THE DAY MAN PUT GOD IN A BOX

GOD HAD PLANNED A SPECIAL PARTY WITH HIS CHILDREN FOR 4 HUNDRED YEARS. The mountain was trembling. Go came down on bolts of lightening. It was to be a day of vows for God and His children. He was offering them a relationship as He had with Adam in the garden. Moses went down the mountain and delivered the message. The children said no we are afraid. You go talk to God for us and then tell us what He says. That day the children of God chose religion instead of relationship. God was grieved when Moses gave Him their answer....He told Moses ok build me a box. That box was the ark. God was placed in a box and welt in the Holy of Holies. Only the priests could enter there in behalf of the children of Israel. And then the priests would approach them with God's answers. That was the day man put God in a religious box, saints. We have heard many sermon's exhorting us to let God out of the box but even today we ten to keep Him in a religious box depending on the preacher to talk to God and tell us what He says, when we could have a personal relationship with Him. Food for thought my friends.

DIVINE INTURUPTIONS

OUR LIVES ARE FILLED WITH INTERRUPTIONS. Some respond to the interruptions, others don't spare the time and walk on by them. Interruptions are often divine appointments from God. 90 per cent of the miracles of Jesus were interruptions. Most happened as He was on His way to do His business. He was on his way to a meeting when He was interrupted by the centurian. On the way to help the centurian He was interrupted by the woman with the issue of blood. On His way He was interrupted by a tax collector in a tree. He was interrupted by a funeral and stopped to raise a dead man. He was teaching the religious crowd and interrupted by a man let down through the roof. There is a story in the Bible..... Two donkey's left the ranch. The father sent his son and a servant to find them. The son was Saul. They searched three places and did not find the donkey's. Saul says it is time to head back to the ranch. The servant says no we are close to the seer's house. He can tell us what we want to know. Saul says we cannot approach a prophet of God without a gift. I have nothing to give. The servant says you may not have a gift but your father gave me enough to give a gift. They go to Samuel's house. The prophrt says stay till tomorrow and I will tell you what is on your heart. They stay. The donkey's have already been found so they are no longer an issue and Samuel tells Saul he is to be king of Israel. Your plans will take you to good my friends but your interruptions will take you to great. God bless, Linda

JERRY SEVILLES PROPHESY FOR THE CHURCH

Your Exodus from the usual and the norm begins now.

What happens first when God begins an Exodus?
God executes justice on the adversary and sets things right.
God bless enjoy your Exodus Saints.

PRAY FOR ME

WE MEMORIZE MANY FAMILIAR SCRIPTURES in the Bible....Psalms 23...the Lord's prayer ...John 3:16.... But I ran across one the other day that we all should memorize and speak often. Paul spoke to the Ephesians exhorting them to win the battle against the enemy. He told them how to put on the whole Armour of God. To resist the devil and he will flee and then on the 19 verse of Eph. 6 he says pray for me.... And goes on to tell them how and what to pray for. Pray also for me that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly as I should. Isn't that good. Indeed that must have been the desire of his heart from birth because he was those things even when he was persecuting God . But to speak fearlessly the mystery of the gospel should also be our hearts desire saints. God bless, Linda

THE BOAT WAS NEVER MEANT TO SINK

The disciples has just watched Jesus feed the 5000 and the disciples had had hands on experience in a great miracle. They saw the awesome power of God. Jesus was rung out and weary. He told the disciples to get in the boat and go to the other side. He went up the mountain to pray and be alone with the father. To remove himself from the ministry of the crowds. Jesus had been training the disciples for the ministry for months, they still did not get it. They are in the boat. A storm comes up. Faith flees in the presence of fear. The enemy convinces them the boat is going to sink. They believe the lie. Jesus has been teaching them to do what he does and to say what he says. That all he says and all he does comes from the father to him and is released from him to his followers. He sends them off alone armed with faith. Trouble comes(the storm) they lose faith and embrace fear. They move from the land of more than enough (miracles) to the land of lack (we are not enough). Refreshed, Jesus comes strolling by, walking on the water. The scriptures says he would have walked by but they called out to him. We can learn an important lesson from their experience. When Jesus was not present they felt fear and they felt powerless. When he showed up faith returned and they felt powerful. With him there... everything would be all right. Peace comes to still the storm. The same thing happens to us. When we drift away from his presence we become weak and powerless, but when we pray and praise forth his presence miracles can happened, answered prayer is a surety. The thing they failed to realize is the boat was never meant to sink. It's destiny was to reach the other side. In our faith our destiny is not to sink but to reach the other side. Heaven is our destiny. Another lesson is that as soon as their faith got them through the mess they were in and they got to the other side... the person they met was a house for a legion of demons. What a reward. God has such a sense of humor. A great lesson we can learn from the demoniac is that he was indestructible. When you are in the hand of God you are so valuable that nothing can stop who you are meant to be. Think of all the man went through. He tried to kill himself to rid himself of the torment but he could not. Others bound him with chains and they could not hold him. When Jesus healed him and returned him to his right mind he sent him home to tell others what God had done for him. Get that... His reward was to go home. Our reward at the end of our destiny is to go home...a place of rest and comfort and peace to think on HIM and all He has done for us. Remember be-loved no matter the storm...no matter the world's report the boat was never meant to sink. God bless Linda.

