{"id":896,"date":"2017-05-18T13:38:57","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T18:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=896"},"modified":"2017-05-18T14:32:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T19:32:18","slug":"a-pillar-of-cloud-by-day-and-a-pillar-of-fire-by-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/18\/a-pillar-of-cloud-by-day-and-a-pillar-of-fire-by-night\/","title":{"rendered":"A Pillar of Cloud by Day; And A Pillar of Fire by Night\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen, this is huge\u2026do you see it\u2026God is surrounding you, His children, with Himself\u2026His presence is here, day and night\u2026.Praise the LORD!! We are covered\u2026in our coming in, and our going out\u2026every second, of every moment, of every day\u2026.God has covered us with His anointing and power\u2026<\/h6>\n
But, we have to do our part\u2026and that is to TRUST HIM!!<\/h6>\n
In everything.<\/h6>\n
That means when I go to work and when I come home\u2026when I\u2019m driving down 95 or 75 or wherever\u2026when I\u2019m buying groceries\u2026when I\u2019m sleeping at night\u2026or when I\u2019m playing with my kids or traveling by sea or air or motorcar or motorcycle\u2026whatever or wherever I am, because I am a child of the living God\u2026He\u2019s got me covered\u2026not only that but His Holy Spirit is INSIDE ME!!! He\u2019s teaching me how to overcome, and how to live, and how to forgive, and how to be a light to other people\u2026to smile and not to fear\u2026to help me in my responsibilities of raising a family and being a spouse and a friend, a neighbor and a\u00a0relative\u2026He\u2019s showing me that even when I get upset I can rely on His peace to come and settle in my heart\u2026and when I want to slap somebody who is stupid\u2026I smile and show mercy instead\u2026<\/h6>\n
The Israelites had to go the way God showed them, because if he had taken them straight to Canaan they would not have been prepared for the battle with the Philistines\u2026they had just come out of slavery and oppression. They knew how to use a trowel, but they did not know how to use a sword\u2026<\/h6>\n
They were in training, so God put them in solitude, boot camp, through the wilderness to teach them how they could survive and thrive in the land he was giving them\u2026<\/h6>\n
They would be given laws, and ordinances, and shown how to live out the covenant they had with their God. They would learn strategies of war, how to trust God, and how to live by faith and obedience. We are no different today\u2026<\/h6>\n
You may have just become a new Christian in the Lord Jesus\u2026and know absolutely nothing of his ways\u2026so you learn by going to Church and by reading His Holy Bible\u2026and fellowshipping with like-minded believers\u2026<\/h6>\n
Sometimes the older Christians forget what it\u2019s like coming out of Egypt\u2026we\u2019ve been walking the wilderness road for so long we take it all for granted\u2026I caution you, be more compassionate with new believers\u2026teach by example seasoned with Love and understanding\u2026and patience\u2026we were once ignorant of many things pertaining to the Spirit\u2026and God was merciful to us\u2026New babes in the LORD, need lots and lots of grace\u2026don\u2019t whack the little lambs\u2026nudge them gently\u2026so they will not grow weary and give up\u2026<\/h6>\n
A Pillar of Cloud by day and a Pillar of Fire by Night\u2026<\/h6>\n
God was leading his children\u2026and he knew just how to do it\u2026<\/h6>\n
Now, that cloud, and fire, live within us. God is leading, and he knows what\u00a0it will take to get us to our destination.<\/h6>\n
We must follow Him. He will not lead us to a dead end\u2026when He says go, we must go. And when he says stop, we must stop.<\/h6>\n
One thing is for certain, we must stop complaining. Stop being critical of every little thing\u2026<\/h6>\n
You are right where God wants you to be\u2026and He will lead and guide you each step of the way\u2026when we try to run ahead of God, that\u2019s when we get into trouble\u2026<\/h6>\n
If you were blind you\u2019d have to rely on someone else\u2019s guidance to lead you\u2026our walk is almost like that with the leading of the Holy Spirit. We are blind, deaf and dumb when it comes to the things of God\u2026He is our eyes, ears, mouth, feet, hands, heart everything\u2026but thank God we don\u2019t have to orchestrate anything\u2026The Holy Spirit does it for us\u2026 all we have to do is follow Him\u2026His sheep know his voice and a stranger they will not follow\u2026<\/h6>\n
