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Prayer for My Marriage

What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. – Matthew 19:6b (KJV)

Dear Heavenly Father,

Thank you for joining us together. Thank you for the spiritual yoke that binds us together, making us one. I pray that You would breathe on our yoke. Father God, breathe on us. May we desire to be together, to be one, to be in each other’s company – not because of the pain that discord in the yoke causes but because we enjoy each other’s company.

Please teach us how to love each other; how to be mindful of each other; and how to cover each other. When we do not understand each other’s words, actions, or even thoughts, teach us to run to You and ask for knowledge, understanding, and wisdom. May this be the modus operandi (mode of operating) for our relationship so that we can become immune to the spirit of Offense.

In our times of reflection, may we see in the mirror of your word what is needed to bring change in ourselves (individually) and eventually growth in our marriage. Show us what we need to meditate on in regards to our marriage that will make our marriage prosperous and allow it to have good success (Joshua 1:8).

I cover my husband with my prayer this morning. Let the power of Your Holy Spirit be manifested in his life today. Cause Your will to become his will; Your agenda to become his agenda; Your priorities his priorities, in Jesus’ name. May he remember that he is an overcomer and more than a conqueror, in Jesus’ name.

Thank You Lord for giving him to me and me to him. May we be empowered to take care of each other and be good stewards of each other’s hearts, in the name of Your Son, Jesus Christ, AMEN!!

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W.O.M.E.N. – Catalysts of Change

Watchers

Of

Ministry

Empowered with

kNowledge

Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him. Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her female slave to get it. She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This is one of the Hebrew babies,” she said. Then his sister asked Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?” “Yes, go,” she answered. So the girl went and got the baby’s mother.  – Exodus 2: 1-8

Genesis 1:26-28; 3:1-6 In the beginning, it was our desire for knowledge that caused us to use our God-given power (influence) to change the world; to birth forth change.

Genesis 3:15 The Lord God did not remove our power (influence) but instead prophesied that He would use our wombs to change the world; to birth forth change.

Galatians 4:4 Throughout time, God continually used our wombs to bring forth numerous change agents. Then, “in the fulness of time”, God fulfilled His prophesy using one of us to birth forth THE CHANGE AGENT Jesus Christ, again changing the whole world.

Revelations 12:1-6; Isaiah 11:1-2 Now in the End of Times, our assignment has not changed. We are facing that original serpent in battle but, this time, we rise as W.O.M.E.N. using our power (influence) equipped with the knowledge that comes from God, with the seven-fold spirit of God resting on us – the spirit of the Lord, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.

Do not be deceived! Do that which you were born to do! You are one who births, discerns, covers and protects. Your assignment is not about you. It’s about your caring for and watching over another.

You are anointed to love, to see, to wash the feet and wounds of …., to provide comfort and care. Arise, take up your mantle and walk out your destiny. Lift your head high knowing that you were born for this. Your sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, friends and acquaintances will call you blessed.

You are W.O.M.E.N. – Watchers Of Ministry Empowered with kNowledge. Walk circumspectly…eyes are on you!

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Your Assignment

One of the goals of ezerwatchers.com is to help women learn how to effectively fulfill their various assignments in the kingdom of God. If you are one of the many women who are asking, “But how can I find my assignment?” this blog post uses the first two chapters of the book of Nehemiah to provide insight on how you can identify your assignment and how to prepare for the execution of the assignment.

  1. You don’t have to go looking for your assignment. Your assignment will find you. (Neh. 1:1-3)
  2. You will know it is your assignment because it will hit your spirit, affect your mind, and cause a burden to be conceived in your soul. (Neh. 1:4)
  3. That burden will then drive you to prayer, to seeking God (Neh. 1:5-11). Your prayer will not be about “they” and “them”, but “us”. You will find yourself owning the problem that your assignment is assigned to solve.
  4. God will begin to connect you with someone or people who have the necessary resources to fund the assignment. (Neh. 1:11, last clause)
  5. Timing is key. Be sensitive to God’s timing to know when to solicit help from that connection (Neh. 2:1, 3 months later)
  6. Research. Seek God beforehand to know the needs of the assignment. Be ready with a “business plan” or proposal for when that connection approaches you (Neh. 2:4).

