Tag: #faithwalk

BE ENCOURAGED

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO VERSION: https://rumble.com/v5i4t38-god-focusthis-morning-ep199-be-encouraged.html

The title of today’s episode: BE ENCOURAGED

Every day, I want to bring you encouragement. It is my prayer that nothing I have been through will be for nothing. I have grown a lot in my faith walk every time I have to deal with something that I don’t think I can get through. We all have seasons of growing. Storms of life can come from nowhere and suddenly we know we will never be the same.

Our God is the same, yesterday, today and forever. He is the one constant that we can depend on. He is our solid rock. Our faith walk is all about our mindset. We have to have a made-up mind. Things all around us appear scary. It feels like the enemy is closing in all around us. But we cannot give in to fear. Being children of the most high God, we have no reason to fear.

PS 91:1-3 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. 3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

We have to remember to live in the secret place of the most High. That place is a place of peace in Christ Jesus. If we keep our mind on him and stay close we will have a fortress to keep us safe. A fortress is a place not susceptible to outside influence. If we are hidden in Him and he is our fortress, then we should not be shaken by how things appear. The influence the enemy wants to send our way, we will be able to shake off, because we are under the shadow of the almighty.

In uncertain times, there are some things we can do to keep ourselves going. The first is to pray for guidance and protection. Make a choice to walk in faith and not in fear. Find supportive prayer partners to pray with and encourage one another. At times like this we need to remind ourselves of God’s faithfulness. Think about all the times he can through for us in the past.

When fear attacks, give it over to God. Dig deep in his word and allow it to light the path. The word will give us examples of people who were on the edge of disaster, but God saw them through. Hold on tight to God’s promises.

Some worship music in the background can soothe rattled nerves. Lift up your voice and sing to the Lord. Thank Him and be grateful for all that he has done for us.

I often tell the story of the little preacher who came to our Sunday School class one morning. They asked him to testify. He stood and said, “I praise God for all he is…and worry is not faith.” That hit me hard at that time because I was bound by fear, anxiety, depression and was a chronic worry wart. We realize how small we really are when disaster strikes. But even more than realizing there is little we can control. We hopefully get the revelation that our God is bigger than any storm. He holds the universe in the palm of his hand.

Col 3:2 Set your affections on the things above, not on things on the earth.

This world is not our home, we are just passing through. It is up to us on this journey of life to take as many people to heaven with us as possible. We need to set our affections on things above. Keep our mind on Jesus. Keep our God Focus.

If we can learn to live in the day that we are living in, we cannot change the past, we can only make the most of the current day, and look with hope to tomorrow. The new day can bring lots of things, we may find ourselves with Jesus in heaven. We may find that we have an assignment from the Lord. But whatever the new day brings, we have to start it with hope and prayer. Believing that God has got us.

David often fell into depression and discouragement. But after a short period of time he would encourage himself and ask God for help to face those who were coming against him. One time, his men wanted to stone him, because they were afraid they would never get their families back. David encouraged himself in the Lord and God told him to go and recover all that had been taken by his enemy.

We too, have to stand strong and encourage ourselves in the Lord. There is nothing we can not get through as long as God is with us. All our hope is in Jesus. Stay strong, we are almost at daybreak. Satan will not win.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

LIKE SHARE AND SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE ENCOURAGEMENT

KEEP HOPE ALIVE

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO VERSION: https://rumble.com/v5i0hr8-god-focus-this-morning-ep198-keep-hope-alive.html

WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

The title of today’s episode: KEEP HOPE ALIVE

When times are difficult it is easy to lose hope. Looking at the circumstances or feeling the pain makes us want to give in and give up. We are in troubled times. It is impossible to turn on the news or look at social media without being saddened by the things going on around us.

The enemy appears to be winning the battle. It is hard to imagine us winning the war. Unless we can remember our secret weapons Faith, Hope and Love operated by our Trust of the One True God that can turn it around. Now is the time to look at all the turnaround moments in the Bible. Many of those who have gone before us have had to dig deep and find their ability to Trust and walk by faith.

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Faith means seeing the outcome with spiritual eyes, when we do not see the result with our physical eyes. If we can stay in a place of prayer and faith, we will not find ourselves without hope. It doesn’t matter how scary things appear, our hope is in Jesus. Our hope will be secure.

