Mordecai

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The Book of Esther

Mordecai’s lineage was mentioned, up to his great grandfather. Esther 2:5-6 (TLB) – “Now there was a certain Jew at the palace named Mordecai (son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite). He had been captured when Jerusalem was destroyed by King Nebuchadnezzar and had been exiled to Babylon along with King Jeconiah of Judah and many others”.

He had been taken into exile by the Babylonian king.

The Man Mordecai

·       Mordecai was passionate about the laws of the God of Israel. Esther 3:2 (TLB) – “Now all the king’s officials bowed before him in deep reverence whenever he passed by, for so the king had commanded. But Mordecai refused to bow”.

In his devotion, he would not bow to any other, but the God of Israel, not even Haman.

·      He was a “travailer”, he cried out when the decree to kill and destroy his people was made. He was already on exile is Susa which would not have been a pleasant experience for him. So he would have been seeking/crying to God for deliverance and maybe return to Israel.

·       He was diligent in bringing up Esther as his own daughter. He brought her up such that she obeyed all that he instructed her. Her character won the favour of Hegai (the eunuch who prepared the maidens) and eventually she became queen (2:9).  

“Hegai, who was responsible for the harem, was very much impressed with her and did his best to make her happy; he ordered a special menu for her, favored her for the beauty treatments, gave her seven girls from the palace as her maids, and gave her the most luxurious apartment in the harem”. Also in 2:15, she harkened to Hegai.

She also obeyed Mordecai by not revealing her identity as a Jew. In Chapter 2:10 – “Esther hadn’t told anyone that she was a Jewess, for Mordecai had said not to”. He was involved in her life, his oversight was never abandoned.

He was also diligent even at his duty post (the king’s gate); so much that he uncovered a plot against the king. 2:21-23.

·       He was humble, and trusted in God’s own reward and not man. After the plot to kill the king was confirmed, he did not go seeking for rewards from the king after the conspirators had been killed; he continued his usual work at the king’s gate. He also obeyed Esther’s instruction to him to fast and pray along with her; he was not proud. 6:1-3; after the book or remembrance was opened and Mordecai rewarded for his past deeds to the king (he was publicly rewarded) – 6:11 – 12a (TLB) – "So Haman took the robes and put them on Mordecai, and mounted him on the king’s own steed, and led him through the streets of the city, shouting, “This is the way the king honors those he delights in.” Afterwards Mordecai returned to his job…”

After all the commendations, he went back to his duty post. Compare Matthew 6 (giving, praying and fasting – doing for man’s praises and doing for God’s rewards).

·      He was yielded to be used by God – he got a copy of the decree of Haman which he showed Esther. Then he asked her to make an appeal to the king. He further pressed Esther in 4:13-14 (TLB)  – “This was Mordecai’s reply to Esther: “Do you think you will escape there in the palace when all other Jews are killed?  If you keep quiet at a time like this, God will deliver the Jews from some other source, but you and your relatives will die; what’s more, who can say but that God has brought you into the palace for just such a time as this?”

In 9:20-25 (TLB) – “Mordecai wrote a history of all these events and sent letters to the Jews near and far, throughout all the king’s provinces, encouraging them to declare an annual holiday on the last two days of the month, to celebrate with feasting, gladness, and the giving of gifts these historic days when the Jews were saved from their enemies, when their sorrow was turned to gladness and their mourning into happiness”. So the Jews adopted Mordecai’s suggestion and began this annual custom.”

Mordecai and Esther made it a decree that the Israelites should always remember this time of great relief from their enemies. 9:32 (TLB) – “So the commandment of Esther confirmed these dates, and it was recorded as law.”

Prayers

Ø Thank You Father for Your men of courage. Thank You for Your persistent help in their lives, that is equipping them for the labour for souls. Thank You for the Holy Spirit that is present to help them in all their ways.

Ø  Lord, please continue to give Your men of courage insights and strategies as they deploy to nations with the message of Jesus Christ. Give them insights, access, just like Mordecai. Make them sensitive, attentive to Your specific leading. And let them make haste in obedience to Your instructions.

Ø Lord, they are Your men of courage – please give them courage to press in the labour at hand, let faith in You not fail.

Ø Lord, help Your men to make disciples as they go along, according to Your own pattern. 1 Chronicles 28:19 (MSG) - “Here are the blueprints for the whole project as God gave me to understand it,” David said.”

