I opened up my devotional, Praying the Names of God and saw that todays devo was on the Lamb of God, I nearly screamed as yesterday I was teaching my kids in kids church about the Lamb of God. See yesterday so many thoughts about the lamb came up. My first thought was about about how unfortunate it was to live in old testament era that every time you sin you had to offer up a lamb for your sins and it wasnt just any old lamb you had to pick the best lamb to offer to God. They were plagued with so many many many rules and regulations, yet today we have it so freely but we dont use it often. You see repentance came about from Jesus who was the ultimate sacrifice. He was the son of God who willingly chose to lay down his life. Yesterday, I asked the kids why would you think God would send his only son, I mean why couldnt they continue just sacrificing animals? Ever thought about that?
I was reminded of 1 Peter 1: 15 But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”[a
You see we serve a holy God, one that is pure sinless and blameless and he can not be surrounded or in the presence of sin, its just our father's nature. Even the priests could not go into the temple unsancitifed but God, our father, so desperately wanted us to be in his presence that he wanted to do away with the long rituals, and gave us an opportunity to just say, three simple words, Im sorry God, that we may be able to enter in communion with him. You see the Lord, your Father, he desires you so much that it was worth it for him to send his son, to be the ultimate lamb so that he can take awat your sins, lay down his life, take your punishment so that you, we can walk in relationship with God, without him having to turn his back because of our sinful nature.
This humbles me that a Father would love me so much, that even before I was born, he had already planned the days that I would be in his presence and instead of having to prolong it, he would send his son, whom hed have to turn his back on while he was on the cross, dying and undeserving death, so that you and I can enter into his presence, boldy and with grace.
Today, let us not forget what a privlege it is to be with our father. Im sure the old testamenters would love to say to us, dont be like us, sitting in the wilderness wandering away, looking at idols, running away from God, when all God wanted, was for us to love him back. All our father wants from you and I is to repent, and love him back daily.
Father I pray today that you would forgive us for the times we took spending time with you for granted. Would you give us a burning desire to be with you. May we thirst and long after you more and more. Father Im reminded of a song that say As the deer panteth for the waters oh my soul, father our desperate and weary souls longeth after thee. Father you are all we want and desire and we invite you in today to come in and be with us. In Jesus Name I pray Amen.
Be blessed.
The wonderful daily ways the Lord works in my life! From my heart to yours!
Monday, January 31, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
I am Papa, God- Let me Carry you!
I get to church and the topic was Dont Give Up!, Galations 5:6. During this time, I felt like the Lord was saying to me, I am Papa God, not you. You see it hit me like a ton of bricks, (EPIPHANY), I was doing my life in my own strength. I was not laying down my life and asking God to live through me. I was trying to take God and fit him in, give me your strength but not giving him the room to work and be God in me.
I was talking to a friend who gave me a vision that really blessed me. Imagine yourself standing up and this 24 ft wave is coming at you, You're thinking Im going to die. Its coming down upon you and you faint in the process, Jesus comes behind you and hold you up. So when the wave subsides you're still standing up because Jesus is holding you up from behind.
I just felt like the Lord was saying to me, Come rest with me, I want to carry you. I want to take you from glory to glory but I was like a little Child, saying Im a big girl I can handle it. Lord know really Im a big girl, I dont need your help. Reminds me of my daughter, shes in the I can do it myself stage. Often times, Im trying to speed up the process or show her the best way of doing it and she continues making a mess of things all because she wants to show me she can do it. Im like I know you think you can baby, but let me do it for you. I just sense the Lord is saying, its okay, I dont need you to prove that you can do it, this is why I am here to live and be strong in you, Let me do it. Give it to me.
Matthew 11:28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
God wants to give us rest. Lets not resist his love this day. Amen!!!
