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I was reading a devotional from Joel
Osteen’s book, I Declare” yesterday.
On page 121 he says this:
"Do
you know how many people have never been told: "You are a WINNER!”
…family
members-who are starving for your approval. They are CRAVING for you to speak
blessing over their life.
Are you believing in anyone?
...everyone should be someone else’s number one fan. We should be
encouraging them, lifting them when they’ve fallen, celebrating when they
succeed, praying when they’re struggling, urging them forward. That’s what it
means to be a people builder."
Yes. Well then.
If you have read ANY of the Words of
Jesus you have probably stumbled over something about “love”. If there was ever anyone qualified to speak
on that subject it would be Jesus wouldn’t it? Or maybe the Apostle Paul. He certainly had plunged deeply into that
love. It changed his life and it still changes ours today.
What I understand is that relationships can be difficult. I get that. What I ALSO understand is that
there’s never “a last straw”, or an “I’m THROUGH!” in the Kingdom of God. So what is our job as little Jesus’s? Loving even more than He did. Sacrificing our own opinions on the altar of
love.
Beloved, there is not one person now or ever, who does not need love.
I think the saddest thing about our
country today is that since the door has been closed on God’s love, people are
struggling to meet that basic need in all the wrong ways. They’re hurting. They’re in pain. And they’re trying anything
that world suggests just to make the pain go away.
It hurts to watch doesn’t it?
That’s where we come in. We get to be Jesus today. We get to be Jesus in
our families and at work or play. In
fact, we are His representatives wherever we go and whatever we do.
But what about “them” you ask?
Ask your heavenly Father to help you see ""them with HIS eyes. And then ask Him what HE would like to say to
them that will ease the pain and help them find the Truth that will set them
free. That’s why I love the gift of
prophecy so much. People put aside their
own ideas and judgments and ask Holy Spirit to give them a “brighter idea”.
When I first began to speak to people
prophetically, I thought they needed to hear what I had to say, what I thought, (and I could pretend it was God). It didn’t take long, (relatively speaking), for me to understand that when I
finally asked God His opinion it was never condemning or judgmental. God never points out the failures. He always
leads us to that glorious future full of good plans and good things. That's His promise to us.
When we’re commanded to LOVE ONE ANOTHER, without exception, then we
are going to speak those same things that the Father speaks. We are going to point them to the right path
that always leads to His open arms.
I remember praying for a person who had had an abortion. She was so overwhelmed with guilt and sorrow
over it all. The OLD Suzanne, probably would have said, “Well what were you
thinking?!!!!!!” The new Suzanne (and Julie), invited Holy Spirit to see that
baby in heaven with Jesus. The thought
that her perfectly formed little one was being cared for in that perfectly loving place made all
the difference. The thought that God loved her "mistake" changed her life. When she realized the great loving heart of the Father, she
could begin to forgive herself and leave the past behind and be free to embrace
all that God still had for her.
I love His loving heart, don’t you? If God is love, then He only speaks love. He only thinks love. And His love
never fails, never gives up or never gives out. He loves YOU after all! And even me!
How can you help someone else discover that in spite of everything, there’s no “last straw” with God; that He is waiting to welcome them with open arms and so are you.
How can you help someone else discover that in spite of everything, there’s no “last straw” with God; that He is waiting to welcome them with open arms and so are you.
Power
Thought:
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| Love is a verb. It requires action. |
celebrate?
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