1

Barren Yet Pregnant With Promise

Table of Contents

Letter Hard Birth Complication Barren Season Wax Sore The Vow Weaning Delivery Forever Thanksgiving Double Bless Others Scriptures & Prayers

Letter from Author:

To the men and women of God. This is your season for deliverance and victory. Get excited about what God is getting ready to do in your life. I don’t care what you are going through or how long you have been there. God is saying to you right now, that He is getting ready to move mightily on your behalf. This is for women in abusive relationships who want out but do not know how to get out. You are waiting on God to deliver you from that abuse. Whatever your barrenness, whether you are man, woman, boy or girl the fact stands you have an issue and you’re in a barren and in a dry place.

Some of you might be without a job, money, or food. Just know that this is not your destiny to be in this place. You just need to hear a word from the Lord. You in your own strength can do nothing but trust God who is the author and finisher of your faith. For we know that it is not by might, nor by power but it is only by His spirit that this issue can be solved. The problem is you just don’t know how to get out of this place and you are vexed and depressed.

I’m speaking to you. God has led you to purchase this book and tap in to the revelation knowledge to bring change to your situation by yielding to the Lord. The promises of God makes rich and add no sorrow. You will see promises revealed in this book and you will receive your breakthrough as you learn to trust God!

It may be hurting you because people all around you are birthing and bringing forth promises. Your adversaries have even given birth to some things. The devil is purposely taunting you. Just know that help is on the way. It is time for the dream to become a reality. Every dry place must go! You have a date with destiny! Your seeds will become fertile as you read this intense powerful life changing book with Biblical truths that will fast forward your life. Your desert places will become watered. Halfway through this book you will begin to feel pregnant; the seed will began to germinate, with promises, businesses and ministries. What is your promise? No matter what your promise is, your word is to hold on! Maybe it is to have a child but you and your spouse just can not conceive despite years of trying. Is your child on drugs, mother? You have prayed and cried for their deliverance to come forth.

Help is on the way! Did you just get served papers of divorce? Husband or Wife, just know that God has the last word, even after the gavel has pounded. You need to get excited because change is going to come forth right in front of your eyes. When you first picked this book up to purchase it, you may have been in a barren dry place. But you can shout the victory now! Just know it is all ready done. Here is a little secret: The battle that you’re in is the Lord’s and the fight is fixed. Your barrenness and dry place has caused

you to become sore and has also made you fret. You could be any race or gender, a husband who has done everything or a wife ready to give up! God is working it out for you

right now!

This book is a must have in your life. Your life will never be the same. That business is coming forth, that ministry is being birthed, and that book will get published. The promise! The vision! You better shout! You will learn in this book how to change your prayer and the promise will come to pass. I am very excited about this book! This is the first book of many to come. I thank you for selecting to read it. I pray that as you read this book your life will be ministered to and change will come forth. I pray that if your life is changed and blessed from it that you will purchase more copies of the book and share copies of the book with others. God is challenging you get ready to PUSH, PUSH, PUSH!

The baby is being delivered.

Birthing Forth Promise,

Chapter 1

Hard Birth Complications

It all began back in Oct 15 1963, the day I was born. Yes I was a baby of promise, a child of destiny. My mother was pregnant with promise. I was a baby that with great complications in the natural and spiritual sense. I was not supposed to make it through the traumatic birth that my mother and I endured. This is based on the information received from my grandparents and others. Born prematurely, I had to stay in the hospital for several months in an incubator. But God!

I was a seven month-old baby, born into destiny. It was not because of any goodness of my own. This was all because of God’s mercy, His love, and grace. Let us not forget His promise, which states that He will never leave us nor forsake us that He will be with us until the end. The word tells us that He is our Alpha and Omega, the beginning and our end. So He was right there in my midst, way back when my life just began. Right there when I was just this fragile little thing. I was just a couple of pounds, not expected to make it. Ain’t God Good?

Yes I said ain’t….

I was told from one of my parents that I was so little that you could put me in your pocket. It was also shared with me that I was so unattractive and fragile, that one of my parents stated, “That is not my baby”. The parent in question told the nurse “You got the wrong baby, my baby is one of those fat babies over there, and it must be some kind of mix up.” But how many of you know that the Bible tells us that we are beautifully (fearfully) and wonderfully made? See the miracle in all this is back in 1963, we did not have the technologies that exists today.

Babies born today have a great chance of surviving due to the wonderful discoveries of medical science. Babies have been known to survive with

1

under a pound of birth weight or even in some cases smaller than that. But back then, for a premature baby to survive in spite of being addicted to drugs and under developed lungs: you have to know that it all was God! No man can get the glory! So now do you understand why I can shout Glory to His name? I was born addicted to heroin, the drug of choice for my mother at that time. My mother’s due date was in December of the year 1963 close to the Christmas holiday, but I was born October 15, 1963.

The Bible says that before the foundation of the world that God chose and formed me in my mother’s womb. So this book came into existence way back in October of 1963, but it could not come into fruition until I went through every trial and tribulation that gave me the tenacity and the strength to birth and to push forth promise in my life. The birth was destined by God to come forth. As my life went on, one might question, because of what I endured, while the promise was coming to pass. Neither my mother nor my father raised or sought after me; I was simply admired from a distance. My mother once sold me for two dollars to a lady.

My mother needed the money for drugs so in exchange for the two dollars, my mother handed me over. My grandfather had to pay the two dollars in order for me to be released into his care. My grandfather mentioned on frequent occasions how I was pawned that day like jewelry for two dollars, and how he had to purchase me back. Shout the victory! The mean lady informed him, “You’re not getting this baby unless you produce the cash buddy.” We serve a mighty God! I know you might be wondering, how am I able to praise God with such a sad story. I can shout and praise God because it is such a sad story. Don’t you know many did not make it that went through the same thing? But glory be to God, I did! I’m a living testimony that you can go through hell and high water, have some defeats and still come through without drowning or being burned.The title of this book Barren yet Pregnant with Promise! Sub title (Victory in your defeat!) has so much power in it! I selected the title to let you know that whatever you are going through or no matter how bad the situation looks, you can make it! You can have victory right in the midst of your defeat!

I have five siblings. My mother and father did attempt on a couple of occasions to raise me and my siblings together in one house as a family, but it never seemed to work out. Because they were both in and out of jail and the penitentiary, it was very hard for them to raise children. It did not help that my father was a drug dealer/user and mother was a drug user, prostitute, booster, and thief. My parent’s attempt for a family reunion would usually end up with me being left alone in the house waiting as a five year old. I would be waiting until my grandfather would come and rescue me again, as he had done on many occasions. My siblings were in search of shelter as well.

My mother and father would vacate the premises and leave each child to go to various locations and destinations for their own preservation. My paternal grandparents, who eventually raised me as their own child, were heaven sent. Thank God for grandparents. While living with them I was in the midst of drinking, swearing and fussing, yet lots of love was shared by both. The two of them showed the only love that they knew how to give: survival.

My grandmother was a faithful church attendee. She was a faithful member of the church and the usher board. With her clean white uniform, white gloves, and her metallic badge, she was ready to serve. She would drink all night Saturday and get intoxicated out of her mind, and be ready for church come rain or shine on Sunday morning sober and in her right mind. The church allowed smoking right in the kitchen. Do you hear me? Right in the kitchen! I was brought up in a very religious home. Yet, believe it or not, that is where I got my foundation in Christ. My grandmother taught me the 23rdPsalms, The Lord’s Prayer, and taught me if I cannot do anything at all, just pray and call on the name Jesus.

