The Good Stuff

The deeper into the Word I go the deeper in love I become with my Savior!!!  I am beyond amazed at His love for me and when I do try to think on it, I become ever whelmed!  Oh the JOY that fills my heart =)

I just finished reading "Dear Evelyn" and I have to say that it fueled the fire in my heart.  If we do NOT have a desire to love others there is something wrong!  It is that simple!  I'm talking about a love that can only come from Jesus.  A love that drives us to do things that we would just not do in the natural.  It's a supernatural love that does supernatural things!!!  It's some GOOD STUFF!!!  To see past our own little world and into the world that so desperately longs for that JESUS LOVE!  They long to see it and experience it through you and me.  As we allow God to LOVE us and FILL us with His love we cannot help but want to pass it on to others!  There really is nothing like it.  When you share something from The Father that sets someone else free!  WOW! 

When we give our LOVE and reach out to meet the needs of others, we are giving back to the Lord! 

Matthew 25:36-40     For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,  I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
    “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?  When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?  When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
    “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

Do we really treat others like we would treat JESUS? 

I hope that you are encouraged and challenged, as I was, to receive this TRUTH!  Oh Daddy God, do not ever let me forget how much YOU love people and let me see with Your Eyes to be Your Hands and Feet, Your Arms and Ears!!!  Flood my heart! 

Where is Jesus?

There are so many searching for something better, something more, something different.  The things of this world will all pass away, that is a FACT!  I believe that if we all REALLY knew what God has for us there would be nothing that could stop us from getting it!  Once we realize that we ARE worthy of it because of HIM!  We NEED Him in order to go into the world!  How can we pass on something we do not have???  HE IS LOVE!  He has called us to LOVE!  That is TRUTH!

So how to we receive LOVE?  It is very simple.....ASK.

Maybe you have heard that the Bible says, seek and you shall find, knock and the door shall be open...
My translation (Amplified) says....Keep on knocking reverently and the door will be open to you.  For everyone who keeps on asking receives;  and he who keeps on seeking finds;  and to him who keeps on knocking, the door will be open.   Matthew 7:7-8

While we receive Salvation once, we are instructed to KEEP ON SEARCHING and we will continue to receive.  KEEP ON KNOCKING and the door will remain open!  If the only reason God created us for was Salvation He would zap us up the moment we accept Jesus!  He created us to RECEIVE HIS LOVE and then to continue to grow in that love and go out and share that love with the world!!! 

We share it with other Christians to encourage and build up.  We share it with the lost and hurting because that is where JESUS IS!  Jesus is with the poor, the hungry, the homeless, the ones that society labels undesirable....the LOST!  We can find them all over the world.  From our next door neighbor to an aids ridden mother trying to care for a child she will most likely not live long enough to raise.  To the children who are abused everyday by the very ones who they should be able to trust.  To the too many held captive by evil.  JESUS is calling us to JOIN HIM! 

To join HIM, we have to KNOW HIM!!!  Do YOU know Him?  Do the people around you know Him? 

I want to be where Jesus is!  I want to be about doing HIS BUSINESS!  I will KEEP ON KNOCKING, and KEEP ON SEARCHING!!!  HE has delivered me from bondage and RESTORED ME TO FREEDOM!!!  That is the message that I will go out wherever He leads to share!!! 


If you still have not found what you're looking for maybe it's JESUS you are searching for!  You may know Him and just have not accepted all He has for you.  In HIM there is PEACE, JOY, COMPLETENESS, CONFIDENCE, ACCEPTANCE, HOPE, AND LOVE EVERLASTING!!!!! 

I lived many years knowing Jesus.  I accepted Him at a young age but I never received all He had for me to live the way He created me to live.  Once I realized that I was eligible for all of HEAVEN ON EARTH my life completely changed!  We should not just be satisfied knowing that ONE DAY we will experience heaven.....we can experience HEAVEN ON EARTH!  It’s time to bring heaven down to earth—into all the dark places. It’s time to reveal the hidden light of Spirit in the material world!!!!!!  Stop letting the enemy deceive us into thinking we are a doomed people!


Matthew 25:34-40
 ³⁴ “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. ³⁵ For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, ³⁶ I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’   ³⁷ “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? ³⁸ When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? ³⁹ When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ ⁴⁰ “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’


THAT IS WHERE JESUS IS =)


 
  

Mustard Seed

Matthew 13:31-32    He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. ³² Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.”

We hear a lot about having faith as small as a mustard seed but I think we miss what is beyond that small seed.  We get a bit comfortable with that small faith.  A seed doesn't stay a seed forever!  You plant the seed and it either grows or dies!!!  It all depends on how it is cared for. The mustard seed is the smallest but when it grows it becomes a tree large enough to be a shelter!!!  That is amazing to me!  That is what WE are to do...become so strong in Christ that we are shelter!  We are not small and meek, clinging onto the smallest of faith.  We allow Daddy God to GROW us up big and strong in all that He is!  ALL that He created us to be!!! 

What is seed?  The "seed" is the Word of God!  It is planted in us when we read it and it is rooted in us when we KNOW it and BELIEVE it!  Once we receive this seed we are given opportunities to then plant into the lives of others!  The seed of The Father is eternal!!!!! 

When I welcomed God, Jesus AND The Holy Spirit to dwell within me, a great life started growing!  I was filled with HOPE!  I say to the Kingdom of God, come invade me like the mustard seed!  Grow tall within me, so that my life, my faith, through Your grace might be enough to become a shelter for the birds of the air!  I do not fear the invasion of the Kingdom- I pray for it (like the mustard seed) to GROW within me!!!!

It is suggested that Jesus could have chosen a genuine tree for the parable, and that the mustard plant demonstrated that, though the dominion appeared small, it would inexorably grow into something large and firmly rooted and become shelter for those who need it!!! 

Thank You Holy Spirit for revealing this TRUTH to me!  I strive to GROW in my FAITH, to BE SHELTER!  While it is only required to have faith as small as a mustard seed, may we all THIRST  for MORE and find that we can quench that thirst with THE LIVING WATER!!! 

God's Choice

You are God's choice!  He has things that are set for YOU to do!  He has things set for ME to do!  We are all called to walk a path that is prepared just for us.  Want to know what God's Will is?  God's Will is His Word!!!  We find His Will when we know His Word!  When we know His Word we know HIM!!!!

Romans 12:2 says, Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—His good, pleasing and perfect will. 

If we yield our hearts to Daddy God, His desires and our desires become the same!  TRUST ME, it is very exciting when you begin to desire the things that God has called you to do!  You do not fear or dread the call.  You look forward to walking it out!!! 

We are precious to Daddy God and He has nothing but the best for each of us.  The enemy will try and come against us but PRAISE JESUS we walk in FAVOR!  As we continue to renew our minds with the Word of God our Spirit man is strengthened!  BELIEVE STRONG!  BE STRONG!  YOU ARE GOD'S CHOICE =)

Dream Bigger!

As I grow deeper in the fullness of Christ my life just opens up more and more.  I love different than before.  I have peace like never before.  I have an excitement about my future.  For the last several months before I fall asleep at night I ask God to give me visions and dreams.  He has filled my spirit with the most amazing dreams!  Dreams that in the past would have scared me to death, but now I dream them like I am practicing for when they become reality!!!  I am learning that there are NO LIMITS with Daddy God and I am so ready to live out these dreams where there are no limits!  God is going to change lives through me!  He is going to love and set people free through me! 

I can hardly contain my excitement!  The book will be here any day now =)  It has been a beautiful journey so far and it is only going to get better and better as I dream bigger and BIGGER!!!!!  Do not allow Satan to limit your dreams!