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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP493 ALIGNING WITH OUR PURPOSE

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: ALIGNING WITH OUR PURPOSE

God has plans for all of us. Those plans however big or small will never workout until we come into alignment with God’s purpose. He has been preparing us our whole lives for this moment. He is getting ready to do great things in the earth, there is a huge harvest that needs gathered, it is all hands on deck. Now is the time to find your purpose.

The word align means to place or arrange thing in a straight line. To bring order to your actions through prayer and God’s timing. Making sure that you line up with God’s plan.

God prepared Moses to be the one he would use to set the Israelites free. Think about it, Moses was raised as a future Pharaoh. He knew their laws, customs, religious beliefs. He knew the Pharaoh, was raised with him as cousins. Moses knew how stubborn the Pharaoh would be and felt like he was helpless to change his mind.

He started making excuses why he wasn’t the one to go. Moses was looking at his ability to take on this monumental task. He forgot that God would go before him and would do the work for him, he just had to be obedient and show up.

Most of us at some point has been like Moses with the excuses. But we have to see the bigger picture. It is not about our abilities; it is about the souls we will reach if we just align ourselves with God’s plan and purpose for our lives. It is about people finding God and being free from their form of bondage.

If we can get aligned with God’s purpose for our lives no one, and nothing not even satan himself will be able to stop us. But first we have to make sure our mindset is right. The purpose has to be God given and not man given.

We achieve alignment with God’s purpose for our lives by prayer, submission to him, repentance and focus on the word of God. In other words, we have to keep our GOD FOCUS.

Romans 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Aligning with our purpose comes through having our mind set on what is the perfect will of God. We renew that mindset through prayer and study of God’s word. Asking him for direction to our purpose. It comes by living in the Spirit.

Gal 5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

This verse calls for us to allow the Spirit of God to lead us and walk where he leads. When we align with God, we bring our life, thoughts, actions and desires into harmony with God’s will, purpose and plans.

Our prayer everyday should be:

“Dear God, help me to align with your plan for my life. Help me forget my plans and ideas of how things need to be done. Help me to not give in to all the directions I am pulled in every day. Things like social media, entertainment, the long list of responsibilities that beg for attention. Help me to put you first.

Help me to align with your plans for my day and my life. I understand that people are needing someone to stand in the gap for them, to help them find you. Help me to fill the gaps you need me to fill, so that we can reap the billion-soul harvest. Amen.”

There is one verse that comes to mind when I think about us walking in the spirit and finding our purpose. I will leave you with this verse.

Isaiah 6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

Are you ready to align with your purpose?

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING 491 LETTING GO

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: LETTING GO

Our lives are transformed and filled with things we hold onto and things we let go. Letting go of the mistakes of the past is vital to our future. However, the lessons we learned from those mistakes we need to hold onto with all of our strength. The lessons are what shapes and molds who we become.

Our enemy hates to lose to Jesus. It has been an on-going theme since his fall to earth. Jesus didn’t give into him when he tempted him in the wilderness. Satan knows he will not give in to him now. He took Jesus up and and promised him all the kingdoms of the earth. Jesus knew he was offering something that didn’t really belong to him.

Since he couldn’t get Jesus to fall, he tries to get us to fall. We must not feel like we need to listen to him. We no longer belong to him. He loves to find one little place we are weak and exploit it. He will pick at one tiny thread until it all unravels, if we let him. Once we have messed up, he loves to use the word of God to make us feel bad. He will cause us to beat ourselves up over things we have done. We asked God to forgive us, so the mistakes and sin no longer exist in the realm of God. He puts it under the blood, as far as the east is from the west. He remembers no more, it’s not that he has a bad memory. That phrase means he no longer counts it against us. But still, we allow the enemy to put condemnation on us.

Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

We have no reason to look at the past and beat ourselves up like it’s a mistake. When we walk after the Spirit (by faith) and not after the flesh (by how things seem) we can become free from the enemy’s condemnation.

People often confuse conviction with condemnation. Conviction is a warning in your spirit when you are about to step out of God’s will and walk in the flesh. Condemnation happens after you step out of God’s will and walk in the flesh. Even after you have asked for God’s forgiveness the enemy will try to get you to beat yourself.

