Spring is in the air! Beautiful, sunny, warm days have arrived, and beautiful blossoming flowers, as well! I love these days. It is as though everything is living again! Surrounded by new life.
As we are coming upon the day that the world knows as Easter, (Resurrection Day to me), it all fits so perfectly together, sunny days, new blooms, new life, everything resurrected and new!
Resurrection Sunday, Victory Sunday...satan defeated, the grave defeated, death defeated, new life! As we approach Resurrection Sunday, I am so overjoyed about what this day is all about. It is not about chocolate eggs or bunnies, not about colored eggs, or brightly colored jelly beans, it's about Victory, about winning everyday in life, about overcoming, about defeat for all things that seeks to destroy us, it's about Resurrection!
Jesus did die. He was buried, but he didn't stay dead! He did Rise from the grave, and He is alive, and He is alive forevermore! Wow, if folks could get a revelation of what the Resurrection is all about, life will never be the same! We would not know hate, but a new kind of love, we would not know just a dull, hum drum life, but a rich, victorious, peaceful, joyful life! Jesus being crucified, was not enough. He had to rise from the dead, He had to defeat satan, death, the grave, hell! He had to get up! And get up, He did!
He got up in my life, and I have never been the same! I am not the person that I was before 1986, and all because of Jesus, I am brand new, with a new attitude! I am alive, not just surviving, I am victorious...I win, I was created to win, I have a totally new mindset, I am not just an ordinary person, I am changed...I am Righteous, Forgiven, Unconditionally Loved, and I always Win in life! All because Jesus is my Savior and Lord, and because of the Resurrection!
Death has no power over me...satan has no power over me...sickness and disease has no power over me...debt and lack has no power over me...depression has no power over me...people have no power over me, sin has no power over me! I have Resurrection Life, Resurrection power in me, I am a conqueror! Yes, me!
I can stand in my Father's presence, without guilt and without condemnation, knowing that I am so Loved, and forgiven, accepted and approved, and partake of all of His blessings, not worried about if I deserve them or not, I deserve them, I deserve them, because of the Resurrection, not because of me! And I sure do enjoy them!
So, I hope that you will see this Resurrection Day, in a totally new light! I am not against tradition...that is your business, I just hope that you can partake of all of the Blessings of the Resurrection that Jesus rose to give you, and that belong to you as a child of God. Jesus died for all people, even for those who have not been born yet, His salvation, love, peace, joy, and abundant blessings are for everyone, but you must receive Him as Savior, by Faith, then you can enjoy all of the blessings of Resurrection...Relationship and Fellowship, and Total Victory every day!
He LIVES, and because of Him, I LIVE!
Have a Happy Resurrection Day!
~Gayle
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
We Wrestle Not...
As I sit and blog at this time, I have just read on Facebook and watched on television, the account of the recent murder of a young, teenage male in Florida. Yet another time, a senseless murder has occurred, and as always it is so sad. Once again there is a public outcry over this incident, and cries of racism once again rang out. This is of course not the first time that an incident like this has occurred, nor is it the last time that one will occur. While I can understand the rage of the American people, I am always much saddened by the fact that the real, true, problem is not confronted! Although a man was instrumental in taking the life of the young man, the real problem is the one who was behind it-satan himself! Yes, I know that there may be many reading this who do not agree, but people are not our problem. Your boss, your spouse, your coworker, the government is not your problem. All of the racism, terrorism, economic woes, sickness and disease, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and all of the other issues that we deal with, has satan as the cause. The unfortunate thing is that satan uses people to do his dirty work. Too many people allow satan to use them. Many don't even know that they are being used by him.
