I believe that it is possible
For seasoned pastors and preachers
Who are daily about their Father’s business
Or, so they think —
That even they
Can get a revelation
From the very least of us:
That the kingdom,
Heaven itself,
The full glory and goodness of God
Is now here.
WHEN YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH GOD
And you find yourself, like Paul,
Sooo happy to be serving Him,
You – that’s right, little ol’ You –
Serving God Almighty
King of kings and Lord of lords
He chose you to enlighten
So that you could enlighten the world.
Nothing else matters anymore.
You’ve been cheated.
You’ve been lied to.
Been mistreated big, big time!
No matter!!!! You’ve got God
And that’s all that counts.
This isn’t right and that isn’t right.
But God. God is always right.
Ever tried balancing the two?
The world, and God?
When you have Jesus
You simply have
One hundred percent.
Yesterday (true story) I was up on a stool
Rearranging about thirty books
On a single recently painted shelf
When suddenly
– C – R – A – C – K – !!!
The shelf broke
Knocked me off the stool
Books came tumbling down
I came tumbling down
Inches away from a plate-glass table
Books on top of me
Shelf on top of me
My first coherent thought was
“I’m not hurt!”
How’s that possible?
“Oh, it be!” said God.
My head had landed, like I said,
Inches from the glass table!!!
There had been too many books
For that kind of shelf.
(I was so glad it happened to me
And not to a guest.)
All through the day I kept hearing
“I’m not hurt! I’m not hurt!”
Then God told me to examine the evidence:
Three nasty bruises and one scrape
But zero pain and
Great thankfulness.
● #1 When we use Paul as our role model, our joy is ineffable!
FOR OUR SUFFERING – IN OBEDIENCE TO THE LORD – WE SHALL RECEIVE DOUBLE BLESSINGS !!
2 Corinthians 1:5 KJV
For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
● #2 When we use Paul as our role model, our joy is ineffable!
WHEN GOD SAID “JUMP”, PAUL SAID “HOW HIGH ?”
Acts 16:9-10 KJV
And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us. [10] And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.
● #3 When we use Paul as our role model, our joy is ineffable!
PAUL JUST KEPT ON PRAISING GOD SIMPLY BECAUSE HE WAS SO HAPPY BEING AT ONE WITH GOD !!
Philippians 3:10 KJV
That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
● #4 When we use Paul as our role model, our joy is ineffable!
PAUL DIDN’T REGARD THE PHYSICAL, KNOWING THAT HE WAS IN THE CENTER OF GOD’S WILL !!
2 Corinthians 4:18 KJV
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
● #5 When we use Paul as our role model, our joy is ineffable!
HIS SUFFERINGS WERE NOT EVEN WORTH MENTIONING !!!!!
Romans 8:18 KJV
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
● #6 When we use Paul as our role model, our joy is ineffable!
PAUL’S . L I G H T . A F F L I C T I O N S :
2 Corinthians 11:23-28 KJV
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. [24] Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. [25] Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; [26] In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; [27] In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. [28] Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
STILL THINK YOU’RE HAVING A BAD DAY ?
● #7 When we use Paul as our role model, our joy is ineffable!
GET BACK UP AND GET GOING !!
2 Corinthians 4:16 KJV
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
● #8 THERE OUGHT TO BE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMEONE WHO IS ALIVE AND SOMEONE WHO IS DEAD !!
Romans 6:8 KJV
Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
We must stay in the Spirit. Translation: we must stay aware of our oneness with God because that’s where divine Love, joy, peace and perfection are found. God wants us well and happy even more than we do, so let’s oblige Him and accept all He has to offer. And, yes, we can contain it all … by virtue of the fact that we already do!
Did you ever go into a shoe store and say “I want those shoes, but I don’t want the tongues? Lol !! Praying in tongues is the most wonderful gift of the Holy Spirit.
Good morning Facebook Peeps
I have PMS, ADHD and OCD. I want to kill you, but I can’t focus on that now…..I have to go wash my hands…….😎
HOW DO YOU OVERCOME THE WORLD ?
