Sam Samy shares this inspiring example in this video:
As you know of Sam Samy, he has made it to where he is as a physical athlete because he met God half way!!! I know he loves football sport and works hard for the divine goal, too!!! He has worked hard to do his best to reach his goal with heaven’s grace given him and trusted God for the rest of putting him in life where he is today!!! I admire that you have the heart to do the same for the dream of the sport!!!
Sam Samy shared this video here today and ladies, it speaks very strongly to me that it is very important that we as women listen to Godly counsel because it is our divine protection in life!!!
Our relationships can be spot on accurate in helping us and some relationships not!!! It is wise to always take all counsel before Jesus for His opinion and well, sometimes His best advice for us is that the very best investment we can make is in taking what issues we have questions about or have need for help with to a professional Christian counselor!!! Father tells us this in His Word:
“Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.”
Proverbs 15:22
Often times people have lack of total understanding of a situation, lack of experience, biased opinions and emotional hangups that keep them from providing sound advice. Jesus always has the divine answers and victory for us as we seek Him in gaining wisdom. His promises to us:
“If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault and it will be given to you.”
James 1:5
Jesus says of Himself “never will I leave you nor forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5
A good leader or counsel will always seek the Lord in how they guide us for the heart of Jesus for us, not because of their own personal agendas. As women, we should seek to follow our leaders with a heart after the heart of Jesus and not with personal agendas apart from Him as well. Blessings to you, ladies!!! I’m a gal seeking the heart of Jesus for my life, too and considering the heart of Godly counsel through prayer to Jesus, too!!!
Father’s heart is always sooo good all the time for us as this song says here!!! We can rest assured in it as we seek Jesus!!!
Powerful new day greetings to you His precious royal of faith in Christ Jesus!!! As I begin this new gift of life today, I am powerfully encouraged and strengthened in our Father’s promises to us from the Lord towards His people as He shared His heart thru His leader Moses towards the Israelites in their war with the enemy:
“And Moses said to the people, ‘Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever. The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.'”
Exodus 14:13-14
As I reflect upon this passage in the Bible today, these thoughts stand out to me:
We can trust God and His whole angel army are in our midst working in supernatural ways for us as His of faith!!! Ruh, Ruh, Ruh!!! Power on JESUS!!! WE ARE CHEERING YOU ON THRU OUR PRAYERS AND FAITH IN YOU AND FOR YOUR LEADERS YOU PERSONALLY PUT IN OUR LIVES TO GOVERN US IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR GUIDANCE FOR THEM FOR THEM AND FOR US FOR YOU FOR YOUR VICTORY FOR THE WORLD!!! YYYEEESSS BRING IT FATHER!!! YYYEEESSS YOU CAN!!!
Our Father tells us in His Word:
“The Lord is good, a STRONGHOLD in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him.” Nahum 1:7
Whenever we see the enemy seeking to put a stronghold upon us as people, we can know that our Father has THE STRONGHOLD upon us as His people from the love of God and this His powerful promise:
“…in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 8:37-39
Here is a powerful song that speaks of Jesus as our strong tower, shelter over us as His beloved of faith!!! Oh I am sooo thankful that our Father fights for us as His people and gives us powerful leaders to guide us all in unity of His will, His plan and His purpose for us!!! Who is Father calling you to hear as His leader??? Are you a leader??? You can know our Father will give you what you need to lead His people divinely!!! Where is Father calling you to be still and know that He is your God fighting for your rescue??? Have peace that you are STRONGLY HELD by the power of the universe held in our Father’s righteous right hand!!! HOOORRRAAAHHH!!! God’s forever got us victorious as we trust in Him!!! We are sooo blessed as His people!!! Oh that gives my heart such peace knowing that our Father knows how to communicate with us as His people and work beyond us to do more than we can ever ask or imagine!!! We can’t even breathe without Him and because of His promises to us and His record of faithfulness and love to His people, we can rest knowing we shall experience His ongoing rescue that results in our singing songs of His deliverance!!! Much love to you His beloved!!! Let us keep the faith in our faithful Father!!!
