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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING- EP457 STRIKE A FIRE

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: STRIKE A FIRE

There are many ways to start a fire, matches, lighters, striking flint, carrying it on a torch to use to light something else on fire. There is also the boy scout way of rubbing sticks together which requires much skill and practice. Some even have waited for a lightening strike to harness the fire. However mankind got fire, it has been used to keep harmful animals away. It has been used to cook food so that germs can be killed and rendered harmless. It is used to keep the body from freezing to death. Fire can be passed on to others in various forms so that they too can cook, be safe and warm.

My late husband and I used to write a Christian newsletter one of the first small articles he wrote was called strike anywhere match. I am going to share it with you today. This was first shared in 2004, but is true now more than even.

“Almost everyone is familiar with the blue tip match. It is also known as the strike anywhere match. The job of this match is to be prepared, at any given point and time to start a fire. No preparation is needed because it is ready. The match has everything it needs to produce a flame and light.

Like the blue tip match, we need to be a strike anywhere Christian. Ready at any time to start a fire, by spreading God’s word. We need to warm the hearts of others with a song, a testimony or encouraging word.

Like the match, we never know when we will be called upon to start a fire. It is important to be prepared by being prayed up and have the scriptures in our hearts.”

This is how he lived his life and so many other precious people that I know. God wants us to be ready to just love people. Sharing his love and compassion are why we are here on this earth.

With the Spirit of God in us we will have his holy fire to share. When you come upon someone who is being attacked by the enemy, who needs spiritual food, who is freezing from the coldness, the cruelty of this world we can share God’s fire. It will cause the enemy to flee.

Satan cannot stand the presence of God’s Spirit. If we stand against him he will flee. He doesn’t want us to share the gospel because it is food for the soul. He definitely doesn’t want people to find the warmth of God’s fire, because they will develop hope. Satan’s job is to keep us feeling hopeless. He wants us to feel like there is not reason to stand and fight.

God’s fire can also cause something inside of us to rise up and be courageous. When the world wants to push us down and make us feel as small and insignificant as possible. God can lift us up and say, you are a warrior, you are strong because of me. You can walk through anything as long as I am with you.

In other words if the fire of God is in us, it will burn out all the cowardice within us. We will be bold enough to stand and say like the three Hebrew men, “Our God is able to save us from the fiery furnace, but if he doesn’t, we will not bow.” Or Bold enough to stand before a giant and say, “I come to you in the name of the Lord.”

Having that fire inside will give us strength to withstand temptation. It will give us boldness to look the enemy in the eye and tell him you are not bowing to him. When we resist his attempts to be tempting or cause fear, he will have to flee, because he cannot stand the fire of God that is inside of those who believe.

What about you today, are you full of fire? Are you brave enough to withstand the enemy? Are you like a strike anywhere match, looking for an opportunity to start a fire? Many lives are in need of God’s holy fire. They are waiting for the fire of revival to sweep through and cover them with God’ s anointing and power. All it takes is for us to spread the fire that we have within us. God will blow on the flame and cause a roaring blaze of revival. So be ready to strike that match to save someone who needs God’s holy fire.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP456 FOUNTAIN OF LIVING WATER

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: FOUNTAIN OF LIVING WATER

Water is necessary for our very existence. Our bodies are made up of seventy percent water. We need water, yet we take it for granted. Most of us go and turn a faucet knob and we have water running effortlessly into our sinks. While others suffer from little water or drought.

In Africa many of the people walk for miles to get and carry water to their homes. It is one of their daily chores, because they need water daily. They understand how precious water is to human beings.

Spiritually speaking we need God’s living water daily. It is all that will truly satisfy our weary souls.

Jer 2:13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

In order for the body of Christ to function properly, we cannot neglect God’s living water. Many churches have allowed the world to creep in and have become broken cisterns that cannot hold water. Too much of the world has crept in and allowed the living water to leak out.

God told Jeremiah that his people had committed two evils. The first evil was that they had forsaken God. Lots of churches have a form of godliness, they say they believe God. Yet their actions are not like followers of Christ.

John 4:14-But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

They chose to do things their way and they don’t talk about the cross or salvation. They teach on living your best life now and how to prosper. Everyone wants to be highly favored, no one wants to pay the price for that favor. God is calling his people to higher ground. He is calling us into deeper water. We want to stay in the shallow water.

