Power of Blackbirds

Key Scripture:  "Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, yet your Heavenly Father keeps feeding them."  Matthew 6:26

Power Point:

     Yesterday I was having my quiet time and watching the birds coming to the feeder outside my window. it's one of my favorite pastimes.  Suddenly there were probably 25-30 blackbirds descending.on the feeders.  The other day there had probably been about 100 of them on my lawn.  They were frantic, fighting each other, trying to get the food.  One little cardinal tried to come in and they fought him  off.  I was about to go outside and shoo them away and God said, "Let them eat."  I asked why. ( I didn't like them!)

     He said, "No one else will feed them. They need food to migrate. They are not pretty or attractive. That's why they are in a "feeding frenzy".  No one wants blackbirds. They shoot them or shoo them away so that the pretty birds can have the good food.  They are left with leftovers. I feed all the birds, not just the pretty ones. I created them and I won't forget them."

      Later, as I was praying for someone, the Lord said, 'She's a "blackbird". I could see what He was saying.  Blackbirds are the "Mephibosheths" of life, the heirs of the kingdom who've been invited to eat at the king's table forever, but they never realize their own value.They never feel worthy enough to realize that they have an inheritance in the kingdom of God because of Jesus.  When they come in, they sit under the table and wait for someone to drop a few crumbs, instead of sitting next to the king, and enjoying what He offers.  They are the naked, the uncovered, the homeless poor.  They are the ones you'd rather not be with, the ones who come tentatively into a room because they don't feel they have the right to be there. They expect the worst of life.

     Are there "blackbirds" in your life that need to have the kind, loving, faithfulness of the Father's heart shown to them, for Jesus sake? Do they need to eat at your table? Do they need more than crumbs of affection?  Are they the ones who never do or say the right thing because they don't know how much their heavenly Father loves them? He has promised to care for them. They may not be pretty but they're still hungry.

Are they your assignment from Him?

Power Thought:

Will you show Kindness to someone "for Jesus sake" today?

Copyright © 2014, Suzanne Roberts, Unpublished Work

Power Of What Is Written

Key Scripture:   "The word is very near us. It's in our hearts and in our mouths.That is the Word of Faith which we preach."  Romans 10:8

Power Point:

     Jesus always stood on "It is written!" He always quoted what was written.  I have a friend who recently started taking some new medication.  She didn't read what was written in the instructions and simply started taking the meds the way  she "thought" they should be taken. She began to experience some very negative reactions. After a couple of days, she finally looked at the dosage instructions and realized that she had not been taking them correctly.

Fortunately, she read them before any real harm was done.

      Don't we do that with God's instructions?  Don't we sometimes try to live our lives by what is "logical" or "reasonable", or (my own favorite), "It seemed like a good idea at the time!"? 

     It is written that the WORD of God is ALIVE and FULL of power. His Word is a living thing that has the power to change us and to change our lives.When we don't read it or we fail to do what it says, like the children of Israel, we never really enter into the peace, rest, and wisdom of God. Hebrews 3:18 says that because they didn't listen to the Word of God and refused  to be compliant or  persuaded by it, the children of Israel could never enter the Promised Land.  They died at the border. 

When what is "written in stone", becomes "written on our hearts", we'll know the right instructions and the right direction.

  

Are you fearful of the future?

It is written:

I will not in any way fail you nor leave you without support.   I will not, I will not, I will not in any degree leave you helpless, nor forsake  nor let you down, relax My hold on you-assuredly not.  Hebrews 13:5

Are you concerned about finances?

It is written: 

And God, is able to make all grace and every favor and earthly blessing come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient-requiring no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation.  2 Corinthians 9:8

Are you weak in faith?

It is written:

May the God of your hope so fill you with all joy and peace in believing-through the experience of your faith-that by the power of the Holy Spirt you may abound and be overflowing (bubbling over) with hope.

Romans 15:4 tells us that whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction.

I guess that means we should read what is written.

Power Thought:

When you begin something new it usually is a good idea to "Read instructions carefully before beginning." Don't you agree?