By reading this chapter what is entitle Hard Birth Contractions which is the 1st chapter of this book and it is also the introduction for the book. Reading this intro you should begin to understand what is meant by being barren yet pregnant with promise. Never judge a book by its cover! My uncle molested me from the ages of six - seven until I got up enough courage to report the incident to my sister who then reported it to an adult. I thank God my sister discern that something was not right! This occurred while living with my grandparents. I was 12 years old when my father was murdered.

Yes this is the introduction of how the promise all began. The hard contractions and birthing pains that took place. This sounds like something out of Universal Studios or the movies; you have sex, drugs, prostitution, murder, and molestation. This was my life. I was barren yet pregnant with promise. You can never look at what you are going through to judge where you are going. I was in a barren, dry place for most of my life. This book was lying dormant just like my life has been for so many years. This is not a biography of my life just a chapter of the place that I was once in, last place to be exact. But as the Bible states: The first shall be last and the last shall be first. This first chapter of the book will take you right to the brink of our story, which is about a woman of faith.

The book is about a handmaiden from the Bible named Hannah. By sharing bits and pieces of my life in the books introduction, I hope it will spark a desire in you to read more of just how awesome God is! I want to show you how by the world’s standard you can be literally considered an outcast, full of darkness like coal out of a coalmine, yet come out as pure gold, out of a refinery.

My life and this book had to be birthed forth through the fire! Both are parallel to one another. My life came forth from me being in a barren, dry place for years, as a result of physical, mental, and sexual abuse. God has taken me from being barren and in an infertile state. To being fertile and pregnant with promise, this all happened in the same season. Looking at me right now, you would never guess that I have been through hell and high water, as the old folks used to say. I married at 17 years old to escape my life. I was abused by my ex-husband and once dragged through a field while pregnant. I was married to a very abusive and controlling person but God had his hands on my life. I went through a lot in life but yet I made it through it all.

I just delivered this baby. It was painful and there were some hard contractions through life and a very difficult labor and delivery, metaphorically speaking. Full of failure and defeat, I travailed for years. He is a mighty God! This was a leap of faith from the place that I was in to the place where I’m going! God is an awesome God!

I had to realize why I was barren and how God has allowed all of this so that my promise may come forth. All that I went through in my life, trials and tribulation, were all done for you: To bring forth promise in you. This book Barren yet Pregnant with Promise! (Victory in your defeat) is a book that keeps it real, in His word! As I step out in faith in writing this book, God introduces my life full of inadequacies, defeats and challenges to you. This is so you can know that you are not alone in everything you have endured. You are not defeated. There is a baby that is lying dormant in you, that is ready to come forth.

Chapter 2

Barren Season

What comes to mind when you think of barren? Do you imagine a place that is dry? Or desolate? Webster defines barren as being unfruitful, not fertile; unable to conceive or birth forth. Often times during our Christian walk, we find ourselves in a dry and barren place, unable to hear from God and unable to produce fruit and give life. It is a place that we loathe, yet remain, it is almost as if we want to bring forth life but do not know how. As a result, we remain stagnated and stale in our walk with Christ,

In your time of barrenness you cannot fall apart. You must trust that God is there in the midst of your dry place. You must use this barren time of your life to communicate with and trust the Lord.

Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

So I would like for you to travel with me as we look into the life of one of God’s handmaidens that experienced a season of barrenness. In the Bible, in the book of 1st Samuel, we will find a woman named Hannah. Hannah was in her season of barrenness; she could not conceive a child. Hannah desired to have a male child but she was barren from the Lord. She was married to a man named Elkanah. He had two wives. The other wife's name was Peninnah. Peninnah was very fruitful and she could bare children for her husband. Peninnah had sons and daughters. I know many of you have had a barren season in your life, and in that season it seemed as if everywhere you turned, people were bringing forth life, and prospering all around you. Your

barrenness may not be directly connected to a child like in this story in 1st Samuel. But unfruitfulness is the same in any shape, form, or fashion! If you have had any form of barrenness or dry place in your life whether in the spirit or in the natural then you can relate to this story. Hannah was not only barren and unable to produce; but Peninnah was constantly teasing her. Take note: when you are in a season of barrenness you cannot allow your adversary (the devil) to taunt and tease you into grief, self-pity or defeat. You have to use this season to grow and build a relationship with your God. You tell the devil “Get thee behind me, Satan!” You let him know that greater is He that is in you then he that is in the world. So that anything that he tries to use against you, won’t work! Get that in your spirit, “Devil, it won’t work! “Amen… If you agree say Amen. You have to agree with knowing that God is working things out on your behalf. In Romans 8:28 It reads: That all things are working together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to purpose. If you are the called then God is working things out for you.

In this story Hannah allows her adversary, Peninnah, to provoke her sore! She allowed her to vex her spirit. Peninnah used Hannah’s barren state against her because she was fruitful and had children, and Hannah was not. That knowledge alone is what tortured Hannah.

When you are in your barren season you must look at what God is doing, not at the devil. If you give place to the devil, he will take it. You must make a stand against the devil.

The Bible tells us in James 4:7 therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. The Bible says that Hannah was loved and the favored wife of her husband Elkanah in spite of her barrenness. He loved him some Hannah. Elkanah provided food and portions for his wives. Peninnah and her children received regular portions. But Hannah received a double portion of provision. In your barrenness you have to look at what God has already done for you. If we would step back and look at what God has done for us we would see how He has never left or forsaken us. Did you know that our God is so awesome? He will give us water in our desert places? It may look dreadful and feel hopeless, but if you look unto our God who is the author and the finisher of our faith, He will bring you out! You may be looking for God to deliver you the old way from your wilderness. But Isaiah 43:19 states that Behold, I will do a new thing. Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

Sometimes we put God in a box; we do not allow him to do new things in our lives. We are not open to the new ways. We already think we know the how, when, and where. All our father wants us to do is trust him. In the word of God we find that it tells us that the Lord orders the steps of the righteous. If you are the righteous then you don’t have anything to worry about.

Just know that he has your hand and that he not going to let you suffer beyond that which you are able to bear. I have been in a many hard places in my life, from my parents not wanting me as a child, sexual molestation, the murder of my father, and in many of my life’s fiery trials. I would try to fix the problem and/or change the situation and it would backfire on me, every time. I would give it to God, then take it back, give it to God again, then take it back. I was not getting any results in the natural or in the spirit. I was showing a lack of faith and on top of that I was wishy- washey. It was clear that I did not trust Him!

The Bible tells us in James that a double minded man is unstable in all his ways and for that man not to think that he will get anything from God. I did not get any results until I decided to give it to God. God was there with open arms. Is God still waiting on you to trust him?

The scripture tells us to trust in the Lord with all of our heart and to lean not to our own understanding, to acknowledge him in some of are ways and he might direct are path!!!! Right? No! This is what it says “acknowledge Him in all our ways and He shall direct our path!”

I admire this story about Hannah. She was not selfish in her coming to God she was willing to vow and trust Him totally. It appears from reading the story she trusted God. A lot of times, we as women have trust issues. God is just saying “Come to me all who are heavy laden and I will give you rest”. Why not just give it up? The burden the load is too heavy Matthew 11:29-30 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

We walk around carrying issues that we don’t have to carry. Women carry their husband’s problems. Men carry their boss’s issues. Husbands carry God’s battles. The Bible lets us know that the battle is not ours it is the Lord’s. We even carry our kid’s problems after they are grown and gone. We should just submit to God, husbands, each other, pastors, bosses, and any other God given authority that God has allowed to be in our life. We as Christians just have to be in control, we have to run the show. That is not God’s will for our lives.

A Christian author named Lisa Bevere wrote a book called “Out of control and loving it.” That is what God wants every believer to do: lose your control totally so He can take total control. If you get the true revelation of submission, you will run fast to freely submit. You no longer will have to handle things that is beyond your control. When you handle things that you should not be dealing with you have taken on a spirit of rebellion which is as witchcraft, because you are taking

responsibility for things that are not yours in the first place. We should not usurp authority that is not given by God. This will lead to a Jezebel spirit if not careful.