Shallow water is vanity. It is a place of man’s favor. A place of comfort and complacency. In order to be in a place of free-flowing water, we have to seek God’s face. We have to be in his presence. That is the place we find living water.

We cannot forsake God ( the fountain of living water) neither can we look for other things to fill the void. If we try to fill our lives with other things, we become broken cisterns that cannot hold living water. Things of this life are temporary; they cannot satisfy long term. Once the temporary attraction wears off, the enemy has something else waiting to keep our focus off of God. Make no mistake the enemy is good at counterfeit. He can paint a pretty picture. But if the picture he paints doesn’t draw you closer to God, then it is not the right picture.

If you are truly thirsty only iced cold water will do. We may try to drink soda or tea, but nothing will quench the thirst like water. There is nothing the enemy can offer to quench the thirst of our soul. Only Christ’s living water is able to quench that deep down thirst of the soul.

Jesus told the woman at the well he could give her living water and she would never thirst again. I have often though about the never thirst again part. How does one get to the place of never thirsting again?

EPH 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

If we can stay in a constant state of being full there will be no room to thirst. As we pour out what God has poured into us to others. We have to be refilled by being in God’s presence. This is what it means to never thirst again, getting to the place of being full.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP455 THE DEAL

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: THE DEAL

Most everyone has seen the game show Let’s Make A Deal. The contestants have different curtains to choose from. Each one contains a prize or a Zonk. If you get the Zonk it means you don’t get the big prize. People often have a good prize in their hands and choose to risk it all for a bigger prize. The only thing is that prize is not guaranteed.

Still time and again they allow greed to override their good judgment and end up with nothing. This is us standing in front of things the enemy offers, we really don’t know what we are getting until the curtain opens and it’s too late.

We have the ultimate prize of God’s freedom, peace and fellowship, yet we risk it for a lesser prize of sin or temptation that turns out to be a zonk. There is nothing in this life satan can offer that would come close to comparing to what God has done for us. It doesn’t matter what we are facing in life, we need to keep pressing on to the prize that Jesus gives. We do not have time to be distracted by the enemy’s lies and deception.

If he can not draw us into sin then he will try to slow us down in other ways. He doesn’t want us to run the race that God has set before us. Satan doesn’t want us to get to the finish line strong. He wants to discourage us and get us to give up.

Isaiah 50:7 For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

The phrase set my face like a flint, means I will have unwavering, unyielding determination to keep fighting the good fight of faith. Even if we have to do it from a place of what seems like weakness. When we are weak God is strong, he alone will not allow us to be overtaken by our enemy. We just have to fight our flesh to not give up. God will send angels to fight for us.

Psalm 16:11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

To be in God’s presence for all eternity is a prize worth fighting for, so don’t settle for a consolation prize from the enemy.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING –EP454 FEAR…GOOD OR BAD?

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: FEAR GOOD OR BAD

To have fear of God is a good thing. But this type of fear is a reverence. It means you respect who God is and you respect his power and restraint. Some would like to instill an unhealthy fear of God. Like you have to walk so perfectly that if you get out of line even in the slightest, he is waiting to send down a lightening bolt and zap you. They forget about grace.

That is not my God. My God is loving and kind, he is patient and long suffering. He knows us in ways we don’t even know ourselves. He knew we could never be perfect within ourselves. That is why Jesus came to give us the perfect plan to redeem us from our nature.

However, there are people that preach grace like it is a license to sin and live any way you choose because God’s grace is sufficient. This is not true either.

Romans 6:1-2 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

We are made new creations. We no long live in sin. If your church is telling you that his grace is so big that you can do whatever you wish and you will be saved. Think again my friend.

We have to live as close to God as we possibly can, and if you slip up God will forgive us. But that is not a reason to walk in sin daily and be disillusioned that you will be saved.

This is what it means to fear the Lord. But there is another type of fear that has gripped the hearts of people today; unhealthy fear. This is when the lies of the enemy come whispering to you in the night that all sorts of horrible things could happen and probably will happen.

