The Bridegroom's Voice: January 2012

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Constant Conversation W/God Jan 29th

AWE- ALMIGHTY GOD!

Week Of January 29th

Monday, January 30, 2012

Isaiah 44:6-8

God, King of Israel, your Redeemer, God-of-the-Angel-Armies, says: I'm first, I'm last, and everything in between. I'm the only God there is. Who compares with me? Speak up. See if you measure up. From the beginning, who else has always announced what's coming? So what is coming next? Anybody want to venture a try? Don't be afraid, and don't worry: Haven't I always kept you informed, told you what was going on? You're my eyewitnesses: Have you ever come across a God, a real God, other than me? There's no Rock like me that I know of." (MSG)

Developing My AWE-GOD With An Attitude Of Gratitude!

2012 Awaken My Worship! Lord Jesus today I am grateful for divine appointments. 8 years ago I had a divine appointment with Randy and Joyce Goeppner and their precious family. I am grateful for the "forever friendship" that YOU designed in us and for the Godly wisdom this precious couple has blessed us with. In kinship relationships set up by Your Holy Spirit, You can work Your purposes through the Body of Christ. I am grateful Jesus. Thank you!

This is the paradox of His power: Your weakness and emptiness mean that you have depleted self and are now in a position to be fully filled by Him. Ironically, now you are in a position of strength. Boyd Bailey http://wisdomhunters.com

Holy Spirit Inspired…. He speaks, I listen and obey… Thank you for teaching Me!

Galatians 1:12 (NLT) I received my message from no human source, and no

one taught me. Instead, I received it by direct revelation from Jesus Christ.

Page 115 Streams In The Desert by L. B. Cowman

Holy Spirit Speaking To Me: You need to believe that I can! I AM – I CAN!

Isaiah 41:14-15

Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel! I will help you, says the Lord; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. 15 Behold, I will make you to be a new, sharp, threshing instrument which has teeth; you shall thresh the mountains and beat them small, and shall make the hills like chaff.

Amplified Bible (AMP)

Excerpt From Book:

"A worm is delicate and is easily bruised by a stone or crushed beneath a passing wheel. Yet a threshing tool with sharp teeth can cut through rock and not be broken, leaving its mark upon the rock. And Almighty God can covert one into the other. He can take an individual or a nation, who has all the weakness of a worm and through the energizing work of His own Spirit, endow that person or nation with strength enough to make a profound mark upon the history of their time."

"IN God's strength, we can even take the darkest disappointment, break it open, and discover a precious jewel of grace inside. When God gives us an iron will, we can cut through difficulties just as iron plowshare cuts through the hardest soil."

"Christ is building His Kingdom with the broken things of earth. People desire only the strong, successful, victorious, and unbroken things in life to build their kingdoms, but God is the God of the unsuccessful—the God of those who have failed"

"There is no "bruised reed" (Isa. 42:3) that Christ cannot take and restore to a glorious place of blessing and beauty."

Jesus can lift earth's saddest failure up to heaven's glory. J.R. Miller

"Follow Me, and I will make you…."

Make you speak My words with power,

Make you vessels of My mercy,

Make you helpful every hour.

"Follow Me, and I will make you…"

Make you what you cannot be-

Make you loving, trustful, godly,

Make you even just like Me.

L.S.P.

Isaiah 42:3 He won't break off a bent reed or put out a dying flame, but he will make sure that justice is done.

My Thoughts About This = Miraculous Musings! J

I hear loud and clear what YOU are saying to me Lord God. I know I have put off my book because I felt I could not do it, I could not learn what I needed to get it published online. So I have procrastinated. I hear YOU saying that I can do it, that YOU CAN do it through me. That YOU will provide for the ISNB Number and the copy rite. You can do this through me, I need to completely trust YOU.

Holy Spirit Inspired…. He speaks, I listen and obey… Thank you for teaching Me!

Galatians 1:12 (NLT) I received my message from no human source, and no

one taught me. Instead, I received it by direct revelation from Jesus Christ.

Isaiah 40:31

But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] shall change and renew their strength and power; they shall lift their wings and mount up [close to God] as eagles [mount up to the sun]; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint or become tired.

Waiting On God By Joyce Meyer

Waiting on God is expecting, looking for, and hoping in Him. It is spending time in His Word and in His presence.
Waiting on God is not having: worry – frustration – upset! Waiting on God is finding a place of soul-spirit- body rest in His Presence.
If you are struggling in your life, take a seat and rest in God's presence. The promise of God's peace is not made to those who work and struggle in their own strength but to those who sit and rest in Christ Jesus. Wait on Him, and your strength will be renewed.
The promise of God's peace was not made to those who struggle in their own strength. Sit-rest-wait on Jesus=renewed strength!

Excerpts From: Elmer L. Towns "365 Ways To Know God"

Go To Page 386…. From Holy Spirit

The HOLY SPIRIT: The Holy Spirit Sent From Heaven

1 Peter 1:12

It was made known to the prophets that they were not serving themselves. Instead, they were serving you when they spoke about the things that you have now heard. Those who have preached the good news to you have told you those things. They have done it with the help of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into those things.

Excerpts From Book:

The third Person of the Trinity is the Holy Spirit Sent From Heaven. He came upon them in power as they witnessed to unsaved people and 3000 people believed in Jesus Christ (Acts 2:41)

If you need power to witness, seek the Holy Spirit Sent From Heaven.

Holy Spirit use my words to motivate people to salvation!

The Holy Spirit was sent from Heaven to convict people of sin and draw them to salvation. Let Him use you today as a witness.

Be faithful in prayer and search your hearts, so they are clean and useable.

Holy Spirit, show me anything that hinders my witness, and I will repent and receive cleansing by the blood of Jesus. I want to be used by You to bring people to Jesus.

KEY THOUGHT: The Holy Spirit was sent to use you in soul winning.

John 15:26-27

"I will send the Friend to you from the Father. He is the Spirit of truth, who comes out from the Father. When the Friend comes to help you, he will give witness about me. ²⁷ "You also must give witness. This is because you have been with me from the beginning.

My Thoughts About This = Miraculous Musings! J

The Holy Spirit is with me and He is the ONE Who writes through me. I am His witness, this is His mission, not mine. He is the Spirit of Truth- that speaks the Truth with power, power that changes lives and hearts. My words have no power, His do. I must be led by The Holy Spirit's agenda and mission, not my own. Nothing I do belongs to me, not my time, not my plans, not even my purpose, I belong to God and His Kingdom. All I do is The Holy Spirit's mission. It is His vision, His mission and He will fund it, make a way for it and finish it.

Holy Spirit, Help Me Align My Life With This Word Of God Wisdom!

Luke 12:6-7

"What is the price of five sparrows—two copper coins[a]? Yet God does not forget a single one of them. 7 And the very hairs on your head are all numbered. So don't be afraid; you are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows.

Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

My Thoughts About This = Miraculous Musings! J

God values me and in this the hope in my soul soars above my situational stress. Luke 12:6-7

What do I put my "value in" and how does this increase or decrease my hope?

My hope decreases when I put my expectation in human beings and they disappoint me.

My hope increases when I put all my expectations in God's Hand, surrendering my life to His Sovereign plan. Then it is all about HIM, and nothing about me.

