Thought For The Day

WE ALL NEED TO HEED THE WARNING IN THE WORD OF GOD. WE NEED TO PREPARE OUR HEARTS FIRST.  WE DO THAT THROUGH PRAYER AND READING GOD'S WORD. WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THE WORD HAS TO SAY ABOUT OUR TIMES THAT WE LIVE IN. I WROTE A SONG YEARS AGO, "PREPARE MY HEART OH GOD. PREPARE MY HEART OH GOD, FOR WHATS AHEAD OF ME, PREPARE MY HEART OH GOD, TO KNOW THE PLAN YOU SEE. PREPARE MY HEART OH GOD, TO WALK IN VICTORY.  (THERE'S MORE)  BUT YOU GET THE IDEA. I KNOW THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT GAVE ME THAT SONG, AS MUCH TRIALS WERE AHEAD OF ME WITH YET ANOTHER MOVE ACROSS COUNTY. EPHESIANS 2:10 FOR WE ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP, CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS FOR GOOD WORKS, WHICH GOD PREPARED BEFOREHAND THAT WE SHOULD WALK IN THEM. WE WOMEN ARE HOME BODIES. WE LIKE TO PREPARE OUR HOME AND MAKE IT COMFORTABLE AND INVITING. I LEARNED FROM OVER 30 MOVES THAT GOD WANTS US TO REALIZE THIS WORLD IS NOT OUR HOME. YOU LEARN TO LET GO AND MOVE ON WHERE EVER THE LORD HAS PLANNED FOR YOU TO BE MORE FRUITFUL. WE DO LEA

  OUR PAST IS GONE, WE DO NOT EVEN NEED TO THINK ABOUT IT ANYMORE.   IF YOU ARE A BELIEVER AND FOLLOWER OF JESUS CHRIST,  HE HAS WASHED AWAY ALL SIN CONNECTED TO OUR PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE, WITH JESUS BLOOD, THERE IS GRACE, AND MERCY AND FORGIVENESS. WE CAN LEARN  FROM THE PITFALLS WE FELL INTO, BUT DO NOT ALLOW THE ENEMY TO PLAY THE MOVIE OF YOUR PAST.  IT IS GONE IN THE SEA OF FORGETFULNESS. MICAH 7:19 HE WILL AGAIN HAVE COMPASSION ON US, AND WILL SUBDUE OUR INIQUITIES, YOU HAVE CAST ALL OUR SINS INTO THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA. AND GOD PUT UP A NO FISHING SIGN!! PHILIPPIANS 3:13-14 BRETHREN, I DO NOT COUNT MYSELF TO HAVE APPREHENDED; BUT FORGETTING THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE BEHIND AND REACHING FORWARD TO THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE AHEAD. I PRESS TOWARD THE GOAL FOR THE PRIZE OF THE UPWARD CALL OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS. PAUL HAD PLENTY OF PAST TO BE SORRY FOR, YET HE COULD LET GO AND MOVE ON WITH JESUS, AS WE ALSO SHOULD BE DOING. TOO MANY BELIEVERS ARE ALLOWING THEIR MIND TO DRIFT AWAY FROM THE

 LIKE MANY WORDS IN OUR VOCABULARY, RECALL CAN BE NEGATIVE WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD AND OUR SAFETY,OR IT CAN BECOME  POSITIVE. BUT IN THIS CASE, RECALL IS A WONDERFUL WORD WITH THE PERFECT  DEFINITION. IT IS FOR GOD'S CHILDREN TO RECALL ALL OF GOD'S GOODNESS. BRINGING TO OUR REMEMBRANCE HOW GOOD OUR GOD IS AND HOW FAITHFUL JESUS IS TO THOSE HE CALLS HIS OWN. LAMENTATIONS 3:23-25 THROUGH THE LORD'S MERCIES WE ARE NOT CONSUMED, BECAUSE HIS COMPASSION'S FAIL NOT. THEY ARE NEW EVERY MORNING, GREAT IS YOUR FAITHFULNESS. THE LORD IS MY PORTION, SAYS MY SOUL, THEREFORE I HOPE IN HIM. THE LORD IS GOOD TO THOSE WHO WAIT FOR HIM.  TO THE SOUL WHO SEEKS HIM. BELOVED, WHEN YOU START TO LOSE HOPE, RECALL ALL THE GOODNESS OF GOD, AND START TO BELIEVE AND CONFESS HIS GOODNESS. RECALL ALL THE TIMES THAT THE LORD, WAS THERE FOR YOU AND BROUGHT YOU THROUGH YOUR TRIALS.  RECALL THE TIMES YOU WERE SICK AND YOU PRAYED AND GOD HEALED YOU. RECALL WHEN YOU WERE LONELY AND GOD SENT SOMEONE INTO YO