When we start to forget to fear God, the enemy will replace that reverence with his counterfeit fear. His fear causes painful anxiety, paralyzing procrastination because of the fear of doing the wrong thing, then he brings depression and anxiety to round out his trap.

1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

God is love…he teaches us how to love. There is no fear in God because his mere presence will destroy unhealthy fear, anxiety and depression. Unhealthy fear bring with it torment. Fear of the Lord in the right balance will bring joy, peace and strength.

This is why I encourage you to be brave, because it takes bravery to stand for the truth. It takes bravery to draw closer to God. Because as soon as you try, the enemy will try to stop you. But he will lose, because the closer you get to God, the more strength He will pour into you. We have no reason to fear our enemy.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP543–TRUTH IS STRONGER THAN LIES

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: TRUTH IS STRONGER THAN LIES

The truth is always stronger than a lie. In the face of truth, a lie will always fail and fall short. But still our enemy tries to create doubt and make us want to turn to a lie.

Prov 12:22 Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.

The word specifically says that lying lips are an abomination. What does that mean exactly? Abomination means disgrace, something that causes disgust or hatred. God hates lies.

Prov 12:17-18 He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit. 18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

Because our heavenly father is the God of Truth. When we speak truth, it honors our God. Lies can be harmful like being pierced with a sword. The words of the righteous are health and life.

As his children, everything we say needs to bring honor to God. We must walk with integrity and in the power of his love and truth. Our words have power. Many times, I have told you that our words are life.

Exposure of lies and half-truths always happens when the truth comes to light. God’s truth will always set us free from any bondage created by a lie.

John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Lies tie people up, haven’t you ever heard of a web of lies. Some people get so wrapped up in lies they can not remember them all. Deception has its own stress. But when you speak truth, you don’t have to keep up with the lies. Remember truth is stronger than lies.

Psalm 34:13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

This is what we must do as children of God. Not only are we to not speak lies but it also says not to speak guile, which means to be sly or cunning. Speak in order to manipulate someone.

The enemy is the master of manipulation. He can take the truth and twist it just enough that it sounds like the truth. This is why we have to ask God for his discernment. His spirit will lead us the way we must go. As long as we follow his lead we will know the truth and it will shatter all of satan’s lies.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING –EP452 COMPLETE IN CHRIST

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: COMPLETE IN CHRIST

Everything we will ever need is in Christ Jesus. He has saved us in every way from sickness, sin and death.

2 Cor 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

When we give our lives to Christ for the first time we become a new creature. Our old life and way of doing things have passed away, and who we are becomes new. We have a new path laid out before us. One of truth and honor. But the enemy will try to get us to fall into a place that we lack integrity. He will do everything he can to draw us back into the sinful life we had before Christ.

Col 2:10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

The enemy will try to get us to doubt ourselves, doubt our salvation, doubt every choice we make in life. But the answers we need are all in him. Complete means entire and full. The fullness of the godhead is in him. The fullness of everything we need is in him.

Gal 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

The life we live now is by our faith in Christ because he gave his life for us. The work of the cross completed the plan for everything we would ever need. We have no reason to allow fear to overtake us. Fear comes from our enemy. If we are complete in Christ there is no room for fear or anxiety. Every time the enemy comes with his fear, send him away with a reminder that you have no reason to fear, because you are complete in Christ.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP451 GUARDING THE GATE

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: GUARD THE GATE

Why do we want what we know we can’t have? This is the age-old question. For example, when you decide you’re going to try to cut back to lose weight, suddenly you want to eat everything in sight. It’s like you are afraid you are going to starve to death.

Some of the motivation is fear, some of it is not wanting to be without what we need. But when the temptation is to sin, it is an attack of the enemy. He paints a pretty picture of how things would be better if you do what you know you shouldn’t.

Look how he approached Eve with questions that made her wonder if God really said they couldn’t eat of the tree. He made her question God’s motivation. Until she got it in her heart that they should have the knowledge of good and evil. He painted a picture for her that God was trying to hold her back and keep her from knowing the truth.

God always makes a way for us to escape the temptations of the enemy. They are lies, Satan tries to manipulate, he is a master at making us think we can’t live without that cake, that drink or whatever he is tempting us with. We have to be stronger than the lies.

