Isaiah 40:31

Isaiah 40:31Amplified Bible (AMP)

But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] Will gain new strength and renew their power;

They will lift up their wings [and rise up close to God] like eagles [rising toward the sun];
They will run and not become weary,
They will walk and not grow tired.

 

Approaching God - Moment by Moment

My midnight thoughts last night....  29/07/16

I'm Awake, so looking at my chronological study which has yesterday taken me through the building of the tabernacle and the articles in the tabernacle, and how Aaron and his family, those chosen by God, were to approach God.

All I can say is thank you Jesus, because of You, I can come boldly to the throne room of grace without dread or fear like the OT priests.  Why do I say dread and fear? Because God is HOLY HOLY  HOLY! and it is only by holiness that we could approach God.  So the priesthood God set up in the Old Testament was the way it was to be done.

But now, because of Jesus, His blood poured out on the cross, a perfect sacrifice, the veil has been torn. I wear a priestly robe, the robe of righteousness; that is Jesus righteousness given to me.

And because Jesus has paid the price I can commune with God when ever and where ever I am. Moment by Moment....  continuous living in His presence!  Continuous communication!

So thankful! Amen!

Fly Together

This is a twist on a previous post using the two pictures earlier this month...

 

FB post.

 

I wanted to share this picture that I found on a FB group I subscribe to, which included the words 'Fly together'.

 

I love this picture for marriages, the body of Christ, ministries, the callings of God....

 

Encourage each other. Seek Peace together....

Eph 4
I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love; being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all. But to each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.Therefore he says, “When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.”Now this, “He ascended”, what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.

 

He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error; but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ; from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.

 

I also added the picture of eagle's as some may relate to that picture as well. Both are pretty cool and speak of something beautiful.

 

 

 

 

Yes, Fly together!

 

 

 

Gentleness

Gentle! Being gentle is good.

There is both a strength and softness in being gentle.

Jesus has many wonderful facets, and one of them is being gentle!

When we need some gentleness, Jesus can give it.

We can also find it in a kind and caring heart of a friend or loved one.

We all need gentleness, and to be gentle as well.

Gentle is good

#morningthoughts

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Peace Presence Power

I kept getting the words ....

Peace    Presence   Power

 

 

I was thinking about this, as a born again believer we need to remain in His peace for others and ourselves.  We have been given the peace of God which surpasses all understanding, the word of God directs us to walk in peace, live in peace, be in peace with each other.  The enemy wants to try to steal our peace. 

 

I am not sure if it should be in the order with peace first, should it be presence, peace, power?

 

I can see that too.

 

But I think in what I am trying to reflect, when we see other's going through things or ourselves, if we don't get caught up in the situation but remain in His peace, we can know His presence and His power into the situation.

 

When situations arise around us and we get out of peace we can tend to loose the thought and idea of His presence.  We get out of our spirit and into our head and emotions.  As a born again believer we must remember that we have His presence already within us by the Holy Spirit.  But we can loose that sense of His presence when our soul's are being driven by situations.

 

So if we remain in peace despite what is happening, and look to His presence in any given situation, then we can be assured and know His power and see God work.

Now I just quickly want to touch on.....

 

Presence   Peace   Power

 

To even walk in the peace of God we firstly need His presence.  We must be born again of the Spirit of God where he will give us a deposit of Faith.   The word of God then tells us that He will give us the peace that surpasses all understanding and there are many references to the peace of God, it being a fruit of the Spirit.

 

So, as born again believer's as we walk in Him, we should manifest peace, and there is power in this. Knowing that God is God. The same God who created Mankind, the same God who delivered the Israelites out of 400 years of bondage and took them into the promised land.  The same God who gave His Son Jesus Christ to be crucified, so that many could come to faith in Him and receive the Spirit of God and His presence.  This Spirit living in you is the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead.  This very Spirit makes us alive to God. It is so important to be born again of the Spirit of God through believing in the Son whom God sent.

