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Tuesday 1st August 2017

Today’s exhortation – you are blessed and highly favoured

Today is a special day for no other reason than the fact that everything you have gone through in your life has prepared you for today and any other day that may follow. Everything about you had been carefully planned by God because you are special and you are His child. Everything around us testifies to a God who does everything with a purpose and for a reason and being alive to see today also testifies that there’s a purpose and a reason for you. The bible says, “The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand.” Psalm‬ ‭37:23-24‬) and it also says, “In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.” (Proverbs‬ ‭16:9‬).

God is ordering your steps today so trust that you are in good hands. This brings me back to the point that today is not just any other day because God has a plan for your life and today is a part of that plan. Jesus said, “Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.” Luke‬ ‭12:6-7‬). You are blessed and highly favoured and you were born for such a time as this. Have a blessed week.

Francis Hans-Jorie

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Monday 31st July 2017

Today’s exhortation – God will fight for us!

The bible sometimes speaks to us in pictures and the following story offers us a picture of what happens when we try to rebuild our lives and what we must do to keep going. I would say that over the last month, God has been helping us rebuild our lives through various aspects of inner healing and we must recognise that our enemies which is the devil, demons and even people may try and stop us rebuilding and so we’ve to be on our guard! This story below refers to a time of rebuilding God’s temple and the walls of Jerusalem after a time God’s people being in exile. God’s peoples enemies plotted to come and attack them to stop the rebuilding and the bible says that when God’s people heard of their enemies plots, their leader said to them, “Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your families, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.”” (Nehemiah‬ ‭4:14‬)

However the people didn’t just believe, what they also did according to the bible was this, those “who were building the wall. Those who carried materials did their work with one hand and held a weapon in the other, and each of the builders wore his sword at his side as he worked….” Nehemiah‬ ‭4:17-18‬). The lesson for us is that first of all we must not be afraid because our God is great and awesome and fights for us. Then, we must also keep going and not be intimidated. We must arm ourselves with our swords(the word of God) to fight off any possible attacks. Finally we must hold fast our confidence and having done all to keep going, believe like like the people did that – “…Our God will fight for us!”” (Nehemiah‬ ‭4:20‬). Amen!

Francis Hans-Jorie

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Friday 28th July 2017

Today’s exhortation – model prayer to break bitterroots judgement

Today’s exhortation is a model prayer to help us break the bitterroot judgements we may’ve made. As you pray, remember that, “The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” (James‬ ‭5:16‬). Also, we’re not righteous by our actions but through The Lord Jesus Christ. Now, please take your list of judgements or possible judgements against all the people you can think of, parents, bosses, leaders, etc and pray for each one separately.
1- Father I forgive my(call out the name) for hurting me (call out the hurt)
2- I forgive (name) and release (name) from all punishment they are due.
3- I bless (name) with Your love and acceptance. Lord reveal Yourself to them as God of love.

4- Father I forgive me for judging (name), I confess my sin for judging and ask Your forgiveness and cleansing according to 1 John 1:9.
5- Father I accept the work You did on the cross for me, you became sin so I would become righteous. I apply the power of the cross to the judgement I made concerning (name).
6- Firmly Declare! I renounce and break any and all agreements I made with all powers of darkness for me and all my descendants.
7- Satan and all demons that came to attack me and my descendants through this judgement, get out of my life now!
8- Lord reverse the old pattern; and habit of judging and holding bitterness and my resulting reaction(name of reaction) and cause it’s exact opposite to happen. Restore new to my life!
9- Father fill me with The Holy Spirit and Your River of Love. Amen!

Francis Hans-Jorie

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Thursday 27th July 2017

Today’s exhortation – dealing with bitterroots

How do we recognise bitterroots and how do we deal with them? Here are a few of the fruits of bitter roots and evidence of their presence in our lives;blaming, gossip, inability to build lasting relationships (too judgemental), inability to love and express love, inability to trust, ridiculing, fault finding, murmuring, anger, criticalness etc. Who is accountable? We are! God holds us accountable for our sinful reactions to what happens to us. Bible says, “Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” (Ephesians‬ ‭4:31-32‬). Having said that even though we may be guilty, we’re not condemned if we bring our sins to Jesus for healing. He says, “I desire mercy…” (Matthew 9:13).

How do we deal with bitter roots? First we must recognise and expose the judgements we’ve made against others. Eg with our parents, a suggestion would be to ask ourselves the question; “what did my parents do that bugged me as a child?” A few e.gs may be the following – Addictions-(workaholic, hoarder, abuse..)
Control-(criticalness, manipulation, broken promises, dominant etc)
Injustice-(favoured siblings, fights, feuds, unfairly punished, lack of intimacy etc)
Rejection-(divorce, over protection, shame, insecurity, unfulfilled destinies etc)
Others- (occult involvement, cults etc). This is a small list so please pray and ask The Lord to help you find other areas you may have bitter roots. God willing, we’ll pray through the list tomorrow.

Francis Hans-Jorie

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Wednesday 26th July 2017

Today’s exhortation – Bitterroot judgement cont..

The bible says, ““No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart…” (Luke‬ ‭6:43-45‬). God has set a law in motion which says we will reap what we sow. (Galatians‬ ‭6:7‬). And so naturally if we sow bitter judgements, we’ll reap them too. The good news is Jesus died to remove from us all the consequences sin including bitterroot judgements, but we’ve to confess our sins and repent to receive the full benefit of His sacrifice for us.

So how are they formed? Usually, children judge their parents and/or siblings for wounds suffered whilst growing up or during the course of life together. Sometimes as in the case of child abuse by parents or close relatives, the injuries are great and judgement seems justified. However whilst we are permitted to hold that person accountable for their actions, we are not permitted to bitterly judge them. When we do, we plant a seed of bitter judgement in our own lives which work like curses against us. Unfortunately as time goes on, this develops a root system in our hearts which in turn give out fruits later on in our lives. The weirdest part is we become like the person we are judging bitterly. Eg. if we judge our parents for being alcoholics or for being poor, if we’re not careful we will become like them too. Remember seeds bear the same fruit!

Francis Hans-Jorie

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Tuesday 25th July 2017

Today’s exhortation – bitterroot judgement

Over the last month we’ve covered various areas of inner healing, but no inner healing can be complete without addressing the areas of bitterroot judgement and bitterroot expectancy. What is bitterroot judgement? They’re our sinful reactions to hurt; condemning judgements we place on other people and refusal or inability to forgive someone. The bible says, “Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.” (Hebrews‬ ‭12:14-15‬). Having bitterroot judgements has the power to contaminate not only ourselves, but also those around us.

In a physical sense, they can change our perspective of everything that people do in relation to us and by doing so, change our reactions to them. In a spiritual sense, it’s often referred to as holding someone in spiritual bondage. What we don’t realise is we are also in the prison next to them. If we don’t deal with our bitterroot attitudes, we become like a porcupine. We allow people to get close, then we show them our prickly side. We seem so nice in one instance, but then turn prickly at the drop of a hat and push people away. Let’s begin to deal with our bitterness against others so we can live abundantly in peace and love. This is the desire of our Lord Jesus and should be ours too. To be cont..

Francis Hans-Jorie