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YOU CAN GROW, BLOOM, AND FLOURISH WHERE GOD HAS PLANTED YOU

YOU CAN GROW, BLOOM AND FLOURISH IN THE PLACE YOU HAVE BEEN PLANTED. BE STILL. LISTEN. ACT ON WHAT THE WORD SAY.

When YHWH, GOD, put us in places with unique or just regular situations or circumstances we are to be still, listen, then act on His word so that we can grow. As we seek wisdom, study, gain knowledge, and understand the meaning, we will then be able to use the application correctly, in our situation or circumstance and daily walk with Him and others. Being astute in the Word, will allow you to bloom, (encourage, inspire, educate through example, action, not necessarily words) come into or be in full beauty and health (mind, body, and spirit) becoming radiant and glowing, in God’s love. You will flourish, develop in a healthy and vigorous way, especially since you are in the favorable environment authored by YHWH, GOD, through Yashuah, Jesus, in all areas of your life. It is extremely important that you be at peace and have patience where you are and allow all those around you to see and experience the encapsulated love God has formed in you. God’s love for you and your love for and faith in God, and love for others can give you strength to bear anything that YAH allows to come your way. (1 John 4:16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them). (Romans 8:37-39 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord). (Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me).

I truly believe that, as you go through your journey, with God, trying to please and serve Him, as best you can, there are those moments when He places you in the most unlikely places and situations. The moment itself is accepted, one of truth and growth, but when it becomes long and drawn out, and you cannot seem to see clear as to what is going on or what God is saying to you, you began to faulter in your daily serving and living. You become empty inside, nothing seems to matter anymore, you are tired of having to say you’re sorry (when it is clearly the other’s fault). You are no longer driven by the love of where you are or what you are called to do. You “feel” (it is not how you feel, as a child of the Most High but what is needed), the time has come for you to move. But because of the ordination God has put on the place or situation you are, you cannot move, especially if you are His; He planted you there and there you will stay until He says time to go. So, you want to settle in the slumber of “I don’t care, whatever, it doesn’t matter”. But you find that you cannot give in nor up because that loving, still, calming, little voice, (which comes just at the right time) is continuously prompting you to go on just a little bit further, knowing that “I AM” is with you carrying you through the storms (the things you feel are unnecessary, uneasy, and too hard) of the work that needs to be done, on your part. So, we must trust the LORD and do not go according to our understanding (jack you up every time) but acknowledge Him in all we do, wherever we are led to go, and then lean on and trust Him to direct our path; to go or to stay. (1 Corinthians 7:20 Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them). (Philippians 4:11-13 11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength). (Proverbs 3:5-7 5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. 7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil).

Life with Christ will not be easy (God never told you it would) as a matter of fact He told us it would be hard. But as situations and circumstances unfolds in your life (they become weary, not only to the body but mind, heart, and soul) allow, through praise, prayer, and perseverance, tears of joy to flow; open your mind, hears, and heart to God and find out why you are where you are; His purpose for your being there and not able to move. Yet do not be overwhelmed, knowing that you have a friend in Jesus, and He will never leave you alone. When doubt, about where you are, and you began to question your season be still. Jesus said in the last days that man will become distracted and disorganized in their relationship with Him and others; depending on self for their needs (mental, physical, and spiritual). As it is happening today, you may sit back and wonder why but don’t become discouraged because YHWH, GOD, through Yashuah, Jesus has overcome all that the world can and will throw at you. So, don’t worry about what people try to do or say about you or to you, but remain planted wherever the LORD plant you and do whatever He command you to do. You will find that as the world turn, for the worst, all around you, you will grow and flourish. (John 16: 32-33 32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. 33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world). GODS GOT IT NO WORRY NO FEAR.

