Jeremiah 10:23
"I know, Oh Lord, that a man's life is not his own; it is not for man to direct his steps."
Hebrews 10:36
"You need to preservere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised."
Monday, November 19, 2007
Saturday, November 17, 2007
More confirmations
Praise God!!! He's an awesome and mighty God, who helps confirm us in our weakness of mind! More scripture was sent to me today as a confirmation!!!
Genesis 12:1-3
"The Lord had said to Abram, leave your country, your people, and your father's household and go to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you, I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed thru you."
Genesis 12:1-3
"The Lord had said to Abram, leave your country, your people, and your father's household and go to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you, I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed thru you."
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Choices
From "The Handbook of Bible Application"
CHOICES
Matthew 9:9-13 (reference scriptures)
"We can remember that right choices are sometimes difficult" When Jesus called Matthew to be one of his disciples, Matthew got up and followed leaving behind a lucrative career. When God calls you to follow or obey Him, do you do it with as much abandon as Matthew? Sometimes the decision to follow Christ requires difficult or painful choices. Like Matthew, we must decide to leave behind those things that would keep us from following Christ."
CHOICES
Matthew 9:9-13 (reference scriptures)
"We can remember that right choices are sometimes difficult" When Jesus called Matthew to be one of his disciples, Matthew got up and followed leaving behind a lucrative career. When God calls you to follow or obey Him, do you do it with as much abandon as Matthew? Sometimes the decision to follow Christ requires difficult or painful choices. Like Matthew, we must decide to leave behind those things that would keep us from following Christ."
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
When God asks you to do something difficult
11/13/07
I am called to obey God, no matter how much it hurts or how much it costs.
When trying to figure out a difficult situation and what God was truly calling me to do, I sought counsel from God warriors, however I was still getting conflicting messages. I knew I would have to seek God directly. A phrase kept coming to my mind while I waas praying about this..."If you fail to carry out my command, I will send upon you a wasting disease." So I went online and did a search on that phrase to find where it was in scripture...here it was!...
Leviticus 26:14-17
"But if you will not listen to Me and carry out all these commands, and if you reject my decrees and abhor my laws and fail to carry out all my commands and so violate my covenant, then I will do this to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting diseases, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain away your life; you will plant your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it. I will set my face against you so that you will be defeated by your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee even when no one is pursuing you."
God also gave me more confirmations thru scriptures, and thru the preaching of His Word.
James 2:17
"In the same waay faith, by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead."
Mark 9:5
"Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make 3 tabernacles, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
Peter is speaking of being on the mountaintop with Jesus and His Glory came down upon them. It was so glorious up there on the moutnaintop, that Peter never wanted to leave God's prescence or go back down to what was in the world, he wanted to sit and bask in that forever and ever, however we are not called to stay on the mountaintop...
From the notes on the sermon:
A. The temptation is to stay in the glory and forget the people waiting below (in the valley)
1. As soon as Jesus got into the valley from the mountaintop experience, there was a father needing prayer and healing for his son.
2. The disciples who did not go up on the mountain could not do anything for the father, or his son.
3. This world needs us to come down out of powerful worship and minister to those in the world (those who are in the valley and have never experienced the glory on the mountaintop)
If we keep ourselves only up on the mountaintop and away from the valley, we could miss out on blessing someone who is in desperate need of help.
Sometimes God calls us out of our comfort zones, our "mountaintops" so that He can bless us even more, by being a blessing to others.
I am called to obey God, no matter how much it hurts or how much it costs.
When trying to figure out a difficult situation and what God was truly calling me to do, I sought counsel from God warriors, however I was still getting conflicting messages. I knew I would have to seek God directly. A phrase kept coming to my mind while I waas praying about this..."If you fail to carry out my command, I will send upon you a wasting disease." So I went online and did a search on that phrase to find where it was in scripture...here it was!...
Leviticus 26:14-17
"But if you will not listen to Me and carry out all these commands, and if you reject my decrees and abhor my laws and fail to carry out all my commands and so violate my covenant, then I will do this to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting diseases, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain away your life; you will plant your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it. I will set my face against you so that you will be defeated by your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee even when no one is pursuing you."
God also gave me more confirmations thru scriptures, and thru the preaching of His Word.
James 2:17
"In the same waay faith, by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead."
Mark 9:5
"Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make 3 tabernacles, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
Peter is speaking of being on the mountaintop with Jesus and His Glory came down upon them. It was so glorious up there on the moutnaintop, that Peter never wanted to leave God's prescence or go back down to what was in the world, he wanted to sit and bask in that forever and ever, however we are not called to stay on the mountaintop...
From the notes on the sermon:
A. The temptation is to stay in the glory and forget the people waiting below (in the valley)
1. As soon as Jesus got into the valley from the mountaintop experience, there was a father needing prayer and healing for his son.