  SOME CHRISTIANS WALK AROUND WITH A ANGRY CONTINENCE OR SAD FACE.   THEY DON'T REALIZE THAT THEIR CONTINENCE REVEALS THEIR EMOTIONS. I FIND THAT THOSE WHO SHOW ANGER ON THEIR FACE, ARE WALKING IN THE FLESH, THEY HAVE NO JOY. BE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE JOY OF THE LORD.  WHY WOULD WE NOT REFLECT THAT JOY THAT JESUS HAS PLACED IN OUR HEART? WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS, WE SHOULD LOVE RIGHTEOUSNESS.  LIVING SEPARATED TO GOD. SANCTIFIED. PSALM 45: 7 YOU LOVE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HATE WICKEDNESS;  THEREFORE GOD, YOUR GOD, HAS ANOINTED YOU WILL THE OIL OF GLADNESS MORE THAN YOUR COMPANIONS. BELOVED, WE ARE SO BLESSED BY GOD, WE SHOULD REFLECT THAT ON OUR CONTINENCE. WE USE TO HEAR A PHRASE THAT WENT LIKE THIS. IF YOU ARE HAPPY IN JESUS, THEN NOTIFY YOUR FACE. THAT PHRASE WILL WAKE US UP FOR SURE. DO WE REFLECT THE FATHER'S LOVE? OR DO WE HAVE ONE FOOT IN THE WORLD AND ONE IN GOD? ISAIAH 35:10 (A SONG WE USE TO SING IN CHURCH) AND THE RANSOMED OF THE LORD SHALL RETURN, AND

WHEN WE REACH BEYOND OURSELVES INTO THE PLAN OF GOD, WE WILL BEAR MUCH FRUIT.  BY DYING TO SELF WE WILL ACCOMPLISH MUCH FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. GETTING SELF OUT OF THE WAY AND OBEYING THE LEADING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.  NOT BEING LEAD BY OUR EMOTIONS, BUT BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD. THEN WE ARE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH MUCH, REACHING SOULS THAT ARE LOST AND CONFUSED, AND FEARFUL,  SOULS THAT NEED TO HEAR FROM JESUS,   THAT GOD LOVES THEM AND HAS DIED ON THE CROSS FOR THEM.  SO THAT THEY TOO, MAY  BE FREE AND HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. SOMETIMES AS WE REACH OUT TO OTHERS, IT MAY BE A WORD FROM THE LORD AT THE RIGHT TIME, OR IT COULD JUST BE A PAT ON THE SHOULDER TO SHOW ENCOURAGEMENT.  SOME SUPPORT. 1 CORINTHIANS 9:19-22 FOR THOUGH I AM FREE FROM ALL MEN. I HAVE MADE MYSELF A SERVANT TO ALL, THAT I MIGHT WIN MORE;  AND TO THE JEWS I BECAME A JEW, THAT I MIGHT WIN JEWS; TO THOSE WHO ARE UNDER THE LAW, AS UNDER THE LAW, THAT I MIGHT WIN THOSE UNDER THE LAW;   TO THOSE WHO ARE WITHOUT THE LAW, AS WITHOUT THE LA

