Just Ask
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Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us. Ephesians 3:20 NLT
This morning I got a sign! I’m on my knees, praying in the Spirit. I hear a Word from the Lord and He says: “Just Ask.” He said, “Don’t climb over anything that I can move out of your way, with an Ask!” He also said for me to repent for the pride of doing things on my own or figuring it out on my own. You know that feeling of a super Mom or super Dad or super woman or super man? You know when you feeling like, yeah I did that. Nope. God did that! He used you to do it!
“Just Ask,” He said.
I thought about the childhood game: Mother May I. In this game, there is one person who gets to give instructions but the key to winning is asking them, Mother May I. Then when they say, Yes you may... you MOVE forward!!
I was in tears as I said: Father May I?
I was crying and tears dropped on my journal. The tears stained the page from the ink on yesterday’s notes from God, where He told me when He sees me being obedient, He rejoices!
I looked at the stain on the page and saw an image of a dove (which symbolizes the Holy Spirit)!!!! I immediately grabbed by phone. On the one page where the image is, there are no words, but on the page where the INK from yesterday’s prayers are, the tear stain is on the words SEE and REJOICE!!!
Wooooooooo!!! When I saw it, I wanted to just take off running around my house, but I just sat there on the floor of my prayer closet in AWE of Holy Spirit!!
Woooooooooooow!!!! Y’all He sees us!!!!! He collects every tear drop!!! 💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽
Check out the three pictures below. The first one is the tear stained image of the dove. The second pic is my journal entry on the back side where the ink came from. The third picture is from me going to Google to find a picture of a dove like what I was seeing in my journal!!! Mark 16:17 says: And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
Hallelujah!!!
I also went a bit further and looked up scripture about the dove. Let’s go to Matthew 3:16-17 and Luke 3:22!
After his baptism, as Jesus came up out of the water, the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and settling on him. And a voice from heaven said, “This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy.” Matthew 3:16-17 NLT
and the Holy Spirit, in bodily form, descended on him like a dove. And a voice from heaven said, “You are my dearly loved Son, and you bring me great joy. Luke 3:22 NLT
Now my journal said He reJOIces (JOY) when He sees me being obedient!!! My goodness y’all!! I feel the presence of the Lord on me this morning!! I can’t even type how this feels!!! I am literally in AWE of the Lord right now!!
Cue the running and shouting!!!
I finally got up after sharing this with my prayer group and a few others. I read my Scriptural Bible Study reading of Deuteronomy 15 and God spoke to me again. I have been praying for a new home and God let me know this morning from Deuteronomy 15:1-3 in the Dr. Evans study notes that: God’s Kingdom does not operate according to the principles by which the banker downtown conducts business!!!!! In my journal, I wrote down…IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT THE BANK SAID!! You up running yet? Woo Wee!!! Holy Spirit be talking and be listening, writing, and dancing!!
The other message I got from my Bible Study was in verses 4-6 where it talks about there not being any poor among them. See the people of Israel could have ensured there would be no poor among them but they were unfaithful to God’s economic commands. Yikes! Can you imagine there not being any poor among us? I honestly can’t because that’s all I have ever seen in my life. But I learned today that we are to give to the poor and lend to the poor!!! And we aren’t to have a stingy heart when we give because giving to the poor allows God to bless us in all our work and in everything we do (verse 10). Additionally, verse 11 says there will never cease to be poor people in the land; that is why we are commanded to open our hands willingly to the poor and needy people in our land.
What can we do to empower the poor in our land? The answer I wrote down to that question is to run a Holy-Spirit led non-profit that educates the poor on how to build wealth. There are some people who I am assigned to help and I want to make sure I am 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
What did Holy Spirit say to you in your conversation with Him this morning?
What are you not asking God for? How about you JUST ASK!
What can you do to empower the poor?
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