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Keys of the Kingdom is True for Today

Prayer of Binding and Loosing is based on the Keys of the Kingdom.‬

  • Bind my will to the Father’s will.
  • Bind my mind to the mind of Christ.
  • Bind my emotions to the Holy Spirit.
  • Loose anything in me that is not of You.

Do you want to see God change a life?

Pray this prayer for yourself or for someone else, or even someone who has gone astray or doesn’t know Christ. Insert their name and pray it consistently and over a long duration. You can extend the prayer by adding what the need is i.e. loose Satan’s grip on Suzie’s life…loose evil influences/worldliness/selfishness/idolatry from Sammy’s life.

An elderly couple prayed this prayer for their grown son for many months. He had lost his way and had little interest in things of God. He was in a marital separation from his wife. A few months later, his marriage got back together. He returned to church. And he became an active leader in a youth club at the church. Was it coincidence? I don’t think his parents think so.

Side note: I had the privilege of leading his son to Christ before his father’s turnaround. His grandparents would bring him. He was doing scripture memory work in my small group of children when he told me he wanted to accept Christ as his Savior. He was a second grader at the time. His conversion calmed him. The difference was noticeable.

God’s Word speaks today.

I 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 16:19

This is a powerful prayer that is based on scripture. We are told to have the mind of Christ, to follow the Father’s will, to allow God’s Spirit to have His way in our lives. We are told to eschew worldly lusts, resist the wiles of the devil, and flee from evil and the evil one.

When I pray this prayer for myself or for someone else, I am inviting God to help me do what is according to His will and purpose in my life or their life. It can be prayed for the lost person, the rebellious person, the one who has lost their way, and the person in need.

Praying God’s Word releases God’s power to work freely in our own lives and the person-being-prayed-for’s, life.

Faith. Obedience. Trust.

Living by faith: living in obedience and trusting in God’s plan. The power comes from God.  –Mary Anne 

It’s a prayer that invokes the Father and His resources. Feel free to use it.

Wishing you the very best,

Norma

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Pitfalls Ahead, Grace Abounds

You’re on a journey. It’s a journey that requires you to follow a guide. The guide knows what you don’t know. Your guide knows the pitfalls that lie ahead on the journey. You soon learn you must follow His lead no matter what happens. At first you fight it. You’d rather do it your own way.

Then you come to realize the wisdom of following an experienced guide. That Guide, of course, is God. You learn to place your trust in Him on your spiritual journey. It becomes easier once you begin to see that grace accompanies everything God does as He leads you.

My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.

John 10:27-19

I used to think it was all about love for love is the nature of God. As His beloved, forgiven, redeemed, justified, and sanctified children, we have the nature of God in us. Now I think it is as much about grace as it is about love. Love has grace attached to it. To some extent the two are inseparable. By grace you are saved through faith.

Where you see love you will also see grace. Where you see grace you will also see love.

If a person believes they love their neighbor but there is no grace toward their neighbor, it appears they don’t really love their neighbor. I’ve never heard a sermon about the connection of love with grace in the way I’m presenting it–that you can’t have love without having grace–but it’s something I’ve noticed on the practical, spiritual side.

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.

2 Corinthians 9:8 ESV

Our Guide, King Jesus, says the least of these shall be the greatest in God’s kingdom. I wonder why we hold back on loving others and grace giving. Little things happen all the time where we make choices whether to do or not to do. One happened to me tonight.

A friend called and I debated whether to answer the phone. I wasn’t in the mood for a long conversation. But I picked up and was glad I did. She immediately burst into tears. She was emotionally reeling from a work-related incident. While we were talking, she learned from her son that someone dear had just passed on, which meant more tears and that we needed to cut the conversation short.

I’m going to stick my neck out and make a statement that is my own. Grace is a measuring rod for the amount of love is outworking in your life. Little grace, little love. Lots of grace, lots of love. I think it works that way.

Follow your Guide and you won’t lose your way.