Ø Matthew 7:20 – 21 (TLB) – “Yes, the way to identify a tree or a person is by the kind of fruit produced. “Not all who sound religious are really godly people. They may refer to me as ‘Lord,’ but still won’t get to heaven. For the decisive question is whether they obey my Father in heaven.”  A tree and its fruit. Esther manifested what was inside of her; what she was “feed on”, Mordecai therefore produced in Esther, what was in him. He discipled her. John 15:2 (KJV) – “Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.” The good fruit in Esther’s life further brought much fruit – the salvation of all the Jews from destruction and plunder! Lord, help Your men even as they go in obedience to make disciples, fill then up completely with the life of Jesus.

Ø Lord, keep Your men humble even as You do great things in and through them. Father, help them not to be carried away, let them not forget that it is You that is at work in them and deserves the glory. Protect them from the error of satan, pride!

Ø Lord, all that represents “Haman” (laws, persecution, distractions, gifts, hardships, illness, etc, this is not physical but spiritual) in the way and life of Your men of courage, Father, cause ALL such to be hanged quickly in the mighty name of Jesus.

Ø Lord, help Your men of courage to continue in obedience to You as they go along. Mordecai maintained his stand to obey You by not bowing to Haman. Mordecai’s life of obedience was not sudden, it was a lifestyle that eventually produced an “Esther” that prevented the total destruction of God’s people. Lord, help Your men of courage!

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Arising In Continuous Obedience

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The lineage of Solomon – Rehoboam, Abijah, Asa, Jehoshaphat – 2 Chronicles 12 – 20

Paul and the Ephesians’ Church– Acts 19, Ephesians, Revelations 2:1-4

 Gleaning

·         The revelation of the Word

·         Choice to obey that revelation

·         Choice to press on, continue in obedience

Solomon; Rehoboam; Abijah; Asa; Jehoshaphat – a type of men of courage

There is a history of great victories in battle against their enemies, and then afterwards, there is record of abandonment or incomplete obedience to God, that usually opens the door again to the attack from the enemies, continued disobedience – a vicious cycle.

Asa – 2 Chronicles 14:2-3 – He did what was right in the eyes of God. He removed the high places and commanded the people to seek the Lord (v.4-5). The removal of the high places was evident for the people to see, so he wasn’t just playing lip service. Asa also sought the Lord and He gave them victory over the Cushites (v.8-13)

When the prophet spoke the word of God to Asa in 2 Chronicles 15: 1-7, he harkened in obedience. He continued to seek God earnestly. However in Verse 17 – although he did not remove the high places, his heart was fully committed to the Lord all his life.

 2 Chronicles 16:7-10

When our hearts are lacking in total obedience, we are at risk of destruction. Imagine after Asa’s seeking the Lord earlier, his refusal to remove all the high places was a kind of “open door” that eventually got him into trouble at the end of his life.

Jehoshaphat – 2 Chronicles 17: 1-6. V.6 says he removed the high places. He was discerning – in 2 Chronicles 18:6, he insisted on a real prophet from God for he knew those of Ahab were not genuine. He respectfully stood his ground before Ahab. Strangely, Jehoshaphat still went to the battle, but God spared his life. He was reprimanded in Chapter 19 and subsequently re-established his obedience to God in the appointment of judges. God even gave them victory in a war that followed.

Sadly, at the end of his life, verse 33 says the high places were not removed and also made an alliance with King Ahaziah who was guilty of wickedness (verse 35)


Paul; The Church in Ephesus – a type of men of courage

This was post Calvary – the “producer”, the “old man”, sin’s very source had been killed at the Cross and buried. The “New man”, “New-Life-Producer”, has been given.

Paul - Acts 19 – Paul in Ephesus, spoke boldly and persuasively in the synagogue for three months, and then had discipleship meetings with them for two years. Verses 8 -11.

Ephesus was known as the “guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven – Acts 19:35b. Idol worship was popular in the city.

But Paul obediently took Jesus, the complete Gospel and there was commotion in the kingdom of darkness. There was a riot in Ephesus and Paul eventually left. But the seeds had been sown, not in disobedience, but total obedience. There were disciples in Ephesus.

