Ezekiel story- Ezekiel 37, dry bones
Since when has impossible ever stopped you?
God is attracted to what other people back away from.
God doesn't care what your breathe smells like or if you've had a shower.
Everything that has breath can praise the Lord.
God is energy, spirit, a molecular structure that permeates everywhere.
That's how he can be everything every where all the time.
Faith is - "being sure of what we hope for and being certain of what we cannot see." This is why I believe in something I can't see.
Phillipans 1:22 "I do not know".
Paul, the apostle, was an amazingly smart guy. If he says he doesn't know something, that's pretty big.
And the fact that it's okay to not know.
Focus on the fruit of what you're called to do, and don't worry if you know what to do. God knows what's happening, we don't have to have that knowledge.
It can be hard to step back and realize we don't know something, and to let that sink in, and to be okay with it, is HUGE! Letting go of the compulsive need to being right or knowing what's going to happen.. it's an OCD nightmare.
Also though, the greatest miracles come in the middle of the biggest mess. And if we aren't allowing ourselves to get out of the way, we can't leave space for miracles to happen, because they are amazing and out of our control.
What is happening in me is always more important than what is happening TO me.
Something is happening in the soil. Under the surface, something is growing. Plants and trees can't grow and flourish without the roots being healthy.
And in order to yield our fruit "in season", we have to listen and learn and let God do what He wants to do in us. There is a reason for everything under the sun, and a season for everything to grow and to happen.
"why are you asking me these things? i'm merely a human. the Lamb of Life opened up the scrolls, not me. I'm a dumb sheep like ewe." :) - Steven Furtick
It's okay to admit you don't know.
We are all idiots.
The fruit of the Spirit is different than the root of the Spirit.
We all want to go "back to normal". Normal changes all the time. Normal now is not the normal from years and years ago.
History- what was normal in the garden of eden was walking around naked with no shame. when Eve was tempted to eat from the tree, she gained the KNOWLEDGE of good and evil. so then she knew right from wrong. and she felt shame.
Shame is what makes you cover up and be what you're not.
"who told you that?"
I'm unacceptable.. "who told you that?"
Philipians 1:18
But what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice. It does not matter what shape you are in, God has given you everything you need to do what He is calling you to do. Wherever and however Christ is preached, He is rejoicing.
The Fruits of the Spirit:
Galatians 5:22 and 23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law..
Hope is a focus, not a feeling.
We choose our focus.
Even when we don't know what to pray, we are focusing on our hearts desire to connect with God. And the spirit intercedes for us.
Numbers 13:27 and 28
They gave Moses this account: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit. But the people who live there are powerful, and the cities are fortified and very large.
Here, there are blessings to be had.. but..
why do we always find something to put IN THE WAY of the blessings He wants to give us?!
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