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WHEN TWO AGREE Poem Devotional

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I also tell you this: If two of you agree here on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you. – Matthew 18:19(NLT)
WHEN TWO AGREE
A poem and essay by ILMA
When two people agree when you ask God
He will approve it and anoint your plan
One of the causes why we won’t succeed
Is when we are alone in what we seek.
However, there is power in agreement
In division, you will find disappointments
When two or three are gathered in his name
There, you’ll find amongst you God’s presence.
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Ecclesiastes 4 9-16 explains to us why two is better than one. The following reasons are stated in this book of the bible. First, it says that they have a good return for their labor. If one falls down, the other can help but if they are alone, no one is there to give them aide. These verses further give us the benefit of two better than one. They can keep each other warm while you can do that when you are alone. They can also defend themselves better if they are more than one. Like a chord of three strands, it has more strength.
The same thing when you have someone to agree with you when you ask the Lord for anything. If you look back at the Old Testament stories, they emphasized so much on agreements and covenants.
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PRAYER
Lord, help me to remember to bring someone in agreement with anything I ask from you.
REFLECTION
Why do you think agreement is a requisite for answered requests?
For more testimonials about God’s word, please go to YouTube and type ILMA’s poem devotional or go to www.ilmaarts.com posts. To receive emails of my poem devotionals, email me at ILMA.ARTS.STUDIO@gmail.com

OBEY AND DESTROY IDOLS Poem Devotional

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November 13________________________________________
You were not to make any covenants with the people living in this land; instead, you were to destroy their altars. But you disobeyed my command. – Judges 2:2(NLT)
OBEY AND DESTROY IDOLS
A poem and essay by ILMA
When you commit to the Lord Jesus Christ
Are you ready to be transformed in your life?
The Lord wants you to honor your covenant with him
He doesn’t want you to open any doors to temptations.
When he asks you to destroy idols that attracts
He is protecting you from what will distract
Idols open doors for the enemy to attack
They are portals to keep us in the dark.
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Many people think that idols refer only to other gods. This is what the enemy wants us to think and believe. The bible says that the devil is very cunning and he does a good job in masking idols by using people or things that we love. When we start to lose focus on making God as first, we are already compromised. The moment we can’t bear losing something or someone, it is another symptom of idolatry. There were many years of my life that I was an idolater. I made the only child I have as my world and did not realize that it was taking time away from God. The book of Judges reminds us that we have a covenant with God. We must honor and obey it so we can stay pure.
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PRAYER
Lord, help me to honor the covenant you have with us.
REFLECTION
What idols have God asked you to give up?
For more testimonials about God’s word, please go to YouTube and type ILMA’s poem devotional or go to www.ilmaarts.com posts. To receive emails of my poem devotionals, email me at ILMA.ARTS.STUDIO@gmail.com

GOD’S PLEDGE OF FAITHFULNESS Poem Devotional

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Nov 2
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“And this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit will not leave them, and neither will these words I have given you. They will be on your lips and on the lips of your children, and your children’s children forever.” I, the Lord have spoken.
– Isaiah 59:21(NLT)
GOD’S PLEDGE OF FAITHFULNESS
A poem and essay by ILMA
Do you believe that God has you covered?
If you are his child, he watches you and hover
His Spirit will never leave or abandon you
Even when you don’t understand his point of view.
He gave us his word so we can be transformed
Let’s use it so we will discern and be informed
His covenant goes to our descendants till eternity
He is a God who continues to love us faithfully.
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One of the most valid contracts we can get into is to marry someone or get into partnership in business with another person or company. It takes a lot of trust in believing that this other person will follow through in their end of the agreement. “Covenant” is defined as an agreement to do or not do a particular thing while “agreement” is an understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct. Covenant is more binding.
God enters into covenant with his people that he will be there for them until the coming generations to come. He promises his presence to them always.
PRAYER
Lord, thank you for getting into a commitment with me.
REFLECTION
What have you given back to God as part of your covenant with him?
For more testimonials about God’s word, please go to YouTube and type ILMA’s poem devotional or go to www.ilmaarts.com posts. To receive emails of my poem devotionals, email me at ILMA.ARTS.STUDIO@gmail.com

SPIRITUAL CIRCUMCISION Poem Devotional

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November 17                                                   The Power of God’s Word
When you came to Christ, you were “circumcised,” but not by a physical procedure. Christ performed a spiritual circumcision-the cutting away of your sinful nature. – Colossians 2:11 (NLT)
SPIRITUAL CIRCUMCISION
A poem and essay by ILMA
When you run to Christ, your life is going to be transformed
You will see the lies and deception perpetuated by the world
God will ensure that sin has no power over you any longer
He will make your minds renewed and you will be stronger.
When you surrender to Christ, you will have wisdom and mature
He spiritually circumcised and cut away your sinful nature
You were buried with his Son when you were baptized
You were raised to a new life just like our Lord, Jesus Christ.
“You must cut off the flesh of your foreskin as a sign of the covenant between me and you.” –Genesis17:11. The Lord said that a time is coming when he will punish all those who are circumcised in body but not in spirit. –Jeremiah 9:25. God also told his people through Jeremiah in 4:4 –“O people of Judah and Jerusalem! surrender your pride and power. Change your hearts before the Lord.
When we came to Christ, we received spiritual circumcision where our sinful nature was cut off. We need to honor that covenant with God.
PRAYER
Lord, free me from corruption of this world.
REFLECTION
What impurities do you need to bring to the cross of Christ?

For more testimonials about God’s word, please go to YouTube and type ILMA’s Poem Devotionals, or go to www.ilmaarts.com or to receive emails of the poem devotionals, email me at ILMA.ARTS.STUDIO@gmail.com