NO MAN IS AN ISLAND

THE BRIDGE OF GODS LOVE IS FOREVER EXTENDING ITS WAY FOR US TO BE ALL INCLUSIVE: CROSSING OVER BOUNDARIES OF HATRED, ANGER, SELFISHNESS, AND MUSUNDERSTANDING: LOVING HIM FIRST, SELF, ONE ANOTHER

No man is an island no matter how much he thinks he is. And if he believes it, he has convinced himself of a most dangerous lie. Because whatever path, we choose in life, eventually it (good, bad, or ugly), affects the whole; all are intertwined in the circle of each other’s life. Therefore, we need not try and stand alone, but are willing to come together and help, out of love, one another. Individually, as a child of God, we try and walk the pre-laid plan (from God, according to Christ, set before us, using our gifts and talents given to each; doing what we can, alone. Sometimes we make it but sometimes we miss the mark because it takes help from our fellow man. And those things which others disapproved of, constantly express disappointment in, and did not accept of you, will be used for edification, and fall on the whole. As a collective, working together toward the good of the whole, we can do great things! (Acts 4:32-35 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, And laid them down at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need). (Leviticus 25:35 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee). (Romans 15:2-3 Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification. For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me).

It may not seem possible that a person way across the country, state, or city could (and do) have an adverse effect on your life but it is true. If you or I stopped to think and look at all that is going on in the world today, we would realize this truth. That all the actions, words, attitude, behavior, and even perception has brought an effect on, not just one or two people but the world. It’s like a ripple effect, where those who supposed to be in a place of responsibility causes it, which dwindle down, or up (depending on what direction it is going) to even the smallest and lest likely one, to make a high impact on our surrounding brothers and sisters: they are not aware that anything happened. This brings us to the question of what kind of affect you want to have? Whether you want to impact someone positively or negatively! The answer should be simple, direct, to the point, positive impact. (Ephesian 4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. 30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you). HERE

From studying His Word, we know that God purposely set it up this way in order for us to be dependent on each other and help one another; to be directly (verbally and physically) and indirectly (as an example in how we carry ourselves) responsible to our brothers and sisters as Jesus was for and still is for us. We all need each other, especially the Body of Christ (those whose mission is to bring the Word to the world). It is by God’s design that we live and work, as He commanded, in reliance on one another. Even through our ups and downs, working together, we act as buffers (in Jesus’ name) for each other; there to hear, speak, and share the Truth of the good times as well as help bear the burdens of the bad. We, as a whole, are one body, a team if you will, and we function, in all areas of our lives, best, when we lay aside all crookedness, hatred, and selfishness, embrace each other, and all work together, bringing our individual gifts and talents to the table of life; using them to serve God first, then our brothers and sisters. (1 Corinthians 12:12-27 12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. 13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit). We have all been called to be a part, collectively, of the body of Christ.

There is no one person or persons that God loves more than the other. And the charges He gives us are specific to us as individuals and our abilities yet important to the collective or the whole; each other’s lives. Saying that to say this, God has given us talents, some different, some the same but with different abilities to perform them; all are important because all have different functions. And without you or I, removing the boundaries of self, yet staying in our own ordained lane, while working together to carry our assigned (by YHWH, God, through Yashuah, Jesus) function, we get the results we have in the world today. (I Corinthians 12:14-26 14 For the body is not one member, but many. 15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? 18 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. 19 And if they were all one member, where were the body? 20 But now are they many members, yet but one body. 21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. 22 Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: 23 And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. 24 For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked. 25 That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. 26 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. 27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular).

Although, to become that well-oiled machine, God, through Jesus commanded us to be, we must first be willing to go the extra mile; that mile that most of us do not want to go or afraid to go. This mile consists of getting off your self-made island, (the mental one) open your heart to the one you thought was beneath you and start loving in spite of, in spite of all the ungodly things we have done, is doing, and will do to each other. Then willingly and ungrudgingly start exercising your God-given ability to remain steady while working with our fellow man and in your thinking toward things that are beneficial to the kingdom work for God; not lower your righteous standard, but correctly implementing them in your daily association with other saints and prospective one (all in humility). As you seek to step off your island of one and make it a goal to reach the same mind plateau, honor one another’s commitment and comments, (God will deal with the contrary actions and attitudes). And do not get caught up on being a know it all, whose opinion is always the correct one, God, through Jesus and the Holy Spirit will do the rest. Romans 12:5 (NKJV) so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. Romans 12:10 (NKJV) Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; Romans 12:16 (NKJV) Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion. GODS GOT IT NO WORRY NO FEAR.

I’LL TAKE DESSERT ONLY, PLEASE!

I’LL TAKE DESSERT ONLY, PLEASE IS THE ATTITUDE OF MANY CHRISTIAN, IS IT YOURS?

