"SURRENDER ALL"

"SURRENDER ALL"

Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don't try to figure out everything on your own.

6-Listen for God's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he's the one who will keep you on track. (The Message)

Today is a good day, for today we are having a "SURRENDER ALL PARTY". Everything that has been bundled deep in our hearts and tucked away in our minds, "SURRENDER". God is the Author and Finisher of ALL things, so release some pressure and stress off of yourself. The Father already knows the end of the story, the middle and the beginning so "SURRENDER". When we "SURRENDER ALL", it will ALL work in our favor. God is bigger and greater than anything you could ever envision or conceive. God can do anything but fail. So with all that said ,Trust in the Lord with your everything, and don't try to calculate His ways. God will most certainly inform, conduct, and give directions concerning the next move of your life.

TRUST, LISTEN, SURRENDER ALL! NOT SOME BUT "ALL"!!!

I am a creature of God, and he has an undoubted right to do with me as seemeth good in his sight. I rejoice that I am in his hand--that he is everywhere present and can protect me in one place as well as in another. Ann Hasseltine Judson

Blessed and Immensely Favored!! QDJ

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"IF GOD SAYS NO, WILL YOUR YES STILL BE YES?"

"IF GOD SAYS NO, WILL YOUR YES STILL BE YES?"

Philippians 1:19

For I am well assured and indeed know that through your prayers and a bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ (the Messiah) this will turn out for my preservation (for the spiritual health and welfare of my own soul) and avail toward the saving work of the Gospel. (Amplified)

Often times when we have prayed for God to reveal a certain thing to us, and when He comes back with the verdict and it is no, will you still say yes? Will you still have the same praise, will you continue to invite people to church and sing songs of Zion? In fact your praise should be so radical that it sets the whole church on "BLAZE". If the Pastor ask you to invite nine people you should invite twenty. Your songs of Zion should be so sweet that the aroma from your singing should influence your whole block to want to be saved. In the midst of the "No" we should still continue to have "fail proof faith" believing God for just about anything. The Amplified version says "this will turn out for my preservation (for the spiritual health and welfare of my own soul). Push past your pain, take a licking and keep on ticking, and know that it is working out for your good.

I say Yes Lord Yes to Your Will and to ALL Your ways!!!!!

Gideon's lamps were revealed when his soldier's' pitchers were broken. If our pitchers are broken for the Lord and His gospel's sake, lamps will be revealed that otherwise would have stayed hidden and unseen.....Out of affliction's dark comes spiritual light. ---John Bunyan

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"BRANCHES OF THE VINE"

"BRANCHES OF THE VINE"

John 15:1-2 & 5

I am the true vine, and my Father is the Husbandman.

2-Every branch in me that beareth not fruit He taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, He purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

5-I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. (NKJ)

As I was taking my morning walk, I saw a branch hanging off a tree getting ready to fall off. This reminded me of the scripture, if the branch is not bearing fruit it is cut off. The scripture goes on to say, and every branch that bears fruit is purged, so that it may bear more fruit. Just as the branch that I witness this morning, if we are not living and breathing God and being productive the branch will be cut off and wither. The Vine is the life-line, we must stay connected to the BLOOD without that we are dead(spiritually). Furthermore every branch that is bearing has to be purified. You see being purified and bearing fruit walk hand and hand. In order to bear more fruit we must endure inward and outward affliction and or difficulties. This my Friends allow us to walk in obedience, honor God, and proceed in excellence; this is bearing fruit. We are nothing without the "TRUE VINE", with Him we will be effective, influential and forceful in the Kingdom of God.

THE BRANCH MUST ABIDE IN THE VINE. WILL YOU ABIDE OR SUBSIDE?

Other books were given for our information, the Bible was given for our transformation. Anonymous

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"NOW FAITH"

Matthew 8:26

Jesus answered, "Why are you afraid? You don't have enough faith." Then Jesus got up and gave a command to the wind and the waves, and it became completely calm. (NCV)

Now means at the present time; at that time. The word now in the Greek language is nun and it means of time, the immediate present. When Jesus spoke to the wind and the waves, they were completely calm. Do you have "Now Faith" or "little faith"?

