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FEAR, REASONING AND DISCOURAGEMENT MAY GIVE YOU A MILLION REASONS 'NOT TO' - BUT FAITH GIVES YOU ONE REASON GREATER THAN ALL MILLION PUT TOGETHER. FAITH SAYS TO 'CONTINUE ON'! ░▒▓█░▒▓█░▒▓█░▒▓█░▒▓█░▒▓█░▒▓█░▒▓█░▒▓█░▒▓█░▒▓█░▒▓█░▒▓█░▒▓█░▒▓█░▒▓█░▒▓█░▒▓█░▒▓█░▒▓█░ Ƹ̴Ӂ̴Ʒ.•°*”˜˜”*°•. A few years ago, I had a small incident at work and broke my finger. There was some damage to the tissue, nerves and so on, which caused the appearance to be nasty and as if some of it might be dying. As odd as it sounds, one of the symptoms the doctor looked for and found to be of hope for healing was, although there was some numbness, I could feel pain in it when touched. His way of describing what was taking place with the nerves was that they were angry from the trauma but were still alive and wanting to heal up. As time passed, the pain lessened, as well as the numbness to other sensations.
The point is, life happens...and along its course there are unexpected events - some good that bless our socks off, and unfortunately some that cause great pain. Even though we'd all prefer only the good, the bad happens too and sometimes it's within the bad events that we learn how to appreciate the blessings all the more. Did you know that once a broken bone has healed, the scarring within it acts as a reinforcement and it becomes stronger than it was to begin with?? Interesting eh? So then, don't forget to count your blessings daily and celebrate the good in life from the core of your heart of hearts. AND, allow the bad events to impart the wisdom that each experience has hidden within and allow it to strengthen you. A sign of life isn't only found in the laughter, sometimes it's within the pain. So remember, as long as there's life,√v^√v^√♥ there's hope!!!! •♥•There is safety in perfect (mature) love.•(♥).•*´¨`*•♥• It is not easily offended, it does not judge, it is not with condition, it prefers and chooses to see the best in others, it builds up with intent to strengthen the brother/sister - even in the midst of falling short. God is love, and where the spirit of the Lord is; there is liberty to be transparent in who we are, because there is no fear in perfect love.
•♥•We are the beloved and accepted by Him, as is - period. Likewise, let's issue the same love and grace to one another, w/out reservation. •♥• It's His prayer for us. •♥• Even amidst the turmoil and chaos there's a heavenly awe filling the spiritual atmosphere. Can you feel it?
Avert your attention from the distractions that wish nothing more than to rob the people and this nation from the victory and blessings that have just been released unto us. This is a time for intentional praise because of, and "into", our breakthrough at hand. Be careful and intentional not to fuel the fire that is trying to be ignited by the adversary of our blessings. The fire is fueled by giving the nonsense distractions undue attention. I hear the Lord speaking to my heart, "This is the time for creativity to flow over and above the temptation to look upon negativity." There's a new flow of creativity being released. Not only to Believers but to all people. There has been a release of creativity into the atmosphere because there has been a 'freeing up' that has taken place within the atmosphere of the heavenly realm in earth. Unseen chains of bondage have been broken. I'd like to say that I completely understand all of what that means but honestly, more than anything else, I'm merely conveying what I hear and sense God speaking into my spirit. We must keep in perspective that this chaotic uprising is temporary and not allow it to pierce our soul causing fear, or to wrongfully lash out in response. The Lord has given me the impression of people or children who have been in a restrictive or even confined environment for a lengthy amount of time. When they are permitted unrestricted freedom to move about or make choices at their liberty, oftentimes in the initial start up they seem to run rampant and as if having no self control at all. For most, after a wild stretch at trying out their unhindered boundaries, for the most part, they will settle into a balanced moderation. We will see this occurring. Do not allow discouragement to well up within you for the greatest measure of this behavior is temporary. I sense a new flow of creativity for creating businesses and restructuring existing businesses. A new wave of creativity in the way we show love toward our fellow mankind, the way we speak out to diminish fear in our nation, the way we perceive to be doing acts of kindness in expressing love and support to those who are in need. I sense a different type of creative flow entering into and therefore coming from the entertainment industry. These talented ones will sincerely feel the heartbeat of this nation as never before while writing, producing, and delivering a much more appreciated, sought after, and respected style of performance and type of industry. We have stepped into an amazing time of shifting into one of the greatest seasons of our nation and, of our kingdom purposes. Will it be perfect? No. Will it always be easy? Absolutely not. What will it be? It will be a process, it will be full of God's hand, His grace, His love, His promises being fulfilled step by step, and more and more accounts of His manifested Presence (glory), not only in our churches but also in our streets and places of business. Folks, the Holy Spirit has entered the building! This has been resonating within me for the past several days;
