Mark 11:24 Believe & Ask
Matthew 21:22
Matthew 15:28
Jeremiah 29:11 a future & a hope
Proverbs 6:31 7 x Greater
Deuteronomy 28 scattered enemies
Proverbs 23:5 a table prepared
Jude 1:20 Most Holy Faith
John 15:7 Abide in Him! ask what you wish
James 1:6-7 without doubt
Lord, I pray a Blessing over the impending New Year. As I call down and plead the Blood of the Lamb covering & protection over me and mine. Over Your entire Body of believers. Lord, bring us closer to fulfilling Your work, preaching the Good News to all. Amazing things are ahead, as we all know The Power & Authority of the Cross is Forever. Sinners come to salvation; the backslidden, the stubborn, the oblivious, the scared and the broken. Lord, as Your Elect press onward and upward, we are ever more vigilant to recognize the position of Great Mercy afforded us, we shall not rest idly in that Confidence but rather implore those who do not know You, to come into communion with You! Advance Your Kingdom, advance Your workers Lord! Let every knee bow to Your Majesty, Lord and let Our personal testimonies be engraved and forged into Eternity!
MERRY CHRISTMAS....EVERYONE!.....HOPE YOU ALL FIND THIS MESSAGE AT THE PERFECT TIME. (message is going out very late, sorry, having technical difficulties with cell phone and access)
So let me share with you why I am so happy.
Around the beginning of December, last year, I was working on projects, some stuff around the house, at one point in my pacing about, I found myself going up to the atttic only to get to the top of the stairs & quite literally, I plumb forgot what I had gone up there looking for. "Hmfffff", I said, as I stood there, gazing around...confronted by the memories of past christmas' and that dollhouse! Its moved with me how many times, now?! As my eyes fixated on it, the slender heavy box was wedged between two garment boxes. I stood there for a moment, reminsicing, daydreaming, wondering and fretting, "would it ever get built?!", "oh well", I shrugged, heading back down the stairs, deflated by the fact that I forgot what I was looking for & sort of bummed out by seeing that beautiful dollhouse still unbuilt.
Not a day or so passed by before I was engaged in a conversation with a friend, she lives in Tennessee. She had just moved to a new area and was telling me about some neighbors, having hit some hard times, the dad disabled, grandma Rhonda B. helping to take care of the son and granddaughter. The childs Mom not in the picture. This child, the granddaughter, Mary, a sweet, soft spoken, almost angelic child. Not many around her age to play with & not much of anything belongings wise, to speak of. My friend took the occassion to ask the child what she wanted for Christmas, she said she didnt want anything! "Surely, there must be something that Youve always wished for? If you could have anything, what would it be?" my friend coaxed her. Her hesitation and limits were lifted for a moment & she said, "Oh well, I've always wanted a dollhouse"....(before my friend could even finish speaking, just about every hair on my body stood on end and I knew in that very second, that Dollhouse had to go to Mary!) Talk about joy and excitement, as the two of us conspired and giggled about how awesome this was! Divinely planned by God we agreed, a seed sewing.This dollhouse represented so much to me, and it boiled down to exactly what Mary needed, it represented everything that I had for 12 glorious years when my dad was alive, before he tragcially passed at such a young age. This dollhouse would mean so much to her. Here, I had enjoyed the very things that Mary sort of longed for and I even had the dollhouse she wished for. I felt in my spirit, if I could just help send her that "hope", that somehow we would both be healed! Me for my losses and her for any lack!
I pulled out that dollhouse, I brushed off the dust, weighed it, snapped its photo, did some research on the cost, wrapped it up and sent it on its way. I still remember telling the folks at the post office, and they all about almost cried!