The Bible tells us in Ephesians 6:12, "we wrestle not with flesh and blood, but against principalities, powers, against the rulers of darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places". Its not the people around you, its in a realm around you that you cannot see with your natural eyes! It is real. We spend all of our time fighting one another, getting mad at people instead of getting mad at the right one, who is loving the fact that we are fighting each other. Whether you believe it or not, we deal with spirits around us all of the time. Sickness and disease, economic problems, unemployment, strife, envy, jealously, gang issues, drug addiction, murders, all of this has a demonic spirit behind it. Laws are passed, but we cannot legislate demons. We have been given the power and dominion and authority over them. This is how we fight satan. God gave us power to deal with him. As long as we ignore the truth, and continue to fight in the natural with man's techniques, we will fail! Gangs will continue to take over neighborhoods, schools. Crime will continue to increase. Murders will continue. Folks pray and beg God to do something, when all along, He has given us the power to do something! Psalm 115:16 says, "the heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's: but the earth has he given to the children of men". We gave us power to rule the earth! I know that some of you are say, this woman is crazy! As my pastor says, "God will not do for you, what he has given you power to do". Many say that God is in control. Is He? Seriously? If He is, well He is not doing a good job! No, as believers, we are responsible to combat the woes that attack this world, and yes we have the power to do so. Heaven will back us up! We as believers are here to take over and occupy until Jesus' return. So if you don't like what's going on here, do something about it, but do it God's way.
When Moses and the children of Israel were at the Red Sea, Moses cried unto God for help. (Exodus 14:15-16). Moses was whining to God about what needed to be done. God in essence asked Moses, "why are you crying to me. You use your power, stretch out your hand, and you divide it!" God didn't say I will divide the Red Sea. He told Moses to divide it! Just like God gave Moses the power, we have it too! We have it in greater measure because we have the Holy Spirit in us, Moses didn't!
We as believers, must do it God's way. "There is a way that seems right unto a man, but the ends are the ways of death"! (Proverbs 16:25) It was totally wrong as far as what happened in Florida. The man who committed the crime should be held accountable for it. Passing laws, a life of imprisonment, even lethal injections, have not stopped people from committing crimes. Folks are still guilty of doing hate crimes, satan does not care if a law is in effect, he is a murderer and God already told us that satan is here to steal, kill, and to destroy. He told us this and how to deal with him, so that we would not be ignorant of his devices! satan is having a field day because he is wreaking havoc in this earth, and he is getting away with it! No, I don't even capatilize his name.We have been called and commissioned to rule on this earth. We must do things God's way. It is spiritual warfare. No God is not going to stop it, when He has given us the power to.We have to deal with all of these issues, with The Word, by the power of the Holy Spirit, and we must know our enemy! We don't have to fear the devil. Jesus already defeated him, we must enforce his defeat! God has assured us that we have power over ALL the works of the devil, and NOTHING shall by any means hurt us! (Luke 10:19). That's a promise! Let's Do It God's Way!
The Bible tells us in Ephesians 6:12, "we wrestle not with flesh and blood, but against principalities, powers, against the rulers of darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places". Its not the people around you, its in a realm around you that you cannot see with your natural eyes! It is real. We spend all of our time fighting one another, getting mad at people instead of getting mad at the right one, who is loving the fact that we are fighting each other. Whether you believe it or not, we deal with spirits around us all of the time. Sickness and disease, economic problems, unemployment, strife, envy, jealously, gang issues, drug addiction, murders, all of this has a demonic spirit behind it. Laws are passed, but we cannot legislate demons. We have been given the power and dominion and authority over them. This is how we fight satan. God gave us power to deal with him. As long as we ignore the truth, and continue to fight in the natural with man's techniques, we will fail! Gangs will continue to take over neighborhoods, schools. Crime will continue to increase. Murders will continue. Folks pray and beg God to do something, when all along, He has given us the power to do something! Psalm 115:16 says, "the heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's: but the earth has he given to the children of men". We gave us power to rule the earth! I know that some of you are say, this woman is crazy! As my pastor says, "God will not do for you, what he has given you power to do". Many say that God is in control. Is He? Seriously? If He is, well He is not doing a good job! No, as believers, we are responsible to combat the woes that attack this world, and yes we have the power to do so. Heaven will back us up! We as believers are here to take over and occupy until Jesus' return. So if you don't like what's going on here, do something about it, but do it God's way.