I cannot tell you how strongly I feel, about where we are at, in this moment of time. Sadness tries to overwhelm me to think of how our citizens are suffering with very little help. I am saddened by all the children who are being harmed by evil people. If we allowed it to, it would overtake us in just a few minutes. We feel helpless to do anything about any of it.

Do not allow it to discourage you. There is something we can do…fight…fight…fight on our knees. Ask God to move quickly to help those that are in need. Help those volunteers to get to the victims of the hurricane. Ask God to set the children free who are victims of trafficking. Evil will not prevail.

Psalms 37:1-3 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. 3 Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

God is getting ready to cut off the evil ones that have tried to destroy His Bride. We cannot allow ourselves to fall into fear. We have to stand strong in our faith. We have got to praise our way through the trouble.

Psalm 34:1-4 I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 3 O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. 4 I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

We can rely on our Lord to deliver us from ALL fears. Not some, not only on a random Tuesday, but all of our fears. In other words, we have no reason to fear.

Psalm34:5-6 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. 6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

Our burdens are lightened when we look to Him. Not only does He deliver us from our fears, when we allow them to creep in, but He saves us out of ALL of our troubles. It doesn’t matter how bad things look. We have to trust that Our God is Big enough to solve our problems, Big enough to pick us up when we fall.

We cannot look to the right or the left. We cannot look to man to fix our issues in this country. It is going to take God’s people looking to him to remove all the evil ones and give us victory.

People will look at us as crazy when we say God will remove the evil ones. Because they have never seen it done. But just as he wiped out Pharaoh and his army, God can take out our enemy with just a flick of his finger.

Our job is to keep hope alive. Keep the faith and be strong in that faith. Because there is truly nothing that My God and your God cannot do. Only believe, all things are possible when we believe.

As the battle intensifies it is easy to get battle weary. But as the old quote says, “It is always darkest before the dawn. We have to stand strong the darker things appear because, at daybreak, we will have a bright new day. Have you ever thought about midnight, that is the zero mark before the new day starts. Add one second to midnight and it is the new day. Do not be discouraged by the darkness, Jesus is our light, the bright and morning star, our beacon of hope. We just have to keep the faith and hope alive until the daybreak.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

LIKE SHARE AND SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE ENCOURAGEMENT

FEARLESS

CLICK HERE FOR THE VIDEO VERSION: https://rumble.com/v5hvoer-god-focus-this-morning-ep197-fearless.html

WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

The title of today’s episode: FEARLESS

We often think about soldiers being fearless. They run into battle with a war cry and face their enemy. If you ask most of them, they have a little amount of fear. But they do not let their fear control them, they control their fear. Now is the time for the body of Christ to rise up and be fearless. We have to meet our enemy head on in battle, but we do not fight with conventional weapons, but we fight on our knees in prayer. This is spiritual warfare.

Our enemy’s biggest tool of deception is to cause us to fall into fear. Fear is the opposite of faith. We have crossed over the threshold of perilous times. Things have to appear scary in order for God to show his power. The children of Israel were in fear when they saw the Egyptians coming at them, they were boxed in and it looked like there was nowhere to go. But God opened the sea and his people were safe.

I am calling all my brothers and sisters to Prayer. It is time to show Satan that God’s children are not going to give in to his fear. Florida is about to be hit with another storm. We can cancel the enemy’s agenda with this storm by praying for God to dissipate this storm. Jesus spoke Peace Be Still to the storm when the disciples thought they were going to perish. Jesus has given us the power collectively as his body to stand up and take authority. We need to plead the blood of Jesus against this storm.

As children of God, we cannot allow fear to overtake us. We have to be strong. Jesus died for us so that we can have an abundant life. A life full of fear is not an abundant life, but a suppressed life.

I am always encouraging you to BE BOLD, BE BRAVE and Keep your God Focus. If we can Keep our God Focus, we will keep our faith focus. Staying focused on God will give us strength. Stand strong my Brothers and Sisters. God is on the throne, and we will prevail as long as we can keep our Faith.

My go to verse is 2 Cor. 5:7 ..We walk by faith and not by sight.

We will walk by Faith and not by the fear of how things appear. Any time things start to seem out of control and fear tries to creep in, I start working on my attitude and quoting we walk by faith and not by sight.

We cannot allow fear to get the upper hand, we have to keep God in our focus. He will deliver us from all of our fears.

