WE WERE RECENTLY DOWN IN THE KEYS ON A BEACH FOR A MORNING WALK..IT WAS AMAZING,BUT WE NOTICED ALOT OF JUNK ON THE SHORELINE, IT WAS SO CLUTTERED. BUT WE SEIZED THE MOMENT AND WENT INTO SCAVANGER MODE..SOME COOL BOUYS AND DRIFT WOOD...BOUYS FROM LOBSTER TRAPS ARE EXPENSIVE ..SO WE WERE COLLECTING THEN WE SPOTTED ONE FROME THE ROAD...MY WIFE GOT OUT TO GO GET IT AS SHE WALKED ACROSS THE TOP OF THE ROCKS SHE SOON FOUND OUT WHAT LOOKED SOLID WAS Actually very dangerous///and the rocks were huge and you could fall thru what looked like solid ground,,and possibly break a leg! as she ventured out past the rocks NAOMI FOLLOWED AND started to sink///deeper and deeper with each step....WHAT LOOKED LIKE FUN AND SAFE BECAME DANGEROUS ..ONCE PAST THE ROCKS THE FURTHER THEY WALKED OUT THEY STARTED SINKING UP TO THEIR KNEE CAPS....AND NOW SHE WAS STUCK.....SOMETIMES LIFE IS LIKE THAT...WE GET STUCK!!!!! IN CERTAIN AREAS..CERTAIN UNGODLY HABITS//CERTAIN UNGODLY RELATIONSHIPS OR CERTAIN UNGODLY THOUGHT PATTERNS..when this happens YOU LOSE MORE THAN JUST YOUR FLIP FLOPS....IF YOU ARE A CHRIST FOLLOWER...JESUS DID NOT LEAVE YOU HERE TO PLAY SURVIVOR!!!! HE LEFT YOU HERE TO BUILD HIS KINGDOM AND TO SERVE THE CHURCH! SOMETIMES IF WE CANNOT CHANGE OUR SITUATION...INSTEAD OF SURVIVNG ...START SEEKING.......SEEKING GOD! IS 40.31 BUT THOSE WHO WAIT UPON THE LORD...SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH.....THE CONCEPT ISNT JUST HANGING AROUND DOING WHAT YOU NORMALLY DO..WAITING FOR GOD TO CHANGE STUFF...TO WAIT IS TO BE KNIT TOGETHER WITH GOD...START PUTTING YOUR LIFE BACK TOGETHER WITH HIM AS THE MAIN FABRIC...WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU GOT ON YOUR KNEES..ALONE AND WAITED...WORSHIPED//AND WAITED SOME MORE+++ OR WENT TO HIS WORD AND WAITED FOR HIM TPO SPEAK"""" AND ONCE YOU HEARD YOU DID WHAT HE SAID..NO MATTER HOW SMALL ATHING? PRAYER" LORD HELP ME TO WAIT ON YOU..SHOW ME WHAT THAT MEANS TODAY/////PEACE
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BACK IN THE DAY I WAS ON THE TALLEST LADDER I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE..IN A GYM WAY UP HIGH CHANGING A BALLAST...SOMETHING THAT MAKES A FLOURESCENT LIGHT WORK...AND THE POWER WAS STILL CONNECTED YOU COULD NOT TURN IT OFF! SO I HAD TO BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO TOUCH THE WHITE WIRE TO ANYTHING OR IT WOULD GROUND OUT AND I WOULD GET SHOCKED AND FALL TO MY ........WELL BACK THEN CELL PHONES WERE NOT AS POPULAR..SO EVERYONE HAD THESE LITTLE CLIP ON UNITS CALLED PAGERS OR BEEPERS. AND MINE WAS SET ON VIBRATE..WELL I AM TWISTING THESE WIRES TOGETHER AND TOUCHING THE WHITE ONE AND BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...... THE PAGER GOES OFF..BUT I THOUGHT I WAS GETTING SHOCKED AND ALMOST JUMPED OFF THE LADDER!! TURNS OUT I WAS SAFE...NO POWER SURGING THRU ME JUST A LITLLE 9 VOLT BUZZ ON MY POCKET...ITS FUNNY WHAT PEOPLE CONSIDER POWERFUL THESE DAYS..THEIR MONEY, POSTION, TITLE OR JOB. AND MOST PEOPLE NEVER REALLY TAP INTO REAL POWER.....THAT JUST KEEP ON USING THE SAME SORCE..THEMSELVES! GOLIATH WAS LIKE THAT.. HE WAS