FOR YOUR FORMER SHAME

THERE IS A SCRIPTURE WITH A WONDERFUL PROMISE. Something we rarely hear preached. God will give us double blessings for our former shame. It is found in Is. 61:7 . That is an exciting promise especially to those who have been in bondage for years because of physical, mental, spiritual or sexual abuse that has made them feel unworthy.......God says because of your former shame I will give you a double blessing. This is God's time of year to hand out double blessings. Yom Kipper is Friday at sunset.....that is when Elisha got his double blessing and many others...believe the promise and receive the blessing.

ONLY BELIEVE

DID YOU KNOW IN MATTHEW, MARK, AND LUKE ONLY USED THE WORD BELIEVE 9or 10 times? But in the book of John used it 99 times in his book. He simply believed. He was the disciple who lived the longest...in was boiled in oil a couple times and survived it. He wrote revelation the only book in the Bible that does not contain the word now because all was future time. Don't you believe that was why John was so arrogant in his love for Jesus because he believed the most. Only believe!

GONE FISHING

I was blessed when my brother and sis-in-law stopped by to see me this week. We spent 3 and a half hours praising, praying and sharing Jesus. It was wonderful. They had been on a retreat for the week-end. A time to listen closely to God. My brother related an experience he had when he went fishing at a pond. He said, God is not into catching and releasing. That word touched my spirit. He shared the scripture where the fisherman had fished all night and came home empty. Jesus was waiting on the shore cooking fish for their breakfast. I got to thinking when fishing is your business and you can't even catch your own breakfast it is indeed a sad day. Jesus told them to cast their nets and they were overfilled. They needed help pulling them in so the nets would not break. My brother then said another thing I had not thought about. Not all the fish were good fish. They sorted the bad fish from the good and the bad were not returned to the water. They were thrown on the burn pile. God is not into the catch and release system. So many times church folks get caught up in numbers......church attendance, how many got saved....how many baptized....so that once they are saved and added to the church roll they are not discipled. God is not into the catch and release system and he has taught us to be fishers of men. I'm off......GONE FISHING

THE DEVIL DOESN'T MESS WITH BAG LADIES

BELOVED I HOPE YOU KNOW HOW VALUABLE YOU ARE IN THE KINGDOM....this is the generation that is living in the greatest time of the church in history. This is the folks God is going to use to set the world on it's ear. You have a purpose to full fill, a glory to manifest, a plan only you can do. God wants to work through you. Just remember the devil doesn't mess with bag ladies, he's after bigger fish, he's after you...so rejoice and be glad, you have him worried. God bless, Linda

PASSION IS THE STRENGTH OF PURSUIT

BELOVED, PASSION IS THE STRENGTH OF PURSUIT! Revelation is a process. God gives it line upon line precept upon precept a little at a time. Then by faith we have to pursue the vision. That's why we walk by faith. If we took the faith out of it and God showed us the walk all at once we would be walking by agreement. Walking by faith pleases God. Pursue with passion, my friends, it is your strength, God bless, Linda

JUST A PINECONE???

A PREACHER STOOD AT A PULPIT WITH HIS OPEN PALM HOLDING A PINECONE TOWARD THE CONGREGATION. He asked them what they saw? They responded , a pine cone.
He said, when you look you see just a pinecone but when God looks he sees unlimited possibilities. He sees acres of forest in the valleys and on the mountain side. The possibilities go on for generation. What do you see when you picture yourself in the palm of God's hand? A small person compared to the universe. But think what God sees when he looks at you ......unlimited possibilities.

Unlimited possibilities,
That's what God sees when He looks at me,
A preacher, a teacher, a songwriter too.
What does God see when He looks at you?

INTO THE FLAMES

I loved this devotion so I thought I would share it....the townspeople were in total despair. A fire which started in a diner was threatening to burn down the bussiness district. They seemed helpless to o anything about it. Suddenly a truck full of farm workers came speeding down the hill toward the fire. The crowd moved back as the truck drove straight into the flames. The farm workers jumped out and started beating the flames with their coats, miraculously bringing it under control. The city fathers were so grateful they gave each man a thousand dollar reward. A newsman interviewed the driver asking what he was going to do with his money? You can be the first thing I am going to do is fix the brakes on my truck!