Phil 3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

We need to let go of the past, forgetting the mistakes and forgiving ourselves. Keep moving forward is the only direction we have. An old hymn comes to mind, called One Day At A Time. That is all we are meant to live in, “Yesterday is gone sweet Jesus, and tomorrow may never be mine, so for my sake teach me to take one day at a time.”

We have no promise of tomorrow, the only day we have is the one we are living in. Today is the day we live free from the enemy’s condemnation. Every morning, we have a choice to make, how are we going to live the hours in front of us. Are we going allow the enemy to speak negativity and condemnation? Are we going to thank God for another day, another chance to walk out our faith?

What if this was your last day on earth, would you want to spend it worrying about the past. Or would you want to spend it praising God for all that he has done. We have to live each day as if it were our last. Living with intention, purpose, praise and prayer. Doing the will of God by encouraging someone else.

If you’ve allowed the enemy to put condemnation on you about something you’ve repented for, it is time to let it go. God never meant for you to hold onto the weight of sin. He died to set us free. Today is the day to walk in that freedom and kiss the past good-bye.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP290 PRESS ON

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: PRESSING ON

Anything worthwhile takes time. Mastering skills and learning new things, always requires time and study. Athletes train for years for that one day they are in the big leagues. The Olympics, the super bowl or world series. For them they have decided that the prize is worth striving for, the sense of accomplishment of finishing their race strong. They have a built-in determination to push themselves beyond their limits. Training means constantly pushing the boundaries of what you can do. Setting new boundaries and then breaking them.

Runners that run distance races learn how to pace themselves early in the race. While they are the strongest. When the time comes that their strength is starting to fade, they can dig deep and push themselves. Imagine running out of strength from sprinting, you go to push yourself and realize you still have miles to go with an empty tank of energy and strength. Many often lose the race because they burn out.

But imagine you started that race along side of the sprinter. For a while it looked like they were going to win. They were so far ahead, that they ran ahead of God. Soon they grew cold and lack strength because they didn’t run their race with patience and with God.

Heb12:1-2 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

How do we run the race that is set before us? Verse 2 Looking unto Jesus who is the author and finisher of our faith. He has his pen and is writing our story. He is the finisher of our faith, it was all finished on the cross. He tells us to lay aside our weights and sins. We only have the capacity to carry a certain amount of weight.

Example: Let’s say all the weight you can carry is twenty pounds. It doesn’t matter if those twenty pounds is in rocks or feathers, it is all you can carry. God has responsibilities he wants us to carry. But if we are so bogged down by the cares or weights of this life, we will not have the capacity to carry anymore. That is why we must set aside the things we are not meant to carry. This frees us up to have room to carry what God has for us.

Phil 3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

We cannot get caught up in the past. We need to forget the issues of yesterday. Today is the day to reach forward and try to grasp what God has in store for us. We can dig deep and press toward the goal. As the world grows dark, we are called to be a light. It takes us pressing forward to be that light.

When I think about pressing forward or digging down and pushing ourselves to keep going. I think about the oil press. How it takes the fruit to be pressed to release the precious oil. We sometimes have to be squeezed for the anointing to come out of us. That anointing can break the yoke of the enemy. That anointing can pour over on others giving them what they need to press on.

I COR. 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

The enemy will try to get us to fall into temptation. He wants us to get burnt out, stressed out and pressed in from all sides. His job is to get us to give up. But we have to press on, push him aside, fight for the right things, stand strong on the word of God.

The enemy will press in until we take the authority, God has given us. God will use the anointing of the Holy Ghost to break the yoke of the enemy. Allowing us to press on toward the prize. Which is hearing him say, “well done my child, enter in.”

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING –EP488 RELATIONSHIP

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: RELATIONSHIP

People say they want a relationship with God, but often they want a one sided friendship. One where God gives and gives and gives; they just take. They never offer him praise, worship or spend any time talking with him or reading his word.

Then when something happens they question why God doesn’t move. They act like it’s a flaw of God. They act like he doesn’t want to help us. But again, I remind those people it is about relationship.

Psalm 143:7-10 Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

Almost everyone has experienced that place of feeling down. Our spirit feels like there is no use to try. It seems everything we try ends up in failure. We need to see God, but it feels like he is a million miles away. This is the beginning of falling into the pit of despair. This is a place that depression thrives and it seems that thing will never get better.

