Saturday, April 28, 2012
Thursday, April 26, 2012
BLESSED PERSPECTIVE.
" The Perspective Key "
Perspective is a vital part of the walk of faith.
Perspective is defined as ones point of view, belief or opinion.
It is very important that we have the same point of view as
God has about our life, our children and our situations.
Now, I am not saying it is easy to see things as God sees them,
it will take practice but it can be accomplished.
Jesus only did what He saw the Father do -
He only said what He heard the Father say -
He was in continual agreement with God's perspective.
As I was doing a Bible search on the word 'perspective'
it was interesting to find that the only translation I could locate that had several scriptures
with the word 'perspective' in it was the Jewish Bible.
Jewish people understand the importance of seeing things from God's perspective.
Do you recall when Jesus was telling the disciples all that
He would suffer and eventually die in Matthew 16?
If so, you will remember how Peter said 'no way this is going to happen to You, Jesus.'
Jesus replied 'Get behind me Satan; you are an offense to Me,
for you are not mindful of the things of God but the things of men.'
I have read this scripture many times, but today I read it
in a different translation and it shed a whole new light -
in the New Living Translation it says 'Get away from me, Satan!
You are a dangerous trap to me.
You are seeing things merely from a human point of view and not from God's.'
The Jewish Bible states it like this; Get behind me Satan !
You are an obstacle in my path,
because your thinking is from a human perspective and not from God's perspective.'
We can see from these two translations - when we see things from a natural or man's point of view -
or perspective, it is an obstacle and a dangerous trap.
It was a difference in perspective that caused the ten spies to return to Moses with a bad report,
while Joshua and Caleb declared in faith 'we are well able to overcome and possess the land.'
The ten saw from man's perspective, which became an obstacle to them and they never entered
into the Promised Land and it was certainly a dangerous trap for them to speak out
of their mouth because it sealed their fate forever.
Perspective is vital in the Kingdom of God.
How you see things will determine much of your outcome because
you will react based on what you perceive.
Do you remember when Elisha asked God to open the eyes of his servant?
You see, the servant was afraid, terrified, because he was seeing from man's point of view
and not seeing as God sees - but God opened his eyes and he saw that
there was indeed more with them than with their enemy.
You see, that is always God's perspective -when an enemy comes against you -
God always sees that there is more with you than with them.
God always sees that
you have the upper hand because
He has the upper hand and He dwells in you.
He has the upper hand and He dwells in you.
Greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
The Bible even says that God sits in the heavens and laughs at the enemy
because God knows the outcome -
wouldn't it be great if we simply laughed at the enemy when he came against us?
We would...if we saw from God's perspective.
God always sees you healed and whole.
God always sees you prosperous and abounding to every good work.
God always sees you as righteous.
God sees you as victorious and triumphant because you are in Christ and Christ is in you -
the question is, do you see from God's perspective?
Do you see yourself healed and whole and prosperous?
Do you see a great outcome for your life, a wonderful future?
Do you see your children walking with the Lord and being a blessing around the world? God does.
Today, I ask that you seek God for His perspective,
His point of view, opinion and belief concerning you.
Then you choose to agree with His perspective.
His perspective will take you into the Promised Land -
it will take you into the Eden Blessing.
It will cause you to be at peace in the midst of storms knowing that He is with you -
He who calms the seas is with you.
His perspective will enable you to walk through the fires of
life
without even the smell of smoke.
without even the smell of smoke.
His perspective will cause the Red Sea to part on your behalf.
Seeing as He sees - it's vital in the Kingdom of God.
Let me pray for you today : -
Father, just as Elisha asked you that day, many years ago,
I ask you to open the eyes of everyone reading this motivation today
and cause them to see as you see.
Cause them to see the great host of angels that surround them.
Cause them to see the harvest from their giving springing forth and coming to them.
Cause them to see their children serving you.
Cause them to see that you, O God, are with them and no weapon can prosper against them.
Cause them to see that you love them with a never-ending love.
Open their eyes God - this day and cause them to see what you see,
I ask this in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
And I say 'so be it.' Amen.
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" Confessions for Healing "
Through the word of
God, life is imparted to me.
That life restores my body with every
breath I breathe and every word I speak.
Jesus
bore the curse for me; therefore I forbid growths and tumors to inhabit
my body.
The life of God within me dissolves growths and tumors and my
strength and health are restored.
Every organ and tissue
of my body functions in the perfection that God created it to
function.
I forbid any malfunction in my body in Jesus name.
BLESSED RISK.
" Never Settle for Less "
This
past week I was thinking about something, God had asked me if I wanted
to have this one particular thing;
I thought about it for days and
realized that while I did like this thing,
if I could choose it wouldn't
be my first choice, it would be my 'settled for.'
You see, God taught me years ago if what you have in hand is not exactly what you asked Him for,
it is your settled for. Now, some people may be content with their 'settled-for' but I am not one of them.
Lately
I feel God attempting to pull me up higher in my thoughts and
expectations and that is causing me
to take a hard look at many things
in my thinking.
I am seeing strongholds that need tearing down; I am seeing mindsets that don't line up with the word of God.
I
am so thankful that He is doing this, He could leave me like I am and
allow me to settle for less than what He has for me,
but He loves me too
much therefore He will pull me up higher until I see me and my life as
He sees me and my life.
I read a scripture today in the Message Bible in 2 Corinthians 5:26.
It says 'God puts a little heaven in our heart so we never settle for less.'
That is exactly what I am feeling.
It also reminds me of the scripture that says 'he feeds us with manna and causes us to hunger.'
What is this saying? It
is saying that God will put a little of His provision,
His ways, His
abundance, His will in our hearts so we don't settle for something less
than what He has for us.
Perhaps you are thinking that it is not God's will for everyone to prosper and have His best.