  IT IS THROUGH OUR RESISTANCE THAT WE WILL BUILD OUR STRENGTH. LIKE AN ATHLETE WHO STRESSES HIMSELF TO THE END OF HIS STRENGTH. HE IS BUILDING UP ENDURANCE. ENDURANCE IS THE ABILITY TO OUT LAST THE PAIN. WHEN WE RESIST THE TRICKS OF THE ENEMY AND STAND FIRM FOR JESUS, WE WILL ALSO STRENGTHEN OUR ENDURANCE. THE MORE WE RESIST THE CUNNING TRICKS OF THE DEVIL, THE MORE STRENGTH WE WILL HAVE IN THE LORD. HEBREWS 10:36 FOR YOU HAVE NEED OF ENDURANCE, SO THAT AFTER YOU HAVE DONE THE WILL OF GOD, YOU MAY RECEIVE THE PROMISE; WE MUST FIRST SUBMIT TO GOD. MAKE CERTAIN THAT OUR HEART IS ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. JAMES 4:7 THEREFORE SUBMIT TO GOD.  RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU. IT IS IN OUR RESISTANCE, AFTER WE HAVE SUBMITTED TO GOD, THAT THE DEVIL WILL FLEE FROM US. THE ENEMY WILL TRY TO MAKE US FEEL GUILTY, AND HOLD US IN BONDAGE TO WHAT WOULD SEEM LIKE A GOOD THING, BUT WAS IN FACT IS A TRAP. THE DEVIL WILL PUT THOUGHTS IN OUR MIND TO MISDIRECT US, AS HE HAS SET US UP TO BRING

  GOD'S WORD SAYS THAT HE LOVES US AND WILL NEVER LEAVE US.  DO WE BELIEVE HIM? WE WAIT FOR ANSWERS TO OUR PRAYERS, AND GOD ANSWERS OUR PRAYERS IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN WE THOUGHT HE WOULD.  ARE WE STILL TRUSTING HIM? GOD IS ASKING US TO WAIT AND TRUST HIM UNTIL WE SEE THE END RESULT.   HIS WAYS ARE NOT OUR WAYS. PROVERBS 3:5-6 TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING; IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE SHALL DIRECT YOUR PATHS. WE ARE TO TRUST THE LORD WITH OUR HEART, NOT OUR MIND, TRUSTING GOD IN THE DEEP RECESSES OF OUR BEING. RESTING IN HIS LOVE. WHEN WE TRUST THE LORD WITH ALL OF OUR HEART, WE ARE AT PEACE, KNOWING FATHER KNOWS BEST. PSALM 34:8 OH, TASTE AND SEE THAT THE LORD IS GOOD;  BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO TRUSTS IN HIM. THAT WORD BLESSED, MEANS HAPPY, CONTENT IS THE MAN WHO TRUSTS THE LORD, THIS PERSON IS TO BE ENVIED, BECAUSE OF THE JOY THAT FLOODS HIS SOUL. PSALM 37:4-5 DELIGHT YOURSELF IN THE LORD, AND HE SHALL GIVE YOU THE DESIRE

WHEN WE ARE WAITING IN PATIENCE FOR GOD TO MOVE IN OUR LIFE OUR FAITH WILL GROW.  PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE THAT WE DEVELOP AS WE LEARN THAT GOD IS WORKING AND WE MUST WAIT FOR HIM TO MOVE. JAMES 1 :2-4 MY BRETHREN, COUNT IT ALL JOY WHEN YOU FALL INTO VARIOUS TRIALS, KNOWING THAT THE TESTING OF YOUR FAITH PRODUCES PATIENCE. BUT LET PATIENCE HAVE ITS PERFECT WORK, THAT YOU MAY BE PERFECT AND COMPLETE, LACKING NOTHING.  SOME BELIEVERS HAVE A WAIT PROBLEM.  THEY GET ANXIOUS AND RUN AHEAD OF GOD. ONLY TO FIND OUT LATER THAT IT WAS A MISTAKE, THAT GOD HAD A BETTER PLAN. WHEN WE THINK WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE WANT IT CAN BE A DANGEROUS PLACE TO BE IN. DEUTERONOMY 8: 7-14 FOR THE LORD GOD IS BRING YOU INTO A GOOD LAND, AND LAND OF BROOKS OF WATER, OF FOUNTAINS AND SPRINGS, THAT FLOW OUT OF THE VALLEY AND HILLS;  A LAND OF WHEAT AND BARLEY, OF VINES AND FIG TREES AND POMEGRANATES, A LAND OF OLIVE OIL AND HONEY;  A LAND IN WHICH YOU WILL EAT BREAD WITHOUT SCARCITY, IN WHICH YOU WILL LACK NOTHING; A LAN