Fear is a liar. Of course, if would have to be since it comes from the father of lies to tear us down. God wants us to not fear, but to trust him. He is bigger than anything that could happen to us or come against us.

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.

This verse reminds us that fear doesn’t come from God. He gives us power over the enemy. He gives us love. He gives us a sound mind. Our nation is facing some scary situations in the next few months. But God will take care of his children. Those who have the blood covering of Christ.

Now is the time we reach down deep and find the courage to stand. God will provide the miracles if we can just have faith. If we allow fear to get a foothold then comes its companions, anxiety, worry, depression and irrational thought. Fear can cause us to make snap decisions without thinking them through.

Psalm 27 The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? If he is our light and our salvation, the strength of our lives, we will have no reason to be afraid.

Psalm 27:2-5 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. 3 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. 4 One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple. 5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

He will set us upon a rock, a solid foundation, a place we have sure footing. We have no reason to fear.

Be encouraged, stay strong, and pray for the people in the path of the storm. Do not fall into fear and do not allow the circumstances to seem bigger than your God.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

LIKE SHARE AND SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE ENCOURAGEMENT

THE PANTRY

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO VERSION: https://rumble.com/v5hrfv0-god-focus-this-morning-ep196-the-pantry.html

WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

The title of today’s episode: THE PANTRY

A couple of times a year I try to clean out my pantry. I wash down shelves and wash the baskets and drawers that I use to store food items. I check for food that is outdated. I think about what my needs are for the upcoming six months. If I do not think I will use something before it expires or I get to check again, I add it to a donation box.

I have been working on my pantry over the weekend and it prompted me to think about our spiritual food. It is time the church cleaned out our pantry. First, we need to rid it of bible translations that are watered down and bad for our spiritual health.

It is easy when shopping at the grocery store to pick up items that look good. Once we get them home, they are complicated to fix, we are missing one ingredient that we keep forgetting to buy the next time, or it just doesn’t sound as appealing as when we bought it.

I think the real church is starting to figure out the man-made ideas that have been packaged as a good meal are not filling or fulfilling our needs. These ideas have left us hungry for something of substance. They are like Hamburger Helper, they need the meat of the word.

It is not too late to get into the meat of the word. I cannot seem to get away from the message of digging into the word of God and knowing it for yourself. We cannot depend on our preachers to do all the meal prep for us. They are human and can make mistakes too.

This is why Paul says in Philippians to work out our own salvation. In other words, we are each responsible for our own soul. It is up to us to know the word and if we can trust what is being said, some are wrong by mistake or misunderstanding. Then there are others who are evil and deceptive only wanting our money. We have to discern the difference between right and wrong and those with evil intent.

People think that God’s word is a big jigsaw puzzle to be pieced together. They feel like it is too complicated to understand without going to Bible College. I believe if we ask God to open our spiritual eyes we can know and understand his word.

I am not so arrogant as to say I understand everything in the word of God. There are many things, especially in the prophecy books that I have not figured out yet. But that doesn’t mean that we do not keep trying.

The things that I end up throwing away the most are expired spices. They are the things that add to the flavor of the main dish. If they have lost their strength, they are not worth anything. The enemy tries to add things to us that take away from the joy we have in our life. We need to get rid of the spices he tries to add like, fear, anxiety, dishonesty, depression, grief, physical illness and pain, and all the joy stealers.

Matt 5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

We need to make sure our lives are full of people that enhance our faith walk. Make sure they are good salt. Our life is enhanced by the joy of the Lord. He gives us peace, friendship, healing and joy to make our faith walk an experience of growing.

Just like the expired spices. There are times when we have to walk away from people in order to maintain our peace. It is not an easy thing to do, or one to be taken lightly, but when God tells you to separate from certain people, He has his reasons. He knows they are often poison in the stew of our life.

We need to make sure we store our food somewhere that mice cannot get to it. People often pour things out of boxes and plastic wrappers into storage jars. We cannot allow the word of God to be compromised by those who wish to just eat the edges and corrupt it for everyone else. Like a mouse would just chew the corners off of the crackers. These false teachers will give you just enough of the word to make you think you have been fed but will leave a lot of the good stuff behind. We have to have the word hid in our hearts to keep the enemy from ruining it, by only giving us the edges.

