





Then I read in Matthew that the chief priest, the elders of the people and the high priest were the one who stood against Jesus Christ. Those who were in authority and had honor from people, could not give that authority and honor to Jesus Christ. "Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people came to the decision to put Jesus to death. They bound him, led him away and handed him over to Pilate, the governor." Matthew 27:1-2.
Jesus was accused by the chief priests and the elders.
Heavenly Father, I have been praying to You to submit my will to Yours. SInce I have prayed that, I am expecting that there is not going to be authority and honor from men to me. Therefore, I ask you, according to Ephesians 3:16: I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen me with power through His Spirit in my inner being.
He told me to bind my hands to the work He had always meant for me to do in order to prosper His will in the Kingdom, and I did.
He said to bind myself to the work of the Cross, because that was where the power, the authority, th elove, the forgiveness, the mercy, and the grace would flow into my life.
These are the few scriptures I started to meditate on...
1 John 2:14 "You are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one."
Ephesians 6:17 "Take... the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God."
Ephesians 5:25-27 "Christ loved the church adn gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless."
Genesis 12:1-3
2) To be used by God is to experience resistance from authority.





Psalm 91:4 He will cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you will find refuge.
Psalm 40:11 May Your love and Your truth always protect me.
Revelation 1:18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever!
John 2:24 See that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.
Romans 6:13 Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to Him, as instruments of righteousness.
Ephesians 2:18 For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
For everyone looks out for his own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. But you know that Timothy has proved himself, because as a son with his father he has served with me in the work of the gospel. Philippians 2:21-22
So, as you see, Jesus Christ has interests of His hearts. When people are interested in how to become rich and successful in this world, Jesus' interests are about the spreading the Gospel to people.
Thank You, dear Lord and the Father, for letting us know Your heart and Your interests. I want to join and choose to be about the interest of my master- Jesus Christ, thus to bring the gospel to others.
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge anmd depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes from Jesus Christ- to the glory and praise of God. Philippians 1:9-11
Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure... Philippians 2:14
Seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper. Jeremiah 29:7
Our focus will be on thinking about the city as a place for ministry. And how can we connect the urban, suburban and rural areas, so there will be equalization. Urbanization process is tightly connected to industrialization, health improvements and some other factors. The good thing that we want to see happening is the partenrship between the suburban and urban churches.