When we feel like we have failed God or failed in general and there seems to be no way out. Surrender to God instead of the darkness and despair.

Verse 8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

Starting our day in prayer is not something we do to check off a box. It is vital to our spiritual survival. It sets the tone for our day. It gets our minds in the proper place to be able to walk through whatever is in front of us.

It is about our relationship with our Heavenly Father. How can we have a relationship with someone you never talk to or listen to?

Verse 9 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.

By strengthening our relationship, we can be in a position to ask God to deliver us from our enemies. We can get into that secret place where we pray and God will meet us there. The secret place is where we petition the throne room of heaven.

Verse10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

By asking God to teach us to do His will, we are telling him we want to grow in grace and knowledge. We desire a closer walk with Him. We will never be an effective soul winner unless we first build that relationship with God for ourselves. We cannot speak about things we have not experienced for ourselves.

How can we tell someone Jesus is the answer, if we first do not dig down deep and realize for ourselves that he is the answer. We can learn a lot from David and the Psalms. David was not perfect, just like we are not perfect, no matter how hard we try to be. Admitting that we are flawed and at times weak, and need a perfect God is the beginning of us building a strong relationship.

Everything we do comes down to our relationship with God. With all that is going on in the world, now is the time to draw even closer to the one true God. He will be our provider and protector a voice of comfort when we are weak. He died on the cross to set us free. His name is Jesus.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP487 A CALL TO PRAYER

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: A CALL FOR PRAYER

If you notice in the bible all through the old testament, when the people had turned their backs on God. Trouble came to their land. God removed his hand and allowed the consequences of their idol worship to manifest. But when the people learned the error of their ways they would turn to God in prayer.

Many leaders would call for prayer. Esther, before she went to the king about Haman asked the nation to fast and pray. It is often the key to winning battles. Look at the many times armies prayed before going to battle.

Jehosphat had three armies determined to destroy him. He called for prayer first. God gave him the battle plan of how he was to proceed. No doubt if he had gone in his own strength, his army would have been destroyed right along with the other three that were coming against him.

After much prayer, by the time Jehosophat’s army arrived, the battle was over. Because of his obedience to call for prayer.

Now is the time that we travail for our country, president and those who are risking their lives to save our country. Our military has been treated badly by a group of woke people. Our nation is full of people who believe in this country. Who know that they are in a position to be used by God to save our nation. We must pray for every one of them.

What does travail mean? Oxford dictionary defines travail as painful, laborious effort. If we travail in prayer, it will not be a quick prayer but will take effort and time in a quiet place. A place it is just you and God.

What if God is just waiting on us to pray so that he can move. The only way for good to prevail is for us to travail. The intenseness is in the air. If you have any discernment at all you should be able to feel it. God is drawing us closer to him. He wants us to look to him and know that he is God.

Travailing in prayer is a form of spiritual warfare. We don’t wait for the enemy to attack and then ask for help, we step forward and pray. Cutting off the plans of the enemy. God needs us all to be intercessors right now.

The evil of the world has plans to destroy us all. But that evil will not win as long as we depend on God. As long as we bind together and focus on our relationship with him. He has never failed his people. He will not start with us.

I can almost hear him saying, Draw near to me my children, now is the time to draw closer to me. Come and hide away in my presence in that secret place.

We often feel helpless like the situations in our country. But there is much we can do. It is called prayer.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING — EP486 SEEING THE BIG PICTURE

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: SEEING THE BIG PICTURE

Evil sees evil everywhere it looks. As children of God, we must have a clear lens. Opinions are filtered through the lens of our experiences. Judgmental, self-righteous, people see evil everywhere. Their hearts are bitter and they do not see clearly.

As children of the most high God, we cannot be tainted by bitterness. The world is full of ungodly things that can cause us to lose our witness. Our flesh wants to wallow in self-pity. It would be easy to fall into the “Oh poor me” trap. We all walk through things at times that we could give in and allow ourselves to have a pity party. But then what? The party has to end and we still have our situations and emotions to deal with. We may as well not go to the pity party, but instead go to Jesus. He will help us find the big picture. Jesus never allows anything into our lives that is not for our good. We may not understand it at the time, but he has fine tuned everything to work for our good.

