Crying Out to God

Do You Have Questions??

Hold on! Hold on tight!!

"And I will bring back the exiles of My people... they shall build... and plant... they shall also make gardens and eat the fruit of them.  And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be torn up out of their land which I gave them, says the Lord your God." Amos 9:14-15 AMP

Don't give up!! You may be at wit's end! You may have lost everything! You no longer feel as if you have the strength, faith, or determination to do it all again, to start at the beginning, but God is here with you! He has a plan for you, and if you will just keep your faith in Him, dig in with both feet, believe like never before, and have the faith of a thousand men, then the breakthrough you thought would never happen, will happen!  It is going to happen at just the right time, at just the right place. 

So, hold on! Hold on tight, my friend, because the doors of His glory are getting ready to burst wide open, and your entry into a grand, sparkling new beginning is about to come to pass.

Praise God - Hallelujah!

Change

"But Amos stood up to Amaziah: "I never set up to be a preacher, never had plans to be a preacher.  I raised cattle and pruned trees.  Then God took me out of the farm and said, 'Go preach to my people Israel.'

Amos 14:15 MSG

God can make changes in our lives in a split second! He can put us on paths and give us positions of greatness that we've never expected.  

Answer God's call - you've been blessed, chosen, and anointed; you are chosen to be His light and to show that He can make you shine in the face of impossibility.  

Yes, my friend, your life is going to go from good to great - you are a world changer thanks be to Christ Jesus.

You've been sought!

You've been blessed!

You are anointed!

Answer HIS call!

To God be all the glory on this new venture for you!!

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Pride and false, futile glory

“… The Lord, the God of hosts, says: I abhor, reject, and despise the pride and false, futile glory… “ Amos 6:8 AMP

God despises pride and selfish proclaimed glory!  If you are a child of God and you live and breathe for Him, then there is no need to brag of yourself; your life already shines with His glory!  Therefore, if you find yourself constantly patting your own back, bragging on your personal accomplishments, then zip it, and ask yourself if you are haughty and prideful. If you find you are, repent of it, have the determination to change, and ask God for His mighty help – He’ll come running to your aid.

As a child of God there is no need to brag about ourselves, He shines ever so brightly through us, and His light needs no bragging.  Nonetheless, we sometimes get so caught up into our own-selves that it blocks His light from shining through. So, just remember to keep God first and foremost! Give Him all the glory, and the shining light He brings into your life will speak immensely into the hearts and minds of others – no words necessary.

 

Retaliate against evil with the weapon of goodness!

“Seek (inquire for and require) good and not evil that you may live… Hate the evil and love the good… let justice run down like waters and righteousness as a mighty and ever-flowing stream.” Amos 5:14, 15, 24 AMP

I know you’ve heard this before, but let me say it again, Do not repay evil with evil! Instead, repay evil with good!  Yes, it can be challenging, especially if you are like me, and wonder how a person, government, group, employer, colleague, or family member, etc., can keep getting away with rude, haughty, lewd, crude, wicked, evil behavior and actions.  When I come across people like these, I struggle immensely with becoming critical, judgmental, gossipy, cold, and hateful – all of them being sins in the eyes of God, so I know the way I’m acting isn’t right.  Although, as my relationship grows with Christ, I now quickly notice His firmness as He lays this word on my heart, “Enough!”, which means, I’m walking in sin and it is time to back away and repent.  As challenging as it is, I now try to stop focusing on the bad, and start finding something good about the situation.  I’ve got a long way to go, but I’m way better than I used to be.

What about you?  Do you struggle as well? Well, if so, please join me in continually evolving into the person that Christ is forming us to be; in becoming more like Him every day.  Let’s retaliate against all evil with the weapon of goodness.  I believe that if, and when, we do, more blessings and opportunities will begin to come our way, and God will lift us into a new a new dimension of life that can only be left to our most excellent visions, prayers, and dreams.

So, you aren't sure if you truly know God, huh?

“… prepare to meet your God… Who forms the mountains and creates the wind and declares to man what is his thought, who makes the morning darkness and treads on the heights of the earth – the Lord, the God of hosts, is His name!” Amos 4:12-13

Do you see the mountains, do you feel the wind? Do you have thoughts and plans, hopes and dreams?  Do you lay down in darkness, or wake up before the dawn?  Can you look towards Heaven and see the stars?  If you answered, Yes, to any, or all, of these, then it is a fact, my friend, you do know God!

He is the sure thing; no more second-guessing - you do know God, and He surely knows you!  So, receive Him into your heart, and fret no more, because from here-on-out, the battles you face will be battles of victory, and defeat will not be a meaning you even need be aware of any longer!!