Has Your Life's Road Seemed Foggy?

Has a season in your life seem to start out like this? 

The truth is that we will have more than one season that will seem to be or even be uncertain.  It could be at the beginning of a situation or right in the middle.  It could be any number of life experiences: finances, relationships and any character building issue that we will ever walk through.  These situations will happen to us all, at some point in time.  But when we have Christ in our lives, these situations do not have to frighten us.  

 When we walk down our life's path, that place can become frightening. But with Jesus we can see through the fogginess of life and begin to view the color and splendor of the things around us. We will not only see the grey, bleek existance or situation.  Pain and fear of situations are very real emotions that we must acknowledge and replace it with the truth of God's word.   It says in Phillipians 1:6  being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;  Our Heavenly Father can complete a work in us that we can not do alone.

Proverbs 13:12 - Hope deferred makes the heart sick,  But when the desire comes,

it is a tree of life.   So you see we are always to keep our hope and trust in Him and not ourselves.  It is our Hope and Trust in God that will get us through ever situation.  Everytime without fail. His love never fails, but it will when we our focus off Him and back to our situations.  Our eyes must stay on the only source of strength that we have. He is our strength!

                                                                                    

      A well known speaker in some religous circles made the statement saying that when you are in the fog of your situations to always remember that the Son shines above the fog.  This statement is true in both the physical and the spiritual experiences of life.  In the physical, after we have been in the fog a while, we can see the sun begin to shine through or even begin to see it lift because of the sun's presence and warmth changes the atmosphere.  In the Spiritual situations of life, God wants us to draw strength and comfort in the truth of when we trust Him, believe in Him, and completely turn out situations over to Him.  He will show us that He is in the midst of our life.  He is always very Present.  He holds our solutions.  Trust in Him my friend.  Soon that foggy situation will look like the picture below.  The fog will not be so daunting, and the beauty of the Lord will be seen all around you.  Believe in Abba today,  He has many good things in store as you seek Him and His will for your life!!   Blessings Friends, Have a great day.

Where Is Your Tent of Meeting?

Do you have a place where you meet with God? Alone, just you and Him? This question has come to mind after reading in Exodus today. Let's go there. Just pryor to Exodus 33:7, God was upset. While Moses was with God in the mountain, giving him the Ten Commandments, the Israelites had Aaron created a golden calf for them to worship because they thought Moses was never coming back out of the mountain.  He had been gone way too long for thier comfort.  

Now let's think on that for a moment.  How many times have we given up on God because He didn't work in our situations fast enough? Or how many times that when it seemed that our situations existed long enough for us to doubt that God was ever going intervene?  You know that doubt always creeps up in our minds and says, " I know the word says He will never leave you or forsake you..... so where is He now?"  You know, that kind of doubt.

Well, I promise you that you are not alone.  The enemy will try and discourage you, to make you think that you never see answers to your prayers and the situations that are around you. Self inflicted or not. You can look back in a previous entry called; The Promises of God.  You can see that God promises over and over in His word that He is there for us.  Galations 6:9 tells us, that we will reap a harvest if we faint not.  Now that sounds like to me, that at times we will have to wait. And if our heart and mind are not stayed upon Him, then it will not be long that fear has made its way to the front of your mind, and you will be suddenly convienced that there is no way out. Why do we do that to our selves!?!   Ok. You get what I'm saying......... back to the scripture.

Moses Meets with the Lord

⁷ Moses took his tent and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp, and called it the tabernacle of meeting. And it came to pass that everyone who sought the Lord went out to the tabernacle of meeting which was outside the camp. 
 ⁸ So it was, whenever Moses went out to the tabernacle, that all the people rose, and each man stood at his tent door and watched Moses until he had gone into the tabernacle. 
 ⁹ And it came to pass, when Moses entered the tabernacle, that the pillar of cloud descended and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses.
¹⁰ All the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the tabernacle door, and all the people rose and worshiped, each man in his tent door. 
 ¹¹ So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend.  And he would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.

So let's break this down.  I underlined key points in each verse.  Let's see what we find, shall we?

One statement from each verse, literally sums it up and leaves nothing out.  Vs 7 says, that anyone who wanted, could go out from the camp to the place designated to meet with God, when they wanted to.  They had access to God, that they did not utilize.  That sounds rediculous to think about it, yet we still do it today..... Don't we?

