Lisa Cline's Blog, page 60
January 24, 2014
This miracle happened today…
This Christmas I was blessed to get a present. It was a beautiful coat.
Read more about this Christmas gift here
A few weeks later I went out to a coffee house and left it on a chair.
I am very forgetful so I was not absolutely sure where I left it.
I went back and asked about the coat. The girl got a smirk on her face. Then she went in the back, laughed and came out and in a strange voice told me they had nothing like that.
It seemed clear she was lying but I cannot stand confrontation so I left.
I was heartsick over the loss of the jacket. Not only did I love the jacket but I did not want to disappoint the young men who gave it to me.
A week passed.Then one night after spending time with God He told me to go back.
I didn’t want to, but listened to Him, even though I was nervous (I am bad with faces and I did not want to run into the same girl).
On the way there I asked God to let a guy be up front. There was.
I asked Him, he went to the back and came out with the jacket!!
I was amazed. But I shouldn’t of been. God is faithful!! He never tells us to do anything without a reason!!
He can be trusted!!!!!
The number one hindrance to our calling
The number one hindrance to our calling becoming a reality is unbelief. ~ Beth Moore
(See Hebrews 3:17-18)
January 23, 2014
Putting these on will give us perfect vision
God is faithful!
So easy to forget when you view your future through the wrong lenses.
When God asks us to trust him, then we are to put our blinders on. So that only He is in our view.
If we don’t we are sure to get sidetracked by things like fear of how “this” is going to work, or how “that” is not going to cause us to crash and burn.
God does not call us to figure it out. He calls us to trust Him.
Which we can do knowing that He will NEVER let us down because
He is faithful!
January 19, 2014
Shaking my head
Sometimes I just have to shake my head at my own doubts about Gods’s faithfulness.
If He has been faithful ever other time in my life, why would he not be faithful now!
It is so easy to lose track, when the world is spinning all around you and you feel as if the rug will be pulled out from under you.
But as Deuteronomy 7:9 says
Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.
He is faithful to lead and guide us 100% of the time. And even if we get ourselves off track He will bring us back around to where we need to be.
If you are unsure of a decision give it to God.
Say “I am going to do this thing God if I am wrong change my direction to the way that I should go.”
He will bring you into alignment of his perfect will for your life as you submit it to Him.
January 18, 2014
Trust and have this…
You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. Trust in the Lord… ~ Isaiah 26:3
January 17, 2014
Now that is something to get excited about!
If you have been reduced to God being
your only hope, you are in a good place. ~ Jim Laffoon
Why is that?
Because as the old saying goes “When you are down to nothing God is up to something.”
When I finally started living for God I thought, “I am just going to take Him at His word. I am just going to trust and see if He comes through.”
What I found was that He always, ALWAYS made a way where I thought there could be no way.
There were too many “coincidences” for them to not be “miracles.”
So these days when I find myself in a position of needing God to come through, or it all seems to be falling apart, I tend to freak out a little first (though those periods are getting shorter and shorter), before I remind myself of how good God is. How He has never let me down before.
And then it hits me,
I start feeling over the top EXCITED!!!
I am so freaken excited right now because I need to see God come through in a huge way and I know that He will!!!
As the Bible says in Ephesians 6:13 we are to do our part and “after [we] have done everything, [we are] to stand.”
And I believe that He wants us to stand, waiting with expectant hope.
What miricale do you need to happen? Do all you can do and then stand!
And while you are standing, waiting excitedly for God to do something amazing, tell others about your journey.
The world needs encouragement but more than anything they need God.
They need to know him as their loving father who will never leave them.
When you allow the joy of the Lord to turn to excitement you are like a lighthouse standing on a hill. People cannot help but notice.
And when He comes through for you, Talk About It!!!!!!
Do not hide your light!!!
Shine!!!
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January 16, 2014
Don’t let this stop you
We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes.
~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy
So much of my life was lived in fear. I wasted the first half of it because I simply did not trust God and was led by fear instead of truth.
As I started to lean on Him for the small things He proved faithful and my faith was strengthened.
God placed a hope in me that I would reach people and share the power of his love.
He also gave me a destination. England.
Because He has always come through before, it makes sense that His asking me to leave my job, and trust Him to pay all my bills, while getting me a job in a country I have never been to, would be a cakewalk.
That there would be no fear involved.
But that is not the case. It is scary, All kind of fears want to take space in my head, thereby holding me back from doing all that I have been called to do.
The thing is, I do not listen to my fears, I listen to God. I once read a quote that said Courage is fear that has said it’s prayers.
What a world it would be if we simply prayed every time fear tried to gain entry. If we simply allowed God to lead us into all that He has for us without fear stopping us before we even got out the door.
God places the feeling of hopefulness inside you to allow you to shut out the voice of fear.
Lean into that.
And stop allowing what you see to dictate what God can do in and through you.
God is FAITHFUL he will see you through!!!
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