THE GUY EVERYONE GAVE KUDOS TO..AND THEIR LUNCH MONEY,,MAINLY BEACAUSE HE WAS SO HUGE...IN HIS OWN MIND! HIS POWER LOOKED GREATER THAT ANY OTHER MAN ..PHILISTINE OR ISREALITE..BUT HIS STRENGHT WAS LIMITED INDEED! THATS WHY HE WAS SO SHOCKED WHEN DAVID DID NOT EVEN USE CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS AGAINST HIM..IT WAS AND INSULT! ME I WOULD HAVE USED A ROCKET LAUNCHER OR MAYBE A SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE!! READ 1 SAM 17.43-52 WE SEE THE TRUE POWER SOURCE...GOD...THE NAME JESUS IS MOST POWERFUL..THE SCRIPTURE SAYS ABOVE ALL THINGS HE HAS EXHAULTED HIS NAME AND HIS WORD! GOLIATH CAME IN HIS OWN NAME..DAVID CAME IN THE NAME OF GOD... ITS FUNNY WHEN YOU CALL ON THE NAME OF CHRIST LIVE TO HONOR THE NAME OF CHRIST...IT BRINGS DOWN GIANTS A DISPLAYS A POWER IN YOUR LIFE THAT GIVES OTHER HOPE AND ENCOURAGEMENT..READ VERSE 52 AGAIN..PRAYER REQUEST- LORD HELP ME TO PLUG INTO YOU TODAY,,,STOP DOING THINGS IN MY OWN STRENGTH AND BE AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO THOSE AROUND ME WHO DO NOT KNOW OF YOUR GREAT NAME...AM
have you ever seen A BIG DUDE BEATING THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF A LITTLE GUY..ITS NOT PLEASANT..YET MOST OF US WOULD SAY ..WE WOULD ACTUALLY STAND AROUND AND WATCH,,THATS THE WAY WE ARE WIRED!!! ITS IN OUR DNA..AND SOME OF US WOULD STANDING THERE BEGIN TO TAKE SIDES WITH THE LITTLE GUY,,GET HIM..MOVE TO THE RIGHT ..NOW HIT HIM!! MY FIRST DAY OF 5TH GRADE AT BATHROOM BREAK THE CLASS BULLY- YOU KNOW THE GUY..DESK NAILED TO THE TEACHERS DESK..FULL BEARD AT 11 AND KNUCKLES DRAGGING THE GROUND--HE HAULS OF AND BUST THIS KID IN THE JAW...HIS GLASSES WHIZ OF HIS HEAD,,HIS PLAID UMBRELLA SMACKS THE GROUND AND THE MOMENT IS FROZEN IN TIME..WITH EVERYONE LOOKING AT ME YELLING..STICK HIM!! I SHOWED WEAKNESS--I DID NOT STICK HIM! I MADE A MORTAL FOE THAT DAY WITH THE CLASS GIANT. SAME WITH ISREAL AND THE PHILISTINES... PLEASE READ/ 1 SAM 17:40-46 GOLIATH WAS TALKING MORE SMACK THAN MADIEA AT A FAMILY PICNIC...( DISCLAIMER:I NEVER SAW THAT MOVIE) THE REAL PROBLEM HERE IS LEADERSHIP AND FAITH. IF YOU HAVE FAITH..ONE DAY ITS JUST GOING TO BE TESTED,BECAUSE FAITH THAT CANNOT BE TESTED ..CANNOT BE TRUSTED...YOUR BELIEF IN GOD WILL COME TO THE TEST..MAYBE IT IS RIGHT NOW...AND YOU ARE GOING THROUGH SOMETHING THAT IS JUST DRAINING EVERY OUNCE OF YOUR THOUGHT WITH WORRY..AND THINGS JUST SEEM IMPOSSIBLE AND THERE IS NOTHING ANY ONE CAN SAY OR DO....PERFECT.THATS RIGHT WHERE ISREAL WAS...THEY HAD SO MUCH FAITH IN THERE PRECIOUS KING SAUL THAT IS WAS MIS APPROPRIATED AND STOLEN FROM GOD! I DO THAT TO..SO DO YOU...AND GOD ALLOWS THESE HUGE UGLY SITUATIONS TO COME IN...SO THERE IS JUST NO WAY WE CAN SAVE OURSELVES..AND WE GET TO WATCH HIM WORK...AND THEN WE GIVE HIM GLORY AND PUT HIM BACK ON THE THRONE....HE IS THE ONE AND ONLY....READ PSLAM 141.8 PRAYER REQUEST....LET GOD BE GOD...LET HIM TAKE THE THRONE..HELP ME LORD TO PUT MY FAITH BACK INTO YOU..NOT WAHT I SEE OR THINK AND MAY YOU BE GLORIFIED IN THIS DIFFICULT TIME WITH THE WAY I RESPOND TO YOU AND LET OTHERS SEE YOUR GLORY.
