Friday, April 22, 2011

THANK YOU JESUS FOR TAKING MY PLACE!

**This was Originally posted on 4.12.09 &  4.3.2010**


To Worship God in the name of Jesus In Spirit, with a Full heart of Praise. Love and Truth Is What I Live For! (John 4:23-24)
Radical Faith and Trust fueled by His Grace, Mercy and Love!
 


To Allow Every Day In the Name of Jesus, The EVIDENCE of His Love that Lives In me and Through me to Be Seen and Witnessed as Proof that I Am A True Believer in God's Son!  That is The Fruit of His Spirit that We All Are To Bear! (Gal 5).


COME! Enter into a Place of Life, not a place of death-COME And claim the Promises, the Life, the Love and the Obedience that this Season of Resurrection offers to those that have made the Lord God their God.

Do you know that by Jesus taking your place on the cross that His resurrection Will resuscitate what is slowed, hindered, blocked, threatened, hidden, and dead in your heart back to Life?


That this will bring the visions, the dreams, the promises, the gifts of His Purpose that God has supplied to you into manifestation.
As long as you continue to trust in Him, by Faith that He Will; you Will be witness to His Glory through your life.




Have you come this far by Faith? Then you can continue On by that Faith, and as you continue on your Faith Will grow.
One Day At A Time!

No matter what you have faced this past week-no matter what you faced when His Love woke you up this morning—keeping you safe from all that was sent to kill you in your sleep—(that you knew nothing about)—Reach up past what is facing you and reach for the Hem of His Garment and be resuscitated back to life!

Be thankful for All that He has already Done for you! Laugh filled with His Joy because of how the Lord has blessed you so wonderfully! You know satan has tried over and over again to take you out—but the Presence of God in the name of Jesus has brought you through!
Jesus took your place on the Cross—He substituted Himself for you—so that you could be saved. my Lord, thank YOU Jesus!
The Lord has divinely purposed the hearts of His people, His Children, that His Will And Glory be seen-not our own.


My Lord, My God- I am on my feet Right Now! I applaud You Father! I bring my gifts of laughter and song as I enter into Your presence!

I know that You Are God all by Yourself And that you made me- I did not make myself, nor have I made You.
We are Your people-we are Your well-tended sheep Jesus! My Lord I enter into Your presence with my Thank YOU Jesus—the words that allow me to pass through Your Gates.


In Your presence, I make myself right at Home speaking my first language of Praise, Thank You and Total Worship from my heart to You my Lord!
For You Father are Sheer Beauty—All Generous In Your Love to me-You Are always Loyal, always And Forever!

I Will always make a Joy Filled Praise to You Lord, I will always Live to serve You my Lord with Gladness—I will Always Come into Your presence With Singing and not murmuring!


No matter what past I have left, or what the days ahead will hand me, I will Always enter into Your Gates with a Praise Offering of ThanksGiving And of Gratitude!

I will be thankful and I will speak to Bless, Praise with Love Your Name Jesus!

For my Lord--My God Is Always Good, and His mercy and Loving-kindness Are Everlasting, as Is His Faithfulness And His Truth endures to all generations who make Him their God!


My friends, no matter when the darkness of fear and dismay comes—Endure through it to the end until the Fire of Love re-kindles your heart—spreading through your body and soul—Then you Shall know that out of it, comes all that is yours because by faith you follow, trust in and lean upon Jesus—Who Is our unspeakable Joy!


HALLELUJAH THANK YOU JESUS for taking my place! Amen!



To face the sad faces and depressed spirits of spiritually dead people you Have to use the Gifts God provided to us= Love, Joy, Peace, Truth, Faith and Laughter.


We are to witness (to live in such a Way) so that It is proven to all who are not—that He Is Risen-And, that we have Risen with Him. So many speak of a buried Christ-they share not in the Gladness of the Resurrection Season.
The Gladness of Easter is His Breath of Life! Amen!


Remember that His followers are to be a peculiar people, separated from among others. We have different Ways, a different standard of living, different customs, set into motions our different motives—we Pray for His Spirit of Love to cover ourselves—that His Spirit of Love that lives in us be poured out on--showered on all we meet.


His Spirit of Love corrects us, to deal with ourselves first then to help others.


Have you called on and claimed the Freedom, the Power and the Love provided by this Season of His Resurrection and broken free? To revive your Spiritual Live--To Loose your own body from all bonds—remember “the beam and the mote.”


He teaches us that we are to learn until we understand that we have to ask-Are to Ask More of Him. If we do not, then others’ bonds are will become out responsibility.

For example, Jesus sent no disciple of His to carry His Healing Power to the Syrophenician woman’s sick daughter (Mark 7:26)-nor to the centurion’s deathly ill servant-(Matt. 8:5-11)-or to the ruler’s son.


Jesus sent His Word as It is All sufficient. All that He needed was the petitioner’s faith to come forth.
We really have to realize this-which is, we need to ask more of Him by Faith.

Freeing yourself from all Spiritual and physical bondage—removing the beam from our own eyes first-which will give us the power to remove the mote from our brother’s eye.


So, when we bring our body into subjection and discipline it wholly—we will be enabled to Free others from the bonds that bind them in ill-health Spiritually and physically.

We honestly cannot learn of His conquest over death by the arguments of theologians—(they do have their place) -but we will learn the depth of His conquest truly by the lives of His Followers—His Risen Followers Whose place He took on the Cross.


How many people are still wearing the clothes of the grave—of gloom and depression, of poverty and fear? We are not tomb bound anymore. The Stone has been Rolled Away and we are walking-talking Life unto Him.
And know, that the Power, the Love and the Depth of His resurrection is not just for this weekend-this month--It Is For every day of your life!  This Is Another Day to allow Him to Help you Kill off your flesh just as Jesus did on That Friday!  To release His Spirit and Fulfill our Father's Will for His life---We Should be doing the same thing!
Killing off our flesh every day in order to Allow our Spirit to completely live in FREEDOM! 


