Isaiah 56:10 His watchmen are blind, All of them know nothing. All of them are mute dogs unable to bark, Dreamers lying down, who love to slumber. The watchmen of an unguarded city are blind like watchdogs that are muted. They lie down and sleep making way for the enemy to encircle and encroach. These...
Author: Caroline Joseph (Caroline Joseph)
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13 April 2021 – Watchmen – Part 5
Nehemiah 4:13 So I stationed men behind the lowest sections of the wall, at the vulnerable areas. I stationed them by families with their swords, spears, and bows. Nehemiah was commissioned on a building project to rebuild the walls that were broken down by war and torn down by the enemy. As he grieved for...
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12 April 2021 – Watchmen – Part 4
Matthew 26:41 “Watch and pray lest you enter into temptation. The Spirit is ready, but the body is weak.” As Jesus was preparing to fulfill His mission and purpose, He took the disciples to the garden of Gethsemane to pray. As the night was closing in, Jesus told Peter, James and John, “Watch and pray so...
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11 April 2021 – Watchmen – Part 3
Psalms 127:1b Unless the Lord guards the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain. The fortified walls of the city will not be protected unless the divine soldiers stand shoulder to shoulder with the city guards and watchmen. There are watchmen (prayer warriors) on the wall who pray out of anxiety, worry and fear; ritual,...
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10 April 2021 – Watchmen – Part 2
Ezekiel 33:6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes someone’s life, that person’s life will be taken because of their sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood.’ People within the walled cities rest in...
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09 April 2021 – Watchmen – Part 1
Isaiah 62:6 I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD, give yourselves no rest. The ancient Biblical cities had massive wall structures, inner fortresses and strongholds with troops garrisoned around the fortified cities. These troops (watchmen) played a crucial role in...
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08 April 2021 – Mind Over Matter – Part 7
Matthew 13:13 “Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.” “Mind over matter” is understanding with our heart and not just with the mind. Heart is the home of the Holy Spirit. Understanding the scriptures through our mind, is accumulating information and human analysis, whereas understanding with our heart is through divine revelation. The...
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07 April 2021 – Mind Over Matter – Part 6
Genesis 11:6 The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. The mind, emotions and the will of man are the three compartments in the human soul. The thoughts that are energised by emotions are ignited...
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06 April 2021 – Mind Over Matter – Part 5
John 10:27a “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them”. Our mind becomes the student of the voice it entertains. There are three voices that constantly converse with us. The voice of the Holy Spirit, the demonic noise and our own human voice. The struggle is to distinguish between the three and choose to...
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05 April 2021 – Mind Over Matter – Part 4
1 Thessalonians 5:8 Let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation. The best recommended materials for helmets are polycarbonate plastic or fibreglass. The hard outer surface protects the head from head injury. Similarly, the “Hope of Salvation” is the best recommended headgear...