EVER SEEM TO NOTICE HOW WORRIED WE ARE WITH THE WAY WE LOOK...LIKE THERES THIS NEW TOOTH PASTE IF YOU USE IT FOR A WEEK IT PROMISES TO MAKE YOUR TEETH SO WHITE YOU CAN CAUSE YOUR FRIENDS TEMPORARY BLINDNESS! AND IF YOU USE THIS SOAP WITH THIS CREAM YOUR FACE WILL LOOK LIKE..WELL YOU GET THE PICTURE..WE ARE SO WORRIED ABOUT WHAT OTHERS THINK OF US IT SOMETIMES GETS OUTTA CONTROL....FASHION POLICE??? WHERE DO THEY TRAIN??? ABERCROM&FITCH..PLEASE..I THINK IT SHOULD BE MORE LIKE PRICING POLICE....WHOEVER SETS THOSE PRICES SHOULD BE ARRESTED! I MEAN REALLY HOW MUCH TIME DO I SPEND GETTING READY FOR CHURCH HAIR TEETH CLOTHES VS GETTING MY HEART READY FOR CHURCH..PRAYING BEING THANKFUL FOCUSING ON MY WEEK AND GODS FAITHFULNESS.WE ARE ALL SO WRAPPED UP IN WHAT EVERYBODY THINKS ABOUT US..WE ARE ALMOST INTOXICATED WITH IT. READ 1 SAMUEL 17:33-39. DAVID WAS READY,WILLING AND ABLE TO FIGHT FOR HIS NATION..BUT THEY LOOKED AT HIM AND SAID...YOUR JUST A JIT..A LITTLE SCRAWNY PUNK KID..YOULL GET POWNED...= PUNKED AND OWNED! BUT DAVID FINALLY TALKS THE KING INTO IT,SO SAUL SAYS AT LEAST LOOK GOOD IF YOUR GONNA DIE..HERE WEAR MY ARMOR! BUT DAVID TRIES THEM ON AND SAYS,,,NOPE THIS AINT FOR ME! CAN YOU IMAGINE TELLING THE KING HIS ROYAL ARMOR ISNT GOOD ENOUGH!! BUT DAVID DINT CARE WHAT ANYBODY THOUGHT.....EXCEPT GOD!!!!!! YOU SEE YOU AND I CANNOT WALK AROUND IN THIS LIFE LIVING UP TO THE STANDARDS OF THIS CULTURE OR THE EXPECTATION OF OTHERS. YOU CANNOT WALK AROUND IN THE SHADOW OF WHAT EVERYONE THINKS OF YOU..YOUR MAJOR FOCUS NEEDS TO BE ..WHAT DOES GOD THINK OF ME?? ARE MY ATTITUDES PLEASING TO HIM IS WHAT MY HEART MEDITATES ON PLEASING TO HIM ,ARE MY MOTIVES PURE? READ PSALM 119.73;74. THOSE WHO FEAR YOU..WILL BE GLAD WHEN THEY SEE ME...BECAUSE I HAVE HOPED IN YOUR WORD. WHEN WE ARE MORE CONCERNED WITH WHAT GOD THINKS ABOUT US THAN THE WORLD....IT SHOWS! PRAYER: I WANT TO BE A GOD PLEASER,NOT A MAN PLEASER, CAUSE I KNOW WHEN I FOCUS ON PLEASING YOU LORD, OTHERS WILL BE ALSO. PEACE
DO YOU REMEMBER THOSE THINGS THAT REALLY USED TO SCARE YOU,,THE DARK,,BEING ALONE,,LOOKING STUPID IN FRONT OF EVERYONE,,THE DOCTOR,,THE DENTIST--MY FAVORITE! AND AS YOU GROW YOU TRADE THOSE THINGS IN FOR OTHER FEARS....STOP AND NAME A COUPLE. FEAR IS CRIPPLING,IT CAN FREEZE YOU DEAD IN YOUR TRACKS LEAVING YOU PARALYIZED..KIND OF LIKE A STUN GUN....THOSE ARE GREAT LITTLE TOOLS IF YOU DONT WANT TO KILL SOMEONE..JUST STOP EM AND MAKE EM DO THE CHICKEN..ON THERE BACK! DUDE WITH ONE OF THOSE IN MY POCKET I COULD TAKE ON CHUCK NORRIS....AND JET LI,,,IN BETWEEN CHARGES OF CORSE! THE NATION OF ISREAL IN 1 SAM 17 WAS LIKE THAT ..READ 1 SAM 17:20-24 IT SAYS THE MEN WERE DREADFULLY AFRAID. HOW CAN YOU DO ANYTHING IN THAT CONDITION??? SOME OF US DONT DO ALOT OF THINGS BECAUSE OF FEAR,,,AND JESUS WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THIS...HE SPOKE ON IT MANY TIMES IN THE N/T. LOOK IT UP..FEAR NOT HE WOULD SAY....OVER AND OVER HE WOULD REASSURE THE DISCIPLES,,FEAR NOT I AM WITH YOU!...NOW READ VS 25-27...THE GUYS ARE TELLING DAVID JUST WHY HE SHOULD BE AFRAID OF THIS BIG HAIRY FREAK!!! BUT DAVID WAS NOT FOCUSED ON DEATH DYING OR DEFEAT...HE WAS FOCUSED ON LIVING...THE LIVING GOD! WHO IS THIS GUY WHO THINKS HE CAN BEAT UP GODS ARMY...YOU HAVE TO STOP AND REMEMBER WHO YOU BELONG TO!! WE ARE GODS PROPERTY AND WE CANNOT LET FEAR STAND IN THE WAY OF ADVANCING HIS KINGDOM! READ HAGGAI 2.9 ONE DAY JESUS IS COMING BACK TO TAKE ALL THAT IS RIGHTFULLY HIS AND HE WILL REIGN FOR A THOUSAND YEARS FROM JERUSALEM! DONT LET FEAR CHEAT YOU OUT OF BEING FAITHFUL TO GOD WITH THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME YOUR WAY TO STAND FOR HIM..THERE IS A REWARD YOU KNOW. PRAYER REQUEST: PRAY GOD WOULD MAKE YOU SENSITIVE TO THE PEOPLE HE IS GOING TO PUT IN YOUR PATH TODAY,AND TO ERASE THE FEAR OF _____________. PEACE..