When Moses and the children of Israel were at the Red Sea, Moses cried unto God for help. (Exodus 14:15-16). Moses was whining to God about what needed to be done. God in essence asked Moses, "why are you crying to me. You use your power, stretch out your hand, and you divide it!" God didn't say I will divide the Red Sea. He told Moses to divide it! Just like God gave Moses the power, we have it too! We have it in greater measure because we have the Holy Spirit in us, Moses didn't!
We as believers, must do it God's way. "There is a way that seems right unto a man, but the ends are the ways of death"! (Proverbs 16:25) It was totally wrong as far as what happened in Florida. The man who committed the crime should be held accountable for it. Passing laws, a life of imprisonment, even lethal injections, have not stopped people from committing crimes. Folks are still guilty of doing hate crimes, satan does not care if a law is in effect, he is a murderer and God already told us that satan is here to steal, kill, and to destroy. He told us this and how to deal with him, so that we would not be ignorant of his devices! satan is having a field day because he is wreaking havoc in this earth, and he is getting away with it! No, I don't even capatilize his name.We have been called and commissioned to rule on this earth. We must do things God's way. It is spiritual warfare. No God is not going to stop it, when He has given us the power to.We have to deal with all of these issues, with The Word, by the power of the Holy Spirit, and we must know our enemy! We don't have to fear the devil. Jesus already defeated him, we must enforce his defeat! God has assured us that we have power over ALL the works of the devil, and NOTHING shall by any means hurt us! (Luke 10:19). That's a promise! Let's Do It God's Way!
Saturday, March 17, 2012
An Opportunity to be a Blessing!
Hello everybody, hope that you had a great weekend! I sure did.
I was able to be a blessing to someone today, and I really do believe that they were really appreciative. Today, my family and I went to a particular restaurant that we like to eat at. As we were walking to go into the restaurant, I looked down and I saw what looked like a credit card. I told my family what I saw, and my son bent down to pick it up, and sure enough it was a debit card. It had a receipt with it that showed that it was just used at the restaurant. It looked like a new card, with a 2015 expiration date on it, and also the sticker that said that it needed to be activated, was even still on it!
Well, I took it into the restaurant with me, and decided to ask for the manager to see if someone had asked about a lost card. I gave him my phone number so that if someone called about it, they could call me. I did not give the manager any details about the name on the card, the type of card, or anything, just my name and number. He asked me to leave the card with him, in the event that someone did call, but I just didn't feel comfortable with that. Anyway, I sat to eat my meal, and as I was eating, I kept looking out of the window to see if anyone looked like they were looking for something on the parking lot. God always orchestrates things so well, wouldn't you know that He would have us seated right in front of a window, at the front of the building. Well about 30 minutes pass, I up, looked out of the window, and I see a lady walking around on the parking lot, looking down as if she had lost something! I stopped eating, go outside to talk to the lady, asked her if she was looking for something, she tells me that her daughter lost a debit card, and she was looking for it! Wow! I asked the lady whose name was on the card, and it she told me her daughter's name, and it was the exact name that was on the card. I told her that I had the card, and she was so excited that she ran into the restaurant, screaming to her daughter, "she found it, she found it"! The daughter starts screaming too! They were so excited. Several other employees were so excited also, because apparently she had shared with them that she had lost her card. It turns out that the daughter's boyfriend was an employee in the restaurant, she was there telling him that she lost the card, and when he found out that she found it, everyone was so excited. It was a celebration in there. The mother, daughter, and the boyfriend kept thanking me. The boyfriend kept saying to me, "you are an awesome person", you are an awesome person"! The mother went to get into the car to leave, and I saw her get out and came back into the restaurant to hug me! I really felt good.
I love happy endings! It felt good!
