Weeding out

Just as the enemy sewed tares (weeds) among the wheat, he will relentlessly try to sew negative thoughts within us. Whenever you have a thought that is making you feel bad –especially if it’s negatively framed toward yourself or another person, or feeding anxiety and doubt- ask yourself if the thought is actually scripturally true and justified. Much of the time, you’ll realise it’s a piece of unnecessary garbage, left by the enemy. Just throw it out with the rest of the trash J

Love JM x

Hey young girl...

Hello young girl,

How are you today? I hope you are well... Even despite this world’s ability to leave you feeling very unhappy. So you don’t think you’re important? Go look outside, you’ll see a great shining Sun, if it’s daytime, or a great beaming moon if its night.

...You were on God’s mind when he formed these. They were specifically made for you –just to take care of you, show you beauty, warmth and seasons. And this is only a tiny example of all the things He’s done because He so loves and adores you.

There is a part of you that is responding when you see awe-inspiring elements of his artwork for you –sunsets, blue skies, stars. That part of you is your soul. In actuality -this is you, but you're stored inside skin. And because someone doesn’t want you to realise you are an infinitely precious soul, he has found many clever ways to distract you from the fact. He creates an obsession in you with this skin that covers you. He does this to keep you short-sighted, unhappy and always comparing yours with the ‘skin’ of others.

This person is called the devil and he is very clever. Though he can’t read your mind, he can disguise his voice and put things into your mind. He offers you thoughts such as “I’m ugly’” “I’m worthless” “I’m not good enough.” And because he is so clever he can make you feel these lying thoughts are valid and true. In fact, he’s become so good at it, he’s managed to pull this trick on most people at one point or another. He even got someone who was perfect and God-like to feel as if they were not enough/didn’t have enough (Genesis 3:5).

...So, what should you do? How can you tell which thoughts this devil person is implanting into your mind? Well, all you need to do is make sure you know what the truth sounds like...

...then when you hear the devil's lies, it is easy to spot them and reject them.

Amen. The end. xxx

Discouragement V. Encouragement

Reasons why we get discouraged:

1.) Our flesh is trying to drag us back to our past (Numbers 11:5)

2.) People forsake/ betray us (2 Tim 4:16)

3.) We mistakenly feel God doesn’t care (Job 10:2-3)

4.) We feel inadequate (Judges 6:15,  Exodus 4:10)

5.) We feel like we can’t make it (Jonah 4:8)

6.) The things we fear come to torment us (Job 3:25)

7.) We feel alone/ as if no one cares (Ps102:7,  142:4)

8.) Someone has used words to hurt us (Proverbs 40:13)

9.) We have been corrected in a harsh way (Ps 6:1)

10.) It feels we’re running low on strength (Ps 109:24)

Solutions

1.) Fix your focus forward and upward! (Phil 3:13)

2.) Realise God stands with you (2 Tim 4:17)

3.) Remember God’s love is immeasurable (Rom 8:39)

4.) Declare God equips us for greatness (1 Sam 16:13)

5.) Acknowledge God is able to keep us (Jude 24)

6.) Allow God to shield you (Ps 27:1-3,  2 Tim 1:7)

7.) Embrace God as your comforter (Psalm 27:10)

8.) Let evil people speak their evil words. Know that God defends you (2 Sam 16:6-12)

9.) Learn to take (even undue) correction with humility (Prov 9:8)

10.) Refuel yourself in God! (Isaiah 40:31, Phil 4:13 )

You’re Loved Regardless. Poem

When you’ve felt rejected

By this world which can seem so cruel and heartless

Remember, in my heart you’re always accepted

I will love you regardless.

When you slip, and fall, and turn around

And fear the faces of those who saw your disgrace

You’ll see my arms coming to hold you as you’re on the ground

And lift you back to your rightful place.

‘Sticks and stones will break your bones…’

Though don’t tell me words are always harmless.

