THE 5TH GOSPEL

Isaiah has often been referred to as the fifth gospel because Isaiah speaks as if he knew the Christ personally. He says , unto us a child is born. He speaks as if it had already happened. He says, he was wounded for our transgressions, bruised for our iniqitities. He saw the lamb who was slain since the foundations of the world. He saw the glory of the Christ. He knew the power of the lamb of God in an intimate way. Try reading Isaiah again as the fifth gospel. Amazing. Love you, Linda

PREACH IT AGAIN SISTER

I know I have taught this before but H.G. won't leave me alone so I'll preach it again. There was a time in David's life when he was wore out from fleeing from Saul who was trying to kill him. He was tired of running, he was weary with surviving the attacks and running some more. He failed to consult God which is always a recipe for failure, so he made a pack with the enemy king to hang out in his land. He forgot God had other enemies. When he and his men got home they found complete devastation. Their wives and children had been kidnapped, their goods stolen and their houses burned to the ground, nothing left. They cried until they could cry no more. Have you ever been in a place of devastation where you cried until you could cry no more? So alone so tired of the war, so defeated, death would be a step up? After they weeped they decided to kill David. It is always easier to blame someone else and after all he was the leader who had failed them. The world calls what they were going through HIGH IMPACT STRESS. 7 things happen then....years ago I wrote a book called don't feed the demons and that is what high impact stress does....
1. It hinders the ability to focus
2. It hinders the ability to concentrate
3. It decreases the ability to even think about how to move forward
4. It decreases self-confidence
5. It decreases morale
6. It decreases the readiness to maintain the mission
7. It increases irrational thinking

The mob wanted his blood but David got a brilliant idea. Why not consult God? He did and God said in 1 Samuel 30:8 pursue for you shall surely overtake them and you will surely recover all. God always over answers prayer. They recovered wives, children, their goods and the spoils of war from other battles. When you are in that place of high impact stress saints and too wore out to fight just consult God, my friends and pursue, overtake and recover all. Mike Murdock says...when you have nothing left but God you have enough to start over again AMEN!!!!!

GOD'S RECIPE FOR PROSPEROUS SUCESS

HERE I AM WITH 5 BIBLES SPREAD BEFORE ME. I have chosen the amplified to quote from. God's recipe to succeed and prosper. If you need a plumber you do not consult a physician. If you want to succeed and prosper you do not consult a homeless man for advise. If someone were to ask you what is God's recipe for success in one word, could you tell them? I thought of David the man after God's own heart who had great success and prosperity in battle and financially. He wrote most of the Psalms and gave God's recipe for success in the first chapter the first few verses. How is that for getting to the point? Psalms 1:1-3 says..... Blessed,happy, fortunate, prosperous and enviable is the man who walks and lives not in the council of the ungodly following their advise, their plans and purposes, nor stands submissive and inactive in the paths where sinners walk, nor sits down to relax and rest where the scornful and the mockers gather. But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God. He habitually MEDITATES ponders, studies by day and by night. And he shall be like a tree firmly planted and tended by the streams of water, ready to bring forth it's fruit in season; it's leaf also shall not fade or wither and EVERYTHING he does shall prosper and come to maturity. This is a familiar scripture which I am sure some of you have memorized but did you ever get it? God's recipe for success is to MEDITATE. Meditate means to mutter....mutter God's word under your breath.... Fascinating. People feed at church but meditation comes at home and is at the mercy of our own dedication to do the word. This is good teaching friends you ought to say amen. There was another prosperous successful man named Joshua and like David, he gave God's recipe for success in the first chapter of the book in the 7-8verses.....only you be strong and very courageous, that you may do all according to the law which Moses my servant commanded you. Turn not from it to the right hand or left, that you may prosper wherever you go. This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall MEDITATE on it day and night, that you may observe and do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous and then you shall deal wisely and have good success. Wow I'll say it backwards wow. MEDITATE.... GOD'S RECIPE FOR PROSPEROUS SUCCESS. God bless...Linda

