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WORD FROM READER- THE PRICE IS RIGHT 9/18/07
Today someone emailed that she had been hearing the
song/melody to the “Price is Right” song. This was
quickened to me that the Lord wanted me to re-post the
following article from 2004.
THE PRICE IS RIGHT 2/23/04
Often the Lord speaks to us in Word puns where they can
mean 2 different things and He is highlighting both
interpretations. The phrase, "The Price is Right" is one
of those tongue in cheek prophetic puns. As a child, I
remember watching the game show called The Price is
Right on TV. The player would bid on unseen merchandise
behind one of 3 different doors…taking a risk that the
gift they had in their hand was either better than or
worse than opportunity behind whatever door they chose.
By trading for a door, some lost what they were given,
some gained, and some played it safe by keeping what
they had.
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MONEY IN OUR HAND
It seems that we wait forever for our spiritual
graduation and thus doors of opportunity to open. Then,
when the time comes, too many doors open at once and we
are forced to choose. Upon high school graduation, I can
remember doors opening to 3 colleges. My Dad told me the
one he thought I should go to but that was my least
favorite. If I had been a wise daughter and just
listened to him, I would have saved myself years of
waiting to meet my husband and a lot of money. As it
turned out, after changing my major and colleges several
times, I finally moved to the college my Dad had
suggested in the first place. It also happened to be
where I met my husband. As far as that college diploma…
it came 20 years after I graduated from high school.
After failing a writing and piano class, (I hope some of
you are laughing at the irony) I managed to graduate
with a B+ average and obtain that diploma. I finally got
to the goal, but I sure went through a lot of circles to
get there.
Just like the show on the Price is Right, we are handed
some money and given choices. That money is assets such
as our character, our training, our preparation, our
conscience, our anointing, and our calling. Upon
graduation, it’s as though the Lord says, "Here it is. I
have given you everything you need in preparation to
walk through your unknown door. Now you choose." Wisdom
would say that the above statement is enough to make
one’s hair stand on end and refuse to budge without the
Father’s counsel.
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DOOR NUMBER ONE
Fresh out of our testings, usually the first door we
come to offers the thing we have wanted the most. It can
be sprinkled with glitter but along with it are many
chances to compromise everything the Lord has taught us.
When provoked, the enemy always overplays his hand, and
that trait will manifest itself if you lay low enough
and wait upon the Lord. The enemy gets wind of what the
Lord is doing, and tries to jump the gun on offers so
that we miss the real thing. The enemy says, "Hey the
price is right. All it will cost is a little fudging
here and a little compromise there. You can negotiate
and rationalize your way through." If we choose this
door, we risk everything and may gain our ambitions but
lose a large portion of our full inheritance.
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DOOR NUMBER TWO
When the Lord offers His good gifts, He says, "The price
is right for the greatest door of opportunity this world
has ever known." "You have My grace and I have also
placed in your hand the character to enjoy the gift on
the other side of this door. Do you remember your pain
of past failure when you quit your obedience classes? I
have given you the training from those past experiences
so you will stay committed on the path once you walk
through that door. I have also given you the courage to
lean on Me and not trust in your own strength. I have
given you gifts, anointing, and talents to spend. The
cost to walk into your new beginning is already
paid…through your testings and through My grace. When
you walk through this great door in history, spend what
you have wisely."
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THE IRONY - OUR DESTINY IS SET
Rev 22:11 NKJV
He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is
filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous,
let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be
holy still."
Who we are is a product of the seeds planted and
nurtured. Who we are is known by our fruits. Our fruits
are determined by our seeds. Our seeds are determined by
our choices. Our choices are determined by our faith.
We are living in an age of harvest, where everything in
the earth is coming into full bloom. We are the product
of many generations of seeds, wealth, knowledge, faith,
prayers, gifts and callings. This is true of both good
and evil seeds. With this thought alone, we are already
set up to choose the door to our destiny. It is still
our choice, but we are already the byproduct of our own
choices.
Who we are at the time we approach our door will
determine the choice we make. What that means in plain
English is that before we approach that door, we need to
spend our decisions wisely because fruit does come, and
it is coming on fast.
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IT’S A MATTER OF TIMING
Because we have His God seed planted in us through Jesus
Christ our Lord and Savior, our only choice is the right
door. If we miss it, He will bring us through the same
cycles of training with more nurturing until we finally
have "enough money" to go through the right door.
Right now ‘the price is right" for the current
generations to make preparations to go through destiny’s
door together into the land of promise. There is a door
opening through Jordan’s floodwaters, and as a unit we
will pass safely over together. When the last person
crosses over, the door of opportunity will close until
another time.
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DOOR NUMBER THREE
For those who have chosen the door of wickedness, they
still have time to repent so that they may cross over in
safety. The price is the blood of Jesus Christ and the
word of their testimony in Him. For those lacking the
funds, repentance is instant cash.
Rev 3:15-21 NKJV
"I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I
could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you
are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you
out of My mouth. Because you say, 'I am rich, have
become wealthy, and have need of nothing' -- and do not
know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and
naked -- I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in
the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that
you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may
not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve,
that you may see. As many as I love, I rebuke and
chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. Behold, I
stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice
and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with
him, and he with Me.
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CONCLUSION
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{Words to Ponder are summaries of His quickened Words}
WORD TO PONDER: SPEND YOUR TRIALS WISELY 2/23/04
Dear ones, all of time has waited for this hour when the
fruit of the earth overtakes the plowman. All that is
fruit will receive its reward, whether to be burned or
preserved. Your fruit is a product of everything you
yield to. Yield to Me and I AM the Merciful One Who will
tear the weeds from your life and nourish My good
plantings.
As you come to your destiny’s door, the spotlight will
shine upon your assets that have been bought and won by
passing your tests and by My blood. It is not too late
to close the wrong doors in your life. Do you need more
grace in this late hour? Dear one, repentance will buy
you more then enough.
Rev 12:10 KJV
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by
the word of their testimony; and they loved not their
lives unto the death.
1 Corinthians 3:12-15 NKJ
Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold,
silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each one's
work will become clear; for the Day will declare it,
because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will
test each one's work, of what sort it is. If anyone's
work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a
reward. If anyone's work is burned, he will suffer loss;
but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.
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