by Jodi Hamilton
Expectations are the breeding grounds for disappointment. They are false burdens that keep us in bondage and expose us to offence. Expectations provoke us to become easily let down or hurt as they change our perspective of reality causing us to be 'set up' for disappointment. We cannot predict or forecast another persons behaviour. If we purpose in our hearts to remove all expectations from those around us, our focus will soon shift to seeing the good as we are no longer 'fixated' on how they have let us down.
It is true that we must always always hope and believe the best of all people. To do this effectively we must avoid boxing them in to our unrealistic or idealistic views. How often do we get all stressed out when somebody hurts or offends us? How often does it instantly become all about us? 1 Peter 4:12 says, 'Beloved, think it not strange the fiery trial that is to try you as though some strange thing happened to you'. How often do we get all worked up when we are treated unfairly? If we don't expect anything we will be prepared for everything! We must learn to walk in total acceptance and unconditional love in order to give our 'shock absorbers' a rest. When all expectation is removed we start to see and accept the person for where they really are as opposed to where we would like them to be. This new perspective opens the door enabling us to fully embrace our 'trials' with a Christ like perspective as we rise above our emotions. Only then are we able to clearly hear and follow the Holy Spirits leading to WALK through our circumstances.
Friday, 13 May 2016
Monday, 9 May 2016
WOMEN: WHAT'S WITH ALL THE 'FLUFF & BUBBLE'?
by Glenice Mills
Hey women it’s time to grow up!!! Stop ‘fluffing’ around! Stop playing childish games, for example, in Christian meetings, making stupid noises thinking it is so ‘spiritual’, and behaving like some pretty little girl twirling around demanding and getting attention. Being ‘sickly sweet’ and insipid is futile. You use your ‘feminine wiles’ to get what you want, manipulating, using words and emotions to try and win over people, thinking it is the right way to act and behave to get noticed. Stop being ‘airy fairy’ spiritual lightweights! Come on we are better than this! Where’s your substance? Surely the Lord has deposited a deep well of His Spirit in you? I know He has, so come on get over yourself, and draw from the well of life.
GROW UP! GROW UP! GROW UP!
Come on women, snap out of it, there is a job to be done! Evil is increasing! We dare not stay in our immaturity, but rather open our eyes and see what is going on around and about us. We are in a battle – a battle for our loved ones, for the body of Christ that is really in serious strife, and for our nation and the nations.
How long are you going to keep wanting prophetic words, chasing after the latest preacher wanting the next ‘high’, and seeking out whoever will speak to you what you want your itching ears to hear? Come on you are better than that? Surely you have enough of a relationship with the Lord to be able to receive all you need from Him? He is requiring much more from you right now.
These aren’t just words on a page. This is God’s prophetic word and His heart to us right now!
The Lord reminded me of a dream He gave to me a couple of years ago. This is one part of the dream that I feel to share.
‘There was a group of about 20 women sitting in a circle making daisy chains. They had flimsy dresses on, with wreaths in their hair. They then stood up, remaining in their circle, held hands, and then moved in and out singing a song (I know it was a children’s song).
I was calling out to them: “Come on there is work to be done”. They did not hear me. They were oblivious to my voice, to my desperate cry. ‘
So what is the Lord saying in this dream?
The women were varying in age, however they were immature in their character and behavior, caught up playing childish games. They were distracted, in their own selfish world. The holding of hands was symbolic of a unity, however it was a false unity. It was a unity of like-minded women caught up in their games.
Come on we women need to watch for any false pretence, a false spirit so we don’t become sideswiped and lose our way. God is looking for authenticity – being the true and full expression of how He made us to be.
So get over yourself, look at the big picture – what the Lord is looking for in His women today, and be proactive in walking in your true call and destiny. Time is short. We dare not bow to the enemies’ schemes but rather rise up and be and do all He requires at this time. It is a time to influence, to speak, to grow up and to come away from immaturity.
This word is a rallying cry – let’s gather together in unity – unity of the Holy Spirit, and rise up, take our God given position in the Spirit, to influence our nation/s.
Hebrews 12:1,2
Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Come on this word is:
A RALLYING CRY! A RALLYING CRY! A RALLYING CRY!
Hey women it’s time to grow up!!! Stop ‘fluffing’ around! Stop playing childish games, for example, in Christian meetings, making stupid noises thinking it is so ‘spiritual’, and behaving like some pretty little girl twirling around demanding and getting attention. Being ‘sickly sweet’ and insipid is futile. You use your ‘feminine wiles’ to get what you want, manipulating, using words and emotions to try and win over people, thinking it is the right way to act and behave to get noticed. Stop being ‘airy fairy’ spiritual lightweights! Come on we are better than this! Where’s your substance? Surely the Lord has deposited a deep well of His Spirit in you? I know He has, so come on get over yourself, and draw from the well of life.
GROW UP! GROW UP! GROW UP!
Come on women, snap out of it, there is a job to be done! Evil is increasing! We dare not stay in our immaturity, but rather open our eyes and see what is going on around and about us. We are in a battle – a battle for our loved ones, for the body of Christ that is really in serious strife, and for our nation and the nations.
How long are you going to keep wanting prophetic words, chasing after the latest preacher wanting the next ‘high’, and seeking out whoever will speak to you what you want your itching ears to hear? Come on you are better than that? Surely you have enough of a relationship with the Lord to be able to receive all you need from Him? He is requiring much more from you right now.
These aren’t just words on a page. This is God’s prophetic word and His heart to us right now!
The Lord reminded me of a dream He gave to me a couple of years ago. This is one part of the dream that I feel to share.
‘There was a group of about 20 women sitting in a circle making daisy chains. They had flimsy dresses on, with wreaths in their hair. They then stood up, remaining in their circle, held hands, and then moved in and out singing a song (I know it was a children’s song).
I was calling out to them: “Come on there is work to be done”. They did not hear me. They were oblivious to my voice, to my desperate cry. ‘
So what is the Lord saying in this dream?
The women were varying in age, however they were immature in their character and behavior, caught up playing childish games. They were distracted, in their own selfish world. The holding of hands was symbolic of a unity, however it was a false unity. It was a unity of like-minded women caught up in their games.
Come on we women need to watch for any false pretence, a false spirit so we don’t become sideswiped and lose our way. God is looking for authenticity – being the true and full expression of how He made us to be.
So get over yourself, look at the big picture – what the Lord is looking for in His women today, and be proactive in walking in your true call and destiny. Time is short. We dare not bow to the enemies’ schemes but rather rise up and be and do all He requires at this time. It is a time to influence, to speak, to grow up and to come away from immaturity.
This word is a rallying cry – let’s gather together in unity – unity of the Holy Spirit, and rise up, take our God given position in the Spirit, to influence our nation/s.
Hebrews 12:1,2
Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Come on this word is:
A RALLYING CRY! A RALLYING CRY! A RALLYING CRY!
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