In The Palm of His Hand

Heavenly Father, I come before You today, seeking Your protection and strength. You are her refuge and fortress, our God, in whom we trust. I ask that You surround her with Your loving presence and cast out all fear from her heart. Fill her with Your peace that surpasses all understanding, even in the midst of this storm. Lord, I pray for courage to stand firm and to seek the help she need. Give her the wisdom to make the right decisions and the strength to follow through, even when she feel afraid. Help her to see her self as You see her, worthy of love, respect, and safety. Protect her from harm and guide her to safe spaces and supportive people who can help her. Break the chains of abuse and violence, and let Your light shine in the darkness. I ask that You deliver her from this situation and heal her heart, mind, and body from the wounds inflicted upon her. May Your angels watch over her and may Your Holy Spirit comfort her. I declare that fear has no place in her life, for You have not given her a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen. Ruth 8/12/24 https://victimconnect.org "See I have engrave You on the palms of my Hands". Isaiah 46:16

Stepped Out

In this times of so much chaos, competition and rivalry. As children’s of God we need to discern the times and the place where we are. The mundane(typically) behavior of the world around us, will continually try to bring us deeper unto self and despaired. The word of God tell us to “come from among them, Not to conform, have nothing to do with it. Set ourselves apart”. Warning after warning and exhortation are given to us. And yet in the mist of uncertainty, fear grasp our heart and minds and let us to concentrate in the “what if”. Robbing us of tomorrow’s victories. Some of us play a good talk and good game. We know the lingo, until we are confronted with situations that leave us uneasy, doubt fog out perspective and fear settles in. It feels natural, for it hides itself in flesh. As my pastor said once “we build cases in the clouds” we start to rationalize and instead of looking with the eyes of the spirit. Flesh comes in and we believed their lies. We accept as reality, we align ourself with it. The door is slightly open given the enemy a way in, an entrance. He doesn’t need a big situation to to gain access. He is waiting for the proper opportunity. Subtle, smooth lies that penetrate our heart and change our thought patterns. Until we step out and take a good look at what is taking place in us and around us. In this situation I had to step back and see and study the behavior of others not believing that the Lord wasn’t going after them, but after me. How I had handle it, how I reacted and acted. So yes at time there is circumstance that will requires for to take back at steps in order to be able to see cleans, then we could step forward and do what the Lord requires and expect of us. Elijah stepped forward and pray.( 1King 18:36-37)He came from among them, he was different, he stand out. I need to do the same. “Lord as I continue in this few days of solitude and prayer, in the midst of the busyness of my week. Continue helping me to stand guard and to stand my ground. As I see what is taking place around, don’t let it bother or affect me personally. I am able to recognize the symptoms for I notice how my body react. Muscle spasms, neck pain and discomfort and I know is not natural but spiritual and it comes when I move my eyes from you. You are my source, my strength, my helper when I am in need. You will continue showing me favor as I stepped forward with you by my side” In Jesus name. Amen.

Catapult Prayers

Today I received a phone call from a very special friend of mine. We had been prayer partners for almost 16 years. We became friends at Teen Challenge thru our woman’s groups. Two weeks ago she called me to inform me that she had contracted the virus through her husband.   I was very concerned and honestly a little fearful because of her underline health issues with diabetes. Today we talk and what she had to share blew my mind. She is at the tail end of this ordeal. In her own words, this is what she felt. “It felt like a demonic attack. The virus intimidate me (such as the enemy bringing doubt and fear) I felt backed up into a corner with no way out. The Lord showed her how the virus mimics our good cells and tricks them into trusting it (counterfeiting our behavior and patterns) how she was able to taste the ugliness inside her mouth. How discouraged she felt, alone and isolated from everyone, but God. How she saw herself losing her strength and at times losing herself, But God. She heard the virus saying to her “You would die from this one”. She felt this virus stealing her hope, her dreams, and her future. But God. She heard God saying to her “Encourage your body don’t give up. Speak life to your good cells. Speak words of affirmation to your body. Speak life...speak, believe, and trust”. (death and life are in the power of the tongue, Prov 18:21) The Lord allowed her to see 3 battlefields which she had to pray for. These battlefields are people (multitudes)  - those fighting the virus.  -those fighting against the virus/ Fighting to stay healthy. - the leadership in our country. Making decisions for us. Later at night and even this morning I’m still digesting and processing everything she had said. The Lord bring me to a dream I had last year 1/16/19. Where I saw something try to come inside my mouth or trying to come out of my mouth. I didn't know what was happening since it happened so fast. But one thing it was revealed to me, was how to pray against it “If is trying to come in me, you are not welcome, if is coming out, Lord take everything that is not of you, away from me” The Lord spoke to my heart and I saw an ancient military device that will hurl missiles. It will aim directly at the position it had to hit. With great force. Our prayers are that missiles, As we focus on the target. As we persist, not wavering, no doubt, no fear. No matter what it comes our way. The Lord always has our back. He goes ahead making the way. He is our refuge in times of trouble. No plague will enter your dwellings as we get closer and deeper into God. Today as you get ready to continue on ask The Lord questions and wait until he answers. “The purpose of a man's heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out” Prov 20:5 Ivette Diaz-Yee Original Note May-2020  

Rejoice

definition: -show great joy and delight -jubilation -triumph -joyfulness Re-concerning, regarding Joy- great pleasure and happiness Rejoice is been able to look at situations around you and know without a shadow of a doubt and in your heart that God got it. If is happening is because The Lord had allowed and he knows you could handle it, and you will learn from it. No matter how it may look in the natural, no matter if it doesn’t make sense; specially if it doesn’t make sense. You don’t let anything or anyone to steal your peace and your joy. In the mist of all you raised up a hallelujah for the Lord. When we learn how to honestly rejoice in the Lord it changes our posture, it changes in how your see the situation, our attitude changes and even our behavior improves; because we had kept our focus, we had learn to discipline ourselves and we had stood our ground. So today put on Jesus. Put a smile on, and don’t give the enemy a foothold. For what the enemy has ment for wrong our Lord is using it for His glory. Don't lose heart for outwardly we are been crushed but inwardly we are been renewed. It's an important and necessary lesson we are learning. So my dear, cry if you had to. Express yourself to The Lord, ask questions, guard your heart, mind, and emotions, and play some good old worship music. Lift up your hands to our Lord and rejoice. For the joy of the Lord is your strength. Psalm 30:11 “You turn my wailing in to dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothe me with joy” so Rejoice in the Lord always. Romans 5:2b “We rejoice in the hope of the glory of God” Ivette Diaz-Yee 12/2021 Finishing Strong sisterlovedbygod.net