Prosper

Word Given: Kings

Praying for the Persecuted Church and Their Leaders

My time with the Lord did not begin with hearing a word; I have been spending early mornings more with prayer as I have been led to pray regarding the persecuted church, which I mentioned in the post called "Pray." Well, Father had mentioned in my prayer for them the word "kings" to me; it wasn't a lookup word, I felt He was directing me to pray for the kings, presidents, or basically the leadership of all these persecuted nations. I had made a page for the list of nations of persecuted churches and do have an unpublished post full of scripture given to me. I go to that in the mornings and pray using that page of scriptures. When I was done there, I went to the list of nations and, in reviewing that, was bothered by most countries having very few percentages of Christians. So I went back to AI and asked it to take that list and check when Christianity arrived in those nations and give me a new list with the dates, which AI did, so I updated the list.

Seeking Answers from the Lord

So seeing those numbers and the year AI first said Christianity arrived there, I went to the Lord, kinda crushed, and asked Him why these numbers were so low, being there that long. The Lord then gave me the word "prosper," scrolling; I knew with reading this was the verse He was referring to.

Jeremiah 10:21 (KJV) For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

The Lord then also brought other scriptures to me, but I knew those scriptures (all of them) and, as I always do, went and found them to post here. They were He said "I am shepherd," then "one shepherd," and "Lord harvest."

John 10:11 (KJV) I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

John 10:14 (KJV) I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.

John 10:16 (KJV) And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

Matthew 9:38 (KJV) Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

Reflection on Spiritual Leaders

So for me, and my relationship with the Lord, how I took all He said was what happened to pastors and that what was lost was the revelation of Jesus. His words and focus being given to Jesus was not being done. It makes me wonder if they even prayed for the persecutors that Jesus said to pray for:

Matthew 5:44 (KJV) But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

He was also telling me to pray for them and the harvest as there were not the tools for Christians back then; they didn't have the word of God as we do. Heck, I don't even know if it exists in the languages of these people and countries now. Therefore, the weight of how and what they are taught becomes a big issue, relying on the pastor as mentioned in the first verse given to me. I can't do anything about that other than to pray that God meet their needs as Yeshua (Jesus) said: Father knows their needs before they ask. Well, I can pray that the Lord meet their needs and do. So this is my time with the Lord today.

I pray you had a blessed time with the Lord also.

I the LORD

I had started my walk with the Lord early, taking mental prayer to Him about the persecuted church and the Lord when I did that mentioned again to me "kings" reminding me, as I was basically given an assignment to pray for the leaders of these churches that are in heathen nations where persecution is great for the church of Yeshua (Jesus). Although I do pray for them myself each day mentally to the Lord I had not yet written an out of the mouth of God prayer for my website Prayer using mouth of God. I had started but not posted scriptures to use but most were the same which I told the Lord that was why and I wanted new scripture He said. At that request I heard in my mind "I the LORD", so I went to my bible and looked up that exact quote. I the Lord and was shocked as He had never given me those words before and there were 50 times said. I did jump to the prophets to Isaiah.

I thanked Him for the word as I felt kinda stuck even though I still had prayed for them, so Father does want a written prayer using His words. I went through all the listed scriptures and copied and pasted them in the draft I have sitting full of scriptures as my desire for this site is to use what God has already said will happen and ask for it to be done now for people today. Several I was led to read the full chapter of of and did that. I was given a lot so need to read over and over what the Lord gave me. It may still be a while before I get the written one done but will use the new scriptures for myself in the mornings as I pray. When settled and led then to post a prayer I will do it. I had asked for His heart on the subject and was now given two words "kings" to me meaning the leaders of the countries, their laws and government. Now also given a new direction from the Lord in taking that to Him what was on my heart. This new site may only have a few prayers even on it as I won't do a written one until led of the Lord.

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Pray

An encouragement to live by the words Yeshua spoke, not as hearers only, but as doers—beginning with His first call to pray. I was led to look up this word "pray" because of a new site I had a desire to start that is just prayers that will be posted as I am led. It is to encourage Christians to pray God's spoken words out of His mouth that Yeshua (Jesus) said It is written and that we live by every word out of the mouth of God  Mt 4:4 . It is much easier for the believer to believe God's words to happen than our own words. I wrote a page about it called: About Prayer and Why Use God's Words.

As I looked to see the first time Yeshua (Jesus) mentioned the word "pray" it was this verse:

Matthew 5:44 (KJV) But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

Now I am sure I might have quick mentioned a prayer for this but never was it on my heart to do this routinely for His people and the Church.  To do so quickly without a heart for it, it probably didn't have any impact, so was a prayer like that heard by God? So I repented because I didn't have the heart of Yeshua on it or I would have done more, it must be important or He wouldn't have said it as the first thing to pray. I was more focused as most people on themselves or loved ones being more of the routine as most people, praying for the nation and people where I live. I had taken to the Lord words He has spoken a lot but have done it for things here where I live. We happened to be in the west which is more Christian nations so do not live as the persecuted Church in other countries.

After this I went to look up what is happening in the world and AI directed me to Open Doors International and I went to the persecution countries list and was like wow current is 388 million people within the list. Crushing to the heart it is, even though Yeshua prepared us for that telling us this:

John 7:7 (KJV) The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

I did pray then and ask that the Lord give me His heart on this and lead me and give me words out of the mouth of God for it for my post on the Prayer site. I was immediately led to go after the kings of these nations to become Christian so will continue seeking words from God on the matter.

I did finally post a prayer, well three different versions of prayer as led and posted it on my new prayer site. I continue to investigate the Open Doors website on this.

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Mouth of God

I was thinking about the power of God's spoken word and how important it is and should be in even our prayer life. "Mouth of God" came to me and I know the scripture that Yeshua (Jesus) spoke when He was tempted by Satan and we all have been in that position before, many of us binding Satan which is mentioned but with this it is God speaking it so more powerful to me. There was just this one verse with the exact phrase:

Matthew 4:4 (KJV) But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

So I then read the full paragraph with Yeshua's words in red:

Matthew 4:1-11 (KJV) Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

We know that Yeshua (Jesus) did what He saw the Father do as stated in this verse:

John 5:19 (KJV) Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.

So to me Yeshua was doing what He saw the Father do and that was stating "it is written" to the devil is what was done. To me Yeshua was setting the example for us also to quote what Yeshua quoted to Satan. We desire the same outcome that the devil flee and ministering angels come to minister to us. So ponder these things.

Blessings to you

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