Do you remember the childhood game of Simon Says? What about Mother May I? Now I may be showing my age here but I am sure most of you remember it. Both games were obedience games. You couldn’t move unless the leader said Simon Says. You couldn’t advance toward the leader unless you said, Mother May I. The Holy Spirit brought both of these games to my remembrance this morning in the prayer closet during our conversation this morning.

I prayed in the Spirit and prayed a specific prayer per scripture. I tried to think of some other scriptures to pray, and they weren't coming to mind. I realized that I do need to WRITE OUT the scriptures that speak to my circumstances or what I believe the Holy Spirit is calling on me to pray about. As I was thinking, I heard the Holy Spirit tell me this:

• Keep learning about the Kingdom of God.

• I am teaching you about prayer because I want you to learn and teach others.

• I made you to break traditions. That’s why you never felt comfortable doing things like everyone else. I wired you to challenge the systems.

• You must learn My Ways so that you can teach them.

• Learning My Word is the key.

• I want to pour My Ways, My Laws, and My Principles into you, so that you may speak and teach My Word.

I flipped open my Bible for the Scriptural Surprise and I read a little bit of Psalms, but nothing really stood out to me. So I closed my Bible and flipped it open again. I landed in Ezekiel, right at the 37th chapter. These verses were highlighted in my spirit: Ezekiel 37: 4, 7, 9, 10. I had studied this before about the valley of dry bones. And recently I heard a sermon by Pastor Mike Todd of Transformation Church who said, “God gives vision in the valley.” As I read through these scriptures I saw:

4 He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and say to them: Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!

7 So I prophesied as I had been commanded. While I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone.

9 He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man. Say to it: This is what the Lord God says: Breath come from the four winds and breathe into these slain so that they may live!”

10 So I prophesied as he commanded me; the breath entered them, and they came to life and stood on their feet, a vast army.

Ezekiel 37: 4, 7, 9-10 CSB

Even though I read these entire verses, what stood out were these words specifically: He said to me, Prophesy; So I prophesied. He said to me, prophesy; So I prophesied.

Just like in the childhood games of Simon Says and Mother May I, you couldn’t win the game or advance in the game unless you were obedient to what the leader said do.

Simon says read your word. So you read your word.

Stop reading your word. If you stop reading your word, you’re out of the game because Simon didn’t say.

Make a post on social media.

Mother May I? Yes you may.

Take 10 steps forward. You start walking.

You got to go back to the starting line because you didn’t get permission.

Do y’all see the correlation now? When the Lord says do it, then you do it. If you hear instructions to move, get permission from God before you take a step, otherwise you may be moving without God’s permission and end up back at the starting line of life…all because you didn’t ASK GOD.

How can we be assured that we are being obedient? Learning God’s Word so that we can pray God’s Word back to Him. That’s how we can stay On Assignment By God.

SALVATION PRAYER

If you don’t know Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior and you’re not a believer, but you have a desire to be, all you have to do is openly confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9). When you pray that prayer, you are saved. Get connected with a good, bible-based church in your community, stay connected to other believers, and start having daily conversations through prayer with God every single day. Welcome to your new life with Jesus Christ!!!

ASSIGNMENTS

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