In addition, here is a list of things that the assignment will require:

  1. Permission to go/do something specific. And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may rebuild it.” (Neh. 2:5 NKJV). After you have identified your assignment (that specific thing that you know God is asking you to do), you will still need to wait for authorization and a release from the Lord God.
  2. An allotted time frame. Then the king said to me (the queen also sitting beside him), “How long will your journey be? And when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time. (Neh. 2:6 NKJV) Seek Him not only to know the time to go but for the length of time that you should be on that assignment.
  3. A safe means to get you to the place of your assignment. Furthermore I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given to me for the governors of the region beyond the River, that they must permit me to pass through till I come to Judah. (Neh. 2:7 NKJV)
  4. Materials/Resources to do the actual task and for your sustenance during the time you will be embarked on that assignment. And a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he must give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel which pertains to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house that I will occupy.” And the king granted them to me according to the good hand of my God upon me. (Neh. 2:8 NKJV)
  5. Protection. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me. (Neh. 2:8 NKJV) Remember, not because you are on an assignment from God, it means that you will not have opposition and adversaries. It is a guarantee that you will have both. So be sure to petition the King for protection; for the accompaniment of his army.

Dear Lord God, thank You for Your words of wisdom and instructions. Thank You for clarifying for me the way that I should go. Holy Spirit, please help me in my weakness. Grant me the stamina needed to stay before the Father in prayer until I receive the plan for my assignment. Lead me to that connection who You have blessed with the resources for this assignment. Lord, I ask for your intervention, in no other name than the name of Jesus Christ, AMEN!

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Good Gifts

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven s to them that ask Him? – Matthew 7:11 (KJV)

The house was silent. Almost everyone was still asleep. I stood in the bathroom with the door ajar, watching my unsuspecting daughter tip toe to the breakfast table. She was looking for something, and when she finally saw it, lifted her hand and shouted a silent, “Yay!!”

It was the morning of her 13th birthday and, she had been waiting and hoping for an XBox One for over 9 months now. The house, well actually her brother, already had an XBox 360 but that was outdated and could not support the SIMS games, which were her new hobby for about a year now.

The XBox One that she wanted cost about 3 times what we would usually budget for birthday gifts and so her hope for an XBox One was more like wishful thinking. However, she made her desire known to me and, as the months passed by, she did her research on the XBox One. Every now and then, she would come and share her findings with me. My response was to encourage her to pray and not lose hope or faith. I would say to her, “Right now it doesn’t look possible, but you never know….”

So here we were on the morning of her birthday and she is praying on the drive to school, “Thank You Lord for giving me a good birthday.” The cost for us was a lot. It ate a hole in our pockets but, her pleasure gave us pleasure.

Later in the day, as my mind looked back at what I witnessed earlier that morning, I was struck by the difference between Grace’s choices of birthday gifts and John’s choices of birthday gifts. Over the years a pattern was developing. Grace usually asks for things that cost much simply because she desires them so much. When John is asked what he wants for his birthday or Christmas, he does not think of what he wants first, instead he thinks of us and what he thinks we can afford. Consequently, he doesn’t usually ask for much.

As I considered that, I thought of us – God’s sons and daughters. We do the same thing with God, like John does with us. We limit what we think He can “afford”; what we think He will/can do for us and so ask for and expect little. We limit our requests when it is time to let our requests be made known unto Him. We don’t ask for what our hearts really desire. For some, we don’t even dare desire or hope because we believe that we will not receive it. But do you know that God says? If we but ask, he will give us much more than this. In fact, He is the God who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us (Ephesians 3:20 NIV). He is our Father and delights in giving us good gifts.

Later, I asked Grace if she knew what was the reason she got that gift. I explained to her that it was not because of my persuasive skills. She got that gift because she earned it. You see, we had attended her required 8th Grade Individual Graduation Progress (IGP) meeting a few weeks before her birthday. Her father was so impressed by what the Guidance Counselor told him Grace had achieved academically that after the meeting he said to me, “What did Grace say she wanted for her birthday again? How much does it cost? We have to find a way! She deserves it!“

Friends, the Bible says, “When a man’s ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him” – (Proverbs 16:7 – NKJV). God specializes in giving good gifts. Don’t limit what you ask Him. Make Him proud and watch Him, not find a way but MAKE THE WAY. He is waiting for you to prove to yourself that He is a Father who not only knows how to give good gifts, but actually gives good gifts every time.