Psalm 119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

Before pouring food into the storage containers, we must make sure they are clean vessels. Asking God to remove anything from our lives that are not of him, will make our vessels clean. Then we are ready to pour his word into our hearts to hide there. We study and hide God’s word in our hearts so that the enemy cannot deceive us with false words known as fake bread. Jesus is the word and our Bread of Life. But we do not hide God’s word in our hearts only for ourselves. But we have to have it within us in order to go out and share with those who are starving for the truth of God.

2 Corinthians 4:3-6 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. 5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake. 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

In summary, we need to get rid of everything that is not healthy for the body of Christ. Make sure to eat of God’s word and share that which we find to be good food.

Have you ever gone to a new restaurant and had a meal that was just what you had been craving. It was prepared perfectly. You couldn’t wait to tell others about your experience. A good message from God’s word should be the same way. We need to share the things that the true anointed ministers of the gospel are saying, it may be just what someone else is starving for as well.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

LIKE SHARE AND SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE ENCOURAGEMENT

BROKEN VESSELS

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO VERSION: https://rumble.com/v5hdufg-god-focus-this-morning-ep195-broken-vessels.html

WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

The title of today’s episode: BROKEN VESSELS

In Judges chapter seven is the story of Gideon. We normally focus on the fact that God commanded Gideon to send most of his army home. He went from a large company of warriors down to three hundred men.

Something I noticed this time when reading was how large the company was against them. I realized always that there was a big army. It was the Midianites and the Amalekites, so basically two armies.

Judges 7:12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.

That is a huge army to go to war against. God encouraged Gideon by sending him to listen in on his enemy.

Judges 7:13-15 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along. 14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host. 15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the Lord hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.

God sent fear into the enemy’s camp, long before Gideon ever assembled his army to go against them.

Judges 7:16-20 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers. 17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do. 18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon. 19 So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands. 20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon.

They took their light with them, but it was hidden until they could get closer to the enemy. Then they collectively blew their trumpets and let their light shine.

Judges 7:21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.

The entire army of Midianites and the Amalekites ran from Gideon’s men. Because with the help of the Lord they appeared to be mighty.

This made me think about our enemy and the people he is using to destroy as much of the world as possible. They do not want anything to do with Christian values, morality, decency, love or kindness. They have been overtaken by the enemy. Just as the Midianites and Amalekites were afraid of Gideon. You can be sure that our enemy and his foot soldiers are in great fear of us.

Satan knows if we ever come together the way the body of Christ should be, that God will use us to destroy him and his army. We have to be in unison. Notice God only took those who drank a certain way. They thought alike. We have to be in one mind and one accord.

Notice they took empty vessels and put lights in them, but the light didn’t shine until the vessels were broken. We as children of God are empty vessels until he puts his light within us. But we can never truly let our light shine until we yield to God in brokenness. We allow him to strip our pride and selfish motives, our judgmental attitudes and anything that is not of him. When we release the things he wants us to let go of then he can use our light to shine into the darkness.

God uses broken things and broken people. Every time we face something difficult, God is peeling away a little more of us. Which allows our light to shine a little brighter.

I read a story once, I don’t know who wrote it or I would give them credit. But there was a woman that had a pole that she carried two pots to her well to get water. One was perfect on the outside and held all the water within. One had some cracks in it and would leak water all along the path back to her house.

One day, the vessels that had been broken said to the woman, I am useless I don’t even know why you take me to the well. I have very little water left by the time we get back to the house.

The woman smiled and said, do you see the lovely flowers all along my path? They would not be there if you didn’t have broken places. How do you think you got the broken places to start with? that is what I needed in order to water my flowers.

We often feel like we are broken and useless. The enemy wants us to think that we have no purpose. But we can not spread beauty if we don’t allow God’s living water to flow out of us like that broken vessel. Being a light and allowing God to flow in our lives is not for the faint of heart. It takes great strength and courage to be vulnerable before God and before people. Looking weak to others is one of mankind’s greatest fears.

The next time the enemy tells you that you have nothing to contribute, that you have nothing to share, that you are worthless and not fit to do anything for God, remember the story of the little woman with the beautiful flowers along her path. Then, use your brokenness to let your light shine.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

LIKE SHARE AND SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE ENCOURAGEMENT

SACRIFICE

CLICK HERE FOR THE VIDEO VERSION: https://rumble.com/v5h95nx-god-focus-this-morning-ep194-sacrifice.html

WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

The title of today’s episode: SACRIFICE

When many of us think of a sacrifice we think about a practice under that law that was to atone for our sins. When Adam and Eve had disobeyed God and ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God killed animals, shedding their blood and used their skins to cover them. This way proved to be imperfect, because the only punishment for committing sin, was a consequence of giving up some livestock.

