Have you seen that gif with the chicken sitting up on the steering wheel of a car? Here, take a look at the visual.
Funny, right?
Well, in the world, this is not only dangerous but illegal if it happens on public roads. Still, we can all agree, this is a hilarious image.
But what if I told you you were that chicken? You're sitting on the steering wheel of your life barely able to hang on. Would it still be funny to you?
It shouldn't be. So many of us think because we can see the road in front of us, and we can feel the wind from our car flying down the highway, that we really have a handle on the highway of life.
Look at that chicken. Cute as can be but it doesn't have hands or feet to properly guide the vehicle (yes, I know there's a driver we just can't see in the image). However, you and I also have a Driver who is willing to navigate us up and down the highway of life - if only we would cede the wheels to Him.
I pray we shall each stop being the cute chicken that sits on the steering wheel thinking "I've got this!" Truly cede the wheel of the car of your life to the Lord. Let Him have it and don't try to take it back. He is well equipped and has promised that His plans for you are good if you let Him take the wheel.
The choice is yours. Once you give Him control of your life, please don't renege. If you slip up, there is grace so confess, repent, and let the Lord put you back in your seat as He resumes driving you. It is well with your soul, IJMN Amen. God bless you!
PS: no chickens were harmed in the creation of this message.
From DR14U -
FINAL MESSAGE
Remember when we learned about being turtles in our walk with the Lord? If not, please go back and take a look at that post. I truly believe this is a great post for those of us who are newer in the faith and might not quite understand what it means to have complete faith in the Lord.
Too many of us are still holding onto our lives like we own them. But, the lover of our soul wants to guide us to greener pastures. Please let Him.
God bless you and have a wonderful weekend.
PS: And because I couldn't resist, permit me to throw up this gif of a chicken and a turtle -
CLOSING PRAYER
Papa, thank You for bringing us together once again. Thank You for taking the time to slow our lives down just enough whereby we could fellowship together in Your Name. Hallelujah!
God, take all the glory for this gathering. I stand in the gap and declare that everything seeking to interfere or delay Your plan for this gathering and those You have brought to it be utterly destroyed in Jesus Name. For I know You can do all things and Your purpose cannot be thwarted.
As Your children go off to wind down for the weekend, may they feel Your tangible presence in their lives. May Your voice be clear to them. May they seek and receive Your Spirit and be blessed beyond imagination. All by Your grace ad to Your glory, IJN, Amen.
Oh Lord, I pray over the children I work with.
I appeal to Your throne of grace and mercy. We receive help during this time when there are evil authorities trying to influence the children and steal their glory. Their glory, which is Your glory, since they are made in Your great image and belong to You.
I declare Your word, which has been established and which always comes to pass. protect us from the evil one. nothing shall by any means harm us. contend with those who contend with us. we will wear our children as ornaments, they will be taught by the lord, and great shall be their peace.
I appeal to Your throne of judgment. Remember those who have evil intentions towards these children. Contend with every person who contends with Your children. Swift judgment my God of retribution! This is Your glory here, these are the works of Your hands! Though You are merciful and kind, let Your justice bring an end to the wicked influences trying to catch them.
In Jesus' name, I have prayed this in faith! Amen!
LAST 10 MINUTES
Have you ever gotten too scared or too prideful whereby you didn't relinquish the wheel of your life to the Lord?
Faith. Trust. Believe.
All of these words explain how we are to walk with God as His children. Babies don't tell the adults to put them down so they can walk. No, they allow themselves to be carried. They instinctively know they need to.
We have to be like them. We have to remember that no matter how smart we are, the foolishness of God will always be wiser than our best human wisdom (1 Corinthians 1:25).
Let us pray about this, guys.
God, I know I need to relax and let You have Your way in my life. I confess that it has been hard for me. I also confess that I have failed and hereby repent, seeking Your forgiveness. Lord, please help me. Let Your peaceful voice remind me to hold my peace and step out of your way as You usher me where You want me to be for my good, Your glory and by Your grace, IJN, Amen.
"Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God." -- Ecc 2:24
"I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live, and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor--this is the gift of God." Ecc 3:12-13
Great King, I thank you for Your kindness. I pray these verses over my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. Let them take pleasure in the good things You do for them every day. Let every satanic veil be ripped off their eyes now. Let them be able to praise You for every little thing. In Jesus name I pray, amen.
Marvelous God. You are worthy of all my praise and I worship You, my Jehovah Over Do. You are the God is doing and keeps doing. Even when we are completely unaware, You are always working things out for Your own.
God, when You created this world You looked at it and said it was very good. You didn't deprive the land and those who would come to inhabit providing everything they would ever need for all time. What a mighty god You are!
Lord, I pay for all who will be touched by this ministry. I call on You to beautify their lives as You promised in Isaiah 54:11-12 - “Afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted, I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise, your foundations with lapis lazuli. I will make your battlements of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.
May they reflect Your splendor. May Your glory rise upon them. May they be transformed to shine, surrounded by Your grace, Your mercy and Your blessings upon their lives, IJMN, Amen.
Big and Mighty King. He who is the father of the fatherless.
Lord, may Your good works endure forever. May Your investments in the lives of Your children never be a waste. Remember the work You have put into the life of JOS. Remember what You have rescued him from. Do not permit the enemy to derail him through confusion, pride, insecurity, or rebellion. In the mighty name of Jesus, I command light into His life, to enlighten him.
"I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people" -- Eph 1:18
Using my authority as a child of God and through the blood, I command the angels assigned to JOS to activate and perform the duties God desires so that JOS walks in the fullness of life. Lord You have rescued JOS from the clutches of the enemy. who the Son sets free is free indeed.
Oluwa E Tobi! Oba Lagbara!
My God with a mighty hand! He who works great wonders! He who metes out justice every day! He whose word never fails. Mighty God whose breath shakes the mountains, whose presence melts hearts, whose power is unmatchable.
I honor you! Kabiyesi!
Mighty King, I call out to You to unleash undeniable miracles in this season. It is written about your children, "greater works than these" shall we do. It is also written that "the same Spirit that rose Jesus from the dead is living in us". Let Your light shine, and let the darkness not comprehend it! In Jesus' mighty name I pray, amen.
*From AC* - El Rapha and Holy Spirit thank You for Your healing power. I boldly plead renewed health upon: JAD, Mama K, Auntie S, baby J, @k and @MFC. I also plead the blood of Jesus upon my fellow Peppers and those who concern them, in need of Your healing grace.
I ask that You command every cell, hormonal system, bone, organ, tissue, nerve ending, and vessel to come under the authority of the Almighty Healer Jesus, by Whose stripes we are healed, and into alignment with Your word in Psalm 30:2. Comfort Your sons and daughters Lord and guard their minds and hearts against the spirit of fear with Your transcending peace. Renew their strength and faith in You by the power of the Holy Spirit. Please guide the hands and minds of the medical team entrusted with their care and deliver Your children from disease, infirmity, weariness, and pain with a supernatural healing breakthrough, for Your almighty victory. In Jesus' Mighty Name, Amen.
Heavenly Father, thank You for being He who created the world and everything in it. You are the Creator of the heavens and of what is visible and invisible. Almighty God, You have all authority here on earth and in the heavens and we give You all the glory.
Lord Your word instructs us that You are He who creates and oversees the borders of the land. You are Omniscient, Omnipresent. From the beginning to the end and nothing can get past you.
As such, we lift up the issue of national security. Sovereign Lord, provide security to this nation from within and without. Let Your Legion of Angels surround these United States protecting it from those intent to cause maximum harm and damage to its people.
We repel the intent of the enemy against this nation. We decree and declare that the enemy's plan shall fall upon itself. I declare that the Ahithophel in their midst become a conveyor of foolishness and that the punishment of Babel fall upon them, IJMN, Amen.
