tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25994901015426200352024-02-19T03:41:56.863-08:00Path of the Blessing{Encouraging others toward their relationship with God}Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16239254365493150512noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599490101542620035.post-12575799029298228502017-05-24T12:25:00.002-07:002017-05-24T12:25:40.853-07:00Just launched my NEW website!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16239254365493150512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599490101542620035.post-75356090259840212942017-03-15T11:25:00.000-07:002017-04-05T08:49:14.315-07:00How to Release 9 Blessings in Your Life {Blessing #2}<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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Spirit to fill you with his presence.<span class="apple-converted-space"> Holy
Spirit is also known as The Comforter and he will comfort you in every
situation. If you are in a time of
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with Jesus, the presence of the Holy Spirit is one of the indicators that you
are in relationship with him.</span></span></div>
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ever been casually reading the bible and come across the Beatitudes in <b>Matthew chapter 5</b>? What in the
world is a beatitude? <i>- I don't think I've ever used that word my whole life!
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use any of those words daily either, but after reading in <b>Matthew chapter 5: 1-11</b> the word that I can most easily connect
with is <i>Supreme Blessedness. </i></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">The
scripture starts off by saying that Jesus sat down and began to teach the
disciples the following beatitudes or rather the supreme blessedness. </span><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">(Can we just shorten this word of
supreme blessedness to blessings?) </span></i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">So, from now
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are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Matthew 5:3</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Release This Blessing:</b></span></span></u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #38761d;"> </span> Poor in spirit means to acknowledge your need for spiritual transformation; it begins with salvation. Decide to follow Jesus with your whole heart.
It's not easy for us to surrender our own way of thinking, and our own
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you surrender your life to Jesus, you become a part of the kingdom of Heaven
subsequently opening the door for the blessings of Heaven to pour out onto your
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This post is originally from 2011 and I've re-vamped it from it's original post. To view the 2011 version click <a href="http://pathoftheblessing.blogspot.com/2011/07/how-to-live-life-set-apart-by-god.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16239254365493150512noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599490101542620035.post-9732608815501761242017-02-25T08:24:00.000-08:002017-02-25T08:24:12.647-08:00Speaking Social Media<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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or otherwise and the public speakers everywhere.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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we log onto our social media and post we are engaging in the art of public
speaking. <i>Whether it’s a simple “like” or a lengthy thought it’s all part of the
language of social media.</i> We are
constantly speaking volumes publicly whether we consciously know it or not.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">About ten
years ago I began writing my first book <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Path-Blessing-Abraham-Isaac-Jacob/dp/1475202881/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1488039194&sr=8-1&keywords=path+of+the+blessing+abraham+isaac+jacob" target="_blank">Path of the Blessing: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob</a>. </b> Then with the encouragement from a friend of
mine who is an editor I began blogging. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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beginning stages of writing were so scary.
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first finds out that she’s pregnant and she’ll be delivering in nine months
those first few weeks are full of excitement, anticipation, fear, and
unknown. <i>That’s exactly how I felt at the beginning when writing.</i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I’ve wondered if anyone will be listening.</span></span><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: Algerian; font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 107%;">HELLO?</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Stencil; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "MV Boli";">Is anyone there?</span><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have gone on and my baby has been born onto Amazon.com I’ve been finding ways
to share my baby with the public.
Blogger, a<b> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pathoftheblessing" target="_blank">Facebook Page</a></b>, and now more recently <a href="https://twitter.com/1BlessedPath" target="_blank"><b>Twitter</b></a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/1blessedpath/" target="_blank"><b>Instagram</b></a> have been new ways to display and talk about my baby.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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be the only one feeling this way, and you know what? I’m not.
