Ever have one of those moments when something clearly sticks out to you while listening.. It was a hummm.... moment.. the kind of moment that you actually make that sound.. 12 springs and 70 palm trees was all it took for me to go hummmm...
Why these 6 words? They were enough to make me hold on to them and come home to start to study scripture until 1:30 in the am...
Then
Moses led the people of Israel away from the Red Sea, and they moved
out into the desert of Shur. They traveled in this desert for three days
without finding any water. 23 When they came to the oasis of Marah, the water was too bitter to drink. So they called the place Marah (which means “bitter”).24 Then the people complained and turned against Moses. “What are we going to drink?” they demanded. 25 So Moses cried out to the Lord for help, and the Lord showed him a piece of wood. Moses threw it into the water, and this made the water good to drink. It was there at Marah that the Lord set before them the following decree as a standard to test their faithfulness to him. 26 He said, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the Lord
your God and do what is right in his sight, obeying his commands and
keeping all his decrees, then I will not make you suffer any of the
diseases I sent on the Egyptians; for I am the Lord who heals you.” 27 After
leaving Marah, the Israelites traveled on to the oasis of Elim, where
they found twelve springs and seventy palm trees. They camped there
beside the water.
After God told them to listen to Him, follow, and do what is right in His sight.. He brought them to an oasis.. A place where there are springs and trees..This was not only a promise that they heard, but He also showed them the promise. He showed them something that was going to come in time. They saw the springs and the palm trees.. He showed them what they could be.. They could flourish, and grow.. He showed us what the 12 and 70 would look like in the future.. The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;... He is showing us what we can be like.. We can be righteous, flourishing trees..that grow like palm and cedar..
The seventy palm trees were near the water..The trees of the LORD are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted. They were drawling their water in from the springs of water welling up.. Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” When Jesus sent out the seventy, He appointed them and he said “ Heal the sick, and tell them, ‘The Kingdom of God is near you now.’
I love that God is always speaking. He is always trying to get me to dig deeper. He is everywhere trying to get me to hear and see.. Sometimes when I read, I just see and hear what I am literally looking at, but God is always trying to get through to me.. He is leaving us treasures to find..
Then the angel showed me a river with the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 It flowed down the center of the main street. On each side of the river grew a tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, with a fresh crop each month. The leaves were used for medicine to heal the nations. 3 No longer will there be a curse upon anything.
He is always drawling you closer and closer to Him. Always wanting you to know more of Him.. He wants us to be living off His water, and growing in righteousness and in His grace.. There is so much more I got from digging into these verses, but it would take me hours to try to separately sort out what I see and hear with this.. I love that God heals.. I love that He wants to water me, I love that He wants to grow me, I love that He wants to send me out, I love His promises! <3 I love that Jesus is my Rock, He is my all and all..
Friday, May 23, 2014
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
How much money would you pay to save someone's soul?
I was sitting in class tonight, and I feel like God asked me this question. How much is salvation worth? How much does salvation cost?
If you could save someones soul, what price would you pay? The value you place on money, is how you will respond to this question. What would be your answer? Would you give up everything you had to save someones soul that you never even met?
God answered this for me right after He asked me this.. He said salvation is free. Its free to us, but it cost Him everything.
God set the price of salvation. The price He set was Jesus. God loved us so much that He not only set a price that we could never pay, but He created and gave us Jesus, to pay the cost for the price of salvation for us. We didn't have to do anything.
We could work for a 1000 years, until our hands are down to the bones, and we would never be able to earn the amount that it would cost to save yourself, or someone else. The amount we would have to earn is humanly incapable. There isn't even a number you could place on it.. You would never be able to work enough to create Jesus, or what Jesus is worth. The value of His sacrifice for us is unmeasurable. How much is Jesus worth?
God created Jesus since the beginning. God loves His son much. And a voice from heaven said, "This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy. Jesus is worth millions of people souls in one sacrifice. That is how much Jesus is worth. The price for us was great.. It was a price we could never pay, but God loved Him and us so much, He created a way to bring us to Him..
How much are you worth to God? You are worth as much to God, as Jesus is worth to Him. But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. That is shocking to know that God loves you so much that He created you, for you to be with Him. That the price of your soul is as much as Jesus is worth.. We had the easy part. We didn't have to sacrifice ourself in order to save yourself. Jesus did it for us. We only have to believe and have faith in Jesus, and His sacrifice for us, and for the cost of our sin.
