He Restoreth Our Souls

I.          Psalms 23:3(KJV)
        He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake

1.      He restoreth my soul:

A.    The Lord is here to restore our lives.  He’s here to bring us back into right relationship with him. He is the Father of all spirits.

      Hebrews 12:9  AMP                                                                           Moreover, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we yielded [to them] and respected [them for training us]. Shall we not much more cheerfully submit to the Father of spirits and so [truly] live?

B.     If you can understand that please don’t harden your heart in the day of provocation (strife, contention)

      Psa 95:8                                                                                       

      Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

C.     Look what he says here;    

      Jhn 16:33                                                                                               In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

D.    So if I am in Him and He is in me then I have overcome the world, as long as I stay in Him.  Here’s the word on it;     
                       

     
      Act 17:28                                                                                       

      For in him we live, and move, and have our being;

2.      he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake

A.    How marvelous then for us whom Scripture sees as sheep that God presents Himself as our shepherd. He leads us, protects us, and because He is always with us, we fear no evil.

B.     He didn’t say I will send Moses, Peter or John but He will lead us.

C.     We know that God has Pastors that are after His own heart;         

      
     
        Jer 3:15                                                                                         

       And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding

D.    Knowledge and understanding of  God’s word, God’s purpose, God’s vision and God’s will. If anyone is leading you contrary to God's word don't walk run, flee, get away, because they are not sent by God. Stay in the word and the word will stay in you.

E.     Hbr 13:5

                                                for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

F.      God is omnipresent, He is always there even if we acknowledge Him or not.

G.    The path of righteousness is just being a doer of the word and not a hearer only.

H.    The word has already made a path for you now its up to us to follow that path.

I.       Let’s uphold the blood stain banner, which is His name.

J.       Follow that inward witness today, allow yourself to be lead by the Spirit of God this day.  Amen

Trusting The Lord For Direction PT. 2

Trusting The Lord For Direction

PT. 2

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I.                   John 10:3-4 New Translation (NLT)

           The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep recognize his voice and come to him. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. After he has gathered his own flock, he walks ahead of them, and they follow him because they know his voice.

1.      Gatekeeper

A.  At night sheep were kept in an enclosure with a single opening, the gate. The shepherd slept in the doorway so that no wild beast could attack, except over his own body. Jesus as the “Gate for the sheep” interposes His own body between us and sin and Satan. He actually gave His life that we might have life. He truly is the Good Shepherd.

2.      sheep  recognize his voice

A.    John 4:24 God is a Spirit, John 6:63 the words that I speak unto you, [they] are spirit, and [they] are life.

B.     I believe its safe to say that God’s word brings life not death or condemnation.

C.     John 3:17 (amp)  For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) the world, but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him.

D.    If the voice you have been hearing is rejecting, condemning or has passed sentence on you.  It is not the voice of God. Turn and go in the other direction and please do not walk, run.

E.     Proverbs 24:16  For a just [man] falleth seven times, and riseth up again:

                  3.      He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

A.    How does God call us? With a holy calling.

B.      2Ti 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called [us] with an holy calling

C.      Its time to come out from among them. 

D.    Whatever is not of God its time to let it go.

E.     The work God has for you, your hands must be clean.

4.      He walks ahead of them

A.    He calls us out then goes before us to make sure we have everything we need to get the job done,

B.     Protection, financing, relationships, favor ect……

5.      They follow him, why? They know His voice.

A.    1Cr 13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

B.     It’s time to follow him into new victories,

C.     I have worked with you all these years to get you into this position, for such a time as this.  Now the work of the Lord begins, said the Lord.

TRUSTING THE LORD FOR DIRECTION

Trusting The Lord For Direction

I.                   Psalm 32:8  Amplified Bible (AMP)

            I [the Lord] will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you.