 

If you have not been born again or are unsure that you are - that you are saved only by the life of Jesus Christ, then feel free to say this prayer which will help you acknowledge that you want to live this new life in God, connected to Him, walking with Him - and then look for a bible believing church that will help you grow in the knowledge of who He is and help you become all that God intended you to be and walk in Victory in Him.

 

Prayer of Salvation

 

Clicking the above link will take you to a website that will explain all about the steps that you are taking.  I encourage you to take the step as it is the only true freedom you will ever know. 

Dream: Work together

A few nights ago I had a dream where two men were working on the same item.  They were kneeling on the floor and seemed to be dismantling or working at the metal feet of a table or some sort of structure that is able to carry something.  I was watching this unfold.

They both had the same equipment to use whilst they were working on this item but one person was struggling and the other was going quite well.

As I was watching on I saw that one of the ladies from church was there, kind of like the person who yell's out in a rowing team.  She was calling out "you need to work together, you need to work together".  Then she said something about being in either of two places and I can only remember the name of the second place which was 'Bedrock'.

The dream ended.

I initially thought of the Flintstones when I saw Bedrock and thought, what is this about?  :)

Firstly to establish that Rock is the revelation that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God and we are to stand upon that foundation alone.

But as I thought of the word as 'Bed Rock' and working together.  Friendship and love in the body of Christ working together.  To remember that we are to run our own race keeping our eye's on the prize, but we are a part of a body, and as The New Living translation explains Eph 4:16 He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.

1 Corinthians 12:12-27 ESV    For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit. For the body does not consist of one member but of many. If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.

I could also see two other meanings of the word Bed Rock.

 

I have established what Rock means, but bed speaks of rest and or intimacy.  To be in that place or rest and intimacy with the Lord, find out His heartbeat, and work with each other fulfilling the plans he lays out.  Last night I was speaking with my Connect leader who has spoken that we will be working through our prayer life and establishing it for a closer walk with Jesus.  This Connect leader is the one in the dream who was yelling out 'work together, work together'.  I see it for individual's with the Lord, I can see if for the church as the body working together, but it can speak also of marriage, for those who are  married to work together, encourage each other. Be kind to each other. Pray with each other.

The other meaning of Bedrock is what my friend described as when they are building a tall building, or any sort of building, they ensure that they dig down to the bedrock so that what is being built will be stabilized against anything that may come against it.  That seemed to also fit in to what was being done in the dream, as they seemed to be working on the feet, the part that stabilised.

So in the dream I saw the encouragement for the church to work together, in doing so one can help the other.  That as we support each other, as we walk together in Christ, as we dig down into the bedrock of what our Christianity is all about, who it is about, and what the Lord want's to do - even in the particular part of the body where He calls us, then we will grow together as Eph 4:16 puts it He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.

 

I had been holding onto a picture that I saw the other day and it really touched me and I had been wondering how to share it, but I felt that I could use it here.  It is from a Facebook photography page that I subscribe to and I felt that as the body work's together then we will fly together.  I have also added a picture of two Eagles as I felt this was a powerful picture as well.

 

The words that came to me: 

 

Work together, Fly together.

Dig Deep.

Find Rest and Intimacy.

 

Lonely Child to Mother in Faith

I wrote this on the previous post and am just now reading a word given to me in June 2016.


Somewhere between 9 and 11 years old I knew that I probably wouldn't have children.  Initially the reasons from my understanding were due to the pain, putting on weight and ultimately I thought, how can I love something that comes from my own body.  This was only because I felt so unloved myself and of so little value, so my weight was a focus and  coming from such poorness in love, how was I to love something that came from me?  I did sometimes say to myself that I will be the 'best Aunty' or maybe foster or adopt, but it depended on who I would marry.  I would also say that I would love others so that they never feel unloved the way that I did. At one point I asked the Lord to do whatever He wanted with me, including children. When saved I would say it is now up to my husband and I when we get married to decide if children were coming. That it wasn't just my decision. I wonder though now, that maybe it was the Lord's plan for me to not have my own children. I believe I have been healed from a lot. So at this time I can see in my life, through Christ, I will have children. Spiritual children.


