2022 0306 Choose Life Journal
Prayer: Father, praise is awaiting You in Zion, but I bring You praise today. Thank You for Your abundant blessings which are showered on all flesh, every day! In Jesus’ name, amen.
Reading: Psalm 65 key: vs. 2-3
2 Sing the glory of His Name—
make His praise glorious.
3 Say to God:
“How awesome are Your deeds!
Because of Your great power,
Your enemies cringe before You.
Attention: I want to thank all Choose Life Journal subscribers for your support with the recent release of Ekklesia Declared! You helped us achieve a #1 Best Seller status in the Christian Criticism and Interpretation category on Amazon. If you did not purchase a copy, by the time you read this Ekklesia Declared! will be available on our website (www.firstplaceministries.com) or Amazon.
I have had people ask me, “How did you make the #1 Best Seller list?” My response, “God chooses who He will promote.” This has been a total God thing since I started drafting the book. I never considered authoring a book until I wrote my first book for The Widows Project. I felt it was the best way to leverage my time to advocate for the scriptural mandate to care for the widowed, especially widows. From that experience, I began receiving prompts from the Holy Spirit regarding the Church, and then about spiritual slavery and our identity in Jesus. Each of those prompts have led to books about scriptural discovery from my daily journal system. The Holy Spirit has the role to “guide us into all truth.” I feel a certain calling or being chosen with the messages He has entrusted me to bring awareness about.
David makes a statement in verse 5 which I want to bring awareness too, “Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts!” He is blessing me daily by aligning myself with His Word and His heart. I have an assignment and I am being obedient to His call.
We all have a call to repent of our sins, seek forgiveness, receive reconciliation, to be restored, and to have our lives repurposed for His glory. It is quite a journey and I hope that you experience it. When you know your purpose, when He has revealed that to you, you begin living with intentionality! I found His purpose through the study of His Word. I believe you will too.
Action: I will engage and establish a daily lifestyle of time in the Word through the Choose Life Journal plan.
Yield: When I am submitted to the Holy Spirit, He prompts me about His will.
Engage: When I engage as a mentee, the Holy Spirit engages as a mentor!
Relationship: I am in full relationship when I allow the Spirit to guide me into all truth.
Prayer: Father, thank You for the guidance of my life. I feel Your presence all day long! Amen.
Memory Verse: Psalm 84:11
11 For a day in Your courts is better
than a thousand anywhere else.
I would rather stand at the threshold of the House of my God
than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Music Video: Hosanna (Praise Is Rising) – Paul Baloche (Best Worship Song with Lyrics)
I pray the Lord will continue to use your ministry to draw hearts closer to Him helping to fulfill the Great Commission! Special blessings on the upcoming release of His/your book.
Beautiful!