1 Samuel 8: Israel Requests a King 1. As Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons to be judges over Israel. 2 Joel and Abijah, his oldest sons, held court in Beersheba. 3 But they were not like their father, for they were greedy for money. They accepted bribes and perverted justice.
4 Finally, all the elders of Israel met at Ramah to discuss the matter with Samuel. 5 “Look,” they told him, “you are now old, and your sons are not like you. Give us a king to judge us like all the other nations have.”
6 Samuel was displeased with their request and went to the Lord for guidance. 7 “Do everything, they say to you,” the Lord replied, “for they are rejecting me, not you. They don’t want me to be their king any longer. 8 Ever since I brought them from Egypt, they have continually abandoned me and followed other gods. And now they are giving you the same treatment. 9 Do as they ask but solemnly warn them about the way a king will reign over them.”
Samuel Warns against a Kingdom
10 So Samuel passed on the Lord’s warning to the people who were asking him for a king. 11 “This is how a king will reign over you,” Samuel said. “The king will draft your sons and assign them to his chariots and his charioteers, making them run before his chariots. 12 Some will be generals and captains in his army,[a] some will be forced to plow in his fields and harvest his crops, and some will make his weapons and chariot equipment. 13 The king will take your daughters from you and force them to cook and bake and make perfumes for him. 14 He will take away the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his own officials. 15 He will take a tenth of your grain and your grape harvest and distribute it among his officers and attendants. 16 He will take your male and female slaves and demand the finest of your cattle[b] and donkeys for his own use. 17 He will demand a tenth of your flocks, and you will be his slaves. 18 When that day comes, you will beg for relief from this king you are demanding, but then the Lord will not help you.” 19 But the people refused to listen to Samuel’s warning. “Even so, we still want a king,” they said. 20 “We want to be like the nations around us. Our king will judge us and lead us into battle.” 21 So Samuel repeated to the Lord what the people had said, 22 and the Lord replied, “Do as they say, and give them a king.” Then Samuel agreed and sent the people home.
April 24, 2026. Today woke up with a very heavy and contrite heart, cried and cried to the Lord to please reveal what was happening and why so much grieving and crying. Yesterday was pretty intense spiritually and emotionally speaking, as we are flesh and soul. First, I heard to take “my mother” and a young lady who does theater with her, who recently repented and proclaimed Jesus as her Lord and savior, as we read in John 14:6 and Romans 10, to a pool around 2 PM to spend some discipleship time by a pool, in the word, especially in Matthew 3 and John 3, that talk about the new life and baptism in water. We spoke and prayed; I saw what possessed the young lady and needed deliverance from in her face and the hesitation and what possesses the mother who said she is Catholic, but have never practiced it, and that she has her “own” relationship with the Lord, was not going to be part of another wave of faith, whatever that meant and that she needed to be part of a belief that allowed her to have a balance, whatever that meant, and that she was not going to get baptized. The young lady who idolizes the woman said that she was going to wait till she learned more and for God to talk to her, which HE was thru me. I told them the Holy Spirit makes sure people understand clearly the truth and that no one is going to be able to say that Holy Spirit did not tell them, as HE is making sure everyone hears the Good News before HE comes back, as we read in Matthew 24. I then went into the water and evangelized and prayed, received prayer as well, as the Holy Spirit led in the place.
By the nighttime yesterday I heard: EVIL, as I freshened up and surrendered everything that had happened to the Lord, as I cried and cried, and cried so much, with a deep groaning. First “my brother”, who is very possessed by what the Holy Spirit revealed, which is Balaam and Leviathan, when I went to pick up “my mother” and the Young lady to take a taxi to the place, started remembering and reminding me of the past mistakes and the only thing that could come out of my mouth with the direction of the Holy Spirit was my identity with the Lord, as a woman chosen, as the Holy Spirit often reminds me and an ambassador of the Holy Spirit for the souls in the Great Commission, which we become when we understand HIS Love on the cross, understand we need a savior, repent and proclaim Jesus, as our Lord and Savior, get baptized by submersion in water, are filled by the Holy Spirit and go thru the rebirth, as we are humbled and surrender every day to the Lord, which is in 1 Peter 2:9-10: 9 But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light. 10 “Once you had no identity as a people; now you are God’s people. Once you received no mercy; now you have received God’s mercy.
Ephesians 1: This letter is from Paul, chosen by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus.
I am writing to God’s holy people in Ephesus,[a] who are faithful followers of Christ Jesus.
2 May God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you grace and peace.
Spiritual Blessings
3 All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. 4 Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. 5 God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. 6 So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son.[b] 7 He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins. 8 He has showered his kindness on us, along with all wisdom and understanding.
