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Verse Of The Day?PRECIOUS:2018-Sharing the❤️of God wherever we go

Zechariah 2:8 KJV

”For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.”

Greetings in the wonderful name of Jesus Christ our soon coming King! As our children begin a new chapter or return to Nursery, School, 6th Form, College, Apprenticeships or University this week, some later in the month, I encourage you to pray over them and when you pray, if it is physically possible, to lays your hands upon them, symbolically covering them under The Blood of The Lamb & under the anointing of His Holy Spirit.
Pray for The Light of God to always guide them, give them good health, filling them with His wisdom, knowledge & understanding & His obedience. That they will operate in Gods joy & strength & that He will remove fear in whatever form it tries to take in our children – & in us- because fear is not of God. Be bolder & say The Word of God out loud “The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?” encourage them to do the same so it is rooted in them so that they reject fear. Remind them of how precious THEY are & that they are “the Apple of Gods eye“ as Zechariah tells us & Gods Protection, favour & promise is upon them. Implore them to respect always & be in obedience to, those who have the authority over them in their places of education & work and do not follow the wrong example or be leaders in mischief. Tell them to believe that they can achieve & “do ALL things through Christ’s strength”.
We are told in the Book of Ephesians ch6; that “we wrestle not with flesh & blood..”, though it may appear this way to the natural eye but we wrestle against “principalities & powers, rulers of darkness & spiritual wickedness in higher places” than we really recognise & know. The dark forces which come against us, come in varying forms against our children & families & they are sent on assignment by the enemy to attack us so our children & homes need to be covered for the year ahead.
Please also pray for the Headteachers & the demanding & heavy workloads faced by them & their Teachers. Pray for the Teaching Assistants, Mentors for the difficult tasks they face on a daily basis & pray also for the Administration teams, the finances needed to make these establishment fully viable, Lunch time staff & the Cleaners – everyone in the education establishment or facility where our child/young people attends & who help to make that environment conducive because they deserve our prayers & our thanks. Cover their educational premises from harm & danger, fire, acts of terror or spiritual mischief & pray for the Angel of The Lord to encamp around each & every area of the building & over our children and those who teach & have pastoral care over them whilst they are there.

God richly bless you all in Jesus mighty name & may He grant us His strength and courage, as we face this new academic year ahead spiritually, physically, emotionally financially & psychologically & that we operate under His guidance & not our own remember always that
Psalm 46:1”God is our refuge and strength, a very present help call in Him always??

Please pray for LCPF‘s Annual Celebration of Christianity on the 23rd October 2018, where we are joining with all the Emergency Services in thanksgiving to God, with music by Hillsong Uk & preaching by Canon J.John will be speaking to us, amongst many other wonderful delights on the night, all to the glory of God. Pray that Gods favour will be upon the event all along the way, so that the night will be a complete success & bring in harvest for The Kingdom of God in Jesus name, amen.

God bless you & your household

Samantha?

 

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Verse Of The Day?Defender:2018-Sharing the❤️of God wherever we go

Exodus 14:14 (KJV)

”The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.”??

Let God defend you today, put a bridle upon your mouth & speak not, for He will show your enemy that it is He who is your Deliverer & your Defence. If God is for you & He is, then no one, no situation or no thing, can stand against you. Be obedient, you are not being weak or foolish in doing this – God is going to show who He is in your life so “hold your peace” & be of good courage. God will move that mountain, be still. I know I am speaking to someone specific even if I do not know who you are. God wants to reassure you that He is in control, will you let Him speak for you? The earth is His & the fullness of it- nothing can go against the power of God. What a Defence!

Please pray for LCPF‘s Annual Celebration of Christianity on the 23rd October 2018, where we are joining with all the Emergency Services in thanksgiving to God, with music by Hillsong Uk & preaching by Canon J.John will be speaking to us, amongst many other wonderful delights on the night, all to the glory of God. Pray that God will make every crooked way straight & grant us favour along the way, so that the night will be a success & bring in harvest for The Kingdom of God, not only on the night but going forward in Jesus name, amen.

God bless you & your household,

Samantha?

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Verse Of The Day?God’s Business:2018-Sharing the❤️of God wherever we go

Luke 2:49 KJV

“And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father’s business?”

