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Week of April 11th, Wednesday, April 13
AWE- ALMIGHTY GOD!
Make My Life Excellent In You-Constant In Your Courage!
Lord, I Kimberly Ann McCarthy hope to find a place of complete surrender to You, right now, so You may be my ALL in my everything this day! Glory! Nothing can separate me from Your love as I diligently guard my heart, keeping it completely pure and wholly true to You!.I cling to Your promised love that is everlasting-having no dead end –infinitely so.
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Lord, it is my #prayer that we in Twitterverse find a place of complete surrender to You, be the all in our everything this day!
Glory! Nothing can separate us from Your love as we diligently guard our hearts- continuously keep it wholly true to You.
Hey Twitterverse! We Are Loved, Infinitely So! Cling To God's Love Today – An Everlasting Love – With Hope And Promise!
Beware! The enemy likes to flip-flop our call- deceitfully, over a period of time we don't notice it until we are chained with responsibility that belongs to God.
Our call is to God-our Followship is of Him. God's purposes in play all around us-this is ministry- His Kingdom Trade!
Your excellence comes from God and what you complete or do not complete in a day is His purpose in play.
Are you "in ministry"? If so, always remember it is His ministry- Your call is to HIM-everything you do, you do unto Him.
I do Omnipresent Reality Checks throughout my day, to make sure I am serving my CALL TO GOD 1st not my occupation-position.
Every step you take in serving others, the outcome is God's responsibility - He is the only one who can modify eternally
Serve God! Be Called To Him 1st! You are His vessel-voice-encouragement, but He is the upshot of responsibility – He holds the future.
God's excellence of spirit, courage of faith and stability of belief get compromised when we try to bear the responsibility of earthy position.
You Are Called To God 1st! God can do more in you-through you than you could ever hope, dream or imagine. God's Got This!
God's purposes are in play around you, they may not "look" like you imagined-hence, stay "positioned" under His grace-be called 1st to HIM.
Lift the burden of responsibility off your shoulders-the enemy would love to chain you with it; the responsibility of your position is God's- your Call is to Him
Start Each Day Say: "God's Got This"! Do unto Him and guard your heart W/ Omnipresent Reality Checks!
My #prayer is that we all keep our CALL Unto God in Holy Alignment with His Kingdom Purposes at play all around us today.
Omnipresent Reality Check! God's Got This! Time To Exercise Our AWE-GOD Gratefulness!
I shut my eyes at night in peace after watching His purposes at play all day, I know He is still at work- finishing all He started
You are called to be in a constant conversation W/God- develop your God Consciousness today W/ every step you take
Exhortation- The Shepherd's Communicated Love-Wisdom!
You are such a blessing to God! One thing that came to my heart when I read your response was what I went through and what I learned while in ministry. It is so easy to bear the "responsibility" because you can, my giftedness became my burden and it happened so subtlety that I did not even notice until one day, completely feeling burned out and tired I asked the Holy Spirit and I was given Isaiah 50... The Holy Spirit showed me that I was kindling my own fire and walking by the light of it, so my giftedness given to me by God was tormenting me because somewhere along the line, I thought I could kindle my own fire and walk by the light of it; the light I kindled did not last and I felt tired, worn out... be ware of that because the enemy likes to flip-flop our call and he does it so deceitfully and over a period of time we don't notice it. Followship... is a call to God not to your occupation, I flip-flopped it... I did not even recognize it until I began to feel heavily burdened by my ministry work. Our call is to God, our Followship is of Him. He has His purposes in play every single day all around us and it is this that we are called to. In ministry, it is His ministry and everything you do, you do unto Him. Your excellence comes from Him and what you complete or do not complete in a day is His plan. I found, I could not do a "position" as well as I could BE in Christ. Your responsibility is to BE in Christ, to keep Your Omnipresence Shining with Followship. I had created a bad habit when the enemy exchanged worldly responsibility with Kingdom Call. So it took some time to reverse it, I had to do Omnipresent Reality Checks throughout my day, to make sure I was serving my CALL TO GOD 1st and not my occupation-position. Every call you take, is truly God's responsibility - He is the only one who can eternally handle it. You are His vessel, His voice, His encouragement, but He is the responsibility bearer. Put your day in and let everything you do, be found in Him, do unto Him, unto your call to Him. Put all your expectations in God Ps 62:5... Don't try to fulfill the unreasonable expectations of mankind, God's expectations of excellence of spirit, courage of faith and stability of belief get compromised when we try to bear the responsibility of earthy position. He can do more in you and through you than you could ever hope, dream or imagine. God's Got This! Lift the burden of responsibility off your shoulders the enemy would love to chain you with, the responsibility of your position is God's and your 1st Call is to Him. His purposes will be in play all around you, they may not "look" like you imagine they would, that is why you need to stay "positioned" under His grace and be called solely to HIM. I learned this as I worked my many years for churches. I started each day knowing "God's Got This" I did what I did unto Him and I guarded my heart, with Omnipresent Reality Checks, keeping my CALL Unto God in Holy Alignment with His purposes and when I left each day, I exercised my AWE-GOD gratefulness, seeing His Hand in my day, watching His purposes at play, I shut the door, knowing He was still at work, He would finish what He started, it was all HIM, His responsibility, not mine.