God's hope is secure in things of "infinite value", I find my hope resting on things of "human value" and that makes my hope very restless and shaken in the storms of this life.

My restlessness is from me hoping in myself, me trying to figure out only what God can.

Our hope must be guarded in times of trial and testing. What guards our hope? The Word of God's Promise!

Jeremiah 29:11-12 (AMP)

For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome. 12 Then you will call upon Me, and you will come and pray to Me, and I will hear and heed you.

My Thoughts About This = Miraculous Musings! J

I can rest my hope on things of "infinite value" instead of resting my hope on things of "human value"!

Human Value: retirement plans – health insurance – life insurance

I can rest my hope in the promises of God, these have "infinite value" in my life. I can't rest my hope in the pledge of men.

God promised to take care of me, He promised to meet my needs and be my Provider.

Hebrews 6:18-20 We who have run for our very lives to God have every reason to grab the promised hope with both hands and never let go. It's an unbreakable spiritual lifeline, reaching past all appearances right to the very presence of God where Jesus, running on ahead of us, has taken up his permanent post as high priest for us

My Thoughts About This = Miraculous Musings! J

I really like that! Hope is an unbreakable spiritual lifeline reaching me right into the Presence of God.

If I want to increase my hope in God, I must cling tightly to God, I must dig my roots deeply in His promises!

The greatest "infinite value" I have in my life is the Presence of God. Omnipresent Reality Check!

Philippians 3:8 (NLT)

Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ

My Thoughts About This = Miraculous Musings! J

Infinite Value is what the Holy Spirit leads me too. Am I rooted to "infinite value"? Because this is where my hope is strengthened.

My roots need to be dug deeply in Kingdom soil and I should be planting seeds in my life that will bloom in "infinite value" and increase in God Hope!

I am giving my life to the things that have "Infinite Value" not to the things that have "human value" this is my life-passion this week and hope will follow me wherever I go!

Don't go down the bunny trail looking for human value! If you chase after "infinite value" you will be find a path of God-Hope

Verse Of The Day@biblegateway.com

"Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love."

Ephesians 4:2 NIV

My Notes As I Listen To Ephesians 4:

A Prisoner for the Lord… Walk worthy to what you have been called with all humility and gentleness, bearing with one another with love, eager to preserve unity. WE are called One Faith! Over all and in all is our God. Jesus gave gifts to men. He Who descended, ascended far above all the heavens that He might fill all things. He gave us Pastors Teachers to equip the saints, to mature us to manhood to the fullness of Christ. No longer children tossed to and fro by the ways and carried about by human cunnings. We are to grow up in every way in Christ, by speaking the truth in love. The Body builds itself up in love as it works together. Do not walk in the futility of your mind, alienated from God due to their hardness of hearts. Greedy to practice every impurity. The truth is in Jesus, to put off your old self, corrupt by deceitful desires. Be renewed in the Spirit of your mind in the true righteousness and holiness. Speak the truth with each other, be angry and do not sin, do not let the sun go down on your anger, and give opportunity to the devil. Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouth but only such that is good for building up. Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God to Whom you were sealed to the day of redemption. Put away all malice, be kind to one another tender hearted forgiving others as Christ forgave you.

My Thoughts About This = Miraculous Musings! J

We are to grow up in "everyway"… not just in some ways, not just in the comfortable ways, but in every way unto Jesus. I need to stop being tossed to and fro by these changes in my life. God is allowing them for His purpose and even if I don't see the purpose when they happen, I need to trust Him. Jesus help me to take this next step in my walk with YOU, trusting YOU with everything, everything… EVERYTHING!!

Futility… Oh it is pointless… Why even try… I will never be able to do it… It is just too hard… Nothing ever turns out right… these are thoughts of futility and they X out God's possibility!

Whatever I speak should build up, not tear down in any way. I have to be more conscious of this… in any way, I do not tear down… but in all ways build up!

Worship Wisdom! Changing Me! Speaking God's Truth-Hope!

Hold Fast By Mercy Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hny-xp4k9c

Hold Fast To God! His Help Is On The Way! Trust God! He Is Greater Than My Strife! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hny-xp4k9c #TWorship

On Christ The Solid Rock I Stand By Interface

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQgD_Wg9DG4

Wholly Lean On Jesus! Lean Into The Sovereign Sway Today!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQgD_Wg9DG4 #Tworship

Rest On God's Unchanging Grace! Hope Anchors Us! Hope In God!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQgD_Wg9DG4 #TWorship

When my world falls apart and I am lost in this land-can't see your plan- I'll Stand In Your Strength! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQgD_Wg9DG4 #TWorship

Psalm 20:5

May we shout for joy when we hear of your victory and raise a victory banner in the name of our God. May the LORD answer all your prayers.

New Living Translation!

A Seasoned Servant Of God Has Encouraged Me Today

Sent To Me By My Hubby! Written By: Kent A. Hansen khansen@claysonlaw.com

In the second year of King Darius, in the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the prophet Haggai, saying: Speak now to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, and say, Who is left among you that saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Is it not in your sight as nothing? Yet now take courage, O Zerubbabel, says the Lord; take courage, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; take courage, all you people of the land, says the Lord; work, for I am with you, says the Lord of hosts, according to the promise that I made you when you came out of Egypt. My spirit abides among you; do not fear. For thus says the Lord of hosts: Once again, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land; and I will shake all the nations, so that the treasure of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house with splendor, says the Lord of hosts. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, says the Lord of hosts. The latter splendor of this house shall be greater than the former, says the Lord of hosts; and in this place I will give prosperity, says the Lord of hosts (Hag 2:1-9).

There was likely no one still living in Jerusalem who had witnessed Nebuchadnezzar destroy Solomon's temple and haul away its treasures 66 years before. But their parents and grandparents had told them the stories of the beauty and splendor of the symbol of the Jewish people and its unique link to God. With each telling the glories of the temple must have grown in imagination. Now, the people rebuilding the temple labored under the burden of that former greatness and began to regard their efforts to rebuild as pitiful and shabby by comparison. Anyone who is going to move forward with the Lord is going to have to get their head out of the past. This may be difficult given the power of history to shape our allegiances and faith and the toxic contagion of bitter resentment over loss. The past is one of the pieces of luxury baggage that a person rich in pride, guilt or hoarded memories must off-load if he or she is going to enter the narrow gate into the kingdom of heaven.

The people restoring the temple found their vision and materials did not match the stories and in increasing shame and doubt they began to carp, complain and criticize. Discouragement was setting in like an early frost blighting the unharvested crops.

Here is always a challenge-- Are we serving God or are we serving the past? Get your "head" out of the past! Kent Hansen

It's a challenge that must be faced by a spouse who daydreams of a carefree but lost youthful love to escape the realities of bills, diapers, runny noses and the demanding routines of marriage. It is a spirit-draining temptation to believers longing for the soul-padded comfort of their former pastor and church family rather than thinking and praying through new perspectives and relationships.