As I travelled to work I was enjoying my ‘date time’ with my Father Jesus Christ, The Lover of my soul & Lifter of my head. Just He & I, alone with an innumerable company of Angels. They are witnesses to our every deed & words. I tell Jesus  everything; I moan, I sing, sometimes out of tune; more often than not as I try and emulate the singer! You know, I often wonder if He laughs when I say “wait Lord, let me start this song again, it’s going to be better for You this time” then I make an even worse sound! Sometimes I laugh & sometimes I’m embarrassed but all the time I can be completely myself with Him. He doesn’t condemn me or my voice…

I thank Him for everything in my life especially the unseen things, the deliverance I’m unaware of. The works He does behind the scenes just for me. Sometimes it is silence – sighing at how heavy my burdens seem to weigh- telling Him my concerns about my life, like He doesn’t already know but I’m still saying it aloud! Sometimes, I’m just soaking Him in & loving on Him, praying for me & praying for others & praying for the forgiveness of our nation; praying that He will answer my prayers. At times I am worshipping His name, quoting scriptures, His Word. His Presence is so real & powerful, that I often don’t want my journey to come to an end when I arrive at my earthly destination- work; as I have to step out of The Spirit realm but not His beautiful company. I sometimes just sit in my van, post arrival to my destination & soak in the remnants of our date, our special time together, asking Him to “help me bless someone in work or through my day with whom I come into contact with, with a Word from Him”

Last Thursday morning as I was driving from East London to Hertfordshire, I heard the words of Jesus repeatedly echo in my thoughts “I am about my Father’s business..” I began to ask God why am I hearing this & then I asked Him to show me, give me a sign of what He was telling me. I pulled into the Filling station & looked up the words in scripture. I found the very reference as I quoted above, in Luke 2:49 As The Lord opened up my thoughts I began to consider each Word Jesus spoke but I put myself in Jesus place  “I -Samantha -am about – have been/is doing, my Father -Jesus’s – business-“ “have I though?” This end question astounded me. It was a moment of piercing clarity. Had I been doing what Gods purpose in my life was? Had I been doing His will? Was I walking in His obedience & was I in subjection to His Word. Had I been about His business, sharing His Gospel, The Good News Of Jesus Christ; was I “pressing forward to the mark of higher calling in Christ Jesus” or was I following my own agenda? Was I static, worse still, had I become lazy? Was I regressing? Am I a ‘Sunday worshipper’ or is my daily life walking with Him in honest worship, confession being part of this too? Finally, I found myself thinking aloud & I asked “Jesus why did you need to look for me in this moment, am I not here, present with you”, I referred to His own question posed to His parents in the scripture, where they were looking for Him and found Him days later  in the Synagogue.  “how is it you sought me..?”  I turned this question around & I asked Him & how long have I been drifting from You Lord?“ Father are you pleased with my service?”

In that moment of ‘self reflection’ The Holy Spirit revealed that He was encouraging me to do a ‘spiritual audit’ on myself. Is my service worthy, am I truly doing my Father’s business. Am I present but not truly there in mind, soul & spirit? Why did Jesus need to ask me? Different Bible versions of this scripture say; “And he said to them, Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?” However, the very words I heard in my spirit was “I am about my Father’s business” & I realised in an instant I was not fully about His purpose & will in my life, I have been half heartedly about His business because I had not made it all about Jesus Christ my Saviour. I need to come up higher in Him. God, through His Holy Spirit loves me enough to show me my ways & let me know explicitly, that there is more for me to do in the field. Like Ruth in The Bible, there is more for me to “glean in the field”; the harvest for souls. There is more for me to do for The Kingdom of God, here on earth. God started the process of ‘nudging’ me to self evaluation & I had to take the honest step and audit myself. I was & am, thankful to God because in that nanosecond of a moment, I realised I had not been making it ‘all about Him’. I had let pride & sloth get in the way- I had got too busy for Jesus over a period of time & was blind to it..wow. This clarity opened my ears & eyes. One writer called these moments a “God wink”, I had experienced a spiritual revelation. My agenda had shifted from Gods will & purpose & He was bringing it to my attention. I was on track to complete my God given journey but I started veering off path not even realising it, thinking my ‘servuce’ was acceptable but my Satellite Navigator Jesus Christ decided on Thursday morning I needed “Re-Routing”, He let me see He was recalculating my route, thank you Jesus. He didn’t shower down “brimstone & fire”, He was beautifully gentle & made me see there is a better route for me in order to reach His destination, the one He already mapped out in intricate detail & purposed for my life. I had taken my eye off the Navigator but He never took His eye off me or left me, He is loving me enough to show me this.  My busyness, tiredness, excuses & laziness – yes I began to be brutally honest with myself , had moved me from being about “my Father’s business”; I began to speak aloud again  “Father, steer me back on course” & tears of joy & thanksgiving began to drain from me. He loved me enough to show me I needed to return to the centre of Him because nothing really matters but doing His will, in whatever way, He has ordained for me to do, you too. The song coming from my van began to play in agreement with The Holy Spirit “I’m sinking down in grace, deeper than the ocean. Fully immersed though I don’t deserve. What could I give but a life laid down
In worship; It’s all about You. It’s all about You, Jesus, oh Jesus.