The Church in Ephesus – Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. In Chapter 1:17, Paul wrote that he prayed that they may know the Lord “better”. The letter reminded them of the life that they once lived and encouraged them to continue in the new life, the Christ life. The end of the letter in Chapter 6, there is the popular “armour of God” charge to the Church. He also asked them to pray for him for courage to speak the mystery of the Gospel boldly and fearlessly.

Revelations 2:1-7 – verse 4 shows that something had happened, there was a discontinuation in their walk in obedience that Paul had commended them about earlier. Jesus was calling them to return to Him, the Way, their first love.

Prayers

v  Thank God for His men of courage, He has been helping them deliberately. Thank Him for the nations in Europe and other nations that doors have opened to them to present Jesus (Poland, Italy, Romania, France, Germany, etc.)

v  Even as the Lord presented the burden to us regarding the June referendum that will determine the UK in Europe, as His men of courage enter Europe, Lord, cause Your work through them to be deliberate with “casting seed”, presenting the Gospel of Jesus Christ and making disciples.

v  For us heartcryers, that God will find us faithfully travailing for His men of courage; that they will keep at and fulfil His mission through them in Europe and the nations.

v  Help Your men of courage to pay attention to Your Word and instructions to them, so that that they do not fall into error. 2 Chronicles 15: 1- 4 (NIV) -  “The Lord is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake You”.

v  Give our men continuous humility and reverence for You Lord! Even after great victories and revivals, Lord keep them humble and obedient, not proud or forgetting what You have done in and through them.

v  O Father, cause Your men to be consistent in their walk and obedience to You! Remove the errors that we saw in Solomon, Rehoboam, Abijah, Asa and Jehoshaphat, let every “high place in their hearts be removed TOTALLY”. Lord, let the Cross be ever before them!

v  2 Chronicles 12: 7 - 8 – the Lord had to teach His people a lesson even though He had shown mercy. Lord, please help Your men of courage to always obey you, knowing that even though You show mercy, there are repercussions on even other people (the e.g. of David who caused 70,000 men to die because of his disobedience in taking a census). The disobedience of not removing all the high places continued in the era of the kings that followed.

v  Lord, like the apostle Paul, let Your men of courage be consistent in their obedience. Paul never looked back after Jesus encountered him! Just as there was no mention of Paul abandoning God’s instruction, let Your men be consistent. Paul was desperately obedient, consistent to God!

v  As Your men of courage go into Europe, Europe that in the past brought the Gospel to many nations, let the nations respond to the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, just like the church at Ephesus did. Paul was consistent and deliberate in Ephesus, but the people of Ephesus did not continue right. And let them be consistent, no more abandoning their first love.

v  At the end of Paul’s life, he declared that he had finished the tasks, mission that God had given him. Unlike Jehoshaphat and other kings, there is no record of disobedience in Paul’s life. He had encountered the Man of Calvary; he was not and did not go back. Lord, give Your men of courage the passion to accomplish Your tasks through them.

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Jesus' Men Drawing Other Men Unto The Master

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Matthew 14:22-33

Verse 29 –  “He said, “Come!” ….”

Verse 30 – “But when he looked around at the high waves, he was terrified and began to sink.’ “Save me, Lord!”  he shouted”.

 The story took another diversion in this Verse 30. Why?

v  Because Peter began to see with the eyes of men, and not of the Master; even though Jesus had bid him to ‘come’.

v  Because Peter began to look around; meanwhile Jesus said ‘Come’.

v  Because Peter was no longer in connection with the Master at that moment.

v  Because in the twinkling of an eye, the human reasoning or human knowledge or intelligence took over.

v  Because he was no longer moving and allowing the Spirit of his Master to guide him.

v  Because flesh made him to see the greatness of the waves/storm which could engulf him, when He who made the waters had bid him to come.

v  Because Peter had forgotten that the waters are the works of His hands.

v  Because he was seeing the situation but not seeing Him who has all situations at hand.

v  Because Peter allowed doubt to take over. Doubt what or who? Doubt Jesus who had bid him to come?

v  … “He was terrified and began to sink”…. But he was not sinking earlier in verse 29. Why now?

Saving Grace that located Peter:

ü Thank God that he cried back to the One who bid him to come.

ü Thank God he did not try to swim (after all he was a fisherman). His skills could not save him.

ü Thank God he did not succumb to his strength which could not deliver him – “for by strength shall no man prevail.” [1 Samuel 2:9]

ü Thank God that he shouted unto the Lord to be saved.