Faith sees the invisible and brings life to the unbelievable. Faith sees a thing before it actually is a thing. Faith has to be, beyond what you can see in the natural. Faith says although you can't see the move you must believe the move. By faith Noah built the Ark. By faith Abraham sacrificed his only son, not knowing what was to come and look how God blessed him. But without faith it is impossible to please the Lord.

Do you have "little faith" or "Now Faith"? The righteous will live by faith, and that is "Now Faith"!!!!!!!!!

"You can keep faith only as you can keep a plant, by rooting it into your life and making it grow there." Phillips Brooks

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"GOD'S CREATIVE WORK"

"GOD'S CREATIVE WORK"

Genesis 1:25

And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. (KJV)

What a Mighty God we serve to create All things. We were made in God's own image, each and every one of us and with unique gifts and talents. Over the weekend I had an opportunity to take my son to the Birmingham Zoo, and there I was able to enjoy some of God's creations. It bless me to see how each animal had a distinct look and purpose and how each one was nothing like the next. In the Kingdom of God we all have purpose and God has blessed each and every one of us with a creative and or spiritual gift. Let us today and everyday thank God for His creative works and gifts and just for life itself.

THE CREATOR CREATED CREATIVE WORKS, AND ALL HAVE PURPOSE!

Food for thought: If your are not sure what your purpose in life is SEEK the Master, He will answer.

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"PUSH, PRESS, PRAISE"

"PUSH, PRESS, PRAISE"

Philippians 3:14

I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. (NKJ)

Friends no matter what is at hand or what it may appear to be, you must "PUSH". You are a child of the most High King, therefore it is imperative that you "PRESS". Lift your hands to the Father and open your mouth and let out a ear-splitting "PRAISE". Your name is "VICTORY" and you are destined for greatness. Great things and people must be processed out, so walk it out and walk into "DESTINY".

PUSH IN PAIN, PRESS FOR THE PRIZE, AND PRAISE BECAUSE YOUR NAME IS "VICTORY"!!!!!!!

Do not let great ambitions overshadow small success.

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"HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD?"

Isaiah 43:2-3

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you.

For I am the Lord your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place.

There is nothing or anybody greater than God. The Word says that when we walk through the fire we will not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch us. HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD? God is so GREAT He sends hope to the hopeless and help to the helpless, He will provide a job for the jobless and turn around and be a friend to the friendless. HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD? He is greater than any quandary or predicament or dilemma that we may be facing. HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD?

GREAT GOD, OUR GOD!!!

"The beginning of Love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves and not to twist them to fit our own image" Thomas Merton

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"SHOWERED BUT NOT SHAKEN"

1 PETER 4:12,13

Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. 13But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when His glory is revealed. (NIV)

Often times when trials shower down in our lives we start to think, "what is going on," "why is this happening to me." The Bible says that it rains on the just as well as the unjust and if we did not have showers our hearts will remain unclean and not pure. The shower is making you don't allow it to shake you, for you are being made to be most effective in the Kingdom of God. Know that while it is raining God is in the midst. What seems impossible to our natural eye is so possible with God. Stand in the rain, don't be moved by what it appears to look like. When the shower comes embrace and endure, for you shall reap a remarkably large harvest in your growth in God.

STAND STILL AND KNOW, HE IS GOD!

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God is Love, and without Love we are Lost!! QDJ

"TRUST, DELIGHT, COMMIT, REST"

Jeremiah 17:7,8
7-Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose hope is in the Lord.
8-For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But her leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.

Trusting in God means to rely on Him and have total confidence in Him. When we trust in the One who can do All things and created All things, troubles are followed by triumphs; defeat becomes victory; pain turns into praise and peace; a tarnished heart into a clean heart and a mess into a miracle. God can humble a proud heart and lift up a bowed down head, make a rough path smooth and exalt you in the sight of your enemies. We must not allow our trust and comfort to be in people or things. We must Trust, Delight, Rest, and Commit our everything to the KING of KINGS and LORD of LORDS, our ROCK, our SALVATION, our CREATOR!!!! (Read Psalm 37:3-5,7)

TRUST in Him, DELIGHT in Him, COMMIT your way, REST and wait patiently for Him!!!!