This is the attitude in which most of us have taken toward life and are expecting to maintain throughout our relationship with God, through Jesus. At the beginning, we are all fired up and ready to put our whole body into it, not knowing the fact that we are going to need a complete meal to strengthen our mind, body, heart, and soul for this journey. We do not mind going through the appetizer phase (first becoming a child of the Most High God) and experiencing the various forms of direction and discipline in principle, in regular small portions, just as long as it does not affect our lifestyle. The affect will be such great love, joy, peace, and reward when we accept the entire meal; eventually we will get dessert and when we do, we will be more appreciative of it; knowing that it took the whole meal to bring us in full circle with YHWH, GOD, through Yashuah, Jesus, our Christ. Yet many do not stay opened to being anchored to God’s shore of love, hope, truth, and power long enough, to feel the full effect of YHWH’s goodness through Yashuah. (“I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.” 1 Corinthians 3:2)

To say you give your life to Christ – becoming a child of God – is easy and light. The initial commitment comes with a hint of what is to come. We begin to detangle, with Jesus’ help, our mind from around the places we have come, to free us from the bondage of a delusional life (that you can live by dessert (milk), like a baby, your entire life) and never mature. But when you opt to welcome Jesus into your life and begin to acquire the necessary wisdom, and learn more and more about (God) YHWH, the Father, (God) Yashuah, the Son, and (God) the Holy Spirit and our part, (as we wrap our mind around the places we must go)He has given us, individually, to play for, with, in, and through Him you will, through trial and error, get the big picture. (Hebrews 5:11-14 11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. 12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. 13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil).

To continue in the same frame of mind, regarding the teaching of the sound doctrine of Christ, as the pharisees and Sadducees had, you will never get prepared for the true meaning of becoming a child of God and all it entails. You will continue to take an attitude of misunderstanding of His Word, Will, and Way, the different courses throughout the meal, your life. Becoming as white-washed tombs; beautiful, clean, and an appearance of being fully nourished, on the outside, but ugly, dirty, and empty on the inside. This is all due to lack of knowing why the entire meal God allows us to experience, with Him, is necessary for our spiritual growth. It brings about the wisdom, knowledge, and understanding, through the fulfillment of not eating the food Yah, through Yashuah, has prepared for you render us lacking in the defense we need for the enemy. (Matthew 23:27-28 27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity).

To get to the most enjoyable, no-worry-be-happy part of my life I will cut out and don’t worry about the main (the meat of it all, the middle, the hard part) course, I want to skip over to desert. I will, myself, evaluate, excavate, and eliminate, the realities I think I don’t need. Then I will determine my own path and rush through my life’s much needed courses, (those which builds my foundation to stand against these and all other forms of troubles, faced), to try and get to the easy, laid back, non-conforming, or caring (about God, yourself, nor others), station in life (no such thing – bubble busted!) as soon as possible, no matter what it takes. This place of “Dessert” is where the troubles, trial, and tribulations have ceased. You are at a place where the song “trouble don’t last that long”, have proved to be a reality. You have reached a junction in your life, when “Ain’t Gone Study War No More”, is your anthem. You are in a position, in life, where you think, all that needs to be, have been said and done. In your mind it is your time for you to spend the rest of your life basking in the abundance of Yashuah’s, Jesus’ glory, not requiring any more than what you have done; accepting Jesus as your Lord and Saviour. This, in a sense, is true but to live an abundant life, the one Jesus came to give you, you must get step away from the dessert table long enough to get down in the trenches (if necessary), along the highways and bye-ways and do your due diligence. Your request (to yourself) to find the peace of, your little cherry pie, cheesecake, lemon cake, peach cobbler, with pineapple sorbet on top, for self has been made and heard (by our Father; you cannot change the course nor the way we must run it, He has in place for all of us) but only you (yourself), have decided to take it easy, retiring from the meat of it all (the God inspired, run, and fueled life He has for you) and withdraw into the “I, ME, MY” Dessert only life, created in your mind, by you, for yourself. (Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon). In this case mammon is self, sponsored by Satan.

