Monday, January 19, 2015

Complaint Fast ~ 7..14..30 HIKE!

We all know that what we give our attention to grows, draws near, is amplified, is given power to. Have you ever picked up the phone, only to be bombarded by the negative commentary of someone close to you, who not only wants to point out your faults but also wants to dictate how you should change to suite them. I would venture to bet that we have even been guilty of the same, here or there. Has it helped? Does it produce any good result? Usually not, it usually just elevates the level of disappointment and places a huge energy block that needs to be cleared up, more work for both parties who are obviously effectiveness challenged!

Philippians 2:14 “Do everything without complaining or arguing”

We all know that fasting, does something in the spirit realm as a direct correlation to what is being done in the natural. Bound on earth bound in heaven / Loosed in Heaven, loosed on Earth! Do you have any idea what the Spiritual bondage is of negativity. It's the absence of Hope, Joy, Peace. Its anything but persuasive. It's a stumbling block for all parties involved. It's habitual, common, popular, widely practiced BUT very self destructive! Want a glimpse of how life could be once its eliminated? Guess what, you can... but it will require active awareness, self control and some clever tricks for escape!

Make a commitment to yourself, to avoid complaining, at all costs, about anything! Stub your toe? You can say "ouch" but instead of recoiling about it all the day long, remind yourself that "You are grateful you didn't break it!" You are not prohibited to ask/notice things that you would prefer, In fact, in the process of NOT complaining, you will be forced to direct your attention specifically to what you DO want.If you are going to extend any energy let it be toward the doing.

Try this for a week, two weeks or even a month, make this Your FAST! Just like food or drink, similar to every day pleasures, the concept is to deny yourself what seems to come naturally. What is the purpose? You will see how the enemy has used the fruit of your own lips and thinking against you! You will see, as the veil lifts HOW your own sidesteps have taken you out of alignment with the blessings you've been on line waiting for. When you were younger, in school, you'd have to get online based on height, age or alphabetical order. This is somewhat different, your attitude, walk, talk & demeanor, will dictate where you are in the lineup. Patience and tolerance goes ahead of back biting & grumbling complainers. Move to the front, stop complaining! See whom you can benefit in front of or in back of you and see how fast you advance!

If there is someone in your present experience accustomed to SHARING all of their toxicity with you, you need to sidestep it immediately. If you are in a group of people, and the conversation turns towards complaints, details of injustices (minor, major, past or present) excuse yourself immediately (go to the bathroom, take/make an important call, something) just get out of earshot from it, until the air clears! We wouldn't think twice of placing a sign on our lawn requesting that others 'curb their dogs' but its OK for them to dump on your life? Listening to it does not make you a good friend. You cant become poor to help the needy, disoriented to help the confused, lost to help the misguided and so on. The best help we can offer the negative ones, is by remaining positive and holding that ground as steadfastly as possible!

I remember hearing an adage like this, "if you woke up tomorrow, had a great breakfast, got green lights all the way to where ever you were going, got a free car wash, didn't have to wait in line, found out that you won a contest or prize and then got a flat tire on the way home, would you focus on the flat tire ad how bad your day was? OR, would you focus on all the wonderful things that happened and how blessed your day was?! Some people only talk about the snag, it's their excuse to complain & it can only serve to kick you off the line. So, steer clear! It will be a challenge not only to abstain from complaining yourself, but to skillfully avoid entertaining it from others. You will begin to notice the vast amount of people around you who habitually propagating negativity and discord! "Oooops. I forgot something, I have to go, I'll call you back!" the something you forgot is Your 7..14...or 30 day fast!

Lord, help us to cultivate a new way of life. Help us to steer clear of the negativity that is affecting us from all directions. Give is proper discernment how to handle, avoid and remove this activity from our lives! Bring swift evidence of the benefit to all those who earnestly strive to do this, Lord, send your mighty angels to run interference for us, prevent these others from infiltrating our day, to remind us if we slip, to shut our lips, to turn attention to that which is good over that which is unwanted! Lord, bring us back into good standing with all those things You say are worthy, good and true!In Jesus Mighty name AMEN

¹⁰Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. (Psalm 51:10)

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God (Philippians 4:6).

Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you (1 Peter 5:7).

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:7)

Isaiah 58:1-9King James Version (KJV)

58 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

²Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
³Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
⁴Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
⁵Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?
⁶Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
⁷Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
⁸Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy reward.
⁹Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

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Monday, January 12, 2015

Beauty for Ashes & Thorns before Petals 1-12-15

Imagine the conversation (in nature during creation)....the rose says, "You are going to cover me in what... and that's going to make me stronger, sweeter, more lovely?!"...............LOL

and such,.... grief and struggle are to the soul that which manure is to the rose! ~SMZ

I am recently reminded of how God uses everything, even the worst of things that might happen to us, for the overall good, making sure that it produces something of value, so that no experience is a waste.

Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

The words wandered down my fingertips onto the keyboard before me, as a typed a response to a friend. I knew, as it was being parlayed out, that it was the unifying knot to so many loose ends. We all get a glimpse of this, in the spirit and the natural, from time to time. Like the story of the Phoenix, that rises from the ashes. All of life is about advancement, progress, transformation even from the ashes of what to some would seem to be desolation.

Our christian walk...day in and day out, the life we have led up to that point and the events that transpire from that point of perspective forward, are all part and parcel of this. God knew, before we were born that we would be His 1 Peter 2:9, our names written in the Lambs book.Ephesians 1:11 Every action, mistake and blunder is appropriately worked to align you with a divinely appointed opportunity to confront your need for salvation. Once that was met, it led to more opportunities to surrender, to yield to His molding, all of which is His work, His initiation, His Mercy & Love. It, for sure, is our Blessing of Blessings, to which is futile to ignore and unprofitable to attempt. Romans 11:29 for God's gifts and his call are irrevocable.

1 Peter 2:9
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

Ephesians 1:11
In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

Recognize this, when you find yourself in that position, where you feel as if manure has been heaped upon you. This is your opportunity to learn, to grow, to rise more beautifully, stronger and with a benefit that most other flowers aren't afforded. It's that resilience, yielded by the process, that will sustain you for a time you may not have encountered yet! If you examine a rose, the thorns grow before the bud does, this is certainly Fathers design of protection for that tender bud & flower perched above. The Lord tends to and prunes His precious flowers. S0, Be Still (*Psalm 46:10) and Rise Above (*Psalm 18:48)!

*Psalm 46;10
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

*Psalm 18:48
He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.

Monday, January 5, 2015

Jumpin Jubilee 1/5/15

Jubilee has come to the forefront several times this week. It's crossed my path in reading, conversation and even spilled over into my dreams...

We can always count on Gods provision and favor. The restitution that is promised in the Jubilee is as sure as sunshine. It's when God restores to His people, His children, all that which has been lost and or misappropriated. Every opportunity that has been thwarted, every injustice, every slight, made aright!

I suggest that it is a picture and taste of the Millennium to come, where God's people become the lenders and not the borrowers. (Deuteronomy 28:12-13)

Rest from exploitation, environmentally, exponentially, in labours, pursuits and acquisitions.
Liberation for the poor and needy
Inheritances of land, goods and rights, restored to their rightful heirs

Deuteronomy 28:12-13
12 The Lord will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. 13 And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them.

Moreover, it's a "Looksie-here" for the fence riders, to see and observe the Goodness of Salvation, that right relationship with God, as our Savior, our friend, our provider, benefactor and advocate! Our Father wishes that none would be lost, His mercy and generosity toward us will hopefully cause some to repent and return.

There is a vast amount of information on the web regarding details, dates, prophecies and projections. Rest assured the day WILL COME, we need only believe in God's promises and leave the nitpicking aside.

