Heavenly Father, Almighty God, I rise before you this morning • Père céleste, Dieu tout-puissant, je me lève devant toi ce matin

 Heavenly Father, Almighty God, I rise before you this morning with a heart wide open. I lift my voice with boldness, not in fear, not in timidity, but in the authority given to me by Jesus Christ. 

¶ Père céleste, Dieu tout-puissant, je me lève devant toi ce matin, le cœur grand ouvert. J'élève la voix avec assurance, non par peur, non par timidité, mais par l'autorité que Jésus-Christ m'a donnée.

 I declare that this day is holy. I declare that this morning belongs to you.  I declare that every breath I take is evidence of your mercy and every step I walk is sustained by your grace. 

¶ Je déclare que ce jour est sacré. Je déclare que ce matin t'appartient. Je déclare que chaque respiration que je prends témoigne de ta miséricorde et que chaque pas que je fais est soutenu par ta grâce.

Today I stand under the covering of the blood of Jesus Christ. I proclaim that his blood surrounds my family, my home, my work, my health, and my future. No weapon formed against me shall prosper because the blood of Jesus speaks a better word over my life. 

¶ Aujourd'hui, je me tiens sous la protection du sang de Jésus-Christ. Je proclame que son sang entoure ma famille, ma maison, mon travail, ma santé et mon avenir. Aucune arme forgée contre moi ne prospérera, car le sang de Jésus témoigne de ma victoire sur ma vie.

The enemy has no claim. Darkness has no hold. Fear has no authority. The cross of Jesus Christ has spoken and the verdict is victory. I speak it. I  believe it. I receive it. Victory in Christ Jesus today. 

¶ L'ennemi n'a aucun pouvoir. Les ténèbres n'ont aucune emprise. La peur n'a aucune autorité. La croix de Jésus-Christ a parlé et le verdict est la victoire. Je le proclame. Je le crois. Je le reçois. Victoire en Christ Jésus aujourd'hui.

Father, I rise this morning in full armor. I gird my waist with truth. I put on the breastplate of righteousness. I lace up the shoes of the gospel of peace. I raise the shield of faith to quench every fiery dart. I place on my head the helmet of salvation.  And in my hand, I grip the sword of the spirit, which is the living word of God. l am not defenseless. l am not vulnerable. I am armed with heavenly weapons that are mighty to the pulling down of strongholds. 

¶ Père, je me lève ce matin revêtu de toute mon armure. Je me ceins de vérité. Je revêts la cuirasse de la justice. Je chausse les souliers de l'Évangile de paix. Je lève le bouclier de la foi pour éteindre tout trait enflammé. Je place sur ma tête le casque du salut. Et dans ma main, je tiens l'épée de l'Esprit, qui est la parole vivante de Dieu. Je ne suis pas sans défense. Je ne suis pas vulnérable. Je suis armé d'armes célestes puissantes, capables de renverser les forteresses.

 Today I walk into this day not as a victim but as a warrior. I break every scheme,  break every trap, break every whisper of the enemy in the mighty name of Lord Jesus Christ. 

¶ Aujourd'hui, j'aborde cette journée non pas en victime, mais en guerrier. Je brise tous les complots, je brise tous les pièges, je réduis au silence tous les murmures de l'ennemi au nom puissant du Seigneur Jésus-Christ.

   I break fear. I break discouragement. I break confusion. I break anxiety. I break hopelessness. I declare they have no place in my mind, no place in my heart, no place in my family. They are broken by the name of Lord Jesus Christ, the name that is above every name. 

¶ Je brise la peur. Je brise le découragement. Je brise la confusion. Je brise l'anxiété. Je brise le désespoir. Je déclare qu'ils n'ont aucune place dans mon esprit, aucune place dans mon cœur, aucune place dans ma famille. Ils sont brisés par le nom du Seigneur Jésus-Christ, le nom qui est au-dessus de tout nom. 

   Lord, I thank you that you did not give me a spirit of fear, but of power, of love, and of a sound mind. 

¶ Seigneur, je te remercie de ne pas m’avoir donné un esprit de crainte, mais un esprit de force, d’amour et de sagesse.

   I declare that this morning is not just another morning. This is a morning of power. This is a morning of breakthrough. This is a morning of restoration. This is a morning of new mercies. I embrace the fresh mercy of God. I welcome the new compassion of my Father.  I rejoice because great is His faithfulness. I may not know what today holds, but I know the one who holds today in his hands. And because I know him, I can walk into this day with courage. 

¶ Je déclare que ce matin n'est pas un matin comme les autres. C'est un matin de puissance. C'est un matin de percée. C'est un matin de restauration. C'est un matin de grâces nouvelles. J'accueille la miséricorde renouvelée de Dieu. Je salue la compassion nouvelle de mon Père. Je me réjouis car grande est sa fidélité. Je ne sais peut-être pas ce que la journée me réserve, mais je connais celui qui la tient entre ses mains. Et parce que je le connais, je peux aborder cette journée avec courage.

   Lord, I thank you that your goodness is running after me. I thank you that your mercies are new, not recycled. not reused but new every single morning.  

¶ Seigneur, je te remercie de ce que ta bonté me prodigue sans cesse. Je te remercie car ta miséricorde est toujours nouvelle, non pas recyclée, mais renouvelée chaque matin.

   I thank you that today is not defined by yesterday's mistakes or last night's tears. Today is a new day. Today is a new chapter. Today is a new opportunity to walk in the fullness of your blessing. 

¶ Je te remercie de ce que cette journée ne soit pas définie par les erreurs d'hier ni par les larmes de la nuit dernière. Aujourd'hui est un jour nouveau. Aujourd'hui est un nouveau chapitre. Aujourd'hui est une nouvelle occasion de vivre pleinement ta grâce.

   I declare blessing over my home. I declare blessing over my family. I declare blessing over my work. I declare blessing over my health. I declare blessing over my mind. I declare blessing over my relationships. 

¶ Je bénis ma maison. Je bénis ma famille. Je bénis mon travail. Je bénis ma santé. Je bénis mon esprit. Je bénis mes relations.

   Every part of me belongs to you, Lord. And therefore, every part of me is touched by your favour. 

¶ Seigneur, tout mon être t'appartient. C'est pourquoi tout mon être est touché par ta grâce.

   Father, I ask for joy this morning. Not fleeting joy, not circumstantial joy, but the joy of the Lord that is my strength. I choose joy. I declare joy. I receive joy. Where sorrow tried to linger, joy comes in the morning. Where heaviness tried to settle, joy lifts my soul. Where hopelessness tried to drown me, joy lifts me out of the waters. 

¶ Père, je te demande la joie ce matin. Non pas une joie passagère, non pas une joie circonstancielle, mais la joie du Seigneur qui est ma force. Je choisis la joie. Je proclame la joie. Je reçois la joie. Là où la tristesse cherchait à s'installer, la joie arrive au matin. Là où la tristesse cherchait à s'installer, la joie élève mon âme. Là où le désespoir cherchait à me noyer, la joie me tire des eaux. 

 Lord, you have turned my mourning into dancing. You have taken off my garments of sorrow and clothed me with garments of praise. And so I dance in the spirit today even before the breakthrough comes because I know the victory is already mine in Christ. 

¶ Seigneur, tu as transformé mon deuil en allégresse. Tu as ôté mes vêtements de tristesse et tu m'as revêtu de vêtements de louange. C'est pourquoi je danse dans l'Esprit aujourd'hui, avant même la percée, car je sais que la victoire est déjà mienne en Christ.

   I declare hope over my heart. Hope for the dreams that feel delayed. Hope for the prayers that feel unanswered. Hope for the situations that seem impossible. I declare that my hope is not in man, not in money, not in systems, but my hope is in the living God who has never failed me. My hope is alive because my saviour is alive. 