Such knowledge of our access to the heart and therefore the treasury of our Father adds to our strength as warriors in this kingdom, empowering us to become even more effective in fulfilling our various assignments here on earth. Let conviction and hope arise in you today, standing in the confidence of whose you are.

Dear Lord, please restore my ability to hope. I need my hope to come alive because faith is the substance of things hoped for; the realization of whatever I hope for. Help me Father not to limit you to my limited hopes and desires. Deliver me from the mindset of settling; from the mindset of doubt. Cause me to prove to myself the Great, Omnipotent God that You are and rise in victory today. In Jesus’ name, Amen!

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A Weapon of War – ME

What if I was never born?

How would this world be different if my existence and all that such an existence affected were obliterated?

How have I changed the world in a positive way?

Today I celebrate the end and beginning of another year on earth. As I reflect on my day of birth and my purpose for being sent to earth by the Most High God, I am reminded of the fact that the knowledge of who I am is one of my greatest weapons in this spiritual war. I am reminded that I was sent as a unique weapon of warfare to facilitate change in this world; to promote the advancement of the kingdom of God here on earth. I am reminded that I matter, because my assignment matters. My assignment involves changing individuals, changing nations; enabling change that will cause the will of God to be manifested here on earth.

My reflections bring to mind the memory that my birth and existence spurred my mother to surrender her life to God, which resulted in my father’s salvation, changing the path and trajectory of my family’s life. His subsequent decision, as head of our home, to migrate to another island a few years after my birth, positioned me to reside in a number of different countries, providing me with different perspectives of life here on earth.  Further contemplations reveal how God used these various places of abode to familiarize me with diverse peoples and cultures, an act that would sharpen the weapon called ME.

Experiences such as being a young, single mother then marrying somewhat later in life – being given a second chance at being a mother – continued to shape me into the skilled weapon of warfare that God intended me to be. My marriage to my husband also changed the trajectory of his life, putting him on a path to affect the kingdom in ways that he never imagined. This marriage produced 3 warriors that I was blessed to be a carrier of; my three “arrows”, Persephanie, Grace, and John. The Holy Spirit reminds me that they too were sent on assignment to do great damage to and lead renown wars and revolutions against the kingdom of darkness.

What if I was never born? What would become of so many children who were born with special needs. Shortly after my marriage my husband and I founded the Visionaries for Christ Academy, an educational institution for children ages 6 weeks to 16 years old. Through this institution, we provided education for students with and without disabilities, as well as advocated for their rights to education. This advocacy affected change in our nation’s policies and laws in regards to special education students and their national assessments.

Of course, I cannot forget my assignment to the body of Christ. I reminisce on how God endowed me with the gift of teaching to influence the thought patterns/belief systems of the people of the kingdom as it relates to living as God intended humans to live in this world. I can see the faces of so many whose spiritual eyes were opened, because I yielded to the work of the Holy Spirit in my life.

This is what the Lord said to Jeremiah in Jeremiah 9:24 (AMP), “But let the one who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me [and acknowledges Me and honors Me as God and recognizes without any doubt], that I am the Lord who practices lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on the earth, for in these things I delight,” says the Lord.

Today I do not boast in myself. I boast in knowing the Lord and being able to carry out His assignment, His will and His counsel as it pertains to my being here on earth. I honor Him by being the vessel, instrument, and weapon that he created and fashioned me to be. I am a weapon of war fashioned by the Almighty.

DIG DEEPER:
1. Devotional : God’s Battle Ax
2. Bible Study: Jael, Wife of Heber the Kenite
3. Prayer Room: I Know Who I Am

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CARRIERS: Make That Right Connection!

If you look at me, you would never know it, but I am a carrier of the sickle cell disease (SCD). I have inherited one sickle cell gene from my mother and a normal gene from my father, so I have what they call the sickle cell trait (SCT). For the most part, I do not have any of the symptoms of SCD, but I can pass the trait on to my children. One of my three biological children have inherited SCT and now has the potential of passing it on to her children.

Of my mother’s three biological children, I am the only one who inherited a sickle cell gene. I am the only carrier. When she was pregnant with me, she was not knowledgeable of the fact that she had the SCD. However, her lack of knowledge did not prevent her from passing that gene to me. Without her knowledge and without her permission, that gene was passed on. Why? Because she is a carrier. Now I am a carrier and my eldest daughter is also a carrier.

