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Reestablish & Impact 2016!
The Lord has given me two words for the calendar year 2016:
“RE-ESTABLISH” and “IMPACT”.
11 So, am I saying that Israel stumbled so badly that they will never get back up? Certainly not! Rather, it was because of their stumble that salvation now extends to all the non-Jewish people, in order to make Israel jealous and desire the very things that God has freely given them. 12 So if all the world is being greatly enriched through their failure, and through their fall great spiritual wealth is given to the non-Jewish people, imagine how much more will Israel’s awakening l bring to us all! 13 Now, I speak to you who are not Jewish, since I am an apostle to reach the non-Jewish people. And I draw attention to this ministry as much as I can when I am among the Jews, 14 hoping to make them jealous of what God has given to those who are not Jews, winning some of my people to salvation. 15 For if their temporary m rejection releases the reconciling power of grace into the world, what will happen when Israel is reinstated and reconciled to God? It will unleash resurrection power throughout the whole earth!
1 “So it shall be when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you [a]call them to mind in all the nations where the Lord your God has driven you, 2 and you have returned to the Lord your God and have listened to and obeyed His voice with all your heart and with all your soul, in accordance with everything that I am commanding you today, you and your children, 3 then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes [in your return from exile], and have compassion on you, and will gather you together again from all the peoples (nations) where He has scattered you. 4 Even if any of your dispersed are at the ends of the earth, theLord your God will gather you together from there, and from there He will bring you back. 5 The Lord your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you will take possession of it; and He shall make you prosper and multiply—even more than your fathers.
6 “And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of your descendants [that is, He will remove the desire to sin from your heart], so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul, so that you may live [as a recipient of His blessing]. 7 The Lord your God will inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who have persecuted you.8 And you shall again listen to and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all His commandments which I command you today. 9 Then the Lord your God shall make you abundantly prosperous in [b]everything that you do, in the offspring of your body and in the offspring of your cattle and in the produce of your land; for the Lord will again delight over you for good, just as He delighted over your fathers, 10 if you listen to and obey the voice of the Lord your God to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul (your entire being).
11 “For this commandment which I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it [c]out of reach. 12 It is not [a secret hidden] in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will go up to heaven for us and bring it to us, so that we may hear it and obey it?’ 13 Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will cross the sea for us and bring it to us, so that we may hear it and obey it?’ 14 But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may obey it.
15 “Now listen! Today I am giving you a choice between life and death, between prosperity and disaster. 16 For I command you this day to love the LORD your God and to keep his commands, decrees, and regulations by walking in his ways. If you do this, you will live and multiply, and the LORD your God will bless you and the land you are about to enter and occupy. 17 “But if your heart turns away and you refuse to listen, and if you are drawn away to serve and worship other gods, 18then I warn you now that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live a long, good life in the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy. 19 “Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live! 20 You can make this choice by loving the LORD your God, obeying him, and committing yourself firmly to him. This is the key to your life. And if you love and obey the LORD, you will live long in the land the LORD swore to give your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
What happened at the Cross… Broke Chains!
Restoration comes through Relationship
Expectations…
I HEAR CHAINS BREAKING…
EXPECTATIONS… ex·pec·ta·tion ˌekspekˈtāSH(ə)n/ noun –
1) a strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the future
2) a belief that someone will or should achieve something
When we place expectations on another, that they are not possibly capable of achieving, we are setting ourselves up for failure. Allow your loved ones to be for you what they are capable of, not what you expect them to be. Your relationship with Jesus and Holy Spirit will cultivate the presence of God and in turn, the light in you will grow and will start to shine into the areas that you are needing; whether that be love, attention, affection, understanding, etc…
In life, our loved ones were never meant to be our gods or our all and all, like the world teaches us. Marriage/ Parents/ Children/ Family & Friends WERE NOT MEANT to replace our relationship with God, Jesus & Holy Spirit. Relationship with God WAS MEANT to be a union where we are built up in Christ, by Holy Spirit, in our most holy faith.
When we start looking at all of the things our loved ones aren’t doing for us, all the things we think they should say, do, be, then we are expecting things from another that they quite possibly can not accomplish. Not because they don’t want to, but because our loved one was never meant to be our first go to, for resolve in every matter.
When we take those same expectations and place them on the one that can actually handle our needs, wants, desires, etc… we place ourselves in a position to receive all the fulness of and in Christ. True freedom comes once we realize that God is the only one that is capable of handling it ALL.
#UNCHNED in relationship with God, getting to know HIS CHARACTER, HIS NATURE, HIS WILL, HIS PURPOSE, HIS PLAN
In His Love, A-M 😉
Putting our relationships in proper alignment…
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way…
Lessons learned the hard way…
Don’t you think that if God said it, He knows what He is talking about? He knows that doing things in the opposite order brings disappointments, as well as added questions, concerns and/ or confusion.
LESSON #1 – Regarding Fornication
1 Corinthians 7:1-3 (AMP) 1 Now as to the matters of which you wrote: It is good (beneficial, advantageous) for a man not to touch a woman [outside marriage]. 2 But because of [the temptation to participate in] sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. 3 The husband must fulfill his [marital] duty to his wife [with good will and kindness], and likewise the wife to her husband.
When we go having intercourse with a boyfriend/ girlfriend or fiance/ finacee, we open the door to the enemy. We are walking out of line with God’s best for our lives. From experience, this has caused me great pain at times in my life. Regardless what they may say, eventually the fun ends and/ or either parent may not be willing to give up their freedoms even for their child (aka selfishness). The reality of raising a child and responsibility that comes along with raising a child, are not always accepted by both parties. This can be hard enough at times for married couples, so why wouldn’t it be hard for individuals seeking to do life out of Gods perfect will?
God gives the order that is best for us… his children; to keep us from future hurts, disappointments, anger, resentment and frustrations.
#UNCHNED ~ In His Love, A-M
Basics…
CHAIN BREAKER BASICS…
ANYTIME YOU NEED A DO OVER, YOU GO BACK TO THE BASICS… THE BEGINNING. WHERE DID “I” GO WRONG? WHERE DID OUR MARRIAGE GO WRONG? WHERE HAS OUR COUNTRY GONE WRONG???
IN SELF-EFFORT
WHEN WE THOUGHT THAT WE KNEW WHAT “WE” WERE DOING, LEAVING THE SIDE OF OUR CREATOR, TO DO THINGS “OUR” WAY.
THE BASICS START IN REPENTANCE, RECEIVING HIS FORGIVENESS, PRAYING, LISTENING FOR HIS STILL SMALL VOICE AND OBEYING HIS DIRECTION, READING HIS WRITTEN WORD (which is GODs opinion/ way on every matter we face), PRAISING GOD FOR WHO HE IS (a good loving Father), SINGING SONGS OF WORSHIP OUT OF YOUR SPIRIT, BEING IN RELATIONSHIP WITH ABBA FATHER, HIS SON JESUS & HOLY SPIRIT!!!
Unchned Child of God