A Crisis of Your Faith (11.19.18)

My Doubtful Child,
I Know you are going through a crisis of your faith, and your circumstances have caused you to doubt if you ever heard My Voice. You are allowing your circumstances to speak louder than your faith.

I want you to stop right now and recognize who I AM.
I Am the GOD who created Heaven and Earth, and all
      that is therein.
I Am the GOD who created you and knows all about you,
     there is nothing too difficult for Me.

I Know you may not feel like it, but I Want you to strengthen yourself in My Word. 

 

Reading My Word will help you to remember that I Am your stronghold, your fortress, your high tower. Be strong and immovable in the faith of My Word. Resolve to rise above the doubt that plagues your mind, and truly believe Me for complete deliverance in this particular situation. Refuse to allow fear to have any place or control in your life. Let faith in Me "rule and reign" in your circumstance.

I know, deep within your spirit, you believe in My Word.
However, doubt has starved your faith. 

 

It is time for you to feed your faith with My Word,
     and starve out the enemy.

Stand on My Word and your prayers will be answered.

 

 
 

 

READ AND MEDITATE ON GOD'S WORD
Jeremiah 32:17 - O Sovereign LORD! You made the heavens and earth by your strong hand and powerful arm. Nothing is too hard for you!

Psalm 41:24 - So be strong and courageous, all you who put your hope in the LORD!

Psalm 107:19-22 - Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses. He sent His word and healed them and delivered them from their destructions.  Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!   Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.

 

 

 

Problems, Prayers, Purpose & God's Miraculous, Creative Power (11.18.18)

And the peace of GOD, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus - Philippians 4:7

Faith Believers,

Pray according to GOD’s Will, His Purposes and His Ways; but know that He Will answer according to His Will.

Our Father will never forsake His Purpose to answer your prayers.   Let me say that again...  Our Father will never forsake His Purpose to answer your prayers. Too often we focus our prayers on either our problems, or our perceived solutions. GOD wants us to focus on Him! And when we focus on Him, our hearts are kept in perfect peace - as promised in Philippians 4:7.

Our focus on GOD is evidence that we are walking by faith;
     leaving both the problem and the solution to Him.

What problem are you facing today?
Rather than pray frantically, pray for a solution.
Better yet, why not release your problem to
     GOD's Will, through prayer?

GOD wants to do more than simply solve your problem; He wants to demonstrate His Miraculous, Creative Power for His Glory.....  So thank Him in advance for doing this!

  -  Marilyn

~ Prayer ~
Awesome Father,

Your Will is beyond my comprehension, and yet,
     I long to be a part of all You are doing
     in the midst of Your People.

I desire to walk by faith, and to trust in Your Ability
     to do abundantly beyond anything I could ever
     think or imagine.

May my eyes be fixed upon You, allowing You to deal
     with all of the situations and problems in my life!

Help me to lay aside my agendas and plans, in favor
     of Your own; for I know that it is not by my own
     might or power, but by Your Holy Spirit that my
     prayers are aligned with Your Kingdom Purposes!

Amen

Quiet Lives [from "God Calling"] - (11.17.18)

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November 17
Quiet Lives

"Well done,
thou good and faithful servant...
enter thou into the joy of thy lord."

Matthew 25:21

These words are whispered in the ears of many whom the world would pass by unrecognizing.  Not to the great, and the world-famed, are these words said so often, but to the quiet followers who serve Me unobtrusively, yet faithfully, who bear their cross bravely, with a smiling face to the world.  Thank Me for the quiet lives.

  These words speak not only of the passing into that fuller Spirit Life.  Duty faithfully done for Me does mean entrance into a Life of Joy - My Joy, the Joy of your Lord.  The world may never see it; the humble, patient, quiet service, but I see it, and My reward is not Earth's fame, Earth's wealth, Earth's pleasures, but the Joy Divine.

  Whether here, or there, in the earth-world, or in the Spirit-world, this is My reward.  Joy.  The Joy that carries an exquisite thrill in the midst of pain and poverty and suffering.  That Joy of which I said no man could take it from you. Earth has no pleasure, no reward, that can give man that Joy.  It is known only to My lovers and My friends.

