Waiting for God to answer your prayers?

Rewards come from God

"The Lord rewards every man for his righteousness and faithfulness..."

1 Samuel 26:23

When you walk in, follow, and pursue righteousness and faithfulness, the rewards from God will be many; full of Life and filled with Light. 

Stop being pitiful

"The Lord said to Samuel, "How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and be on your way..."

1 Samuel 16:1

You've been feeling sorry for yourself long enough.  It's time to move on - get over it; it is time to be on your way to new and better things in life.

The glory of the Lord

“...and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.”

Exodus 40:35

Wherever Christians gather to worship the Lord, his glory will fill it.

Glory and grace to the humble

“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

“Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty right hand, that he may lift you up in due time…”

1 Peter 5:5-6

Humble yourself under God’s mighty right hand, for in doing so, God will envelop your life and fill your soul with all grace and glory.

God brought you into existence for a purpose.

“God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth.  Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every creature that moves on the ground.”

-Gen 1:28

You are blessed - you have a purpose! 

We were brought into existence by God for a reason, and we’ve been anointed for that reason! Therefore, let’s find that reason and start living it out!  When we do, our lives will flood with God's light, His favor will be ours without asking, and the gifts of the Spirit will continually pour down upon us.

Friends, get busy and find your purposes, making your God-given gifts the miracles that God graciously and specifically has given each and every one of you.  He has given you the gift to shine for him, so start shining!

Be blessed!!

May God bless you mightily

This verse really touched my heart today.  So, in Jesus name, I would like to pray these words over you and to you:

“Oh! May the God of green hope fill you up with joy, fill you up with peace, so that your believing lives, filled with the life-giving energy of the Holy Spirit, will brim over with hope!”

(Romans 15:13 MSG)

God bless you mightily, in Jesus name – 
Amen and Amen

The eyes are gateways to your soul

The eye is the lamp of the body.  So if your eye is sound, your entire body will be full of light.  But if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be full of darkness…” Matthew 6:22 AMP

Whatever you hold on the inside of you is seeped out through your eyes.  What you think you are hiding, you aren’t – it all comes out.  So, make sure that you fill yourself, and let yourself be filled, with lots of light: love, goodness, kindness, gentleness, humility, self-control, patience… If you are hoarding darkness within, take steps to get it out.  Open up, admit your darkness’s, hurts, sins, and the like, and let the powerful healing of Christ fill you.  Then, as you abandon the darkness, and grasp on to the light, your eyes will show it; you will become a light in a dark place, a positive in a negative situation, a miracle for a lost soul, and a shining star for Christ himself – to which, my friend, you will be blessed, you will be a blessing, and your life will be a shining testimony for those lost in darkness of this world.

The Living Water

“But whoever takes a drink of the water that I will give him shall never, no never, be thirsty any more…” John 4:14 AMP

Thirsty?  Thirsty for changes that need to be made in your life; changes that need to be made in your heart and soul; changes for something different, something better?  If so, then it is time to take a drink of the real Water; it is time to make whatever changes necessary so you can dive into the Word of God, letting His Spirit jump out of the pages and into your heart, into your mind, into your body and soul.  Let Him change your world for the better – He will, He wants to! Yes, my friend, Jesus will enlighten your soul, ease your mind, quench your thirsts, and heal your heart.

So, are you in?  Are you ready for something better?  Then, give your life over to Jesus and let Him fill you with Water in which you will never, not ever, have to thirst again.

 

Guarding your heart

Guard your heart 

Time for a little personal inventory. What is your passion? What are you chasing? What are you thinking about just before you fall asleep? What is your most valuable possession? What would you dread most to lose? What do you have the burn for? 

You probably have quite a bit of sales resistance. You need to or you would go crazy in our materialistic and marketing-mad world. You know not to believe the pitch for every product and service that comes at you. 

Realize that Satan is going to look for any opening or crack in your armor to push or pull you away from Christ. Use your sales resistance on Satan. “Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life” (Proverbs 4:23). Learn to distinguish his tempting voice. See his promises as lies; see his threats as empty; see his pleasures as what they really are--bribes to induce you to commit spiritual suicide. 

Guard your heart by filling it with the gospel. Claim and celebrate and prize God’s unconditional love. Think often of Christ’s full and free forgiveness of your sins. Fuel up with the Spirit’s fire. When the wellspring of your heart is healthy, all your relationships and possessions will be in the right place. More God, less Satan.

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Give thanks

“Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you—

O Israel, if you would listen to Me! 

Let there be no strange god among you,

Nor shall you worship any foreign god.

I am the Lord your God,

Who brought you up from the land of Egypt.

Open your mouth wide and I will fill it."

Psalm 81:8-10

If you don't get it already:  

God is the one who's given you all the great blessings in your life, not yourself, not the world. So, give thanks to the One who has filled, and is able to fill, your life with joy and blessings.  Otherwise, you may not realize what you've got until they all get taken away.

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Your beautiful body

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"... And the Glory of God filled the Temple..."
 +2 Chronicles 7:1-3, +MSG 

You are God's Temple - open your heart and let him fill you with his glory

Temples of God's

“… The glory of God filled the Temple of God…”

1 Kings 8:10-11

Thanks be to Jesus, our bodies are God’s temples -  He dwells within each of us.  Which means, we need to be treating ourselves, and taking care of ourselves as such.  So… are you?

Return to the Lord

^"And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your heart to the Lord and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.” 1 Samuel 7:3 ESV

The same to you, my friend: If you are truly serious about coming back to God, then stop your sinful ways, repent, and ask forgiveness.  Then, open up your heart and let God fill it like never before.

Just as God commands

“… they had done all the work just as God commanded. “… and the glory of God filled the Dwelling.” Exodus 39:42-43 & 40:34-35, The Message

When you do what God tells you to do, the way He tells you to do it, and how He tells you to do it, you can rest assured that His glory will fill your work and fill it for many in the world to see.

 

Your every need

“Any my God will liberally supply (fill to the full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19 AMPC

So, in essence, if you don’t have it right now, then you don’t need it right now; when it is time for you to need it, God will give it to you.