Jesus. He's the centerpiece of everything we believe, faithful in everything God gave him to do

^{Share my today's readings who went straight to my heart and mind to LISTEN-BELIEVE- FEAR- REPENT and PRAISE GOD !!}

Psalm 107 ^10-16 Some of you were locked in a dark cell, cruelly confined behind bars, Punished for defying God's Word, for turning your back on the High God's counsel— A hard sentence, and your hearts so heavy, and not a soul in sight to help. Then you called out to God in your desperate condition; he got you out in the nick of time. He led you out of your dark, dark cell, broke open the jail and led you out. So thank God for his marvelous love, for his miracle mercy to the children he loves; He shattered the heavy jailhouse doors, he snapped the prison bars like matchsticks!

Hebrews 3

The Centerpiece of All We Believe

^1-6So, my dear Christian friends, companions in following this call to the heights, take a good hard look at Jesus. He's the centerpiece of everything we believe, faithful in everything God gave him to do. Moses was also faithful, but Jesus gets far more honor. A builder is more valuable than a building any day. Every house has a builder, but the Builder behind them all is God. Moses did a good job in God's house, but it was all servant work, getting things ready for what was to come. Christ as Son is in charge of the house.

^6-11Now, if we can only keep a firm grip on this bold confidence, we're the house! That's why the Holy Spirit says,

Today, please listen;
don't turn a deaf ear as in "the bitter uprising,"
that time of wilderness testing!
Even though they watched me at work for forty years,
your ancestors refused to let me do it my way;
over and over they tried my patience.
And I was provoked, oh, so provoked!
I said, "They'll never keep their minds on God;
they refuse to walk down my road."
Exasperated, I vowed,
"They'll never get where they're going, never be able to sit down and rest."

^12-14So watch your step, friends. Make sure there's no evil unbelief lying around that will trip you up and throw you off course, diverting you from the living God. For as long as it's still God's Today, keep each other on your toes so sin doesn't slow down your reflexes. If we can only keep our grip on the sure thing we started out with, we're in this with Christ for the long haul.

These words keep ringing in our ears:

Today, please listen;
don't turn a deaf ear as in the bitter uprising.
^15-19For who were the people who turned a deaf ear? Weren't they the very ones Moses led out of Egypt? And who was God provoked with for forty years? Wasn't it those who turned a deaf ear and ended up corpses in the wilderness? And when he swore that they'd never get where they were going, wasn't he talking to the ones who turned a deaf ear? They never got there because they never listened, never believed.

Tuesday, September 15 Psalm 107:10-16 Jeremiah 48:26-49:16; Hebrews 3:1-15 You shall have no other gods besides me. Exodus 20:3 Whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Philippians 3:7-8 Christ Jesus, how can we look at you upon the cross and worship worldly idols? How can we put our own desires ahead of the desires you have for us? How can we live this life with any integrity, knowing what you have done for us, unless we surrender all to you in loving thanks? Reveal these answers to us, we humbly pray. Amen.

TUESDAY PRAYER FOR OUR KIDS!

TUESDAY

Thank You, Father, for the confidence, assurance and privilege of boldness, which I have in You.
I am SURE that if I ask ANYTHING or make ANY request according to Your will (which is
YOUR WORD), You listen to and hear me. And, since I POSITIVELY KNOW that You listen
to me in whatever I ask, (according to YOUR WORD), I also know with SETTLED and
ABSOLUTE KNOWLEDGE that I have granted to me as my PRESENT POSSESSIONS the
requests made of You regarding my children today. (I John 5:14-15).

Thank You, Father, that You have promised that as I pray Your Word over my children, I shall
see the fruit of the travail of my soul and be satisfied. (Isaiah 53:11).

Thank You, Father, that as YOUR WORD goes forth over my children, they are LETTING it
have its home in their hearts and minds and dwell in them in all its richness, as they teach,
admonish and train one another in all insight, intelligence and wisdom in spiritual things. They
sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, making melody to You with Your grace in their hearts.
WHATEVER they do, no matter WHAT it is, in WORD or in DEED, they do EVERYTHING in
the Name of the Lord Jesus and in dependence upon His person, giving You praise through Him.
(Colossians 3:16-17).

Father, I declare that my offspring possesses the nations. They are as mighty arrows in the hand
of a warrior, to launch into the nations to bring in the Kingdom, and to launch into the camp of
the enemy to bring great deliverance and victory for Your people. (Isaiah 54:3; Psalm 127:4).

Thank You, Father, that the only work which You require of me as a parent is to believe in Your
Son, Jesus. Therefore, I claim Your promise that MY WORK SHALL BE REWARDED. By
faith I declare that my children are returning from the enemy's land. There is HOPE in my future.
My children are coming again to their own country. (John 6:28-29; Jeremiah 31:16-17).

Father, I declare that my children HEAR the instruction of their father, and they DO NOT reject
or forsake the teaching of their mother. When they go, the WORD of their parents' God is
leading them. When they sleep, it is keeping them; when they waken, it is talking with them.
(Proverbs 1:8; 6:22).

Father, I declare that we dwell in a peaceable habitation, in a safe dwelling and in a quiet resting
place. (Isaiah 32:18).

