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ELUL, THE 15TH DAY OF PRAYER

In Faithfullness… GOD Will Answer Me

September 3rd: READING & PRAYING PSALMS 143-150

Ref: ELUL, OUR 29 DAY BANQUET OF PRAYER… TO HONOR THE KING OF GLORY!

PSALM 143

Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.

2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.

6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

7 Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

9 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.

10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

11 Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name’s sake: for thy righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.

12 And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.

AMEN
Elul, Spiritual Maturity

ELUL, THE 13TH DAY OF PRAYER

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Which Place Shall Become, Your Dwelling Place with GOD?

September 1st: TODAY WE ARE READING & PRAYING PSALMS 126-132

Ref: ELUL, OUR 29 DAY BANQUET OF PRAYER… TO HONOR THE KING OF GLORY!

Once again, by the providence of GOD, our assignment to read and pray the Psalms is set together so very nicely. To really appreciate this to the utmost, we have some reading to do.

Today, let’s start at the end, Psalm 132 and work our way back to the beginning, Psalm 126, after reading 1 Samuel 29 through 1 Samuel 31. This will help to provide more context for our prayers tonight. As you read through these two Psalms, I have highlighted a few key messages for you.

PSALM 132

Lord, remember David
    and all his self-denial.

2 He swore an oath to the Lord,
    he made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:
3 “I will not enter my house
    or go to my bed,
4 I will allow no sleep to my eyes
    or slumber to my eyelids,
5 till I find a place for the Lord,
    a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

6 We heard it in Ephrathah,
    we came upon it in the fields of Jaar:[a]
7 “Let us go to his dwelling place,
    let us worship at his footstool, saying,
8 ‘Arise, Lord, and come to your resting place,
    you and the ark of your might.
9 May your priests be clothed with your righteousness;
    may your faithful people sing for joy.’”

10 For the sake of your servant David,
    do not reject your anointed one.

11 The Lord swore an oath to David,
    a sure oath he will not revoke:
“One of your own descendants
    I will place on your throne.
12 If your sons keep my covenant
    and the statutes I teach them,
then their sons will sit
    on your throne for ever and ever.”

13 For the Lord has chosen Zion,
    he has desired it for his dwelling, saying,
14 “This is my resting place for ever and ever;
    here I will sit enthroned, for I have desired it.
15 I will bless her with abundant provisions;
    her poor I will satisfy with food.
16 I will clothe her priests with salvation,
    and her faithful people will ever sing for joy.

17 “Here I will make a horn grow for David
    and set up a lamp for my anointed one.
18 I will clothe his enemies with shame,
    but his head will be adorned with a radiant crown.”

Please READ 1 Samuel 29- 1 Samuel 31

PSALM 126

When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them.

3 The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.

4 Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as the streams in the south.

5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

PSALM 127

Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

3 Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.

5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

In a prophetic sense of Prayer, Zion is your fortified City and stronghold. David established it as the place, the dwelling place of GOD. Before I could send out this prayer, I sent a message out called, A Place Where GOD’s Presence can Meet You. It’s about setting up your own place, somewhere… room that you love being in, a place that brings you a sense of peace and comfort, a garden, a river, a lake or a beach.

There’s a friend of mine, we all have one, who will say to me when they read this, “I can pray and meet with GOD anywhere.” Yes, that’s perfectly true, and likewise GOD established the sabbath as His divine meeting place, for all of mankind… if we choose.

There are friends who have not seen each other for years and they can say to each other, “OK, I’ll meet you at 6pm”, and they don’t even have to say the name of the place outloud. They know the place. Husband’s and wives always have a special place, at least one.

It’s OK if some of you don’t fully understand what I’m talking about right now, understanding will come. There’s a place where revelation will come. A place where the Heavens’a are open for just you. Keep watch and pray.

As the bride of Christ, where is your place?

There’s a personal place that you can connect with the Presence of GOD. Establish a place that you consecrate to the presence of GOD. It could be the sliver of land between the house and the garage, or a spot under your favorite tree. GOD loves initiative and accepts all gestures of love toward him that are intended for the purpose of building our relationship with Him.

In lieu of our City of David, we shall establish a place, without legalism, without man made traditions or dogmatic perceptions or expectations. If you do not already have one, establish one. Take time to read through these Psalms and this portion of scripture and pray. GOD is faithful. He will show you the place.

