Day 17. My wife had a dream about me, and that's always a warning, cause I'm being naughty! So in the dream I fall asleep at the wheel, so she gives me a good shove, and I still don't wake up, then she gives me another shove and I still don't wake up, she actually thinks I'm dead. Then she finally gives me a good whack and I wake up. God wants me to wake up, and to stop sleeping spiritually. Every time I go off His plan, I stop hearing as well, and I fall asleep at the wheel spiritually.
My fast started out without solid foods, then without anything except water. But God really wanted from me much more. A life lived with constant prayer and fasting. This last Sunday our pastor talked about 1 Thes 5:16-18 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. (Thanks biblegateway.com!)
I was reminded of Paul's extortion of "constantly be praying and fasting" and what really convicted me was how easy it is for me to focus on the sin around me, the whole idea of removing the plank from my eye first before going to anyone, if that's what He's even calling me to do! Also as I was laying before church on our couch the Lord told me to look up, and I did at the tree outside, and it's huge branches reached up to the sky, and The Lord showed me that I need to be a tree like that firmly planted in Him just standing there. The tree doesn't worry about people, it just stands there. The tree just provides shade on a hot day, a tree relives people from the heat, and that's what I need to be is a relief to people, a blessing, the remove their burdens if necessary. I need to stop grabbing the dog by the tail, and allow Him to convict people of their sin! He and His Spirit and the only Ones who can anyway!
Here's a friends blog that fired me up too: http://tamilleehungerproject.blogspot.com/2010/05/40-day-hunger-project.html?showComment=1275306855331_AIe9_BGVc98aydZkwZWSuxhw25C6JeoMVJEAN-D8zwk_cTFTUajG9scwsWLQLx_K166n2wRdpkTLkMS8-eZsZ0K0GPO9lI9Wuwex9aSBCgzhf56paK5uC-txuxmHSykYn7MheqBO3znawWS2d18M7D-P_aRo_FmyX5Xt8zSiLtiYvmJgtFmrogVdD0yFsssu-YESXJHh7rUFuKFRfcLA_q-5VTWPiOSVZRibZQ0qzvprUK5rpuwoLlE#c8992427325914433973
She calls it the Hunger project. Thanks Tami for being an inspiration, I Love you in Christ!
"Thank You Lord for inspiring any of us to do any good works, and Lord help us to always be with you, always be at your side, and always allow You to be our God, and to just be Your people, sweetly called by Your Name, that Name that is above every other Name!!!
We Love you Lord, in Jesus Name! Amen!"
Monday, May 31, 2010
Sunday, May 30, 2010
God's Word today version 16
Blessed are those that do not see and yet believe.
I really hate it when I go astray. When I miss the mark just by a touch, it ends up bringing me to places I do not intend to go! When I start a little off, pretty soon it's WAY off! When the Lord whispers, I need to be really quiet so I can hear. Then when I hear, I need to obey. "Lord, if You've told me to let go of something, then let me really let go, and NOT pick it back up again! In Jesus Name!"
I really hate it when I go astray. When I miss the mark just by a touch, it ends up bringing me to places I do not intend to go! When I start a little off, pretty soon it's WAY off! When the Lord whispers, I need to be really quiet so I can hear. Then when I hear, I need to obey. "Lord, if You've told me to let go of something, then let me really let go, and NOT pick it back up again! In Jesus Name!"
Saturday, May 29, 2010
15 Days
Hebrews 11:8A By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place 10A for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Lord we are waiting to see all the things you are building and making, in us. Lord I want to see this city, Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven, but in the meantime, give us this day our daily bread, in Jesus Name, the Name that is above every other name!
I need to be obedient, to obey God. I need to lay it all down at His feet, cause He is so good.
Lord come, make Your Kingdom just the way You want it to look, in Jesus Name.
Had a bon fire last night with some friends. It was a sweet illustration of The Body getting together and fellowshipping, the kind you read about in the early church, can't wait to see them again today! Lord birth this kind of fellowship in us, let us become less and You more, in Jesus Name!!
Lord we are waiting to see all the things you are building and making, in us. Lord I want to see this city, Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven, but in the meantime, give us this day our daily bread, in Jesus Name, the Name that is above every other name!
I need to be obedient, to obey God. I need to lay it all down at His feet, cause He is so good.
Lord come, make Your Kingdom just the way You want it to look, in Jesus Name.
Had a bon fire last night with some friends. It was a sweet illustration of The Body getting together and fellowshipping, the kind you read about in the early church, can't wait to see them again today! Lord birth this kind of fellowship in us, let us become less and You more, in Jesus Name!!
Friday, May 28, 2010
Do we worry because The Lord has put something on our hearts or because the devil has?
Day 14. Do we worry because the Lord has put something on our hearts, or because the devil has?
