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    Posted by Dion Todd
    Yahweh said to Joshua, "Get up! Why have you fallen on your face like that?" Joshua 7:10 WEB.Joshua lay prostrate before the ark of the Lord all that evening. Yesterday, he had been a mighty warrior. Now Israel had lost the battle at Ai, all because one of the men with him had become greedy and brok...
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    Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of his chariots, saying, "Don't fight with small nor great, except only with the king of Israel." When the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, "It is the king of Israel!" Therefore they turned around to fight against him. But Jehoshap...
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Please Wait Here

  • Elijah said to him, Elisha, please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me to Jericho. He said, As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they came to Jericho. 2 Kings 2:4 WEB

    Elisha had worked serving the prophet Elijah for several years when he suddenly asked him to stay behind. Elisha said no and kept following him. Three times in a row Elijah asked him to stay behind somewhere, but Elisha would not stay.

    Elisha would not take no for an answer, and he inherited a double portion anointing and lived the life of miracles that we read about today in our bible. There were many other Prophets too, fifty at Jericho alone. These all stayed behind and missed the anointing that Elisha received. If Elisha would have listened to those over him and stayed behind, like they asked, he would missed the best part of his life.

    There was a time in my life, where after serving faithfully for years, God told us to move on. I was praying and fasting a lot, and my spirit had become restless and hungry for more, but we were told by the ones over us to wait. As I looked around us, there were people twice my age still waiting there. The leaders meant well, and we received the usual one-on-one sermons about faithfulness, dedication, and rewards for those who wait, but God was telling us to do something else, and they could not see it.

    We stayed on longer, it became very messy and the anointing on our lives dried up. It would have been better for everyone if we had obeyed God and left gracefully when He had first told us to. Instead, we did it their way, and we found that there is no drama like church drama. After taking a year off to heal from church abuse, God plugged us in somewhere else, and the Spirit began to flow in our lives once again.

    There will be times when you will have to choose between obeying God, or obeying man. When you choose to obey man instead, you stall in your journey. This choice may involve a very difficult decision, and you have to be prayerfully careful, but sometimes when God calls you to do something, He just tells you about it. Keep yourself humble during this time with fasting and prayer, because pride will blind you. Sometimes to follow God, you cannot accept 'Please Wait Here' as the answer.

    Prayer: Heavenly Father please give me a clear vision and put me where You want me to be. Speak to me in a clear, unmistakable way that I can understand. Give me grace to live this life and help me make the right decisions, in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.

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Yvette York
Yvette York

Amen 

July 14, 2017
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Mike OBryan
Mike OBryan

Great teaching--a super ear, Faith and do it! Just say no works in alot of situations!!!!!!!!

 

July 14, 2017
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David and Dianna Wyles
David and Dianna Wyles

Prayer: Heavenly Father please give me a clear vision and put me where You want me to be. Speak to me in a clear, unmistakable way that I can understand. Give me grace to live this life and help me make the right decisions, in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.Amen *♡* thank you

July 14, 2017
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David  Earlywine
David Earlywine

Jesus,please talk to me.I will listen.Let me serve you at your will.Bring me to it and help me through it.Your my only master. Amen.

July 14, 2017
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Lynn Brown
Lynn Brown

Yes Lord, help me make the right decisions based on Your will for my life. Amen.

July 14, 2017
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Carol Pady
Carol Pady

Amen!

July 14, 2017
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Kay Collinsworth
Kay Collinsworth

Amen, Father i pray you will help me and my family follow in the right direction. Keep us in line with you

July 14, 2017
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Wesley Paulus
Wesley Paulus

Amen! 

July 14, 2017
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Jose Simo
Jose Simo

Open my ears to Your voice oh Lord so I can follow Your command. Amen.

July 14, 2017
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Paul Boore
Paul Boore

WOW, Pastor Dion, you have hit the nail on the head once again!  I am in a "hurry up and wait" mode with our new startup business.  I am getting restless as I try to get the required paperwork completed.  Just yesterday I found that there is a way to circumvent the stand down, while still waiting for the paperwork to be approved.  I am reaching out to the individual who made me aware of this today!  Onward and Upward with God's new business that I am just the wheelman. 

Prayer: Heavenly Father please give me a clear vision and put me where You want me to be. Speak to me in a clear, unmistakable way that I can understand. Give me grace to live this life and help me make the right decisions, in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.

 

July 14, 2017
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Audry Reddy
Audry Reddy

Amen!

July 14, 2017
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Cheryl Hepler
Cheryl Hepler

Free indeed in Jesus!

July 14, 2017
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Rose Sicilia
Rose Sicilia

Amen 

July 14, 2017
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Diane Symborski✝
Diane Symborski✝

Prayer: Heavenly Father please give me a clear vision and put me where You want me to be. Speak to me in a clear, unmistakable way that I can understand. Give me grace to live this life and help me make the right decisions, in the name of Jesus Christ I pray. Amen!

 

Thanks Pastor Dion for your devotion today. :-)

July 14, 2017
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Ticardo Williams
Ticardo Williams

Praise God!  Thanks Pastor Todd!  Heavenly Father please give me a clear vision and put me where You want me to be. Speak to me in a clear, unmistakable way that I can understand. Give me grace to live this life and help me make the right decisions, in the Name of Jesus Christ I pray.  Amen.

July 15, 2017