A personal prophetic place of prayer. This is important.

Elul, The Journey Back

ELUL, OUR 29 DAY BANQUET OF PRAYER… TO HONOR THE KING OF GLORY!

I present all my prayers to you LORD, as the First Fruits of my lips this Harvest Season…May they be accepted by You, as the Finest Fruits of my garden that I have in my heart to Present before My Beloved King! AMEN.

RECITING THE Lord’s Prayer IN HEBREW DAILY. ELUL, The Month of The Search… Praying The Lord’s Prayer IN HEBREW & ENGLISH

And…Praying 7 Psalms a Day; Read them 1st and Confess the words over your life and those you are covering during the month, and into 2021.
PRAYING THROUGH THE PSALMS THROUGH THE MONTH OF ELUL:

Week 1.  “Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.” Psalms 141: 2-3

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  • PSALMS 43-49 THURSDAY AUGUST 20
  • PSALMS 50-56 FRIDAY AUGUST 21
  • PSALMS 57-63 SATURDAY AUGUST 22
  • PSALMS 64-70 SUNDAY AUGUST 23
  • PSALMS 70-76 MONDAY AUGUST 24
  • PSALMS 77-83 TUESDAY AUGUST 25
  • PSALMS 84-90 WEDNESDAY AUGUST 26

WEEK 2. “Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints” Ephesians 6:18 KJV

  • PSALMS 91-98 THURSDAY AUGUST 27
  • PSALMS 99-105 FRIDAY AUGUST 28
  • PSALMS 106-113 SATURDAY AUGUST 29
  • PSALMS 114-120 SUNDAY AUGUST 30
  • PSALMS 121-127 MONDAY AUGUST 31
  • PSALMS 128-134. TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 1
  • PSALMS 135-142 WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 2

WEEK 3. “Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.” Jeremiah 29:12 KJV

  • PSALMS 143-150 THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 3
  • PSALMS 1-7 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 4
  • PSALMS 8-14 SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 5
  • PSALMS 15-21 SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 6
  • PSALMS 22-28 MONDAY SEPTEMBER 7
  • PSALMS 29-35 TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 8
  • PSALMS 36-42 WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 9

WEEK 4. “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14

  • PSALMS 43-49 THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 10
  • PSALMS 50-56 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 11
  • PSALMS 57-63 SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 12
  • PSALMS 64-70 SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 13
  • PSALMS 70-76 MONDAY SEPTEMBER 14
  • PSALMS 77-83 TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 15
  • PSALMS 84-90 WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 16
  • PSALMS 91-98 THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 17

Elul

ELUL, The Month of The Search… Praying The Lord’s Prayer IN HEBREW & ENGLISH

Practice reading The Lord’s Prayer in Hebrew (Matthew 6:9-15). Use the transliteration key in BLUE in order to practice reciting the prayer daily. You can incorporate the prayer before, during or after praying the Psalms.

Flow with these prayer strategies during the month of Elul and watch the power of GOD fall on your faithfulness.

The Month of Elul: August 20th – September 18, 2020. -29 Days of Elul

We learned this as children, and it has devolved for some as a “patty cake” type of prayer. It’s been relegated to the place of a nursery rhyme for far too many Christians.

Over the next few months I hope to demonstrate the revelatory power in this sweet, clear, concise, precious message to every believer on how to pray. It’s more than a simplistic pattern of prayer.

Let us press in for a new level through speaking the prayer in the Hebrew tongue and stand the watch.

Note: Click on the Attachment below in order to enlarge the picture. In Hebrew you read from right to left. Begin with… ah-vee-new she-bah-sha-my-eem

For Heather and Renae! Attached is a recording just for you!

If any of you have trouble printing out a copy of the prayer, send me an email to torahbythesea@gmail.com and we will forward you a copy as soon as possible. Thank You.

Recording #1 The Lord’s Prayer read in Hebrew only – very slowly
Recording #2 The Lord’s Prayer read in both Hebrew & English – very slowly –all verses

Over the next 33 days, remain faithful to Praying the Psalms with us and rehearse the Lord’s Prayer in your own ears, over your own spirit. Don’t be critical over your pronunciation, don’t be discouraged. GOD rewards your diligence in pursuit of Him and His Holy language.