1John 5:4 KJV
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
■ GET INTO THE WORD
■ DISCIPLINE YOUR MIND
■ READ THE BIBLE
■ MEDITATE ON GOD’S WORD
■ ASK HOLY SPIRIT TO GUIDE
■ PRAY WITHOUT CEASING
■ FORGIVE • FORGIVE • FORGIVE
■ PUT ON NEW NATURE OF LOVE
. . . AND TRUTH
So funny how some Christians fight so hard for the right to STAY sick by saying that it’s NOT God’s will to heal everyone… then they get mad at those who preach Healing as part of the Gospel…
If you read the four Gospels, you’ll see that the ONE thing that Jesus put more emphasis on than anything else by what He said, and by what He did was divine HEALING through Faith!
Jesus cares about where you’re going to live for eternity; but He also cares about how your living RIGHT NOW…. Selah.
~ Cayce Talbott
Cayce Talbott, GRACE CHAT www.blogtalkradio.com/gracechat
One thing that I can’t get out of my mind is – and I am NOT a proponent of human psychology – What does clinging to this disease BUY you? What hidden psychological need does it fill? . Understand, whoever you are, even though I don’t know who you are, I love you, and I want to challenge you with this haunting question: “If you give up this dis-ease, what will it cost you?” You’ll be exposed – mostly to yourself, and you might be uncomfortable with the whole naked truth. You’ll be compelled to answer some rather disquieting questions such as “What now?”
[P.S. I have no particular person in mind except the Robin of yesteryear!]
~ RJS
It was the old covenant that veiled Jesus. It veiled Him when He was born, it veiled Him when He died, and it veiled Him when He was resurrected. It wasn’t until Revelation, an unveiling, that the veil was taken away. What Revelation prophesied became reality when the temple and old covenant were finally destroyed. The veil of judgment and death, through which people had seen God since the days of the vassal covenant, was finally removed. The old covenant had prevented people from seeing who God really is; all they had seen was judgment and condemnation. But on the other side of AD 70, that veil has been taken away, and we are now free to see God as the loving father He is. The first century believers would have clearly understood that this is what Revelation is about—prophesying the destruction of the old covenant, which had been veiling God, and thereby revealing fully the glory of Christ and His new covenant.
Dr. Jonathan Welton
Understanding the Whole Bible
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2 Corinthians 3:14-16 KJV
But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. [15] But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. [16] Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
Is there something in your life that is in need of healing – physical, emotional, financial or spiritual? If you said spiritual, you’re already halfway there because all of our woes can be boiled down to a lack in spiritual apprehension. Some people have a great deal of head knowledge on the subject of spiritual healing but just don’t seem to know how to appropriate it while others sense that healing is possible but could use a little more preparation. One thing I do know is that anyone who is willing to trust God with their problem can effect a healing – on their own!
The operative question is “How do I get my thinking to line up with the Holy Spirit so that I can remove my own doubt, fear and unbelief? What do I need to know in order to be on the side of healing?” If you’re asking these questions, you’re really on the right track! Healings take place in the spiritual realm before they’re manifested in the realm of the flesh. That makes sense, right? “I’ve had this problem for a very long time…” you may argue. But did you ever actually do your part to heal it? Did you – in deepest humility – petition Jesus to step in, on your behalf? God wants you well, happy, companioned, loved, prosperous and free! He told me so! Are you ready to get really serious? Then let’s see what the Word of God has to say to you personally.
Tim Heart has brought out an all-important caveat to our forgetting that in reality we don’t actually -D-O- anything:
If you can put this on the level of salvation; did you appropriate salvation or was it something Jesus did for us with no help from us at all? 1 Peter 1:3 says it was God that (caused) us to be born again and that was without us appropriating it! The Greek word Sozo means healed and so born again means we were healed! I believe we were healed body, soul and spirit at that time. From my observation the biggest hindrence to body healing is the concept of trying to receive or appropriate what God already caused to happen! Sozo was accomplished with the faith of Jesus. Eph.2:8. So Sozo was finished before time began. 2Tim.1:9 Not disagreeing but just adding to the thinking about the timing so our thinking can hopefully line up more easily with Jesus work and not constantly trying to add our work! People are in limbo because they think they can’t get the reveiving and appropriating thing down, so they think they are the problem and don’t have the faith or enough faith! If you think I am confusing the issue, sorry, just remove what I said! Bottom line_____It is Finished!
~ Tim Heart