The word is...


it was a prophetic evening and Bianca saw for me a lonely child and red dirt for the future. I said to David Reeves that the child was me. Then David spoke and said...


God is redeeming you and you will be a mother; a mother of faith to people. And God will give you people to love and give what you didn't have ( or you will give them what you didn't have) and you will love them and grow them.


When I heard this it rung so true as I know what was in my heart and what I have always said about children and loving people giving them what I never had, knowing how much it is needed!


I was so blessed hearing this and was teary. The red dirt, I have wondered whether I would go to the outback at some point. I love the outback and have seen glimpses of being in small churches that need Jesus!

Things I've Known

It is quite interesting as I reflect back over my life and the years before Salvation and after, the things that I have known  ....

1. Children

Somewhere between 9 and 11 years old I knew that I probably wouldn't have children.  Initially the reasons from my understanding were due to the pain, putting on weight and ultimately I thought, how can I love something that comes from my own body.  This was only because I felt so unloved myself and of so little value, so my weight was a focus and  coming from such poorness in love, how was I to love something that came from me?  I did sometimes say to myself that I will be the 'best Aunty' or maybe foster or adopt, but it depended on who I would marry.  I would also say that I would love others so that they never feel unloved the way that I did. At one point I asked the Lord to do whatever He wanted with me, including children. When saved I would say it is now up to my husband and I when we get married to decide if children were coming. That it wasn't just my decision. I wonder though now, that maybe it was the Lord's plan for me to not have my own children. I believe I have been healed from a lot. So at this time I can see in my life, through Christ, I will have children. Spiritual children.

2.  Citizenship of the Year Award

In Year 7 the above award is given to 2 students, a male and female.  The two Year 7's chosen for this award are chosen by fellow Year 7 student's and teachers of the school.  1980 was the year I was graduating primary school and the girl's name was being called first.  I was so honored and surprised it was me. I went up to get my award and I sat down.  One of the teacher's who had organised the event asked me a question as to whether I wanted to do something first or wait until the male was awarded their prize.  I remember saying the teacher, 'it's OK, I will wait until Mark get's it'.  It just flew out of my mouth.  The teacher was so surprised and said 'how did you know it was Mark?' and I said I don't know. Then the next person they called out was Mark Smith the male winner of the Citizenship of the Year award.

2.  Separation

I was now 13.  One day I remember seeing my Dad smoking and he was shaking. He had just picked me up from netball and I said Dad, are you OK. And he said yes, it is OK.  So one day mum and dad told us kid's to go into the bedroom and they will call us shortly.  In the bedroom I was saying to my brother and sister, Mum and Dad are going to tell us they are splitting today.  My siblings said 'they are not' and things of the sort.  I said 'yes they are, I bet you'.  They called us out eventually and there they told us they were separating.  I was sitting on the chair swinging my legs, listening, in a way that was saying, 'see - I told you' but I was hurting inside.  Us kid's were given the choice of who we wanted to go with but Dad said to my sister and I that because of our age we should go with mum.  My brother felt bad as he didn't want my Dad on his own, so he decided to stay with Dad.  The  day we were leaving my Dad hugged me.  My Mum was going to live with someone else.  A family friend we had known for a long time.  They had been seeing each other.  Dad hugged me and said 'watch, it won't work out'. I never told Mum what Dad said.  I kept it to myself....  One day I told my sister that I didn't cry when my parents told us they were splitting and my sister said, yes you did, you cried the most out of us all.  I was so sad about it I had blocked it out and couldn't remember.  When I was 40 years I had to go to a course on relationships as the Christian lady I knew encouraged me to go.  This was when my heart was healed from the broken relationship of my Mum and Dad.  It was acknowledged by someone that my 13 year old heart had been broken into a thousand tiny pieces and when this was said I bent over on my chair, face to the ground and I cried uncontrollably for 20 minutes. All other groups had left and my group was waiting for me to stop crying and I had people around me praying.  Since then, I have been OK. And yes, I also hate yelling and fighting!

