DAY 11 - DAILY BIBLE VERSE (PRAY WITHOUT CEASING) - JUNE 4, 2012

June 4


1 Thessalonians 5:17-18 (The Voice Bible)


17pray constantly, and 18give thanks to God no matter what circumstances you find yourself in. (This is God’s will for all of you in Jesus the Anointed.)


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DAY 11 - DAILY DEVOTION - JUNE 4, 2012

June 4



Worship Is Your Weapon


2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (NLT) “We are human, but we don’t wage war as humans do. We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments.  We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ.”


I remember getting back from the oncologists office that Thursday back in August 2010 after just being told Bryan had the worst kind of stomach cancer.   As soon as we opened the front door of our home, we called for the girls and worshiped by dancing, singing, reading the Word, and praying.   We clapped aloud with our victory song.  The Bible tells us so many times that we have overcome and that we win.  So in our minds, why not worship because we have the victory.


You may be saying, Katherine, the devil won because Bryan died.  No!  Let me explain, the devil doesn’t have authority over life and death, God does.  Look at Deuteronomy 32:39 “See now that I myself am He! There is no god besides me. I put to death and I bring to life, I have wounded and I will heal, and no one can deliver out of my hand.”


The devil thought if he could just get Bryan to die then maybe we all would shut up & shut down, but what the devil didn’t know was that this huge mandate had already been placed on me and the girls long ago.   And, that mandate, got stirred up even more so after Bryan’s diagnosis & eventually death.  Now, there is no stopping us now!   We want to shake the foundations of the earth with worship.


All throughout the Bible there are so many examples about worship, to name a few look at:


Shad rack, Me shack & Abednego- wouldn’t bow down to worship anything other than Jesus.


Wasn’t it the Israelites who built golden images to worship while Moses was on the mountain?


And in Matthew 4, the devil tried to get Jesus to bow down & worship him.


What will you worship today? Why not worship the one true God and use your worship to defeat the devil.  God inhabits the praises of His people.  I encourage you to give Him all your praise & worship.  Don’t let anything get in your way of worshiping Him.


We are still worshiping even after all these months that have gone by since the death of Bryan.  Infact, what the enemy tried to annihilate us with has become our stepping stones.  I am more determined now to continue raising up a mighty remnant of worshipers around the world who will worship The Lord, and who will worship their way through whatever battle they are facing.


Will you be that worshiper? I live to worship Him.   Are you living to worship Him?  If you will, I can’t even begin to describe the freedom you will have when you use your worship as your weapon, and start shouting to God with praises in the midst of whatever you are going through.  I love what the Message Bible says in Galatians 5:1, “Christ has set us free to live a free life. So take your stand! Never again let anyone put a harness of slavery on you.”


We are free to Worship Him because Christ has set us free from everything that would hinder us, or try to exalt itself above the one who is to be worshiped!  With that being said, I think its so fitting to do what Psalm 47:1 says,  “O clap your hands, all you people; shout to God with the voice of triumph.”


In partnership with Katherine Clift of DailyLiveWorship


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DAY 11 - DAILY PRAYER (PRAYER) - JUNE 4, 2012

June 4



"AMERICA ON ALTAR CALL"


Join me in prayer and please follow me every where
Join me and soon we'll be one on one in joyful prayer
Soon the two of us will have a prayer line no longer small
For forty days; we'll have America on altar call.


Hand in hand in back yards, town to town, and highways
Churches of all faiths and rich or poor will begin to pray
Children, mamas and daddies, and folks we don't know at all
For forty days; we'll have America on altar call.


For forty days; we'll have America on altar call
For forty days; throughout court houses and malls
Message in our prayers will say it was worth all the time
We pray no more hunger, wars, hate, or never-ending crime.


Angels in Heaven will see America has returned like it use to be
Angels in Heaven will see that our flag is still waving free
Started with two and now there's a million big and small
For forty days; we'll have America on altar call.

JACK L. BLANKENSHIP

Christian

Lancaster, Ohio

DAY 11 - DAILY HISTORY - AMERICAN MINUTE FOR JUNE 4, 2012

June 4



The turning point in the Pacific War began JUNE 4, 1942. 


American intelligence intercepted Japan's plans to capture Midway Island and from there, Hawaii. 


The outnumbered U.S. Pacific Fleet ambushed the Japanese armada, but was losing badly. 


It was not until American dive bombers, navigating by guess and by God, sighted the Japanese aircraft carriers far below through a break in the clouds at the precise moment the Japanese planes had left to attack the U.S.S. Yorktown. 


In just five minutes, the screeching American dive bombers sank three Japanese carriers, and a fourth shortly after. 


After this providential event, Japan was forced to go on the defensive. 


After the Battle of Midway, plans were begun to free the Philippines. President Roosevelt said, August 12, 1943: 


"Three weeks after the armies of the Japanese launched their attack on Philippine soil, I sent a proclamation...to the people of the Philippines...that their freedom will be redeemed...The great day of your liberation will come, as surely as there is a God in Heaven." 


Roosevelt stated October 20, 1944: 


"On this occasion of the return of General MacArthur to Philippine soil...we renew our pledge. We and our Philippine brothers in arms - with the help of Almighty God - will drive out the invader."

Battle of Midway. June 4-6, 1942. Robert C. Kiste, Ph.D., Director & Professor, University of Hawaii Center for Pacific Islands Studies, "Midway Island," World Book Online Americas Edition, ttp://www.aolsvc.worldbook.aol.com/wbol/wbPage/na/ar/co/360580, October 20, 2001. James L. Stokesbury, Ph.D., Former Professor of History, Acadia University; author, Navy & Empire & A Short History of Air Power, "World War II," World Book Online Americas Edition, http://www.aolsvc.worldbook.aol.com/wbol/wbPage/na/ar/co/610460, October 20, 2001.

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