We never want to come up short and have the world to see anything in us that isn’t Jesus. We don’t want to be guilty of something that they can use to justify their lives. Sinners often look at a Christian in name only or someone who is very lukewarm and they will say, “I am just as good as they are, they are mean and bitter and hurt others with sharp words of judgment, or they list their other shortcomings and sins.”

In I Cor. Chapter 13 the word tells us all the things love does and doesn’t do. Verse six proves the point of judgmental people. They are not walking in love.

I Cor.13:6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

These people are happy to see another fall or slip up. Because deep down it makes them feel better about their failures and shortcomings. They rejoice when another falls into iniquity. Instead of trying to improve they have justified in their minds that they are fine. We must look beyond ourselves and look to God. He will give us a view of the big picture. I love how the writer of Ecclesiastes sums up what it means to live for God.

Eccl 12:13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

Apparently, those who rejoice when someone else falls didn’t see this verse. We are to fear God and keep his commandments. This is our whole duty as children of God. When we are not walking in the love of God, we are missing the keep his commandments part. Jesus said many times for us to love one another.

Some people get legalistic like the Pharisees. They worry about dressing a certain way. They worry about appearing on the outside like they are a Christian. But they lack the compassion and the changes inside that truly counts in the eyes of God. It is time to see the big picture.

We have to approach the kingdom of God as a child would. Children simply believe. We are to approach the bible with the understanding that it is all true. It doesn’t matter how much the miracles seem impossible. The big picture says that God did have a man build a boat to save his family and the animals. God really did part the water and make the land underneath dry for his people to safely cross. Then when the enemy started behind them the same waters destroyed them.

One man was born for the purpose of taking away our sins. He was conceived and born of a virgin. Was raise by her and her husband. Then Jesus walked the earth performing miracles and teaching a group of twelve to be leaders, while preaching to the masses.

That man called Jesus told us to love one another. That is the big picture.

Luke 18:17 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.

Children are not judgmental, they do not have an agenda, they just accept the truth of God. To them everything is bigger than they are, so why would there not be a God that is bigger than the grown-ups in their life. As we become adults, we sometime lose that awe and wonder of a child.

When it comes to God, we should always have awe and wonder. We never know what he will do to fix the broken situations of our lives. But we have to trust and believe. Asking him always to help us to see the big picture and walk always in His love.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP484 PROPHETS VS PSYCHICS

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: PROPHETS VS PSYCHICS

Many people do not want to talk about spiritual things. Some of it may seem scary. But we are about to be thrust into a spiritual battle, we must be ready. The body of Christ needs discernment. Now more than ever the Body of Christ must be led by the Holy Ghost.

Prophets have been in God’s plan since early on. Some say they don’t believe in prophets today. They don’t believe they hear from God. Yet these same people say God told them things or led them to do certain things.

Why would we not need prophets today as part of the ministry team God created for the body; a part of the five-fold ministry. He created offices within the body to perfect the church. It is very needed today.

Eph 4:11-13 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

The goal is unity of faith and knowledge of the Son of God. If there is ever a time, we need unity of faith and knowledge of God it is now. This is how the bride becomes without spot and wrinkle. By walking in the Spirit.

People think a prophet’s job is to foretell things to come. That is only a part of it. Five things prophecy will do. Edify, exhort, comfort, reveal and foretell. This is not to make anyone a superstar, but for the building up of the body of Christ.

Some believe prophets and psychics are the same. First there are two kinds of psychics, the ones at the carnival that is a complete and total fake. The real psychics operate from being connected to dark spirits. People are quick to believe in psychics because they tell them things from their past. Then they make vague suggestions about the future and people read into it what they want to and make it happen.

These psychics may or may not know that they are being manipulated by the enemy. He sends monitoring spirits to observe people. These spirits will tell the psychic what to say, because they observed it.

As with anything real, the enemy always tries to counterfeit it. Oxford dictionary defines counterfeit as something made in exact imitation of something valuable or important with the intentions to deceive or defraud. Look at someone who prints counterfeit money. They try to get it as close as possible to the real thing so it can deceive people into giving them something of value for a worthless piece of paper.

This is why God doesn’t want us to consult mediums, psychics etc. He does this for our own good, he doesn’t want us deceived by a counterfeit. The enemy will tell you ten truths to get you to believe one lie.