Jeremiah felt the SAME way!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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feeling all those feelings of excitement, anticipation, fear, and unknown. Then the Lord says to Jeremiah not to be
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there it is…One of the pertinent<b> KEYS</b> to speaking social media. </u><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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our words before we write, “like”, and post and he will give us the words to
say; speaking social media.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16239254365493150512noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599490101542620035.post-58785347283513282812017-02-16T15:21:00.003-08:002017-02-16T15:21:53.151-08:00A Recipe for Revival in 7 Steps<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #990000;">God’s people are
searching for revival, but all we need to do is start by looking at our own lives.</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Revival
comes from the root word revive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; line-height: 107%;">Revive: </span></b></span><b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; letter-spacing: 0.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">to return to consciousness or life, become active or
flourishing again</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<i><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: .5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>Has your
walk with Jesus become routine, stale, or shallow? Do you hunger for more knowledge regarding
who God is? Do you want to go deeper
into truth so that you become refined?</b></span></i><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: .5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> Then follow this ancient recipe which is
from <b>Nehemiah chapter 9</b>, and it will
lead you down a personal path of revival.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="background: white; letter-spacing: 0.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">Ingredients
Needed:</span></span></u></b></div>
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heart that is committed to Jesus<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to change<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: .5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #990000;">Step 1</span></span></b><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: .5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> -Prepare your heart for repentance<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 14.0pt; letter-spacing: .5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: #990000;">Step 2</span></span></b><span style="background: white; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: 0.5pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: 0.5in;"> -Begin with fasting</span></div>
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-Choose to separate yourself from on-going sinful behavior</span></div>
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-Confess to God personal sins and sins of generations past</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16239254365493150512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599490101542620035.post-24879233957004111282017-02-14T16:31:00.001-08:002017-02-14T16:31:37.009-08:00God's Valentine Invitation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">In Matthew 22:1-14 Jesus talks about what the kingdom of
heaven is like. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He compares it to a wedding banquet, or a wedding
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<span style="font-size: large;">I like to think of it as a Valentines Party. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>Here’s my more modern rendition:</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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The King is having
THE party to end all parties to celebrate his Son and his True Love. He invited a group of people, but they
refused the invitation. The King then
told the servants to open the invitation up to EVERYONE. He told his servants to go out and stand on
the street corners, telling everyone about this fabulous party and that they
are ALL invited.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Every single person
was invited this time, not just a select group.<o:p></o:p></div>
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They found all the
people both good and bad and invited them to come into the Grand Hall to wait
for the party to start. Just as the King came in to the hall, he noticed a man
there who wasn’t wearing the proper party attire. The King called out to the man, “Friend, how
did you get in here without being dressed properly for the party?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The man was
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He was totally caught
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He thought he was
dressed properly, he thought he was prepared for the party just like all the
other invitees. The King then told the
attendants to kick the man out of the party outside of the palace walls while
everyone else went in to celebrate the love between the King’s Son and his True
Love.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The party that everyone is talking about in this parable is
a reality.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>It’s God’s Valentine Invitation to the whole world.</b> The King is God the Father. The Son is Jesus Christ. His True Love is his church; believers in
Jesus as well as the attendees. Those
who choose to reject his invitation of Love will not be clothed in the proper<o:p></o:p></div>
attire and will miss out on the celebration.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Everyone is invited!</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">John 3:16 is one of the most popular verses to show God’s
love for us. “For God so loved the world
that he gave his only son. That whoever
believes in him will have everlasting life.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In Galatians 3:27 it shows us how to be ready with the
proper party attire, “for all of you who were baptized into Christ, have
clothed yourselves with Christ.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>How will you respond?</i></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Earlier today I posted a quote on my
Facebook page about </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: x-large;"><b>kindness.</b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><b>{See link
in upper right hand corner}</b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then after thinking about that word
for quite a while, I </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">remembered </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">that just over a month ago, I had received a
gift.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">That gift was a Christmas ornament
with the word </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">kindness</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">written on it. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I think God is trying to tell me
something….maybe…just maybe...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I thought I had that word conquered.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I actually would think to </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">myself, </span></span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">“Hey, that
one’s easy. Why would God want me to focus on </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>being kind when I’m so good at
it?”</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So now, I’m writing this with a new
perspective on humility. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’ve realized that I need to be more
kind. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not just more kind.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not just random acts of kindness, no,
that’s easy. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I need to have</span><b> <span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: x-large;">intentional acts of
kindness.</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>It’s easy to be randomly kind to a
stranger</u>, holding the door for them.
Giving a smile. Maybe even
lending them change at the store register.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>It’s much harder to think of ways to
be kind in advance to people whom you interact with on a regular basis.</u><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your spouse, your children, your
parents, your in-laws, your co-workers, your staff, your neighbors.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">But the fruit of the Spirit is love,
joy, peace, </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">gentleness and
self-control. Against such </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">things </span></b></span></span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Whew! Good thing God is asking me to
focus right now on only ONE part of that fruit!
