Strip off the past and dress for the future

“Strip down, start running – and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins…

don’t sit around on your hands!  No more dragging your feet…

Keep a sharp eye out for weeds of bitter discontent.  A thistle or two gone to seed can ruin a whole garden in no time.”

-Adapted from Hebrews 12:1-3; 4-11; 14-17 MSG

It’s time to move on.  The past is over, the future is at hand, and the time is now.  So, get on with your amazing life, there’s so much in store for you and all you have to do is take a bold step forward -  friend, God is patiently waiting for you to do so.

Yes, the time is now: time to live; time to breathe! Strip the past from yourself and move forward fresh and new.

Yes, the time is now: time for God to take control and for you to give it up to him.

Who's the real fool?

“… you didn’t lie to men, but to God.”  

Acts 5:1-2

My friends, let’s get real, let’s give up our façades, let’s stand up to the plate and start telling the truth.  It is time to seek God’s approval - not our own, not man’s.  

Remember, when we are playing fake, when we are lying, and when we are running from the truth, there is only one being fooled – and that one fool is ourselves.

Crying out

“… He listens the split second I call to him…” Psalm 4:3

When we cry out to God, he comes running; miracles begin to shine through our messes.

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When your enemies hear the news

"... When all our enemies heard the news and all the surrounding nations saw it, our enemies totally lost their nerve.  They new that God was behind this work."  +Nehemiah 6:15-16, MSG

Have no fear of finishing the work God has set before you. Once the enemy realizes who has the control,  they'll be backpedaling and running for their lives.

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+Steven Furtick 2016 pastor 

Stay on the right road

[Cease from your made running after idols, from which get nothing but bitter injury.] Keep your feet from being unshod and your throat from thirst..." Jeremiah 2:25

Living in turmoil, hurt, inferiority, frustration, guilt, worry, and condemnation prove one thing:
You are not listening to God; you are not following His promptings.  No, instead you are running after your fleshly plans, attitudes, ideas, and idols.  So, S.T.O.P - now! Give it all - yes, ALL-  to God to take care of.  He'll give you the correct way, the proper attitude, the right thinking, and a preeminent peace to handle any situation that comes your way.  

Friends, don't let the devil take you out of God's plan for your life.  Fight to stay on His narrow road, every moment of every day, and the victory and joy that are yours in Christ will be well worth the weight in gold.