A billion stars can’t outshine Your glory
Your love is vast and Your heart is kind
I give You my life and You rewrite my story
To bring You praise

I’m swept away in the tides of Your mercy
Washed in Your love, I have come undone
I let go of pride and I lift my voice
For Your glory!

It’s all about You. It’s all about You, Jesus, oh Jesus.”

This song was all I wanted to say & do but didn’t know I was at that place where it needed to be said & done. Jesus was speaking His heart of love & mercy to me on our ‘date’. He wants me to know the value He has placed on our meeting time, He used that time to tell me “Samantha a change is needed here. Turn back your focus on me, don’t stay where you are, I need you to change course, I require more your time, faithfulness & devotion” Such love I felt in that moment, filled me to overflowing & then even more tears fell. Deeper, richer, the powerful force of His agape love overwhelmed me. How eternally grateful am I to Him for this shower of grace. When I arrived at work instead of appearing like a wreck from crying my heart & eyes out, colleagues asked me what I “used on my skin as I was glowing”. “It is The healing Balm of The Holy Spirit, The glory of The Lord”, I told those who asked. “It’s called blessings”. Yes! I proudly declared Who it is keeping me daily, second by second even, it’s not anything- no lotion or anyone other than my Father, Jesus Christ. He, in that moment, rejuvenated my soul & spirit & took me to a higher level in Him.

Are you about your Father’s business, The work of our Lord Jesus Christ? Are you prepared to till the land & glean the harvest of souls for the Kingdom of God? What has become important to you, is it a heart of Service & worship? Indeed, is it all about Jesus? Today I encourage you to meet with God, seek His will & direction for your life. To complete the tasks with the talents He has given us. Follow The only Satellite Navigator who knows the whole journey of our lives because “Jesus  is The Way, The Truth & The Life”.

Please pray for LCPF‘s Annual Christian Celebration where we are joining with all the Emergency Services to give thanks. Pray that God will make every crooked way straight & grant us favour along the way, so that the night will be a success & bring in harvest for The Kingdom of God, not only in the night but going forward in Jesus name, amen

”Yes Jesus loves me, The Bible tells me so”

God bless you,

 Samantha ?

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Verse Of The Day?Light & Strength:2018-Sharing the❤️of God wherever we go

Psalm 27:1 KJV

“The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” 

Whatever we face today God is our Light, our Salvation & our Strength, we have no need to fear. Be it employment issues, family circumstances, sickness, finances, emotional or psychological, even death; God is The Light which darkness cannot comprehend. It will tell you there’s no way out but The Light will penetrate that darkness. This Light is Jesus Christ, the same who died for you & I. Fear attempts to bind us but if we look to The Light in all of our circumstances bad & good, He guides us & thus our weakness is made strong in His strength.

Remember what fear is- False Evidence Appearing Real, do not be afraid today but be bold in The Strength of our Lord Jesus Christ & His power, He has not given us that spirit of fear, no, that has come from the enemy who lurks in places ready to destroy. He is relentless so we must cover ourselves with the armour of God & seal it with prayer. Remember too Gods Word, given to His Apostle Timothy through the inspiration of The Holy Spirit that “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind” 2 Timothy 1:7; we must keep our thoughts on Jesus when fear tries to creep in, He will “joy & comfort keep you” & send immediate help from His Heaven, as well as angels to guide us.

