I believe one of God's main words to me recently and perhaps for you has been 'MOVE FORWARD'. A couple of reasons why I believe this personally for myself would be; 1) in worship service this weekend we sang a song entitled "Moving Forward" and the pastor discussed moving forward into 2010, 2) I reached for a CD to listen to yesterday going to the pet store and it was a sermon from last month entitled Moving Forward, 3) this morning I read from the book of Joshua in ch. 6 and it mentioned the words move forward and straight ahead a couple of times, 4) I picked out an animated story for Zachary and on the back it mentions about a little boy 'moving forward' into his future.
I wanted to share something with you that I wrote as a note on Facebook and on my pastor's blog:
I see 2010 coming down from heaven as a gift, breaking through the ground that was the year before. Fresh new growth that can break through any fortified wall built against us in 2009.
"MOVE FORWARD!"
Don't be afraid of what's before you, for "SEE!", I HAVE GIVEN THE YEAR OVER TO YOU. (...as the city of Jericho was handed over in Joshua 6:1)
As God commanded Joshua..."Be strong and very courageous...do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go (in 2010).
So, ... "go through the camp and tell the people, 'Get provisions ready for yourselves, for WITHIN THREE DAYS you will be crossing...to go in and take possession of the land the Lord your God is giving you to inherit.'" (Joshua 1:9-11)
Yes, in THREE DAYS you will be crossing into 2010.
It is a gift from heaven, a land that is yours to inherit and possess. Be STRONG and VERY COURAGEOUS if you already see something in the natural that looks like a walled city to you in the year (land) to come.
May you hear God's voice saying to you, "SEE!, I have handed it over to you."
Go in, take possession, encompass and surround those things...for God will cause them to crumble before you!
..."MOVE FORWARD, march around what seems to be a fortress to you, that walled city,...and blow that horn and give a mighty shout! Then the wall will collapse, and you will ADVANCE...straight ahead."
-(Thoughts from Joshua 6:5,6)
"MOVE FORWARD!"
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-God is wanting me to see something that I don't see in the natural.
-If your perception is right, everything is right.
-Thank God that goodness and mercy follow us.
-When we look at 2010, see the Lord. Through every situation we are conformed into His image.
-Ending the year of 2009, see where you've been...you do need your rear view mirror. It is also important to see who you've become, and what are you 'seeing' about yourself in 2009, 2010, and about your life?
(these last few lines I took from bishop Jim Swilley of Church in the Now this past weekend)
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
He reigns.
I wanted to say thank you for those who have been faithful to stop by this blog, even when there wasn't anything new...so much has been going on, and I really am searching for a good balance of priorities.
I would like to write more at length but my eyes are about to cross now. In short, we just put up our Christmas tree with the lights and tinsel...ornaments will be tomorrow. I bought Zachary a little starter fish tank, and all my library books are overdue! I just had a late, late night pizza slice, milk and m&ms.
What does the kingdom mean to you?..the throne?..living water?..tree of life?..city of God?..wife of the Lamb?..New Jerusalem?
Just know that He reigns...glory in the highest...He reigns!
Wishing everyone a great Christmas week filled with the King.
I would like to write more at length but my eyes are about to cross now. In short, we just put up our Christmas tree with the lights and tinsel...ornaments will be tomorrow. I bought Zachary a little starter fish tank, and all my library books are overdue! I just had a late, late night pizza slice, milk and m&ms.
What does the kingdom mean to you?..the throne?..living water?..tree of life?..city of God?..wife of the Lamb?..New Jerusalem?
Just know that He reigns...glory in the highest...He reigns!
Wishing everyone a great Christmas week filled with the King.
Friday, December 4, 2009
Sanctuary
My son Zachary asked me today, "what is santuary?" As I talked about a quiet place, restful, protected, undisturbed...thinking what I could at the moment, he chimed in and said, "like heaven on earth!" Pleased greatly at his response, I said "yes, Zachary, a heaven on earth."
From Psalm 102:
18 Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD:
19 "The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth,
20 to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death."
21 So the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem
22 when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the LORD.
1 Corinthians 3:16
Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?
1 Corinthians 6:19
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
Ephesians 2:21
In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.