GODS PURPOSE MUST ALWAYS BE FULFILLED IN LINE WITH GODS CHARACTER! GOD IS NOT IMPRESSED WITH OUR TALENT..HE CONCERNED WITH OUR CHARACTER..WHO WE ARE WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING...THATS WHY HE IS ALWAYS WORKING ON US...SO OUR TALK WILL MATCH OUR WALK,DAVID WAS BRINGING SOME FOOD TO HIS BROTHERS, BIG BROTHERS..YOU KNOW THE THE ONES THAT HOLD YOU DOWN WHEN YOUR A LITTLE KID AND LET THE FAMILY PUPPY CHEW YOUR FACE OFF! YEAH THOSE BROTHERS...NOW HE DIDNT HAVE TO DELIVER IT BUT HE HAD CHARACTER...AND HE WAS FAITHFUL IN THE LITTLE THINGS SO HE DID WHAT HE SET OUT TO DO..IN HUMILITY AND SERVICE. WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENED AS SOON AS HE SHOWED UP..READ IT IN 1 SAMUEL 17:20-29....HIS BROTHERS ACCUSED HIM OF COMING JUST TO WATCH THEM DIE....BUT DAVID LOOKED ON IN WONDER..HERE IS A WHOLE NATION THAT HAS BEEN VERY POWERFUL AND WON MANY BATTLES AND NOW THEY ARE ALL QUAKING WITH FEAR...AND SO DAVID ,,,JUST FOLLOWING HIS FATHERS ORDERS SHOWS UP AND SAYS THIS...IS THERE NOT A CAUSE? EVERYONE THOUGHT WE WILL NEVER WIN...WE ARE DONE FOR ...EVEN THE KING WAS AFRAID//// DAVID WAS JUST A HUMBLE SHEPHERD BOY,,HE WOULD BE ..WELL YOU KNOW THE LAST ONE PICKED WHEN WE ARE CHOOSING TEAMS! BUT THATS IS JUST THE WAY GOD DOES THINGS..HE WORKS HIS PURPOSES THROUGH THE HUMBLE AND UNEXPECTED.READ PHILIPPIANS 2:5-6 THATS JUST THE WAY JESUS CAME TO THE BATTLE LINE////NOBODY WOULD OF PICKED HIM EITHER.NOT EVEN YOU OR ME, THE SCRIPTURE SAYS HE HAD NO BEAUTY OR MAJESTY THAT WE WOULD BE ATTRACTED TO..JUST A REGULAR HUMBLE GUY...SEE JESUS SAYS IN JOHN HE CHOOSE US WE DIDNT CHOSE HIM! WE ARE DRAWN TO THE ONES WHO STAND OUT AND MAKE A NAME FOR THEM SELVES ..WE ALL WOULD OF BET ON GOLIATH/// BUT WHAT WE SEE AS A LOST CAUSE GOD SEES AS MIRACLE WAITING TO HAPPEN! WHAT OR WHO DO I SEE AS A LOST CAUSE? LOOK AROUND TODAY LOOK FOR SOME ONE OR SOMETHING TO POUR FAITH INTO..TRUST GOD! BE HUMBLE ENOUGH TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE,MAYBE THJAT MEANS REACHING OUT AND SHARING FAITH WITH SOMEONE ELSE,,,JUST PRAYING WITH OR FOR THEM OR SHARING A WORD OF HOPE AND ENCOURAGEMENT! PRAYER REQUEST> LORD HELP ME TO SEE THOSE AROUND ME WHO FEEL LIKE A LOST CAUSE...GIVE ME GRACE TO TRUST YOU IN MY OWN LIFE WITH THE THINGS I THINK ARE HOPELESS!PEACE
I saw this guy...16 years old pull up in a car today..not just any car..a very expensive..ROCKIN...car! i thought woah i will most likely never own a car like that...who am i foolin..I WILL NEVER OWN A CAR LIKE THAT!!! Hey look at me do i have a Big L in the middle of my forehead?? wait a minit...what i drive doesnt determine my value or success, so dont be hatein. and if you live and die by the standards of the world then you will always......lose! JESUS called it BUILDING ON SAND...LIVING FOR THE NOW..BELIEVING THE LIE OF YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE...SO GRAB EVERYTHING YOU CAN.....WHEN YOU LIVE BY THIS VALUE SYSTEM IT IS LIKE TRADING REAL FOR FAKE...YOU SEE THE REAL RISK TAKERS ARE THE ONES WHO ABANDON THE ARTIFICAL