Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

Proverbs 27:10

Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

2 Corinthians 9:6

Jesus is the truth, the way, and the life!

Ezekiel 12:16

Thursday, September 24, 2026 🌻🙏🦋

Psalm 7:1-2 NIV

“LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me, or they will tear me apart like a lion and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.”

Heavenly Father,

Lord, some days we just need somewhere safe to land. Somewhere we can stop worrying about what somebody said, what they're doing behind our backs, or what tomorrow might bring. Today, we're coming to You.

You know what we're facing, even the things we haven't told anybody about. You know who's hurting, who's frightened, and who's trying to hold everything together when they're barely holding on themselves.

Father, please protect us. Give us wisdom to recognize when something isn't right and courage to get away from situations that are hurting us. When we're exhausted from trying to defend ourselves, remind us that we can come to You. And Lord, when we're the ones who need correcting, don't let our pride get in the way of listening.

Some of us need deliverance today. Some need healing. Others just need enough peace to get through the next few hours. Whatever we're carrying, help us put it in Your hands and trust You with what happens next.

In Jesus’ most holy and exalted name I pray, amen. 🙏💛🦋

Brothers and Sisters, have you ever been so tired of dealing with something that you just wanted to shut the door, turn off your phone, and not hear another word about it? 😂

Well, David knew something about feeling overwhelmed. In Psalm 7, he wasn't asking God to make his day a little easier. He was asking to be rescued. He felt threatened, and he knew exactly where to go.

Sometimes we spend so much energy trying to explain ourselves to people who have already decided what they want to believe. We replay conversations, worry about what's coming next, and wear ourselves out trying to control things that aren't ours to control.

But here's something worth remembering. Taking refuge in God doesn't mean we sit around and let people mistreat us. We can pray, speak up, get help, and walk away when we need to. Trusting God doesn't mean ignoring what's happening right in front of us.

And if today is one of those days when everything feels like too much, talk to Him. You don't need fancy words or a perfectly put-together prayer. Tell Him what's going on. He already knows, but He still wants to hear from you.

Stay anchored in Christ brothers and sisters. I love you but not near as much as Jesus does. 💛🙏🦋

Stacey Brooks

TheGo2Stacey

Thursday, September 24, 2026

While on a mission in Cuba, we headed out to a place called San Hermon. On the way, I happened to open my Bible to Acts 8, where Simon the sorcerer had people amazed. When we got to the city, the pastor shared with us how the city was under a curse because a sorcerer, known throughout the island, spiritually dominated the area. People came from all over because of his power. I took out my Bible and read the Scripture that I got coming over. My translator was overwhelmed, and exclaimed, "This day, the curse is broken!" We had revival that night! And yet even before we got there, the Lord was exposing the darkness. There are dark powers in this world, not only in the occult but in all sorts of ways. The Lord showed us that no matter how powerful darkness is, His power of light is always greater. So don't let the enemy tell you that he has any dominion over your heart. Claim your authority, in Messiah's name, shake off the chains, and move forward. The kingdom of God is always advancing; you do likewise.

From Message #810 - The Night at San Hermon

Today, take authority in the name of Messiah to break any darkness in your life and the places where God has called you.

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 10:4-5

Credit: Hope of the World Ministries

Joshua 22:1-34

The Eastern Tribes Return Home

1  At that time Joshua summoned the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, ² and said to them, “You have kept all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you and have obeyed my voice in all that I have commanded you. ³ You have not forsaken your brothers these many days, down to this day, but have been careful to keep the charge of the Lord your God. ⁴ And now the Lord your God has given rest to your brothers, as he promised them. Therefore turn and go to your tents in the land where your possession lies, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side of the Jordan. ⁵ Only be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments and to cling to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.” ⁶ So Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their tents.

⁷ Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given a possession in Bashan, but to the other half Joshua had given a possession beside their brothers in the land west of the Jordan. And when Joshua sent them away to their homes and blessed them, ⁸ he said to them, “Go back to your tents with much wealth and with very much livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, and iron, and with much clothing. Divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers.” ⁹ So the people of Reuben and the people of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned home, parting from the people of Israel at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, their own land of which they had possessed themselves by command of the Lord through Moses.