¶ Je proclame l'espoir dans mon cœur. L'espoir pour les rêves qui semblent retardés. L'espoir pour les prières qui semblent rester sans réponse. L'espoir pour les situations qui paraissent impossibles. Je déclare que mon espoir ne repose ni sur l'homme, ni sur l'argent, ni sur les systèmes, mais sur le Dieu vivant qui ne m'a jamais abandonné. Mon espoir est vivant car mon Sauveur est vivant.

   Father, I speak protection over my life and my loved ones today. I declare that your angels encamp around us, that they bear us up, that they guard us in all our ways. I declare that no accident, no sickness, no evil, no scheme of hell will come near my dwelling.  We are under the shadow of the Almighty and under His shadow there is refuge. 

¶ Père, je te prie aujourd'hui de me protéger, ainsi que mes proches. Je déclare que tes anges nous entourent, nous soutiennent et nous gardent sur tous nos chemins. Je déclare qu'aucun accident, aucune maladie, aucun mal, aucune ruse du diable n'approchera de ma demeure. Nous sommes à l'ombre du Tout-Puissant et sous son ombre se trouve un refuge.

  Lord, lead me in every step I take today. Guide my decisions. Protect me from wrong paths. Keep me from walking into traps. Order my steps in your Word and let no iniquity have dominion over me. 

¶ Seigneur, guide-moi à chaque pas que je fais aujourd'hui. Éclaire mes décisions. Protège-moi des mauvais chemins. Empêche-moi de tomber dans des pièges. Conduis mes pas selon ta Parole et que l'iniquité n'ait point d'emprise sur moi.

   This moment I surrender my plans. I  lay down my agenda. I place every meeting, every task, every responsibility into your hands, Lord. If it is of you, bless it. If it is not of you, remove it. Close every door that would lead me away from your purpose. Open every door that is aligned with your will. I trust you, Lord, with every detail. 

¶ À cet instant, je remets mes projets entre tes mains. Je dépose mon agenda. Je confie chaque réunion, chaque tâche, chaque responsabilité à ta volonté, Seigneur. Si cela vient de toi, bénis-le. Si cela ne vient pas de toi, éloigne-le. Ferme toute porte qui pourrait me détourner de ton dessein. Ouvre toute porte conforme à ta volonté. Je te fais entièrement confiance, Seigneur.

   And Father, I declare not only for myself, but for every person listening and praying with me right now. This is a morning of power. This is a morning of faith. This is a morning of answered prayers.This is a morning where chains are broken. This is a morning where burdens are lifted. This is a morning where miracles are birthed. 

¶ Et Père, je le déclare non seulement pour moi-même, mais aussi pour chaque personne qui m'écoute et prie avec moi en ce moment : c'est un matin de puissance. C'est un matin de foi. C'est un matin où les prières sont exaucées. C'est un matin où les chaînes sont brisées. C'est un matin où les fardeaux sont allégés. C'est un matin où les miracles se produisent.

 Lord, as we lift our voices together, I believe you are moving. As we agree in faith, I believe heaven is responding. As we declare your promises, I believe strongholds are falling. 

¶ Seigneur, lorsque nous élevons nos voix ensemble, je crois que tu agis. Lorsque nous nous unissons dans la foi, je crois que le ciel nous répond. Lorsque nous proclamons tes promesses, je crois que les forteresses s'écroulent.

   I rise up this morning with fire in my spirit. I rise up this morning with faith in my heart. I rise up this morning with courage in my soul. I rise up this morning with praise on my lips. And I will not be moved. I will not be shaken. I will not be silenced. For greater is He who is in me than he who is in the world. 

¶ Je me lève ce matin avec une flamme intérieure. Je me lève ce matin avec la foi au fond de mon cœur. Je me lève ce matin avec du courage dans mon âme. Je me lève ce matin avec des louanges sur les lèvres. Et je ne serai pas ébranlé. Je ne serai pas ébranlé. Je ne me tairai pas. Car celui qui est en moi est plus grand que celui qui est dans le monde.

   And so Lord, I consecrate this day to you. I crown this morning with worship. I fill these hours with praise. I declare that my story today will be one of your goodness, your mercy, and your faithfulness. 

¶ Seigneur, je te consacre donc cette journée. Je couronne cette matinée d'adoration. Je remplis ces heures de louanges. Je déclare que mon histoire aujourd'hui sera celle de ta bonté, de ta miséricorde et de ta fidélité.

   Let this prayer be a sweet fragrance before you. Let this declaration be a shield around me. Let this morning be marked as the beginning of miracles. 

¶ Que cette prière soit un doux parfum devant vous. Que cette déclaration soit un bouclier autour de moi. Que ce matin soit marqué comme le début des miracles.

   Before we continue deeper in this prayer, I want to invite you to pause for just a brief moment. Take this time to rest your mind,  breathe deeply, and let God's peace settle over your heart. In just a moment, we will continue praying together. And I believe the next part will carry a powerful blessing you will not want to miss. 

¶ Avant de poursuivre notre prière, je vous invite à faire une brève pause. Prenez ce temps pour apaiser votre esprit, respirer profondément et laisser la paix de Dieu envahir votre cœur. Dans un instant, nous reprendrons notre prière ensemble. Et je crois que la suite vous apportera une puissante bénédiction à ne pas manquer.

   Father, I now lift up every area of my work and finances to you. l ask for your blessing to rest upon the work of my hands. Let every project, every effort, every plan, every task that I step into today be fruitful. Your word says in Deuteronomy 28:12,  "The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season, and to bless all the work of your hand. 

 Lord, I receive that promise. I declare that my labour will not be in vain. I declare that my efforts will bear good fruit. I declare that every assignment aligned with your will shall prosper. 

   Father, I break every cycle of unfruitfulness. I cancel every spirit of wasted effort.  I come against delay, stagnation, and frustration in the mighty name of Lord Jesus Christ. 

  

 I proclaim that doors of opportunity are opening before me. I proclaim that heaven's resources are being released. I proclaim that divine connections are aligning with my steps. 

 Lord, I trust you to be my provider, you are Jehovah Jireh, the God who supplies all my needs according to your riches in glory. And so today, I lift my eyes with confidence.  I know that the heavens are open over my life. I know that favour is surrounding me as a shield. I know that supernatural provision is being released. 

 Lord, let my work bring glory to you.  Let my finances be used for your kingdom. Let prosperity flow through me so that I may be a blessing to others. 

   Father, I also ask that you guard my heart and mind in purity and focus. Keep my thoughts clean. Keep my motives pure. 

   Let my mind be free from every corrupt influence, free from every destructive thought, free from every temptation that pulls me away from you. Guard me from distractions that steal my time and waste my energy. 

   I pray for the discipline to focus on what truly matters. Your presence, your purpose, your calling for my life. 

  Lord, give me wisdom in my speech today. Let every word that comes out of my mouth be filled with grace, seasoned with truth, and anchored in love. Keep me humble. Keep me honest. Keep me walking in integrity. Protect me from pride. Deliver me from arrogance. Teach me to walk in the humility of Christ who though he was rich, became poor so that we might become rich in grace. 

I ask you also, Lord, to protect me from toxic relationships. Remove from my life every connection that draws me away from you. 

 Guard my heart from influences that sow negativity, fear, or compromise. Instead, surround me with people who sharpen my faith, who encourage my spirit, who call me higher in your truth. Let my relationships reflect heaven's values and kingdom purpose. 

 Father, I lift before you every wound of the heart. For those moments when I have been broken, rejected, or betrayed, I ask for your healing touch,   the wounds that no one else can see? I lift up anxious thought, every restless feeling, every worry that has stolen my peace. Replace it with your

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St. John of the Cross in his dark night of the soul wasn't describing a temporary depression. He was documenting the geography of a consciousness that descends into collective darkness to map the territory for others. He was chosen to be a CARTOGRAPHER of hell so others would have  directions when their turn came.

