.

OFFER THANKS:

That faith is a gift that increases with use.

CONFESS:

Any tendency to play it so safe you actually begin to suffocate the faith you have.

CONFESS:

To bring this woman's story to mind the next time you are faced with an opportunity to exercise real faith.

Lift Your Heart

Trying to live the Christian life without faith is like trying to eat a steak with a straw, or kissing someone without using your lips, or propelling an airplane with foot pedals. It doesn't nourish you, never thrills you, and won't get you anywhere. If you feel the spark of faith fading, ask God to take the little you have and fan it to flame. 

Father, forgive my little faith

_Make it big

_Reduce my ego

_Make it small

_Give me a chance

_To touch you and be touched

_No matter how foolish

_No matter how frightened

_No matter how strange I feel.

_Fan my small spark into a brightness

_Lighting the way ahead.

Amen.

Pray it like you mean it, and God will not fail to provide you with opportunities to exercise your faith.

THE PURPOSE AND MEANING OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS!!!

THE PURPOSE AND MEANING OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS!!!

Before looking at the purpose and meaning of these Ten magnificent laws of love, it should be noted that there really is only ONE passage we need to know that demonstrates the unchanging, eternal nature of ALL the Ten Commandments. 

Matthew 5:17-18 reads, “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till Heaven and Earth Pass, one jot or one tittle shall in No Wise Pass from the Law, till all be fulfilled.”

The purpose of the Ten Commandments is to point out sin as Paul informs us in Romans 7:7 and note Paul is expressing this long after the cross. Below you will find more on the meaning of each commandment.

1. THE FIRST COMMANDMENT IS ABOUT LOYALTY.

The Creator of the universe declares He is our God and our deliverer and asks us to demonstrate our love for Him by having no other God's. The First Commandment is the first of a series of four that define our relationship with our Heavenly Father. Establishing, developing and maintaining that personal relationship with the true and living God is the most important commitment we can ever make. 

That is the primary focus of the first of the Ten Commandments, You shall have no other gods before Me. We should love, honour and respect Him so much that He alone is the supreme authority and model in our lives. He alone is God. We should allow nothing to prevent us from serving and obeying Him.

2. THE SECOND COMMANDMENT IS ABOUT WORSHIP.

The one and only true God loves us so much that He is jealous of our love and does not want to share our love by us bowing down to meaningless idols. The Second Commandment goes to the heart of our relationship with our Creator. It deals with several crucial questions. How do we perceive God? How do we explain Him to ourselves and to others? Above all, what is the proper way to worship the only true God? The Second Commandment is a constant reminder that only we, of all created things, are made in the image of God. Only we can be transformed into the spiritual image of Christ, who of course came in the flesh as the perfect spiritual image of our heavenly Father. This Commandment protects our special relationship with our Creator, who made us in His likeness and is still moulding us into His spiritual image.

3. THE THIRD COMMANDMENT IS ABOUT REVERENCE.

God asks us to respect His Holy name and not to use it in vain. The Third Commandment focuses on showing respect. It addresses the way we communicate our feelings about God to others and to Him. It encompasses our attitudes, speech and behaviour. Respect is the cornerstone of good relationships. The quality of our relationship with God depends on the love and regard we have for Him. It also depends on the way we express respect for Him in the presence of others. We are expected always to honour who and what He is. 

Conversely, the use of God's name in a flippant, degrading or in any way disrespectful manner, dishonours the relationship we are supposed to have with Him. This can vary from careless disregard to hostility and antagonism. It covers misusing God's name in any way. The Hebrew name for “vain” is “shaw” and means vanity, falsehood, iniquity and emptiness. Simply summed up, “shaw” means showing disrespect and this is what we do when we take God's name in vain.

4. THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT IS ABOUT SANCTIFICATION AND RELATIONSHIP.

God starts off the fourth Commandment with the word “Remember”. This is because He knew we would forget it. God asks that we keep it set apart for Holy purposes so we can draw nearer to Him. 