Mary had the most amazing Christmas, and couldnt hardly believe that this dollhouse was really hers to have. This child has flourished in so many ways. What a difference did this make to her at this time?! Reports back from the family and my friend are that she covets this dollhouse. She is very much a christian and so anointed by God, she says she prays in every room! Is that not precious?! No one is allowed to mess with it and its been moved a few times for different reasons, so they are concerned that it might be undergoing some wear and tear. Lets pray that doesnt happen, Mary cant afford to renovate! LOL
Here is where it becomes so amazingly directed and orchestrated by God. I've stayed somewhat close with these folks, since meeting them through my friend, whom I met by the way met through the E.B.O.C. (Eternal Body) on Facebook. It was not long after Christmas that I broke my leg. Rhonda and Mary both spoke with me on the phone when I was in the hospital and promised to pray for me. I know they did, Jesus was surely with me!
Not more than a few days ago, I received a call from my friend in Georgia. She said, "remember a few weeks back when we were chatting and discussing this and that (Mary and her Grandma came to conversation)" I began to recall that day, just as we were chatting, I decided to to text Marys grandmother to let her know that she was "being prayed for and loved", I told her that her "Angels would never leave her." "Well", my friend said, "when you texted her while we were talking, neither one of us knew it but she was being taken by ambulance to the hospital with a massive blood clot in her lung". "Your text message arrived just as she was praying for her life" The doctors and nurses even exclaimed afterward, we have never seen anyone with one to such a degree as this actually survive. That text message, those angels all happened for her when she needed it most. What two things were present here in both circumstances?
Willingess and obedience! Not my work but HIS work and who could see the hand of God in anything, if you dont open your eyes, if you are too afraid to act on His promptings or never step out in faith?! Maybe a less intuitive me or less concerned me would not have made the connection, (although, I fail to see how I couldnt have made that connection)...her comment was out of the blue and so was my going to the attic that day! I felt more connected to the outcome than the dollhouse, it was just the vehicle!
Not only did I get a gift last year, when I received reports back of How surprised Mary was and what an awesome Chistmas it was for her BUT also, all the pricesless pictures! Seeing it built is like getting a gift from my Dad all over again! A hidden gift was that call from my friend the other day, letting me know about How God used me! That was a glimpse behind the curtain, again! As if I didnt know How amazing and creative and caring Our Lord is! That every detail, aspect and forgotten thing, is not lost to His perceptions. That which might seem like dead dry bones in your life is just waiting to be revived!
PRAISE THE LORD \0/
Mary B. and her Grand Mother Rhonda B. asked for this to Published & they wish for it to go as far and as wide as possible.
Mary doesnt know it yet, BUT this set is on its way to her
I know she will enjoy it!
some cute lil add ons
packed up in the toychest
a bear and bottle...
and a cute lil toychest it is
packed up and off it goes
UPDATE 1-3-14
This came tucked in a box of goodies from my friend who lives near Mary. Mary came to visit her before the snow prohibited, we had a chat on the phone yesterday, just as I was opening my friends package to me ..little Mary is such a precious love... she loves Jesus, and it just made my heart smile to find out the small items I sent were exactly what she had been wanting for her lil Mansion of Prayer, casa de la prayer ...
I cherish this, its simply a glorious yet simple reminder of the Very Best Blessing This Life Has To Offer.
12/16/13 Innocent Lamb, Jewish Baby Jesus. Son of Man & God, Christ Messiah!
Everywhere you go, you see Happy Holidays and Season Greetings, you here it incessantly. Whos afraid to offend someone, since when are Gods blessings below acceptance level?
Jesus was the one who created all things and in all things He created they them! He existed before all of creation and sits at the Right hand of God. For the Messiah prophesied of in the Old Testament to occur, Our Lord, God's Son had to enter the Human Bloodline, born to a woman, but still of God. Mary was a virgin, her pregnancy came from the hand of God directly! He who gives life and is aware of it before any other is. There is a place within the womb of creation that is observed by God before it is even known to any other.
