Have you ever heard of the term fiduciary duty? It simply means that a person has a responsibility to do everything within their power to best serve the interests of another. Sometimes an individual has a fiduciary responsibility to an organization such as their employer. Likewise, the reverse can be true whereby an institution has a fiduciary duty to individuals such as a law firm's duty to do things in the best interests of their clients. This issue is very serious and a person or business can be sued for failing in their responsibility. The consequence can be a legal judgment costing millions.
Fiduciary duties are equally important to God. The Bible is littered with the numerous duties He has to you. Covenants He made to protect you, advance you, and heal you, etc. He also expects a fiduciary duty from those who say He is their God. Especially since you gave your life to Christ and thus committed to be more like Him and less like ... you. And if you pay attention to the way Jesus lived His life, you will see He understood He took His duty to serve God seriously. You are to do the same.
And you can faithfully and fiercely serve His interests in the territory He has placed you. That territory may be your workplace, your school, your neighborhood, or elsewhere. Your role is to serve as His representative and further His interests there.
This requires that you distinguish yourself as His child so others come looking for what you know (the answer being God Almighty). He may call on you to regularly fast and pray to protect God's purpose in your territory. Or, God may need you to act as His witness, testifying to others about what He's done for you. He may have put you in a location for the benefit of everyone there or because of a specific individual.
Do you know why God has put you in your family? Do you know why He placed you in the job He gave you? How about in the neighborhood you live in? None of these things happened randomly. Everything about your life is ordained to serve God's purpose but if you don't stop to seek His wisdom, you will fail to faithfully honor your fiduciary duty to Him and the people He planned for you to bless.
Many of us are experiencing difficulties in life because we've failed to realize that our success is not for our benefit but for God's glory. That problem you faced until God sorted it out, for instance. He didn't do it solely to make you more comfortable. He also did it so you would regularly tell others and encourage them to taste and see that your Lord is good. You'd prayed for months for a job and then you got it, for example. He didn't work that miracle just so you earn a check and have the lifestyle you have always desired. He placed you there so that you can be His instrument of light, dispersing the darkness through complete submission to Him.
Too many want God's gifts more than the Giver and His expectations. And if you consistently and unrepentantly fail in your fiduciary duties to Him, you run the risk of stepping outside of the fullness of life He promised to His faithful. Never forget the caveat contained in Romans 8:28 - And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Yes, God is working things out for the good but only for those who love Him and are living in their Kingdom Identity - in their calling - for His purposes and not theirs!
If you think you are not yet serving God's purpose within the territory He placed you in, it is time for a course correction. Ask God to reveal how you are to satisfy your fiduciary duty to Him. Read your Bible and fast for revelation. If you know what He wants from you but have been stubborn, do not risk losing the promise contained in Romans 8:26 and other scriptures. Things may be comfortable right now but if God determines that, like the one-talent servant, you are not producing a profit for Him, then don't be surprised if the comforts you currently enjoy disappear. Please take God's interests seriously. Put them above your own so your blessings increase Matthew 6:33).
God has placed His word higher and more significant than His name according to Psalm 138:2. This means you can call on His name as much as you like but it is His word that really moves Him. Honor His word, bring Him profit from the talent(s) He has given to you by protecting and serving His interests in the locations He has placed you. Honor your fiduciary duty to Him and He will Honor you even the more.
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Can you believe it? We would have gathered 400 separate times to honor the Lord via Praise & Pray (for others)!
And, actually, because P&P started on another platform, by the time we get to P&P 400, the really old heads would have gathered for over 400 times.
How amazing!
See you on September 24, 2024. Before then, please think of a P&P message that impacted you. If you have any of the devotional books, was there a chapter that spoke to you?
What about the prayers and testimonies your fellow Peppers have shared? Anything come to mind? Or, was there something you learned during P&P fellowship that you shared with somebody to encourage them?
Please jot it down so that you can come to P&P 400 ready to thank the Lord for how He has used P&P and Peppers to bless you in one way or another.
God bless you all.
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CLOSING PRAYER
Father, we cannot reach this point of fellowship without offering our thanksgiving. Lord, I thank You! P&P went a little differently today, but it was all because of Your grace. Thank You!