Look at David; he was a man after God’s own heart. David had a lot of flesh issues but he was still anointed as king. Grab this and run with it! No one could beat David praising or worshiping God or repenting to God. David wrote psalms to God. Write God a song of repentance, sing Him a song of worship, and create him a new song of praise. David danced out of his clothes and his wife thought he was crazy. You can dance, sing, shout, but let Him know he is a mighty God! God is Holy, Holy he is our Majesty. Give Him what’s due His name. Shout unto God with a voice of triumph!

Yes, the Lord shut Hannah’s womb but she was blessed in the midst. She allowed her adversary to get glory. You cannot give the devil any glory, when you are going through. You have to get in your prayer closet and begin to praise your God. You begin to wax sore in the spirit. Call on Jesus, Ababa Father, and cry out to Him. God is right there waiting to hear from you. Use your heavenly prayer language where the devil does not know what you are praying. Just pray, until you feel a release, pray in until the earthly natural realm connects to the heavenly spiritual realm; pray until you get a break through!

The Bible tells us that what is loosed on earth will be loosed in heaven. What is bound on earth will be bound in heaven. Get mad at the Devil. Get on your fighting clothes. You better cry loud and spare not. Begin to pray in the Holy Ghost. I attended church years ago, and at this church, one of the older mothers would attend 6:00 am prayer she would never pray words. She would say something like this: mmm, mmm, mmm, um, um, um, then she would go Jesus, mmm, um, mmm, Jesus. It sounded as if she was having a baby in the natural. She was having one in the spirit she was birthing and travailing in the sprit for somebody somewhere. If you don’t know anything to say just say Jesus, call on Him. You can even call on him in the midnight hour, just cry out Jesus.

The Bible shows us how Elkanah her husband even reminded Hannah, while she was crying and grieving, that she had favor from him, Elkanah wanted to know why was she crying and not eating. He told Hannah “Don’t I treat you better then if you had 10 sons? “ He was trying to make her feel better because he knew how bad she wanted a male child. It sounded like Elkanah had a touch of pride. When you are in need of God to move on your behalf, there is no one or no thing that can meet that need.

God is the only one that can meet that need or promises for your life.

Yes, Elkanah was good to her and he even gave her more than he gave his children and his other wife. But you better remember that can’t nobody do you like Jesus; not your wife, husband, mother, father, not your pay check or income. Nobody, you must wait on the Lord. I say wait on the Lord. You wait on God! If you are wax sore, pray, praise, and then thank Him. Because it shall come to pass! You must count your blessings.

Do we need to be reminded just how good God is?

Chapter 3 Wax Sore

God allows certain situations and circumstance in our lives sometimes just so we can be provoked to seek him. I can recall numerous times when God was birthing something in me. I had to go through the fire. Which provoke me to pray, and fast and seek His face. I felt as through the flames were engulfing me. But not one hair on my head was scorched. Not one part of my spirit man was destroyed or physical man burned. Praise Him! In the last chapter we learned how Hannah adversary provoked her. Hannah was so vexed and grieved that her grief provoked her to pray and to go on a fast.

You have to go through the process when God is preparing you for gestation of birth.

(Elevation) Go through the process! I said go through the process. Your miracle, your break through, your healing is on the way; just receive it! Just like in the natural when a woman is not fertile and she is trying to conceive. She must endure a process. You must go through the process! Going through that process will provoke your body to become fertile. The doctors take you through a vigorous course of action with fertility drugs, diet and hormone medication. They also have the women watch their cycle very closely, and take their temperature throughout the day. The doctors count days. It is required of you to mark the calendar; the doctors let you know days that you are more vulnerable for fertility. This is based upon your body temperature, estrogen levels, egg count, and a lot of other factors. The doctors even monitor closely the male sperm count, even if it is the woman who is barren. He wants to make sure the man is not sterile. He requests for parties to be examined, male and female, to ensure everything is intact. He seeks to find the ideal time and environment for the egg and sperm to geminate into life. The doctors’ whole plan and purpose is that you become fertile. His job title is the fertility specialist.

His job description is to provoke your barren womb to respond from barrenness to state to fertility. The doctor does not want you stressed or upset. This will affect the chemistry in your body, which will alter your ability to conceive. The doctor’s action plan if obeyed will create an environment to conceive. If it is God’s will, you will give birth. Remember one thing I don’t care how much fertility medication you take. God is the only one who can bring forth life!

In the spirit, the doctor is the Holy Ghost; He is going to prescribe some faith. You must read the word, because faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. You must have some prayer because we know that the fervent effectual prayer of a righteous man avails much. Prayer does change things. Just like the natural doctor creates an environment that will cause you to give birth if you obey, your fertility doctor in the spirit realm, the Holy Ghost, will provoke you to become fertile if you obey. Shout Glory to God!

The Holy Ghost’s job description is to provoke and convict us to holiness. The bible tells us that the Holy Ghost will teach us all things and bring things back to our remembrance. My pastors ministered in one of our celebration services some Sundays ago, how the Holy Ghost will bring things back to your remembrance when you need it.

But for some of us there is nothing there to draw on. Like my pastors said, how can the Holy Ghost bring it back to your remembrance and you never had anything put in there? If you have not studied the word, there is nothing to bring to your remembrance.

Look at this Biblical example of how prayer changes things. In the book of Acts, Peter, one of the apostles was locked, bound, and chained in jail. The intercessors, including a woman named Rhoda, prayed without ceasing. An angel eventually came and rescued Peter. His shackles broke right off and he walked out of the prison as they were still praying. Peter came and knocked at the door. The woman, Rhoda, did not open the door for Peter because she was so stunned when she saw him. She left him outside the door and he continually knocked at the door. Prayer changes things. So when God does just what you ask Him to do, don’t be so shocked like Rhoda that you don’t receive it. Just expect it. The Bible said that if we ask anything in His name, believing, we can have it.

There was another story where Elijah in the book of Kings had a message for the king. The message, from God through the Prophet, to the king was for him to get his house in order because he was getting ready to die.

But the king prayed and reminded the Lord how faithful he was and how he was a wonderful king. The Lord added 15 years to his life. So no matter what situation you are in, the Bible tells us that there is nothing too hard for God!

It was a fact that Hannah was barren from the Lord but yet pregnant with promise. Shout Glory! Hannah prayed and fasted unto the Lord. This story about Hannah is such a blessing because it shows how you can be barren but pregnant with promise. I’m so excited about the promise! Get excited. Let’s look at Hannah as she moves into destiny. Just remember Hannah prayed until she got an answer. Hannah decided she was not going to eat, until she got a breakthrough. Have you ever noticed when you are on a fast that is when family members or friends all just pop up with snacks or they want to take you out to eat? Just like in this Bible story Hannah’s husband was concerned about why she was not eating. Hannah rose up early while the others had eaten in Shiloh. Hannah was bitter in her soul. She wept and wept she was sore. It’s amazing how we as believers will pray and seek God’s face when we are in a dry place. God wants us to seek him in our dry place but he also wants us to seek him daily while he may be found. Hannah was on a mission. The Bible lets us know that she prayed unto the Lord.

How many times have you been faced with a problem and you were not moving until you received a word from the Lord? Like one of the songwriters proclaimed in a song: “Speak to my heart Lord. Give me your Holy word. If I can hear from you, then I’ll know what to do.” We cannot move until God brings forth an answer. When you are seeking God for an answer, no response is also an answer. God is telling us to just be still and know that He is God. You must wait on the Lord! Just like the story when Jacob wrestled with the angel he said, “I will not let go until you bless me!” Genesis 32:26. Sometimes when you need to hear from the Lord, you need to get that frame of mind. You need to say to the Lord, “I’m not going to move until you bless me.”