2. The disciples who did not go up on the mountain could not do anything for the father, or his son.
3. This world needs us to come down out of powerful worship and minister to those in the world (those who are in the valley and have never experienced the glory on the mountaintop)
If we keep ourselves only up on the mountaintop and away from the valley, we could miss out on blessing someone who is in desperate need of help.
Sometimes God calls us out of our comfort zones, our "mountaintops" so that He can bless us even more, by being a blessing to others.
Monday, September 25, 2006
Inevitable
Isn't it ironic how you can be totally on a mountaintop one day and then BAM you are down in the valley again. I was just going thru all of my blogs and writing some of them down in my journal, for "just in case" and BAM I'm slapped in the face with my own words!!! In just a weeks time, I've slipped back in to a funky mood...
I went to Asheville this weekend and hung out with some friends. Funny that one of them posted about exactly what I was feeling when with all of them...alone. Why do we feel we have to debate on who is right about what? Why try to bully our Christian brothers and sisters into "I'm right, you're wrong" so there...
It was SO exhausting, and I felt SO disconnected and flat out annoyed. We are supposed to encourage each other in the word, to be there to lift each other up, and help to mature each other in our faith. Instead it's "this church is awesome, and what wrong with you that you don't feel that way too." UGH! I get so frustrated with that! yes, we all have our preference of what kind of church and worship we want/choose to be a part of...just because one is different than the other doesn't make one more right than the other. If they are preaching the undeniable, infallible word of God, and not straying from it...who cares if they raise their hands in worship, who cares if the jump up and down, who cares if they don't!!!! If you have the Holy Spirit in you, then no matter what, you will know if God is in that church, be it traditional, contempory, or charismatic!
If God is in the house, THEN GOD IS IN THE HOUSE!!!!
We are called to build each other up, not try to prove "this is better than that." What happened to our love, especially among our brothers and sisters in Christ?
There's a problem when we'd rather sleep in than to go to a church on Sunday because we don't agree with one of their ministers on staff and that inhibits our ability to praise. We ought to be anxious and excited because we get to worship in the house of the Lord with fellow believers, and that we have the freedom to do so without fear of death, or exile like some countries around the world.
May God give me back my passion for worship, whether in my house or in another house of worship. May God give me peace and keep me at peace during "debates." May God grant each of us the ability to shut our mouths, when they need to be shut! Lord help me to follow what YOUR will is, and not my own. I'm just as imperfect as the next person, may I remember that and never give up striving to be more Christ-like.
2 Corinthians 4:16-17
"That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our inner strength in the Lord is growing everyday. These troubles and sufferings of ours are, after all, quite small and won't last very long. Yet this short time of distress will result in God's riches blessings upon us forever and ever!"
May I daily desire to seek time with the Lord so that I will walk in His ways and not my own! How awesome that God sees my inabilities and doesn't criticize or condemn me for it, but in Him I am made strong. he understands me like no one else can!
Psalm 147:5 "How great He is! His power is absolute! His understanding is unlimited!"
"We can never understand all about ourself, but God understands us completely. Sometimes we feel as if we don't understand ourself-what we want, how we feel, what's wrong with us, or what we should do about it. But God's understanding has no limit, and therefore He understands us fully. If you feel troubled and don't understand yourself, remember that God understands you perfectly. Take your mind off yourself and focus it on God. Strive to become more and more like Him. The more you learn about God and his ways, the better you will understand yourself." - Handbook of Bible Application
I went to Asheville this weekend and hung out with some friends. Funny that one of them posted about exactly what I was feeling when with all of them...alone. Why do we feel we have to debate on who is right about what? Why try to bully our Christian brothers and sisters into "I'm right, you're wrong" so there...
It was SO exhausting, and I felt SO disconnected and flat out annoyed. We are supposed to encourage each other in the word, to be there to lift each other up, and help to mature each other in our faith. Instead it's "this church is awesome, and what wrong with you that you don't feel that way too." UGH! I get so frustrated with that! yes, we all have our preference of what kind of church and worship we want/choose to be a part of...just because one is different than the other doesn't make one more right than the other. If they are preaching the undeniable, infallible word of God, and not straying from it...who cares if they raise their hands in worship, who cares if the jump up and down, who cares if they don't!!!! If you have the Holy Spirit in you, then no matter what, you will know if God is in that church, be it traditional, contempory, or charismatic!
If God is in the house, THEN GOD IS IN THE HOUSE!!!!
We are called to build each other up, not try to prove "this is better than that." What happened to our love, especially among our brothers and sisters in Christ?
There's a problem when we'd rather sleep in than to go to a church on Sunday because we don't agree with one of their ministers on staff and that inhibits our ability to praise. We ought to be anxious and excited because we get to worship in the house of the Lord with fellow believers, and that we have the freedom to do so without fear of death, or exile like some countries around the world.