Do we humble ourselves to God's leading in the realities of the present or do we elevate our memories of what was or might have been to first place in our hearts and minds? Kent Hansen

Nostalgia for the past is an idol that must fall. Jesus warned us to "Remember Lot's wife" (Luke 17:32), because she put her affinity for what lay behind her before following God and thereby forfeited the new life and faith that he was leading her family towards (Gen 19:26). Kent Hansen

The children of Israel received a fresh supply of manna every day they were in the wilderness (Ex 16:13-35). They were not to hoard it because that would be a denial of the evergreen grace of God's presence in the driest desert where their cravings for the savory stews of Egypt were a symptom of the addictive enslavement from which the Lord in his great mercy had delivered them.

Is it wrong to want what those who came before us possessed-- a nice home and family, a profitable occupation, a beautiful place of worship, perhaps? Yes, if those desires are the only way we see and measure God. We think we are restoring God when we seek to mend and revarnish the old furniture that decorated his dwellings with those who came before us, but we cannot relegate God to museums that we visit on the occasional field trip to marvel how it must have been then.

The people working on the temple wanted to restore the glory of the past. When they couldn't match the material and craftsmanship, they deemed themselves failures and unworthy.

That's the point when the Lord stepped in through Haggai with the jolt of reality in the form of a question. "Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Is it not in your sight as nothing?" (Hag 2:1-3)

Then the Lord followed up with a cascade of grace--

Take courage . . . work, for I am with you according to the promise that I made you when you came out of Egypt . . . My spirit abides among you; do not fear. I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land; and I will shake all the nations, so that the treasure of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house with splendor . . . the silver is mine, and the gold is mine . . . the latter splendor of this house shall be greater than the former . . . and in this place I will give prosperity, says the Lord of hosts (Hag 2:4-8).

The Lord wants the real thing, not replicas of the past, and he told them so. The very definition of the "real thing" is God's presence with his people. God is doing something new and everything necessary to his purpose is at his disposal. The splendor of the temple is that God is there, not what we bring to it.

We study the past for evidence of God's leading, but that evidence is just the dry bone's of Ezekiel's vision, unless God breathes new life into us and through us (Ez 37).

The problem with our nostalgic reverence for the past is that it keeps us from seeing what God is doing in us and for us and through us in the present. There is nothing that anyone had from God in the past that he is not willing to give to us now and more (John 14:12;1 Cor 2:8-10).

We are not step-children or poor relations depending on the spiritual "hand-me-downs" of our ancestors. No, "If anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation; everything old has passed away; see everything has become new" (2 Cor 5:17).

How great is your God and what can he do for you? Well, you don't know do you because he hasn't finished yet. You can know as his child and his handiwork that "The one who began a good work in you will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ" (Phil 1:6). You can know that "When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory"( Col 3:4).

His power to do these things is complete. "I tell you, 'something greater than the temple is here,'" said Jesus referring to himself (Mt 12:6). It is Jesus Christ who is indestructible. "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again" (John 2:20). The good news is that we are the living stones of that rebuilt temple (1 Pet 2:4-5).

Don't resist his work of renewal by clinging to your past or by trying to repeat it in your relationships with the Lord and with others. Regardless of whether you consider your past, good, bad or indifferent, he has one thing to offer you for it--forgiveness, which indicates his judgment about what is required to deal with it.

In place of your past, he gives you a future with hope (Jer 29:11). Until then he gives you steadfast, unceasing love and new mercies every morning. Great is his faithfulness (Lam 3:22-23).

Under the mercy of Christ, Kent Hansen

My Thoughts About This = Miraculous Musings! J

Wow! The Holy Spirit knows exactly that I needed that devotional! I am speechless! All I can say is OUCH! OUCH! OUCH!! I need to get my head out of the past! I am not meant to live in this house. God has me on the road with great Kingdom purpose! I need to let it go, this house and my past! God knows what He is doing and He has everything He needs to carry out His purposes in my life! I am purposefully planted in Pinehurst for a time such as this and God's Got This! God doesn't need me telling Him what I want to do and how I want to do it! I don't know why God moved us out of Military Ministry at Ft Benning GA, but I need to let go and stop trying to repeat it. If I don't let go of the past, I won't stop being restless and I will miss what God has for me in the present! This house, my life style here can become an idol if I keep looking back at it. I have been elevating my memories of what might have been instead of following God into the future. Nostalgia for the past is an idol in me that must fall! This is the root of my restlessness! Who am I serving? God or my past? Is my affinity for my past causing me to not be called to God 1^st, following God 1^st? Help me Jesus, show me how to topple this idol of nostalgia for my past ministry life and home life and help me to move forward to where You are leading without turning my head back for a second glimpse of nostalgia, but learning to fully face YOU and the direction YOU are leading Bob and I! Trusting God and waiting well is giving God time to work without impulsively interrupting Him with my doubts and unbelief.

leadership wisdom from Ron edmondston blog

There are some characteristics which set a great leader apart from mediocre leaders. Great leaders are multidimensional. While continuing to improve, great leaders have achieved certain markers in leadership.

Here are 7 marks of a great leader:

With humility, surrendering your way when it's not the best way

With intentionality, continuing to learn and grow as a leader

With compassion, considering the needs of others ahead of your own

With integrity, never separating character from your definition of quality or success

With passion, the ability to rally a team and articulate the path to victory

With vision, seeing things other can't see or are afraid to pursue

With strength, having the discipline to follow through on commitments

I'm not claiming all great leaders excel in each of these areas, certainly not that I have, but there should be a certain level of accomplishment, a progression towards each of them or at least a desire to do so…to be a great leader.

My Thoughts About This = Miraculous Musings! J

Great! I might add this one: With followship, keeping your head out of the past-fully facing God-moving forward as He leads

A Seasoned Servant Of God Has Encouraged Me Today

Pastor Elliott Osowitt

Things that used to be important have lost their appeal. It is my prayer that we become more "Kingdom minded" and invest more in things that are ETERNAL. I pray we invest in this next generation coming up through our personal witness of Jesus Christ. I pray we give them a real role model that will show them how to live an abundant life without the trappings of the "lust of the eyes".

I pray God will grant us the maturity to grow in all wisdom and keep our priorities in line with the truth of His word. Pastor Elliott

My Thoughts About This = Miraculous Musings! J

Oh I so agree! God spoke this to me yesterday:

Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ

My Thoughts About This = Miraculous Musings! J

I really love this scripture because it shows the difference between putting a "human value" on something and putting an "infinite value" on something. Knowing Jesus has Infinite value. Knowing a car, a home, things and stuff have "human value"! Giving my life to the things that have "Infinite Value" not the things that have "human value", should be my life-passion. When I don't want to give up the things that have "human value" so I can receive more "infinite value" in my life, then my roots are dug deep in earthly things. My roots need to be dug deeply in Kingdom soil and I should be planting seeds in my life that will bloom in "infinite value"! Right now I am leaning way far into things of "human value" and making choices based on preserving my "human value"! I need to lean into a Sovereign Sway and be more conscious of my moments being redeemed in the choices that render "infinite value"!

I read this today and it really did realign my priorities!!

Do we humble ourselves to God's leading in the realities of the present or do we elevate our memories of what was or might have been to first place in our hearts and minds? Kent Hansen

When you dig down deep with the Lord, you do not come away empty. He fills you to the brim, even to overflowing! Boyd Bailey

http://wisdomhunters.com/ Boyd Bailey

Strength in God By Boyd Bailey

"David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the Lord his God." 1Samuel 30:6

God is your source of strength. Other sources will run dry, or lose their effectiveness. Strength outside of God is temporary at best, and cannot be depended upon. You may find strength for a while through your sheer determination and will power, but eventually, your own efforts will dissipate in power. A life striving in self-directed strength will expire without an ongoing infusion of the Lord's strength. He is our life, yet we sometimes neglect our built-in energy source.