Purposeful day it is for everybody, ya’ll here!!! No matter who we are in life, we each have a divine reason for being and whether we volunteer our time or are employed by someone or we are an employer of others, we each can in someway bring contribution to what our Father is wanting to accomplish here in bringing heaven on earth!!! Now how awesome is that for everyone to be included in the purpose of life together with Jesus!!! Oh it just makes me smile!!!
As I continue in sharing about the different generalized areas of ministry that each of us individually will typically step in and out of in the course of our lives, I want to share these thoughts today about being an employee and an employer. Our Father will speak to each of us as we have need to hear His voice. Even if we volunteer in life for someone or for our Father in heaven, some of these same principles can apply to all of us:
“If you are a hired employee, God desires for you to “obey your earthly masters (in righteousness) and do it not only when their eye is on you and to win their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord. Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving” (Colossians 3:22-24). God sees it all (Proverbs 15:3) – He sees faithfulness and hard work that can sometimes go unnoticed by employers and He says He will reward you for that, so you can rest in that if that is your case. He sees the way we treat our coworkers with love and kindness, praying for them and our employers, seeking their good and success. He also sees the ways someone may mistreat their employer such as using an employer’s time for personal matters and wasting an employer’s resources. For example: When your employer sends you to make purchases, do you use your employer’s money to buy you the more expensive when lesser would do and you would buy lesser if it was your own money? Do you steal from your employer? Are you lazy and fail to carry out his or her instructions for your work. God forgives, but it is good to confess (agree about) sin to Him (1 John 1 8-10), and He desires us to repent and make restitution (Exodus 22:3b) if we need to. From that day forward, we can seek to do our work to God’s glory (1 Corinthians 10:31) and work as we would want someone to work for us if we were an employer (Matthew 22:39). Let us be thankful (Colossians 3:15) for God’s provision of someone to hire us and provide for us financially. We can ask God to help us be a good employee. Here is a photo of some employees and employers working together doing some work on a home I recently purchased. Here they are working on steps, a walkway and a gate. I greatly appreciate their efforts for me in life as I could not do all this work without their help and expertise with the other things that I do as a self-employed person and a volunteer as our Father has called me to be in life!!!
Where are you in life??? An employee, an employer, self-employed, a volunteer??? This you can know of our Father:
“God is not unjust; He will not forget your hard work and the love that you show Him as you help His people and continue to help them.”
Hebrews 6:10
If you are an employer, here are some thoughts from God’s Word to ponder in doing your work for our Father. God asks employers in Colossians 4:1 to provide your employees with what is right and fair, because you know you have a Master in heaven (the Lord). The Lord sees everything (Proverbs 15:3). Even if your employees don’t seem to appreciate what you do for them, God sees it and He appreciates it. He will reward you for it. Be considerate of your employees. Do you value each of your employees? Are you friendly to them and treat them respectfully? Do you show favoritism? Are you more concerned with using available resources to make yourself comfortable and promote your image while employees go without the tools and training they need to do their jobs more efficiently and successfully. Do you pray for your employees? Do you ask your employees to do things that are ungodly? Do you cheat your employees out of pay and benefits? If you haven’t been a good employer, it is not too late to change. Confess your sin (1 John 1:8-10), repent and make restitution (Exodus 22:3b) if you need. We need to treat our employees the way that we would want to be treated if we were someone’s employee, as in fact we are (the Lord’s). Oh let us be thankful for the help God has given to us in the employees who work hard to make us successful. We can ask God to make us a good employer if we are called to that purpose, for “God works in us to will and act according to His purpose.” (Philippians 2:13)
Wherever and whoever we are, we can each make a heavenly divine difference in raising up glory to our Father as this song says here and to that I say “WOOOHOOO, LET THE GLORY OF JESUS RISE WITH ALL OUR HEARTS INTO IT!!!” FATHER WILL BLESS YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS, DEAR ONES!!! WE REAP WHAT WE SOW INTO LIFE!!! PROUD OF YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR JESUS AND TO BLESS OTHERS!!! MAY FATHER RAISE UP PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO HELP YOU AS YOU HAVE NEED OF HELP IN YOUR PURPOSE IN LIFE AS HE HAS ME, TOO!!! BLESSED AND HAPPY IN LIFE WITH YA’S AND KEEPING GOING FOR JESUS!!!
