[00:00:00] Hello, welcome back to the power of prayer podcast with your hostess Lily Randall. Hello, hello, hello wherever you are. Whenever you are listening I hope you are doing well. May God bless and keep you hopefully your fallen peace with all mankind.
[00:00:22] And you are reading and studying your word, you are praying, you are doing what honors God the most, so that you can really be who God wants you to be, who he is called to be in his last and evil days.
[00:00:40] I just want to get on here and read Proverbs 31. The first nine verses people assume have nothing to do with the last 21 verses or even 22 verses. And I believe it's still part of the same conversation that a young king is having with his mother.
[00:01:12] His mother is teaching him how to be a king and what to expect and what to look for in different parts of his life. And I believe from 10 through 31 is her teaching him what to look for in a woman and what to expect.
[00:01:34] And I believe it's some of the attributes that she's been given in what she's done in her whole life. And that's what she summarized for her son to know.
[00:01:46] So the words of King Lemule, the prophecy that his mother taught him, what my son and what the son of my womb and what the son of my vows give not by strength unto women nor by ways to that which destroy of kings.
[00:02:10] Not for kings, all the meal. It is not for kings to drink wine nor for princess strong drink. Let's they drink and forget the law and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted that's up to verse 5.
[00:02:26] I believe she may have witnessed some stuff seeing some things and just given him mourning and it has to be God using her to help him.
[00:02:38] He can be the king that he should be a man or in the best king that she wants him to be and best king that she believes God wants him to be.
[00:02:51] So we're going to finish with our go back to it and we're going to start with verse 6. Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
[00:03:05] Let him drink and forget his poverty. Remember his misery no more. Open that mouth for the dumb in the case of all such as our point to destruction. Open that mouth judge righteously and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
[00:03:25] Who can find a virtuous woman for her price as far above rubies the heart of her husband does safely.
[00:03:33] So that so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She's seeketh wool and flex and worketh willingly with her hands.
[00:03:53] She is like the merchant ships she brings her food from afar. She rises also while it is yet night and give it me to her household and a question to her maidens.
[00:04:06] She can serve a field and buyeth it with the fruit of her hands. She planeth a vineyard and let's stop there for just a moment.
[00:04:15] Let's think about how a transition from her talking about different things in society and how things can happen and occur whether you're sad or miserable or you're going through whatever you're going through.
[00:04:32] And the type of drink she's saying for him to give and offer but for him not to be doing these things and be drunken to the point of he change and laws that don't make make sense and doing just foolish things.
[00:04:51] And then she starts going into how to find a woman and what he should expect from his wife and the way she should look and know where she should be doing things. And then you know how she should carry herself.
[00:05:07] Okay and how she should be making him look good in making everybody be aware of this is how I run my house. This is what's going to happen. This is how it is.
[00:05:29] So let's go to 17. She girth her loins with strength and strength and if her arms she perceives that her merchandise is good her candle goeth not out by night. She layeth her hands to the spindle and her hands hold it hold this staff.
[00:05:49] She's stretch it out her hand to the poor. Yes, she reaches forth her hands to the needy. She's willing to help anybody and everybody she's using wisdom though. She's checking different things and looking at different things and wearing stuff appropriately.
[00:06:07] She is not afraid of the snow for her household for all her household are closed with Scarlett their warm they were in the finest things it's going to help keep them warm and keep them safe.
[00:06:22] She make it herself coverings of tapestry her clothing is silk and purple. Her husband's known in the gates and he sits among the elders of the land. That means her husband as well known he's liked he's respected he's referenced.
[00:06:42] They know who he is he's known in the land and he's respected so that means he's appreciated and they love him and they give him honor.
[00:06:56] And the in that he can sit with the older people even the older people okay you good sit right here with us and it's going to be alright.
[00:07:08] She make it fine linen and sell it and deliver it to the merchant strength and honor our clothing and she shall rejoice in time to come she open her mouth with wisdom and in her tongue is a lot of kindness.
[00:07:25] She's a woman of God she loves everybody she treats people the way that they supposed to be treated on top of the way that they deserve to be treated.
[00:07:35] She's respected by the people she's making money she's not just you know oh look at me she's out there doing stuff that she's supposed to be doing. Making him look good and making her household look good and people also know her.
[00:07:55] She look as well to the ways of her household and he is not the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her bless her husband also and he praises her. Many daughters have done. Virtuously without exiles them all.
[00:08:16] Favor is to see full and beauty is vain. But a woman that fear the Lord she shall be praised give her of the fruit of her hands and let her own works praise her in the gates. She's a half she got multiple strings.
[00:08:37] And come that strings there are no strings attached to her she's doing what thus if the Lord she's following after God and her husband knows it in her children know it in her servants though it.
[00:08:50] And the people that are out there in the kingdom they're kingdom know it and she's living on the her life to her fullest she's not. Being slow for procrastinating she's not wasteful she's doing what she's supposed to be doing.
[00:09:09] And even if she has to work all night she'll work all night and even while she's sleeping.
[00:09:16] She's still making sure that there's enough light in the house so that if she does have to get up and go get the children or have to get up early there's already light there.