Father I pray for the weary ones that are reading this. May they come to know your rest. Lord that it is by laying down ones life and leaning on you. Father help us to trust in you always and lean not unto our own understanding but in all our ways may we acknowledge that you are God and you are in control. So this day we give you our minds our souls our spirit and give you free room to have your way in us. We love you Father. Amen
Lets turn to papa God, Lift our hands up and say Carry us Daddy!!! :)
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Daily Manna
"You keep us waiting.
You, the God of all time,
want us to wait,
for the right time in which to discover
who we are, where we must go,
who will be with us, and what we must do.
So thank you... for the waiting time."
For the past few weeks, I've been battling the Lord and his plans for my life. You see, I've been bent on how I think my life should be or where I think I should be during this time. The Lord quickly quiets my soul, only to show me the state of my heart. You see I began to think this walk was just about me only and forgot that he is molding me to be a reflection of him. With this said, I realized that there is a constant battle in my mind that usually manifests itself into the physical realm. The old me "measured my life up to the world's view and standard of where I should be at 26". I should have a Masters Degree, rising to the top of the Corporate world, married, living in a big house, possibly one or two kids, living happily ever after. The only problem with this is rarely does this happen and rarely does the Lord take us this route for it gives little room for dependancy on God, sharing his love with the world and allowing his glory to be seen among men.
The Lord has us right where he wants us. I've been reading Exodus with the story of the Israelites, and several times, it said that the Lord tested them, tested their hearts. You see he would give them daily manna and instructed them to go out at a particilar time and not to hold on to any of the bread once they're done. Some didnt listen and what end up happening is, the bread would spoil and be filled with maggots. He explained that on the 7th day, he wanted them to rest and they needed to obtain more bread on the 6th day to cover them for the 7th day. Interesting enough, if magots wasnt enough to show them that the Lord is serious, they still went out on the 7th day for more. (Greed) Quickly I realized that this was a representation of our lives in the world. We want more, we desire more and we rarely want to seek God for daily manna. The sad part is, I realized that I was depending on yesterdays mannato get me through today, only to be filled with magots (Regret Frustration Anger Exhuastion, etc.). We need to daily put God first in our lives, asking him to be our daily portions. (Read Exodus 16)
(Romans 12: 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will)
I began to start my day with a prayer that simply says, Lord I choose you first this day, I present myself to you mind body and spirit and I raise these empty hands father and ask that you will fill it with your daily manna, be my daily portion this day and God I thank you for your faithfulness in covering me and my family yesterday and give thanks for a new opportunity to share your love and experience you in a new way. Lead me in the paths that you've ordained, for your servant is willingly listening and ready to serve you.
You must imagine that once I started this prayer my day was filled with delight. Wrong! Many days, I've experienced a lot of upsets after this. You see the Lord was pruning me, cutting off the filth and getting rid of the wrong attitudes, mindsets, and motives, so that he can use me. Even though I was experiencing pruning, there were many days, the Lord surprised me tremendously and things that I was working so hard to get, the Lord gave them to me with ease.
So today, I beckon you, to ask the Lord to show you the state of your heart, seek the Lord as your daily portion as he is ready to take you on a journey to the promise land, that you would learn to hear and recognize his voice, he wants to be your Great Shepherd, leading you near the streams of living water and when he leads you into the valley, he wants you to stand in faith,declaring yea though I walk through the valley of shadow of the death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me.
I pray a special blessing on the reader this day, that You God will show them that you have their best in mind, if they would learn to trust you, hear your voice and follow your leading. Bless them Lord that they may come to know your love in new ways. In Jesus name I pray Amen.
Be blessed. Read Exodus 16- Gives the story of Daily Manna.
You, the God of all time,
want us to wait,
for the right time in which to discover
who we are, where we must go,
who will be with us, and what we must do.
So thank you... for the waiting time."
