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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP528 GIFTED VERSES ANOINTED

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: GIFTED VERSES ANOINTED

In Jeremiah, God says he knows the plans he has for us. They are plans for our good. He gives each of us natural abilities to do what he has called us to do. But we will never reach the place that he will enhance our natural ability until we surrender to the anointing. There are those who do quite well on their natural ability. They often lack spiritual growth in those areas, because they rely on their own abilities. These people often end up wanting the glory, because they have not surrendered that part of themselves to God.

Then there are those who have pushed beyond their fleshly desire for the spot light. They realize that if anything gets done, God will have to do it through them. They will give God the glory, because they understand that the power and anointing come from God.

The anointing is heavy to carry. This is why God slowly moves us up a level. One step at a time. He grows us to carry what we were created to carry. The example, I often think of is the story of Elijah. People wonder after a moment like calling fire down from heaven why he would run and hide in a cave, overtaken by depression.

While he was battling the prophets of Baal, he was under strong anointing. God was heavy upon him. He has the pressure of creating the atmosphere for a miracle, with God’s leading. Then the miracle happened. Fire fell and consumed the sacrifice. Notice while this was going on no one bothered Elijah.

Once the anointing lifted, Jezabel sent messengers to threaten Elijah. He was in a state of fatigue from the weight of the anointing, so he ran to a cave to hide. The mighty man of God who had just prayed fire down from heaven and destroyed the prophets of Baal was now hiding from one woman who was full of evil.

God understood Elijah needed physical rest and food. But once he was refreshed, God sent him on his way to anoint kings and train his replacement the prophet Elisha.

God’s Spirit lives within us, it is often referred to as oil. In the Old Testament they would anoint things with oil to set them apart. Example:

Gen 35:10-14 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel. 11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; 12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. 13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him. 14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.

Anything set aside for God’s use was anointed. Kings, implements for the temple, priests. The oil was applied as an outward sign of something being set apart from the others like it. Jacob was showing respect to the place he had talked to God.

If we are God’s children full of His Spirit, we already have a measure of anointing. But as we grow in wisdom and knowledge of God, we gain more of God’s anointing. We need to pray for more of God’s power in our lives. Not so we can be self-righteous acting like we are better than someone else. But so we will become closer to fulfilling the plans God had for us from the beginning. Remember, when he was forming us in the womb, he was placing things within us. Some will stay dormant until God awakens them with his anointing.

We have to be ready, by praying and asking God to help us to flow into the anointing he has for us. We want to walk in God’s empowerment and the authority he gives us in different areas of our lives. When we walk in the authority, power and anointing God wants us to have, we will be equipped to be a better light to the lost.

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: EMBRACE THE WILDERNESS

Most would say the wilderness is a place of temptation and trials. Things happen that test our faith and our strength. God will not allow us to be overtaken that is not the point of the wilderness.

It is a place we learn to trust, lean, and rely on God. It is a place we must through to the other side. We will be ready for the next level of glory and responsibility. Things looked bad for Moses in Egypt, he fled to the wilderness to escape punishment in Egypt. While in the wilderness he learned skills he needed to be an effective leader. He also learned survival skills and his way around the desert.

Then one day he had an intimate encounter with God. The creator of heaven and earth spoke to him from a burning bush. That experience changed him. In the process of the plagues, Moses learned to lean on God more and more. He learned how to survive in the wilderness from spending time as a shepherd tending his father in law’s flock.

God won’t stick us out in the wilderness without provision. He gave the Israelites whatever they needed. Manna, water, their clothing never wore out. Think about that, they travelled for forty years and their shoes and clothes never wore out.

The wilderness is a place of testing. Jesus was in the wilderness and was tempted of the devil after a long fast. We must trust God’s plan. Yes, the enemy may come on strong, but we can combat him the same way Jesus did and quote the word to him.

The wilderness is also a place of preparation. It was after Jesus was in the wilderness that he started his ministry. He began walking into the fullness of what God needed for him to accomplish on the earth.