The dessert God has for us involves loving, caring, helping, and sharing with Him and others. Because “God’s Dessert” comes with a price (the meat of life on earth in preparation for eternity), but the reward (the dessert of life on earth and throughout eternity) is so much greater. All we are to do is follow God’s Word, Christ’s command, and the Holy Spirit’s lead. By negating to perform your God-given duties, to achieve your God-given purpose, with all creation, put in your life by God, even in good intentions (I don’t see how good, but God knows your thoughts and heart) is not going to help you receive the reward for the last leg of your journey; Dessert! (Ephesians 5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour). Galatian 6:9-10 …9Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith). The main course in life, prepares us for our just dessert (Reward, Eternity). We must experience many courses, main and otherwise, to reach our ultimate dessert given by God, our Creator, Maker, and Rewarder. Or if we fail to hit the mark, by giving in to our flesh (which tell us we can quit now, we have done enough, think only, of self) we will get another just reward. So, eat your steak, greens, mashed potatoes, cornbread, etc., of the Word, stay steady, and be prepared to slay the enemy of this world and receive your “Just Dessert” from God, through Jesus, our Lord and Saviour. (James 1:12 12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him). GODS GOT IT NO WORRY NO FEAR.

WE HAVE REFUGE IN THE ONE WHO LOVES AND CARES FOR US

WE HAVE REFUGE IN THE ONE WHO TRULY LOVES AND CARES FOR HIS CHILDREN; WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AND SHOW THAT WE TRUST, BELIEVE, AND PUT ALL OUT HOPE IN HIM; ALL WITH LOVE.

Taking a look at all that is going on in the world today, and our immediate surroundings, it is too easy for us to become afraid and get discouraged. But if we seek out the One who really and truly cares for us; put our faith, hope, and trust in Him (God), who is our refuge we will not be afraid. Why? Because there is too much wisdom, knowledge, and understanding downloaded into and onto us, from Him and through Him (Jesus), for us not to be attuned to what part of YHWH plan is being revealed, which helps us to understand the aged old question, why things are happening. And we will know, that without a doubt, even if all seems hopeless, that our God is always with us to help in trials, tribulations, and troubles; we must learn to wait patiently (I know it is hard but God! He covers us with His feathers and under His wings we find refuge). We will not fear.

When the storms (everyday ups and downs) of life are raging, disruptions are all around us, and our sea of tranquility has been troubled, our peaceful place seemed to have disappeared, know that there is the river, where God remains, the Holy place of God filled with hope and assurance that no matter how hard the mountains of life, shakes, how low your valley of visitation has to become, or how high the waters threaten to rise and wash you away, we will find refuge in the tabernacles of the Most High God. He is at the beginning of your life when all is brand new (foundation formed). He is in the middle of our life (when we allow Him to come in) and purpose is forged; causing you not to be proved and moved to the next level. But in the end, like a tree planted by the water, you will have run the race, on the path, to the finish, all designed and arranged and directed by the Most High God, who controls the elements of all situations, to produce the desired effect He has planned, especially surreptitiously (in a way that is done in secret and is unexpected to us), and you will not be moved. You may bend, sway, and loose some leaves, but when the storms cease you will be still standing. God has ways to make things (miracles) happen that we would never think of nor could ever fathom; when He feels it is necessary to do so, He will cause one to happen.

Therefore, it does not matter how the unrighteous feel toward God, His Son, Jesus, The Holy Spirit, or His children. They can say what they want to say and try and do what they think they are capable of doing (without consequences) but that will not stop YHWH, GOD, through Yashuah, Jesus from bringing them to the fold, out of repentance and obedience or destroying them due to lack of faith and disobedience.

Out of the fires of desolation and destruction will come the love, peace, joy, and happiness God has for man. But man has to get beyond himself in order to see, heretofore, we are inundated with wars, rumors of wars, and all other forms of maliciousness. But, as children of the Most High God, we must find strength in Him, to hold on tightly, until YAH has finished His work of cleansing and restoration. We must know where our refuge (in all times) is. So, come to the place where the armor bearer never sleeps nor slumber but always has an eye on His people, the ones that truly loves Him. YHWH, GOD, in Yashuah, Jesus Christ, is our refuge. Selah. Now pause from your daily, worldly stuff and activities, and think about that. Comforting to know that GODS GOT US, NO WORRY NO FEAR!

Psalm 46

46 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; 3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. 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. 5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early. 6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. 7 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. 8 Come, behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth. 9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire. 10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. 11 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

OH, TASTE AND SEE THAT THE LORD IS GOOD

WHEN FACING A DEMANDING SITUATION; TEST GOD’S GOODNESS AND HIS TRUTH.