TAKE UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW ME

Jesus commanded us, take up your cross and follow me. Jesus' cross was the cross. Man commanded him....if you be the Christ come down from your cross. Our cross is our destiny our future . The only way we can stop following our destiny is if we willingly come down from our cross. I heard a preacher say God had given him a vision of a junk yard full of empty crosses. He asked what was the meaning of the vision and the answer he received was....these are the abandoned crosses the workers of the kingdom has come down from. They have disconnected themselves from their destiny. God is waiting for them to be restored and come take up their cross yet again and follow him. Something to think about.

I CAN HAVE ANYTHING I WANT IN GRANDMA'S HOUSE

A couple months before my mom passed last year, her and dad came to my house to visit. It was the last time she ever came to my house before she left us. My son and his 2 sons came over to visit with them as well. I had a bowl of trail mix on my table. It had dried fruits as well as nuts and seeds in it. The youngest grandson had just turned 7. He came often to the table and picked out the dried pineapple from the trail mix and ate it. The pineapple pieces were his favorite. Now my mom is old school and after about the third trip to the bowl she said I think you ought to eat some of the other things and not just the pineapple. My grandson looked at her in amazement and said quietly...I can have anything I want in grandma's house. My mom face was priceless and I burst out laughing. I said mom, he's right, he can have anything he wants in my house. I don't mind if he eats all the pineapple. I thought later of the scripture that says we have to come to him with the faith as a little child. It warmed my heart that my grand kids know without a doubt they can have whatever they want in grandma's house. We should take a lesson of the faith of a child and believe we can have anything we want in our Father's house. Salvation, healing, deliverance, miracles. God bless.

THE BLIND MAN'S GARMENTS

One of my favorite Bible stories is about blind Bartimaius in the 10th chapter of Mark. This is how the story starts...... Jesus is passing by with a crowd following him. May have been up to 2000 people. Imagine the noise level of this crowd. Even if they are being respectively quiet there has to be a murmer going on. There is a blind man begging at the side of the road. Then this blind man cries out...Son of David have mercy on me. The crowd tells him to shut up...don't bother the Master, but the blind man calls out louder and Jesus hears the cry and he stops...stands still and commands the crowd...bring him to me. When Jesus heard the call the crowd faded from him and he focased on the one man. He gives him his personal attention. The crowd goes to the blind man and tells him to cheer up get up Jesus wants to see him. Then an amazing thing happens. The blind man gets up and flings off his garment and goes to a personal audience with Jesus. Today we identify blind people because of their white cane or seeing eye dog. Then a blind man was identified with the garment they wore...so... When he stood up by faith he threw off his present his past. He threw blindness behind him. When Jesus asked him what he wanted? He said to see. Jesus said according to your faith be it done to you. The blind man received his sight and became a part of the crowd who followed Jesus. I think we all can learn a lesson from this blind man. When we call on Jesus and get his attention we need to by faith throw off our garment of fear, doubt, illness, our present our past and look to the future. That is where miracles can happen. To cast off the garments the world has put on us to identify who they say we are. We need to to look forward to who Jesus says we are.... The healed.... The saved.... The delivered. AMEN.

BRIDGE OF HOPE

If you want to be a bridge of hope sometimes you have to let people walk on you. Think about it. It is not our job to judge how the world receives our gift. It is our job to give the gift of hope and Jesus is his name. God bless.

