Friday, October 9, 2015

Help for Struggling Christians

God bless you dear reader.  You are not alone in your struggle. God is right there with you.

When we struggle in life, we must turn our hearts to the Lord and seek Him, seek His face and draw nigh unto Him.  It's not a time to ignore God and seek counsel from others.  When we neglect the One who has all of the answers, we are setting ourselves up for defeat.  We do not want or need to be defeated.  Our victory is found in Christ Jesus and His holy word.  There are no shortcuts to living victoriously.  Everyone struggles.  But, the way you deal with the struggle will determine the final outcome.  So choices are huge.  How you choose to react to situations and circumstances is huge.  We don't always have to blame everyone else for our problems.  We don't always have to fly off the handle and scream at someone to make us feel better.  When and if we feel like this, we need to find a quiet place to spend some quality time with God.  Take some time to pray in tongues.  If you are not baptized in the Holy yet, ask the Lord for this wonderful gift.  Acts 2:38-39 says  this gift is for you, the believer in Jesus.  Receive this gift of speaking in tongues.  It edifies or builds us up.....it builds our faith to put us in a position where we actually believe God, hallelujah.  Sometimes, we just don't believe what God has told us in His word, therefore, we live a defeated life.  Our hope is in God.  Our hope is in His word.  Sometimes we get depressed because our focus is not on God.  We have shifted gears somewhere and have gotten our eyes off of the Lord and His word.  Get back in the word!  It's God's word that helps transform and renew our minds.  Oh my, how we need our minds renewed.  The mind is where most of our problems originate!  We are not thinking right.  We have gotten off track somewhere......we have strayed from what God has said and we have believed something totally opposite of what God has declared or promised.  Stop right now and praise God for His word and praise God for all the good things that He HAS done for you.....come on......stop looking at all the negative stuff.......focus on what God has done for you!  Come on.  He has done some pretty awesome things for you and sometimes you need to remember where you used to be.  God has saved you for a purpose.  Oh yes.  He has plans and purpose for you.  Don't let the struggles destroy you.  Allow the struggles to make you stronger than you were before.  Get your focus back.  Go out and take a walk and pray in the Spirit for the duration of this walk.  Praise God for His many blessings.  Praise God for your salvation.  Praise God that He has delivered you from the powers of hell and you are on your way to heaven!  You have so much to be thankful for.  It may look bleak right now, but you need to praise your way out of this mess!  Paul and Silas praised their way out of that prison cell!!!!!!  Come on.  Get your praise on!!!!  God is for you, not against you!!!!!  Put some praise and worship music on and worship the Lord for about an hour!!!!!!!  Watch God move in your life!!!!!  You are victorious in Him!!!!!!!

Donna Kazenske

Ten Scriptures to Help Overcome: Depression

http://impact.klove.com/ten-scriptures-to-help-overcome-depression/

Saturday, October 3, 2015

What is Revival?

Revival, in its truest essence, is the manifest power of God lifting humankind to the proper standard of supreme life and righteousness. Revival occurs when God reveals His mind to us regarding His ideal vitality for His body in the earth. A revival is a revolt against anemic, watered-down, knock-off Christianity. A revival is essentially an unfiltered and unadulterated manifestation of God. Revival raises the trajectory of your expectancy and spiritual aspirations to higher glory. It creates a longing for more of His power and character to manifest in your life at unprecedented levels. Revival is bringing to completion everything promised in the divine purpose of God in order for His people to see full restoration. Revival is never being satisfied to park the car of your walk halfway up the mountain. (Sean Smith - From his book entitled, "I Am Your Sign")

Saturday, September 19, 2015

What a day to be alive. :-). God is moving all over the world and He so desires to use His people to do exploits for His Kingdom purposes. We must awaken to the things of God and throw off the complacency and compromising attitudes. We must live our lives according to God's word and do all that He is requiring us to do. He will empower us as we step out by faith to obey Him. :-). These are exciting times. Let's get on fire for God so that others will want what we have. :-)