WE are all on a journey and each of us are at different places in our relationship with God. Some are just exploring who God is and how He can fit into their lives. Some have just begun a relationship with God, while others have been walking with God for a long time. Wherever you are on your journey, God is close by. He longs to have a relationship with you, but won’t force you to spend time with Him.
I have to admit that I went through a time a few years ago where I felt far from God. It felt like there was a wall between God and I. I didn’t feel like praying and didn’t feel like reading my bible. Maybe some of you can relate to feeling that way. Maybe you’re in that place right now. For me, I had allowed some bitterness to take root in my heart and also some unforgiveness towards some people who hurt me. They were people I trusted which made it even harder. Finally, I allowed God to come in to my bitter and broken heart.
THe first step for me was forgiveness. Forgiving those that hurt me, asking God’s forgiveness and finally forgiving myself. Then, it felt as if that wall between God and I was finally removed! I truly had a desire to change. This is when I felt like I wanted to talk to God again through prayer and reading His Word. I actually felt like a sponge -- just soaking up my time with God.
There are several verses that talk about our need to stay connected to God and be a vessel for Him. Here are a few:
John 15:5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”
Galatians 2:20, “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
**************************Are you connected*******************************
Lord I pray that the person reading this blog Will do a self examination to find your heartbeat in them. Let them search for ways to Get connect and STAY connect to the true and living GOD!!
In Jesus Amen!!
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Do you feel rejected and overlooked!!!
Do you feel rejected and overlooked? Don't count yourself out just yet, there is hope for your situation!!!!
We are all prone to disappointment and feelings of rejection, and that is especially true in the aftermath of a broken relationship. However, as born-again believers we have a resource in God's Word that can bring comfort and clarity to the situation. One person's rejection does not mean we are unlovable. But we can allow that one rejection to determine how we feel and allow that feeling to color our idea of who we are, or we can choose to put that behind us and move forward on the basis of something that is far more lasting.
What is that? For believers, it is our position in Christ. When we are born again, we are accepted. "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves" (Ephesians 1:3-6).
Even though we do not deserve it nor can we earn it (Ephesians 2:8-9), the Lord Jesus Christ has blessed us with every spiritual blessing and has made us accepted in Him. This acceptance is His gift of grace, and it transcends any and all other "feelings" we may have because it is not based on "hope so" but on "know so." We know that this is true because God's Word tells us, and as we appropriate this truth by faith, it becomes reality in our hearts and lives.
Walking by our feelings is like walking through the world with our heart on our sleeve. We are bound to be hurt, and we are bound to be disappointed, for we live in a fallen world. What we choose to do with that hurt and disappointment will either allow us to grow stronger in our walk with the Lord or it will mean that we are walking wounded. Both outcomes are our choice. God makes it possible for us to walk through the disappointments in life with a knowledge that His provision for us works. His grace and His comfort are ours as we rest in Him. Every born-again child of God has all of these provisions and blessings in Christ, but we have to choose to utilize them. It is sort of like having a million dollars in the bank and choosing to starve to death because we don't use that money to buy food. It is also true that we cannot use what we do not know. Therefore, it behooves every believer to "know" the God who knows us and loves us, and that means more than a devotional reading of God Word but study that changes our perspective (2 Timothy 3:16-17) and allows us to face life armed with real understanding about the reality of walking by faith.
As believers we are not defined by our past failures or by disappointment or by the rejection of others. We are defined as children of God, born again to newness of life and endowed with every spiritual blessing and accepted in Christ Jesus. That is the defining factor when it comes to victorious living. God has prepared for each of us unique opportunities to walk through the "all things" of this life. We can either walk in our own strength and what the Apostle Paul calls our "flesh," or we can walk in the power of the provision God has made for us through the Holy Spirit. It is our choice. God has provided us with armor (Ephesians 6:11-18), but it is up to us to put it on by faith.
