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Month: June 2021

A New Place

A New Place

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I have always been a worrier…although I like the word cautious better. I try to plan out everything, because I don’t like leaving things to chance. That’s just not who I am…or at least not who I used to be. Thankfully, I have allowed myself to be changed. When you give your life to God, He really does change you. 

A good friend once told me that I needed to be more spontaneous, but I tried to even plan that.

This year I made a promise to myself that I will not feel guilty for making a mistake. I would not hold myself hostage to the things I said I would do by the time I was 18, 21, 40, or for not following through on my own plans. I am just giving myself permission to rest in who God has made me to be. Even the Bible says, “Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture” (Psalm 100:3). It says so right in the scripture. God made us, and He knows the plan…not us. Our job is to follow Him.

I know that it won’t be easy, but I trust in the promises of God, and I want to be so close to Him that He trips over me every time He turns around. I want to enjoy every day…even the ones that cause me to say scriptures out loud…lol.

I love the Lord, and I know that everything He does is good—whether I think so at the time or not. I know that God hears my prayers, and that He has put in me everything that I need to be the woman of God that He has called me to be. I know that I have the power of the Lord within me, and that gives me strength for the journey. I trust Him in a way I never have before. He is opening up new ways for me, and little by little, I am beginning to see the vision.

I know that everything I went through over the last couple of years has brought me to a new place in Him. He is my Comforter, my Hero, my Friend…and although His teaching is sometimes hard, I know that it is necessary, and I know He always works it out for my good.

Lord, I pray for the person who is reading this message today. I pray that you reveal to them a new way of seeing…that they begin to see with their hearts—and not their eyes. I pray that they will see the manifestation of whatever dream you have given to them. I pray that they will hold on to Your promises, and that whenever they feel weak, they will remember that they have an Advocate who is standing by waiting…

Until next time…

Be blessed!

By Faith

By Faith

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“By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.”  –Hebrews 11:8 (NIV)

The scripture above says, “By faith” Abraham believed.  He didn’t know where God was sending him, but He went anyway. That is what faith is all about. It believes without seeing. How many of us would do the same? 

I believe that I am heading in the right direction…but, I am definitely not there yet. My prayer is that my faith is growing to the place where I no longer question the things God is leading me to do. Of course, I usually only question Him when what He is calling me to do is something I don’t want to do, something I have never done, or something that takes me so far out of my comfort zone that it frightens me a little. But how do we get that kind of faith? 

I believe that we get that kind of faith from trusting what we know about Him. Remembering what He has done in the past. And believing what He will do in the future. But before we can do any of that, we have to first believe that He is. Once we believe that God is who He says He is…we have to then believe that He will do what He says He will do. That only comes through strengthening our relationship with Him. And that only comes through reading His word.

Because of God’s word,  my relationship with Him is so much stronger than it has ever been. I have learned how to really let Him have control of my life. He had to show me…sometimes over and over again that I was valuable to Him, and to the Kingdom of God. He had to show me that he made me on purpose…for His purpose. He let me know that my presence on the earth was not only relevant—but necessary. His love for me helped strengthen my faith in Him.

Sometimes we may have to trust Him on shaky faith, but the word says that we only have to have faith the size of a mustard seed. He is an all-knowing, all-powerful God, and because He loves us so much, He will never call us to do something that He has not prepared us for. By faith…believe, and watch Him work.

Until next time…

Be blessed!

Workers in the Vineyard

Workers in the Vineyard

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“What lies behind us, and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

This quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson is the perfect quote, because it says nothing is impossible—especially for those who believe…

It confirms my belief that our mistakes of the past or even those in the future only serve to grow us into the people God has made us to be. The Bible says in 1 John 4:4 that, “Greater is He that is in you than he who is in the world.” I believe that. And if God is in us…what lies within us is powerful.

Today, I celebrate those who work in ministry. The calling to proclaim the word of God is an awesome privilege. It is an honor to serve; to look forward to where God is leading. And we don’t need a collar in order to minister. We are all called to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. The great thing is that we don’t have to worry about what to say, because God prepares us for the job He needs us to do. I love how God uses our individual gifts to be a blessing to one another. If we allow Him to, God will strengthen us and empower us to do great and mighty things for Him. 

It’s amazing how we can find ourselves many times heading in the same direction, on the same road, but heading down our own paths. I think God does that so that we will always have someone to encourage us when we feel like the road may be getting a little too rough. 

So, I would like to publicly thank all the workers in the vineyard. The ones who have accepted the call. The ones who understand how important it is that others hear about the Lord Jesus Christ. I pray that God blesses and keeps you as you go forward in His name. That the blessings of the Lord will overflow in your lives, and that He protects and keeps you all the days of your life. In the powerful name of Jesus I pray. Amen!

Until next time…

Be blessed