Isaiah 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

What does it mean to be clothed with the garments of salvation and with the robe of righteousness? When we are covered by the blood of Jesus through having a repentant heart. Those things should have less draw on us to do. We have to renew our minds and hearts with the word of God. Ask him to give us strength to avoid temptation.

When we receive the Holy Ghost, we have power to walk in God’s ways. This is how we become clothed with his righteousness. Just as God made Adam and Eve clothing of skins after the shedding of blood. We too have been clothed by God because we have accepted Jesus’ blood offering to atone for our sin.

He covers us with his righteousness. Which is far above the righteousness level we could reach on our own.

Col 3:5-9 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things’ sake the wrath of God blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. 9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

The word mortify means: To subject someone to embarrassment or to deaden the body or bodily appetites through abstinence or self-control to the point of discomfort. When this verse says mortify our members it is saying get control over your impulses and wrong appetites, that cause you to commit sin.

Col 3:10-14 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: 11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all. 12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; 13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. 14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

Walking in the ways of the Lord are not always easy. We battle our flesh constantly. God will prompt us to go talk to someone. We want to argue with him like Moses did, “I have a hard time talking to people. I am not good with words.” He will tell us to fast a meal and we act like we never had anything to eat. He may tell us to give away something that means a lot to us. That would be another way to sacrifice. To give away something you would like to keep. God sometimes asks us to give away things we really love, to prove our love for him is more important to us.

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.

We give our lives to Christ, but we do not lay down our physical lives. Instead, we live a life that is pleasing to him. One which is a light to the world around us. But we should have a made-up mind that if it came down to it, we would go as far as laying down our physical life too. Many have been martyred to keep the gospel of Jesus Christ alive in the earth.

When we say, I give to you my life, Lord Jesus; we mean that we will walk according to the scriptures and will be a witness in the earth. We have to walk out that life, living a way that is acceptable to God.

The definition of sacrifice: an act of slaughtering an animal or person or surrendering a possession as an offering to God or to a divine or supernatural figure:

Our sacrifice is saying, I will not live the way I choose, I will not do what I wish being led by my flesh, but I will choose ever day to walk in the way that God leads. Allowing his word and His Spirit to be my guide.

This says to not be conformed to the world, but be transformed. How are we transformed, by the renewing of our minds. Our minds are renewed by prayer,

the study of God’s word and being led by His Spirit.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

LIKE SHARE AND SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE ENCOURAGEMENT

TIME TO LEVEL UP

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO VERSION: https://rumble.com/v5h44xt-god-focus-this-morning-ep193-time-to-level-up.html

WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

The title of today’s episode: TIME TO LEVEL UP

Almost everything in life comes in levels. I want to encourage you to go to the next level in your faith walk. The more I learn about God, the more I realize what little I know, but I enjoy sharing what I do know with you.

When we are children we go to school and at the end of each year we are raised to the next level. But we have to learn the lessons of the current season, or we will be held behind until we do learn those lessons. Because we will not be able to handle the next lessons if we do not know what we were supposed to learn in the previous season.

Our Christian walk is like that, once we are saved we are the equivalent of pre-school kids in our knowledge of God. As we go through our life we are allowed to go through hard seasons. It is in the testing that we see if we can apply what we have learned. God will move us up a level of responsibility.

As soldiers in God’s army we all have ranks and with each rank there is a responsibly. We are all called to witness, pray, study the word and to love God and love others.

Do not be discouraged if you fail a test. God will let you take it again until you lean what he is trying to teach you. We have all fallen short of our duties. I want to share a few reminders of things to help you to level up.

2 Tim 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Jesus is the word, we need to fall in love with the scriptures. The more I dig into the word the more excited I am to keep digging. God is starting to bring it into focus for me. I have learned a lot in the last couple of years. The more I learn the more I realize I have a lot to learn. But I am excited about the journey. If we put in the time, God will shine his light on our efforts and give us understanding.