Do not allow the cares of this world to choke out the hope you have in Christ. You can find strength in Him, without having to look far at all. Sometimes we search for strength in all the wrong places and then sheepishly come back to God. There is no need to circumvent Christ. You can't improve on Jesus. Fall at His feet, and He will pick you up and fill you with His power.

The power of God is unparalleled in conquering fear and discouragement. You may have lost a loved one through death. Their influence in your life was immense. You will miss them sorely. Their faith was a rock of reassurance for you. But, now is the time to tap into the same strength that caused the faith of your friend to flourish. When you dig down deep with the Lord, you do not come away empty. He fills you to the brim, even to overflowing!

God is your burden-bearer and your strength-giver. Do not neglect to allow His Spirit to ignite your strength to love. Ask Him to enlarge your heart of love, so that He can love more through you. God takes your almost empty heart and fills it fully with His strength. This is the paradox of His power: Your weakness and emptiness mean that you have depleted self and are now in a position to be fully filled by Him. Ironically, now you are in a position of strength.

This is how God works. He empties us of ourselves, so that He can fill us with Himself. So, your tentative and weak state is really to your advantage. Humility and even fear position you to be strengthened in the Lord. Therefore, stay in the Lord. Moreover, He gives you strength so that you can do the same for others. Your newfound strength in Him is not meant to remain sterile—rather, it's meant to be viral.

Your strength in the Lord is for the sake of others. God's strength is meant to be unleashed. It is designed to serve the destiny of others. There are weak people all around you who are vulnerable to preying imposters of the faith. It is your authentic strength of character, residing in Christ, that is attractive to them. They discern this in you and desire to be strengthened by the Lord. So, allow them to lean on you for a time. Your being there for them is like a blood transfusion of God's strength. Their faith has become anemic through adversity, and God is using you to build up their eternal immunities. Strength in the Lord provides energy into eternity. Tap into it daily, for your sake and for the sake of others!

Faith becomes anemic through adversity, and God will use you to build up others eternal immunities. Boyd Bailey

Joyce Meyer: Promises for Your Everyday Life - a Daily Devotional

Psalm 37: 4 Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart. Amplified Bible

God created us that way and He's the only one who can satisfy us. When we go to something other than God to make us feel good about ourselves, we're really just replacing something real with a cheap substitute. Whatever your emotional needs are today, know that only God can meet them. He is the only lasting source of life. Go to Him today, He's the only One who can satisfy.
Prayer Starter: God, I don't want to waste my time chasing cheap substitutes. You are the only One who can satisfy. Show me how to daily find my true delight and satisfaction in You and only You. Joyce Meyer

YOU VERSION READING PLAN- THOUGHTS AS I READ:

Genesis 46, 47, 48

Jacob was unsure and God spoke to him, to reassure him that everything would be alright.
Jacob obeyed God and took all his family and everything he owned to Egypt
Joseph settled his family in Egypt. Those who had betrayed him, he gave them the best of the land and the food because he knew that what happened in his past was a way to put the purposes of God in play for his future. Sometimes what is happening now that is stressful to us, is the purposes of God in play, so our future will be good.
Joseph managed Pharaoh's empire successfully because God had set him up with Favor and wisdom. The famine caused the people to sell everything they had for food, they became slaves to Pharoah.
Ephraim was given the blessing even though Manasseh was older, this is very interesting to see how this pattern continued to show forth the provincial purpose of God. God had a plan for Ephraim to be greater and His children to become a group of nations.

Romans 15

We should help others, not please ourselves 1^st but serve others and build them up, encourage them.
Even Jesus put others 1^st.
The bible was written to teach us, the scriptures give us strength to endure, they cheer us up and give us hope
God will help us agree with each other as we follow Him
Jesus accepts us and that is why we unconditionally accept others.
God is true and He will keep His promises.
Everyone, Jew and Gentile have hope in Jesus. He is a God of hope and He will fill us with great joy. As we trust in God, we will have perfect peace and His Holy Spirit will fill us with hope!
We should speak of the things God does through us

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Monday, January 30, 2012

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AWE- ALMIGHTY GOD!

Week Of January 29th

Sunday, January 29th

2012! Great awe-God followship Adventure!

This week I dedicate to YOU, Jesus. I want to listen to YOU; I expect to hear YOUR Voice with clarity as I fast from all media. I want to change into less of me and more of YOU. I want to let go of all things me and cling to all things YOU. I want to uproot more of the things that cling to me here and transplant my roots into YOUR Kingdom. Jesus… let it be so. Speak to my heart Lord Jesus, change me and help me to dig my roots deeper in YOUR Kingdom and learn how to make waiting on YOU as important to me as knowing and doing my mission in this life. Take away my restlessness and focus me completely on YOU and for Your Kingdom! Kimberlymac

Matthew 11:28-30

Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly." (MSG Bible)

All I do should be based on a perfect oneness with God, not on self willed determination to be Godly Oswald Chambers.

Impossible! I can't do it, but God can! God's purposes are in play with an endgame conceived with premeditated possibility! Kimberlymac

Holy Spirit Inspired…. He speaks, I listen and obey… Thank you for teaching Me!

Galatians 1:12 (NLT) I received my message from no human source, and no one taught me. Instead, I received it by direct revelation from Jesus Christ.

You Need To Step Up In This Area:

A significant key to glorifying God is controlling our tongue. Psalm 50:23
Being ALL In, Is Letting ME Be In Every Situation Of Your Life.
Your Faith needs to allow an alignment for the play of God's purposes, by believing His endgame is good!
You need to get a new perspective on waiting! Waiting well and how you wait and what I teach you as you wait, is just as important as the mission you are waiting to be set apart for!

Give yourself to God. Give Him everything you are, everything you hope to be, all your dreams, visions, hopes and desires. Make everything His, and He will demonstrate His power through your life. Joyce Meyer

God, today I give You my all: my hands, my mouth, my mind, my body, my money and my time. Everything I have is Yours. I want to do Your will today. Joyce Meyer

Everything I am:

Your Daughter, Lord God! Wife, Mom, Grammy, Aunt, Cousin, Sister, Friend, Prayer Mentor, Exhorter….

The one that hurts me the most is Sister, because I am so estranged from my sisters and brothers right now….since my father died, these relationships are strained and we don't have a family anymore.

I can't move on until the things in my past are reconciled, until I do everything I can do to make peace. I tried to make peace in the family after dad died, but it did not work because of two key words: "I Tried"! Our family is so fragmented. Where do I begin Lord? "Humility"……………

"There is no vacancy in the Trinity – Don't play the Holy Spirit!" Pastor Bruce Frank

Romans 12:3

I'm speaking to you out of deep gratitude for all that God has given me, and especially as I have responsibilities in relation to you. Living then, as every one of you does, in pure grace, it's important that you not misinterpret yourselves as people who are bringing this goodness to God. No, God brings it all to you. The only accurate way to understand ourselves is by what God is and by what he does for us, not by what we are and what we do for him.