FOR THE AUTHENTIC! PROBLEM IS SOME OF US HAVE NEVER KNOWN THE REAL THING...SO ITS EASY TO UNDERSTAND WHY SO MANY ARE MEZMORIZED BY THE BEST VERSION OF IMITATION HAPPINESS....WHAT THE WORLD OFFERS NOW! JESUS SPOKE ON THIS..READ MATT 7:24-27. WHO WAS WISE AND WHO WAS FOOLISH...THE WISE GUY DID NOT BUILD HIS HOUSE BY THE ROCKS,AROUND THE ROCKS OR EVEN WITH ROCKS...HE BUILT ON THE ROCK!IT IS SO EASY TO BUILD YOUR LIFE AROUND THE ROCK..GOING TO CHURCH,HAVING CHURCH FRIENDS READ THE BIBLE ONCE AND AWHILE GIVE A SHOUT UP WHEN YOU NEED STUFF..BUT YOUR LIFE ..YOUR FAITH IS GOING TO BE TESTED,MAYBE YOUR IN ONE RIGHT NOW ..A TEST/...AND EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE BLOWING APART...JESUS SAYS WHAT IS BUILT ON HIM.. WONT FALL CAUSE IT RESTS..ON HIM......NOT YOU! SE ITS HIS GREAT NAME AND BUILDING EXPERIENCE THATS AT STAKE HERE! ITS NOT REALLY ABOUT YOU..EXCEPT WILL YOU BUILD ON HIM ,,TRUST HIM? EVEN THOUGH WE MESS UP,& MADE MISTAKES AND...YES EVEN THOUGH! READ ISAIAH 41.10 MAYBE AS GOD IS GETTING YOUR ATTENTION HE HAS SOMETHING HE HAS BEEN TRYING TO TELL YOU THROUGH THIS...SOMETHING YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO ACT ON AND DIDNT..MAYBE TO MUCH TRUSTING IN SELF AND THE WAYS OF THIS WORL A PERSON GOD SAYS IS WISE NOT ONLY HEARS HIS VOICE ..BUT IMMEDIATELY ACTS UPON IT....PRAYER REQUST FOR THE DAY: LORD DID I MISS SOMETHING YOU SAID AND NOT ACT UPON IT..PLEASE SPEAK IT AGAIN LORD FOR YOUR SERVANT IS LISTENING AND WILL ACT UPON YOUR WORD..AMEN. PEACE
IF LIFE IS AN ADVENTURE....THEN DANGER IS SURE TO COME ALONG THE JOURNEY. THE SIGN ON THE PATH SAYS WILDERNESS, SO WHAT....IT DIDNT LOOK THAT WILD. WE STARTED STROLLING ALONG WIDE EYED OHHH LOOK AT HOW EASY THIS PATH IS..JUST TAKING IN THE BEAUTY AND THE LITTLE CHALLENGES COMING OUR WAY. SLOWLY THE PATH BEGAN TO GET HARDER AND HARDER,AND BEFORE WE KNEW IT ..IT WAS DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS! I THOUGHT WHAT AM I DOING LEADING MY FAMILY HERE? THERE WERE STEPS THAT WERE SOFT AND UNSURE WITH ONE WRONG MOVE YOU WENT OVER THE EDGE AND DROPPED 100-200 FEET INTO THE SIDE OF A ROCKY MOUNTAIN ONLY TO LAND ON SOME TREE TOPS! HOW OFTEN HAVE WE SURRENDERED OUR FREEDOM UNDER THE WIEGHT OF OUR FEARS? SO OFTEN WE TRADE IN LIVING FOR JUST EXISTING...BECAUSE IT PROVIDES A LEVEL OF PREDICTABILITY AND SAFTEY. FREEDOM IS WILD FILLED WITH UNEXPECTED CURVES AND UNCHARTED TERRITORY. PSALM 119.32 I RUN THE PATH OF YOUR COMMANDS,FOR YOU HAVE SET MY HEART FREE. DAVID SHOWS US THE REAL DEAL ON FREEDOM HERE..BECAUSE GOD SET HIS HEART FREE,HE CAN PURSUE A LIFE OF TRUTH,,AND MEANING.WE ARE FINALLY FREE TO BE ALIVE WHEN GOD FREES OUR HEARTS FROM THE PASSIONS THAT IMPRISON US! PSALM 37.4 DELIGHT YOURSELF IN THE LOED AND HE WILL GIVE YOU THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART. WHEN I CONFORM TO THE PATTERNS OF THIS WORLD..THINGS I MUST OWN TO GIVE MY LIFE A SENSE OF VALUE ..THINGS I MUST DO TO GIVE MY LIFE A SENSE OF MEANING... I BECOME TRAPPED BY THAT MINDSET. NO DONT GET ME WRONG THERE ARE ALOT OF THINGS I THINK