I Cor 3:2-3 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. 3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

We have to stop being so sensitive to every little thing. We have to be mature and walk in unity. We will never come to the fullness of God unless we have unity.

Heb 5: 12-14 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. 13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

It is high time that the body of Christ mature in our faith walk to the point that we are in unison. We will only grow if we get some strength from the meat of the word, washed down with the anointing of God’s living water.

A few years ago, we had the luxury of time to let people meander through their walk, growing up in their faith slowly. Some slower than molasses pour out. But today, with all the darkness in the world we have to be ready to stand against, we do not have the luxury of time. We all need to get on an accelerated plan to grow strong quickly. The harvest is coming, if we haven’t built up ourselves to handle it, we may be overwhelmed by it.

Jude 14-21 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. 16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.

Does that sound like any of the people that call themselves Christian’s today. It is easy to get caught up with murmurers and complainers. I have been guilty of doing this, but God is not pleased when we complain. Many people that call themselves pastor or preacher I would not walk across the road to hear, because they have a me centered, watered down, as long as you do the best you can do message. Their great swelling words are sending people to hell because they never have a true conversion in their hearts. They are Christians in name only.

Jude 17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. 19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.

In other words, let us have a feel good message that eases my conscience and helps me to believe the delusion that I am on my way to heaven. The rest of the week I will live in all sorts of ungodly perversion.

20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

We are not called to be built up by feel good messages by false preachers. We are called to get on our faces before God and allow him to lead us. We are to build up our faith, praying in the Holy Ghost. If we do that, we will have no trouble keeping ourselves in the love of God. It makes it a whole lot easier to keep ourselves from sin.

People look at the word of God and say, I cannot do all that stuff, I cannot stay away from sin. But I am here to tell you it is possible if you read your Bible, apply it to your life, pray for wisdom and guidance and learn to walk in love. If we can do these things we will keep growing to new levels in Christ Jesus.

Take some time and think about what you can do to reach the next level.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

LIKE SHARE AND SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE ENCOURAGEMENT

APPOINTMENT

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO VERSION: https://rumble.com/v5gz3at-god-focus-this-morning-ep192-appointment.html

WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

The title of today’s episode: APPOINTMENTS

I want to talk to you about time. I was sitting looking at the month ahead. I have a few dates that there are meetings and appointments I have to keep. Then I thought about God’s divine appointments. Although we cannot write them on the calendar like a dentist appointment. They are very important.

I thought about all the times God rerouted my day to put me in just the right place at the right time. His timing is perfect. Sometimes, it helped me learn and grow. Other times it was to be the light he created me to be to the world.

One day my late husband and I decided to take the day off work and go look for property closer to our jobs. Around three we were about twenty miles from home and decided to stop and get something to eat. It was a beautiful early fall day. He suggested we go to a scenic spot and have a picnic.

When we arrived, we started eating when all of the sudden I spotted a lady standing beside of the water. I said to him, I feel God telling me to go talk to her. To make a long story short, she was being attacked by depression and suicide. She stopped there for a few minutes before running her car off the road on a high mountain.

I told her that God had rerouted my day to put me there at that spot to tell her that there is hope. After talking for an hour or so she let us pray with her. God came on the scene and lifted that depression and suicide off of her. I was so happy that I had kept my appointment that I didn’t know I even had, it saved her life. She went on to pick up the pieces of her life, to get married and most of all become a Christian.

As I think about that and all the other times God has intervened on my behalf or used me to intervene for others, I am excited that he allowed me to keep those appointments.

As things appear darker in our world, it is more important than ever to walk by faith, keeping our spiritual eyes and ears open to God’s leading. We do not want to be guilty of missing an appointment that he sets up for us. People’s lives and souls are on the line.

Would God have sent someone else to that woman if I had failed to listen? I like to think he would have, but I would have missed the opportunity to know I heard his voice. I would have missed out on getting to know this woman and become friends with her and watch her grow in her own faith walk.

Divine appointments can change the course of one or both people involved, and they can even change the course of nations. I was thinking about how we can get busy doing things and pack our calendars so full of stuff that we don’t have time to breathe, let alone be sidetracked by a divine appointment.

As I sat staring at the blank page of October with two appointments written down, I decided to pray over the page that those coming days would be full of God’s divine appointments. That I would have the faith, strength and courage to walk through whatever is facing me.