I beg to differ. God makes His will plain in Matthew 6:10 in this very familiar verse of scripture.
Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.
Let's take a look at a few of these words.
The word 'kingdom' means God's power and dominion, His royal power, the territory in which a King dwells and rules.
The word 'come' means to come from one place to another and to be established.
The word 'will' means what God has determined will be and His purpose to bless mankind.
In other word, God's royal power and dominion will come from His place to our place and establish His desire to bless us.
Bless us how? What is His will to bless mankind?
By causing things to be ON EARTH as they are IN HEAVEN.
In earth we have sickness and disease. In earth we have lack, recession and famine.
In earth we have chaos and turmoil...not so in heaven. There is no sickness, no lack, no famine and to chaos.
It is God's will for your life to reflect what is in heaven. That is HIS WILL for you.
If you are living in anything less, it is NOT His will -
His will is that things be in your world just like they are in His.
We should never be pleased to dwell in a level of existence lower than that which God has made it possible for us to dwell in.
We should instead strive to be the best we can be and reach the highest levels we can reach.
To do or settle for less is to be unfaithful stewards of the life given to us through the cross of Christ.
On earth as it is in heaven...that is God's will for us.
Is that what you are seeing in your own life, heaven on earth?
No? then
press on, move upward, press in until you see it -
it is His will and
if it is His will then He has the ability to bring it to pass,
don't you
think? Heaven on earth...settle for no less.
Never, never settle for less than what God has said is yours...never.
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" Confessions for Blessings "
I am a blessing. I am blessed and my name is great. Genesis 12:2
God has blessed those who bless me and cursed those who curse me.
All families on the earth are blessed through me.
Genesis 12:3
I have received all the blessings of Abraham in Christ.
I will surely become a great and powerful nation and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through me.
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BLESSED FAITH.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.” (Proverbs 3:6 NLT)
Anytime
we demonstrate faith, we’re relying on something.
When you sit in a
chair, you’re relying on the chair’s manufacturer to produce something
that will hold you up.
When you’re on the freeway, you’re relying on
every other driver around you.
" Faith
in God means we rely on him and depend on his reliability ".
Having
faith means realizing that God is bigger, greater, and better than me –
and he loves me greatly.
Proverbs 14:12 says, “There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death”
(NLT).
That's the problem with relying on yourself.
We’re often wrong.
Human intuition is not always reliable.
In fact, it’s just good enough
to make us think we’re right –
even when we’re not.
Genuine
faith is relying on God's direction and on who he is.
" God is reliable"
He knows what you need, and he wants to meet those needs.
Unfortunately, we think we know better.
We think we have a better plan.
We want to use our logic and get to the answer in a way that makes us
look good – and doesn’t require risk.
But God wants us to grow,
so he
takes us a different way.
Many times in Scripture, God asks us to do what doesn’t make sense to our logic.
For example, Mark 10:43 says, “Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant”
(NLT).
To most people, that verse doesn’t make sense; you’d think
great people would have others serving them.
Jesus says it’s the other
way around – the great people are the ones serving others.
I need to
trust what God says about greatness,
not what I think.
God
also says we’re to honor him by giving the first 10 percent of our
income back to him.
By our reason, that doesn’t make much sense to us.
But we’re to lean on God’s understanding, not our own.
" Because we trust him,
we obey what he says –
even if it doesn’t make sense to us ".
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" Commit Yourself to "Clap and Cheer"
Little
Jamie Scott was trying out for a part in his school play.
His mother
knew he had his heart set on being in the play, but she feared he
wouldn't be chosen.
On the day the parts were awarded, apprehensively
she picked him up after school.
To her surprise, Jamie came rushing out,
his eyes shining with pride and excitement.
"Guess what, Mom!" he
shouted. "I have a part! I've been chosen to clap and cheer."
God calls
some of us to be in the limelight; others He calls to "clap and cheer."
At this point in his life, Joshua was asked to do the latter.
It would
be 40 years before he became the leader of Israel.
In the meantime, he
was a supporter and assistant to Moses.
And he did it well.
Whether it
was battling with the Amalekites (Exodus 17:10)
or providing moral
support as Moses met with the Lord on Mount Sinai,
Joshua served the
Lord by being an encouragement to the His servant.
Those
whom God calls to serve Him in leadership face many challenges.
Often
they carry deep responsibilities and heavy spiritual burdens.
At times
they are the target of malicious gossip or hurtful behavior.
You can
understand how important it is that they have around them some
mature
believers who are there to "clap and cheer" for them.
What a blessing
such encouragement can be!
Have you given any thought to how you might
be an encouragement
to the servants of God whom you know?
Who encourages
your pastor or his wife?
Who cheers on the Sunday school teacher
or the
workers at the homeless shelter?
What can you do today to lighten their
load and lift their spirits?
Too many are prone to criticize and
complain.
Perhaps God has a part for you.
Commit yourself to "clap and
cheer" and you'll be the hit of the play.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Monday, April 16, 2012
Thursday, April 12, 2012
BLESSED PROMISE.
Have you ever ...
... promised to deliver by a set date and later regretted it?
... volunteered for a job you had no idea would take so long?
... agreed to a deal that looked great but wasn't ?
... accepted an invitation you wish you hadn't ?
Eventually, we all learn by experience a basic law of life:
It's always easier to get in than get out!
The Bible says, "It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly
and only later to consider his vows." (Proverbs 20:25, NIV)
There are three common commitment traps:
The solution: remember what the Bible says;
" don't make rash vows ".
In other words, choose your commitments carefully;
think before you speak; under-promise and over-deliver.
With this, you'll build a reputation as a person of your word.
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The Proper Way To Drink Water :
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The Proper Way To Drink Water :
1. Drink water when you wake up. Your body loses water while you sleep,
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