Declarations For August 2021
Pray with me....
Our Abba Father, we bless Your Holy name. We thank You for thus far You have brought us this year and we are grateful for everything and in any way You have blessed us. Father we see a lot of pain, anguish and despair among Your children so we humbly ask for Your spirit to bring us peace, provision and sound mindedness. In this month of August, we are lifting up our eyes to You - the author and finisher of our faith.
- We confess that our help comes from You, the maker of heaven and earth.
- That You will not let our foot slip nor will You watch us tumble over.
- That You will watch over us because You neither slumber nor sleep.
- You will continue to be the cover at our right hand and will not cause the sun to harm us by day, nor will the moon harm us by night.
- Father, You will keep us from all harm and any evil - known or unknown.
- Papa, watch over our lives and preserve us as we go out and as we come in.
- Father may You fill us with power, love and sound-mindedness in this month.
- May everything in our lives speak of Your glory.
We declare that it is so and so it is in the mighty name of Jesus Christ we pray! AMEN!
XOXO,
Lady Abena.
Perfection In Weakness
2 Corinthians 12:9 CJB: “..but he told me, “My grace is enough for you, for my power is brought to perfection in weakness.” Therefore, I am very happy to boast about my weaknesses, in order that the Messiah’s power will rest upon me.”
Lately a sense of calm has invaded my life and I am milking it for all I can get. See, I have an A+ type personality which means that I have to get EVERYTHING to align perfectly. Like any decent human, I’ve always craved for control in my life - in any and every situation I found myself in. The Holy Spirit had to do a number on me to bring me to a place of total dependence on Him. He started by pulling apart all the things I cherished and the ones I’ve invested years and resources to build and establish. He brought me to a complete bareness and of course panic set in. I became insufficient all of a sudden and that feeling of helplessness and inadequacy, I will never wish on anyone. Then He started to teach me something that has shaped my life forever - that I cannot see His power at work in my life if I’m self-sufficient.
Come to think of it, I had been praying for His power to be made manifest in my life but He couldn’t manifest because I felt a sense of stability in the things and situations I had. So, He had to allow me to bend and even break just so I could see His power come through so mightily. Every morning like clock work, the enemy reminds me of how I have lost control over things and situations in my life but Jesus proves him wrong by coming through for me daily. He just shows up and does the undoable. I have learned to take my rest in Him. I’ve told him that I don’t see the full picture nor the end of the road but I trust Him to take me there each day and He does. He was so right when He admonished us not to worry about tomorrow and I’d like to say the same to you.
I pray for you that in any situation where you’re feeling weak and defeated, let His power be made perfect in it for His name sake. May He show up for your mightily this week and perfect everything that concerns you. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
XOXO,
Lady Abena.
Parts Of The Messiah
1 Corinthians 6:15 CJB: Don’t you realize that your bodies are parts of the Messiah? So am I to take parts of the Messiah and make them parts of a prostitute? Heaven Forbid!
Did I mention to you that I got myself a Jewish Study Bible and truth be told it has opened my eyes to the Bible in a whole different dimension. There’s something about reading the Bible from its source, written by the people who it was originally meant for, before it traveled across seas to reach us here. I am enjoying my bible studies and like a hungry archaeologist, I keep making so many finds that are blessing my understanding of scripture and the mind of God.
In this verse, Paul cautions the people of Corinth about sexual immorality. To bring it home, Paul gives a perfect analogy of our connection to Jesus Christ, who now dwells in us since we have become saved and are now part of His body. Since we are spirit beings manifesting in a flesh, if the Spirit of God is in us, then He manifests through our flesh(body) as well. That said, we cannot compromise the body(flesh) which is hosting the Spirit of God. The bible declares the holiness of God, His spirit then cannot dwell in a broken body or sinful body. Holiness is an unbendable requirement to be able to walk with God and walk in His power and presence. Once you come to this realization, you are moved to cherish your body and keep it holy for the Lord. Every time we engage our bodies in anything we do, we have to be aware that we are engaging parts of the Messiah’s body. That’s enough reminder to engage our bodies in the right things that will not dispel the Spirit of God.
I pray that this week, you will make a conscious effort to purge anything in your body that makes it impossible for the Holy Spirit to manifest in you.
XOXO,
Lady Abena.