My Mind is SET!

I really enjoyed our conversations Friday.  I thank each of you for always bringing out the best in me =D.

Just a reminder.  "Words"  If anyone doesn't remember what I am speaking of post a comment, text, e-mail or put a note in a bottle and have faith (as I always say)!  Also for anyone that was not involved in one of our "Deeply Series" and you would like any of the referenced material simply make us aware and we will get it to you.

Hebrews 10:35, 36
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which has great recompense of reward.
For you have need of patience, that, after you have done the will of God, you might receive the promise.

We know that we must believe something in order to have a hope of seeing it come to fruition.  We also know that when we defer our hope, our heart gets fractured and hurts.  WE also know that we are called to know the reason for our hope.  We discussed in last week about being made in God's image and how we are to take pleasure in the things hoped for.

We spoke last week about David, Peter, Timothy and Goliath.  They were ALL counting on something.
David, was counting on being King.  But he waited patiently and confidently till God made the way for him.
Peter was counting fish, counting on the Messiah, counting the cost of being recognized and many other wonderful human examples which we all struggle with. (more on those through out the month).
Timothy was counting on seeing things in order to believe them.
Goliath was counting on never being beaten because he owned the battle ground.

What are you counting on?
Do not cast away your confidence.  Where does your confidence come from? 

I want you all to continue to think about how interdependent we are supposed to be as we DEPEND on God alone.  Also think about: being above reproach, affecting the image of God, stepping up and saying you are a child of God but not representing His true character.

My prayer is for Truth, not any old truth - His Eternal Truth.  May our ears hear it, eyes see it and pierce as deep as our marrow and bone.  I leave each of you to reflect on this:

My Counsel is Holy

My Mind is Set

My people are miserable,

Yet my feet won’t move

My body is hurting

My hands will not heal

My mouth speaks atrocities….

Not fit for a King!

Where are my people

Whose body do they make?

Why do they leave you …..

To hurt till you stink?

I am still calling,

My voice never ends….

Their ears not listening,

Their hearts do not care.

They keep building stages,

Part curtains for fools…..

Their words hurt my people

Their fake smiles deceive

They take my provision…

Build kingdoms up high

They cast off my life lines

Leave people in despair

So my vengeance rages

May this never BE!

March in; over take them

Clean up my space……

Shout praise for my wisdom

Clean up the High Place!

Their perverse words have slain men

Their blood still cries out…..

My Holiness demands justice

I know this seems harsh

Their minds have become lazy

They don’t care to relate

They cannot stop you…..

You must speak truth

Believe some will listen

They’re searching for me

For this cause I send Love

They’re crying in pain!

Tell them I love them

Tell them I care

Tell them I created them

Tell them I Am here!

By Candace Huffmaster

Original Copyright 2006 ©Candace Huffmaster 2012, All Copyrights Reserved

Kaleidoscope Butterfly, Inc™

Stop It!!

I thought you might want to have a light day of reflection since we have been hitting some heavier topics.  When ever I type "Stop It" in an article I always remember this clip.  I hope you all have a good giggle.  It helps us realize what false imaginations are capable of doing and the reason God lovingly instructs us to cast them down.  This would be a great place to reflect over the phobia materials within "Deeply" if you would like more material today.

I love each and everyone of you and pray that together we "Stop It" so that we are a strong witness to His righteousness today, tomorrow and so on.......

Kisses,
Candace

I Should be Dust by Now....but God........

We all have days..and yes, some of us even years, when we just do not think we can take another day like the one we have just lived through. But there you have it....we DID lived through it!!


Makes me kind of giggle at myself when I see how weak I "thought" I was and yet here I am; despite myself. THAT is God..He shows up and shows out in our weakest moment. Apart from Him we probably would just crumble into a million weary pieces. With Him we CAN pick up our weary pieces and move right on.

Praise God it is a new day...and He gives us the Mercy and the Grace to get through this one too.

My prayers over you all for His victory in all things to race upon you, move through you and set the path ahead of you,THIS day!

With love and faith in our Lord, Jesus Christ,
Candace

Taking the Initiative Against Despair

Rise, let us be going —Matthew 26:46

In the Garden of Gethsemane, the disciples went to sleep when they should have stayed awake, and once they realized what they had done it produced despair. The sense of having done something irreversible tends to make us despair. We say, "Well, it’s all over and ruined now; what’s the point in trying anymore." If we think this kind of despair is an exception, we are mistaken. It is a very ordinary human experience. Whenever we realize we have not taken advantage of a magnificent opportunity, we are apt to sink into despair. But Jesus comes and lovingly says to us, in essence, "Sleep on now. That opportunity is lost forever and you can’t change that. But get up, and let’s go on to the next thing." In other words, let the past sleep, but let it sleep in the sweet embrace of Christ, and let us go on into the invincible future with Him.

There will be experiences like this in each of our lives. We will have times of despair caused by real events in our lives, and we will be unable to lift ourselves out of them. The disciples, in this instance, had done a downright unthinkable thing— they had gone to sleep instead of watching with Jesus. But our Lord came to them taking the spiritual initiative against their despair and said, in effect, "Get up, and do the next thing." If we are inspired by God, what is the next thing? It is to trust Him absolutely and to pray on the basis of His redemption.