Come, Live in the Spirit of the Garden just as It was in that first bright early morning—and for you also He will roll away the stone from the door of the grave.

As Life is given back to you, walk unbound in the Garden with Jesus, in the Garden of Love, Joy, and with a child-like boundless trust and faith—Come! He beckons us to the Garden of His Delights!
HALLELUJAH! Yes Lord, I Thank You Jesus for taking my place so that I may live FREE from sin!
Amen!




Mahalia Jackson - "Come On Children Let`s Sing"
[1967 live in Berlin, Germany, at the "International Broadcasting-Show" . Sadly she performanced only two songs ]
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Twinkie Clark & Karen Clark Sheard- "Christ Is Coming Back"
[Twinkie Clark Terrell sings "Christ Is Coming Back," This is from Twinkie's concert LIVE in Charlotte, NC.]


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Twinkie Clark/FAMU choir-"Feed my Sheep"
~on feet of Faith And Peace
ALWAYS SEEKING TO ENCOURAGE!
Resting In His Faithfulness,
One Day At A Time By Faith.
Joshua 1:9

THE STONE HAS BEEN ROLLED AWAY!

*this is a repost-- it was first posted April 8, 2009.**


Love is more than a sentiment; it's putting another's needs ahead of your own.
Make your activities be an outpouring of your love for God in His Son's name.
Look again; the Stone Has Been Rolled Away! pt 1
No Matter what challenges you face

2 Corinthians 7 NIV “1Since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.
Paul's Joy
2Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one. 3I do not say this to condemn you; I have said before that you have such a place in our hearts that we would live or die with you. 4I have great confidence in you; I take great pride in you. I am greatly encouraged; in all our troubles my joy knows no bounds.”

EVERY TIME I feel YOUR Spirit Moving IN my heart my Lord, I will praise And thank YOU!
I know the Lord has many more that believe as I do. Allow me to declare what I believe as I am not afraid to Teach, Preach, Speak, Praise, Love and Obey the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I confess from my heart that by faith I know Jesus died for my sins and transgressions-Long before I was even born. I believe Jesus of Nazareth to be the Messiah-The Perfect And Complete Incarnation of The Living God-Who Is my Father. I am a Christian who is a believer and follower of my Lord Jesus Christ. I believe that Jesus Is the Sole revelation of God’s Self. He is our connection of reconciliation with God our Creator and our Father.
For me, there is Only One Way to the One God. I do Respect All those who are on a different faith journey than me. I am Not here to convince or convert anyone, nor am I here to bicker and argue with anyone concerning how, what they believe is different. That would be Jesus And His Holy Spirit’s Job-not mine. (Please go back up and read the purple sentence.)
The stone has been rolled Away!
I believe that whenever And where ever His Followers go in Full desire to do Him loving service-that when opposition arises-We Shall find that the stones of difficulty, of obstruction have been rolled Away! Just as those loving faith filled women did find. When they went to His grave and found the unmovable stone already pushed away from the mouth of His grave. He defeats death!
With spices and ointments they had prepared, they came- these faith filled women to Service the Body of the Messiah with their Love.
We are All called to Come with our spices of Love to do Him service and we too will find what we have been anticipating—that He is Ever Eager In Love to do us Service!

I have learned that no gift is poor if it expresses the true love of the giver to Him that died for us. To Jesus our heart’s gifts are Rich and Precious And we are to rejoice in His glad acceptance as we bring Him our Easter offerings and claim the Love and the Power of His Resurrection.
Remember Him by blocking out all the other voices, noise, and threats—Remember Him.

“COME you out from among them And be separated!” 2Cor. 6:17.
For us who have made up our minds, and have taken a stand on the side of God in the name of Jesus In Life and Work, In Love And Service We His Children must be outstanding. He has called us a Peculiar people to make known His Name. Not to go out and scream at others, to curse them and point out in the hurt and damaged ones only their faults in a hate filled voice. That is not what He said we are to do.

Respect of all that God has created is what He said-even though we have been separated doesn’t mean we are to treat people with hate, disdain or with an outright stank attitude.
And, we have to be with a Joy Filled heart, full of Gladness when others come with reproach to try and tear us apart and scatter us through their divisive heart. We have to be ready to stand to the side-move out of the way And let the fashions and customs and standards of this world go by; as His glory And His Kingdom are served.
To be able to Spiritually discern by the power of the Holy Spirit that lives in our hearts is very important to the Calling And the Direction that God has placed on each of us.
To be able to Stand on God’s side along with our Messiah the Christ, is What He has asked us to do in the highest and best way possible. What Do You Believe? Do you know? If so, do you declare it daily? Are you paying attention to what you are declaring?
Truly knowing and adhering to what we believe is How we counter every report of evil. One day at a time! God declares that darkness Cannot overtake Light; We should Always let our light shine before all people that they will see the light evidenced in our lives. Put there by our acceptance of His invitation to become and belong to His Family through Jesus Christ.
So many people want a man-made messiah-they just cannot wrap their heart and faith around the Spiritual, God Sent Messiah- Jesus.
No one can keep God small and ‘in a box’ and ever see and know the Fullness of His Presence. Where you find those that prefer truth over lies and image, celebrate there! The Strength and beauty we need are in His sanctuary. Excellence and beauty thrive in His sanctuary-GET THERE! Learn to discern the places where the Lord has gathered unto Himself those of two or more who continually prophesy (those that speak forth) in the name of Jesus, according to the Grace that God has given them.
And know that there will be those that will challenge you when you follow the Spirit Lead Ways-instead of the man led ways. God has called and separated those that belong to Him unto Himself. Even so as Jesus gathers His sheep up And out of the church era leading us into His Kingdom era Season, do we follow Him trusting by faith with every step!
As you step, with those who as yourself have paid a price before the Lord, you will cross paths with those that accuse because they ‘think they know fully’ when they actually do not. They are so caught up in their flesh and fears, afraid to allow God to Be God, that their pride has tricked them and the fruit of their pride is to tear at, discourage, ridicule and try to take away from us, our God-given assignments. They self-appoint themselves to be the watchers of self-righteousness. They actually live by the worlds standards-never going deeper to seek Jesus on their own.
I encourage you to watch the response of those of us that the Lord has moved into their places as He always orders the steps of those that seek His Righteousness. Their humility counters pride and our fear of the Lord fights for us-clothing us with His Strength, His Beauty And Rest in His Sanctuary-The Lord is our shelter, Always.



