tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6641320664689316862024-03-20T22:03:10.651-05:00NO MORE HINDRANCESThe Dawn Of A New Day - A New YouDarlene Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17595683603509794786noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664132066468931686.post-9339363095522900852020-07-29T22:19:00.001-05:002020-07-29T22:20:02.665-05:00Predestine (Book Appendix Excerpt)<br /><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will. (Ephesians 1:11)<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Predestine means to decree beforehand or ahead of time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also in anticipation, expect, look forward to, or to make happen earlier than due. God had you in mind before you were formed in your mother’s womb.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">As our Heavenly Father, he knows the number of hairs on our head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God knows the end before the beginning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows what we have need of before we need it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows what we are going to do or say before it is done or said.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God is aware of everything that concerns us.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, the Lord knoweth them that are his. (2 Timothy 2:19 - a clause)<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">You belong to God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your mind, body, and soul belong to God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why it is so important for all of us, as children of God, to develop a closer and more intimate relationship with our Heavenly Father and come into the knowledge of who He is through His Word.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Often times we spend too much time on the problem instead of the problem solver, and on the infirmity instead of the one who can heal us from all form of diseases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God has not forgotten about you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every tear you have cried and every trial and/or tribulation you have faced are only stepping stones toward your future – toward you predestine God-given purpose.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. (Romans 8:18 )<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">It’s time to take off the mourning clothes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some people may have written you off and told you that you will never amount to anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The devil is a LIAR, because you were created or predestined for greatness and God has need of you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You don’t have to prove anything to anyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just live a life pleasing to God, stay focus and let God do the rest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Moreover whom he did predestinate, then he also called:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and whom he also called, them he also justified: and who he justified, them he also glorified.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What shall we then say to these things?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If God be for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:30-31)<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">NO NOT ONE!!!</span></i></b></div></div>Darlene Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17595683603509794786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664132066468931686.post-83994080155116792582020-07-29T22:17:00.000-05:002020-07-29T22:17:03.487-05:00Keep It RealGod is not only loving, patient and caring, He is also Holy/Righteous and hates sin (all sins) period.<br /><br />Please know that there is no such thing as a big or little sin to God. Sin is still sin no matter if the world/society calls it acceptable or not.<br /><br />God is a God of order and not the author of confusion.<br />God chastise/corrects those He loves and is a jealous God.<br /><br />What I think has happened is that the fear of God's authority is little to none both in the church and world. Almost similar to how children no longer fear their parents or anyone in authority.<br /><br />The wrath of God is real. There is going to come a time, before the rapture, where God is going to do a major overhaul - clean house.<br /><br />Everything done in the dark will be brought to the light. What is hidden will be exposed. What has been exalted against the Will, the Way and the Word of God WILL be cast down.<br /><br />Don't let it be you. Stop playing with God and get your house in order before it is too late. <br /><br />2 Chronicles 7:14-15Darlene Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17595683603509794786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664132066468931686.post-80228778639543670662020-07-29T21:59:00.003-05:002020-07-29T22:00:31.675-05:00Keeping Your Flesh Under Subjection (Ch 4 -excerpt)<div style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;">"FORNICATION"<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;">Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. </span></i><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;">(I Corinthians 6:18)<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;">Sex outside of marriage, whether you are in “love” or “like” is a sin in the eyes of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is viewed to the world as intimacy between a man and a woman is viewed as morally wrong to God. When God created man, He decided to create woman for man, because He said that man should not be alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The concept of sex and intimacy was ordained and blessed by God between a husband and a wife.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Out of all the characteristics of the lust of the flesh, “Fornication” is an area people shy away from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fornication (porneia) is noted as illicit (illegal or forbidden) sexual intercourse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fornication is considered as illicit, illegal or forbidden because it goes against what intimacy was created for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God ordained sexual intercourse for a man and a woman as husband and wife (in marriage).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;">Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">undefiled</b>: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.</span></i><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Hebrews 13:4)<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a single parent, fleeing fornication has been an important aspect of my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many people are not educated in this particular subject.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Bible tells us, over and over again to flee fornication.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fornication is so important that it was viewed as whoredom in the Old Testament.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Penalties for fornication were in the form of payment, forced marriages, and even death.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;">To take this one step further, fornicators are placed in the same category with adulterers, idolaters, thieves, drunkards and so on, as noted in I Corinthians 6:9.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t know about you, but I thank God we don’t live in the Bible days, because what we view as “a way of life” would have gotten us killed – saved and unsaved alike.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;">You may be saying, “What is the big deal?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is your body and you can do what you want” or “If the truth be told, everyone is doing it and besides when you love someone you should be able to show them. Right?”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;">What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s. </span></i><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(I Corinthians 6:19-20)<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Holy Spirit is the third part of the Trinity (God, the Father - God, the Son - God, the Holy Spirit)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You and I have the third part of the Trinity living on the inside of us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Therefore, we must be mindful of how we keep our bodies and what we allow to be placed on the inside of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;">I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. </span></i><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;">(Romans 12:1)<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;">It is important that we present, give, or even offer our bodies as a living sacrifice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a living sacrifice, you are surrendering your will to God’s will and your way to God’s way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For God to do whatever He wants to do through you, for you and with you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the least we can do, since God has done so much for us even when we didn’t deserve it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once again Saints, your body is not your own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So ladies, let me add a little nugget here!