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Fifty-three years in the making. Your journey into championship, this time around, was beyond epic. Since the moment God spoke your name in my hearing, I've lifted up this passage on your behalf. It's only fitting that you now have it: [Zechariah 4: 6-7] "⁶Then he said to me, “This is what the LORD says to Zerubbabel: It is not by force nor by strength, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. ⁷Nothing, not even a mighty mountain, will stand in Zerubbabel’s way; it will become a level plain before him! And when Zerubbabel sets the final stone of the Temple in place, Your people will shout: ‘May God bless it! May God bless it!" CONGRATULATIONS ### NBA Champion ### Great leadership matters. Stay ready. It's just getting...

DISCERNMENT Understand what it is you're witnessing. Assess it from a scriptural standpoint. The church inserting herself against those whom God is exalting. They did the same to Jesus. There is nothing new under the sun. Therefore, from where else would the interference come? ### Why not simply keep your hands off? Oh well. The cost is high.

```markdown Bittersweet. This assignment has been a continual place of joy and sadness. Joy, because of certain manifestations; yet, sadness, because of the consequential revelations of those particular manifestations. Even as I was provoked to anger last night, by the constant barrage of compassers, I realized that my response mirrored Jesus's. "When you meet them and see their behavior, you will understand that these things are not being done to Israel without cause. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!” Jesus was highly offended and seemingly out of control when he encountered thieves thieving at his father's house. That's right — sweet, gentle, peaceful Jesus threw a whole temple tantrum, causing a complete uproar, when He...

https://be-an-encourager.blogspot.com/2026/06/god-is-listening-to-your-prayers.html Someone once told me that “Prayer Doesn’t Work”. My answer to them is "Prayer Works". Prayer moves the hand of God. God is not the Wizard of Oz, nor is God a Magician in a crackerjack box with a magic wand to grant our every wish and whim. Jesus on the cross is not a good luck charm, hanging on a necklace that we hold on to get a prayer through. God is not our personal glorified bellboy, nor is He a genie in the bottle. We can't conjure God up only when we feel we need Him to grant our commands or use Him as a credit card; nor will God allow us to. We also play a part in God answering our prayers. A. W. Tozer stated: "Prayer will become effective when...

Glorious Sabbath Day People of God: When you are truly walking in Jesus's likeness and operating according to His ordinances, it's highly likely that, at some point in your journey with Him, you will be treated like Him. Research Question: Did Nazareth treat Jesus like a fraud? Feedback Yes, the people of Nazareth treated Jesus with severe skepticism and hostility, essentially viewing his claims of divinity and messiahship as fraudulent. According to the Synoptic Gospels, his hometown neighbors could not reconcile the grand spiritual authority he claimed with the ordinary, local carpenter they had watched grow up. The biblical accounts highlight how this rejection manifested and why the community treated him as a pretender: The...

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```markdown To: Those who have ears to hear ²⁸And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues. ²⁹Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? ³⁰Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? [1 Corinthians 12:28-30] Prophets instruct. Their primary role is to act as God's messengers, delivering warnings, encouraging righteousness, and giving direct commands or guidance to individuals and communities, often to align them with divine will. Prophetic instruction focuses on spiritual truths, repentance, and practical applications for the...

Thank You, Praise You Lord Jesus for Being our Habitation, our Dwelling Place, for Being in Us as well as All around each of Us, for Allowing No sickness, No evil, No plague, No virus to enter nor be near me just for Claiming You as my Habitation, for Removing anything stubborn that tries just for Claiming You as my Habitation from Psalms 91, for friends that You Bless Us with as well as take from Us, for the Incredible need for You as my Most Valuable, Most Incredible Friend, for Comforting Us in our losses of our family, friends and acquaintances, for Causing Us to see that You chose Us all through the Bible specifically in Ephesians 1:4, for a Blessed cool mild summer, for Peacing and Stilling the weather around where You have me...