The wilderness can be a place of refuge from a famine. God sent Elijah into the wilderness. There he sent ravens to feed him. Showing that God will take care of his people, even in the wilderness of life.

Elijah also fled from Jezabel after the miracle of him calling fire down from heaven to prove God to the Jewish people. It was in that wilderness that he found a cave and God provided him food and drink to strengthen him. Once he was stronger God showed him that he could also come in the form of a still small voice.

God sent Elijah to anoint Hazael as king over Syria or Aram. He sent him to mentor Elisha to be a prophet in his place.

We should not dread our time in the wilderness. Because, God is getting ready to show us something wonderful on the other side of our time in the wilderness.

Our time in the wilderness is a time that God strips us of our human arrogant complacency and self-righteousness. He humbles us to better rely on him. He always reveals himself in a new way to us. If we can get past our pity party and listen for his voice. We don’t like the wilderness because it is uncomfortable. Human beings are very much creatures of comfort.

Deut 8:15-16 Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint; 16 Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

Notice the last part of verse sixteen, that he might humble thee and that he might prove thee to do thee good at the latter end. God just wanted them to learn to love and trust him. Being in the wilderness is all about trusting in the Lord and resisting the trappings of the enemy.

If we can learn to do those two things in the wilderness, we will have a stronger faith walk. We will be a better light to the lost and broken. Instead of dreading the wilderness, we should try to embrace the lessons, God is trying to teach us.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP525 OUR GOD IS LIMITLESS

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: OUR GOD IS LIMITLESS

How many times do we put limits on God, with our lack of faith and small mindsets. God exists outside of the boundaries of time and space. He is everywhere, there is no escaping God.

Psalm 139:7-14 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. 9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; 10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. 12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. 13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

If we have give our lives to him, we can trust he will take good care of us. He will guide us in every situation. He sees us and he knows us better than we know ourselves. Jesus is the perfect one to go to when we lack direction.

Eph 3: 16-21 16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. 20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, 21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

He is able to do far greater than anything we could ever ask or think. He is able to do exceeding or beyond the scope of normal or expected. He is able to do abundantly which is far more than we could ever imagine.

I am sure it never entered in the minds of the Israelites when they were praying for deliverance from Egypt, that God would do more than they asked. He not only got them out of the chains of bondage and slavery, so that they did not have to stay in Egypt. He gave them wealth to support themselves. He showed them miracles, signs and wonders. He healed them physically. The parting of the Red Sea was exceedingly, abundantly more than they could have imagined. He was going to give them the promised land. However, in their fear unbelief they tried to limit God. They were made to wander around the same mountain for 40 years. I don’t want to be found guilty of trying to limit God.

What if David had tried to limit God? Goliath wouldn’t have fallen. What if the three Hebrew men had thought he could have saved them until the enemy turned the furnace up seven times hotter. Then they had doubted. But they didn’t limit God. They said he is able to deliver us, but if he chooses not to, we will still not bow.

We cannot put God in a box. They will say, “He can only operate in our church or our denomination.” They judge who they think will come to Jesus. They don’t want to witness to someone because we have a limited idea about what the outcome will be. They don’t know what they are going through and how many things God has done to lay the groundwork for that one moment. Pray we never miss an opportunity to say the right thing. Human beings are limited by our flesh and our thoughts. But we cannot allow the enemy to convince us to not even try to witness to certain people.

Our God is limitless and once we grasp on to that fact and really fully 100% believe it, we will have the kind of faith that can move mountains, raise the dead and see the captive truly set free.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP524 LIGHT SWALLOWS DARKNESS

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: LIGHT SWALLOWS UP DARKNESS

The word is full of references to light. In the beginning God separated the light from the darkness. Down through time he has separated the spiritually dark from those who were enlightened by God.

