ALWAYS PREPARE BEFORE GOD

Preparation means the actions taken to get set for the manifestation of expectation.
With preparation to engage the presence of God is to put in a proper state of mind that is prepared to listen. 
Listening is the evidence of understanding gained for knowing to go further in the journey of life. 
The word of Jesus confirms listening as the solution to gain understanding. (John 8:43)
It is possible to say that planning is the step, and preparation is the sequel (the consequence) of expectation. The truth is, you can plan all you want, but if you do not prepare, you will still not be ready to receive your expectation.
Preparation can be described as the level of readiness and with no interruption.
In this season, what are you looking from God to do in your life, to the glory of God?
Receiving from God can be the evidence of preparation physically, spiritually, and emotionally.
In the journey of life, seeking God is evidence of how much you prepare to see God.
Abraham had an encounter with the Lord when he planned to prepare for engaging the presence of God. 
Abraham, in his plan for preparation to receive, he told his wife, “Quickly, make ready three measures of fine meal; knead it and make cakes.” (Genesis 18:6)
After getting his wife to prepare for the Lord, Abraham went to do his part as Genesis 18:7-8 records, “And Abraham ran to the herd, took a tender and good calf, gave it to a young man, and he hastened to prepare it. So he took butter and milk and the calf which he had prepared and set it before them, and he stood by them under the tree as they ate.” 
Preparation from the depth of heart will always count before God as your integrity to engage the presence of God, and God does not look away not to acknowledge preparation.
The plans and preparation granted Abraham favor before God.
For Abraham, God answered the pending challenge of the bareness of his wife (Sarah). The Bible records, “And He said, “I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son.”
God did not look away from the preparation of Abraham. He is not a partial God to look away from your plan and prepare before Him for your expectation.
What is it that is lacking in your life?
What is your expectation that is pending for years, without manifestation?
Do you know to plan and prepare to receive from God?
Understand and know that:
Plan and preparation before God is the evidence of hallowing God.
Plan and preparation before God is the action that weighs before God, and it counts to experience God. 1 Samuel 2:3 buttresses, “…For the Lord is the God of knowledge; And by Him, actions are weighed.”  
Plan and preparation before God will gain to be a partaker of the presence of God.
Are you with the plan and know the preparation to be build up before God, to inheritance among the sanctified?
Acts 20:32 records, “So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.”
With plan and preparation to build you up to receive an inheritance from God, give time, and by studying the word of God. 
With time, study, and let the word of God gain entrance into your heart.
Plan and preparation before God enable David to build for God through his son. 1 Chronicles 22:5 records, “Now David said, “Solomon my son is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the Lord must be exceedingly magnificent, famous and glorious throughout all countries. I will now make preparation for it.” So David made abundant preparations before his death.”
Plan and preparation is faith demonstration.
Repeatedly, through the pages of the Bible, the word of God identifies that faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (Romans 10:17). Take to mind that the Word of God which comes can also cease from coming when there is disengagement from hearing the Word of God. All that pertains to living life is living by the Word of God (living by faith). 
Plan and preparation before God should be a way of living not to become a victim of wickedness.
Plan and preparation will provoke God to remember you with favor and visit you with salvation. 
For example, Jesus could not command for Passover without having preparation in place.  Matthew 26:19 records the testimony of preparation before Passover as Jesus asked, “So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the Passover.”
Ask God to IMPACT you with having preparation before Him continually.
The plan and preparation of Abraham to have an encounter with God granted him the remembrance and visitation of God.
In your plan and preparation before God, ask that God will remember you with favor, and visit you with salvation. 

CONTINUALLY PRAY FOR DELIVERANCE

Romans 15:4 admonishes all saying, “For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.”
God has spoken and is still speaking through His written word to all.
All that God has said for your learning but not able to see in His word to receive, to become of you, is the evidence of lack of understanding.
The word warned that the reason for the lack of understanding is rooted in not being able to LISTEN (John 8:43)
What you hear and not listening will not gain entrance into your heart. When you can give yourself to hear repeatedly, as word of God demands (So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God Roman 10:17)  evidently, your heart has received word, to live life before God. Psalm 119:130 mentions it, “The entrance of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple.”
Many are claiming to be a believer but not true until one begins to live life, by the word of God.
Does the word of God have a place in your heart?
If you are a believer, meaning to be-living life by the word of God, then you are a believer that Jesus calls out as light. Matthew 5:14 records, “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.” 
Are you the light of the world or the darkness of the world?
Are you an unbelieving believer that is claiming or answering as a believer, as the light of the world, but not living life by the word of God? 
If you are the light, you are one that is not in the dark, not living in sin, a life of wickedness.
Claiming the word of God in the mouth but far from the heart is identified in Jeremiah 12:1-2 as wicked. Jeremiah spoke before God, “Righteous are You, O Lord when I plead with You; Yet let me talk with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those happy who deal so treacherously? You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; They grow, yes, they bear fruit. You are near in their mouth but far from their mind.” (Jeremiah 12:1-2)
Who are you before God?
Listen, the world is not worth living if one does not have Christ, knowing about God but not to know God. It is time to search for yourself, prayerfully come out of sin, seek God, to live life for the glory of God. 
IN THIS CHALLENGING TIME, COME OUT OF SIN, NOT TO MISS HEAVEN. 
A decorated name for sin is PRIDE. 
Living a life of sin is not seeking God diligently to separate one from God because it is rooted in pride.
Pride is a personal ride to self-destruction.
Romans 3:23 points out that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Give attention to going against sin and know that there should be no encouragement for delaying your coming out of sin to live life for God.
The desire to live life for the glory of God should be of seeking God diligently. 
With sin, man is not seeking God and will not see God. 
It is not possible to be seeking God diligently and be telling lies as a way of life, deceiving and manipulating others, expecting to see God. 
Does that speak to you?
In this challenging time, continually pray for the hand of God over your life.
Acts 6:4 admonish us, “but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” (Act 6:4)
Praying for the hand of God is a non-stop prayer point to experience the deliverance of God. 
God delivered the Israelites out of Egypt with His RIGHTEOUS HAND, by His STRETCH OUT hand, and by His STRONG HAND, from Pharaoh yet, they did not stop from calling on God for deliverance because the enemy continues to go after them.
We do not stop praying for deliverance.
The enemy approached the Israelites the Red Sea, but Moses directed them to the prayer of deliverance saying to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever. The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.” (Exodus 14:13)
Ask from God to enable you not to be afraid, to be able to stand still (not looking for help from no man, the evidence of having faith in God), and to see to receive and become victorious over the challenging of today.