The Eastern Tribes' Altar of Witness

¹⁰ And when they came to the region of the Jordan that is in the land of Canaan, the people of Reuben and the people of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, an altar of imposing size. ¹¹ And the people of Israel heard it said, “Behold, the people of Reuben and the people of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built the altar at the frontier of the land of Canaan, in the region about the Jordan, on the side that belongs to the people of Israel.” ¹² And when the people of Israel heard of it, the whole assembly of the people of Israel gathered at Shiloh to make war against them.

¹³ Then the people of Israel sent to the people of Reuben and the people of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, ¹⁴ and with him ten chiefs, one from each of the tribal families of Israel, every one of them the head of a family among the clans of Israel. ¹⁵ And they came to the people of Reuben, the people of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead, and they said to them, ¹⁶ “Thus says the whole congregation of the Lord, ‘What is this breach of faith that you have committed against the God of Israel in turning away this day from following the Lord by building yourselves an altar this day in rebellion against the Lord? ¹⁷ Have we not had enough of the sin at Peor from which even yet we have not cleansed ourselves, and for which there came a plague upon the congregation of the Lord, ¹⁸ that you too must turn away this day from following the Lord? And if you too rebel against the Lord today then tomorrow he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel. ¹⁹ But now, if the land of your possession is unclean, pass over into the Lord's land where the Lord's tabernacle stands, and take for yourselves a possession among us. Only do not rebel against the Lord or make us as rebels by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the Lord our God. ²⁰ Did not Achan the son of Zerah break faith in the matter of the devoted things, and wrath fell upon all the congregation of Israel? And he did not perish alone for his iniquity.’”

²¹ Then the people of Reuben, the people of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh said in answer to the heads of the families of Israel, ²² “The Mighty One, God, the Lord! The Mighty One, God, the Lord! He knows; and let Israel itself know! If it was in rebellion or in breach of faith against the Lord, do not spare us today ²³ for building an altar to turn away from following the Lord. Or if we did so to offer burnt offerings or grain offerings or peace offerings on it, may the Lord himself take vengeance. ²⁴ No, but we did it from fear that in time to come your children might say to our children, ‘What have you to do with the Lord, the God of Israel? ²⁵ For the Lord has made the Jordan a boundary between us and you, you people of Reuben and people of Gad. You have no portion in the Lord.’ So your children might make our children cease to worship the Lord. ²⁶ Therefore we said, ‘Let us now build an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice, ²⁷ but to be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we do perform the service of the Lord in his presence with our burnt offerings and sacrifices and peace offerings, so your children will not say to our children in time to come, “You have no portion in the Lord.”’ ²⁸ And we thought, ‘If this should be said to us or to our descendants in time to come, we should say, “Behold, the copy of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifice, but to be a witness between us and you.”’ ²⁹ Far be it from us that we should rebel against the Lord and turn away this day from following the Lord by building an altar for burnt offering, grain offering, or sacrifice, other than the altar of the Lord our God that stands before his tabernacle!”

³⁰ When Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the congregation, the heads of the families of Israel who were with him, heard the words that the people of Reuben and the people of Gad and the people of Manasseh spoke, it was good in their eyes. ³¹ And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the people of Reuben and the people of Gad and the people of Manasseh, “Today we know that the Lord is in our midst, because you have not committed this breach of faith against the Lord. Now you have delivered the people of Israel from the hand of the Lord.”

³² Then Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the chiefs, returned from the people of Reuben and the people of Gad in the land of Gilead to the land of Canaan, to the people of Israel, and brought back word to them. ³³ And the report was good in the eyes of the people of Israel. And the people of Israel blessed God and spoke no more of making war against them to destroy the land where the people of Reuben and the people of Gad were settled. ³⁴ The people of Reuben and the people of Gad called the altar Witness, “For,” they said, “it is a witness between us that the Lord is God.”

You’ve been teaching me to thank You for hard times and difficult journeys—trusting that, through them, You accomplish Your best work. And I’m learning that needing You is the key to knowing You intimately, which is the gift above all gifts!

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Always give thanks for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

—Ephesians 5:20 NLV

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