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But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. - Matthew 6:33

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Light in the dark - Part 1

I have struggled to start writing again, a mixture of life getting in the way, not having anything to say and forgetting my tumblr password.. but mainly because I didn't have anything to say.

Recently I have felt God using me in a way I never thought He would. I always knew I would be used by God one way or another and I always have been even in instances I wasn't aware of. But now I'm so aware of it and that's what I want to share.

I am an entrepreneur and I've for a long time known that God is using me for His glory in the market place and my ministry has always been to shine a light on God in the market place, but that's not what I'm referring to here. I’ve been having dreams and each time I dream of something significant I know its from God and God always places someone specific in my heart who I must share the dream with.. and when I do it is always so accurate according to what that person is going through or needed to hear.

I want to share a recent dream with you... the reason why I titled this text ‘light in the dark.

In this dream I was at a party (this part may be unrelated to me but it could mean something to someone reading this).. it was more of a family get together but also seems like a business networking type event. For some reason I rode my motorcycle to this party (I don't have a motorcycle in real life so this was a thrill). The event ends and everyone is leaving but for some reason I stayed behind for some time with a couple of people. When we decided to leave I go to the basement parking lot to get my grey cool looking motorcycle and go home (but the entrance to it was chained, I try to pass the chain and realise there was a watch dog which bit me so I turned back and go back up to where the party was and called my 3 brothers to come kill the dog for me so I can go home... (those were the words I used, and it was clear that the assignment was to kill the dog, not to abate it, not to distract it but to kill it)

I walk them down the basement and 2 of them man handle the dog (it was surprisingly easy to kill this dog). then they go to the motorcycle and try open the high and huge corrugated gate so we can leave. my 2 brother manage to forcefully open the gate while me and the other brother are at the other entrance of the basement. While we’re there a guard appears trying to stop us from leaving (this person seemed to be the one who watches over the parking lot at night). We please with him to let us go and he says ‘fine run to the gate while its open’.. when we run to it he closes it, we run to the other basement entrance where he was standing and he closes that gate too, then releases more dangerous looking watchdogs on us.. We’re stuck!!! the big gate is closed and the other entrance is chained closed and there are dogs lurking in the dark looking for us. my 2 other brothers managed to get out with my motorcycle but now I'm stuck here with one brother and we have no way out but to stay in the dark.

We find a bakkie/van (pick up truck) and decide to hide in it (for some reason I knew the person (brother) I was with but couldn't make out who he was exactly). We decide to hide in this van because there was no way out, these watchdogs weren't the same as the one we managed to kill earlier. any sudden movement will alert them of our presence, this parking lot we’re in is PITCH BLACK.. so dark you can touch it. wether your eyes are open or closed its the same, I don't even know how we managed to find the van.. but we knew we had to stay in this dark place until the morning.

to be continued...

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Let us become more aware of Your presence, let us experience the glory of Your goodness.

Kari Jobe

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For it is better to be in deep waters with Jesus than to be in shallow waters on your own.

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Prepare me, Lord.

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The world is full of abundance and opportunity, but far too many people come to the fountain of life with a sieve instead of a tank car.

We expect little and as a result we get little.

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If you wish to know God, you must know His Word.

Charles Spurgeon (via worshipmoment)

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Reconciled to reconcile - part 1

After having come back in the new year, one afternoon at work I had a conversation with one of my friends and we’re having the usual chat about what we did during the festive season and i explained that most of it was spent in church. Christmas and New years day on that year was on a Sunday and I obviously spent it at church. Now she then explained how her grandfather in the farms would lock all doors and gates on New years eve so that all the visiting grandchildren would not go have a wreck-less time outside then come back at ungodly hours. It is then that i realized that her grandfather didn’t lock the gates only to protect his grandchildren but he did so to protect their name, i realized then that Its not about you, but the house you represent. If you’re going out, doing the unmentionable, when people look at you they don’t only judge your actions but also the house you represent, your family, the church you go to and also the God you serve.

The word of God in 2 Corinthians 5: 18-20 says; 

“All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. That God was reconciling the world back to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sin against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf; Be reconciled to God.”

Reconciliation involves a change in the relationship between God and man or man and man. It assumes there has been a breakdown in the relationship, but now there has been a change from a state of enmity and fragmentation to one of harmony and fellowship. God has reconciled us to Himself through the death of Christ so that we could be ambassadors of Christ, where God makes His appeal to the world through us to represent Him. It is through this very reconciliation that we are no longer sinners or enemies of God and we are saved from the wrath of God but now we boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 5:9)

“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God” - 2 Corinthians 5:21. 