Understanding will come. You never had to be perfect, we only need to be faithful in the little things.

During this Elul, we are taking a huge step towards GOD, through increased consecration and dedication, and GOD is Faithful!

May revelation and insight abound in you over the next 33 days, like never before! Amen.

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ELUL, A DAVID KIND OF PRAYER…

It was through the 50 days of continuos prayer of the disciples, that the Church was birth out at Pentecost. It was through prayer that David birth out the Kingdom, and left the Psalms as a legacy to the faith.

Prayer is All About Us.

You’ve heard me say before that prayer is about becoming a “miraculous marksman in the spirit realm.” Prayer is target oriented. We have to find our voice in prayer and become very specific, developing a targeted prayer strategy.

We each deal with our good inclination and our evil inclination

The difficulty with prayer, is that prayer makes you feel vulnerable, even in the privacy of your own self. Prayer is self examination and self examination is very uncomfortable. What will our prayers reveal about our own character and nature?

Initially, we may begin by bringing many outside concerns before the throne, but in the end, we wind up seeing inwardly. It is the inward man or woman…. our inward soul that we come to face.

We face our own souls and we face our own hearts, even in our prayers for others.

Judging oneself is an inescapable process of prayer.

Before arriving at the heart of prayer, we have to navigate pass our flesh, our pride, our idle thoughts and vain imaginations. In the beginning, all of this may feel like a spiritual obstacle course of sorts. If that is the case for you, I encourage you to press in. You are on the right course.

Pressing in means, that we have to find the strength to fight the distractions that bombard our mind. We have to wake up, and deal with our inner most thoughts and emotions that attempt to derail our soul from advancing and elevating toward GOD.

Keep this thought in mind when you struggle to stay in prayer longer than your usual 10 or 15 minutes?… longer than your usual 60 minutes?….. longer than your usual 2-3 hours?

What revelation will I discover if I press further in to prayer? What will I prevent myself from knowing if I tap out too soon?

The Full Measure and Stature of Christ Jesus…

Prayer opens our hearts to see into our own image and likeness. I have heard many people give reasons why this level of examination is sufficient for them. But, to be IN CHRIST, our goal is to attain toward the image and likeness of GOD.

Many times we hear each other say, we want to get into a higher place in GOD… or we want to achieve that next level in GOD. It can be found in pressing pass that place of normalcy in prayer. In many ways, we can come to set our own individualized customs and traditions and limitations in prayer.

The daily rewards of breaking the boundaries, are awareness and sensitivity to the limitations of our own character and nature, and the desire to put on the character and nature of GOD.

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… In this series of teachings on prayer, my goal is to communicate and demonstrate through scripture, that the most critical aspect of our prayer life is the time that we spend in solitude before GOD in prayer.

  • Not praying on the prayer line.
  • Not praying with the friend who called us for prayer.
  • Not praying with the prayer team.
    • THESE ARE SECONDARY TO OUR NEED FOR PERSONAL DEVOTIONAL TIME

This Next Level is a assessment of your personal, devotional, consecrated, dedicated, uninterrupted, I Will NOT allow anything to interfere with it…Prayer Time.

Consider this: For anyone that has traveled on an airplane, the safety instructions always caution you that in the event of a crisis, when oxygen bags are released, you place the oxygen on yourself first…then you assist the child or the person next to you that requires assistance.

We have to protect our own prayer life first before we can help anyone with theirs. We have to become prayer, before we can pray for others fervently and effectively.

Yes, we can get by without it. Of course we can. And yes, GOD is faithful even when we are not faithful in prayer.

But that’s a lower level that will not get you to the next level you are seeking, if you are really seeking it.

You have to be like David and become prayer!

That character and nature of GOD that we are striving for… comes with prayer. Prayer increases spiritual insight, discernment, revelation, healing anointing, and every gifting of GOD.

Storms are everywhere on the horizon, no matter where you look. Politically, environmentally, socially, economically, biologically…

What do you want to be your area of expertise in the anointing? You choose.

I Am Prayer!

“Ani tephillah” (ah-knee tuh-fee-lah)

David’s enemies were relentless and powerful. He was feeling oppressed and hemmed in. Yet, before he went on recounting his dilemmas, he stopped abruptly and proclaimed….

