What is He saying to you ?
Where are you in Christ right now? Are you praying? Are you studying His word? If so I would like to hear what God is telling you. The scripture that says to him that has an ear let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the church is the most frequent Scripture in Revelations tells me something. What it tells me is that we need to be people that are hearing from God. I have been teaching in Planet Zion and that has been our focus and the 7-12 year olds, I believe are doing it. It is awesome to see those kids going after God. This past week I saw the teens doing the same. So my question to you is what is God saying to you? Are you sure its God? What is the scripture reference that backs up what He is saying?
I feel like God is speaking to me about a life of prayer and fasting. Not so I can see some miracle,but so that I can get Paul out of the way. I believe He is showing me that if I will seek His face I will know His will and I will look more like Him. I know that is a general word,but I like it that way. You know we are always trying to hear that big supernatural word that somebody has for us ,but I have noticed in my life it has always been a simple word that has changed my life. Honestly most of the time the real words come from my personal time with the Lord. So if I seem a little weird just know that I am trying to hear from God.
Paul
November 21, 2008 at 2:48 pm
If we don’t seek the face of the Lord and his ways, the church may find this scripture come to pass: Amos 8:11: “Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.”
“To Him Who has (understands, grasps, puts into practice), more will be given, but to him who does not have, even what he has (or perceives he has) will be taken from him.”
I recently preached on Jer 9:24 and Dan 11:32 KJV. Know God, destroy fear through intimacy, and go for it.
November 21, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Definately, Isaiah 26:3- my version- a man that has his heart fixed on the Lord(through prayer and consecration) will be at perfect peace. We can’t ask for peace the answer is that way. if we try and get it any other way we will not get that kind of peace.
November 22, 2008 at 1:47 am
God is saying to me, “Dana, do you REALLY know yourself”. I have been reading in Matthew these past few days and so hungry for the word of the Lord. I am reading in chapter 26 and we find that Jesus is sitting down with ALL of His disciples. Prior to this Judas had just went to the chief priest to deliver Jesus to them for 30 pieces of silver. And now, they are at the last supper. Not only did Judas just give Jesus up for money, but Jesus told them they all would be offended because of Him and also someone else was getting ready to deny Him 3 times. Well Peter told Jesus everybody else may be offended of you, but not me Jesus. Here is how much Jesus loved Peter. He told Peter he was about to deny him and Peter still said oh no Lord, not me. So, here we are at vs. 36. Jesus is getting ready to go pray…. the big garden moment. Here again, I believe Jesus was giving Peter ANOTHER chance. Jesus knew Peter was going to deny Him and so He takes Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with him. Jesus was so heavy and sorrowful. He knew what was getting ready to happen, and he still was giving Peter a chance to pray and HEAR from heaven. So, what does Peter do???? HE STINKIN GOES TO SLEEP. And then Jesus comes back to the disciples and finds them asleep. He says to Peter, could you not just watch and pray for one hour that you enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. Jesus went away the second time to pray…. left them again to pray…. they fall asleep the second time. Jesus comes back the second time and finds their eyes heavy. Jesus goes away for the third time and comes back the third time to find them asleep again. I believe he took Peter with him for Peter to have the chance to pray and realize the weakness that was in him. He had spent so much time ministering with Jesus and loved Jesus but yet he could not stay awake for one hour to pray. Jesus loved Peter, but Peter was too consumed with being too tired and being too consumed with himself to stay awake and pray “the spirit INDEED is willing, but the flesh is week”. Next in the chapter is when Judas betrayed Jesus with something that is so intimate… a kiss. In vs. 67 they are spitting on Jesus and mocking him and here we have Peter….. Peter could have chosen to do the right thing, but he was under the pressure of fear maybe. So when the damsel came to him and asked, “aren’t you one of those who were with Jesus of Galilee”? Jesus had warned him!!!! Jesus had taken him to a place to pray. But yet, under the pressure of fear Peter denys Him. Peter denys the son of God. In vs. 72 Peter said “I do not know this man”. Verse 74, Peter cursed and swore saying, I know not the man. In vs. 75, Peter REMEMBERED the word of Jesus, “you will deny me three times and Peter went out and wept BITTERLY”.