3.  Who will Brendan Marry?

I was at the Vision Valley 3 day camp the church held each year.  I  was on the balcony and there was a bunch of us watching Brendan, as he had or was being groomed towards being the next Youth Leader.  He was walking on the grass and behind him indian file, were walking 4 or 5 girls.  They were all pretty new to the church and youth and we were seeing them altogether for the first time.  Everyone was saying that this one particular blonde girl would be for Brendan to marry and I said 'No, it's Christina'.  No one said anything really and I was surprised that I said that so convincingly.  Well, 6 or 7 years later Brendan and Christine were engaged and preparing to be married.  They have 3 beautiful children now.

There are more, but that is all I can think of right now.

I think of these times, I wonder if there was a prophetic gift working in me or something of the like.  When I was about 8 or 9 I said that God lives in my heart so I do not doubt that God had awaked me by His Spirit at this young age, but I didn't walk in the fullness of it until I was 29.  Anyway, just thought's....

Believer's Baptism

I was sharing today about the believer's baptism and the significance of it. At the end I was reading out a testimonial and got a little emotional as I shared how this guy was understanding that his old life is gone and his new life is now hid in Christ. He was saying goodbye to the old but welcoming all that is new.... here is most of it....

Believer's Baptism comes after Repentance.

Many years ago, I was the pastor of a church in New York. One day a person named Joey slipped into the back pew. I later found out t...hat Joey was a drug addict and lived the lifestyle that included petty thieving, selling drugs, and living in a drug-induced high. His world was a network of young men and women whose world from dawn until late in the night was the pursuit of getting high. He continued to come back week after week, eagerly listening to the preaching of the Gospel. We had a baptismal service almost every Sunday; and after hearing the Gospel and being awakened by the Spirit to faith in Christ, Joey asked for baptism.

He sent out invitations to his family and the network of persons who made up his world that read simply, “you are invited to Joey’s funeral and resurrection on Sunday night.’ Goodbye, I am leaving the world that all of us know for real life in Jesus. You will see me around, and we will talk, and I hope I will continue to be your friend. But the Joey you have known has died and in a few minutes will be buried; the man you will be talking to is somebody who has risen from the dead and for the first time in his life is really alive! He walked the streets of Brooklyn, seeing old haunts and friends, but although in the world, he was not of it. He was a man who had been joined to Christ; he had returned home from his own funeral to see the world and all of life through resurrected eyes.
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We don't have to come from a background like Joey to see we need salvation in Jesus. If you live and breathe, you need him, no matter who you are or what you have done or even think you have accomplished. We all need Jesus Christ.

As I was driving home, I was pondering and thinking about the beautiful people I spent time with today, what took place with Joey, and thankful that God saved me ... and my thoughts were as simple as this ... 'New life in Christ - there is nothing like it!'

Reoccuring Dream - The Hair

When I was a child I would have a reoccurring dream.  It would come intermittently, maybe every year or two.  I would like to share how God worked my life to deliver me of this dream.

 

The Dream was short and quite simple:

It was me with a single long piece of hair hanging out of my mouth.  I would pull on this strand of hair and I would see myself chocking trying to get it out.  But it was tied to my insides - right down through to the inside of my intestines.  So I would leave this hair there as I was too scared to pull it too hard in case it brought up my insides.

 

The dream started when I was about 9 years old.

 

The dream was always the same.

 

If you read my Salvation posts, you will be aware that I came to the Lord in 1997.  At the time I was still with my boyfriend but he was overseas for a couple of months.  It was an interesting time as I knew God was calling me.  He was placing questions in my thoughts about my life and where I was going.  I gave my life to the Lord and was going to church weekly.