Evening greetings, beloved saints!!! Today has been a delightful day of pondering our Father’s Word as a lamp to our feet and a day of appreciation for relationships that our Father has surrounded us with!!! He is a relational God and not only desires that we enjoy the blessed relationship that we have with Him, but He desires that we also enjoy life with others He has put into the world. He desires that we enjoy the receiving of His love and the love of others to us, but also He has equipped us each one and gifted us each one to reach out and love others He puts around us as well. The Apostle Paul understood this and he greatly loved the Lord and those God put in his life. One of those blessings was Timothy and Paul had a heart for encouraging Timothy “to fan into flame the gift of God, which was in him…”
On another occasion, he wrote to Timothy to outreach to encourage someone else (Archippus) to use his gifting as well. He asked Timothy to tell him:
“Take heed to the ministry which you have received by the Lord that you may fulfill it. Grace be with you.”
To take heed to is to “attend to, pay attention to, devote oneself to, be aware, be cautious. I join, devote myself to.”
To fulfill is to “complete.” Our Father tells us that “He who has began a good work in us is going to continue it until the day of completion” – the day of His return!!! (Philippians 1:6) Oh until then, how awesome to have opportunity for joining our Father in His ministry efforts that He wants to carry out thru us as His kingdom kids!!! As we are devoted to seek Father about the work He has called us to in life, He has the vision for what He wants to reveal to us as we move forward!!! He will move our hearts to carry it out with Holy Spirit hearts enflamed with the holy passion and grace to carry it out in life!!!
Just as this song says here, our hearts will be inspired to fulfill it or see it thru to completion!!! He will put the want to fulfill His purpose for us in our step!!! WOOOHOOO!!! I’M READY!!! LET’S GO WHERE FATHER HAS US FIRED UP TO GO, DEAR SAINTS!!!
IT’S GOING TO MAKE A FOREVER DIVINE DIFFERENCE AS WE JOIN FATHER IN THE DIVINE LIFE!!! WHAT BETTER WAY TO SPEND LIFE THAN THE BRINGING ABOUT DIVINE LIFE THAT OUR HEARTS LOVE TO SEE HAPPEN!!! 🙂 IT’S THE FUN ADVENTURES OF LIFE!!!
As we reflect on this Word from Father to us, what divine ambers is Father stirring up in your heart for moving forward in fulfilling the ministry He has gifted you for??? I can’t wait to see it raise up and shine!!! HOW EXCITING IT’S GOING TO BE AS HE MOVES THRU YOU SUPERNATURALLY TO DO THE DIVINE AMAZING!!! SHINING BRIGHT LOOKS DIVINE ON YOU!!!
YYYIIIPPPEEE that just makes me smile to think about you all sparky and lit up as you and Jesus team taking flight into heavenly life on earth!!! I’m seeking to stay on course in keeping going with Father with ya!!! 🙂 We’re not done yet!!! We still have purpose on the earth!!! HOOORRRAAAHHH!!! LET’S TAKE HEED!!! Father’s grace is with us and will be sufficient to light up the darkness for victory to bless us and others!!! NOW HOW AWESOME IS THAT THOUGHT TO DISPEL DARKNESS!!! BRING IT JESUS!!!
Hi, precious family of saints!!! Today Father puts it on my heart to talk about distractions from our Father’s purpose.
To begin, can you imagine if God followed us around and continually reminded us of how imperfect we are or how we are just not living up to His perfect expectations for us – not just once, but continually!!! It would get old wouldn’t it and it would get to a point where it actually becomes torturous like a slow steady drip. We would either want to change or separate!!! Our Father always gives us that choice in our relationship with Him!!! He never forces us to choose Him.
The truth is that in real life, that is what our accuser Satan does to us in life and sometimes he works thru other people. He is forever nagging on us and accusing us before our Father. Of course Jesus doesn’t listen to him because Jesus, thru our faith in Christ’s finished work on the cross, sees us as holy, without blemish and without accusation – with no condemnation!!! Of nagging in the Bible, it says this about it:
“It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a contentious wife.”