Thanksgiving With Prayers

·      John 6:44a – ‘For no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him to me…”.  Thank You Father as You have began to raise up and to draw Your Men of courage to Your Son, and thank You Jesus as You begin to draw other men (Peters) unto Your Kingdom through Your Men of courage.

·      Thank You for making Your Men to be channels for You, as You are the Source. Thank You for making Your light inside of them to shine and begin to dispel the darkness in all these nations that You are opening the doors for them.

·       Thank You for the light of Your Gospel-truth (the Good News) that is affecting the hearts of men and women, and thereby causing a hunger and thirst for God and His righteousness, and now there is the call for - more of Jesus in Poland; more of Jesus in Italy; more of Jesus in Romania; more of Jesus in Germany and France etc. And we are trusting You for more of Jesus in the global world.

·      John 12:32 – “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to me.” Lord Jesus, as more grounds are being gained for You and unto You in these various nations, let the desire of the new converts (Peters) for the Living water not be temporary; let their thirst and the hunger for knowing God go beyond the ordinary, so that more men will be drawn into the Kingdom of God and they also will become witness of Jesus Christ.

·      Therefore Holy Spirit, help Your Men of courage and grant them the grace to labour on these new believers within those few days of ministration of the message of the Cross, so that they will personally have deeper encounter with Jesus until He becomes life and reality to them.

·       From the above scripture, Peter allowed his attention to be steered in two directions – (1.) Jesus (2.) Waters

1 Corinthians 3:18-20 (TLB)

Please Lord, remove every foolish distractions – which can be in the form of head knowledge or intelligent quotient, good works, hindsight or foresight of the past, doubts (through question of ‘How can this be?’) religion and culture – let all mentioned be terminated at the place of the Cross. Let their attention be fixed – be reconnected – back unto Jesus. Even at the point of doubting the Truth, which may cause them to fall into temptation, Spirit of the Living God, help them to be wise to cry unto You like Peter shouted, “Save me Lord” so that they do not get drowned in the waters of unbelief.

·       Jesus said, “Why did you doubt me?” Doubt takes men away from the saving hands of the Master; doubt makes man to grieve the Holy Spirit and the things of God; doubt makes man to forget that all power is in the hand of God; doubt is an obstacle that drowns and destroys men.

Thou the Everlasting portion of every man that draws to Him, help all men to totally dispose of the natural life experience, so that we may come up to the supernatural that You are calling us into (as You called Peter). Daily, save us all by the Cross and at the Cross, so that we will not be found wanting. For we know that the nature of Christ in us, does not doubt. And so, rid us of all doubts and bring us into the manifestation of You completely, so that other nations will be able to proclaim that “Jesus is really the Son of God!”

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Arise Unto Righteousness

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“Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh”. Galatians 5:16 (KJV)

David and Bathsheba - 2 Samuel 11

“In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king’s men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem” – (Verse 1)

·       In the spring: the season after winter and before summer, in which vegetation begins to appear. In our daybreak before revival, Lord, help Your men to understand the season that they/we are in, so that they can sow according to divine instruction.

·       Lord our God, please give unto us leaders who are acquainted with matters of the kingdom, men who aware of the urgency of the time, men who the Holy Spirit will instruct, men who are willing to join others on the field of battle.

      David had been out in the battlefield before, where the king was supposed to be

·       Jesus was acquainted with our sufferings. Give us men who know that the Holy Spirit is ever with us even in battles. Not men that will send but not themselves go, not men that will remain in their Jerusalem.

“ One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful, and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, “She is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.” Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. (Now she was purifying herself from her monthly uncleanness.) Then she went back home. The woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.” (Verses 2 – 5)

·      Lord, deliver, wake us/our men from everything that causes spiritual slumber, sleep, relaxation, timeout, drowsiness - a condition of body and mind which typically reoccurs for several hours every night, in which the nervous system is inactive, the eyes closed, the postural muscles relaxed, and consciousness practically suspended.

·       Heavenly Father, please teach the men what real beauty is; deal with their minds and heart to understand what You consider beautiful. What the world calls beauty, You Lord see as ugly, lust, ruin, destruction, sin and death.

·        Lord, help them never to ignore any warning that You by mercy is bringing to each one.  Lord, that we will know whose we are and not hesitate to leave the place of sin; that we will not offer ourselves to the enemy’s desires.