Yet, David knew something that had not even been spoken of in scripture yet…

That He had access to “POWER ABOVE ALL THE POWER OF THE ENEMY” and he proclaimed!

I am Prayer!

It’s like he stopped for a moment and remembered who he was, really!

He had a, “Don’t make me lay down here on the floor all night and pray!, ’cause I will do it!… kind of moment.

“I WILL REINVENT THIS ENTIRE SITUATION THROUGH PRAYER!”

“TAKE THIS MEMO, WRITE THIS DOWN AND POST IT IN EVERY PRINCIPALITY AND POWER, REGION, THRONE, DIMENSION, AND DOMINION…” KIND OF PRAYER!

“I WILL REACH BACK IN THE PAST AND MAKE EVERY CROOKED PLACE STRAIGHT, BY THE POWER OF GOD… KIND OF PRAYER!”

THE..NEITHER RAIN NOR DEW SHALL FALL, EXCEPT BY MY WORD…KIND OF PRAYER!

THE “IT’S ALREADY BEEN DONE…” KIND OF PRAYER!

THE..”IF I BE A WOMAN OF GOD, THEN ABC… XYZ SHALL OCCUR…” KIND OF PRAYER!

THE “IF I BE A MAN OF GOD, THEN ABC… XYZ SHALL OCCUR…” KIND OF PRAYER!

THE “RELEASE THE RAIN…”, KIND OF PRAYER!

THE “GOD WILL COME FOR MY WORD TO PERFORM IT”…KIND OF PRAYER!

THE “I COULD CARE LESS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE…” KIND OF PRAYER!

THE “I FORBID IT, IN THE NAME OF JESUS…KIND OF PRAYER!

THE “I WILL PRAY THE DEVIL BACK DOWN IN TO THE PIT OF HELL…” KIND OF PRAYER

IN JESUS NAME. AMEN.

There is NOTHING that You Can Not Handle in Prayer!

WHERE WE ARE IN PRAYING THROUGH THE PSALMS THROUGH THE MONTH OF ELUL:

  • PSALMS 15-21 SUNDAY AUGUST 16
  • PSALMS 22-28 MONDAY AUGUST 17
  • PSALMS 29-35 TUESDAY AUGUST 18
  • PSALMS 36-42 WEDNESDAY AUGUST 19
  • PSALMS 43-49 THURSDAY AUGUST 20
  • PSALMS 50-56 FRIDAY AUGUST 21
  • PSALMS 57-63 SATURDAY AUGUST 22
  • PSALMS 64-70 SUNDAY AUGUST 23

ELUL IS THE TIME TO CLEANSE ALL THE CLUTTER OUT OF OUR CLOSETS AND GET RID OF EVERY DEAD THING WE SHOULD NOT CARRY INTO OUR FUTURE IN 5781/2021.

IT’S TIME TO DEAL WITH ALL THE DEAD BAGGAGE. REPENT FROM EVERY BANNED BATTLE. SEEK GOD TO REPLACE EVERY HURT PLACE WITH LOVE, KINDNESS AND TENDER MERCIES.

FOR THESE REASONS, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE BOOK OF PSALMS.

This teaching is dedicated to my students. May you all arise to BECOME PRAYER!

In every spiritual battle you encounter, I pray that you exemplify the heart of David, stare the enemy head on and decree and declare, “I AM PRAYER!“

Posts Included in This Years Series on Prayer for Elul: 2020

Elul, May GOD Find You Praying Like David Prayed

Posts Included in LAST YEARS Series on Prayer for Elul: 2019

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Elul

Elul, Anointed to Handle the Things of GOD… Part 1

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“Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?” 1Kings 3:9

The first sense that a baby develops in just 3 weeks after conception, is the sense of touch.

In fact, it is the pressure placed in the hands from touching the inside of the womb, that creates the tiny ridges that now appear on our fingers and toes.

Your fingerprints were formed from pressing against the inside of your mother’s womb.

You Really Are Fearfully and Wonderfully Made!

Our fingers captured a permanent memory of our life which began in the womb…

…and we carry the very connection to our mothers in our hands!

HOW PRECIOUS IS THAT!

I find that very beautiful. Our beginnings inside our mother’s womb, is recorded upon our bodies, from our fingers to our toes!

By the 17th week of pregnancy, our fingerprints become permanent.

