Do you have a “weight” that you feel you are carrying around today? I have good news! You don’t have to carry it in your own strength! The Lord is more than able to carry the weight for you! HE is your strength!! Get ready for the hand-off…give Him your weakness and He will give you His strength!! REJOICE!!
Lord
INTREPID WARRIORS OF LOVE!
Sometimes we look at our lives and we ask God, “Why?”
We don’t understand why we are going through times of hurt; times of pain; times of weakness; times of warfare.
Beloved of God! The Lord is with us in and through it all! And not only is He with us…
But “…we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose”. (Romans 8:28)
Be assured, precious ones, that no matter what you are going through…no matter how bad it may seem…the Lord loves you!!
What the enemy would use for your destruction – The Lord will use to strengthen you…to equip you…to help you to become more than a mighty conqueror!
This is His promise…this is His Truth! Believe it and declare it!
Last night I heard in my spirit…“INTREPID WARRIORS OF LOVE!”
I went to the dictionary and looked up intrepid. It means “resolutely fearless; dauntless.”
I looked up dauntless. It means “not to be intimidated”.
Ahhhhhh Beloved of God! May you be fearless and not intimidated by your circumstances!
I declare and decree over you this day:
You are INTREPID WARRIORS OF LOVE!! GO FORTH IN THE POWER AND LOVE OF ALMIGHTY GOD!! Amen!
WHAT DO YOU SEE?
We can’t go where we can’t see.
I believe that the Lord is calling us to go places in the coming days where we may never have gone before. But, it is so easy to think that we can’t “go there” because we can’t “see” ourselves in that position or place. And the enemy would love for us to continue to not see and to be in the “dark.”
Satan will use everything he can to stop us from being all that God is calling us to be. He will encourage us to look at things as they are in the “natural” and to put our focus on physical circumstances. He doesn’t want us to have “spiritual vision” to see things as they REALLY are!!
I am reminded of the Scripure 2 Kings 6:15-17:
Now when the attendant of the man of God had risen early and gone out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was circling the city. And this servant said to him, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?”
So he answered, “Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”
Then Elisha prayed and said, “O LORD, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the servant’s eyes and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
In the natural, they seemed to be outnumbered by the enemy…BUT, spiritually they had more than enough to conquer the enemy!! What is your “enemy” today? Does it seem that there is no way out? Does it seem that everything is going against you? Does it seem that circumstances are beyond your control?
I would say to you that where it seems that there is no way…spiritually, God has already provided a way!! His reality is different from our human reality. His vision is different from our physical vision.
How we “see” ourselves is sometimes very different from how the Lord sees us! And where the Lord is calling us to go is sometimes very different from where we are now. Like Elisha, I pray:
Oh LORD, open their eyes that they may see!
Beloved of God…what do you see?
GOD IS HERE!
God is here!! He loves you!
He rejoices over you!
You are precious in His sight!
He is your Strength; your Victorious Champion!
Stand up; Rise up; mighty men and women of the Most High God!! What have we to fear when we have GOD on our side! HALLELUJAH!!!!
“The LORD your God is in your midst, A victorious warrior. He will exult over you with joy, He will be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.” (Zephaniah 3:17)
Increase our REACH, O LORD!
I was looking at my Facebook page, Reflection of Glory, and I noticed the big discrepancy in the number of “Likes” a post receives and the number of people “Reached.” One post only received 3 likes…but the number of people reached-the number of people that saw the post was 1,209!!
My goal for posting is to first glorify God! But, I also want to reach as many people as I can to encourage, equip, and challenge them as we journey together. And I pray that is the goal of our lives apart from social media as well — to first glorify God and next to reach as many people as we can for Him!
We may not receive praise and feedback from the people that we come into contact with…but that is not why we reach out to people. I would say to you that you influence far more people than you realize on a day-to-day basis. I don’t believe that we will really ever know how many people we have “reached” while we are still on this earth. But, I do believe that we will come to that awareness once we reach our heavenly destination.
Lord, help us to reach out to those that we come into contact with – whether it’s through social media; church; our jobs; places of business, or someone we happen to connect with on the street. May we not do it for recognition or for our own self-glorification…but, for YOU, Lord! May YOU receive all the glory; all the praise; and all the “Likes!” In Jesus’ Name, AMEN!!
Journal the Journey!
Love my new journal!
When inspiration strikes, I write on anything handy–scraps of paper; church bulletins; index cards; backs of envelopes; and sometimes a quick note in my phone.
I hope to be a little more organized and disciplined in keeping all of these treasured “nuggets” of revelation from God in one place.
Do you have a special place to journal how God is moving and speaking in your life? If not, why not join me today and start! It will be one of the most treasured “books” you will ever own!
Speak Lord! Your servant is listening (and writing)!!
Leave Lukewarmness Behind!
Lord, may we passionately pursue You and Your will in our lives! May we be ready and willing to do those things that we see as too big for us to do and not take the “safe” path because we have fear of failure. YOU are our success and our victory!!
Lord, help us to turn from lukewarmness in our lives and in the life of our Churches and kindle a Fire within us that cannot be put out by those things going on around us!
Lord, help us to join together as Your glorious and mighty Church and may we achieve great things in Your Kingdom for Your glory!! In Jesus’ Name, AMEN!
“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.” (Theodore Roosevelt)
“I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” (Revelation 3:15,16, 22 NIV)
A NEW DAY!
I hear The Lord saying:
“Don’t be overwhelmed by all the things that you see around you that are not My best.
Don’t put the burden on yourself that you have to fix everything that needs to be fixed.
Seek Me and walk in the anointing and purpose that I have called you to.
You cannot do everything…but you have My authority and power to accomplish great things within the territory that I have assigned you to.
Focus on what I have called you to focus on. Don’t let distraction eat away at the Vision that I have placed within you.
Align yourself with Me and get ready to move forward in acceleration and power!
It’s a new day!! Embrace it!”
“All in” for Christ!
As I am sitting here before the computer, I feel a stirring within my spirit. I know that the Lord is moving mightily behind the scenes in our lives and in the life of His Church. He is preparing us; pruning us; and equipping us to walk in greater boldness and authority. The time has come for us to make a decision to be “all in” for Christ! He is calling some to transition into places/positions that will allow Him to move in and through you in greater impact for His kingdom. Do not let fear of the unknown stop you from taking that step! Do not let disappointment that it is not what you planned stop you from taking that step! May each of us embrace His Plan with open arms! Have Your way, O Lord!!
DRINK DEEP!
It has been so hot in North Florida this summer!! Because of the lack of rain, I have been turning on the sprinklers and even using the water hose to water by hand our new grass seed and yard.
I find myself actually enjoying standing in the yard and holding the hose as the life-giving water flows to the thirsty grass and plants. I feel so relaxed and at peace and full of joy as I give my plants what they need.
And isn’t this how the Lord must feel as He lets His Living Water flow upon our thirsty souls and spirits? I hear the Lord saying to us:
Beloved, are you thirsty?
Beloved, are you dry?
Come to Me and be filled.
Come to Me and be drenched
in My life-giving Water.
Let My Water seep down
into the roots of your need.
Let My Water cause new life
to rise up within you.
I am here; I am with you.
Drink deep…
Reflection of Glory! 