*From AC* - Abba, please cover and comfort my dear sweet sister A and infuse her with the faith, strength, and peace of mind available to us all through the power of the Holy Ghost. Release her from the shackles of overwhelming anxiety over disease and the fear that her cancer will return and reassure her that her healing is permanent, for we know that You are not a God of half-measures. Please help her unbelief, mighty Lord, and allow her to claim this healing victory for Your glory. In Jesus' name, Amen.
*From BI* - Lord, I lift up cancer patients into Your capable hands. I pray that they receive divine visitation from the Lord of Hosts. Stretch out Your hand in compassion and permeate every cell with Your anointing oil. Lord, remove all fear from Your children and replace with Your transcending peace. Let them feel the warmth of Your love and know You are in control. I pray You guide all health care workers as they are extensions of Your healing hand. Lord, Your kingdom is of life and not death, health not sickness, hope and not despair, righteousness and not evil. By Your stripes, I render the spirit of cancer gone never to return, and healing and restoration to prevail IJMN Amen.
Father, we cry out to You for provision. Your children are in need, be it of healing, finances, children, homes, peace, rest. Lord, please meet Your people at their point of need and refresh them. Lord, You are the God of multiplication. Just as the Shunamite woman was able to pour oil from one container into several vessels that she then could use to pay off her debt, free her sons and live on the rest comfortably - we call for this miracle of multiplication in the lives of Your children.
God, You showed Yourself as Jehovah Jireh. It is well established that You and You alone are Provider. As such we come for You on behalf of those who need Your provision and trust You to be that which they need.
You are the God of the double portion. Isaiah 61:7 - Instead of your shame you will receive a double portion, and instead of disgrace you will rejoice in your inheritance. And so you will inherit a double portion in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours.
PRAYER TIME
Why do we pray for others and not ourselves?
Because we emulate Jesus, the Advocate who is praying for us. We obey God's word to pray for others according to 1 Timothy 2:1 and other scripture. We intercede for others because Jesus said it is better to give than receive (Acts 20:35).
Join me in praying for people. There are so many seeking healing, peace of mind, freedom from the spirit of fear, spiritual deliverance and so much more.
Who can you pray for today?
*From MFC* - Giving all thanks and praise to God!
This has been a trying week, but the Lord brought me through.
Gracious Father thank You for carrying me in Your unchanging hands. God You blessed me in the midst of my pain and despair. My arm may be immobile, but You are faithful. Trusting God means trouble won't last always. Hallelujah!
Thank You, my God. A thousand words will never be enough to adequately praise You. I nevertheless am grateful for the privilege of giving You my worship. Thank You that I can dance for You. Thank You that I can sing and jump up and down because of You.
I am truly appreciative for the sweetness You placed on my tongue.
Glory be to You, my Lord!
Jesus take the wheel!
This is a relevant message to me because this week I've been more intentional about praying before decisions and submitting my plans to God better.
Things God has done for me that I want to especially appreciate Him for:
- I went to get a procedure done that others have reported being painful. But I prayed in advance that it would not be severely painful for me. This is the same procedure I "fought" to get covered by insurance, and God's word says that His gifts "come with no toil attached". 24 hours later, no serious pain!
- I saw deer sitting on the baby grass outside and I'm glad that springtime has come
- My job gave me some sweet gifts for my birthday
- Thank You God for keeping me happy in this season! Thank You for the 'little' things that I take pleasure in.
*From AC* - Aadonai Shammah thank You for resolving this issue that has been weighing heavy on my mind. I submit this matter into your hands for I have all the faith in You and I know that You are in control and will work everything out for my righteous good. All honor and praise belong to You. Hallelujah! In Jesus' name, Amen.
Father, thank You for the surprising news I received yesterday. You are exceptional in all You do.
I fix my face like flint, reassured and expectant for all the rest that is to come for those involved.
Hallelujah!