  This Joy may come, not as the reward of activity in My service.  It may be the reward of patient suffering, bravely borne.

  Suffering, borne with Me, must in time bring Joy, as does all real contact with Me.

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Daily reflections from the book "God Calling"  by A.J. Russell,
published by Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Used by Permission.

#Throwback: The Ten Most Popular Messages of the Day for December 26, 2013 (11.16.18)

Enjoy the 10 most popular messages of the day on December 26, 2013.  #Throwback  #FourYearsElevenMonthsAgo  #Timeless

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**  Today's Ten Most Popular Messages (12.26.13)  **

1. Delays are Tools to Perfect our Faith (7.4.13)
2. There is Strength in Focusing on Things of Spiritual Substance (7.10.13)
3. Look not to Your Circumstances, Look to the Lord (10.30.13)
4. Spend More Time in Prayer with Me (8.8.13)
5. My Child, Speak to It! In My Name (6.25.13)
6. A Repentant Heart (6.9.13)
7. Take the Victory through the Words you Speak (6.24.13)
8. When You Pray.... (12.4.13)
9. God is a Master Planner! (11.25.13)
10. Do Not Allow Fear to Invade Your Spirit (10.31.13)

The top ten most popular messages of all time are always on the right hand side.

What's your favorite message?
Comments, testimonies, thoughts or shares are always welcome!! 

#Enjoy     #BlessAndBeABlessing

God's Rebuilding & Bringing You into Your New Life (11.15.18)

My Child,
I’ve been stripping everything old from you,
     and I Know it’s been painful. 

However, this was done so that I Could impart the new things that I Am doing in your life.  It wouldn’t be wise of Me to pour new blessings into an old foundation that is falling apart; for the old foundation would not be able to contain the new blessings, and they would perish.

My Child, this is what I Am doing with you. 
I Am working on your building. 
I Am preparing you to receive the new things
     I Am bringing into your life. 

I Have seen what the storms have done to you.  That is why I Am rebuilding and bringing new life in those damaged areas.  I am taking away the hurtful things, the infirmities and the pain the storms have left behind; and I Am pouring healing and restoration into your life.

When people see My Finished Work, they will not recognize you.  For you will be made Brand New, and your countenance will have changed.  

The once shattered, torn, and broken shell that was
     holding you together will only be a memory.  

You WILL BE made whole again and
     crowned in My Glory. 

READ AND MEDITATE ON GOD'S WORD

Isaiah 43:18-19 - Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. 

Luke 5:37-38 - And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.  But new wine must be put into new bottles, and both are preserved.

2 Corinthians 5:17 - Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

Philippians 3:13-14 - Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of GOD in Christ Jesus. 

Revelations 21:5 - And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.  And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. 

The Supernatural Holy Spirit Power Inside of You (11.14.18)

My Child,
You have within you the same spirit that raised Christ
      from the dead.
That very same power that brought about this miracle
     inside of you.

My child, take that power and stand strong in who you are in Me. 

I Want you to rise up above those storms in your life.
I Want you to rise up above the strongholds the enemy
     has launched against you. 

For you are My Child, and I Have given you everything you need,
     through My Holy Spirit dwelling inside of you.

So take this conviction and stand in who I Made you to be.

Take the time to seek My Spirit, which dwells inside of you. 
Take My Spirit and rise up with a conviction to stand strong. 

You were created to be a blessing. 
I Called you and set you apart from the world.
I Called you to walk in good health, to prosper
     in all you do. 

I have made you different. 

Now is the time for you to embrace that difference,
     and shine so the world will see the power of life
     that lives in you.   

 

READ AND MEDITATE ON GOD'S WORD

John 14:17 - Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

Romans 8:9-11 - But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of GOD dwells in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. 

Philippians 2:5 - Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

Philippians 4:13 - I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

3 John 1:2 - Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

1 John 4:4 - Ye are of GOD, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

Focus.... (11.13.18)

My Child,
Focus, you must remain focused on Me.
Now is not the time to allow the whispers
     of the enemy to get through to you.

Why are you even holding a conversation with the enemy? he is not worthy of your time. Yes, some may appear to prosper in their walk, but I Say unto you, many will be cast aside, for they have not truly been with Me, as you have.