Changing our focus from where we are to where we want to be remembering that truth is stronger than lies. The light of truth shines on the lies of the enemy and evil is exposed. Often it is said that the mind is where the battle is fought. What gets past the mind enters our hearts. The mind is the gateway to control over our entire being. Think about it this way, whoever controls the gate to a city, controls the city.

As children of God, we must make sure that the holy ghost is the one guarding the gate to our minds. If we keep our god focus and allow the holy ghost to lead, we will not be destroyed by the enemy, because he will not get past the gate.

Spiritual fortification comes through our faith. We put on our armor according to Ephesians chapter six and resist the enemy. As long as God is our focus, we will be strong. Using the word as our weapon.

Prov 25:28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

Think about a city without walls, it can be easily over ran by the enemy. This is why it is necessary to fortify our walls against the attacks of the enemy. Stand strong in defense of the gate of your being. We will prevail over all the lies of the enemy, as long as we put our trust in God.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP450 VESSELS OF USE

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: VESSEL OF USE

God chooses the ordinary with something special inside. He looks for those who will be vessels that he can use. Think about Jesus’ disciples, he chose fishermen, a tax collector, a physician, and one that was a scam artist. Each one had a job to do. Each one was different in their upbringing and abilities.

Over time he molded and shaped their lives. He took them from ordinary vessels to extraordinary vessels. All that growth happened during the firing process. They learned to have faith while Jesus walked with them, but that faith was tested in the furnace of life after Jesus ascended.

We often talk about the three Hebrew men that were thrown into the fiery furnace. It had been turned up seven times hotter than normal. We walked into the middle of their story. We didn’t see all that happened in their lives to give them the strength to say, we are vessels of use to Jehovah. We will not bow to an idol; we don’t care if it is the law of the land. We don’t care that it can mean death. We only worship Jehovah.

How many trials had they walked through previously that gave them that boldness. They were individuals that had consecrated their lives to live for Jehovah. They would not betray him just because the politician in charge, the king said so.

How do we get to be vessels God uses? We prove that we are worthy to be used by getting to know the God of the universe. He created each of us for a purpose. Many never fulfill that purpose because they choose to not follow God or his path for them. But we have chosen to follow him. He will not allow us to sit on the shelf too long.

Is 43:2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

He has promised to be with us and to not allow us to be overtaken. We can be sure he will go with us and not allow the enemy to prevail. All he asks of us is to be willing vessels of honor and integrity. Ones that will follow him and not bow to the world.

2 Tim 2:20-22 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. 21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work. 22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

It doesn’t matter what the vessel looks like what matters is the heart. Is the heart pure and willing to be obedient? Because God cannot use a vessel that wants to do their own thing. Imagine a pitcher telling the potter, you cannot use me right now to serve iced tea, I plan on holding water and some flowers. There is nothing wrong with either thing. But by wanting to hold water and flowers, the pitcher is not doing what the designer chooses (it is being disobedient).

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP423 GOD’S DESIRES

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: GOD’S DESIRES

Human beings have an overwhelming desire and thirst for knowledge. History has judged Eve too harshly. She made a bad choice and trusted the wrong voice. If we are honest, I don’t believe one of us could say that we haven’t been taken in by someone who was manipulative.

But I want to discuss with you today the garden itself. God gave them everything they needed. There was peace in the garden. It was a place that God came down and talked to Adam and Eve. He desired people to commune with and he wanted to be their God.

When given a chance to be thankful for what God had done for them, they were disobedient. It should not have mattered the amount of knowledge that the tree would give them if their friend asked them to not eat of that tree. Even the threat of death didn’t stop them from seeking knowlege.

Adam can blame Eve all he wants, but he knew they were being disobedient. That is why God kicked them both out of the garden. That didn’t stop God’s desire to communicate with mankind.

He made a better way. He sent Jesus to die for our sins, so that his spirit could dwell within us and commune with us. God is still wanting someone to talk with, just as he came down to the garden and talked with Adam and Eve, he wants to talk to us.

Prayer time should not just be a quick thank you for what you have done, here is my wish list, thank you, Amem. Prayer time should be us quietly worshipping until he speaks to us. Now more than ever before we need to know his voice. We need to not be deceived by the sneeky snake.

