Monday, December 17, 2012

Blessed Times..


" The Dark Times "

      
This week I have had several emails from people who are discouraged and see no reason to keep trusting God - 
they are literally ready to give up.

To them this is the darkest time of their life and they see no reason to keep doing what they have been doing, 
they see no results...before you judge, I think we have all been there...it truly is a dark place.

I read Bryson a book this week about a caterpillar and a butterfly -
it talked about the dark, dark place a caterpillar lived just before he became a butterfly. 

I have often thought about and even written about the life of a butterfly. 
Not only are they in a dark place but a very confined place...just days before they fly.

Today the Lord kept talking to me about encouraging you to press on. 
He wants me to remind you that it is often the darkest just before the dawn. 

It is very often the darkest just before breakthrough.
It is in those times that the only thing that will stop your blessing is if you quit.

What would you lose to continue to trust God? 
What would you lose to continue to believe that God wants to bless you? 

What would you lose to continue to do the word of God and tithe and give? 
What would you lose to just trust Him one more time? 

On the other hand, what would you stand to lose if you choose to stop trusting Him now?

With God, even though He is working in your life every single day, 
there always comes a day when the evidence that He was working all along is revealed - that day ALWAYS comes. 

Think about Joseph, his life changed in an hour - from a prisoner to the second in command - in just a moment in time. 

Remember, it was after God gave him a dream that his life became almost unbearable -
the darkest of dark is what he endured and he endured it for a long time. 

He seemed totally forgotten and I am certain he thought he would die in that cold, dark, confined place called prison. 

BUT GOD! 
God fulfilled everything He said He would do. 
Everything. 
Not one promise was left unfulfilled.

Throughout the Bible we see this over and over, God's people are given a dream or a promise - 
then it seems as if the opposite is happening - but those who keep trusting God always see the fulfillment of that promise.

As my friend, Deborah, says; 
you have to be willing to keep giving, even when you think you have nothing left to give, 
even then if God asks you to give all you have, you have to give it...if He requires it once, 
or twice, or three times...you have to keep giving.'

She says this of a time when God asked her to give all the money she had three separate times, 
the last time she gave all she had and she had literally nothing left. 

She stopped at the store and bought milk and bread on a credit card. 
She called me and said 'something is wrong Kim, God has had me give my all and now I have nothing to even buy milk and bread with.' 

The spirit of the Lord spoke to me and I said 'Deborah, don't you realize what you have done? 
God has required you give Him your all and He is now required to give you His all.' 
It is the law of seed time and harvest.

Since that day her life has been an adventure - one right after the other and this girl is loving life. 
She was willing to give and give when she felt like she had nothing left to give. 
She was willing to obey regardless of the number of times she was asked and now God is giving her His all.

Is it dark in your life? 
Do you feel like you are in a dark, confined place with no way out? 
If so, little butterfly, who thinks you are a caterpillar, I say to you, it is time for you to break out and fly. 

This dark place will soon be forgotten as you mount up on strong and glorious wings, 
flying to all you are destined to be. 

This dark place is passing quickly and the time of flying is upon you - don't give up now.

 Don't die in the dark place - you have a glorious destiny and God is urging you to trust Him one more time. 
To believe Him one more time. 

To obey Him one more time...this could very well be the time that you burst through and receive all you have believed for.

Joseph must have thought he missed God more times than he could count - but He didn't. 
All God had spoken came to pass. 

You have not missed God - all He has spoken will come to pass...unless you stop now...don't stop...
keep trusting and believing and you will see every single word He has spoken to you fulfilled in your life, 
the dark place will be behind you and blue skies ahead...it's time to burst out and fly.





 
" Scriptures on Walking in Love "
   
 When I walk in love, God is present.
1 John 4:12  

Love has been perfected in me. As He is, so am I in this world. 
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out all fear.
 1 John 4:17-18

God's love in me is sincere. I hate what is evil and cling to what is good.
Romans 12:9


 
How to escape a Heart Attack "
 
 
"Those who make you smile-Thank them.
Those who make you cry-Tolerate them.
But those who make you smile when tears are in your eyes-Trust them"
 
PLEASE PASS THIS MESSAGE

How to escape a Heart Attack
 
 
HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE

Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, without help,the person whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.

However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously.

A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest.

A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.

Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating.

The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital.

Tell as many other people as possible about this. It could save their lives!!

A cardiologist says If everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people, you can bet that we'll save at least one life.

BE A FRIEND AND PLEASE SEND THIS ARTICLE TO
AS MANY FRIENDS AS POSSIBLE
 

Blessed Light of the World.


" JESUS - Creator, Life & Light of the WORLD "
 
John 1:3-5  Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
In him was life, and that life was the light of men.
The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. (NIV)
Before Jesus was born, He created the world and everything in it.
He was not an observer of creation but its Chief Executive!

Indeed, there was no part of creation which was not personally brought into being by Him.
Time only started when He made the physical universe, and He is still its Master.

Where did all the energy come from?
It came from the 'Word' who was God the Son.
He was also the source of all light and life.

What an amazing person with inexhaustible power and intricate mastery, fitting everything together perfectly!
And yet He chose to be limited to a human body in time and space, for our sake.

Jesus is not just a man; He is the source of all life, physical and spiritual.
We would not be alive if it was not for Him, and we cannot have any relationship with God, apart from Him.
In the same way that darkness cannot exist where light is present, so He is the Master over physical and spiritual darkness.

John wrote about that in chapter 9 when he described how Jesus brought sight to the man who had been born blind.
Wherever Jesus takes command, darkness cannot stay in control.

Many people have such a dilute view of Jesus because they do not know who He is:
they do not have any understanding of His awesome character or power.

They limit Him to the weakness and ignorance of human beings.
They cannot understand how He could change their lives.

But that is because they do not know He is the mighty God, author of creation, master over darkness, and the origin of life.
That is were you come in.

John has given us the truth about Jesus ('gospel' means 'good news'), and we have the responsibility to tell others ... to share the good news.
When our friends and colleagues start to understand who Jesus is, it will be like switching on the light.
But failing to tell them is to leave them in the dark.


Prayer for the day : -
Dear Father God.
Thank You for Jesus and for revealing His amazing creative power and life-giving nature.
Thank You that He dispels darkness and brings light to those who want to understand the way to eternal life.

Forgive me when I have failed to tell others, keeping them in the dark.
Please help me to be clear in my mind about these truths and give me boldness to explain the powerful nature of the Lord Jesus,
so that they may want to follow Him also.

In His Name. Amen.

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" Parable of the Pencil "

The Pencil Maker took the pencil aside, just before putting him into the box.
"There are 5 things you need to know," he told the pencil, "Before I send you out into the world. 

Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best pencil you can be." 

One: You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held in God's hand. 
And allow other human beings to access you for the many gifts you possess. 

Two: You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, by going through various problems in life, 
but you'll need it to become a stronger person. 

Three: You will be able to correct any mistakes you might make. 

Four:The most important part of you will always be what's on the inside.

And Five: On every surface you walk through, you must leave your mark. 

No matter what the situation, you must continue to do your duties. 

Allow this parable on the pencil to encourage you to know that you are a special person and 
only you can fulfill the purpose to which you were born to accomplish. 

Never allow yourself to get discouraged and think that your life is insignificant and cannot make a change. 

Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; 
Wait, I say, on the LORD! Psalm 27:14 (NKJV)
 
 
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A REPEAT - TRULY INSPIRATIONAL - 
A PLEASURE TO REMEMBER BY US OLD FOLKS IN OUR TWILIGHT YEARS