Proverbs 25:24
The Hebrew meaning of the word contentious is rebellious. In this context, when a man has been given the leadership role in a home or even in a group of people and he finds rebellion from others in his seeking after the Lord’s guidance for him and the implementation of God’s guidance or vision for him as a leader, it is time for conversation!!! Given that conversation, whether it is one on one or with other Godly counselors, if the leader still feels by the Lord to hold onto what he was initially given as guidance from the Lord, the leader has the leadership privilege to separate from that source of rebellion in another person if they continue to work against God’s chosen leader. He is not expected by our Father to live with harassment, continual mocking, nagging, abuse or lack of support in carrying out our Father’s vision given to him. Oh let us be willing to fight for the freedom Christ desires for you to have always because it makes a divine difference in many ways!!!
When someone realizes they need to silence their rebellion, get behind the leader and support where it is Jesus is leading, the divine can happen. Otherwise, the rebellious one working against the Lord may find themselves separated from the effort. For a leader to continue to support rebellion to continue does nothing to help another person overcome their sin and it slows down the forward movement of divine stepping for both!!!
In the Bible is a story of a girl that was under demonic influence that was following Paul and those with him and she kept crying out, saying:
“These men are bond-servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation.”
Acts 16:17NASB
It was as if they had a personal spokesperson following them around!!! In modern-day times, spokes women can be a good thing in the right divine ways, but in the story with Paul, it was not a divinely-appointed scenario, but rather a demonic nagging spirit that was distracting in a not good way. The girl had not been called by Paul to do what it was that she was doing. Therefore, Paul did not allow it to continue – he put forth separation of the demonic from the girl and them. He did the divine work in her to set her free from the prison that she was being tortured in. She was set free in her mind to be what God intended for her!!!
I am not sure what this speaks to you today, dear family, but it is what our Father is sharing with me to share with you here. If there is somewhere that nagging rebellion is happening against a vision in carrying out our Father’s will, plan and purpose in your life, take the steps necessary to bring about the separation from it as is needed!!! Is it in you or in someone else??? How is our Father telling you to deal with it??? Perhaps it will require you and Godly counselors to resolve it. Oh, I’m a gal open to my Father’s heart for the divine to happen always!!! When you are sure of your calling in life and in unity as a team, it is delightful place to be!!! I’m happy to be doing life here with you today as a result of godly leadership that looks to our Father’s vision!!! I am sooo proud of you for seeking Father’s heart for the divine plan for you, too!!! Strong and courageous leaders is what our Father needs, to not let the enemy win in our Father’s forward movement or in His people’s individual lives!!! I love this song here about how our Father gives us brave hearts to stand for Him!!! Let us ruh, ruh, ruh in doing what is of His heart, because it is always the divine life!!! Sisterly love to you wherever you are!!!
Oh how awesome that our Father has given us a great day of opportunity to be His royal family of saints together!!! Our Father loves us and cares for each one of us divinely and desires our best just like He did the Israelites in Biblical times!!! While our Father sees each one of us as His kids as special, He also knew that with there being sooo many people that all have their own personalities and ideas and opinions, that there would need to be a leader that sought out the heart of Jesus and communicated it with authority to God’s people so that they could all follow the Lord’s plan for them all to get them where they needed to be – to the land that would be prosperous and a blessing to them as His royal forever kingdom family – a land flowing with milk and honey!!! The Lord’s anointing for the divine plan for all of them was on Joshua as the leader. Joshua could have been terrified at that thought, but he rested in knowing the Lord was with him and never leaving him!!! God had promised him that He would see him thru what He was asking of him to do and that he would be blessed!!! The same is true for each of our Father’s kids of faith!!!
The other people that Joshua was in charge of leading, upon hearing the divine overall plan of God for them all thru Joshua, received their own personal anointing from the Lord personally to individually carry out their part in the divine plan given by Joshua to them thru our Father’s Spirit spoken to him. The divine life is always Holy Spirit-powered!!!
