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How To Treat What God Reveals - Friday Praise & Pray (for others) October 31, 2025

P L U N D E R E R
Oct 31
3 min read

What do you do when you're reading the Bible and get a revelation about a verse or section of scripture? What do you do when you have a dream? What do you do when God uses someone to speak an edifying word to you? I hope you write it all down and take the time to pray on what you learned.

Alas, many don't, believing they'll remember. They don't realize that writing down what God says is an integral part of our relationship with Him. For instance, Habakkuk 2:2 teaches, Then the LORD answered me and said: Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it (NKJV). Jesus also told John the Revelator in Revelation 1:19 - Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later.

God illustrated the significance of this on Mount Sinai. There, He gave Moses the Ten Commandments written on two stone tablets by His own hand (Exodus 31:18). He knew the nature of the human mind and didn't want His people to have to rely on memory alone to remember these instructions. This approach partly explains why we have the Bible - those who came before us wrote what He revealed, leaving it for future directions.

Prophet Jeremiah diligently kept track of what God revealed. His scribe, Baruch, faithfully wrote what the Lord told the prophet, and this earned Baruch a reward - the same God gave Jeremiah in Jeremiah 1:19. God promised that nobody would kill Baruch (Jeremiah 45:5). This was a great blessing because Jerusalem was under siege by the Babylonians. The one who wrote down God's words for the prophet received the prophet's reward (Matthew 10:41).

Think about Daniel, who later studied Jeremiah's prophetic writings while he served in the Babylonian palace. That was how he learned that Israel would only be in captivity for 70 years. He launched into a fast that caused a confrontation when demons tried to prevent an angel from giving Daniel more understanding of the prophecy. He dutifully wrote what he learned, and countless others can read and learn from his experiences.

So what are you doing with the things God tells you? Are you noting them down as Baruch did for Jeremiah? Do you return to them, fasting and praying for God's insight and instructions, the way Daniel did? Or do you say to yourself, 'that was nice', then do nothing?

We cannot take for granted the great gift the Lord gives when He shares His wisdom. The Bible reveals how to treat such precious information, and it is up to us to follow the good examples left by God's servants. People God trusted to reveal the unsearchable things to. If it was good enough for them to write things down and meditate on them, why not us?

If, however, we choose to be irresponsible and squander what He reveals by not doing what we should - writing things down, praying about them, studying God's word for more insight on them - then we risk no longer being among those deemed worthy to receive His more. May that never be our portion. By the grace of God, we will treat what He shares with reverence and be trusted to get more, IJN, Amen.

As you wait for fellowship at 12 Noon EST, consider reading the following previous P&P messages:

How Can Light Be Darkness? - Tuesday Praise & Pray (for others) October 28, 2025

P L U N D E R E R
Oct 28
3 min read

Jesus warned His disciples, saying, Make certain, then, that the light in you is not darkness (Luke 11:35 GNT). With those words, He revealed to His listeners that many would think they carried true light when, instead, what was within them was far from it. That caution remains important today, given the deception that has filled the world. So much that was once wrong is now right, and even Christians struggle to know the difference.

The Bible reveals that satan pretends to be an angel of light in 2 Corinthians 11:14. It also desires to send as many people to hell, which explains why it fosters confusion about even the most mundane things. If the devil can cause people to be ignorant of what is right and wrong by God's standard, then they will live in sin and lose access to heaven. The prime targets are those who don't study God's word and don't allow it to change them because they are stiff-necked.

Some might think this could only happen to unbelievers. However, Jesus taught that even those who do miracles and cast out demons in His name risk going to hell because they don't belong to Him (Matthew 7:21-23). Only those who obey His teachings belong to Him and are His disciples (John 8:31). Many Christians will sadly miss heaven because they don't apply His instructions and ignore the warning to ensure their light is not actually darkness.

Fortunately, we can heed the warning since we know He is the light. John 8:12 - When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” Therefore, with Jesus in our lives, the light in us will be true and will not be darkness.