Thursday, May 27, 2010
The Day The Lord Spoke
Day 13. I started with a 4 day fast, now the more I eat, the less I hear. It seems God wants me to live a prayer and fasted life. I need to be devoted to God, and not food! Since I need to hear His voice my obedience needs to reflect that. If I obey Him little, shouldn't I hear Him little? This is not a walk of works, but yet faith without works is dead James tells us. So it's really just hearing His word in the first place, then as the Holy Spirit speaks to us and we actually hear His words, and then actually obey them, what more can we do but obey the words of God? It's what He has set before us to do.
So Lord this day let me hear your words, and then be a doer of those words.
Luke 8 There are seeds that fall by the wayside, and the devil comes and steals them way, then those on the rock are those that have no root and in time of temptation fall away, then those among thorns that are chocked out by the cares riches and pleasures of life and bring no fruit to maturity.
That's me, letting pleasure choke out the Words of God, their His words, not mine, and I've squandered them way too many times, forgive me Lord, in Jesus Name.
15 But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.
So Lord this day let me hear your words, and then be a doer of those words.
Luke 8 There are seeds that fall by the wayside, and the devil comes and steals them way, then those on the rock are those that have no root and in time of temptation fall away, then those among thorns that are chocked out by the cares riches and pleasures of life and bring no fruit to maturity.
That's me, letting pleasure choke out the Words of God, their His words, not mine, and I've squandered them way too many times, forgive me Lord, in Jesus Name.
15 But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
12
"What is it to you if he remains till I come. You follow me." Jesus (Jn 21:22) We need to not worry about "the other" why does everything have to be a competition? Why is it my kingdom come instead of His kingdom come? Why do I think I have to defend even His kingdom, can't He do that? Who can stand against The Lord? Who can take something out of His hands? Can someone slip past all the angels, sneak up behind the throne (Is there a behind the throne?) and sneak off with one of God's promises, or a little part of His kingdom?
There was a time when people where healing some people, or casting some demons out, and the disciples asked Jesus if they should stop them, and Jesus said to let them alone, If we're not against Him, we're for Him. Also there was a time when the disciples wanted to call down fire from heaven to consume people and Jesus said that they didn't know what they were asking. I think we have an amazing amount of authority and we've been calling down way to much fire on people's heads.
My daughter is really struggling, and God convicted me this morning that I'm not willing to carry her burdens, the the scripture instructs us to carry one another's burdens. oops! Even if their in sin Lord? He who is without sin cast the first stone. Even if it's annoying....don't get an answer for that one.
If someone comes to us in their flesh, or with their sin, doesn't God say we can retain the sins of another? But do we want to? NO!! But He does! He wants to get rid of their sins, of their burdens, yet we aren't willing to help them carry theirs? Well it's their fault. What kind of a response is that?
Was it His fault He had to go to the cross? NO! But He did it for us anyway, and so must we carry one another's burdens. (Gal 6:2 Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.) A good translation will say bear one another's burdens, and it literally means "the idea of removal" man, I got to remove that mess? YES!!
So Lord help us to remove the mess off people's lives, but let us do it in love and patience, in Jesus Name!
Here's an adendum!
Matthew 7 >>English Standard Version
Judging Others
1“Judge not, that you be not judged. 2For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. 3Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 4Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? 5You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.
6“Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.Ask, and It Will Be Given
7“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 9Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!The Golden Rule
12“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Oohh, convicting!
There was a time when people where healing some people, or casting some demons out, and the disciples asked Jesus if they should stop them, and Jesus said to let them alone, If we're not against Him, we're for Him. Also there was a time when the disciples wanted to call down fire from heaven to consume people and Jesus said that they didn't know what they were asking. I think we have an amazing amount of authority and we've been calling down way to much fire on people's heads.
My daughter is really struggling, and God convicted me this morning that I'm not willing to carry her burdens, the the scripture instructs us to carry one another's burdens. oops! Even if their in sin Lord? He who is without sin cast the first stone. Even if it's annoying....don't get an answer for that one.
If someone comes to us in their flesh, or with their sin, doesn't God say we can retain the sins of another? But do we want to? NO!! But He does! He wants to get rid of their sins, of their burdens, yet we aren't willing to help them carry theirs? Well it's their fault. What kind of a response is that?
Was it His fault He had to go to the cross? NO! But He did it for us anyway, and so must we carry one another's burdens. (Gal 6:2 Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.) A good translation will say bear one another's burdens, and it literally means "the idea of removal" man, I got to remove that mess? YES!!
So Lord help us to remove the mess off people's lives, but let us do it in love and patience, in Jesus Name!
Here's an adendum!
Matthew 7 >>English Standard Version
Judging Others
1“Judge not, that you be not judged. 2For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. 3Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 4Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? 5You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.
6“Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.Ask, and It Will Be Given
7“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 9Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!The Golden Rule
12“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Oohh, convicting!
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
11 I think!
This one got me this morning! Hebrews 12 in short: let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith
Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed. 14 Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord: 15 looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;
Lord let me persue peace with all men!
In Jesus Name!
Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed. 14 Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord: 15 looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;
Lord let me persue peace with all men!
In Jesus Name!
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