There's a time to be heard and there's a time to simply hear. We cannot hear thoroughly above constant chatter. Quieting our words and our thoughts gives us access to hear rightly. Every thought does not need to be spoken, nor does every opinion need to be made known. Some thoughts are best kept private and some opinions should be recognized by the holder of them as nothing more than personal perspective, given to change as knowledge grows. We do not need to know everything our neighbor is doing nor do we need to be repeating every piece of info that falls into our ear about one another. Our words are powerful and yet we should not have the need to always be speaking more loudly than one another. We need not always to be heard by everyone else. Not every piece of information we become privy to is productive for the purpose of anything good. In fact, much of the info we may have access to is indeed counterproductive for anything even close to a good purpose. Therefore, we should learn to be discerning of what conversations we should take part in and what info we need to be absorbing, as well as what we have no business partaking in. Being our brother's keeper isn't about being all up in one another's business, rather, it's about loving rightly, protecting and helping each other up when we fall, and helping to meet one another's need with a sincere brotherly love. It's not rude to "pass" on a counterproductive conversation (such as gossip), on the contrary - it's wise! We may not have a choice of what is initiated within our realm of hearing and seeing but we most certainly do have a choice in what we allow ourselves to continue hearing, seeing and talking about. Let's choose to display wisdom in our choice of conversations, if not already, beginning today. Blessings! :) The Golden Rule isn't merely a nice idea, it's origin is scriptural. (Matthew 7:12)
It's direction from the Lord as to what our foundation should be in our interaction with one another. God is love. Therefore as Believers in Him we ought to love ourselves because we are the dwelling place for His spirit, and if His love be within us we should also love others with the same love as we love ourselves. I don't claim to have this anywhere close to being perfected in my own lifebut it is the desire of my heart. ❤ ....For God so loved the world..., there is no greater gift than love. Continuously in our responses, decisions, etc., we should be asking ourselves two questions; what does Love (God) look like? What would Love do? :) There will be times when it seems that the people in your path are making no sense with their actions, words, possibly the reasons for their anger or hurt, or even quite possibly for their perception of who you are and their rejection and betrayal of you. In those times it's important to remember to take an account of our own personal words and actions and if the account gives reason to apologize and change some areas within, then by all means, we need to do what's right. This is pleasing to God because it is all within the realm of loving one another.
Also remember, there are times when things are out of your own hands. Jesus was falsely accused, rejected and betrayed. It happens to the best of the best. In those times, it's necessary for everyone just to move forward, and not look back into what should be kept in the past, Shake the sand off of your shoes and move forward...,seek out what is good and peaceful. Love. Forgive. Keep on the forward journey and never lay down your calling for the sake of people pleasing. They were not called into your walk and destiny - you were. We each are. If you become determined to look for the good in other people and situations, that is exactly what you will eventually discover becoming a natural habit in your life and you will automatically see the good before and above all else. I'm not saying not to live in reality and denial of bad things happening, but I am saying it's beneficial to make a point to see life from a higher perspective and vantage point. The best way to "get over it"....simply, don't give it another thought!!!! :)
2 Corinthians 10:5 - We are destroying sophisticated arguments and every exalted and proud thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God, and WE ARE TAKING EVERY THOUGHT AND PURPOSE CAPTIVE TO THE OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST. Christ is in us so when the false accusations and slander arise, remember to take every thought captive and to NOT allow yourself to buy into the lies. Our enemy of our soul is the father of lies and he wants nothing more than to shut us down in a confident walk with the Lord, to rob us of our spiritual inheritance here on earth and to stop us from fulfilling our calling. The most common way to do that is to cause us to believe a lie of who we are in Him, and Who He is in us. What if we truly did stumble in our walk and made some mistakes does that then make what the enemy says about us true? Not at all. You see, God created such a thing called grace and forgiveness for exactly the purpose of us to use when we mess up. And we will mess up. All of us. None are exempt and if you are one that believes you will not mess up, well I'm sorry to inform you but you will. But we go to the Father and repent and He sets us on our way again just as if it never happened. That's His love for us. That's also the same kind of love and grace He wants us to display to one another. Did your friend mess up? Don't keep reminding them of what they did wrong, instead encourage them that they have a new beginning in Christ continuously and they are not viewed as the momentary wrong that happened but rather they are a new creation in Jesus, Every day is a new beginning in Him. Is that not the same type of love each and every one of us would want given to us? Do we not want grace issued to us? Then we must also give it freely to others. Give from the heart as we would want given to us personally. Let's just simply love one another. There are times in our busy and hectic lives that we might forget to be sensitive to the pain another person may be enduring. Their pain may not be an area of sensitivity to us personally or seem as a big deal to us at all, but then again, the area of sensitivity in our lives may not be an issue for someone else.
Whether or not we can personally relate to the source of where the pain stems from or a similar personal experience within our own life, the one common factor we can all relate to is at some point within our lives we've all experienced emotional pain of some sort. From THAT place within our heart, be compassionate to those around us as they endure the struggles and trials in their life which causes personal grief for them. Let's do what we can do to lift them up, whether it be a helping hand, prayers, a gentle word of encouragement or possibly just to be friendly company. Remember, a pained heart is still a pained heart no matter what the issue at hand is. "Stoop down and reach out to those who are oppressed. Share their burdens and so complete Christ's law." Galatians 6:2 "For everything we know about God's word is summed up in a single sentence: Love other's as you love yourself. That's an act of true freedom." Galatians 5:14 |
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