 

My boyfriend returned and one night I had the dream again.  I was 29 years old.

 

I woke thinking about the odd connection that my boyfriend returns and I have this dream of the hair hanging out of my mouth and I am pulling on it, it is tied to my insides and I was too scared to pull it out as it would bring up all my guts.

 

As the story goes, I leave the boyfriend and start walking this life with Jesus.

 

In the year 2000 I am working at an office in Sydney and I really am enjoying this job.  There is a guy there that seems to be taking an interest in me.  I am not sure his intentions but I am viewing him as a friend and to encourage in the Lord as he seemed open to the things of God.

 

Then one night I have a dream - it is to do with the hair but it is different.

 

The dream:

I am at work and talking to this guy.  As I am speaking to him I take a hold of that one piece of hair and as I am talking to him I start to pull on the hair and it starts to come out of me.  I am pulling and pulling as this hair is really long. It starts to come out as a matted ball of hair and I am still pulling and this fur ball of long matted hair is being pulled out of my guts.  I am coughing and chocking but I keep pulling on it whilst I am in front of this guy and then all of a sudden the hair is completely out.  I look at it and it is a long piece of a matted ball of mess that had been attached to this one piece of hair that had been hanging out of my mouth in my dreams since I was 9 years old.

 

I was now 32 years old.

 

When I woke, I thought 'that was strange'.  But somehow I knew their was a link to me talking to this guy and my deliverance - so I wrote the dream down and put it on the shelf (so to say).

 

So relationally this guy would come and chat to my every day. He would bring me a coffee or a chocolate and we seemed to get on OK.  I invited him to church and he came a couple of times but I was keeping him at a distance from my heart as I knew that he wasn't necessarily saved. I didn't know it but he was looking for an Australian wife.

 

I didn't realise it but as I was viewing this as a friendship, the office, as he was visiting me daily at my desk was talking and thinking we were developing a relationship.  I would tell people we are only friends.

 

One evening I was invited to the CEO's house with all the managers, this guy being one of them, and I was invited to.  I drove myself there.  During the evening they were joking and gossiping about two people in the office that seemed to be spending some time together.  Without thinking about it too much I said, 'maybe they are just friends, girls and guys can be friends'.

 

I spoke this as a truth as I have had male friends and even when they found girlfriend's I was still one of the friends.  The girls were wary of me at first but then they realised I was no threat and they were also my friends.  I respected my male friends very much and enjoyed the aspect of brother and sister hood with them, and it was safe because I knew there were boundaries.

 

So back to this evening at the boss's house.  When I spoke those words, 'that maybe they are friends and girls and guys can be friends', this guy who I had a friendship with and who was in my dream, got up and went outside and took his phone with him phoning someone.  I noticed that there was a change but didn't pay too much notice.

 

The next day - there was nothing. No visit, no talking, no nothing.  He ignored me.  He REJECTED me.  It was a complete cutting off.  I thought this is strange, what have I done, what has changed, and I had a slight sense that it was to do with my comment the previous evening.  But I guess I was surprised at the complete nothingness now in speaking with him.  He would literally walk past me like I was invisible.

 

I let it be but at that point I was not fully understanding that the Lord was using this to help deliver me.

 

A day or so later I was quite distraught.  I was walking to work one day and I was crying and crying and I was so distraught that I couldn't go to work.  I called in sick but I new that I needed to see someone.  I knew there was a lady from church who would be home so I drove to her place.  I was crying so hard and when I got to her back door, her large dog was sitting there.  When it saw me the dog started howling in distress and I knew that it was because I was in such a state.

 

I went into the house and was crying and she was hugging me - I still didn't realise or understand what was going on.  Then she said 'who has broken your heart'.. at that point I stopped a little and said no one, as no one really had, but again this was rejection speaking and God revealing things to me.

 

We chatted and the memory here is vague and I may have explained what happened at work.  I went home and went to the work the next day.  I may have started to think about the hair dream and that this guy situation was going to help me.

