STEP UP YOUR DECLARATION
I was in a discussion with someone sometimes ago and I realised that it is one thing to be a great thinker but a different ball game when it comes to making declaration.
God created the heaven and the earth, but the earth was without form, void and darkness was upon the face of the earth. The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. Everything that happens, happens at the instance of the Holy Spirit.
But what we discovered is that despite the movement of the Spirit of God, darkness, emptiness and chaos prevailed on the earth until a force was unleashed - the force of declaration.
Genesis 1:1 : 3-4
Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness.
Until the force of declaration came on the scene, nothing happened. Silence would always keep things the way they are. Until you speak out in prayers or by making prophetic pronouncements nothing is bound to change.
Ezra 5:1 : 2
Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jehozadak responded by starting again to rebuild the Temple of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them and helped them.
The Spirit of God can make anything happen as long as there is a man with a mouth that can direct the movement of the Spirit of the Lord.
When your mouth is opened, the forces that make things happen show up. As you study today's scripture and make make quality declaration, certain things would begin to show up in your life. It shall be a time for strategic intercession leading to accelerated interventions. Good morning and have a great day. For more on this wordspiration and today's scripture reading visit the link.
SCRIPTURE STUDY FOR TODAY
Proverbs 7
Amplified Bible
The Wiles of the Prostitute
My son, keep my words
And treasure my commandments within you [so they are readily available to guide you].
2
Keep my commandments and live,
And keep my teaching and law as the apple of your eye.
3
Bind them [securely] on your fingers;
Write them on the tablet of your heart.
4
Say to [skillful and godly] wisdom, “You are my sister,”
And regard understanding and intelligent insight as your intimate friends;
5
That they may keep you from the immoral woman,
From the foreigner [who does not observe God’s laws and] who flatters with her [smooth] words.
6
For at the window of my house
I looked out through my lattice.
7
And among the naive [the inexperienced and gullible],
I saw among the youths
A young man lacking [good] sense,
8
Passing through the street near her corner;
And he took the path to her house
9
In the twilight, in the evening;
In the black and dark night.
10
And there a woman met him,
Dressed as a prostitute and sly and cunning of heart.
11
She was boisterous and rebellious;
[a]She would not stay at home.
12
At times she was in the streets, at times in the market places,
Lurking and setting her ambush at every corner.
13
So she caught him and kissed him
And with a brazen and impudent face she said to him:
14
“I have peace offerings with me;
Today I have paid my vows.
15
“So I came out to meet you [that you might share with me the feast of my offering],
Diligently I sought your face and I have found you.
16
“I have spread my couch with coverings and cushions of tapestry,
With colored fine linen of Egypt.
17
“I have perfumed my bed
With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18
“Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning;
Let us console and delight ourselves with love.
19
“For my husband is not at home.
He has gone on a long journey;
20
He has taken a bag of money with him,
And he will come home on the appointed day.”
21
With her many persuasions she caused him to yield;
With her flattering lips she seduced him.
22
Suddenly he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter [not knowing the outcome],
Or as one in stocks going to the correction [to be given] to a fool,
23
Until an arrow pierced his liver [with a mortal wound];
Like a bird fluttering straight into the net,
He did not know that it would cost him his life.
24
Now therefore, my sons, listen to me,
And pay attention to the words of my mouth.
25
Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,
Do not stray into her [evil, immoral] paths.
26
For she has cast down many [mortally] wounded;
Indeed, all who were killed by her were strong.
27
Her house is the way to [b]Sheol,
Descending to the chambers of death.
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