  SOME LOOK AT THEIR NET WORTH AND THINK THEY ARE MISSING THE BEST, BUT OUR WORTH IS IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD. THE RICHES OF THIS WORLD ARE NOTHING COMPARED TO THE RICHES WE HAVE IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD. EPHESIANS 3: 14-19 FOR THIS REASON I BOW MY KNEES TO THE FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, FROM WHO THE WHOLE FAMILY IN HEAVEN IS NAMED, THAT HE SHOULD GRANT YOU, ACCORDING TO THE RICHES OF HIS GLORY ,  TO BE STRENGTHENED WITH MIGHT THROUGH HIS SPIRIT IN THE INNER MAN, THAT CHRIST MAY DWELL IN YOUR HEARTS THROUGH FAITH, THAT YOU, BEING ROOTED AND GROUNDED IN LOVE, MAY BE ABLE TO COMPREHEND WITH ALL THE SAINTS WHAT IS THE WIDTH AND LENGTH, AND DEPTH AND HEIGHT, TO KNOW THE LOVE OF CHRIST WHICH PASSES KNOWLEDGE; THAT YOU MAY BE FILLED WITH ALL THE FULLNESS OF GOD. BELOVED, HERE ARE SOME OF OUR RICHES IN CHRIST JESUS. THE LOVE OF GOD IS NUMBER ONE. 3 JOHN 2 BELOVED, I PRAY THAT YOU MAY PROSPER IN ALL THINGS AND BE IN HEALTH, JUST AS YOUR SOUL PROSPERS. OUR SELF WORTH IS NOT IN THINGS OR

  PRIDE IS OVER ESTIMATING SELF AND UNDER ESTIMATING OTHERS.  THE BIG HEAD! IT IS BETTER TO BE  HUMBLE IN HEART, WHERE YOU WILL HEAR THE VOICE OF THE LORD. PEOPLE THAT ARE PROUD, HEAR A LOT OF STATIC IN THEIR HEAD,  BECAUSE THE ENEMY OF THEIR SOUL IS CAUSING CONFUSION AND THE VOICE THEY HEAR IS THEIR OWN MIXED WITH THE LIE OF THE ENEMY. THEY WILL LIVE IN IDOLATRY, EVERYTHING ELSE WILL COME BEFORE JESUS IN THEIR LIFE. PROUD PEOPLE END UP IN A LOT OF STRIFE AS THERE IS A DEEP SEEDED BITTERNESS IN THEIR HEART.  THEY BELIEVE EVERYONE OWES THEM SOMETHING. THEY ARE TOTALLY DECEIVED. PROVERBS 13:10 BY PRIDE COMES NOTHING BUT STRIFE, BUT WITH THE WELL ADVISED, IS WISDOM.  WHEN YOU HAVE A BIG HEART FILLED WITH JESUS' WORDS, YOU WILL HAVE COMPASSION AND MERCY, YOUR MIND WILL BE ON JESUS, NOT ON YOURSELF. YOU WILL BE TEACHABLE, AND WILL ALWAYS HAVE A HUNGER IN YOUR HEART TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE LORD. TO DRAW CLOSE TO JESUS. PEOPLE WITH A BIG HEART, HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MUCH GOD LOVES T

  AS BELIEVERS IN JESUS CHRIST, WE WILL NEVER MEET A STRANGER, ONLY DIVINE APPOINTMENTS. GOD PLACES CERTAIN PEOPLE IN OUR LIFE, SOME FOR A SEASON ONLY, SOME FOR A REASON, OTHERS ARE THERE FOR A LIFETIME.   DIVINE APPOINTMENT. SOME OF THOSE DIVINE APPOINTMENTS ARE GOD'S ANGELS CHECKING IN ON US, THEY ARE THERE TO HELP US GET THROUGH SOMETHING. HEBREWS 13:1-2 LET BROTHERLY LOVE CONTINUE.  DO NOT FORGET TO ENTERTAIN STRANGERS, FOR BY SO DOING SOME HAVE UNWITTINGLY ENTERTAINED ANGELS. HAVE YOU EVER MET A PERSON AND FELT LIKE YOU HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN THEM,  YOU FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE IN THEIR PRESENCE.  THAT'S A DIVINE APPOINTMENT, COULD BE AN ANGEL. BELOVED, IT IS HIGH TIME WE REALIZE THAT WE BELONG TO A DIFFERENT WORLD THAN THE ONE WE SEE, FEEL OR TASTE, OR TOUCH.   THERE IS AN INVISIBLE WORLD ALL AROUND US, LEADING AND GUIDING US TO THE PEOPLE WE ARE TO REACH FOR JESUS, OR TO ENCOURAGE. THAT INVISIBLE WORLD IS WHERE WE DRAW THE POWER OF GOD FROM, AND ALL THE FAVOR, OR GRACE WE WILL E