In one example of the Bible (Joshua 1:10-18), there were mighty men who were “officers over the people,” and Joshua as God’s chosen leader over them told them to “Pass through the midst of the camp and command the people, saying, “Prepare provisions for yourselves, for within three days you are to cross this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God is giving you, to possess it.” Joshua encouraged his officers and reminded them of the blessings that would result in their lives thru their willingness to do what needed to be done for victory!!! “The Lord will give you rest and will give you the land.” I sooo love that about Joshua’s heart that desired to inspire and encourage Father’s people to do the right thing!!! Sooo sweet and of a good leader that is!!!
Knight with sword and shield
Joshua guided his men in what to do with regards to caring for their wives, their children and the possessions in the midst of carrying out the Lord’s call on their lives. I love it that our Father worked thru His leaders to take care of their families and steward well what our Father had given to them!!! He reminded them of who they were in God-given ability to help others, saying to them “you shall cross before your brothers in battle array, all you valiant warriors, and shall help them until the Lord gives your brothers rest, and He gives you, and they also possess the land which the Lord your God is giving them. Then you shall return to your own land, and possess that which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise.” Oh there is a time for work-life and time for restful home life, too!!!
I love the respect that these “officers of the people” said to Joshua, their anointed leader when they replied to Joshua:
“All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you; only may the Lord be with you as He was with Moses. Anyone who rebels against your command and does not obey your words in all that you command him, shall be put to death; only be strong and courageous.”
Putting to death the flesh that opposes our Father’s leaders by being strong and courageous in the Lord leads to the divine in life!!! Rebellion against our Father’s leadership of His leaders is to rebel against the Lord and its result is always destruction – not for the leader, but for those who fight against Jesus!!! Jesus’ heart for all His people is a good orderly plan for life as He says in His Word:
“For I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11
In light of these thoughts, how is Jesus speaking to you as a leader in leading those He has put in your care, saints??? What divine plans, encouragement and inspiration can you share with others to spur them on towards love and good deeds??? Is there a leader in your life that our Father is speaking divine plans to you through??? What steps are needed to bring it about in your life??? We can know this, in trusting in our Father, there is blessing for us all and He who is calling us to do the divine will enable us and provides all we need to make the divine happen!!!
Oh with Jesus with us each one, we are powerful to have the best life and we already have forever salvation and unfailing love thru our faith in Jesus’ finished work on the cross!!! We have already received all the glorious riches of His kingdom land that will forever be flowing with sweet milk and honey!!! Forever blessed we are – let’s help others to have that forever blessing in life too, starting with a blessed life in the here and now!!! Sooo proud of you for your love for our Father’s heart first in all of life!!! Where Jesus goes, I will follow personally as this song says here.
Blessings to you dear saints!!! Today, our Father speaks to my heart about the leading of His Holy Spirit to guide us in carrying out the call He has for our lives!!! There are lots of ways to pass the insights that Jesus gives to us on to others our Father puts around us in life!!! Sometimes it can be sharing a message from the Bible, an experience we have had and how the Lord delivered us in it or worked good thru it in a victorious way, but one of the ways that speaks loudly is by showing people how it is done. Leading by our example. For instance, as a man, if you want your son to be a godly leader of his household, it takes seeking God in being a leader example in your own household. If you want your son to realize the love and grace of Jesus, you let him see that you also make mistakes and how you seek the Lord in those times and rest in His love and grace and help for you personally, acknowledging that everybody needs Christ’s love, grace, guidance and empowerment for victory in life!!!
Mistakes are inevitable and when we teach how to evaluate them, learn from them and step forward with the good gleaned from it, they understand perseverance!!! If you want to disciple other men to be men of Jesus who then lead the way for others God puts around them, you can share God’s Word with them, share experiences with them and set them an example as a leader yourself as you do life with them.
If you want your sons to know how to love and respect women, you teach them God’s Word, share experiences of how you see value in your wife, daughters, sisters, mothers and other women in your life and you can set an example before them by loving their mother first. Sooo sweet!!! 🙂 A man can also teach their daughter what to look for in a good man by showing her the differences of godly leadership, actions and words verses what is not of Jesus and as you have opportunity, point out examples of when you see women being treated unjustly. Private personal talks on daddy/daughter dates can bear much fruit in the life of a young girl.
