God Is Pursuing You. Do You See? My Experience

Bless you, LORD, Your Majesty and Your Love. Thank you for always Loving me, and reminding me of that Love when the accuser comes after me and I hold hands in agreement with him, unknowingly. Thank You for never tiring of pursuing me!

Source:

lovecoversall-godislove.blogspot.com/2014/08/god-is-pursuing-you-do-you-see-my.html

Today, LORD, for the first time in a while, I completely surrendered to You, again, and leaving that Church to find alone time with You, You Would Not Let My Spirits Sink! As only You can, LORD:

1. You gave me sunshine, in the midst of a freezing summer.

2. You gave me worship songs during Communion and at the end of service, despite my missing it at the beginning.

3. You gave me Communion and new insight into it's bonding power in You, LORD - into why we say "Grace before meals" - not just to Thank, buy to Invite You to join us! Thank You!

4. You sent me Scott to talk Entrepreneurship, when I thought he'd find me difficult.

5. You sent me www.MellowDeeCanada.com to say Hello and sing "Hallelujah", to remind me of Your omnipotence and unyielding grace.

6. You sent me Smart Set's very cool window display/creative advertising to make me smile and, in the midst of that

7. You sent three (3) 'clowns' who were trying to photo-bomb my Smart Set shot to make me laugh heartily (instead of my usual scowl in response).

8. You showed me the Bible verse (Psalm 34:4 ESV "I sought the LORD and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears") - on the subway.

Items 3-5 happened in the space of maybe 30 minutes! And I know that You simply changed my heart and opened my eyes! You are amazing!

Professional Artiste:

www.MellowDeeCanada.com

God, literally, even my mistakes, You've used for good, and my steps of faith, you have blessed.

Remove the fear that holds me hostage, LORD, and replace it with boldness to walk in the freedom You died to give me; that I might walk in the " flow" that is the Holy Spirit, free of the burden of circumstances, as only You can make possible. Let Your glory be seen in Every aspect of my being, even as You turn my flaws (in Your grace) to healing for others, and draw me into more Conscious Relationship with You.

Smart Set

, Eaton Centre - Jeans-in-a-Tube Display Campaign

I repent, as Your Love overflows in me, of my blindness and my unbelief, and Thank You for the simple yet unimaginably Powerful, gift of Your Presence. I revere You now, and always, LORD Jesus Christ, God My Father, Holy Spirit, and Thank You for being the wind that makes me, Your Eagle, soar for Your glory.

I will be exactly who I am, fully, in each moment, conscious and aware, so that Your work may be done in me, and in those I encounter, in Truth, in Love and in Holiness, so that we will all experience Freedom on You.

Starting Today. Love You, God! Amen.

How has God hugged

You,

today?

Make Time for God - Avoid the Traps of the Enemy

There is no freedom apart from Christ.

You can't please people. You can't do everything perfectly. You can't always make the right decisions. You cannot ever always plan for every circumstance. So if your joy or freedom comes from "once I..., then I'll be happy/have peace/rest",

then you labor in vain.

True Freedom

God invites us to come to Him in Christ;

His yoke is light

(

Matthew 11:28-30 ESV

). The yoke of the world is heavy - you're always 'behind', there's always one more thing to do, and living in the moment is a concept, but none of us are truly present for most of the moments in our lives. God invites us to that, and to answer only to Him.

Quite simply, God:

1. Invites you to seek, know, build relationship with Him. It is here that God's love heals, restores and leads to overflow. Wherever you go, you can't help but let that love overflow.

2. Doesn't hammer you for your flaws. He reveals as much as you can bear to see in yourself, so you can bring them to Him. God already knew every sin you'd commit, before he made you. (Psalm 139 ESV).

3. Calls you to be present in the moment, so you're not overburdened; "today's troubles are enough for today" (Matthew 6:34 ESV)

Three (3) Traps of the Enemy

The enemy's goal is - quite literally - to

steal, kill and destroy

(

John 10:9-11 ESV

;

1 Peter 5:7-9 ESV

). Anything that takes you away from God, is simply a tool that disarms you (removes all the armor of God -

Ephesians 6:10-17 ESV

) so that the enemy can play with you. Trust me; apart from God, you're putty in his hands.

His three (3) main traps:

1. Sin: he lures you into sin, then taunts you with shame and guilt, then you hide from God.

2. Busy-ness: he gets you too busy to focus or make time for God; thus you're “unaware”, ineffective.

3. Offence: he gets others' sin to offend you, so you judge others, instead of praying for, blessing them.

The Truth

1. God sent Jesus to die for your sin. Avoiding God (the only protection from sin) when you sin, is an obvious mistake. God doesn't want you to come to Him only when you're perfect. In fact, He uses what is weak to do great things! Before Christ, God's grace allowed Him to use Moses who murdered the guy, David who power corrupted and Paul who was killing Christians! David was a "man after God's own heart" because he went back to God! If you sin every 3 seconds, get up and go back to God every 4 seconds!