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stop selling yourself cheap for rent money, a car note or even you telephone bill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Keep the CANDY STORE CLOSED!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>CLOSE THE DOORS TO THE SUPPLY CABINET!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now fellas, stop trying to prove your manhood by having sex with every woman you come in contact with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You are still a man or a woman even if you are a virgin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember that AIDS has no sexual preference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;">Test driving your relationship by fornicating and/or shacking up will not guarantee you a title or position as husband or wife.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like our grandparents and great grandparents use to say, “Why buy the cow when you can get the milk free.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ouch!<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;">Child of God, when you say “Yes” to God and submit your body to Him, God will make the provisions for you to flee or run away from fornication.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God has the power to do anything but fail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All you have to do is surrender your body and mind to His authority, to His will and to His way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>God is able to keep you, if you want to be kept.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;">For that which I do I allow not:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for what I would, that I do not; but what <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">hate, </b>that <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I do</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For I know that in me </span></i><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 26px;">(that is, my flesh,)<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> dwelleth no good thing:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for to will is present with me; but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">how to perform that which is good I find not</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the good that I would I do not: but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">the evil which I would not, that I do</b>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>(Romans –7:15-19)</span></div>Darlene Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17595683603509794786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664132066468931686.post-15916393738560363712020-07-29T21:56:00.004-05:002020-07-29T21:57:36.413-05:00Getting Loose From People And Their Stinky Thinking (Ch 3)<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><em>Theme Scripture (Matthew 13:24-30 NKJV)<o:p></o:p></em></span></b></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So the servants of the owner came and said to him, “Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares? He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.”’ ”</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Some would ask why on earth would there be a need to be delivered from people when the Bible tells us in Hebrews 10:25 <em>not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></em>It is important, as a believer to be in fellowship with other believers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When people, of like spirits (believers) come <em>together</em> in a unified manner, strength can be drawn from one person to the other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you come <em>together</em> on one accord with one purpose in mind, then the plan of God can be fulfilled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The types of people you and I need to rid or loose ourselves of are those individuals who are unequally yoked to us spiritually and mentally.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For clarity purpose:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can be unequally yoked to a non-believer as well as a believer, who have accepted Jesus as their personal savior, but is not living their lives according to the Will of God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone that is in the church is not living for God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have tares among us from the pulpit to the pews.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><em>Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness? </em></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">(2 Corinthians 6:14)<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><em>Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers [do not make mismated alliances with them or come under a different yoke with them, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">inconsistent with your faith</b>].<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For what <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">partnership</b> have right living and right standing with God with iniquity and lawlessness? Or how can light have fellowship with darkness? </em></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">(2 Corinthians 6:14 Amplified Version)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span> </div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">When you are being delivered from people, you are not being delivered from them as a person, but from their “Negative Attitude”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have learned over the years that it is not what you see on the outside that you must ward off, but what is operating on the inside of that person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every word that proceeds out of their mouth is negative and lifeless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are not happy or content with their own lives; therefore they are trying to do everything within their power to make your life miserable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are individuals within your inner circle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ones you trust and rely on for everything.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><em>It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man </em>(Psalms 118:18).<o:p></o:p></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The scripture tells us that it is better or advantageous to put your trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is interesting how the Bible says trust in the LORD and confidence in man instead of trust in man.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although the word trust and confidence are very similar, they are different in meaning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">When you have <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">confidence</b> in someone, you are positive, certain and even convinced that this person will be able to do a particular function or task.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although your relationship with this person is based on trust and intimacy (closeness), when they fail a particular task, you may become disappointed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You may even feel frustrated or disillusioned, but you are not heartbroken.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">When you <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">trust </b>someone, your level of expectation is heightened.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only do you have confidence in this individual, but also have placed a charge or responsibility upon them to do just what they said.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In some instances, your trust in someone may require you to hold him or her accountable for your very life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once your trust in someone is broken, it may take months and even years to regain their trust.