I Need you to focus on Me.
Keep your eye on the prize.
Look unto ME, the Author and Finisher of
     your faith, and have confidence that
     I Have everything under control.

Although though you cannot see the answers right now, have faith in Me.  I Will bring the promises to pass. You must continue to walk by faith, not by sight.

Do not allow worry or anxiety to rob you of what I Am doing in your life. There is nothing to fear, for I Am working in your midst.

I AM IN YOUR MIDST!

Have faith in Me, and trust My Word and DO NOT doubt My Promise. You have My Word, My Power and you have My Promises. Some of you think you need to work somehow to achieve this. All you have to do is believe My Word, have faith, and let My Word do the work in your life.

I AM, the One, who is moving you forward and beyond.  

The enemy is using worldly distractions, adverse problems - even people you love - to distract you and take you off course. 

Have your face set like flint and remain focused on ME.

There is no other recourse for you, you have to remain focused on ME. Remember, wait on Me, keep My Ways, and I Will exalt you to inherit the land; and when the wicked are cut off, you shall see it. 

Therefore, do not allow anything to steal your focus.
You must not worry, for you will emerge triumphantly.

I Say unto you again, Focus on Me!

Read and Meditate on God's Word

Psalm 25:15 - Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.

Psalm 37:1-4 - Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. Trust in the LORD, and do good, so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.  Delight thyself also in the LORD, and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Psalm 121:1 - I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

Psalm 123:1 - Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

Psalm 141:8 - But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.

Isaiah 50:7 - For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

Hebrews 12:2 - Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of GOD.

God is Preparing to Bless You (11.12.18)

My Child,

You are expecting a breakthrough.
You have prayed about this situation
      over a long period of time.
You are finally beginning to believe in My Word
      and what I have promised you.

Beloved, I Am not man that I should lie, what I Have promised you I Will deliver according to My Will for your life. It pleases Me that you are walking in "all things work together for good for those who love Me and who are called according to My purposes."

My Child, look forward to the breakthrough I Am about to bring into your life. I Want you to have the faith of Abraham and Joseph.   Abraham and Joseph both stood strong in faith and was fully persuaded that I was able to perform what I promised. This breakthrough might not come in the way you are expecting or what seems logical to you. 

Stand, believe and know that I Have all power to bless and bring about breakthrough in your life. I do not share this power with anything or anyone.

All things are possible to those who believe in Me.
Believe, Believe and Believe in the power of GOD!!!!

I Will deliver and I Am always on time!!

  

READ AND MEDITATE ON GOD'S WORD:

Mar 9:23  Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth

Rom 4:18-21  Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb: He staggered not at the promise of GOD through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to GOD; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. 

Rom 8:28  And we know that all things work together for good to them that love GOD, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

#ScriptureReflection - Ezekiel 34 (11.11.18)

A Prophecy Against False Shepherds

34 The word of the Lord came to me: ² “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them—to the shepherds: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock? ³ You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the choice animals, but you do not feed the sheep! ⁴ You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost, but with force and harshness you have ruled over them. ⁵ They were scattered because they had no shepherd, and they became food for every wild beast. ⁶ My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over the entire face of the earth with no one looking or searching for them.

⁷ “‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: ⁸ As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, my sheep have become prey and have become food for all the wild beasts. There was no shepherd, and my shepherds did not search for my flock, but fed themselves and did not feed my sheep, ⁹ Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: ¹⁰ This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand my sheep from their hand. I will no longer let them be shepherds; the shepherds will not feed themselves anymore. I will rescue my sheep from their mouth, so that they will no longer be food for them.

¹¹ “‘For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I myself will search for my sheep and seek them out. ¹² As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will seek out my flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy, dark day. ¹³ I will bring them out from among the peoples and gather them from foreign countries; I will bring them to their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the streams and all the inhabited places of the land. ¹⁴ In a good pasture I will feed them; the mountain heights of Israel will be their pasture. There they will lie down in a lush pasture, and they will feed on rich grass on the mountains of Israel. ¹⁵ I myself will feed my sheep and I myself will make them lie down, declares the sovereign Lord. ¹⁶ I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them—with judgment!