To teach your sons and daughters what to look for in a marriage partner is to help your future family have divine success!!! Oh that thought just makes me smile BIG!!! Little seeds can mean a lot!!!
All of this is done thru the power of Christ in YOU as Jesus tells us “For it is God who works in us to will and act according to God’s purpose.” Philippians 2:13
King David realized his dependency on the Lord for life success when He wrote out his prayer:
“Teach me to do Your will,
For You are my God;
Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground.”
Psalm 143:10NASB
As a woman in Christ, one of the best things that can be modeled before her children, is letting their father teach his children what it means to be a godly leader and what it means to follow a leader seeking after God herself. She does this by praying for her husband, providing him helpful insights and leaving the final decisions to him as God’s chosen leader. A woman can help to set a good example to her children in how she helps and follows her husband’s leading of the household. Sooo HUGE!!!
It is in her example towards her husband that her sons learn what to expect from their future wives, what boundaries they should have in their relationship and how important it is for her sons to be godly leaders for Jesus in their homes if they choose to marry. Women also teach their daughters to be godly wives if that is their choice as they grow up!!! In it all, it begins with prayer just as King David prayed, asking Jesus to teach us as His kids of faith and letting His good Spirit lead us on level ground to be His divine examples in thought, word and deed.
It begins by our faith in Jesus’ finished work on the cross for the sins of all people and receiving His Holy Spirit within us to help us!!! Apart from Him, we can do nothing and oh with Him, we can do all things He calls us to!!! Living the Christian life with joy is in acknowledging first and foremost that Jesus is our good, good Father and we are loved by Him each one oh sooo special as this song says here. YOU ARE LOVED BY THE KING!!!
Knowing you are loved by the King, where in life is Father showing you that you need to see His will for you as good/divine, trust in it and rest in His unfailing love and grace to enable you to set a divine example in life??? I ask the same question of myself!!! Oh I sooo love blessing my Father which trickles down to blessing others as I go along the path of His call for me in life!!! When our Father calls us to His specific call and will, He will see us thru it and it will have a blessed outcome as we trust in Him as He says:
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart
And do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways
acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths straight.”
Proverbs 3:5NASB
Bless you for seeking Jesus who is our best example of all of leadership, wisdom, love and grace!!! I’m seeking Him with you!!! His love to you wherever He has you!!! It is a good and divine place to be with much eternal opportunity!!! 🙂
My Father lays it upon my heart today the importance of relationships and the influence that they can have on our lives. Our Father made us to be in close personal relationship with Him as a priority in our lives and when we draw close to Him and love Him with all of our heart, with all of our soul and with all of our mind and with all of our strength as He tells us is the greatest Word in all the Bible, we find the unfailing, unconditional love that gives us the strength, the love, the courage and the wisdom to deal rightly in all other relationships in life!!! Oh our Father is sooo smart and that is why He tells us:
“…do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.”
Romans 12:2NASB
The Apostle Paul then goes on to share with us in Father’s Word:
“For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of yourself that you ought to think; but think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.”
Romans 12:3NASB
When we see ourselves as our Father sees us in the close intimacy (in-t0-me-see) perfect love relationship we have with Him, we see ourselves as His beloved children of faith in whom He delights!!! We also see that thru our faith in His finished work on the cross for the sins of each one of us, we know that He sees us as saved sinners that have the issue of the enemy Satan to contend with as long as we do life here on this earth!!! Our Father sees us as holy, without blemish and without accusation and with no condemnation in Him thru our faith in His sacrifice for us to set us free from the wages of sin!!! He also gives us choice in life and His Word (the Bible) to help us make the best divine choices in how we live life here on earth. When we have made mistakes, our Father desires that we realize it, accept it, learn from it and move on into life making better choices in the future, being the wiser from what we learn. There are natural consequences for our choices and our sweet Father wants us to have the best life possible in choosing His ways for ourselves. We are already saved from the wages of sin thru His work on the cross, so we will never be cast away from our Father’s love and acceptance, nor will we ever be cast away from being part of His royal family in His paradise kingdom coming soon. YAY!!!
