Jesus

What Do You See?

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…for we walk by faith, not by sight–2 Corinthians 5:7  

May we walk every day “seeing through eyes of faith” instead of seeing only what we physically see. May we look at everything from a heavenly perspective.

May we see with the eyes of Jesus!

Things are not what they seem.  We need to let Jesus strip away our preconceived ideas about what we are seeing or what we think things should look like.

May we see with the eyes of Jesus!

May we call forth those things that are not…as though they were. May we speak God’s will and let Him use us to help align earth with heaven!

May we see with the eyes of Jesus!  

HALLELUJAH!!

Unhindered JOY!

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…for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from a stall.  Malachi 4:2

When I get a vision of calves skipping about when they leave their stall…I see unhindered JOY! I see a release of care and embracing the moment! Beloved of God! May you live out this vision today!! Look up unto Your God and see your healing and receive it!!

THANKFUL!

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The “official” Thanksgiving Day is over…but we have many more days to celebrate our thankfulness! It all depends on where our focus lies. We will have many opportunities to see and experience things and circumstances we are NOT thankful for. But, we can choose to be thankful in the middle of them because we have Someone who will walk with us through them and Who will give us the strength to overcome!!

As we begin the journey towards CHRISTmas….may we continue to be thankful as we focus on WHO this season is all about!! I am thankful for my Lord & Savior, Jesus, and I celebrate His physical birth upon this earth and His spiritual birth within each of us!!

May we spread His love and the Good News during the coming days. If not us…then who?

REVIVAL

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“…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!!

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HOLY WINDSHIELD!

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As I lay in bed this morning, in that moment of fresh awakening, I had a quick vision from the Lord.

I saw a windshield in front of me – what I would see if I was in the car looking out. The windshield was spotted with many black dots. As this vision quickly disappeared, I asked the Lord what I was seeing. I “heard” the following in my spirit:

“As you go through life, there are many things that can clutter up your vision so that you are not seeing as clearly as you should. Just like bugs on a windshield, these things can cloud and cause your vision to be compromised.”

Brothers & Sisters, I invite you to join me in seeking out those things that are inhibiting us from having CLARITY OF VISION.

What could some of these things be? Unforgiveness, critical spirit, pride, doubt, disappointment, self-pity and too much busyness in our lives are some that I can think of. Can you think of others that would interfere with us having GOD’S VISION flowing in our lives?

I hear the Lord saying:

“It’s time to clean the windshield!”

Lord, may Your Living Water wash away all those things that are inhibiting our vision! We position ourselves before you for a fresh cleaning, a fresh preparation for all that is coming! May we see through Your eyes! May the Holy Spirit be our “windshield!”  

This Holy Windshield not only will give us clear vision…but we will be protected from the winds of destruction that try to beat us down! Hallelujah!!

Lord, YOU are our VISION! YOU are our GUIDE! YOU are our PROTECTION! GLORY!!

We are ready for a FRESH CLEANING! AMEN!


FOCUS!

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I am not a photographer.  And most of the time I forget to take pictures of life events because I just am not thinking about taking photos.  I am enjoying the moment…but later realize I missed the opportunity to hold on to that moment through a visual record.

So!  As I have been more proactive about taking photos, I have begun to realize they are not really that good – I just point and click.  I have begun to look online to see how to take better quality iPhone photos.

There are many links that share how to improve my photo-taking ability.  I have noticed that one “help” is to pay attention to what I want to focus on.  As I frame my photo, I am to tap on the part of the photo I want to be in focus.  Then I lock it in so it will not change as I continue in my capturing the moment.  It appears that the “auto-focus” isn’t always our friend.

I couldn’t help but see the spiritual application to all of this!  Brothers and Sisters, it is so important to be conscious of what we focus on as we journey through life.  There are so many things that are in our line of vision…so many things that are happening around us.

Do we just go through life with the “auto-focus” on…letting life events choose where we place our attention?  Or do we allow God to help us fine tune our focus to those things that we need to see with clarity and precision.

Lord, may You be the one who “taps” on what needs to be in focus in my life. May I allow You to be my vision, my direction, my guide.  May the things that are trying to get my attention away from the main thing become blurry and peripheral to what You are calling me to.  May my mind and focus be fully and intently and clearly on YOU in all things!  GLORY!

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. (Romans 8:5 ESV)

Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.  (Colossians 3:2  ESV)

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