ALLOW THE ORDER OF GOD TO TAKE OVER YOUR WAYS

The order of God, is the direction, directive, the demand of God in the journey of life for all, not to live a life of waste.
Living life outside of the order of God is the route of untimely death.
Hezekiah was out of order before God and set for an untimely death. He prayed to God for his deliverance, and God answered by sending the Prophet Isaiah to him for his restoration from death. (2 Kings 20:1-6)
Among the ORDER of God for all not to live a life waste are: knowing to remind God, knowing to watch, and pray.
Know to remind God:
God demand in Isaiah 43:25-26, “I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; And I will not remember your sins. Put Me in remembrance; Let us contend together; State your case, that you may be acquitted.”
God is true to His word if you will give self to the word of God.
Through the pages of the Bible, it is clear that God does not forget but expects all to remind Him.
He is God that remembers.
God rained and, it flooded the world of Noah forty days and night.
God remembered Noah in the flood of water of sin and affliction and made the flood to become subsided.
Genesis 8:1 record, “Then God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.”
God waits to act for waiting on Him (Isaiah 64:4)
Ask, seek and Knock is the order of God for all not to be in disorder, it is the direction, directive, the demand of Jesus (Matthew 7:7)
Ask, seek, and knock is to Pray, watch while knock with expectation for manifestation.
Asking is waiting, and you should ask from Him according to His word.
King David was a man after the heart of God, and he knows to remind God.
In Psalm 25:6-7, David says, “Remember, O Lord, Your tender mercies and Your lovingkindnesses, For they are from of old. Do not remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; According to Your mercy remember me, For Your goodness’ sake, O Lord.”
Besides King David, Psalmist also reminds God in Psalm 106:4, saying, “Remember me, O Lord, with the favor You have toward Your people. Oh, visit me with Your salvation.” 
All should learn from the word of God to learn, know, and do, to claim the promise of God.
Know to watch, and pray: Another order of God that is His direction, directive, demand from all not to be a waste in living life is the word of Jesus that says, “WATCH AND PRAY”
There is no place where Jesus demand from all to pray but only demands from all to “WATCH AND PRAY”
A believer praying without watching or watching without praying is out of the ORDER of God, to miss manifestation of expectation from God.
Believers are simple, knows to pray but not watch as a prudence one.
Proverbs 14:15 describes, “The simple believers every word, but the prudent considers well his steps”
Believer (simple ones) that pray but not watch is without PRUDENCE, and not in a position to be saved in trouble times. 
Proverbs 22:3 testifies, “A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself, But the simple pass on and are punished.”
Prophet of God, Elijah demonstrates what it means to watch and pray.
Elijah prayed and watched for the rain to fall after he had prayed to cease rain. 
Elijah watched and prayed seven times so as not to miss the move of God for an answer.
1 Kings 18:42-44 document the watching and praying of Elijah to rain,  “And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; then he bowed down on the ground, and put his face between his knees, and said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.” So, he went up and looked, and said, “There is nothing.” And seven times he said, “Go again.” Then it came to pass the seventh time, that he said, “There is a cloud, as small as a man’s hand, rising out of the sea!” So, he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, prepare your chariot, and go down before the rain stops you.”
Order to watch and pray, in the word of Jesus repeatedly states, 
Mark 13:33, “Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is.” This for all us not to sleep to miss the coming back of God.”
Mark 14:38, “Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” 
It is important to know that, 1 Peter 4:7, “But the end of all things is at hand; therefore, be serious and watchful in your prayers.”
Pray for self and family 
Ask that God will enable you/all to live in the order of His word.