·      This is not the era of our men doing their own thing, or doing the things that please them. Holy Spirit, please take control of our men of courage; because his lustful desire will outweigh his good sense and integrity. Un-repented sin (lust) will kill; will distract a man in this revival if they/we allow it to fume long enough then act on it.

·       Lord, please help our men so that they do not evade responsibility and their calling because it will lead to spiritual decline.

·       Lord, please reveal to our men, leaders, our disciples, that their position, philosophy of this world (attitude, viewpoint, ideas, values, thinking, way of life), education, wealth and power - that if they do not surrender totally to the Lordship of Jesus Christ; their resolve (like David in this story), will supersede the revealed will of God in their life in this daybreak.

·       God has a plan for our lives. He has laid certain responsibilities upon us, and when we avoid them with excuses or justifications, we open ourselves to temptations that separate us from God. Lord, expose every dead work, sin in our lives to us and to our men, which wants to separate us from divine use. Holy Spirit, please help us so we all can cry to the Lord for help.

·       Lord, make the eyes of our men of courage to linger on the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Take their eyes from feasting on every inch of Bathsheba’s fleshly charms (sin and the world system). Lord, help us hand over every sin to You, and not delay in this daybreak.

·       Lord, please deliver our men, from “daughters of this age”, the world system bathing all sorts; that Satan will display around to deceive men, and lure into his trap.

“So David sent this word to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent him to David. When Uriah came to him, David asked him how Joab was, how the soldiers were and how the war was going. Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king was sent after him. But Uriah slept at the entrance to the palace with all his master’s servants and did not go down to his house.

David was told, “Uriah did not go home.” So he asked Uriah, “Haven’t you just come from a military campaign? Why didn’t you go home?”

Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in tents, and my commander Joab and my lord’s men are camped in the open country. How could I go to my house to eat and drink and make love to my wife? As surely as you live, I will not do such a thing!” (Verses 6 – 11)

·       Lord, make us men who are ready to take leave of their duty.

·       Lord, make us/our men, people who do not consider their leisure worthy of importance compared to work of the Lord and his countrymen. People who will not be, or lay at ease, when the battle is raging, when souls are perishing daily, when there is stealing and no accountability in the body of Christ; when the young ones are seeking for role models, answers from among the “Ammonites”, when persecuted Christians die daily .

·       Genesis 25:30-32  – “ And Esau said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!” (Therefore his name was called Edom) Jacob said, “Sell me your birth right now.” Esau said, “I am about to die; of what use is a birth right to me?” O Lord, please help us we pray, make us a people that will not betray our Master Jesus for mammon.  

·       Lord, make us / our men like Uriah, who are very patriotic to matters of heaven than to enjoy his wife while his countrymen were endangering their lives on the battlefield.

·       Lord, equip our men with a heavenly sense of will and purpose, so that they become acquainted with the fact that in warfare, there will be causalities and even death. Lord, help us to know that while we are refusing the enemy’s gifts, he is putting “plan B” into operation. He will calmly write our death warrant, seal it, and send it to a willing captain.

“Then David said to him, “Stay here one more day, and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.  At David’s invitation, he ate and drank with him, and David made him drunk. But in the evening Uriah went out to sleep on his mat among his master’s servants; he did not go home.  In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah. In it he wrote, “Put Uriah out in front where the fighting is fiercest. Then withdraw from him so he will be struck down and die.”  So while Joab had the city under siege, he put Uriah at a place where he knew the strongest defenders were.  When the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of the men in David’s army fell; moreover, Uriah the Hittite died”. (Verses 12 – 17)

·         Lord, whatever the cost, help Your men to remain loyal to the course of heaven. 

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Arising In Obedience, Not Disobedience

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1 Kings 13:1-25

Lessons from the above:-

·      God made the young prophet a proof in order to be approved. It therefore happened, ‘just as the prophet had said would happen’ – [verse 5].

·      ‘Beg the Lord your God … So he prayed to the Lord,’ and the Lord answered him hence the king’s arm was restored – [verse 6b]. Why did he not pray unto the Lord for confirmation when the old prophet came and gave a contrary instruction? Why did he not honour God before the old prophet? Why did he disobey?

·       Verse 9 – was a direct, personal, strict instruction meant for the young prophet’s ears only, neither for the king nor for the old prophet.