The Messiah, promised to the Jewish Nation, surely did arrive, but not in the fashion or status quou of what (they as a people & culture were accustomed to) so, they rejected the idea that He would be born to poor people & placed in a manger. Yes, this little Baby, so despised & misunderstood had power coursing through his very veins, enough that John the Baptist, also a Baby (still in His mothers womb, lept for joy) essentially speaking, he began moving and stretching inside of her, in ecitement) His little spirit knew Jesus' spirit & Our Lord, made His power known to both women! Oh there was such power & presence finally on this earth, so much so that the Evilest men of the day sought to kill every newborn, in order to prevent His impending birth! (Exodus 1:22)The signs of the Old Testament began unfolding & they knew He was most likely being born presently, even as they plotted! They tried, but they failed!
And then we have the Ultimate rejection, after all, He was the "sacrificial lamb" & the "Chief cornerstone, which the Builders Rejected", Thats a direct Inference to the jewish Nation and the prodigal brats (all of us undeserving sinners, both gentile and jew). Despised, Rejected and slaughtered, The Lamb of God who took away the sins of the world and had the iniquities of ALL OF MAN KIND placed upon Him!...My heart bleeds with agony at the thought! So Yes, just as scripture illustrated, prohesied and foretold. He was crucified and hung on TREE, A wooden cross! He was beaten, thronged, abused, spat upon, crowned with thorns, pierced and crushed, No other gift in life can compare to the Gift Of HIS LIFE!
Our Loving Magnificent Father, sacrificed His own Son, so that all of us Might be saved, but definitely some of us will be saved. Isnt it just like Him that He awaits the conversion of the Jewish nation, that prodigal child that has rejected His Love, REJECTED HIS SON, the Messiah, the only hope for salvation! They might have rejected Him, but they Are and ALWAYS WILL be, the "Apple of His Eye", anyone harming them must contend with God. It is our duty, as adopted children, as Christians, to stay obedient, pray for our Jewish Brothers and Sisters as well as all other still needing conversion & remember the Real Reason for this season &Truest meaning of CHRISTmas! Jesus Christ!
(this entire message is steeped in scriptural references)...Please take a momnet to review just a few, this whill help you gain a fuler understanding)
John 1:1
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Melchizedek was a type for the Son of God – the divine part of Jesus Christ. Jesus had genealogy on His mother’s side, but not His Father’s, and was without beginning of days or end of life in that He was and is God.
Hebrews 7:3
Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God he remains a priest forever. (http://wbmoore.wordpress.com/2009/04/18/did-jesus-exist-before-time-is-jesus-god/)
Philippians 2:5-7 5
Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men
Psalm 118:22 The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone.
Matthew 21:42
Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone which the builders rejected Has become thechief cornerstone. This was the Lord’s doing, And it is marvelous in our eyes’?
1 Peter 2:6
Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion A chief cornerstone, elect, precious, And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.”
John 1:29
The next day John saw Jesus coming unto him, and said, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
Romans 12:3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you. Hebrews 12:2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
John 14:23
Jesus replied, “If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
John 14:26
But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
Hebrews 7:25
Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
Jn 8:58
“I tell you the truth,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!”
Jn 8:23
But he continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
2 Cor 13:14
14 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
Jn 5:16-18
16 So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews persecuted him. 17 Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working.” 18 For this reason the Jews tried all the harder to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
John 1:18
18 No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father’s side, has made him known.
Hebrews 1:3
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
Philippians 2:5-7
5 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
7 but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.
John 10:27-36, "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; 28and I give eternal life to them, and they shall never perish; and no one shall snatch them out of My hand. 29"My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. 30"I and the Father are one." 31The Jews took up stones again to stone Him. 32Jesus answered them, "I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?" 33The Jews answered Him, "For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God." 34Jesus answered them, "Has it not been written in your Law, 'I said, you are gods'? 35"If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken), 36do you say of Him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?"
Exodus 1:22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, "Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live."
Some of the most profound works of Jesus occured while in the midst of or in the process of going to or doing something else, entirely. Jesus was often called away or detained as people of the day beseeched Him for His Mercy or some Miracle.
In the times we are living, theres a need wherevever you look. Until the time that Jesus returns, we are the embodyment of Him in this world and that vital link between the two. As the Holy Spirit moves in us we are the vessels of His workmanship fitted for the work of His Kingdom. Through Words, through deeds, prayers and presence in Christ!