Please pray for Jess @RoarForJess who needs a miracle. She has been suffering with cancer for 7 years now & she has an angry tumour invading her system, for which doctors say they can do no more following progressive treatments. We @LCPF are imploring you as Intercessor, readers of this page, to pray with us for little Jess. Not only to “like” what is written here but to share & retweet it, so that everyone can join us in praying for her around the world too. We also pray for the countless  victors of cancer , yes victors because there is determination in their fight and through their smiles, which tells the story of their journey & their courage battling this evil disease. I call them warriors! They move me to strive for better & not to give in when the trials in my life try to scare me into giving in & giving up! Remember the loved ones of those who are in this battle & who feel the impact greatly too, especially parents & siblings. They are fighting alongside them too. Please do retweet this message on Twitter or share on other social media because we all can make a difference because prayer changes things, thank you.

Please pray for the Police Scientific Support Units around the country which are facing immense pressure to become accredited under ISO. Please pray over the invaluable work staff on all levels are doing & remain committed to doing, to forensically support the fight against crime, despite the enormous change, cuts & staff shortages. The impact of this is huge, pray for the wellbeing & mental health of all staff.

Continue to pray for LCPF‘s Annual Christian Celebration where we are joining with all the Emergency Services to give thanks. Pray that God will make every crooked way straight & grant us favour along the way, so that this night will be a success & bring in harvest for The Kingdom of God, in Jesus name, amen

“Be bold & of good courage, for The Lord thy God is with you”, Step out into The Light & He will lead you by His Strength & with His strong hand of power. His name is Jesus Christ.

Have a blessed day,

Samantha ?

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Verse Of The Day?Precious:2018-Sharing the❤️of God wherever we go

Psalm 139:17-18 KJV

”How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.”

Take this scripture with you wherever you go, bind it to your heart. YOU are precious to God, we are individually precious to Him, He knows ALL about us, He sees us for who we really are & loves us even more. He thinks about each one of us moment by moment, innumerable thoughts about us that are all good. Jesus is OUR FATHER & we are more precious to Him than the finest, rarest  jewell ever in existence. There is nothing comparable to the Father’s love for us. No price payable for His love towards us.This day we raise our hands in thanksgiving to our beloved ABBA FATHER❤️ He set the standard of true love & true sacrifice with true forgiveness. No love compares to The Father of Lights. How better to say Happy Father’s Day than by giving Him our hearts in true obedience & worship to Him.

Please share this post & remind someone  they are loved by Our Father. They are precious to Him. ??“His banner over us is His love”

God richly bless fathers in Jesus name,

Samantha ?

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Verse Of The Day?Praise In Your Storms:2018-Sharing the❤️of God wherever we go

Psalm 118:24 (KJV)

“This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.”

No matter what we are facing today, let us raise our hands & give God His rightful praise. Thanksgiving is not something we do only when the going is good, it is what we do inspite of all we experience- through the good & the bad. Jesus is that same God testified of when David said “He that keeps Israel does not forget us neither does he sleep.” He loves us & He will keep us even when the injustice of death rears it’s ugly head. He wants us to trust Him more, when we are in grief.

Please let us remember bereaved families in our prayers, that God will comfort & keep them with His strength & His peace. It is appointed unto everyone of us “..to die & then the judgement..” this is one meeting we cannot cancel or get away from but Jesus is able to keep the family & friends & community who mourn. He does this by enveloping us in His love. The storms which collide with us when we lose a loved one is treacherous & painful. It tears at our very souls. The heart truly feels as though it is shattered, torn repeatedly by shards of grief. We are battered on every side, experiencing every emotion, at times, second by second. Waves of distress overwhelming us, tossing us this way & that; with memories of happiness when we reminisce but The Storm Calmer Jesus Christ, will “wipe all of our tears away” not only in that beautiful Paradise of Heaven but here on this very earth. He promised “never to leave us Comfortless” & He is The Mighty Counsellor. Jesus knows what we are feeling & how debilitating grief can make us, yet still, we have to try & go forward. He wept when His own good friend Lazarus, whom He loved as a brother, died. Jesus knows how to console us & place upon & within us, His joy for the garment of that bitter sorrow. It is He alone, who has all the authority to command the sea & storms in our lives to be still because on this life’s journey, we will face many storms.

If you are in the valley of bereavement or you know someone who is passing through this extremely painful & immensely hard season, maybe you know of someone in your workplace or Community, not directly connected to you but they are passing through this process of grief, please send in your/their request and we here at LCPF, will pray for & with you & them. Please share this post & lighten someone’s load today, in Jesus name, amen ??“His banner over us is His love”

God bless,

Samantha ?