Daughter of the King

Hello! This week started to be a challenge to me in many ways. But then I was reminded that I needed to refocus! Refocus on God and not get distracted by the surrounding circumstances. My week got much better and I was able to "see" things so much more clearly. The enemy loves to get us off track. If he can do that by throwing things at us or simply by derailing us then he has the battle won. I am not going down that easily. I am a child of the King. The Most High is MY DAD! So I went running to my Dad and things didn't seem to be as big of a deal as they first appeared. My week straightened right out and it went so much better! Remember, when things seems to be spinning out of control, to refocus. Realign your gaze on the Most High and everything else will be placed in perspective. Read the Word, spend time in worship and draw your sword! There is a battle going on out there. You are in the midst of the battle whether you want to be or not. Be prepared! Don't

42 Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue; 43 for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. John 12:42-43 How sad that they believed in Jesus but they didn't confess Him as Lord and Savior. Even more sad that they loved the praise of men more than Jesus. This scripture is after the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. They were there to witness the miracles. They knew that He was the Christ. Politics happened even way back then. This portion of scripture supports the fact that you cannot serve more than one god. We are fortunate to serve the one true God. The praises of men here on earth are temporary at best but the praises of God will be eternal! Let this be a reminder for us to pray for our rulers. I pray for them to love Jesus and recognize him as the one true God, more than they love the praises of men. That we would return to a G

7 So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” 8 And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience,went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 10 When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her,“Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?” 11 She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go and[k] sin no more.” 12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” John 8:7-12 NKJV So the Pharisees caught this woman "in the very act" of adultry. They brought her up to be sentenced by Jesus. They didn't bring the other participant "of the very

1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. 2 And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the wooden images, the carved images, and the molded images. 4 They broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and the incense altars which were above them he cut down; and the wooden images, the carved images, and the molded images he broke in pieces, and made dust of them and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. 5 He also burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. 6 And so he did in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali and all around, with axes.[a

6 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?” 7 The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” 8 Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.” 9 And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. 16 For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him,[c] because He had done these things on the Sabbath. John 5:6-9;16 NKJV I am amazed that Jesus went to this place and healed a man that had been crippled for 38 years! He took time to talk to him and ask him if he wanted to be healed. The man responded with a yes and Jesus healed him! WOW! I get so excited when I think of this scene. I wish I could have been there to witness every detail. He got up from where he had laid for years and walked! What a miracle! It's the response form the pe