Thank You, for another day of life! Thank You, for teaching me! Thank You, for making me aware of Your presence. Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! I ask that You make me more aware of the Holy Spirit’s presence in my life than You ever have before, as I write this post today. Help me to know what to write, how to write it, and where to write it. Thank You, Jesus! Amen.
A lot has happened since my last post, but it’s all become so normal in my life that I am rarely surprised at the synchronicity I’m experiencing. I’ve been reviewing some of my previous posts and enjoyed seeing how excited I was with all the new things He was doing, and changing in my life. Now I’m watching others that are just beginning to realize that the wild and crazy things that look like coincidences in our life, are only a reflection of our thoughts. This is why Jesus says in the Sermon on the Mount over and over again, it’s not the action only, it’s the thought that can lead to the action, and if we’ve already thought it, we have committed the sin in our heart and mind. And Paul says “Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand, His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:7 NLT). As we live in Christ Jesus we will experience the peace of God which is beyond anything we can currently comprehend, and this peace will protect our hearts and minds. It’s beyond anything we can currently comprehend, it’s going to blow our minds, or at least it has blown my mind over, and over, and over again. God is so good! Even when I’ve questioned Him, I sometimes get to see how He redeems situations that didn’t make sense to my finite mind. He has to stretch me. A few years ago I had a massage therapist say something that was so normal to him, but I had never heard it like I did this time. “Flexibility creates comfort.” I decided to stretch my body everyday, and it didn’t happen overnight, but with consistent effort I don’t even recognize my body and what it is currently capable of in my 40’s. I was on a decline in the health of my body and I assumed it was going to be my “normal,” I was going to be sore, just like all the older people told me was their “normal.” If anyone was trying to teach me a better way, I wouldn’t listen, I was set in my ways, and that was “comfortable” for me. When I started to see how my body was reacting to stretching as it healed and removed any dis-ease in my body I realized that what the Holy Spirit has been doing with my mind is that He is stretching it beyond my current awareness. He has been doing this on a regular basis, if not daily. I concur, flexibility truly does create comfort. The more I stretch in all areas of my life the better those areas of my life become, whether it’s my body, my mind, my heart, my soul, my financial muscle, my charity muscle, my relationship muscle, etc. When I begin to stretch in any area of my life, it can hurt at first, but then I’m able to push myself just a little bit further the next time, but in the present moment my “normal” has become more comfortable as I seek to be uncomfortable during the stretch. God is doing wild things in my life and at my workplace. We have more people working in my office than we ever have, and more of them that would identify themselves as Christians when asked, and others that are open to discussion from time to time. We are all learning and growing together, this is an amazing time in my life, and I feel like we’ve only just begun. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, thank You, Jesus! I ask that You wrap each and everyone of Your followers in Your hedge of protection. Remove and destroy the enemy from all around them, Lord. Give them peace. Increase their ability to feel loved by You. Blow their minds, Lord! Stir in their hearts a desire to know and love You more. Thank You, Jesus! Praise You, Lord! Holy Spirit, come! Not my will, but Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Amen. -A humble warrior in God’s army
“So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.” -Matthew 6:31-33 NLT
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. Lead us not into temptation and deliver us from evil. For Thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever and ever. Amen – The Lord’s prayer.
Destroying the kingdom of satan with the Holy Spirit 