I am ALWAYS soooo perplexed by friendships....the way they come and go....the way some last FOREVER...and the way SOME just truly were NEVER meant to be! I KNOW they are IMPORTANT because JESUS said so!!!
John 15:12-14 " My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command"
Of course HE is the ULTIMATE friend!!! I sooo treasure that gift!!! ESPECIALLY right now in this 5th year friendship drought. I honestly get sooo overwhelmed by the fact that God has NOT granted me a dear friend here in this AREA in the 5 years that I have been here....
Don't get me wrong...I have friends...just not like the ones I long for...the deep friendship I have with some AMAZING people in other towns far away :o) I KNOW God has someone SPECIAL appointed for me... in HIS time....I continue to pray for my heart to be ALERT for WHO it is....
until then...He will be my portion...my supply!
2 Peter 1:3 " His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue."
August 31, 2010
February 23, 2010
Physical AND Spiritual blessing
In studying for the lesson this week I am in AWE of God's divine timing for this particular lesson! Mark 8:22-38 it is truly MORE than a blind man seeing physically...I believe God wants us to see it is sooo much more about him seeing Spiritually!!! A lesson on FAITH!!!! WOW!!! sooo much of what is needed RIGHT now for sooooo many INCLUDING me!!!
We need to be reminded DAILY that we have a war raging inside of us FLESH against SPIRIT!!! As humans we want the things that satisfies our flesh...people HEALED for here on earth...other earthly requests that we want ...answered NOW...when there is sooo much more of an opportunity of our Spiritual being to receive a blessing!
The fleshly desires TEMPORARILY satisfy...while Spiritual desires are the beautiful treasures that ETERNALLY satisfy! When we TRULY realize Jesus doesn’t always work the same way, that multitudes DO NOT determine the outcome of the answered prayer and that God is not forced to act according to our expectations... BECAUSE He DID do it a different way. We will gain the full measure of His abundant life riches!
We need to dig in: Study the revelations of God to us — scripture and events. Utilize this as an opportunity to allow your heart, soul & mind to become one!
Jesus asks... "Are your hearts hardened?” we ned to analyze the state of our heart. If we are not excited, if we do not feel a response of joy, it is because the mind has grasped it but the heart & soul has not.
Then Jesus says: “Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear?” Do not just look at the events you are seeing and think that is all there is to it. It is a parable, a parallel to something deeper and more important, concerning your spirit. As these men were being fed by the loaves and the fishes, he was saying to them,(last weeks lesson) “Don’t think of this merely as a way of getting a good, quick, free meal. We need to Understand that He is the source for everything in life!!!
“Do you not remember?” We need to look back at what has happened and recognize that God has been at work in our life. What is happening right now is not just an accident. It is divinely part of a bigger plan.
There is a war raging inside of us...FLESH VS SPIRIT...Don't step up on the battlefield unprepared!!! suit up with your Spiritual weapons...which first starts with your heart,soul & mind!
2 Corinthians 4:18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Lord I pray against the enemy and his attempts to discourage-distract & to defeat us through his destructible behavior! Lord help us to remember that WE HAVE AUTHORITY OVER him!!! He has NO control or victory! Lord I pray that we REFUSE to wear the yoke of fear-defeat-discouragement-fleshly desires- earthly rewards& request to be answered...Lord may we truly BELIEVE that Your yoke is light and we trade with YOU NOW!!!
You are a SOVEREIGN HOLY KING who adores us and delights in & over us! May THAT bring us the SPIRITUAL SATISFACTION You hope for us! In the AMAZINGLY MATCHLESS name of JESUS I pray...AMEN AMEN AMEN
We need to be reminded DAILY that we have a war raging inside of us FLESH against SPIRIT!!! As humans we want the things that satisfies our flesh...people HEALED for here on earth...other earthly requests that we want ...answered NOW...when there is sooo much more of an opportunity of our Spiritual being to receive a blessing!
The fleshly desires TEMPORARILY satisfy...while Spiritual desires are the beautiful treasures that ETERNALLY satisfy! When we TRULY realize Jesus doesn’t always work the same way, that multitudes DO NOT determine the outcome of the answered prayer and that God is not forced to act according to our expectations... BECAUSE He DID do it a different way. We will gain the full measure of His abundant life riches!
We need to dig in: Study the revelations of God to us — scripture and events. Utilize this as an opportunity to allow your heart, soul & mind to become one!
Jesus asks... "Are your hearts hardened?” we ned to analyze the state of our heart. If we are not excited, if we do not feel a response of joy, it is because the mind has grasped it but the heart & soul has not.
Then Jesus says: “Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear?” Do not just look at the events you are seeing and think that is all there is to it. It is a parable, a parallel to something deeper and more important, concerning your spirit. As these men were being fed by the loaves and the fishes, he was saying to them,(last weeks lesson) “Don’t think of this merely as a way of getting a good, quick, free meal. We need to Understand that He is the source for everything in life!!!
“Do you not remember?” We need to look back at what has happened and recognize that God has been at work in our life. What is happening right now is not just an accident. It is divinely part of a bigger plan.
There is a war raging inside of us...FLESH VS SPIRIT...Don't step up on the battlefield unprepared!!! suit up with your Spiritual weapons...which first starts with your heart,soul & mind!
2 Corinthians 4:18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
Lord I pray against the enemy and his attempts to discourage-distract & to defeat us through his destructible behavior! Lord help us to remember that WE HAVE AUTHORITY OVER him!!! He has NO control or victory! Lord I pray that we REFUSE to wear the yoke of fear-defeat-discouragement-fleshly desires- earthly rewards& request to be answered...Lord may we truly BELIEVE that Your yoke is light and we trade with YOU NOW!!!
You are a SOVEREIGN HOLY KING who adores us and delights in & over us! May THAT bring us the SPIRITUAL SATISFACTION You hope for us! In the AMAZINGLY MATCHLESS name of JESUS I pray...AMEN AMEN AMEN
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