The Fourth Commandment to remember the Sabbath concludes the section of the Ten Commandments that specifically helps define a proper relationship with God, how we are to love, worship and relate to Him. It explains why and when we need to take special time to draw closer to our Creator. It is also a special sign between us and God forever, that it is Him that sanctifies us Him alone we belong to and worship. The Sabbath, the seventh day of the week was set apart by God as a time of rest and spiritual rejuvenation. 

So why is this Commandment so frequently ignored, attacked and explained away by so many? Could it be because the challenges to the Sabbath Commandment are views generated by the ruler of this present evil world? After all, this being wants us to accept these views because he hates God's law. He does all he can to influence us to ignore, avoid and reason our way around it. On our calendar the Sabbath day begins at sunset Friday evening and ends at sunset Saturday evening.

5. THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT IS ABOUT RESPECT FOR PARENTAL AUTHORITY. 

God instructs us to show love for our parents by honouring them. The Fifth Commandment introduces us to a series of Commandments that define proper relationships with other people. The fifth through to the 10th serve as the standards of conduct in areas of human behaviour that generate the most far reaching consequences on individuals, families, groups and society. 

Families are the building blocks of societies that build strong nations. When families are fractured and flawed, the sad results are tragic and reflected in newspaper headlines every day. Any individual or group, including whole nations that understand the importance of strong families reap the rewards of an improved relationship and blessings from God. The Fifth Commandment shows us from whom and how the fundamentals of respect and honour are most effectively learned. It guides us to know how to yield to others, how to properly submit to authority and how to accept the influence of mentors. 

That is why the apostle Paul wrote, “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother, which is the first Commandment with promise: that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth” Ephesians 6:2-3.

6. THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT IS ABOUT RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE.

God asks us to demonstrate love and not hate towards others by not murdering. We must learn to control our tempers. Taking another person's life is not our right to decide. That judgment is reserved for God alone. That is the thrust of this Commandment. 

God does not allow us to choose to wilfully or deliberately take another person's life. The Sixth Commandment reminds us that God is the giver of life and He alone has the authority to take it or to grant permission to take it. God wants us to go far beyond avoiding murder. He requires that we not maliciously harm another human being in word or deed. 

This is why John wrote, “Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him” 1 John 3:15. God desires that we treat even those who choose to hate us respectfully and do all within our power to live in peace and harmony with them. He wants us to be builders, not destroyers of good relationships. To accomplish this we must respect this wonderful gift of this precious possession, human life.

7. THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT IS ABOUT PURITY IN RELATIONSHIPS.

God asks us to express and demonstrate our love for our partner by not committing adultery. Adultery is the violation of the marriage covenant by wilful participation in sexual activity with someone other than one's spouse. Since God's law sanctions sexual relationships only within a legitimate marriage, the command not to commit adultery covers in principle, all varieties of sexual immorality. No sexual relationship of any sort should occur outside of marriage. That is the crux of this Commandment. 

Most of us need the support and companionship of a loving spouse. We need someone special who can share our ups and downs, triumphs and failures. No one can fill this role like a mate who shares with us a deep love and commitment. Society suffers because we have lost the vision that God had for marriage from the beginning. 

Marriage is not a requirement for success in pleasing God. But it is a tremendous blessing to couples who treat each other as God intended. Most people desire and need the benefits that come from a stable marriage. To return to what God intended, we must give marriage the respect it deserves.

8. THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENTS IS ABOUT HONESTY.

God instructs us to show our love and respect for others by not stealing what belongs to them. The Eighth Commandment safeguards everyone's right to legitimately acquire and own property. 

God wants that right honoured and protected. His approach to material wealth is balanced. He wants us to prosper and enjoy physical blessings. He also expects us to show wisdom in how we use what He provides us and He does not want possessions to be our primary pursuit in life. 