I think I have a lot of work ahead of me!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>What area is God asking you to focus on? Be intentional about it and see what happens! </b></span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16239254365493150512noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599490101542620035.post-69982161171499091462017-02-07T15:32:00.000-08:002017-02-07T15:32:55.785-08:00Diving into Deliverance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">People are fascinated with the term
<b><span style="color: #134f5c;">DELIVERANCE.</span></b> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i><span style="color: #45818e;">Maybe it’s because of all those
supernatural themed television shows and movies that freak everyone out.</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>Or<span style="color: #45818e;"> maybe it’s because everyone knows
there could be something lurking inside wreaking havoc in their own life and
they need freedom.</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Either way, it’s a great subject
because<span style="font-size: large;"> whether </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">you </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">are a Christian or not, it’s possible for demons </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">to </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">influence your soul and at times your physical body.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">When I say </span><span style="color: #134f5c;">soul</span><span style="color: #45818e;">, I mean your mind,
your will, and your emotions.</span></b><span style="color: #45818e;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">When I say </span><span style="color: #134f5c;">physical body</span><span style="color: #45818e;">, I mean just
that. As an example, many times demons
assigned to sickness and disease can manifest in our physical bodies.</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><i><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">Are you still with me? </span></b></i> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don’t want to freak anyone out. In fact, if you are a Christian (that’s
someone who’s decided to follow Jesus as Lord and Savior), <span style="color: #45818e;"><b><u>then the demons are
AFRAID OF US!</u></b> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know that my title is <b>Diving into
Deliverance</b> and I could write for days on this subject……but I won’t….at least
for now.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: x-large;"><b>#1 The thief, the Devil, desires to </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: x-large;"><b>do only 3 things to us in life.</b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">“The thief comes only to steal and
kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”</span>
</b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>John 10:10</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><b><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">#2 Jesus has come to set us free.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because
he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to
proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set
the oppressed free,” </span>Luke 4:18</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In those two truths is the beginning
of the knowledge and the understanding of deliverance.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: x-large;">You must begin to sort out what in your </span></span></span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">life is being stolen from you, trying to kill you, and destroy you and
what in your life brings life and freedom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><b>I highly recommend </b></u>a book that I
began my journey of educating myself on deliverance. It’s called <b>“When Pigs Move In” by Don
Dickerman</b>. Which is found on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/When-Pigs-Move-Influences-Impacting/dp/1599794616/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1486509464&sr=8-1&keywords=when+pigs+move+in" target="_blank">Amazon</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #45818e;">It not only is full of testimonies,
but also a step by step process to become free.</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If this is a subject that proves a
lot of interest, then I’ll continue to share more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>My husband and I have ministered in </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>deliverance for several years now and </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>have seen many set free from illness </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>and
other afflictions.</i></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16239254365493150512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599490101542620035.post-44257698183423247432017-02-06T15:26:00.005-08:002017-02-06T15:26:58.702-08:00Brave<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When your answer is “I feel the Lord
is calling me on in a new direction (a new place) (new relationship) (fill in
the blank__________)” <i><u><b>why isn’t that enough?</b></u></i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: x-large;"><b>We all have journeyed to a place throughout
our lives where we’ve felt this tug in our spirits to do something new.</b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whether this is changing jobs,
changing who we spend our time with, changing where we live, changing churches,
and changing ministries and more!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When asked, “Why” I’m choosing a new
direction I tend to hesitate.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Can I trust that this person will
support my vision?<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Are they going to be critical?<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">Will they even “get it?”</span></i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Often, I give a much simpler answer to
protect myself from what the person who is asking may or may not say.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">Am I really protecting myself?</span></i></u><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The truth is, they may not understand
my “why” and they may feel all sorts of emotions regarding my “why” but at the
same time it’s not fair play either.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Everyone deserves a truthful answer
no matter if they fully understand the “why” behind it all.</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;">AND</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> it will have to be enough.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I’ll bravely tell my </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">“why”.</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u><b>In Genesis 12 Abram was called by God
to a new place</b></u><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Where is God calling you that will
take courage?</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16239254365493150512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599490101542620035.post-87926438622243875042017-02-02T15:18:00.000-08:002017-02-02T15:18:51.963-08:007 Days to Wait<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Saul’s demise as king over Israel
begins in <b>1 Samuel chapter 13</b> when he sinned against the Lord.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">He was deep
in battle and was waiting for a word from the Lord that they were blessed with
favor in battle against their enemies. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">He was given a word to<span style="color: #bf9000;"> </span><b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"><u>wait seven days</u></span> </b>and
then the prophet Samuel would show up. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Saul waited
the seven days and when he didn’t see Samuel, he decided to make an offering to
the Lord in order to seek the Lord’s favor without Samuel. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><i><b>(This wasn’t
the role of the king, but of the prophet and priest to perform these inquiries.)