GOD WANTS ME TO DO..BUT AS I PURSUE HIM HE WILL OPEN THE DOORS. FOLLOWING GOD IS ANYTHING BUT DULL AND BORING..ITS JUST THE OPPOSITE..RISKY AND UNPREDICTABLE. IF YOUR LIFE IS SO ROUTINE AND BORING ..BETTER CHECK THE MAP AND SEE IF YOUR STILL ON HIS PATH.ON HIS PATH HE SAID THERE WOULD ALWAYS BE THINGS TO TRUST HIM FOR...ALWAYS, READ PSALM 119: 1-10 WRITE DOWN THE VERSE THE REALLY STICKS OUT..THINK ABOUT IT THE REST OF THE DAY. PRAYER REQUEST: ASK GOD TO BEGIN TO ORDER YOUR STEPS AND DIRECT YOUR
I think of certain things sometimes that come my way and they just freak me out!! either i lose sight of GOD temporarily or sumthin!! our i just let natural instincts take over..which is not cool! READ MT 14.28-30 IF YOU TOOK TIME to read that you would see a key verse where peter freaked...BUT WHEN HE SAW TH WIND, HE WAS AFRAID. Thats what freaks me out God allows us to get into situations where we have to trust him really trust him..and they get more and more as time goes by..because JESUS is intrested in a REVOLUTION..hE wants to REVOLUTIONIZE your charachter. so you will have something far more than just a set of beliefs..you will live breath eat and know you have the living GOD with you...you must run towards this revolution..its like an obstacle course waiting to be conqoured..Charachter is like a hero sleeping within you waiting to be roused and awakened.in pursuing a life that is not about you, you will find yourself living the life you have always longed for..living just for you will always leave you LONGING FOR THAT NEXT THING/ so with each challenge you face and every small victory you suddenly realize you are a different person. PETER SAW THE WIND and was gripped by fear..AND BEGAN TO SINK read psalm 27: 1-3 now read Joshua 1: 1-9 Now memorize vs 9. even though peter sank ..he did step into the storm AND WALKED ON WATER...so he was sinking in fear .doubt and self effort...and look what happens!! IMEDIATELY JESUS REACHED OUT HIS HAND AND CAUGHT HIM.......PRAYER REQUEST..LORD GIVE ME STRENGTH TO LOOK AT YOU AND NOT THE STUFF///ALSO HELP ME TO REACH FOR YOU INSTEAD OF ALWAYS TRYING ON MY OWN,CHANGE WHO I AM. PEACE
EVER NOTICE WE HAVE A HANDS ON GOD....HE IS VERY ACTIVE AND ALIVE ALL AROUND US ...FOR ME TO THINK GOD IS NOT INTRESTED IN ME OR MY SITUATION IS SIMPLY CRAZY. HE IS EITHER INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING ..OR NOTHING. JUST LOOK AT HOW HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN YOUR LIFE THIS WEEK..PERFORMING MIRACLE AFTER MIRACLE..BUT YOU SAY WHAT MIRACLE? WELL THINK ABOUT IT..EVERY TIME YOU READ THE BIBLE...THE BIBLE IS MIRACULOUS FROM ITS AUTHORS TO ITS PUBLISHING. YOU SHOULD RESEARCH THAT ..THEN MAYBE WE WOULDNT TAKE IT FOR GRANTED..THERE ARE SOME PLACES PEOPLE HAVE TO MEMEORIZE A PAGE THEN EAT IT...BECAUSE ITS OUTLAWED. I MEAN JUST THE FACT THAT YOU READ IT AND GOD IS GIVING YOU REVELATION OF IT IS A MIRACLE..I REMEMBER WHEN I HAD NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT..I LOOKED AT THE BIBLE LIKE...DUHHH. NOT TO MENTION ALL THE LITTLE THINGS