1 Peter 1:18
Your life is a journey you must travel with a deep consciousness of God. It cost God plenty to get you out of that dead-end, empty-headed life you grew up in. He paid with Christ's sacred blood, you know. He died like an unblemished, sacrificial lamb. And this was no afterthought. Even though it has only lately—at the end of the ages—become public knowledge, God always knew he was going to do this for you. It's because of this sacrificed Messiah, whom God then raised from the dead and glorified, that you trust God, that you know you have a future in God.
The Message Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 Eugene H. Peterson by NavPress Publishing
Your real future is in God's Kingdom! Your Only Call Is To Him!
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"[God Has Set Things Right]But in our time something new has been added. What Moses and the prophets witnessed to all those years has happened. The God-setting-things-right that we read about has become Jesus-setting-things-right for us. And not only for us, but for everyone who believes in him. For there is no difference between us and them in this. Since we've compiled this long and sorry record as sinners (both us and them) and proved that we are utterly incapable of living the glorious lives God wills for us, God did it for us. Out of sheer generosity he put us in right standing with himself. A pure gift. He got us out of the mess we're in and restored us to where he always wanted us to be. And he did it by means of Jesus Christ."
The Message Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 Eugene H. Peterson by NavPress Publishing
My Thoughts About These Verses As I Listen To The Holy Spirit:
A pure gift! So often I strive to be pure, to be holy, to do things in a right way, a way that would bring glory to God. I so desire for my life to look like Jesus. What I don't realize is that I have been given such a pure gift, it is inside of me, it is Jesus! Jesus puts me in the rightness of His purity and God see's me that way. This gives me the privilege of working out my salvation, being able to learn and grow and experience the truth by working it out inside of me. God has given me the opportunity to grow in His Presence, not bound by the law, but in freedom to grow in His Grace! Thank you Jesus! I have so far to go, so much to learn and I am grateful for Your Holy Spirit, guiding me, instructing me, shaping me to be like Jesus! I was such a mess when You found me, but I can see some shape now, I can see my will bent towards Your truth and my spirit desiring the excellent things of Your Way.
Isaiah 44:21
21 Remember these things, Jacob, and Israel, for you are My servant; I formed you, you are My servant; Israel, you will never be forgotten by Me.
1 Peter 2:9
9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Romans 8:15-17
15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father!"
16 The Spirit Himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God's children,
17 and if children, also heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—seeing that we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.
Dear Bob and Kim,
Have you ever felt alone and abandoned by God? I have. Many times. There have been times in my walk with Jesus that I felt I had lost touch with my Abba, Heavenly Father. And I know people in my church who struggle with this issue often. As I have been reading and re-reading a desperate letter from one young lady recently, I asked the Lord to tell me what to say to people who deal with divine abandonment issues. In such times as these we must know what the Word of God (Bible) says and we should memorize scriptures like the ones I've included here. We should get into the habit of praying and mediTating (not mediCating). We should also remember that most of our struggles are temporary. They continue for a season then come to an end. God can and will speak to you during these times of "disconnect." Here are a few thoughts to chew on and remember during these times of disconnect:
1. Even when I feel disconnected from God, He never forgets me. I forget. God doesn't.
2. Even when I feel disconnected I must remember to keep doing what I have been chosen by GOD to do. I am His possession no matter my mental or spiritual state. I am one of a ROYAL PRIESTHOOD and I am called out from darkness and into light.
3. When I sense this disconnect with my Heaven Father I cry out to HIM "Abba, Father!" The Spirit Himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God's children. Fear cannot rule me when my faith is well placed in Him who saved me.
Romans 10:10
One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation.