I was able to be a blessing to someone today, and I really do believe that they were really appreciative. Today, my family and I went to a particular restaurant that we like to eat at. As we were walking to go into the restaurant, I looked down and I saw what looked like a credit card. I told my family what I saw, and my son bent down to pick it up, and sure enough it was a debit card. It had a receipt with it that showed that it was just used at the restaurant. It looked like a new card, with a 2015 expiration date on it, and also the sticker that said that it needed to be activated, was even still on it!
Well, I took it into the restaurant with me, and decided to ask for the manager to see if someone had asked about a lost card. I gave him my phone number so that if someone called about it, they could call me. I did not give the manager any details about the name on the card, the type of card, or anything, just my name and number. He asked me to leave the card with him, in the event that someone did call, but I just didn't feel comfortable with that. Anyway, I sat to eat my meal, and as I was eating, I kept looking out of the window to see if anyone looked like they were looking for something on the parking lot. God always orchestrates things so well, wouldn't you know that He would have us seated right in front of a window, at the front of the building. Well about 30 minutes pass, I up, looked out of the window, and I see a lady walking around on the parking lot, looking down as if she had lost something! I stopped eating, go outside to talk to the lady, asked her if she was looking for something, she tells me that her daughter lost a debit card, and she was looking for it! Wow! I asked the lady whose name was on the card, and it she told me her daughter's name, and it was the exact name that was on the card. I told her that I had the card, and she was so excited that she ran into the restaurant, screaming to her daughter, "she found it, she found it"! The daughter starts screaming too! They were so excited. Several other employees were so excited also, because apparently she had shared with them that she had lost her card. It turns out that the daughter's boyfriend was an employee in the restaurant, she was there telling him that she lost the card, and when he found out that she found it, everyone was so excited. It was a celebration in there. The mother, daughter, and the boyfriend kept thanking me. The boyfriend kept saying to me, "you are an awesome person", you are an awesome person"! The mother went to get into the car to leave, and I saw her get out and came back into the restaurant to hug me! I really felt good.
I love happy endings! It felt good!
Thursday, March 15, 2012
I Gotta Say It Again!
Yeah, yeah...I have said it once, but I have to say it again...if you are a believer, a child of God, if you have invited Jesus into your heart, received Jesus as Savior and Lord of your life, name written in the book of life, then YOU ARE JUST LIKE JESUS! JUST LIKE JESUS! JUST LIKE JESUS! YES, JUST LIKE HIM!
YOU!!! YOU!!! YOU!!!
I know that you are probably tired of me saying this, but when you really get a revelation that this is really true about YOU, it will change your life. This is really something that you will really have to sit and meditate on. It will revolutionize your life. It will change how you see yourself. It will stop you from giving in to circumstances. It will stop you from taking junk that you don't have to. It will totally change how you see your life, from now on!
This truth that you are just like Jesus, is not something that I came up with, I got it from God. He said it. I am repeating what I heard him say. He said that As Jesus IS, (not was), so am I, (right now, not when I die, right now in this world, not when I get to Heaven)! I am just like Jesus now. But how is Jesus NOW? Yeah I know that I am not supposed to start a sentence with, but...This is my blog! LOL. If I am just like Him, how is He?
Is Jesus sick, in pain, have cancer, lumps/tumors in His body, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or some other disease? NO!
Is He broke, suffering lack, in poverty, worried about lights being turned off in Heaven, worried about His mortgage? NO!
Is He depressed, suicidal, have low esteem, seeking people's approval, insecure? NO!
Is He fearful, timid, afraid of anything, or anyone? NO!
Is He walking around worried about if God approves Him, is mad at Him, is going to punish Him? NO!
Is Jesus wondering if God really loves Him, if he is doing everything to please God? NO!
Is Jesus subject to the devil? NO!
Is Jesus in bondage of any kind? NO!
Is Jesus trying to do all of the "good" things in order to win His Father's love, His approval, His blessings? NO!
Is Jesus secure in knowing Who He is, What He can do, What belongs to Him? YES!
Is Jesus powerful, bold, always winning? YES!
Is Jesus seated at His Father's right hand in the heaven? YES!
Is Jesus crowned with glory and honor? YES!