For the past few weeks, I've been battling the Lord and his plans for my life. You see, I've been bent on how I think my life should be or where I think I should be during this time. The Lord quickly quiets my soul, only to show me the state of my heart. You see I began to think this walk was just about me only and forgot that he is molding me to be a reflection of him. With this said, I realized that there is a constant battle in my mind that usually manifests itself into the physical realm. The old me "measured my life up to the world's view and standard of where I should be at 26". I should have a Masters Degree, rising to the top of the Corporate world, married, living in a big house, possibly one or two kids, living happily ever after. The only problem with this is rarely does this happen and rarely does the Lord take us this route for it gives little room for dependancy on God, sharing his love with the world and allowing his glory to be seen among men.
The Lord has us right where he wants us. I've been reading Exodus with the story of the Israelites, and several times, it said that the Lord tested them, tested their hearts. You see he would give them daily manna and instructed them to go out at a particilar time and not to hold on to any of the bread once they're done. Some didnt listen and what end up happening is, the bread would spoil and be filled with maggots. He explained that on the 7th day, he wanted them to rest and they needed to obtain more bread on the 6th day to cover them for the 7th day. Interesting enough, if magots wasnt enough to show them that the Lord is serious, they still went out on the 7th day for more. (Greed) Quickly I realized that this was a representation of our lives in the world. We want more, we desire more and we rarely want to seek God for daily manna. The sad part is, I realized that I was depending on yesterdays mannato get me through today, only to be filled with magots (Regret Frustration Anger Exhuastion, etc.). We need to daily put God first in our lives, asking him to be our daily portions. (Read Exodus 16)
(Romans 12: 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will)
I began to start my day with a prayer that simply says, Lord I choose you first this day, I present myself to you mind body and spirit and I raise these empty hands father and ask that you will fill it with your daily manna, be my daily portion this day and God I thank you for your faithfulness in covering me and my family yesterday and give thanks for a new opportunity to share your love and experience you in a new way. Lead me in the paths that you've ordained, for your servant is willingly listening and ready to serve you.
You must imagine that once I started this prayer my day was filled with delight. Wrong! Many days, I've experienced a lot of upsets after this. You see the Lord was pruning me, cutting off the filth and getting rid of the wrong attitudes, mindsets, and motives, so that he can use me. Even though I was experiencing pruning, there were many days, the Lord surprised me tremendously and things that I was working so hard to get, the Lord gave them to me with ease.
So today, I beckon you, to ask the Lord to show you the state of your heart, seek the Lord as your daily portion as he is ready to take you on a journey to the promise land, that you would learn to hear and recognize his voice, he wants to be your Great Shepherd, leading you near the streams of living water and when he leads you into the valley, he wants you to stand in faith,declaring yea though I walk through the valley of shadow of the death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me.
I pray a special blessing on the reader this day, that You God will show them that you have their best in mind, if they would learn to trust you, hear your voice and follow your leading. Bless them Lord that they may come to know your love in new ways. In Jesus name I pray Amen.
Be blessed. Read Exodus 16- Gives the story of Daily Manna.
Monday, January 10, 2011
You alone are my Hope
Nothing in this world matters but GOD. I love to sit and hear from God and hear what it is that he has to say. My life is really busy and I can run from here and there and then I get to a place of emptyness and dryness and really its because I've been running on my own strength, tapped out from the source. You see I have many stories to tell of how life tripped me up ,knocked me down, but I've finally come to the point where Im rest assured fully that Jesus is our only hope.
When the world wants to shove you down, tell you lies, he says rest in me, rest in my wisdom, rest in my plan. Often times, we realize his grace is sufficient but we are not willing to sit in his presence and wait on God. How many of you can really say that you've sat and just said nothing, didnt tell God what was wrong, or ask him for anything, you just sat at his feet and said, Papa, I want to be with you. I tell you what, sitting in his presence alone, refreshes me, restores me, I've gotten to the place, where nothing else matters, I just want to be with our DAD.
You see its in his presence, there is fullness of joy, there is peace, there is contentment that you cannot get from a career, a spouse, church, friends, or whatever idols we try to conjure up.