Where would the children of Israel have been if Moses had missed his divine appointment with the burning bush? Where would we be if Jesus had not obeyed and kept his divine appointment with the cross?

Granted these are extremes. God knew that both would be obedient to his voice. That is why he chose them, but the fact remains they had a choice. Every choice we make changes the course of our life. When I was an infant, my parents lived in another state for a while. I was just discussing with my mom how different our lives would have been if they had stayed there, they would have been different.

We have God’s Spirit inside us as Christians for a purpose. That is to lead and guide us into all truth and righteousness. He is there to make sure our feet stay on the right path.

Our Nation is teetering on the edge, we are at the tipping point. Good is pulling one way, evil the other. The next few months will show if we have kept our divine appointment or if we have cancelled it. Will we yield to God and allow him to turn it around? Will we continue to think that we are not worthy to fight the good fight of faith? Thinking that someone else will take a stand. If we do not stand for the cause of Christ within the next few weeks and seek His face. Our nation could fall deeper into the evil that is trying to destroy us.

Prov 3:5-7 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

If we acknowledge the Lord, which means if we admit his existence and the importance of his presence and leading, he will direct our paths. We cannot do it alone, walking in our own wisdom. We need to have reverence for God and walk according to his ways.

Be encouraged, keep praying, keep looking up. God is going to deliver our nation and the nations of the world from evil. It could be a bit of a roller coaster ride, but God has got us buckled in tight, we will not fall. Keep your ears open for his leading to those divine appointments.

Psalm 31:15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

David prayed for God to deliver him from his enemies, we too can have deliverance from our enemies, all in God’s divine timing. Don’t miss your appointment.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

LIKE SHARE AND SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE ENCOURAGEMENT

EPISODE 190 SCRIPTURE WRITING

CLICK HERE FOR THE VIDEO VERSION: https://rumble.com/v5gj25h-god-focus-this-morning-ep-190-scripture-writing.html

WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

The title of today’s episode: Scripture Writing

For those of you that want to start scripture writing as a part of your study time, there are many in depth videos on You Tube and Rumble that will give you lots of creative ideas.

About a year ago I started a deep dive into the Psalms. Every couple of weeks I take a Psalm and break it down. I write out my thoughts about it. I will write down the passages that stand out to me. I have a few examples I want to share with you.

There is no right or wrong way to study, as I discussed yesterday. There is not right or wrong way to do any of the creative things. I also have a note book that I will share a few pages out of that I have written down because the verses inspired me or I had a sticker that was the inspiration for the page.

Lets get started with Psalm 1

1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

I basically took notes in different color ink for each separate thought.

I wrote that blessed is the man who doesn’t listen to the advice of the ungodly or stands in the way of sinners. Not acts disrespectful. We can stand in the way of sinners by being judgmental.

Do not be disrespectful.

We will delight (define please greatly, satisfied) in the law of the Lord and will think on it night and day.

The ungodly will be like chaff blown away by the wind. God will remove them because they bear no fruit.

We will bring fruit in our season, our leaf also will not wither. (Ever in a state of healthy growth.) This makes me think of leaves in the fall how they die and fall off the trees. But we will be evergreen, ever growing and producing fruit.

Then I had this cute sticker that says we are rooted in Christ. I wrote the 3^rd verse around it. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

The way of the ungodly will perish.

Then I included a small prayer Dear Lord help me be the tree that produces fruit.

I know it is not the neatest page and not the prettiest writing, but when I got finished that day, I felt like I had made a connection with the scriptures. I felt like I had connected to what the word was saying. That is the point of Bible study.

Psalm 3

Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. 2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. 3 But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. 4 I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. 5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me. 6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about. 7 Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. 8 Salvation belongeth unto the Lord: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.

I loved this Moses sticker, it reminded me that even though an army is coming to destroy me. God will make a way, he will part the sea and destroy the enemy. Psalm 3 reminded me of the Red sea moment.

David is pressed on all sides by people that rise against him. Many said there was no hope. How many times do people speak those types of words over us? With God there is ALWAYS!!! HOPE!!!

Then I copied verse 3 But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

The Lord is our shield (defense) His glory lifts up our heads. We have no reason to look down and feel down. He hears ten thousands of people against us for God will take care of them all. Just like Pharoah and his army. Like the three armies that came against Jehosophat. DO NOT FEAR!

On the sides of the sticker, I wrote Salvation belongs to the Lord! God has God us.