[00:09:28] And it's okay. She got to get in the middle night to pray or to do some work she's not afraid of it and she can see because she's making sure that there's enough of everything. And every part of their life you know love kindness gentleness she's humble.
[00:09:49] She's not afraid she's not ashamed. She's well to do she's well off she carries herself well she's very knowledgeable. She doesn't speak as we would like to say either side of her neck or off the back of her tongue she you know she's she's very.
[00:10:13] And that's the right word to say or she has her etiquette in place where she knows where the forks go she also knows how to talk she knows how to curtsy she knows how to be quiet she knows how to speak you know she knows what she's doing.
[00:10:30] And in order for us all to be that virtuous woman so we can be even like the queen and teach our children whether it's our sons or our daughters.
[00:10:41] What does that the Lord we must do it according to the word we can't just run our lips and think okay just do like this Johnny do like this Susan do like this LeBron do like this carry.
[00:10:59] Or whoever you know we have to go to the word and teach our children whether they are male or female teach them with us if the Lord and pray over them pray with them teach them how to pray.
[00:11:20] Teach them what to do get me sitting back drinking and kicking it in with our boys or girls and relax and in max and then thinking that's life that's not life.
[00:11:32] Maybe you feel like that's the way your life is supposed to be but that's not it, but that's not it's we'd heard we got to do things right justly. And do it the way God wants us to do it so Father God I thank you for today.
[00:11:50] I bless your Holy knee help us Father God to get our counsel our words our thoughts our ways from you. We came to you because we believe that it with you it was going to be a better life and it is a better life.
[00:12:13] Help us to see it to understand it and to acknowledge it and to rest in your Father God. Please keep us in our ways help us to be like that queen who taught her son how to be in his position.
[00:12:33] And and show our children what to do and what not to do even in opposition. Help us Father God to teach our children what to look for in their spouse. And and what to what their spouse is to expect from their mate. Help us Father God.
[00:12:55] Let's do it the way you want it done not the way we should do it or the way we think we should do it help us Lord God.
[00:13:03] To really think about the things of God and and the things that you would have us to think on the things that are lovely things are appear things are noble the things are of good report the things that are of you Father God according to your word according to your riches in according to your promise.
[00:13:25] Your promises of yes and amen. Help us to humble ourselves and pray according to 2 Chronicles 7 and 14. Help us to do it your way Father God.
[00:13:36] Help us to not be like that of the world because if we're like that of the world and we love the world we become in mitty towards you. Help us not to be in mitty Father God in the mighty majesty of Jesus.
[00:13:49] Help my church Father God from my pastor all the way down to the we list of children Father God. To do what on a beautiful region where praise you worship you and spirit in and truth to do these things daily to call out our members names Father God.
[00:14:08] And the name of Jesus help us to pray for ourselves as we pray for others. Help us to pray for this country the world the King's Queens presidents prime ministers help us Father God to pray for the sin sick the loss.
[00:14:22] The ones are in the hospitals the ones that are home the ones that are in hospice the ones that are in nursing homes. Father God wherever they are high over there doing help us to raise up a standard and and do it righteously.
[00:14:37] The way you would have it done in your word help us to walk not after our flesh but walk in the spirit Father God walk according to your word and you're willing your way.
[00:14:47] And the name of Jesus and believe you and trust you without doubting Father God help us to walk accordingly in the name of Jesus.
[00:14:58] Not the way I want to the way I think I should but the way I look like I should but help me Father God to do it the way you would have me to do it.
[00:15:08] I've a Lord God Almighty I thank you for this day I thank you for another opportunity to praise you to pray to read your word to get an understanding help other people hear the word so that they can get an understanding.
[00:15:25] Father God and thank you for allowing me to share my thoughts that you gave me Father God in regards to Proverbs 31.
[00:15:36] So Father as we think about these things and we understand they are precious in your site help us to keep them precious in our site in a higher word in our heart so that we might not send a gift to you.
[00:15:52] And so we can stay away from all evil and we can not cause pain to our neighbors or our families or loved ones or even ourselves.
[00:16:02] Father God or even pain to you help us not crucify Jesus of fresh help us Father God to live in the spirit and walk in the spirit and talk in the spirit.
[00:16:13] And you share with us imagine give it to us each and every day help us to dig deeper into your word help us to pray more to fast more to just be your righteousness and then mighty match this name of Jesus Christ I pray and amen.
[00:16:31] Remember we are always enthusiastic thirsty for the word of God where we don't just read the word we study the word Father oh God you are so awesome but we.
[00:16:43] And we rightfully divide it according to your word and you're willing your way or help us God to always move to follow peace with everyone upon the face of the earth to enter express and show your love.
[00:16:58] Everywhere we go let it exude off of us flow off of us and to other people's lives to the point where they say hey come here come here I need to ask you a question what is it about you this different in everybody else because of something different about you help us to be those witnesses.
[00:17:17] And Lord I pray that this podcast bless somebody and help somebody and keep somebody and they share it with somebody no matter who it is because we all need Jesus.
[00:17:33] I need Jesus they need Jesus our enemies need Jesus thank you Father God for let me do the podcast you gave me one more day in Jesus may my pray.