Jeremiah 2:13
“My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
You see the cisterns we're running to are broken, people are broken, careers will fail you, church may even fail you but our GOD never fails, He says come to me ye who are thirsty and I will make you drink and you will never thirst again. Im reminded of the women at the well, she was thirsty for something that she couldnt even begin to explain and so she obviously started running to men (broken cistern) and that didnt work but when she met with the Savior he gave her living water. Lets revisit this story.
John 4:9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.[a])
10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”
11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?”
13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”
Today, lets ask the father to give us a thirst, desire and yearning for more of him. Sit in his presence and ask him for his living water so that you wont get thirsty and have to keep running to broken cisterns, that you would run to your father that loves you dearly. Come ye who are thirsty, and I will give you my living water that never runs dry.
Be blessed!
When the world wants to shove you down, tell you lies, he says rest in me, rest in my wisdom, rest in my plan. Often times, we realize his grace is sufficient but we are not willing to sit in his presence and wait on God. How many of you can really say that you've sat and just said nothing, didnt tell God what was wrong, or ask him for anything, you just sat at his feet and said, Papa, I want to be with you. I tell you what, sitting in his presence alone, refreshes me, restores me, I've gotten to the place, where nothing else matters, I just want to be with our DAD.
You see its in his presence, there is fullness of joy, there is peace, there is contentment that you cannot get from a career, a spouse, church, friends, or whatever idols we try to conjure up.
Jeremiah 2:13
“My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
You see the cisterns we're running to are broken, people are broken, careers will fail you, church may even fail you but our GOD never fails, He says come to me ye who are thirsty and I will make you drink and you will never thirst again. Im reminded of the women at the well, she was thirsty for something that she couldnt even begin to explain and so she obviously started running to men (broken cistern) and that didnt work but when she met with the Savior he gave her living water. Lets revisit this story.
John 4:9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.[a])
10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”
11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?”
13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”
Today, lets ask the father to give us a thirst, desire and yearning for more of him. Sit in his presence and ask him for his living water so that you wont get thirsty and have to keep running to broken cisterns, that you would run to your father that loves you dearly. Come ye who are thirsty, and I will give you my living water that never runs dry.
Be blessed!
Saturday, January 8, 2011
More than Just a Friend!: Who's singing, You or God?
More than Just a Friend!: Who's singing, You or God?: "Help me to stay in tune with You and not stridently sing my own song over on top of You! I heard these words and my heart cringed as I..."
Friday, January 7, 2011
Who's singing, You or God?
Help me to stay in tune with You and not stridently sing my own song over on top of You!
I heard these words and my heart cringed as I thought about all the times, God was singing over me and I was singing my own song so loudly I couldnt hear the sweet melodious voice of my Savior. Often times, I can get so busy doing and going, that it takes a lot to get me to stop and listen and hear what God is saying. I hear him loud and clear saying STOP BE STILL and Know that I am God, Not you Latara or anyone else, I am God, Let me be your God! I dont need any help being God. You dont have to work endlessly or tiringly, for 2 Corinthians 12:9 states
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
Gods power is greater than what we can possibly do, his love is the melody and His power can work through us !As he sings over us, may we stay in tune with his glorious song and may we bow our hearts to surrender to the ALL Knowing God. Lets stop singing our own tunes trying to help God write the song only he knows, for he is the ultimate Writer.
Stop Fighting God, Let go of the busyness, Just stop and listen in to his wondrous melody of love singing over you today!
Father forgive us when we are singing so loud that we can not hear your glorious song singing over us! Amen!
I heard these words and my heart cringed as I thought about all the times, God was singing over me and I was singing my own song so loudly I couldnt hear the sweet melodious voice of my Savior. Often times, I can get so busy doing and going, that it takes a lot to get me to stop and listen and hear what God is saying. I hear him loud and clear saying STOP BE STILL and Know that I am God, Not you Latara or anyone else, I am God, Let me be your God! I dont need any help being God. You dont have to work endlessly or tiringly, for 2 Corinthians 12:9 states
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
Gods power is greater than what we can possibly do, his love is the melody and His power can work through us !As he sings over us, may we stay in tune with his glorious song and may we bow our hearts to surrender to the ALL Knowing God. Lets stop singing our own tunes trying to help God write the song only he knows, for he is the ultimate Writer.
