Tea And Bread
I remember growing up, the rule was to ensure that anytime you are drinking tea, there’s also bread with it. Where I come from, it’s a go to meal usually for breakfast and some people like my dear mom needs to have ‘Tea and Bread” before going to bed. Whatever you do, please don’t ask me why because I used to do it as well. “Tea and Bread” is regarded as your daily sustenance and for most of us, we go to God asking for it daily. It seems like an easier meal to get your hands on which can give your stomach a great fill and satisfaction.
The revelation about asking God for our “Tea and Bread” comes from Matthew 6:11 AMP, “Give us this day our daily bread.” The COVID season was a tough one for me as I found my resources depleting because of the halt on business that this pandemic had created. I was praying to God for even basic things and fear began to grip me at some point - wondering if God will come through quick enough. It was in this place of prayer that I felt the Holy Spirit telling me not to come in prayer asking for “Tea and Bread”. I was confused and felt God was being unfair to me because there were people who will testify of how God gave them their “Tea and Bread” and I thought to myself, why won't you give me mine too?
Well, the revelation that ensued is what changed my life - God didn’t want me asking for “Tea and Bread” but instead, to ask Him to show me where the field is, give me the seeds of wheat to plant, hire workers who will cultivate the land, build a bakery and produce my own “Tea and Bread” that will never run out. That’s it! When I caught that revelation, I got to work just as He had outlined and I know now for a fact that my “Tea and Bread” will never run out again.
If you're wondering why God hasn’t brought you your “Tea and Bread”, He wants to create something in your life that will make you the producer of the “Tea and Bread” so that you can be a blessing to many. Ask Him this week to direct you to the field and give you the seed and resources you need to get started. He will not fail you!
XOXO,
LADY ABENA
Declarations for November 2022
My spirit was so restless on Oct 31, 2022 and I knew immediately that something was about to happen that will create a shift in my life this season. I heard it clearly in my spirit to declare that this is the season of your manifestation and to call things into being.
So I decree and declare that I will MANIFEST the goodness of God in this season.
I stand upon His word in Romans 4:17 NLT and I call forth new and marvelous things into being out of nothing.
“That is what the Scriptures mean when God told him, “I have made you the father of many nations.”[a] This happened because Abraham believed in the God who brings the dead back to life and who creates new things out of nothing.”
May you also MANIFEST everything that you have desired and prayed to become in this last part of the year. We declare it is so and so it is in Jesus’ name. AMEN!
XOXO,
LADY ABENA
D I S C E R N!
In Genesis 39 AMP, you’ll find the story of Joseph when he was sold to Potiphar in Egypt. Let me clarify that Potiphar was not a worshiper of the God of Israel - he was a pagan BUT, the bible notes something remarkable that Potiphar was able to discern that Joseph was no ordinary slave.
Genesis 39:3 AMP
3 Now his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord caused all that he did to prosper (succeed) in his hand.
The definition of DISCERNMENT according to the Oxford Language Dictionary is “(in Christian contexts) perception in the absence of judgment with a view to obtaining spiritual guidance and understanding.”
Truthfully, most people, especially believers in the body of Christ, lack this gift and wisdom. Hence, our shadowboxing in life. We cannot discern our days of visitation, we fail at identifying the value and graces on the lives of people that God connects us to. Some of us have missed our opportunities in life and our destiny helpers because of lack of discernment. My fervent prayer daily, especially as I meet different people from all walks of life, is this, “Father, reveal who they are to me and how I need to relate to them to receive the blessings and the lessons”.
I pray the same for you this week, that your discerning eye, ear, heart and mind will be as sharp as lightning. May you not miss your moment of visitation and may you not miss the people that God has destined for your life. DISCERN! AMEN!
XOXO,
LADY ABENA