“Psalm 34:8 O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.” A scripture all of us should study in great depth. It personifies the character of our awesome, loving, kind, gentle, mighty, God (whom no number of accolades does justice). And shows how much He loves His most disrespectful and disobedient creation, man. It also means to test YHWH, God, according to His promises, through Yashuah, Jesus. Yes, that is what I said, test and see how good God is, He never renege, His promises are true. Whatever He said He will do He will do. But it takes studying His word to find out what He has planned for me or you.

You cannot depend on being spoon-feed the information and knowledge, by someone else, that you need to activate your revelations of promises you need or want to be met. I want to stress, at this point, we are responsible for the outcome of our fate and future and YHWH, GOD, through Yashuah, Jesus, is the key.

God holds “the future” but the determination of how it will be is left up to whether you will accept Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior, living an abundant life, the precedent for an eternity with God or whether you want to remain attached to this world in pain and agony and then continue throughout eternity with Satan. It’s quite pure and simple. But that is the problem. We are now experiencing a generation who loves chaos, confusion, and drama. Something as simple as yes or no is out of the question. It is so sad that you and I do not give thought to how God feels about what we are going through. The fact that for each one of us He see us living in peace and harmony; stable in whatever situation we encounter. All we must do is commit our ways to Him and He will make it happen (it will take time to get back on or on the right track but that is to be expected), we must pray for patience. It took time to get off or maybe you have never gotten on. Instead of going to YHWH, God, through Jesus, you would rather throw up all kinds of roadblock (in your own way) then moan and complain when facing a demanding situation which you have created. Yet in His love and wisdom God, through Jesus is saying no matter what we come up with, to follow Him is the best plan, and Jesus, our Lord and Saviour, will direct our steps. (Jeremiah 29:11 – For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Psalms 37:5 – Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. 3 John 1:2 – Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. Proverbs 16:9 – A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps).

So, taste the perfect love and truth that only YHWH, GOD through Yashuah, Jesus can give. It is time for you to rise from a state of complacency, get rid of the worldly mentality, throw off the chains that bind, and reach your God-given heights, in His plan He has for you. When you do this, you will begin to perceive and experience how our God will alter and enhance your life by adding His particular ingredients, the fruits of the spirit. (Galatians 5:22-23 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law).

GODS GOT IT NO WORRY NO FEAR.

MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS – PART 4

MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS – LEARN TO PROMOTE PEACE, PATIENCE, AND POSITIVITY

This is my last message regarding mind your own business. But out of these four messages, I hope and pray the ones who need to hear this (all of us) will at least think about how it affects them and the people around them. Jesus was no meddler. Luke 12:13-14 Then someone in the crowd told him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” But Jesus asked him, “Mister, who appointed me to be a judge or arbitrator over you people?”

The mission of the meddler is to get as many as they can to divulge theirs and anyone else’s story and secrets, then tell it to the world (maybe not that far out) but gossip spreads like wildfire. Some meddlers want to have a following so they get the unsuspecting prey into their little circle, and eventually they begin to think the way they (the meddler) think. Thus, promoting a form of control.

Now I know you are asking yourself the question “What does this have to do with promoting peace, patience, and positivity?” Well to interfere in others life is like blocking up a stream of water. First, you have a steady flow; they’re going along the path set before them (whether its smooth sailing, climbing the rough side of the mountain, time in the valley; whatever God’s allowances for them, not man to hone, strengthen, and reveal their next step in life). But the meddler comes along, being impatient with the choses, outcomes, or having to wait that their family member, friend, etc., are at a stagnant place in their life, so, the meddler wants to fix it. This causes disruptions and corruption, whether in a home, church, or government, because in the end, it will eventually go wrong; there will be no peace because the meddler’s motives are not what they should be. And did not have the patience to take his/her family member or friend to God, through Jesus for the answers which would have and always is, a positive move for all of us to make. The meddler feels that he/she has to be in constant contact with their victim(s)relaying nonsense and saying things they should not say. Always expecting the victim to ask him/her, the controller, for the next step. Especially if the plan is that of their victim, yet he/she cannot see where it is going. 1 Timothy 5:13 Besides, they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also busybodies who talk nonsense, saying things they ought not to.

