Dream Stealers

   

1. Temporary circumstances. Don’t allow your present circumstances to name your future. They are only temporary.
2. Divine delays. It doesn’t happen quickly for you. We live in a microwave world but most of the time God works like a slow cooker. Hang in there. God will work in His own time.
3. False evidence. That is FEAR. False Evidence appearing real. Don’t fall for it.

In Genesis 37 it talks about Joseph’s dream. Joseph’s brothers hated him because he was favored more by the dad and because Joseph told his brothers his dreams. In verse 8 the brothers said “Are you actually going to reign over us? Or are you really going to rule over us?” and of course they hated him ever more. It goes on to say that he had another dream and he related that dream to his father and his father rebuked him.

I have learned that family will always try to steal your dreams. Don’t let them.

The brothers left to pasture the flock in Shechem. You can’t believe it then the dad sends Joseph to check on them. Knowing how they felt he sends the boy he loves to check on all of them. Joseph couldn’t find them and had to inquire about there where abouts. The brothers had moved on to Dothan.

Seeing Joseph from a distance the plots started about putting him to death. Here comes the dreamer they said. The older brother Reuben must have had some fear of God for he said shed no blood instead throw him into this pit. Reuben intended to rescue Joseph later. Didn’t happen.

All that plotting happen while Joseph was still in the distance. When Joseph reached the brothers they stripped him of his tunic and threw him into the empty pit. Then the brothers sat down and had a meal. Amazing to me that families back in the Bible days were just like families now.

While eating they saw the caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead on their way to Egypt. Now here is where everything starts working to Joseph’s good. They think wow lets make some money instead of having his blood on our hands. So they sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites. They made twenty shekels of silver.

Now they had to go and tell the dad something. They took the tunic and dipped it in to the blood of a goat and returned home. They just gave it to the dad saying we found this. The dad figured a wild beast devoured him. He just didn’t know it was many of wild beasts and they all belonged to him. Jacob was letting false evidence appear real.

Joseph suffered other hardships but God delivered him out of them all. In the end he is second in command in Egypt. His brothers come to buy food from Egypt and Joseph see’s them and tells them who he is. The brothers now have to go home and tell the dad. The dad didn’t believe them. Wouldn’t it of been nice if he hadn’t believed them the first time.

They all lived happily ever after with every need met.

Don’t let anybody steal your dreams! God gives them to you for a reason. He will always fulfill what we believe Him for. Believe Him that your later shall be greater than the past. Who knows what God wants to put you in charge of. Our dreams never have to die. As long as we believe in them and believe in God we will have them.

Open my ears

I just wanted to share this with you all it came from Kenneth Copeland Ministries.

I know You are speaking, Jesus, because You are my Lord and Saviour. You are responsible for The Blessing of Abraham in my life. Any "ear" problem is always with me-never You. I hear only Your voice. You are faithful and righteous to lead, correct, direct, protect, perfect, forgive, cleanse and teach me. You speak to me clearly about EVERYTHING that pertains to LIFE! Thank You, Jesus, for providing FAITH IN GOD for me. I take it! I HAVE IT! EVERYTHING is going to be ALL-RIGHT!

Hold up your Bible and say this and believe you have what the Bible says. It came from John Osteen.

This is my Bible. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do. Today, I will be taught the Word of God. I boldly confess: my mind is alert. My heart is receptive. I will never be the same. In Jesus' name.  Amen.

What a blessing to have such men of faith to learn from. Trust God for what you need. He is forever faithful.

Debt Cancel

My husband and I were in Michigan for a three day weekend. The colors were changing so the ride was very pretty. While we are there we always go to Agate Beach. I love walking by the water it is so romantic and soothing.

I hadn't been to the beach in a long time but I noticed the Agate's were still plentiful. So if God multiples the agates and He does what do you need multiplied? Your job, your business, what do you want? It is just like the mustard seed. The bible says to have faith like a mustard seed. We all know how little a mustard seed is. There were stones every where you looked. Piles of them. That is God multiplying. He will do that for us. Multiply whatever we need. Our problem is that we have small thinking.

In 1 Chronicles 4:10 is the prayer of Jabez. It's a good prayer and I am going to put the Scripture below but leave the name space empty so you can put your name in it. It says: Now ___ called on the God of Israel, saying, "Oh that Thou would bless ___ indeed, and enlarge ___ border, and that Thy hand would be with ____, and that Thou would keep ___ from harm, that it may not pain ___!" And God granted ___what she/he requested.

Now that is a prayer that will get results. So what borders do you need to have enlarged? No matter what it is just believe God will do it for you.

