Message for The Word Prayer Line
(Thursday, July 11, 2024)
Good evening, my beautiful sisters in Christ!
I don’t know about you all, but I am very excited to be back on The Word Prayer Line tonight – glorifying the Lord God!
1 Corinthians 10:31 (NIV) says, So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
If there are any newcomers on the line tonight, please note that Sister Shevon Mincy is the host of this prayer line, but I am filling in for her tonight.
So, I would like to know who’s on tonight; please make your presence known. Thank you very much.
The main reason we’re all on this prayer line is to commune with God through prayer and to pray for one another, as well as our loved ones, and to help each other mature in Christ.
And I believe God is always on this prayer line with us, because MATTHEW 18:20 (NIV) says, For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”
Days ago, when Sister Shevon asked me to facilitate the prayer meeting tonight, in her absence, I had no clue what I was going to discuss with you all.
However, I woke up this past Tuesday morning to the song “Children Go Where I Send Thee” playing inside my heart, and I thought: this song would tie right in with the Book of Jeremiah (that we are reading on the prayer line right now).
I remember performing a skit to this song in a Christmas program when I was in elementary school in the 1960s. I really love this song, and would always sing it as a young child.
[Now listen to this: This morning, I received a call from Sister Sheila Butler, who recently joined the prayer line. Sheila called to tell me that she’d texted me two verses from the Book of James, chapter 5. But before she told me what the verses were, I said to Sheila, “I am including James 5:16 in the message I’m going to share on the prayer line tonight.” Then Sheila told me she’d sent me James 5:15 & 16.]
James 5:15 (NIV) says, And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven.
JAMES 5:16 (NIV) says, Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so you may be healed. The (sincere) prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.
Yesterday, I was having second thoughts about sharing this particular message, because it ended up being longer than I’d anticipated, but God confirmed through Sheila that this is the message He wants me to share with His adopted children, TODAY, because tomorrow is not promised to any of us.
My dear sisters, we serve an amazing God! He is REAL!
By the way, I advise you all to take notes, but for those of you who are not note takers you can always go to my website: www.diamondfateful.com to review this information that I’m about to share with you.
Now we’ll have the opening prayer
(Play the song: “Children Go Where I Send Thee”)
I love this version that’s sung by The Wonder Kids. Please check out The Wonder Kids YouTube videos; they’re helping young children learn the word of God, because they’re going to need God’s word to survive in these last days.
In Matthew 18:1-20 (NKJV) JESUS is speaking about children being the greatest people in the kingdom of heaven:
1 At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
2 Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, 3 and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
4 Therefore whoever humbles himself as THIS little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5 Whoever receives one little child like THIS in My name receives Me.6 “But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
7 Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!
8 “If your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into the everlasting fire. 9 And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into hell fire.
10 “Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven their angels always see the face of My Father who is in heaven.
11 For the Son of Man (Jesus) has come to save that which was lost.
12 “What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains to seek the one that is straying?
13 And if he should find it, assuredly, I say to you, he rejoices more over that sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.
14 Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
15 “Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother.
16 But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that ‘by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.’
17 And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector.
18 “Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind (forbid, declare to be improper and unlawful) on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose (permit, declare lawful) on earth will be loosed in heaven.
19 “Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”
**Now I want to talk about a few of the people mentioned in “Children Go Where I Send thee,” and when I open the floor for comments and questions, I would love for you all to tell me the one thing the people had in common with Jeremiah.
Hint: the one thing is something we all should pray to God for each and every day.
The one was the little bitty baby born to the virgin, Mary.
Many believers and nonbelievers still have a problem understanding how Mary conceived a baby without the sperm of Joseph.
Jesus was the seed that was promised to the world through Abraham in Galatians 3:15-18 (NIV):
15 (Apostle Paul is speaking to the members of the church) Brothers and sisters, let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case.
16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,” meaning one person, who is Christ.
17 What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise.
18 For if the INHERITANCE (EVERLASTING LIFE AND HAPPINESS IN HEAVEN) depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.
Jesus’ birth was foretold in Luke 1:26-38 (KJV):
26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
27 To a virgin espoused (or engaged) to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.
28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation (or greeting) this should be.
30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus.
32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.
38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. (Mary submitted to God’s will for her to conceive Jesus, the Savior of the world.)
The two-by-two were Paul and Silas.
Paul, whose name was once Saul, was persecuting Christians before He encountered Jesus on the road to Damascus and had a life changing experience.
Paul gives his testimony of his conversion in Philippians 3 (NIV):
1 Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you.
2 Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh.
3 For it is we who are THE CIRCUMCISION, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh— 4 though I myself have reasons for such confidence.
If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless.
7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God ON THE BASIS OF FAITH.
10 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.
12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
15 All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you.
16 Only let us live up to what we have already attained.
17 Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do.
18 For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.
19 Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things.
