Today I have a song from Anthony Evans that is soooooo awesome! It’s called Silence. Sometimes when we wait on God to speak to us to show us where we need to go, especially when we need some direction we have to understand that sometimes God speaks through us in the silence. Sometimes the answer is so plain and so obvious that it can only be found in the quiet, in the stillness and in the silence. We are activity-minded beings that find learning to be still to be a difficult skill to harness when we are so busy in our thought processes and are impatient in waiting for the answer.Waiting requires FAITH.
When we cultivate a heart that is ready to hear even in the silence, that is when we hear clearly. So today, learn what it means to wait, to be patient, and to be still because such an attitude comes from a heart of faith, obedience and humility. The microwave society that we live in doesn’t allow for such virtues of faith to be cultivated because we want instant results, instant gratification and instant answers to our problems, but we are not of this world, we are Kingdom dominionaires. We are Children of the most High God and everything that requires a divine answer from the Heavenlies requires a special attitude of grace to be patient, kind, long-suffering, loving, humble, still obedient and faithful to the very end. Let this song minister to your heart today and consider that in the silence, God hears the cry of your heart and He is faithful to those who are faithful in waiting on Him to respond. He will never leave you nor forsake you. God Bless you everybody!
16 For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses? 17 Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey? 19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
Have you ever questioned why some people haven’t been receiving the full promises of God in their lives? Sometimes as we wait we can do one of two things during the waiting period for our promises.
1.) We can wait in Faith. Believing is Seeing.
or
2.) We can wait in Unbelief. Seeing is not Believing.
In the passage above God tells us why the majority of the Children of Israel were unable to enter into the Promised Land. The promised land is a place of destiny. If you are wondering why some people cannot reach their full potential, it’s because they have certain *character traits* that hinder them from reaching their places of DESTINY. In the passage above we discover that there were particular traits that prohibited the Children of Israel from entering their promised land.
1. They were rebellious (v. 16);
2. They had sinned (v. 17);
3. They were disobedient (v. 18); and
4. They were unbelieversof GOD’s WORD. (v. 19)
The Character traits listed above are what will prevent us from reaching our places of destiny if we choose to be Rebellious, Sinful, disobedient and unbelieving in the Word of God.
Folks, we cannot afford to be like that with the things that God wants to give us in our lifetime. We must seriously learn to walk by Faith and NOT by Sight because Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not yet seen (Hebrews 11:1). So today I challenge you, analyze yourself and REPENT of any areas that exhibit the four traits listed here that are hindering you from receiving the promises of God in your life. Prosperity is your portion, but if you don’t even believe that…then you have to repent for Trait number 4 (UNBELIEF).
How you reach your destiny is determined by how you exercise your FAITH.
Destiny is always tied to FAITH.
The only thing that aborts Destiny is UNBELIEF.
This is just a short meditation today so I hope this blesses you. God bless you everybody and keep believing until you see God in your situations. God has your Jeremiah 29:11promises for you so hold on to that truth and remain steadfast and Believe in that TRUTH.
So now that we know the Truth lets us rejoice in it. I have a song by Hezekiah Walker and LFC called Let’s Dance. Be Blessed EVERYBODY!
2 Chronicles 20:20
So they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believein the LORD your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper.”
Mark 1:15
and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believein the gospel.”
John 1:12
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:
John 11:40
Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?”
John 20:31
but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.
Romans 4:17
(as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations” ) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did;
Hebrews 11:6
But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to Godmust believe that He is, and that He is a rewarderof those who diligently seek Him.
James 2:23
And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believedGod, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called the friend of God.