2. God gave you enough time in the day to do what HE calls you to. If you're "too busy", some of what you're doing is not what God's called you to. Certainly, there are times in life that are busier than others, but to consistently live that way... examine yourself. Is it God or man that you serve? God's yoke truly is light.

3. Once it hits you that the wage of sin is death (Romans 6:23 ESV), and that all sin is sin i.e. your bad thought = breaking all 10 commandments (James 2:9-11 ESV), you see what Jesus paid for on the cross. Once we realize that it is Only because we walk in Christ - not because we're 'good' - that we haven't done the bad things 'those people' do. God said, "you will be forgiven in the measure that you forgive" (Matthew 7:1-2 ESV) to remind us of all of this; not to make us feel badly.

Forgiveness - Only Possible in Christ

NOTE: We cannot forgive apart from Christ.

On our own strength, we understand why forgiveness is hard. We pray and ask God to give us forgiving hearts. [Important:

Forgiveness is NOT Reconciliation

- 

http://marshill.com/2010/09/27/10-things-forgiveness-is-not

. Please

don't put yourself in harm's way

in the name of forgiveness. Christ is wisdom incarnate - stay wise.]

Stay alert, stay in Christ, and stay free. Relationship with God sets, and keeps, you free.

The March for 2014 - Scriptures to Encouragement Series (2)

In the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour, whose death and then resurrection reconciled us to God by faith, I send you a powerful blessing through the Holy Spirit for this year, 2014:

• To break strongholds in the areas of: fear, failure, debt, illness, procrastination, delays, demotion, pain, sorrow, paralysis, untimely death and anything else that keeps you knowingly or unknowingly in bondage.

• To restore blessings in the Holy Spirit to replace those strongholds: gifts of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:1-11 ESV), the fruit of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control), faith, hope and love above all else, so that nothing will move you from your position in Christ.

I do not know where 2013 left many of you. I have heard, and experienced, a lot of unexpected falls, setbacks, disappointments and flat-out persecution. We're learning, growing stronger, as Christ takes us through even these. Believe Him.

Believe.

The enemy only attacks when we're on the cusp of success. ;)

The March of 2014

2014, however, is the year that we will get up, by Christ's strength, and walk out the fruit, the blessing, that God, through the Holy Spirit, has bestowed upon us. Breathe a new breath, forgetting what lies behind, and pressing forward to the glory that we know lies ahead. We live by faith, not my sight. THIS YEAR is YOUR YEAR. And I look forward to running alongside you. :)

The time draws near, and the enemy is busy. There is no time for us to fall for his tricks of condemnation and distraction, no time to hang our heads low for every mistake we've made. NO. If we think we're suffering, how much more those who don't even know that salvation is an option?! There is no time.

Remembering that we can do nothing on our own strength is key to the Christian walk.  We are human beings, not human doings.  There are no works that we can do that can atone for the wrong we do, no matter how good.  We have to remember to walk in the knowledge that in Christ's death and resurrection, we have been made free of the debt of sin (death), by faith - not by works.

We are to put one foot in front of the other, surrendering to God in Christ those areas that the Holy Spirit reveals to us as wrong in our lives.  Stepping out in faith means remembering that God is the author of our collective fates, that He is sovereign - so walk and watch Him work.

Matthew 6:25-34

Do Not Be Anxious

25 "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?

27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?

28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,

29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'

32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.

33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

34 "Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

The Promise

This, my friends, is literal - Matthew 6:25-34 above, and

Matthew 11:25-30

- 'come to me all who are weary and I will give you rest...my yoke is light'. It will be sullied by all the nay-sayers, but stand quietly and listen -

"be still and know that I am God" (

Psalm 46:10

)

- in those moments, you will recall His miracles, and your testimony will change lives. No experience you have, or will have, will be for naught. All testimony is their to help heal some other part of the body; whether you know it or not.

Our Call

Fast and pray. Whatever that fast is to you - social media, TV, food, socializing - give it in loving honour to God, "I AM", the God of Creation, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and OUR GOD in Christ Jesus through the intercession of the Holy Spirit. Pray in conversation with God and in conjunction with scripture - know your Word, as it is your only defense against the enemy (

Ephesians 6:10-20

).

Even Jesus was tempted in

Matthew 4

- keep your eyes on Christ, come what may, and you will always soar like an eagle above the storm.

Your Testimony

Please, share your miracles and positive experiences with us (here or on Facebook, at 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Love-covers-All-God-is-Love/154237154695162

), particularly in these trying times. What may seem small to you may be just the encouragement someone needs to get through the day. Bless you all!

Source:

The Bible, New Testament, Book of Matthew, Chapter 6, Verses 25-34

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%206&version=ESV

(Note: This version of the Bible may be different from that used above. Each version phrases scripture differently.)