Thought Of The Week With Sis Des

Gal. 5:13 “For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.”
When we were born again, we were born into a life of absolute liberty in Christ. You become free to serve God, free to live, to reign and free to love. However, as Christians the bible cautions that we use our liberty in Christ rightly. Under the old Testament , it was easy to read the commandments so as to know what to do and what not to do, but the new creation man wasn’t given any law to obey.

1 Tim 1:9 “knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,”
According to the bible it’s difficult to attribute sin where there is no law, Rom 4:15 “because the law brings about wrath; for where there is no law there is no transgression.”.Some Christians are in a dilemma because they have been brought into a life without laws as it seems and so they use that as an excuse to act circumspectly. The bible says in 1Pet 2:16 “,…..as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God. “- The life you live as a child of God should be to the Glory and Praise of God in all things. Though it is absolutely clear that God has called you to a free life, only make sure that you don’t use this freedom as an excuse to do and destroy your freedom. Rather use your freedom to serve one another in love that’s how freedom grows.

Galatians 5:13” “For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serves one another.”- The gospel is a doctrine according to godliness, and is so far from giving the least countenance to sin, that it lays us under the strongest obligation to avoid and subdue it. The apostle urges that all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. If Christians, who should help one another, and rejoice one another, quarrel, what can be expected but that the God of love should deny his grace, that the Spirit of love should depart, and the evil spirit, who seeks their destruction, should prevail? Happy would it be, if Christians, instead of biting and devouring one another on account of different opinions, would set themselves against sin in themselves, and in the places where they live.

Use your liberty in Christ rightly by doing only those things that pleases the Father, and the way to please the father is walking by faith, which by extension is walking according to the provisions of God’s Word. Yes God is not imposing rules and regulations on us as it were , but make up your mind to get into His Word and do what the word says. God never forces anything on His children, having brought us into a life of absolute liberty , but be sure to use your to the Praise and Glory of His name.

Thank God for the liberty He has given us , to be everything we desire to be in Christ Jesus. Thank you Father for the for the liberty to serve You, love you, and to reign.
My fellow brethren Use your Liberty rightly.

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Thought Of the Week With "Sis Des"

Psalm 112…1-3“Praise the LORD. Blessed is the man that feared the LORD, that delighted greatly in his commandments. 2His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. 3Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endured for ever.
The blessedness of the righteous.

Yes go ahead shout it out, Praise the LORD ...... For He is worthy to be praised, We as the human race are the only creatures that can shout it out, David ends the Psalms singing praises to the Almighty in Psalm 150 … ending “let everything that has breathPraise the Lord, ….praise the Lord, Wow the praises just never seems to seize, and rightfully speaking it should never for yes He is worthy to be praise…… praise the Lord.

When I opened my bible for devotion on the 1/1/12, I was just drawn to Psalm 112.”. Blessed is the man that feared the LORD that delighted greatly in his commandments. Blessed be the man….., Wow we get rewarded to fear God, - fear him and serve him keep, His commandments, and guess what we are happy people and all because of His grace upon us.I recently read that the word “fear” in Hebrew actually is the opposite of LOVE, not hate but fear. So taken from that the “Fear” referring in verse..1, is a fear that loves the Lord. So verse ‘1’ in our day should read… “Blessed is the man that loves the LORD that delights greatly in his commandments”

Verse- 2His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. 3Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endured for ever.

The KJV – talks about His seed, New KJV& other - His descendants – either way we are the seed of Abram , and I was though the other day that a seed never forgets. Yes is it not amazing, a seed never forgets, sooooooo…, the seed of Abram, and yes we are here, the seed of Abram, a seed that never forgets to germinate,it never forgets its origin, or its purpose. God had a covenant with Abram, Gen:15..5 “..” we his seed / descendants, that covenant should be honoured , praise the Lord !!!. We are mighty upon the earth, God honoured His word.

Be careful what seed you sow this Year, for as shown above a seeds never forgets, so what we sow from today will geminate , it may not be today, tomorrow, next week, month or.., but it will produce a fruit. Whether it be a good or bad fruit, it will come up. Remember some seeds multiply while in store, so again be careful.
Saying that, seeds of greatness will bring forth great wealth to those that are faithful, let us pursuit this greatness and so bring about great riches upon ourchildren and their children's, leave a legacy of good , great and faithful seeds for them to benefit from. Abram did.
Amen.

3Blessings are laid up for the faithful and their children's children; and true riches are bestowed on them, with as much of this world's possessions as is profitable for them.
God Bless
Your friend in Christ
Desiree

Week 15 - 22 Jan 12.

