Commercial Break:
Before we get started today, I want to keep you in the Holy Loop. As a follow up to His Feb. 1st Mona Girl Blog: I Just Don't Understand, check out this Ad/Letter that Evangelical Leaders (Thank You Jesus!!) throughout the 50 States ran in the Washington Post: Letter to President to Support Refugees. And if your heart is into signing (Thank YOU Loves!!) World Relief's Petition, here's the Link: STILL WE STAND
OK...Now to our time together today........
A Beautiful Sister in Christ (Heyyyy LaRanda), sent me the following WORD and Whewee!!!!..After I was able to crawl from my knees in Praise & Prayer back up to my laptop......I just had to Share IT with You!! Just like today's Title states, here's Holy Spirit's Powerful Message through His Humble Servant Jennie Allen........NOTHING TO PROVE!!
The way we interact with people eventually makes its way into our spiritual lives. So often we try to relate to God - trying to work harder, achieve more, jump farther, score higher in order to win His approval or blessing. We end up relating to God with an underlying fear rather than full of expectant, childlike, joy-filled faith.
God is not manipulated by our performance. In Jeremiah 9:23-24, He says: "Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the LORD."
God is not after great performances or great movements. He is after us!!
God already knows we aren't enough but He's not asking us to be. We are the ones who have chosen to walk through the desert with enormous packs strapped to our backs full of everything but water. As if the kingdom of God were held together by us.
To get to the place where God can be enough, we have to first admit we aren't. Pretending we are okay is how many of us are making life work. With that illusion gone, we might have to live needing God.
And it might be hard. Strike that. IT IS HARD.
No more performing. No more pretending. No more proving ourselves.
Because We have NOTHING TO PROVE!!
Dear God, I'm realizing it's not my curse that I believe I'm not enough; it's my sin that I keep trying to be. Thank You for the reminder that life with You means I can rest, and I have nothing to prove. Will You continue to show me Your freedom, Your power and my need to stop striving to please You and instead just live life with You? In Jesus' Name. Amen.
TRUTH FOR TODAY:
Psalm 103:12, "He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west." (NLT)
REFLECT AND RESPOND:
When we see ourselves the way God sees us, we don't have to strive. Read 2 Corinthians 12:9. How does this verse encourage you?
WOWZA! See what I mean by Powerful Message?!? Oh Yeah! Raising Both Hands Waaaaaaaay Up High in this Class Loves!! Can You Relate?
Pull The Covers Off Testimony:
I am at a point on My Faith Journey that I KNOW that I KNOW that I KNOW Who I Am and Whose I Am!! It's been a looooooooooong, hard, humbling, horribly-transparent-at-times Process to Get to Know Mona, God's Way.......but Oh the Peace, the Freedom, the Strength, the Courage, the Joy, the BLESSINGS, the Grace, His Forgiveness, His All-Consuming Presence, HIS LOVE that come from Daily Sitting At His Feet!! Oh YES!!! And don't get me started on the Amazing People (His Angels), throughout the World, I've met on my Journey!! I realize, to some of you, this may sound like a Path You Choose NOT to take....actually Run From - LOL! But I **PROMISE** You Loves.......IT'S WELL WORTH IT!! Who You Become while on the Narrow Path with Jesus..........PRICELESS!!
Matthew 7:13-24 (NLT) Hallelujah!! Thank You Jesus!!
(Wheweee!! Please give me a minute.......Inhale.....Exhale......OK....let's continue.....)
Sooooooo, to confirm, reaffirm, reinforce, bring the Powerful Point of Jennie's Message round again.........We Have NOTHING TO PROVE!! What Freedom....What Peace this gives Us! Our Daddy God wants US!! Not our Performances.......Not our pseudo Perfectionism....Not our Pretending........HE WANTS US!! Imperfections and All!!
Family, as I close out our time together today.......Pleeeeeeeeez let this Mighty, Soothing, Soul-Freeing Word sink deeeep down into your Heart! Print It Out.......Save It on Your Phone/Tablet.......do whateva You Need to Do to Keep this Powerful Message In Front Of You......so You can Walk Out/Live Its TRUTH in Real Time!!
Continued Success & Abundant Blessings!!
Mets Gushing Moment:
HAVE BIG FUN!!! #DoYou!! #BeFearless!!
Metsies Winning Season Scripture #2:
"Never doubt God's mighty power to work in you and accomplish all this. He will achieve infinitely more than your greatest request, your most unbelievable dream, and exceed your wildest imagination! He will outdo them all, for His miraculous power constantly energizes you!" (Ephesians 3:20, The Passion Translation)
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