It's very common for us to get overly focused on one aspect or obsess over details, of the things that in the bigger picture just simply do not matter. Our flexibility and ready desire to serve Him is what He is seeking from us. Imagine what a different read the Bible would have been had Jesus sent word,
"Let them wait, dont they know I have important speeches to prepare, lessons to illustrate and groups of followers". No, Jesus never beraided those who sought Him so earnestly. Rather, He dealt with the matter right there and sraightway with Love, compassion and the greatest of attention.
Life is going to throw curve balls and those who we are placed here for us to serve will need us when its least convenient, while we are busy, in the midst thereof, doing our thing. Its our response to Gods call to action that matters and it could prove to be the saving grace for some other in depserate need.
This message, although timely, was temporarily delayed due to some very sensitive and serious prayer requests which have flooded in. Unfortunately, several folks in my circles of friendship are facing the loss of loved ones, severe illness', surgeries and hospitalizations. Prayers are continuing and I praise God for the same attention He gives, Lord, every hour we need thee!
We dont tell the world how Big our Problems are, we tell our Problems How Big Our God is!
21 “Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died.22 But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.” 23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24 Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?” 27 “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”
Such powerful
thoughts the Lord has placed within me, as I was instructed to recount all of
the negative, painful, tragic & otherwise major life altering events. Most
everyone in life experiences them at some point or another to some degree.
This may come
quickly or this may evolve & unfold over the course time with applied
intentional effort. Begin first by creating a list of these events with
approximate dates, details, as best as you can, not so much detail that you go
off on a tangent. I mean like this....(1.) Health crisis, when I was 27, two
surgeries. a year to recuperate, resulting in the end of an engagement, a
change of residence and another new lease on Life....so you get the idea.
Now, just
continue on with your list, hopefully YOURS, is not as extensive as mine is.
Eventually, you will come to a spot in your inner consciousness where you know,
yep, in a nutshell, that list of things:... challenges, deaths, disagreements,
hardships, illnesses, injustices, obstacles, reductions, snags, & struggles
is a comprehensive list of life lessons, hidden blessings, growth &
survival. As you go through each one, and recognize what the sum outcome
yielded. Reversing the curse, neutralizing the venom of the enemy, as he tries
to use it over you or against you. Extinguishing the fiery darts of the enemy,
his lying words of defeat & shame are transmuted by Gods Divine Mercy and
Love over us. This process, when you have completed it, will cathartically cut
the cord between you and your connection to residual emotional & spiritual
residue.
I am going to do
it now, my reversing is in acknowledging, praising, and extolling the Lord, His
omniscient ways will never cease to Amaze!
✞ keep the lesson & the blessing and release the
unprofitable. _____________________________________________________________________________
When I was
12, My father, tragically passed away, leaving my Mother, four brothers, myself
& my Grandparents, all stunned! This taught me rather abruptly, just how
valuable and precious life Is! He was a very strong Man of God, never ill a day
in His life until that unfortunate event. He was an amazing Artist and
visionary, who set things in motion that the enemy tried to steal BUT will not
be successful. I reverse the curse placed upon our family unit, that brought
fear, pain, and trauma. I praise the Lord that I was born to woman who prayed
for me every day! A woman who stepped into the role of Father, as best as any
person could ever hope to, with Grace, Dignity and Faith! A woman who was devoted
to her husband even beyond death.
When I was
15, My Grandfather, my Father's Dad, passed away! This taught me that life is
not fair, sometimes things do not go in the order we believe is correct. I got
to see first hand what the effects of widowhood were on three wonderful women
in my life. My Mom’s Mom who lived with us, My Mother & now my deceased
Dad's mom! I saw how difficult it was, but I also saw how God strengthened and
fortified them. I learned that a legacy of strong family values is important! I
witnessed and studied Proverbs 31 women, who instructed me daily! (evidence of
this did not show immediately, lol)
A few years
after this, I had a reaction to a chemical carpet cleaner that you use to clean
automobile carpeting with. The overspray got up all on my face, I didn’t know
it, …(then I went to the beach or pool, got lots of sun) REACTION...omgosh!