How much is Jesus worth to you? How much are you willing to give up, or pay in order to be with Jesus? Is He worth it all?
The man replied, “I’ve obeyed all these commandments since I was young.” When Jesus heard his answer, he said, “There is still one thing you haven’t done. Sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” But when the man heard this he became very sad, for he was very rich. When Jesus saw this,he said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God! In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!”
Those who heard this said, “Then who in the world can be saved?” He replied, “What is impossible for people is possible with God.”Peter said, “We’ve left our homes to follow you.” “Yes,” Jesus replied, “and I assure you that everyone who has given up house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the Kingdom of God, will be repaid many times over in this life, and will have eternal life in the world to come.
Are you willing to give up everything you have in order to follow Jesus? Your time, your family, your money, your possession's? Are you willing to lose your life in order to save it? Are you seeking the Kingdom of God above all else? Is everything you have seeking the Kingdom of God? Is your time, money, property, heart seeking God above all else?
How much is someones soul worth to you? To God, it was worth His only Son. Do you seek to save souls like Jesus? Are people worth anything to you? Are you willing to work, to give up your money, your time, your property for the salvation of souls? If Jesus sacrificing Himself on the cross was worth our souls, shouldn't all we do, give, and say be worth the salvation of their souls too?
If you could save someones soul, what price would you pay? The value you place on money, is how you will respond to this question. What would be your answer? Would you give up everything you had to save someones soul that you never even met?
God answered this for me right after He asked me this.. He said salvation is free. Its free to us, but it cost Him everything.
God set the price of salvation. The price He set was Jesus. God loved us so much that He not only set a price that we could never pay, but He created and gave us Jesus, to pay the cost for the price of salvation for us. We didn't have to do anything.
We could work for a 1000 years, until our hands are down to the bones, and we would never be able to earn the amount that it would cost to save yourself, or someone else. The amount we would have to earn is humanly incapable. There isn't even a number you could place on it.. You would never be able to work enough to create Jesus, or what Jesus is worth. The value of His sacrifice for us is unmeasurable. How much is Jesus worth?
God created Jesus since the beginning. God loves His son much. And a voice from heaven said, "This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy. Jesus is worth millions of people souls in one sacrifice. That is how much Jesus is worth. The price for us was great.. It was a price we could never pay, but God loved Him and us so much, He created a way to bring us to Him..
How much are you worth to God? You are worth as much to God, as Jesus is worth to Him. But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. That is shocking to know that God loves you so much that He created you, for you to be with Him. That the price of your soul is as much as Jesus is worth.. We had the easy part. We didn't have to sacrifice ourself in order to save yourself. Jesus did it for us. We only have to believe and have faith in Jesus, and His sacrifice for us, and for the cost of our sin.
How much is Jesus worth to you? How much are you willing to give up, or pay in order to be with Jesus? Is He worth it all?
The man replied, “I’ve obeyed all these commandments since I was young.” When Jesus heard his answer, he said, “There is still one thing you haven’t done. Sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” But when the man heard this he became very sad, for he was very rich. When Jesus saw this,he said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God! In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!”
Those who heard this said, “Then who in the world can be saved?” He replied, “What is impossible for people is possible with God.”Peter said, “We’ve left our homes to follow you.” “Yes,” Jesus replied, “and I assure you that everyone who has given up house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the Kingdom of God, will be repaid many times over in this life, and will have eternal life in the world to come.
Are you willing to give up everything you have in order to follow Jesus? Your time, your family, your money, your possession's? Are you willing to lose your life in order to save it? Are you seeking the Kingdom of God above all else? Is everything you have seeking the Kingdom of God? Is your time, money, property, heart seeking God above all else?
How much is someones soul worth to you? To God, it was worth His only Son. Do you seek to save souls like Jesus? Are people worth anything to you? Are you willing to work, to give up your money, your time, your property for the salvation of souls? If Jesus sacrificing Himself on the cross was worth our souls, shouldn't all we do, give, and say be worth the salvation of their souls too?
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Prophecy or a better word is revelation..
I have been thinking about this scripture for a few days..