God, please take all the glory for today's gathering. I pray that our worship and petitions rose as a sweet-smelling incense. I pray that You will look upon those who took time from their busy schedules to fellowship and increase them in favor. I pray that You will increase them in Your blessings. I pray that as Your children placed their petitions before You at the altar that Your word from Joel 2:32 is activated.
Psalm 118:25 - Please, LORD, please save us. Please, LORD, please give us success.
And God, I lift up the prayer of Your servant Paul in Ephesians 1:16-23 over this group. Thank You for hearing and answering this petition as You build each person up for Your glory that they may fulfill their fiduciary duty to You.
IJMN I have prayed and say, Amen!
From M22 - I want to share a prayer sis @FFJ prayed with us in a previous P&P fellowship.
Lord, God, thank You that I can always depend on You. No matter what I do, You are always God. My failures can never cause You to fail. And this reassures me that You will hear and answer my prayer. Father, I know I am a sinner but I need Your help. Please forgive me of my sins. I repent sincerely for depriving You of the glory You deserve from my life. Have mercy, my King.
Dear God, I am experiencing things in my life that must change and only You can bring the change I need. So, God, please speak to me. Give me Your word on the situation I am laying at Your feet. Provide revelation that lights a fire in me. Let it be a wall around my heart and mind to Your glory and praise. I seek Your direction and in faith I will hear You with clarity for I am Your sheep and know Your voice. IJMN, Amen.
From M22 - Father Lord I pray that you help me to be more mindful and to be present. I pray that you remove every from of distractions that are allowing me to worry about the future and regret the past. Father Lord help me to "be here now". Hello me to fix my eyes on you no matter what. I declare Jeremiah 17:7-8 over myself and everyone struggling IjMN Amen. We will not struggle anymore. We are healed by his stripes IJMN Amen
From M22 - Father Lord I pray that you continue to fill us with the Holy Spirit. I pray that the Fruits of the spirit continue to be rooted deeply in us. I pray that the Holy spirit continually expands within us IJMN Amen
Father, I thank You for Your word states that even the lawful captive shall be set free because of Your power, Your might, Your word and Your Spirit.
And so, Lord, I stand on Your word and declare that the strongmen holding souls captive on LSA are shredded for Your glory. I speak the name Jesus into every place they are gatheredd. I bind them in the name of the Savior Jesus and decree that their chains are broken and their captives are set free.
Every strongman of fear, lack, spiritual deafness and blindness, antichrist, lies, deception, gossip, slander, libel, rape, death, sexµal perversion and immorality, suicide, intrusive thoughts, distractions, witchcraft, New Age practices, occult, demonism, devil worship, anxiety, self cursing, blasphemy, coarse language, thieving, and all others are broken. They fall and brash because the presence of my God is here. Like Dagon, they stand no more.
And God, as these souls experience liberty, I pray that they encounter Christ, believe and receive the Holy Spirit. That they be filled thoroughly so that those they were set free from cannot return with seven more evil spirits.
IJMN, I thank You for Your victory, Amen.
From M22 - Father Lord I pray for everyone that lifted up prayers here today that you will answer their prayers. I pray that as they wait on you, you help them to focus on you I keing you have answered them even beyond their expectations. IJMN Amen
From M22 - Abba Father I pray for sis @FFJ that you will continue to take care of her and her loved ones. I pray that you will continue to perfect everything concerning her. I pray that you continue to increase her in supernatural wisdom, favour, strength, knowledge and understanding. I pray that you will andwer her prayers IJMN Amen
From M22 - Father Lord I thank you for this wonderful community. Thank you Father for giving us a safe space to be vulnerable in your presence. Thank you Father for expanding us. Thank you Father for answering our prayers. Thank you Father for taking care of our every needs. Father Lord if there's any way we have been lacking in our fiduciary duties, I pray you grant us clarity on how to move forward and do better. Thank you mighty Father Amen
From M22 - Abba Father I pray to be a better sister to my younger siblings. If there's any area I have been neglectful or lacking. Father Lord I pray for wisdom and knowledge moving forward to do better by them. Thank you Father for answering my prayer Amen!
Mighty God, I thank You for being the God who spoke from the beginning before anyone else could utter a word. The God who told us what was to come and we continue to see Your word in the flesh being activated and fulfilled all over the world.
Faithful God. Nobody can compare to You! I worship You, my King.