Now, here's where this gets even more paradoxical and why so many chosen ones experience confusion and cognitive dissonance. 

You are simultaneously being destroyed  and constructed, simultaneously diminished and elevated, simultaneously emptied and filled. These aren't sequential phases. They happen at the same time.

You are living in what quantum physics might call a state of superposition where contradictory realities coexist. 

Your ego is being systematically dismantled while your true essence is being revealed. 

Your personal identity is dying while your universal identity is being born. 

Your individual life may appear to be falling apart while your soul's  purpose is finally coming together.

This is the narrow gate that Jesus Christ spoke of. (Check here. )

The razor's edge that the UPANISHADS describe, the middle way that Buddhism taught. 

It's not narrow because it's exclusive.

It's narrow because it requires you to release everything that makes you feel substantial. 

(Know Your Shadow)

You cannot carry your baggage through this passage. You cannot bring your stories, your grievances, your identity constructs, your need to be understood or validated. 

The chosen one walks through this gate naked with nothing but raw presence and willingness. 

Here's the deepest truth, the one that will either liberate or terrify you. 

You cannot fail at being chosen.

This isn't a test you can flunk. 

You can resist, delay, complain, rage against it, and most do for years or decades.

But the choosing isn't conditional on your performance. It is ontological, woven into the essence of who you are.

You can postpone your acceptance, but you cannot undo your nature.

The universe will continue to orchestrate circumstances that call you toward your function, that strip away what is false, that corner you into authenticity. 

Every exit you try wil lead you back to the same initiatory fire.

Every escape route you try will loop back to the same essential choice.

Either you surrender to what you are or suffer the friction of resisting it. 

This is why so many awakening souls experience the tower moment repeatedly. That tarot archetype where everything you've built crashing down. You build a new identity, a new life structure, and then it collapses. You think you've finally figured out how to play the game, the rules change. This is not cruel  cosmic punishment. This is the universe's relentless compassion, refusing to let you settle into anything less than your true magnitude. Each collapse is an invitation. Each ending is a liberation you're not yet ready to recognize as such. 

The Sufi poet Hafiz wrote,"I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being."

The chosen one's journey is precisely this.  Being forced into enough loneliness and darkness that you finally turn inward and discover the light that was always there, that is you, that you forgot in the process of becoming human. 

(LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS)

Your challenges are not obstacles to your light.

They are the very mechanism by which you're turned inward toward it again and again until you stop seeking external validation and start radiating internal truth.

So now you understand the truth. Being chosen is not what you thought it was. 

But understanding changes nothing if it remains theoretical.

The question that matters now is this

(In the Middle of Metamorphosis)

What do you actually do with this knowledge?

How do you live as a chosen one once you've shattered the illusion of what that means? 

Let me give you practical techniques that will transform this revelation from concept into lived experience.

(WEAK HOPE OF THE STRONG)

First, you must develop what I call conscious collaboration with your dismantling. 

Stop fighting the process. 

Every time life removes something from you, a  relationship, a job, a belief system, a version of yourself you cherished, your instinct is to grip tighter, to grieve, to resist.

Instead, practice this. 

When you feel something being taken away, place your hand on your heart. Take three deep breaths and say aloud,  "I release what no longer serves my becoming. I trust what is being cleared. " 

This is not spiritual bypassing. You can still feel the grief, the anger, the fear, but you're adding a layer of conscious consent to the process. 

You're moving from victim of circumstance to   participant in transformation.

( I Am Consumed So That It May Shine )

Do this daily, especially during periods of loss or transition. 

The universe responds to your willingness with acceleration.

(Solid Illumination)

Second, create a shadow integration practice. Every chosen one is carrying both personal and collective shadow material. 

Set aside 15 minutes each day, preferably before you sleep when the veil between conscious and unconscious is thinnest. 

Sit in dim light with a journal. 

Ask yourself, "What am I feeling THAT DOESN'T seem to belong to my personal story? Write whatever emerges without censoring. 

You might feel rage about injustices you haven't personally experienced. 

Grief for losses that aren't yours. 

Fear about futures you won't personally face.

Don't analyze it. Witness it. Write it. 

And then perform this crucial step. Place your hand on the words and say,"I witness this pain. I hold space for this energy. I transmute it through my  conscious awareness into compassion for all beings.

Then burn the page or tear it up, symbolically releasing what you've processed. 

You are literally performing alchemy, taking dense dark energy and converting it through the fire of your awareness. 

Third, establish what the mystics called sacred anchoring. As a chosen one, you're going to experience states of consciousness that are disorienting. Moments where you perceive reality differently than consensus reality dictates, where synchronicities pile up, where the veil thins, and you sense the orchestration behind seemingly random events.

( Forming Is Formed )

You need anchors to keep you functional in the physical world.

Choose three simple grounding and practice them  daily without exception.

Placing your bare feet on earth for 5 minutes, drinking water with full presence and gratitude, and speaking aloud one thing you can see, hear, and feel in the present moment. 

These sound absurdly simple, but they are threads that keep you tethered to embodiment while your consciousness expands beyond normal parameters. 

Without these anchors, you risk what spiritual traditions call ungrounded awakening, having profound realizations, but becoming unable to function in practical reality.

Fourth, practice purpose without attachment to outcome.

Here's your new daily mantra.

I show up fully without needing to see the results. 

The chosen one's work often bears fruit decades later, sometimes after your death. 

Sometimes in ways you'll never witness or understand.

This requires radical faith.

(Lightning In The Water)

Each day, do one thing, just one, that serves your sensing of purpose without any expectation of recognition, payment, or visible impact. 

Help someone anonymously. 

Create something you'll never publish.

Pray for someone who doesn't know you're praying for them.

Send love to a place experiencing suffering. 

These acts are seeds planted in the invisible realm.

You're training yourself to be motivated by alignment rather than achievement, by service rather than success.

This is how you escape the ego trap that ensnares so many awakening souls who confuse their spiritual gifts with personal specialness.

Fifth, build your council of the invisible. 

You are not alone in this, though it often feels devastatingly lonely.

The chosen ones throughout history, those who walked this path before you, exist in what the mystics call the 'cloud of witnesses' or the AKASHIC field of masters. 

The phrase "cloud of witnesses" is found in Hebrews 12:1, which states that we are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses, encouraging us to lay aside every weight and sin and to run with endurance the race set before us. This verse emphasizes the importance of faith and perseverance in our spiritual journey.

Create a list of historical or spiritual figures whose journey resonates with yours. 

It might be mystics, artists, activists, philosophers. Study their lives deeply. Then create a practice where you commune them. candle, hold their image or name in your mind and speak to them as you would a mentor. Ask for guidance. Listen for the responses that come through intuition, through suddenly appearing RESOURCES through dreams. 

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him( her) ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him(her). But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. 

This isn't fantasy. You are tapping into morphic fields of consciousness, accessing wisdom that exists beyond linear time. 

Many chosen ones report that this practice dissolves the isolation and provides guidance that nothing in the physical world can offer. 

Sixth, implement challenge reframing in real time. 

The moment something difficult occurs and it will occur regularly, you have a narrow window before your conditioned response takes over. 

(Tears Of The Virgin)

In that window, ask yourself, how is this refining me? 

What false layer is this stripping away? 

What am I being prepared for? 

Train yourself to see obstacles as sculptors, to see betrayals as truth revealers, to see losses as liberations, and to see confusion as invitations to trust beyond understanding.

Write these questions on cards and place them where you'll see them daily.

How is this refining me? 

What false layer is this stripping away? 

What am I being prepared for?

Your mirror, your workspace, your phone wallpaper.

