Declarations For April 2025
The blooming of the flowers, seeing the empty branches spring up with greenery and life again is a hopeful experience to behold. Each season in our year tells a story of life. I declare that in this month of April;
May God give us of the dew of heaven
and of the fatness of the earth
and plenty of grain and wine.
Let peoples serve us,
and nations bow down to us.
We will be lords over many,
Cursed be everyone who curses us,
and blessed be everyone who blesses us!”
(Genesis 27:28-29 ESV, paraphrased)
Let this be so and so it is in Jesus’ name. AMEN!
XOXO,
Lady Abena
The Journey Is Still Far
1 Kings 19:7 (ESV)
“And the angel of the Lord came again a second time and touched him and said, “Arise and eat, for the journey is too great for you.”
The background to this scripture is that Elijah the prophet was fleeing from Queen Jezebel at the time. He was so exhausted because Jezebel was pursuing his life. He had told God that he, prophet Elijah, has had enough with life and he pleaded with God to take his life. So, he had come to lay under a tree praying that he would die so that all the problems and all the burdens he had would go away. Then an angel of the Lord came to him and gave him food to eat and water to drink. After eating and drinking, he went back to sleep, praying again that the Lord will take him away. The angel of the Lord came back again and woke him up and told him to eat again, get up and keep going because the journey is very very far and a daunting one. The Bible says that that food strengthened him for forty (40) days in his journey.
Elijah’s situation is what most of us face daily. The journey of life ahead of us is way too far, too long, too great, too tasking and sometimes excruciating, exhausting and filled with many disappointments. Sometimes you feel like just throwing in the towel or even wonder why you are here. Now, if one of the greatest prophet that ever walked on the surface of this earth, ELIJAH, once felt the same way you are feeling, then please know that no one is exempt from these situations. Just know that there is something called supernatural empowerment provided by the Holy Spirit which comes upon a man and empowers you to keep going in this life’s journey. God does not end the journey even when you ask Him to, He gives you the strength to keep going through the fire, rain or storm. The journey ends only when He says it is finished.
I pray for you this week however daunting your journey has been, however close you are to throwing in the towel. I pray that the holy spirit will empower you like He empowered Elijah so you can accomplish your journey on earth. Let it be so and so it is in Jesus name amen.
XOXO,
Lady Abena.
What Happened To Us?
About a couple of years ago I was watching TV with my son who was five (5) years old at the time. He’s into cars and he likes fast cars or monster trucks and he spends most of his TV time watching them. On this particular day I sat next to him and he immediately pointed to the car on the screen and said “Mom, I’ll buy one when I grow up and you will sit on the front seat next to me.” I looked at the car and it was a Lamborghini so I remarked to him that “Samuel, that's a very expensive car…” and without even blinking he said, “yeah I'll buy one. I have some money in my piggy bank.”
I smiled to myself. Wow! He really does have some dollars in his piggy bank and he thinks that money is enough to buy a Lamborghini so he can put his mother in the front seat. A child’s faith is just so beautiful to experience. He did not even care how much it cost.
It reminded me of the scripture in Matthew 18:3, where Jesus states, "truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven," emphasizing the importance of humility and a childlike faith in entering God's kingdom. I wonder what happened to us because I do believe that at some point in my life, I also felt that faith. I was just amazed how my son did not blink and didn't care how much the car costs. He’s convinced in his mind that one day he'll buy it and put his mother in the front because he likes the car. Unfortunately I was the one who was putting doubt in his mind because I thought I was an extremely expensive vehicle.
So what really happened to us while we're growing up? I think life just happened but maybe, just maybe, if we can have a child’s faith again to believe that everything is possible, I think ALL THINGS will be possible for us.
I pray for you this week that you go back to the faith that you had as a child when you believed that you can accomplish anything you set your mind to. Do not let life happen to you in such a way that you start doubting yourself or God. May the Lord himself empower you with the spirit of faith. I declare it is done and so it is in Jesus name. AMEN!
XOXO,
Lady Abena.