If Peter who ministered with Jesus and was so close to Jesus could deny Jesus the three times, how much more should we pray and fast to draw as close to the Father as we can so WE won’t deny HIM. I want as much and ALL of Jesus and the Holy Spirit that I can get. Drawing close to Jesus happens every moment of the day. Every choice we make either draws us closer to the Father or pushes us further away from the Father. I choose to draw as close as I can get to the Father.
What about you????
November 25, 2008 at 3:28 am
For the past 2 months or longer, (it’s felt more like longer) i’ve been feeling like God has been telling me the same thing over and over and over again. I believe he is telling me that I need to do something about my unsaved friends. I have a chance to get them to fall in love with God and I have not taken that chance at all. I have stood back and watched them painfully lead down the wrong path. It is my responsibility as a christain and their friend to tell them how amazing God is and what he can do in their life but I haven’t taken the chance.
This one particular guy has been on my heart. I adore and love him so much. He is such a great friend to me and has always been there when I need him. But he’s not a christain. He’s absolutely against what I believe and I feel like there’s no hope of him ever having the wonderful gift of God that I have. It intimidates me and I get extremely scared to talk to him about God. Every attempt I have made has been a failure. But CONSTANTLY God has been telling me that I need to keep trying. Because one day I’ll wake up and he won’t be around anymore. Most of my friends will leave me after highschool years and what if he’s one of them? I feel like i’m being told that this is my one chance and if I ever want to see him again in a better life worshiping God with him, I need to take chances and do all I can to show my friend that God is real, he’s living in us today, he loves and us and cares specifically for my friend.
I’ve been doing everything I can think of recently, and feel one step closer than I was before. It’s scary thinking of how if I don’t do my part as a daughter, a friend, and a peer, these people could never know christ when I was right there with them. I don’t want to be in heaven when they are in a much worst place and their crying from there wondering why I never explained to them what I have when it would have been so easy. Therefor i’ve been trying harder to get out there and share the word of God.
November 25, 2008 at 6:37 pm
Preach it Dana. That was awesome. Kayla that sounds really good. The one thing that John Bevere said when he was here was to make sure the Christ in you is greater than the devil in them. Go after it!!! John that sounds like a good message.
November 29, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Hey Sorry this has taken me longer than I thought it would have to post a reply to your blog!
But yeah I guess let me start off by what I feel the Lord has been teaching me the most recent and sorta never stops teaching me this concept for a while. Well I have been reading Acts and Romans both of which are my favorite books of the Bible. Paul lives such a ratical life for Jesus. That is how i want to be. In Romans 9:20-33 somewhere in the it is really saying that Clay doesn’t talk back to the fingers that mold it saying “Why did you shape me like this?” Isn’t it obvious that a potter has a perfect right to shape one lump of clay into a vase for holding flowers and another into a pot for cooking beans? This really sank into my spirit really hard. God has created me and has thought of who I am since the beginning of time! All the desires and things I want to do with my life God has made me to be that! Made me to be in the world of Media. It is what I do while I am there that can help further the kingdom or make the media continue further away from God. It is crazy how God allows different situations in my life or more so struggles to face in a day to day life that I know could be something that I face down the road he has set me on.
In 2 Corinthians 4:1-2 it says that ” Since God has so generously let us in on what he is doing, we’re not about to throw up our hands and walk off the job just because we run into occasional hard times!”
I have had to relize through all the temptations of the world and the life lessons I will continue to learn through my mistake that God has created me to be me. I want to be the one that makes a difference. I want to be able to stand up for what I believe in. But I cannot just sit around thinking well someone else will be able to tell them about Jesus! Because Reality is… If I don’t who will? So i guess in conclusion of what I have been saying is that if I dont stand up for Jesus just during my Highschool years How am I going to Stand up for Jesus in the Media?
God has def got something up his sleeve and I cannot wait to see and that if I put my trust in him about EVERYTHING that he will help me out with being bold and having the courage to stand up for what is right during my highshool life!!!
I mean What have I got to loose?