 

My next memory was a few days later, I was praying as I was walking to work and I said, 'I feel like there is something in my belly that needs to come out.  There is something there'.  I still hadn't put two and two together properly but what needed to come out was this big ball of mess that had affected me since I was a little girl.

 

So I spoke to my home group leaders and told them what I was feeling and I felt to fast for a few days pending their coming over to pray for me that weekend.

 

They arrived and Steve spoke with me and asked me about the male authorities in my life and friendships and let down's that I had by males in my life.  We spoke about my dad, my first boyfriend and a few other things.  Then we prayed.  As we prayed I was bent over and it was like I was coughing up something.... deliverance was taking place - this fur ball of emotion and rejection was being released.

 

At the end I felt such peace.  Steve and Sarka stopped praying and spoke peace and blessings over me in the name of Jesus.  I was so peaceful I wanted to lay down and go to sleep.  So I lay on the couch, they covered me with a blanket and they left me to rest.

 

Since then I have never had that dream again and it was the start of a major healing process in my life.  I know I was delivered but there was also a renewing of the mind that needed to take place as the enemy would try to bring rejection on me but I knew that it would have no hold especially as I would stand upon the word and learn more about who I was in Christ.

 

I love how God showed me in a dream how he was going to bring freedom to me.

 

I am forever grateful that he speaks to me in dream's and vision's  - I love all aspects of God's love, guidance and gifts which are for the body and for those to be saved. 

 

God is good!

 

 

 

Faith

Last night I went to a meeting with Guest speaker, Bob Griffin who is a prophet.

 

There were so much spoken, imparted and taught, and encouraged.

 

One point during the meeting he was talking about Roman Catholicism and how he was brought up Catholic but that there is the obvious unbiblical teachings of the church.  He had seen a picture of people caught in caves, chained.  Some of these chains are religious.

 

I was thinking about this picture on the way home and was praying for my family.

 

As my dream in my previous post described the need to be standing upon the Rock of the revelation of Jesus Christ I was praying that for myself.  As some of my family are still very parochial Catholic and it's ways, they often send me things.

 

I often want to say I am not Catholic!  I stand upon the Rock of Jesus Christ as God's only Son - Saviour of the world - Christ the King, Lord above all god's.   Lord of all.

 

Peter was mentioned as the Apostle of Faith and I was thinking about his revelation.

 

A saying came to my thoughts and a declaration as I felt like I needed to speak it out

 

I am not under the Pope, I am under Christ, OUR HOPE!

 

Yes, Jesus is the way the truth and the life and there is no other way to heaven but through Him.

 

 

 

Jesus is Lord of Lord's and King of King's.  God has given Him full and final authority.

 

That He sits at the right hand of the Father.

 

In the Old Testament through Genesis I read how birthrights and blessings were passed down from Father to Son's through the laying on of their hands on the head of their children.  To he who would inherit the birthright and the blessing, the Right Hand of the Father would be laid upon that child and the left hand would be laid upon the other.  So I just see the picture of Jesus at the Right Hand of God as a powerful picture.  He is seated and Has defeated all His enemies.

 

So no where in scripture does it tell me to honour anyone else above Jesus.  That He is the only way to the Father..... Christ in you the hope of glory!!!  I love that scripture.

 

There is no other hope or place where we should place our hope other than in Jesus Christ

God's Son!





Jesus: King of Kings

The other night I had a dream. A person known to me was wearing a pair of brown ankle boots. She was struggling to walk in them and her left leg was being dragged behind her.  The person gave me the boots to try on to see if I wanted them, as in the natural we sometimes exchange shoes. I tried them on but although they seemed to fit length wise the shoes were really heavy. They were really wide inside, didn't feel nice and although similar the shoes were actually a little different, not even complete with material missing, not matching and even the laces seemed odd.

 

I knew the shoes were no good, not for me and I could see why she had trouble walking in them. I then saw a glimpse of the brand name on the ankle area, which was a brand that use to make shoes and I don't know if they still do?