Believe your Mortgage will be completely paid off or cancelled. Believe every bill gets paid as it comes in. When your bills come in just tell Jesus He has mail. If you are giving your tithes and offerings you have a right to ask God for money. I believe that you will be blessed even if you don't give but I believe you will be blessed more if your a giver. Believe your body is healed. Believe you family is saved. Whatever border needs to be enlarged just sit down and talk with God about it.

Jeremiah 1:5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations." Verse 9-10 says "Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. "See, I have appointed you this day over the nations and over kingdoms, To pluck up and break down, To destroy and to overthrow, To build and to plant."

Psalm 139 says God knew us in the womb and ordained our days. He appointed us prophets to the nations. He put His words in our mouth. When we speak His word we get results. He appointed us over nations and kingdoms. We have authority over darkness to destroy and overthrow. Remember also that Psalm 103 says the angels hearken unto the voice of the Lord. They are on assignment when we open our mouth and speak what God says.

We are prophets. A prophet tells of future events. So if we are prophets what are we saying? We need to be saying just what we want. I am sure most of us want the same things. So we should be saying we want to win the lost, we want to have enough money to live in this world, we want to walk in divine health, we want to treat others as God treats us, and we need to be debt free. Believe God He will cancel debt if you believe.

My husband always said that you don't get anything for nothing. Well let me tell you he can't say that anymore. Years ago we went to the store and bought a thousand dollar stereo. I think we had six months to pay for it before the interest was tacked onto it. Anyway we made a couple of payments.

One day I received a check in the mail for fifty dollars. I didn't know where it came from but the bank told me it was good. I cashed it thinking God just blessed us. When the second one came I checked into it a little bit more. The checks were the payments that we had made. I asked why are you sending our money back and to my surprise they told me our account was paid in full. I told them no it wasn't and told them what we owed. I got no where so we went to the store. The store just put us on the phone with the same company that I talked to earlier just a different person. We tried to tell them but it fell on deaf ears. We left it at that and never heard another thing.

God blessed us. I know some of you are thinking God doesn't work that way. Remember I tried to tell them we owed the money but nobody listened. God owns everything in this world and He can do whatever He wants to.

I have heard about mortgage's being canceled the same way. Computers are great but you know as well as I do that all the person behind that computer has to do is touch the wrong key and whatever you were working on could be gone. That is what happened at the time of buying the stereo. They were switching over to another credit card company and somewhere we got lost in the shuffle. God gets the glory anyway you look at it.

I find it amazing that people have so much debt nowadays. What we have to remember as Christians is that we have the answer in God. God doesn't want us to have debt. Sometimes we can't get away from it but other times we shouldn't buy things we can't afford.

We need to always be dreamers. See yourself with what you want and need. Years ago my husband and I would go into this furniture store to just look. Before we went in I told him while we are in there let's pretend that we can have whatever we want. It was a fun game. I have a friend that cuts out pictures in magazines of what she wants. It's her vision. Do whatever you have to do to let yourself dream.

Joel Osteen tells the story of when he was trusting God for two acres somewhere. Joel was on a plane and the Lord was talking to him and said look down. What does two acres look like to you. Well from a plane it doesn't look like much at all. God owns it all.

So what are you in need of God to do? Enlarge your border in your business, your health, your family. Pray that Scripture in 1Chroncile's and just have the faith of a mustard seed. Watch God multiply for you like He does the Agate's on the beach. God is amazing. Full of surprises. Tell Him what you need. After He gives it to you be sure to wear your blessing well. Let the glory of God be known.

God is not mad

If you have made Jesus your Saviour and repented from your sins God is not mad at you. The devil is a liar and a thief don't let him steal your peace. John 3:16 says for God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son. God loved us before we loved Him.

Feelings can lie to you also. We need to manage our feelings. If you are a Christian and you have repented from you sins and one particular one keeps coming back to your mind sometime it's not the devil reminding you about it. Sometimes I think its a sin that maybe you have to just zoom in on and talk more about to God so you can let it go. After you do if the devil keeps reminding you about it just praise God you are forgiven and tell the devil it is forgotton.

I have that in my life. When I first got saved I repented from my sins. Sin is sin but there was one that I looked at as a bigger sin. I still thank God all these years later that He forgave me of that sin.

The blood of Jesus covered it all for us. The victory is ours. I believe the blood of Jesus keeps us safe. Every morning I plead the blood of Jesus over myself and my family and everything concerning us.

The blood of Jesus is powerful. Nothing can come against it. Nothing. The devil and all his demons can't whip you if you believe that blood.

I also take communion with my husband or by myself. Don't get caught up in thinking that you have to be in a church building to participate in communion. We are the church.