Heavenly Father, I pray for strength. Strength to fix my face like flint no matter what. Help me to stand like Jairus, my eyes on the Savior even when prognosticators speak.
Your word states in Job 38:2 - “Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorant words? (NLT)
Father, they speak as if You do not exist. They speak as if You are incapable.
But I serve the living God. Who was and is and will always be. The God who makes mountains tremble. The God who moves before I realize I need Him to move. My Alpha and Omega.
Lord, prove them wrong. Vindicate and silence them. Show that You and not them have the final say in everything and especially what concerns me. My God, You will never let mere mortals prevail against You.
The God who shifts man and the systems of mankind for me.
I've seen You do and over do. This will be no different. Thank You, my Judge, my Lawmaker, my King.
IJN I pray, Amen.
From M22 - Father Lord I commit my mental health to you. I pray Lord for complete healing and restoration. I pray that you uproot every spirit of anxiety, confusion, doubt and weariness. Hello me to stand firm in my identity as your child. Even when things don't go my way, help me to radically trust you want the best for me and you working on my behalf. Help me to move on from the past and heal from past hurt and trauma. Helo me Father to be more mindful and present. IJMN Amen
From M22 - Father Lord I pray for countries ravaged by war and bloodshed that you put an end to the instability and chaos. I pray that you touch the hearts and minds of leaders to make the right decisions for the safety and welfare of their citizens. I pray that you help these regions rebuild again. I pray that you restore what they have lost beyond their expectations. I pray for those mourning loved ones that you will give them the strength to process their grief and they can find their way forward in you IJMN Amen
From M22 - Abba Father I pray that you put an end to the rise of femicide issues in the world. Father Lord it is not your will for women to be violated or killed. I pray that you shield and preserve them from abusers and murderers. Father Lord I pray for families mourning the loss of loved ones affected by this issue, that you strengthen them and grant them justice. Father Lord please touch the hearts and minds of leaders to put effe tube measures in place to combat the prevalence of femicide worldwide. Father Lord I pray you strengthen our justice systems to do what's right and not enable perpetrators IJMN Amen.
From M22 - Father Lord I commit my application before you. I pray that you take charge of the review process. I pray that you cover my errors and bring out my strong points. I pray that you perfect and complete my application. I pray above all else that your will be done over my application. Not matter the outcome, you want the best for me and I give Glory to your name IJMN Amen
From M22 - Father Lord I pray for my twin. I thank you for seeing her through her graduate studies. Father Lord I pray that you guide her decisions as she prepares for her exams. I pray that you guide her as she starts her application journey. Father Lord I commit the two schools she's applying to before you, I pray that you help her to follow your word concerning this application process. I pray that you guide her as she navigates her studies from now moving forward. I pray that you continue to strengthen and renew her as she waits on you Abba Father. IjMN Amen
LAST 10 MINUTES
Today's message was about our fiduciary duty to the Lord.
We've spent time in worship and prayer, so right now, let's pray once more.
Call on the Lord for strength to step into your calling. Ask for supernatural revelation. Ask for unction and utterance in the places God has placed you.
Pray that He will give You scriptural guidance for praying over your neighborhood, your family, your workplace, your friends, your nation, your church. Even right here, in P&P and on LSA. These are places in which He wants you to preserve and protect His interest.
Ask Him to equip You. Ask Him to open Your eyes to what He wants you to do in these places.
God bless you.
Good Lord, thank You for Your grace and mercy. Thank You for Your loving kindness. Thank You for Your faithfulness.
Lord, I come before You this day and pray for more of You. I cry out for the overflow. Fill me up, God and leave no gaps in between. I pray to move in You. I pray to be as the word states in John 3:8 - The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
IJMN, Amen.
From JIR - Please Lord help me to tap into the spiritual gifts You gift me with. Please help me to be more in tune with Holy Spirit so that I may utilize these gifts for Your glory. Please bless me with the gift of discerning spirits. Please bless with all that I need to be the best servant I can be for You and Your glory Lord. IJMN. Amen.
From M22 - Father Lord I pray for my baby sister. Thank you Lord for starting her first year of uni with her this January and today she concludes her last paper for her first year of uni. It can only be you God. Thank you for taking her safely to school every single week day and taking care of her. Thank you Father for perfecting her health despite the struggles. Father Lord I pray that you perfect her exams and grant her success in her papers. Abba Father I pray that you open up her heart and mind to put your first abiver everything else. Hello her know she can lean on you. Hello her move on from the past and focus on you. Father Lord I pray that you continue to be the author and finisher of her faith IJMN Amen
From M22 - Father Lord I commit my siblings unto you. I pray that you continue to strengthen, renew, transform and prune then for your glory.
