Author: marquitabp

So we enter the final 6 days of this challenge. We have transitioned into the part of the process where we need to press. Before we dive deep, it was on my heart to repent. So many times we missed opportunities out of immaturity or a lack of faith. We grew up with our focus on the wrong area or on the wrong thing. I thank God in faith that this will not be you or me any longer! We have spent time refocusing and redirecting to use the Word, our faith, and God as our foundation.

Do you believe that God still performs miracles? And if you do believe, are you willing to seek God for His miracles for you? This challenge, I hope, has challenged you to have radical faith and exercise that faith to be ready and positioned for what God wants you to receive.

The definition of the word press means to move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force. We are applying pressure to the obstacles in our lives and the spiritual, unseen forces over the next several days.

So today we press in through our praise. Some great Psalms to reference for praise are Psalm 150, 146, 148, 149, and 135. To praise is to express gratitude, respect, reverence, and adoration for God. We press in by praising God in spite of how our situation looks. We press in by praising God when our immediate situation does not look how we want it to look. We defeat the enemy when we continue to praise God despite every attempt to get us to doubt and give up in faith. Let’s press in and praise God!

Prayer:
Father God! Thank you for today. Lord, I appreciate and am grateful to You for keeping Your hand on me. I thank You and appreciate You for covering me and protecting me. I pray that as I continue to press in, that I remain in sync with you and I truly experience encounters with You like never before. I thank You for life and I thank You that I will never be the same after this experience. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Faith without works is dead. You’ve heard it before I’m sure. But it is so relevant here.

You cannot reap the fruits of a garden if you did not first plant the seeds. Then you have to water the garden regularly and properly as well as check for and remove weeds. You also have to make sure the garden is receiving adequate sun. You must protect the harvest you are seeking from predators. You may even need to provide the nutrients the soil is missing in order for your garden to thrive. Doing all of these things well may produce a bountiful harvest.

Something you must ask yourself though is why you are doing what you are doing. If your goal is to glorify God and to manifest His will and purpose for your life in the Earth, God is faithful to help you. But often, people have ulterior motives that do not include God at all. Worst yet, it is easy to get distracted. Execution can be difficult because you have to maintain your focus by keeping your eyes on the prize, or refocusing on it when necessary.

I don’t know about you, but I want everything God has promised me and everything He put on my heart for this season. I refuse to not be prepared like I have been many times in the past.

Prayer:
Lord God, thank You for Your word. Thank You that You left me a guide here to refer back to and to look to in order to clarify my path. I thank You for this process and that I can follow it to get to the destiny that lies ahead of me. I ask You to forgive me for not having followed through in the past. I ask You to forgive me for lacking the discipline to execute. I thank You that with the new habits I am instituting and the renewed mindset I now have, I can execute with precision. I thank You for preparing the field and for blessing the harvest for me. I thank You for my life and for the purposes You desire to bring to pass through my life. I align myself with seeking to glorify You in all I do and I thank You for the motivation to make it to the finish line. In Jesus’ name, Amen.