If God has called you to be really like Jesus in all your spirit, He will draw you into a life of crucifixion and humility. He will put on you such demands of obedience that He will not allow you to follow other Christians, and in many ways He will seem to let other good people do things which He will not let you do. Other Christians and ministers who seem very religious and useful may push themselves, pull wires and work schemes to carry out their plans, but you cannot do it. If you attempt it, you will meet with such failure and rebuke from the Lord as to make you sorely penitent. Others can brag about themselves, their work, their success, or their writings, but the Holy Spirit will not allow you to do any such thing. If you begin it, He will lead you into such deep mortification that will make you despise yourself and all your good works. Others will be allowed to succeed in making great sums of money or having a legacy left to them or in having luxuries. But God may supply you...
Hello Everyone! It is almost hard to believe it has been a year since I moved home to be with my family... So much has happened since we hit the road early last May! Many of you got the news around Nov that dad's cancer was in remission... Unfortunately his battle is not over yet... Cancer is never an easily won battle. But God is faithful and we still believe dad's healing is yet to come... Till then dad is working on finding emotional and spiritual healing and leaving the physical healing in the hands of the Great Physician. But I am not just writing to update you on my father but to also let you know what the Lord is doing in my life. As many of you may already know I have been talking about this ranch in West Texas that my best friend and her family are starting up and how I am going to join them someday! Well... that someday is finally approaching... The Lord is opening the door for me to serve with an incredible team to launch an amazing ministry in West Texas. Wildfire ...
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. ~ 1 John 4:18 I have been contemplating this verse a lot lately and really tried to understand and remember that I don't need to fear for I have God's people seem to think that through punishment one builds character which makes us better people. It kinda makes sense... right? That's what we were taught... right? "You are grounded!"... 'Why?'... "Because, you are being punished for...(insert offense)" That is the best way to motivate someone to change... isn't it? I think not! Think about it this way. When you do something wrong and are punished for it... What really motivates you to change? Fear! But not only that... when fear motivates us we focus on what not to do! Rather than teaching us to learn what is right and walk in it, We are being taught to learn what is wrong and attempt to avoid it beca...
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