CORE BELIEFS
What are your core beliefs? What do you know about God? What has he become for you? What do you need him to be? Do you need a daddy? Do you need provision? Do you need protection? Do you need someone who will listen? Do you need to rest? What do you need today?
This last couple of weeks has been crazy busy! I have wanted to sit down several times and just not had time. Working now after being home for 9 years is a big change. Now I am mom, cook, cleaning lady, wife, student, and caregiver. Last week I was telling God wow, this is a lot and I am not sure that I can keep it up. Every day I look to God and ask him what he is trying to show me even with the most simple of things.
For the last two years I keep telling God that I know I am being called to minister to women. It hit me in a big way last week when HE told me this is preparation for where we are going. Prep for the ministry. Everyday there is so much to be done, so many with different needs all pulling at me. He says, how are you handling it? Well it was very stressful at first. Now I am getting a better handle on it. You know as a mom you are a person whom wants to meet every need that comes along with your kids. God is changing me to give more to him! I cant do everything! I can learn to not allow frustration, weary, and being tired to overcome me. What I can do is rest in who God is for me and know that HE does work ALL things together for Good.
Had a great time with God this weekend and he talked to me about CORE BELIEFS. There is one other time several years ago when God told me to sit down and write everything that HE had become for me. It was an amazingly long list. That list is all that I knew God was! I MEAN REALLY KNOW GOD WAS AND IS. Every experience lead me to a greater understanding of what an AMAZING GOD WE HAVE.
When we go threw things that are hard we need to KNOW THAT YOU KNOW. Knowing something and having that experience of who God is, is what will get you threw. When the enemy comes to you with the negative and the lies you get to speak the truth right back at him! We don't always get to have the answers we want. Sometimes things are unexplainable. In the hard things does that change who we think God is or do we stand on what we know to be true "OUR CORE BELIEFS" To keep you peace and rest is to hang on to the truth no matter what is going on around us!
I love you most!
Lynette
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Friday, March 2, 2012
Read this this morning and I love it! It was the ministry of Graham Cooke http://grahamcooke.com/ and Bethel Church http://www.ibethel.org/ that feed my spirit! I love everything they have to say! I really like http://www.ibethel.tv/ you can watch all there teaching!
- I will not embrace an end-time worldview that re-empowers a disempowered devil.
- I will not accept an eschatology that takes away my children’s future, and creates mindsets that undermine the mentality of leaving a legacy.
- I will not tolerate any theology that sabotages the clear command of Jesus to make disciples of all nations and the Lord’s Prayer that earth would be like heaven.
- I will not allow any interpretation of the scriptures that destroys hope for the nations and undermines our command to restore ruined cities.
- I will not embrace an eschatology that changes the nature of a good God.
- I refuse to embrace any mindset that celebrates bad news as a sign of the times and a necessary requirement for the return of Jesus.
- I am opposed to any doctrinal position that pushes the promises of God into a time zone that can’t be obtained in my generation and therefore takes away any responsibility I have to believe God for them in my lifetime.
- I don’t believe that the last days are a time of judgment, nor do I believe God gave the church the right to call for wrath for sinful cities. There is a day of judgment in which GOD will judge man, not us. Kris Vallotton http://www.kvministries.com/
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Woke this morning and really thinking about some things.
Jesus ministry was so much more than forgiveness for our sin so we can go to heaven. There is a fullness of the cross that most never see. I remember thinking in a very dark time of my life that I know if I was to die that I would go to heaven, but the life that I was walking was not a fullness. I never had peace, I seldom had something to laugh about, who could feel free when you have a constant weight on your chest. Those were my days and nights. I had this longing in my heart to have more.
Being free today, I am always thinking about freedom for others. I am consumed with Jesus and all that he did. In his 3 year ministry he 1- proclaimed the gospel of the KINGDOM 2- healed the sick and cast out demons he did so much more but for now today I am thinking about these 2 things.