I hesitated to show you those pages at first because I do not think they are neat enough. But I have learned a lot by doing them. I have tried to slow down and be neater.

Now I will share a few pages of scriptures, to encourage you. It is always my goal for you to leave our time together feeling encouraged to dig deeper and stand stronger in your faith. To Keep your God Focus.

I was playing around with stickers to get inspiration one morning. I found these that I had left over from a poster I made for my Dad’s birthday party one year. It was his life on poster boards and he is a military veteran. Immediately I remembered the verse in 2 Cor. 10:4-5

2 Cor 10:4-5 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

We need to realize as children of God that we have mighty weapons through the BLOOD of Jesus. We need to take unto captivity every thought that is not of God. The battle is in our minds. We need to check every thought and see if it is from God or the enemy. If it is from the enemy, we need to dismiss it quickly.

Life is an amazing adventure when you live a life for Jesus. You never know what He will do to surprise you. There is a joy in serving Jesus. I hope something I have said today has inspired you to get into the word and dig for all the treasures of wisdom God has waiting for you. He is worth searching out.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

LIKE SHARE AND SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE ENCOURAGEMENT

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!!

BOLDLY APPROACH THE THRONE

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO VERSION: https://rumble.com/v5g8sqt-god-focus-this-morning-ep188-boldly-approach-the-throne.html

WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

The title of today’s episode: Boldly Approach The Throne

I woke yesterday morning to a daily bible verse and short devotional. I have a dear friend that sends them to me daily.

The verse happened to be Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

I have always liked this verse because it says we can come boldly to God. We do not have to be in fear that he will reject us. He will extend his scepter to us every time. He wants to hear what we have to say.

Bold means not hesitating, or fearful in the face of possible danger. In times of kings, no one approached the king without a formal invitation. If they did there were assassins waiting to behead them on the spot. The only way these body guards did not take someone out was for the king to stretch out his scepter. It would be dangerous to approach the throne. But God says, we have access because we are his children, we can come boldly. Without fear and hesitation to make our requests know to our King.

Then I turned on Prophet Julie Green, I listen to her almost every day. The first bible verse she read was, you guessed it, Hebrews 4:16. For the past few days she has been talking about petitioning the courts of heaven for God to return to us what the enemy has stolen. Then she listed a few things like: health, peace, joy, any part of our faith walk and our finances.

I had plans for the day but, I felt God really impress on me to intercede for our country. People are dying every day because of the evil that has taken over this nation. We were founded as one nation under God. That is with a big G not any of the false gods of this world which are little g’s.

As I sat in my office, the spirit of God came over me and I started weeping. He totally wrecked me. I have not been so wrecked by the Spirit of God since I attended a ministry conference over a year ago. I could not stop crying and praying. I spent a long time praying for our nation, praying for lost family, for restoration of thing that needed to be restored. I felt compelled to keep praying for the needs I have on my prayer wall.

Once that anointing left me, I rushed to my computer to write my thoughts down.
I feel like God wants me to encourage you to come boldly to his throne. Take a list of what the enemy has taken from you. Petition the courts of heaven for what you feel needs to be restored to you.

We never know what our prayers may unlock. One example that comes to mind is the story of Hannah. She had a desire to have a child. She didn’t understand the profound effect that child would have on the world. Samuel did many things to restore their people. He returned righteousness to the house of God. He anointed kings, he gave them words of direction from the Lord.

We often have an overwhelming desire for something, but do not realize the heavenly impact of that prayer. All we know is that prayer burns within us. God will use our surrender and our prayer to further the kingdom.

She prayed, then she surrendered her son to the work of the Lord. Her prayer gave birth to the destiny of her nation. What prayer is within you that God wants you to boldly come and petition the court of heaven to receive? What may seem simple to you, may change the destiny of your nation. At the least it will make an impact on your life. Our God is a God of answered prayers.

Phil 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

This means to not worry or be anxious about things, but with thanksgiving we can come boldly to the throne and petition God for his help. We enter his presence with praise and thanksgiving. Once we have that connection is the time to ask God to move upon the situations of our lives.

Psalms 145:3 – Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.

His greatness is unsearchable. In other words, it would take more than our lifetime to understand God. He is beyond fully knowing, but that doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t try to understand his vast greatness.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

LIKE SHARE AND SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE ENCOURAGEMENT