Sunday, July 31, 2016
Thursday, July 14, 2016
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Hidden Treasures
Hidden Treasures:
Did you know you have a treasury "chest" hidden inside
of you if you are born again?
Colossians 2:3 says "All the treasures of wisdom and
knowledge are hidden in Him." It is so important to acknowledge with our
faith words what God through Christ Jesus has made available to us. Remember, the Bible tells us that getting
wisdom is the principle thing. Take time
to ask the Holy Spirit what you need to know to settle any questions or help
you be the best you He created you to be.
The answer lies within. I
remember one day many years ago my husband and I were riding a motorcycle to
the seaside for the day. We had been
praying about direction to increase our business and claiming God's promise in
Isaiah 60:11 "Your gates will be open continually. They will not be closed
day or night, So that men may bring to you the wealth of the nations...."
As we crossed over a bridge in a lovely village, I saw a large
facility that was popular throughout the UK and I tapped my husband on the back
and said, "We need to get our products in those stores! In the natural it seemed impossible as we
were little kids on the block, but one Word or prompting from the Lord acted on
can change your world and subsequently family, friends and colleagues! The very next day my husband launched a
campaign to get us an audience with the head of the Company. We did face some
pretty enormous obstacles at times but God honored our faith, perseverance,
production of high quality products, and excellent, beyond the norm, service
and the rest is history!
I believe God has wisdom and knowledge inside of you just waiting
to be tapped into to take you to a new level of success and victorious
living. Proverbs 8:20 "I walk in
the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice, bestowing wealth on those
who love me and making their treasuries full." This scripture is talking about Wisdom who
lives inside of You!
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
What an Amazing Gift!
We all realize when someone gives or "gifts" us with
"something" whether it is a material present or a kind word,
compliment or wisdom about a situation, we each have the choice of accepting
the "gift" or rejecting it. It
is much the same with gifts from the Holy Spirit. It says in 1 Corinthians 2:16
We have been given the mind of Christ!
Unless we acknowledge and focus our attention on this truth and fact, it
will not be fully activated to bring about change and breakthroughs in our
lives.
I know there have been more times than I like to think about when
I
have given people gifts and it seemed that they were neither
appreciated or utilized.
If you think about it, what you give whether time, money,
opportunities, material gifts, etc. these represent a part of who you are an
what your life represents.
In the above Scripture, we have the confident truth that we have
been gifted with the mind of Christ! As believers, it is important to engage
and access this truth by faith so that we make mindful decisions based on who
lives in us and acknowledge what is available in our decision making process
every single day. Just like, as
mentioned earlier, when we have used our time, love, care, resources for others
it makes us genuinely happy and pleased the recipient is benefiting from the
gift.....As you can imagine, it pleases the Holy Spirit for us to benefit from
Jesus' gift to us. The actual meaning of Mind in the Hebrew language is to
conceive, a thing framed and imagination.
Just think, you have been gifted with the imagination of Christ. Stop
and "conceive" that!
Power Confession: I
acknowledge that I have been given the amazing gift of the Mind of Christ.
I accept it. Thank you Lord!
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Do You Feel
Wounded or Wanted?
Do
you know how much you are wanted? “In
love, He predestined us to be adopted as His sons through Jesus Christ, in
accordance with His pleasure and will…”
(Ephesians 1:5 NIV).
Take a moment to put your name in
this Scripture: “In love, He predestined (your name) to be adopted as His sons
[and daughters] through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and
will!”
It has always been God’s
pleasure and will to bless you! If you have been taught or heard something
different, let this truth sink in and be part of your soul renewal. Acknowledge
the fact
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
IT REALLY DOES MATTER!
Psalms 35:27 & 28 “Let them shout for joy and e glad who
favor my righteous cause; and let them SAY CONTINUALLY, Let the Lord be
magnified who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant. And my tongue shall speak of Your
righteousness and of Your praise ALL THE DAY LONG.”
In the Book of Judges, Chapter 6, there is a powerful story about
a man named Gideon. His life and that of
his family, and even broader than that, the children of Israel are about to be
changed in a big way. But first God had
to change this man’s very poor self-image so that His will could be
performed. Gideon had to be willing.
Here was a man threshing wheat by the winepress, trying to
survive and just get by, while hiding from his enemies. Gideon’s experiences had taught him that
every time he would sow something which produced crops his enemies would come
and steal from him. But, when his people
began to cry out to God for answers something amazing and wonderful happened!