Eph 5: 8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) 10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

The enemy loves to try to bring darkness to our lives. Sin is darkness. But God’s children are called the children of the light. Because God’s Spirit dwells within us. The light of God is within us. Darkness cannot stay where light shows up.

John 8:12: I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

The light of life is another way to say God’s spirit. When we follow Jesus we will not be in darkness.

Psalm 119:105: Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

The enemy loves to try to plunge us into darkness. That is his domain, because he doesn’t want anyone to see the evil that he causes. The only way we will ever overcome the obstacles that he tries to put into our path is by shining light on it. God’s word is that light that shines on our way. It is full of encouraging stories of how others overcame their attacks of darkness. The more we dig into the word the more light we will have on our path.

Then when the enemy comes spreading lies, trying to set traps and cause us to fall, we will not only see his trap, but have words straight from God to combat those traps.

We are children of Almighty God, we walk in light and not in darkness. Today, is the day to make sure you have on all of your armor. That your sword is ready for battle by knowing how to use it. If you never pick it up, you will not be able to use it when attacked by the enemy.

We want to empty our lives of every appearance of darkness, so that we can shine for the lost to see God’s amazing love and his amazing light.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP523 SIN’S BITE

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: SIN’S BITE

Long before Adam and Eve took a bite from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, they had been bitten by the serpent. He already caused Eve to doubt God with his poisonous lies. Then she listened while he told her that God didn’t want her to have knowledge because that would make her equal to God. She allowed his lies to soak into her spirit and soon she was eating of the tree. But she was bitten first.

The same thing happened at the tower of babble; Satan convinced them if they built a tower high enough to reach the heavens they would be like God. But God saw their arrogance and confounded their language. The building of the tower ceased because they could not communicate.

I was recently reminded by a friend that lambs are immune to snake bite poison. It is actually used in anti-venom drugs. The blood of Jesus destroys the poison of the serpent satan. All the sins he causes us to commit can be neutralized by Jesus’ blood. If we ask for forgiveness.

We all have sinned and fallen short. We have all been bitten. But many of us lived to carry on. Why do some die when bitten by the snake (satan) and some recover and live?

1 They may have received what is called a dry bite. Little poison is found in a dry bite. Just like the enemy sometimes causes us to stumble, but it wasn’t enough to destroy us.

2 We can get bitten but pray and ask for forgiveness and Jesus’ blood will cleanse us from the venom of sin.

3 We often are attacked by the enemy. We can build up a tolerance against his poison and lies as long we apply the blood.

4 Then there are those who the venom is strong. They yield to it. They don’t want anti-venom. They enjoy the sin so much that they cling to it. Until they become so saturated by poison they cannot find their way out. They die full of the enemy’s venom.

Numbers 21: 5-9 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. 6 And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. 7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. 8 And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. 9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

People think that our words doesn’t have an effect on our lives. That they have no power. God despised murmuring and complaining. Because the Israelites complained against God. Their negative words could be considered a type of poison. God sent among the people fiery serpents.

Many died from the bites of the fiery serpents God sent among them. The people repented and asked for God’s help. He told Moses to place a brazen serpent on a pole and lift it up. When the people saw it they were healed. Some died before they could get redemption, the poison was too strong and overtook them.

Moses lifting the serpent up on a cross is a type and shadow of Jesus being lifted up above the earth. He took on the sin of mankind to heal us from the bite of the evil one. Many today think that Baal worship or satan worship is something that was only in bible times. But many would be shocked to find out that they are more in number than first believed. They do not all go around looking like evil. Some put on a sweet smile and lead what appears on the outside, normal lives. They hide their evil away from the world, in dark places and hidden lairs of death and evil.

But make no mistake that God will have the last say. The enemy may have his say for a small season, but the blood of Jesus will always be a covering of protection for God’s people.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP522 BEING LED BY THE SPIRIT

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: BEING LED BY THE SPIRIT

Now is the time to awaken out of sleep. Now is the time to ask for God to give us deeper understanding about spiritual things. We no longer have the luxury to ignore the things of the spirit realm. We go along acting like if we ignore anything spiritual, we will not have to deal with it. But that is not how the real-world works. We are spiritual beings and we will either serve God or Satan, there is no middle and no way to avoid it. We all will have to make a choice for ourselves.

