YOU have received a special gift from the Lord!
We are told to employ it…to use it…in order to serve one another and for God to be glorified! What gift are you using for the body of Christ and for our Lord’s glory?
Don’t think that your gift is not needed or not as great as others! You are special and unique and the Holy Spirit will empower you to use His gift within you to build up and strengthen the body of Christ!
Glorify the Lord by using your gift for Him today!
Look for opportunities…
“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
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!
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!!!!
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!
“…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!!
There is such joy in knowing that we are following God’s will for our lives! I don’t have to know it all at once, Father…just show me the next step…
And how do we know that we are following God’s will?
Are people encouraged, challenged, and equipped to walk in greater love and commitment to the Lord by your actions and words? Then I would say to you that you are walking out the will of God!
Do you have a heart of compassion for others…to the point that you are willing to not only cry out to God on their behalf…but also to add “action” to your prayers? Then I believe you are following God’s will for your life!
Do you look to God as the ultimate authority and guide in making decisions that arise in your life? Do you seek Him more than the opinion of others? Are you willing to make the “hard choice” when you know it is God’s choice? Then I would say you are following God’s will for your life!!
There are more indicators than these that show God’s will is being manifested in our lives. God’s word is full of guidelines on how to “walk out” our love for God and our love for others. Please share on how you are following God’s will for YOUR life. I celebrate with you in your serving and ministering for His glory!! God bless you!!
Lord, help me to be aligned with your will! Help me to show love as I journey with You! May I be Your voice, Your hands, Your feet! Use me, Lord, for Your Glory!!
“Teacher, what is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Matthew 22:36-39 NIV)
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!
Reflection of Glory! 