Look at the woman that followed Paul. In Acts 16:16-19 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: 17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. 18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour. 19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,

She followed them for days speaking truth. “These men are the servants of the most high God.” Everyone knew she was a psychic, so by her speaking truth most would think the opposite of Paul and Silas.

This is why I say we need discernment. The word discernment means-perception in the absence of judgment with a view to obtain spiritual guidance and understanding.

John 16:13-14 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

True prophets get their words from God because His Spirit the Holy Ghost dwells within them. They will receive what God needs to say, because not everyone is listening for that word from God themselves. He would speak to everyone if people were in tune with God enough to hear him for themselves.

This is how we gain spiritual insight called discernment. Just because God let us discern something doesn’t mean we are called to be a prophet. He will let you know if that is your calling. But he can and will speak to us if we are in tune to him and listening.

As the body we are to walk in the Spirit.

Gal 5: 16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

As we grow spiritually, we cannot allow ourselves to get caught up in the title of our calling and allow pride to enter. We don’t want to fall because we are trying to convince people that God has called us. We need to stay focused on God and do what we believe he has asked of us. He will elevate us when it is the right time.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP483 BE WISE

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: BE WISE

The word says if we are soul winners we are wise. I see so many things people do in the name of Christianity that has the opposite effect. I have suffered church hurt, most people have I would guess. But a lot of people give up on God because of that hurt. Actions that are unwise. What happens when the broken, hurting people come to church and are told to go home and change clothes because their Gothic look doesn’t belong at church.

It’s time we get serious about souls. Jesus didn’t say I will make you cleaner’s of people. He said I will make you fishers of men. To catch fish you have to go to where they are; water. You won’t catch fish in the middle of the desert. We must show them we are not the judgmental, self-righteous, gossiping, over barren people that the world has come to associate with Christianity.

I’ve seen people yell and be hateful with the lost, telling them they are going to hell if they don’t change. Then they will look at someone else another so called Christian with a sense of satisfaction, “Well I told them.” Like that was an accomplishment.

Matt 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

Just because someone was told the truth doesn’t mean it was right. The delivery was wrong. They should have been told in kindness not out of bitterness, we are to be harmless doves.

The wise win souls, because they walk the right way. They walk in God’s compassion and leading. You will never win anyone doing the same judgmental things. Our faith walk is about relationship, so is winning the lost.

Prov 13:20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

It is time we stopped playing church to ease our conscience. It is time we start being the church. God has given us his Spirit to perfect the body. Now is not the time to let God down, it is time to become who we as a body are meant to be.

Many so-called leaders are about to fall. God is getting the body of Christ ready to receive the harvest. The only way we are not going to be left behind is if we draw closer to God. He wants to share wisdom with us. He wants to make us soul winners. But first we have to get out of his way by setting aside the attitudes that are weighing us down.

It is time we are on the winning side. Christian means to be Christ-like. He was compassionate to those who society treated badly. He could see beyond people’s actions to their reasons. Often the things they did was a reaction to their circumstances. People today are still that way. The reason they make bad choices is because of circumstances of their lives. We need to show them Jesus with love and compassion.

True wisdom can only come from God. We need to be in tune with his spirit so that we too can become wise soul winners. The harvest is ready.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING — EP481 FLAT DAYS

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: FLAT DAYS

Monday morning my day started with a flat tire. There used to be a time in my life that would have wrecked my day, maybe even my week. But God changed me and helped me to get past the falling apart over the little things I cannot change. If I am upset or not, the tire is still flat. My emotional state doesn’t change the facts. I still have to deal with it. I said, “Dear Lord help me.” Then I started weighing my options.

The enemy loves nothing more than to take situations in life and use them to tear us down. He will magnify all of our concerns and make them seem worse. Everyone that drives at some point has to deal with a flat tire.

What sometimes appears bad is for our good. God sees the big picture; he knows all the ways things could play out. He has given his angels charge over us to protect us. What if that flat prevented me from being in a bad wreck? When things happen, we cannot automatically assume they are bad, even though it is not the ideal situation.

When things like that happens, it reminds me of how far God has brought me. I used to be controlled by fear, anxiety and depression. I am not exaggerating when I say that a flat tire at one time would have ruined my week.