¹⁷ “‘As for you, my sheep, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to judge between one sheep and another, between rams and goats. ¹⁸ Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, that you must trample the rest of your pastures with your feet? When you drink clean water, must you muddy the rest of the water by trampling it with your feet? ¹⁹ As for my sheep, they must eat what you trampled with your feet, and drink what you have muddied with your feet!

²⁰ “‘Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says to them: Look, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. ²¹ Because you push with your side and your shoulder, and thrust your horns at all the weak sheep until you scatter them abroad, ²² I will save my sheep; they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.

²³ I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them—namely, my servant David. He will feed them and will be their shepherd. ²⁴ I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them; I, the Lord, have spoken!

²⁵ “‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and will rid the land of wild beasts, so that they can live securely in the wilderness and even sleep in the woods. ²⁶ I will turn them and the regions around my hill into a blessing. I will make showers come down in their season; they will be showers that bring blessing. ²⁷ The trees of the field will yield their fruit and the earth will yield its crops. They will live securely on their land; they will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hand of those who enslaved them. ²⁸ They will no longer be prey for the nations and the wild beasts will not devour them. They will live securely and no one will make them afraid. ²⁹ I will prepare for them a healthy planting. They will no longer be victims of famine in the land and will no longer bear the insults of the nations. ³⁰ Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, and that they are my people, the house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. ³¹ And you, my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are my people, and I am your God, declares the sovereign Lord.’”

#ScriptureReflection - Zechariah 9:1 - 10:2 (11.10.18)

Zion’s salvation is promised

The Lord has passed

through the land of Hadrach

and Damascus is his dwelling-place;

for the cities of Aram belong to the Lord

no less than all the tribes of Israel;

Hamath too, which borders on it,

(Tyre) and Sidon also, despite her acumen.

Tyre has built herself a rampart,

has heaped up silver like dust

and gold like the dirt of the streets.

And now the Lord is going to take possession of her;

he will topple her power into the sea;

she herself will be consumed by fire.

Seeing this, Ashkelon will be terrified,

and Gaza be seized with trembling,

so will Ekron, at the ruin of her prospects;

the king will vanish from Gaza

and Ashkelon remain unpeopled,

but the bastard will live in Ashdod!

I mean to destroy the arrogance of the Philistine;

I intend to take his blood out of his mouth

and his abomination from between his teeth.

He too will become a remnant for our God

and be like a family in Judah.

Ekron shall be like the Jebusite.

Near my house I will take my stand

like a watchman on guard against prowlers;

the tyrant shall pass their way no more,

because I have now taken notice of its distress.

 

Rejoice heart and soul, daughter of Zion!

Shout with gladness, daughter of Jerusalem!

See now, your king comes to you;

he is victorious, he is triumphant,

humble and riding on a donkey,

on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

He will banish chariots from Ephraim

and horses from Jerusalem;

the bow of war will be banished.

He will proclaim peace for the nations.

His empire shall stretch from sea to sea,

from the River to the ends of the earth.

 

As for you, because of the blood of your covenant

I am sending back your prisoners from the pit

(in which there is no water).

To you, daughter of Zion,

the hopeful captives will return.

In compensation for your days of banishment

I will give you back double.

For I bend my bow; it is Judah;

I make Ephraim its arrow.

I am going to brandish your children, Zion,

(against your children, Javan);

I mean to make you like the sword of a hero.

The Lord will appear above them

and his arrow will flash out like lightning.

The Lord will sound the trumpet

and advance in the storms of the south.

The Lord (of Hosts) will protect them!

They will trample sling stones underfoot,

they will drink blood like wine,

they will be soaked in it like the horns of an altar.

The Lord their God will give them victory

when that day comes;

he will pasture his people like a flock

(like the flashing jewels of a diadem)

on his land.

What joy and what beauty shall be theirs!

Corn will make the young men flourish,

and sweet wine the maidens.

Ask the Lord for rain

at the time of the spring rains.

For it is the Lord who sends the lightning

and gives the showers of rain;

he gives bread to man,

and grass to the cattle.

Because the teraphim utter futile words

and the diviners have lying visions

and publish empty dreams

and voice misleading nonsense,

naturally the people stray like sheep;

they wander because they have no shepherd.