pt 2 of The Stone Has been Rolled Away
We are to Bear Reproach Gladly.

We are to know that the Rest our souls need, is found at His Feet. This place of rest is the place of humility-Of total surrender. I know this is hard for a lot of people. But if you take it all one day at a time-and give yourself some breathing room you Can do what He has called you to do. Remember the mustard seed?
Those that come against us- think they know but actually have been tricked by satan’s lies, they only know through flesh, their pride and Spiritual immaturity. Here we are to remember that the Lord God is Our Father—that we are those that are connected to Jesus through His Spirit that lives in us. As we offer our obedience to His Will and purpose for our lives--We are to rejoice that as we serve Him humbly.
When we have matured past being offended by the flesh and ignorance of others -then we are able to be content when people think ill of us. When we can bear reproach and scorn gladly, (i know you may want to cuss and fuss someone out-but that is not you anymore)- Always professing our Love for Jesus by shouting loudly, or speaking softly to our hearts—Thank You Jesus; then I ask you, what in this world can disturb the gladness of our soul, And its rest? Nothing!
The Stone has been rolled away already!
No unrest sent from a hate filled heart or from satan, can assail and hurt the soul that depends on the Living Waters from the Spring that is of God. Our flesh has to be nailed to the Cross of Jesus, this ‘self’ must die ‘daily’, before any of us can truly say

“I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.”
The Word of God is Truth and a two-edged sword. Let us call on His Word to remind us of Whose we are and belong to. I know how to see through truly deceptive ways, actions, and words of people that live to do the enemies biding. We are to read and meditate on God’s Word -Psalm 199:11.
This produces and strengthens our confidence in God- in His Son and His Holy Spirit. Sickness, lack, shortcomings, lies, smoke and mirrors, threats, and all other challenges that come against us—I stand against it and use my belief that God is Still God and just as Jesus spoke to us, He is our Help! I call on Jesus because I know He is Ready, Willing And More than Able to do more than what I could ever think of or do.
He Is responsible for taking care of me and my family And I am supremely and completely triumphant in He that has conquered death, fear and this world. Matt.17:17-18.
I know in this matter of ‘believing’ that All unbelief is an enemy that cannot change its colors through religious rhetoric or fleshy tricks. When unbelief is present, it will negatively affect the outcome of any situation and all circumstances. The enemy of unbelief is always on a mission to close all doors that the Word of God came to open for us.
Are you going to allow the enemy to close the doors that Jesus was sent to open for you? Unbelief is not an opinion-but is a tool used to make you reject the covenant plan that God spoke over your life. He sent His word to heal those that believe! Jesus is the Word that brings life! Amen.
To believe is to Release the power of God in the name of Jesus. Know that unbelief fundamentally Always opposes the Message of our Lord Jesus.
Psalm 107:20 John 1:14 Psalm 119:11 Matthew 17:17-18

A prayer of confession, a praise offering of what you beleive to Jesus to be the truth:

I declare Matthew 5:16, And my light given to me through Jesus has been ‘set on a hill’, not under a bed And my light Will remain right there-where God put me to shine in Jesus’ name. I am connected to the Head, not the tail I am Above, not below!
According to Psalm 96:6 my light Will shine from there And Will reflect the Lord to all that come my way. I use my gift of discernment to see and Know when controversy and attacks of prideful people are sent against me. I Will stand clear of what I don’t understand or cannot be controlled by me.
I Refuse to align myself with accusations and the spirit sent to spread frustration, lies , hurt and confusion pertaining to His Will for my life.
His Spirit of Joy strengthens me—I Am grateful, overwhelmed with His goodness; And I know He Will always deliver me from every agent of hurt and pain. My Heart And Spirit, my Soul know that Wisdom is the salve for any condition I find my heart in. Nothing Is Impossible for me as I lean upon, rely upon, adhere to, and trust by faith in Jesus. Thank You Father God, in Jesus’ Name, Amen!
Book of Nehemiah

The strongest of the faith filled women, Mary left her home, her friends and everyone and thing on that bright and early morning; in her search of Jesus. (hummm, i know something about her show of faith in this regard)
Mary was followed by the others because of her glad triumphant announcement that her “Rabbon” had been found and her search was over. She knew Freedom was hers to claim and the power of It was hers to use in His name. (i know about this also)

Search, those of you that are seeking Him. I pray that you keep going till you meet Him face to face and the tenderness of His speaking your name awakens your Gladness to reply to Him “Rabboni!”
"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God." Galatians 2:20


~on feet of Faith and Peace,
ALWAYS SEEKING To ENCOURAGE!
Resting In His Faithfulness,
One Day At A Time By Faith.
Joshua 1:9