  

Copyright © 2014, Suzanne Roberts, Unpublished Work

Power Of The Yoke

Key Scripture:  "And it shall be that the burden will be removed from your shoulder, and the yoke from your neck. The yoke will be removed because of the Anointing."  Isaiah 10:27, (Suzanne version)

Power Point:

     We don't often see "yokes" in our regular daily lives do we?  Teams of oxen or horses aren't something we observe on a regular basis.  Yet most of us have yokes don't we? We have burdens that we carry that we were never intended to have.  When Jesus came, He made it very clear that He was changing things. A yoke is something that "binds" you to someone or something.  Jesus said, Take MY yoke upon you".  What is the result of His yoke? 

"You shall find rest for your mind, your will, and your emotions." 

Wouldn't you like to be yoked to "rest"?

What are you yoked to now?

Are you:

Yoked to unbelief?

Yoked to poverty?

Yoked to fear?

Yoked to procrastination BECAUSE of fear?

Yoked to anger?

Yoked to worry and doubt?

Yoked to sorrow?

OR are you:

Yoked to amazement in the nature and love of God?

Yoked to faith in His goodness?

Yoked to the Power of God?

Yoked to comfort, peace and rest?

     When you put on the yoke that Jesus offers you, you are stepping into a divine connection with Father God, Jesus, and Holy Spirit.  It's an all-powerful, intimate relationship.  They are speaking to you every moment, giving you direction, and hope, and encouragement. When you are plowing through your life in harness with them, you are able to till the soil so that the Good Seed that they carry is planted, tended,and bears much fruit.

If you are yoked to Jesus you are yoked to peace, a prosperous soul, and a protective covering over you at all times.

If you are yoked to Jesus, you are yoked to the mind of Christ, and the higher thoughts that He has.

If you are yoked to Jesus, His anointing will break every negative, harmful yoke in your life.

The really  good news is that whatever negative thing you have been yoked to before can be removed TODAY, and you can get into harness with the King of Kings, who always and only goes about doing GOOD and healing all who are harassed and beaten down and oppressed by the power of the devil-in any way, shape or form. Why?  Because He is God, and because He is Good, and He is with you!

What and who will you choose to be yoked to today?

Power Thought:

I choose Jesus, don't you? 

Copyright © 2014, Suzanne Roberts, Unpublished Work

Power Of Charging

Key Scripture:  "This day The Lord will deliver you into my hand and I will strike you and take your head from you...that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. ...And David ran toward the army to meet the giant."  
1 Samuel 17:46-48

Power Point:

     As believers, we don't just change the atmosphere, we charge right into it.

I remember when King David went to take food to his  brothers and he heard the giant filling the atmosphere with boasts about how he was going to kill anyone who came against him. David didn't just meekly stand by and let the giant roar.  He charged to the front of the army and roared back the same challenge to Goliath. He changed the atmosphere, and he charged it with the power of God to defeat giants.

     Then there is the story of Job.  We all know how depressing his atmosphere must have been!  It was charged with fear and then everything else the devil could throw at him. Then suddenly Job encounters the one true God and everything is changed in him.  He asks for God's forgiveness and then begins to charge his atmosphere with prayers for the friends who had been less than helpful. God heard those prayers and answered them.  He charged Job's atmosphere with a fresh load of blessings above and beyond anything he had had before.

     We're called, as God's children to change the atmosphere around us, and around others by charging into it with faith in Who God is, and What He has promised to do.  His promises are the foundation for our ability to do just that. Your faith, your assurance that God will, is the "plug in" to heavenly electrical power.  We are called to see the provision of God, in advance of what we  see with our eyes.  Then we are called to plant that provision, those promises, deep within the atmosphere around us.  We speak what God has spoken.  We believe what God has said.

And we release heaven on earth.

    One of my favorite verses in the Bible is in The Message in Mark 16:19,20:

"Then the Master Jesus, after briefing them, was taken up to heaven, and he sat down beside God in the place of honor. And the disciples went everywhere preaching, the Master working right with them, validating the Message with indisputable evidence."

     Don't you love the thought that when you speak what God says, Jesus is right there beside you working in partnership with you to validate the words you speak with indisputable evidence. Yes!

     That's a game changer, and an atmosphere charger. It means that no one can argue with the signs and wonders that God will do to support you.  Are you letting the "giant" in your life roar without confronting him? Is it time for you to charge into your situation with the promises and possibilities of God and watch the atmosphere change?

Of course it is. Just do it! For heaven's sake.

Power Thought:

What are you filling your atmosphere with today? Are you ready for a change?
Then charge!












Copyright (c), 2014, Suzanne Roberts, Unpublished Work.