Today's Proclamation for 11-18-2025
- Nov 18, 2025
- Michael Blank
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Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls of ALL ages, we often consider our priorities in Life and sometimes even rearrange our focused attention to those things that truly matter.
AS IT IS WRITTEN IN Matthew 6:33
But SEEK FIRST the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness, and ALL these things shall be added to you.
Therefore, Do Not Worry About Tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for this day is its own trouble.
The reason God must be FIRST in our lives is profound in both its simplicity and importance: The very purpose for the creation of humans was relationship with God. We were made to be ONE in Spirit with Him, joined together Spiritually like a husband and wife.
We read in First Corinthians 6:17 “But the one who joins himself to the Lord is ONE Spirit with Him.” Our union with Him completes us. There is a place in the heart of every human God made only for Himself. Period! If we don’t get this right, the pieces won’t fit. Nothing else can fill this void, including other people, money, pleasure, or accomplishments. And certainly not religion; we were NOT created to connect with a system or organization, but a Person. God understands this, of course, and for our benefit, reminds us of His LOVE for us and our need for Him.
Before correcting the church at Ephesus, Jesus told them:
I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot endure evil men, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false: and you have perseverance and have endured for My Name’s sake, and have not grown weary (Revelation 2:2-3).
What believer wouldn't be pleased to hear such praise? Yet Christ makes it clear that these accomplishments are not the heart of the matter. A good performance can't replace intimacy with Him. If this misconception is allowed to control us, our good works will devolve into meaningless religion - every time - satisfying neither God nor us. Our “performance” must flow out from a relationship with Him; never replace or be equated to it.
If Christ is currently number ONE in your life and you are enjoying the Pleasure of His Company, treasure it. Let nothing come between the two of you. But if you, like the church of Ephesus, have allowed other things to take priority over your relationship with Him, REPRIORITIZE! Make Him protos again - superior to ALL else. And if you have never yet discovered Christ as your first-love soul mate, well, get ready to find out why you exist. Amazing heartfelt JOYS await you.
Dear ones, here we read what is considered as the FIRST and Greatest Priority:
Bible LINKS = Mark 12:28-34 & Matthew 22:34–40 & Luke 10:25-29
Then one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, perceiving that He had answered them well, asked Him, Which is the first commandment of all?
Jesus answered him, The FIRST of ALL the Commandments is: ‘Hear, Oh Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is ONE.
‘And you shall Love the LORD your God with ALL your heart, with ALL your soul, with ALL your mind, and with ALL your strength. This is the FIRST commandment. ’[Deuteronomy 6:4, 5]. And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall Love your neighbor as yourself.’[Psalm 110:1] There are no other commandment greater than these.
So the scribe said to Him, Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the Truth, for there is ONE God, and there is no other but He.
And to Love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Now when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, He said to him,
You are not far from the Kingdom of God.
But after that no one dared to question Him!
Let us Pray: Holy Spirit, search our hearts and show us where we’ve failed to ascribe to our Father, to Jesus, and to You the Highest place. Reveal to us the ways in which we have compromised our commitment to You, forsaking our FIRST LOVE. Thank You for tenderly drawing our wayward hearts back to the priority of loving You and receiving Your Love. Without Your Loving leadership, we are incomplete. May nothing else replace the Pleasure of Your Company.
Father, our nation once honored You first. But like the Ephesians, works, wealth, and pleasure crowded You out. For most Americans, You’re not even a distant second. However, from Your Word and from history, we know this can change. Smoldering embers can blaze again, cold hearts can burn with passion, and prodigals can run into the arms of love-sick fathers. With Your Power and Your Love, even dry, dead bones can live again. Breathe once again on this apostate nation. In Christ’s Name, we pray, Amen. Our decree:
We declare that America is returning to her FIRST LOVE; a Harvest of Lovers is coming, and Jesus will be prioritized ABOVE ALL!
HALLELUJAH!!!
Portions of today’s post was taken from Dutch Sheet’s book The Pleasure of His Company and published by Baker Books.