Stay focused on nothing or nobody but the Lord. The Lord is telling you to press your way. My son, press! My daughters press! Come up higher in Him. Don’t allow anything or anybody to distract you when you are trying to hear from The Lord! When you are in warfare you have to fight. You cannot get weary and stand for a season then sit down for a season. Take a look at this scripture in down for a season. Take a look at this scripture in 14a, “Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day and having done all to stand. Stand therefore.

It goes on to say to put on the whole armor of God. The only way you can win is to keep standing, praying , fighting, don’t sit down stand up and fight the devil until you have his head on a platter and he is under your feet.”

Chapter 4 The Vow

In the last chapter we realized that God

challenging us to come up higher in Him. We must press our way as Christians when we need God to move on our behalf. Let us continue to look at Hannah. She seriously needed God to move mightily for her. She did not go to God saying, “Lord get Peninnah! She is messing with your child. Lord do something to her children! Lord I’m the highly favored wife, not her!” She did not pray any witchcraft or evil prayers. She did not complain to God, “Why am I barren?” She went and handled her business, on her face in the spirit. Hannah was not playing! She had a date with destiny.

She went to the Lord and cried out, “Lord God, Lord of host look at your handmaiden!

I am in great pain and affliction.”

Hannah was so vexed in her spirit that she vowed a vow to the Lord. The vow was that if He would bless her with a male

child that she would give the child to Him for as long as the child lived. She also vowed that a razor would not ever touch his head (haircuts).

How many of you know that for many of us we would have prayed a selfish prayer? We would have prayed, “God I need a child for me, please give me a child. God, you know how long I have been praying for a child. God just bless me with a child. God I have got to have a child. God I’m sick of that Peninnah with all her children, please give me a child.” Hannah went to God humble and not with selfish motives or ambition.

Here is a powerful insight. God moves his hand in your direction when you walk in His statues and when you pray unselfish prayers that will bless His kingdom. Solomon’s prayer is a perfect example of unselfishness ( I Kings 3:5-14) King Solomon was the son of David. He loved the Lord very much. The Lord asked Solomon, “What do you want? Whatever it is I will give it to you.” Now Solomon could have asked for anything; money, fame or fortune.

Let God ask one of you that question, my God! You would probably pray, “Lord give me a million dollars, a yacht, and a mansion.”

Well Solomon prayed, “Lord I’m a little child I don’t know how to be a king or rule over the people. He said give me some understanding and some wisdom on how to run your kingdom. Give me some direction on how to be king over your people.” The Bible says that prayer blessed the Lord so much because Solomon asked for such a thing as wisdom. The Lord said, “Because you did not ask for anything for yourself, not long life, riches, nor the life of your enemies and all you asked for was wisdom., I’m giving you all that and honor and much more. You will have the wisdom that you requested to judge the people. There will never be another like you or as wise as you in all the earth.” I pray you understand the revelation of Solomon. To this day Solomon was the wisest man ever lived. In your spare time read the Songs of Solomon and Ecclesiastes, Proverbs. If you want to get God attention and favor, request the right thing! You need to ask for something that will bless his people and His Kingdom and he is going to pour out on you. We live in such a selfish nation. It is all about me, me, me and don’t forget, myself and I! The world says that self-preservation is the first law of nature. But the Bible says is better to give than to receive.

I’ve got to share this little secret with you. If you are in a barren, dry place, your promise and your vision might not have come to pass because you are praying a selfish prayer. You are praying and declaring your ownership of the promise. You need to realize that there is nothing made that was not made by God and that our God owns all the cattle on a thousand hills and that the earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof. The business, the ministry, the vision, the promise is not for you. You have been praying the wrong prayer, baby. Get up and proclaim to God the promise that has been prophesied to you.

The millions of dollars that was prophesied to you are not for you. Every gift and calling is for souls to be saved for the work of the ministry. The money you receive is not yours, it is to finance God’s kingdom. I’m shouting right now, God is good! He always makes His will plain in our lives. He lets us know in His word that He would not have us ignorant of Satan’s devices. Selfishness is one of Satan’s devices. If he can keep you bound in selfish ambition and locked in a barren state, the promise will never come forth. But as soon as you realize who you are in Christ, and realize you are nothing without Him, the barren state will have to go! For greater is he that is you, then he that is in world. The devil can not birth forth anything, he is barren.

If the greater is in you then you are greater than any devil in hell, sickness, poverty, or death. The greater is in you so do you have a revelation of just how bad you are and who you really are in Christ? When you really realize who you are you will begin to proclaim something that will make the devil run! In Ephesians 4:8, it reads “When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.” I need you to get this; He gave gifts to all men. Here is the key .In Ephesians 4:11 it reads, “He Himself gave some to be apostles some prophets, some evangelist and some pastors and teachers.” Here is the secret recipe to unlock anything bound, barren or unfruitful in your life. In Ephesians 4:12 “It is for the equipping of the saints for the work of the ministry for the edifying of the body of Christ.” So we all can come to the unity of the faith (oneness).

You got it, the devil is mad now! The key to unlock your barrenness is to realize that it (your promise) is for edifying the body of Christ. All this time you thought it was for you to have a mega ministry, big houses, millions of dollars, or a 4,000 seat sanctuary. But God said in Ephesians 4:12 that it is for the equipping of the saints for the work of the ministry for the edifying of the body of Christ. My God. My God. Some of you do have mega ministries and will become millionaires.

But God wants you to know to stop letting that be your focus. Quit stealing His glory.

He said he will share His Glory with no man. He called you for himself, He called you for souls, and He called you to bring forth life to the lost. He called you for His glory. It is the reason why you are barren and in a dry unfruitful place. You have got to change your words, try not to say my ministry but say God, your ministry, not my church but say God, your church. God is ready to launch some of you into destiny, but He needed you to know it belongs to Him. That it is His book, His child, and His ministry. It can disappear as fast as it came. You were barren and unfruitful, but right now if you get this, and you have got to get this, Hannah was really on to something. You are pregnant with promise.

He is such a tremendous God. Your destiny is coming forth. The seeds are being fertilized in places where you were barren. The seeds are being germinated. The baby is being conceived right now! The dry places are watered. You must confess this thing and stand up and shout glory! So many people stay barren because they never realize that the promise is not for them. It is the Lord’s.

Hannah did not stop praying after she vowed the vow. Hannah was on to something great, and she manifested much discernment. She did not want the blessing for self, she said just bless me Lord and I will give it to you!

She continued to pray, walked by faith and prayed even more. She even prayed to the point that the Priest Eli thought she was drunk because when she was praying she spoke her heart only, her lips were moving but no words were coming out. Eli the priest told her to put up her wine. She told him, ‘Priest I am not drunk. I’m just a woman that is walking in destiny.’ Hannah answered, “No my lord, I am a women of a powerful spirit. I just poured out my soul before the Lord.” She said “Priest, do not look at me as being a devil or a daughter of a devil. I am not a wicked woman. You have just heard my grief in great abundance.” When you need to hear from God you better pour out your soul and cry out Abba Father! Remember this if this book has encouraged some of you to vow a vow let me share something with you. The bible tells us in Ecclesiastes 5:5 Better not to vow then to vow and not to pay.

The Priest Eli answered and said, “Go in peace woman the God of Israel has granted your petition.” God had answered her prayer! Hannah was very excited! She said, “Let your handmaiden find grace in your sight.” Your faithfulness will pay off if you don’t give up. The Bible tells us in due season you will receive the promise if we faint not!