GOD IS DOING AROUND YOU EVERYDAY...LIKE KEEPING YOU FROM CALAMITY AND FEEDING YOU AND GIVING YOU LIFE AND BREATH AND SUSTAINING YOUR PLANET AND LISTENING TO THE PRAYERS OF MILLIONS OF BELIEVERS...LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT I AM SO BUSY LOOKING AT HIS HAND OF ACTIVITY IN MY LIFE I FORGET TO SEEK HIS ..FACE. I AM ALWAYS WANTING SOMETHING FROM GOD..INSTEAD OF GOD HIMSELF..I WONDER HOW THAT MAKES HIM FEEL...TODAY WE ARE BEGINING A FAST AND I WANT US TO LOOK AT 2 CHRONICLES 7.14-15 AND SEE SOME CONDITIONNAL IFS ABOUT BEING RESTORED IN A FACE TO FACE RELATIONSHIP TO THE ALMIGHTY. PLEASE READ THE VERSES AND WRITE DOWN THE CONDITIONS. WHAT ARE WE TO SEEK???? WHAT IS PROMISED? PRAYER REQUEST; LORD TEACH ME TO LOOK FOR YOUR FACE, NOT JUST SEEK YOUR HAND OF BLESSING AND JUST ALWAYS HANDING YOU MY PERSONAL SHOPPING LIST OF STUFF, I TURN FROM THAT MINDSET...I WANT TO KNOW YOU. PEACE..
Indiana jones would of been proud ..remember that one movie..RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK.....where the germans were searching foR a lost artifact,,the ark of GOD. SO THEY FIND IT AND ARE TOLD DONT LOOK INSIDE....OR YOU DIE...THEY WERE OFF ON ONE MINOR DETAIL THOUGH,,IT WAS TOUCH IT AND YOU DIE.!!!! SO THE ARK WAS THIS BOX USED IN THE TEMPLE TO HOLD THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.AND ALSO WHERE THE SHIKANA GLORY OF GOD RESTED ABOVE IT AND ONLY THE HIGH PRIST COULD APPROACH HIM ONCE A YEAR..AND WHENEVER THE ISREALITES WENT INTO BATTLE THEY WOULD CARRY THE ARK IN FRONT OF THEM SIGNIFYING GODS POWER WAS WITH THEM.....WELL IT GOT CAPTURED ONE TIME BY THE PHILISTINES SO THEY PUT IT INTO THEIR TEMPLE WITH THIER GOD DAGON...KIND OF A FISH MAN HYBRID..WEIRD..ANYWAY THE NEXT MORNING THE COME IN AND DAGON ..THIS HUGE STATUE HAS BEEN KNOCKED DOWN....ON ITS FACE! SO THEY THINK NOTHING OF IT AND PUT IT UP AGAIN...NEXT MORNING THEY COME IN NOW ITS DOWN AND BUSTED UP...GOD WILL NOT COMPETE WITH OTHER GODS..HE IS SUPREME! I DO THAT SOMETIMES...I TRY TO PLACE GOD IN WITH OTHER THINGS I AM TRUSTING IN WRAPPED UP IN AND HOPING IN ..BUT GOD WANTS THAT I WILLINGLY KNOCK THOSE THINGS DOWN THAT HE MAY REIGN SUPREME IN MY LIFE...READ 1 SAM 5. 1-12//// PRAYER REQUEST ASK THE LORD TO SHOW YOU ANY FALSE GODS YOU ARE TRUSTING IN OR IDOLS YOU HAVE BUILT UP
WHAT IF YOU OR I KNEW SOME VITAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE THAT COULD CHANGE THE COURSE BOF THEIR LIFE??/WOULD I HIDE IT AND KEEP IT FROM THEM OR SHARE IT..WETHER THEY LIKE IT OR NOT>> IT IS MY DUTY TO SHARE WHAT I KNOW ABOUT GOD TO OTHERS....BUT ALOT OF TIMES I DONT SHARE...I HAVE MANY EXCUSES BUT THEY ARE ALL JUST THAT..EXCUSES.. WE WERE OUT THIS WEEKEND PASSING OUT OVER 200 GOSPELS OF JOHN WHEN I MET BERNIE...HE SAID HE DESERVED TO GO TO HEAVEN..AND AS I SHARED THE TRUTH WITH HIM....IT WASNT PRETTY...WE WENT THRU THE 10 COMMANDMENTS TOGETHER...I WATCHED HIS FACE CHANGE FROM SMILES TO A GRIMACE....BUT HE HAD NEVER HEARD..JESUS RESURRECTED FROM THE DEAD!! NOW HE DID NOT ASK FOR FORGIVENESS BUT I DID TELL HIM ABOUT