You're literally rewiring your interpretive framework. Moving from "why is this happening to me" to "what is this teaching me about who l really am."

(THE CROWN OF SORROW BECOME GLORY)

Finally, practice what I call the daily dying. 

Each night before sleep, lie down and consciously release the day's identity. 

Say to yourself,  "l am not my accomplishments today. I am not my failures today. l am not the roles I played today. I am not even the person I was today."

Feel yourself dissolving, emptying, becoming nothing. 

This nightly practice of ego death prepares you for the larger deaths you'll experience.

( It's No Longer I that Live, But It's Christ Who Is Living In Me. )

The death of relationships, death of identities, death of dreams. 

You're training yourself in the art of letting go so that when life asks you to release something major, you have muscle memory for surrender. 

(Liberation From Captivity)

Then in the morning, consciously choose who you'll be that day, knowing it's temporary, knowing tomorrow night you'Il release it again.

This is living as the chosen one truly lives in constant death and rebirth, attached to nothing, available for everything.

We've journeyed together through a revelation that cannot be unlearned. 

You now carry a truth that separates you from who you were when this message began.

Everything you thought about being chosen, the protection, the specialness, the easier path has been exposed as the beautiful lie we tell ourselves to make sense of an inexplicable (unable to be explained or accounted for) calling.

The real truth is  far more demanding and farı more sacred than we ever imagined.

You are  not chosen because you are better. 

You are chosen because your soul is structured to withstand the fire that forges gold from lead, forges light from darkness, forges wisdom from suffering. 

You are the marble that can endure TEN THOUSAND (10,000) chisel strikes.

You are the lightning rod that stands tall in the  storm. 

Not to avoid the lightning strike, but to channel it safely to ground.

Every wound you carry, every shattering you've survived, every time you've been broken open when others remained comfortably closed, these are not your failures.

They are your credentials. 

They are the evidence that you are exactly where you're meant to be, doing exactly what you came here to do. 

The ancient ones knew this. 

The mystics lived this and now you know it too. 

The next time you feel the weight of unexplainable sorrow, the next time your path diverges painfully from everyone around you, the next time you're  asked to release what / who you love, you're  asked to walk away from what's comfortable,you're  asked  to stand alone in your truth. Remember this moment.

Remember that being chosen never meant being spared. 

It meant being trusted with a transformation so complete that you become a doorway for others.

A proof of concept that the impossible is possible.

That humans can evolve beyond their conditioning. That consciousness can transcend suffering by moving through it rather than around it.

Your life has not been a series of random misfortunes. It has been an initiation into a mystery that most will never understand.

And that's not because they're less than you. It's because they have different functions in the grand design. 

You are here to be the bridge, the translator, the one who descends into the depths and returns with maps.

You are here to feel what others cannot yet feel, to see what others cannot yet see, to become what others cannot yet imagine becoming.

So l ask you now, will you continue to resist your choosing or will you finally fully say "yes" to it?

Will you keep wishing for an easier path? 

Or will you embrace the sacred difficulty of the one you're on?

The universe is not waiting for your perfection.

It's waiting for your willingness. 

It's waiting for you to stop running from the fire and walk into it consciously, knowing that what burns away was never real and what remains is indestructible.

If this truth has awakened something undeniable within you, if you feel the weight and the wonder of what you truly are, go to God and say, " I am ready"

Look at those words. "I am ready." And recognize that you spoke a cosmic truth before you even knew what you agreeing to. 

You are ready.

You've always been ready. 

That's why you're here. 

Now go forward as what you are.

(Broken Life)

Not as someone special, but as someone  specialized.

Not as someone protected from the storm, but as someone designed to dance in it, to transmute it, to become so transparent to divine will that you no longer know where you end and the universe begins.

This is your choosing. This is your path.

And every breath from this moment forward is an opportunity to live it with the full force of your magnificent, broken, open, luminous being.

The chosen life is not the easy life. 

(Grace Against Nature)

It is the real life. 

It is the life that matters. 

And you, beautiful soul, are living it, whether you've been calling it by its true name or not. 

Welcome home to what you've always been.

The Only Potentate, is Lord Jesus Christ.

 The Only Potentate

Let's turn and read the Bible in  1 Timothy, chapter 6, verse 15.

There is a song entitled, "In Christ Alone", you know the singularity of that. In Christ Alone, no one else can. 

No one else can heal the wounded like he can. No one else. Exclusive. You see that. 

Another song title, You Are The Greatest Thing To Me. See that superlative. Singularity. I was listening to all that, rummaging on that, thinking all that things, meditating on that, open the Scriptures, I sat down with the Bible, I say, where is it, Lord? What is the text.

That's why I asked the Lord  to help us to bring out from the text. We need to see verse 14, to get some context on the text of verse 15. Let's read verse 14 , “¹⁴That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:” “¹⁵Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;”“¹⁶Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.”

Notice, in verse 16,  who only hath immortality, and in verse 15, the title, the text,  the only Potentate. You see it?

The blessed and only Potentate. Potentate, that's a word that's not commonly used today. But it is an excellent word. In case you don't know exactly what that is, it is describing the Lord Jesus Christ , let me tell you. 

Potentate is one who posseses great power. As a sovereign, or a monarch. Or a ruler. A sovereign is one possessing supreme political power and authority. And a monarch is a person who reigns over a kingdom. One who holds preeminent position and power

So, let's listen to that again. So I run through the definition. Because definition just a tendency to be, just a little bit , you know, sterile, if you will because you just see more words just describing another word, that's been used. 

Because it says here, " one who posseses great power. " 

So, in that word Potentate , we see the great power of the Lord Jesus Christ.

But He possesses great power as a sovereign. A monarch. A ruler. 

Sovereign is a word we often use, so that is one possessing supreme , the highest political power, authority over some thing he's governing. But in addition, he has the authority. 

The definition for Potentate says, he possesses power as a monach, you probably know what a monarch is, a monarch is a royalty, a king, or a queen. A person who reigns. The one who holds preeminent power and position . 

Power, authority, rule, those are words connected to  this word, Potentate. 

And notice, when the Bible describe him, it didn't say a Portentate. Did it? The only , the only Potentate. Just like no one else can. 

Just like the greatest thing ever happened to me. Like , In Christ Alone. There's something very exclusive , that Timothy has received from Paul in his writing, is now been given us as scripture. There is only One of these in the entire universe. And Jesus Christ is that One. Therefore, capital letter P , Potentate. The Only Potentate. 

And so, by looking at the things that define the word, Potentate, we can then, talk more specifically about why it is so important to us that Jesus Christ is this Potentate . Why is he the only one? 

And I will say this to you. Many of you, most of you here today, are already saved. So ,this should encourage you in your relationship with Jesus Christ. 

 Well, there might be very well somebody here today who is not saved. That is, you never personally trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as your Saviour. You want to pay careful attention to what you're hearing today.  Because God can use this in your life , like God is using my preaching in my life, to bring you to the saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.  And if you get saved here today, after coming here lost, you'll never look back this day with regret. 

We sang HAPPY BIRTHDAY song to me yesterday, that's my biological birthday, yesterday. This, today could be your spiritual birthday. You don't want to miss your party. You know. 

So,  here is the only Potentate . And what is that? 

First of all, in that word, we see here is preeminence.

His preeminence. Higher. That's higher. Higher than anything and over everything. 

Jesus Christ is before all things and above all things.

 When Jesus was talking with the Pharisees, and the Pharisees got all upset with Jesus Christ, because here he is , an upstart in their mind. A young man, in his ministry , doing miracles, compering with their established rule and way of doing things. And in one of the conversations , they said, "we're children of Abraham." To identify themselves in pride as this unique race of people that come from a man God blessed, because of his faith. "Abraham! Abraham! is our father ! "  they said. And Jesus said to them, " Before Abraham was, I Am ." That's true. "You're not even fifty years old, how can you say that you were here before Abraham?" He could say that because He was. He is before all things. You understand? Jesus Christ is God manifested in the flesh. That's who He is. 