May God give me back my passion for worship, whether in my house or in another house of worship. May God give me peace and keep me at peace during "debates." May God grant each of us the ability to shut our mouths, when they need to be shut! Lord help me to follow what YOUR will is, and not my own. I'm just as imperfect as the next person, may I remember that and never give up striving to be more Christ-like.
2 Corinthians 4:16-17
"That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our inner strength in the Lord is growing everyday. These troubles and sufferings of ours are, after all, quite small and won't last very long. Yet this short time of distress will result in God's riches blessings upon us forever and ever!"
May I daily desire to seek time with the Lord so that I will walk in His ways and not my own! How awesome that God sees my inabilities and doesn't criticize or condemn me for it, but in Him I am made strong. he understands me like no one else can!
Psalm 147:5 "How great He is! His power is absolute! His understanding is unlimited!"
"We can never understand all about ourself, but God understands us completely. Sometimes we feel as if we don't understand ourself-what we want, how we feel, what's wrong with us, or what we should do about it. But God's understanding has no limit, and therefore He understands us fully. If you feel troubled and don't understand yourself, remember that God understands you perfectly. Take your mind off yourself and focus it on God. Strive to become more and more like Him. The more you learn about God and his ways, the better you will understand yourself." - Handbook of Bible Application
Saturday, September 16, 2006
Lots to say lately
So...I was a bookworm today and read "Blessed Child" by Ted Dekker & Bill Bright. It's on eof those books taht really makes you aware of how much we take our raith for granted. I totally recommend this book!
I often wonder, just like 2 of the main characters in the book, where are the modern day miracles? yes, I have seen people healed and I have known about the healing of others, But the book did open my eyes to the fact that not only are we not truly walking "in the kingdom" on a daily basis, but it is so much more of a miracle when someone accepts Christ than when a body or physical need i smet.
The healing of someones heart, their soul is so much more important than physical healing HOWEVER...when Jesus healed in the Bible, he didn't say "do you believe in me..." he would ask simply "do you want to be healed?" Jesus alwaays met thier physical needs and then if they wanted to believe in him, that was their choice.
Jesus gave each one of us that walk with him that same power to meet the physical needs of those around us in order for them to know his power. But the greatest miracle of all, is when someone realizes how much they need him in their lives and in their heart and truly experience the joy of Christ coming into their lives and healing their heart, mind and soul.
I have many friends who haven't experience that joy yet. so many think that having a relationship with Christ is not being able to "have fun" not being able to do things. It's so hard to explain how much freedom there is in having Christ in my life. The peace that I constantly have NO MATTER the circumstances. The joy that I ahve no matter what happens, no matter what comes my way.
I'm still human and will always make mistakes. There will always be times taht I act out of my own stubborn will instead of Gods will...but I know the freedom it is to live in Christ and for Him to live in me. I know the freedom from burdens, because he carries them for me. So many of my non-Christian friends simply want to debate, and don't like that I won't argue with them. They don't realize it's not that I'm backing down. I have no need to debate or argue the issue...I know what God has brought me from, I'm a living testimony to how life sucks without Him, and how awesome it is...awesome only because of him living in me!
PRAISE JESUS!
Jeremiah 29:11-14 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hop and a future. Then you will call upon me and come an pray to me, and I will lsiten to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you, declares the Lord, "and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you, " declares the Lord," and will bring you back to the place which I carried you into exile."
So many times (and I am SO guilty of this) we only read vs. 11. But how awesome the next verses are as well. It's all about getting back to the basics, about having that childlike faith from where we started. Sometimes we get so involved in doing things for the Lord, and making sure we "act" like a Christian that we lose sight of exactly what it is we have in Him. We forget the basics of simply relishing spending time with Him. We forego reading the words he left to guide us, to help us deal with our daily life.
What happened to that fire that we first had when God delivered us? Can you remember it, when you just couldn't get enough of His word?
One of my Favorite songs to "get my praise on" is Donnie McClurkin's "Great is Your Mercy"
"Great is Your Mercy towards me
Your lovingkindness towards me
Your tender mercies I see
Day after Day
Forever faithful towards me
Always providing for me
Great is your mercy towards me
Great is your grace"
They sing the same lines over and over again, and I'm overwhelmed.
I fail God in so many ways on a daily basis that it humbling to know and realize how much mercy God shows me on a daily basis, with every second of every day...May I never foget or take for granted who God is in my life, and what he's done not only for me...but what he wants to do for each of you as well!
I often wonder, just like 2 of the main characters in the book, where are the modern day miracles? yes, I have seen people healed and I have known about the healing of others, But the book did open my eyes to the fact that not only are we not truly walking "in the kingdom" on a daily basis, but it is so much more of a miracle when someone accepts Christ than when a body or physical need i smet.