COMING JUDGEMENT...READ 1 SAMUEL 3:10-18 ...............WHAT SHOULD HAVE ELI DONE?? WELL 2 SAM 2:12 SAYS HIS SONS WERE CORRUPT AND SERVING AS PRIESTS AND GOD TOLD HIM TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT,,,BUT HE NEVER DID.. HE JUST LET THEM KEEP GOING AND PRESUMED GODS GRACE AND FORGIVENESS. THAY=T IS DANGEROUS..READ PSALM 51:1-6 ASK GOD TO REVEAL TO YOU ANYTHING THAT IS KEEPING YOU FROM WALKING CLOSER WITH HIM. THEN EXHALE SIN AND BREATH IN GODS LOVE AND FORGIVENESS. RECOMMENDED WORSHIP SONG..UTUBE WE WILL RUN BY GUNGOR! PRAYER REQUEST -LORD MAKE ME SENSITIVE TO THINGS THAT GRIEVE YOUR SPIRIT. PEACE
CALL TO ME AND I WILL ANSWER YOU,AND TELL YOU GREAT AND HIDDEN THINGS THAT YOU HAVE NOT KNOWN! jEREMIAH 33.3 tHIS IS PROOF GOD WANTS TO SHOW YOU THINGS YOU HAVE KNOW IDEA ABOUT,,,THINGS NO PERSON CAN TELL YOU..MAYBE ABOUT YOUR LIFE ..MAYBE ABOUT HIMSELF..MAYBE HE WANTS TO GIVE YOU SOME WISDOM OR SHARE SOME HOPE FOR THAT SPECIAL SITUATION YOU ARE IN RIGHT NOW...THE ONE NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT BUT YOU AND HIM! AS YOU BEGIN YOUR JOURNEY TO GO DEEPER WITH GOD YOU AND I MUST FIRST UNDERSTAND PRAYER IS NOT A THING OR A SPIRITUAL EXCERCISE...IT IS A RELATIONSHIP....A LOVE RELATIONSHIP...CAUSE YOU ONLY MAKE REAL TIME TO BE WITH PEOPLE YOU LOVE....RIGHT,,,,,SO WHEN I DONT MAKE TIME FOR JESUS..WHAT MY HEART IS SAYING IS...I DONT LOVE YOU ENOUGH TO SPEND QUALITY TIME WITH YOU..WE CAN JUST HANG OUT ALITTLE BIT AND ILL SEE IF I CAN GET SOMETHING FROM YOU....THATS NOT NEW..IT HAPPENED IN JOHN 6. AND JESUS KNEW IT SO HE SPOKE THIS WORD TO THEM....AS THE LIVING FATHER SENT ME,AND I LIVE BECAUSE OF THE FATHER,SO WHO EVER FEEDS ON ME HE WILL ALSO LIVE BECAUSE OF ME.....NOW THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT JESUS WAS SAYING AND IT DREW A LINE OF DIVISION BETWEEN THE PEOPLE WHO WERE JUST FOLLOWING JESUS FOR A FREE MEAL AND THOSE WHO NEEDED HIM AND HIS WORDS OF ETERNAL LIFE. SO JESUS IS GIVING THIS OFFER..SPEND TIME WITH ME..TALK TO ME AND I WILL SHOW YOU...HOW TO LIVE YOUR LIFE TO PLEASE ME..HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF LIFE ..HOW TO BE COMPLETE.MY WORD WILL CHANGE AND COMPLETE YOU...TRANSFORM YOU AND I WILL SHARE MY JOY..AND GIVE PEACE..TO YOU!!. 1. QUIT FOOLING YOURSELF..THE EARLY CHURCH WAS NOT BUILT ON 3 MINUTE DEVOTIONS ON THE RUN 2.IT TAKES DISCIPLINE TO LISTEN FOR GODS VOICE. 3. WHEN HE DOES SPEAK TO YOU ...YOU SHOULD WRITE IT DOWN ..SO YOU CAN READ IT AGAIN AND AGAIN..THEN YOU CAN ACT UPON IT..APPLY IT TO YOUR LIFE. 4. GET YOURSELF A JOURNAL..AND COMMIT TO WRITE DOWN WHAT GOD IS GETTING READY TO SHARE.5.READ 1 SAMUEL 2.12-3-15. MAKE YOUR OBSERVATIONS..DID GOD SHARE SOMETHING SPECIAL WITH SAMUEL??? WHAT?? WHY?? HOW OLD WAS HE?? DID IT HAPPEN ALL AT ONCE? IN MANY WAYS LEARNING TO ...HEAR GOD.. IS THE GREATEST SECRECT TO ANSWERED PRAYER! PRAYER REQUEST FOR THE DAY 1-LORD TEAGH ME TO RECOGNIZE YOUR VOICE! DONT FOR GET YOUR 7 MINUTES OF WORSHIP AND 14 MINUTES OF PRAYER...PEACE..
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