Is Jesus anointed? YES!
Does Jesus have power and authority? YES!
Is Jesus wise? YES!
Is Jesus fully persuaded of the love that His Father has for Him?
Are you starting to get my point yet? We are just like Jesus!
Not on a sick bed, no we can tell our body that Jesus does not have cancer in His body, Jesus does not have lumps/tumors, high blood pressure, so " I don't either"!
We can tell our bank accounts, checkbooks, wallets, wherever your store your money, tell it that Jesus is not lacking finances, and "neither am I"! "I am rich, and abundantly supplied, just like Jesus"!
Jesus is not afraid and intimidated, and afraid, "and neither am I"! I have the spirit of power, I am bold, and powerful, more than a conqueror, just like Jesus"!
"I am righteous"!
"I am approved, deeply LOVED, highly favored, just like Jesus"!
"I am anointed, just like Jesus"!
"I am seated at the Father's right hand, just like Jesus"!
"I have power and authority and dominion of the devil, nature, circumstances and situations, just like Jesus"!
We are just like Jesus, NOW!!! I just want to see people FREE and walking in God's BEST! Jesus has already paid for your Healing, Prosperity, Favor and Peace with God, Forgiveness, Redemption, Righteousness, Joy, Salvation, Security...and so much more! It is ours, we don't have to earn any of it, we don't have to perform for it, we don't have to measure up, we can't! Jesus already measured up for us, already performed for us at the Cross! Just enjoy His finished work!
All we have to do is Believe!
Love you,
Gayle
YOU!!! YOU!!! YOU!!!
I know that you are probably tired of me saying this, but when you really get a revelation that this is really true about YOU, it will change your life. This is really something that you will really have to sit and meditate on. It will revolutionize your life. It will change how you see yourself. It will stop you from giving in to circumstances. It will stop you from taking junk that you don't have to. It will totally change how you see your life, from now on!
This truth that you are just like Jesus, is not something that I came up with, I got it from God. He said it. I am repeating what I heard him say. He said that As Jesus IS, (not was), so am I, (right now, not when I die, right now in this world, not when I get to Heaven)! I am just like Jesus now. But how is Jesus NOW? Yeah I know that I am not supposed to start a sentence with, but...This is my blog! LOL. If I am just like Him, how is He?
Is Jesus sick, in pain, have cancer, lumps/tumors in His body, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or some other disease? NO!
Is He broke, suffering lack, in poverty, worried about lights being turned off in Heaven, worried about His mortgage? NO!
Is He depressed, suicidal, have low esteem, seeking people's approval, insecure? NO!
Is He fearful, timid, afraid of anything, or anyone? NO!
Is He walking around worried about if God approves Him, is mad at Him, is going to punish Him? NO!
Is Jesus wondering if God really loves Him, if he is doing everything to please God? NO!
Is Jesus subject to the devil? NO!
Is Jesus in bondage of any kind? NO!
Is Jesus trying to do all of the "good" things in order to win His Father's love, His approval, His blessings? NO!
Is Jesus secure in knowing Who He is, What He can do, What belongs to Him? YES!
Is Jesus powerful, bold, always winning? YES!
Is Jesus seated at His Father's right hand in the heaven? YES!
Is Jesus crowned with glory and honor? YES!
Is Jesus anointed? YES!
Does Jesus have power and authority? YES!
Is Jesus wise? YES!
Is Jesus fully persuaded of the love that His Father has for Him?
Are you starting to get my point yet? We are just like Jesus!
Not on a sick bed, no we can tell our body that Jesus does not have cancer in His body, Jesus does not have lumps/tumors, high blood pressure, so " I don't either"!
We can tell our bank accounts, checkbooks, wallets, wherever your store your money, tell it that Jesus is not lacking finances, and "neither am I"! "I am rich, and abundantly supplied, just like Jesus"!
Jesus is not afraid and intimidated, and afraid, "and neither am I"! I have the spirit of power, I am bold, and powerful, more than a conqueror, just like Jesus"!
