Get The Vision

If you will put forth the necessary effort to renew your steady attitudes by replacing them with the glad song, the lost art of prayer will be regained by you, and love, praise, and gratitude will become your way of life.

When I commanded you to love me with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength, I did so because this kind of attitude makes it possible to live upward toward the level of the Christ.

It has been hard for you to really love me in the past, even when you tried sincerely, because it is not a function of the surface mind to manufacture love for God or love for fellowman. Truth is needed first, and when it is present there love will be also.

If you hold your mind on the good news of how you and I relate, how we complement each other, how we are inseparably One whether you are aware of it or not, you will no longer have to force yourself to love me by whipping up a storm of willpower and determination.

However, if you fail to hold your mind on this good news, if you hear it and forget it, continuing to think of me as a God afar off, in this attitude I will remain too nebulous, too remote for sincere love. Or if, perhaps, you return to the old habit of thinking I am a God of wrath waiting to impinge punishment at your first mistake, then fear of me will far outweigh your love.

If you go back to thinking you cannot know me until after death, you are likely to wait until after death to feel anything about me at all, especially if you have been deceived into believing that your soul's future is secured through membership in some church. If you think I direct your activities through guiding spirits, you will idolize them instead of loving me as your guiding Father consciousness.

For these many reasons, understanding must come before genuine love for me. Understanding will fill your mind with a vision so beautiful, so desirable, so attainable, that you will never have to try to love me. Love will flood your mind and heart spontaneously every time you think of this great vision.

As you draw the vision to you, expanding it with all the detail you can gather—it will expand forever—the Light of Christ within you will be growing brighter every day.  Charles Couch

 

At The Break Of Dawn

Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed. Luke 5:16

How long has it been since you let God have you? I mean really have you? How long since you gave him a portion of undiluted, uninterrupted time listening to His voice? Apparently Jesus did. He made a deliberate effort to spend time with God. If Jesus, the son of God felt that it was important to spend time with the Father then shouldn't we also feel the same and wouldn't it be wise of us to do so. Clear our calendar and give God the first parts of our days each and every day. It says in the bible that Jesus woke each morning early and went and prayed. I know from experience that in order to start the day off the way that God has planned for us it is vital that we seek his face each morning before anything else. Sometimes alone time can become rare to those who are like myself busy busy with caring for others and meeting all their needs. I find that it is hard for me to do what I do if I do not spend the first few waking hours communing with my Father. What stops you from consulting with you Father before the day begins? It is important that we acknowledge Him and listen for His guidance throughout the day....Our lives will become fuller and more enjoyable as we walk the path that God has designed specifically for us.

 

 

At Home WIth God

If people love me, they will obey my teaching. My father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. John 14:23

God wants to be your dwelling place. He has no interest in being a weekend getaway or a Sunday bungalow or a summer cottage. Don't consider using God as a vacation cabin or an eventual retirement home. He wants you under His roof now and always. He wants to be your mailing address, your point of reference; He wants to be your home.... As my pastor says.."He desires to lean down and tie your shoes with you!" For many this is a new thought. We think of God as a deity to discuss, not a place to dwell. We think of God as a mysterious miracle worker, not a house to live in. We think of God as a creator to call on, not a home to reside in. But our Father wants to be much more. He wants to be the one in whom "we live and move and have our being" Acts 17:28

 

It's Christmas Time!

I was young, and now I am old, but I have never see good people left helpless or their children begging for food. Psalm 37:25

With the Christmas celebration quickly approaching we tend to get lost in the hustle and bustle. We may spend too much but in my opinion we could never spend enough when we are GIVING.. Whether it is our time, our money, or ourselves, whatever seed we give and sow we will someday reap. God always makes a way where there seems to be no way and I want to thank him....many many times I have worried...we all worry...Worry about the IRS and the SAT and the FBI...We worry that we won't have enough money, and when we have money we worry that we won't manage it well. We worry that the world will end before the parking meter expires or before we find our call. We worry what the dog thinks as he chases the car down the road. We worry that one day we'll learn that fat-free yogurt was fattening. But, honestly now, Did God save us so that we would fret? Would he teach us to walk just to watch us fall down? Would he have been nailed to the cross for our sins and then disregard our prayers? Come on. Is Scripture teasing us when it reads, "He has put his angels in charge of us to watch over us wherever we go"? Psalms 91:11... So whatever you do this wonderful time of year...don't worry.. Just know that God...well He is a BIG GOD!! He has it all under control.. Sit back and enjoy the life that he has given us..freely...boldly...and living each moment of our days in faith. We do serve a mighty awesome God!!

 

Is God Listening??

I cry out to the Lord; I pray to the Lord for mercy.  Psalm 142:1


You can talk to God because God listens.  Your voice matters in heaven.  He takes you very seriously.  When you enter His presence, He turns to you to hear your voice. No need to fear that you will be ignored.  Even if you stammer or stumble, even if what you have to say impresses no on, it impresses God, and he listens.  He listens to the painful plea of the elderly in the rest home.  He listens to the gruff confession of the death-row inmate.  When the alcoholic begs for mercy, when the spouse seeks guidance, when the business man steps off the street into the chapel, God Listens.  Intently. Carefully.  He listens and he hears our prayers.

How do you see you??

You are a chosen people, royal priests, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession. 1Peter 2:9

Do you ever feel unnoticed? New clothes and styles may help for a while. But if you want permanent change, learn to see yourself as God sees you: "He has covered me with clothes of salvation and wrapped me with a coat of goodness, like a bridegroom dressed for his wedding, like a bride dressed in jewels (Isaiah 61:10) Does your self-esteem ever sag? When it does, remember what you are worth. "You were bought, not with something that ruins like gold or silver, but with the precious blood of Christ, who was like a pure and perfect lamb" (1Peter 1:18-19) The challenge is to remember that. To meditate on it. To focus on it. To allow His love to change the way you look at you.

 

Daily Prayer

I pray that God retrieve all your children from the hands of any enemy... You and your family are loosed from any linkage to any family idol-generational curse - it is broken by the blood of Jesus! The cycle ceases now!! Lord, reveal every spiritual parasite and break every demonic hold in Jesus name! You have been freed - walk in your liberty! I declare this to be a season of divine favor for you, your family, your business and purpose -- Blessings will overtake you, doors will be opened to you, opportunities will chase you and the supernatural power of God will remain with you! Rest in His Promises - Love you all... XOXO