Stop Fighting God, Let go of the busyness, Just stop and listen in to his wondrous melody of love singing over you today!
Father forgive us when we are singing so loud that we can not hear your glorious song singing over us! Amen!
Is this my spirit/flesh?
Romans 8:5 -6
Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.
The true test of whether we are living by the spirit or the flesh is determined by the fruit of our lives. When our minds are governed by the spirit our lives result in life and peace. Can you say today that your life has complete peace? Something to think about! Am I being governed by death, being depressed, anxious, confused, frustrated, etc. or Am I fully resting in Gods will for my life?
Romans 12:2 says
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
How do I know if Im in the will of God? I hear that question often. Well when your mind is being constantly renewed by the word of God, your life comes into alignment with God for your thoughts will then be governed by the word of God. Additionally, when you surrender your life daily to God, you will be aligning your life with the will of God for your life and as your mind is governed (controlled) by the Spirit of God, it ends in life and peace. Then you will be able to Test/ Approve of what the will of God is for your life. You only come to understand and know this by having the mind of christ. I conclude with this chapter, for the deeper things in God can only be fully known by being in union with the Spirit of God. Be blessed with this chapter and let us grow up together in him and choose to live according to the spirit by daily renewing our minds by the word of God and submitting to his will for our lives:
I Cor 2:
God’s Wisdom Revealed by the Spirit
6 We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7 No, we declare God’s wisdom, a mystery that has been hidden and that God destined for our glory before time began. 8 None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 However, as it is written:
“What no eye has seen,
what no ear has heard,
and what no human mind has conceived”[b]—
the things God has prepared for those who love him—
10 these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit.
The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 11 For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12 What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. 13 This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words.[c] 14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit. 15 The person with the Spirit makes judgments about all things, but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments, 16 for,
“Who has known the mind of the Lord
so as to instruct him?”[d]
But we have the mind of Christ.
With Eternity in Mind
Week after week, God has been showing me the difference between living in the temporal and living with eternity in mind. You see when you live in the temporal, you do things that are based on what is seen at the present moment, things that seems good for the moment, but when we live in eternity our perspective is not based on what is present or seen. You see our perspective changes. Today I may have ten dollars but if I continue to sow, I'll reap a harvest eventually. Today I may have no peace but if I continue to apply trust in God eventually I will have peace. You see your perspective changes based on the nature of your mind.
This is why the mind is so important and we are instructed to take every thought captive. For every thought that is not in alignment with God will direct our actions down the wrong path. 2 Corinthians 10:5
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
When we take thoughts captive, it says to make it obedient to Christ. I love this. The purpose is to ensure our obedience to the principles/laws of Christ that benefits us eternally.
What we are hoping and waiting on may not be in the present but may be in the future. Moreover, when we sow seeds of righteousness today, it is for our eternal benefit. We must remember that the earth is only a passing ground, what we do here today, affects how we live in eternity. I want to live in the land of milk and honey, how about you? You see since hell/heaven is not in our present perirepherals we tend to make decisions without them in mind. So today stop and ask yourself, is what Im doing today investing in eternity or just the temporal and adjust your life to make decisions in lieu of eternity where we'll be with our heavenly father. Amen!
This is why the mind is so important and we are instructed to take every thought captive. For every thought that is not in alignment with God will direct our actions down the wrong path. 2 Corinthians 10:5
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
When we take thoughts captive, it says to make it obedient to Christ. I love this. The purpose is to ensure our obedience to the principles/laws of Christ that benefits us eternally.
We look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are unseen. The things which are seen are temporal and the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:18 (NIV)Today lets focus our minds and our thoughts on the things unseen. Remember also Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.” (Hebrews 11:1 NLT) .