Heavenly Father, we thank you, for the gift of another tick mark on the calendar, for more opportunities to reach the lost. For another day to recognize Your Mercy, Love and Favor upon us! Lord, we lift up all those whom we care for and ask that You lavish upon them the gift of discernment, break the stoney hearts, unblock the buried consciences, reveal Yourself to those whom we have entrusted to Your care. Let us experience the fellowship and joyous communion of their conversion. Lord, as Your word instructs and suggests that he who is last shall be first, I lift up and celebrate all those who have gone without for so long. It will be a joy of untold magnitude to see their favor and provision unfold, a sign and symbol to all of us that our persistence and patience in You shall make manifest all that Your word promises! In the Mighty name of Christ Jesus, we Praise and thank You! Amen!

Read this excerpt I found: http://www.markbeast.com/70jubilees/jubileedates.htm

The Final Jubilee Year is 2015-2016
The final Jubilee will begin on the Day of Atonement in the fall of 2015. There will have been 40 complete Jubilee cycles following Christ’s death. Isn’t that interesting? There are so many 40’s in the Bible and 40 is a significant number to God. The 40 Jubilees after Christ’s death bring us to the end of probationary time.

Jesus is King for 40 ½ Jubilees
Jesus died in 31 AD in the middle of the 30th Jubilee cycle. There were 40 ½ Jubilee cycles yet to occur to complete the total of 70.

When Jesus was resurrected He was taken to heaven to reign as king with God on His throne. Jesus ascended to heaven in 31AD and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

“Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:2.

When Jesus comes the second time to get His people He will have reigned in heaven as king for 40 ½ Jubilee cycles. He will have reigned from 31 AD – 55 AD (1/2 Jubilee cycle) and from 55AD – 2016 AD (40 Jubilee cycles) for a total of 40 ½ Jubilee cycles.

David reigned over the children of Israel as their king. Notice how long David reigned as king:

“And they anointed David king over Israel. David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.” 2 Samuel 5:3-5.

David reigned in Hebron 7 ½ years and in Jerusalem 33 years for a total of 40 ½ years. David was a type of Jesus and David’s throne was given to Jesus after His resurrection.

“And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name JESUS. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.” Luke 1:31-33.

David reigned as king on earth for 40 ½ years.

Jesus will reign as king in heaven for 40 ½ Jubilees.

From Canaan to Canaan
The 70 Jubilees clock began when the children of Israel entered Canaan, the land God had promised them. The 70 Jubilees clock will end when God’s people enter heavenly Canaan, the land God has promised them. From earthly Canaan to heavenly Canaan is 70 Jubilees.

Even more in depth discussions about the Jubilee visit this website...
(http://onereturn.wordpress.com/2013/06/01/blood-moons-lunar-tetrad-the-jubilee-year/)

Leviticus 25:10

And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, when each of you shall return to his property and each of you shall return to his clan.

Leviticus 25:8-12

“You shall count seven weeks of years, seven times seven years, so that the time of the seven weeks of years shall give you forty-nine years. Then you shall sound the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month. On the Day of Atonement you shall sound the trumpet throughout all your land. And you shall consecrate the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, when each of you shall return to his property and each of you shall return to his clan. That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you; in it you shall neither sow nor reap what grows of itself nor gather the grapes from the undressed vines. For it is a jubilee. It shall be holy to you. You may eat the produce of the field.

Isaiah 61:1-11

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; to grant to those who mourn in Zion— to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified. They shall build up the ancient ruins; they shall raise up the former devastations; they shall repair the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations. Strangers shall stand and tend your flocks; foreigners shall be your plowmen and vinedressers;

Leviticus 25:13

“In this year of jubilee each of you shall return to his property.

Leviticus 25:1-55

The Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that I give you, the land shall keep a Sabbath to the Lord. For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its fruits, but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard. You shall not reap what grows of itself in your harvest, or gather the grapes of your undressed vine. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.