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NOT DEFINED BY YOUR SCARSRACHEL SHAFERWe can dress them up, cover them up, and hide emotional scars in all sorts of creative ways. With a physical scar, once it fades if becomes a distant memory. It’s something that happened and you’ve recovered. It becomes a story to tell. Bit with an emotional scar, it’s easier to hide it rather than expose it.If we’re not careful the emotional scar doesn’t fade the way it supposed to. Emotional scars can keep us from leading the life we’re supposed to live. We may think things like:“I can’t pursue my dream because I tried and failed.”“I can’t trust again because that trust was broken.”“ I can’t believe that ; do you know what happened to me?”“Do you know what I’ve been through?”Those are the ways we reopen a wound that should have healed and faded. With emotional scars, we let them heal a little, then reopen them, let them heal a little more and reopen them until it sometimes becomes a bigger scar than it needs to be.It’s time to let the emotional scars fade. It’s time to let them heal and not reopen them. Don’t let emotional scars become excuses that hinder what God has for your future. You can allow your scars to become a part of the story you tell of God’s overcoming power in your life.God is saying, “Let Me fade your scars.” Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”The scar doesn’t have to remind you of the person who hurt you or the situation that caused your hurt. The scar can remind you of Jesus and how He completely transformed your life. It’s a decision we can make. It can make a mark on you that identifies you in Christ instead of being identified by the scar. We are not defined by what has scarred us. We are defined by our heavenly Creator.FROM GLORY TO GLORY Joseph Prince“But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.” 2 Corinthians 3:18I believe that Jesus is doing great work in your life right now. Maybe you can’t see it because there’s something that you have done in your past that you just can’t seem to shake off, that seems like weights around your feet holding you down…You need to understand that what you see or how others see you is not as important as how God sees you. May people think that God sees them in their sins and is just waiting to pounce on them to punish them. This wrong belief produces wrong living. If you see God this way, you can’t help but be in constant fear, insecurity, and anxiety over your past sins. Today, make a decision to turn your eyes to Jesus, for He has already made you, the believer, righteous with His blood!The more you behold Jesus, the more you are transformed “from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.” 2 Cor. 3:18 Fixing your eyes on Jesus is the greatest holiness. Many think they have to do more in order to be more holy, accepted, and loved by God. The truth is, when you behold Jesus more and see His love, His forgiveness, His abundant grace, and His gift or righteousness purchased for you with His own blood, you will be transformed supernaturally.Holiness is a by-product of seeing Jesus in His grace. When you see Jesus and receive His love and grace every day, your heart is transformed inwardly. This is not outward behavior modification. This is real change that is sustained by a heart touched by His grace and by an emancipated conscience that is forever greed from guilt. This is when addiction begins to drop from your life. This is when fear begins to dissolve in His perfect love, and that condemnation arising from your past mistakes is cleansed by His precious blood.Can you see it? Can you see what He sees?RESURRECTION DAYBy Dottie RamboWe are celebrating Resurrection DayJesus Christ is risenHe’s no longer in the grave.Death gave way to victoryAs the stone was rolled awayWe are celebrating Resurrection Day!He’s risen!!!!!The Son has risen to shine forevermoreHe walked right out of prisonAnd opened ev’ry door.He conquered death foreverAs the stone was rolled away.We are celebrating Resurrection Day!The earth and its fullness and the people all sayWe are celebrating Resurrection Day!Oh, HE’S RISEN!!!!!!THE MONTH OF APRIL-believe God for unprecedented miracles and breakthroughs in all spheres of life in Jesus’ name!! Some call it “April Fool”, but for You and I and all that is Ours, it shall be called: APRIL FULL…….. April full of blessings. April full of good health. April full of favor. April full of mercy. April full of joy. April full of greatness. April full of abundance. April full of God’s goodness. April full of honor. April full of gainful and productive ideas. April full of full of Gd’s purpose for your life. April full of promotion. April full of God’s help. April full of fame. April full of financial breakthrough. April full of all goodies of life. April full of a close walk with God. Bishop Pastor Daniel O.C. **********************************************THE BEST DRESSED CHRISTIAN– So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline. Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you. And regardless of what else you put on, wear love. It’s your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it. Colossians 3:12-14 IF YOU’RE REDEEMED, SAY SO!! BY Joyce MeyerWhen you realize that the devil is trying to distract you, don’t just sit around and let him beat you up with worry and negative thoughts. Open you mouth and begin to confess your authority in Christ.Satan places anxious and worried thoughts in our minds, sometimes actually “bombarding” our minds with them. He hopes we will receive them and begin “saying” them out of our mouths. If we do, he then has material to actually create the circumstances in our lives he has been giving us anxious thoughts about.DON’T BE THE DEVIL’S MOUTHPIECE!Find out what God’s Word promises you and begin to declare His two-edged sword (Hebrews 4:12).Psalm 107:2 “ Let the redeemed of the Lord so; whom He has delivered from the hand of the adversary.”Psalm 91:3-4 “For (then) He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. (Then) He will cover you with His pinion, and under His wings shall you trust and find refuge. His truth and His faithfulness are a shield and a buckler.”WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF SMALL-TOWN CHURCHES?Small-town churches exist to equip the saints to do the work of the ministry and to edify the body of Christ. (Eph. 4:11-16) It’s difficult to edify, encourage and build up the body of Christ without being a part of it. We find it difficult to love others at a distance. Have we been taken in by the trickery and cunning craftiness of the world?“How can every part do its share and cause growth in the body and be disconnected from the local church?” Our arms, our legs, our eyes, our internal organs, all of these are important if we are to survive and to grow. Today, people judge churches by the wrong rubric. We should not focus on the songs we sing, the buildings we enter to worship, and the type of seats we sit in, the instruments used or what the church/Pastor/service does for me. You and I can read the Bible and pray, but we still need regular participation in the local body of believers for our spiritual health. The small-town church can help believers to live the Christian life, for life is what we are about.By Skip PullenSecrets of Protection in the Names of God“The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; for You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You. “ Psalm 9:9-10Each of the names of God has a divine attribute, and understanding and believing that He is each attribute will cause that attribute to flow into our lives. The first name of God mentioned in Psalm 91 is “Most High” (Elyon), which means He is the Most High God and there is no one higher than Him. He is the possessor of heaven and earth. The verse goes on to refer to God as the “Almighty.” In Hebrew, it is Shaddai–the God who blesses you with more than enough, more than you can contain. Man has limitations but we have a God who is abundantly unlimited.The second verse of Psalm 91 contains another two names of God. “I will say of the Lord,” he is referring to Yehavah or Yahweh, the covenant-keeping God. It is the holiest name of the Lord, the name Jewish scribes treat with great reverence. The second name of God “My God in HIm I will trust.” Elohim, is the name that means the God of power, the Creator.The name Jesus in Hebrew Yeshua, actual means “Yahweh saves,” If you are broke, Yahweh saves. If you are sick, Yahweh saves. If you have enemies that are coming against you, Yahweh saves. Whatever saving you need, Jesus is the answer, for His name means “Yahweh saves.” Hallelujah! By Joseph PrinceDECLARE YOUR HEALING Becky DvorakI will boldly declare my healing; even when the attack of the enemy bear’s down hard and the reports shout death, I will not fear. I put my trust in my God.“Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us. To Him the glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever.” (Eph. 3:20-21)Like Abraham I make a quality decision to believe “in the presence of Him whom he believed– God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did” (Rom. 4:17). I boldly declare His abundant life, healing, power, and supernatural strength to overtake my body.I bind myself to the power of the blood of Jesus to take down this illness, to heal me, to recreate this physical body of mine, to renew my strength. According to the healing words of Isaiah 40:29-31, Because I wait upon the Lord, I will mount up with wings like eagles, I will run and not be weary, I will walk and not faint, In Jesus’ name I declare, amen.And this day I boldly declare God’s promise about my healing that “I will not die, but live and declare the works of the Lord,” Psalm 118:17.“The Hand of God has turned the tide.”Psalm 118:5-16 Message BiblePushed to the wall, I called to God; from the wide open spaces, He answered. God’s now at my side and I’m not afraid; who would dare lay a hand on me? God’s my strong champion. I flick off my enemies like flies. Far better to take refuge in God than trust in people; Far better to take refuge in God than trust in celebrities. Hemmed in by barbarians, in God’s name I rubbed their faces in the dirt, Like swarming bees, like wild prairie fire, they hemmed me in. In God’s name I rubbed their faces in the dirt. I was right on the cliff-edge, ready to fall, when God grabbed and held me. God’s my strength, He’s also my song, and now He’s my salvation. Hear the shouts, hear the triumph songs in the camp of the saved?“The hand of God has turned the tide! The hand of God is raised in victory! The hand of God has turned the tide!”When we come to Jesus, we have: A new life (Matthew 11:28,30 I John 1:9 Ephesians 2:8-10 Colossians 1:13-14) A new partnership with Christ (Matthew 1:21-23 18:18-20 Acts 27:22-15 Hebrews 13:5-6) You are:
God’s Word of Wisdom for 2019Psalm 1 The Message BibleHow well God must like you–
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