Monday, April 18, 2011

DAILY PORTION--GATHER THE BROKEN PIECES-WASTE NOTHING


I have been giving much thought to the Questions that Jesus Asked us, There is so much to learn from them concerning Jesus, myself and all other people. Taking them one at a time and seriously thinking about them and how they apply to my life as a True Believer of our Lord Jesus is opening up a wealth of knowledge, wisdom and understanding for me.
 I Love this one.
34And Jesus asked them,"How many loaves do you have?" Matt 15:34; Matt 15:29-38

I have also begun to search out in the Red Letters and write down the Things Jesus Told people to do. Holding on to the Power of His Words spoken in complete radical faith that God the Father would do through Him.
 I hear often in my mind, Mary, mother of Jesus telling the servants at the wedding in Cana, To Do what Ever He tells you to do!  This type of Radical faith in Him is not to be ignored nor should we think it does Not exist for us Today! I KNOW it does, as I truly have a deep radical Faith and trust in our Lord Jesus, I KNOW God Will Do what He has Promised to Us! Amen!

In studying His Questions asked ,(please scroll down to next blog post), And the Things He told others To Do, we are learning about What WE NEED To Do for Him, instead of always focusing on what we need Him to do for us.  We are learning How God wants us to be Balanced in our Spiritual life and Relationship for Him. He Is Still Teaching all those that Are Teachable And Willing!  Yes Lord--Here I Am--Use me, Teach me, Help me, change me, guide me, Fill me with more of You!

Here we have Jesus and the disciples and over 4000 people in need of food and they were so far away from where that much food could be acquired--what to do?
 Just imagine if you can, Jesus turning around to you and  asking you and the others how much you got on you?  We can use that!

So many times we are like the disciples, looking only at what we have and what we don't have, and then looking at the problem like it's bigger than our Father's love for us. God has already Made us a Promise that overrides Each and Every Problem that we will encounter in our daily lives. Have you read the Red Letters?  Have you search out the Promises of God so that You know them and therefore are able to connect to their Power?

Just like the disciples did, at times, we tend to focus on the natural instead of the Supernatural when we are faced with challenging situations.  We, like the disciples need to Continue daily to Grow and Mature in our Spiritual and emotional lives, and in our relationship with Jesus. He Is Still speaking, questioning, and directing us Right Now, just as He did over 2000 yrs ago. He knew that they Needed to continue to grow and mature, to learn and be changed, and He knows this about us Right Now. (don't skip class!)

In John, concerning the same account, After the people completed their meal, Jesus Told His disciples to do something,

 
"After everyone was full, Jesus told His disciples, "Now gather the leftovers, so that Nothing Is Wasted."  John 6:12

Then the account goes on to say, "So Accordingly they gathered them up, And they filled twelve [small hand] baskets with fragments Left Over By Those who had eaten from the five barley loaves!"  John 6:13 

Now look at this as it concerns your life right now. How many times have you looked into your wallet, into your heart, at your physical abilities, to see what you do not have? Then looked at the Thing that you need to do and you sigh because there is No way you Will Be Able To take care of that issue, problem or change the situation by yourself?

How many times have you thought about the blessings you let slip away, the blessings you allowed to be stolen, the blessings that you perverted by trying to manipulate them into something other than what God sent them for?
 How many times have you allowed the enemy to taunt you with your broken, sinful past and made you feel useless and worthless?
How many times have you looked back on and valued yourself by your mistakes, your wrong deeds done to others, the wasted years you lived at the wrong job, wasted time in a relationship with the wrong person, and the times you were out living by this worlds standards doing Only what the Lord knows about?
How many times have you spent counting what you have wasted in your life up until today?

Well, Let me tell you Some Truth And Wisdom that Will Help you Right now!

Do What Jesus said To Do!  Gather Up All the pieces of your life, All that you believe to be wasted and put them in a hand basket and Take them to HIM!  You Will find such an abundance -- More than what You started with after you hand all those broken pieces over to Him and He Will show you that you Almost wasted the things that could teach you so much!
 
Hear this Truth and never forget it my dear friends, With God Nothing Is Ever Going To Be wasted, If you hand it All over to Him!  Another slice of Wisdom to be learned from this lesson is, From Now On, In The Beginning of Every thing, Include God First! 

 Before you begin any work, project, before you spend any $, before you say one word, before you do Anything, Go To God our Father in the Name of Jesus, And ask His Holy Spirit to tell you, What does God want you to do concerning this Work you have to do.  Ask Him what has He Already Planned for this work, how to start it, what to do in the middle, how It should end=Get the Details From our Father!


Then Begin by Doing What Ever He Tells You To Do! God Takes All our experiences, good and bad And adds in His Love to sift every single piece, Turning it All into Good, and Restoring back to you all you thought you wasted and lost!
Why, does He do this?  Because He Loves us, He made promises to us and He does Not lie!  It is all for His Glory through our lives that He seeks!

Now, as you begin immediately to do what ever He tells you to do, and you come to the Outcome that He has planned for each and every problem, situation and mess corrected, Don't Forget To Thank Him! God Will make us stronger, wiser, than we were before in order to Continue to Lead you by His Loving Eye on the path, taking the steps that He is guiding you (each of us) To Take!

Remember, you must be humble, willing, and teachable, and by being this way, Nothing Is impossible for God to do in the name of Jesus for your life! Nothing Will Ever Be wasted if you continue to take it all to Him and leave it, Asking Him to correct what is wrong! He Desires to lead us, to help us Fulfill His Will, His Plans And His Purposes for our lives for each day, so that the Purpose for our life that He has Chosen us and Called us to do--We Will Complete!   Thank You Jesus, Amen!