You will find that the one who thinks he has to tell everyone what to do and how to do it exude such steadiness, courage, and sense of purpose in their conviction to extract the flawed, defective way of thinking from their victim (the wrong way) and download their way, (the correct way, they think), of thinking into them. A person like that, is very determined to carry out their self-given, self-driven mission of getting everyone else to the goal they have set for them, even when they have been told to mind their own business. Their lives are a shamble, but they cannot see it; to them, it is great in their own mind. 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 11 and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, 12 so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

1. Proverbs 20:3 It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

2. 2 Thessalonians 3:10-11 While we were with you, we gave you the order: “Whoever doesn’t want to work shouldn’t be allowed to eat.” We hear that some of you are not living disciplined lives. You’re not working, so you go around interfering in other people’s lives.

3. Proverbs 26:17 A person who is passing by and meddles in a quarrel that’s not his is like one who grabs a dog by the ears.

4. 2 Thessalonians 3:6 In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers and sisters, to keep away from every believer who is idle and disruptive and does not live according to the teaching you received from us.

5. 1 Timothy 5:13 Besides, they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also busybodies who talk nonsense, saying things they ought not to.

MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS – PART 3

KEEP IT TO YOUR SELF, SOMETIMES OTHERS LIVES DOES NOT NEED TO BE EXPLAINED OR REARRANGED, CRITISIZED OR SCRUTNIZED.

Matthew 7:1-2 1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

You know, most of the time, that which we think we know, and think should be told to and about others, could be kept to ourselves or between yourself and the fence post, and to be sure it stays there, go to the LORD. God should be the One to run to when you are experiencing a season, of some sort or another, in your life. Because all of our help comes from Him. He made us so He automatically knows what we need when we need it. When we acknowledge and call on Him, He is our keeper, the shade (goodness, grace, and mercy) that covers us from the sun (evil) that would destroy us at any time in our life. But most time, to experience the physical (face to face) aspect of it we will seek out a family member, friend, or professional to try and help walk through it with you. This is perfectly okay, but the meat of the situation or circumstance does not need to be told to nor entertained by others. Because if it consists of an extra opportunity, a learning situation or test, for revelations to be seen by us and God’s proving to be done in us, only God can bring you through it with the right result for its intentions. (Psalm 121:1-8 1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. 2 My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. 3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. 4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. 6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. 7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. 8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore).

But because we think we are experts in and on every subject, we feel the need to share our opinions and solutions. Stop it! It is not necessarily advantageous to you or the person, (who has placed you in their confidence) for you to place them under your looking glass and explain why they should or should not do what their decision has brought them to do. Mind your own business. There is a difference between giving your opinion on something, then dropping it, versus continuing on with your version of how it should play out then getting upset and angry when your suggestions are not entertained nor followed. (Proverbs 18:2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover).

IF EVERYONE WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO CLEAN UP THEIR OWN SPACE; THE WORLD WOULD BE BEAUTIFUL: HOME, WORK, GROCERY STORE, HAIR SALON/BARBER SHOP, DOCTORS’S OFFICE, ETC., EVERYWHERE YOU GO AND OCCUPY SPACE, IS YOUR RESPONSIBIITY TO CLEAN IT UP, AND MAINTAIN IT WITH GODS HELP AND THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY; EVENTUALLY THOSE MOMENTS OF RESPONSIBILITY (MINDING YOUR OWN BUSINESS) WILL WORK A GOOD WORK IN THE WORLD.