Therefore, if you are a child of God, you may suffer disappointment in this life, but you need to remember that as a child of the King, this rejection is a momentary bump in the road. You have a choice to either allow that bump to derail you and walk wounded, or you can choose to claim the heritage of a child of God and move forward in grace. Forgiveness of others and of self is a gift that you can give because it is the gift given to you by the Lord Jesus Christ (Ephesians 4:32).
We are all prone to disappointment and feelings of rejection, and that is especially true in the aftermath of a broken relationship. However, as born-again believers we have a resource in God's Word that can bring comfort and clarity to the situation. One person's rejection does not mean we are unlovable. But we can allow that one rejection to determine how we feel and allow that feeling to color our idea of who we are, or we can choose to put that behind us and move forward on the basis of something that is far more lasting.
What is that? For believers, it is our position in Christ. When we are born again, we are accepted. "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves" (Ephesians 1:3-6).
Even though we do not deserve it nor can we earn it (Ephesians 2:8-9), the Lord Jesus Christ has blessed us with every spiritual blessing and has made us accepted in Him. This acceptance is His gift of grace, and it transcends any and all other "feelings" we may have because it is not based on "hope so" but on "know so." We know that this is true because God's Word tells us, and as we appropriate this truth by faith, it becomes reality in our hearts and lives.
Walking by our feelings is like walking through the world with our heart on our sleeve. We are bound to be hurt, and we are bound to be disappointed, for we live in a fallen world. What we choose to do with that hurt and disappointment will either allow us to grow stronger in our walk with the Lord or it will mean that we are walking wounded. Both outcomes are our choice. God makes it possible for us to walk through the disappointments in life with a knowledge that His provision for us works. His grace and His comfort are ours as we rest in Him. Every born-again child of God has all of these provisions and blessings in Christ, but we have to choose to utilize them. It is sort of like having a million dollars in the bank and choosing to starve to death because we don't use that money to buy food. It is also true that we cannot use what we do not know. Therefore, it behooves every believer to "know" the God who knows us and loves us, and that means more than a devotional reading of God Word but study that changes our perspective (2 Timothy 3:16-17) and allows us to face life armed with real understanding about the reality of walking by faith.
As believers we are not defined by our past failures or by disappointment or by the rejection of others. We are defined as children of God, born again to newness of life and endowed with every spiritual blessing and accepted in Christ Jesus. That is the defining factor when it comes to victorious living. God has prepared for each of us unique opportunities to walk through the "all things" of this life. We can either walk in our own strength and what the Apostle Paul calls our "flesh," or we can walk in the power of the provision God has made for us through the Holy Spirit. It is our choice. God has provided us with armor (Ephesians 6:11-18), but it is up to us to put it on by faith.
Therefore, if you are a child of God, you may suffer disappointment in this life, but you need to remember that as a child of the King, this rejection is a momentary bump in the road. You have a choice to either allow that bump to derail you and walk wounded, or you can choose to claim the heritage of a child of God and move forward in grace. Forgiveness of others and of self is a gift that you can give because it is the gift given to you by the Lord Jesus Christ (Ephesians 4:32).
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Battlefield of the Mind!!!
Are you struggling in your mind, according to the word of God, we can be set-free and delivered. I just wanted to provide you with some scriptures........You have the power to change your situation!!!!!!! by changing the way you think................
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is -- his good, pleasing and perfect will (Romans 12:2).
You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds (Ephesians 4:22-23).
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God" (Colossians 3:1-3).
Friday, May 18, 2012
GREATNESS IS ALREADY in ME!
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 1 JOHN4:4
Everybody talking about I'm on my way to Greatness. Which I have a problem with that. When the word of GOD states that Greater is he that is in me, than he that in the world. Now lets look at that scripture for a moment;
1. We belong to God.
2. As such, we are able to overcome the world.
3. The one inside us is greater than the one in the world
So if we belong to God and he is in us , than we are already equip with Greatness.
It's the GOD in me that make me Greater than any Haters.
It's the GOD in me that make me Greater than any Situation.