For the essence of prophecy is to give a clear witness for Jesus. Revelation 19:10
I really dislike what the church has done to this word prophecy.. This word has caused so much strife because of what people think it means, or what they are taught it means. Some people think when you say you prophesy that you are "telling the future" and they deny any word spoken from someone who said they received something from God and others think everything they think is a word from God.. I'm sure churches have been destroyed over "words" that were claimed to be prophetic.. That is why the bible says to test the spirit, or discern what was being spoken especially if someone says they heard from God about something. (1John 4:1) I have found for me the meaning of what this word and action actually means. John gives us a clear and concise definition of what prophecy does mean..
The essence (essential or most crucial thing) of prophecy (revelation) is to give a clear (free from doubt or confusion) witness (testimony) for Jesus. So the most important thing about revelation is to give a clear account, experience, fact, evidence, testimony for Jesus.
Jesus will and does give people revelation of Himself for Himself.. People who are making the choice to place their faith in Jesus, are having a heart revelation of His love for them, and the sacrifice He made for them. Every time you tell your testimony, you are giving an account for Jesus..(shhhh!! you are prophesying) Paul writes about this in Ephesians. He says pray for the eyes of your heart to be enlightened or opened, is a better word.. This is a great prayer to pray for people who have closed hearts, or better yet, to pray that the eyes of their closed hearts become open.. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people.
That is why its not just about a head belief in Jesus. It is about a heart belief. The eyes of your heart must be opened or flooded with the love, and hope of Jesus. Once your heart is enlightened, your head will hopefully quickly follow by the power of Jesus's love! If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
God says He will pour His spirit out on people, and that they will prophesy or they will give witness for Jesus. In the last days,' God says, 'I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.
I know there will be some people who read this, and get offended because of fear that has been placed on the word prophecy, but I am writing this to hopefully show wisdom about this word and what it means.. So Ill just leave it with a question...
When you pray to God for wisdom, knowledge, insight, and understanding in any area of your life, struggles, trials, decisions, path, calling, ministry, (for the past, present, and future) etc.. If you are one who doesn't believe in revelation then why pray for these things because you are believing you will hear no answer..
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future.
For the essence of prophecy is to give a clear witness for Jesus. Revelation 19:10
I really dislike what the church has done to this word prophecy.. This word has caused so much strife because of what people think it means, or what they are taught it means. Some people think when you say you prophesy that you are "telling the future" and they deny any word spoken from someone who said they received something from God and others think everything they think is a word from God.. I'm sure churches have been destroyed over "words" that were claimed to be prophetic.. That is why the bible says to test the spirit, or discern what was being spoken especially if someone says they heard from God about something. (1John 4:1) I have found for me the meaning of what this word and action actually means. John gives us a clear and concise definition of what prophecy does mean..
The essence (essential or most crucial thing) of prophecy (revelation) is to give a clear (free from doubt or confusion) witness (testimony) for Jesus. So the most important thing about revelation is to give a clear account, experience, fact, evidence, testimony for Jesus.
Jesus will and does give people revelation of Himself for Himself.. People who are making the choice to place their faith in Jesus, are having a heart revelation of His love for them, and the sacrifice He made for them. Every time you tell your testimony, you are giving an account for Jesus..(shhhh!! you are prophesying) Paul writes about this in Ephesians. He says pray for the eyes of your heart to be enlightened or opened, is a better word.. This is a great prayer to pray for people who have closed hearts, or better yet, to pray that the eyes of their closed hearts become open.. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people.
That is why its not just about a head belief in Jesus. It is about a heart belief. The eyes of your heart must be opened or flooded with the love, and hope of Jesus. Once your heart is enlightened, your head will hopefully quickly follow by the power of Jesus's love! If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
God says He will pour His spirit out on people, and that they will prophesy or they will give witness for Jesus. In the last days,' God says, 'I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.
I know there will be some people who read this, and get offended because of fear that has been placed on the word prophecy, but I am writing this to hopefully show wisdom about this word and what it means.. So Ill just leave it with a question...
When you pray to God for wisdom, knowledge, insight, and understanding in any area of your life, struggles, trials, decisions, path, calling, ministry, (for the past, present, and future) etc.. If you are one who doesn't believe in revelation then why pray for these things because you are believing you will hear no answer..
When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Rocky Roads..
I had a crazy but amazing weekend. I was able to sponsor someone to go on a retreat. This retreat is like nothing you will ever go on (well unless you go on it). I have been on it, and it totally amazed me. It literally breaks you down physically and spiritually, but at the end of if it you are still physically broken down, but spiritually pumped up. I was able to see a very good friend of mine come back with the peace of God, and a whole new heart for Jesus. It has been amazing to watch..