Remember: Every jot and tittle of the Word is important in Hebrew. So, we can not overlook that our fingerprints becoming permanent in the 17th week, is significant of the importance that the numbers seven and ten hold in all of scripture.

On Yom Kippur, (the tenth day of the seventh month), I will tell you more about the supernatural significance of the numbers seven and ten in the Bible.

For now, just consider that your fingerprints are stamped with the numerical symbols of atonement; the seventh month and the tenth day. You have Hands to War and Fingers to Fight with (Psalm 18:34, 144:1), marked with the sign and symbol of atonement from the time you were in the womb.

Repentance places us back into right standing before GOD and we can return and stand before Him spiritually, with power in our hands to fight the battles of the LORD!

We don’t just have the ability to operate in the power of GOD because we know the verse of scripture.

We can operate in His Power, because we are sons and daughters of the Most High, consecrated and separated to Him, because we voluntarily set ourselves under the authority of His Word and seek to obey it. Not legalistically, but spiritually with love and heartfelt devotion.

That means we repent, because we do not want to grieve the Spirit of GOD.

(When the scripture speaks of repentance out of fear of the LORD, that is not meant in the scary sense. Even at the time, the translators translated the scripture that way, they had at their disposal a better way to communicate ‘fear’. They simply could have said, ‘reverence, or awe. They just did not choose to for political reasons, I am sure).

Nevertheless, we still know the truth.

So, it is not just head knowledge of the Word that allows you to move in the power of GOD. As my Pastor says, “It’s not because you can speak in tongues and say shonda!“

What activates your spiritual authority in the WORD, is repentance, love, humility, obedience, consecration, dedication, faithfulness, compassion…

That sounds like a lot, I know. But, if we have the humility and wisdom to repent before GOD and operate in Love, the rest will follow.

I suspect, our first sense to develop in the womb is the sense of touch, because of the connection and significance of how we have to learn how to use our hands in the Kingdom. We have to learn how to “handle” the things of GOD.

This is a huge topic and an entire lesson in protocol.

But it you look back at the previous lessons I have posted, all of them contain lessons and instruction on how we should handle the things of GOD.

“Touch not my anointed and do my prophets no harm”.

“If a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcass of an unclean beast” Lev. 5:2,3

  • Don’t go around touching every unclean thing in the world, and then take those same hands and think you can use them in the tabernacle of GOD, or lay them upon GOD’s people! -The people are Holy unto Him!
    • The Hebrew Scriptures, (Old Testament) contains practical and literal examples of what Jesus and the disciples were teaching in the New Testament.
    • What GOD says in the New Testament is enumerated in detail in the Hebrew Scriptures. The “New” Testament does an excellent job of summing up what was taught in the Hebrew Scriptures. We can refer to the “Old” Testament to ensure our understanding and reinforce our context.

“And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.” Matt 8:3

“And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.” Matt 8:15

“Then touched he their eyes, saying, according to your faith, be it unto you.” Matt 9:29

  • The unclean cannot lay hands on the unclean and make them clean. Jesus, was showing us that only the clean could lay hands on the unclean and they would be healed.

The Shift from The Physical to The Spiritual

As we mature and develop, touching the things of GOD involves are hands and our mouths.

Babies do not begin touching, feeling, and trying to put everything in their hands into their mouths, after they arrive here. They begin doing this in the womb.

Even though we have grown physically, we are like babes, in that we continue to put everything that we handle with our hands, into our mouths…

These habits that we have learned in the physical, can plagued us in the spirit and stunt our spiritual growth if we are not paying attention. For this reason, we have to pay attention.

How do we handle the things of GOD?

What do we touch of GOD’s and then put in our mouths? i.e., “putting in our mouths” refers to, what we say about the Work of GOD or the people of GOD.

When a baby puts something in their mouths, it can be cute (safe) or dangerous. I venture to say, that when we do it, it can still be either safe, or dangerous.

Is there anything that belongs to GOD, that we are touching with our mouths?

Loshon Hara, speaking evil, gossiping, back biting are three of the easiest sins to fall into. Usually, it can begin as simple as talking too much.

There are those who work in the ministry and just will not resist the temptation to gossip. They nurture an impulse to repeat everything they hear. Particulary, what is said in confidence.

The torah teaches us that loshon hara damages, (defiles) 3 people.