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Saul was
tired of waiting, fearful and disobedient to the word of the Lord. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Feeling
compelled to do something when you’re tired of waiting on God isn’t a good time
to take action.</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">A while
later, at that same battle location, in <b>chapter 14</b>, the men of Israel were
starting to hide from their enemies, seeing that they were vastly outnumbered
and out weaponized. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">A small
victory at one of the enemy’s outposts by Saul’s son Jonathan and his
armor-bearer encouraged the men of Israel.
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><b>Saul went to
inquire of the Lord for direction and favor and as the priest was about to do
so, Saul stopped him.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">He could hear
the action of war in the near distance and decided to assemble his men for
battle <u><b>without receiving confirmation from the Lord.</b></u> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Twice Saul
decided he had had enough of waiting for the Lord’s approval. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>He was slowly
becoming consumed with fear.</b> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">God gives
Saul another opportunity to redeem himself in the sight of the Lord.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Through
Samuel, he is given a mission with very specific instructions in <b>chapter
15. </b> He does do <u>some </u>of what the Lord
instructed him to do <u>but not all</u>. He
decidedly disobeyed the Lord in rebellion toward him almost as if he just
didn’t care anymore. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">He then sets
up a monument in another town in his own honor and there forth refers to the
Lord as “the Lord your God” when speaking to Samuel. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Saul’s heart has grown hard toward the
Lord and decidedly turned away; rejecting him as his God.</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This grieved
the Lord. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Saul decides
to confess to Samuel that he <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>“was afraid of the people and so I gave into them”
(1 Samuel 15:24)</b>. </span> This excuse is not
enough to win back the favor of God as Saul continues to refer to the Lord as
“the Lord your God” <u><b>separating himself as someone who no longer follows God himself. </b></u><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;">The Lord then searches for another who
will reign as king that will love him and not turn away, who will follow all
his instructions.</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><b>The Lord found David.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;">The Lord still searches for those who
will follow him and not turn away.</span><span style="color: #bf9000;"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><b>What will you choose?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When Jesus entered the temple courts
in <b>Matthew 21:12,13</b> he drove out all who were buying and selling and he flipped
a bunch of tables.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Not only did Jesus get physical</b>, <b>he
made a statement which was a harsh rebuke. </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #38761d;">
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">“It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are
making it ‘a den of robbers.’”</span></b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once Jesus died for our sins and
redeemed us, paying the ultimate sacrifice, we no longer as a society need to
sacrifice at a temple. </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Our bodies are
the temple of God</span></b></i> <b style="font-size: 14pt;">(2 Corinthians 6:16)</b><i><b> <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">and host the Presence of the Lord.</span></b></i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So what does this mean for us today?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jesus drove out all the merchants who
were taking advantage of the people who needed a last-minute sacrifice;
over-pricing their goods. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They were
doing whatever it took to make a profit. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">T</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">hey were thieves.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">The temple had become a home for
thieves to come and live and hide.</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>What is the enemy, the thief,
stealing and hiding from your temple? </u> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>Has he made a home there as well?</u><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Jesus says that this house, the
temple, is to be called </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>a house of prayer.