The healing of someones heart, their soul is so much more important than physical healing HOWEVER...when Jesus healed in the Bible, he didn't say "do you believe in me..." he would ask simply "do you want to be healed?" Jesus alwaays met thier physical needs and then if they wanted to believe in him, that was their choice.
Jesus gave each one of us that walk with him that same power to meet the physical needs of those around us in order for them to know his power. But the greatest miracle of all, is when someone realizes how much they need him in their lives and in their heart and truly experience the joy of Christ coming into their lives and healing their heart, mind and soul.
I have many friends who haven't experience that joy yet. so many think that having a relationship with Christ is not being able to "have fun" not being able to do things. It's so hard to explain how much freedom there is in having Christ in my life. The peace that I constantly have NO MATTER the circumstances. The joy that I ahve no matter what happens, no matter what comes my way.
I'm still human and will always make mistakes. There will always be times taht I act out of my own stubborn will instead of Gods will...but I know the freedom it is to live in Christ and for Him to live in me. I know the freedom from burdens, because he carries them for me. So many of my non-Christian friends simply want to debate, and don't like that I won't argue with them. They don't realize it's not that I'm backing down. I have no need to debate or argue the issue...I know what God has brought me from, I'm a living testimony to how life sucks without Him, and how awesome it is...awesome only because of him living in me!
PRAISE JESUS!
Jeremiah 29:11-14 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hop and a future. Then you will call upon me and come an pray to me, and I will lsiten to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you, declares the Lord, "and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you, " declares the Lord," and will bring you back to the place which I carried you into exile."
So many times (and I am SO guilty of this) we only read vs. 11. But how awesome the next verses are as well. It's all about getting back to the basics, about having that childlike faith from where we started. Sometimes we get so involved in doing things for the Lord, and making sure we "act" like a Christian that we lose sight of exactly what it is we have in Him. We forget the basics of simply relishing spending time with Him. We forego reading the words he left to guide us, to help us deal with our daily life.
What happened to that fire that we first had when God delivered us? Can you remember it, when you just couldn't get enough of His word?
One of my Favorite songs to "get my praise on" is Donnie McClurkin's "Great is Your Mercy"
"Great is Your Mercy towards me
Your lovingkindness towards me
Your tender mercies I see
Day after Day
Forever faithful towards me
Always providing for me
Great is your mercy towards me
Great is your grace"
They sing the same lines over and over again, and I'm overwhelmed.
I fail God in so many ways on a daily basis that it humbling to know and realize how much mercy God shows me on a daily basis, with every second of every day...May I never foget or take for granted who God is in my life, and what he's done not only for me...but what he wants to do for each of you as well!
Monday, September 11, 2006
Blessed
I'm sitting here listening to one of my favorite groups Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir. I'm telling ya, I'm ready have church right now, here in my living room! If you ever have the chance you ought to find the "God is Working" CD and listen to the song "More than Enough".
It goes thru some of the names that God has been called by and reminds me that God is ALWAYS MORE than enough for me. The whole CD is so anointed and blessed. You can feel the Holy Spirit moving thru every word of every song. But back to the song "more than enough"
"Jehovah Jireh My Provider
You are more than enough for me
Jehovah Raepha You're my healer
By your stripes I've been set free
Jehovah Shammah You are with me
To Supply All My Needs
You are more than enough
More than enough
You are more than enough for me"
As it goes on and builds more and more...I feel the Spirit rising up in me...I become so overwhelmed that I can barely speak, sing or breathe. It never fails that every time I hear it, I'm reminded how I've been set free by the power of the Holy Spirit, never to be in bondage again!
Hallelujah...PRAISE JESUS I'M HEALED, I'M ALIVE, I'M PROVIDED FOR AND I'VE GOT MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR ALL MY NEEDS!!!
It goes thru some of the names that God has been called by and reminds me that God is ALWAYS MORE than enough for me. The whole CD is so anointed and blessed. You can feel the Holy Spirit moving thru every word of every song. But back to the song "more than enough"
"Jehovah Jireh My Provider
You are more than enough for me
Jehovah Raepha You're my healer
By your stripes I've been set free
Jehovah Shammah You are with me
To Supply All My Needs
You are more than enough
More than enough
You are more than enough for me"
As it goes on and builds more and more...I feel the Spirit rising up in me...I become so overwhelmed that I can barely speak, sing or breathe. It never fails that every time I hear it, I'm reminded how I've been set free by the power of the Holy Spirit, never to be in bondage again!
Hallelujah...PRAISE JESUS I'M HEALED, I'M ALIVE, I'M PROVIDED FOR AND I'VE GOT MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR ALL MY NEEDS!!!
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