My Thoughts About This = Miraculous Musings! J

Speaking out of deep gratitude – A lot of times when I am "growing" through the valley's of life, I am not speaking out of deep gratitude, I am speaking out of discontentment. I know this needs to change. How I tromp through the valley's on my way to the mountain top needs to be with positive belief that God's endgame in my current life season is for my good!

Romans 12:3

For by the grace (unmerited favor of God) given to me I warn everyone among you not to estimate and think of himself more highly than he ought [not to have an exaggerated opinion of his own importance], but to rate his ability with sober judgment, each according to the degree of faith apportioned by God to him.

My Thoughts About This = Miraculous Musings! J

This is a stumbling block for me…. Exaggerated opinion of my own importance. God does not need me. I need God! I need to learn not to think more highly of myself than I should and then I might be more forbearing with others who disappoint me.

Philippians 2:3-5 He Took on the Status of a Slave

If you've gotten anything at all out of following Christ, if his love has made any difference in your life, if being in a community of the Spirit means anything to you, if you have a heart, if you care— then do me a favor: Agree with each other, love each other, be deep-spirited friends. Don't push your way to the front; don't sweet-talk your way to the top. Put yourself aside, and help others get ahead. Don't be obsessed with getting your own advantage. Forget yourselves long enough to lend a helping hand.

5-8 Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself. He had equal status with God but didn't think so much of himself that he had to cling to the advantages of that status no matter what. Not at all. When the time came, he set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status of a slave, became human! Having become human, he stayed human. It was an incredibly humbling process. He didn't claim special privileges. Instead, he lived a selfless, obedient life and then died a selfless, obedient death—and the worst kind of death at that—a crucifixion.

My Thoughts About This = Miraculous Musings! J

So many times I get off course and instead of pursuing God's purpose, I am pursuing my human advantage, my way, wanting my way, wanting others to do things my way, not yielding to the Holy Spirit… It is the human condition to claim special privileges for ourselves – pushing our rights – what we believe we are owed from someone else. There is no selfless life when our personal rights are the focused on gaining advantage for us. Our 1^st call is to Jesus and His Kingdom.

I get off course when instead of pursuing God's purpose, I pursue my human advantage that does not yield to the Holy Spirit! Kimberlymac

Romans 15 Pleasing Others, Not Ourselves

1 Now we who are strong have an obligation to bear the weaknesses of those without strength, and not to please ourselves.

Mark 10:45

For even the Son of Man came not to have service rendered to Him, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for ([a]instead of) many.

My Thoughts About This = Miraculous Musings! J

How many times do I look for others to serve me? I come to something to receive, instead of coming with the motive of giving? My life motive should be to give 1^st before I receive! I really see this in online ministry, that so many come to receive instead of coming to give. Yet Jesus told us we should always come into community with something to give: A Psalm, An Encouragement… something to give!

Philippians 3:8

My Thoughts About This = Miraculous Musings! J

I really love this scripture because it shows the difference between putting a "human value" on something and putting an "infinite value" on something. Knowing Jesus has Infinite value. Knowing a computer program has "human value"! Giving my life to the things that have "Infinite Value" or the things that have "human value" should be my life-passion. When I don't want to give up the things that have "human value" so I can receive more "infinite value" in my life, then my roots dug deep in earthly things. My roots need to be dug deeply in Kingdom soil and I should be planting seeds in my life that will bloom in "infinite value"! Right now I am leaning way far into things of "human value" and making choices based on preserving my "human value"! I need to lean into a Sovereign Sway and be more conscious of my moments being redeemed in the choices that render "infinite value"!

"When I don't give up things of "human value", so I can receive more "infinite value" in my life, something is out of God-Alignment." Kimberlymac

I am fully funded by God, provided for audaciously to fulfill what He has called me to do and that is to be found in Him and believe in Him completely! Kimberlymac

1 Corinthians 13:3-7

If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don't love, I've gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I'm bankrupt without love.

Love never gives up.

Love cares more for others than for self.

Love doesn't want what it doesn't have.

Love doesn't strut,

Doesn't have a swelled head,

Doesn't force itself on others,

Isn't always "me first,"

Doesn't fly off the handle,

Doesn't keep score of the sins of others,

Doesn't revel when others grovel,

Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,

Puts up with anything,

Trusts God always,

Always looks for the best,

Never looks back,

But keeps going to the end.

My Thoughts About This = Miraculous Musings! J

So how am I doing in the above?? Failure=F! I have given up and let go of family relationships because they were just too hard! I have not cared more for others in this transition, I have been grouchy with Bob, I have made him feel badly when I have my "pouty parties" of how much I have to give up to be married to him. I have had a swelled head, thinking God really needs me in ministry and "how well" I do things for Him. I have wanted things to be different, even though I don't deserve them to be so. I have been "angry" with God, flying off the handle at HIM and the way I felt He handled this whole job situation, this whole season of my life, I have been discontent and contentious before God in many ways, downright dishonoring of my faith in my personal relationship with Him. Oh and the puts up with anything…. Wow… failure… Always looking for the best, nope… pointing out all the wrongs 1^st… I hope I am keeping on going, I think the only reason I am is because God does not give up on me…. I have a lot to change to make a better God showing on the above… my heart needs to be cleansed… this season of my life, my focus has been on what I wanted, I thought I deserved better, who do I think I am??? Lord forgive me!

Philippians 2:21

For everyone looks out for their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

My Thoughts About This = Miraculous Musings! J

I really would not like to be a part of this crowd, one of the "everyone's" he is talking about here. The focus of my interests needs to sway to the Kingdom of God, on this side of heaven I need to serve the King!

Give yourself to God. Give Him everything you are, everything you hope to be, all your dreams, visions, hopes and desires. Joyce Meyer

Everything I hope to be:

I hope to be ALL in with my AWE-GOD. I hope to live a life worthy of being HIS. I hope to make the right choice the 1^st time and honor God with my life. I hope to leave a living legacy, one God is pleased with. I hope to be His disciple, be called to HIM 1^st and spend my life as His seasoned servant warrior!

My Dreams:

Book Published – People's Lives Changed By It- Walking Deeper With God

Military Ministry

Vital Online Ministry Building Community In The Bride Of Christ

My Hopes:

My children and grandchildren become ALL in With God

My family Cocuzza family reunited and unfragmented by the power of Jesus Christ

To get out of debt, to have the provision to help people

My Desires:

To Please God

To Love My Husband Well, To Be A Godly Wife

To Love My Children And Grandkids Like Jesus Would- To Always Point Them To Him

Things That Are His:

My Life – My Future

Things That I Need To Let God Of And Make His:

My Home, My Security, My Ministry Life, My Life-Style

#SGLEAM SUNDAY SERMON NOTES #SGLEAM

Sunday Gleam Biltmore Baptist Pastor Bruce Franks

Lord take control of every situation in my life and show Yourself mighty!