It's the GOD in me that make me Greater than any Circumstances.
*** You see I'm not Destine for Greatness. Because Greatness Is already in me!!
Everybody talking about I'm on my way to Greatness. Which I have a problem with that. When the word of GOD states that Greater is he that is in me, than he that in the world. Now lets look at that scripture for a moment;
1. We belong to God.
2. As such, we are able to overcome the world.
3. The one inside us is greater than the one in the world
So if we belong to God and he is in us , than we are already equip with Greatness.
It's the GOD in me that make me Greater than any Haters.
It's the GOD in me that make me Greater than any Situation.
It's the GOD in me that make me Greater than any Circumstances.
*** You see I'm not Destine for Greatness. Because Greatness Is already in me!!
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Broken Hearted
“He heals the broken hearted and binds up their wounds.” (Psalm 147:3) “
He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted.” (Isaiah 61:1)
To be broken hearted is to be broken into pieces, crushed, crippled, shattered, and torn. It hurts. Some of you know exactly what I mean.
All of us have been hurt at some time in our lives, in need of emotional healing. Whether it’s been a bad break-up, parents’ divorce, death in the family, abuse, rejection from friends....we’ve all been there at one time or another.
John Eldredge says “If you wanted to learn how to heal the blind and you thought that following Christ around and watching how he did it would make things clear, you’d wind up pretty frustrated. He never does it the same way twice. He spits on one guy; for another, he spits on the ground and makes mud and puts that on his eyes. To a third he simply speaks, a fourth he touches, and for a fifth he kicks out a demon. There are no formulas with God. The way in which God heals our wound is a deeply personal process. He is a person and he insists on working personally.
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Those verses remind me that there is healing for the broken hearted. I don’t know about you, but that comforts me. To know there is hope.
Do you feel crippled today by your broken heart? Be encouraged and know that Jesus is the “doctor” that can do surgery to bind up and bandage the broken pieces back together and help you heal again. I know what it feels like to be “crippled” emotionally and spiritually for several years. But, I also know what it feels like to be able to “walk again” – experiencing the healing that only comes from Jesus. He restored me. And guess what? He wants to do the same for you.
SH.
He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted.” (Isaiah 61:1)
To be broken hearted is to be broken into pieces, crushed, crippled, shattered, and torn. It hurts. Some of you know exactly what I mean.
All of us have been hurt at some time in our lives, in need of emotional healing. Whether it’s been a bad break-up, parents’ divorce, death in the family, abuse, rejection from friends....we’ve all been there at one time or another.
John Eldredge says “If you wanted to learn how to heal the blind and you thought that following Christ around and watching how he did it would make things clear, you’d wind up pretty frustrated. He never does it the same way twice. He spits on one guy; for another, he spits on the ground and makes mud and puts that on his eyes. To a third he simply speaks, a fourth he touches, and for a fifth he kicks out a demon. There are no formulas with God. The way in which God heals our wound is a deeply personal process. He is a person and he insists on working personally.
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Those verses remind me that there is healing for the broken hearted. I don’t know about you, but that comforts me. To know there is hope.
Do you feel crippled today by your broken heart? Be encouraged and know that Jesus is the “doctor” that can do surgery to bind up and bandage the broken pieces back together and help you heal again. I know what it feels like to be “crippled” emotionally and spiritually for several years. But, I also know what it feels like to be able to “walk again” – experiencing the healing that only comes from Jesus. He restored me. And guess what? He wants to do the same for you.
SH.
Friday, May 11, 2012
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT MOTHERHOOD, MOTHER’S DAY
“Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.”
Mother holds a special place in the hearts of all, for without her none of us could be here in physical form and as an expression of the will of God to have humans made in his own image.
A mother is so important to us, in fact, that God Himself gives respect to her and her place in our world. Knowing that, what, then, does the Bible say about mothers and Mother’s Day.
Mothers are first celebrated by Adam. In the Bible it says, “And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.” Genesis 3:20 KJV It is in this verse, in fact, that the term “mother” is first mentioned.