My PRAYER FOR TODAY IS=
In the Name of Jesus, I PRAY that you Will bring to our Father in the name of Jesus, All the broken parts and pieces of your life, Leaving them All with Him, Asking Him to make sure that nothing Is Wasted.  Asking Him to forgive you and to help you forgive others, And to turn every wrong and bad thing into Glory for Him concerning your life!
 I PRAY the Lord Will guide you and lead you to fulfill His Will for each day,
I PRAY that you Will humble yourself, be willing and teachable so that You will grow and mature in your Spiritual and emotional lives, And that You will strengthen your relationship with our Lord Jesus so that for each day you shall Learn More of Him. I PRAY that You will begin to allow Him to change you in all the ways He knows you Need to be changed, And that when you Hear Him Tell you what to do, that You Will NOT question Him, you Will Not allow doubt and fear to over ride Him, that You Will Not ignore or reject what He has told you to do.
 I PRAY that You Will Immediately get up and Do what Ever He tells you to do. That you Will Release your faith and trust in Him and Glorify our Father God in the Name of Jesus, Amen!


2 Cor 6:14-18 the message

14-18
Don't Become partners with those who reject God. How can you make a partnership out of right and wrong? That's not partnership; that's war. Is light best friends with dark? Does Christ go strolling with the Devil? Do trust and mistrust hold hands? Who would think of setting up pagan idols in God's holy Temple? But that is exactly what we are, each of us a temple in whom God lives. God himself put it this way:

   "I'll live in them, move into them;
      I'll Be their God and they'll Be My people.
   So leave the corruption and compromise;
      leave it for good," says God.
   "Don't link up with those who will pollute you.
      I want you All for Myself.
   I'll Be A Father to you;
      you'll Be sons and daughters to Me."
   The Word of the Master, God. 



On feet of Faith & Peace
Isaiah 50:4/Isaiah 52/Jer 20:9-10,11-13/Joshua 1:9 
Resting In His Faithfulness,
One Day At A Time By Radical Faith.
©2010,2011 WisdomTeachesme

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

DAILY PORTION--SIFT YOUR MOTIVES & MAINTAIN YOUR PEACE


 "Now May He Who Supplies Seed to the sower, And bread for food, Supply And Multiply the Seed you have sown And Increase the Fruits of your Righteousness, While you Are Enriched in Everything for All Liberality, Which Causes Thanksgiving Through us To God." 2 Corinthians 9:10-11

Greetings In the Name of Our Lord, to you my sisters and brothers, my friends, on this Wonderfully made day!
I would like to Thank all of you who stop by here to REST and Visit and be Encouraged. Please know that I Appreciate you Very much!

Please know that  I need you and you need me--we have to be a Help to each other!
  I am Grateful to God in the name of Jesus, that you have found this blog to be a place for you to feel comfortable, to learn, to share, to be encouraged, to be encouraging and then to go out and be a Blessing to those you meet in your day for His Glory through your life!

I want you to know that what may seem like many days in between the posting of messages here, really are not that many days in between them. Please do not reject or dismiss this Place Of Encouragement, I am on God's Divine Timing and Order and I post what I hear and what I am led to post from the Spirit of God based on His Will. If days go by and there is not a new message posted,  I encourage you to go through the other messages here and read them again, sifting each part to see where and how in your heart and life you may need to allow His Spirit to sift your motives, to make sure that you Are daily aligned with His Will so that You are Spiritually and emotionally growing and maturing based on His Plans.


 I may have posted a message that you read on a day that did not apply to your situation, or your experiences yet, but in days and weeks that have passed since you read it, you may have experienced some life issues that Now speaks of that message.
 I Love you All with the Love of my dear beloved Lord Jesus, Please Know this.


NOW, on to the message I am led to share with you, it is Never all for me, truly for me to share with All who are seeking His Truth, Wisdom, Love, Direction,Correction, Trust, Joy and Way, In the name of Jesus, Amen!

God provides to us times, days and moments, where we are Able to leave the world's ways in order to Sit with Him, in order to be refreshed, replenished and restored, We Must Come to Him when He provides these times or we will be a lamp with no oil, a well with no water, which will put us in a position of doing things by our power, which will Never work and/or, that we should Not be doing, thinking or speaking, And we will not be able to Do what He guides us to do.  Then we have stepped into some sin.

We All Must Seek Daily Clarity from The Source, throughout Each day, or else we will be like mice stuck in a maze, running circles around ourselves, following other lost and confused people, never accomplishing God's Will, His Plans and His Purposes for each day.

 Without Oil, Being a Light/Lamp will not do us any Good.  We will not be able to help anyone that the Lord sends our way. When our Well runs dry, we are not even able to drink from our own Wells, let alone allow others to be refreshed by the Living Waters His spirit has supplied to our Well.  We Are The Wells And Lights of the Lord. Amen!
Have you checked the quality and condition of The Water that you hold in your well? Is it sweet, full of enlightenment, love, forgiveness, faith, compassion, care,  encouragement and Life giving Power? 

Or is your water tainted in some way, nasty, toxic, and foul smelling?
 

Have you checked the amount of Oil in your Lamp? Do you have a surplus of Oil from our Lord on hand?
 Do you have a supply that will never run out?
Are you connected to the Source Who Supplies the Oil to us?

Check your connection--how long has it been since you Sat with our Lord not to ask for anything?  Think about it, have you COME every time He has called you to Come?  Or have you said, I'll do that God when I finish this?

Sift your motives, get down to the Root ball of what Is growing in and from your heart--Pruning is Always a good thing that He does, But sometimes what is wrong will only grow back--He has to dig it out of us from the root ball. Let Him!