Through this, I have been able to completely see the work of God, and this is what excites me and fan my flames. I have a passion to want to see more Christians just get on fire for Jesus. Most likely because it is what happened to me. I had amazing encounters with God in 2012. The more I received Him, the more encounters I had. The more encounters I had, the more I was just seriously pumped up for Jesus. The more I was pumped, the more friends and family I lost. The more friends and family I lost, the more I learned to rely on God, the more I learned to rely on God, the more I trusted Him, the more I trusted Him, the more He trusts me, the more He trusts me, the more He entrusts me with, the more He entrusts me with, the more I am pumped up. I still am having amazing encounters with Him just in different seasons!
I was thinking about my friends encounter with God this weekend. Before she went, she was on a rocky road, and will still have to work her way out of them, but she realized she has God with her in those rocky places. He is going to smooth out her path as long as she trusts in His guidance.
The past few weeks, I have been in some rocky places too. I'm not sure if I put myself in them, or if this is just where I landed.. I have been begging God to rescue me and I can see His hand in coming to my rescue. He has given me peace this week, which has been amazing compared to last week because I was a serious hawt mess! I have been able to focus on all the amazing things of God even throughout my trials. I am starting to feel like I am getting myself back, and I completely just keep loving God more and more. I am so excited for the rest of my 40 day journey, minus a few things I have to deal with but I know through those God knows the ending of that.. And I will trust in Him. I am so ready to really begin the work He has prepared for me. :)
p.s.. Please pray for my friend.. I pray that her encounter with God will start a whole new purpose for her. That she always remembers and relys on the love of God, and has peace through her journey! And that no one blows out her newly lit flame!
Through this, I have been able to completely see the work of God, and this is what excites me and fan my flames. I have a passion to want to see more Christians just get on fire for Jesus. Most likely because it is what happened to me. I had amazing encounters with God in 2012. The more I received Him, the more encounters I had. The more encounters I had, the more I was just seriously pumped up for Jesus. The more I was pumped, the more friends and family I lost. The more friends and family I lost, the more I learned to rely on God, the more I learned to rely on God, the more I trusted Him, the more I trusted Him, the more He trusts me, the more He trusts me, the more He entrusts me with, the more He entrusts me with, the more I am pumped up. I still am having amazing encounters with Him just in different seasons!
I was thinking about my friends encounter with God this weekend. Before she went, she was on a rocky road, and will still have to work her way out of them, but she realized she has God with her in those rocky places. He is going to smooth out her path as long as she trusts in His guidance.
The past few weeks, I have been in some rocky places too. I'm not sure if I put myself in them, or if this is just where I landed.. I have been begging God to rescue me and I can see His hand in coming to my rescue. He has given me peace this week, which has been amazing compared to last week because I was a serious hawt mess! I have been able to focus on all the amazing things of God even throughout my trials. I am starting to feel like I am getting myself back, and I completely just keep loving God more and more. I am so excited for the rest of my 40 day journey, minus a few things I have to deal with but I know through those God knows the ending of that.. And I will trust in Him. I am so ready to really begin the work He has prepared for me. :)
p.s.. Please pray for my friend.. I pray that her encounter with God will start a whole new purpose for her. That she always remembers and relys on the love of God, and has peace through her journey! And that no one blows out her newly lit flame!
Friday, May 2, 2014
Rescue me
I'm so tired God.. I just need you to rescue me.. I'm so tired of my emotions. I'm so tired of caring. I'm so tired and yet, you keep telling me that You are worth it.. And I know you are worth it. and that is it.. I know you are worth it, but what if I say, there is so much hurt and pain, that I just want to be done fighting for people, and fighting with people, and listening to their words that make me want to cringe, but I know I really don't want to be done. I love being in your presence and the want to build your kingdom.. I'm just so done with the fighting.. I just want to sit in your circle, and bathe in your light..
Jesus knows what I am feeling. I know He was tired here. He even said "You faithless people! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you?.
Jesus loved us, and He wanted to do the will of the Father, but He was sick of it too. He was ready to be done.. And who was He tired from.. Not the lost, but the found.. He was grieving because He had to put up with their faithlessness..