I am looking back on all the time I spent in church and thinking there is so much effort put out in saving the lost, getting us all together, and lifting the name of Jesus. What happens if your a Christian like ME. (USED TO BE) Your saved but you feel bound and chained. OPPRESSED, DEPRESSED,FULL OF WORRY AND FEAR. We really get all this teaching on things in the natural but we never really hear of the spirit world. It is real! Those of us that have been there know the darkness is something that just swallows you up. It is like nothing that can even have a description. There is a song by Skillet, called Monster! It feels like there is a secret side of yourself that you feel like no one should ever see! You keep it caged but there is no control. You want people to stay away from you because it makes you feel ugly. It feels like it is constantly after you, it is in your head. You just want to be put out of your misery! The song says "I must confess that I feel like a monster!" "I hate what I have become!' There is a secret side that you keep under lock and key! The song goes on and on with darkness! I remember the first time I heard it I remember thinking "really someone could write a song like this! they are describing ME!" I had Kenny listen to it and it was sad that he could see that the song FIT! yuck! How could he even love me? But then wait, WHY? WHY would a christian band write something like this. Does this mean that they have never found freedom? SO many questions ran threw my head. I really started to listen to the words of songs and thinking so much pain, does anyone sing of freedom and peace. In my heart peace was all I wanted and I was willing to do anything to get it. WOULD SOMEONE POINT ME THE WAY!
Finally God put some amazing people in my path and they pointed the direction and I walked! These amazing people never told me what to do. They allowed the Holy Spirit to give me revelation on my own. With a lot of hard work and determination I am here today FREE AND I HAVE PEACE. Praise God.
Back to Jesus, There was purpose in my past! PASSION for my future!!
Jesus died so that Yes we would go to heaven and that is AMAZING all in itself BUT there is more.
The fullness of the cross. He died for so much more! He died to save, deliver, protect, heal, preserve, MAKE WHOLE,
This journey has left me with a passion to go the extra step. Once your saved no matter what age you are, you have history, you have a past. For some of us that mean WOUNDS.
The word WOUNDED in the Bible comes from the term PIERCED, as if stabbed. It is not a physical stabbing- but a soul that is left crying out. Theses are deep lacerations of the heart. INVISIBLE~ NOT DETECTABLE!
Someone needs to sit down and take some time to help find these WOUNDS.
We live in a space and time where everything is always telling you to let the past be the past. Some of us have had emotional trauma~ Some things resulted in our own sinfulness and some things that we had no part in causing. Most advice leads you to a place where your only lead to stuff the pain. Trying to keep a lid on it, but no matter what you do it keeps bubbling up and boiling over. Leaving you feeling like a MONSTER!
JESUS CAME TO HEAL THESE THINGS!
JESUS CAME TO DO SO MUCH MORE THAN GIVE US ENTRY TO HEAVEN.
HE CAME TO GIVE US THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM!
HE CAME THAT WE WOULD HAVE LIFE AND HAVE IT ABUNDANTLY!
Being on the other side it has become my prayer and passion to be that bridge. My eyes are open, I see the enemy and his destruction! My journey was HARD! I fell down, and I ALWAYS GOT BACK UP! YOU HAVE TO FIGHT FOR IT!
The journey is all about your identity! Your identity will be found in HIM!
The journey starts with experience of WHO God is for you? You need to have experience of WHO God is for you to build on. The first thing God taught me was that I COULD TRUST HIM! can you?
CAN YOU TRUST HIM??? If not allow the experience to come that will show you that you can!!
LOVE YOU MOST!
Lynette
Jesus ministry was so much more than forgiveness for our sin so we can go to heaven. There is a fullness of the cross that most never see. I remember thinking in a very dark time of my life that I know if I was to die that I would go to heaven, but the life that I was walking was not a fullness. I never had peace, I seldom had something to laugh about, who could feel free when you have a constant weight on your chest. Those were my days and nights. I had this longing in my heart to have more.