  AS A BELIEVER IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, WE  NEED CORRECTION. ADJUSTMENT IN OUR UNDERSTANDING. WE HEAR TEACHINGS THAT DO NOT LINEUP WITH THE WORD OF GOD, OR TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT. 2 TIMOTHY 4:3-5 FOR THE TIME WILL COME WHEN THEY WILL NOT ENDURE SOUND DOCTRINE, BUT ACCORDING  TO THEIR OWN DESIRES, BECAUSE THEY HAVE ITCHING EARS, THEY WILL HEAP UP FOR THEMSELVES TEACHERS; AND THEY WILL TURN THEIR EARS AWAY FROM THE TRUTH, AND BE TURNED ASIDE TO FABLES. RESEARCH WHAT YOU HEAR.  BE A BEREAN, SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES TO SEE IF WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD IS TRUE. ( ACTS 17:10-15) WE NEED CORRECTION, OR DISCIPLINE SO THAT WE CAN HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD THROUGH HIS WORD AND IN PRAYER. WE NEED TO HAVE OUR SPIRITUAL EARS OPEN TO THE BALANCE THAT IS IN THE TRUTH OF GOD'S WORD. SOME OF US WHO ARE OLDER, NEED TO CHECK OLD TAPES AND SEE IF WHAT WE HEARD YEARS AGO WILL LINE UP WITH THE WORD OF GOD TODAY. HAVE WE BELIEVED HALF TRUTHS?  WAS THE TEACHING OUT OF CONTEXT? JUST FOR SELF, OR WAS IT POINTING TO JESU

  WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT THAT GOD HEARS US, AND OUR  MIND IS ON JESUS, FIRST THING IN THE MORNING? IT WILL CAUSE US THROUGH THE DAY TO INCLUDE THE LORD IN OUR DECISIONS AND ACTIONS. WE HAVE PUT HIM FIRST. MATTHEW 6:33 "BUT SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GO D AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED TO YOU. WHAT WILL BE ADDED?  ALL THAT WE NEED FOR OUR DAY. PSALM 5:1-3 ( THIS IS A SONG WE USE TO SING IN CHURCH YEARS AGO) GIVE EAR TO MY WORDS, O LORD, CONSIDER MY MEDITATION. GIVE HEED TO THE VOICE OF MY CRY, MY KING AND MY GOD, FOR TO YOU I WILL PRAY, MY VOICE YOU SHALL HEAR IN THE MORNING, O LORD, IN THE MORNING I WILL DIRECT IT TO YOU, AND WILL LOOK UP. IF YOU NOTICE THAT WHEN WE START OUR DAY WITH JESUS ON OUR MIND, OUR FOCUS IS TO LOOK UP AND NOT AT CIRCUMSTANCES. LOOK UP FIRST, THEN YOU CAN DEAL WITH WHAT IS AROUND YOU. PSALM 143:8 CAUSE ME TO HEAR YOUR LOVING KINDNESS IN THE MORNING , FOR IN YOU DO I TRUST; CAUSE ME TO KNOW THE WAY IN WHICH I SHOULD WALK, FOR I

  WHEN WE ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT TO TAKE FULL CONTROL OF OUR LIFE, THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT WILL MANIFEST. WHEN WE LET GO OF CONTROL AND SAY, "GOD YOU TAKE IT."  THEN THE VERY NATURE OF OUR HEAVENLY FATHER WILL MANIFEST. IT IS NOT BY OUR SELF EFFORT THAT THIS FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS PRODUCED.   IT IS BY A HUMBLE, YIELDED HEART AND MIND ONLY, THAT THIS KIND OF FRUIT WILL BE PRODUCED. LET GO AND LET GOD!! FOR EXAMPLE:  KINDNESS REVEALS THE SWEETNESS OF OUR DISPOSITION.  PATIENCE OR (LONGSUFFERING) IS REVEALED WHILE DEALING WITH OTHERS, REMEMBERING THE PATIENCE GOD HAD WITH US. IT IS NOT A MATTER OF JUST HOLDING OUR TONGUE. IT IS OUR NOT ALLOWING THE THOUGHTS THAT ENTER AND STAY IN YOUR MIND TO BE SPOKEN OUT OF OUR MOUTH.  THAT IS UNLESS THEY ARE FOR EDIFICATION, BUILDING UP. 2 CORINTHIANS 10:5 CASTING DOWN ARGUMENTS AND EVERY HIGH THING THAT EXALTS ITSELF AGAINST THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, BRINGING EVERY THOUGHT INTO CAPTIVITY TO THE OBEDIENCE OF CHRIST. DON'T ALLOW THINGS THAT ARE