  • The one who shared the gossip or spoke the evil
  • The one who listened to the gossip or spoke the evil
  • The one who was spoken evil of, or gossiped about.

We can not lay hands on others and speak evil at the same time, and expect miraculous results in the spirit realm. That is double-mindedness and there is no anointing on the double-minded.

We make our own hands and our own prayers powerless, through evil speaking. Not the enemy. We do it to ourselves.

The power in our hands began in the womb. We arrived with clean hands and a pure heart. I am a huge believer in saying that, “If all else fails, get a child to pray and lay hands on you.” Because there is no guile in them.

David was anointed to handle the things of GOD because he was quick to repent when he was in error. He knew what things he could handle for GOD and what he could not (building the tabernacle). He was mindful of his position and walked in his anointing.

David resisted the temptation to snip the garments of his adversaries (Saul in particular). He would not risk, grieving the spirit of GOD and losing his anointing. He was a man, who died to self in the areas of ambition.

He remained humble, teachable and submitted to GOD. David showed us that GOD ccan do miracles with a teachable spirit!

Never Forget: We restore the cleanness of our hands and the purity of our hearts, through the Power of Repentance. Do Not allow the Season of Elul to pass you by.

Amen.

Note to Self: “Suffer the little children to come unto Him.”

Posts Included in This Series on Prayer for Elul:

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Disclosure: I am of the belief that any and all teachings on scripture, especially those on prayer should receive prayer before passing them along to others. For this reason, I encourage everyone who reviews these teachings to saturate each one in prayer before sharing, distributing or reproducing them in any fashion.

Anything that we hope to learn and accomplish through the Word of GOD must be born out of a spirit of prayer.

Prayer is the root of all our spiritual training. Study without prayer is futile. GOD ask that we meditate on His Word day and night, because without a dedicated personal prayer life, we can do very little for GOD and Man.

May GOD always send you a confirming word so that you will know that these words are true.

GOD Bless You Always,

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Elul

Elul… Pray like David Prayed

David, son of Jesse, Descendant of Abraham, Psalmist, Musician, Shepherd, Mighty Man of Valor, Builder, Master Torah Scholar, Prophetic Prayer Savant, Renaissance Man of Repentance and Obedience to GOD, Revolutionary Praise and Worship Warrior, King of Israel and Judah… Chosen of GOD…

That’s The Pedigree of David.

If we can only learn one thing from the life of David, I strongly recommend that we, “Learn How to Pray like David Prayed!”

I call David a Prophetic Prayer Savant, because he holds the title for prayer in the scripture! David knew how to marshall the forces of Heaven on his behalf, and on behalf of the Children of Israel.

David’s prayers were based on his knowledge and understanding of the Word of GOD. All of his prayers were rooted in the Word, that is what makes them so phenomenal today!

I first learned this for myself when I felt the unction to pray seven Psalms a day, and then pray what I read out loud, over myself, others, the ministry, my Pastor…over all of us.

Amazing things happened.

I will be in prayer (with agreement) that the same happens to everyone who reads and prays these Psalms in faith along with me this Elul.

I am asking GOD to show You Great and Mighty things in the coming New Year, just because of who You are to Him.

May the LORD GOD of Heaven, Greet You During this New Year with Strategies, Remedies, Opportunities and Answers. LORD, Please Adorn them in Garments of Peace and make them Whole. Present them with Miracles Beyond Measure in the Secret Things they have need of, but have yet to ask of You out loud.

Amen

Psalm 51

1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

Psalm 7

1  O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute [chase, pursue] me, and deliver me:

2 Lest they [will] tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

3 O Lord my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

6 Arise, O Lord, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.

7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.

8 The Lord shall judge the people: judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.

9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.

11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.

13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.

14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

17 I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the Lord most high.

Psalm 39

39  I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

  • One of the hardest things we have to do is keep silent before the wicked. However, when we restrain ourselves when provoked, we elevate and strengthen spiritually.

2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

  • dumb with silence [do-me-yaw] = I controlled my tongue, kept my composure
    • I did not lash out or lash back with my tongue.
  • held my peace [khaw-shaw] = I was still

3 My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

4 Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.