Having said that, our Father desires that we love and help each other as His kids in this life though and when we are choosing to walk in ways that are contrary to our Father, it is good when we are open to listening to others who love us enough to warn us and help us to see our Father’s heart for us!!! Our Father tells us:
“As iron sharpens iron, so one a person sharpens another.”
Proverbs 27:17
Oh I sooo love it when my family of saints help me in life to see clearly the divine life!!! Sometimes it can be hard to hear when we have messed up at first, but if we can see it as their love for us, we can take it before our Father and ask Him His view of it and if it is valid criticism before Him, we should seek to turn from the wrong and walk in the best life!!! I sooo love that thought of living life best!!! Our Father tells us that wounds from a friend can be trusted in Proverbs 27:6. If we turn a friend away that speaks our Father’s truth to us in love for us, we may lose one of the best friends we could have!!! YIKES!!! WATCH OUT!!!
It is never easy to speak hard things of godly correction to people we love and while seeking to help those we love, sometimes it can go well if they listen to what our Father lays on our heart to speak to them and they seek our Father, perhaps godly counsel about it, too, repent or turn the other way and do what is right in life. While our Father tells us iron sharpens iron and a person sharpens another, He also warns us:
“Do not be deceived.” “Bad company corrupts good morals.”
1 Corinthians 15:33NASB
When the effect of a friend upon us is negative, we must be careful the negative influence does not change us from what is of our Father. Consider that to not speak Truth in love and to continually just go along without helping godly change to happen, we may be actually condoning ungodliness to continue!!! YIKES!!! LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER BEST AND DIVINE!!! Ungodly influence may make it necessary to even separate ourselves from a relationship if godly change doesn’t happen. Often we can enter a relationship thinking that perhaps we can influence them or help them change, but the reality is that we cannot make people change. We can speak Truth in love and faithfulness, but only the work of the Holy Spirit can help a person and help them to see the Truth and even with that, He still gives them choice to choose His Truth or not. A good example of this is in the story of Joseph and Mary when Joseph was wanting to secretly divorce Mary because she ended up with the Christ child before they were married. The Lord was able to help Joseph see the divine in the situation and He changed Joseph’s heart. Hence, Joseph was open to choosing to continue in the relationship with Mary. YAY!!! WAY TO CHOOSE JESUS, JOSEPH!!! I BE BLESSED BY THAT RIGHTEOUS CHOICE!!! I’VE GOT MY DIVINE VICTORY DANCING SHOES ON AND WHOOPING IT UP WITH GRATEFULNESS!!! THAT CHOICE MADE A FOREVER DIFFERENCE TO ME AND MANY!!! 🙂 Another example to consider is the example of King Herod who had the light of the three wise men present him Truth about Christ born into the world and he chose in his heart to reject and destroy Christ’s partnership with him, hence, the Lord advised the three wise men not to return to King Herod, but to go a different direction.
Our Father gives us His heart and His Spirit’s power at work in us for our best life, forever set free in Him from sins bondage control upon us. His loving heart for us is to choose His heart:
“You shall not follow the masses in doing evil.”
Exodus 23:2NASB
We have freedom of choice and power to overcome bondage to sin!!! There is a day coming when our Father will also separate those who are His from those who choose to reject Him rather than trust in Him as their Savior. Our Father does not partner with those bent on evil intent to destroy His kingdom and His kids, nor does He expect us to partner with evil as His kids of faith.
If you should find yourself in a questionable relationship, here are some thoughts to consider about whether or not it is appropriate to end a relationship:
“If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all people.”
Romans 12:18NASB
“…love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind, and with all your strength.” Secondly… “love your neighbor as yourself.”
Mark 12:30-31NASB
“As I have loved you, so you must love one another.”
John 13:34NASB
Much love to you all wherever you are today, dear family!!! May our Father guide you in His wisdom, give you peace, strength and courage to carry out His will, His plan and His purpose for you in all the relationships He places around us!!! Always hold close to the power of God’s love for you above all as this song says here.
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