Weaning

She left the priest Eli rejoicing and her

countenance changed. Hannah was no longer waxed sore or grieved. She broke her fast because her prayer was granted. She worshiped before the Lord. So she and her husband knew each other. Hannah became pregnant and she conceived. She bore a son. She called his name Samuel. She named him Samuel because she had asked for him of the Lord. We learn in the previous chapter that if you vow a vow to the Lord you must keep it.

I could just imagine how Hannah felt. Do you know how many prayers she prayed or how many tears she cried for this son?

In today’s society, whenever a mother is going to give her baby up for adoption, the doctors recommend that the mothers not see or hold the newborn baby. This is put into practice so that the transition will go very smooth without emotional trauma. This is highly recommended because if the mother sees or holds the baby the chances are very slim that she will continue on with the adoption, which can create a lot of legal issues for all parties involved, if the mother have already sign the adoption papers. At this point if the mother has signed away her right, then the mother and the adoptive parents must battle it out court. In some situations there is a grace period where the mother has a limited time where she can withdraw her decision. This is because once the baby is held close to the mother’s bosom; there is a spiritual and physical bond that cannot be broken. Many mothers have changed their minds about the adoption of their newborn baby after just seeing and having eye contact.

Put yourself in Hannah’s plac e for a moment and just try to imagine how she felt. I even can see how her adversary Peninnah could have used this to taunt her. But Hannah was a woman of integrity and Hannah began to prepare the male child for delivery to the Lord.

When Hannah’s husband Elkanah went up to offer the family’s yearly sacrifice and his vow. Hannah would not go up with him or take the child up. I know you are thinking she had second thoughts concerning the vow she made to the Lord. She told her husband, “I will not go up u ntil the child is weaned. I will then take him, so that he may appear before the Lord forever!” I would say that in today’s times most children are weaned from breast milk between six months to twentyfour months of age. If Hannah lived in our day, I would commend her for her strength.

Back in Biblical times the weaning process was a little longer then in today’s it could go from eighteen months to five years. Based upon Biblical research it was believed that the child Samuel weaned up until the age of three. In the 20th century mothers began to give their baby solids as early as 6 months. You must know what Hannah did take being a lover of the truth and a submissive and obedient heart! So Hannah weaned her son. Her husband was also a strong faithful man of God. He told her to do what is seemly in her heart. Some men would have said, “Woman, we have had our son for some years. We are not giving him away and that is final.” But Elkanah told her to continue to wean the child and then give him up once he is wean. He continued on to say that God is the only one who can establish his word.

I just have to shout glory because back in Biblical times, a husband could break a vow that a wife made unto the Lord with the Lords approval (Numbers 30:7). Elkanah told her to do what was seemly right in her heart. He could have broken that vow between his wife and the Lord but he submitted to God.

Delivery

The strength and endurance that Hannah and her husband Elkanah possessed is something that you don’t find today in our microwave society. Everybody wants everything RIGHT NOW! You don’t find many people that are willing to submit to the Lord especially when it hurts. The Bible said that when Hannah weaned her son, she took him up with her to offer him to the Lord.

How many times have you heard the preacher say never go in the house of the Lord empty handed? Well here is a perfect example of not going to the house of the Lord empty handed.

When Hannah went up to offer up her son unto the Lord she took three bullocks.

Bullocks were young domestic bulls that were worth a lot of money back then. The young animals were known for tender meat and were preferred for offering sacrifices. She also took one ephah of flour which was about equivalent to a bushel or 33 liters of dry substance. And she gave a bottle of wine. Woo Hoo! What an offering! Pastors often times have a hard time getting people just to pay their tithes unto the Lord, not including the offering. The Bible also says that when Hannah went to take the child up, he was young. She took the child to Eli the priest. She let him know, “I’m the one that came up here that petition the Lord for a male child. As thy soul lived my lord, I am the one who stood here praying unto the Lord for this child.” “The Lord granted my petition!” She exclaimed. So she presented to him, her son Samuel. She was rejoicing! It is so awesome when you can give to the lord freely not grudgingly and without condition, especially when you are giving up something you would much rather keep.

Forever

Once you make up in your mind that you are vowing something to the Lord it is for a lifetime. That means it is forever. You cannot decide in the midst or in the middle of the promise that you have changed your mind. Hannah went up year after year to do the yearly sacrifices and she would see her child and she would bring him a coat every year. She would go up and see her son but she would turn and leave empty handed. She told the priest Eli I have lent him to the Lord as long as he lived, that is forever.

The Bible lets us know that her son Samuel, her promise, grew and grew and he ministered to the Lord. That was the reason he was created. Have you ever had to submit to something that was hard to do because of an emotional connection? But you had to keep your word to the Lord? The Bible tells us that if we are faithful over a few things that he will make us ruler over many. Hannah could have gotten up one day to do her sacrifice and then decide, “My boy is older I gave him to the Lord just like I said. I’m going to get my child. I’m taking my boy home!” How many times have you vowed a vowed to the Lord and then refused to pay up?

Thanksgiving

Giving thanks to God once you receive the promise.

(1 Sam. 2:1)

2:1 And Hannah prayed and said: “My heart rejoices in the LORD; My horn is exalted in the LORD. I smile at my enemies, Because I rejoice in Your salvation.

2 “No one is holy like the LORD, For there is none besides You, Nor is there any

rock like our God.

3 “Talk no more so very proudly; Let no arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is the God of knowledge; And by Him actions are weighed. 4 “The bows of the mighty men are broken, And those who stumbled are girded

with strength.

5 Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, And the hungry have

ceased to hunger. Even the barren has borne seven, And she who has many

children has become feeble.

6 “The LORD kills and makes alive; He brings down to the grave and brings up.

7 The LORD makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up.

8 He raises the poor from the dust And lifts the beggar from the ash heap, To set

them among princes And make them inherit the throne of glory. “For the pillars of

the earth are the LORD’S, And He has set the world upon them.

9 He will guard the feet of His saints, But the wicked shall be silent in darkness.

“For by strength no man shall prevail.

10 The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken in pieces; From heaven He will

thunder against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth. “He will give

strength to His king, And exalt the horn of His anointed.”

Hannah said another prayer to the Lord.

She told the Lord that her heart rejoiced in the Lord and that her horn is exalted in the Lord: she said her mouth is enlarged over her enemies; that simply means she is smiling at her enemies. She said she rejoices in the Lord’s salvation. She went on to worship the Lord and pray how Holy he is. She went on to say in this prayer how the poor would be rich the proud will be made low. Do you remember her adversary mentioned earlier in the book? Do you remember Peninnah and how she taunted and teased Hannah? Well as the world says, every dog has its day. The scripture says it in a different way. It says that whatever a man sows that shall he also reap! Yes, her adversary Peninnah was not laughing any more. In this prayer, Hannah is basically saying that he who was first shall be last and he who was last shall be first. She was saying the lifted up and proud shall be low and humble. In the prayer, Hannah mentions that the barren hath born seven and she that hath many children is wax feeble. I believe this was referring to Peninnah. It said that the person that had many children is wax feeble. According to Encarta 2004, wax means a particular state or emotion, and feeble means physically or mentally weak: and lacking physical or mental strength or health. The revelation I received from this is Peninnah was in a sad emotional state and her health was failing and her state of mind physically and mentally was in a bad place.

Double

We learned in the last chapter that when you vow a vow, it is forever! Hannah received her promise, which was a male child from the Lord. What I’m about to share is the key to unlock your destiny. Hannah came year after year to bring her sacrifice to the Lord. She also brought her child a coat as her child grew and minister to the lord year after year. One time, when Hannah and Elkanah went to take their yearly sacrifice, Eli the priest blessed them. He ministered to them and said, “Since you lent your only child to the Lord our God he is giving seed to Hannah’s womb because of the loan that was lent to the Lord.