  • David spoke to GOD about the situation instead trying to defend himself to others, or trying to explain, complain, or win.
  • David transformed the way he handled the pressures imposed upon him by Saul.
  • By today’s Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube standards of behavior, many who say they follow Christ, are not following Him in this. Many “believers” are lashing out, lashing back, etc.

Psalm 86 

1 Bow down thine ear, O Lord, hear me: for I am poor and needy.

2 Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.

3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.

4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

6 Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.

7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.

8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.

9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.

10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.

11 Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.

13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

14 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.

15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

17 Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, Lord, hast holpen me, and comforted me.

The above are a few examples of the prayers we can offer to GOD during the month of Elul. Elul is the time to search our hearts, look into our soul, get rid of all angst, all corrosive and corrupting thoughts of the past…

Don’t touch the dead thing…Don’t dig up any dead thing and drag it into your future.

Don’t rehearse the banned battle anymore inside your mind.

No rehashing the past, Let it all go!

Forgive and Repent.

…and may All GOD’s Goodness and Mercy follow you, overtake you, prepare the way for you and yours, into the New Year!

Amen.

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ELUL, BECAUSE OF YOU…

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Judging oneself is an inescapable process of prayer.

Are You Praying Out of the Right Spirit?

The reason this is so very important, is that ‘being in the presence of GOD’, heals our own spirit, refines our character, delivers us, ministers to us, gives us insight into our own spirit, our own souls, our own thoughts, sanctifies us for His work.

More importantly, you need to understand this to your very core, because people have need of your prayers.

Praying over, or for another person, without being in prayer before the presence of GOD yourself, is tantamount to praying our of your own spirit, praying your own thoughts, your own will, your own ideas… and not His.

We don’t lay hands on another person to pray for them, without having first been in prayer before GOD ourselves. We don’t just walk into the sanctuary to attend a service, without first having spent time in prayer ourselves.

Prayer is our greatest responsibility as an intercessor, armour-bearer, disciple, teacher, apostle, evangelist, minister, pastor, prophet, believer.

Let the babes, (who deserve all the rights and privileges as a babe), be the bases while they can. It is time for us to cover them, the pastor, the leadership and the ministry so that their healing, revelation, breakthroughs, etc. can manifest speedily.

GOD Inhabits Our Praises… Psalm 22:3

There are enough of us to saturate the atmosphere so completely and thoroughly, that everyone present can get what they need from the anointing we draw down from Heaven by our worship alone!

It is time to get to work! No more sitting on the pew, waiting for OUR Word. We have had enough words. Let he babes get a Word!

Issue strength to our Pastors and leadership that helps them to stand in their place and position. Gird them up, so that they can flow in the anointing.

Fill the sanctuary up with praise and worship before we ever arrive on site.

I encourage you to issue strength to every area of our Church Leadership…

so that they can set aside all banned battles, all negativity, all strife, all envy, bitterness, all word curses, every vain imagination, all disunity, all evil speaking…

We are addicted to competition with each other. Secretly, (we deceive ourselves into thinking no one notices) we dislike and disrespect each other. Our mouths are forever busy, biting each other.

Have you seen this happen? We come in the church hateful and we hear a powerful message, and we leave the message as hateful as we came in. Never delivered, never healed, never set free…

Because we won’t let anything go. Long suffering is not understood in our bones.

Constantly complaining, constantly whining, constantly striving:

Exodus 17 all over again. We are still quite the handful.

We refuse to labor in prayer. We won’t wait for GOD to provide strategies, for fear He will take too long.

We are fighting banned battles on social media. We need to be right, more than we need to fall on the mercy of GOD.

We want to be justified in the sight of man, more than we need justification before GOD.

We want to explain and defend ourselves, and our reputations, not make ourselves of no reputation.

This leads to dishonoring ourselves and GOD’s Word.

This has to stop. Some of us are as evil as the day is long, and we are running to service to service, with smiling faces, pretending to be whole.

Despite our current spiritual condition, with all of the above, all is not lost.

As Leadership…We have too much knowledge about this WORD, not to come up and out of this situation.

We know how to do it!

ELUL, is our time to stop all that.

ELUL is our time to repent.

ELUL is time for us to get better, and do better.

KEY: In Hebrew, the Emphasis is on the Verb.

Watch the verb in the Biblical Hebrew language, (in which the Bible was written), the emphasis is on the action.

So the question remains, “What are we prepared to do as leadership in the church?”