"I am righteous"!
"I am approved, deeply LOVED, highly favored, just like Jesus"!
"I am anointed, just like Jesus"!
"I am seated at the Father's right hand, just like Jesus"!
"I have power and authority and dominion of the devil, nature, circumstances and situations, just like Jesus"!
We are just like Jesus, NOW!!! I just want to see people FREE and walking in God's BEST! Jesus has already paid for your Healing, Prosperity, Favor and Peace with God, Forgiveness, Redemption, Righteousness, Joy, Salvation, Security...and so much more! It is ours, we don't have to earn any of it, we don't have to perform for it, we don't have to measure up, we can't! Jesus already measured up for us, already performed for us at the Cross! Just enjoy His finished work!
All we have to do is Believe!
Love you,
Gayle
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Just say it!
I witnessed something pretty unique last night, at least it was unique to me, and I really thought that it was a good idea.
How many times have you attended a funeral, listened to all of the wonderful comments made about the deceased person, only to walk away saying that it really would have been nice, if the deceased person could have heard what others said about them. I said this many times. "Wow, I bet that deceased person never knew that he or she impacted someone's life the way that they did".
On last night, I sat and watched a Hallmark Channel movie entitled, "The Last Dance", and it was a very good movie. Maureen O'Hara was the main character, and she was sick with a heart disease. Anyway, in the event that you have not seen this movie yet, I won't go into detail about it. She was a person who liked to put things in order, take care of business. She even went so far as to plan her funeral, so whenever that time came along, no one would have to guess what she wanted. She chose a particular person to deliver the Eulogy, a former student. The person that she chose, of course was a bit nervous about it, because he did not want to even think of her dying, and he was not a minister, and commented that he knew nothing about delivering a Eulogy.
The person who was asked to deliver the eulogy, did something that was quite strange, he surprised Maureen O' Hara, by calling together those former students who were impacted by her, and it was at that time that he delivered the eulogy, while she was still alive to hear it! I thought that that was neat.
I, of course started thinking about how we need to do this more, to the people who are special to us, who have impacted our life, who have encouraged us, who we really love. Too often we just go from day to day, living life, thankful for those who are kind to us, who do nice things to us, who say kind things, but we never really tell them how they help us, how they have impacted our life. I want to tell people, while they are alive and able to hear it, all of the kind things that I would say about them at their funeral. I want to tell them how their smile, their hug, their kind words helped me. (Wow, my phone just rang, even as I am sitting and blogging this right now, a friend on Facebook, just called to tell me how much my words, encouragement, my posts, have really ministered to her! She said that I prophesied to her, gave her a word that God later confirmed, and I didn't even know it. She said that the post, "It's Already Done", really ministered to her. She said, don't stop what you are doing, you are impacting lives, maybe even in Mexico and you don't even know it!). Wow, God had her to call me at this exact time, when I am blogging about telling people nice things while they can hear them. God is so awesome, and He does things so well!
My whole point in sitting down to write this blog, is to encourage you, me, all of us, to say thank you, I love you, I appreciate you...to those special people who mean so much to you. Don't wait until their funeral to say it!
Just Say It!
How many times have you attended a funeral, listened to all of the wonderful comments made about the deceased person, only to walk away saying that it really would have been nice, if the deceased person could have heard what others said about them. I said this many times. "Wow, I bet that deceased person never knew that he or she impacted someone's life the way that they did".
On last night, I sat and watched a Hallmark Channel movie entitled, "The Last Dance", and it was a very good movie. Maureen O'Hara was the main character, and she was sick with a heart disease. Anyway, in the event that you have not seen this movie yet, I won't go into detail about it. She was a person who liked to put things in order, take care of business. She even went so far as to plan her funeral, so whenever that time came along, no one would have to guess what she wanted. She chose a particular person to deliver the Eulogy, a former student. The person that she chose, of course was a bit nervous about it, because he did not want to even think of her dying, and he was not a minister, and commented that he knew nothing about delivering a Eulogy.