If you are reading this, then you are a carrier. In fact, God has designed every living organism to be a carrier. None of us can begin to comprehend all that we are carrying. The possibilities are infinite but materialization of what we are carrying become evident when we make connections. Our connections determine the physical expressions or observable characteristics of what we are carrying.

My father does not have any sickle genes. If he had married a woman who also did not have any sickle genes, then he would never have produced a child with SCT. On the other hand, if my mother had married a man with SCD, like herself, then all of her children would have had SCD.

The physical expressions or observable characteristics of what we are carrying are dependent on our connections. The connection can be physical, like a marital connection or a business connection. On the other hand, the connection can be spiritual, like connecting with the Holy Spirit.

Abraham understood that God had separated him and had chosen his lineage to be the carriers of the Promised Seed. So, when it was time for his son Isaac to be connected to a wife, Abraham was sure to let God handpick that connection. We can think of other connections:

  1. David, whose connection to some vagabond men described as in distress, in debt, and discontented, produce his mighty men of valor, renowned in scripture (1 Samuel 22:2)
  2. Naomi and Ruth, whose connection produced a faithful daughter of the God of Israel.
  3. Paul and Timothy, whose connection transformed a timid young man into a bold bishop of the church of Ephesus.
  4. Aquila, Priscila and Apollos, whose connection produced a mighty evangelist for the kingdom.

Of all the connections we can have, the Holy Spirit is the one that we should first pursue to see the manifestation of the will of God. Scripture teaches of the role of the Holy Spirit in bringing revelation to us of those things that God has already prepared for us when He created us as his workmanship; those things that we are carrying buried within us. The word of the Lord declares in

1 Corinthians 2: 6-11 (TPT)
However, there is a wisdom that we continually speak of when we are among the spiritually mature. It’s wisdom that didn’t originate in this present age, nor did it come from the rulers of this age who are in the process of being dethroned. 

Instead, we continually speak of this wonderful wisdom that comes from God, hidden before now in a mystery. It is his secret plan, destined before the ages, to bring us into glory.

None of the rulers of this present world order understood it, for if they had, they never would have crucified the Lord of shining glory.

This is why the Scriptures say: Things never discovered or heard of before, things beyond our ability to imagine – these are the many things God has in store for all his lovers.

But God now unveils these profound realities to us by the Spirit. Yes, he has revealed to us his inmost heart and deepest mysteries through the Holy Spirit, who constantly explores all things.

After all, who can really see into a person’s heart and know his hidden impulses except for that person’s spirit? So it is with God. His thoughts and secrets are only fully understood by his Spirit, the Spirit of God.

Ephesians 2:10 (TPT) – We have become his poetry, a re-created people that will fulfill the destiny he has given each of us, for we are joined to Jesus, the Anointed One. Even before we were born, God planned in advance our destiny and the good works we would do to fulfill it!

Ephesians 2:10 (NKJV) – For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

When you make the right connections and create environments conducive to growth, i.e. conducive to the activity of God, you would be amazed at the change that can be effected in the earth. When we connect with the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth, we create such an environment and are then able to birth forth the things that God has ordained us to.

Would you make that right connection today?

DIG DEEPER:
1. Devotional: What are you carrying?
2. Bible Study: CARRIERS: Authorized Transportation Agents

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Achsah: A Virtuous Woman

And the daughter of Caleb was Achsah. – 1 Chronicles 2:49

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. – Proverbs 31:10 – 11

The moment I read these verses, Proverbs 31: 10-11, one woman’s name came to mind – Achsah.

According to 1 Chronicles 2:49, Achsah was the daughter of Caleb. This Caleb was Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite (Joshua 14:6), the companion of Joshua, and one of the 12 spies (leaders of the tribes of Israel) who Moses had sent to spy out the Promised Land.

As I stop and revisit what the Bible shares with us about Achsah, I find myself pondering these questions?

What must it have been like to grow up as the only daughter of a national hero? The daughter of one of the only two men of their generation that God permitted to live long enough, not only to enter the Promised Land but, to fight in the battles of conquest?