In essence, the Lord said that He had brought them up from Egypt
and out of the house of bondage. He told
them he had delivered them out of the hands of ALL who oppressed them and, not
only that, He gave them their land. He
also told them, I am the Lord, our God. As you read this it is important for
you to realize as well that God is interested in you, as an individual, as
well! He specifically told them: “Do not fear their gods in whose land you
dwell, but you have not obeyed my voice.”
What was God saying? I had
a great plan for you….but you forgot and chose another direction.
In Verse 12, it says: “And
the Angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, “the Lord is with you,
you mighty man of valor!” Gideon, then
in shock that someone thought that highly of him said, “Oh my Lord, if the Lord
is with us, why then has all this happened to us and where are all the miracle
which our Fathers told us about saying did not the Lord bring us up from
Egypt?” Then the Lord turned to him and
said, “Go in this might of yours and you shall save Israel from the hand of the
Midianites, have I not sent you?” So,
Gideon said to the Lord, “How can I save Israel? Indeed my clan is the weakest in Manasseh and
I am the least in my Father’s house.”
Can you relate to see of the questions that Gideon asked
God? If so, let’s look at some powerful
truths that can cause you to say the same thing God says concerning you!
1. God said He bought the children of Israel out
of bondage in Egypt to ring them into something great!
2. When they took their
eyes off of God and quit talking about all that He had done for them and
was planning to do,
they began to fear and fell captive to their enemies. Fear leads to
feelings of despair,
and frustration that then leads to questioning the faithfulness of God to
His promises which is
the vehicle the enemy still uses to try to defeat you and get you off
track.
3. God had to get Gideon
to begin seeing himself as God saw him and to realize He had a
purpose for him. That is why God addressed him as “a Mighty
Man of Valor,” when in
essence, at that time
Gideon was anything but a man of valor.
He was literally hiding himself
from his enemies
instead of standing up to them with his confidence in the God that had
already delivered he
and his family out of bondage. Gideon
was living in fear. He basically
said to God, “Do you
realize who you are talking to?” Don’t
you know, God, there is not
anyone who has any
respect for our family? We are the least
in the city and I am the least in
my family!”
In Verse 24, after God
had convinced Gideon that he was a Mighty Man of Valor, it says
Gideon built and altar
and called it: “The Lord is Peace.” He
then became what God declared
him to be when he
accepted and began talking about who God was to him.
4. The exciting and vital
principle here for everyone who puts their faith and trust in God is that
peace and prosperity are
God’s ideas. The literal meaning in
Hebrew for these two words,
peace and prosperity,
both in the Old and New Testaments, is Shalom.
Take this to heart
today in your life and
circumstances—Shalom means the following:
-To be made safe in
mind, body or estate
-To be complete
-To make restitution
and restoration
-To fare well - or to
be prosperous and whole!
As our leading
Scripture so early affirms, if you will favor God’s righteous cause, which has
so much to do with
your conversation and what you talk about on a regular basis, the Lord
will be magnified and
you will be blessed As you go about the
Father’s business growing in
the knowledge of His
intentions that He has established in His Word and a knowledge of the
finished work of
Christ on the cross for you as an individual, prosperity and peace will be the
you let the Lord be
magnified. Your life represents His will
for you. He is the God of
restoration of that
which has been lost.
5. Gideon had to destroy
the altars of Baal that his family had set up before God could give him
victory.
It is extremely important that you realize that one of the big
mindsets today that can and will hinder you fulfilling your dream and God’s
will for your life is unbelief. Doubting
the goodness of God is a form of unbelief.
Everyone believes in something or someone Take time on a regular basis to check out who
or what your confidence is in. Words
like: “My family never has had anything” or “Things won’t change now
because…..” or “Where I live there are no opportunities” or There is no way I
can be promoted this year,” etc., etc., etc!
All of these types of statements are self-inflicting words that will
sabotage your purpose in life and can bring defeat despair and open doors for
lack to come into your life.
Gideon had a choice to say with the “same fear-filled image” or
go with God’s image.
The same choice is yours.
Focus on God’s image of you daily and watch your situations in life
change!
You can decide today to become a “Mighty Man or Woman of
Valor. This means you are on the way to
becoming a person of virtue, a person of strength, of might, of power, riches
and substance. Decide to agree with God!
(This Teaching is from my book, “Power Thoughts for Triumphant
Living,” pages 11-14)
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