1 Peter 3

IN LIKE manner, you married women, be submissive to your own husbands [subordinate yourselves as being secondary to and dependent on them, and adapt yourselves to them], so that even if any do not obey the Word [of God], they may be won over not by discussion but by the [godly] lives of their wives, 2 When they observe the pure and modest way in which you conduct yourselves, together with your [a] reverence [for your husband; you are to feel for him all that reverence includes: to respect, defer to, revere him--to honor, esteem, appreciate, prize, and, in the human sense, to adore him, that is, to admire, praise, be devoted to, deeply love, and enjoy your husband]. 3 Let not yours be the [merely] external adorning with [elaborate] [b] interweaving and knotting of the hair, the wearing of jewelry, or changes of clothes; 4 But let it be the inward adorning and beauty of the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible and unfading charm of a gentle and peaceful spirit, which [is not anxious or wrought up, but] is very precious in the sight of God. 5 For it was thus that the pious women of old who hoped in God were [accustomed] to beautify themselves and were submissive to their husbands [adapting themselves to them as themselves secondary and dependent upon them]. 6 It was thus that Sarah obeyed Abraham [following his guidance and acknowledging his headship over her by] calling him lord (master, leader, authority). And you are now her true daughters if you do right and let nothing terrify you [not giving way to hysterical fears or letting anxieties unnerve you].

Worship Wisdom! Changing Me! Speaking God's Truth-Hope!

Give Us Clean Hands By Kutless

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDAfRJ7CuFw&feature=related

Give us clean hands, pure hearts, let us not lift our lives to another. Let us be a generation that seeks Your Face. We bow our hearts, we bend our knees, O Spirit come make us humble. We turn our eyes from evil things, we cast out our idols. Give us clean hands, give us Your hearts. Let us not lift our souls to another. O God let us be a generation that seeks your face Oh God of Jacob. Oh God let us be a generation that seeks, seeks your face… Awaken Our Heart Of Worship!

Oh God Let Us Be A Generation That Seeks Your Face! Awaken Our Worship! #All-In2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDAfRJ7CuFw&feature=related #TWorship @worldprayr

#SGLEAM SUNDAY SERMON NOTES #SGLEAM

Sunday Gleam Biltmore Baptist Pastor Bruce Franks

1 Peter 3: 1-7
My husband needs to change! This is true… they do! But we need to let God do it!
Most wives who try to change their husbands, often has the wrong and opposite effect.
Misunderstanding causes us to not want any part of it. When we understand what God is trying to say, we see it differently.
In the same way…. Context about Jesus the way He submitted Himself to the Father.
3 Your adornment must not be merely external—braiding the hair, and wearing gold jewelry, or putting on dresses; 4 but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God.
5 For in this way in former times the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves, being submissive to their own husbands; 6 just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, and you have become her children if you do what is right without being frightened by any fear.
Merely External… but let it be the hidden person of the heart.
Strong willed lady… Sarah obeyed Abraham and did what was right
It doesn't work when you try to change your husband.
Speeches and nagging do not work. Christian lady being married to an unmarried man.
Do not be yoked together with an unbeliever.
When it comes to changing your husband, when you preach at him, it does not work, it has the exact opposite effect. How will he change? He doesn't forget when you tell him, he is resisting it. The way to change him is not by preaching at him.
Proverbs 9:13 A woman of folly is boisterous, she is naïve because she knows nothing.
Prov 14:1 The wise woman builds her house, the foolish tears it down with her own hands.
Prov 21:9 It is better to live in the corner of a roof than a house with a contentious woman.
Or live in the desert land!
"There is no vacancy in the Trinity – Don't play the Holy Spirit!"
There is something in a sinful nature of a man that makes it his tendency to neglect his wife. Love your wife like Christ loved the church… He tells them that because in the sinful heart of a man, he neglects his wife. The tendency of a woman is to nag her husband, go in the same place over and over again. What you think will change him has the opposite effect.
We NEVER….. You ALWAYS…. Are you EVER going to… Comparing him to everyone else… well so and so does this for his wife…
You are cutting at a man's ego, he gets respect from everyone else in his life but you.
VS 3-4 Your adornment must be more than external, the outward beauty will fade..
The priority has to be on the inside! Deal with the inside. The outside will not last.
What you catch him with, you need to keep him with.
There is nothing godly about not taking care of the outside. The contrast of the outside to the inside is what he is saying.
People are so beautiful on the inside it exudes to the outside.
The imperishable… free from decay, free from theft…
A quiet spirit… not talking about the personality, but a woman under control, under the authority of Jesus 1^st. Some women stir things up and others still the storm.
There is nothing wrong with you dressing nice, but be modest in an attractive fashion. The line is crossed when you dress in such a way to try to get the guys to check out your body.
Do you want to see some change in your husband. VS 5-6
Yield as your husband leads. Being submissive to their own husbands…. Jesus submitted Himself to the Father's Plan…
The middle voice. You voluntarily place yourself in that situation. You both are equals, one equal places herself under another equal so God will be glorified
Men and woman are equal in worth, ability, dignity, privilege. Equality does not equal sameness. Woman are 100 percent better at being a lady….
There are distinguishing roles and characteristics that make us awesome at what we do.
Equality does not equal sameness
Role responsibility…. Husbands love your wife as God loved the church. Servant Leaders… you lead by serving. You submit to Christ 1^st. Our submission is to Jesus 1^st and then the authorities God has put over us.
If someone does not yield in a circle, there will be a collision. Both can't lead, one has to yield.
Leadership has responsibilities more than privileges. Sacrificial, servant leader husband will not demand his own way.
When your husband tries, be their cheerleader not their critic. I believe in You, I thank God for you.
Teachable spirit, hungry, going after God, this man will be easier to yield too.
Verbally encourage VS 6… Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him her Lord. In the culture this was a sign of respect. Verbally praising Abraham, this is when the miracle came in her life. She did her part. She encouraged and respected Abraham.
A man has two main mirrors in his life that he looks into to find his self esteem. 99 percent of men have mirror of Work 1^st 2^nd Wife.
Your husband needs someone who believes in him. I am so proud of you, what God is doing in you and through you… this is oxygen to the soul. Verbally encouraging your husband.
Is there something you can do to make your husband know you are proud of him.
Do what is right without being frightened by fear. Is this guaranteeing if you do this your husband will change, it promises you that you are helping God's agenda, not hindering it. Am I helping or am I hindering God? You can't change your husband.
Ruth Graham Bell: It is my job to love Billy, it is God's job to make him good.
It is our job to lead to the attempted leadership of our husband, it is God's job to make him good.
Yield your heart to Christ 1^st, be deeply in love with Jesus 1^st!
Turn your eyes upon Jesus, if your eyes are on Jesus, He can do a miracle in your marriage.

