"Break It Down"

Joel 2:12 - "That is why the LORD says, 'Turn to me now, while there is time!
Give me your hearts. Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning."


There are many things in this life that cause us pain and grief. Many problems in our lives can break us down and humble us. God uses all kinds of situations to get our attention and he will allow certain things like money problems, shame, or persecution to get us in a place where we can hear him or change our direction. These are things that are a part of our growth as a Christian. But there should come a time, after we have walked with Christ for a period, that we should mature into a better Christian. Thus, we should not have to be broken down and made to endure pain as an attention getter, but we should get to the point where we decide to deal with our own flesh and our ungodly appetites.



God wants our hearts. Our mouths and even our reputations can glorify God without our hearts truly belonging to him. This is why, in this scripture, that God asked for our hearts. But he didn't stop there. He gave us a formula for it. Fasting, which will destroy the will of the flesh. Weeping, which will break down the outer image. And mourning, which will bring passion for new growth. These things should not have to be induced, but they should at some point be voluntary for your growth as a strong, mature, believer. There should come a time when you decide that you are going to fast to deny the pleasures of the flesh. You should weep before God in shame or agony over his displeasure in your sin. And you must learn to mourn, or be sorrowful for where you are and allow it to make you passionate about moving forward in your rightful place in him. Pray for these desires and pray that God will move you forward. Don't stay where you are. The world needs you better.



Suggested Reading: Phil. 3:14, Heb. 6:1

"False God Whoring"

Judges 2:12 - 'And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which
brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the
gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves
unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.'


The devil is a deceiver. Be careful believers, that you do not fall into the snare of the enemy. That you keep yourselves from touching things that bring honor and glory to the enemy or things that defy the most high God of heaven. You see, there are many gods in the earth and right now we are in an era where the enemy is trying to steal the glory of God from the church and steal the power of God from his people. So called Christians are beginning to compromise and do things that bring glory to the enemy and uplift those that worship and serve false gods. Believers are trying to justify going to clubs, listening to sinful music, living an immoral lifestyle, piercing themselves, tattooing themselves, joining cult-like organizations that promote false god worship, pledging into organizations and clubs who's origin is pagan and godless, and even accepting ministry from people that serve other gods and do not worship the true and living God of the bible. We are beginning the end ladies and gentlemen! This is what Paul preached to Timothy. These are the perilous times. Be careful that you do not go whoring after other gods and that you do not defile yourself or your walk, by accepting the gospel of the enemy that is being preached by godless, pagan prophets.



I received an email one time with an attachment that talked about a conference where a so called Christian minister preached a sermon based on the words of Erykah Badu's song. She apparently got a standing ovation and 900 or so women were in attendance. What a shame! You see, Erykah Badu is a spiritualist that promotes false god worship, and is apart of a religion, when she is Erykah, that does not recognize the Word of God as being the truth. So, when she is Erykah Badu, she is a worshipper of a false god, involved in a false religion, and does not recognize the words of Jesus Christ. But when she is not in her Erykah Baduizm character, she is member of a church in Dallas, TX where she supposedly worships the most high God, until she has to become Erykah Badu again! (Does that bother her pastor?) She even has songs with people like Common and others that take the word of God and sing it, mixing it with sin and curses. And the believers that want the worlds music so bad, are buying it, and by singing it or dancing to it, are in agreement with it. This is whoring after false gods my people! This is just what the children of Israel were doing. You see, God did not allow them to touch things that came from false gods, nor could they accept anything that was attached to false gods. So, why are we now trying to embrace the message of false god worshippers into the church? Why are so called Christians trying to justify singing songs that were inspired by false god worship? Why are so many so called Christians fighting for the rights of these false god worshippers and standing up for their right to listen and support them more than they are declaring the Word of God as the true God's message? That's because many of the modern day believers that club, that join pagan clubs, that sing and support sinful music, that watch sin filled videos and movies, that support the secular music industry, etc. do these things more than they ever read the bible. Most of them want the world and the things in the world more than they want the Word and the things of the Word. Wake up people! Turn from your whoring after false gods and the things that are attached to false god worshippers. Though you may find pleasure in them, you do it at the expense of your relationship with the most high God. He will not receive you if you are whoring after other gods. And God not only turned his back on the people that did these types of things in Romans 1, but he also turned his back on people that "found pleasure" in those that did it! Wake up people of God. Turn from these things and find pleasure in what the true and living God has to offer you. If you truly belong to him, you will desire his things, right?



Suggested Reading: Deut. 5:7, Deut. 8:19, Josh. 23:16, Rom. 1:32, Rom. 1:25, 2Tim. 3:1

"Anointing Vs. Talent"

1 John 2:27 - 'But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in
you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing
teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught
you, ye shall abide in him.'