TRAINED TO SETTLE

During tea with Him this am my thoughts began to ramble. My grandsons are playing soccer. They are being taught to be competitive team players. Not to be obnoxious winners and to be good losers. Sounds good doesn't it. Then I thought about the word of God. We have trained our children to settle if they lose a battle and try again. Sounds good but I realized God never tells us to settle. He does tell us to try again until we succeed and win the battle against the enemy. He tells us to plan to win...succeed. The enemy was already defeated 2000 years ago by Jesus. The battle is His we just have to show up. We never have to settle for anything less than victory. In these spiritual wars I am determined to be a sore loser and war until I see victory. As the world says it ain't over till the fat lady sings and I intend to sing and praise my way to victory. God bless Linda

EXTRAORDINARY MOVES OF GOD BEGIN WITH ORDINARY ACTS OF OBEDIENCE

Extraordinary moves of God begin with ordinary acts of obedience. That's it beloved, the word of wisdom for today. We tend to get discouraged as Christians because we listen to the testimonies of mega-word preachers telling how God is doing extraordinary things in their lives and their ministries...church growth from 7 families to 10,000 in one year. Two thousand declaring Christ as their savior in one service and we think wow what an awesome move of God. We hear faith healers telling how they are raising brain dead people to life and missing limbs are growing back and they are raising the dead... Wow what a powerful move of God. Maybe you are only a Christian woman writing a devotional blog every day or a dad trying to provide for your family and pay the mortgage. Seems like all you get is one ordinary day after another. It seems you are missing the move of God everyone else is excited about. I say remember Moses . He was on the back side of the desert, taking care of the sheep. They were not even his sheep they belonged to his father-in-law. It was another mundane day for him. Boring........ Then he saw a burning bush and went over to check it out. That began an extraordinary move of God that changed the course of two nations. It changed the faith of the world forever. They impacted the world for God. I repeat...... beloved.... this simple word......Extraordinary moves of God start by ordinary acts of obedience...God bless, Linda

SATAN'S NEW BATTLE PLAN TO DEFEAT CHRISTIANS

Satan's new battle plan to defeat Christians has been revealed. It can be summed up in one word...COMMUNICATIONS. We live in a world centered around communication. We have T.V., radio, I-phones, Internet, text messages,e-mail, CNN, home phones. We are so busy talking to each other, texting each other. If the enemy can keep us busy advising each other we don't have time for prayer, our communication with God to build a relationship with him to get the answers of truth we seek. Sometimes prayer takes time and God makes us wait for the answer, but we are a generation of instant gratification and do not practice patience. If I e-mail you and do not get an answer I can text you again and tell you I need you to text me back but you can not text God and order him to respond. Beware the battle plan of the enemy, beloved.....God bless Linda

SEND OUT THE SINGERS

Music is powerful saints. Words put to music can have life altering effects on all our lives. It can cause life and that more abundantly or it can cause thoughts of suicide and destruction. Did you know Satan was the music minister in heaven. He perverted that gift when he fell. The world pictures him as a devil in a red suit, pointy ears and a forked tail with a sinister scowl on his face when God describes him as the most beautiful of all his creations. He was created with pipes in his sides. Imagine this beautiful creature with organ music radiating out of him. A very differently picture than the world gives. That is why the beat of the music and the words are so powerful. Did you ever notice how some of the biggest battles fought against the enemy were won when God instructed them to send out the singers first. They went out with songs of praise and adoration to the Holy One of Israel. The enemy was defeated. The enemy can not stay where praise and worship live. I learned early on two words that will make the enemy flee is the name of Jesus and the word blood. When the enemy backs me into a corner I come out singing every song I know that has the name of Jesus and the blood in it. The Bible says we overcome the enemy with the blood of the lamb and the word of our testimony. . The demons left when David played and sang. They have to go, they can not stay. If you are in a battle beloved, SEND OUT THE SINGERS.