[Edited for clarity] God bless everyone. Today, I wish to offer a brief reflection on Luke Chapter 19, verses 1 to 10. You are encouraged to read it at your convenience. In this passage, Jesus encounters Zacchaeus, a wealthy chief tax collector who was short in stature. Eager to see Jesus but hindered by his height and the crowded surroundings, Zacchaeus climbed a tree for a better view. Jesus, noticing him, called out, 'Zacchaeus, come down, for I must stay at your house today.' This gesture filled Zacchaeus with joy, although it led to murmurs among the crowd, questioning Jesus' decision to associate with a sinner. However, Jesus' interaction with Zacchaeus brought salvation to his house, demonstrating that Jesus is accessible to everyone—regardless of size, intelligence, wealth, or health. He is ever-present, offering salvation and redemption to all.

This story illustrates that Jesus seeks to reach out to everyone, even those who, like Zacchaeus, seem to have it all yet lack spiritual fulfillment. Zacchaeus was curious about Jesus and discovered that Jesus intended to bring him redemption and salvation. This narrative encourages us to recognize Jesus' constant presence and openness to us, inviting us to turn away from sin, cleanse our hearts and minds, and embrace a life aligned with His purpose.

I pray to God that we can form a bridge to Him, acknowledging His mercy, grace, and love, which are always waiting for us. God desires us to follow Him out of genuine desire, not obligation. We should seek Him with pure hearts, spending time in prayer and rejecting the temptations of the enemy.

Despite our weaknesses and failures, past or present, we must not continue down the path of distraction and sin. We are given free will, but we ask for God's guidance and the Holy Spirit's help to repent and align ourselves with God's will, especially in challenging times. Let us not be led astray by distractions or sins but remain focused on our path to God, seeking purity and connection with Him.

In conclusion, we seek God's assistance in overcoming distractions and temptations, surrendering fully to His will, and ensuring our actions are in accordance with His desires. Thank you, Lord, Jesus, and Holy Spirit. Amen.

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Thank you Lord. Thank you Jesus. In this moment, Lord, I want to pray against to the spirit of fornication because we see that very strongly in this generation. Lord, we pray Lord, against to that because now people don't want to get involved like, like being in, in institutional marriage law. Now people wants to have just like a like a, the op door open. They feel like they are not really connecting in, in the thinking. Like they're going to live forever together, thinking like it's going to work together in everything law. Because when we, when we get connected like a couple law, we have to work together. We have to work each one individual to keep our relation chip going Lord and a pray Lord for those couples, for those couple, they are thinking that way, that they, they have the door open.

If it doesn't work, the relation between them, they can go away. But I know, Lord, I pray Lord, that people get a, get a knowledge that we need you, Lord, that we need you Lord. And you created the institutional marriage to get marriage for that to be covered on for your Lord and a prayer for so many people that are in, in fornication. A lot of people in my neighborhood, a lot of people in my family law, a lot of people in front church, family law, they are in living in that with the spirit. Lord, they open the door to the enemy because he is, he is really, really working, working hard to keep people thinking like they feel comfortable the way everything is working well, living in, in with a sin. But I pray, Lord, the, the you Holy Spirit, because you have that power that you put it in, in, in that small seed that you put that desire, they really, each one, they, they want to get married.

They want to close the door to the enemy. They really say, I want to be on theca, Lord. I want to be on the blessings. Lord, I want to be clean. Lord, I pray, Lord, the people recognize the enemy is working, working hard to keep people thinking that it is normal. There's okay there something like, like a style in this, in this world now, Lord, but we, we know Lord, that we can pray for, that we can pray against to the Spirit we extend, engaged to the Spirit. Lord is working hard, is very strong, very strong in this moments, Lord, and a pillow for this, you, there are a lot of you kids that are now living in fornication. A lot of kids learn now because this is normal, because

They see that in, in, in the family. They see that from the parents because the parents showing that it's normal. They're living together then showing them to that. It's normal for them. But I pray, Lord, that the parents get it together, really, really recognize they had to, if they're living for so many years, so many years, what they thinking, what they thinking, why they miss, they miss is to be with God. They miss to close the door to the enemy. They miss. It's just really, really recognize the what you want. God is the that we, that they are being in the under cover, be law in the institution of marriage and say no more to the enemy. They close the door to the enemy. Lord, I pray, Lord, they really feel the desire. They really see the, the enemy try to make made them comfortable. But another way is working and run, run to the Lord that they really recognize and rebuke and rejected and start, say no more to the enemy and get more close to your Lord. And she's an amen.