When we see material blessings as a means to achieve more-important objectives, God enjoys seeing us prosper. To Him it is important that generosity rather than greed motivate the choices we make. Because they are qualities of His own character, He asks that we, from the heart, put giving and serving ahead of lavishing possessions on ourselves.

9. THE NINTH COMMANDMENT IS ABOUT TRUTHFULNESS.

God says if we love others we should not deceive or lie to them. How important is truth? The Bible says that Jesus is “the way and the Truth” John 14:6. To fully appreciate the Ninth Commandment with its prohibition of lying, we must realize how important truth is to God. Jesus Christ said of God the Father, “Your word is truth” John 17:17. The Bible throughout teaches that “God is not a man, that He should lie” Numbers 23:19. As the source of truth, God requires that His servants always speak truthfully. Under God's inspiration, King David wrote, “…LORD, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill? He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart and has no slander on his tongue, who does his neighbour no wrong and casts no slur on his fellow-man, who despises a vile man but honours those who fear the LORD, who keeps his oath even when it hurts” Psalms 15:1-3, NIV. God expects truth to permeate every facet of our lives. Everything in the life of a Christian is anchored to truth. God wants us as His children, to commit ourselves to truth and reflect it in everything we do.

10. THE TENTH COMMANDMENT IS ABOUT CONTENTMENT.

God instructs us not to covet because He knows it can entrap us into even greater sin. To covet means to crave or desire, especially in excessive or improper ways. 

The Tenth Commandment does not tell us that all of our desires are immoral. It tells us that some desires are wrong. Coveting is an immoral longing for something that is not rightfully ours. That is usually because the object of our desire already belongs to someone else. 

But coveting can also include our wanting far more than we would legitimately deserve or that would be our rightful share. The focus of the Tenth Commandment is that we are not to illicitly desire anything that already belongs to others. The opposite of coveting is a positive desire to help others preserve and protect their blessings from God. We should rejoice when other people are blessed. 

Our desire should be to contribute to the well being of others, to make our presence in their lives a blessing to them. The last of the Ten Commandments is aimed directly at the heart and mind of every human being. In prohibiting coveting, it defines not so much what we must do but how we should think. It asks us to look deep within ourselves to see what we are on the inside. As with each of the previous nine Commandments, it is directed toward our relationships. It specifically deals with the thoughts that threaten those relationships and can potentially hurt ourselves and our neighbours. 

Therefore, it is fitting that the formal listing of these Ten foundational commands, which define the love of God, should end by focusing on our hearts as the wellspring of our relationship problems. From within come the desires that tempt us and lead us astray.

THE QUEEN OF SHEBA

THE QUEEN OF SHEBA

HER CHARACTER:

Though a pagan queen like Jezebel, she prized wisdom above power. She appears to have been intellectually gifted, with a good head for business and diplomacy. 

HER JOY:

That her quest for wisdom was rewarded beyond HER expectations.

KEY SCRIPTURES:

1 Kings 10:1-13; Matthew 12:42

HER LIFE AND TIMES

GIFT GIVING

Four and a half tons of gold - and that was just part of the gift the Queen of Sheba gave to Solomon when she visited him in Jerusalem. She had probably heard of his riches as well as his wisdom and knew that no puny gift would do; something magnificent was in order. Imagine a caravan of camel after camel entering Jerusalem, bearing gifts for Solomon. A camel could carry about two hundred pounds when traveling through the desert (a staggering four hundred pounds plus its rider on shorter, less strenuous journeys). That means forty-five camels were required to carry just the gold! 

Most personal meetings in ancient cultures included gift giving. A visit to someone's home required bringing along a gift for the host or hostess. Even chance encounters in the desert included gift exchanges (Genesis 14:18-20). Gift giving in ancient cultures was also a way of expressing submission to someone who was in a superior position, whether in government, in the military, or in religious life. At times, a gift might be given to gain favor or even to bribe someone.