Without the reconciliation we received through Christ, we would not be able to afford God’s righteousness and we would never be seen as righteous in the eyes of God. It is as if God had to purify us in order to represent His Kingdom, we had to be reconciled back to God in order to be ambassadors of Christ. Without this reconciliation we wouldn’t be worthy to speak of or represent the name of Jesus.

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Don't allow anyone to compete with God for your time.

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What do you have in your hands?

“ Mark 6: 30”

The disciples had been sent by Jesus to go and heal the sick, cast out demons and speak of the Kingdom of God from village to village and He commanded them to only take a staff with them, no bread, no extra shirt and just wearing saddles. He wanted them to focus on nothing but the mission that He had sent them out to do. They later then gathered around Jesus reporting of the great work they had done, at this time Jesus knew they were hungry and had not rested then says in verse 31;

“Come with me by yourself to a quiet place and get some rest”

But as they were going to this “quiet place” people who recognized them followed them and some went ahead of them so this quiet place turned into a church and gathering of seeking people, people hungry for something they didn’t know they needed. When Jesus saw this big crowd of people He welcomed them and saw sheep without a shepherd and began teaching them many things. When Jesus was welcoming this big crowd, His disciples wanted to chase them away because they were tired and were expecting a quiet place to rest and retreat from the work they had done, but didn’t realize that the work they were doing was preparation for what they were about to experience with Jesus. So the disciples tell Jesus, “send these people away to near villages and to the countryside so they can buy themselves something to eat” then Jesus replies saying; “You give them something to eat”. Now you can imagine how confused and probably irritated the disciples were at this point because they had come to rest and now Jesus refuses to send these multitude away but He is rather telling them to feed this multitude whereas they themselves are hungry and tired.

Jesus told them before He sent them to heal and pray for people that they should take nothing, no food, no bread, no water, just the saddles on their feet and a staff, they could hardly feed themselves but yet Jesus told them to feed the multitudes of people around them whereas they wanted to send them away. It is as if they had forgotten the person they were with, they were in the presence of Jesus, right there speaking to Him but Jesus had to remind them of who He is, having gone out to pray for people in the village without Jesus they forgot they needed Him, they forgot what He was able to do.

In John 6 where is speaks of the same story Jesus asks; “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” but Jesus only said this to test them because He knew already what He was to do and also knew what they would say. Philip then with his human mind said; “It would take more than half a year’s wages to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite” only a bite, not to eat until they were satisfied but just a bite, Andrew then also added by saying “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?” another one speaking not in anticipation of Gods miracle but out of discouragement of so much demand but very little supply. So many problems but looking to themselves for a solution, It is then that they undermined what they had in their hands, by saying;

“We have ONLY five loaves of bread and two fish-unless we go and buy food for all this crowd”

It is as if they were saying we only have this little, but we can go and try with our own might to get more, forgetting that He can do exceedingly and abundantly more than what they could ask or think, they wanted to resort to what they could get with their own power because they didn’t trust that what God had given them was enough. If 5 loaves and two fish is all you have, maybe its all you need to see a miracle from God.

Verse 41 of Mark 6 then says Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus gave thanks and broke the loaves and the fish, giving them to His disciples to distribute to the people. verse 42 then says;

“They all ate and were satisfied”

Remember in John 6 Philip, one of Jesus’ disciples said it would take more than half a year’s wages to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite. Just a bite, which would never be satisfactory to the multitudes who were fed to the point of satisfaction. When Jesus broke the bread and the fish he couldn’t have fed the multitudes on His own but needed the very disciples who wanted to resort to their own strength to feed the thousands, the disciples who were telling Jesus to send the problem away are the very people feeding the problem with something they already had in their hands, they needed nothing else but the five loaves and two fish to feed the multitudes. God took the very limited resource they had and multiplied it a thousand times to feed the multitudes, and those multitudes all ate and were satisfied.

Looking at this miracle, it was not only for the multitudes, it was for the disciples who wanted to resort to their own power to feed the thousands, they needed to be reminded of the power of God, reminded of the Jesus they walk with and follow. When the 12 disciples gathered the leftovers they filled 12 baskets full, each basket for each disciple which would be a testimony of the miracle they didn’t expect. A miracle they almost missed because they wanted to send the problem away. Be willing to put yourself in a position where the only way out is by the hand of God. We want only to be called to tasks where we know our own strength will be sufficient, we want God to move but we don’t want to face the red sea, we want the walls to come down but no one wants to come to Jericho. It is at a position where Egyptians are charging against you where a miracle from the very hand of God will save you. it is time we knew that God would never lead us where He wouldn’t go. 