Feeling alone and abandoned? You don't have to be. Turn to Jesus. Keep this and re-read it whenever you need to. After all, you belong to Abba. Pastor Elliott
I hope huge to always be positioned in God's Presence in the all of my everything, Jesus being my 1st Call in this life! AWE-GOD
Jesus Touch This Family- Be At The Center Of Us! AWE-GOD
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Praying For Us Today! Isaiah 50:10
10 Who is among you who [reverently] fears the Lord, who obeys the voice of His Servant, yet who walks in darkness and deep trouble and has no shining splendor [in his heart]? Let him rely on, trust in, and be confident in the name of the Lord, and let him lean upon and be supported by his God.11 Behold, all you [enemies of your own selves] who attempt to kindle your own fires [and work out your own plans of salvation], who surround and gird yourselves with momentary sparks, darts, and firebrands that you set aflame!--walk by the light of your self-made fire and of the sparks that you have kindled [for yourself, if you will]! But this shall you have from My hand: you shall lie down in grief and in torment.
Amplified Bible Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation
Hey Precious Family!
It is spring break here in North Carolina and I am having a great week with Kiele and Ryanne; making priceless memories together! I hope you all are well. I love each of you and pray for you each week! Please let me know if you have any specific prayer needs. You are loved by me and by God most.
I prayed today specifically about how we serve. We are a family that serves in so many ways, we minister to others, it has always been an attribute of our family. I hope this blesses you as it did me! Love you! Kimberlymac
Father God, create in us "undivided hearts" (Psalm 86:11) I pray each one of us from the oldest to the youngest would find our place in You, and all that we do, we would be called to You 1st, being found in You…always- constantly and consistently! AWE-GOD! I pray we don't exchange our call to God with our work here in this world. Help us not to shoulder a burden or responsibility that belongs to God. Help us to walk by Your Strength, Father God and not be tempted to fix things our way and shoulder responsibility for things we can't change without God. Bless each one of us by Your Holy Spirit, Keep Us And Grow Us Closer To You! AMEN!
Called To God 1st! Written By Kimberlymac
I truly believe the times that I feel alone and abandoned are the times I truly need to take an Omnipresent Reality Check. God is always being, always with me in His Presence and Power. The enemy likes to trick me into exchanging my "Call To God" with an occupation of responsibility for this world and all in it. I realize I do that so much. My giftedness, My trade, everything that makes me-me, sometimes becomes the greatest weapon the enemy uses to chain me to responsibility that is not mine. When I flip-flop my call to the world instead of having a Call to God 1st, I feel really chained to responsibility and service, work and ministry becomes "mine"!
When who I serve becomes the "world" and all their expectations, my companions usually are discouragement, despair, fear, anxiety, exhaustion, disillusionment and God's excellence of spirit, courage of faith and stability of belief get compromised when I try to bear the responsibility of an earthy position. It is funny how I think I serve the world when I am ministering, working or doing things for others, when in all truth, my Call is to God and my service is to His Kingdom. I can't do anything for this world, I can't even change anything, not even one heart, only God can!
When I get so focused on "my ministry- my service – my occupation" Oh wow… not good.. I try to do Omnipresent Reality Checks throughout my day, to make sure I am serving my CALL TO GOD 1st not my occupation-position. I feel like when I do this, I don't miss out on God's purposes in play all around me that day. I remind myself constantly that my Call is To God-My Followship is Him- I serve His Kingdom 1st!
I realize that every step I take in serving His Kingdom, the outcome is God's responsibility because He is the only one who can modify eternally. I can do good things but they don't really matter as much as if "He is being" through me, then the things I do are simply eternally significant! I make a daily God-connection on my knees before my AWE-GOD! I know this is a position the enemy does not want me in because he can't stop God from being but he can discourage me from doing.
Being called to God 1st, putting my ministry, my occupation, the things I do underneath this calling, I feel like God can do more in me-through me than I could ever hope, dream or imagine. I try every day to step into my day saying: God's Got This! I want to see God's purposes in play all around me, not through my eyes but through His discernment! His purposes never seem to look like I imagine they would, hence I work hard to be positioned under His grace and called to Him 1st. This is my real ministry, my real calling is to Him! This truly lifts the burden of responsibility off my shoulders; and a heavy burden the enemy would love to chain me with is broken. If God has called me, then the responsibility of my call is God's and my Call is to Him!
