Ms. Annie led us singing Love Will Never Fail You
Pastor Ray…
That’s good. I like that. It will never fail and it will lift us if we walk in it and it will change us. I like that especially as pray-ers but not just as pray-ers.
I love how the Message translation put it.
Love never gives up.
Love cares more for others than for self.
Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have.
Love doesn’t strut,
Doesn’t have a swelled head,…
I was talking to Ms. Annie earlier this morning and I said “I want to read something from 1 Corinthians 13. What do you think?” She said, “I don’t think.” So, in other words “Off with our heads.” We don’t have a swelled head when we are walking in love.
Doesn’t force itself on others,
Isn’t always “me first,”
Doesn’t fly off the handle,
Doesn’t keep score of the sins of others,
Doesn’t revel when others grovel,
Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
Puts up with anything,
That doesn’t mean we put up with what the Devil is doing. Actually that means it bears up and it’s not overcome. And in love we stand up and we do not give up. That’s another way of saying “puts up with anything.” We’re not under it. We’re over it.
Trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end.
Love never dies…
That’s good. The last part here says,
…we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love. I Corinthians 13:8a, 13b (MSG)
In the Amplified translation it reads:
And now there remain: faith [abiding trust in God and His promises], hope [confident expectation of eternal salvation], love [unselfish love for others growing out of God’s love for me], these three [the choicest graces]; but the greatest of these is love. I Corinthians 13:13 (AMP)
Prayed…
Thank You, Lord. Thank You, Father, for loving us so much that You sent Your Son. Thank You for what was done. Thank You for what is done: the battles, the victories that have already been won. We expect. We receive. We watch over ourselves to walk in this love that’s the greatest of everything.
I know Your Word makes it very clear. Even if we declare Your Word and great power but we have not love, it will not work.
Thank You, Father. Thank You, Lord. We look to You. We trust in You. We hope in You. We love You. We love You. We love You. We love You. Thank You, Lord. Thank You, Father.
It’s You presence. It’s Your presence. We get that, Lord. We do release that. We allow it to leave, to go, whatever would hold us back from that way that You’ve called us to go, the way that You’ve called us to walk, to speak, and pray.
The numbers, the numbers, the numbers… That just came up in my heart again. The numbers are adding up but they are beginning to turn more into a multiplication than just adding. And so it’s increasing, the numbers, the things that must come to pass.
Keys to doors, to pathways, to walkways, to better days (ha, ha, ha)! We lean on You, not on our own understanding. We don’t have to understand it. We believe it. We trust in You. Thank You, Father. We worship You, Lord. We love You. We love You. We love You. We love You.
We look up. We turn up our eyes. Heaven on earth, oh thank You for the manifestation of Your presence, for the fresh touch, for the wind of Your Spirit, for the fire, for the rain, for the oil. Thank You for what You’ve done and what is unfolding in these clear days. Yes, we know we don’t know it all. We don’t see it all clearly but we see and we know more and more as we go. Thank You, Father.
So, we know that when we continually are aware of that love that is operating through us…. Oh thank You, Lord. (tongues) Command, command it to be so. We declare that it is so more and more and more and more.
The numbers are multiplying and adding up more and more and more. So we’ll not give up. We’ll not quit. We’ll not turn around or sit down but we’ll stand tall in You and walk in Your love. (tongues) Thank You, Father. Thank You, Lord.
It’s a sustaining. It’s a strengthening. It’s an empowerment. It’s an equipping.
Pressure of any kind, you have to go, get out, leave. (tongues) We command that to line up. We commend those things to be removed that have no right to be in operation in these days. We push back. We push it away! Push it down, cut it off! We command it to go in Jesus’ name. We command these things to be uncovered and revealed.
For this is the way it will be. These are the ways, the steps, and the plans that will unfold pressed down, shaken together men will give unto you! Ooooohhh! Ha, ha, ha, ha! Give, give, give, give!
Thank You. Thank You. Thank You, Lord.
Ms. Annie led us singing I Love You Lord
Pastor Ray…
Father, we thank You for sending Your precious Holy Spirit for a greater burning deep within, for a continual anointing to flow through, that would be the rivers of living waters through us as we go forward, as we keep marching and moving and stepping into the things You’ve called us to and listening to our hearts.
Our hearts, drawn to You, being led by You, and taking the steps that are preordained, speaking the words from heaven, and letting You reign in us and through us. We thank You for it, Lord.
This morning, we give You all of the honor and all of the thanksgiving. We’re blessed. We’re healed. We’re prosperous because You said so, You say so, and what was done on the Cross at Calvary. Thank You so much, Father. Today, we’ll be where we need to be and we’ll speak what You want us to speak in Jesus’ name. Amen.