And He has always been, and he's always will be . And he was before all things, but he's also above all things. You can't get higher than that.

 When you are God , you highest as you can be. 

And when I think about what tales place in the world , I think about what takes place in religion. It's interesting to me that men would elevate themselves in order to establish their preeminent. You know one of the things that Jesus described, says about the Pharisees, before his crucifixion, is " you love the uppermost seats , that's what you like. (Matthew 23:6)  "And you like those titles that those people call you. That puff you up, that make you feel and think you are 'somebody'. And the person telling them that is the person who created it. It's like you think you are something. You love those titles, those callings to your name. But the Pharisees were no different from the ordinary people. All people have the tendency to hung up on those things. 

They had the coronation of a king  in England, on Saturday, 6 May 2023 at Westminster Abbey. And that make news. You couldn't even check headlines without seeing all of that, regal and attires and everything. And the pompous circumstances for one man who because of his birth. Has now, ascended to the throne. And now, is what King Charles the Third (lll). Not to take anything away from him, but you know what, he has to put his pants on this morning just as I did. That didn't make me anything, but that makes him less than anybody else considered to be big. And you know what, when we put ourselves in the company of the Lord Jesus Christ , and compare ourselves with him, we are n o t h i n g. 

"Vanity of vanities," Solomon said, "all is vanity." when compared to Lord Jesus Christ. Isn't it something , that in religion, there are so many  people who are going to church today and in the hierarchy of people in that religion there is a pope. The Pontius. The supreme religious figure of a billion people worldwide. And compared to the Lord Jesus Christ, n o t h i n g. Because Jesus Christ is preeminent. By so much more, than everybody else in the world, we really have no business making ourselves to be one above another.

We're living , according to the Bible, being the prophecy in the book of Revelation chapter 3, in what is called the Laodicea age. That's the seventh letter written to the churches. 

You know, in the Laodicea age, there is the people, the laity. You have the clergy and the laity. That gives you two distinctions. Those who are ministering, are above those who they are ministering to. The clergy and the laity. You know what the Lord said, " You want to be great, you be the servant of all of them."  That's what you do. You be the minister. 'Because I came to give my life for random for all.' Basically, don't do what the gentiles are doing in their religions, in their politics, and elevate your self. " You're not to be elevated. I Am elevated. " 

"Don't let anybody call you 'Father' , Jesus Christ says , There is one Father, You have that Father, He is in heaven. Then the rest of us, level ground. And that level groyis pretty low.  Amen. 

So, can you imagine there's another group of people following their prophet Muhammad. 

 

你百分之百确定自己会上天堂吗？

 这是一个非常深刻的问题。如果你今晚去世，你是否百分之百确定自己会上天堂？

说实话，大多数人会这样回答：“嗯，我希望如此。”或者他们会说：“这是什么问题？谁又能确定呢？”

这两种回答都没有回答我们提出的问题。你要么确定，要么不确定。问题的答案只有“是”或“否”。你是否确定，如果你今晚去世，你会上天堂？或者，你是否不确定自己会上天堂？圣经是这样说的：“你们的话，是就说是，不是就说不是；若再多说，就是出于那恶者。”（马太福音 5:37）

那么，你会如何回答这个问题呢？你是否确定？ 如果你回答“否”，那么我们有好消息要告诉你。圣经说你可以确切地知道。你可能会问，圣经哪里这么说的？圣经在约翰一书5章13节中说，你可以确切地知道你死后会上天堂（或者，如果你不接受耶稣基督在髑髅地完成的赎罪，也会下地狱）。

请阅读约翰一书5章13节。神说：“我将这些事写给你们信奉神儿子之名的人，要叫你们知道自己有永生，并且叫你们信奉神儿子的名。”祂没有说“……叫你们盼望自己有永生”，也没有说“……叫你们以为自己有永生”，祂说的是“……叫你们知道！”

你想知道你死后会上天堂吗？ 如果你愿意，我们会从圣经的角度来告诉你答案。

首先，你必须认识到自己是罪人。这应该不难，因为圣经上说：“因为世人都犯了罪，亏缺了神的荣耀”（罗马书 3:23）。我们曾一对一地与成千上万的人交流，只有三个人在听到这节经文后说他们不相信自己是罪人。而且，在每一个案例中，当他们看到圣经中对“罪”的定义时，他们都立刻承认自己是罪人。

有一个人说他不相信自己是罪人。 我们给他看了圣经中关于神如何定义罪的三节经文（约翰一书 3:4；凡犯罪的，就是违背律法；违背律法就是罪。箴言 24:9；愚妄的计谋是罪，亵慢人是可憎的。雅各书 4:17；人若知道该行善而不去行，这就是他的罪了）。他没有被我们提醒，就承认自己犯了奸淫罪，谦卑地跪在阿拉巴马州莫比尔市中心的人行道上，接受基督为他的救主。

另一位是一位老妇人，她一生堪称典范。她的一生就是一个光辉的见证。她把孩子教养得很好，持家有道，顺服丈夫，并且从不咒骂、酗酒或吸烟。但是，当我们向她讲解马太福音 22:37-38 中最大的诫命时，她承认自己违背了这条诫命。 她意识到，尽管她一生中做了许多善事，但违背最大的诫命却让她成了最大的罪人。在她位于佛罗里达州彭萨科拉的家中，她低下头，相信基督会赦免她的罪。

一位女士在彭萨科拉市中心的一个公交车站说她不是罪人。当她的丈夫加入谈话时，他问她：“你想让我告诉那个人你昨晚做了什么吗？”（罗马书 3:12）“不想！”“你想让我告诉他你今天早上说了什么吗？”（马太福音 12:36）“不想！”“那你打算怎么告诉那个人呢？”她看着我们说：“先生，我是个罪人。”我们在公交车站带领她认识了主。信不信由你，你也是个罪人。

第二，你的罪必须得到偿还。 如果你想知道代价是什么，去墓地看看就知道了。人终有一死。《圣经》说：“罪的工价乃是死”（罗马书 6:23）。如果你没有某种力量可以对抗地心引力，你的身体不仅会化为灰烬，你的灵魂也会坠入地狱。正如耶稣所说：“那能把灵魂和身体都灭在地狱里的，你们要敬畏他”（马太福音 10:28）。

从那里，你将进入永恒的烈火，上帝会将死亡、地狱、魔鬼、堕落天使（恶魔）以及所有被诅咒的人都扔进火湖。《启示录》20:15 说：“凡名字没有记在生命册上的，就被扔在火湖里。” 这难道不可怕吗？真是悲剧。上帝从未想过让你去那里，但如果你没有耶稣基督，你终究会去那里。

 第三，耶稣基督已经为你过去、现在和将来所有的罪付出了代价。既然你的罪已被赎清，你为何还要选择下地狱呢？圣经在这点上说得非常清楚。不要让任何宗教教义阻碍你相信上帝的话语。请看提摩太前书2:5-6：“因为只有一位上帝，在上帝和人之间也只有一位中保，乃是降世为人的基督耶稣；他舍己作万人的赎价。”难道你看不出这赎价也包括你吗？

耶稣基督替你承担了罪的全部刑罚。你注定要死，所以他替你而死。你注定要下地狱，所以他替你下了地狱。他以自己的生命代替你的生命，以自己的死亡代替你的死亡，为的是要偿还你的罪债，并将他的义白白赐给你（哥林多后书 5:21）。他不愿一人沉沦（包括你）（彼得后书 3:9）。但你可能会说，反正人都会死，我最终都会死。是的，但圣经说，基督徒死后，“……是离开身体，与主同在”（哥林多后书 5:8）。这与灵魂下地狱，最终葬身坟墓是不一样的（启示录 21:8）。