To achieve this, we cannot subscribe to a false Jesus and gospel, because once we do so, the 'light' within us changes. Paul said Christians are introduced to a false Jesus and gospel when they listen to false teachers (2 Corinthians 11:4). These sorts may even 'teach' from the Bible, but they share empty words, and encourage hypocrisy, which is a way light becomes darkness.

Giving our lives to Christ is the first step in protecting us from what Jesus warned about. However, we also need to obey His instructions. This requires an intentional choice each day to live by His word, and the Holy Spirit is key to our success in this area. He will help when the darkness comes via sinful thoughts, words, and deeds. He will steer us away from the lies that can choke God's word out of us and cage us in false religion and ungodly ideas that seem true but are intended to deceive. God's Spirit within will also guide us to repentance and help us fight the flesh so we don't continue to sin and thereby welcome darkness into our souls.

God uses His Spirit to help us put our faith to work and hear Him telling us which way to go (Isaiah 30:21). And as we obey Him, we become God's children. The Holy Spirit will also ensure we know the truth of the light at work in us and what could interfere with it. He will remind us what Jesus taught and help us to put it into practice so we live in the light. Jesus died on the cross to keep us from being deceived by the devil and its darkness. God does not want anyone to perish in hell but wants all whom He created to live in His light, which is completely free of darkness.

The only question then is, do you want the light in you to be God's light? Since 2 Corinthians 6:14 states that light and darkness have nothing in common, by the grace of God, we shall have the light and truth of the Lord in us, and there shall be no darkness, IJMN Amen.

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Say No To Factions - Friday Praise & Pray (for others) October 24, 2025

P L U N D E R E R
Oct 24
3 min read

It is normal for people to gather in groups. Look at God, for instance. He isn't alone. He has Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and all the heavenly host with Him. He made it a point of not letting Adam be alone and created Eve to be his companion. However, while indeed "it is not good that man be alone," how Christians gather is important to the Lord (Genesis 2:18). He doesn't want them dividing into groups that are opposed to other believers. He doesn't want them sequestering into camps where people feel they are better than other believers. He wants His children to beware of joining factions.

Paul warned about factions in his letter to the Corinthian Church. He noted that divisive groups had formed, and they quarreled about who they identified with in the faith. 1 Corinthians 1:12 - What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”; another, “I follow Cephas”; still another, “I follow Christ.” Paul warned them to stop and reminded them that the only person they needed to have such staunch support for was the one who was crucified - Jesus.

In this day and age, many of us Christians have become like those Corinthians. We, too, have divided ourselves into factions. We argue about which pastor is better or which church is better. Some of us even do it as a joke, forgetting that we will be held accountable for even our idle words. We don't realize that factions are among the acts of the flesh in Galatians 5. They include idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, jealousy, sexual immorality, self-ambition, drunkenness, and fits of rage. The Bible warns that those who live according to the acts of the flesh will not get to heaven (Galatians 5:19-21).

We Christians are very familiar with many of the other acts of the flesh, but overlook the word on joining factions. Being a part of such groups might seem like fun at first, but that's the thing about sin. It is sweet and satisfies the flesh. It can start off as something little then snowball into a stronghold. When we start arguing and allow dissension to rise over allegiance to men and women, are we not mocking the sacrifice of Christ? Any spiritual leader who is truly called by the Lord should be someone led by the Spirit of God. They therefore should not take credit for anything they share or teach.

Ask yourself, would the Holy Spirit want us divided on the basis of what leaders we listen to or which church we attend?

As believers in Christ who obey His instructions, we must remember that we are all part of one Body. There may be differences between the various parts of that Body, and God made it that way. Just as our hands don't disregard or insult our legs for not being hands, we must be careful how we deal with and speak about our fellow believers. Let us not engage with each other the way the unbelievers do when they gather in their factions. They may be petty, use foul language, and speak ungraciously about one another. However, the Lord has not called us to imitate the world. He has instead called us to emulate His Son, who obeyed Him and was pleasing to Him. May the good Lord help us all, IJMN, Amen.

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