Vs8 says that when Moses went to meet with God, everyone watched from the door of their own tent.  I do not think that this place was ever a secret......

Vs9 says, that they saw the pillar of cloud at the door showed Gods presence while speaking with Moses....  I do not know about you, but I would hope to think that I would want to experience that as well if I witnessed it happening.  But how many times do we think that someone you know has a direct line to God that you do not?  Hmmm...

Vs 10 says that they believed enough to worship.  But sadly they didn't believe that God would meet them there, because they did not go for themselves.

Vs 11 says that with Moses' interaction with God, God spoke to Moses as a man speaks to his friend.

I do not know about you, but friend in this life, I can not go a day without my Abba.  I need to spend time with Him.  I need Him to speak into my life and my situations.  And He wants to be there!  I ask you to take a moment and ask yourself.  How much or how often am I letting God have the dialog in my life?

Dear Heavenly Father,
I thank You for each precious person that is reading this entry today.  I thank You, that You are their Way, their Truth, and their Life.  I pray that each one's spiritual eyes are opened and that they see You ready to act on their behalf.  I pray that they see You waiting on them, to give their situations to You so that You can work out all things for their good and Your Glory.  I praise You and thank You that it is Your presence in their life that makes all the difference; and that You truly want them to know that You will call them, "Friend".  Bless each one of them today where ever they are, In Jesus Name, Amen.

Dare to believe that He is able and willing to be all that you need.  All you need to do is Trust and Believe; and that through your obedience to His Word, will release His provision in your life !!  Blessings my friend.  Have a great day !

Finding Our Answers Through Prayer

Since last Sunday was Pentecost Sunday, the importance of prayer in our lives has been continuously on my mind and heart all day.

 Life has a way of turning up something that we do not know how to deal with, inevitably. Its not a coincidence and it is not always about our mistakes, though we make plenty. God wants a relationship with you. One where you actually talk to Him and where you really listen to Him.  We can cry out to Him about anything that hurts us, we can talk to Him about the day to day events in life that puzzle us.  When we choose to come to Him, we show that we trust Him. 

Our praise is our weapon and makes us strong in our faith.  Our prayer time strengthens us and our relationship, because all relationships are successful when time is put into them, and will fail when we do not.  Because God has given us the privilege of choice, what ever we give our time to, is what will grow.  Faith or Fear, strength or weakness, favor or obstacles, all of these things will rely on what we are giving our time to. 

Pentecost Sunday is a great representation that faithfulness in prayer and obedience in His instructions, God will do great things.  He wants us to have great testimonies of His goodness!  He wants to show through you that all things are possible to those who believe.  It is not for a select few, but His favor and provision is for all who pray and believe.  And the only way to know who we are in Christ Jesus, is to spend time with the Father, let Him speak to you in that Secret Place of His presence and by reading and studying His Word.

It's not complicated, its simply about your relationship with your Heavenly Father and your spiritual growth through the truth of God's word. 

Take time to be with Him.  He's waiting on you, and the benefits are to numerous to number!

Psalms 103:1 - Bless the Lord O my soul, and forget not all His benefits.

I challenge you to put this to the test.  Spend time with Him, talk to him about your situations, and let Him speak to your spirit in His presence and in His word.  You will be amazed at the results!

Blessings Friend, Have a great day!

I Prayed And He Heard Me

                          

Have you ever walked through a time when it seemed like everything was walling

 up around you?  A job, finances, or relationships.  It could be anything that concerns you. 

Anything at all.  One of the purposes of our prayer life and relationship with the Father is that open line of communication with Him, because He is our source and strength. There are several scriptures that says, "I cried out to God and He heard me."  Let's look at a few. 

Psalm 34:17 NKJV  The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears and delivers them out

from all their troubles.

This is a promise that we can read over and over that says "He WILL". 

This is something that we should stand on.  Let's look at another.

 Psalm 3:4 NKJV  - I cried out to the Lord with my voice, and He heard me out of His

Holy Hill.

In this psalm, David made a statement in his song.  He cried out, and God faithfully heard him.  Past tense. This is a testimony of what God did in this situation, For David.  God provided for David's need, when he ask of the Lord.

