PREPARING FOR TIMES TO COME.
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 LEARN TO LET GO OF THE EARTHLY SUPPORT, AND AS WE JOURNEY THROUGH THIS LIFE, WE LEARN TO LET GO OF ALL THE COMFORTS AND SUPPORT THIS LIFE HAS TO OFFER.
GOD IS PREPARING US FOR OUR HEAVENLY HOME, WHICH IS FAR BETTER.
OUR SUPPORT IS IN JESUS, AND HE ALONE WILL DIRECT OUR STEPS.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:1-5
FOR WE KNOW THAT IF OUR EARTHLY HOUSE, THIS TENT, IS DESTROYED, WE HAVE A BUILDING FROM GOD, A HOUSE NOT MADE WITH HANDS, ETERNAL IN THE HEAVENS.
FOR IN THIS WE GROAN, EARNESTLY, DESIRING TO BE CLOTHED, WE SHALL NOT BE FOUND NAKED.
FOR WE WHO ARE IN THIS TENT (BODY) GROAN, BEING BURDENED, NOT BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE UNCLOTHED, BUT RATHER CLOTHED, THAT MORTALITY MAY BE SWALLOWED UP BY LIFE.
NOW HE WHO HAS PREPARED US FOR THIS VERY THING IS GOD, WHO ALSO HAS GIVEN US THE SPIRIT AS A GUARANTEE.
BELOVED, TAKE TIME TO REALLY PREPARE YOUR HEART FOR WHATEVER COMES YOUR WAY.
KNOW THAT JESUS IS RIGHT BESIDE YOU IN IT ALL.
HE HAS GIVEN US THE HOLY SPIRIT TO COMFORT US AND CONVICT US OF SIN, OR OF OUR DRIFTING AWAY.
SET YOUR ANCHOR, AND REALIZE OUR ANCHOR HOLDS, BECAUSE IT IS JESUS.
NO MATTER WHAT COMES INTO OUR LIFE, WE CAN COUNT ON GOD TO GIVE US HIS STRENGTH TO ENDURE IT ALL.
SO PREPARE YOUR HEART, LET THE WORD OF GOD SEND YOUR ROOTS DEEP INTO YOUR SOUL.
LISTEN TO THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR DIRECTION.
THEN PREPARE THINGS IN THE NATURAL, AS ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF GOD, WE ARE TO PREPARE FOR TIMES TO COME.
PSALM 31:23-24
OH, LOVE THE LORD, ALL YOU HIS SAINTS! FOR THE LORD PRESERVES THE FAITHFUL, AND FULLY REPAYS THE PROUD PERSON. BE OF GOOD COURAGE AND HE SHALL STRENGTHEN YOUR HEART, AND YOU WHO HOPE IN THE LORD.
BELOVED, PREPARE AS GOD LEADS YOU. HE ALWAYS MAKES PREPARATION FOR HIS BELOVED CHILDREN.
I CAN TELL YOU OF A TIME OUR STORE SHELVES WERE SPARSE, AND I HAD PRAYED BEFORE I LEFT THE HOUSE AND KNEW GOD WOULD PROVIDE MY NEED.
I GOT TO THE ISLE THAT I NEEDED TO FIND WHAT I WANTED AND IT WAS NOT THERE.
STARTING TO WALK AWAY, I HEARD THE HOLY SPIRIT SAY, TURN AROUND AND LOOK ON THE OTHER SHELF, I DID, AND SOMEONE HAD MISPLACED THAT ITEM AND PUT IT IN A DIFFERENT PLACE. THERE WAS WHAT I NEEDED, NAME BRAND AND ALL.
PHILIPPIANS 4:19
AND MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEED ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES IN GLORY BY CHRIST JESUS.
BELOVED, GOD IS SO FAITHFUL, EVEN IN THE LITTLE THINGS IN OUR LIFE.
PRAY AND TRUST HIM AND BE PREPARED.
GOD BLESS YOUR DAY
JESUS LOVES YOU
LOVE IN JESUS
JOY
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