I'm just so tired of the religious words I hear come out of peoples mouth.. It literally drains me of anything I even had built up. There are two things I cant stand to hear out of a mouths of Christians.. One is when they talk about whether or not you have been baptized with the Holy Spirit, and the other one is saying what God can do through people, and they put a limit on His power through the Holy Spirit.. Its both ends of the scale and they both drive me nuts.. They both make me want to have a complete meltdown and throw down holy anger on people.. Why or why God! I hate how Satan has destroyed the church.. I hate how Satan uses people to make people want to crawl in a hole and never come out. I hate how he pushes people from the church and finding people who don't walk in religious ways.
I just want to live in your love God. That is all I want to do. I just want to not care about the destruction of the church, but I know that is your bride, and I know you have called me to care.. Why else would I care if you haven't put it in me to care. Why would I grieve and be in complete sorrow if you didn't call me to care. Your love inside me I cant ignore, and I am attracted to doing what you do, feel what you feel, say what you say.. But you also gave me the ears to hear what destroys the body of Christ and God if this is what you feel, then I'm sorry.. I'm sorry we have destroyed your church.. I'm sorry the bride is the bridezilla.. but you still love us anyways.. You are always good God.. You are always kind to your bride, you are always love.. You are always gently correcting us God. You have always gently corrected me God.. God you are so much love and so full of love God..
God I just ask God that you help me. I ask that you help me always have grace and mercy for people.. God you have already told me that people will fail.. You have told me that the church will fail.. You have told me that there is nothing in this world that wont fail, except for love God.. God help me to love like you God, even when people fail me, even when I hear things that make me want to run, even when people make me want to hide and just cry God. God I need to praise you and thank you.. I need to praise you for my sufferings.. I need to praise you because you loved me enough to call me to care, I need to praise you for giving me ears that hears what destroys the church.. God I just need your help with what to do with what I hear God. I want to run God, but only into your arms God.. I need you to help me learn how to take the bride of Christ and make her not zilla God.. I have nothing God. I have no idea what to do God but cry.. God show me how to love like you..
Jesus knows what I am feeling. I know He was tired here. He even said "You faithless people! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you?.
Jesus loved us, and He wanted to do the will of the Father, but He was sick of it too. He was ready to be done.. And who was He tired from.. Not the lost, but the found.. He was grieving because He had to put up with their faithlessness..
I'm just so tired of the religious words I hear come out of peoples mouth.. It literally drains me of anything I even had built up. There are two things I cant stand to hear out of a mouths of Christians.. One is when they talk about whether or not you have been baptized with the Holy Spirit, and the other one is saying what God can do through people, and they put a limit on His power through the Holy Spirit.. Its both ends of the scale and they both drive me nuts.. They both make me want to have a complete meltdown and throw down holy anger on people.. Why or why God! I hate how Satan has destroyed the church.. I hate how Satan uses people to make people want to crawl in a hole and never come out. I hate how he pushes people from the church and finding people who don't walk in religious ways.
I just want to live in your love God. That is all I want to do. I just want to not care about the destruction of the church, but I know that is your bride, and I know you have called me to care.. Why else would I care if you haven't put it in me to care. Why would I grieve and be in complete sorrow if you didn't call me to care. Your love inside me I cant ignore, and I am attracted to doing what you do, feel what you feel, say what you say.. But you also gave me the ears to hear what destroys the body of Christ and God if this is what you feel, then I'm sorry.. I'm sorry we have destroyed your church.. I'm sorry the bride is the bridezilla.. but you still love us anyways.. You are always good God.. You are always kind to your bride, you are always love.. You are always gently correcting us God. You have always gently corrected me God.. God you are so much love and so full of love God..
God I just ask God that you help me. I ask that you help me always have grace and mercy for people.. God you have already told me that people will fail.. You have told me that the church will fail.. You have told me that there is nothing in this world that wont fail, except for love God.. God help me to love like you God, even when people fail me, even when I hear things that make me want to run, even when people make me want to hide and just cry God. God I need to praise you and thank you.. I need to praise you for my sufferings.. I need to praise you because you loved me enough to call me to care, I need to praise you for giving me ears that hears what destroys the church.. God I just need your help with what to do with what I hear God. I want to run God, but only into your arms God.. I need you to help me learn how to take the bride of Christ and make her not zilla God.. I have nothing God. I have no idea what to do God but cry.. God show me how to love like you..
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