Psalm 18:6 is an example of scriptures that are testimonies of what God did when one cried out to Him. Let's take a look. 

Psalm 18:6 NKJV  -  In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried out to my God; 

He heard my voice from His temple, and my cry came upon Him, even to His ears. 

Now what is so amazing about this passage is if you continue to read this chapter, you will see God's response to this prayer.  The Earth responded to God's voice once this prayer reached His ears.  God can speak one word into your life and everything can completely change because God Himself Speaks !! 

Now, there is only one element, that separates what has happened in the Bible from where you stand.  The one common denominator that we must have while praying is this...... BELIEVE.

In Matthew 21:22 and Mark 6:22-24 , Jesus Himself teaches us that the condition to answering the prayers of His children is believe. 

So I encourage you today to not only pray and believe that Jesus will answer your prayers, but BELIEVE BIG !! He can change every situation that we have in our lives.  Have Great Faith that the God of Heaven and Earth can answer any prayer you pray when we seek Him and Believe in Him!!!

Dear Heavenly Father,

I thank you for Your Presence in the lives of Your children.  I thank you for meeting each person that reads this and is seeking You; that they find You with Great Faith.  I thank you for moving in their situations in such a way that it will be undeniablly shown that they give You only the Glory for their answered prayers.  I thank You for strength, endurance, peace, restoration and salvation that can only come from and be found in You!  Bless Your People Oh Lord, that they might know You in a deeper way.  That their relationship with You will grow from Glory to Glory in Jesus Name, Amen

You now have scriptures that gives you Promises, Statements of facts, and Examples of what God does when we cry out to Him!  All we have to do is believe.

Blessings Everyone.  God's got you !!

How Does God Really Feel About Me?

This scripture above never gets old to me.  Why? Well, I am glad you asked.
There are so many times in life that I have questioned myself in the past.  Questions like: Am I good enough?  The truth is there is nothing that we can do in our own strength that we could "earn" God's love and His blessings that come to us.

God's love is not earned, it is given simply because we have asked Jesus Christ into our hearts, thus we become children of God.  We live in a world of extreme expectations; And though there are Godly standards or principles to live by, there also pressures to become like everyone else, do what they are doing, buy what they are buying.

This is why we need to daily stay in the Word of God, "renewing our mind" as in Rom 12:2.  When we read and reflect over what He says about us, what He did for us, and how He IS with us everyday; then the truth of our relationship takes root inside of us, and from there it can truly begin to grow. 

God loves us.  He Truly Loves Us! His Word says that He takes great delight over us and will rejoice over us with singing.  I do not know about you, but I am one who loves singing and good music.  But I do not know anyone that I would rather sing over me than my Abba.  My Heavenly Father.  He is so good!  

So matter what situations are before you, know that God cares about you first, and is also there to help you with whatever it is that is on your heart. He cares for you so much that He paid the price for your freedom, before you were ever born. He knows you so well that he cares about the things that you care about.  His Word says, that He will never leave you or forsake you, and that He is closer than any brother.  

Never give up on your relationship with Abba.  Never let anyone tell you that you are not good enough or that your life can never change for the better.  God's says the opposite and His Word is truth.   

Dear Heavenly Father,

We thank you and bless Your Name today.  I pray today for each person that reads this and needs a touch from you.  I thank you for Your presence to be made known and active in each life and territory today.  Where trouble abounds Father, You and Your grace and mercy much more abounds.  Be glorified in each of our lives today, and may Your Glory be made known in every life. 

In Jesus Name.  - Amen 

It's a good day for a new outlook and even a new start. God is with you, and He is waiting on you!  Have a Great Day Friends.

I Will Worship

♪♫  God You are God even when I don't feel You
       God You are God even when I don't see You
          I Will Worship   I Will Worship
       
     God You are God when it feels like I'm falling
     God You are God beyond my understanding
        I Will Worship  I Will Worship ♪♫

This song has been a favorite song of my for quite a while.  It came across my social media feed at exactly the time that I needed it.  Coincidence?  No, that is just like the Heavenly Father to send you what you need to encourage and lift you up, right at the moment that you need it.  And most of the time it will come from a direction that you completely didn't expect it to come from.