We have to Be aware and sensitive to our environment, making Sure that we are following Jesus, Following the Spirit of God in being appropriate in our actions, speaking, and thinking.
Making sure for Each Day that we are In our Faith by Walking In and Through our Faith in Him, Staying In the Flow of His Holy Spirit. Staying Willing, Teachable and Obedient to His guidance, instruction and correction.

Satan comes to us early in the morning, trying to steal our day, our gifts, our Work, and whispering lies, touching on our ego, our pride filled thinking and fleshy motives in us before we even get out of bed.
What is the First thing you think of before you get out of bed in the morning? The enemy comes early to try and get us off course from the Will of God so that we do Not accomplish God's Will, Plans and Purposes spoken by Him for us to Do For EACH Day!

Our enemy tries to dominate and slip into our Spiritual atmosphere his plans, chaos, confusion trying to get us to serve him instead of our Lord.

"Do Not Be Overcome by evil, But Overcome evil With Good."
Romans 12:21

 

I encourage you to Maintain Your Peace that Jesus has given and supplied to each of us--therein lies our Power--To stay focused, on task, and Able to do what God has instructed you to do.  This Is a Perfect Peace, a Growing Peace, that must have Humbleness to feed it.
Do Not allow frustration or irritation to be your guide as things in this world get worse...those are fueled by emotions and will have you living each day by your flesh. 

Stay in the Spirit realm of His Perfect Peace, and push down your emotions to be controlled by your Faith and Trust in our Lord.
He will lead us on paths through wilderness, valley's, through mud and mire, through lush, beautiful paths...Where Ever He leads us we must follow, for He Is With Us for the entire journey providing Every Thing that we will need to accomplish the Work we are sent to do in His Name!

Daily We Must Humble ourselves before Him and Keep His Love, Peace, Joy, Strength and His Laws-this is to Keep Us focused on and within His Perfect Peace.  Search yourself and ask Him to reveal to you any place, time or moment that you were Not in line with His Will, ask Him for forgiveness And for Correction.
Remember that our Lord Is With Us At All times!  He promised this and He never lies. He Is Our Strength At All Times! There is no reason ever to be afraid concerning any place that He leads us to go, to do, to say or think.

 It may not make human sense to us, it's Not suppose too, but we have to Trust that He would Never lead us wrong and that He has taken care of all details and the outcome will Be better than anything we could ever accomplish without Him!
If He were to lead us wrong, That would not be beneficial to the Building of His Kingdom here through us! We have the Kingdom of God in our heart, We have to every day Sift Our Motives and allow Him to give us More of His knowledge, more of His understanding, more of His wisdom, more of His Love--to make All the Corrections that He knows we Are in need of, for each day!

Grow in His Grace my sisters and brothers, Grow and mature in the Knowledge of Him, our King, Our Shepherd, our Friend, our Brother!
 Do you really think that all the leaning of the wisest on earth without Him as their Center and Focus is able to be compared to the Wisdom that He, our Lord provides to us?  No, not possible to even compare the two. What we are being taught is not from this world, it is Spiritual and from God, to help us be Perfect in His eye--and being perfect to God is to obey Him, to Trust Him by complete radical Faith, and to Do What Ever He tells us to do!
We are to Learn, to Love, to Forgive freely as we Have been forgiven Freely by Him.
He desires us to do for His Kingdom--Sift your motives to make sure that You are aligned with His Will, Plans, and Purpose--providing All Glory and Honor to God in the name of Jesus!

All that is in us that is unworthy to Him, He will dig out from the Root ball and cut us free from what is dead, stunted in growth, useless, intertwined with weeds of self promotion, self importance, rebellion, ego, and pride!

And Please remember that through our vulnerabilities, is How God Will use us mightily to accomplish His Plans.  It is about character
--our character and His motives that God uses to stand us on when we need to Take a Stand in His Truth, Justice and Love. We are uniquely marked by God's word, work, and Love in the presence of our enemies--and He will put us on display for all to witness that We Belong to and Work for Him-the Lord Seeks to Correct every injustice here and He Is Using us to do that.  Don't Back UP! 
When we are focused, willing, teachable and obedient to His Will, The Lord will send us to where He needs us to be, in order to Speak His Truth and spread His Love and to correct Injustices in His name.

In our daily lives, there are times when satan may seem to have the upper hand concerning the situation or problem we face.  Through our faith in God in the name of Jesus, any and every threat sent by satan Is Met by the Lord's Strong Righteous Hand, which Is Always extended to be our guide getting us out of every confined place And assuring us that His Strength is Precisely what we need.
 Don't Back Up!  Don't listen to fear, doubt or allow confusion or Not knowing the details of His Outcome to be our guide.  We do Not follow emotions, threats or non-believers in our journey--we Are following our Lord Jesus.

Our Lord sows His All in our vulnerable places, these are the areas in us where He seeks a Harvest for the Building Up of His Kingdom. Whatever He sows in you, let Him Be the Master Gardner that He Is, To water, feed, weed, and tend to the Garden of your heart, which Is the Ground that Holds the seeds that our Father God has planted! Remember, that every seed God sows in us, satan immediately comes to try and kill it, steal it, and pervert it!  You will be tested!

  God seeks the Harvest from each of us that He has already prepared and expects us to allow Him to Grow and Mature!
Be patient, we are in a sowing and growing season...Expect the Harvest of the Lord through and from your Heart=His Garden! And Every thing that He plants in you and grows and matures in and through you--You Are To Share with Every one He directs you to share with For His Namesake!

In the name of Jesus, Amen!

Psalm 23


Matthew 25
 
On feet of Faith & Peace
Isaiah 50:4/Isaiah 52/Jer 20:9-10,11-13/Joshua 1:9 
Resting In His Faithfulness, 
One Day At A Time By Radical Faith.
©2010,2011 WisdomTeachesme

Monday, April 4, 2011

DAILY PORTION--IS TODAY THE DAY?