#SGLEAM SUNDAY SERMON NOTES #SGLEAM

Chasing The Giants Part 4
Joshua 10:7- Joshua said: Oh Sun stand still over Gideon… God put "pause over the universe"
Don't let anything keep you back from everything God has for you to walk in. Todd Mullins
Fear of the future paralyses you from stepping out into the new thing God has for you.
No matter how big your giant may be, Your God is bigger.
God is the ruler over every circumstance we face. He is the supreme authority in every situation.
Joshua 10:7-14 So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and all the warriors with him and all the mighty men of valor.8 And the Lord said to Joshua, Do not fear them, for I have given them into your hand; there shall not a man of them stand before you.9 So Joshua came upon them suddenly, having gone up from Gilgal all night.10 And the Lord caused [the enemies] to panic before Israel, who slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon and chased them along the way that goes up to Beth-horon and smote them as far as Azekah and Makkedah.11 As they fled before Israel, while they were descending [the pass] to Beth-horon, the Lord cast great stones from the heavens on them as far as Azekah, killing them. More died because of the hailstones than the Israelites slew with the sword.12 Then Joshua spoke to the Lord on the day when the Lord gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, be silent and stand still at Gibeon, and you, moon, in the Valley of Ajalon!13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation took vengeance upon their enemies. Is not this written in the Book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of the heavens and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day.14 There was no day like it before or since, when the Lord heeded the voice of a man. For the Lord fought for Israel.
This is scientifically impossible! But we have to believe that the God Who created the Sun and Moon can hold them and do with them whatever He wants.
Promises- We must know it, read it and study it because God's Word is life-giving to us. The Word of God is vital to defeating the Giants that stand in our pathway!
If we fall out of the habit of spending time in God's Word, we fall off the plan, purpose and path God has for us and we drift away into danger…
VS8 God said: I am with you, I have taken care of this- I've got This
When we hear the Word of God it initiates faith in us!
Romans 10:0 Consequently faith comes from hearing the message and the message is heard by the Word of Christ.
What we hear in the Word of God, determines what we do.
Are you hearing the Word of God? It is the 1^st step for walking into victory. Pastor Todd Mullins
Pray With Audacious Faith! Eph. 3:12 #Prayer our 1^st Option!
God wants to move in our lives in such a way that His glory is seen with clarity!
Joshua 1:8

Five Audacious Faith Confessions:

1. I have no insecurity because I see myself the way God sees me.

2. I have no fear or anxiety; my God is with me and I trust in Him with all my heart.

3. I have the wisdom of the Lord concerning every decision I make

4. I am fully resourced to do everything God has called me to do.

5. I act in audacious faith to change the world in my generation.

Speaking The Word Of God Activates Faith!
ACT in boldness! Hearing the Word initiates faith, speaking the Word activates it and doing the Word demonstrates my faith. James 1:22
Asking and Acting go hand in hand.
My responsibility is to make things right for what I have done wrong, not focusing at all on the other person, but for what I have done wrong
The audacity to ask God and the persistence to pursue
What happens when God does not answer the prayer the way you wanted Him too. What do you do when the sun Goes Down on your dream.
I can wake up each day feeling different, but the Word of God is the one consistent for me. Pastor Rex
God always answers our prayer: No, not yet, not now, Yes
Audacious faith does not mean my prayers work the way I want them to, but I believe He is at work in His Way taking all things and working them for His Glory.
2 Cor 4 We never give up… troubles get us ready for an eternal glory.. things that are seen don't last forever… things that are not seen are eternal… that is why we keep our minds on things that are not seen.
The Sun Goes Down on things in our lives so that God can be the source of Light in your life.
Joshua marched all night before the victory came, sometimes it feels like we are doing the same.
Sun Stand Still Prayer: Bridegroom's Voice – Ministry Outreach- Out Of Debt
Family Restoration -
Surrender to God is an Audacious Prayer! Letting go of control, erasing your time table and giving God time to work His purposes in your situation.

Worship Wisdom! Changing Me! Speaking God's Truth-Hope!

Believe By Hillsong:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBzx6dFAxRg

You Are My Light- My Strength- My Rock On Whom I Stand!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBzx6dFAxRg I Will Believe! #TWorship #ALL-In2012

Joyce Meyer: Promises for Your Everyday Life - a Daily Devotional

2 Timothy 2:21

So whoever cleanses himself [from what is ignoble and unclean, who separates himself from contact with contaminating and corrupting influences] will [then himself] be a vessel set apart and useful for honorable and noble purposes, consecrated and profitable to the Master, fit and ready for any good work. (Amplified Bible)

Today, when you become a set apart vessel, God will do incredible things through your life. Joyce Meyer

The Bible refers to us as earthen, or frail, human vessels (see 2 Cor. 4:7). Like stoneware formed on the potter's wheel, we are made of clay (see Is. 64:8). God formed Adam out of "the dust of the ground," according to Genesis 2:7, and Psalm 103:14 says, "He knows our frame, He [earnestly] remembers and imprints [on His heart] that we are dust" (AMP).
Though we are weak and imperfect, when we fill our vessels (ourselves) with the Word of God, we become containers of His blessing, ready to be poured out for His use. All of us are valuable to the Lord, God can use even cracked pots! Joyce Meyer

Joyce Meyer: Promises for Your Everyday Life - a Daily Devotional

Psalm 34:13 13 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

Psalm 34: 13 Then don't say cruel things and don't tell lies. (CEV)

Controlling Your Tongue By Joyce Meyer

A significant key to glorifying God is controlling our tongue. Psalm 50:23 says, "He who brings an offering of praise and thanksgiving honors and glorifies Me...."

What would happen if you gave your mouth to God each day so that only godly words came from your lips? And I'm not just talking about praising and thanking God in your quiet time, or speaking positive, encouraging words over yourself. The health of your relationships depends on how you speak to, over and about others.

Psalm 34:13 says, "Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit." Do you lie to others? Do you insult them or speak ill of them? Or do you speak encouraging, life-giving words that bring joy to everyone you meet?

Dedicate your mouth to God and use it only for what pleases Him, praise and worship, edification and exhortation, and giving thanks. Place your lips on the altar each morning. Give your mouth to God through praying His Word: "O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall show forth Your praise" (Psalm 51:15).

Prayer Starter: Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will praise and thank You. Help me use my words to bring joy and life to those around me and to praise and glorify You.

AWE- ALMIGHTY GOD!

Week Of January 23rd

Friday, January 27^th 2012

Developing My AWE-GOD With An Attitude Of Gratitude!

Father God, I am so grateful today for the way YOU make a way for me when there is no way. Today, I asked and today, You led. I am grateful YOU are my Way-Maker. You made a miraculous way for me today by YOUR Favor and direction. I am grateful for my Way-Maker!

YOU VERSION READING PLAN- THOUGHTS AS I READ:

Genesis 36,37,38

Interesting how Esau and Jacob had acquired so much "stuff" that it caused them not to be able to live together, they had to separate in order for their livestock to be able to live.
Edom was Esau's name and he had a kingdom of Edom and they had a king before the nation of Isreal had a king.
Israel showed Joseph partiality and that caused sibling rivalry. Joseph in the foolishness of his youth told his brothers a dream that said they were going to bow down to him and this added to their hatred of him. He told his father the dream and his father questioned it, but did not disavow it, he pondered it in his heart.
Then comes the generational sin into play again when his brothers plot to kill him, yet the provincial will of God comes into play by the Kingdom purposes of God trumping the plan of man.
God used Rueben to stop their plan, he also had a plan to get Joseph out of harms way but His plan was not God's plan either. God had a plan and this plan was the outcome for Joseph.
Interesting how they sold Joseph for silver – and how Jesus was sold out- betrayed for silver
Judah was used by God to supersede Rueben's plan. The brothers came up with a plan and they deceived their father – also generational sin in play.
Interesting how the traders sold Joseph to Potiphar, one of Pharoah's officials. God placed Joseph in a place where he would be positioned right where He had planned for Joseph to be.
Judah took a wife and his oldest son was evil in God's eyes, so the Lord put him to death. Very interesting…
Onan tried to make his own will happen, because he did not want to obey his father, so God put him to death.
Judah's life spiraled in sin after he came up with the plan to get rid of Joseph, sin beset him and his family. Judah had sex with what he thought was a prostitute, but it was his daughter in law, who he had not kept his promise to give his youngest son too. She tricked him. Every sin Judah committed came back on him as a consequence.