This is a sketchy one and its implication of righteousness (everyone, these days, think they are experts in all subjects, therefore have the right to express their opinion about any and all things, whether asked for or not) is running rampant today among all of us, causing conflict and confusion. We tell too much of what should be kept between the ones whom it affects. We should not share with the world anything that is not of its concern but work it out among the affected parties. All of us need to consider this. Unless you are helping to make a positive change through being an encouraging and inspiring force, in the lives of your brothers and sisters, you need to stop trying to run every one else’s life, through the spread of gossip, and your “good intentions”, and revisit yourself. Stop interfering where interference is not needed nor wanting or feel that you must be the bearer of good or bad news unless instructed to do so by God; listen with righteous ears and you will hear His instruction. So, to be sure it is not gossiping or talebearing and that you are minding your own business, check to see whether or not it is the Path of Truth, (consisting of LOVE and all the fruit of the Spirit entails) chosen for you by YHWH, God, so that you may be a righteous informant, of the word to and about your brother/sister. Or is it the path of your own design. If it is of your own design, go back to where you first became aware of your destined future with Christ. Listen to hear what He put in your heart, ask to understand its direction and purpose, then receive it in your heart; accepting the answer. And instead of ruining the lives of others and friendships, with the same we will gain a soul for God, through Christ our Lord and Saviour. (Proverbs 11:13 “He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy conceals a matter.” Proverbs. 17:9 “He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates intimate friends.” Proverbs 20:19 “He who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets, therefore do not associate with a gossip.” Proverbs 25:9-10 – “…don’t reveal the secret of another, lest he who hears it reproach you, and the evil report about you not pass away.” Matthew 18:15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. GODS GOT IT NO WORRY NO FEAR.

MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS

HOW MANY TIMES DOES GOD HAVE TO TELL YOU TO LEAVE YOUR BROTHER/SISTER’S LIVES ALONE AND MIND YOUR OWN

God wants us to leave all the heavy-duty trials, trouble, and tribulations to Him, especially when it comes to interfering in each other’s affairs. Which is a delicate area, in which we are not privy too, only God knows before it is known and what to do about the situation or circumstance. Our efforts are intended for good but because of lack of this understanding and the art of our need to compare others’ lives with our own (which may not be in such great shape) we usually cause more of a mess than good. If you want to get rid of a friend or alienate a family member, or gain an enemy, start messing around and stirring up confusion in their lives. I am dumbstruck at the nerve of the person who does this yet do not want to accept the responsibility of authoring the drama and mess. And he/she gets downright offended when confronted. (Proverbs 26:17 – He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. Matthew 7:1-3 7 Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own).

It is so much unchallenging for us to try and repair your brother/sister problems then to take the responsibility of your own. I am sorry but if everyone would take the time to look at their own problems and shortcomings, and sweep around their own house, the whole world will be clean. The application for this quote, in relationship to this message and our lives, is to help us understand that most sin, devastation, hatred, anger, and destruction can be avoided if we look within self, and pray that our mind, heart, and spirit is cleansed, spreading all over the world. And as it connects from neighborhood to neighborhood, town to town, city to city, etc., you get the gist, we will not subject ourselves to the prying eye or accusing/condemning voices but to the One and only One that matter, God’s through Jesus. (1 Peter 4:15 – But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters. (1 Peter Chapter 4)

To accomplish this, we must study the Word, gain wisdom, to be able to understand the dynamics, causes, and effects of YHWH’s Word, acknowledge and accept His Will, walk, with joy, peace in great expectation of what’s to come. So, there is no need for you or me to try and straighten our brother/sister out. God has a path (the straight and narrow) which all of us are invited to travel. But we must be willing, and with His help, He will guide, keep, and protect us on it. Because so few of, even while we are attempting to straighten out our brother/sister, find ourselves on this path. It is so very important for us to choose the righteous way, including how we deal, daily, with our fellow man. (Matthew 7:13-14 13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it). And when we are needed, to be a note of reasoning, God will instruct. In the meantime, we are to love one another, be kind, and go about doing good, each and every day. (1 Thessalonians 4:11 – And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;) GODS GOT IT NO WORRY NO FEAR.

WHEN YOU PRAY

DON’T EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM THE FATHER, SON, OR HOLY SPIRIT IF YOU DO NOT HAVE AN ENGAGED PRAYER LIFE!

Pray with gratitude, expectation, pray for patience, peace, revelation, pray without ceasing.

Express, out loud, the gratitude you have, for God’s new days of new grace and mercy, a chance to right your wrongs. Through prayer we communicate with our Father and continue to send up an excellent praise for all the wonderful things that He does for us, in Jesus’ name. We acknowledge that it is in Him who we have faith in, and trust. He wants to hear from us. Know that it is in Him we trust and place our hope. (Philippians 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. Mark 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. John 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. I Thessalonians 5:17 Pray without ceasing).

