The Prince of the Air

Lately the enemy has been working overtime in my mind and heart. I find myself super sensitive to "looks" and pauses.  I imagine.

I'm remembering the Scripture in 2 Corinthians 10:3-5

"We are human, but we don't wage war as humans do.  We use God's mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strong holds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments.  We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God.  We capture rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey God"  NLT

Time is short. Be aware of confusion, contrariness, frustration, irritability, short tempers and hurt feelings. People, in general, are living under very stressful situations.  Give people Grace. Remember we are called to be carriers of His Peace
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Romans 12:18
Do everything in your power to live at peace with each other 
Heb 12:14  
Make every effort to live in peace
strive for peace

Living Loved

Do you live loved?  

Tonite, in study, a friend shared that she has trouble believing she is loved.  She said she could not wait until she could just think of herself the way God sees her.  Her tendency is to think she is stupid, unlovable, guilty etc.
I asked her what she does about that.  
She said she did not know what to do.

A picture came to mind.....you are invited to join God's Family.  At dinner time, as everyone gathers, you eat by yourself, off to the side.  The Lord calls you to come to His table...your place is set.  You are now part of the Family!  You shake your head no and looking down stay put far away from the rest.

Whose fault is that?  Is it God's?  What has He said?  For beginners He says nothing can separate you from His love!  Then how is it possible that you  still feel so undeserving etc?

It is IMPERATIVE as believers to believe what the Lord says rather than what we think!!!...

I cannot stress this enough.  

We cannot trust our hearts or our heads!!

We must know the Word and apply it to our lives.  We must not live by our feelings or even our experiences.  
What HE SAYS IS WHAT STANDS TRUE!

So we must first learn to dive into His Word and see what He says and then we must preach It to ourselves daily ...living in the Truth of His decree over us rather than our own understanding.

Right?

Right!

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The Long Cut

Have you ever taken the Long Cut?

Unfortunately it is a road that many of us find ourselves on. Leaning to our own understanding, grumbling and complaining, consequences of our sin and having our own way cause our Godly GPS to malfunction and we find ourselves "on our own".

This is neither God's fault, 

His idea or His Plan for your life 

The Lord gave me a Word for a friend tonite.  I saw him as one of the wild stallions that the Lord had caught and corralled. He was bucking and headstrong.  He had seen others leave the corral for God's purposes and it had left him irritated and frustrated that he was left behind.  He wondered how long....

The Lord wanted to remind him that first of all he had been caught. HE wanted to assure him that indeed he has a Plan for him, but this plan could not come about in his life until he would allow himself to be broken and come under the leadership and rule of the Holy Spirit.  

We simply wear ourselves out. 

We are worried, stressed and angry 

or depressed 

because things are not going our way.  

But God is a good parent and He is full of patience.  

He will wait and use life's circumstances 

to do their work on us, 

prayerfully bringing us to the point of being "gentled"

Oh how He loves us!

Friend, if you relate to this in any way today ~ even this minute ~ Now is a great time to clean the slate and STOP.  Bow before the Lord, ask for forgiveness for your foolishness and folly.  Get back under His wing and direction.  You have been bought with a Price ..you are no longer your own....

You are HIS 

and HE wants to use you 

in His Perfect plan.

The old adage goes....

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

Seized by Force

Matthew 11:12 b

"And violent men seize it by force, as a precious prize, a share in the heavenly kingdom is sought with most ardent zeal and intense exertion"

I think we SO underestimate Who God is, What He has done and How He loves us.

Think of  the time people spend in the gym working to get fit yet never work out their salvation
Have you ever sweated over your salvation?  Have  you ever gone after MORE  forcefully?

Think about it  

~ Lets not settle for less or the status quo or even the "food" delivered by our pastors etc.  Go after MORE!

Its time for intimacy!

Peace or a Sword

Matthew  10:34

Immediately my mind goes to "my peace I give to you"

"....That the peace that passes all understanding will be yours"

But here Jesus says "I don't come to bring peace, but a sword!"

"It appears plainly, that all who will live godly in Christ Jesus must suffer persecution; and we must expect to enter into the kingdom of God through many tribulations."

But my friend ~

You should be experiencing peace 

during this sword wielding season

Take His Peace

This reminds me of a Gaither song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3gK7f_tMWQ

Interesting perspective

You remember the story

Jesus drives out the demons and they inhabit a herd of pigs, causing them to run to their death. Matthew 8
The Lord had had a Busy day doing the Will of His Father.: healing, raising the dead, driving out demons, teaching and showing control over the weather.

This particular day two men, under the control of demons, come to meet him.  The demons trying to "strike a deal" end up with Jesus casting  them out as they entered a drove of hogs which then fell to their death.

WOW. YOU DON'T SEE THIS STUFF EVERYDAY!

V34 "and behold, the whole town went out to meet Jesus; and as soon as they saw  Him they begged Him to depart from their locality"

This just strikes me....why?
Did they really like bacon that much?
Had they not seen the myriads of Freed People left in Jesus wake?
Had they not heard?
Has they not seen?

Too often we are a people that just react ...only to ponder after the fact
Someone's livelihood was seemingly destroyed and that one situation was enough for them to urge Him to go.

So interesting

Do you have a thought?  Please post a comment
How might the story have ended differently?

All You Need is Love

Listening to some tributes given to the Late servant, Bob Jones, I was reminded again of The Truth that so often gets clouded and lost in our own understanding and life

Mr Jones is noted for (among other things) a vision that he saw of a long line of people entering heaven. Each one was asked the same question

DID YOU LEARN HOW TO LOVE?

.....not how many people got saved under your ministry
What's the biggest crowd that you have spoken to
How many books/devotion have you read or written
How many hours did you spend fasting and praying

No

Only

DID YOU LEARN HOW TO LOVE?

Well that's convicting

I need to spend some time thinking about my life
Bye for now