I cannot stress enough that we need to be on guard. Evil is all around us, the enemy loves to try and draw us into temptation. If he cannot get us to sin, he will put people in our lives to tear us down. The attack always comes when we least expect it. Unless we are vigilant about keeping our guard up and our shield ready.

Our freedom is not in our circumstances. Our happiness doesn’t depend on lack of adversity. Our freedom lies in our trust of God. I spoke to you yesterday about trusting even when the feeling may not be there. When we are hurt and feel betrayed by people, we still have to trust God.

The body of Christ needs to hear the warning, “Be on guard.” We as God’s children were given the whole armor of God for a reason. To protect and to defend this is true, but to also go on the offensive and use our swords if needed. Swords are both offensive and defensive weapons. They can take out an enemy or they can block an attack or threat from an enemy.

It is time that we ask God for wisdom and discernment when it comes to spiritual things. The enemy does not lack tactics. He will use different ones until he reaches his goal of getting us trapped in sin. But for every weapon he tries to form against us we have a weapon of defense. It is found in the word of God.

Remember every time the enemy came at Jesus in the wilderness, Jesus used the word to deflect the enemies lies. He is the deceiver. It is time the church had open dialog about spiritual experiences, not all of them are from God.

2 Cor 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

The devil goes to church, he tries to weigh down the service. Satan’s servants are not all showy with their evil, some are stealthy like a panther. They want people to believe that they are genuine and really love the Lord, when they only love themselves. They serve only their own agenda.

People are clueless to the tricks of our enemy. Because he has had centuries to watch human nature. He studies us and knows how to drag us into temptation. For every real move of God, the enemy tries to fake a move of God to be deceitful. This is why there is so much church hurt in the world.

I was reminded of an experience I had several years ago. I had a job at a car dealership, there was an add in another town advertising for someone in my position. It was more pay, better benefits. I went for a job interview. It looked perfect. The building the dealership was in was beautiful, marble floors, beautiful glass offices, everything looked like success. I would have taken that job in a moment. But as I looked at the beauty and grandeur of the building God said to me, “All that glitters is not gold.” I went ahead with the interview and was offered the job. I told them I needed to give notice. But I went home and thought about what I felt like God had said to me. I turned it down the next day. Within six months they declared bankruptcy and someone else bought the dealership. They brought in their own office staff, so I would have been without a job.

We cannot always judge things by how they look, not every spirit is from God. The Holy Ghost doesn’t glorify anything but Jesus Christ. The Holy Ghost does not move on people for show. He moves on people to transform their lives from being servants of Satan to being born again. The Holy Ghost came to be our guide it is time we give up and let him lead.

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.

Notice the Holy Ghost aka the Spirit of Truth will guide us into all truth. We need to listen to the leading of God’s Spirit, because he knows where to lead. It is up to us to follow. Now is the time to prepare to step out into deeper waters. Now is the time to be ever vigilant.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP351- LISTENING FOR GOD

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: LISTENING FOR GOD

In the quiet silence, I sit and wait for God’s voice. I whisper quietly, “Speak to me Lord, speak to your daughter.” In my heart I am longing for him to share something with me that I can pass along to encourage you. My mind often reels with topics but they don’t seem right. I pray again, “Speak to me Lord, I need you to share with me what you want your body to hear.”

As I sat quietly a large portion of yesterday. God began to place on my heart, to remind his people not to fear what is coming. He has never let down his people. There has always been a hedge of protection around those who love and serve God. We have no reason to fear; God holds us in his hand.