最后，你必须悔改你的罪，接受耶稣基督。你可能会问，悔改是什么意思？ 路加福音 13:3 说：“你们若不悔改，都要如此灭亡。” 悔改意味着你改变对罪的看法。你要真正地以神的视角看待自己和你的罪。这不仅仅是为自己被抓而感到懊悔，更是为自己身为罪人而感到懊悔。简而言之，你要意识到：“神啊，你是对的，我是错的。”

使徒保罗在使徒行传 20:21 中传讲：“当向神悔改，信靠我们的主耶稣基督。” 因此，除了悔改之外，你还必须凭着信心接受耶稣基督。正如约翰福音 1:12 所说：“凡接待他的，就是信他名的人，他就赐他们权柄作神的儿女。”

 你看，救恩在于耶稣基督，而非在于物质或善行。人们常常误把行善当作救恩。你的善行是你所做的，而救恩是神已经为你成就的。你必须接受耶稣基督。祂是唯一能拯救你的。“你们得救是本乎恩，也因着信；这并不是出于自己，乃是神所赐的；也不是出于行为，免得有人自夸。”（以弗所书 2:8-9）

圣经说：“你若口里认耶稣为主，心里信神叫他从死里复活，就必得救。因为人心里相信，就可以称义；口里承认，就可以得救。” “凡求告主名的，就必得救。”（罗马书 10:9-10, 13）

你若口里认耶稣为主，心里信神叫他从死里复活，就必得救。因为人心里相信，就可以称义；口里承认，就可以得救。正如经上所说：“凡信他的人，必不至于羞愧。”因为犹太人和希腊人并没有分别，因为众人同有一位主，他也厚待一切求告他的人。因为经上说：“凡求告主名的，就必得救。”

你是否渴望在“求告主名”这件事上得到一些帮助呢？ 那么，不妨试试这样祷告：

¶ 亲爱的主，我知道我是个罪人，我知道我正在走向地狱。我不想去那里。我渴望你拯救我，在我死后带我上天堂。所以，现在，我尽我所能地悔改，求你拯救我。我接受你作我的救主。求你用你的圣灵充满我，帮助我活出基督徒的生命。奉耶稣的名祷告，阿们。

现在，如果你相信神的话语，接受耶稣，你就会确切地知道你死后要去哪里。你会去天堂！记住约翰一书5:13：“我写这些事给你们信奉神儿子之名的人，要叫你们知道自己有永生。”

如果你最近信了耶稣基督，请联系我们，我们会给你一些资料，帮助你开始基督徒的信仰生活。

100% sure that you would go to heaven?

 Here is a very profound question. If you were to die tonight, are you 100% sure that you would go to heaven? 

Truthfully, most people answer the question like this: “Well, I hope so.” Or they say, “What kind of question is that, nobody can know for sure.”

Neither one of those responses answers the question that we asked. You either know for sure or you don’t. The question is answered either “YES” or “NO“. Do you know for sure, if you died tonight, that you would go to heaven? Or, do you NOT know for sure that you would go to heaven? The Bible puts it like this, “But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil,” (Matthew 5:37).

Now, how would you answer the question? Do you know for sure, or don’t you? If you answer the question, “No,” then we have some good news for you. The Bible says that you can know for sure. You say, where does it say that? The Bible says that you can know for sure that you are going to heaven (or hell for that matter, if you reject Jesus Christ’s finished atonement on Calvary) in 1 John. 5:13.

Read 1 Jn 5:13. God says, “These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may KNOW that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.” He didn’t say, “… that ye may hope that ye have eternal life.” Nor did he say, “… that ye may think that ye have eternal life.” He said, “… that ye may KNOW !”

Would YOU like to know that you are going to heaven when you die? If you would, we’ll show you how from the Bible.

FIRST, you have to know that you are a sinner. That shouldn’t be so hard, since the Bible says, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God,” (Romans 3:23). In dealing with literally thousands of souls one-on-one, we’ve only had 3 people say they didn’t believe that they were sinners after they heard that verse. And in every case, they each admitted that they were sinners as soon as they saw what the Bible calls sin.

One man said that he didn’t believe he was a sinner. We showed him three verses from the Bible on what God calls sin (1 John 3:4;Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. Proverb 24:9; The schemes of folly are sin  and people detest a mocker. James 4:17;  If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.) Without prompting, that fellow admitted to adultery, and in humility knelt on the sidewalk in downtown Mobile, AL, Alabama and trusted Christ as his Saviour.

Another was an elderly lady who had lived an exemplary life. Her life was a glowing testimony. She had raised her children right, kept the home, submitted to her husband, and kept her mouth from cursing, liquor and tobacco. But, we showed her the greatest commandment from Matthew 22:37-38, and she admitted that she had broken it. She realized that breaking the greatest commandment made her the greatest sinner, in spite of all the good works that she had done in her life. In her own home, in Pensacola, FL, Florida, she bowed her head and trusted Christ to take her sin away.

One lady, at a bus stop in downtown Pensacola, FL, said she wasn’t a sinner. When her husband got into the conversation, he asked her, “Do you want me to tell that man what you did last night?” (Rom. 3:12) “No!” “Do you want me to tell him what you said this morning?” (Matthew 12:36) “No!” “Then what are you going to tell that man?” She looked our way and said “Sir, I’m a sinner.” We led her to the Lord at the bus stop. Believe it or not, you are a sinner.

SECOND, your sin has to be paid for. In case you are wondering what the payment is, just go to the graveyard. Every body dies. The Bible says, “The wages of sin is death,” (Romans 6:23). If you don’t have something in you to defy gravity, not only will your body wind up in a grave, or ashes but also your soul will wind up in hell. As Jesus said, “fear Him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell,” (Matthew 10:28).

From there, you will go to a fiery eternity, when God throws death, hell, the devil and fallen angels (demons), and all the damned into the lake of fire. Revelation 20:15 says, “And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” Isn’t that horrible? It’s just tragic. God never intended for you to go there, but you will if you don’t have Jesus Christ.

THIRD, Jesus Christ already paid for all of your past, present and future sins. Now why would you to choose to go to hell with your sins paid for? The Bible is so clear on this point. Don’t let some religious doctrine keep you from trusting what God said. Look at 1 Timothy 2:5-6, “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself a ransom for all.” Don’t you see that payment includes you?

Jesus Christ took your complete punishment for sin. You have to die, so he died in your place. You have to go to hell, so he went to hell for you. He literally substituted his life for yours and his death for yours that he might pay for your sins and give you his righteousness as a free gift (2 Corinthians 5:21). He is not willing that any (that includes you) should perish (2 Peter 3:9). But, you say, I am going to die anyway because all men die. Yes, but when a Christian dies, the Bible says, “…absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord,” (2 Corinthians 5:8). That’s not the same thing as winding up in a grave with your soul in hell (Revelation 21:8).

FINALLY, you have to repent of your sin and receive Jesus Christ. You say, what do you mean repent? Luke 13:3 says, “Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.” To repent means that you change your mind about sin. You actually look at yourself the way God sees you and your sin the way God sees it. It’s more than being sorry that you got caught, it’s being sorry for what you are, a sinner. Basically, you realize, “God, you are right and I am wrong.”

Apostle Paul preached in Acts 20:21, “repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.” So, in addition to repenting, you must also receive Jesus Christ by faith.” As John 1:12 says, “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.”

You see, salvation is in the Man, Jesus Christ, not in things or good works. People often mistake doing good works for salvation. Your good works are what you do, but salvation is what God has already done for you. You must receive Jesus Christ. He is the only one who can save you. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast,” (Ephesians 2:8-9).

