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Bless you Lao. There will be no service tomorrow night due to church business we have to attend to. However, there will be IN-HOUSE Bible Study and prayer on FRIDAY at 7:30. Looking forward to seeing you there! Blessings!

God afternoon everyone! Grace and Peace.
As we soon finish the 3rd day of our fast, here is a scripture for meditation:

Luk 11:1 KJV And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

Lord teach us to pray. Not only How to pray, although that is also imperative, but teach us that we NEED to pray. Teach us to make prayer a priority in our lives and to have the heart for prayer.
Teach us What to pray. Not just out of habit or repetitive memorization but let us pray by the Holy Spirit within us. The Spirit helps out infirmities so we need Him to lead us in prayer.
Teach us When to pray. If You inspire or urge us to pray while we're in the middle of something, Teach us to obey that unction, which is You, calling us to meet with You at that specific time. Teach us to stop what we're doing (because you know when we can pull ourselves away) and take some time to pray and to let you teach us things while we're praying.
And finally, Lord Teach us Who to pray for at any given time, in addition to those we pray for on a regular basis. Your Word instructs us to pray one for another. May we be sensitive to pray for those we don't usually pray for when they come to mind as well as those on our regular prayer list.

LORD You are the great teacher of all things. Teach us and keep on teaching us, we pray, and may we learn and increase in every aspect of prayer! In Jesus's Holy and Precious Name!!

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God morning Everyone, grace and peace! There will be no live Noonday Prayer today. Please remember me in prayer as I'm doing better, thank God, but I am still under the weather. However, I would like to present this scripture for our focus on today:

James 2:1-9 KJV
1 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
2 For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; 3 And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
4 Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? 6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
7 Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?
8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.

As I thought on this scripture, yes we're supposed to honor those whom God has given the rule over us. We honor them for their calling and office, integrity and servant hood. We honor those in high office as God has chosen them for His work. But honor is different from respect of persons. Respect of persons puts one up and others down. While we are called to Honor ministry gifts, we should not put down those who don't have titles and such. We shouldn't honor high spiritual (or even natural) offices and consider others insignificant. James told us not to have 'faith' with respect of persons (partiality, discrimination). So whether correction, advice and encouragement, we need to be fair.

Lord help us to honor all men.
All souls are yours.
Help us, oh God! Teach us oh God to love our neighbors as ourselves. Even in the time of disagreement and misunderstanding, let the love of God prevail!!! Let honor have it's rightful place.

Lord I decree that for those that have this desire, our eyes will be open to opportunities to make everyone we come into contact with, feel 'honored'! In Jesus's name!