Throughout my day, I guard my heart from taking on responsibility that is not mine, from keeping my call to Him in holy alliance with His Kingdom Purposes; I do this by taking "Omnipresence Reality Checks"! Am I walking in His Light, His Presence or am I walking in the light I have kindled the fire for? It is my prayer for me and for everyone I know to keep our CALL UNTO GOD and in Holy Alignment with His Kingdom purposes at play all around us today.
After watching His purposes in play all day, I want to shut my eyes at night and lay down in His peace, knowing He is still at work, finishing all He started. So I encourage you each day: God's Got This! Be Holy Aligned To Him, Your Call Is To Him! Stay In Constant Conversation With Him All Day And Exercise Your AWE-GOD Gratefulness… Much!
Sorry, did not mean to write a book… just a lot on my heart these days… have a great day!
OUR CALL IS TO GOD! OUR SERVICE UNTO HIS KINGDOM Isaiah 50:4-11
4 [The Servant of God says] The Lord God has given Me the tongue of a disciple and of one who is taught, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary. He wakens Me morning by morning, He wakens My ear to hear as a disciple [as one who is taught].5 The Lord God has opened My ear, and I have not been rebellious or turned backward.6 I gave My back to the smiters and My cheeks to those who plucked off the hair; I hid not My face from shame and spitting. 7 For the Lord God helps Me; therefore have I not been ashamed or confounded. Therefore have I set My face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame. 8 He is near Who declares Me in the right. Who will contend with Me? Let us stand forth together! Who is My adversary? Let him come near to Me. 9 Behold, the Lord God will help Me; who is he who will condemn Me? Behold, they all will wax old and be worn out as a garment; the moth will eat them up.
10 Who is among you who [reverently] fears the Lord, who obeys the voice of His Servant, yet who walks in darkness and deep trouble and has no shining splendor [in his heart]? Let him rely on, trust in, and be confident in the name of the Lord, and let him lean upon and be supported by his God.11 Behold, all you [enemies of your own selves] who attempt to kindle your own fires [and work out your own plans of salvation], who surround and gird yourselves with momentary sparks, darts, and firebrands that you set aflame!--walk by the light of your self-made fire and of the sparks that you have kindled [for yourself, if you will]! But this shall you have from My hand: you shall lie down in grief and in torment.
Amplified Bible Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation
GOD'S GOT THIS! 2 Peter 2:7-9
He rescued righteous Lot, greatly worn out and distressed by the wanton ways of the ungodly and lawless--8 For that just man, living [there] among them, tortured his righteous soul every day with what he saw and heard of [their] unlawful and wicked deeds--9 Now if [all these things are true, then be sure] the Lord knows how to rescue the godly out of temptations and trials, and how to keep the ungodly under chastisement until the day of judgment and doom,
Amplified Bible Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation
AWE-GOD GRATEFULNESS! 1 Peter 1:3-7
Praised (honored, blessed) be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah)! By His boundless mercy we have been born again to an ever-living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,4 [Born anew] into an inheritance which is beyond the reach of change and decay [imperishable], unsullied and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,5 Who are being guarded (garrisoned) by God's power through [your] faith [till you fully inherit that final] salvation that is ready to be revealed [for you] in the last time.6 [You should] be exceedingly glad on this account, though now for a little while you may be distressed by trials and suffer temptations,7 So that [the genuineness] of your faith may be tested, [your faith] which is infinitely more precious than the perishable gold which is tested and purified by fire. [This proving of your faith is intended] to redound to [your] praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) is revealed.
OMNIPRESENT REALITY CHECK! 1 Peter 1:18
Your life is a journey you must travel with a deep consciousness of God. It cost God plenty to get you out of that dead-end, empty-headed life you grew up in. He paid with Christ's sacred blood, you know. He died like an unblemished, sacrificial lamb. And this was no afterthought. Even though it has only lately—at the end of the ages—become public knowledge, God always knew he was going to do this for you. It's because of this sacrificed Messiah, whom God then raised from the dead and glorified, that you trust God, that you know you have a future in God.
The Message Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 Eugene H. Peterson by NavPress Publishing
Have A Great Week! Love you!
Daniel Fast Day 12! Gleaming From Daniel- Learning:Growing!