The Bible says, “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved,” (Romans 10:9-10, 13). (⁹ If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. ¹⁰ For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. ¹¹ As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”¹² For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, ¹³ for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”)

Do you want some help in “calling upon the name of the Lord?” Then try praying like this. 

¶ Dear Lord, I know I am a sinner and that I am on my way to hell. I don’t want to go there. I want you to save me and take me to heaven when I die. So, right now, the best way I know how, I repent and ask you to save me. I receive YOU as my Saviour. Fill me with your Holy Spirit and help me to live as a Christian, in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Now if you believe God’s words and receive Jesus, you’re going to know for sure where you are going when you die. You are going to go to heaven!! Remember 1 John 5:13. - I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

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When I am ....,, I will trust in You, LORD” (Psalm 56:3)

Someone or something upsets you: “When I am angry, I will trust in You.”

Your schedule (or life) seems to spin out of control: “When I am stressed, I will trust in You.”

Someone offends or hurts you: “When I am hurt, I will trust in You.”

Your physical, mental or emotional resources run out: “When I am exhausted, I will trust in You.”

Comparisons with others assail you: “When I feel insecure, I will trust in You.”

You lose someone or something: “When I am grieving, I will trust in You.”

Loneliness strikes: “When I am lonely, I will trust in You.”

You’re having trouble waiting for someone or something: “When I am impatient, I will trust in You.”

Someone lashes out: “When I am under attack, I will trust in You.”

You’re confused: “When I don’t know what to do, I will trust in You.”

See how well it works? And those are just a start. This Psalm 56:3 prayer can be adapted to practically any emotion or situation. Try it, and adapt it to your need-of-the-moment, in every moment.

Psalm 56

For the director of music. To the tune of “A  Dove on Distant Oaks.” Of David. A miktam. When the Philistines had seized him in Gath.

1 Be merciful to me, my God,

    for my enemies are in hot pursuit;

    all day long they press their attack.

2 My adversaries pursue me all day long;

    in their pride many are attacking me.

3 When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.

4 In God, whose word I praise—

in God I trust and am not afraid.

    What can mere mortals do to me?

5 All day long they twist my words;

    all their schemes are for my ruin.

6 They conspire, they lurk,

    they watch my steps,

    hoping to take my life.

7 Because of their wickedness do not let them escape;

    in your anger, God, bring the nations down.

8 Record my misery;

    list my tears on your scroll—

    are they not in your record?

9 Then my enemies will turn back

    when I call for help.

    By this I will know that God is for me.

10 In God, whose word I praise,

    in the Lord, whose word I praise—

11 in God I trust and am not afraid.

    What can man do to me?

12 I am under vows to you, my God;

    I will present my thank offerings to you.

13 For you have delivered me from death

    and my feet from stumbling,

that I may walk before God

    in the light of life.

Trust in You

(by Lauren Daigle)

Letting go of every single dream

I lay each one down at Your feet

Every moment of my wandering

Never changes what You see

I've tried to win this war, I confess

My hands are weary, I need Your rest

Mighty Warrior, King of the fight

No matter what I face, You're by my side

When You don't move the mountains I'm needing You to move

When You don't part the waters I wish I could walk through

When You don't give the answers as I cry out to You

I will trust, I will trust, I will trust in You

Truth is, You know what tomorrow brings (tomorrow brings)

There's not a day ahead You have not seen (You have not seen)

So, in all things be my life and breath

I want what You want, Lord, and nothing less

When You don't move the mountains I'm needing You to move

When You don't part the waters I wish I could walk through

When You don't give the answers as I cry out to You

I will trust, I will trust, I will trust in You!

I will trust in You!

You are my strength and comfort

You are my steady hand

You are my firm foundation; the rock on which I stand

Your ways are always higher

Your plans are always good

There's not a place where I'll go, You've not already stood

When You don't move the mountains I'm needing You to move

When You don't part the waters I wish I could walk through

When You don't give the answers as I cry out to You

I will trust, I will trust, I will trust in You

I will trust in You

I will trust in You

I will trust in You

主耶稣基督，教导我们一起祷告，并凭智慧行事。

 即使在艰难时期也能成长吗？

人生中的大多数争战都是肉眼看不见的。

因此，对于信徒而言，智慧并非可有可无。

智慧帮助你看清真相，并帮助你按照神的呼召做出回应。

你并非生活在一个中立的世界。

你正行走在属灵的战场上，那里有各种阴谋诡计旨在削弱你的信心。

圣经在以弗所书 6:11-12 中提醒你，你蒙召要穿戴神所赐的全副军装，因为你的争战并非仅仅是与属血气的争战。

这意味着仇敌喜欢那些看似正常的干扰。他喜欢那些看似人际冲突的攻击。他喜欢那些看似生活压力的攻击。

但在这一切背后，隐藏着一个阴谋。

而仇敌首先攻击的目标之一就是团结。

魔鬼竭力在信徒之间、基督里的朋友之间、祷告的夫妻之间、以及本应团结一致的家人之间制造不和。

魔鬼为何如此？

因为合一的力量无比强大。当神的子民真正团结在一起时，伟大的事就会发生。

看看早期教会所发生的事。《使徒行传》2:1-2记载：“五旬节到了，门徒都聚集在一处。

忽然，从天上有响声下来，好像一阵大风吹过，充满了他们所坐的屋子。”

请注意，在神的大能运行之前发生了什么。他们聚集在一起，同心合意。他们没有竞争，没有争强好胜，也没有试图超越彼此。

他们的焦点是主耶稣基督。

他们的心意相通。圣灵的大能就运行在那里。

现在想想你自己的生活。

如果你和另一位信徒同心合意，同心合意，真诚祷告，你是否明白上帝能为你开启怎样的大门？

如果你的家成为每日祷告的场所，你是否看到平安如何重现，智慧如何增长，力量如何在艰难时期也得以增强？

这正是仇敌试图破坏这一切的原因。他会让你觉得祷告很麻烦。

他会让你觉得合一很难。

他会让你觉得小事比实际更大。他会诱惑人们往最坏处想，说话不谨慎，心怀怨恨，耿耿于怀，最终选择退缩。

如果他能让信徒彼此分离，他就能让他们灰心丧气。

如果魔鬼能让家庭无法一起祷告，他就能让他们在属灵上毫无防备。

你已经看到，人们在娱乐、饮食、旅行计划和聚会上达成一致是多么容易。

每个人都只为玩乐而来。

每个人都会抽出时间去做那些感觉有意义的事。

但到了祷告的时候，却突然变得难以集中精神，难以专注，难以持之以恒。

这就是阻力。

而这正是你需要智慧的地方，因为智慧能帮助你识别属灵的模式。

神愿意赐予你那神圣的智慧。

雅各书1:5说，人若缺少智慧，就当求那厚赐与众人的神。

所以，你现在可以来到主面前说：“主耶稣，求你开启我的双眼。帮助我看清我所面对的一切。帮助我以恩典和洞察力来回应。

帮助我停止凭肉体行事，开始凭圣灵而行。” 祷告很重要。

还有一件事能立即增强你的生命。

建立你个人的祷告生活。是的，但不要止步于此。

找个人一起祷告。

时常与另一位信徒一同祷告。

与家人一起祷告。

与配偶一起祷告。

与孩子一起祷告。

即使一开始只是小小的举动，也要真诚。

要持之以恒。

耶稣基督亲自应许信徒同心合意地祷告。

马太福音18:19-20说：“若是你们中间有两个人在地上同心合意地求什么事，我在天上的父必为他们成全。因为无论在哪里，有两三个人奉我的名聚会，那里就有我在他们中间。”