Just as Adam and Eve got kicked out of the place God created, many church leaders have listened to the enemy and have eaten the forbidden fruit. These evil pastors have large followings, because they give people a feel good fifteen minutes. He never tells them to choose life and not death. The best way to know if what is being preached at your church is God’s truth, is to know the word for yourself and ask God himself for direction.

John 16:13 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.

God gave the church his spirit, not just so that we could witness, as some say. But he gave us his Spirit so that we can be connected to God. He didn’t fill us with His Spirit just so we could speak in tongues and rejoice, but so that we could be empowered by God to do his will. So that we could be led by His Spirit. If we will listen to the leading of the Holy Ghost we will not be misled by the snakes of this world.

The Holy Ghost is not given to us so that we can become self-righteous and judgmental. He came so that we could have a connection to God. One that will lead us to fulfillment. God’s desire is to have a relationship with us. His Spirit will show us things to come. If we take the time to sit quietly and wait up on him to speak to us through that still small voice.

God desires for us to worship him in Spirit and Truth. He doesn’t want us going through the motions. He wants us to be led by His Spirit and not our will.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING –EP419–DIGGING OUT THE WELLS

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I grew up near an artesian well. As a kid it was amazing to go get a drink out of the fountain that didn’t need a pump. There was not a handle to turn it off and on, it ran all the time. As an adult, I understand that it has to do with pressure in the water table. To a kid it seemed almost like it was magic. Even on hot days it was ice cold, which made it more magical.

Other wells, like the one my grandfather had, was a big hole in the ground that water flowed into and stayed until it was dipped out with a bucket. This is how the wells were in the bible times. In order to stop the flow of water these types of wells must be filled with dirt or rocks.

After Abraham’s death his enemy the Philistines stopped up his wells. Issac came along and dug them out again. Each time he fought with the enemy over the wells. He would walk away and try the next well until he came to a place that the enemy gave up. That well he called Rehoboth which meant the Lord has made room.

At the well of living water God too has made room. He wants us to share the living water with everyone. God has made room for everyone who is thirsty to come and be filled with is Spirit or living water.

It is impossible for an artesian to become stagnated. Water becomes stagnated when it quits flowing. This allows decaying leaves and other things to build up and contaminate the water. Our spiritual lives can be like either type of water. If it is like the artesian well, we are living close to God allowing the things he wants to pour into our lives to flow. If our living water becomes still and doesn’t flow out of us, we can become contaminated by the world and become stagnate.

John 7:37-39 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. 38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

Out of our bellies will flow rivers of living water. We need God’s spiritual water to be an artesian well springing up in our lives. The spiritual water (Holy Ghost) will continuously flow and keep out impurities. As long as we stay in the flow of the Spirit of God we will not become stagnate.

But more than having enough God in us to keep us on the right path and not stagnate, we have to share the water. Some want to share God’s Spirit according to church by laws or man’s traditions. Some want to share him on their own terms. But there is only one way.

John 14:6- Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Are you ready to be one of God’s wells that will pour out his living water to the lost and thirsty souls? God needs us to be ready to spread the gospel to the lost. He pours into us and gives us wisdom and understanding for us to take and share with those who are dying to know God’s ways. The world is in desperate need of a savior, now more than ever. We can be that well that springs up and shares Jesus with them before they die lost.

Prov 10:11-12 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. 12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

I always think of the woman at the well when I think about God’s living water. Jesus was telling her that He was God and man and Holy Spirit all in one. He was telling her that even though she had been disappointed in people that he would not disappoint her. All she wanted was someone to love her and accept her. But instead, she was left with an unsatisfied life, going from relationship to relationship. To make matters worse, everyone treated her badly because of her choices. Instead of having compassion and showing her God’s love. She had been hurt and judged by the religious self-righteous people of her day. I know many who have been judged harshly by self-righteous people. These judgmental people need more of God’s living water inside of them.

The enemy will do all he can to keep the flow of the Holy Ghost from accomplishing a good work. We are the earth that can get in the way of that flow. Today, I want you to think about how much earthly flesh you allow to stand in the way of the flow of God’s Spirit. We don’t want a trickle or small stream of God’s living water in our lives. We need the artesian well, so that there is room for everyone to have a drink. The word tells us to not quench the Spirit. How many times do unintentionally do that very thing?

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