Emergency visits to the Dermatologists & Eye Specialists; ointments, eye
patch, .milk bath treatments, lots of praying & a wonderfully patient, caring
Mom!...Taught me to value and appreciate health over vanity. I was fortunate to
have recuperated with Miraculous result! Not a trace that it even happened
other than the awful memories! (more concerned about being good, than just looking
good)
A few years
after that, it was Marriage, Miscarriage & Mayhem, not necessarily in
that order but a separation before six months & divorce within that year.
This taught me that No matter how much you may offer, deposit or invest in
another, it does not always incite them to do better or to emulate the better.
Just as the choice we have in Christ is before us, Jesus being the ultimate
Great example, but we, flawed humans, just fall short! Incidentally, it was
around this time that I began my closer relationship with Jesus. He drew me
closer when I was ready to receive Him and it changed my perspective on life,
in spite of the distractions and abusers that were trying to gain authority
over my life.
....I will
stop there, not really stop but I will continue with my reversing, applying on
my own life, all the way up to present! I hope & pray that you too, will do
this! Do what the enemy trembles at the thought of; ..."OH NO! If She or
He takes inventory of their life, they will realize how powerful they are!"....
✞God is the God of the “Sudden Turn Around
& Divine Reversal”, Turning curses into blessings!
Matthew 16:19I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven;
whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on
earth will be loosed in heaven.” Matthew 18:18″I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be
bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
This is
mentioned twice, you bind and loose in this way…
✞”I bind any and all
curses and I loose any and all blessings in my life and the life of my family
in Jesus Name”
Todays message is going out much later than planned due to
some technical difficulties. Quite fittingly, today’s message is about
Declaring and Decreeing. A powerful approach to our relationship and
communication with God in accord with our needs. I declare and decree
uninterrupted publishing of this message.
Ever remember being so young that maybe your language skills
were not quite developed well. It drove your parents nuts, as you pointed and
whined! OMG! You want this?!, You want that?!...I’m sure you're wheels are
turning already with familiarity! Well, there is something to be said for this
too, God wants us to know we can Pray and be specific. He will Answer,
sometimes with a “yes” (don’t forget to say thanks), sometimes with a “Not yet”
(don’t forget to employ faith and also say thanks) or sometimes it’s with,
“just wait, I have something better in mind for you.”(That’s where strong faith
is required, something "better" might take longer) naturally, you
should be thankful and patient of that too!
Job 22:28 King James Bible Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it
shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
Powerful
messages have come through in regard to Declaring and Decreeing. Take a moment
to listen to this, you will not regret it.!
Declare
and Decree the word of God into and over your life.In Job 22:28 God
instructs us that if we declare a thing He will establish it!
• Kingdom prayers and decrees • Prayers releasing the fire of God • Prayers to command the morning, the day and
the night • Releasing the sword of the Lord • Releasing the arrows of the Lord • Breaking curses & casting out generational
spirits • Annuling ungodly covenants
• I have a covenant with God
Finish
your completion of these exercises with this prayer. "Lord, I forgive all
who have ever wronged me, allow My prayer over them to bring them into correct
alignment with You Lord! I pray that You would have mercy on them as You would
also have mercy upon me!"
There
is a subtle difference between not wanting to sin, because of the cost, i.e.
eternal damnation, going to hell,... even some of the physical consequences
that are associated with certain sins of the flesh, etc etc. but there's a
pivotal difference between not wanting to sin because of the consequences
versus not wanting to sin because of how it disappoints God! When you make that
internal shift between your own discomfort versus the discomfort associated
with knowing that you displeased your Loving Benevolent Creator, it just
truly changes your whole perspective on how you view God's design for your
life! It changes your perspective on how you view the things that you choose,
you realize that there is a grand design, everything is symmetrically balanced
in God's plan, it set out before us to unfold naturally, if we're walking in
obedience and in right alignment, What’s promised in that agreement is that we
will be provided the encouragement, confirmations, information, opportunities, signs, situations, steps and people
to that effect. The life you live is a witness to others.