Father Lord I thank you for bringing my brother home safely. As he explored options after graduation. I pray that you grant him the supernatural wisdom and direction he needs to move according to your will in this season. Father Lord I pray that you help him make a way to pay off his remaining debts. Lord I pray that you open up his heart and mind to focus on you and not solely on decision making at this stage in his life. Father Lord help him lean on you IjMN Amen
From JIR - I pray for a discerning hearing heart. I yearn to hear Your voice loud and clear Lord and not to confuse Your voice with outside noise. Please Lord bless me with the strength and surety to know that You are talking to me. I yearn to hear Your voice, know Your voice and obey Your voice more and more each day. IJMN. Amen.
From M22 - Father Lord I commit myself to you today. I ask that you continue to strengthen and renew me as I walk with you. If there's anyway I have been found wanting. Abba Father I pray for your mercy and forgiveness over me. Abba Father I pray that you grant me supernatural discernment and clarity as you renew me everyday. I know by your grace I'll look back at this season in my life and see why things have to be the way are. Father Lord I pray that you forgive me for anyway I have been ungrateful or compared myself to others. Hello me to focus on your will and purpose for my life IJMN Amen
From M22 - Father Lord I commit my siblings unto you. I pray that you continue to strengthen, renew, transform and prune then for your glory.
Father Lord I thank you for bringing my brother home safely. As he explored options after graduation. I pray that you grant him the supernatural wisdom and direction he needs to move according to your will in this season. Father Lord I pray that you help him make a way to pay off his remaining debts. Lord I pray that you open up his heart and mind to focus on you and not solely on decision making at this stage in his life. Father Lord help him lean on you IjMN Amen
From JIR - I pray for a discerning hearing heart. I yearn to hear Your voice loud and clear Lord and not to confuse Your voice with outside noise. Please Lord bless me with the strength and surety to know that You are talking to me. I yearn to hear Your voice, know Your voice and obey Your voice more and more each day. IJMN. Amen.
From M22 - Father Lord I commit myself to you today. I ask that you continue to strengthen and renew me as I walk with you. If there's anyway I have been found wanting. Abba Father I pray for your mercy and forgiveness over me. Abba Father I pray that you grant me supernatural discernment and clarity as you renew me everyday. I know by your grace I'll look back at this season in my life and see why things have to be the way are. Father Lord I pray that you forgive me for anyway I have been ungrateful or compared myself to others. Hello me to focus on your will and purpose for my life IJMN Amen
PRAYER TIME
We usually pray for others at this point, but today, pray for your own issues.
Our God is faithful to hear and answer exceedingly and abundantly more than we can ask or imagine.
From JIR - Thank You Jesus for loving me, always being there for me, always making a way. You are who I look to. I bow at Your feet in gratitude and thank You for removing the scales from my eyes. You have given me a new life. I’m never going back and will worship You all the days of my life. Thank You for being my God. Thank You for hearing me and letting me know that You love me and I am somebody. You care so much for me. I glorify You, magnify You and praise You. Thank You Lord. IJMN. Amen.
From JIR - “Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth! Worship the Lord with gladness. Come before him, singing with joy. Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us, and we are his. We are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good. His unfailing love continues forever, and his faithfulness continues to each generation.”
Psalms 100:1-5 NLT
Glory be to You, my Redeemer.
I want to thank You in advance for answered prayers.
As we take a moment to present our personal petitions to You today, I thank You for answering. Your word in Isaiah 65:24 states, I will answer them before they even call to me. While they are still talking about their needs, I will go ahead and answer their prayers! (NKJV)
The God who hears and answers even the desires of our hearts before we can speak them. The God who stands on His word to answer prayers spoken in accordance with Your will.
Praise be to Your Holy Name!!!
From M22 - Thank you Father for how you are teaching me through your Word every single day. Thank you for increasing me in wisdom, discernment and clarity. Father I pray that you continue to heal me emotionally and mentally and help me to grow stronger spiritually. IjMN Amen
Psalm 118:28 - You are my God, and I will praise you; you are my God, and I will exalt you.
