February 16 2019

Self Sufficency

Now He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent over and could in no way raise herself up. But when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said to her, “Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity.” And He laid His hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. Luke 13:10-13

The text says that this woman “could in no way raise herself up”.  
That tells me no matter what she did, what she tried, who she got help from, etc., she was unable to fix the spirit of infirmity that she suffered with.  
But when Jesus laid His hands on her, she was “immediately” made straight.  
We are a self-sufficient society.  
We have the knowledge, the experience and the means, for the most part, to take care of ourselves. We often feel like Jesus has nothing to offer.  
We have it taken care of.  
I’m here to tell you today that no matter how self-sufficient we believe we are every one of us have some area in our lives in which we can “in no way raise ourselves up”.  
We need the touch of Jesus in that area of our life to bring a “straightening”.   
No matter who or what you have to “take care of things”, let me tell you today, there is nothing like the touch of Jesus on your life! 
There are whole new levels and dimensions to be had when we truly get into the presence of the Lord!  
Self-sufficiency is not all that it is cracked up to be.  
Reach out today – He is waiting on you!

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February 15 2019

But……….

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. 2 Corinthians 4:7-9

We are but earthen vessels, not vessels of gold, silver, precious metals, but simple earthen vessels.  But within our vessels we house the very power of God.   
Why in simple earthen vessels you ask?  
So that we may not claim that the power is of us, but rather of Him.  
What does that power allow?  
It allows a lot of but God’s……… 
hard pressed BUT not crushed; 
perplexed BUT not in despair; 
persecuted BUT not forsaken; 
struck down BUT not destroyed.  
The power of God within us allows us to say 
BUT GOD 
in any situation we find ourselves in, no matter how desperate it looks.  
What do you need to proclaim BUT GOD about today? 

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February 14 2019

In the Moment

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7
We become fearful when we move out of the moment.  
When we dwell on what is behind us we become anxious and anxiety leads to fear.  
When we look too far ahead and get stuck there we fear what we can’t yet see.  
But when we sit in the moment, really sit in the moment, and live the moment to its fullest potential, we have no time to dwell in the past or get stuck in the unknown of the future.  
When we sit in the moment we learn to really enjoy our life. 
Many of us speed through our days like there is a fire chasing us.  
And then we live nostalgically in the past that we missed.  
Why not live in the moment, remember it fondly, but then move onto to the next moment, fully appreciating it all as we go? 
Today, start today, to really live in the day that it you are in now. 
Leave yesterday behind and tomorrow ahead.  
They are what they are.  
Today is the where you can make a difference.

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