Reflections - Second Day Of Moving Towards My "Year Of Jubilee" Pt 2 Pt. 2

I went to my churches Tuesday morning service today.  In the pre-Service Bible Study, our pastor's wife spoke about humbling yourself before God. In the text she used (James 4: 10 - 17), she said that one of the ways that we should humble is by our speech. We should not judge other people, because if we do, we set ourselves up as judges of others. Only God is the righteous Judge.  The other way we should humble ourselves in our speech is by not assuming that we have time to do everything we need. We need to say "as the Lord wills" to show that we know that only God has our times in His hands.

In the Deliverance Service the preacher spoke about the house of God and national repentance. Her text Scripture was 2 Chronicles 7: 12 - 14.  She spoke also about humbling yourself. She said that humbling yourself in prayer entailed seeking God for Who He is and not only what He can do for you. To turn from our wicked ways, repent and do what is right. Then God will hear from heaven, forgive our sins and heal our land.

I gained some insights from the two sermons. In the first, I learned that you shouldn't judge others, because when you do, you open the door for the person to also judge you. This is really true! I have found this especially true in my dealings with my neighbors. In the second, I learned that our Lord Jesus Christ is within us, and we don't have to worry what others think about us, for He Who is in us is greater than he that is in the world.

After the message was the prayer service, and as I was prayed for, the Lord gave me mighty deliverance from the heaviness in my spirit due to the onslaughts of the devil and those he uses. In a sense this is what God did when He declared Jubilee unto the Israelites, as we will see in tomorrow's blog.

"The Spirit of the Lord GOD is is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath send me to bind up the brokenhearted. to proclaim libery to the captive, and the opening of the prison door to them that are bound. To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord (Jubilee)...to comfort all who mourn." Isaiah 61: 1 - 2 (KJV