 

The brand name was 'Roc

 

The message I saw was she was trying to walk on the Rock without the K. The Roc's didn't fit, were heavy and made her walk very tough. This person is in what I would call a religious system that inhibits the full knowledge and reverence of Christ as King and Lord over all.

 

When I woke I said to a friend that the K for Rock was missing and that we are told stand on the Rock of the revelation who Jesus Christ is. Then my friend said K for King.

 

I thought yes. Jesus is the Christ the Son of God. Amen. And He is also Jesus Christ our King. The revelation of Peter is key! To understand He is Lord and King above all is key!

 

So, He is Lord and King, Redeemer, Love, the Christ who takes away the sins of the world and if we have seen Him, we have seen God. To know Him is to know God. That Our Father has revealed Himself in Christ and made Him Lord over all. God is Lord over all. He is preeminent!

 

We are to stand on the full revelation of Jesus Christ our ROCK. All He has done and wants for us 'as a partial understanding' will hinder our walk, our standing, our identity and even salvation itself.

So, we can pray and encourage each other to know Jesus better. To really acknowledge who He is. That people would know Him as the Christ, the Son of the living God, Christ our King! People who don't yet know Him, people who are stuck in religious systems that blind their sight in the truth..... And for our brothers and sisters, to encourage and build each other in Christ, and to encourage each other in to the fullness we have which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 

Matthew 16:13-20

When Jesus came into the coasts of Cæsarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock (the revelation of who Jesus is) I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

 

Jesus King of Kings - Scripture references

Little Leadings

A friend posted something the other day. It was how the Lord led him and it reminded me of something that the Lord led me with the other week.

On Thursdays I get to hang out with some very inspiring people and I am honored to be able to take them through a couple of modules for a program they are in.

I had been wanting some one on one time. That morning I felt promoted by the Lord to take all my notes for the 12 sessions for the courses. I usually only take what I need.

I left the folder in the car and when I was about to start the second course one of the administrators asked if I had time to do a one on one with one of the guys so he could finish that part of the course. Therefore, it so happened that I brought my notes and was able to go to the particular lesson with preparation because the Lord had prompted me that morning.

So I did 3 courses that day which included a one on one, my prayer answered and I was prepared.

God is good.   Listen for His voice and those inner promptings.

He often prepare us before hand!

God's LOVE

I decided last minute to go to a meeting here on the coast, oh am I so pleased I did.  God is so good!

 

I know it's a beautiful day but I didn't feel this till I sat inside the building for a while; such heart and revelation, I get a sense that spiritually, spring time is coming. ‪#‎greaterdepth‬. ‪#‎love‬

Love for the Father's Love. Loving Him loving me.

 

 

 

Since the above post on FB I have been thinking on the Father's love and at times receiving waves of His love and knowing that it is Him revealing His love to me.

 

The other day I was praying with a friend and I felt such peace and His presence.

 

Another time I was thinking about praying for others and I was seeing a picture of myself as a vessel to operate in the flow of God's love to people.  I could sense His presence again.

 

Today, I was reading about Jacob in the OT in Genesis and his journey and travels.

I have been reading about the altar's that are set up and given a name, and in Jacob's life events there were quite a few altar's and names given to specify certain events that had taken place.

 

One specifically, was where he set up an altar after he had come back to the promised land of Canaan. The Lord God declared that Jacob would receive the land and his offspring would inhabit the earth - which was the same declaration of the promise to Abraham, Jacob's Grandfather.

 

I was reading that although Jacob was originally named a deceiver, and I read through the situations he got himself into and out of, God still declared that He was with Jacob.  Later God changed his name to Israel.

 

So what did Jacob call this altar?   El Elohe Israil  which means - God, the God of Israel.

 

As I read the 'For thought and contemplation' section at the bottom of my daily reading it says:

 

Have you ever stopped everything and said this one thing to God - your name?  What is your name? Ego? Fear? Resentment? Self-pity?  A new name doesn't come until we say the old one.  In other words, confession is catharsis.

