I preserved your argument, the prophetic/prayer movement, and the anonymity of the person discussed. I also kept references to that individual as they/them/their, while retaining you/us where the message intentionally turns from observation to direct exhortation and corporate prayer.
WE WILL MEET YOU AT PSALM 139:23–24
Today, while I was teaching a class in which we viewed a debate between a Christian and a Not-So-Much-a-Christian, I did not know that you had sent me a message containing your favorite verse in Scripture.
I was stunned. Your favorite verse, was the entire backbone for the teaching today!
These passages in YOUR FAVORITE VERSE, Psalm 139, truly convey the heart of the message that I sincerely hope I was able to transmit to my students.
What we witnessed in the language of the Liberal Christian was not the same heart expressed by King David in the Psalms.
GOD did not have free access to the temple within their heart. They did not want Him there.
There was no place for the Son of Man to lay His head.
By their own admission, He was not the final authority over their life. He was not permitted full access into certain parts of their life. He had access to that place over there, in the corner.
Faith in GOD had become, in their understanding, a license to live according to their own determination of what was right. They were crystal clear on this point: they believed they were free to do “whatever they feel is the right thing to do.”
They were living on the final page of the Book of Judges, last verse:
“In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.”
— Judges 21:25
Many Father Fractures were exposed in their relationship with GOD—not by choice. They were not trying to saying it out-loud. It wasn’t intentionally revealed. Nevertheless, there pain was plain enough for the entire class to see.
Their pain was accidentally released on-purpose, for us to pray!
There was brokenness and pain in their spirit, in their gestures, and even in the way they said His Name. I am sure they believed it was hidden behind pride, self-satisfaction, and what they called “Freedom in Christ Jesus.”
But their heart was bleeding all over the place.
They rejected the notion of someone judging them—particularly Christians judging them. Yet the Christian in the debate was the one appealing repeatedly to the written Word on the pages of Scripture.
And this is important:
GOD does not need us to sit in His seat of judgment.
He requires us to faithfully deliver His Word.
The Word can do its own work.
“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword…”
— Hebrews 4:12
GOD wants us first to judge and examine ourselves, so that correction can take place now rather than being deferred until the final judgment.
This is our opportunity to reorient ourselves toward Him.
The people we witnessed are obviously seeking GOD. They call themselves by His Name. They identify themselves as followers of Christ.
So we pray.
We pray that every wall and every barrier they have erected around the wounded places of their hearts will come down so that they can truly meet with Him.
TODAY WE DECREE AND DECLARE A TOTAL SHIFT
They are coming off the page of Judges 21:25.
And, in prayer, we relocate them to:
PSALM 139:23–24
Their New Spiritual Residence.
TIME’S UP.
No more living in the pain of the past.
Whatever battle they are still fighting—however long they have been fighting it—we dispatch our prayers on their behalf.
We pray for release from captivity.
We pray for freedom to yield completely to GOD and His Word.
We pray that they will allow the Word to search their hearts.
We pray that they will give GOD full access.
Access to examine the heart.
Access to try the reins.
Access to uncover what hurts.
Access to confront what has been hidden.
Access to expose what has been governing from beneath the surface.
Access to bring them out of every place of bondage and into the freedom of knowing HIM fully.
In Jesus’ Name.
Help them, LORD, to pray Psalm 139:23–24—and mean it.
Help them receive Your Word and permit it to do its work in their hearts, minds, souls, spirits, and bodies.
In Jesus’ Name.
Amen.
THE PRAYER IS ALREADY IN THE PSALMS
Psalm 25:4–5
“Shew me thy ways… teach me thy paths. Lead me…”
Psalm 26:2
“Examine me… prove me; try my reins and my heart.”
Psalm 27:11
“Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path…”
And then we arrive at:
Psalm 139:23–24
“Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”
THE STAGES OF DIVINE DELIVERANCE ARE AT HAND
Our Prayer for Everyone Who Thinks Their Heart Cannot Be Seen by GOD
It was seen by mere mortals.
GOD SEES YOU.
Therefore:
BE THOU BRAVE AND VERY COURAGEOUS…
SEARCH — Allow GOD to investigate the situation. Give Him full, unfettered access.
KNOW — Let His Word penetrate and reveal the true condition of your heart—and ours.
TRY — Be brave enough to allow Him to test the quality of what is within you—and within us.
KNOW OUR THOUGHTS — Have the courage to allow Him to examine even those things within you—and within us that have not yet become speech or action.
SEE — Ask Him to identify every destructive path operating within you—and within any of us.
LEAD — Have the courage and confidence to allow Him not merely to expose what is wrong, but to redirect you—and us.
THE EVERLASTING WAY — Let Him establish all of us upon the path that belongs to GOD.
YOU ARE NOT IN THIS ALONE.
You matter.
And we are all in this together.
When one member becomes healthier, we all become healthier.
When one member becomes stronger, we all become stronger.
When one member heals, the Body becomes more healed.
When one member becomes fit for the Master’s use, we all become that much more fit for the Master’s use.
There is no shame in saying:
“Search me.”
There is courage in it.
There is no defeat in saying:
“Try me.”
There is surrender in it.
There is no condemnation in saying:
“Show me what is in me.”
There is freedom waiting on the other side of the answer.
And there is no weakness in saying:
“Lead me.”
That is the language of someone who has finally decided:
Nothing hidden.
Nothing withheld.
No locked rooms.
No forbidden corners.
No area of my heart where GOD is told, “You cannot come in here.”
The King has access to the entire house.
And so our prayer is not:
“LORD, prove that they are wrong.”
Our prayer is:
“LORD, bring all of us completely under the searching light of Your Word.”
Search them.
Search us.
Know them.
Know us.
Try them.
Try us.
Heal them.
Heal us.
Lead them.
Lead us.
Until there is nothing left between our hearts and the GOD we say we love.
Amen.
We will meet you at Psalm 139:23–24.
That is your new spiritual residence.
Thank You Yvette,
You are a treasure to the Body of Christ and ALWAYS ON TIME In Prayer! This is the purpose behind every book you have written and every message you have taught. This is your heart in GOD.
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