The etymology of the word Eve is derived from the Hebrew words for, to breathe, and to live. She is the breath and our life, and we celebrate her as the mother of all mankind. So today’s mother has a great responsibility to do what God has required of us.
The Bible says, “That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.” Titus 2:4-5
Famous Mother’s in the Bible
- Eve – Mother of all mankind
- Hannah – Mother to the Prophet Samuel
- Naomi – Mother-in-law to Ruth
- Mary – Mother to Jesus
- Elizabeth – Mother of John the Baptist
Hannah, the mother of Samuel. She promised God that she would dedicate her son completely to Him if God would give her conception. The Bible says, “And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.” 1 Samuel 1:11
Mothers should be willing to put God first and seek to dedicate her child to the service of the Lord. The godly mother will not be so much concerned with how much money their children make when they become adults as how faithful they will be to the Lord and what service they will be to Him.
Given all that a mother is to her children and how respected she is in the Bible, we can do no less than to live that example in our own lives.
Think about the gift of life that a mother gives to us, from God. Without her, we cannot become the expression of His image here on Earth. And she risks all to give us the opportunity,to breathe, and to live, as Eve herself did. As she is the mother of all life on Earth, so too is our own mother the origin of our individual life.
In fact, we honor God Himself when we love and honor our own mothers. On this special day, may we thank God for the mothers who have molded our hearts. As we honor them, we fulfill the truth of, “Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.” Proverbs 31:28 KJV
Happy Mother's Day To ALL MOTHERS!!
Monday, May 7, 2012
God Won’t Forget
“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you.” Isaiah 49:15
The Bible promises that God will never forget you. This holds true even though others may have abandoned you. Perhaps your father left you before you were born; or, your mother abandoned you as a child. Perhaps the friends you have grew up with suddenly abandoned you for the popular crowd as soon as you entered high school. Regardless of how you were rejected, here are some questions that I would like for you to consider.
Question 1: Because of past experiences of rejection, have you ever come to believe that God has abandoned you too, and that you’re not worth His time? Nothing can be more wrong! God, who has created you can’t stop thinking about you! His thoughts of you are more than the grains in the sand. (Psalm 139: 17-18)
Question 2: Do you believe that Jesus loves you and longs to be close to you; to heal your pain, to forgive and free you from sin, and to make you His child? It’s true! Draw close to Him and He will draw close to you. (James 4:8)
Prayer:
Father God, thank you that you love me. Thank you that your love is perfect and nothing that I say or do can make you love me less. I pray that you will heal me of my pain from being rejected by others. Help me to forgive those who have hurt me. Help me to remember your word so when I’m tempted to doubt your goodness, I will have a firm foundation to stand on. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Hitz, Shelley; Hart, Heather (2010-10-09)
The Bible promises that God will never forget you. This holds true even though others may have abandoned you. Perhaps your father left you before you were born; or, your mother abandoned you as a child. Perhaps the friends you have grew up with suddenly abandoned you for the popular crowd as soon as you entered high school. Regardless of how you were rejected, here are some questions that I would like for you to consider.
Question 1: Because of past experiences of rejection, have you ever come to believe that God has abandoned you too, and that you’re not worth His time? Nothing can be more wrong! God, who has created you can’t stop thinking about you! His thoughts of you are more than the grains in the sand. (Psalm 139: 17-18)
Question 2: Do you believe that Jesus loves you and longs to be close to you; to heal your pain, to forgive and free you from sin, and to make you His child? It’s true! Draw close to Him and He will draw close to you. (James 4:8)
Prayer:
Father God, thank you that you love me. Thank you that your love is perfect and nothing that I say or do can make you love me less. I pray that you will heal me of my pain from being rejected by others. Help me to forgive those who have hurt me. Help me to remember your word so when I’m tempted to doubt your goodness, I will have a firm foundation to stand on. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Hitz, Shelley; Hart, Heather (2010-10-09)
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