I want to remind you as we go forward to not look at circumstances. Do not allow them to tear you down, but be encouraged, God works it all out for our good. He is in control and will take care of those who are his. It doesn’t matter what is going on around us.

This world is shaking, with governments falling, economies around the world falling and failing. It would be easy to allow fear of the unknown to drive us to worst case scenario. But when the death angel was moving in Egypt, God’s people were safe. The Israelites were shut in safely behind the bloodline.

There is nothing that can harm us as long as we stay under the covering of the blood of Jesus. Do not allow how things look cause you to have a flat day. A day where you don’t want to move, but you want to wallow in fear, anxiety, depression and total lack of peace. Allow the Spirit of God to breath his peace on you and you too will soon be on the move again.

2 Tim 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

It is time to rise up and be bold and be brave. God is needing his warriors to arise. If there was ever a time that our nation needed intercessors it is now. God is on the move, but we as his children have nothing to fear. Don’t let how thing look cause you to fall into fear. But remember to pray for God’s will to be done. Pray for the protection of our military and those who are fighting to save the trafficked children. Pray that our leaders will turn to God and let him be their guide.

I am sure that things appeared a little scary when the children of Israel were walking across the Red Sea. I can imagine the worrywarts were going; I hope that water doesn’t come down on us. Which was total lack of faith. God saw them safely to the other side. We have to trust God to take care of us in all situations good and bad. He will see us safely to the other side.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP480 LET GO OF THE EGO

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: LET GO OF THE EGO

I try to be positive and encouraging. But God has been dealing with me to tackle this subject. Let it be a warning to all in the church. We have gotten away from our foundation and allowed the world and our ego to creep in to the church.

Jesus is coming after a bride who has made herself ready. It is time we start getting ready for the bride groom to come and take us away. But right now, the bride had smudges, wrinkle and spots of contention. The body was never meant to be divided into denominations. There needs to be unity in the body. There is not one denomination that is completely right.

I have seen it happen time and time again, people start out on fire for God. They have pure intentions to do the will of God. They are humble and want nothing more than God’s will. They get in a place that God’s anointing is on them and he begins to use them. BAM! It happens, “EGO”. They start getting exalted and start feeling like they are the reason that good things are happening. Never thinking about giving God the glory. I have seen this happen many times.

We can easily walk in our flesh and become overconfident. This is the opposite of humility. Any seasoned child of God that walks in his anointing understands. They have to fully rely on him. The deeper we walk in his will the more need we have for him to be in control. We do not want to fall or fail. We can prevent falling by guarding our spirit, we do not want pride to take us over or we will fall.

Prov 16:18-19 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. 19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

The word haughty means arrogant, prideful, having a superior attitude. Looking down on others. These people are self-important and self- righteous.

I Cor 10:11-12 Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. 12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.

The tenth chapter of I Corinthians is a good chapter to read concerning this subject. It lists all the ways the Israelite disappointed God. All the ways they were disobedient and prideful. That is why they were punished and some were destroyed.

When we want to gain man’s favor by trying to make them think we are so good and so spiritual, that is rebellion. We are exalting ourselves and not God. We need to have favor with God. His opinion is the only one that matters.

Luke 14:11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

The word abased means to be lowered, brought down or humbled.

We can choose to walk in humility and be humble under God’s ways or we can choose to walk in pride and our flesh. This will cause us to be brought down to a place of being humbled by God.

We cannot become hyperfocus on one thing. If we do then everything is out of balance. God wants us to be stable; we cannot be double minded. We either yield to our flesh and walk in our own ego or we humble ourselves and do the will of God.

We can not allow our calling to become more important to us than our relationship with Jesus Christ. We cannot get wrapped up in what we are doing for God that we miss God’s leading.

I feel like in the times we are living God is calling for his body to come together and walk in unity, love and just be real. There is no time to play around and allow ego to get in our way. There is no time to dabble in the world. He is calling for us to come up higher and walk closer than ever before. If we are going to bring in the billion-soul harvest it is going to take all of us being on fire for God. Walking in his anointing and not allowing our flesh room to have an ego.

I know I have left you with some things to think about today. If you find time read the tenth Chapter of I Corinthians. Think about how badly they messed up and how we don’t want to follow in their footsteps. We want to be the church Jesus can use to save the world.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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