”My God, my God!! How many of you know we can not beat God giving? The Lord visited Hannah so she conceived and she bore 3 sons and 2 daughters. Hannah had six children all together and she only asked God for one male child. She gave the one and only child totally to the Lord. Here is the key to your destiny.

When Hannah vowed the vow she said to God, “If you remember me your servant and give me a male child, you can have the child as long as he lives.” When I look at the book of 1st Samuel chapters 1 to 3 it really blesses me to see a women of God walk in unselfishness. When we give God something he looks at it as a loan. Do you see how much of a return she gave one child and she received five children back! Can you get that revelation?? If the banks gave that kind of return on your money, you would be rich. God is so awesome. What he did for Hannah, He can and will do for you.

Your promise and your vision is the Lord’s and you must give it to him. The story of Samuel is awesome. Please read the books of I and II Samuel in your spare time. I want you to get ready to get up and give God some praise for the promise! God is getting ready to bring it forth in your life. I want to share a little more about Samuel before we take a praise break.

If you would go on to read the whole book of 1 and 2nd Samuel. You would find out that the boy Samuel grew before the Lord and God was preparing him to be a prophet. God began to speak to him concerning the priest Eli and his sons that were of the devil. The sons had sinned against God because of their sinful and lustful lifestyle right in the church. So judgment was being brought against them. Eli had to have judgment brought against him also, because he did not stop his sons from sinning in the house of the Lord. Sometimes we as parents are held accountable for our children if they are sinning in the house of the Lord and we sit back and do nothing about it. It is like we are choosing our children and sin over God. If your sons and daughters cannot obey the Christian rules in your house, it is time for them to go. We do not want to be judged by the Lord like Eli the priest. He did not intervene as he should have as the head priest. He mentioned to his sons of what he had heard. But he did nothing at all for chastisement or discipline. They were causing people to despise giving unto the Lord. All of them had to die. God had to raise up a prophet (Samuel) in the midst of the evil. Through a woman who was barren. So now you can get ready to shout! God blessed in the mist of a big mess! She was barren and could not conceive.

But yet she was Pregnant with Promise! Samuel was the promise. You need to get that. I’m going to say it again; she was Barren Yet Pregnant with Promise! The prophet Samuel that was born brought forth destiny to the nation and was mightily used by the Lord to destroy the works of darkness.

The Lord remembered her and heard her prayer because she prayed a humble prayer. The law of reciprocity (gravity) is what goes up must come down. Give and it will be given back. The Bible tells us it is more blessed to give then to receive. This blessing came forth because of her unselfishness. Some of you right now may be barren but yet pregnant with the promise. God is waiting on you to vow that thing, that gift, job, child, or that ministry to Him. You are the only one that knows what you are barren with. You the only one know what the promise is. Are you tired of the dry places in your life? Are you ready for your womb to be open like Hannah?

You can become fertile right now. It just a repentance and a prayer away! The Bible says that the devil came to kill, steal, and destroy but the Lord came that we may have life and have it more abundantly. God is ready to pour out on you a blessing that you do not have room enough to receive so that you can bless his people. You can praise Him he is an awesome God!

Chapter 10 Bless Others

Whenever God impregnated you with promise, it is to be used to help bless others. Just like when he called your pastor to the ministry. God had you in mind, so that your pastor could lead and guide you through the word into your destiny. The Bible tells us through revelation knowledge of the word that a pastor had to be sent by the Lord.

Romans 10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? He watches out for your soul. He prays and intercedes on your behalf.

God’s whole purpose for the five -fold ministry was for the equipping of the saints that we all may come in oneness of the faith. When God speaks into our lives and he lets us know we will do great things for him one day, it sounds great. But we need to sit our happy self down and just thank God for choosing us. It has nothing to do with how wonderful we are or how great we are; it is only because of his goodness and his mercy. The Bibles clearly states that it is not by power or by might but By His spirit.

Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace are we save through faith and that not of yourselves it is the gift of God. Not of works lest any man should boast. We should never get caught in works and think more highly of ourselves then we should. Your purpose is to complete the task to that we are called and to remain built up in the word, by fasting and praying. By working in the ministry, it is so easy to get caught up in pride. We get puffed up in our flesh and think we are all that.

God allows us to be blessed by Him with some of the finer things in our lives. But we should never get caught up in those things. Oh my God you could say, “I am called to be a missionary! What an awesome call! I will travel across the nations.” God could have called you be a prophet to speak the oracles of God, or to be an apostle to build His churches all over the world and get things in order in the house of God. Maybe he has called you to be a pastor that has a heart for the sheep and you could have outreach centers all over the country? Those are all awesome positions with great by products of working in the ministry. But please remember that God can take those things as fast as you got them.

God might have told you that you will have a construction company or a shelter for the

homeless. That could be your dream and vision and you could hunger for that thing. But the call will be used to bless God’s people and we must keep that as our primary focus. We can never get caught up in the gift or in the position. We must always stay humble before the Lord and stay caught up in Him.

If we lose focus or get caught up in pride, we will utterly fall. Proverbs 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. The promise will be use to bless. Let’s take a look at the child that was born to Hannah; the child that she vowed to the Lord.

He was a prophet called of God during that time. If you follow through the book in earlier chapters, we briefly discussed Eli the priest and his two sons, Hophni and Pheneias. The Bible says that they were sons of Belial and they did not know the Lord. During that time, it was customary for people to offer sacrifices to the Lord. These young men caused the sacrifices of the people to be abhorred. Eli was getting very old and he had heard from the people that his sons did ungodly things at the door of the tabernacle and how they laid with the women that assembled at the door. Now, Eli being a priest, should have chastised his sons. Instead, he did nothing. He asked them questions such as “Why have you done such things?” He told them that he had not received a good report and that they had caused the people to transgress. But yet did nothing.

God had a plan in spite of Eli and his evil sons. It might look like sin is ruling and raining. When God is moving the evil sin right out the way. Take a look at the promise, and the boy, Samuel, grew mightily before the Lord and was in favor by both the Lord and also of men.

If you go back and think of the vow that Hannah vowed before the Lord and she asked the Lord for a male child and she would give him to God for the rest of the child’s life.

God knows the beginning and the end of a thing before the thing is even manifested in the natural. So God knew that He was raising up a prophet to be used mightily during this season. Because of the sin that Eli and his sons has committed against the Lord, they had to surely die. The Lord was angered at Eli for not disciplining his sons and allowing them to do evil things in the house of the Lord. Eli’s house was judged of the Lord. Samuel grew and the Lord was with him and did not let any of the words fall to the ground that He had ministered to him. He grew to be a mighty priest and was used in all of Israel.

The promise that you have in your womb could be a seed to minister to young men in the county jail. But God’s picture is much greater. God’s picture could possibly be for you to minister to prisons all over the world or for you to eventually have your own prison with ministry of outreach onsite. Whatever the promise, just know that it’s bigger than what you can imagine or think. Just like Hannah’s desire was to have a male child. But God used him as a prophet to raise up kings. Saul and David were chosen by the Lord through Samuel. Do not put God in a box and limit the vision or the dream to your expectancy. Instead, widen your borders, allow Him to have His way, and just sit back for the ride. Be obedient to His word, yield to His will, and trust Him. If He called you to bring forth promise, He will equip you with everything that you need to complete the task. Just remember one thing that the promise is to bless others and in your humbleness and obedience to God, you will truly be blessed. James 4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up

Chapter 11

Scriptures & Prayer

I put this chapter in here just for you. If you are going through a season where you don’t have enough strength to receive the promise because you are discouraged or faithless and full of fear. Maybe you are holding on to un-forgiveness against your adversary. I have included some scriptures below that will give you strength and faith to fight. Remember faith comes by hearing and hearing the word of God.