Romans 12

When we offer our bodies as a holy sacrifice, that pleases God, when we offer our bodies to God, we are worshiping him.
Don't live the way the world lives. Let your thinking be completely changed. Then you will know what God wants for you. You will agree with God, knowing what He wants is right, knowing that His plan is perfect and good for you.
Don't think of yourself more highly than you should, put God 1^st.
We are the Bride of Christ, we are one in Him, yet we also have individual Kingdom purpose designed uniquely in us.
We all have been gifted and differ from one another.
Do you have the gift of prophecy? Use it in keeping with the faith you have
Is it your gift to serve? Then serve!
Are you a teacher? Then teach!
Are you an exhorter? Then tell others how they should live.
Hate evil, hold on to what is good. Cling to God with the all ofyou.
Love deeply… Love on with honor.
Honor others more than yourself. Never let the fire in your heart go out.
Keep your fire alive for God… serve Him.
Hope in joy! Suffer patiently. Pray diligently.
Agree with each other without any pride in between you.
Don't be partial with the giving of your friendship, love unconditionally everyone God puts in your life path.
Live at peace with everyone. Don't pay back evil with evil. Let God work out his justice, let go and let God.
Feed your enemies with truth, give them the Living Water of God. Give to your enemies the fellowship of eternity that lasts forever.
Don't let evil overcome you, overcome evil by doing good.

Genesis 39,40,41,42,43,44, 45

Joseph's master experienced the results of the favor upon him. He saw the success Joseph had and realized it was from God.
God gave Joseph great favor with Potiphar, making him feel pleased with Joseph. He put Joseph in charge of his house and everything he owned.
The master's wife tempted Joseph and he resisted, wanting to keep the trust of his master. He was more loyal to his master then he was to satisfying his flesh
Potiphar's wife got aggressive and Joseph had to run from the temptation. Then she lied about Joseph.
Potiphar's was angry and he did not believe Joseph over his wife. Even though Joseph did the right thing, he still ended up, purposely so in prison. God had a plan and it involved Joseph going to prison.
What looked like injustice was truly God's purposes in play, working out a good end results by way of a bad thing.
Even while Joseph was in prison, the Lord gave him great favor. Joseph was put in charge of the prisoners and was accountable for everything going on in the prison.
God gave Joseph success in everything he did in prison.
Even though you are waiting on God to deliver you, the waiting time is just as important as the time you are delivered.
The baker and wine taster were put in prison and both were disturbed about a dream they had and Joseph asked God about the dreams and God told them what they meant.
God wants to be a part of all of our lives, we need to ask Him for help in everything we are involved in, He is the solution.
Joseph asked helped the wine taster and asked him to talk to the Pharoah on his behalf, but the wine taster forgot all about Joseph once he was out. That happen a lot in human relationships where you help someone and they forget all about you after they get what they want.
Two years passed!!! Joseph stayed in prison and bloomed where he was planted in God's favor and success, even in prison, he rose to the top!
Pharoah told Joseph, when you hear a dream I was heard you can explain it. Joseph immediately gave God the credit. Saying, I can't do it, but God can! Isn't that the truth in all of our lives! We can't do it, but God can!
Impossible! I can't do it, but God can! His purposes are in play with an endgame conceived with premeditated possibility!
God gave Pharaoh the dream, then through Joseph He told of future events in order to protect what seemed like Egypt, but truly was to protect the bloodline of Jesus and everyone else in the path of that protection benefited.
So they decided to store up the grain during the good years to have during the lean years.
Pharaoh, grateful for the knowledge and seeing God's spirit upon Joseph made him next to him the highest official in the land. Going one day from the prison, to the next day to the highest official in the land, now that is how God's Favor, provision and purpose works possibility into impossibility.
Only God's Favor and Wisdom can work into impossibility, by way of His provisionary purpose, possibility.
Pharaoh gave Joseph authority, clothing and gold and then put him in charge of the whole land of Egypt. This is what God can do in perfect, purposeful timing.
Joseph's 1^st son was named Manasseh, signifying that the good that happened through God's hand of favor and provision, far outweighed the suffering to get to the place he was in.
The land of Canaan had no food, so Israel sent his sons to Egypt and this was the revelation of the whole God purpose of this story. God allowed Joseph to be sent to Egypt to be there for his family when they needed to be saved from the famine. God had a plan and it was perfect in the end, even though it involved suffering in the middle.
We suffer through seasons of life while God's perfect purposes work towards a good endgame, a providential grand conclusion!
Joseph's brothers did not recognize him, but he recognized them. The dream Joseph had was fulfilled when his brothers bowed before him
Joseph put his brothers in prison and it was interesting to see how God let them reap a little bit of what they had sown in Joseph's life.
In prison, they remembered what they did to Joseph and they felt like this trouble was from God for what they had done.
All that time they had left Simeon there… isn't that interesting!
Joseph showed partiality to Benjamin which was the same thing that started all that problem, this time, it had a different outcome because of the humility of the brothers.
Joseph tried to trick the brothers so that he could keep his brother Benjamin with him. But they told him the Israel would die of grief.
Joseph revealed himself to his brothers and told them that he was not angry with what had happened, because he realized that God had sent him to Egypt to save his family from the current famine.

Romans 13,14

Everyone who is allowed to be in authority is put there by the purposes of God in play in our lives.
When you oppose authority, you oppose God's appointment of them.
Do what is right, then you don't have to worry about the authorities in your life.
God carries out His anger through authorities when you don't do what is right.
Give to your authorities what is due them: respect, taxes, honor… show your submission by giving them what is due
Love your neighbor as you love yourself. Love does not harm its neighbor. Love obeys the law.
Dark night of evil is how he describes the earth and he asks us to put on the armor of light. Act as we should, like people living in the light.
Act like you should: don't get drunk; have nothing to do with wild parties; don't take part in sexual sin or evil conduct. Don't fight with each other and don't be jealous of anyone.
Jesus Christ is our clothing. Don't even let you mind go in the direction of what your sinful nature wants.
14… Don't judge others because you have differences of opinion. Truth matters, opinion does not!
Whatever you do, do it to honor the Lord 1^st. Don't do things out of religiosity; be found in Christ, in relationship with Him!
Whatever we are "growing through" we belong to the Lord and we honor Him with our lives! We are The Bride of Christ!
Only in God's courtroom will judgement be made, we are not to judge others.
We all will have to explain for what we have done, each one of us will stand before God.
Don't put anything in anyone's way that will cause them to trip and fall.
Don't do things or eat things or drink things that will cause someone else to be upset, be considerate of others and how they feel about things.
Live in peace and do all you can to build each other up in peace.
Everything that is not based on faith and acted out of faith is sin.