Monday, January 29, 2018

A NEW DIRECTION – February 2018


God loves us. And because God loves us, He will never do anything that wasn’t for our good. When I signed on the bottom line of my contract “Where he leads me, I will follow”,  I didn’t know all that involved. But I knew enough to know that I can trust God no matter what with my life, my family, my resources and my eternity. I can hand Him a blank check and know that I am in good hands.

All of us sometimes NEED A NEW DIRECTION, WE NEED A NEW AND FRESH ANOINTING TO BE ABLE TO SEE, TO PLAN AND EXECUTE GODS DIVINE PLAN FOR us. GOD WILL NOT REVEAL EVERYTHING but TRUST HE HAS OUR BEST INTEREST AT HEART. A NEW DIRECTION.

Some people have to have everything figured out before they will step into a situation where they feel like they might get burned. They have to know every detail, have every base covered, and have the whole thing mapped out. But God doesn’t operate that way. First, you trust Him. Then, He will show Himself to you. If the Israelites had known God’s strategy for getting them into the land – parting the Jordan River just as He had parted the Red Sea - and defeating their first enemy – marching around the city in silence and watching the walls fall down from the inside out, they might have said, “NOT INTERESTED.” But they followed God, and God did it.

God doesn’t give us all the details. But that’s part of us allowing Him to be God in our lives – allowing Him to take care of the details. God hasn’t got a bunch of scorpions up His sleeve waiting to drop them on you as soon as the ink is dry on the contract. No, just the reverse. (1 Cor. 2:9-10 NIV) However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him"-- but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. Will you give God a blank check? Will you follow Him wherever He leads you? Will you walk by the light that you have right now, and leave the future up to God? A NEW DIRECTION.

Tuesday, January 2, 2018

PREPARATION BEFORE FLOURISHING


Jeremiah 29.11-13 (KJV)
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.”

God definitely wants us to have a glorious future. But the truth of the matter is to achieve maximum growth we have to persevere through trials and tribulations, not eliminating them. What are you currently going through, right now? In the midst of your challenges, hang on to these verses but for the right reason; God will not take away all of your suffering, but the confidence that God gives in the midst of it.

God’s plans for us may not necessarily line up with our own. However know this, they will be better plans than you or I can imagine. For 2018, write down the following:

  • What is the next step in my ministry?
  • What is the next step in my family?
  • What is the next step for my career?
  • What is the next step in my relationship/ marriage?
  • What is the next step in my education?
  • What is the next step in increasing my finances?
  •  
If you do not have a designated time for prayer, start today and begin to reflect on the questions above and write down what you hear God speaking to your heart. GET READY – PREPARATION BEFORE FLOURISHING