In the past couple of months, I’ve experienced several health complications. The pain has been so difficult that I was hospitalized. I’ve been up countless nights. Many nights I’d just lay in my bed restless. 

One night, God whispered to me, “pray for yourself, pray in The Spirit.” I realized, in that moment, that I’ve not spent as much time talking to God about me; I’ve spoken about everyone else’s troubles, asking God to intervene. “What about you,” God says. “What will you ask of me?” He said, “Pray in The Holy Spirit, access the tongues I’ve given you.”

Preface: For those of you who believe that to have The Holy Spirit, God makes it evident through the gift of Speaking in Tongues; it’s a deeper, more intimate relationship (communication) with God. It’s not a surface thing. It’s not a light thing. Everyone doesn’t have the same tongues. You cannot fake it.

Speaking in Tongues is God’s way of encoding (scramble) what you’re saying so that the enemy cannot decode (decipher) it. In other words, it’s praying in a language that only God understands that the enemy cannot understand, therefore, the enemy cannot touch this prayer.

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Question: When’s the last time you sought God, for you?  What are you willing to do to hear from God? Have you laid down your burdens? Have you confessed your sins? It’s something about true confession.

True faith is birthed from personal encounters with God. It’s good to hear others’ testimonies of The Faithfulness of God but it’s something more about personal experiences.

Pr. E. Nelson

Everyone wants the prosperity of God but no one wants to embrace the suffering through God. If you’re familiar with Jesus’ walk on The Earth, you’d know that He experienced suffering. Not only did He experience pain, after doing nothing wrong, others in The Holy Scriptures have also experienced personal turmoil, suffering, incomprehensible pain.

Suffering isn’t always because you’ve done something wrong nor will it always be an experience based on the past sins of your parents nor even because of a generational curse. Sometimes it’s intentional from God to exercise His strength, in and through you, to raise you up and deliver you OUT!

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God desires to be glorified. He gets the glory through it. You and those who witness your suffering receive the remnants of glory when you’re brought out, delivered from your suffering. How you endure through it is the experience we must face.

What do I do in the meantime? How to I respond while in this suffering?

You pray consistently, you offer a sacrifice of praise and you worship with the intent of honoring God and adoring His Divine existence in your life. You continue to push yourself to study His Word, even when it feels like studying isn’t producing any results. You wait in expectation of the manifestation of His GLORY to be revealed to you and through you.

Don’t you know that it’s a SET UP! GOD ordained this struggle so He won’t leave us there for long! God be glorified! Therefore, through the pain, I will offer a sacrifice of praise to God, My Abba. YAHWEH be lifted up above this pain! Thank you because even if you don’t remove this cup right now, I understand that a RELEASE is coming for me! RELEASE IS COMING FOR YOU, TOO!!!

I pray that this encouraged you to keep the faith and continue in the hope that you professed when you first believed in Our Jehovah Jireh – The Lord, Our Provider. He is Jehovah Shammah – The Lord is there. He’s fighting for you, Jehovah Saboath – God of Heaven’s Armies.

Today’s Scriptures:

Job 13:15 (a) KJV | King James Version

15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him:

Job 13: 15 MSG | The Message Bible

“Because even if he killed me, I’d keep on hoping; Just wait, this is going to work out for the best—my salvation!”

Psalm 33:12 KJV | King James Version

12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

Psalm 33:18-19 NLT | New Living Translation

18 But the Lord watches over those who fear him,
    those who rely on his unfailing love.
19 He rescues them from death
    and keeps them alive in times of famine.

20 We put our hope in the Lord.
    He is our help and our shield.

Psalm 33:18-19 MSG | The Message Bible

^18-19 Watch this: God’s eye is on those who respect him,
    the ones who are looking for his love.
He’s ready to come to their rescue in bad times;
    in lean times he keeps body and soul together.