Discouragement

Isaiah 41:10, 13 "Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my

righteousness. . . For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee."

Psalms 147:3 "He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds."

2 Corinthians 12:9 "And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me." 1 Peter 5:7 "Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you."

1 Corinthians 10:13 "There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it."

Faith

Mark 9:23, 24 "Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth."

Matthew 9:29 "Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you." Matthew 17:20, 21 "And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you." Jeremiah 32:12, 27 "Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee: . . . Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?"

Ephesians 3:20 "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,"

Fear

Psalms 56:3 "What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee."

Psalms 91:5 "Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;"

Mark 5:36 "As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe." 1 John 4:18 "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love."

Forgiveness

1 John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

Isaiah 1:18 "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."

Psalms 51:17 "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise."

Isaiah 55:6, 7 "Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon."

Micah 7:19 "He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea."

Luke 5:32 "I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

Psalms 103:12 "As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us."

God's Love

John 3:16, 17 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved." Isaiah 49:15, 16 "Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me."

1 John 3:1 "Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not." Romans 8:32 "He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?" Psalms 103:13 "Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him."

Guidance

Isaiah 31:21 "And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left."

Psalms 32:8 "I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye."

Romans 8:28 "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."

Happiness

Isaiah 12:3 "Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation."

Habakkuk

3:17-19 "Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD,

The LORD God is my strength, and I will joy in the God of my salvation. Make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments."

John 13:17 "If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them."

Proverbs 29:18 "Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he."

Psalms 16:11 "Thou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore."

Hope

1 Corinthians 2:9 "But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him." 1 Samuel 7:12 "Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us."

Psalms 16:9 "Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope."

Psalms 33:18 "Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;"

Proverbs 14:32 "The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death."

Jeremiah 17:7 "Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is."

Sickness

Job 5:19 "He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. "Psalms 34:19 "Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all."

Psalms 119:67, 71 "Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. . . It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes."

Isaiah 40:31 "But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."

Jeremiah 30:17 "For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after."

Prayers

Prayer allow you to talk with the Father. Prayer will increase your faith. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Prayer is just basic conversation with the Lord. There are various forms of prayer: supplication, warfare, thanksgiving, praise, worship, prayer and fasting, the prayer of faith, prayer of intersession, prayers of Jesus, prophetic prayer, prayer of repentance, prayer of salvation this is just to name several of the numerous types of prayers and remember the prayer of Hannah how powerful it was!

I added this chapter of prayers and scriptures to this book for your faith to increase through the word and prayer. I pray right now in name of Jesus that anyone that reads this book, prayer life will increase. I pray you will take a leap of faith into the word of God and your faith will multiply and the outcome will be a deeper relationship with our Lord!

This chapter was not in the original manuscript. I just believe that I was prompted by the leading of the Holy Ghost to add this chapter. If you read the scriptures. If you hear some of the prayers of Jesus and other men and women of faith out the Bible. If you began to pray and meditate on the word, from the mighty logos word of God, you will be change.

Please after reading this book pick up the world best selling book of all time (THE HOLY BIBLE) and read, study and pray. I believe that it will ignite a fire in you and it will get your prayer wheel turning.

Just remember prayer is basic chatting with God. You don’t have to get fancy with the “Thou and Thys” just talk to him as you would a friend. If He is your God then he is ready to listen! If you have not accepted Him as Lord and Savior, accept Him right now and start your new Life!

Hannah Vow Prayer

1 Samuel 1;10-11

And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.

And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

Hannah Thanksgiving Prayer

1 Sam. 2:1-10

And Hannah prayed and said: “My heart rejoices in the LORD; My horn is

exalted in the LORD. I smile at my enemies, Because I rejoice in Your salvation.

No one is holy like the LORD, For there is none besides You, Nor is there any

rock like our God.

“Talk no more so very proudly; Let no arrogance come from your mouth,

For the LORD is the God of knowledge; And by Him actions are weighed.

“The bows of the mighty men are broken, And those who stumbled are girded with strength. Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, And the hungry have

ceased to hunger. Even the barren has borne seven, And she who has many

children has become feeble.“The LORD kills and makes alive; He brings down to the grave and brings up. The LORD makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up.

He raises the poor from the dust And lifts the beggar from the ash heap, To set

them among princes And make them inherit the throne of glory. “For the pillars of

the earth are the LORD’S, And He has set the world upon them. He will guard the feet of His saints, But the wicked shall be silent in darkness. “For by strength no man shall prevail.

The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken in pieces; From heaven He will

thunder against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth. “He will give

strength to His king, And exalt the horn of His anointed.”

The Lord Prayer

Matthew 6:9-15

This, then, is how you should pray:

" 'Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your name,

your kingdom come,

your will be done

on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread.

Forgive us our debts,

as we also have forgiven our debtors.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from the evil one.'

For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

7

Jesus Prayer in the Garden

Luke 22:39-49

And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him. And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation. And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow, And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.

A Psalm of David

Psalm 21

The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah. For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever. His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him. For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. 1For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.

The Lord is my Shepherd

Psalm 23:1-6

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

Prayer of Praise

Psalms 45:17

My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee. Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house; So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold. She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee. With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace. Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth. I will make thy name to be remembered in all

generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.

David Prayer of Praise

Psalm 72

Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son. He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth. In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth. He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him. For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised. There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen. The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

Protection Prayer

Psalm 91:1-16

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him:

I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation

Daniel Pleads for Mercy

Daniel 9:4-19

I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed: "O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with all who love him and obey his commands, we have sinned and done wrong. We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away from your commands and laws. We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. "Lord, you are righteous, but this day we are covered with shame - the men of Judah and people of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where you have scattered us because of our unfaithfulness to you. O LORD, we and our kings, our princes and our fathers are covered with shame because we have sinned against you. The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him; we have not obeyed the LORD our God or kept the laws he gave us through his servants the prophets. All Israel has transgressed your law and turned away, refusing to obey you. "Therefore the curses and sworn judgments written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured out on us, because we have sinned against you.

You have fulfilled the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us great disaster. Under the whole heaven nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem. Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our sins and giving attention to your truth. The LORD did not hesitate to bring the disaster upon us, for the LORD our God is righteous in everything he does; yet we have not obeyed him. "Now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of Egypt with a mighty hand and who made for yourself a name that endures to this day, we have sinned, we have done wrong. O Lord, in keeping with all your righteous acts, turn away your anger and your wrath from Jerusalem, your city, your holy hill. Our sins and the iniquities of our fathers have made Jerusalem and your people an object of scorn to all those around us. "Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant. For your sake, O Lord, look with favor on your desolate sanctuary. Give ear, O God, and hear; open your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears your Name. We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy. O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For your sake, O my God, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your Name."

Prayer of Jabez

1 Chronicles 4:10

And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

Hezekiah's Prayer when Sick

Isaiah 38:2-8

Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, "Remember, O LORD, how I have walked before you faithfully and with

wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes." And Hezekiah wept bitterly. Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah: "Go and tell Hezekiah, 'This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city. " 'This is the LORD's sign to you that the LORD will do what he has promised: I will make the shadow cast by the sun go back the ten steps it has gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.' " So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had gone down.

Solomon's Prayer of Dedication

1 Kings 8:22-30

Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven; and he said: “LORD God of Israel, there is no God in heaven above or on earth below like You, who keep Your covenant and mercy with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts. You have kept what You promised Your servant David my father; You have both spoken with Your mouth and fulfilled it with Your hand, as it is this day. Therefore, LORD God of Israel, now keep what You promised Your servant David my father, saying, 'You shall not fail to have a man sit before Me on the throne of Israel, only if your sons take heed to their way, that they walk before Me as you have walked before Me.' And now I pray, O God of Israel, let Your word come true, which You have spoken to Your servant David my father. "But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much less this temple which I have built!