The person who was asked to deliver the eulogy, did something that was quite strange, he surprised Maureen O' Hara, by calling together those former students who were impacted by her, and it was at that time that he delivered the eulogy, while she was still alive to hear it! I thought that that was neat.
I, of course started thinking about how we need to do this more, to the people who are special to us, who have impacted our life, who have encouraged us, who we really love. Too often we just go from day to day, living life, thankful for those who are kind to us, who do nice things to us, who say kind things, but we never really tell them how they help us, how they have impacted our life. I want to tell people, while they are alive and able to hear it, all of the kind things that I would say about them at their funeral. I want to tell them how their smile, their hug, their kind words helped me. (Wow, my phone just rang, even as I am sitting and blogging this right now, a friend on Facebook, just called to tell me how much my words, encouragement, my posts, have really ministered to her! She said that I prophesied to her, gave her a word that God later confirmed, and I didn't even know it. She said that the post, "It's Already Done", really ministered to her. She said, don't stop what you are doing, you are impacting lives, maybe even in Mexico and you don't even know it!). Wow, God had her to call me at this exact time, when I am blogging about telling people nice things while they can hear them. God is so awesome, and He does things so well!
My whole point in sitting down to write this blog, is to encourage you, me, all of us, to say thank you, I love you, I appreciate you...to those special people who mean so much to you. Don't wait until their funeral to say it!
Just Say It!
Thursday, March 8, 2012
It's Already Done!
Wow, it has been a long time since I have blogged. So many great things have been happening, and I have been really enjoying all of them.
I am switching back and forth between my Facebook page and my blog. I am blogging about a post that one of my friends just posted on her wall on Facebook, that really got me to thinking. The post said, "While we are trying to figure it out, God has already worked it out"! That statement really caused me to stop and read it again. It really did get my attention.
As a child of God, I must admit that there was a time that I did spend much wasted time, trying to figure things out when I found myself in a situation. I would spend too many hours thinking about the problem, thinking about what could happen, if something didn't happen, thinking about how to solve the problem, what I felt like I needed to do about the problem. Now I know that satan was behind all of the worry. satan is a master at causing folks to worry, oftentimes worrying about things that most of the time, never even happen. I can say now, that I have gotten to the place where I just refuse to worry. I have surprised myself, because I have finally reached the place where I can say, "I don't care"! Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that I am not concerned about things, I just don't let the things consume my every waking moment, and I don't worry about stuff, and I don't let anything become a weight that I am carrying around, a care that I am burdened with.
As I spend more and more time in the Word of God, and more time with Him, meeting Him in the Word, listening to Him speak to me, yes He really does speak to me, I am learning more about God and what He wants for me, and how much He really, really, really LOVES me! It is sooooo good to know that He will NEVER get mad at me. He will NEVER reject me, NEVER punish me as I was taught as a new Christian, NEVER curse me, NEVER do anything to cause me to be afraid of Him. When I think about how much He loves me, by giving us Jesus, wow, I can't help but trust Him. He frees me from trying to figure things out. Just letting God handle it, is so freeing, and truly amazing. There is nothing like sleeping at night. Sleeping peacefully. Not up all night worrying. God knows about every concern that I have, and He is better able to handle things, than I can.
My response in response to her post was, "God had the solution to the problem, before I even had the problem"! Really when I think about it, when I go to God about a problem, I am not informing Him about something that He didn't already know about. This is not news to God. He probably sits and listens to me, smiles, and thinks to Himself, "if she only knew, I have already solved that...no problem". God is just so kind to us and lets us talk and go on and on about a problem, when all along, He has already handled it! Before you decided to take out that loan, make that bill, purchase that house, car, or whatever...before you took that MRI, that X-Ray, before you went to the doctor, God already provided, healed, worked it out! Before I sinned, He had already forgiven me! We don't have to worry about anything! This is not true for only a select group of people, it is true for everyone. Have you ever thought about the fact that Jesus died for everyone! Everyone! Everyone! Yes, for the drug dealer, the one who abuses drugs, the gang member, the child molester, the deadbeat daddy, the prostitute, the, you fill in the blank______________________________, them too! Yes, He died for the one who goes to hell. People go to hell, FORGIVEN! I thought about this one day, people go to hell, forgiven. The forgiveness didn't come when you asked God to forgive you, it came at Calvary, on the cross! Jesus' death bought forgiveness for everyone, but everyone doesn't accept it. Everyone doesn't believe in Jesus, and accept Him as savior and Lord, but they still are forgiven. They go to hell because they don't accept His forgiveness, what a tragedy!