GET TO KNOW THE WAY OF GOD

What is it that you are asking God to change in your life but yet with no manifestation? 
If you are one with such a question, it is time to give yourself to continual prayer, a persistent prayer before God. 
The challenge is, give yourself to a non-stop but keep asking, seeking, knocking until you get the answer from God.
It is the character of God not to fail. God will always answer yes, no, or wait but give yourself to persistent prayer.
The parable of persistent testifies as Luke 11:5-8 records, “And He said to them, “Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; and he will answer from within and say, ‘Do not trouble me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you’? I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs.”
Also, Luke 18:1-8 points out to all that there was in a judge in a city, who did not fear God nor regard man but yet persistent made him yielded to a widow. 
The widow needed justice for her, from the adversary. By her persistence, Judge in Luke 18:4-5 responded, “ And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, ‘Though I do not fear God nor regard man, yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.’ ” 
In the parable, Jesus said, “Hear what the unjust judge said. And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them? I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?”
For your expectation that seems with no manifestation at sight, there is reason to engage persistent prayer, by asking, seeking, and knocking, the evidence of FAITH.
In the time of expectation for manifestation it worth to know that:
FAITH should not be a mouth noise.
FAITH is not a fanfare (a display or elaboration) but to engage God to experience manifestation for expectation.
FAITH is not an effort to impress no man but press on to experience God.
For example, Moses wanted manifestation for his expectation not to become trapped on the right track of life journey.
Moses needed to know the way of God in the calling of God over his life.
The magnitude of Moses in the hand of God, called by God but did not assume about the way of God for the calling upon his life, he asked God to show him His way.
Are you assuming against the word of God that admonishes all to ask, seek, and knock? What is denying you from asking just like Moses asked?
Do you know THE WAY of GOD for you?
If you do not ask for the way of God, how will you know the way of God for you?
Imagine Moses asking from God but not assume the way of God for his life. Exodus 33:13 records, “Now, therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight…” 
Do not assume but ask for the way of God. 
Moses asked God answered, Psalm 103:7 testifies, “He made known His ways to Moses…” 
God is not a slave master but will wait to act for those that wait on Him.
In the journey of life, do not assume for your expectation from God but know to wait on God, to ask for His way for you not to live the life of miss from making it to heaven.
To get into the way of God demands from all to give heart. 
With heart given to God, eyes will not fail to certainly observe His ways as Proverbs 23:26 says, “My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.”
Ask that God enable you to turn your heart to Him (Proverbs 21:1, “The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, Like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes.” God that did for kings will do it for you…ask Him). 
Ask that you begin to see in His ways, not to live a life of waste.

MY MONTH OF TRUSTING GOD

With understanding, confessing the promised word of God will confirm one for His promise. 
With Bible verse, confess by the word of God over this month as the month of TRUSTING God: “The Lord is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; And He knows those who trust in Him.” (Nahum 1:7) Prayerfully, meditate the verse for the whole month of May, and God will answer to you as a good God, as your stronghold, not to become a victim of challenging trouble of today.
Trusting God is having faith in God.
Faith comes by giving self to the word of God to have trust in God.
Some pages of the Bible identify what will be added to those who trust in the Lord God.
Psalm 9:10 states, “And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.”
Psalm 34:2 records, “The Lord redeems the soul of His servants, and none of those who trust in Him shall be condemned.”
Psalm 125:1 record, “Those who trust in the Lord Are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.”
Isaiah 26:4, “Trust in the Lord forever, For in Yah, the Lord, is everlasting strength.”
Jeremiah 17:7, “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord.”
With faith, trust in God, not be forsaken or condemned, not to be moved but abide forever, to having everlasting strength and have hope in God.
Let it be your confession that May 2020 is your month of trust in the Lord.
To have trust in the Lord will wait on the Lord God.
Word, the source of faith, encourages more to have trust in God by waiting on God.
Psalm 27:14, “Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord!”
Psalm 37:4, “Wait on the Lord, and keep His way, And He shall exalt you to inherit the land; When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.”
Isaiah 40:31 records, “But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.”
This month, trust God, by waiting on God, and not become a victim of troubling challenge.
The troubling challenge demands a fight of faith not to be looser, to become denied for eternal life. 1 Timothy 6:12 admonishes, “Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.” The race of one month to trust God should extend trusting God in the journey of life.
Trust on God to wait on God.
In your waiting on God, do not walk on the ground that calls for running or to run on the ground that calls for walking.
Trusting on God by waiting on God is like mounting up with wings like eagles that cannot be weary or faint to become a victim of troubling challenge.
The testimony of David in Psalm 23:4 records, “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.” 
David gives the picture of what it means to trust and wait on God in the face of troubling challenges.
The trust in God was in place for David not to run with fear of evil but walk in the scary valley of the shadow of death.
Trust on God will lead and guide in this troubling challenge time of darkest of no light as if death had cast his dark shadow everywhere.
Confessing trust in God will disallow fear for evil.
Confessing trust in God will impart confidence and to know that God will not leave one alone, and will defend such.
In the word of God is the presence of God, the power, and protection for one with understanding to trust in God.
Give yourself to confessing trust in God, to be confirmed with His comfort and safety in the troubling challenges.