He has made everything beautiful in its time. (Ecclesiastes 3:11)

Sometimes it is hard to see beauty in the trials we go through or the valleys we walk through. It is the very fire of refining that brings forth pure gold. God knows the end from the beginning, we know just what we see. Our faith
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Therefore behold I will allure her, I will bring her into the wilderness and speak comfort to her. I will give her vineyards from there and the Valley of Achor as a door of hope. She shall sing there as in the days of her youth. (Hosea 2:14-15)

All the years of pain and torment I
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And I will give you shepherds according to My heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding. (Jeremiah 3:15)

As a child growing up I was placed in the care of many different shepherds that represented Jesus. All of them failed to do what God had called them to do. I looked to them as
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For my life is spent with grief and my years with sighing. (Psalm 31:10)

I remember telling God this after I had returned to Him. I thought my life was over even though I had been set free from bondage. God had other plans. It had seemed to myself as though whatever damage I had done
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How much better to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. (Proverbs 16:16)

In today’s world of crashing economies and chaos, people are running to gold and silver, which is smart, but there is something more precious than these, wisdom and understanding. When Solomon asked God for wisdom,
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They surrounded me. Yes they surrounded me, but in the name of the Lord, I will destroy them. (Psalm 118:11)

Years ago, God gave me this verse when I was literally surrounded by demonic forces and I saw no way out. I had retreated into a world of escape through drugs and doing anything for a
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Who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies. (Psalm 103:4)

The definition of crowned is a top-ranking title: a title or distinction that signifies victory or supreme achievement. We are crowned because of what Jesus has done for us. Jesus has redeemed us through His shed blood from destruction. We have
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But if you will not hearken unto Me, and will not do all these commandments, I will do this to you. I will appoint you over to terror, consuming diseases and fevers, that will cause blindness and pain of the heart. (Leviticus 26:14,16)

I never paid attention to the Old Testament. I figured, Jesus came to
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Thus says the Lord,”Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.” (Jeremiah 21:8)

God lays it all out here. He gives us free will to choose life or death, blessings or curses. My whole life I had made poor choices and the fruit of those choices were HIV, drug addiction,
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But if you indeed obey His voice and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. (Exodus 23:22)

What a great partnership with God we have. When we learn to hear and obey God’s voice, He makes our enemies His enemies. The key to having God move on our behalf
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Is not this the fast that I have chosen? To loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke? (Isaiah 58:6)

Many times when we choose to fast, we do it out of religious duty, not a pure heart. God clearly states
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For I have more understanding than all my teachers for your testimonies are my meditation. For You Yourself have taught me. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. (Psalm 119:99,102,105)

I am amazed how the Holy Spirit has and is downloading God’s word in my spirit. The understanding that
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I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go, I will guide you with my eye. (Psalm 32:8).

 Everyone of us needs instruction throughout this life. Without instruction we continue on, not knowing how to get to where the Lord ordained us to end up. In order for us to receive the
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And have you forgotten the encouraging words God spoke to you as His children? He said, “My child, don’t make light of the Lord’s discipline, and don’t give up when He corrects you. For the Lord chastens those He loves, and He punishes each one He accepts as His child.” (Hebrews 12:5-6)

Wait a minute, did
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You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind. (Matt 22:37)

How is this love expressed? The Word tells us that we love Him because He loved us first. The first step to loving God is knowing that we can love Him because of
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