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Ezra 5

The MERCY of God is always available physically and spiritually with an evidence of support, when building for the Lord. In the case of the builders in this chapter, there was a notable presence of God available to them – the Holy Spirit preaching the Gospel through the prophets, the prophecies made specifically for God's work by Haggai and Zechariah, and the joint efforts of   the four men of God – Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Haggai and Zechariah.

        Prayer:

•  Lord, thank You for sustaining Your work in the hands of our men. Please continue to make them the objects of Your MERCY and cause Your MERCY to prevail over their lives in all walks of life.
•  Lord, open the eyes of our men to the essence and the extent of the power of the Holy Spirit. Let the POWER OF THE HIGHEST overshadow them and overtake them until they surrender to You completely.

Our arch-enemy (the devil) perfectly understands the efficacy of the power of God in sustaining and reviving His work. The enemy is aware of the heavenly resources in place for anyone that is all out for the work of God, BUT his power is limited in tampering with any of these resources.

  

         Prayer:

•   Lord, please help our men to see beyond “the enemy – the devil” at all times. Help them to know and embrace the ability of Heaven in sustaining them, and in reviving the work in their hands.
•   Lord, fortify our men with the essentials of the CROSS, so much that it will be extremely difficult for them to look back until they are completely sold out to You.
•  CALL FORTH THE HELPERS OF DESTINY INTO THE LIVES OF THE MEN IN YOUR LIFE...(if you are a man, call your destiny-helpers for God's work into your life).  

When the Holy Spirit of God is recognised and given the due respect to do what only Him can do, God does things in HIS OWN SPECIAL WAY. Everything (good or bad) begins to work together for the good of the true children of God.

         Prayer:

•   Lord, let the courage of Jesus on His way to CALVARY collide with our men. Grant them the POWER that made Jesus to be rest assured of Heaven while He was on the CROSS.

Translated from Carnal to the Divine Life

- Gleaning at God's Faithfulness

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Acts 9: 1-6

Vs. 1 - And Saul, yet breathing out threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest.

Is your man a Saul?
Is he not yet a follower/disciple of Christ?
Is he against disciples of the Lord and/or persecuting disciples of Christ?
Is he fully  absorbed, devoted and surrendered to a cause outside of Christ and the message of the full Gospel?

Prayer
Please uproot our men from the carnal nature and engraft them inside Christ.
Let them become followers of Christ.
Cause them to stand fully on the mystery of discipleship.
Give them a cause- let them be absorbed, sold out to making disciples of all nations.

Vs. 2 - And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.

Let the heart of Jesus now inside them cease to find wealth, possessions, gain prominence, power, accolades or earthly knowledge. 

Prayer
Let Jesus in our men seek NOW and ALWAYS for SOULS; and to make disciples out of men and women.  

Vs. 3 - And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven.

Prayer 
As our men journey on in this life, let the light of the World (Jesus) collide with them.
Make this encounter irreversible, definite, tangible, complete and progressive.
Open the eyes of their understanding to the mystery of the Gospel.

Vs. 5 - "And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest..."

Prayer
Give our men an insatiable thirst to know and become like Jesus.
Let this divine thirst exceed and overcome every other desire in their heart.


Vs. 6 - And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

Prayer
Let their progressive understanding of Jesus result in absolute surrender to HIS will and Way.
Make the cry of our men ever be: “Who are You Lord and what would You have me do?”
Let them clearly hear God's instruction and directives in all situations; never leaning on their own understanding, but acknowledging Christ in all their ways.
May their actions always be on the premise of:" It was told us what we must do."

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Ezra - Be Conquered By Christ

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Ezra 4: 12-16

Vs. 12a - Let it be known to the king that the Jews who came up from you have come to us at Jerusalem,

Every man seeks relevance and desire to be fruitful. He strives to be the best and be outstanding. God’s prescription of upward movement only begins when a man: (1) Becomes a Jew (a follower of Christ) and (2) Comes into Jerusalem (grows; is grounded; rooted and established inside Christ).

Who our men should come into is CHRIST - not fame; knowledge, wisdom, power or mediocrity. 
Psalm 36:9 – For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light.

• Lord, establish our men inside Christ. Make them stand on the full and complete Gospel.

Vs. 12b – and are building the rebellious and evil city, and are finishing its walls and repairing the foundations.

Every natural man is intrinsically rebellious and evil due to his fallen state. Men that God will release to restore rebellious and evil city (lives) must themselves be conquered by Christ. These men must be those who have seen Jesus dying for them on Calvary’s cross and have submitted their necks to the yoke of discipleship.

• Lord, grant our men the miracle of a divine life exchange and help them submit their neck to the yoke of discipleship.

• Send them forth having been conquered by Christ to continue the work of their elder brother, Jesus, in preparing men for the second coming of Christ.

Vs. 13 – Furthermore, the king should know that if this city is built and its walls are restored, no more taxes, tribute or duty will be paid, and eventually the royal revenues will suffer.

We see the devotion, initiative, passion, due diligence, attention to detail and consequences on the part of the men working for an earthly king.
We see the contention for the souls of men.  If this city (i.e. lives) is built and its walls are restored (i.e. hearts are restored) – no more taxes, tribute… (loss of revenue signifies loss of souls).