What must it have been like to be raised by the man who withstood and quieted a mob of hundreds of thousands of people with the words, “Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it” (Numbers 13:35) and of whom God Himself testified, “my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it” (Numbers 14:24)

Achsah was a part of the “so-called victims” of whom God promised, “…. your little ones, whom you said would be victims, I will bring in, and they shall know the land which you have despised.But as for you, your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness. And your sons shall be shepherds in the wilderness forty years, and bear the brunt of your infidelity, until your carcasses are consumed in the wilderness. According to the number of the days in which you spied out the land, forty days, for each day you shall bear your guilt one year, namely forty years, and you shall know My rejection.  I the Lord have spoken this. I will surely do so to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.” (Numbers 14:31-35)

Achsah was a part of that generation who grew up witnessing the results of the 40-year sentence their parents had received from God. However, unlike her peers, Achsah and her three brothers grew up in a household that was waiting in anticipation for the 40-year promise of God to be manifested in their life: the promise of a bonus inheritance for her father’s wholehearted devotion to God; a family who were waiting for “the war”.

Achsah grew up as the daughter of the warrior Caleb, whose name meant “dog” or “dog-like”. He was a man of faith, courage, and tenacity, even in his old age. Forty five years after God made that promise to him and his descendants, Caleb said to Joshua, “And now, behold, the Lord has kept me alive, as He said, these forty-five years, ever since the Lord spoke this word to Moses while Israel wandered in the wilderness; and now, here I am this day, eighty-five years old. As yet I am as strong this day as on the day that Moses sent me; just as my strength was then, so now is my strength for war, both for going out and for coming in. Now therefore, give me this mountain of which the Lord spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakim were there, and that the cities were great and fortified. It may be that the Lord will be with me, and I shall be able to drive them out as the Lord said” (Joshua 14: 10-12)

 How did growing up in such an environment help shape Achsah into becoming the virtuous woman that we see in those two short passages of the Bible? Although all we have to instruct us are a total of 12 verses, we can surmise that she grew up with an understanding of what it meant to be a warrior; what it meant to be a military ally. The portrait that I see of her is that of a woman of valor, strength, might, wisdom, efficiency, wealth, and ability; a virtuous woman.

Come with me as I dig deeper into the historian’s account of Achsah and use this snapshot of her life to unveil more of who we are as women, our assignment/purpose and what we have been equipped with for this mission.

DIG DEEPER:
1. Devotional – When Asking Secures His Spoil
2. Bible Study – ACHSAH: Daughter, Wife, Mother

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ishah chayil: A Virtuous Woman

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. – Proverbs 31:10

I first read this verse years ago as a teenager. Back then I was an avid reader, who was fascinated with words. I had not yet discovered the ideas that

(1) the Bible was originally written in another language; therefore, the translated English word may not do justice to the meaning that the original authors intended to convey;
(2) an understanding of the context in which a verse or passage was written (to whom was it written, what was the culture of the time, etc.) was needed to have an accurate understanding of what was being conveyed; and
3) a comparison of how that word was used in other passages gives a clearer picture of what it means.

In my youthful zeal, my first thought was that virtuous came from the root word virtue and so had something to do with being morally good. Consequently, I walked away with the idea that this passage was about how to be a good woman (wife and mother) or a woman with excellent values or character.

Now years later, as I am studying the Bible with the view of discovering more of who I am as a woman, my assignment/purpose, and what I have been equipped with to aid in this end time war, I am realizing that I had a flawed understanding of those verses in Proverbs 31:10-31.

In my search, I read about 50 different Bible translations of that verse. The majority translated ishah chayil as a good or excellent wife. Here are the English words that they translated chayil to mean:

WORDS FOR chayil

Virtuous              
Worthy                
Noble character               
Competent        
Superior
Excellent             
Spiritual               
Capable               
Intelligent
Good                    
Perfect                
Strong character              
Accomplished
Valiant
Woman of valor
Woman of strength and mighty valor

Of the 50 Bible translations, only 3 translated the phrase ishah chayil as what it really means in the Hebrew.

  • Who shall find a valiant woman?
    – (Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition – DRA)
  • Who can find an aishes chayil (a woman of valor)?
    – (Orthodox Jewish Bible – OJB)
  • Who could ever find a wife like this one—
    she is a woman of strength and mighty valor!
    She’s full of wealth and wisdom.
    – (The Passion Translation – TPT)

I like The Passion Translation’s best, because it utilizes all the definitions of chayil as used in the Bible. This word chayil cannot be limited to one meaning, because it has multiple meanings as seen in various passages of the Bible. Most frequently occurring bible usage definitions are as follows: strength, might, ability, efficiency, wealth, force, army. The word chayil then implies warlike strength, power and might. It presents the idea of showing oneself strong or displaying valor. Finally, it infers a capacity for uprightness and integrity.