I exalt You, my God!!
From M22 - Thank you Father for your love and grace over me. Thank you for stretching me as I walk with you everyday. I pray for your mercy over my life and the life of my siblings. I thank you for giving me peace of mind even when I worry over things beyond my control. Help me to worry less and commit every situation to you. IJMN Amen
Hallelujah to my King!
Father, thank You for this week. It has been busy but I am grateful for the stretching and the blessings.
Thank You for Your mercy and grace. I am truly grateful!
From JIR - Thank You Lord for being the Miracle Worker and the Way Maker that You are. You are too good to me. You have given me a new found hope for my aunt and are moving her to another facility. Thank You Lord! I am forever indebted to You and thank You for being the Sovereign God I can look to for all things. All glory to You my King! IJMN. Amen.
PRAISE TIME
Pour your love out upon the Lord.
Don't be shy.
From N1KM28 - Amen, this is very true. I changed jobs recently it was very long process. It was a challenge but I can see why God placed me here. I hope everyone has a good weekend and stay blessed.
From EC - Amen and good morning ladies!
From JIR - Thank You Lord for breathing life into us this morning and making this day possible. Thank You for drawing us closer to You day by day and bringing us together for another P&P fellowship. We thank You for all that have done in our lives and we praise You for it. You make all things possible, Lord. Thank You. IJMN. Amen.
Thanks for today’s message sis @FFJ. This is a wake up call to connect with God and seek my place in the Body of Christ. I’m not sure what God’s will is for my life. Thanks for the suggestion of fasting and praying for a revelation. God has been too good to me for me not to give my all in everything he asks of me. Also, this message really speaks to me regarding my job, my family and my surroundings.
You mentioned that we are all God’s representatives and that is so true. I always need to keep that in mind before taking action on something. Since we are living sacrifices for Christ we are no longer living for ourselves instead we are living for Christ and must always do our best to do what is pleasing to Him in all aspects of our lives. He knows our capabilities and what we can do and expects no more than we are capable of or no less. I pray that we seek Him for all things and give our all in being the best we can be for Him. IJMN. Amen.
From CD - What a powerful word!! Oftentimes with speaking with colleagues, I find myself correcting the word choices they use regarding me when speaking to me...please allow me to explain
I don't call what I do my "job" I call it my assignment
When colleagues say anything in regards to the "boss" I correct them and say "supervisor" because my Boss sits high, looks low, forgives me of my sins and walks on water
In conversations where people are speaking about being grateful to have a job, I say I am grateful for my assignment and am always ready when God provides a new assignment or modifies to current one
The reason I am so mindful that what is spoken as it relates to me is the word teaches that death and life are in the power of the tongue (Proverbs 18:21) and if we are not careful we can and will come into agreement with what is being spoken over us...remember, ignorance is not an excuse. Even as it relates to doctors, if a doctors says "you have diabetes" don't agree with that by saying "my diabetes" or "I am diabetic" change that narrative to something like I used to suffer from the effects of diabetes or I suffered from...notice how both are past tense.
Once we accepted Christ and became joint heirs, part of our fiduciary duty is to be in agreement with what the word says about us, not what the world says about us because we are no longer of this world...
I hope that I explained that to a point that it makes sense, if not please let me know and I will elaborate more.
From M22 - Thank you Heavenly Father for your love and grace over us. We thank you that we can gather here again today in your name. We thank you for life, mobility, the air in our lungs and everything concerning us. We pray to continually put you first in everything we do. IjMN Amen
Thank you for today's word sis @FFJ. First time seeing the word "Fiduciary" haha. Today's word is really insightful. A lot of us are more focused on what God gives us than what we should give back to him which includes our service, dedication and commitment to him throughout the various assignments and purposes he assigned us to. I admit I fall short in that category and I try my best to do better. What came to my mind while reading today's message was "Worship the Giver, not the gift". It costs us nothing to give back to God when he blesses us and by giving back to him is faithfully fulfilling every duty or task he has given us. I just really pray that God gives us supernatural discernment and clarity to work on any unfinished tasks, projects, assignments or purposes he has given us. I pray if we are unaware of them, the holy spirit resets us spiritually and brings it to our awareness. IJMN Amen. See y'all at Noon!