What we are hoping and waiting on may not be in the present but may be in the future. Moreover, when we sow seeds of righteousness today, it is for our eternal benefit. We must remember that the earth is only a passing ground, what we do here today, affects how we live in eternity. I want to live in the land of milk and honey, how about you? You see since hell/heaven is not in our present perirepherals we tend to make decisions without them in mind. So today stop and ask yourself, is what Im doing today investing in eternity or just the temporal and adjust your life to make decisions in lieu of eternity where we'll be with our heavenly father. Amen!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
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New Year, New Beginnings!
First I want to thank all of you that faithfully read my blogs.
Over the past few weeks as I travelled back home to a place of familiarity the Lord showed me so many things,but most of all I ended the year recognizing that God is in control and I can rest assured that as I lay down all of my life to him, he will lead me by the streams of living water and Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I have no reason to fear evil, for thou art with me.
One of the greatest lessons I can think of before going into the new year is the story of Sarah. You see God had promised Sarah a child and years passed and still there was no child. She didnt want to wait on God and took matter into her own hands and even ask her husband (which seems insane) to be with Hanna. (How many of us last year took matters into our own hands?) As a result, Hanna bore a son, Sarah despised both Hanna and the child. What seemed like a temporal solution brought pain and disgrace only to learn that God eventually blessed her with a child. She only had to believed and just wait patiently on God. (Im also reminded David was annointed at the age of 12 to be King but became King at the age of 33, which tells me God really loves preparation and he allows us to go through the process in order to be able to operate fully in him in our appointed destinations)
As we go into this new year, let us becareful to not create our own plans. Recognizing that Gods plans are always eternal and our human thinking will only lead to disgrace and pain. My prayer for all of us this year is that we will surrender every area of our lives, career, finances, parenting, friendships, schedules, what we wear, what we cook, etc. I mean giving it all to the master. You see when we let go of our plans and stop looking back, only then can we turn around look ahead and see what God has for us. Dont miss out on God in this season of your life because you were too impatient.
May we grow in the fruit of patience and self control this year and May the God of peace that surpassess all understanding grant us favor daily.
Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and lean not unto your own understanding, in ALL your ways acknowled him and he will direct your path. Proverbs 3:5
I love you guys...God has great things in store for us spiritually this year! Lets embrace him and all his wonderous plans Jer 29:11
Over the past few weeks as I travelled back home to a place of familiarity the Lord showed me so many things,but most of all I ended the year recognizing that God is in control and I can rest assured that as I lay down all of my life to him, he will lead me by the streams of living water and Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I have no reason to fear evil, for thou art with me.
One of the greatest lessons I can think of before going into the new year is the story of Sarah. You see God had promised Sarah a child and years passed and still there was no child. She didnt want to wait on God and took matter into her own hands and even ask her husband (which seems insane) to be with Hanna. (How many of us last year took matters into our own hands?) As a result, Hanna bore a son, Sarah despised both Hanna and the child. What seemed like a temporal solution brought pain and disgrace only to learn that God eventually blessed her with a child. She only had to believed and just wait patiently on God. (Im also reminded David was annointed at the age of 12 to be King but became King at the age of 33, which tells me God really loves preparation and he allows us to go through the process in order to be able to operate fully in him in our appointed destinations)
As we go into this new year, let us becareful to not create our own plans. Recognizing that Gods plans are always eternal and our human thinking will only lead to disgrace and pain. My prayer for all of us this year is that we will surrender every area of our lives, career, finances, parenting, friendships, schedules, what we wear, what we cook, etc. I mean giving it all to the master. You see when we let go of our plans and stop looking back, only then can we turn around look ahead and see what God has for us. Dont miss out on God in this season of your life because you were too impatient.
May we grow in the fruit of patience and self control this year and May the God of peace that surpassess all understanding grant us favor daily.
Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and lean not unto your own understanding, in ALL your ways acknowled him and he will direct your path. Proverbs 3:5
I love you guys...God has great things in store for us spiritually this year! Lets embrace him and all his wonderous plans Jer 29:11
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