 “[Discipline in a Long-Distance Race]
Do you see What this means—All these Pioneers who blazed The Way, All these Veterans Cheering us On? It means we'd Better get on with it! Strip down, start running—And Never Quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins. Keep your eyes on Jesus, Who Both began and finished this race we're in. Study how He did it. Because He Never lost sight of where He was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—He could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now He's there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility He plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!” - Hebrews 12:2


Each day we are provided with so many opportunities to better ourselves and our lives.  In small and large ways, concerning our Spiritual, emotional, mental and physical lives we have many chances for new beginnings that Will provide growth, and maturity in these areas.  God has provided to us our daily portion through Jesus so that we are Able to shed All the strongholds that keep us captive and that opposes His Will for our lives.
God provides Many chances each and every day for us to be PULLED into His Freedom through His Grace.  To Be delivered from fears, pain, hurt, rejection, anger, double-mindedness, selfishness, halfheartedness, and All the natural and Spiritual strongholds that keep us from being balanced and aligned with His Will, Plans and Purposes for our lives.

Is Today The day for you?
Is Today The Day that You will call out His name, reach your hand Up to Receive, so that He is Able to Reach down and grab you, hold you and begin to love you like you need to be loved?  To strengthen you and begin to Change you into His likeness Even More?

As we read and study the scriptures, we are to see ourselves in the accounts of the lives of those that lived so long ago.  God wants us to realize and understand that He Is Still speaking, and that He Is speaking to us.  Many people read the scriptures and because it was so many years ago they do not relate those lives to their own.  So, is Today The Day that you begin to see yourself in the Scriptures?

Jesus asked many questions during His 3 year ministry, have you ever given them deep thought And answered them yourself? He is Not just asking those questions to the people in the Bible, He Is Asking US those questions also, and we NEED To Answer them honestly and examine our answers, to meditate on the questions and really grow and mature in our relationship with Jesus.

How many people have you come across that made you remember the Centurion and the Faith that He expressed in the Ability of Jesus to Heal?

  How many people have you come across that reminded you of Sampson, and how he did acknowledge that his Power Came from God only, but then on purpose forgot about God and began to claim that he was the source of his own supernatural strength?
How many people have you met that claimed Jesus, claimed to love Him and to serve Him for a lifetime, then denied Him and even ran to hide like Peter did?
How many people have you met that did Not have a sinful past like every one of the disciples and so many others in the scriptures?  A sin filled past Like we all have. All the accounts of peoples lives that we read about are actually our lives also.

We Are Deborah, Vashti, Moses, Joshua, Mary M., John, Paul, the Centurion, the woman at the well,  James, Abraham, Tabitha, Rebecca, Saul, Peter, the woman with the issue of blood, the blind man, the crippled man, the beggar who sat at the gates of Beauty, We Are Ruth, and Jacob.

Below I have listed 100 questions that Jesus asked while He was here preaching, teaching, saving, freeing, and fulfilling the Will of our Father God. These are not all of them, I saved some work for you to do, in order that you Will be sharpened, and will gain in your knowledge, wisdom and understanding of our Lord on a higher and deeper level. If you begin to Seek from Him, His Spirit Will lead you where you need to go!

 I hope and pray that you will read these questions and that you Will answer them and learn from your answers.  I hope and pray that you will study your bible and seek out all the other questions that Jesus asked in order to Better your life, your heart, mind, soul and Spirit--to allow Him to continue to remake you into His image.  This is Not Only a physical image that God speaks of, but the image of our Lord's Character, heart, mind, soul and Spirit--to Be More Like Him! Amen!

 He wants us to unlock a deeper learning of Him by studying these questions, not only to study and learn what He did or said, but also what did Jesus ask?

Is This The Day that You make up your mind to Take a Stand And confidently trust in, rely on, whole heartedly depend on And surrender your complete will over to God and take hold of His Will for your life?
Answer the Questions, He Is Asking you and you and you and me!
 In the Name of Jesus, Amen!