And when they try

To hurt you with words like knives, and lies,

Keep your head high

-You’re loved regardless.

When you’re overwhelmed by this world’s pressures

And it’s ever changing exactions of ‘perfection’

Even though you are exquisitely precious

You might forget your value.

You need someone to remind you how wholly you’re loved…

I’ll be the one to tell you.

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The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. Jeremiah 31:3

The 'Puzzle of Perfection'

God’s word is infinitely amazing and we will spend our whole lifetimes in daily revelation, experiencing –and realising more and more of- its truths.

The word is also like a jigsaw puzzle. And the more you study it and take corresponding pieces allocated in different places, the more you realise there is an unceasingly beautiful picture, constantly forming itself before you.

The quiet voice of the Holy Spirit which speaks within us daily tells us the words that aren’t explicitly written in the Bible –though they never contradict it-. And they vitally make up some of the pieces of the ‘whole’ puzzle.

Here’s a practical example of how this can work, as I experienced yesterday...

So, yeah, in the morn I was listening to an audio sermon of Joel Urshan, one of my favourite  an anointed preacher. The sermon was called ‘A Little Sanctuary’ (It’s from Jan 18^th 2009, and can be found here: http://www.firstap.org/mp3/firstapostolic.xml )

He began to speak of how God told Moses to build Him a sanctuary. He went on to discuss the tabernacle/tent that the children of Israel worshipped in and would carry with them. I could see the preaching was going there anyway, but I had the revelation (you know when you know you already know something, but God brings it to your conscience in a mind-blowing new way where you are truly realising what it’s about? Yeh, anyways) ...that we are now the living, moving tabernacle that God makes His spirit dwell in and where worship goes on and from which God receives great glory.

So, that unique construction, made out of wood and skins and perfectly ordered by God in all of its making and, most importantly,  where His spirit would rest –represented what He’d be doing with us. (And every single little element of the tabernacle represented something significant, but that’s another long post for another day)

Puzzle piece 1: Realising I am a tabernacle

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Often when I’m out and about and travelling on the bus and such, I minister to myself internally. Just preaching to myself stuff of truth that simply pours out of the Spirit as I’m sat on the number 22. The words are so sweet and enriching, I know it sounds odd, but it’s as if I can really, literally, physically taste the words on my tongue. And it’s so delish! I know exactly what the writer is saying in Psalm 119:103 #dontbelazy,look it up

The other sensation that I can feel while all this is going on is the flow of the words going through me like a stream. In fact, that’s exactly what I told myself. “This feels like a stream just going right through me”, I said as I sat on the scuzzy bus.

Puzzle piece 2: The stream of God’s words go through me

Puzzle piece 3: Biblically how the stream and the tabernacle correspond...

So I went to church yester-eve and the scripture of the night was Psalm 46. Do you know what it says? Well, a lot of things, but here’s the verse that caught my little eye:

    4) There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

In light of revelations/realisations earlier that day, I could read the depth within this little sentence....

There is a river

-Which represents the moving Spirit of God     #John 7:38-39

The streams thereof

The words that flow from the river

Shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most high
-Simply referring to all of us

Since I know we are the tabernacles of the most high, the city of God  -where we reside- is a term for us as the collective group of God’s people. You’ll find the same concept in the NT, where the collective of God’s people is referred to as ‘the kingdom of God’. (Luke 17:21)

You could also say God is the ‘holy place’, as we dwell within Him. (John 14:20, John 15:4)

So Psalm 46:4 is essentially saying: The Holy Spirit gives words that flow from it, giving joy to the people of God who dwell in Him/ His presence.

...#Nice like spice.

So that’s my puzzle piecing for the day of Thurs.

I already loved Psalm 46, because the way it refers to His city as ‘her’ in verse 5 makes it easy to remember its talking about me/ us, so I used to recite it to myself regularly. I luvvit even more now. All smiles J

Bu-bye

#Remember the Word is yours. Study it and claim it