</b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is simply communication with
God.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-large;"><b>We need to ask Jesus to cleanse our
temple by kicking out the den of robbers so that we may become solely a house
of prayer.</b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Ask Jesus to reveal to you those
things that should not remain in your temple. </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>First</i></b> repent for those things having
a place in your life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>Then</i></b> get mad and tell those things to
leave you and not return in Jesus name.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>Jesus delivers and sets us free!</b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16239254365493150512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599490101542620035.post-8309221599172589792017-01-31T16:19:00.001-08:002017-01-31T16:19:52.292-08:00Of Gods & Leaders <img id="id_618b_3a5f_fa37_bec6" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYfjuCtcONv_opwHINLeX0LLF1_a3TW3aOLy_eqiIhASXCL32f221ZuZ5Oy_KPrjqyfCAst-tuPSw08R0-1rCx0ee5F3iiYvoMy5de8pDlGoEDfX1cUHAuoWtaD8XIrxHqP8_x_ic7hm3b/" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 392px; height: auto;"> <div><font face="Verdana"><b>Have you noticed that people tend to make gods out of leaders?</b></font></div><div><font face="Verdana"><br></font></div><div><font face="Verdana">Hollywood, Government, Pastors and <i>anyone else are prime contestants for being idolized and worshipped. </i></font></div><div><font face="Verdana"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" color="#00838f" size="5"><b>We tend to hang on their every word and actions.</b></font></div><div><font face="Verdana"><br></font></div><div><font face="Verdana"><i>We think that the rulers we choose to admire and admonish will give us greater success in life than if we choose to worship and follow God’s ways alone.</i></font></div><div><font face="Verdana"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana" color="#00838f" size="5"><b>We've become dependant on these leaders for our happiness, peace, comfort, and stability.</b></font></div><div><font face="Verdana"><br></font></div><div><font face="Verdana">This has been happening since biblical times going back to the book of Samuel.</font></div><div><font face="Verdana"><br></font></div><div><font face="Verdana">Whenever we choose to appoint another leader over our lives instead of <b><font color="#00838f" size="4"><i>Jesus</i></font></b> it demonstrates our lack of truly knowing who he really is. </font></div><div><font face="Verdana"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana"><b><font color="#00838f" size="5">God is a good God. He loves us. He wants the best for our lives.</font></b> </font></div><div><font face="Verdana"><br></font></div><div><font face="Verdana">He gently leads us. </font></div><div><font face="Verdana"><br></font></div><div><font face="Verdana">He guides us into all truth.</font></div><div><font face="Verdana"><br></font></div><div><font face="Verdana">Earthly leaders will always leave us lacking. </font></div><div><font face="Verdana"><br></font></div><div><font face="Verdana"><b><font size="4">Only God can satisfy.</font></b> </font></div><div><font face="Verdana"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="Verdana"><b><i><font size="5" color="#00838f">One life changed by Jesus; one by one will change our world</font></i></b>.</font></div><div><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16239254365493150512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599490101542620035.post-44745310048356293362017-01-27T15:02:00.002-08:002017-01-27T15:02:45.404-08:007 Ways to be Consistent <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #bf9000;">Determination.</span> Set your mind on the fact that
you will do this activity no matter what tries to get in your way.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #bf9000;">Write it down.</span>
Make a list of what you want to accomplish and how often you want to
accomplish it.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">But the noble </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">make</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"> noble </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">plans</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">, and by noble </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">deeds they stand. Isaiah 32:8</span></span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #bf9000;">Verbalize it.</span>
Speak out positive words to yourself about how you can and will achieve
your goals.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So shall my word be that goes out from my </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">succeed in the thing for which I sent it. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Isaiah </span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #bf9000;">Do it!</span> When you wake up in the morning start to
take action on your goals. Don’t wait for time to slip away.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">We </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">do</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">not</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"> want you to </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">be</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">come </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">lazy</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">, but to </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">inherit what has </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">be</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">en promised. Hebrews 6:12</span></span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #bf9000;">Talk about it.</span> Tell others about your goals and
surround yourself with people who want you to succeed.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">Therefore </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">encourage</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">one</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">another</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"> and build each </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">1Thessalonians 5:11</span></span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #bf9000;">Pray.</span> Daily pray over yourself and the tasks
that you are trying to accomplish. Invite God to walk with you down this path.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="text 1Thess-5-16" id="en-NIV-29638" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"> </span>Rejoice always,<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-29638A" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-29638A" title="See cross-reference A">A</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"> </span><span class="text 1Thess-5-17" id="en-NIV-29639" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"> </span>pray continually,<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-29639B" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-29639B" title="See cross-reference B">B</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"> </span><span class="text 1Thess-5-18" id="en-NIV-29640" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">give thanks in </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="text 1Thess-5-18" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">all circumstances;<span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-NIV-29640C" data-link="(<a href="#cen-NIV-29640C" title="See cross-reference C">C</a>)" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span>for this is God’s will for you in </span></span></div>