1.      Wait a minute now; he didn’t say the psychiatrist, the counselor, the Doctor, or the friend.

2.      I am not saying the Lord doesn’t use them but He should have the finale say so about everything.

3.      The Lord Himself will direct.

4.      How??  Through instructions and teachings.

5.      Why?? We can miss it. I know you think you are all that but let me tell you that you can miss it.

6.      My old Pastor would say, “A coke and a bag of chips.”

7.      Have you heard the song by Minister Donald Lawrence; (We are a spiritual being having a natural experience.) There are so much that tries and sometimes hinders us from hearing from God precisely.

8.      Remember when Elijah was on the mountain trying to hear from God. Once things got quiet he was able to hear from the Lord.

a.       1Ki 19:11-12 New King James Version (NKJV)

         Then He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before the LORD.” And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake; ¹² and after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.

9.      Did you notice the Lord was there the hold time but He didn't speak until He was ready? What if Elijah had move after the rocks broke or earthquake or fire, how many of you know that he would have missed God?

10.  If the enemy can’t stop you he will try to get you to move ahead of God.

11.  The noise could be a number of things job, relationships, economy ect….

12.  Stay persistence the Lord sees and knows all

II.                Psa 34:15  Amplified Bible (AMP)

            The eyes of the Lord are toward the [uncompromisingly] righteous and His ears are open to their cry.

1.      To me uncompromisingly means don’t give up.

2.      Keep your business right before the Lord.

3.      Keep living Holy. If you make a mistake repent and get back on the horse.

4.      God is watching you and listening to everything that concerns you child of the Most Highest.

III.             Isaiah 40:31 Amplified Bible (AMP)

But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] shall change and renew their strength and power; they shall lift their wings and mount up [close to God] as eagles [mount up to the sun]; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint or become tired.

1.      Expect Him any minute to do exactly what you believe for.

2.      Remember that God is bound by His word, so make sure this is in His will for you.

3.      Hebrews 11:6   But without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him. For whoever would come near to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him [out].

a.       Watch this, waiting is seeking.

b.      God can not lie and His word is true.

c.       Get quite now I believe your word is here, listen to the voice of God.

WHAT IS HOLDING YOUR PRAYERS UP

what is holding your prayers up

In these last days judgement is being executed expediently. The Bible let us know that as time draws nearer for Christ return that time speeds up. So now judgement is being executed sooner. The years, months, weeks and days are shorter now.

If you look at that from the Christian perspective it shouldn’t take as long getting an answer from God.
Mat 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

Amos 9:13 

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed;

The plowman . . . sows seed: The blessings will be so great that Amos compares them to land producing so quickly and so richly that it is difficult to finish one cycle before the next cycle begins^[1]

What you have been praying for, will be answered before you are even out of your prayer closet.

Can you see that, by the time you ask God for the next request the 1^st is already answered?

Glory to God

Don’t forget your hearing and doing always determine your harvest.

Matt.4:20

And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive [it], and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.

THE WORD IS THE SEED BEING SOWN IN OBEDIENT HEARTS  WILL PRODUCE A HARVEST.

Too many believers are looking at others and not examining their own lives, to determine why they have not received from God.

Our minds have been contaminated with this world system and its belief, that is hindering believers from receiving from God.

 HERE IT IS CHURCH THE REASON WE ARE NOT TAKING THE LAND THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US, OUR MIND HAS BEEN CONDITION TO LIVE UNDER THAT OLD SYSTEM IN EGYPT.

COMING OUT OF EGYPT DIDN'T COST YOU BUT A DECISION.

TO LIVE IN THE PROMISES THAT GODS WORD SAYS YOU CAN HAVE, IS GOING TO COST YOU THAT OLD MIND.

THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO GOOD  AND EVER LASTING SUCCESS.

Jos 1:8

This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Let’s get it right so God can do great, mighty things through and for us Church.