We always have to remember, the only ones who
wind up in hell are those who refuse to accept Jesus! Everyone in Hell is there
not because of what they did, BUT because of what they didn't do! Yes, sin has
a cost and penalty which must be paid either way! That's where Jesus enters the
equation! At its simplest summation, hell is for sinners who DON'T have Jesus
and Heaven is for sinners who DO!
Do you know what having Jesus means?...Jesus
abides in you when you accept HIM! He and the Holy Spirit co-habitate with your
mind, body, spirit, soul. That's why we are referred to as human vessels! If
your vessel is polluted from within and without, a certificate of occupancy
will be forged, issued and authored from above or below!
I will leave you with this one last thought, I
found an interesting post online, it was a cleverly worded poster, something to
this affect...."Tired of hearing the word REPENT, people?!....People in
Hell wish they could hear it just one more time!"
Deuteronomy 28
Blessings for
Obedience
28 If you fully obey theLordyour God and carefully
followall his commandsI give you today, theLordyour God will set you
high above all the nations on earth.2 All these blessings will come on youand accompany you if
you obey theLordyour God:
3 You will be blessedin the city and blessed
in the country.
4 The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land
and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your
flocks.
5 Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed.
6 You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.
7 TheLordwill grant that the
enemieswho rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will
come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven.
8 TheLordwill send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your
hand to. TheLordyour God will blessyou in the land he is
giving you.
9 TheLordwill establish you as his holy people,as he promised you on
oath, if you keep the commandsof theLordyour God and walk in
obedience to him.10 Then all the peoples on
earth will see that you are called by the nameof theLord, and they will fear
you.11 TheLordwill grant you abundant
prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestockand the crops of your
ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.
12 TheLordwill open the heavens, the storehouseof his bounty,to send rainon your land in season
and to blessall the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will
borrow from none.13 TheLordwill make you the head,
not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of theLordyour God that I give
you this day and carefully followthem, you will always be at the top, never at
the bottom.14 Do not turn aside from
any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left,following other gods
and serving them.
Curses for Disobedience
15 However, if you do not obeytheLordyour God and do not
carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today,all these curses will
come on you and overtake you:
16 You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.
17 Your basket and your kneading trough will be cursed.
18 The fruit of your womb will be cursed, and the crops of your land,
and the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
19 You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.
20 TheLordwill send on you
curses,confusion and rebukein everything you put
your hand to, until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruinbecause of the evilyou have done in
forsaking him.[a]21 TheLordwill plague you with diseases until he has destroyed you from the
land you are entering to possess.22 TheLordwill strike you with wasting disease,with fever and
inflammation, with scorching heat and drought,with blightand mildew, which will
plagueyou until you perish.23 The sky over your head will be bronze, the ground beneath you
iron.24 TheLordwill turn the rainof your country into
dust and powder; it will come down from the skies until you are destroyed.
25 TheLordwill cause you to be defeatedbefore your enemies.
You will come at them from one direction but flee from them in seven,and you will become a
thing of horrorto all the kingdoms on earth.26 Your carcasses will be food for all the birdsand the wild animals,
and there will be no one to frighten them away.27 TheLordwill afflict you with the boils of Egyptand with tumors,
festering sores and the itch, from which you cannot be cured.28 TheLordwill afflict you with madness, blindness and confusion of mind.29 At midday you will gropeabout like a blind
person in the dark. You will be unsuccessful in everything you do; day after
day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescueyou.
30 You will be pledged to be married to a woman, but another will
take her and rape her.You will build a house, but you will not live in it.You will plant a
vineyard, but you will not even begin to enjoy its fruit.31 Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will eat
none of it. Your donkey will be forcibly taken from you and will not be
returned. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and no one will rescue
them.32 Your sons and daughters
will be given to another nation,and you will wear out
your eyes watching for them day after day, powerless to lift a hand.33 A people that you do not know will eat what your land and labor
produce, and you will have nothing but cruel oppressionall your days.34 The sights you see will drive you mad.35 TheLordwill afflict your knees and legs with painful boilsthat cannot be
cured, spreading from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.