When taken as a whole, the picture that comes to mind of this woman that is being described is somewhat different than what I visualized when I was a youth. As a youth, I saw the Proverbs 31 woman as a superhero mother and wife. This depiction of a superior and morally good homemaker has been replaced in my mind by the image of a warrior woman; a woman who, because of her fear of God, is endowed with the power of a mighty warrior in all spheres of life. Look at how the footnotes from the TPT translation describes it:

The Hebrew word used to describe this virtuous wife is khayil. The meaning of this word cannot be contained by one English equivalent word. It is often used in connection with military prowess. This is a warring wife. Khayil can be translated “mighty; wealthy; excellent; morally righteous; full of substance, integrity, abilities, and strength; mighty like an army.” The wife is a metaphor for the last-days church, the virtuous, overcoming bride of Jesus Christ. The word khayil is most often used to describe valiant men. See Ex. 18:21, where it is used for the mighty ones Moses was to commission as elders and leaders among the people. Because many of the cultural terms and metaphors used in this passage are not understood or even used in today’s English-speaking world, this translation has chosen to make them explicit.

Join me over the next few weeks, as I deepen my exploration into this warrior woman using characters like Jael, Achsah, and Zeruiah, among others. I pray that you would be challenged to find her buried deep within and awaken her to experience the victories for which she was destined.

DIG DEEPER:
1. Devotional – FOUND: A Virtuous Woman
2. Bible Study – Proverbs 31:1-10 – A work of Poetry

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It Just Might Be An Illusion!

What animals do you see?

Have you ever been discussing an issue or topic with someone and was baffled as to why it was so hard for them to see the obvious? The discussion begins to get out of hand. It deteriorates into a disagreement and then to a full-blown heated argument.

At the beginning of the dialogue, you both started out with the same goal; to exchange ideas so as to reach a decision, but instead you leave the conversation, not focused on the issue at hand, rather on the hurt and offense that you feel. Nothing was achieved; you did not reach a consensus because of your difference in opinion.

WHAT HAPPENED? You saw a horse, while he saw a frog. She saw a rabbit, but you saw a duck. You saw 3 bricks; he saw 4. You were both perceiving the same reality differently because of where your eyes [your mind’s eyes] were focused.

The pictures of the animals above are optical illusions. An Optical Illusion is an experience of seeming to see something that does not exist or that is other than it appears.

That situation you’re facing right now, the one for which you’ve been asking God for an answer or direction, what are you seeing? Can you trust your sight? May I submit that what you’re seeing might just be an illusion? Or it might just be partial sight?

Our perceptions and perspectives aren’t truth. We live by faith [in God’s word] and not by our sight (2 Corinthians 5:7). His thoughts and ways are higher than ours (Isaiah 55:8-9). If we are going to become the W.O.M.E.N. we were created to be, then we have got to learn how to guard our sight.

DIG DEEPER:
1. The Bible Study – Change of Focus = Change of Perspective
2. Prayer Room – Lord Guard My Focus (1); Lord Guard My Focus (2)

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I am `ezer!

And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet [`ezer] for him. Genesis 2:18 (KJV)

We are at war and I sometimes forget it.
Intercession is my birthright but I didn’t know it.
I am uniquely designed, built, and equipped to bring aid to mankind.

If my home (body),

If my home (family),

If my home (community),

If my home (city),

If my home (nation),

If my home (Earth), is going to see victory, then I must understand that which I have been given and that to which I have been appointed, and become skillful in it.

I AM `ezer!
I am an agent of change, on assignment from heaven, to bring change to my world!
I am equipped with abilities and gifts to be successful in my assignment.
I go forth with an understanding of the will of God.

I will arise, take my mantle, and walk out my destiny here on Earth. I lift my head knowing that I was born for this.

Who am I?
I AM `ezer!

DIG DEEPER:
1. The Bible Study Teaching – I am Adam. I am Female. I am `ezer.
2. The Devotional – Watchers
3. Prayer Room – Strategy for Warfare