Revelation 1:6
To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.
From Psalm 102:
18 Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD:
19 "The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth,
20 to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death."
21 So the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem
22 when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the LORD.
1 Corinthians 3:16
Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?
1 Corinthians 6:19
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
Ephesians 2:21
In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.
Revelation 1:6
To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
The Bride
I really felt like posting this from one of my favorite devotionals because it talks so much about us and the Kingdom. I believe you will be blessed! Joy to the world, the Lord is come, let earth receive her King!
"Then one of the seven angels . . . came to me and talked with me, saying, ‘Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb's wife.' And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal." (Revelation 21:9-11)
Today I will live in the now! I will live in the now because I will walk in a greater revelation and clearer vision of the bride, the Lamb's wife – the holy, hallowed and heaven-sent city of Jerusalem that is consecrated for Kingdom fulfillment, consummated by Christ's incorruptible seed and clothed in God's glory! I am a part of the body/bride of Christ. "So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones." (Ephesians 5:28-30)
Today I will comprehend the city of God (the bride) and how I relate to it. ("But you HAVE COME to Mount Zion and to the CITY OF THE LIVING GOD, the heavenly Jerusalem . . ." – Hebrews 12:22). I know that I have already come to the city, to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel. Therefore, today, I will not refuse Him Who speaks – Who speaks to me! I will embrace what He IS SAYING (rhema word) more than what He HAS SAID (logos word)! I cannot live by bread alone, but by every word that PROCEEDS out of the mouth of God.
Today I will recognize and release the glory of God in me – Christ IN me, the hope of glory (Colossians 1:27)! I will illuminate my world with His glory!
Today I will recognize and respect the glory of God ON me – I will arise and shine for my light has come (Isaiah 60:1)! The glory is risen UPON my life!
Today I will be faithful to my marriage to Christ ("For your Maker is your husband, the Lord of Hosts is His name; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; He is called the God of the WHOLE EARTH" – Isaiah 54:5).
Today I will walk in the confidence that comes from knowing that I have become "one flesh" with Him, and that the marriage covenant produces creativity in me.
Today I will be blessed "in the city," and today I will live in the now!
Jesus, sanctify and cleanse Your bride today with the washing of water by the Word!
(from A Year In The Now, bishop Jim Swilley)
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May you have a wonderful month of revelation!
"Then one of the seven angels . . . came to me and talked with me, saying, ‘Come, I will show you the bride, the Lamb's wife.' And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal." (Revelation 21:9-11)
Today I will live in the now! I will live in the now because I will walk in a greater revelation and clearer vision of the bride, the Lamb's wife – the holy, hallowed and heaven-sent city of Jerusalem that is consecrated for Kingdom fulfillment, consummated by Christ's incorruptible seed and clothed in God's glory! I am a part of the body/bride of Christ. "So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones." (Ephesians 5:28-30)
Today I will comprehend the city of God (the bride) and how I relate to it. ("But you HAVE COME to Mount Zion and to the CITY OF THE LIVING GOD, the heavenly Jerusalem . . ." – Hebrews 12:22). I know that I have already come to the city, to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect, to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel. Therefore, today, I will not refuse Him Who speaks – Who speaks to me! I will embrace what He IS SAYING (rhema word) more than what He HAS SAID (logos word)! I cannot live by bread alone, but by every word that PROCEEDS out of the mouth of God.
Today I will recognize and release the glory of God in me – Christ IN me, the hope of glory (Colossians 1:27)! I will illuminate my world with His glory!
Today I will recognize and respect the glory of God ON me – I will arise and shine for my light has come (Isaiah 60:1)! The glory is risen UPON my life!
Today I will be faithful to my marriage to Christ ("For your Maker is your husband, the Lord of Hosts is His name; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; He is called the God of the WHOLE EARTH" – Isaiah 54:5).
Today I will walk in the confidence that comes from knowing that I have become "one flesh" with Him, and that the marriage covenant produces creativity in me.
Today I will be blessed "in the city," and today I will live in the now!
Jesus, sanctify and cleanse Your bride today with the washing of water by the Word!
(from A Year In The Now, bishop Jim Swilley)
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May you have a wonderful month of revelation!
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