36 TheLordwill drive you and the kingyou set over you to a
nation unknown to you or your ancestors.There you will worship
other gods, gods of wood and stone.37 You will become a thing of horror,a bywordand an object of
ridiculeamong all the peoples where theLordwill drive you.
38 You will sow much seed in the field but you will harvest little,because locustswill devourit.39 You will plant vineyards and cultivate them but you will not drink
the wineor gather the grapes, because worms will eatthem.40 You will have olive trees throughout your country but you will not
use the oil, because the olives will drop off.41 You will have sons and daughters but you will not keep them,
because they will go into captivity.42 Swarms of locustswill take over all your trees and the crops of your land.
43 The foreigners who reside among you will rise above you higher and
higher, but you will sink lower and lower.44 They will lend to you,
but you will not lend to them.They will be the head, but you will be the tail.
45 All these curses will come on you. They will pursue you and
overtake youuntil you are destroyed,because you did not
obey theLordyour God and observe the commands and decrees he gave you.46 They will be a sign and a wonder to you and your descendants
forever.47 Because you did not
servetheLordyour God joyfully and gladlyin the time of
prosperity,48 therefore in hunger and
thirst,in nakedness and dire poverty, you will serve the enemies theLordsends against you. He
will put an iron yokeon your neckuntil he has destroyed you.
49 TheLordwill bring a nation against youfrom far away, from the
ends of the earth,like an eagleswooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand,50 a fierce-looking nation without respect for the oldor pity for the young.51 They will devour the young of your livestock and the crops of your
land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain, new wineor olive oil,nor any calves of your
herds or lambs of your flocks until you are ruined.52 They will lay siegeto all the cities
throughout your land until the high fortified walls in which you trust fall
down. They will besiege all the cities throughout the land theLordyour God is giving you.
53 Because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the
siege, you will eat the fruit of the womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters
theLordyour God has given you.54 Even the most gentle and sensitive man among you will have no
compassion on his own brother or the wife he loves or his surviving children,55 and he will not give to one of them any of the flesh of his
children that he is eating. It will be all he has left because of the suffering
your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of all your cities.56 The most gentle and sensitivewoman among you—so
sensitive and gentle that she would not venture to touch the ground with the
sole of her foot—will begrudge the husband she loves and her own son or daughter57 the afterbirth from her womb and the children she bears. For in
her dire need she intends to eat themsecretly because of the
suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of your cities.
58 If you do not carefully follow all the words of this law,which are written in
this book, and do not reverethis glorious and awesome name—theLordyour God—59 theLordwill send fearful plagues on you and your descendants, harsh and
prolonged disasters, and severe and lingering illnesses.60 He will bring on you all the diseases of Egyptthat you dreaded, and
they will cling to you.61 TheLordwill also bring on you
every kind of sickness and disaster not recorded in this Book of the Law,until you are
destroyed.62 You who were as
numerous as the stars in the skywill be left but fewin number, because you
did not obey theLordyour God.63 Just as it pleasedtheLordto make you prosper and
increase in number, so it will pleasehim to ruin and destroy
you.You will be uprootedfrom the land you are
entering to possess.
64 Then theLordwill scatteryou among all nations,from one end of the
earth to the other.There you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone, which
neither you nor your ancestors have known.65 Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting placefor the sole of your
foot. There theLordwill give you an anxious mind, eyesweary with longing, and
a despairing heart.66 You will live in
constant suspense, filled with dread both night and day, never sure of your life.67 In the morning you will say, “If only it were evening!” and in the
evening, “If only it were morning!”—because of the terror that will fill your
hearts and the sights that your eyes will see.68 TheLordwill send you back in ships to Egypt on a journey I said you
should never make again.There you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male
and female slaves, but no one will buy you.
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