Daniel Chapter 6
1 IT PLEASED [King] Darius [successor to Belshazzar] to set over the kingdom 120 satraps who should be [in charge] throughout all the kingdom,2 And over them three presidents--of whom Daniel was one--that these satraps might give account to them and that the king should have no loss or damage.3 Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the satraps because an excellent spirit was in him, and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.4 Then the presidents and satraps sought to find occasion [to bring accusation] against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no occasion or fault, for he was faithful, nor was there any error or fault found in him.5 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion [to bring accusation] against this Daniel except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. 6 Then these presidents and satraps came [tumultuously] together to the king and said to him, King Darius, live forever!
Amplified Bible Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation
My Thoughts About These Verses As I Listen To The Holy Spirit:
I think it is so cool that they could bring no, none… not one accusation against Daniel. They could not find fault or any time he was not faithful to God. ANY-NONE… I wish it was so with me. This is where I would like to set my goal, I want to be excellent in Christ Jesus!
9 So King Darius signed the writing and the decree.10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house, and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he got down upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously
Joyce Meyer Life Point: If we believe we are doing God's will and then run inot opposition, we need to be like Daniel and boldly continue to do as God has instructed us, trusting Him to protect us.
My Thoughts About These Verses As I Listen To The Holy Spirit:
Daniel knew that the King had set a decree that no one was to pray to any god. The men set Daniel up because of their jealousy. Jealousy is a horrible thing, it can cause you to do so many things. BUT God, He delivered Daniel from the consequences of their scheming jealousy. This really showed me that you never count God out, He can do anything, whenever and however He wants. He rescued Daniel from the lions because it was His good purpose to do so.
Life point by Joyce Meyer: Be excellent! The king was so impressed with Daniels's decision and the miraclulous way God took care of him that he issued a decree that all the people had to fear and tremble before Daniel's God, for He was indeed the living God. After this, Daniel prospered. Our God is an excellent God, and He has called us to be excellent too. To be excellent is a decision we must make, and it means we should always go the extra mile to do things the very best way they can be done. And we should strive to do what we believe God would do in a situation similar to the one we are in. Make a decision today to be excellent.
6 Then the king commanded, and Daniel was brought and cast into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, May your God, Whom you are serving continually, deliver you!
My Thoughts About These Verses As I Listen To The Holy Spirit:
God used those terrible circumstances Daniel was in to bring Himself Glory! Sometimes it may feel we have been thrown to the lions, but we have to remember that God's purposes are in play and we must trust Him with the piece of the situation that we see, knowing that He is working in the unseen for the best of the Kingdom of God!
19 Then the king arose very early in the morning and went in haste to the den of lions.20 And when he came to the den and to Daniel, he cried out in a voice of anguish. The king said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, Whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions?21 Then Daniel said to the king, O king, live forever!22 My God has sent His angel and has shut the lions' mouths so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent and blameless before Him; and also before you, O king, [as you very well know] I have done no harm or wrong.
My Thoughts About These Verses As I Listen To The Holy Spirit:
Yes, our God is able! He can, He will, He does! Nothing can stop the Kingdom purposes of God in play, they will play out and they will reveal God's glory! I must trust God even if I am being fed to the lions, I must trust that He is my advocate, He is working in the lion's den for my good! The king had a strong devotion for Daniel because of Daniel's faithfulness.
When Christians say the Christ-life is in them, they do not mean simply something mental or moral. When they speak of being "in Christ" or of Christ being "in them," this is not simply a way of saying that they are thinking about Christ or copying Him. They mean that Christ is actually operating through them...
(Clive Staples) C. S. Lewis
I lay my 'whys?' before Your cross in worship kneeling, my mind beyond all hope, my heart beyond all feeling; and worshipping, realize that I, in knowing You, don't need a 'why?' Ruth Bell Graham
Most people walk in and out of your life, but FRIENDS leave footprints in your heart. Author Unknown
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Kimberly, are you ready?
Matthew 25:1-4 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
Notice that though all of the virgins here were expecting the bridegroom's return, only five were prepared. This parable was written about those of us that have knowledge of Jesus and His return, but have not made ourselves ready. The foolish virgins had not stored any oil for His return. Interestingly, oil is symbolic of the Spirit of God.
This parable teaches us the importance of spiritual preparation. There is really no substitute for it. When we prepare spiritually, by daily reading the Word and practicing worship and prayer, we will become equipped with the oil of His Spirit. Not only will we be preparing for His return but as an extra added bonus, it will empower us to face today's trials. And when those unexpected challenges come, we'll have the power of the Spirit already working within us, helping us through! What a great deal!
Kimberly, let's get ourselves ready so that we can help others get ready! He's coming and there's so much work to be done!
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