9 God has now revealed to us his mysterious will regarding Christ—which is to fulfill his own good plan. 10 And this is the plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ—everything in heaven and on earth. 11 Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God,[c] for he chose us in advance, and he makes everything work out according to his plan.
12 God’s purpose was that we Jews who were the first to trust in Christ would bring praise and glory to God. 13 And now you Gentiles have also heard the truth, the Good News that God saves you. And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own[d] by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago. 14 The Spirit is God’s guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. He did this so we would praise and glorify him.
Then I left them in the place and went to pick up the laundry that had been done in a local laundromat, where the Good News of Jesus was given to the motor taxi driver, as well as the attendants in the laundromat. In the area the Holy Spirit has me in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, other than what is happening with “my mother, brother, man who cleans her apartment and the family around, there is a lot of human trafficking, homelessness and tourist that come to that are, which have been evangelized and prayed for as the Holy Spirit leads. There is a lot of deep-rooted spiritual situations, evil and pain, thru it being the first place to be colonized in the America’s by the group who came with “priests” and African slaves who were jailed and brought with Christopher Colombus and his crew. In a town in Spain the colonization map has a literal snake on the path, which snake represents the devil. I got to see it when the Holy Spirit sent me to one of the cities in Spain. The Holy Spirit will let us know the spiritual sense of each place, the deep rootless, and as people repent and come to Jesus all of the is delivered from the person thru the Holy Spirit who comes in them.
Ephesians 6: The Whole Armor of God
10 A final word: Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. 12 For we[a] are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.
13 Therefore, put on every piece of God’s armor so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil. Then after the battle you will still be standing firm. 14 Stand your ground, putting on the belt of truth and the body armor of God’s righteousness. 15 For shoes, put on the peace that comes from the Good News so that you will be fully prepared.[b] 16 In addition to all of these, hold up the shield of faith to stop the fiery arrows of the devil.[c] 17 Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
18 Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.
Today cried, listened to John 17, as led by the Holy Spirit, prayed and worshiped for most of the morning, then slept a bit more, ordered some brunch, as led by the Holy Spirit, then heard to go out to get an outfit for the upcoming situation, evangelized to a man from the country I had heard to go close to South Asia who was going back today, evangelized in a supermarket and then started feeling the deep sadness, Holy Spirit groaning, sat in a place prayed, as a couple of sisters to pray for me and then went back to the studio where the Holy Spirit has me, freshened up, unpacked what was led to be bought and heard to work on this blog post.
Thankful for those who are praying for both my daughter and I, as well as for those who have and will be of monetary support all for the souls in the Great Commission. Take the time to read or re-read the Bible verses mentioned here, asking the Holy Spirit to help you understand what HE needs you to understand and put into practice in Jesus’s name. Take the time also to go into this page and read and or listen to the other teachings and testimonies, as well as sharing and subscribing, all for the souls in the Great Commission. Please share how this blog post spoke to you, in Jesus’s name.
John 17: The Prayer of Jesus
17 After saying all these things, Jesus looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son so he can give glory back to you. 2 For you have given him authority over everyone. He gives eternal life to each one you have given him. 3 And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth. 4 I brought glory to you here on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. 5 Now, Father, bring me into the glory we shared before the world began.
6 “I have revealed you[a] to the ones you gave me from this world. They were always yours. You gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7 Now they know that everything I have is a gift from you, 8 for I have passed on to them the message you gave me. They accepted it and know that I came from you, and they believe you sent me.
9 “My prayer is not for the world, but for those you have given me, because they belong to you. 10 All who are mine belong to you, and you have given them to me, so they bring me glory. 11 Now I am departing from the world; they are staying in this world, but I am coming to you. Holy Father, you have given me your name;[b] now protect them by the power of your name so that they will be united just as we are. 12 During my time here, I protected them by the power of the name you gave me.[c] I guarded them so that not one was lost, except the one headed for destruction, as the Scriptures foretold.
13 “Now I am coming to you. I told them many things while I was with them in this world so they would be filled with my joy. 14 I have given them your word. And the world hates them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. 15 I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one. 16 They do not belong to this world any more than I do. 17 Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth. 18 Just as you sent me into the world, I am sending them into the world. 19 And I give myself as a holy sacrifice for them so they can be made holy by your truth.
20 “I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message. 21 I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me.
22 “I have given them the glory you gave me, so they may be one as we are one. 23 I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me. 24 Father, I want these whom you have given me to be with me where I am. Then they can see all the glory you gave me because you loved me even before the world began!
25 “O righteous Father, the world doesn’t know you, but I do; and these disciples know you sent me. 26 I have revealed you to them, and I will continue to do so. Then your love for me will be in them, and I will be in them.”
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