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</span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #bf9000;">Be prepared. </span>Get your mind, your will and your
emotions ready to do it all over again the next day.</b></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">Those who live according to the flesh have their </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">mind</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;">s </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">accordance with the Spirit have their </span><b style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;">mind</b><span style="background-color: white;">s set </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">on what</span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"> the Spirit desires. Romans 8:5</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">I cried out
to Jesus for help.</span></b> He must have heard my
cry, but it still felt impossible to sense his presence at all. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">All along
this journey I had been spinning plates; trying to keep up appearances of the
perfect mother and wife.</span> </b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><b style="font-size: 14pt;">It just all
came crashing down so suddenly.</b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Then it
happened. </span><b><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">I realized that I had fallen
down the rabbit hole.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I wanted out so
desperately and as I cried out to God daily with my baby in arms and my toddler
hanging on my knee </span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><b>I wondered if God could hear me at all.</b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>I was so far
down. So very far down that hole. Was I going to be able to come back?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">At the
urging of my husband I went to the Doctor and he gave me several months supply
of samples of anti-depressants. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I was on
those pills for two months. I didn’t
cry, rage, or have suicidal thoughts<b> </b></span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><b>but I also didn’t laugh, smile, and feel…anything. I felt numb.</b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then one day
I just decided that I couldn’t live like that anymore. I didn’t want to feel depressed but I also
wanted to</span></span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> feel </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">again. </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I stopped
taking those pills cold turkey. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><b><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: x-large;">A week had
passed and I was feeling like my old self again; the self I once was before this
post-partum had taken hold of me. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I distinctly
remember what happened next. I went to
change my baby’s diaper just like I had done a dozen times before. Everything felt normal until suddenly I
started to feel anger and rage. </span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><b>It felt
like something hot climbing up from my feet and slowly rising up my legs.</b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I thought
for a moment why would this be happening? <b>
I don’t want to live like this anymore!
This is NOT who I am and who I am meant to be!</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I whispered the
only words I knew that would hopefully give me victory. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: x-large;"><b>“Get off of
me in Jesus name!”</b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As suddenly
as it had come on it had left. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>I felt joy
again. </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>I felt
freedom.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: x-large;"><b>I was done
spinning plates. I was done with that
rabbit hole.</b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">From that
moment on, I knew there was something more that I had personally
experienced. <b> </b></span><span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><b>I experienced a tool for
freedom from a spiritual enemy.</b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>A tool that
is also known as deliverance.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b><span style="color: #134f5c;">This has
been the path I’ve walked. If you or
someone you know is struggling with post-partum depression, I’d love to pray
for you. </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Feel free to
leave a comment or contact me through my Facebook page @Pathoftheblessing or
Twitter @1BlessedPath </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>{Links can also be found in the upper right hand corner of this blog site}</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In 2000 I
felt my mind and emotions slipping away with my first baby. I adored her, </span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #bf9000;">but the world around me was
completely overwhelming</span>.</i></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> I was able to
hide my struggle well enough that even the people who were closest to my,
except my husband, never knew.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In 2002 I
had my second baby and now I had tripped into the rabbit hole. </span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i> My mind and my emotions had teetered over the
edge of what seemed to be no return.</i></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">
Again, I put on my best face and was able to hide it from everyone until
the melt down at a restaurant. </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #bf9000;">It was
just too much.</span> </b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My baby was
crying, there was a hot pot of coffee just above my shoulder, a table full of
my husband’s relatives, several of whom I’ve never met, and I’m trying to latch
my baby on to calm her. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: x-large;"><b>The only
thing I can remember is I suddenly stood up and said, “I don’t give a damn” and
quickly walked out of the restaurant with my baby in arms tears running down my
face.</b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I sat out at
the curb next to the car crying. Alone.
</span><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><i>That was the moment I knew I needed help.</i></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><b>Jesus.
