Words! Words! Words can make or mar! What kind of words are you using to describe yourself? What words are you saying to yourself? What kind of words are you permitting in your space?
You must know by now that words have power to transform. Words can heal, and it can also wound.
Therefore, speak words of correction with love and understanding.
Speak truth, speak life, affirm, praise, instruct, and most importantly, decree and declare blessings along your path!
The Words that I speak, they are spirit, and they are life. Read John 6:63-70
You see friends, the people that will help to bring the best out of you are not necessarily those you’ve known for 40’something years.
They are the people you read about in books, people you meet on clubhouse, at the coffee shops, or on the blog, reading their post, podcasts and so on.
Declutter your life, and your time, so there’s room for those things that really matter.
Make this new week a productive one. Do something you’ve been meaning to do and has been eluding you. Start this week.
Rid yourself of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit. Ezekiel 18:31
You may never know some are offended by you as you are offended by them. You may have been offended by another’s arrogance, as they are offended by your stubbornness.
Oh! You thought? You both have a but. Absolutely, everyone has it, ‘cos we are all work in progress.
There are those however, that just do not like your face
You don’t need to let their negativity cloud your positive vibe. Keep igniting that fire within you.
The facts that some don’t like or support you must never deter you from following God’s plan for your life.
You see friends, the people that will help to bring the best out of you are not necessarily those you’ve known for 40’something years.
The devil created nothing except chaos. He created no being!. The creator is the Most High God, the Almighty, All, Knowing, All Seeing God. And He created YOU
Therefore, in reaching out to the world, I must let them know of this fact. The Almighty created everyone, and there’s NONE too far lost that cannot be saved. You belong to God already. Psalms 24:1 He is willing to bring you home where love reside.
I mean, until you and I, as Christians stand and speak from this premise, the love of God cannot be shed abroad in our hearts. Romans 5:5.
I know God loves me despite and inspite of me, and he loves me before I acknowledged Him as Lord. God made me fall in love with Him. I love Him now because He first loved me. 1 John 4:19
Like a parent loves their babies, cares, and nurture them, so God has been caring for you.
I need someone to know that you are unconditionally loved by God. You only need to acknowledge His love right now.
Friends, acknowledge God’s love for you. That situation could have been worst you know?
God’s love saved you, made a way of escape, healed you, encouraged you, gave you hope and is preserving you this moment, making room for you to acknowledge Him. Don’t let this moment pass by.
Speak to Jesus from your heart. Ask Him to help you to see Him as He is. Romans 10:10 For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith, your believe in Jesus that you are saved.
As many as received Him, He gave the power to become sons of God, even to them that believe in His name; John 1:12
Maybe you don’t know this, or you do not understanding it.
Friends, this verse says “You”, whatever your name, sex, color, ethnicity, sexual orientation, social status, or whatever criteria is used to categorize You! You belong to God!
YOU BELONG To GOD! YOU DO! Really!
Accept it or reject it! You belong to God. Psalms 24:1 #AccepttheloveofGodforYou
We must learn to read scriptures with understanding, by the help of the Holy Spirit of course.
It is this understanding that can help us to see that the words we read is meant for us. You and I will be able to appropriate scriptures to ourselves, our situation, and that of others and the world at large.
I am God’s little girl. My Father cares for me very much. Joan
“You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.” 1 John 4:4
I, Joan, God’s little girl, I am from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in me is greater than the one who is in the world. 1 John 4:4
An example of me reading 1 John 4:4 this way and meditating on it build up my inner man. Place your name where mine is and read it aloud. Repeat a couple of times. How do you feel?
When you read scriptures with understanding by the help of the Holy Spirit that gives understanding, you will begin to really have confidence in the one who saved you, Jesus Christ, the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, the Only powerful, All Knowing, All Seeing, All sufficient God!
Confessions is tied to healings. It’s God’s word, God’s way! Obey!
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. James 5:16
Is anyone still obeying this scriptures? Not so much I guess!
There are not many that can be trusted to keep confidential conversation secrets including ministers of the gospel! There’s so much lack of ethics and integrity in the institution! You end up hearing your matter from the pulpit!
Friends, May the Lord guide you to a godly burden bearer. It could be anyone, a total stranger could be what a friend of many years can’t be! Be led by the Spirit!
Transformation is an ongoing process! Yeilding to the Holy Spirit will allow the beholding as in a mirror, growth from glory to glory! You are in good hands!
2 Corinthians 3:18 And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
Excerpt from Dr Jonathan Murphy’s Sermon on Rebuilding Through The Word – Nehemiah 8:1-12
Here we are taken back to basics. As believers we need the essentials from the book of life, the word of God to survive and to rebuild.
6 Essentials To Survive As A Believer
1. Believers must gather as one before God. Our lives, families, society, and our world can only be rebuilt from the truth of God’s word. We must not forsake our gathering together like some do – Hebrews 10:25
2. Another essential is the need for God’s pulpit preaching Pastor. An expository preaching Pastor is required to rebuild the work of God in his people. The body of Christ need a slow cooking Pastor, cooked in the truth of the word of God
3. Believers must assemble and call for the book of the law of God. It means we should come expectant and demand to hear the truth from the book of God. We need to hold our Pastors accountable to bring forth the word of God. Enough of the merchandising, fables, and doctrines of man
4. As individuals, we must be attentive to the word of God. It is your responsibility to plough the soil of your heart to prepare to receive God’s truth. Your preparation will yield insight and transformation
5. You must then apply the word of God you have received in your life, which is your ministry. You must be doers of what you have heard from the word, only then can you be the Bible that the world will read and come to believe Christ is in your midst
Come out from amongst them and be ye separate
In order to effect a positive change in the world believers have to swim against the current – the political correctness, Idolatry, and all sort in our society demanding our conformity. We cannot be like the world, to change the world. We are in the world but not of the world.
When you have the assurance of salvation in your inward being, the word of God says such a person will shine like stars.
Just an encounter with the person of the Holy Spirit changes our countenance because God’s glory rubs off on us!
Read the account of the Samaritan woman in John 4. When she went back into the city to testify, she was glowing.
You cannot meet with the person of the Holy Spirit and remain the same! You must radiate the radiance of God’s glory! His beauty will permeate your being.
Daniel 12:3 Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever. Amen