To understand the power of prayer we must first understand that it is one of the most powerful tools we have from God. Really, one of the most because it is our direct form of communication, we use to converse with Him: as close as we will get without coming face-to-face. And when we pray, we are afforded the opportunity to share our hopes, dreams, desires, and discouragements with Him, tell Him about what is going on in our lives, both good and bad, even though He knows the situation and have already put the answer in place. If our hearts are in the right place and we pray in truth, continually, God will keep, provide, and maintain us. (James 5:16 – Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. John 15:7 – If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Philippians Chapter 4: 6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus).

As sinful and undeserving as we are, in God’s infinite wisdom, from the beginning of time, He set in motion, the repentance and restoration process; He put in place a way (Yashuah, Jesus) for man’s prayers to get through to Him. And gave us a Comforter (Holy Spirit) to help us hold on, until all is said and done; you have a contentment in troubles, trials, and tribulations and are able to carry on or you have come through your fire and the battle has been won. PRAY IS THE KEY, THROUGH IT ALL. (Romans 12:12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Philippians 4:6-7 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus).

Our prayers are to be done with respect, expectation, and humility; making our petition (concerns, situations, and circumstances) known to God through our lord and Saviour Jesus, our mediator or middleman, so to speak. Without Him to buffer the sin, it is futile to pray to God. He cannot be in the presence of sin. And if He would judge us according to our sinful nature, acts and deeds, none would see the goodness of His love nor eternal life. So, He sent Jesus, in the form of man, to endure the trials and temptations we would face, to understand and be example for us: Jesus was sent for that purpose only. (Jeremiah 29:11 – For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Psalm 62:5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him).

As we pray for our revelation, in respect to our present place in our lives, submit to God’s will, put our hands in the LORD’s hand, and commit ourselves to Him, we find that we welcome our contentment in where we are in life; realizing, that “WE CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS US, BUT FIRST, WE MUST SUBMIT”. Philippians 4:11-13 11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. 12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: everywhere and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

When we pray without ceasing, not as a spectacle but silent prayers all through the day (Thank you Lord, Thank You for helping with or through this or that, have mercy Lord, Bless this house, that mother/father, etc.), short but committed and truth prayers, He hear them. And when we take our mind off of self and pray for others, it gets God’s attention, and He will bless you in a way no one can. Praying and seeking, does this, we become connected to the Father through the Son, Jesus (God sees our righteousness only through Jesus’ pure righteousness and truth) not our sinful flesh. He opens our heart’s door so that God can come in and do his marvelous work in us. Even our Lord Jesus prayed with strong supplications, crying and tears to the Father for the strength to endure while on earth. Even to take away the cup YHWH, God gave Him, to be the Sheep to lead to be slaughtered for a sinful world, And HE IS GOD! So let us make prayer a priority and integral part in our daily lives; lifting up our hearts, hands, eyes, and minds in total surrender with fervent supplications to our Father which art in Heaven. Hebrews 5:7-9 7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; 8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; 9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; IN OUR LORD JESUS’ NAME WE PRAY, AMEN. GODS GOT IT NO WORRY NO FEAR.

FORGET THOSE THINGS WHICH LIES BEHIND YOU

FORGET THOSE THINGS WHICH LIES BEHIND; PRESS FORWARD TOWARD A HIGHER MARK

We do not know our entire story for our life and have not reached our perfection in our walk with God; it has not been revealed. We press forward, with the strength given to us by God, towards the fate of a most glorious future. And rest assured, that as we continue to follow the Word and grasp Its meaning, purpose, and the vital part It plays in the direction we elect to go, we will see the undiluted love and glory, of the Lord, being poured out on our life. But we must stand!

One of the doors we must unlock is the one to the “things” which are behind us; which should remain in the past. Open it up, one last time, then clear out the baggage, that which weigh your mind, heart, and spirit down; all the clutter, that which is strewn before you and stand in the way of your relationship with Jesus, and all the negative things of the past, which prohibits your spiritual growth, which should be ever-increasing.

Ask God, through Jesus, to help you with the habit of looking behind and bringing up your past mistakes and bad experiences. Do you know that the more and longer you look back, the longer it takes to pass God’s test He sets before you which matures you in the Word and your walk with Him. Make up in your mind that even though the rain may fall, the storms may come, and you want to fall out, faint, and give up, that you will continue to reach toward that which has been ordained and placed before you, knowing that when the right time has come all will be made clear. GODS GOT IT NO WORRY NO FEAR.

13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.