Lisa Cline's Blog, page 54
April 1, 2014
How we should wait
Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains.You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. – James 5:7-8 (ESV)
March 31, 2014
Please Join me in Praying for this
I have been called to England and am willing to sell everything and go.
Yet, I need an OPEN DOOR.
I am trusting God to make a way, and I know that He would not have led me here, except to show how good He is.
But I have given notice and need to be moved by August 1st.
I need my next steps and an open door.
My 30 day fast is up on the 3rd. I am hoping to hear something not long after.
So to my Christian Brothers and Sisters, I am asking for you to join me in praying for an open door to England for me and my son.
God told me ministry and yet not which area. I am willing to go wherever He leads.
If you are in England and feel led to share any ministry related openings, my email is abbasyaldah@outlook.com.
God bless and please put any prayer requests that you have below and I will pray for you.
What faith is
Faith is believing what God says simply because it is God who says it. – Unknown
March 30, 2014
If you want to be a hero do this…
Dependence upon God makes heroes of ordinary people like you and me! ~ Bruce Wilkinson
Why God sometimes keeps us in the dark
God has wisely kept us in the dark concerning future events and reserved for himself the knowledge of them, that he may train us up in a dependence upon himself and a continued readiness for every event. ~ Matthew Henry
March 29, 2014
Why we need to put down our paddles and pick up our pom-poms
I am a person who really does not like conflict. In fact I just ordered a pair of plain black glasses and was given a pair with black on the front and animal print (ick) on the sides.
Did I give them back, insisting they be fixed? No I just decided to live with them. And I have.
But there is one thing that I cannot live with anymore. Something that it eating away at me.
It is the way we as Christians encourage (or don’t encourage) each other.
We are supposed to be a people of faith who simply believe. We are supposed to have a childlike faith.
And yet when someone comes to us excitedly telling us what God just promised them, the usual reaction that we have is to take out our huge paddles, worn with use, and smack that idea down so hard as to shatter it in a million pieces.
We tell them all the reasons why it is not God, instead of believing that God does want to do miraculous things in and through His people.
Nowhere in the Bible does it say that we are to discourage other Christians from believing God’s promises. In fact it says just the opposite;
“Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, … respect those who labor among you… esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with them all. See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.” (1 Thessalonians 5:11–15, ESV)
Look at that!! Paul is saying that to do nothing is not a good thing, so when did we as Christians have come to believe that passivity is the best option?
No, Gods words tells us to not tear down but “build each other up.”
If we are told an idea by a Christian that we find hard to believe, we need to just cheer them on, and then pray for them.
If they are believing sincerely that God is telling them something foolish, and we believe that God is a good God, then why on earth would we think that we have to stop them from some horrible ending. If God is a good God who loves us, wouldn’t He make sure that even if we mishear, He will get us to where we need to be.
The world bashes us enough, and that is ok because they do not believe in a powerful God who loves them, but we should not be bashing each other.
Families are supposed to be our soft spot to land, so let’s be determined to put down our paddles and pick up our pom-poms and make it our business to cheer each other on and believe that God has the best in store for them.
We are called “believers” after all!!
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March 28, 2014
March 27, 2014
When mature Christians go hungry it’s because of this
God is stirring up something in me lately and as a result some things are starting to bug me.
Now for those of you that know me, you will know that I am, for the most part a very positive person, and yet here I am bugged.
But even more than being bugged I am sad.
Why? Because we are supposed to be a people of simple faith!!!!!!!!
We are supposed to be those who are like children. A people who simply believe God!!
And yet we as Christians have chosen to mostly rely on ourselves, resulting in our becoming a people who do not really believe that God could do “Awesome and Amazing Things” through us or through others.
Jesus himself said in Matthew 19:14, “Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them away, because the kingdom from heaven belongs to people like these.“
Who does heaven belong too?
Those who simply believe.
Think about it!! When a child is playing outside and they hear the call from their mom “Dinner!” they do not stop and think “hmmm I wonder if I should go inside. There probably is not food there, I will probably look stupid if I go to the table! My friends will think I am a sucker for believing there is food, so I better stay outside even though I am hungry.”
NO!!!!
A Child simply goes to the table and is fed!!!
We need to start believing and then acting on the things that God is putting on our hearts!!!! We need to go to His table and be fed!!!
Come on Christians, God wants to change the world through us!!!!!
But He cannot do that if we refuse to come in from the cold!!!
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March 25, 2014
Hold on to this when you are running out of energy
For with God nothing is ever impossible and no word from God shall be without power or impossible of fulfillment.
(Luke 1:37, AMP)
A story about an Angel, a sheep, and renewed strength
God wants us to hold on to His promises even when it looks like they will never come true and that He has abandoned us.
Below author and speaker Shelia Walsh talks about holding on and trusting God, even when it feels as if we have been abandoned by Him.
She discusses what it was like to go from Christian TV host in the morning and Physic Ward patient in the evening, She talks about how, even though she “felt” abandoned, God let her know that He was with her.
I think it’s interesting that so often the promises of God become most real when you find yourself in a place that’s almost the antithesis of the promise. …
Romans 8 is one of my favorite chapters of the Bible. It begins with, “No condemnation,” and ends with, “No separation.” And I used to cling onto that, that nothing can separate us from the love of God.
But in that place where I felt like I’d been abandoned, I discovered that God knew exactly — in fact, I had an encounter with an angel, the only one I’ve ever been aware of, before or since — about 3:00 in the morning… I heard someone come into my room and I didn’t even look up, but they walked right up to me and stood in front of me and I saw a man’s feet, so I looked up. Looked to me just like a hospital worker going off duty, but he put something in my hands, and it was a little -it was a lamb, like a stuffed toy, and he turned and went to the door, and when he got to the door, he stopped and he turned around and he said, “Sheila, the Shepherd knows where to find you.”
And at the darkest moment in my life, when I felt as if anything that gave me any value as a human being, I heard the greatest news of my life, that no matter how lost you feel, the Shepherd knows where to find you.
I heard her tell that story years ago during a Women of Faith conference and it always stuck with me because it shows that it does not matter how we “feel,” we as Christians need to daily walk in the truth that we are never alone!
If God has promised you something, hold on to that promise, and hold on to God because He is holding on to you!
You are not alone!!!
Story: http://www.turningpointzone.com/sheila-walsh
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