Being free today, I am always thinking about freedom for others. I am consumed with Jesus and all that he did. In his 3 year ministry he 1- proclaimed the gospel of the KINGDOM 2- healed the sick and cast out demons he did so much more but for now today I am thinking about these 2 things.
I am looking back on all the time I spent in church and thinking there is so much effort put out in saving the lost, getting us all together, and lifting the name of Jesus. What happens if your a Christian like ME. (USED TO BE) Your saved but you feel bound and chained. OPPRESSED, DEPRESSED,FULL OF WORRY AND FEAR. We really get all this teaching on things in the natural but we never really hear of the spirit world. It is real! Those of us that have been there know the darkness is something that just swallows you up. It is like nothing that can even have a description. There is a song by Skillet, called Monster! It feels like there is a secret side of yourself that you feel like no one should ever see! You keep it caged but there is no control. You want people to stay away from you because it makes you feel ugly. It feels like it is constantly after you, it is in your head. You just want to be put out of your misery! The song says "I must confess that I feel like a monster!" "I hate what I have become!' There is a secret side that you keep under lock and key! The song goes on and on with darkness! I remember the first time I heard it I remember thinking "really someone could write a song like this! they are describing ME!" I had Kenny listen to it and it was sad that he could see that the song FIT! yuck! How could he even love me? But then wait, WHY? WHY would a christian band write something like this. Does this mean that they have never found freedom? SO many questions ran threw my head. I really started to listen to the words of songs and thinking so much pain, does anyone sing of freedom and peace. In my heart peace was all I wanted and I was willing to do anything to get it. WOULD SOMEONE POINT ME THE WAY!
Finally God put some amazing people in my path and they pointed the direction and I walked! These amazing people never told me what to do. They allowed the Holy Spirit to give me revelation on my own. With a lot of hard work and determination I am here today FREE AND I HAVE PEACE. Praise God.
Back to Jesus, There was purpose in my past! PASSION for my future!!
Jesus died so that Yes we would go to heaven and that is AMAZING all in itself BUT there is more.
The fullness of the cross. He died for so much more! He died to save, deliver, protect, heal, preserve, MAKE WHOLE,
This journey has left me with a passion to go the extra step. Once your saved no matter what age you are, you have history, you have a past. For some of us that mean WOUNDS.
The word WOUNDED in the Bible comes from the term PIERCED, as if stabbed. It is not a physical stabbing- but a soul that is left crying out. Theses are deep lacerations of the heart. INVISIBLE~ NOT DETECTABLE!
Someone needs to sit down and take some time to help find these WOUNDS.
We live in a space and time where everything is always telling you to let the past be the past. Some of us have had emotional trauma~ Some things resulted in our own sinfulness and some things that we had no part in causing. Most advice leads you to a place where your only lead to stuff the pain. Trying to keep a lid on it, but no matter what you do it keeps bubbling up and boiling over. Leaving you feeling like a MONSTER!
JESUS CAME TO HEAL THESE THINGS!
JESUS CAME TO DO SO MUCH MORE THAN GIVE US ENTRY TO HEAVEN.
HE CAME TO GIVE US THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM!
HE CAME THAT WE WOULD HAVE LIFE AND HAVE IT ABUNDANTLY!
Being on the other side it has become my prayer and passion to be that bridge. My eyes are open, I see the enemy and his destruction! My journey was HARD! I fell down, and I ALWAYS GOT BACK UP! YOU HAVE TO FIGHT FOR IT!
The journey is all about your identity! Your identity will be found in HIM!
The journey starts with experience of WHO God is for you? You need to have experience of WHO God is for you to build on. The first thing God taught me was that I COULD TRUST HIM! can you?
CAN YOU TRUST HIM??? If not allow the experience to come that will show you that you can!!
LOVE YOU MOST!
Lynette
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