Be a voice for the heart of God

Be a voice for the heart of God

  God’s heart is pure unlike mans’; but when salvation occurs, God begins to change our heart; we still have to be careful not to ‘follow our hearts’ though. Christ lives in the Redeemed, but just because we are redeemed, doesn’t mean that we cannot reject our redemption and walk away from the gift of salvation. We can choose to hearken unto the voice of our old nature instead of our new one. We cannot follow our heart, because while we remain in this world our Flesh, of which our carnal heart consists, constantly desires the fun and exciting sin that the world seems to enjoy. God is King, He has rules, and He has set definite consequences for following our Fleshly, carnal heart because He loves us as a Father loves his children.

   A loving parent will discipline their child because they love them, but a parent that doesn’t care will let their child do anything without consequence; and therefore they set the child’s life on the wrong course by implanting rebellion as ok, and discipline, authority, and rules as the “big bad guy.” But God isn’t like that. He has laid out the Rules, He has given us His Word and the Holy Spirit. Instead of following your old nature, follow your new—Christ’s Spirit within you! And be a voice for the heart of God amidst a world of prideful hearts.

You already look like a fool; let God kill your pride

You already look like a fool; let God kill your pride

  Stop letting the fear of failing or looking like a fool keep you from being blessed by obedience to the Lord. Many of us have already looked like fools before in our day to day lives. So let’s face it stepping out there and living out your Faith won’t really be ‘all that bad.’ Sure people may not believe your testimony, even Jesus experienced that. Some may persecute you or make fun of you for your seemingly stupid “‘religious ‘practices;” that happened to Jesus. But—Hey!—we are supposed to be the Light and Salt of the earth. So let’s lay down the pride of failure and foolishness and start being Fools-4-Christ!

“We are fools for Christ’s sake….” 1 Corinthians 4:10 KJV

Hope

Hope

  Your hope seems to eventually run out, doesn’t it? I have news for you: there is a place to have your hope restored. There is a person who should be the center, the foundation of your hope. When your hope runs out; eventually it will run out when it is founded on the things of this world. 

   I’ll admit that my hope has run out and I needed a ‘lift’, but where did I get it? The altar. Now an altar does not have to be literally in a church or even a literal object, it is simply anywhere that you pour out your heart to God and guess what? He has the power to refill and make a new wine skin out of you, because HE IS THE CREATOR!

Where is your hope focused? Do you need a fresh ‘refill’? Ask the Father for He has sent the Son to save you and the Holy Spirit to empower you to be His witness in the earth.

Hear, Do, Say—What God tells you

Hear, Do, Say—What God tells you

“What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.”  Matthew 10:27 KJV

Reflect on the meaning of this verse and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you its meaning.

You’ve always been told….

You’ve always been told….

  I have been told since I was very young that I am a leader. As I grew older, I heard the same type of thing. The words of those people have been a blessing to me during some discouraging times. What have you always been told? Some things that others tell us are lies and curses, while others are blessings and truth. First, ask the Holy Spirit to help you determine whether blessings of curses have been spoken over you. Remember the blessings, and forgive those who cursed you—pray that they may experience Christ’s love and forgiveness and as far much as you can, try to share Christ’s love and truth with them if you come in contact with them.

“But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister (servant).”

Matthew 20:26 and Mark 10:43 KJV parenthesis added

 That verse that tells us that whoever wants to be the greatest among men has to be a servant. Did you catch that? The “greatest leaders” in the world today often miss it.  The way to be a great leader is to throw away your own pride and embrace humility—begin to serve. True leadership is humbly following God in whatever and wherever He leads you. Even if it looks impossible and all your men, friends, family, and colleagues say that you’re crazy. Jesus’ mission seemed crazy to His own brothers (John 7)!

What God tells me to do has often made me ‘shake-in-my-boots;’ I am attacked fiercely by the Enemy. But God allows me to be tempted by the Enemy as a test. By that test God teaches me something. Unlike earthly tests, this test is all for me, not one ounce of the test is for God because He already knows all of the results, but nevertheless, He lets me go through it so that I might see sometime later what He has taught me.

What are you being called to do? Be a doctor? A scientist? Entrepreneurship? A Mother instead of just a Mom? A Father instead of just a Dad? Be what you were called to be, it may be tough, but GOD IS WITH YOU!