Searching for God's Will for Your Life? Let me help you get started...
Did you know that once you have accepted Christ you became a new creation with new desires?? Well if you dont have new desires then I doubt your truly saved, but thats not the topic today... Today I want to let everyone know Gods will for their life. People have the idea that we cant know what God wants for us to do with our life, that we have to pray and be led and He has to speak to us for us to know. but that isnt true! Yes, there are many things that we need to seek God about, but this thing im about to explain is a given! Its simple!
When I accepted Christ He made me a new creation, with new desires and a new heart. Look at the word.
Psalm 37:4 "Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the DESIRES of your heart" That is not talking about worldly desries such as more money or a bigger house. Its talking about your NEW desires, the God centered desires. Before I received grace I had no desire to teach Gods word and share the gospel.... But He gave me new desires!! Delight yourself in Him- enjoy spending time with Him, and learning His word and His ways, and He will make a way for the things that you desire to do for Him!
1 Tim 2:3-4 "This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our savior, who DESIRES all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth" If that is God's desire, then shouldn't that be the Christians desire?
Did Christ not say, after His death and resurrection, "Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature.." Matthew says it this way "Go therefore and make disciples(followers of Christ) of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.."
We dont have to pray and ask God if we are to do this- he has already commanded us to! We dont all have the same gifts, so were not all called to do the same work- but we ARE ALL told to GO and share the gospel! So now you say, I cant "go into all the world" well guess what.... there are PLENTY of people here in Tuscaloosa county that need the savior and they dont even know it! So why dont we start here! Lets get that DESIRE for the souls that are going to die and go to the "place of eternal torment, where the fire is not quenched and the worm dies not" and get out there and start telling them!
I have a strong desire for this and want to start a class on how to biblically share the gospel, the way Jesus did. Its by The Way of The Master, which is the ministry by Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort. It is wonderful! If any of you would be interested in joining please let me know. If there is enough interest then we can do the class. Please, lets give it a shot- it cant hurt, right?
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
Who? ME???
On saturday my husband and I were discussing witnessing and how hard it is. My idea of the perfect witnessing opportunity is someone who comes up to you and asks about it, honestly wanting to hear....
When has that ever happened?
I told him that I would hate to try and talk to someone and they start yelling and getting mad. I just really dont want that. My husband agreed. The conversation ended.
Later I was watching Dr. Charles Stanley preach. Its funny how you can be listening to a sermon about one thing and BAM!! God hits you upside the head with something totally different!!
I dont even remember now what he was preaching on, but he said the verse Romans 12:1 ...present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice... right then God said to me, WHAT DO YOU THINK A LIVING SACRIFICE IS? you think taking 2 or 3 minutes to explain the gospel to someone who WANTS to know is SACRIFICE??? what have you given up for that except a few minutes??
I was like WOOW! I felt so dumb...
If im to be a living sacrifice I must forsake myself, and put myself out there. Who cares what other people think, or what they say.
I thought wow, God spoke to me, I cant wait to tell my mom! Lol!! so the next morning I was going to tell her. I was thinking all about it and suddenly God SMACKED me again( I like to think of it that way. cuz thats how it feels. your thinking about something, then you feel like you have been hit upside the head with a total new thought) He said, NOW THAT YOUVE "GOT IT" WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH IT...
Oh MAN!! I actually have to put it to use??? I felt so high and mighty that God spoke to me and I actually "got" what He was saying to me. I had it, and I couldnt wait tell everyone. but then He brings me back to earth by asking when am I going to use it. ME?? I have to do it??
I know it sounds silly, but thinking about doing it, just picturing people laugh at you and make fun of you, its not really a great encouragement. I know those thoughts are from the devil, so then you have to remember this verse...
Matthew 5:11-12 "Blessed are you when people insult you, and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great..."
also
1Peter 3:14-15 " But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. And do not be troubled, but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, alwasy being ready to make a defense to everyone that asks you to give account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence"
So lets get out there and reach people!!!
I know that God will test me in this soon, and I am praying and preparing to be ready!!
When has that ever happened?
I told him that I would hate to try and talk to someone and they start yelling and getting mad. I just really dont want that. My husband agreed. The conversation ended.
Later I was watching Dr. Charles Stanley preach. Its funny how you can be listening to a sermon about one thing and BAM!! God hits you upside the head with something totally different!!
I dont even remember now what he was preaching on, but he said the verse Romans 12:1 ...present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice... right then God said to me, WHAT DO YOU THINK A LIVING SACRIFICE IS? you think taking 2 or 3 minutes to explain the gospel to someone who WANTS to know is SACRIFICE??? what have you given up for that except a few minutes??
I was like WOOW! I felt so dumb...
If im to be a living sacrifice I must forsake myself, and put myself out there. Who cares what other people think, or what they say.
I thought wow, God spoke to me, I cant wait to tell my mom! Lol!! so the next morning I was going to tell her. I was thinking all about it and suddenly God SMACKED me again( I like to think of it that way. cuz thats how it feels. your thinking about something, then you feel like you have been hit upside the head with a total new thought) He said, NOW THAT YOUVE "GOT IT" WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH IT...