John 14:27 – Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

Jesus tells us he will leave peace for his people. He tells us to not let our hearts be troubled. He tells us to not be afraid. We do have some control in the situation, we must look to him when we are hit with the emotion of fear. We cannot allow the emotion to take root and become fear in our spirit. When we fear, it is an act of unbelief. We are telling God we do not believe he will protect us or take care of us. This is not a message we want to send to God.

Our message should always be, “I trust you Lord, I don’t understand what is happening, but I trust you, Lord.”

There are different seasons we walk through. Sometimes outside influences cause us to react differently. Like right now, if you pay any attention to the news, then it is easy to allow fear to take over. But we have to know with everything we see, God has it in his control. He will take care of his people.

The enemy comes to cause division; he comes to destroy those who are determined to live for the cause of Christ. He is not stupid; he knows those who have that deep down faith and determination. He will try to cause us to fall into fear.

Psalm 56:3-4 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. 4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

We must get Psalm 56:3-4 into our hearts and allow it to seep into our soul. This way when the enemy comes to attack us with fear, we can send him on his way. We have the power to send him packing, simply by saying, I resist your lies, you have no place here, I belong to Jesus, I am covered by the blood.

When I have faced hard situations in the past, there has been times I couldn’t understand why thing happened like they did. I didn’t have answers, I didn’t know how to pray. I would just sit and say, “I trust you Lord, you are wise and know what you are doing. I don’t understand, but I trust you, Lord.”

We can never allow fear or anxiety to get a stronghold. It is hard to get that stronghold broken. But nothing is impossible with God. Even if there is a stronghold, ask God to break it and tell him you trust him, until you feel that trust. He truly only wants what is best for us and will deliver us from all fear. Our job is to trust and not fear.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP520 HOLY

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: HOLY

Satan tells us lies every day. Some we believe and fall for, causing us to fall into temptation. Other lies we see through immediately. It is the lies that are close to the truth that are the scariest. They are the most dangerous. Our enemy is the father of lies. He came to destroy anything that is good. This is why the children are on his radar. He is trying to destroy the next generations.

John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Jesus wants to give us an abundant life. He cares about us. Just as much as Jesus is love the enemy is hate. He hates us, because God loved us enough to die for us. We will one day be in a place he was removed from and never allowed to see again. He hates us because we are God’s chosen. The enemy loves to draw people into sin and uncleanness. God is pure and holy. He wants us to walk in holiness.

I Thes 4:7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

God’s word many times states that he is holy. In the sixth chapter of Isaiah. It talks about a vision Isaiah had. He saw the throne and angels that were created by God just to fly and sing. “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty the whole earth is full of his glory.” That is their single purpose for existing.

But what does it mean to be holy? “holy” in the bible is the Hebrew word Kodesh. It means set apart from common or ordinary. We have to walk by the faith of God. We must keep ourselves clean from sin.

Satan comes with his lies that we are not strong enough to live holy. We are not strong enough on our own. But God has placed authority in us to be strong enough to rise up above the temptations and lies of the enemy.

Isaiah 57:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.

The enemy will often try to form weapons against us; weapons of doubt and fear. But God comes along with his peace. He restores, he strengthens and he delivers us.

I Pet 1:15-16 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

Peter was quoting a verse in the Old Testament from Leviticus. God would not tell us to be holy if it was impossible. If we walk fully in our flesh, it is impossible. But we have the Spirit of God on the inside of us as believers. He will lead and guide us into all truth and righteousness or holiness. All things are possible when we allow the Holy Ghost to be our guide, even being holy.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP519 DON’T SELL OUT

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: DON’T SELL OUT

Every moment in time is unique, every wave that crashed against the sea shore will never crash again, even though the water goes back and more waves crash. Every step we take gets us closer to our goals or it takes us further away. Depending on our direction. Are we boldly crashing the shore of the future or are we retreating only to be tossed in the waves.