The Queen of Sheba wasn't the only one who brought gifts to Solomon; so many brought gifts of "silver and gold, robes, weapons and spices, and horses and mules" that in Solomon's time silver was "as common in Jerusalem as stones" (1 Kings 10:23-27). But the most famous gifts in the Bible were those given by the Magi to the child Jesus (Matthew 2:11). 

The New Testament writers often talked about the gifts we give not to each other but to God. No gift, no matter how small, is displeasing to God if it is given with a generous and cheerful heart. In fact, Jesus praised the widow who gave only two small coins because she gave all she had out of a heart of love for God, contrasting her with others who gave a small amount of their wealth, often grudgingly (Luke 21:1-4). More important to God than the size of our gifts is the condition of our hearts when we give (2 Corinthians 9:7).

Greater and finer and more thrilling than any gift we can give to each other or to God are the gifts he gives to us. Solomon, in the midst of all his wealth and wisdom, thanked God for the gift of a good and simple life: satisfying work to do, peaceful rest at night, a bit of happiness (Ecclesiastes 3:13; 5:19). Matthew quotes Jesus telling his followers of God's wonderful care of us and his willingness to give us good things: "If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!" (Matthew 7:11).

But the crowning touch, the gift worth more than all the gold in the world, is the gift God so lovingly and willingly gave us of eternal life through his Son (Romans 6:23). No thank-you note required; just a life of gratitude to God. In the words of Paul. "Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!" (2 Corinthians 9:15).

HER PROMISE

The Queen of Sheba was a wealthy and influential ruler whose nation dominated commercial trading in the Middle East at that time. She must have had a certain measure of wisdom, or at least intelligence, to rule such a country. Still, she had questions, many of them, and she sought out the region's famed King Solomon, depending on his wisdom for answers. Solomon didn't disappoint her; she went away satisfied.

Do you have any questions that need answers? Questions about yourself? About things that have happened in your life? About the will of God? About God's love for you? If you do, go to the source of all wisdom, God himself, for answers. When you diligently seek him, he doesn't always give clear answers, but he will give peace. And you will go away satisfied. He promises.

Promises in Scripture

And I - in righteousness I will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.

-PSALM 17:15

O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you.... My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.

-PSALM 63:1,8

Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.... Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

-PSALM 90:12, 14

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; those who seek find; and to those who knock, the door will be opened.

-MATTHEW 7:7-8

HER LEGACY OF PRAYER

How happy your men must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom! Praise be to the LORD your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on the throne of Israel! Because of the LORD's eternal love for Israel, he has made you king, to maintain justice and righteousness.

-1 KINGS 10:8-9

REFLECT ON:

1 Kings 10:1-13. 

PRAISE GOD:

For his generosity 

OFFER THANKS:

For God's wisdom working through others.

CONFESS:

Any tendency to trust too much in your own wisdom without seeking godly counsel.

ASK GOD:

To pour out wisdom on leaders in the church and in the government so that his ways are honored in your family, community, and nation.

Lift Your Heart

Think about the gifts the Queen of Sheba lavished on Solomon - the perfume, spices, precious stones, and gold - as tangible acknowledgments of his greatness. Yet Solomon was only a man. What can you lavish on the One who is far greater than he? You can be generous with your praise, telling God everything you love about him. You can be generous with your time, going out of your way to help those in need. You can be generous with your trust, acting and praying in a way that shows your confidence in God's goodness and power. You can be generous with your money, giving what you can from your small hoard. This week, don't be stingy. Think of at least one extravagant way to express your awe and your affection for God. 

Jesus, everything I've heard about you is true, but I didn't believe it until you showed yourself to me. Then I realized I hadn't been told the half of it. Your wisdom, mercy, power, and kindness exceed everything I've ever heard. How happy are the women who belong to you! I praise the Father for delighting in you and placing you above everything and everyone. Because of the Lord's eternal love, he has made you our King.