When Jesus sent them to go proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick in the villages, He wouldn’t have done that without giving them power and authority over demons and impure spirits. (Luke 9:1). Understand that the disciples didn’t call themselves but were called by Jesus and Jesus gave them what they needed to conquer and He knew they would come back and report only good news to Him. God always provides a solution for a problem you didn’t even know you would have.

The disciples were expecting a “quiet place” to rest, but came to a place filled with thousands of people hungry and tired just as they were. But God already had a solution of a boy having 5 loves and 2 fish, which seemed like it wasn’t enough to the eyes of the disciples but God went before them and provided a solution with what they had in their hands.

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Scriptures:

John 6: 1 Luke 9: 1

Prayers:

- Lord let me not be too caught up in the size of my problem that I miss an opportunity for a miracle from your hands.

- Lord let me not be too quick in wanting to send my multitudes away and not look up to the heavens giving thanks to you for the very provision you have given me, even though I think its very little.

- Give me the strength to be able to give you the very little i have in my hands for you to multiply it for my benefit.

- Give me the eyes of the spirit so that i don’t look at my little resources as insufficient for you to use.

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Who are we

The word of God says we were created in His image, in His image we were created in His image we find our own.... do we have our own?? or is our image His image and His image ours... are we too sinful to think we are made from the same cloth Jesus was , from the same cloth Jesus was cut is the same cloth we are.... The word also says that we can do more than what Jesus did while He was on earth ... WHY DONT WE BELIEVE THAT.... it also says that we can tell a mountain to move and to throw itself in the sea... WHY DONT WE BELIEVE THAT.... the word says we are the righteousness of God... WHY DONT WE BELIEVE THAT... God says through His power that works within us, He can do exceedingly, abundantly above what we can think or imagine, yet we live such mediocre lives and blame it God... how dare we .... He said “Through His power at work within us”...”AT WORK WITHIN US”... its all up to you .. who’s power is at work within you?....which cloth were you cut from?... WHO ARE YOU???

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Jesus didn’t die for your sexual healing.

You are my forbidden fruit and it will never be the right time for me to indulge in something that will reveal my nakedness. You reveal my weakness, You make me realise I have a weakness , indulging in your sweet sin is a feeling my body yearns for but a feeling my spirit wants to flee from. I should be at peace , but I AM NOT at peace with intentionally walking to the forbidden tree. You are beneficial to my bodily yearnings and my earthly desires but I will not let my spirit hunger for the sake of the hunger of my bodily desires. 

JESUS DID NOT DIE FOR YOUR “SEXUAL” HEALING.

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Men who want to stay ordinary will tell you not to have expectations of them, Men who want to be great will expect you to push them, pray with them and invest in them.

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God’s Love Is Enough

There is one thing I’ve realised and have come to experience about the Love of God.

IT IS SUFFICIENT FOR ME, its enough... quite often people say this but yet do not understand the gist of what they are saying, now i want to say it so you understand it…

GOD’S LOVE IS ENOUGH.. its enough, it is enough..

you’re probably single sitting there thinking ”oh God, I NEED a man , i need someone to love me, someone to appreciate me, I am not good enough”

Let me tell you something.. God’s love is enough !!!!! just like His grace is sufficient for you, so is His love.. GOD’S LOVE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU… IT IS ENOUGH, you just need to embrace it...

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“Temptation was real for Eve, it sure is real for you.”

Temptation is real... It was REAL for Eve, and is definitely REAL for you...

Temptation is that forbidden fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. It seduces your thoughts, calls on your body like it belongs to it, makes it feel like the only solution to it, is to indulge in its delectable sin. To penetrate through the garden just to reach the mouth watering delicacy of the forbidden thought, action, taste is all your body wants to do, BUT IS IT WORTH IT?

Is it worth being spiritually separated from your maker, is it worth sin, is it worth death ?

“When Adam sinned, sin entered the entire human race. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned.” — Romans 5:12 (NLT

God never promised to take away temptation, but He said He’d give you strength to overcome it.

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The Impatient Wait

I waited for you, I became impatient for you, I made mistakes because I was waiting for you, but I didn’t know you. I was not sure who you were , who you’d be , how you’d look like , what your name would be .

so I kept on looking for you in all the wrong places , when I thought I had found you I realised I had made you up in my mind, I made you "The one" , "The one" you weren’t. "The one" you would never be because God never destined you to be my "one".

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#PatientlyWait

#DontMakeHimTheOne

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Doing things on your own terms and times instead of waiting on the Lord, will only delay your own prosperity ... #WaitOnTheLord

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Learn to be satisfied with God's timing... Because He's always right on time..