THE ONLY BOOK IN THE BIBLE THAT WAS WRITTEN TWICE

JERIMIAH WAS A YOUNG MAN OF 17 when God called him and started living him instructions. God told him what to do for 23 years and then says I want you to write down everything I have ever told you. He got a friend a scribe and wrote down al God had ever told him. The King heard about the book and demanded to read it. Most of the book was about the King and he did not like it and destroyed the book and God said write it again. Can you imagine. No computer no back up. Wow!

HE CALLED ME BE-LOVED

Every week before prayer meeting I ask God for a word. This week he said, come unto me be-loved. Come and rest in me. He called me be-loved. That blessed my heart. We know He loved us enough to sacrifice His son for us and we know He sees us as so much more than we see ourselves, but when He calls us be-loved the same thing He said to His son, that is so awesome. This is my be-loved son...... He called me be-loved. Come and rest in me. We are brought up thinking we have to do something. We have to work for our salvation, we have to do, do, do. But the greater truth is we only have to show up and He does the work. He says His burden is light. He has done the work and now we can rest in His love and His peace. Come unto me be-loved . Come and rest in me.

CONSPIRACY OF KINDNESS

I was listening to an interview with Steve Sjogren. He does servant evangelism. A few years back he wrote a book called, Conspiracy of Kindness. They used a line from his book in the movie Evan Almighty.... Small things done with great love can change the world. He told how he started his ministry which is vast now. He asked God why they were not developing following? God said Steve you are boring. Of course Steve thought that was the enemy speaking and rebuked him. When he told his wife what the Lord had said she agreed with the word. They read through the 4 gospels 4 times and discovered how Jesus was all about doing acts of kindness. They started by giving a free car wash. The customers decided they were Christians so they probably wanted a donation. When they offered, the team refused and said we do this in service of Jesus because we believe He would have done the same act of kindness to you. Then they changed the sign to 1.00 car wash and got even more customers. When they had washed the car the washers handed the car drivers a dollar bill. The customers were so over come they teared up. What a ministry! A visiting preacher came to preach 7 sermons on a Sunday and in the breaks between services instead of Steve offering him a cup of coffee, Steve took him to service stations and they cleaned toilets in the name of Jesus. It truly was a conspiracy of kindness. Small things done with great love can change the world! Also saw a clip for a new 3-d animated movie to come out June the 3rd called... The Lion of Judah. An awesome clip. I want to see it. Take your kids. It will be an awesome movie. God bless. If you are interested in Steve his web site is servantevangelism.com

IF YOU CAN PRAISE IN A HOSTEL ENVIRONMENT YOU CAN CHANGE THE ATMOSPHERE

If you can praise in a hostel environment you can change the atmosphere. Let us look at the lady with the alabaster box. The disciples were in the house having church with Jesus. When she walked in it became hostel territory. The disciples did not want her in their service, after all she was a sinner. It is sad that they walked with him for over three years and still had that attitude. They really got mad when she broke the box and anointed Jesus. They had money on their mind. It could have been sold and given to the poor they claimed. Jesus defended her from the religious crowd. This was her best worship gift to the messiah preparing him for his imintent death. Her actions, his defense changed the atmosphere of that hostel environment. Friends we need to have the courage of this woman who did not bow to hurt feelings or criticism. But bravely worshiped and ministered to Jesus. Hair is a woman's glory and she let down her hair her glory for His glory. Her praise and worship in a hostel environment changed the atmosphere to glorify God. Amen.

SURELY THE PRESENSE OF THE LORD IS IN THIS PLACE AND I DID NOT KNOW IT.

These are the famous word of Jacob. He had just been in a place of blessing and now he was running for his life. His brother wanted to kill him. He is driven into a wilderness area. His destination was uncle Laban's place so he thought, but he had to go a different route so his brother could not find him. He ended up in a wilderness mountainous place that no herds or people inhabited. There he met God in a dream with a ladder ascending into heaven where he saw God on the throne above the stairs and angels ascending and descending. There he wrestled with an angel till daylight and was blessed. An isolated place where only he and God met. Beloved are you aware that even though Jacob did not know where he was that was the place his granddaddy had visited when he went to sacrifice Issac, Jacob's father, the place Jacob wrestled with the angel and was blessed, the place that is now home to the dome of the rock in Israel and the place where the temple mount will rest when Jesus returns. So the next time you are driven into the wilderness by the circumstances in your life remember, the steps of a righteous man is ordered by the Lord. Even though it looks like a curse this is a place of blessing. Remember Jacob's words. Surely the presence of the Lord is in this place and I did not know it. Amen