• Lord, let the heart of Jesus pump out the very virtues in Christ in our men. The heart of Jesus that is burdened for lost souls; the heart of Jesus that is love; the heart of Jesus that desires all men to come to repentance; the heart of Jesus that seeks diligently to bring joy to the heart of God.

• Baptise our men with the zeal, passion, commitment, diligence and grace to prepare men for the second coming of Christ.

Vs. 14 – Now since we are under obligation to the palace and it is not proper for us to see the king dishonored, we are sending this message to inform the king,

• Lord, release a burden into our men to further the Gospel of Christ throughout the globe.

Vs. 15 – so that a search may be made in the archives of your predecessors. In these records you will find that this city is a rebellious city, troublesome to kings and provinces, a place with a long history of sedition. That is why this city was destroyed.

The end of every natural man (city) is destruction, eternal damnation and separation from Christ. The only agenda of the enemy is to kill, steal and destroy lives.

• Lord, may this never be the conclusion of the lives of our men. Please bring them inside Christ so that eternal damnation is not their end.

Vs. 16 – We inform the king that if this city is built and its walls are restored, you will be left with nothing in Trans-Euphrates.

As a woman, one of our charges is to bruise the head of the serpent.

• Lord, we cry out and plead that our men (city) would be built inside Christ, with their hearts (walls) set on Jesus.

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Ezra - You Have Come To Mount Zion

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Ezra 4: 1-14

Vs. 12  -  Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.  

Heb. 12: 22-24 – But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly, to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

• Lord, please bring our men into this prophecy.
• Let Your work be deep and thorough so that it becomes evident first to them and then, to the world that they are for CHRIST not Self.
• Cause their call and primary assignment to be to ensure that JESUS’ life has continuity in their lives and then release them to rebuild broken, shattered, deceived, damaged and fragmented lives.
• Let them be life sign posts that magnify, manifest and point men to the chief cornerstone (JESUS).

Vs. 13 – Furthermore, the king should know that if this city is built and its walls are restored, no more taxes, tribute or duty will be paid, and eventually the royal revenues will suffer.

• May they invest their ALL to rebuilding lives on the full and complete Gospel.
• The profiting of the enemy must be frustrated, stalled and eventually stopped by the workings of Jesus inside our men.
• God, see the travail of Jesus over Your sons and may Your heart be satisfied.

Vs. 14 – Now since we are under obligation to the palace and it is not proper for us to see the king dishonoured, we are sending this message to inform the king,

• Capture the heart, commitment and life of our men. Help them see that they are under obligation to the King of Kings. They are born to see to it that the message of the cross proliferates throughout the whole world. They are under obligation to decrease so CHRIST can increase.
• Help our men come to terms with the truth that it is not proper for JESUS to be dishonoured. It is not proper for God to continually be in a state of grief. It is not proper for the death of Jesus on the Cross to be wasted. It is not proper for men to stand on the sinking ground of an incomplete gospel.
• Send our men forth as YOUR messenger of LIGHT. Let them be the Full, Complete Gospel on two legs. Release them with the message of CHRIST, the hope of glory to the world.

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Ezra - Hear Through God's Ears

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Ezra 4: 17 – 24

In Ezra 4, the people of God faced various means of persecution in their commitments to building the temple of the Lord. They refused to be interrupted but focused on their faith as they worked for God. They stood firm and united in the power of the Holy Spirit until the enemy gained entrance into their midst through their leaders.

Two letters arranged by the enemy:

Ezra 4:6-16... (the letter from the Samaritans and their companions)

1. Nations wrote a letter of accusation against the builders and there was great enmity against God and His people. The enemy was swift in stopping the work. (Proverbs 1:16)
2. They reproached the city of God (Jerusalem) and the subtlety of the devil was in full force.

Ezra 4:17-24... (the king's reply)

1. The king fell for the falsehood in the first letter and gave order against God's work.
2.   He connived with the enemy to achieve their evil intentions against the builders.

But...God will give us men that will rise above the confusing instructions of the leaders around the; men with righteous concerns for the things of God who are always ready to resent anything that brings dishonour to the work of God in their hands.

Revelation 12: 10-11

• Men that will rise above false accusations
• Men that will see through God's eyes
• Men that will hear through God's ears

PRAYER

• Lord, please give us men with deep integrity in You. Help them not to exchange their God-given integrity for the selfish instructions of the leaders around them. Establish them in having righteous concerns for You at all times.

• Lord, help our men not to depend on, or build, based on the words of others or the revelation of others. Let them see things as they are, in You. Let Your truth always prevail in their decision to arise for You.

• Lord, strengthen our men so that they will not be discouraged by their past mistakes or weighed down by the shame of the past. Expose whatever form or shape discouragement wants to take, in order to stop them from rising up to God's call in their lives.

• Lord, please do not make our men and Your work in their hands targets for the enemy. Shield them against the evil plot of the enemy so they will not fall prey or become victims of the plans of the devil as they build for You.

• Lord, help our men not to be distracted by those above them in every area as they get to work for You. Make them deep in all matters of the TRUE GOSPEL. Let our men develop DUE AFFECTION for Your work and make Your strength perfect in their weaknesses. 

• LORD, PLEASE MEET THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF ALL OUR MEN IN ACCORDANCE TO THE TASK YOU HAVE CALLED THEM TO DO FOR THIS GENERATION AND GENERATIONS TO COME.

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