AS WITH CHILDREN, GROWING PAINS MAY HURT US FOR A SEASON, BUT GOD WILL STRENGTHEN US AND  MATURE US THROUGH THEM. LIKE STRETCHING OUR MUSCLES.  THEY HURT AT FIRST, BUT SOON THE PAIN IS GONE AND THE MUSCLES ARE STRONGER. PSALM 27:1-2 THE LORD IS MY LIGHT AND MY SALVATION; WHOM SHALL I FEAR?  THE LORD IS THE STRENGTH OF MY LIFE; OF WHOM SHALL I BE AFRAID? WHEN THE WICKED CAME AGAINST ME TO EAT UP MY FLESH, MY ENEMIES AND FOES, THEY STUMBLED AND FELL. GOD WILL MAKE US STRONG AND  RESISTANT TO THE ENEMIES DARTS.   THE ENEMY WILL DO EVERYTHING HE CAN TO THROW US OFF TRACK, TO STUNT OUR GROWTH. HE WILL COME AS AN ANGEL OF LIGHT, LOOKING LIKE ONE OF US, YET HE HAS EVIL IN HIS HEART.  HE IS WAITING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO CATCH US OFF BALANCE. HE LISTENS TO OUR WORDS, TO FIND AN ENTRANCE INTO OUR LIFE.  DOES HE HEAR DOUBT, ANGER, FEAR, UNBELIEF, GOSSIP, BEING SPOKEN? BUT, THE ANGELS OF THE LORD WILL GO BEFORE US, AND WILL PROTECT US AS WE ARE IN THE GROWING PROCESS, OF WHICH WE WILL BE IN UNTIL

  THOSE THAT LOVE THE LORD JESUS, WILL WANT HIS PRESENCE IN THEIR LIFE.   WHEN WE DRAW NEAR TO OUR LORD, WE SEE WITH DIFFERENT EYES, WE HEAR WITH DIFFERENT EARS,  WE GET INTO THE HEAVENLY REALM AND SEE GOD'S PERSPECTIVE ON THINGS. IT WILL BE NOTHING LIKE OUR FINITE MIND TELLS US, IT IS IN A DIFFERENT REALM.  SPIRITUAL REALM. PRAISE GOD, HE IS ALWAYS CALLING US TO DRAW NEAR. PSALM 73:28 BUT IT IS GOOD FOR ME TO DRAW NEAR TO GOD;  I HAVE PUT MY TRUST IN THE LORD GOD,  THAT I MAY DECLARE ALL YOUR WORKS. HEBREWS 4:15-16 FOR WE DO NOT HAVE A HIGH PRIEST WHO CANNOT SYMPATHIZE WITH OUR WEAKNESSES, BUT WAS IN ALL POINTS TEMPTED AS WE ARE, YET WITHOUT SIN. LET US THEREFORE COME BOLDLY TO THE THRONE OF GRACE, THAT WE MAY OBTAIN MERCY AND FIND GRACE TO HELP IN TIME OF NEED. DRAWING NEAR TO GOD IN OUR TIME OF NEED, WILL RELIEVE ANY ANXIETY, AND GIVE OUR HEARTS PEACE. IN GOD'S PRESENCE IS PEACE AND JOY.  SHUTTING OUT ALL THE THINGS IN THE WORLD THAT WILL CAUSE US TO BE UNEASY.  HEADING INTO