God honors the bold and the brave. He is calling all of us to be bold and stand for the truth. It is going to take a bold church to stand up to the brazen, blatant display of evil that is in our face 24/7. The enemy is trying harder than ever to destroy as many people as possible. Because he knows his time is short to lock people into a life they cannot get out of. One of blaspheming against God’s spirit.

Matt 12:31-32 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.

The Pharisees committed this unpardonable sin when they said that Jesus cast out devils by the prince of devils. They looked like holy men on the outside, but inside their hearts were pure evil. They were very insecure that Jesus’ popularity would take away their standing in the community. When they heard he had cast out devils.

Matt 12:24-26 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. 25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: 26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?

In trying to sway the people away from Jesus, they actually sealed their own fate. It is no small thing to speak negatively about the Holy Ghost of God. He was sent to this earth to be our help and guide.

Matt 8:14-16 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. Matt 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

There is nothing we face as children of God that we cannot get through, as long as we are led by the Spirit of God. We are no longer in bondage. It is not wise for us to allow man made things to bind us up. Look at the Phariasees, they were bound by their religion. I say their religion, because they took the ten commandments and made hundreds of rules to keep them from breaking the original ten. Jesus came to set us free from bondage. We cannot allow man made rules bind us up in religion.

Today is the day of salvation, today is the day to dig deep into the word, today is the day to pray and intercede against the enemy and what is coming. If the Spirit of God dwells within us, we need to ask that we develop spiritual sensitivity to understand and discern the voice of God.

We are standing on the edge of our Red Sea, life is about to change. How it changes for us will be determined if we are listening to the voice of God or falling into fear. Will we be a wave that penetrates the sand, or will we be drawn back out to sea. Because we have given in to the enemy and his lies. So don’t sell out to the enemy.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP518 OUT OF THE WILDERNESS

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WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: OUT OF THE WILDERNESS

The place we find ourselves is often referred to as the wilderness. Many things happen while in such a place. Trials happen and growth also happens in the wilderness. There are different reasons we end up in the wilderness. Sometimes it is because of our disobedience. Other times it is a place God allows to grow us.

If you find yourself in a wilderness, ask yourself why you are there. If you cannot think of a reason of disobedience. Then God has allowed it to grow you. Embrace the wilderness and watch vigilantly for the enemy to attack.

Matt 4:1-4 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Notice, he was led into the wilderness by the spirit. He had to overcome the enemy in that quiet place away from prying eyes. If he had not overcome the enemy there, he would not have had the power to resist turning his back on the assignment of the cross. Because the crushing of the time leading to the cross was even greater than the temptations, he faced with satan in the wilderness.

The Spirit of God leads us and guides us where we need to be, even if we feel alone and isolated.

Matt 4:5-7 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, 6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Satan took Jesus up to a high pinnacle, trying to tempt him into jumping off. He was trying to destroy him. Hoping that those angels would not show up and he would die. When he couldn’t take Jesus out by suicide he tried to play to his ego by offering him great power.

Matt 4:8-10 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; 9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

How many people have set aside the calling of God on their life for power and a short cut? How many people have sold their souls to the devil for fame and wealth? They have a false sense of power. Jesus knew anything that the enemy offered in the wilderness was not going to get him where he needed to go.

People today need to realize that the things of this life are temporary. We must live our lives to the fullest and make sure that we are listening to God and not the enemy.

Once Jesus came out of the wilderness he started his ministry. Everyone’s wilderness looks different, because God has allowed your wilderness to propel you forward to your calling. My wilderness would look different because my calling is different. Every day, if we yield our lives to Christ, we will be one step closer to stepping into what God has for us.

Notice when Jesus resisted the enemy fled. The word says if we resist the devil he will flee. Which means he has no power to make us do anything we don’t want to do. Remember that there are good things on the other side of the wilderness. Just embrace your alone time with God and find peace and rest. One day you will come out of the wilderness, changed by the experience. When we kneel in prayer, we will find our purpose and will not need the shortcut of the enemy. Stand strong, resist the devil and embrace the lessons of the wilderness.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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