Oh MAN!! I actually have to put it to use??? I felt so high and mighty that God spoke to me and I actually "got" what He was saying to me. I had it, and I couldnt wait tell everyone. but then He brings me back to earth by asking when am I going to use it. ME?? I have to do it??
I know it sounds silly, but thinking about doing it, just picturing people laugh at you and make fun of you, its not really a great encouragement. I know those thoughts are from the devil, so then you have to remember this verse...
Matthew 5:11-12 "Blessed are you when people insult you, and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great..."
also
1Peter 3:14-15 " But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. And do not be troubled, but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, alwasy being ready to make a defense to everyone that asks you to give account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence"
So lets get out there and reach people!!!
I know that God will test me in this soon, and I am praying and preparing to be ready!!
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
My desire is to have faith like Job!!
Oh to have the faith of Job. Can you even imagine?
Job had been blessed by God, he had a great wife, 10 kids, he was known all across the land, and had a very prosperous job! He was living the high life. He made sure to thank God for it. The bible says he was a blameless, upright, God fearing kind of man. One that turned from sin.
Then, out of nowhere, his job is destroyed and all 10 of his kids die, in the same day!! I cant imagine losing one of my kids, much less all of them on the same day!!
Do you know what was the very first thing he did?
Fell to the ground and WORSHIPPED GOD, then says, "the Lord gives and the Lord takes away"!!
WHAT?!? WOW!!! I cannot even imagine what I would do.
Job doesnt understand why all this is happening. He doesnt know about the talk between God and satan. All he knows is he has been living for God without sin. Then the bottom falls out of his life!! But he doesnt blame God like most of us would do- he worships Him!
Then sometime later, the devil is allowed to come after him again, it says the devil smot him and he was terribly sick! The bible says that his pain was great. They didnt have pain pills back then, he had to SUFFER through all this! It was TERRIBLE!!
First he loses his job, then all 10 kids, now he is terribly sick- he had to feel that God had turned his back on him. It was so bad that his own wife came to him and said, "just curse God and die"! She was saying, just curse him and let him end your miserable life, it would be better than this!!. But Job refused. Job says "Shall we accept blessings from God but not accept adversity?"
WOW again!!! How true is that? We are selfish today to think that God HAS to bless us or we get mad at him!?! What!?? Who do we think we are?? We are not God, we cant tell God what to do!! Is He not in control?? Sometimes the adversity we face may not have a thing to do with us or our sins, but may be on a spiritual level as we see with Job.
God spoke to Job but never told him why these things happened. He said He was God and He was in control, who was he to question God. Job repented for questioning God and the Lord restored all he had lost 2 fold!! God blessed him for the rest of his days!
Oh I want to be like Job- Trusting God, knowing God is in control. When adversity comes against us- lets worship God, not because of things we have or any of that- just worship Him because He is GOD, He is WORTHY!! We dont have to have a reason to worship him, we just should!
Why should we accept blessings from God, but not accept adversity? I pray that when adversity comes to my door, I will fall down and worship God, knowing He is with me!!
Job had been blessed by God, he had a great wife, 10 kids, he was known all across the land, and had a very prosperous job! He was living the high life. He made sure to thank God for it. The bible says he was a blameless, upright, God fearing kind of man. One that turned from sin.
Then, out of nowhere, his job is destroyed and all 10 of his kids die, in the same day!! I cant imagine losing one of my kids, much less all of them on the same day!!
Do you know what was the very first thing he did?
Fell to the ground and WORSHIPPED GOD, then says, "the Lord gives and the Lord takes away"!!
WHAT?!? WOW!!! I cannot even imagine what I would do.
Job doesnt understand why all this is happening. He doesnt know about the talk between God and satan. All he knows is he has been living for God without sin. Then the bottom falls out of his life!! But he doesnt blame God like most of us would do- he worships Him!
Then sometime later, the devil is allowed to come after him again, it says the devil smot him and he was terribly sick! The bible says that his pain was great. They didnt have pain pills back then, he had to SUFFER through all this! It was TERRIBLE!!
First he loses his job, then all 10 kids, now he is terribly sick- he had to feel that God had turned his back on him. It was so bad that his own wife came to him and said, "just curse God and die"! She was saying, just curse him and let him end your miserable life, it would be better than this!!. But Job refused. Job says "Shall we accept blessings from God but not accept adversity?"
WOW again!!! How true is that? We are selfish today to think that God HAS to bless us or we get mad at him!?! What!?? Who do we think we are?? We are not God, we cant tell God what to do!! Is He not in control?? Sometimes the adversity we face may not have a thing to do with us or our sins, but may be on a spiritual level as we see with Job.
God spoke to Job but never told him why these things happened. He said He was God and He was in control, who was he to question God. Job repented for questioning God and the Lord restored all he had lost 2 fold!! God blessed him for the rest of his days!
Oh I want to be like Job- Trusting God, knowing God is in control. When adversity comes against us- lets worship God, not because of things we have or any of that- just worship Him because He is GOD, He is WORTHY!! We dont have to have a reason to worship him, we just should!
Why should we accept blessings from God, but not accept adversity? I pray that when adversity comes to my door, I will fall down and worship God, knowing He is with me!!
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