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When someone has broken your trust, you must learn how to forgive him/her and move on. Forgiveness is a key to getting loose from people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><em>Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven </em>(Matthew 18:21-22)<o:p></o:p></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For all my analytical readers, seventy (70) times seven (7) is four hundred and ninety (490) times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To break this down, we are to forgive our brothers and sisters every time they sin against us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No matter how much it hurts or how many times they do it, we must forgive them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just as we are constantly expecting God to forgive us, He expects us to forgive them as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><em>And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you and your trespasses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive you your trespasses </em>(Mark 11:25-26).<o:p></o:p></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">In addition, to forgiving those who have sinned against you, you must live your life for Jesus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t be concerned about what people may say or think.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Focus on God and love them in spite of their actions toward you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For Jesus loves us in spite of us.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><em>A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another </em>(John 13:34-35).<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: monotxt; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»</span></b></div>Darlene Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17595683603509794786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664132066468931686.post-86381824963472924612020-07-29T21:53:00.001-05:002020-07-29T21:53:34.542-05:00Know Your Purpose - updated<br /><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">God deals with me through analogies. This was actually one of them when I was either thinking about my purpose.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">So what is my purpose? The obvious one was to be a good mother to my son. The other part of my purpose was to live a life pleasing to God. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Okay, I got those 2 down, but there has to be more. <o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">As I was pondering on this question, I was led to pickup a spool of thread that had a needle attached to it. As I looked at the needle, I begin to think about the purpose of the needle and the thread.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">When the manufacturer created the needle, he or she knew that the sole purpose of the needle was to allow the thread to go through it's eye in order to sow something together. The needle can’t function without the thread and the thread can barely function without the needle.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">There are times when the needle and thread can’t do it's job properly. For example when either the eye of the needle is too small or the thread splits while trying to put it through the eye of the needle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So what do you do when this happens?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes the solution could be as simple as cutting the end of the thread so that it won’t split. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Another solution could be to get a </span>bigger needle, because the eye is just too small for the thread. And then the one trying to put the thread through the needle may need glasses. Just saying.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">There have been times, in the midst of our frustration, that we discarded or threw the needle away thinking that something was wrong with it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When, in actuality, there was nothing at all wrong with the needle, from a manufacturing standpoint. The error was with the user (User Error).<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">When God created you, He didn’t make a mistake. He knew, before you were formed in your mother’s womb, what your purpose would be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Along the way, things got distorted because of various hindrances or obstacles in your way. Some of the obstacles can be pin pointed right back to “User Error”.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px;">Stop allowing the devil to use you, since he didn't create you. Although the devil may know a little more about you, then you do of yourself, he doesn't know your true purpose. Especially if you are a child of God. Don’t let situations, doubt, fear of the unknown or even the opinions of others keep you from being who God has created and pre-ordained for you to be. You are not a mistake. You were created in the image of God. Switch ownership. Allow God to use you so that your purpose, in Him, can be revealed.</span></div></div>Darlene Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17595683603509794786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664132066468931686.post-69360069915667846912014-05-25T10:15:00.001-05:002014-05-25T10:15:58.961-05:00Respect Yourself<br />
My opinion are from years/decades of observation in general.<br />
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I know I'm a mother of a "boy" child and slightly old fashion BUT BUT BUT....I still can't wrap my mind around the way our young and older ladies are dressing. Nothing is left for the imagination because everything is hanging out or exposed.<br />
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It's amazing how certain things, actions and speech (language) were once viewed or considered as distasteful, inappropriate and even disrespectful are now acceptable and part of the norm.<br />
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I guess this is the new "sexy" look. The more you expose the sexier you are. Really?<br />
Another saying 4 some guys is that "They are trying to hard". Either way it spells trouble.<br />
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Some outfits are literally 1 pull, squat, bend or stretch of the arm away from everything just popping out. You don't have to expose your body to point of it being X rated to look sexy or attractive.<br />
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You may look at me and say of course you would say that, look at you, you are just a plain Jane. That's not true. I'm all woman. I know how to look sexy and attractive but not desperate for attention or arrogant. It's all about me or everybody, look at me.<br />
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I know who I am. I have always viewed my body as the temple that it is. If I don't respect myself, no one else will. Besides I'm not trying to display the wrong message or attract the wrong people. I can't allow what I say be one thing, as a Christian, and my action and/or appearance be another.<br />
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All I'm trying to say is that we have to be good examples for others. Folks are watching us whether we see them or not. But most of all God sees us. He also knows what's in our heart and what makes us do what we do even if we don't know it.<br />
Darlene Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17595683603509794786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664132066468931686.post-72160981699545896192013-02-25T02:25:00.006-06:002013-02-25T02:25:50.256-06:00HOLINESS (Book Appendix Excerpt)<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">1 Peter 1:14-16</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> As obedient children, not fashioning
yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: But
as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of
conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“Be ye holy” This is not a suggestion
but a statement or a command. There is
nothing outrageous, difficult or unattainable about living a holy life unto
God. We make it so hard because we want
to be not only in the world but also of the world, and still be able to reap
the benefits of God. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">That’s why you have so many Christian
men and women living together before marriage, (shaking up). More babies are born out of wedlock then ever
before, because no one wants to talk about fornication or how to say no until
you say “I do” as husband and wife. You
have men liking men and women liking women right here within the body of
Christ, because no one wants to talk about homosexuality until it hits
home. Men and women are getting married
to the wrong person because they did everything they wanted to do outside the
Will of God and now they want their mess to be blessed by saying it is better
to marry than to burn. God is not only a
holy God, but he is a God of order. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">In today’s society, you have men
gripping about women being too holy and vice versa. Is there such a thing as being too holy? Are we basing our definition on holiness
according to the world’s standards, which includes our fleshly desires or
according to the Word of God.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Holiness is defined as a state or
character of being Holy. Holy is defined
as set apart to the service of deity.