  THROUGH ALL THE CHANGES TAKEN PLACE, WE SEE A NEW ENERGY BEING BIRTHED IN GOD'S PEOPLE. THOSE THAT WERE JUST BELIEVERS AND NOT FOLLOWERS ARE NOW FOLLOWING THE LORD. BECOMING TRUE DISCIPLES. THERE IS A REVIVAL GOING ON THAT MANY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.   IT'S NOT IN A CHURCH BUILDING, IT IS IN THE HEARTS OF GOD'S PEOPLE, ON THE STREETS AND IN THE OUTSIDE AREAS. THE WIND OF THE SPIRIT IS MOVING ACROSS THIS WORLD.   GOD IS CALLING IN THE FINAL SOULS THAT ARE MARKED AS HIS. WE SEE THOUSANDS OF JEWS ALL OVER THE WORLD RETURNING TO ISRAEL.  ITS AN EXCITING TIME TO LIVE IN. LUKE 21:25-28 AND THERE WILL BE SIGNS IN THE SUN, IN THE MOON, AND IN THE STARS; AND ON THE EARTH DISTRESS OF NATIONS, WITH PERPLEXITY, THE SEA AND WAVES ROARING; MEN'S HEARTS FAILING THEM FROM FEAR AND THE EXPECTATION OF THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE COMING ON THE EARTH, FOR THE POWERS OF THE HEAVENS WILL BE SHAKEN. THEN THEY WILL SEE THE SON OF MAN COMING ON A CLOUD WITH POWER AND GREAT GLORY. NOW WHEN THESE THING

  THE MORE UNCERTAIN THINGS ARE, THE MORE WE MUST TURN TO THE LORD JESUS AND DEPEND ON HIM. PROVERBS 29:25 THE FEAR OF MAN BRINGS A SNARE, BUT WHOEVER TRUSTS IN THE LORD SHALL BE SAFE. GOD IS DEPENDABLE, STABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY, MERCIFUL AND FULL OF GRACE AND KINDNESS. PSALM 91:9 BECAUSE YOU HAVE MADE THE LORD, WHO IS MY REFUGE, EVEN THE MOST HIGH, YOUR DWELLING PLACE,  NO EVIL SHALL BEFALL YOU, NOR SHALL ANY PLAGUE COME NEAR YOUR DWELLING. HAVE YOU FALLEN INTO SOME OF YOUR OLD WAYS SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED WITH THINGS CHANGING AROUND YOU?  THESE ARE THINGS THAT GRIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT. EPHESIANS 4:29-32 LET NO CORRUPT WORD PROCEED OUT OF YOUR MOUTHY, BUT WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE NECESSARY EDIFICATION, THAT IT MAY IMPART GRACE TO THE HEARERS. DO NOT GRIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD, BY WHOM YOU WERE SEALED FOR THE DAY OF REDEMPTION. LET ALL BITTERNESS, WRATH, ANGER, CLAMOR AND EVIL SPEAKING BE PUT AWAY FROM YOU, WITH ALL MALICE.  AND BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER, TENDERHEARTED, FORGIVING ONE A

GOD HAS PLACED COURAGE IN US TO ACT ON OUR CONVICTIONS WHEN OTHERS REFUSE TO ACT. GOD HAS PLACED A BOLDNESS IN OUR SOUL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH COURAGE.  MOTIVATED BY GOD'S LOVE WE SHARE THE TRUTH, AS WE SHARE THE TRUTH THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THERE TO BACK US UP. WE ARE NEVER ALONE, WE HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO PROMPT US WHEN TO SPEAK, WHERE TO GO, AND ON GOD'S TIMING. I JUST EXPERIENCED THAT FACT YESTERDAY.  I COULD NOT FIND MY KEYS, AND I SAID "OK LORD, YOUR TIMING IS PERFECT, I DID NOT FRET. I PRAYED. I FOUND MY KEYS A FEW MINUTES LATER.   I LEFT TO DO MY CHORES. WHEN I ARRIVED AT MY THIRD DESTINATION,  A LADY WAS COMING ON DUTY, AND I HAD A CHANCE TO SHARE JESUS.  I RECEIVED A POSITIVE RESPONSE.  IF I HAD GONE EARLIER SHE WOULD NOT HAD BEEN AT HER POST YET. GOD'S TIMING IS ALWAYS PERFECT. SO WHEN YOU ARE STALLED FROM LEAVING TO GO ANYWHERE, DO NOT FRET,    IT IS GOD'S TIMING NOT YOURS. HE ORDERS OUR STEPS. WHEN WE SHARE AND RUN INTO OPPOSITION, PRAISE GOD,  BE FIRM YET