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"PRAISE YOUR WAY THROUGH"

PSALM 34:1,2
I will bless God every chance I get; my lungs expand with his praise.
I live and breathe God; if things aren't going well, hear this and be happy: (The Message)

Praise-Approbation or admiration expressed; eulogy; honor; gratitude or homage to God, often in song; the object, ground, or reason of praise.

When things are going great, God is good but what happens when the tornado and the hurricane comes? We often times lose our praise, because things get so bad we forget how good God still is. In order to get through you have to praise even when you don't feel like it. Praise will confuse and drive the enemy away. The enemy may be on your job; in your house; sitting on the pew next to you. Let Judah(praise) rest rule and abide in your heart. Allow your lungs to breathe an overflow of unbroken, consistent praise. Pay homage and celebrate the King of Kings and Lord of Lords and you will silence the enemy.

PRAISE IS WHAT I DO, TO GET THROUGH!!!
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"THEY THAT WAIT"

"THEY THAT WAIT"

RUTH 3:18 Then Naomi said, "Wait, my daughter, until you find out what happens. For the man will not rest until the matter is settled today." (NIV)

Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. (KJV)

I can almost imagine how Ruth felt while she was waiting for Boaz to return with an answer. She had met the man of her dreams, the person that would change her life tremendously. We must trust and wait for God's timing and Perfect plan. In this time of waiting God is pruning, purifying and processing. It is imperative that we allow God's Perfect timing to operate in our lives. We must learn to wait on the Lord and trust His timing and plan for our lives and situations. Waiting at times can be very irritating when we rely on our own strength. Stand still and know that God is All Knowing and has our best interest at heart. Don't allow your waiting process to inflame you for God will sustain you. Cease from personal efforts, be still and let the Lord's time take place. Although it tarry wait on it with faith filled expectation.

GOT A DATE, GOD'S TIMING WON'T BE LATE!!!!

Thought: Naomi and Ruth where women of great faith and virtue. I encourage you to read the book of Ruth when you start to feel weary about your situation. Let it saturate your spirit.

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"WHO'S BUILDING YOUR HOUSE"

"WHO'S BUILDING YOUR HOUSE"

Pslam 127:1 If God doesn't build the house, the builders only build shacks. If God doesn't guard the city, the night watchman might as well nap. (The Message)

In everything we do we must seek our General Contractor(Our Heavenly Father). A strong foundation (God) is most essential . Any house(family, decision, mate) that is being built and does not include God will eventually crumble. In this season fleshly decisions are not an option. When God builds, you will stand when the storms come. If the Lord is not the Head the bottom will most certainly fall out. Allow God to build your house and be the watchman over your city, He is not sleep but awake and always moving.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION, GOD IS BUILDING MY HOUSE. LET HIM BUILD YOURS!!!!

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

If your finances are funny try being a faithful tither. If you are not a tither then you are a thief. Try Jesus He will make everything alright. Please read Malachi 3:8-12. It will change your life, it has definitely changed mine.

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"WHO ELSE BUT GOD"

"WHO ELSE BUT GOD"

Psalms 121: 7&8 The Lord will keep you from all evil; He will keep your life.

The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore. (Amplified)

We are living in a season where we must lean and depend totally on God, for there is no other way. Who else but God wakes us in the morning and provides our every need. The scripture says that the Lord will keep you from all evil and He will keep your life. God never leaves or forsakes us. He is our Redeemer, Sustainer, our Fortress, a present Help in the time of trouble. The word keep means to hold; to preserve; to guard; to attend to. Nobody but the All Mighty God, can do All these things and His Love is Perpetual. Today and everyday let us be thankful that God is our keeper and He keeps our going out and coming in.

GOD IS STEADFAST AND UNMOVABLE, LET HIM BE YOUR LEANING POST!!!!

WHO ELSE BUT GOD!

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