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THE COST OF INTERCESSORY SACRIFICE
2 Sam 24:22-25 NKJV
Now Araunah said to David, "Let my lord the king take
and offer up whatever seems good to him. Look, here are
oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing implements and
the yokes of the oxen for wood. All these, O king,
Araunah has given to the king." And Araunah said to the
king, "May the LORD your God accept you." Then the king
said to Araunah, "No, but I will surely buy it from you
for a price; nor will I offer burnt offerings to the
LORD my God with that which costs me nothing ." So David
bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty
shekels of silver. And David built there an altar to
the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace
offerings. So the LORD heeded the prayers for the land,
and the plague was withdrawn from Israel.
QUICKENED PAUL KEITH QUOTE (from God TV)
www.whitedoveministries.org
{They were talking about John Alexander Dowie who was a
faith healer in the late 1800’s.}
“Chicago passed a city ordinance that said any person
that was practicing any sort of medicine, they had to
buy a certificate from Chicago that cost $20. As a
matter of principle, he wouldn’t do it. He said I am
not practicing medicine, I am praying for the sick,
laying hands on the sick as the Bible tells me too.
They arrested him 100 times within a one year time
period. That one year, Alexander Dowie spent $20,000 in
bail bonds and attorney fees because he refused on
principal to buy a $20 certificate. It did something in
the Spirit. It broke something in the spirit realm.
And that’s the price that has to be paid.”
WORD TO PONDER: THE COST AND REWARD OF LOVING
SACRIFICE 6/11/08
Beloved ones when you have chosen to stand in the gap,
you have poured out such costly, expensive gifts upon
your altars of love. Thank you! You have poured out
prayers, words, deeds... mercy and forgiveness... goods,
provision, ample supply even when you were in need
yourself. You gave what you needed the most and you
gave because you loved.
Not defending yourself and being the fall guy to cover
their shame... Returning My kindness and goodness in the
face of rejection.... Refusing to forsake your
commitments even when forsaken... You are My heroes and
champions, walking in My shoes. You have known the
sacrifices of a broken and contrite heart. You have not
yet known the reward for such. Dear ones, the
authority and power of My kingdom is being established
in you. I AM establishing My dominion on earth through
you. Thank you for choosing to love.
Ps 50:5 NKJV
"Gather My saints together to Me, those who have made
a covenant with Me by sacrifice ."
Ps 51:17 NKJV
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken
and a contrite heart — These, O God, You will not
despise.
Matt 9:12-13 NKJV
When Jesus heard that, He said to them, "Those who
are well have no need of a physician, but those who are
sick. But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy
and not sacrifice .' For I did not come to call the
righteous, but sinners, to repentance."
Mark 9:49-50 NKJV
"For everyone will be seasoned with fire, and every
sacrifice will be seasoned with salt. Salt is good, but
if the salt loses its flavor, how will you season it?
Have salt in yourselves, and have peace with one
another." |
