A phrase kept being mentioned during our Christmas Party as we reflected on what all the Lord had done in our lives this year. It came back to my heart today to give it some time for a good discussion.
Perhaps we need to let the Lord help us love better in friendships, so let's just talk about it.
I ran across a scirpture this morning that caused me to pause and ponder. I think often we forget the ways of God in many matters.
Christ has puzzle pieces that are me and you and we are dispactched for certain assignments in certain seasons.
However, this passage helps me understand that while I might feel frustrated in wanting a certain outcome...perhaps, God's ways are simply different.
Let's take a look at it together...
God knew what I would be doing today even when I did not. But now that I can look back on my life I can see how God was training me when I had no idea that's what was going on.
In many "little things" that were also hard things for me, He was preparing me for what I would do today and in the years, I'm sure, to come.
I felt led to share 3 different ways He trained me to learn how to obey what He asks of me and how now, today, I can see why the enemy would try so hard to keep me bound in fear.
This morning I ran right into a passage of scripture that jumped out at my heart so I began to look up it 's meaning in the original language.
John 10 speaks of the Good & True Shepherd..let's see what it says...
During seasons of healing you'll learn alot about Christ but also alot about yourself.
Tribulation produces perseverence, and perseverence, proven character...Romans 5:3
We had a great discussion on some of this last night in our group meeting but I didn't want it to pass us by too quickly.
So, join me on my walk as we talk about it a little more.
I was stirred in my heart by a precious preacher I was listening to on my way home from a trip. So, you're getting a little mini-message while I'm on the road.
It reiterated to me again the art of learning to see. Maybe it will help you too as I share what I felt the Lord reminding me.
This message started with a dream about a couple of weeks ago. A dream where God needed to show me something in me needing tending. But He is so loving to then send me to His Word to run right into the message the dream intended. I spent each day with one chapter of the book of Song of Songs (Solomon) and learned so very much.
Let me reintroduce you to the BRIDEGROOM and share with you how He is reintroducing Himself to me.
As I've been re-reading the book of Joshua I continue to find such good and Godly stories that can help us today operate with better discernement in the Kingdom of God.
Today, we look at Joshua 10 and see a great lesson for us as well as a warning.
Today I'm sharing a moment with Jesus. So, just come into my space and I think He is speaking a "thing" that will help us all discern well our seasons, help us get into the proper lanes, and remain faithful to what He is doing in this hour.
At times, it can be confusing to know the will of God but I really think we often overlook what, and how, the Holy Spirit is actively already at work helping us.
During our last meeting the Lord had prepared a message about the faith of a child.
It was something He was walking me personally through during my 2 week vacation but I didn't really know at the time.
I felt it was a message that needs to out to our podcast listeners as well.
When was the last time your eyes sparkled at the thought of Jesus? Do you remember when your faith was like a child when you first came to Him? Before the pain of life, the abuses, the betrayals?
God reminded me of so much for this little lesson and it is my belief that He wants us to return to the faith of a child.
Shelbie Donelson who is the Women's Director of the Bethel House with New Creation Foundation joined me today in the studio.
You will receive such a blessing as she shares her story of addiction, homelessness, and how all the while, "There was Jesus."
*This was recorded on our Live 320 Lunch Break on Royalty4Real Radio for Women. You can tune into the live program on Wednesdays at 12 Noon CST by going to Royalty4Real.com or downloading our free Shelly Wilson Ministries app where the station plays at your fingertips.
I think often God has gifted us with unique creativity that we some how deem less significant in the body of Christ. Yet, it is not true.
God is stirring up creativity in this season and it is a matter of His nature, the Creator, Himself.
Let's move forward as Kingdom artisans and fulfill that which He purposefully placed within us.
On my walk today the Lord just dropped a sweet nugget in my heart for you.
Many in the body of Christ feel stuck but I am finding that God has a way about Himself that helps us recognize the shift He is making.
The main problem He has had to walk me through is recognizing that shift.
Sometimes that shift is not what I expected to happen.
I have learned the power of a heartfelt "I'm Sorry" where humility, and honesty, usher in a powerful healing oil.
It remedies many, many heart pains.
Many breaches in the body could be mended with an honest heart sharing and a very humble, and often tearful, "I'm sorry."
Some of you don't realize that your warfare has been because you are one of God's ground breakers.
He has entrusted to you a serious, yet hard, job in the Kingdom.
While today He does give us a bit of a warning, He also gives us encouragement to stay in the fight.
You are a critical piece in God's Kingdom plan and you are helping break new ground for the generations coming behind us.
Jesus has given us a job. One of pushing back darkness, setting captives free, and binding up the broken hearted.
Today we talk about giving our "YES" to become one of Hell's Most Wanted and wading into the waters of Isaiah 61.
Are you ready??????????
I was not going to talk about this until much later until the providence of God made me run right into the scriptures last week. It sent me on a hunt to understand what it indeed means to "be sealed" with the Holy Spirit unto the day of redemption.
While I don't feel this is the entire conversation that is necessary, today we simply look at "being sealed."
Commitment is so central to this life with Christ. Every season brings new commitments and sometimes more or less of them as well. One thing never changes no matter the season and that is our commitment to the person of Christ and our relationship with Him.
Let's talk through some things together and take a good look at our own lives when it comes to commitment.
Let us grow in Christ Jesus more and more.
Sometimes we find ourselves in the belly of a fish just like Jonah. Maybe we don't even know we are there. But there's some good things that God is working on in that dark place.
In prayer this morning the Lord placed a phrase in my heart, "When you hide..." I knew He was about to give me a writing for today's show.. I felt strongly it was going to be a now word for someone or someone(s).
*This message was delivered LIVE on 320 Lunch Break on Royalty4Real Radio for Women. You can listen in real time on Wednesdays at 12 Noon CST by going to www.royalty4real.com or downloading the free Shelly Wilson Ministries app from your App Store.