1 John 5:13
These things I have written to you who believein the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
Today is an amazing day. It’s sunny out there and I just gotta give GOD all the PRAISE!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO! Ok, so that was my shout out today. Did it wake you up a bit? It is amazing when I look at what God has done for me in my life and I just want to say that when I look at where I was and how far I’ve come to be where I am, I feel like a shout just comes deep down in my Spirit to give a Praise to the Lord for what He’s done for me! God loves us sooo much that it’s sooo hard to comprehend sometimes when we think of the times we did things without understanding, without wisdom or direction that makes us beg the question, “LORD WHAT SHALL I DO????!” The patterns of our world cannot take us to where we need to be nor to where we ought to be in God. Our God-given potential is sooo great that we can only function when we strive to be transformed, to be renewed, to be changed and to also STAND OUT against the patterns of this world that don’t believe in our Lord Jesus Christ. When we conform to worldy standards, we limit our GOD-given potential because that potential is divine in nature. The world cannot bring it out, it’s only GOD who can. So today, Meditate on what it takes to TRANSFORM into GOD’s image which was the ORIGINAL PLANto begin with before we fell from our state of Grace, Our state of Glory, our state of GOD IN US and WITH US the HOPE OF GLORY.
I have a song today to Uplift your day. It’s called STAND OUT by Tye Tribbett and G.A. Choir. Stay Blessed EVERYBODY and choose to STAND OUT!
Here are the lyrics to this AWESOME SONG!
[speaking: Tye Tribbett]
When the enemy comes in like a flood,
The spirit of the Lord will raise up a standard against him.
I see the enemy coming in like a flood in our houses, in our churches, in our families.
But what I don’t see is the standard. People of God where’s the standard at?
We in a war y’all. It’s time to stand OUT! [G.A.:]
It’s about to go down. The battle has begun.
It’s time for you to choose, whose side you gonna be on.
The devil is recruiting, temptin’ every man.
But he’s already defeated, all we have to do is stand.
No time for mixing light with the darkness.
Be black or be white, no more shades of gray.
Be separated, be holy, no matter what you do, don’t bow.
And even if you stand alone, stand anyhow.
[CHORUS]
[Tye:] Rise up!
[G.A.:]
Rise up people, put on your strength.
There’s a war going on and we will win.
Stand up and fight, let the kingdom prevail.
With power and might, we will stand out.
Stand out! [G.A.:] Stand out!
Be not conformed to this world. [G.A.:] Stand out!
Be transformed, renew your mind. [G.A.:] Stand out!
Just like the three Hebrew boys, [G.A.:] Stand out!
[G.A.:]
God is playin’ it cool, don’t wanna rub nobody the wrong way.
Almost like we’re trying to fit in. Acting like we don’t know the name.
It’s time for us to stand out and go against the grain.
Forget tryin’ to be down, let the world know you’ve been changed.
How you gonna be the praise leader? But you listen to R & B?
And hip-hop is on your ringtone. I’m trynna tell you God ain’t pleased.
And since when did it become cool for you to live together unmarried?
Men with men?
Women with women?
I’m tellin you God ain’t gon’ have it.
[CHORUS]
[Tye:]
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It’s time to recognize.
The war it’s in disguise.
No time for compromise.
Wake up open your eyes.
[together:] The devil is a LIE!
You must be hot or cold.
You can’t blend in the crowd.
It’s time for God’s people ta –
[CHORUS]
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[Tye:]
Let me hear your war cry!
[G.A.:]
Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!
[Tye:]
Let me hear your war cry!
[G.A.:]
Ooh! (Let’s Stand Out!) Ooh! (Let’s Stand Out!) Ooh!
[Tye:]
Little bit louder. [G.A.:]
Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!
[Tye:]
One more time!
[G.A.:]
Ooh! (Cry out loud!) Ooh! (Stand out!) Ooh!
STAND OUT!
[Speaking: Tye Tribbett]
We in a war people of God.
You don’t have to fight, all you gotta do is stand.
Make some noise G.A.!
Having done all to stand…
Now stand people of God!
If you gonna stand out with us… SCREAM!
Scriptures to Meditate
Romans 12:2
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Exodus 34:10
[ The Covenant Renewed ] And He said: “Behold, I make a covenant. Before all your people I will do marvels such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the LORD. For it is an awesome thing that I will do with you.
Psalm 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, 10 and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, 11 where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all.
Titus 3:5
not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
Philippians 2:15
that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights intheworld,
12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Believers Are Salt and Light
13“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.14 “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.
John 8:12
Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am thelightoftheworld. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have thelightoflife.”
John 11:9
Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees thelightofthisworld.
Have you ever questioned why some people haven’t been receiving the full promises of God in their lives? Sometimes as we wait we can do one of two things during the waiting period for our promises.
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