 

I thought about what still affects me.  Sometimes jealousy I think.  I have often felt like I missed out, even from a child.  So I guess there could be self-pity as well.

 

But even though I was thinking about my shortcomings and handing then over to God.  I know I have come a long way, and always guard myself and my thoughts from this old way of thinking, and in all of this pondering, I asked God "what is my name?"

 

As I was writing on the piece of paper, I wrote what flowed from my spirit which was ....

 

 Bernie - loved of God.

 

God really does love me and He is showing and confirming His love to me and wants me to operate in this love.  I believe I am understanding the 'greater depths' as I put in my post above.

 

Just yesterday I was speaking with some new Christians about sin and a lot of the scriptures referred to love.

 

Basically if we walk in love we won't sin or want to sin, and not walking in love produces sin.

 

So there was a discussion and encouragement to walk in love with people and for people to know that they are loved, unconditionally.  I think that it is sometimes difficult for people to grasp the love of God.  Part of this is to understand the love of God in Christ Jesus, our Saviour, Lord and King.  Part of this is to receive His love.  His love is not necessarily like the authority figures we have had in our lives - as they are not at times a very good indicator.

My prayer is that the Lord will start to reveal His love through me.  To touch people, love people and open people's hearts to His love with healing, and for them to be free and walk in all the fullness that is theirs in Christ Jesus.

 

Wow, to know that God would name me - 'loved of God'.  I like that name and am going to keep it!

What wonderful name has he called you - I bet it is something similar!!

 

 

 

 

Knowing you are loved by God does so much for your identity.

Our real identity comes from being a child of God and being loved by Him

 

 

 

 

Yes, I am truly loved.

 

 

Abraham builds an Altar

I'm reading more about Abram's journey and the promises given to him by God. Abram obeys God and leaves the land of Ur. Walking by faith to a place the Lord wants to give him and his descendants. God speaks saying 'this is the land' and Abram builds an altar there. But then due to a famine in the land Abram goes on to Egypt. Now I am not sure if he was suppose to do that? It seemed like the right idea? But, he had to lie about his wife. She went into the palace probably in preparation to be presented to Pharaoh. But God starts to send plagues upon Pharaoh to protect Sarai. When Pharaoh finds out Sarai is Abrams wife, he sends Abram and Sarai back out, and Pharaoh allows Abram to keep the wealth that he gave to him when he thought that Ab and Sar were siblings. Abram and all with him, journey back to where? To where the first altar was built, where God said 'I will give you this land' and here Abram calls on the name of the Lord again.

 

I think in this how God was in control. Even though they were in Egypt in odd circumstances, God's redemptive plan was still alive and His promise to Abram was going to take place.

 

I think about where I had journeyed off, sincerely wanting the will of God for my life, but then realizing where I was, wasn't such a good idea, and as I sought Christ and obeyed, I once again felt like my feet were in the right place. I learnt and gained things in the process even though that direction wasn't the right one for me.

 

I give glory to God, for although I am holding onto Him, He is more so, holding onto me, and I know that He will guide me to the promised land for His purposes. Sometimes people can think ahh, I've mucked it, it's over and out, but I say 'But God' But God!!!

 

Seek Him and ask for His directions. And as you move forward obey Him. Make good choices, operate in the right spirit. Walk and abide in Faith.

There's a Season and a Reason

 

I was thinking about this earlier today whilst walking.

That God takes us through seasons and in it, He's working out the reason.

(Not that He doesn't know the reason, but it's effect is being worked out in us).

To teach us, shape us, change us, grow us, to remove things, to instil things, to prepare things. He aligns people, uses circumstances, and we can trust Him with and in the process.

 

“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:”  Eccl 3:1a

 

#Jesus  #growth  #trust   #Hispurposes   #life

 

 

Picture taken at Burleigh Beach

01  July  2016