There has been a battle raging for the souls of this area, more intense than before. I have been in travail for at least a week or more. I just keep hearing more news or experiencing more drama… and it’s wigging out my spirit! I have been praying and crying so much the last week or so.
It’s a sign of the times, though. As we approach the end of the age, the pull for souls is becoming more real and prevalent than ever before.
Stop stepping on pears and dig the tree up by the root.
Stop spraying deodorizer on your issues.
(Joyce Meyer)
I’m gonna share with you what devils look like with skin wrapped over them.
(Pas Rod Parsley)
My husband and I are now officially enrolled in NYDSOM (New York District School Of Ministry). We have a test every 3 weeks on whatever material we have studied! First test is in a month and a half, though, so I have time to memorize the study guide before we go to class. First class: Prison Epistles. I finished the study guide, but now I have to start the real studying part. Pray for us <3 It’s been a long time since we were in an actual school program… like eleven years!
I just updated my facbook:
Waiting on God while watching the snow fall all around. The truck is covered again after the rains washed all the grime and ice away the other day.
Then it hit me.
God tells us to go into the world and preach the gospel, to make disciples, and not stay stagnant. He says we must grown enough that we are no longer on milk but eating the meat of the Word. We are to learn and continually grown in faith. We are to continue to pray and worship God and go to new levels in Him on a regular basis. He also says we should not stay in our same sins, but put off the old putting on the new and becoming changed forever…never to go back to that same thing *or worse* that we were delivered from when we knew Christ for our personal savior.
Our truck has been sitting in the same spot since the rains. Even though it may have actually gone around the corner once or twice, it ended up back in the very same spot. Before the rain, it was covered in grime, dirt, dust, and salt…so much that was bogging it down and making it look completely unlike itself. When we give our lives to Jesus Christ, we look pretty much the same. Then the flood of God’s spirit washes us whiter than snow, takes away all the dirt of the world and makes us into a new creature in Christ.
If we are not committed to the change that Christ has begun in our lives, we will end up being covered in the same things we were once dealing with, or worse. We have to continue to move and grow. We have to continue to follow the mandate to go into the world and speak the Word of God. We have to continue to pray, to seek God’s face, to learn of Him.
He said that as long as we take His yoke upon us and leave our own behind, that His burden is light and His yoke easy. Why continue to be bogged down? Sure you can go here, or go there and possibly make a difference, but when you continue to return back to the same old place you have always been, you will be covered up in the dust of stagnancy. You sit still long enough, you may just disappear!
Make a decision today to change. Make a decision to shake off the dust and grime that has been covering you in the place that seems comfortable. Serving the Lord is not always comfortable. Serving the Lord is not always easy… but best believe the rewards are totally worth it.
My son was filled with the Holy Spirit on Sunday! Joyful day. Now he is really excited to get himself water baptized.
God is doing His best to let me know that I should no longer doubt my abilities. He is telling me that ANYTHING I put my hand to will be blessed because I am His and I am blessed. I was reading Deuteronomy 28 about being blessed going in, coming out, doing this, doing that…pretty much covering everything a person could ever do. I was struck by the fact that I know in my heart that I am extremely talented, but when I go and try to talk about that, or apply for a job, I totally doubt that I can do what I am seeking to do.
I got that verse while on retreat this passed weekend, and today Joyce Meyer was preaching it!
Psalm 100:4 let the redeemed of the Lord say so!
Okay so God didn’t give us the spirit of fear, but of power, right? AND He said do not be anxious, right?
So I have to admit and confess that I am feeling a little anxious about the prospect of this year. I know that soon I am going to be stretched beyond measure with having to go back to school. BIBLE school! Not the little lovely free classes that I have been taking from 2008 that I could have been paying to get certifications in…but chose not to simply for the fact that there is no pressure and no out of pocket expense.
What’s coming is different. I HAVE to pass the classes. I HAVE to stay on point and continue the education on a regular schedule. It is a gift being given to me and I have to honor it to the most excellent point of beyond my own ability and shifting into God’s miraculous power to make my brain retain and recall information! AUGH!!!!
Between that and having to actively begin to really PREACH is going to be like… wowowowowowow for me. Once in a while or during a concert is one thing, but going through the process and delivery more than I used to ….. I just have to keep on relying on Jesus for the strength, power, and boldness to do this outside of my normal range of comfort!
“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first.”
Native Calendar shows our women as gawdy and disrespectful.
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