这是耶稣基督告诉我们，合一能以一种特别的方式邀请祂的同在。

合一意味着归于一位主，一个真理，一个目标，并同心合意地祷告。

在信仰上的合一对神来说弥足珍贵。

诗篇133篇1节说：“看哪，弟兄和睦同居，是何等的善，何等的美！”在祷告中，与神同在。

在信仰上的合一不仅令人愉悦，更充满力量。

它营造了一种氛围，使人得以医治，使重担得以减轻，使信心得以重燃。

当你感到软弱时，祷告伙伴可以帮助你站立得住。传道书4章9-10节提醒我们：“两个人总比一个人好；若是跌倒，这人可以扶起他的同伴。”

这并不意味着你要依靠人而不是耶稣基督。

而是意味着神常常通过基督的身体来坚固你。

当我们一起祷告时，我们彼此激励，互相扶持。

 当你谦卑地坦白自己的挣扎时，你就不再给敌人留下任何暗中攻击你的空间。

彼得前书5章8-9节警告我们要警醒，因为魔鬼正在寻找可吞吃的人。这节经文呼召我们以坚定的信心抵挡他。

抵挡魔鬼的方法之一是与另一位基督徒保持祷告的联结。

所以，祈求主耶稣差遣一位祷告伙伴给你。

祈求天父在你生命中安排一位与你一同祷告而不是与你闲言碎语的人。

一位与你同在而不是消耗你精力的人。

祈求天父安排一位说真话的人。在你等候的时候，要坚持祷告，不断寻求神。

如果教会内部出现了分裂，就把它带到耶稣基督面前。

如果你一直心怀怨恨，就把它带到耶稣基督面前。

如果你一直感到孤立无援，就回到祂身边。天父喜爱坚固祂的儿女，祂喜爱在爱中建立祂的教会。

让这成为你今天迈出的一步。

 选择合一，而非分裂。

选择智慧，而非冲动。

并且要相信，当神的子民奉他的名聚集在一起时，他仍然是那位以大能行事的神。

现在，让我们一起祷告片刻。

🙏🏽：主耶稣，我不愿我的家充满混乱，也不愿分裂夺走您渴望赐予的平安。

我祈求您使我的家庭合一，并使我们一致相信耶稣基督是万王之王，万主之主。

愿这成为我们共同生活的真理。

帮助我们在人生的每个阶段都同心合意。

主啊，我渴望我的家人能够一起祷告。

我渴望我的家成为一个荣耀您名的地方，一个彼此饶恕的地方，一个培养耐心的地方，一个爱胜过骄傲的地方。

教导我们一起寻求您的面。

 教导我们一同谦卑自己。

教导我们选择和平而非争对错。

你的话语让我明白，合一不仅是美好的愿望，更是你心中神圣的渴望。

所以，主啊，我祈求你赐予我恩典，使我成为和平的缔造者。

愿我的言语带来医治，而非伤害。

愿我的态度反映基督，而非肉体。

主啊，求你差遣人进入我的生命，与我一同祷告。

求你差遣信徒来到我身边，鼓励我的信心，与我一同寻求你的面。

我祈求你让我被深爱你的人环绕，他们认真祷告，忠心耿耿，并且不以你的同在为耻。

求你除去那些使我远离你的关系，让我与那些使我更亲近你的关系相连。

你创造了基督的身体，为的是让我们彼此团契、互相扶持、彼此坚固，我不愿独自走完人生旅程。

求祢帮助我不要孤立自己，不要因为过去的伤痛而对人心生疑虑。

求祢医治我心中那些紧闭的心扉，再次教导我如何以智慧和敬虔的方式信靠祢。

我紧紧抓住祢在罗马书15章5-6节的应许：“愿赐忍耐和安慰的神，照着基督耶稣，叫你们彼此同心，好叫你们一心一口荣耀我们主耶稣基督的父神。”

主啊，我祈求祢使这应许在我生命中成为现实。

求祢赐给我与信徒同心合意的灵，这灵不是基于性格、背景或喜好，而是基于基督耶稣。

愿祢的爱和真理塑造我的人际关系。

愿我的家庭、友谊和团契成为一心一口荣耀祢的地方。

主耶稣，求祢赐给我恩典。 与朋友、家人和信徒同在，彼此扶持。

求祢帮助我像祢一样珍视属灵的合一。

有时我的情绪容易激动，有时我想要逃避，但我祈求祢帮助我以智慧回应。

求祢帮助我先倾听，再发言。

求祢帮助我在犯错时道歉。

求祢帮助我在受伤时宽恕他人。

求祢帮助我拒绝分裂的骄傲，拒绝使人心刚硬的固执。

愿圣灵塑造我的反应，因为我渴望我的生命反映祢的心意。

奉耶稣基督的大能之名，我斥责仇敌的诡计。

我宣告，魔鬼无法使我的家庭陷入纷争。

我宣告，他无法使我周围的信徒之间产生纷争。

 我拒绝一切分裂的计划、一切冒犯的灵、一切误解的模式，以及一切默默的苦毒循环。

我拒绝让仇敌在我家中分裂和征服。

主啊，我祈求您揭露隐藏的真相，纠正错误，修复破碎的一切。

愿平安、尊重和爱回归。

主啊，我也为每一位聆听的人祷告，因为唯有您了解他们的处境。

您知道他们生命中哪些部分正遭受攻击。

您知道他们害怕的谈话、紧张的关系、压抑的家庭氛围和摇摇欲坠的友谊。

然而，即便在这一切之中，我们依然仰望您。

您在诗篇46篇1节中说：“神是我们的避难所，是我们的力量，是我们在患难中随时的帮助。”

所以，我祈求您此刻就成为我们随时的帮助。

 介入每一个问题，让你的存在带来平静、方向和希望。

主耶稣基督，你是我的盾牌，我的捍卫者。

你是我的磐石。

 诗篇28篇7节说：“耶和华是我的力量，是我的盾牌；我的心倚靠他，我就得帮助。”

所以，我选择信靠你，主啊。

我无法靠自己医治破碎的家庭。

我无法靠自己修复破裂的婚姻。

我无法靠自己的力量修复破碎的家。

主啊，但你能。

你能软化刚硬的心。

你能重建受损的一切。

你能使悲伤重燃，喜乐重现。

所以我祈求你成就唯有你能成就的事。

主啊，求你使我们合而为一，荣耀你的名。

求你使我们同心寻求你的名。

愿祷告在我家中再次兴起。

愿敬拜在我心中再次涌流。

愿我的信心胜过恐惧。

当你带领人们进入我的生命时，也求你帮助我活出维护合一的生命。

求你帮助我记住…… 罗马书12章14-16节的教导：

逼迫你们的，要为他们祝福。要祝福，不可咒诅。与喜乐的人要同乐，与哀哭的人要同哭。要彼此同心。不要骄傲，倒要俯就卑微的人。不要自高自大。

主啊，求你赐给我一颗祝福而非咒诅的心。

求你赐给我一颗与人同乐、同人同哀哭的心。

求你除去我的骄傲和自负。

求你教导我效法耶稣基督的谦卑。

主啊，愿我的心纯洁。

愿我永不因骄傲或苦毒而疏远他人。

愿基督的爱体现在我待人接物的方式、我的言语和我的回应中。

愿我成为你赐予周围人的祝福。

帮助我以真诚的爱去爱人。 愿你行事为人充满智慧，为和平挺身而出。

愿我的人际关系反映出耶稣基督的光辉。

主耶稣，我赞美祢的圣名。

感谢祢再次接纳我。

奉耶稣基督的名祷告。

阿们。

亲爱的圣徒弟兄姐妹，若这篇祷告触动了你的心，请以“阿们”作信心的见证。

我祈求这篇祷告中的所有祝福都临到你，奉主耶稣基督的名。

如果你需要特别的祷告，请随时告诉我们。我们很荣幸能为你祷告。

愿我们主耶稣基督的恩典与平安常与你同在。阿们。