So today as you are going about your busy day remember that blood that was shed for you if you believe. This is the day that the Lord has made. Rejoice and be glad in it.


God loves you

Destroy for lack of Knowledge

Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.

Colossians 1:9-10 We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding...and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.

The knowledge of God is the foundation for every success in your life. God's knowledge will always produce supernatural results of the abundant life.

So what do you need? We can't lose if we are seeking the knowledge of God. Do you need finances? Ask God what you can do to make money. The Bible says that God will give us witty inventions.

Do you need healing. Ask God for knowledge on how to be healed and then stay healed. Maybe it is as simple as you needing to eat right. Ask God.

Do you need Knowledge of the Word. Ask God to make it come alive for you when you read.

God has so much for us but we never ask. We aren't suppose to just be surviving in this world we are suppose to be thriving in every area of our life. We should be blessed Spirit, Soul and Body, Spiritually, Physically and Financially. God owns the world. He wants to give it to us.

I don't know about you but I am going to take it. I want it all. If I don't have enough I can't help others. I will be a world over comer.

We need to stop limiting God. Jesse says we all hate limits. He says that we hate diets because it limits our food intake. We hate to stand in line because it limits our time. A lack of money limits what we can buy and how we live.

So why do we limit God? Lack of knowledge on knowing what He has for us. It's funny that we read His Word about be born again or saved and followed His instructions by asking Jesus to forgive our sins and live in our hearts. But then we stop right there.

The provision of Jesus wasn't just for salvation as you have heard me say many times before. I will never stop saying it either.

God wants us saved, healed, delivered and prosperous. We have His Word on it. So whatever it is that you need today stop being destroyed by lack of knowledge. Stop limiting God. Look up repent and tell Him what you need.

Faith

I read so many good articles. I wanted to take time to put a few of the nuggets from a article by Terri Savelle Foy.

Matthew 9:28, two blind men asked Jesus to give them their sight. Jesus responded by asking them, "Do you believe I'm able to do this?" Jesus put the responsibility back on them. Without hesitation they answered, "Yes, Lord!"

So when you are asking the Lord to do something for you make sure you really believe He will do it for you.

Before you pray and ask for anything you have to see yourself with it. Faith will see the end result before it is manifested to you.

What is you mind thinking? What are you saying? Terri says that research indicates that people talk to themselves 50,000 times a day! But what they are saying to themselves is negative. Things like: "They don't like me." "I shouldn't have said that." "I am never going to amount to anything." "I'll never lose weight." You get my drift. So what are you saying?

Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. Get into the Word and change your thoughts and words.

We need to do as Romans 4:17 calling those things that be not as though they were. Make your mouth say the right things. "Thank you, Lord, that people always like me." "Thank you, Lord, I will not say things that I shouldn't." "Thank you, Lord, I will amount to what you want me to be." "Thank you, Lord, I will lose weight." All of this is possible when you change your thought life and control what comes out of your mouth. Speaking the right words will make you stronger in your faith.

Use the right words to talk back to the devil. He is the one that puts them bad thoughts in your mind so they come out of your mouth. Your words will make you or break you.

Clean up your life. Make a choice that you will be a winner not a loser.

We need to pray and then say: 'I trust you Lord!' Say it with an exclamation point not a question mark.

So you have to ignore your feelings, your emotions, and your thoughts. Say what the Word says. Fear comes from the devil. God put fear not 365 times in the Bible. That means we can take a fear not Scripture for every day of the year.

The greatest expression of your faith is praise! When you begin thanking God ahead of time, it opens the door for Him to begin moving in your life. Confuse Satan by praising God. It makes him mad. The devil hates praise.

Magnify God. Give Him more attention. I will tell you that everything will change for the better if you do that. Whatever you magnify becomes larger than anything else. So magnify God!

Sow seed toward your dreams. God wants you to have the desires of your heart. God loves you and will take care of you if you believe and trust Him. Reach out to Him today. You will see that He is reaching back for you.

Do we blame God?

I have never been one to blame God for anything. I know about the devil and his evil scheme's. Let me tell you that his name fits him well. He is the deceiver.

It wasn't to long ago and the Lord showed me that I was blaming Him without realizing it. I have been trusting the Lord for something the last two years. I would say to God why haven't you done this for me. I think that is the same as blaming. I quickly said I was sorry and what I was trusting Him for has come.

I do believe that you can ask God things about your prayer while you are waiting. Remind Him of His promises. Believe Him for it.  We must remember never to blame Him.

So if your waiting for a prayer to be answered check yourself. How have you been talking to God?

Be blessed!