  1. And if you greet your brethren only, what is unusual about that? Do not the unbelievers do the same? (Matt 5:47)
  2. Can any of you by worrying add a single moment to your lifespan? Matt 6:27
  3. Why are you anxious about clothes? Matt 6:28
  4. Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye yet fail to perceive the wooden beam in your own eye? (Matt 7:2)
  5. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles? (Matt 7:16)
  6. Why are you terrified? (Matt 8:26)
  7. Why do you harbor evil thoughts? (Matt 9:4)
  8. Can the wedding guests mourn so long as the Bridegroom is with them? (Matt 9:15)
  9. Do you believe I can do this? (Matt 9:28)
  10. What did you go out to the desert to see? (Matt 11:8)
  11. To what shall I compare this generation? (Matt 11:6)
  12. Which of you who has a sheep that falls into a pit on the Sabbath will not take hold of it and lift it out? (Matt 12:11)
  13. How can anyone enter a strong man’s house and take hold of his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? (Matt 12:29)
  14. You brood of vipers! How can you say good things when you are evil? (Matt 12:34)
  15. Who is My mother? Who are My brothers? (Matt 12:48)
  16. Why did you doubt? (Matt 14:31)
  17. And why do you break the commandments of God for the sake of your tradition? (Matt 15:3)
  18. How many loaves do you have? (Matt 15:34)
  19. Do you not yet understand? (Matt 16:8)
  20. Who do people say the Son of Man is? (Matt 16:13)
  21. But who do you say that I am? (Matt 16:15)
  22. What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life  and what can one give in exchange  for his life? (Matt 16:26)
  23. O faithless and perverse generation how long must I endure you? (Matt 17:17)
  24. Why do you ask Me about what is good? (Matt 19:16)
  25. Can you drink the cup that I am going to drink? (Matt 20:22)
  26. What do you want Me to do for you? (Matt 20:32)
  27. Did you never read the scriptures? (Matt 21:42)
  28. Why are you testing Me? (Matt 22:18)
  29. Blind fools, which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred….the gift of the altar that makes the gift sacred? (Matt 23:17-19)
  30. How are you to avoid being sentenced to hell? (Matt 23:33)
  31. Why do you make trouble for the woman? (Matt 26:10)
  32. Could you not watch for Me one brief hour? (Matt 26:40)
  33. Do you think I cannot call upon My Father and He will not provide Me at this moment with more than 12 legions of angels? (Matt 26:53)
  34. Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize Me? (Matt 26:53)
  35. My God, My God, Why have You forsaken Me? (Matt 27:46)
  36. Why are you thinking such things in your heart? (Mark 2:8)
  37. Is a lamp brought to be put under a basket or under a bed rather than on a lamp stand? (Mark 4:21)
  38. Who has touched My clothes? (Mark 5:30)
  39. Why this commotion and weeping? (Mark 5:39)
  40. Are even you likewise without understanding? (Mark 7:18)
  41. Why does this generation seek a sign? (Mark 8:12)
  42. Do you not yet understand or comprehend? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes and still not see? Ears and not hear? (Mark 8:17-18)
  43. How many wicker baskets full of leftover fragments did you pick up? (Mark 8:19)
  44. [To the Blind man] Do you see anything? (Mark 8:23)
  45. What were you arguing about on the way? (Mark 9:33)
  46. Salt is good, but what if salt becomes flat? (Mark 9:50)
  47. What did Moses command you? (Mark 10:3)
  48. Do you see these great buildings? They will all be thrown down. (Mark 13:2)
  49. Simon, are you asleep? (Mark 14:37)
  50. Why were you looking for Me? (Luke 2:49)
  51. What are you thinking in your hearts? (Luke 5:22)
  52. Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord’ and not do what I command? (Luke 6:46)
  53. Where is your faith (Luke 8:25)
  54. What is your name? (Luke 8:30)
  55. Who touched Me? (Luke 8:45)
  56. Will you be exalted to heaven? (Luke 10:15)
  57. What is written in the law? How do you read it? (Luke 10:26)
  58. Which of these three in your opinion was neighbor to the robber’s victim? (Luke 10:36)
  59. Did not the maker of the outside also make the inside? (Luke 11:40)
  60. Friend, who appointed Me as your judge and arbiter? (Luke 12:14)
  61. If even the smallest things are beyond your control, why are you anxious about the rest? (Luke 12:26)
  62. Why do you not judge for yourself what is right?  (Luke 12:57)
  63. What king, marching into battle would not first sit down and decide whether with ten thousand troops he can successfully oppose another king marching upon him with twenty thousand troops? (Luke 14:31)
  64. If therefore you are not trustworthy with worldly wealth, who will trust you with true wealth? (Luke 16:11)
  65. Has none but this  foreigner returned to give thanks to God? (Luke 17:18)
  66. Will not God then secure the rights of His chosen ones who call out to Him day and night? (Luke 18:7)
  67. But when the Son of Man comes, will He find any faith on earth? (Luke 18:8)
  68. For who is greater, the one seated a table or the one who serves? (Luke 22:27)
  69. Why are you sleeping? (Luke 22:46)
  70. For if these things are done when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry? (Luke 23:31)
  71. What are you discussing as you walk along? (Luke 24:17)
  72. Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and then enter His glory? (Luke 24:26)
  73. Have you anything here to eat? (Luke 24:41)
  74. What are you looking for? (John 1:38)
  75. How does this concern of yours affect Me? (John 2:4)
  76. You are a teacher in Israel and you do not understand this? (John 3: 10)
  77. If I tell you about earthly things and you will not believe, how will you believe when I tell you of heavenly things? (John 3: 12)
  78. Do you want to be well? (John 5:6)
  79. How is it that you seek praise from one another and not seek the praise that comes from God? (John 5:44)
  80. If you do not believe Moses’ writings how will you believe Me? (John 5:47)
  81. Where can we buy enough food for them to eat? (John 6:5)
  82. Does this (teaching of the Eucharist) shock you? (John 6:61)
  83. Do you also want to leave Me? (John 6:67)
  84. Why are you trying to kill Me? (John 7:19)
  85. Woman where are they, has no one condemned you? (John 8:10)
  86. Why do you not understand what I am saying? (John 8:43)
  87. Can any of you charge Me with sin? (John 8:46)
  88. If I am telling you the truth, why do you not believe Me? (John 8:46)
  89. Are there not twelve hours in a day? (John 11:9)
  90. Do you believe this? (John 11:26)
  91. Do you realize what I have done for you? (John 13:12)
  92. Have I been with you for so long and still you do not know Me? (John 14:9)
  93. Whom are you looking for? (John 18:4)
  94. Shall I not drink the cup the Father gave Me? (John 18:11)
  95. If I have spoken rightly, why did you strike Me? (John 18:23)
  96. Do you say [what you say about Me] on your own or have others been telling you about Me? (John 18:34)
  97. Have you come to believe because you have seen Me? (John 20:29)
  98. Do you love Me? (John 21:16)
  99. What if I want John to remain until I come?  (John 21:22)
  100. What concern is it of yours? (John 21:22)


On feet of Faith & Peace
Isaiah 50:4/Isaiah 52/Jer 20:9-10,11-13/Joshua 1:9 
Resting In His Radical Faithfulness,
One Day At A Time By Radical Faith.
©2010,2011 WisdomTeachesme