Pride Brings a Fall by Yolanda Ballard
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By Yolanda Ballard
When I seek the LORD, I try to seek His face and not His hand — I seek to know His will and to have His Presence. If you seek Him first and the needs of His Kingdom, all your own needs will be met, but some get out of balance with this and do things out of presumption instead of by His leading. Many put their ministry ahead of The LORD's and come at a loss. Other things creep in like lust for fame, fortune, and the pride of life, which brings a fall.
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When I seek the LORD, I try to seek His face and not His hand — I seek to know His will and to have His Presence.
If you seek Him first and the needs of His Kingdom, all your own needs will be met, but some get out of balance with this and do things out of presumption instead of by His Leading.
Many put their ministry ahead of The LORD’s and come at a loss.
Other things creep in like lust for fame, fortune, and the pride of life, which brings a fall.
If we seek His Face and Will, we know we are putting Him first, and all the Glory goes to His Name and not our own.
What do you put first in your life? Is it your reputation? Are you trying to put your name in lights like someone who is famous? Or are you becoming more meek and humble and allowing The LORD Jesus to be seen through you?
The price is high if you seek the cost of laying it all down at His feet and not to pick it back up.
No more comparison with others in any way but trying to be more like Him.
Reach out and touch the hem of His garment (Matthew 9:20-21) and be healed in your mind, soul, body, and spirit.
He paid the price for your salvation. Quit trying to do it all. Just hand it all over to Him and surrender it all.
Let go and let God!
Some say “how?”! Be desperate, cry out, and wait upon Him.
Who needs a Word like this? We all do because the enemy’s tactics of deception are subtle. He knows how to set a snare when you are unaware.
When you are at your peak and everything is going well, the enemy will come in and like a flood wash it all away.
If your Kingdom Ministry was built upon the Rock, it will stand, but that which was built upon the flesh will fall.
There have been many strong “ministers of God” who came to a crashing halt and were found out to be not of Him. And what a shock it was to all!
Where there is pride — comes a fall — and an end to it all!
Yolanda Ballard
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I treasure my quiet time with the Lord. It is the time I like to call my own before I start my day. This morning, I had a choice of things to do. I could read my Bible, or my bible study book, or read a book on healing. They all are very good things to begin with, but I really did not have a leading to do any of them. I sat back and felt to start writing. When you have many options as to what you should do, what do you do?
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I love to meditate upon Psalm 91 especially the first verse. He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. As I ask the Lord about the secret place, I write the following: It is a hiding place, a place where no one knows you are there except the Lord. Jesus is your hiding place, the place where you can run into and be safe. We are to abide in Him always. He is your safe and hidden place where the enemy cannot touch you without the Lord allowing it.
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There is hope for the hopeless! Some people have great financial burdens and in the natural it looks impossible that anyone can help one with such a great need, but The LORD has shown me that if you follow the leading of The LORD, He will have you plant a seed. I've seen the fruit of doing this. The LORD had me plant a seed literally in my own life with my husband.