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^[1]Spirit filled life study Bible. 1997, c1991 (electronic ed.). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

TASTE AND SEE THAT THE LORD IS GOOD

taste and see that the LORD [is] good

1.      Psa 34:8 O taste and see that the LORD [is] good: blessed [is] the man [that]             trusteth in him.

a.       Trusting the Lord will open you to taste and see that the Lord is good.

b.      His words are spirit and life.

c.       It’s the spirit world that makes the nature world.

d.      John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, [they] are spirit, and [they] are life.

e.       Life comes from the spirit of God, just as death comes from the spirit of the antichrist.

f.       As I am obedient to what God is revealing to me in the spirit, I will see the manifestation of what I am being for in the natural.

g.      Now I am tasting and seeing the Lord is good.

2.      The Lord will reveal in His word, what I am to feed upon and where.                                        a.   For he [is] our God; and we [are] the people of his pasture, and the    sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,

b.   His voice which is His word (logos on pages of the bible, but becomes His voice when revelation comes)

3.      Don’t expect to receive the meat of God without doing the work of God which is His will. 

a.       John 4:32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.

b.      John 4:34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

c.       Seek and save the lost is his will for us.

d.      Luke 19:10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

e.       Then you can start tasting and seeing that that the Lord is good all the time to me.

5 Most Effective Weight Loss Foods

By Cindy Papp

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Weight loss will be affected mainly by food that your diet is centered around. It is a fact that certain foods help you lose weight more than others. On the other side; certain food choices literally inhibit weight loss while others can harm your health. Here are 5 most effective foods for weight loss that can fit easily into a healthy diet.

Lean proteins are important to maintain muscle while losing fat. High fat proteins are not only bad for your weight and size but can be harmful to your health. It is also well known that highly processed meats are linked to certain health risks and diseases. Strive to eat wholesome, lean proteins like fish, chicken breast, turkey breast, flank steak or tempeh for vegetarians.

Vegetables that are high in fiber tend to be low in calories. They also may contain high amounts of water that can be rich in minerals. The natural fiber can help you feel full, helping you to avoid over eating. It can also act as a natural cleanser of your digestive tract, clearing waste and debris that can add pounds and make you feel sluggish. Look for vegetables like cabbage, celery, and Romain lettuce.

(mobile only) (mobile only)Spicy foods can be metabolism boosters, when use with a healthy weight loss diet. You can make dishes as home that are healthy, low in calories, high in nutrition and metabolism boosting. Stir fry dishes are popular, easy and delicious as they use plenty of fresh vegetables, lean proteins and spices like ginger, garlic and cayenne pepper. This combination can even help your body burn fat.

While not a food, water is just as important as part of your weight loss diet. Water helps clear your body's blood, lymph and even liver and kidneys. Do not make the mistake that soda can replace water for the sugar or side effects of diet soda counteract any amount of water contained.

Drink clear, fresh water. Add a little fresh fruit juice, if you prefer a little flavor. Fresh squeezed lemon juice is known as a natural body cleanser that helps your body flush fat, clear waste and even can kill bacteria.

Green tea is a dieter's choice for those looking to lose belly fat. Research has consistently shown for years that those who added green tea to their daily weight loss diet lost more belly fat than those who didn't. This may be why green tea is also related to healthy heart and reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease.

While a healthy lifestyle creates a healthy body, your diet should be the focal point of a healthy plan. The foods you eat can help your body work more efficiently so it can drop the pounds. On the other hand, the foods you eat can clog your body so that it cannot run efficiently leading to weight gain, sluggishness and foggy mind. So choose your weight loss plan wisely and, as always, see your doctor if you take medications.

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Change Your Thoughts Change Your Destiny

Foundational Scripture:

I.  Proverbs 23:7a

    For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:

1. If you are not satisfied with your life change your thoughts, and then your life will change.
2. Some people try positive thinking without the Word of God and that is relying on your on ability.
1. Eph 2:12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
3. He is the very source of our life.
1. Acts 17:28  For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.

II.  Matt. 5:28

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

looketh meaning to continue to look upon

1. What you focus your attention and think on you will eventually do.
2. It’s called meditation
1. Jos 1:8  This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
2. Psa 1:2-3  But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

4.  Mediating in God’s Word changes your thoughts, which will change your destiny