·      The young prophet ‘prayed to the Lord’ for the king’s hand to be restored. Why could he not cry unto the Lord for repentance when he fell into temptation, and beg for forgiveness? To show the nature of the old prophet [that he was far from the Lord], why didn’t he (the old prophet) there and then beg God for the young prophet’s disobedience – instead of saddling his donkey for him? – [verse 20-23].

·      He was able to spot the danger of obedience to the advice and offerings of the king which he bluntly refused, but fell into the more subtle and dangerous form of this same kind of temptation to disobey God through a ‘professed messenger of God’ who was a liar.

Prayers

·      Thank You Jesus for You said “And the Good News must first be made known in every nation before the end-time finally comes.” (Mark 13:10 – TLB). And so we thank You, as doors are being opened into various nations for our men of courage to teach and to preach the Word of God; to give His commands and His instructions.

·      Thank You Jesus for being the proof inside of Your men, which makes Your word to be approved unto the souls of men/women that hear Your words/commands.

·      “By the disobedience of one man, many were made sinners; also by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous” [Romans 5:19a] – Therefore Lord, cause Your mercy to fall upon the whole team of Your men (as they go in twos/three or more), as You take them into the nations for Your purpose; Holy Spirit,  let every act/verbal word of theirs which is in disobedience and contrary to Your instructions/commands, be made opened or revealed to them instantly, so that they can quickly make amends and not fall into the wrath of God.

·      Lord Jesus, as they go in service and in labour for/with You, help our men of courage not to allow temporary earthly pleasure to destroy their eternal treasure; as Your return draws near, help them to be strong and steady everyday, keep them abounding in Your work [1 Corinthians 15:58].

·      Holy Spirit, You are the Spirit of obedience. Therefore, baptise Your men and guide them into obedience, we beg You; we have come to know that (1) Complete disobedience and partial obedience = failure before You. (2) Being disobedient means questioning God’s original instructions. And so Jesus, baptise Your life of obedience into Your men as they go forth and mostly when they are on the field in the nations, so that they may carry out Your strict order and not do otherwise.

·       1 Corinthians 16:13-14 – “Keep your eyes open for spiritual danger; stand true to the Lord; act like men; be strong; and whatever you do, do it with kindness and love” – Please our God, help Your men to stand truly in You, be their strength and defence; open their eyes and hearts for them to know when to be practically cautious and courteous; let them not be swayed by the spiritualism of ‘dead men of God,’ but help them to be wise in their dealings with such men – young or old.

·       Luke 22:40, 46 – ⁴⁰ There he (JESUS) told them “Pray God that you will not be overcome by temptation.” ⁴⁶ “Asleep! Get up! Pray God that you will not fall when you are tempted.” – Thou Lord Jesus in our men, the hope of their glory, You who was not overpowered or fell into temptation at anytime while on earth; cause it to be that You will grant Your men Thy grace, that they will not be overpowered by nor fall into temptation; and when they do, thank You for You will make a way of escape for them to be able to endure it [1 Corinthians 10:13].

·       “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.” [1 John 4:1] – Deliver Your men O Lord from spiritual deception or lying spirit. Help them to test all spirits by the Word of God, which is the final authority that confirms all truth or lie; save Your men from the stronghold of falsehood which is from the kingdom of darkness as they possess these nations for You. Let Your light in them, which is You Jesus, reveal and dispel every handiwork of the enemy in their labour with You.

·      Please Holy Spirit, deliver Your men from ‘ferocious wolves who are in sheep’s clothing’ whose main aim is to destroy the ‘sheep’; thou great shepherd, help them to be on guard against every contrary word and counsel of such ‘wolves’, and to hold fast unto every word spoken into their hearts by God. Please keep them saved by the Cross and by the blood of Jesus.

·       1 Corinthians 15:57 – ‘But thanks be to GOD, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.’  Our Father in heaven, we thank You for the victory that You have given unto all Your men of courage (mention the names of those within your bosom) through their Saviour and Maker Jesus Christ! We are trusting You Jesus, that as You were in all points tempted like them, yet without sin – be it unto Your men also (mention the names of those within your bosom) that they will not start in obedience and end in disobedience [Hebrews 4:14-15]; help them for this is a miracle that only You, our miracle (Jesus), who worketh in them can do!


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