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Patiently Waiting!

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  Consider the farmers who patiently wait for the rains in the fall and in the spring. They eagerly look for the valuable harvest to ripen. James 5:7, NLT Patiently Waiting Are there some situations today that you need to be patient about and leave alone? You’re striving, trying to force something, living stressed, but nothing’s changing. Come back to a place of peace. Give yourself permission to rest. This takes all the pressure off. Say no to the urgency that makes you feel like it’s up to you to bring the rains, to make everything happen. No, God is in control. You keep honoring Him, being your best, and God will take care of those crops. He’ll bring the rains. He’ll bring the right people. He’ll open the right doors. He’ll turn your child around. He hasn’t brought you this far to leave you. Those dry seasons are not going to stop your harvest. They’re a distraction to try to steal your peace, to get you frustrated and impatient. Try a new strategy. Making everything work out is...
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The Last Hour!

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  The Last Hour! Scripture: 1 John 2:18, NKJV “ Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. ” (1 John 2:18, NKJV) WOW! The last hour, from God’s perspective, is here! What does this say to you and me as  converterlators ? It tells me we must be busy doing the King’s business. We need to stay on mission, doing the works God has prepared for us. Many of our fellow believers have been swept aside by “mission drift.” According to this “last hour” passage, our loaf of time is getting short. We need to counter the false messages of the antichrists who cause many not to find the way, the truth, and the life revealed to us by Jesus Christ. It is critical we listen and obey what Peter said: “ Because of that experience, we have even greater confidence in the message proclaimed by the prophets. You must pay close attention to what they wrote, for their words are...
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Mountains Melt!

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  The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth. Psalm 97:5, NIV Mountains Melt Mountains represent problems that look permanent, immovable. It might be a mountain of depression, insecurity, addiction, lack, or anxiety. It looks as though it could never change, but there’s no mountain God can’t melt, and He can melt it to the point that there is no more sign of it. It may not have happened yet, but this is a new day. God is doing a new thing. He will not allow any obstacle to keep you from your destiny. What God put in your heart will still come to pass. The dreams He’s given you will still be completed. Now do your part and start declaring God’s favor and power. Start declaring His promises, speaking what He says about you: “I can do all things through Christ. There’s nothing too difficult for my God.” Start thanking God that it’s going to happen. As you keep God’s Word in your heart, God promises it will prevail—not the sickness, not the trouble, n...
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New Life!

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  New Life! Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17, NLT “ …Anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! ” (2 Corinthians 5:17, NLT) This is what relationship is all about when we trust Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Savior. Everything becomes new, and we are given a new lease on life. We discover that Christ himself is our inheritance, our treasure. As we  SOAK and SOW  in his living and powerful Word, and then FLOW with the Spirit, we are transformed. When we are down, he restores our soul and he leads us in the way we should go. He becomes the strength of our heart. With increasing confidence we develop a strong sense that “ The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands. ” (Psalm 138:8, ESV) We experience the reality of this when we cast our burdens on the Lord. We discover this amazing truth: “He will sustain you; he will never permit the r...
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The Ultimate Place of Victory!

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  “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.” Acts 1:11, NIV The Ultimate Place of Victory it’s interesting that the last place Jesus appeared to His disciples before He ascended to heaven was the Mount of Olives. That’s where the Garden of Gethsemane is located. Forty days earlier, He spent the night in the garden in agony, in great distress, as He faced the coming suffering on the cross and death for our sins. Now He’s at that very place, but He’s victorious over death and the enemy, alive forevermore, with the keys of death and hell. He’s not suffering but reigning, not in agony but in victory, not in great distress but clothed with all power. All that suffering was a setup for a resurrection. It was all a part of God’s plan that would launch Jesus into His purpose. You may go through some Gethsemanes, but like Jesus, you’re go...
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He is Our Defense!

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  He is Our Defense Scripture: Proverbs 30:5, ESV “ Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. ” (Proverbs 30:5, ESV) We are influenced by both the world we see and the unseen spiritual world: “ For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. ” (Ephesians 6:12–13, ESV) Many times what we see in this world is the result of spiritual battles being fought in the unseen world. The Psalmist prayed, “ My soul, wait silently for God alone, for my expectation is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be moved. ” (Psalm 62:5–6, NKJV) Scripture makes it clear that all power belongs to God: “ God has spoken once, twice I have heard t...
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The Fellowship of His Suffering!

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  …that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death. Philippians 3:10, NKJV The Fellowship of His Sufferings For Jesus to reach His destiny of the resurrection, He had to go through suffering in Gethsemane and the agony of the cross. The apostle Paul says that if we want to know the power of His resurrection, it involves enduring some suffering. You have to have a strong will, a made-up mind, a warrior mentality. “I will not give up and start complaining, blaming, doubting, or worrying. I know that on the other side of this suffering is the power of the resurrection.” On the other side, there’s healing, abundance, divine connections, new levels. The suffering is not permanent. It’s for a season. It’s designed for you to pass through it so you can come into the power, the fullness, the abundance that God has in store. The fact that you feel distressed by adversity is a sign that a resurrection is coming, that y...
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