Jesus. If you can hear me, please help me.</b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It was a miracle what happened in the next few
months. But I’ll write about <b>THAT</b> in my
next blog.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16239254365493150512noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599490101542620035.post-9063371196145134522017-01-20T16:21:00.001-08:002017-01-20T16:21:44.197-08:004 Ways to Start on the Path of Blessing<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Blessing
flowed in and out of the lives of Abraham, Isaac, and </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Jacob.</span><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Just before </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">they were
walking a path full of blessing, </span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><i>they all </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>followed </i></span></span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>the same pattern</i></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It’s what I
call </span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;">The Compass</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"> </span>and it’s also the name of my soon to be </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">published </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">weekly devotional.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-size: large;"><u>The Compass
consists of these 4 elements:</u></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>1.</b> </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>Worship God.</b> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
Worshipping God is about exalting him above all others by approaching
The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit honestly and allowing yourself to expose your
heart before him humbly, resulting in glory to our God.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Yet a time is coming and has now come
when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth,
for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. John 4:23</b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>2.</b>
</span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>Inquire.</b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b> </b> Inquiring of God is about
bringing our requests to him. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Do not be anxious about anything, but
in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your
requests to God. Philippians 4:6</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>3. </b></span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>Listen.</b></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #38761d;">
</span>Listening to God is best accomplished when the atmosphere is full of worship
and void of distraction. Although many
times God will break through the most chaotic atmosphere in the way of a
thought, idea, word, someone’s name, or through visual cues to get his
direction across to his creation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>My sheep listen to my voice; I know them,
and they follow me. John 10:27</b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>4.</b>
</span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>Obey.</b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Obeying God is the most
challenging aspect of The Compass. It’s
simply about surrender; surrendering our ideas, plans, and ways of living life
to his plans. It’s about living life on
God’s terms and not our own, all the while applying faith. Believing that God loves us and ultimately
wants us to live out our lives to the fullest, which is only accomplished
through obedience.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>He replied, “Blessed rather are those
who hear the word of God and obey it.”
Luke 11:28</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Want to know how Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob navigated their paths with The </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">Compass and how their story is our
story too?</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then find my
book on Amazon; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Path-Blessing-Abraham-Isaac-Jacob/dp/1475202881/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1484928150&sr=8-1&keywords=path+of+the+blessing+abraham+isaac+jacob" target="_blank">Path of the Blessing: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob</a> by </span></span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: center;">Tasha Johnson</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When the enemies of God, the Philistines, captured the Ark
of the Lord <u><span style="color: #134f5c;">they thought they </span></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Ark of the Lord held the Presence of Almighty God before
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Life isn’t
always peaches and cream. </b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Life can
unexpectedly serve up steamed green beans.</b> <i> </i></span></div>
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<u style="font-size: 14pt;">In my life, I’ve found these 3 ways to be the most common ways I end up
finding myself on a path that I didn’t plan on walking. </u></div>
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sin is the #1 answer, but I wanted to get a little bit more personal, so here
we go!</span></div>
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<b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">1) Relationships. </span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">I’ve chosen friends in my past, that
are controlling and I end up becoming the friend that feels the need to make
her happy to keep our friendship. I’ve
been a people pleaser. After the fun of
the new friendship wears off, and without healthy boundaries in place, I am
resentful of that friend. <b>This relationship can also be dating
relationships and marriages.</b> <i>-Yikes! I know I’m speaking to someone out
there who knows exactly what I mean.</i></span><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b></div>
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<b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">2) Misuse of Finances. </span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">In years prior, I’ve wanted to fit in so badly with the community
that surrounds me that I’ve racked up quite a credit card debt. I didn’t honor God with the money that he’s
blessed me with and I didn’t honor my husband.
I’ve been sneaky. That path led
to regret and mistrust between my husband and me.</span></div>
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<b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">3) Following Leaders Who
Don’t Lead. </span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%; text-indent: -0.25in;">My husband and I have sat under the
authority of leaders who don’t lead us deeper into the things of God. We’ve innocently placed ourselves under such
leadership with illusions of grandeur and false expectations. When the promises fall flat, you see behind
the curtain, and you realize it’s never going to happen. This path is loaded with disappointment and
unforgiveness. <b>This leader can also be a leader at work and in the home, such as your
husband.</b> <i>-again, yikes!</i></span><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><u>The good news
is there is a way to get back onto the Path of the Blessing. </u></span></b><i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">-and when I say “the” I’m referring to God’s path for your life. </span></i></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c00000; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If you
want to know more, you can find my book, “Path of the Blessing: Abraham, Isaac,
Jacob” on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Path-Blessing-Abraham-Isaac-Jacob/dp/1475202881/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1484776438&sr=8-1&keywords=path+of+the+blessing+abraham+isaac+jacob" target="_blank">Amazon</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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