Of this I am CERTAIN. When God is the one writing your story it NEVER ends with ashes. The author of CREATION is in the business of restoring the wreckage and all that's broken into something beautiful. He makes ALL things new.
October 30, 2013
October 29, 2013
Life Doesn't STOP
Life doesn't stop .....
and God doesn't quit moving on your behalf...accomplishing
His word and His will for your life. The Kingdom of Heaven is always
advancing.
If you find yourself in a less than favorable season.....DON'T STOP. Keep moving with Him.
Don't WAIT until circumstances are in your favor or WAIT till the
conditions are just right or WAIT till you can fix what's broken for you
to do what God's put in front of you to do.
Run your race with diligence.
...in spite of the conditions. In spite of circumstances. In spite of what's broken.
Do it broken.
Just do it......and leave the broken things to God. In your obedience
He will see to the other things. He will bring redemption and
restoration. He will fix what's broken. He will also give you the Grace
and endurance to do what He's given you to do. He's had a plan in mind
from the beginning;).....you do YOUR part!!!......He will do
HIS!!!!!....TRUST Him:)
Hebrews 12:3 keep your eyes on Jesus,
who both began and finished this race we're in. Study how he did it.
Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating
finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way:
Cross, shame, whatever. And now he's there, in the place of honor, right
alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over
that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed
through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!
Doing Life GOD'S way
But what happens when we live God's way?......
He brings GIFTS into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears
in an orchard. We develop a willingness to stick with things, a sense
of compassion in the heart, and a conviction that a basic holiness
*permeates* things and people. We find ourselves involved in loyal
commitments, not needing to force our way in life, able to marshal and
direct our energies wisely.
(Gal. 5:22-24 MSG)
Life just *WORKS* when we do it God's way.......
There is LIFE in the Word of God
GOD.....breathed LIFE into darkness with His......WORD.
His WORD is ALIVE. (Hebrews 12) He SPOKE things into EXISTENCE with the power of His word.
Jesus healed the SICK with the POWER of His word. He rebuked Satan with the power and AUTHORITY of His word.
There is LIFE in the Word of God and there is POWER.
If His word is
packed with so much power and life and goodness then I think
it
would serve us well to speak it. His words can breathe LIFE into the
most hopeless and darkest of moments with HOPE and PEACE and FAITH.
The other day I was in need of peace. My heart was heavy and anxious
and I needed to hear from Him desperately. He took me to a particular
passage of scripture and I began to read it....slowly....and out LOUD.
Before long my anxious thoughts were replaced with peace. My confusion
replaced with clarity. My heavy heart was replaced with praise and JOY
when I saw what His word did for me in that moment. I don't know why I
was surprised. As if God would withhold wisdom from those who ask. Or
peace for those with an anxious heart. His word from cover to cover is
FULL of life. In every account, every story we can see the heart of
God....for those in its pages and for US. There is NO other place you
need to go. There is nothing so broken, nothing so far gone that the
LIFE and POWER of His word cannot reach it.
Seeing the GOODNESS of God ....
It
*IS* possible to embrace heartache and GRIEF if you TRULY *BELIEVE* that
God has your BEST interests at the VERY center of HIS heart. He WILL
perfect that which CONCERNS you. (Psalms 138:8) He DOES turn ALL things
around for YOUR good and HIS glory. (Romans 8:28) He WILL exchange
your HEAVY spirit into one of thankful PRAISE. (Isaiah 61) That He is a
GOOD God!!! And has such GOOD things stored up for YOU. Weeping may
endure for a night but JOY *ALWAYS* comes in the "mourning". (Psalms
30:5) If it's a season of grief for you HOLD on to HOPE and KNOW you
WILL see the GOODNESS of GOD in the land of the living. (Psalms 27:13)
October 26, 2013
God's Love Language
We all have a love language. It's been said there are 5.
Words of affirmation. Gifts. Touch. Quality time. and Acts of Service.
I think somewhere over the last 37 years of life I've learned I need them all!
God however operates on a whole different scale.
His love language? OBEDIENCE.
All of our extravagant acts of worship and sacrificial offerings are meaningless without a heart that is willing to LISTEN and OBEY.
All of our MEANINGFUL worship can only flow from an obedient heart......
Jesus was obedient all the way to the CROSS. His WILL was the will of the FATHER'S --- no matter the COST.
THAT'S a language he can understand and that satisfies His heart? When we do that....we TOO are satisfied!!!!
Words of affirmation. Gifts. Touch. Quality time. and Acts of Service.
I think somewhere over the last 37 years of life I've learned I need them all!
God however operates on a whole different scale.
His love language? OBEDIENCE.
All of our extravagant acts of worship and sacrificial offerings are meaningless without a heart that is willing to LISTEN and OBEY.
All of our MEANINGFUL worship can only flow from an obedient heart......
Jesus was obedient all the way to the CROSS. His WILL was the will of the FATHER'S --- no matter the COST.
THAT'S a language he can understand and that satisfies His heart? When we do that....we TOO are satisfied!!!!
October 6, 2013
Being Influential People
Do you want to be influential in the Kingdom of God? In Revelations 2 God puts the spot light on the church in Ephesus.
He says this to them, "I see your business, your hard work, your
patient endurance. You haven't fainted or grown weary. But this one
thing I have against you. You have abandoned that first love you had for
me.
[That "no matter the cost" determination to follow me]
come back....return ---or i will remove your lampstand from its place among the churches.
Your level of obedience will determine your level of influence.
If you want to be an influential part of the Kingdom---Get back to the basics.
A right heart ..... in right relationship with God. Being busy DOING
isn't going to increase your level of influence. It's in relationship
with the Father that He shines the light on our testimony and brings the
increase to your service.
In vs. 26 it says "He who obeys--I will give authority and power over nations"
If you want to move with God. In the flow of His anointing and in His
blessings. If you want your works to be backed with POWER .... then Get
back to the basics.
Be people of CONVICTION and refuse to budge
from them. Draw lines in the sand that you just will NOT cross. Get
back to what it was like when you FIRST believed. when you first came
to know Him....and be in RIGHT relationship with God. So HE can use you
to influence and advance the KINGDOM. Then your works will be marked
with HIS favor and HIS anointing and you will be far more influential
than if you tried to do it without.
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