Steps

Stepping into our rightful places will open the doors to our promised land. Reclaiming our inheritance will not be easy... it has everything to do with
scriptures like 2 Chronicles 7:14. Nehemiah must have known about that. He certaily reminded God of His promises. We have the same opportunity today.

Intercession- is it 24/7 prayer that's one sided? I don't think so. Isn't it more about lifestyle and conversation with God where we listen when He speaks? Prayer is absolutely necessary, all I am asking is that we pray with listening hearts; not only seeking God's hand but His heart, okay?

When our hearts full of compassion with even the slightest glimpse of realizing how we've offended our Beloved and we cry out in repentance, He hears!

Married couples, it takes two to argue but only one to turn from it in submission, forgiveness with a heart willing to serve the other that all gets well. We've been a little bit one-sided with our God. Bobby Conner said, some of us are all too familiar with a God we don't even know.

We've got our intercessory list we are crying out for the nations, our city, community, family, etc. But.. have we considered where our hearts are? Ar we listeners as well as pray-ers? Isaiah said, 'Oh Lord, I'm the only one left.' Really? As if God needed us to tell Him what's up!

We know who God is and because we believe in him we are in our rightful places, right? I wonder. Of course He is for us- we are choosing to do what He wants or is it what we think He wants?

Promised Lands are the promises of God's Kingdom- relationship with Him! What's the greatest commandment? Matthew 22:37-39:

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all you soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."

Read over Deuteronomy 6, Moses tells us: These commandments I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Sounds pretty much like lifestyle to me. As I read to the end of the chapter I get a sense that God meant this to be our life style- the way we live the life He's given us, not a duty or performance or set of rules to be measured by. And when we are living it out this way we most likely will find there are less of those who go astray.