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“Coming Out of The F.O.G” (‘Fear of Obeying GOD’)

Written by FAVORED1 on September 12, 2011 – 10:46 am -

Monday, September 12, 2011

I, even I, am He that comforts you: who are you, that you should be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; And forget the LORD your maker, that has stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and has feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor? The captive exile hastened that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail. But I am the LORD your God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is His name. And I have put My Words in your mouth, and I have covered you in the shadow of My Hand, that I may plant the Heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say to Zion, you are My people.

“Coming Out of The F.O.G”

(Fear of Obeying God)

For the Eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.

[2 Chronicles 16:9]

Good Morning Beloved,

I heard the funniest story yesteday. A preacher told of a man who had been in and out of a back-slidden state for many years. He would fall… repent.. fall.. repent ..over and over again. The issue.. he believed that he had heard God say He wanted him to become a missionary in China. The poor fellow didn’t want to go. He later said, that he believed that if he stayed out of God’s presence, he wouldn’t have to hear God tell him to go to China, and he wouldn’t feel so bad about not going. Of course, his strategy did not work and only served to make him completely miserable. Finally, he just couldn’t take living outside of God’s will any longer. He fell at the altar, crying and telling God, “I’ll go to China if you want me to!”.. The Lord answered, “I never told you to go to China, I wanted you to be willing to go to China!” All of those years of running.. for absolutely nothing! The preacher said something really simple.. but so profound. He said that obeying God is really the BEST thing for us. We will be our most fulfilled when we follow His instructions. It won’t always look like the best thing for us .. to us at the time. Remember though, that God knows us. He knows our frame. He knows what we’re made of. He knows our strengths, our gifts, our talents, our temperaments. He KNOWS us. He knows where we “fit” best. All we know, is what we know. We really don’t even fully know ourselves. C’mon.. admit it, there are things you are doing now, that you never envisioned yourself doing years ago. I was the shy, quiet kid from junior high to high school and now you can’t shut me up! :D big grin

Well, just think of what you can accomplish next year.. next week… in the next few minutes ;) winking

. No one is exempt from greatness, not as long as the Greater One lives on the inside of you.

… and THAT Beloved is Good News!

Y Stress? … U Blessed!

Have A Great Day

Regina

“Bended Knee”, Dietrick Hadden

http://youtu.be/4BtwLRohVDI

“Rebuild Me”, J Moss

http://youtu.be/nyatKLJHPAM

“I Had A Talk With God”, Stephanie Mills

http://youtu.be/maAt7GeP1Gk

“You Hold My World In Your Hands”, Israel Houghton

http://youtu.be/P6_T29ZaxyE

“Good News”, Vanesa Bell Armstrong

http://youtu.be/b4cjUMzcWPA

“Thank You”, Walter Hawkins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEQM2_MuDWw

“Back To You”, Dorinda Clark-Cole

http://youtu.be/lsMJtma8YIQ

[Isaiah 51:12-16]

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The Blessing In Obedience

Written by FAVORED1 on January 5, 2010 – 10:46 am -

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

But Samuel replied,

   “What is more pleasing to the LORD:
      your burnt offerings and sacrifices
      or your obedience to His voice?
   Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice,
      and submission is better than offering the fat of rams.

[1 Samuel 15:22]

Good Morning Beloved:

The story of King Saul was tragic. He was a man who ‘looked’ the part of king, but was completely inadequate for the job. He was tall, handsome, imposing. However, the Bible gives us insight into the pyche of Saul. It lets us know that he was fearful, unbelieving, jealous and rebellious. He knew better than anyone that he had no business being anyone’s king. He tried to talk his way out of it at first, but relented and accepted. He leaned heavily on the prophet Samuel, but when it really mattered, he ignored the Word of the Lord and dropped the ball. He disobeyed a direct order from God. The exuse Saul used was that “the people” wanted to save the best animals to be used as a sacrifice for God. Saul was religious. He had a form of Godliness but no relationship with God. That was the difference between Saul and David. Relationship. When talking to Samuel, Saul referred to the Lord as the Lord “your God”… David’s communication with God was personal. It reflected a heart that was tender towards God. He messed up… big time, but he always knew how to turn back to God and repent…. truly repent. Things have not changed in over 2 thousand years. People are people. We have the same decision to make everyday. Whether or not we will obey the voice and Word of the Lord. There is a blessing attached to obedience. The Bible uses the phrase “to know” as a way to convey deep intimacy. It is often used in scripture to describe the physical relationship between a husband and his wife. A knowledge that is unlike anyone else. “into -me- see”… A spouse is to have the access key into places within their mate that is off-limits to everyone else. First of all phyically, but also emotionally, psychologically and spiritually. No one should know a person better their spouse. Every single believer has that same access to the Lord or Hosts. Intimacy. The closer we get to Him, the closer He gets to us. Our lives begin to change. In time, our priorities change. Our thoughts begin to shift towards things that have eternal value rather than to be focused only on the temporary. We begin to discover things about ourselves we never knew before. Gifts and talents are birthed within us. We become bolder, more sensitive, stronger, wiser, better… realizing that we “Never Could Have Made It”, (thanks Pastor Marvin!) without Jesus! As I’ve heard Tye Tribbett say many times, “God’s way is not just right… it’s better!