FROM EGYPT TO THE PROMISED LAND

I came from the land of Egypt, a slave to my fear.
The land of never enough,
I came into the desert of despair,
The land of just enough.
But when I stepped into the promised land,
I met El Shaddi, the God of more than enough.
I been changed from glory to glory.
Proclaiming to one and all, the greatest love story.
A Father's love for His sons and daughter's.
Hearing the heart of God, that's all that matters.
I've ran a long race from fear to despair to victory,
The promise is life everlasting, come run with me.
The light of the world, the salt of the earth, a city on a hill that can not be hidden,
Dance and rejoice to the marriage of the great I am where you have been bidden.
Gather healing, salvation and deliverance at the throne of grace,
Join Jesus at the right hand of God. As you take your place.

THE MYSTERY REVEALED

I awoke this morning to a glorious day,
So full of the word, I didn't know what to say.
Should I teach bits of all I learned, just what should I do?
The Holy Spirit says quietly, I only have one verse for you.
It contains the wisdom of the ages, the answers to all things, it's true.
Just give them 1Timothy 6:14,that's all you have to say, that's all you have to do.
These words strengthen faith and bring power.
They were given for this very hour.
They will expand your vision and make you grow.
Follow them and they will teach you all you have to know.
The promised land of great expectations,
Await you for your chosen station.
You are a chosen generation and my word is true.
Do all I command until I return for you.

WALKING ACROSS EGYPT

Walking across Egypt,
What a journey that can be,
Making the same old mistakes,
Enduring the same old company.

Wearing 40 year old clothes,
And 40 year old shoes,
They never wear out you see,
No place to buy something new.

Our food, manna rains from heaven,
Fresh every day,
Can only gather enough for now,
Stocking up causes decay.

We've seen many miracles,
They happen quite frequently,
But we take them for granted,
Grumbling and bored consistently.

Walking across Egypt,
We took all the gold of the nation,
We can only tithe to God,
Cannot spend it carelessly, oh what frustration.

Moses says stop,
Don't bring your offering any more,
We have no room to contain it,
Don't bring it through the temple door.

Walking across Egypt,
The journey could have been made in days,
For 40 years we refused to learn the lesson,
To simply trust God and obey.

Now we see the promised land,
40 years searching at an end,
Because of doubt and unbelief,
We die, only our children enter in.

So when things go good and your family has no lack,
Don't follow the path of the elders, complaining of being bored,
In simple faith, praise and honor the Holy One,
Don't gripe because you can not spend your gold at the store.

YOU PAST IS JUST HISTORY

Your past is just history. Your future is destiny with Jesus. No matter what has been written in your life, remember Jesus has an eracer. Praise God. God will never bring up your past only the enemy does that. I love what Paul said to King Agrippa. Here Paul has been in jail. Paul has preached to him and the King said I am almost persuaded and the first thing Paul says to him is, I think myself happy. Think yourself happy looking forward to your destiny, don't look back. Looking back can turn you into a useless pillar of salt. Looking forward makes you and those you touch a mountain of hope. God bless, Linda

DON'T MAKE ME BREAK YOUR LEG

There was a wayward sheep,
Often wandering from the fold,
The shepherd spent much energy,
Returning him to safety, I'm told.

The shepherd left the ninety-nine,
To search for the disobedient lamb,
Caught with the hook, at the edge of the cliff,
Returned to the safety of the shepherd's hand.

You are forever wandering into trouble,
The shepherd said to the sheep one day,
Now I must break your leg,
So you will at last learn not to stray.

The sheep then had to depend on the shepherd,
To carry him and tend on his every need,
The sheep learned the joy of obedience,
And repented of his wayward ways.

When the lamb's leg was healed,
And he was able to come and go,
Following the footsteps of the shepherd,
Was the path he chose to know.

FORGIVEN

Burdened by a mountain,
Of guilt and shame.
Can you understand the power,
To be forgiven in Jesus name?

Released from yesterday's bondages,
A weight of care and pain,
Suddenly standing proud and tall,
Never to be the same.

And if you were to ask the Master,
Remember the sin you forgave me for yesterday?
He'd say, "Friend they were tossed in the sea of forgetfulness,
By my blood, they were washed away."

Be of good cheer, do not be afraid,
Your spirit refreshed and new
You no longer have a past,
Forgiveness is His gift to you.