Father, I declare that my family lets no foul language, nor evil word, nor unwholesome talk ever
come out of our mouths; but only such speech as is good and beneficial to the spiritual progress
of others, as is fitting to the need and the occasion, that it may be a blessing and give grace to
those who hear it. We do not grieve the Holy Spirit by Whom we were sealed. We let ALL
bitterness, wrath, passion, rage, bad temper, resentment, anger, animosity, quarreling, brawling,
clamor, contention, slander, evil-speaking, abusive or blasphemous language be banished from
us, with all malice, spite, ill will or baseness of any kind. And we have become useful, helpful
and kind to one another; tenderhearted, compassionate, understanding, forgiving one another
readily and freely as You in Christ forgave us, in order that Satan get NO advantage over us; for
we are NOT ignorant of his wiles and intentions. (Ephesians 4:29-32; II Corinthians 2:11).

Thank You, Father, that before You formed my children in the womb, You KNEW and
APPROVED of them as Your chosen instruments, and before they were born, You separated and
set them apart, consecrating them, and You appointed them to their specific callings and destinies
in You. You have delivered and saved them, and have called them with a calling in itself holy
and leading to holiness. (Jeremiah 1:5; II Timothy 1:9).

Thank You, Father, that You have given my children the tongues of disciples and of those who
are taught. Therefore, they know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary. You
waken them morning by morning. You waken their ears to HEAR as disciples—as those who
are taught. You, Lord, have opened their ears, and they have NOT been REBELLIOUS or
TURNED BACKWARD. (Isaiah 50:4-5).

Thank You, Father, that YOU are effectually at work WITHIN my children ENERGIZING and
CREATING in them both the POWER and the DESIRE to WILL and to WORK for Your good
pleasure, satisfaction and delight. Therefore, they are violently seizing the kingdom of God by
force as a precious prize. They are seeking for a share in Your kingdom with most ardent zeal
and intense exertion. (Philippians 2:13; Matthew 11:12).

Thank You, Father, that Your Spirit rests upon my children; the spirit of WISDOM and
UNDERSTANDING, the spirit of COUNSEL and MIGHT, the spirit of KNOWLEDGE and the
reverential and obedient FEAR OF THE LORD. You are making them of quick understanding,
and their DELIGHT is in the reverential and OBEDIENT FEAR of the Lord. They do NOT
judge by the sight of their eyes, neither do they decide by the hearing of their ears, but they judge
with righteous judgment. (Isaiah 11:2-4).

Father, I declare that my children KNOW You as their God; and therefore, they prove themselves
STRONG and STAND FIRM and DO EXPLOITS for You. (Daniel 11:32).

Father, I declare that in JESUS and in EVERY RESPECT, my children are enriched, in FULL
POWER and READINESS of SPEECH, to speak of their faith, and complete knowledge and
illumination to give them full insight into the meaning of YOUR WORD. Their speech is
ALWAYS gracious, pleasant and winsome, seasoned with salt. They are NEVER at a loss to
know how they ought to answer anyone who puts a question to them. (I Corinthians 1:5;
Colossians 4:6).

Father, I declare that NO ONE despises or thinks less of my children because of their YOUTH;
but IN THEIR YOUTH, they are an EXAMPLE and PATTERN for the believers in SPEECH, in
CONDUCT, in LOVE, in FAITH and in PURITY. They do NOT neglect the gift, which is in
them. (I Timothy 4:12,14).

Father, I declare that my children's LOVE is abounding yet more and more and extending to its
fullest development in knowledge and all keen insight. Their love is displaying itself in greater
depth of acquaintance and more comprehensive discernment; so that they are surely learning to
sense what is VITAL and approve and prize what is EXCELLENT and of REAL VALUE,
recognizing the HIGHEST and the BEST and distinguishing the moral differences. They test and
prove ALL things UNTIL they can recognize what is GOOD, and to THAT they HOLD FAST.
Therefore, they are untainted, pure, unerring and blameless. Their hearts are sincere, certain and
unsullied. They are approaching the Day of Christ, NOT STUMBLING nor causing OTHERS to
STUMBLE. They are ABOUNDING IN and BEING FILLED with the fruits of righteousness.
Your glory is being both manifested and recognized in them.(Philippians 1:9-11; I
Thessalonians 5:21).

Father, I declare that my children keep themselves from idols and false gods—from ANYTHING
and EVERYTHING that would occupy the place in their hearts due to YOU. They keep
themselves from ANY SORT of SUBSTITUTE for You that would take first place in their lives.
(I John 5:21).

Thank You, Father, that You are clearing my children from hidden and unconscious faults. You
are making the words of their mouths and the meditation of their hearts to be acceptable in Your
sight. (Psalm 19:12,14).

Father, I declare that my children are coming out from among unbelievers and separating and
severing themselves from them. They touch not any unclean thing. Therefore, You receive them
kindly and treat them with favor, and You are a Father to them and they are Your sons and
daughters. (II Corinthians 6:17-18).

Thank You, Father, that You are delivering my children from the snare of the fowler, and from
the deadly pestilence. You are covering them with Your pinions, and under Your wings they are
trusting and finding refuge. (Psalm 91:3-4a).

Father, I declare that my children shall NOT DIE, but LIVE, and declare Your works and
illustrious acts. (Psalm 118:17).

Out of intercessors for a righteous nation