BEFORE we get into today's Message..........
For those who've been reading for awhile, Y'all KNOW that The Lenten Season leading up to Easter/Resurrection Sunday is my Fave Time of the Year! And look at what Holy Spirit dropped in my lap, just in time for Lenten Season 2017!! And with today being Ash Wednesday.......what better way for Us to Kick-Off/Walk Out The Lenten Season together.
Max Lucado is doing a Five-Week Lenten Season Bible Study (March 5th - April 15th) and I HOPE You (and whomever you decide to invite along for the Lenten ride) will join me on this journey!! You can check out ALL the Details and Sign Up for the Lenten Season Bible Study here: HE CHOSE THE NAILS
Loves, Looking Forward to spending this Special & Humbling time with You. If you've signed up and want to be Study Partners (as individuals or as a group)......give me a holla at wincty@aol.com.
"In the end, Lent isn't about giving up chocolate or Facebook. It's about love....about giving God a little extra space in our lives to speak to our hearts. May the days ahead be filled with these moments of prayer, peace, joy and love." - Father Richard Jasper. Love You and Well Said Father Rich!!
NOW, for what Holy Spirit has for Us today..........
From the emails I've received from some of our Mona Girl Blog Family and the Prayers I've been Lifting Up, it's clear that WE are in a Season of WAITING ON THE LORD! Waiting on the Lord for Healing........Waiting on the the Lord for Deliverance.......Waiting on the Lord for Peace......Waiting on the Lord for Upgrades in Jobs, Housing, Life Stuff......Waiting on the Lord for His Promises to be fulfilled in Our Lives.......Waiting on the Lord for Our Breakthroughs........WAITING.... WAITING.....WAITING!
And Family, what I've learned from my **Personal WAITINGS**, it's ALL about "How We Wait" that's critical!!! Meaning that while In the Holy Waiting Room........We don't get discouraged and lose Hope, We Don't Quit no matter how difficult or frustrating, We RUN to Our Daddy God and not away from Him, We look to Jesus for Strength, Comfort and Peace, We stay in/read His Word (The Bible), We buckle down, focus on Our Heavenly Father and LEARN The LESSONS (Yes! ALL of them!), We don't book an extended stay at Woe Is Me Resort, We do our best to maintain a Positive and Expectant Mindset, We Never, EVER forget that Our Lord & Saviour is WITH US no matter what things look like! (Deuteronomy 31:8, NLT), Whewee!!......Hallelujah!!....(last one).....We learn more and more each day, wayyyyyyy down deep in our Heart & Soul, no matter how our circumstances appear, Who We Are In Christ...Our TRUE Identity!!!
Again....It's critical that while actively In the Holy Waiting Room, We DO NOT LOSE HEART!!
Oh Yeah!!! And this brings us right into the meat of today's Mona Girl Blog.......just like our title says....DO NOT LOSE HEART!!
Few days ago, Holy Spirit dropped this Fab Message by Dr. Tony Evans into my head space and WOW!! Puts ALL things in perspective.......gives some Much Needed Reassurance of Why Our Lord doesn't Always take Us the most direct (straight) route to Our Destines.......Why Our Lord most often chooses a route that includes **Detours**......in order to Develop Our Character.....in order to bring Us into closer relationship with Him........in order to Prepare/Equip Us for our God-Ordained Destiny!!
So Loves, check out the Video Pushing Through Your Detours along with the Message below from Dr. Tony Evans. I KNOW it will bring you Peace; CONFIRM that You're on the *Right Path* (His God-Ordained Path); give You a deep knowing that Jesus LOVES You and only wants His BEST for You; and give you Hope, Determination, Patience and FAITH so You DO NOT LOSE HEART!! Keeping You in My Prayers Family!!
Do Not Lose Heart
The life of Joseph is
a perfect example of how life’s disappointments can actually be detours in
disguise. At 17 years of age, God gave him a series of dreams that told him
that one day, he would rule over his brothers. He told his brothers about his
dreams and, in their jealousy and anger, they threw him in a deep pit and left
him for dead. Shortly thereafter, he was sold off into slavery. While serving,
he was falsely accused of raping his master’s wife and was thrown into prison.
All totaled, Joseph spent 13 years enduring one disappointment after another
before God brought him out of the pit into the palace of Pharaoh. Why would He
put him through all that?
Those disappointments were places in Joseph’s life where God needed to prepare the man for the destiny and the destiny for the man. As a 17-year-old, he wasn’t ready for all that God had in store for him. God also needed to set the stage for Joseph’s arrival; it wasn’t until Pharaoh had his own dreams and could find no one in his kingdom to interpret them that God delivered Joseph from prison and into his destiny. His disappointments, were in fact, blessings. He acknowledges this when he tells his brothers, “You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result” (Genesis 50:20).
You also have a destiny. Maybe you’ve been waiting for God to bring you into it, but lately it seems as though you’re going nowhere or stuck in a rut. It looks like you’re moving further away from this destiny and in those moments, disappointment can set in. Do not lose heart; God hasn’t forgotten about you, He’s just not taking you there in a straight line.
Those disappointments were places in Joseph’s life where God needed to prepare the man for the destiny and the destiny for the man. As a 17-year-old, he wasn’t ready for all that God had in store for him. God also needed to set the stage for Joseph’s arrival; it wasn’t until Pharaoh had his own dreams and could find no one in his kingdom to interpret them that God delivered Joseph from prison and into his destiny. His disappointments, were in fact, blessings. He acknowledges this when he tells his brothers, “You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result” (Genesis 50:20).
You also have a destiny. Maybe you’ve been waiting for God to bring you into it, but lately it seems as though you’re going nowhere or stuck in a rut. It looks like you’re moving further away from this destiny and in those moments, disappointment can set in. Do not lose heart; God hasn’t forgotten about you, He’s just not taking you there in a straight line.
For His kingdom,
Dr. Tony Evans
http://tonyevans.org
"What looks like a shipwreck or detour in our plans could actually be God's ordained path for our lives. It may include financial challenges, health issues, relational conflicts, or any number of other hardships, but there is one certainty to which we can cling: Jesus Christ is our life, and He never changes." - Dr. Charles Stanley
Continued Success & Abundant Blessings!
Mets Gushing Moment:
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Metsies Winning Season - Scripture #4:
"My dear friend, I Pray that EVERYTHING may go well with you and that you may be in Good Health - as I know you are well in spirit." (3 John 1:2, GNT)
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