No Walls

All Roads Lead to Wentworth Next week

Though For the Week With Sis Des

Isaiah 26.3 “You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trust inYou.”

I shared this scripture with someone who felt somehow defeated, yes defeated by life, people and all that makes up the picture. As I meditated further on this word, I realised that we so often based our happiness, our contentment in what people do and say. I am also prey to that, I put a lot of effort in what people do and say about me, and I was reminded that if I shift my attention away from me, how I feel and what I think I see, and observe the situation outside of me , distance the me and focus on God , the me would become smaller.
Isaiah 26.3a) “You will keep him in perfect peace,” The Lord promise to keep us at peace, -peace of mind, peace in our souls, peace at home, peace with family, peace in all we do and surround us with, yes perfect peace. John14:27...I am leaving you with a gift, - peace of mind and heart...”

Isaiah 26.3 b)...”whose mind is stayed on You”. – Promise – Peace will only come when we focus our mind, our eyes on Him. Keep your eyes on the Lord at all times, for by focussing on God, we will not see the obstaclesof this world, that wants to derail us, that bring on all negative thoughts about ourselves, our situation and surroundings. Jer 29:11 says “For I know the plans I have for you” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster to give you a future and a hope. Let our mind stay on the Lord; meditate on the promises of God daily.
Isaiah 26.3 c) ...”because he trust in You.”.. - Whose thoughts are fixed on God- Inessence let us keep our focus on God, let us keep the good faith and trust Him to guide us as we walk in His purpose. Ask God daily to bless you as you go along to fulfil your daily assignment according to His will for your life today. Be blessed with Rom 12:2... let our mind be renewed daily ... so we can function in our godly purpose

Peace , Peace, perfect peace. O’ how beautiful it sound and feel, but why do we allow people to rob us of that peace. Why do you/ we give it so easily away? One minute we at peace, and the next we stand solely robbed. Be aware of wounded people, they prone to hurt others to ease their hurt. Don’t be a victim, be a victor. My reminder to you….. John14:27...I am leaving you with a gift, - peace of mind and heart...”
Don’t get robbed.

God Bless
Your friend Desiree
Week 04-09 Dec.11

Concert Not To Be Missed- Afm Eagles Wings(Bosmont)

Thought For The Week With Sis Des

Ephesians 2:4-10(KJV) “4But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 6And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 7That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9Not of works, lest any man should boast.
10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Singing:-Grace, grace God’s grace, grace that is greater than our sin, ……..Marvellous grace…………….

There are so many sayings and Word on Grace, but do we understand God’s grace fully? I hope a good question, for yes we need to question our knowledge of understanding of God’s grace.
Grace get defined as (pocket Oxford) – attractiveness/ in elegance of proportion / divine favor of inspiring influence / state of receiving goodwill / favor/delay granted as favor /thanksgiving before and after meals.
If one breaks this up- Attractiveness – Grace is also describe as God’s character, and attractiveness is a character, we define / judge by our appearance. If your appearance is un-attractive people decide on whether we are liked or not, having God’s grace upon our life gives us the free pass of attractiveness through salvation. – This character is displayed by His gift to men - Titus 2:11 “For the grace of God that brings salvation hath appeared to all men.
Grace in elegance of portion – grace is given in portions of need, we need grace at different times at different levels, my believe - is God grand’s according to our needs, not our wants. Every day provides its own level of need in which our good God provides the needed grace.

Grace - divine favor of inspiring influence – Those on whom God bestows his blessing of destiny to life a God designed and purpose life by the Holy Spirit working in them in God’s good time. Through grace, God’s divine renewing and inspiring influence, “they that obey are freely justified by God.” Romans 3:24“Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.”
Gracestate of receiving goodwill / favorteach us that we have no power of our own to turn and position ourselves to believe and call upon God, nor to do good works pleasing and acceptable to God,unless the grace of God is install or given to us through Christ so you/we may have a good will, and that grace may continue to work within us to maintain that good will, we are without.“By the grace of God,”(a sentence so commonly used by anyone)- means - God’s favor.

Grace delay granted as favor – how many times have you experience the divine delay of God’s hand on your life, sometimes to the extent of total frustration. Why?, simply because we do not see the favor of delayed grace in it. God is gracious in making provision for the salvation of all men39 and in commanding its universal proclamation. He is also gracious in delaying judgment, thereby giving men ample time to repent (2 Peter 3:9). One might also imply that God is gracious in not revealing more than He does to those who reject Him, since greater knowledge brings greater judgment (Luke 12:47-48).

Grace – Thanksgiving before and after meals – such a small gesture, but yet so important. Giving grace before or after a meal just shows gratitude for the grace of having the favor of God to have a meal, for we know how many goes to bed without. So to show THANKFULNESS gives grace.

