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Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel, ‘Seek Me that you may live. But do not resort to Bethel and do not come to Gilgal, nor cross over to Beersheba; for Gilgal will certainly go into captivity and Bethel will come to trouble. Seek the Lord that you may live’” Amos 5:4-6 “Seek Me that you may live.” This sounds like a great way to truly live, for every day of our blessed Christian lives! The literal rendition of this twi

Today's Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: "Let the priests, the Lord's ministers weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, `Spare Your people, O Lord.'... then the Lord will be zealous for His land and will have pity on His people. The Lord will answer and say to His people, `Behold, I am going to send you grain, new wine and oil, and you will be satisfied in full with them.'" Joel 2:17-19 We saw yesterday how God had directed His priests, "the Lord's minister

Today's Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: "Gird yourselves with sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar! Come spend the night in sackcloth O ministers of my God. For the grain offering and the drink offering are withheld from the house of your God. Consecrate a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly; gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord." Joel 1:13-14 Once again, sadly, God's old c

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “It is I Who answer and look after You. I am like a luxuriant Cypress; from Me comes your fruit.” Hosea 14:8 Hallelujah, my sisters and brothers in Jesus Christ! Every single time you and I go to minister to our Lord, it is like we are going up to the biggest, most beautiful, luxuriant tree in the whole world to gather fruit. You see, if God is a tree and from Him comes our fruit, then only one thing remains for us to do, and this

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord.” Hosea 6:3 Bless the Lord, beloved of our Father, for this awesome invitation and exhortation God has graciously given us, to “know, let us press on to know the Lord.” To know our Lord is such a daily blessing and fellowship of life for us, and to press on to know our Lord shows us that we are always moving forward and growing in the knowledge of our great God and Savior! Two days

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “Their leaves will not wither and their fruit will not fail. They will bear every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing” Ezekiel 47:12 Dear beloved priest of God, the entire body of Christ would be healed, healthy, eating God’s food, and bearing God’s fruit, if we all would live as God’s present day and eternal kingdom of priests, standing as trees firmly ro

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “Their leaves will not wither and their fruit will not fail. They will bear every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing” Ezekiel 47:12 This last section of Ezekiel’s great and lengthy vision of God’s temple (Ezekiel chapters 40-48) speaks about a river of water flowing from God’s sanctuary; the sanctuary where we have lately been seeing God’s entreaty and fa

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “But the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept charge of My sanctuary when the sons of Israel went astray from Me, shall come near to Me to minister to Me; and they shall stand before Me. They shall enter My sanctuary; they shall come near to My table to minister to Me and keep My charge.” Ezekiel 44:15-16 Blessed priest of God, come near to the table of your Lord today, in the inner court of your inner being, and offer up

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “But the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept charge of My sanctuary when the sons of Israel went astray from Me, shall come near to Me to minister to Me; and they shall stand before Me. They shall enter My sanctuary; they shall come near to My table to minister to Me and keep My charge.” Ezekiel 44:15-16 Hallelujah, beloved child and priest of God! For He “who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood,” our Savi

Today’s Word Of Encouragement From Wayne: “But the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept charge of My sanctuary when the sons of Israel went astray from Me, shall come near to Me to minister to Me; and they shall stand before Me.” Ezekiel 44:15 Praise God, my brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ, for He has made us to be His Own present day kingdom of priests (1 Peter 2:6-9, Revelation 1:5-6, 5:9-10)! What a privilege! What a blessed favor our God has given us,