Deity is God or somebody or something that is treated like a god. Basically, holiness is the state, character,
disposition, nature or make-up of being set apart to the service of God. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Vs 15 of our text –the Amplified
Version states<i>,”But as the One Who called
you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all your conduct and manner of
living.</i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Holy implies sacredness, being
consecrated to God or being worthy of God.
You must be free from impurity.
There can be no hint of moral pollution or spiritual defilement. To be holy is to be free from anything that
would offend a perfect God. Those things
we use to do when we were in the world, we can’t do any more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">To live a holy life is a choice. It is not something that you can put on or
take off whenever it is convenient. It
is a lifestyle or way of life. As we
yield ourselves to God, and as we soberly, seriously and vigilantly resist the devil and all his temptations, we will
find that God is able to “perfect, establish, strengthen and settle” us. As a living witness, it is not easy, but it
is worth it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">We have to get out of our comfort
zones. If you are going to live holy,
then stop making excuses and just live holy.
We must stand up for what is morally and spiritually right at any cost
even if we have to stand-alone. We must proclaim
the Gospel not only with our mouths but also by example. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Concluding with 1 Peter 2:11-12<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Dear brothers and sisters, you are foreigners and aliens here. So I warn
you to keep away from evil desires because they fight against your very souls. Be
careful how you live among your unbelieving neighbors. Even if they accuse you
of doing wrong, they will see your honorable behavior, and they will believe
and give honor to God when he comes to judge the world.[<sup>]<o:p></o:p></sup></span></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Will you live holy?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
Darlene Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17595683603509794786noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664132066468931686.post-10446941179466253482013-02-12T21:23:00.001-06:002013-07-18T22:03:08.641-05:00Prayer of Praise<span style="font-size: large;">When was the last time you loved on God? I mean spending time in prayer not because you need something from Him, but because He means something to you. Letting Him know just how much you love and appreciate Him for who He is and not just for what He has done. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br />Seek God's face and not His hand. Give Him the honor and praise that is due Him! It’s what I call a “Just Because” praise. Oh how we worship you, LORD God, for who you are! You are Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end! The giver of life! Our Lord and Savior! JESUS! Glory to your name, LORD God!<br /><br />Hallelujah is the highest praise! HALLELUJAH! Thank you JESUS!<br /><br />We yield our will to your WILL. We will serve you, God, for the rest of our life. No weapon formed against us shall prosper. We want to be living testaments of your Glory, LORD God, through our testimony.<br /><br />Holy Spirit have your way! We Love you with all our heart! In Jesus Name AMEN!</span>Darlene Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17595683603509794786noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-664132066468931686.post-80333215496626878212013-01-15T13:10:00.001-06:002013-01-15T13:10:17.359-06:00Wait (Book Appendix Excerpt)<br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">We live in a “Try It Before You Buy It”
generation. We try on clothes before we
buy it to make sure it fit. Then there
are those who have sex or even live together before marriage to make sure it
will work out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">We think of God as a quick fix. God is not centered on time, but time is
centered on him. For 2 Peter 3:8 let’s us know that for <i>one day is with the LORD as a thousand years and a thousand years as
one day</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Some of us lack faith, trust and patience in
God. For we fear the unknown. That’s why so many of us are at the wrong job
and holding positions and titles, both in the church and the world, that were
never ordained by God. There are those who are even married to the wrong man or
woman. This is why there is so much
confusion in the home, on the job and even in the church. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">But there is
GOOD NEWS!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">There is no
failure in God!!!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Ephesians 3:20 - “Now unto him who is able to do
exceeding, abundantly above all that we can ask or think according to the power
that worketh in us.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">So if you’re single, live wholly. If you prayed to God for a mate, wait
patiently on God for your husband or wife, because God never ordained shacking
up or common law marriages. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Child of God, no matter what it looks like or
appears to be, God is bigger than any problem you are facing. No matter how long it takes wait I said On
The LORD!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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