STAND IN THE GAP FOR YOUR CHILDREN

 

 

 

Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ!

Everyday I feel a push to share God's word.

Today I want to share one of my favourite verse in the Old Testament.

Ezekiel 22:30 says, " I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me."
 

The title of my message is: " STAND IN THE GAP FOR YOUR CHILDREN".  Standing in the gap is serious business.

The eyes of the Lord go back and fourth, looking for someone who will stand in the gap for someone else. ( 2 Chronicles 16:9).
 

When someone is away from God, there is a gap between that person and God. He is not able to fill that gap and come to God because his faith is too weak.

Someone else is needed who is  willing to pray and stand in faith in the gap between that person and God .
 

By praying and standing in faith, the Christian builds a bridge for the weak person to come to God.This can be done for groups of people or even for entire cities, but this time I want to teach you how to stand in the gap for your children.
 

How you stand in the gap for your children depends on your prayer life.

Pray at night that God would visit you and wake you up to read the Bible and intercede for your children and other people. The Bible says, " Rise in the night and cry to your God. Pour out your hearts like water to the Lord;  lift up your hands to him;  plead for your children as they faint with hunger in the streets." ( Lamentations 2:19 TLB ).
 

Desire and feel the push to stand in the gap on behalf of other people as you intercede for them.

In particular you must always have that urge and responsibility to pray for your children everyday.  This is so important as it shapes and moulds your children to become strong Christian believers in future.
 

The love for your family must drive you to always find time to stand in the gap for them.

There are lions and leopards which are always desiring  to pounce and devour people,  particularly, children. 

So there is need to protect and cover  them with the blood of Jesus,  through prayer and declaration of the living Word of God. ( 1 Peter 5:7-10, Acts 20:32 ).
 

Even in the jungle, lions always go for the weak young buffalos and elephants, to attack and kill. Stand in the gap for your children and protect them from both physical and spiritual destruction.  Mothers and Fathers, be always alert and awake, as you contuously intercede for your children.
However, when you pray for something for two years without getting It, you will become nervous if you  aren't grounded in God's Word.
 

We need to always feed our spirits with the word of God. ( Collosians 3:16-17)  

God wants you to trust Him  with patience.  ( Isaih 40::28-31).

Anything outside of patience is doubt. Patience and endurance, is what you  need while waiting for God's time. ( Hebrews 10:35-39) 
 

If you do not have the peace of God about what you are asking God for, you are in doubt and it won't work. ( Philippians 4:6-7) 

So as you stand in the gap praying for your children and other people, you must be patient as you wait for answered prayers. ( Jeremiah 33:3, Isaiah 65:24, 1 John 5:14-15).
 

Be prepared to face  risks and sacrifices while standing in the gap for your children and other people. You must always set aside enough time for prayer and Bible study, so that you grow and be strong as a prayer warrior. ( Mark 1:35, Ephesians 6:18, Joshua 1:8).

You must also be prepared to carry the cross on your own behalf and on behalf of your children.   ( Matthew16:24).
 

It is a sacrifice and commitment, which calls for Faith and dedication, to stand in the gap for  your children.

Jesus Christ stood in the gap for all God's children. (John 3:16).

Him who knew no sin, became  sin, so that we could all  be saved.( Acts 4:12).

" Stand  in the gap for your children ".
 

Stand in the gap for your family and Church!
Stand in the gap for your Nation! (2 Chronicles 7:14 ).
Pray without Ceasing!  (Ephesians 6:18, 1 Tessalonians 5:17). 

 

May God richly bless you all!                   

 

 

 

Evangelist Fanuel Masikati

Email:Divinerevelatoins7@gmail.com

Cell:26329778495363

LET DRY BONES LIVE AGAIN

 

 

 

 

 

Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ! 

I just want to share a word of hope and encouragement.

 

 The Bible in
Ezekiel  37:1-5 says,
"The hand of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry.He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?”
I said, “Sovereign Lord, you alone know.
Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!, This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life."

 

The title of my message is : LET DRY BONES LIVE AGAIN".
(Ezekiel  37:1-14)
Ezekiel  was led by God to a valley of bones.

God took him there so that Ezekiel  would come out of that place with a message for His people.

 

God has led you to that place you are in today.

You might be looking around you and all you see is a lifeless situation.

All you see are dry bones.

 

You might be in a very difficult situation right now and everything around you is just not going your way.

It is not by chance you are in that situation.

God has led you there and there is something you should come out with in that situation.

 

Just as God commanded  Ezekial,speak the word of God into that testing situation you are in right now.
In our reading God instructs Ezekiel  to speak the word of God to the dry bones.

You need to Speak life into your situation.

Speak the mind of God in whatever testing and devastating  situation you are in.

 

"Dry bones hear the word of God".

 It does not matter about the worldly view of your situation, its the word of God that matters and the worldly view might be a fact about your situation. 

We don't  speak facts but the truth, the truth is above facts.

 

The word of God is the truth. ( John 8:31-32, John 17:17).
When God asked Ezekiel  if the bones could live again, Ezekiel gave the correct response.

"Only God knows".

By saying that, Ezekiel gave God His place in the situation and acknowledged that  "only God knows".

 

It is God and God alone who can change your situation.

"Not by mighty, or by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord."( Zechariah 4:6).

It is the Spirit of the Lord that is able to change your situation right now.

 

Every dead situation can live again in the name of Jesus. 

Submit to Him and give Him His place, only Him can give life to lifeless situations.

Matthew 17:20 says, "He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”

You do not need to memorise the whole Bible,to speak life into your situation. 

That word you have is enough. 

 

The scripture in Matthew 17:20 says, if you have faith like that of a mustard seed you can move a mountain.

Your situation can have life when you have total faith in God.

 

Ezekiel  had faith in the word of God and He used it to prophesy life to the dry bones.

Speak positive things about your life, even when you are in the valley of dry bones.

Prophesy good in your life.

It does not matter where you are, just like the wind that brought breath to the dry bones, your turn around will come from different directions, to reach you and breathe life into your situation.   

The word of God says, Ask whatever you want in my name and,it shall be done.( John 14:14) 

I pray in  the name of Jesus, that whatever has been stealing your joy, be removed and your joy be restored today (Joel 2:25-27). Jesus is in the valley of your dry bones right now, to resurrect every area of your life which is dead. It could be your marriage, relationship, business, job,  dead cells in your body or your financial situation, may it be resurrected in the name of Jesus Christ.

 

Remember, the thief ( devil) comes to steal, kill and destroy, but Jesus came that you may have life, in abundance. ( John 10:10) 

I declare and decree a complete turn around for the best,  today and forever in Jesus mighty name.( Job 22:28-29).

Speak to your dry bones right now, in the name of Jesus.

" Let Dry Bones Live Again!"

 

Stay encouraged in the name of Jesus. 

May God richly bless you all!

 

 

 

Evangelist Fanuel Masikati

Email:Divinerevelations7@gmail.com

Cell:26229778495363