20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
[The meaning of circumcision mentioned in Philippians 3:3: ‘Circumcision’ was a special sign which God specifically gave to the nation of Israel, through Abraham. It was a sign that sealed the unique and important role they were to play in God’s plan for man’s redemption. Both before and after the Cross are Jewish men and women whom Paul calls ‘the Israel of God’; they are men and women of FAITH, who are not only physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, but Israelites who have trusted God – and their faith is credited as righteousness.]
In Acts 16 Paul and Silas were on their way to a place of prayer in Philippi, a city located in ancient Greece on the eastern border of the Roman province of Macedonia and they met a female slave who had a spirit by which she could predict the future. We can call her a fortune teller.
The woman followed Paul and Silas and she was always shouting “These men are servants of the Most High God,” preaching about salvation.
Paul got annoyed at the woman and screamed at the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left the woman, immediately.
The men who were pimping the fortune teller brought Paul and Silas before the magistrates because they were angry with Paul and Silas for ruining their fortune telling money making business.
Paul and Silas were severely flogged or beaten and thrown in prison for advocating customs unlawful to the Romans.
About midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing praises to God, as the other prisoners listened, and suddenly a violent earthquake shook the foundations of the prison, and the prison doors flew open.
The chains came loose, freeing Paul and Silas and the other prisoners.
The sleeping prison guard woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword to kill himself, because he thought the prisoners had escaped.
But Paul and Silas shouted, “Don’t harm yourself! We are all here!”
The prison guard asked Paul and Silas what must he do to get saved.
They told the prison guard to believe in the Lord Jesus and he and his household would be saved.
The prison guard was filled with joy, because he had come to believe in God along with the members of his household.
Paul and Silas were released from prison, and they left Philippi (feel-a-pee).
The three by three were the Hebrew or Jewish children (descendants of Abraham) in Daniel 3: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego or A Bad Negro.
King Nebuchadnezzar commanded all of his officials to bow before a golden image, and all who refused would be thrown into a blazing furnace.
The Chaldeans told King Nebuchadnezzar that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refused to bow down to the image.
But they had no fear. They told King Nebuchadnezzar that God would be with them.
So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were indeed tossed into the fiery furnace.
When King Nebuchadnezzar looked into the furnace he saw four unharmed figures walking in the flames. The fourth figure was believed to be pre-incarnate (before the flesh) Jesus Christ, God himself.
King Nebuchadnezzar promoted the three Hebrew boys to high office, and swore that anyone who spoke against God should be torn from limb to limb.
If we recall from the Book of Jeremiah: King Nebuchadnezzar or Nebuchadrezzar was the king of Babylonia. He is credited with the construction of the Hanging Gardens in Babylon. He is most famously known for conquering Judah and destroying Judah and Jerusalem.
Nebuchadnezzar was tired of Judah’s rebellion and seeing that Judah had not learned its lesson he completely destroyed the temple and most of Jerusalem, and he transported the remnants to Babylon.
According to Jeremiah 25:9, King Nebuchadnezzar served as God’s instrument of judgment on Judah because of Judah’s idolatry, unfaithfulness, and disobedience….
Remember there were 12 tribes of Israel and the tribe of Judah was the last of the 12 that Jeremiah was appointed by God to prophesy to about their blessings for their obedience to God and curses for their disobedience.
That ends the story of the three Hebrew boys.
(Are you all still with me?)
When I was a cop, I kept the bible on the dashboard of my take home marked police car and when I received a call for service from the dispatcher, I always prayed to God to go before me and calm the situation.
I know God and His heavenly angels are the ones who kept me safe for the 25 years I worked as an ambassador (in uniform) for God.
My favorite part of my job was helping and protecting all citizens of Miami-Dade County, Florida [from 1978 (age 19) to 2003 age 44)].
I thank God for retirement.
I learned about Facebook in 2012, and I started spending most of my time on Facebook reading depressing posts.
However, I was using Facebook as a platform to spread the true Gospel of Jesus Christ and promote the eight books I’ve written and published since 2008. I closed my Facebook account in December 2023, because it was hindering my spiritual growth.
I’ve been spending more time reading the Bible, since I joined The Word Prayer Line on April 29, 2024.
We have reached chapter 44 in the Book of Jeremiah – on the prayer line. There are only 8 chapters left. I joined the prayer line when you all were on chapter 18.
So, in Jeremiah 1:4-8 what is God asking Jeremiah to do?
4 Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
6 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I AM A CHILD.
7 But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt GO TO ALL THAT I SHALL SEND THEE, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
Paul, Silas, and Jeremiah all had FAITH IN GOD AND TRUST HIS WORD.
Open floor
I want to share Got Questions Ministries comparison of FAITH and TRUST.
Now it’s time for PRAISE REPORTS!
PRAYER REQUESTS
Closing prayer