When you feel discouraged and frustrated and lonely and tired; then recognize something is wrong\u2026it\u2019s time to clean house\u2026so to speak\u2026get rid of jealousy and anger and greed and doubt\u2026get rid of envy and gossip\u2026stop confessing with your mouth, \u201cI don\u2019t have a husband, I don\u2019t have a wife\u2026I don\u2019t have children, I have to many children, I can\u2019t stand my boss, I can\u2019t stand my co-workers\u2026with attitudes like that no wonder we can\u2019t get anywhere\u2026<\/h6>\n
Stop and start over\u2026and start speaking blessings\u2026<\/h6>\n
What you say with your mouth produces what you obtain\u2026There\u2019s life and death in the power of the tongue. (Proverbs 18:21)<\/em><\/h6>\n
What comes out of the mouth comes from the heart and what comes from the heart is what you will receive. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. <\/em>Luke 6:45 <\/em>New King James Version (NKJV)<\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n
\u201cI am blessed and happy and I have all that I need and want and more. God is a good God. I am well and my family is awesome\u2026I will live and not die and I will proclaim the wonderful works of the Lord\u2026God has made me to prosper and my body is healthy, my mind is sound, and I have the peace of God\u2026Good things are coming to me because I trust in the Lord\u2026and when I am afraid I will still trust in\u00a0the Lord\u2026He is for me who can be against me\u2026I have the authority in the name of Jesus to say to this mountain be removed and cast into the sea\u2026and it has to obey\u2026I am full of the joy of the Lord and therein is my strength\u2026I will rise early and thank my God for He has given me the Victory\u2026Praise the Name of Jesus, All Glory and honor and power belong to the Lord\u2026\u201d<\/h6>\n
Now, God will hear and answer your petitions, requests\u2026because you have acknowledged Him and He will go before you and will make the crooked places straight\u2026Sing, rejoice, and make melody in your hearts\u2026For God has done marvelous things\u2026.Remember how he brought you\u00a0out of all those trails in the past\u2026? He\u2019s the same God now, as then\u2026<\/h6>\n
You are covered by the Pillar of Cloud by day; He will protect you and hide you from the enemy. And the Pillar of Fire by night, he will give you warmth from the cold and drive away dangers of the night. He will give you protection as you camp and as you travel\u2026He will feed you and your clothes will not wear out\u2026That is God\u2019s delight, for you are His children. God is with you and in you! Amen\u2026<\/h6>\n
Do not worry, and do not be afraid\u2026remember who your Abba is, and stand firm, you know him and He knows you!!<\/h6>\n
Let His Cloud of Love guide you every day and His Fire of Love Protect you and\u00a0guide you at night…Be Filled with the Holy Ghost and Fire!<\/h6>\n
–Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill<\/h6>\n
Exodus 13:21-22 The Message (MSG)<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n
They moved on from Succoth and then camped at Etham at the edge of the wilderness. God went ahead of them in a Pillar of Cloud during the day to guide them on the way, and at night in a Pillar of Fire to give them light; thus they could travel both day and night. The Pillar of Cloud by day and the Pillar of Fire by night never left the people.<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Listen, this is huge\u2026do you see it\u2026God is surrounding you, His children, with Himself\u2026His presence is here, day and night\u2026.Praise the LORD!! We are covered\u2026in our coming in, and our going out\u2026every second, of every moment, of every day\u2026.God has covered us with His anointing and power\u2026 But, we have to do our part\u2026and that…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8aPxH-es","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=896"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":901,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896\/revisions\/901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}