Anyway, stop trying to figure out stuff. Jesus has already taken care of whatever can confront us. The provision was made before the foundation of the world!
(Thanks Tanya for the post)
I am switching back and forth between my Facebook page and my blog. I am blogging about a post that one of my friends just posted on her wall on Facebook, that really got me to thinking. The post said, "While we are trying to figure it out, God has already worked it out"! That statement really caused me to stop and read it again. It really did get my attention.
As a child of God, I must admit that there was a time that I did spend much wasted time, trying to figure things out when I found myself in a situation. I would spend too many hours thinking about the problem, thinking about what could happen, if something didn't happen, thinking about how to solve the problem, what I felt like I needed to do about the problem. Now I know that satan was behind all of the worry. satan is a master at causing folks to worry, oftentimes worrying about things that most of the time, never even happen. I can say now, that I have gotten to the place where I just refuse to worry. I have surprised myself, because I have finally reached the place where I can say, "I don't care"! Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that I am not concerned about things, I just don't let the things consume my every waking moment, and I don't worry about stuff, and I don't let anything become a weight that I am carrying around, a care that I am burdened with.
As I spend more and more time in the Word of God, and more time with Him, meeting Him in the Word, listening to Him speak to me, yes He really does speak to me, I am learning more about God and what He wants for me, and how much He really, really, really LOVES me! It is sooooo good to know that He will NEVER get mad at me. He will NEVER reject me, NEVER punish me as I was taught as a new Christian, NEVER curse me, NEVER do anything to cause me to be afraid of Him. When I think about how much He loves me, by giving us Jesus, wow, I can't help but trust Him. He frees me from trying to figure things out. Just letting God handle it, is so freeing, and truly amazing. There is nothing like sleeping at night. Sleeping peacefully. Not up all night worrying. God knows about every concern that I have, and He is better able to handle things, than I can.
My response in response to her post was, "God had the solution to the problem, before I even had the problem"! Really when I think about it, when I go to God about a problem, I am not informing Him about something that He didn't already know about. This is not news to God. He probably sits and listens to me, smiles, and thinks to Himself, "if she only knew, I have already solved that...no problem". God is just so kind to us and lets us talk and go on and on about a problem, when all along, He has already handled it! Before you decided to take out that loan, make that bill, purchase that house, car, or whatever...before you took that MRI, that X-Ray, before you went to the doctor, God already provided, healed, worked it out! Before I sinned, He had already forgiven me! We don't have to worry about anything! This is not true for only a select group of people, it is true for everyone. Have you ever thought about the fact that Jesus died for everyone! Everyone! Everyone! Yes, for the drug dealer, the one who abuses drugs, the gang member, the child molester, the deadbeat daddy, the prostitute, the, you fill in the blank______________________________, them too! Yes, He died for the one who goes to hell. People go to hell, FORGIVEN! I thought about this one day, people go to hell, forgiven. The forgiveness didn't come when you asked God to forgive you, it came at Calvary, on the cross! Jesus' death bought forgiveness for everyone, but everyone doesn't accept it. Everyone doesn't believe in Jesus, and accept Him as savior and Lord, but they still are forgiven. They go to hell because they don't accept His forgiveness, what a tragedy!
Anyway, stop trying to figure out stuff. Jesus has already taken care of whatever can confront us. The provision was made before the foundation of the world!
(Thanks Tanya for the post)
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