All of this time, that I have been saying over and over about how much the Lord loves you, have not just been words to fill up a page.  I say it over and over again because its true.  God loves you with an everlasting love.  And when the days come that things just dosen't seem right or that He is even there; in those times step up anyway and declare that He is God and that He will see you through all things.  To dare to believe in His faithfulness even though it seems that He's not there; that declaration of what you know is the very thing that will bring you victory in your situations, and usher in His Presence through all of the "haze" of those times. 

I just want you to know that if you are walking through one of those situations right now, you are not alone.  He is right there.  Sometimes the situations around you somehow seem bigger than He is. Or maybe closer than He is.  But I am here to declare that it is not true.  Believe and speak His name, declare His goodness and who He is to you, and you will feel the presence of the Holy Spirit move in right there beside you. 

This song has been a life line in times that I have needed it.  And I pray that it blesses you too.
Be Encouraged!!  God who is your Heavenly Father, loves you and cares for you.... Proclaim it today in your own life and see what He will do !

Blessings Friend, Have a Great Day!!!

Why Worry?

Worry.  One of the most common strong holds that will keep us knotted up.  One of the quickest  ways to wear out our hearts physically, and one of the very things that Jesus told us not to do in His Sermon on the Mount. Why do we do it? First, Let's read part of His sermon below.

Matthew 6: 25- 34 NIV

Do Not Worry

²⁵ “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?        

 ²⁶ Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?                           

 ²⁷ Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?

²⁸ “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 
²⁹ Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 
³⁰ If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 
³¹ So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear? 
³² For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 
³³ But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 
³⁴ Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

In the KJV, verse 28 is even more specific and says the "Lily of the field"  Lilies, like many other flowers, are very beautiful and its life (blooming) span is only about 24 hrs.  Why mention that?  Life is fleeting.  As short of span in time that 24 hrs may be, our time on this earth is just as short, especially to God.  The Bible says that with God, a thousand years is as a day.  So if He spent more time planning our time and purpose on this world, and only spoke the flowers into existence, why would they be so beautiful and taken care of and yet we honestly have a hard time trusting God with the situations that are before us?

We, from a christian stand point as well as just being human, have the habit of believing that God will take care of some things, then completely fall apart when a situation will present itself  in front of us.   All have done this at some level at one time or another. We could let the situation play over and over in our mind, of every scenario imaginable happening, producing more and more anxiety.  This is one of those situations that is not grey.  Friend, the truth is either we trust the Father and take Him at His Word, or we don't.  But hold on. Don't loose hope!!

God already knew this about us.  He did create us after all. That is why He keeps giving us opportunity to LEARN to trust Him.  That's why He said that the faith of a mustard seed is our portion in the beginning, but the matter of our faith growing, is up to us.  

When in one situation in our lives, God works things out for us, we Thank Him. And when the next situation comes along, we should remember that He was there last time,  He will be here with me this time.... The more this happens, our faith will grow each time.  Repetition will tell us that God is always there, and He will work all things out for our good. 

As wonderful as this is, we must remember that it is always up to us, in every situation, to remember that God was always there and know His promises are true, which comes from reading His word....... He will never leave us or forsake us and will comfort us when times of trouble come. 

My friend, He is waiting on you, wherever you are. Trust Him.  Dare to learn to trust Him more than you ever have.  He is our Heavenly Father, and He sent the Holy Spirit to guide us.  Dare to believe in Him, He will never let you down.

Dear Heavenly Father,
I thank You for who You are in my life.  I thank You for the one who is reading this now thinking, "I wish that I could trust like this".  I thank You for Your Presence enveloping them, letting them know that You are there with them. You see everything that they are going through, and You alone hold their answers. Give them the courage to trust You like never before.  Show them that Your Word is Life to us, sustaining and thriving.  You are always enough, and always relevant to our situations, everyday. 
Father, remind them again, that they are not alone, and if they can trust you just one more time, they will see you show your Glory in their lives.  They will remember that You ARE God. Your Love for us is unfailing.  I thank You that You will work all things out for our good, and Your glory.  In all of our situations, may You be Glorified in the all the earth.

I ask all of this, in Your Name Believing,  Amen.

Give it another try, He is there waiting on you!
Blessings friends, Have a great day!!!