How Do We Draw Closer To God?
November 21, 2008 by Tina
Filed under Current Issues, Grace of God, Love Of God, Uncategorized
I thought today I would share with you my thoughts on drawing closer to God. This is truly where we gain our strength, peace, joy, comfort, understanding, knowledge… and so on… As we draw closer to God we are about to walk more in love and more in the fruits of the Holy Spirit.
Our walk can be like a raging inferno or like a fire that has been stomped out. Let me explain.
Think of it like this…
Our walk with God is like a fire that is burning..very hot very intense… and as we feed that fire by reading the Word, prayer… spending time with God, we continue to keep that fire going.
- But what happens if we don’t put any more logs on?
- What if we forget about the fire?
- Sooner or later the fire will just burn out right?
Then all you see is the left over smoke rising up from the ashes.
To me that is the state of some Christians….
- They have let their fire go out…
- they have not fed their fire…
- so they have nothing left but the smoke rising…
- there is no warmth..
- no heat….
- no anointing …
- no passion…
- no love…
- no being accountable for sinning… and so on…
You get the picture.
So How Do We GET THAT FIRE BACK?
We start to draw close to GOD!!!
WE come and say fill me up Lord! FILL ME UP! Breathe FIRE into me and fill me up… We read the WORD… we act upon the UNDERSTANDING GIVEN we reach out to others that are hurting.
We PRAISE HIM and WORSIP GOD… WE turn away from the comforts of this life to look forward to the life everlasting!
WE FOLLOW JESUS….. We spend time with Him…. Throughout our day… does not matter if your at home on the job on the road got 10 kids you can still pray think about praise Him even in the midst of your everyday lives…. if you choose too!
Read the Word before going to bed so that is the last thought you have before closing your eyes… wake up with coffee 
in hand and Read the Word when you first wake up!
Start and End your DAY with HIM!
“You will start to see a difference… Come Spend time with ME… It brings ME great JOY!!! “
The Lord has spoke this so many times and once again He is saying COME TO ME……
Be Blessed!
Are You Being An Example To Others? Are You Imitating Christ-Like Behavior?
October 16, 2008 by Tina
Filed under Current Issues, Grace of God, Love Of God, Spiritual Warfare, Uncategorized
Today it can be so hard to be IN the world but not be OF THE WORLD! We face a tough challenge….Those of us who have excepted the Sacrifice of Jesus for our sins. But what about our actions? Our Behavior? Our Character? Our Hearts? What do people see when they look at you? What do you project out to others? Can others see something different about you?
Are people drawn to you? If so what are they drawn to? Your outer appearance? Your attitude? Or is it something that they are not for sure, but they just know something is different. They do not understand but they can certainly feel something is different!
Jesus carries all that is good…and we who follow Him should be imitating Him! We should have mercy, love, kindness, be gentle, concerned, but stand up when needed as well. We need to learn how to discern what is good in others and what is bad. Then we need to pray for others not judge them, but intercede in prayer on their behalf. We will know people by their fruits.
There is a time to speak out truth when needed and there is a time to just sit back and be silent. But if we are not seeking God for instructions we will end up in trouble every time. He knows what should be spoken and the perfect timing. We often jump the gun and just go for it. Always leading in disaster.
That is why we should be consulting Jesus every time before we move. He is the one who places us into our positions. He is the one who will give us discernment when needed. He is the one who is the chess mover not us!
When others speak evil about us we should appeal gently. That is hard to do but is a must. Pride will always hurt our walk with God. Anyone who causes strife either in the church or among others Does not have the mind of Christ!
If we think we can go around still looking like the world…living like the world….seeking after things of this world and not the things of Christ Jesus we are fooling ourselves into thinking we have the mind of Christ.
Others that look upon us do look at our appearance and even though we “might” be of a good heart and our intentions “could be” good sometimes people already pass judgment from the outer appearance even though it’s not right, they do. If you are dressing a way that draws attention how do you expect to witness when they are going to be focused on what you look like?
Then let’s take into consideration the potential of causing our brethren to stumble! True transformation takes place in our hearts… once we start to see the true errors of our ways the outer begins to change as well. We see that the way we were we don’t want to live that way anymore.
We become embarrassed of our youth and put those things down. As we open ourselves up to God and He starts to pull these impurities out of us …Our WHOLE APPERANCE begins to change starting from the INSIDE and working it’s way OUTWARD!
WE begin to seek after the things of God…and crucify our fleshly sinful desires asking God to CLEANSE US AND WASH US CLEAN!!
Be Blessed!
