Healing and Miracles? Yes!

God showed me something this morning.
It is easier for people in other countries, who have never heard the gospel, to hear the gospel, receive salvation, and immediately start believing and walking in all that the Bible teaches. They read the Bible and just believe what is says, so they start walking in healing, and miracles. They fast and pray like the Word says to. They receive baptism in the Holy Spirit and speaking with other tongues easily because this is what the Bible teaches. Therefore, they experience the manifestations of God! There is so much documentation of these wonderful things happening around the world.
What is the difference between the people in other countries and Americans? Well, Americans have a certain "religious mindset". We have been taught certain things since our youth and it is very difficult to see out of this box. For example, we have been taught that certain things in the Bible have passed away or that these things were just for the time Jesus walked the earth. We have been taught that yelling and shouting for a football team is OK but we must worship God quietly, reverently. That's not how the people of the Bible did it! They shouted, they sang, they danced, raised their hands, played their instruments, and even fell on the ground at times!! God is an awesome and mighty and exciting God! He is full of life, and miracles and adventures! He is anything but boring!
Oh, if our country could just get a hold of this! We would experience revival! We would have a return of honesty, integrity, righteousness, Holiness, healing, and miracles! We would have prosperity and peace in our country instead of recession and fear!
It all comes back to reading the Bible and believing it for what it says! We don't study the Bible by reading a verse here and a verse there. There is not a lot of revelation in that. We sit down and ask God to reveal the truth to us and we read and we read and we read and then read some more! That's where the revelation is! We just take God at His word! He is the same yesterday, today, and forever! Amen!

Too Many Voices

God gave me another exciting word for us today! Here is what He said:

There are too many voices! You want to hear my voice and I want to speak to you! But there are too many voices in your life. Learn to sit quietly, learn to be still. You don't always have to be "doing" something! Turn off the television, step away from the computer, let your mind be quiet. Come away with me for I have things to tell you! Be still and know that I am God! You will not find my voice in the busy moments, but in the quiet ones. Today I give you permission to be still and sit quietly. You will not be wasting time but investing it in eternity! Don't let you mind go blank but let it be full of thoughts toward Me. Let your mind be full of praise toward me, thankfulness toward me, and love toward me! For I love you, and I will never, NO NEVER, leave you nor forsake you!
Learn my Word. Meditate on my Word, for in it you will find life. Go treasure hunting in my Word and you will not be disappointed. I have so much to show you, wonderful things! I'm calling you, child, Come!

Step Out of the Way!

This is what God said to me this morning. He told me to share it!

I Am the way maker! I Am the way, the truth, and the life. I Am Jehovah! I make the way, you step out of the way. I open doors that no man can open. I shut doors that no man can shut. I Am in control. Step back and let me do my work. Do you know how much your trust means to me? When you are able to have peace, to laugh and enjoy your life, that means you are trusting me. That trust (your faith) allows my power to change the situation. Your only job is to pray and obey, one instruction at a time. Your trust gives my heart joy!

I want to give God joy today! I am going to step out of the way and let Him work!

Choose the better part today!

There are many things that we spend our time doing each day. Many of them are good things, but that doesn't mean they are always the "best" things.
In Luke 10, is the story of Mary and Martha. Jesus came to visit their house. Martha was worried and troubled trying to make preparations for her visitors. Mary just wanted to sit at the feet of Jesus. Martha complained about this to Jesus and Jesus said to her, "Martha, Martha you are careful and troubled about many things, but Mary has chosen the better part and it shall not be taken away from her!"
This is an awesome story! Now there is certainly a time for attending to our responsibilities but many times we can just be "busy" and the better thing would be to sit at the feet of Jesus. Or maybe the better thing would be to drop everything and play a game with your child, or call a friend. I'm just saying, let's don't be busy, let's be fruitful, let's be sensitive to the voice of God for what He is saying to do each moment. Many times a day, I hear God saying, "Be still, and know that I am God. Just be still. It's OK to be still!"
Let's choose the better part today!

Delight!

Psalms 37:4 says:

Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart!

This verse is very exciting. But too much of the time we focus only on the second half of this verse. God told me recently to put my focus on delighting myself in Him. He told me not to focus on getting the desires of my heart so much as just finding joy in Him.
The Bible talks about stirring ourselves up in the things of God. We find so many things to be excited about but just knowing the Lord and walking with Him is so much more exciting than anything of this world.
Just hearing the name of Jesus brings me so much joy!
When we delight ourselves in the Lord we can feel like it is Christmas all year long in our hearts!

The Word Does Not Return Void

Isaiah 55:10,11

As the rain and the snow come down from Heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my Word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me void but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it!

This verse is amazing to me! So often we feel that in order to minister to someone we have to labor and struggle to get them to understand. But this verse says that we can let God's Word do the work! For whenever the Word of God is preached (or heard or read) it will not return void but it will accomplish it's purpose!

Isaiah 55: 1,2

Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fair. Isaiah 55:1,2

This verse makes me think of all the "things" we struggle and strive for. It makes me think of all the material things that we think we cannot be happy without. This is such a good reminder to me, that it is such a waste to spend my money and energy on things that will not really satisfy. Some material things will bring us joy for a time, but usually it is short lived and then replaced with a desire to get the next thing!
What really satisfies? God! God really satisfies! God fills that emptiness and brings true and lasting joy and contentment.
Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost! The things we need the most are free to us! Wine is symbolic of the Holy Spirit, I believe milk is symbolic of the true food we need, the Word of God!
Come friends let us feast on the Holy Spirit and the Word! Let us place our priorities on things that truly satisfy!