Many times we tend to throw the word "anointing" around like it is a something that gives a person an extra edge over others when they are singing, performing, or preaching. We sometimes say when a person sings good, they have talent, but when their singing makes us cry, then it's the anointing! Or, often times we feel that when a preacher teaches good, he is talented. But when he hollers and sweats a lot, he is anointed. Many of us are so backwards on some things in the church today. Church people sometimes get careless and we begin to repeat what we have heard all our lives and never look it up in the Word. But that's why the EX Daily Word is here. I refuse to believe a lie and I refuse to just repeat stuff without looking it up for myself and knowing the truth about it. Let's look at this for a moment. The bible talks about the anointing in the Old Testament as mostly an act of blessing and selecting someone by pouring oil upon their head. The passage in Isaiah 10:27 that says that the "yoke of bondage shall be destroyed by the anointing" is talking about a God's people being enslaved by Assyrians and the word anointing in that passage is speaking of a certain grease that could make the yoke slip off of the slaves neck! I have heard that the anointing of God "destroys the yoke" all my life and I thought it was talking about some special gift that preachers and musicians had to break bondage off people while they sang or preached. But it means to be greased so that chains of slavery or yokes would not hold you.



The anointing of God is not some talent that a person possesses. Just because you felt what they were doing deep inside does not mean that it was God's anointing. Talent can make you cry. Talent can make you shout and dance. Talent can tickle your emotions and make you feel something that resembles the presence of God. Remember when you went to secular concerts or listened to secular artists like Luther or Prince? Remember how they could make you cry and give you emotions that resembled the same feelings you get at church? That's because it probably is the same feelings you got at church! That's why we can't rely on what we feel. But we have to know what we know about God. You see, it's getting very hard to tell the real from the fake. The enemy has come into our churches and has started to mimic what we felt was anointing and has made it easy for us to believe a lie. We even call homosexuals, secular artists, immoral preachers, and sinful Gospel artists "anointed" because they have talents that resemble what we feel the anointing is. But that's not God's anointing because you cry when they sing or you feel something. God's anointing dwells within you and has nothing to do with feelings. The anointing is merely the power of the Holy Ghost that empowers you to be what God has destined you to be. It's not a feel good potion or a tear jerking magic that good singers and preachers possess. It's God's leading and guiding power that teaches you his truth. This is what the anointing of God is for. Not to make us more talented and to make us preach harder. Not to make us sell more records or sing with better runs and riffs. Not to make folks fall out or foam at the mouth when we touch them. The anointing of God is the power of the Holy Ghost and his purpose is to teach us how to be what God desires of us and to also empower us to do supernatural acts according to his purpose in us. Notice I said "his" and not "it's". Many of us have made the person of the Holy Ghost an "it" like he is just an act and not a personality. But he is the third person of the Godhead and HE leads and guides us in all truth. When a person refers to the Holy Ghost as an "it" then they are talking about their emotions. You know when a person really knows the Holy Ghost and is anointed by him. They have a relationship with him and he leads and guides them!



Suggested Reading: Isaiah 10:27, John 15:26, John 14:17

"An Occasion To Owe"

Matthew 6:2 - "When you do something for someone else,
don't call attention to yourself. You've seen them in action, I'msure -'playactors' I call them - treating prayer meeting and street corner
alike as a stage, acting compassionate as long as someone is watching, playing to the crowds. They get applause, true, but
that's all they get." -The Message Bible


Don't you hate it when people do something for you and then keep reminding you of it? I would rather someone not even do it, than for them to do it and throw it up in your face to make you do something for them or to make you feel like you are in debt to them. That is witchcraft! Whenever you manipulate a person by holding something over their head, it is witchcraft and God is not in that! We are to be a blessing to people, not an occasion for them to fall. When you do something for someone, forget about it and allow God to bless you for it. Did you know that if you bring it up, you forfeit your reward? God said that if you seek to get applauded for it, then that's all you will get in return!! So, keep your mouth shut once you do it so you can reap the blessing God has 
in store for you.

Even in marriages and relationships, people sometimes hold on to what they have done for you as a form of manipulation! They won't let go of what all they have done for you, how they forgave you for certain things that you did to them, or how they came to Christ first and brought you in when you were still a sinner! When you keep bringing up things like this, you hold people in bondage and keep them from moving forward. This causes people to be moved in a counter direction based on what was done for them or to them, instead of what thus saith the Lord about them and their future. You see, God has a plan for you but whenever you are manipulated into doing something because someone feels you owe them, then you step outside of your designated path and you are moved out of God's will. That is witchcraft once again. You see, when you call the psychic hotline or use tarot card, horoscopes, or any other form of guidance other than the word of God, you change your course based on what they say instead of what God says. This puts you in a very bad place. Witchcraft totally counters God's direction for you and it changes the course of people's lives. But even worse than that, people can be stopped or hindered by other people bringing up their past and holding on to things that should be forgotten. Let go of it! Whatever you did for a person should be a done deal. Stop bringing it up and using it to manipulate them. Don't be an occasion for them to be in debt to you. Let it go! What you have done for them should be God's business anyway and if you want him to reward you, then you have to stop seeking restitution for it.

Suggested Reading: Matthew 6:1-8

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