Simple thoughts pt.3

a misconception with prayer.

Thinking that praying for a certain amount of time carries power is idolatry.

Wait, hear me out.

I say this because, it means that we believe that the power is in the length of time and not in the person we are praying to. I believe that extended prayer periods with the Lord do lead us to see more power but it’s not because of the time spent but the room given for the Lord to display His power and reveal His nature. Timing yourself is not a bad thing at all when praying and it is needed since we all have schedules but if you believe that praying for 30 minutes without the presence of the Holy Spirit is more powerful than praying for 10 minutes with the tangible presence of God then you’re mistaken. The only reason we pray is to communicate with Him, not to exercise our tongue or make noise but solely to be intimate with the Lord. So, don’t be like me who believed in the power of time and not effective prayer. Desire to spend long hours in prayer but this desire should be rooted in the fact that you’re spending more time with the Lord.

Amen

A very short message for today because a lot of the time we hear lengthy messages but they never sink deep into our hearts. So I pray that this short word from the Lord would allow you to spend more intimate hours with the Him🤎.

a soft heart

a soft heart. The Bible refers to it as a heart of flesh ( Ezekiel 36:26) . Having a soft heart allows easy implantation of seeds by the Holy Spirit. Having a soft heart allows the Lord to mould it in any way He desires ( and that’s what we must truly desire, that the Lord will mould our hearts into what He envisions it to be).

Having a soft heart is what I want everyday of my life. I may not understand everything the Lord says but this soft heart would allow me to receive every word He speaks. Having a soft heart pushes me into deeper realms of intimacy with my bridegroom, my lover, Jesus Christ, because He can impress whatever He feels onto this precious softened heart.

I pray for a softened heart daily so I may receive wholeheartedly all the sweet words of my Father, so I may accept all the wonderful promises. I pray for a softened heart that beats gently with the very blood of Jesus Christ passing through every chamber of the heart.

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Let us pray,

Give me a softened heart Lord! Place me in situations that would soften the hard heart I was born with. I want you alone to remodel my heart oh Jesus, that I may resemble you as I work out my salvation with fear and trembling.

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Ah Lord you are mighty! So glorious is our King! May hearts be softened for the Lord’s glory now and forevermore in Jesus’ name!

💧The Christian Drip💧

Guys so it’s my birthday month🥳🥳 and personally I don’t think its a crime to spoil yourself, especially when it’s time to celebrate! Me, I love to spoil myself with clothes, when I can. So as it is my birthday month, I must grace myself with clothes. However, the more I spend time with the Lord, the more He makes me understand that it’s all about Him, even when it comes to pampering myself. So, I asked the Lord how I should pamper myself this birthday season and Him knowing that I spoil myself with “drip” ( in quotes because we all know the drip isn’t actual drip lol🥲), He has revealed to me in His Word some Christian drip. So I just wanted to share these with you so we’ll be slaying together spiritually😉( its not everyday essentials).

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• A crown of beauty ( Isaiah 61:3)

A crown is given to someone who is to be honoured. A crown is given to someone who has some sort of authority and most of the time a crown is given to royalty. Beauty is synonymous to glorious and majestic. The Lord crowns us because we are His children and He is King therefore we are kings ( Revelation 1:6). Jesus, the One we behold and desire to be moulded into, is beautiful ( Isaiah 33:17) so as His people, He crowns us with this beauty, He adorns us with His majesty and allows us to partake in His glory.

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• Bind love and faithfulness around your neck ( Proverbs 3:3-4)

In John 13:35 Jesus shows us clearly that love is what truly marks us Christians or deems as us followers of Christ. Jesus loves us so much; we can’t even wrap our heads around it and when this love becomes your very reality, when the love of God is all you ever think of, it pushes you into a place of absolute surrender and all you want to do is share that very love with all those around you. By binding love on your neck, God is saying let everyone see that you love them. When we wear a necklace, even if it is very slender and has no pendant, people from metres away will notice something shimmering on our neck. This should be the same with our love. Let the love of God in you pour out to all those you encounter. People must have conversations with you and not leave the same. Every word you utter to another human being must bring them life and light because you are a follower of the giver of life.

Apart from love, faithfulness is an essential trait that must be seen. We must be faithful to God and man. As said earlier, we are being transformed into the very image of our Lord Jesus Christ, so as faithfulness is an undeniable trait of the Lord ( 2 Timothy 2:13) , we must also adapt this character. For more on faithfulness, click me!

• Glory-garments ( Psalm 21:5 TPT, Psalm 29:2 TPT)

A garment covers the entire body. Our entire self should scream glory, not for ourselves, but His glory. The Lord is the one who dresses us and we put on these glory garments because He has called us to do so. We are well aware of the fact that when we go to glory, we shall put on white robes ( Revelation 7:9) but could it be possible that our transformation begins now on Earth as we wear these glory-garments? (food for thought)

Anyways, all I know is that, wearing this spiritual garment allows our lives to glorify the Lord and allows us to fulfil our calling because all we have been created to do is glorify Him.

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The Lord is concerned about every detail of our lives and it’s beautiful.So let’s allow Him to have His say in every aspect of our lives. We want to dress for the Lord, clean for the Lord, do whatever we can to see Him get glory. I sincerely pray that these spiritual clothings/accessories would allow us to properly represent Jesus Christ to the lost and hopefully populate His kingdom. Remember we do everything we do for Him to be praised so even if it means putting on Christian drip, we would do it proudly!

Bye pretty people🤎!