We are the closest to the Pastor. We are standing next to the pastor. People connect our behavior to our Pastors mantle. How do you make your Pastor look?

Are people connecting your behavior to their reputation?

Do we delude ourselves in thinking NO ONE EVER has seen our nature or character? our flaws or faults?

Have we been perfect in all our goings and comings? All of our doings?

When we stand accused, can we make ourselves of no reputation? Can we take the hit? It does not look like it.

Even those who do at times take the hit, have to announce to someone that they took the hit. It only counts as done unto GOD, if you don’t have to clang the symbol when you do it.

WHAT’S YOUR BODY COUNT?

How many people have we hurt? Chased out of the Church? As soon as they come in the front door, we chase them out of the back door!

How many Pastors have we ruined with our spiritual immaturity?

How many have we run from the pulpit? How many have struck the rock?

How much blood is on our hands? How many saints have you slain? None? One, Two?, Three? Fifty? Hundreds? Thousands?

Perhaps we should repent for not even knowing how many we have slain?

So afraid somebody is going to take your position next to the Pastor. Why are we so territorial? Why are we so insecure?

This is not the behavior of those that are walking in the anointing, and we misrepresent GOD, the Pastor, The Church as a Community, and every innocent bystander around.

No One In The Church Should Be Slaying The Saints of GOD.

That’s the enemy’s job.

Unless we are on a counter-intelligence mission for the enemy, this is not our job.

This ELUL, I’m praying for us as leadership.

We have to get our literal and spiritual minds back!

This behavior can cause so much confusion that the body cannot pray. We completely lose our voice and our position in prayer.

GOD does not want us to descend into the pit of the world’s behavior.

Who has the courage to sit themselves down? Who has the courage to say, I’m guilty of all of the above and I will sit myself down, until I am satisfied of my own repentance and my ability to serve.

People are depending upon our prayers. We need clean hands and a pure heart to flow in effectual prayer.

What are we prepared to do for our own soul, this ELUL?

What are we prepared to do for the souls of our leadership?

How are we prepared to edify, encourage, and support the souls of GOD’s People?

That the King May Suffer No Damage…

I care about our leadership. I care about how our lack of leadership and lack of self control affects the people. I care about how we impact the people of GOD. I care about the damage that we cause the Kingdom.

This WORD has the power to edify, build up and encourage. This WORD can restore, rectify, recover, resurrect, if we handle it properly.

We have the ability, the power to flow with GOD. We have the power through prayer, repentance, and love to do great things for GOD.

Pray, Because of Us…

I am praying for myself, for you, for everyone who has been hurt by our behavior, for everyone who las left the church, for everyone clinging to their church hurts, for everyone who loved the pastor but hated us, for everyone we offended, everyone we inadvertently offended, everyone we disregarded, for everyone we failed to acknowledge, for everyone who intentionally offended us, for everyone who unintentionally offended us, for everyone that disprespected us, for everyone who made us shed tears, for everyone that has shed tears because of us, for everyone that lied for us, for everyone that lied because of us, for every leader who has abandoned their post because of us, for every child who said they did not want to be like us, for everyone who abandoned GOD because of us, for everyone who missed their destiny because of us, for every one who grew weak and weary because of us, for everyone who would not defend the helpless because of us,

To all those who left the Church because of us… I want to share something with you that the Spirit of GOD shared with me, when I wanted to walk away….NO…RUN AWAY!

I am also guilty of thinking to give up, turn my back on GOD and His People, completely and thoroughly discouraged, watching people do the same things over and over again with not even the slightest remorse or awareness of their own behavior…frustrating others, draining the pastor, pulling everyone but GOD, out of the anointing…..

YES. I have been there and back. Wishing I was more righteous, (knowing I wasn’t), wondering why GOD even puts up with it all, wanting it all to just stop.

GOD must have been sick of me…

Actually, I know He was… because that’s the only time I get full scripture verses sounding in my head.

My mind shifted to 3 verses of scripture, as if they were part of the same conversation. The WORD of GOD in me, was giving me the resolution I needed to hear. (Which is why we need to be filled with the WORD).

“But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

…when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

…when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.

…and when thou art converted,

strengthen thy brethren.

Let nothing or no one take your crown.“

Those are my instructions,

All I can say is AMEN.