Blessings of the Lord

It's all about choices

“Everything is permissible for me – but not everything is beneficial.  Everything is ‘permissible for me’ – but I will not be mastered by anything.”  1 Cor. 6:12 (NIV 1984)

It is all about choices!  We all have them to make, however, we all often to not make them for the right reasons.  Our choices, whether it is faith, food, fun, health, family, work, finances, etc., need to be made with these two questions in mind:  ‘Do I have peace about this?’ And, ‘Would God approve?’.  If both questions are answered with a no, then some deep, powerful prayer is definitely necessary; if answered with a yes, then the choice should be pretty easy for you to make.

Only God can make it happen

"... you can't force these things.  They only come about through my Spirit..." Zechariah 4:5-7 MSG

When you find yourself frustrated by trying to force something you want or need in your life to happen, then it is time to give the request(s) to God and move on. 

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There is only One that can make or break you.

“… you go by yourself and be strong.  God and God only has the power to help or hurt your cause.” +2 Chronicles 25:7-8, MSG

Fear not of any man on Earth or devil in Hell when you step out into the unknown – when you step out into a new endeavor.  There is only One that can make or break your success, His name is God, and He alone has the last and final say in all that you embark on.

Skills

"... I've given the skills to make all the things I've commanded you..." Exodus 31: 6-11,  

The Message

It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from, how much money you have, or don't have, when God leads to do something, He will make sure you have the skills to get it done.  

Therefore, be bold and follow God's lead without losing heart, and, remember, when you get to a point that you don't think you have the ability to accomplish what you've set out to do, cry out to God, He'll step in and give you, or give you someone, with the ability to do what needs to be done.

Who do you think made you?

God said, “And who do you think made the human mouth? And who makes some mute, some deaf, some sighted, some blind?  Isn’t it I, God?  So, get going, I’ll be right there with you – with your mouth!  I’ll be right there to teach you what to say.” Exodus 4:11-12

God made you in perfection!  God made you exactly as you are for a reason.  With God, you have no handicap, you have no flaws, you are not a minority, and you have no imperfections.  So, set out and do what your heart (God) is leading you to do.  Like the passage says, God will be right there with you, teaching you, speaking through you, and giving you the anointing to do what the world says is impossible for you to do.

 

Make your bed!

“And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ (The Messiah) [now] makes you whole.  Get up and make your bed!...” Acts 9:34 AMP

Jesus died so you can live – Jesus died and made you whole!  Therefore, get up, (wake up, be the strong man/woman in Christ that you were made to be), and clean up your life!! Do what needs to be done so you can stop living second best; you are God’s child, you are a conqueror,  you are alive, you are able, and you have the Spirit – you need nothing more.  Therefore, stop wasting time in self-pity, misery, and the like, otherwise, you soon may find yourself at the end of your life wishing you had more time to do things differently.