God
God Will Get The Glory!
I looked around my room and realized the time had come! There were piles everywhere! Clothes, books, papers, shoes…how had I let it get so junked up? I like for things to be organized. I like to have things in place. When my surroundings are in order…I feel more in order. When things around me are in chaos…I feel a sense of being out of control.
There is so much going on in our world right now. It is easy to get caught up in the things that are piling up around us. It is easy to let ourselves get caught up in the chaos that is swirling around us.
So! I was determined to get those things under control that were indeed in my control. As I began to pick up one thing after another and put it in its correct place, I found myself picking up an upside down post-it note holder.
As my eyes fell on the note that I had scribbled down sometime in the past, I stopped and received the message that God was speaking to me right now!
Brothers and Sisters, no matter what is happening in your life; no matter what chaos or disorder you are dealing with; hear God speaking!
Do not be afraid! He is with you! He will cause ALL things to work together for your good! And when all is said and done —HE will get the glory!! HALLELUJAH!!
PERSPECTIVE
So many times our perspective of situations and circumstances are totally different from the Lord’s perspective!
He knows the beginning and the end…and all that is in-between.
May we remember that we are seated in heavenly places with Him! (Ephesians 2:6).
May our perspective be a heavenly perspective…an eternal perspective…and not that of the flesh.
May it be so, LORD….
ATTITUDE
“You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.” [Brian Tracy]
Oh Lord! Help us to walk in a right attitude! Help us to be a people that walk in the fruit of the Spirit. May we allow the Holy Spirit to bear His fruit through us. We can’t do it on our own, Lord! We need YOU!!
“…the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22-23 ESV
I AM WITH YOU!
Beloved,
I am with you!
I hear your heart cry
I feel your confusion and pain
I see your sad countenance.
I am with you!
Lift up your head
Turn your face towards Me
Quiet your mind and emotions
And listen for My Voice.
I am with you!
Feel My heart
Feel My love
Know that I know you
From the inside out.
I am with you!
Will you search for Me?
Will you seek Me?
Will you trust Me?
Will you listen?
I am with you!
Who Gets The Credit?
As far as an individual, I agree. But! I desire for GOD to get the credit for the accomplishments that He has completed through me!
MY SOUL…
I love it when I awaken to God’s Word flowing through my mind and spirit! As I opened my eyes this morning, I was loudly declaring in my soul (mind, will, and emotions):
“My soul magnifies the LORD!”
Now, I will declare it out loud!!
It’s a good day! Why? Because my awesome God is in it with me!!!!
ARISE CHILDREN & YOUTH!
Yesterday on World Communion Sunday, my pastor felt God’s call to have our children serve communion. It was a powerful time!
We are in a new season of time in the Church! God is raising up mighty men and women of God, mighty girls and boys of God (youth and children), for such a time as this!
Brothers & Sisters in Christ! DO NOT underestimate how powerfully God can use the younger generations for His glory!! May we not impose OUR restrictions and doubt upon what He can accomplish in and through them!
HAVE YOUR WAY, LORD!!
GET READY, CHURCH!
REVIVAL
“…he makes his messengers winds, his ministers a flaming fire.” Psalms 104:4 ESV
“Revival as an event will not suffice anymore. Events come and go, but a people who keep the fire of God burning on the altar of their hearts actually carry this fire within them…wherever they go. What we define as revival is God’s pattern for normal Christianity.” ~Larry Sparks
REVIVAL! I, along with others, have been talking about revival…praying for revival…seeking revival. I love this quote from Larry Sparks. Revival is not an event that we should seek and then when it has run its course walk away from.
But, revival should be a way of life for us! We should individually (along with corporately) be seeking revival in our lives. We should be passionately, wholeheartedly, on fire with our love for almighty God! We should not accept anything else…anything less.
Fire gives light. When people are around us do they see the Light of Christ reflected in the things we say and do?
Fire gives warmth. When people are around us do they feel the warmth of God’s love flowing from us to them? Do we give off warmth or coldness?
Fire needs to be tended to continue to burn. What are we doing to “tend” the fire? What are we doing to make sure the fire does not grow cold? Prayer, Bible Study, and worship are three things that can keep the fire burning bright in our lives. Also, we need to make sure that we share the fire with others…we don’t keep it to ourselves! As the fire of God burns brightly within us and as we go out and minister to others…we will find that the fire is continually replenished…and new fires are started when we share our fire! Hallelujah!
A “cold fire” does not accomplish anything! It is a marker of once was, but isn’t any good in the present. O CHURCH! We need to rekindle our fire! We need to release a burning passion for the LORD and for His people!!
May we BE His ministers of flaming fire!! We carry the Fire of God within us! May we continually sacrifice on the altar of our hearts all those things that would keep us from being who God has called us to be! It’s time dear saints!! Allow the Ruah of God, the breath of God – His Holy Spirit – to breathe upon the cold embers of our hearts and revive us to a higher way of life, a deeper love, a greater obedience!
REVIVAL HAS COME!! MAY WE EMBRACE IT!!
