Happy Birthday to Prophetess Jazz Daniels! 🎉🎂💐 Today, we celebrate a truly godly woman, a devoted mother, an exceptional wife, and a cherished friend. Your life is a beautiful testimony of faith, love, strength, wisdom, and unwavering devotion to God and your family. There is something deeply special about the way you pour into others—with a timely word, a heartfelt prayer, a listening ear, or simply the warmth of your presence. Your compassion, wisdom, and servant’s heart have encouraged more people than you may ever realize. The love and care you give so freely leave a lasting impression. May the Lord continue to bless you abundantly, strengthen you for every assignment, and honor the desires of your heart. May this new year bring you greater joy, divine favor, renewed strength, overflowing peace, and a fresh anointing. May God’s presence guide you in every decision, His grace sustain you through every season, and His promises manifest beautifully in your life. As you celebrate another year, may you pause and recognize how faithfully God has carried you, how much your life has blessed others, and how deeply you are loved and appreciated. May your home be filled with laughter, your heart with peace, and your days with meaningful moments shared with the people who treasure you most. May your birthday be filled with love, laughter, beautiful memories, thoughtful surprises, and the overwhelming presence of the Lord. We celebrate your strength, your faith, your tenderness, and the beautiful woman God continues to shape you into. Happy Birthday to an extraordinary woman of God, Prophetess Jazz Daniels! ❤️🙏🏽🎊 Accepting Birthday wishes and gifts: Good morning, Apple Pay or Zelle- [email protected]

Taking up your cross brings all five words into practice: submit, yield, commit, humble, and deny. They describe the heart of a disciple; taking up your cross means living out that surrender, even when following Jesus costs you something. Jesus said in Luke 9:23 (KJV): “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.” For Jesus’ original listeners, the cross represented execution, shame, and suffering. His invitation calls for wholehearted allegiance—even at the cost of comfort, reputation, or life. It goes deeper than simply enduring everyday inconveniences. 1. Submit—Accept His authority. Taking up your cross begins with accepting Jesus as Lord. You obey His direction even when it conflicts with your preferences. “Lord, Your will has authority over my will.” 2. Yield—Make yourself available. You present your body, words, choices, and abilities to God. Taking up your cross means allowing that surrender to shape what you actually do. “Lord, I am available to obey You, even when it is uncomfortable.” 3. Commit—Entrust the outcome to Him. Obedience does not guarantee immediate approval or relief. You trust God with the consequences of faithfully following Him. Jesus modeled this by entrusting Himself to the One who judges justly (1 Peter 2:23). “Lord, I will obey and trust You with the outcome.” 4. Humble—Lay aside pride and status. Pride insists on recognition and having the final word. Humility makes room for serving, receiving correction, and obeying God without applause. Philippians 2:8 connects Jesus’ humility directly with His obedience unto death on the cross. “Lord, pleasing You matters more than protecting my image.” 5. Deny—Renounce self-rule. Jesus places denying yourself immediately before taking up your cross. You refuse to let your desires become your highest authority. That can mean refusing revenge, turning from sin, or choosing faithfulness over convenience. “Lord, my desires will not govern my obedience to You.”

1. Submit Greek: Hypotassō (ὑποτάσσω)—Strong’s G5293 To place under, subject oneself, or accept authority. In James 4:7, submitting to God means placing yourself under His authority and obeying His direction. Hebrew: Kānaʿ (כָּנַע)—Strong’s H3665 To humble oneself, be brought low, or come into subjection. It connects submission with a heart willing to surrender pride. Personal application: “Lord, I accept Your authority over my life.” 2. Yield Greek: Paristēmi (παρίστημι)—Strong’s G3936 To present, offer, or place oneself at another’s disposal. In Romans 6:13, yielding yourself to God means offering yourself for His service. Hebrew: Nāthan (נָתַן)—Strong’s H5414 To give, place, or hand over. In 2 Chronicles 30:8, “yield yourselves unto the LORD” uses an expression literally involving giving the hand, conveying submission or allegiance. Personal application: “Lord, I make myself available to Your will.” 3. Commit Greek: Paratithēmi (παρατίθημι)—Strong’s G3908 To entrust or place something into another’s care. In Luke 23:46, Jesus commits His spirit into the Father’s hands. Hebrew: Gālal (גָּלַל)—Strong’s H1556 Literally, to roll. In Psalm 37:5, committing your way to the Lord pictures rolling it onto Him—entrusting your path and concerns to His care. Personal application: “Lord, I entrust my plans and concerns to You.” 4. Humble Greek: Tapeinoō (ταπεινόω)—Strong’s G5013 To make low or humble oneself. In James 4:10, it describes humbling yourself before God, recognizing your dependence on Him. Hebrew: Kānaʿ (כָּנַע)—Strong’s H3665 To humble oneself or be brought low. In 2 Chronicles 7:14, it describes God’s people humbling themselves as they turn toward Him in prayer and repentance. Personal application: “Lord, I lay aside my pride and acknowledge that I need You.” 5. Deny Greek: Aparneomai (ἀπαρνέομαι)—Strong’s G533 To deny, disown, or renounce. In Luke 9:23, denying yourself means renouncing self-rule and choosing to follow Jesus.

Good morning. Today's scripture: **Romans 15:13 (HNV)** "Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit." Context: Paul is closing the longest sustained argument in his letters. Chapters 14 and 15 deal with a divided Roman church, Jewish and Gentile believers judging each other over food laws and holy days. This verse is a benediction, Paul's prayer that God would do in them what argument could not: make them one. Language: The word *hope* here is the Greek *elpis*, which does not mean wishful thinking. Its root sense is confident expectation of what is sure but not yet seen. Paul calls God "the God of hope," meaning hope is not a mood we manufacture, it is a Person we receive from. Meaning: For the first hearers, this was a practical word. They were told to stop despising one another and instead be "filled" with joy and peace precisely in the act of believing together. Unity was not the precondition for God's blessing; it was the result of it. Application: Today, bring your divided places to God before you try to fix them yourself. Pray this verse over a strained relationship, a hard decision, or a weary week, and let hope do its quiet work: joy and peace first, then the strength to abound.

A prophet who is a scribe The person is recognized as a prophet and also writes, records, or preserves messages. Writing is one way they carry out prophetic ministry. A prophetic scribe The person’s primary work is writing or recording material connected to prophetic ministry. They may record another person’s message or write from what they believe God has impressed on them. The title alone does not establish that they hold the office of prophet. Jeremiah and Baruch show why the distinction matters. Jeremiah 36:26 calls Jeremiah “the prophet” and Baruch “the scribe.” Baruch wrote down Jeremiah’s words and read them publicly (Jeremiah 36:4–10). His part was significant, but the passage distinguishes his role from Jeremiah’s. 1296. Scribal Prophet—A prophet who has extraordinary writing instincts and literary insight into the word of the Lord and is assigned by Him to engage in prophetic writing or prophecy interpretation for future generations. Scribal prophets more than write a single book but are usually assigned to present a collection of works that are to teach, enlighten, educate, and inform their contemporaries, ministers, and saints to come. Nathan, Gad, Shemaiah, as well as the major and minor prophets are illustrations of this prophetic call. (The Prophet’s Dictionary by Paula A. Price)