We have an adorable (very naughty / busy) little one age 3yrs, that starts his prayer with “GRACIOUS GOD”he is adamant that before he eats or you for that matter you should pray , and your prayer should stars with gracious God’s…, if not he performs, for his God is gracious, we laugh about it, but he must know something that we don’t. The innocence of a child…… God’s secret instuments….

Grace is also known as God’s unmerited favor /mercy. (John3:16) “For God so loved the world…….
Grace – in the NT – God’s love in action (2Cor5:21) OT- “I will have mercy on whom I love (Exodus 33:19)
Grace is entirely the work of God.
Also read : Rom 5 :1-2 / Gal 5 :4 & James 1:17
REMEMBER GOD’s GRACE IS SUFFICIENT - at all times for all situations. – BE BLESSED

Your friend in Christ -Desiree
Week 27 Nov – 03 Dec .11

Valley Of The Dry Bones

11 Then he said to me: “Son of man, these bones are the people of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone; we are cut off.’ 12 Therefore prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: My people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel. 13 Then you, my people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. 14 I will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the LORD have spoken, and I have done it, declares the LORD.’”

Today I would like to highlight the following scripture: Ezek 37:11-14
I would actually like to encourage you to read the entire Ezek 37:1-14.
Some may have read it,but MAYBE did not realise that the dry bones being spoken of are God's own people.

Some of us, though we believe in and love God, have gone dry.
We believe our hope is cut off. Some of us smile on the outside,but are dead within.
We cover up behind material possessions, and fashion brands,wearing the latest , but it all remains a facade if within we are dry.

People, rest assured, there is a shaking coming where God is going to shake EVERYTHING and He is starting In-House (that means His church).
I want to encourage you who feel low, who feel your hope is gone, who feel you are cut off,according to the above scripture,GOD Himself is about to "OPEN YOUR GRAVES AND BRING YOU OUT OF THEM..."
v14"I will put my Spirit in you and you will live"
I want to share with you all MY testimony in 3 WORDS.... which is also YOUR tesimony in 3 Words..... I'M STILL HERE !
God is not done with you.

There is no hope for the dead,but we that are still alive have the WONDERFUL HOPE AND PROMISE of our Lord.
And remember,He who has promised is Faithful and True... and able to do that which He has promised.
Never forget that !!!
Have a Lovely day.
We love and appreciate you all,
BUT HE LOVES YOU MORE
Be blessed.
Your BI.C.
C.R.E.E.D.

No Weapon Formed Against Me

This morning, I feel a bit militant (well a bit more than usual )

This morning, I want to remind the enemy(although I am sure he hasn't forgotten)that NO WEAPON formed against me will prosper.

NONE.

Isaiah 54:17"no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and this is their vindication from me," declares the LORD.

My enemy robbed me, he put me in a place of shame.

I have been humiliated,rejected,hurt,downtrodden,and then spat at and discussed and laughed at from everybody from my family to my own brothers and sisters in church. I have gone from excess to extreme lack.

I have slept on busstops,and rooftops. I have slept on couches and floors.

My tears have been my food. Till I could cry no more.

I have been counted out. They laughed and said I wouldn't rise again.

But let me say this.... I'M STILL HERE!

And my endurance doesn't come from my own strength,but from the Unstoppable Force that is the Holy Spirirt in me.

And that which was meant to kill me, has only made stronger.

Last night we were busy preparing for a show this weekend, based on Ezek 37:1-10 (Can these Bones Live Again?)

The outcome was nothing short of the presence of God, which left both Dazz and I in awe.

As with the scripture, tendons and flesh and muscle and sinew now have appeared where once there was just bone,and He has breathed life into me,and I am a part of the vast army that has arisen.

Get Ready , cos we about to declare War In The Heavenlies...

I want you to know that whatever you are going through, whatever you have lost,whatever has been taken from you.... that God is NOT done with you.

Your worth remains the same as the day you were born,and God hasn't changed His mind about you.

Get yourself ready, cos He is about to do the miraculous in your life.

The only substance needed is your Faith.

So for today, don't feel sorry or sad, or wonder if you will ever get out your situation.....

START DECLARING " NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST ME WILL PROSPER, I'M COMING OUT OF THIS, AND I'M COMING OUT STRONGER"

VICTORY IS MINE !!!

I love the song " I just can't give up now... I come too far from where I started from... "

SO TAKE NOTE: YOU CAN'T GIVE UP NOW....

VICTORY IS WITHIN YOUR REACH....

NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOU WILL PROSPER !!!

Be Blessed.
Be Encouraged.

Your B.I.C.
C.R.E.E.D.