Never let the sense of past failure defeat your next step. By Oswald Chambers

"Do Not Fear, I AM with You"

We have been studying Who God means He is when He said "tell them I AM sent you". Our ongoing search for the next 7 days is to research scripture and find who God says you are - personalize that and ask yourself "who does I AM say that I am?"


If you were not with us when we were studying Fear, go back to the blue notebook and find the segments on "Do not fear, I am with you". God promised that He is with us showing us the way out if we will trust Him. Remember His promise..."I will never leave you nor forsake you".

I pray that we all take our eyes off the pain around us or inflicted upon us by others brokenness and remember, our position is always to do the best we can, release others from the bondage of payment for their mistakes while focusing on how much we ourselves fall short of the glory of God. I thank God for His mercy and grace for this day and the ability we all have to praise Him in all ways at all times no matter what we might be experiencing.

Be at Peace today in Him.

Candace

Do not fear for I am with you.Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.I will strengthen you, surely I will help you. Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. Behold, all those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonored; those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish. You will seek those who quarrel with you but you will not find them. Those who war with you will be as nothing or non-existent. For I Am the Lord your God who upholds your right hand, Who says to you do not fear, I AM with you. Isaiah 41:10-13

THE LORD UPHOLDS YOU, by T. D. Jakes

from Strength for Every Moment

The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterfly cast down; for the Lord upholds him with His hand (Psalm 37:23-24)

Has something so painful and overwhelming happened to you that it has affected every area of your life? Every time you kneel to pray, does your mind go back to the fact that someone broke your heart and wounded your spirit?

Have you experienced something so personally devastating that you can't discuss it with anyone? You find it difficult to trust people, and you don't know where to turn. You may feel as if everyone is grading you and evaluating your progress, when, when actually you are your own hardest judge.

You know you should be further along in life. but someone or some circumstance crippled your faith. Your hopes and dreams were never fulfilled.

You know you should have finished school; you know you should have been a teacher or a musician by now. By society's standards, you should already be married and have children.

Maybe you think your ministry should be further along or that you should have a successful career at this point in your life. Your dreams and goals should have been fulfilled years ago. but you've been crippled. Don't give up. There is hope for you and healing for past hurts.


God has a way of bringing us out of bondage and then making us remember where we came from. When we, like Joseph, begin to experience success and victory, God will remind us that He opened the door of the prison. He set us free.

Things to consider:

1. Has something so painful and overwhelming happened to you that it has affected every area of your life? Write about it.

2. Every time you kneel to pray, does your mind go back to the fact that someone broke your heart and wounded your spirit? Write about it.

3. Have you experienced something so personally devestating that you cannot discuss it with anyone? Write about it.

4. God will bring you out of bondage and will soften the memories so that you can live with them in peace. Write why you believe this truth and then trust God to make it so.

5. When you experience success and victory, God will remind you that He opened the door of the prison and set you free. Thank Him.

Meditation:

The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterfly cast down; for the Lord upholds him with His hand (Psalm 37:23-24)


Many have fallen because of drugs, lust, greed, false religion, and other worldly temptations; when they ask God for help, He gently lifts them up with His hand.

"Help Me....Help You!"

Sometimes I have to laugh at us all.  We can get in such a self preservation mode that we deprogram all of our discernment. It reminds me of the scene from Jerry McGuire when he is screaming through the phone to his client "Help Me...Help You" over and over again.

If we are not careful we will think others are always in it for themselves; not truly trusting them to have our back in the crucial moments of life. We will push them away, or run away from our help, as God says. At times we even use that same broken logic with God. We do not turn to him unless we have no other option, then we beg him to help us.

He is our Jehovah-Jireh. He is always imploring us to believe. He essentially is boldly putting it out there "Help Me...Help You!". Will we trust that while we are out here just playing the game with all our gusto, that He is out here as the supreme manager working all things together to "Show us the Money". We all know His provision is more than monetary, He gives us all the abilities as well as the full prosperity; that is why all Glory goes to Him...Jehovah Jireh! (meaning: The Lord Who Sees, or The Lord Who Will See To It)

My prayer for us today is for us to trust, keep doing our part as we wait with baited breath to see His promises show up in spectacular ways.
Candace

Jehovah-Jireh

READ: Matthew 6:5-15
Your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. —Matthew 6:8
In my early years as a pastor, I served in small churches where finances were often tight. Sometimes our family finances felt the weight of that pressure. On one occasion, we were down to the last of our food and payday was still several days away. While my wife and I fretted about how we would feed our kids in the next few days, our doorbell rang. When we opened the door, we discovered two bags of groceries. We had not told anyone of our plight, yet our provider God had led someone to meet that need.

This reminds me of the Old Testament account of Abraham when he was asked to sacrifice his son Isaac. At just the right moment, God provided a ram instead. Abraham called this place Jehovah-Jireh, “The-Lord-Will-Provide” (Gen. 22:14). He is the One who still cares deeply for His children.

Jesus said, “Your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him” (Matt. 6:8). He is constantly caring for and seeking the best for us—a reminder that in times of hardship, need, and fear, we have Someone who cares. Peter wrote that we can cast all our cares upon Jesus, because He cares for us (1 Peter 5:7). We can turn to Him in our time of need. — Bill Crowder daily bread devoional.

I know not by what methods rare

The Lord provides for me;

I only know that all my needs

He meets so graciously. —Adams

What God promises, God will provide.