Yet regard the prayer of Your servant and his supplication, O LORD my God, and listen to the cry and the prayer which Your servant is praying before You today: that Your eyes may be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, 'My name shall be there,' that You may hear the prayer which Your servant makes toward this place. And may You hear the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Hear in heaven Your dwelling place; and when You hear, forgive.

The Prayer of Ezra

Ezra 9:5-15

Then, at the evening sacrifice, I rose from my selfabasement, with my tunic and cloak torn, and fell

on my knees with my hands spread out to the

LORD my God and prayed: "O my God, I am too ashamed and disgraced to lift up my face to you, my God, because our sins are higher than our

heads and our guilt has reached to the heavens.

From the days of our forefathers until now, our

guilt has been great. Because of our sins, we and our kings and our priests have been subjected to

the sword and captivity, to pillage and humiliation at the hand of foreign kings, as it is today. "But

now, for a brief moment, the LORD our God has

been gracious in leaving us a remnant and giving us a firm place in his sanctuary, and so our God

gives light to our eyes and a little relief in our

bondage. Though we are slaves, our God has not deserted us in our bondage. He has shown us

kindness in the sight of the kings of Persia: He has granted us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and he has given us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem. "But now, O

our God, what can we say after this? For we have disregarded the commands you gave through your servants the prophets when you said: '

The land you are entering to possess is a land polluted by the corruption of its peoples. By their detestable practices they have filled it with their impurity from one end to the other. Therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Do not seek a treaty of friendship with them at any time, that you may be strong and eat the good things of the land and leave it to your children as an everlasting inheritance.' "What has happened to us is a result of our evil deeds and our great guilt, and yet, our God, you have punished us less than our sins have deserved and have given us a remnant like this. Shall we again break your commands and intermarry with the peoples who commit such detestable practices? Would you not be angry enough with us to destroy us, leaving us no remnant or survivor? O LORD, God of Israel, you are righteous! We are left this day as a remnant. Here we are before you in our guilt, though because of it not one of us can stand in your presence."

Nehemiah's Prayer

Nehemiah 1:11

The words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: In the month of Kislev in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa, Hanani, one of my brothers, came from Judah with some other men, and I questioned them about the Jewish remnant that survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem. They said to me, "Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire." When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven. Then I said: "O LORD, God of heaven, the great and

awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and obey his commands, let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer your servant is praying before you day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess the sins we Israelites, including myself and my father's house, have committed against you. We have acted very wickedly toward you. We have not obeyed the commands, decrees and laws you gave your servant Moses.

"Remember the instruction you gave your servant Moses, saying, 'If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations, but if you return to me and obey my commands, then even if your exiled people are at the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for my Name.' "They are your servants and your people, whom you redeemed by your great strength and your mighty hand. O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of this your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Give your servant success today by granting him favor in the presence of this man." I was

cupbearer to the king.

Word of Lord

Isaiah 51

Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein,

thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people. My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust. Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished. Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their reviling

For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation. Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away. 2I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor? The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail. But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name.

And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people. Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of

trembling, and wrung them out. There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up. These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee? Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God. Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine. Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again, But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.

Prayer, Repentance, & Selfishness

Heavenly Father I repent right now for being selfish in my petitions and in my prayer request. If I have been praying amiss. Father I ask that you will forgive me. Lord I repent of every prayer that I prayed that I was only thinking of myself. I repent of every time I ask for something for selfish reasons or selfish ambition. God I repent of every time I did not pay my tithes and offering. I repent of every business idea, witty invention, thought or deed that you gave to me that I did not give and surrender to you. Lord I come humbly before your throne asking for your forgiveness and asking for your mercy and grace. Lord I pray that you forgive me! Now you can take your shoes off and shout and go boldly before his thrones of grace proclaim the promise. Put your petition before the Lord. He will take you from this barren and unfruitful place. I pray that this book has been a blessing to you and that it has caused you to have a deeper revelation of God and His word and that you have gained some insight on prayer that will get Gods hand to move. Remember the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

Prayer of Salvation

Now if you do not know the lord as your personal Lord and savoir, we can take care of that right now! This is an invitation to accept him right here and right now! If you are a backslider and you would like to come back to the Lord, this is your opportunity.

The Bible tells us when we hear the Lord that we should not harden our hearts. In Romans 10:9 the Bible tells us that if we confess with our mouth believe in our heart that Jesus died and rose again then we shall be saved. You can repeat that prayer in the privacy of your own home. After confession of that prayer, the Bible says that you are saved. Began to seek God for a good church home. Go to a church that is teaching God’s Word. Go there so you can grow and learn about the Lord and so that the Pastors can watch out for your soul

The Bible tells us not to forsake the assembling of ourselves with other believers. If you are doing anything that you know to be sin just STOP and yield it to the Lord! The angels in heaven are rejoicing over your salvation.

Recipe for your Promise

Ingredients

Faith

Prayer

Vision

Word

Sauté - Repenting, Fasting, Integrity, Meditation and Giving

Daily Directions

Walk in faith, pray, study and have vision

1. Combine your faith with the promise

2. Mix your prayer with faith for the promise.

3. Add vision, you must see the promise with vision in the spirit, now write the vision down.

4. Now take both what you see and what you have written and add the Word of God to it. Speak the Word to the promise daily. Pray the Word over the promise daily. See yourself with the promise daily. Serve the devil notice that he must get out of your promise daily. Follow theses instructions. Add to this mixture more faith, more word, more prayer and more vision daily. Repeat this process until you began to see the promise in the natural. Once you see it manifest in the natural, increase all ingredients by

100% so the devil don’t get a foothold and steal your promise.

Your Faith

will move God’s hand in your

“Promise”

Because with out faith you can not please God.

Hebrews 11:1 States that “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,

the evidence of things not seen.

You might not see the promise but your faith will manifest the un-seen promise.

“Pray the Word”

When you pray God’s word or pray His covenant promises, that he have spoke to you from His Logos or Rhema word, back to Him it will God to move in His

“Promise”

Hebrews 6:10 Nor does He ever forget a promise.

Psalm 89 :34 My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie All the promises of God are 'Yea' and 'Amen' in Christ Jesus, and as He is ours, every promise is ours if we will but lie down upon it in restful faith. Cause lie;

Pray, Pray, Pray and Pray some more!

Luke 5:16 And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.

Luke 6:28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.

Luke 18:1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint.

John 16:26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:"

Colossians 4:2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;"

1 Thessalonians 5:17 Pray without ceasing.

Your Vision

You must have vision for your promise;

Habakkuk 2;2-3 1I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

2And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

3For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry,

wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he

Numbers 12:6 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.

“The Word”

All scripture is given by inspiration of God." 2 Timothy 3:16

The Word will make your promise a reality. Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."

Psalm 119:105

Mathematical Equation

Barrenness

Trials

Infertility

Tribulation

Fertility

Long Suffering

Travailing

Hard Labor & Delivery

+ Push! Push! Push = The Promise

Luke 22:23-27

And they began to enquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing. And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.

But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? But I am among you as he that serveth.

Take this as an example and began to serve God with your whole heart and do everything as unto the Lord!

The rainbow represents the Promise

God realized that man would remain sinful, so he decided never to curse the ground for man’s sake, and never to smite every living thing again as he had done with the flood. So God made a promise to never destroy the earth by a flood again. When God makes a promise, he keeps it. As a sign of his promise, he placed the rainbow in the sky whenever it rained.

Genesis 9:13-17 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

And God said unto Noah this is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

Table of Contents

Letter from Author:

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 10

Chapter 11