Luke 6:38 (NKJV)
.38 Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”
Teachings - March 2016
The following represents a compilation of various studies and teachings. I encourage anyone with specific doctrinal or biblical questions, to contact me. Please visit 2015 teachings for more readings.
Suddenly..
Posted: March 7, 2016
Joseph had a suddenly. One night's dream can bring you from the pit to the palace.
Psalm 56:8
Posted: March 9, 2016
Psalm 56:8 "put my tears in thy bottle."
There are two bottles. One bottle that catches the tears that you shed in loss and there was a "special bottle" for the finest wine.
David is referring to the special bottle, saying that he learned to release his sorrows, his betrayal, his mistakes, his shortcomings and sins to the Lord and truly give them to Him. To say you do this is one thing, to actually release it to God is another.
Joseph did release his pain and his perpetrators to God. When his father Jacob dies, his brothers feared Joseph would seek revenge for what they had done, he says to them, "As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive." Genesis 50:20
He is says you meant evil, there was an evil that was inspired, a plotting against me by you and inspired by the enemy, but God took that same meant and said, "I will take that". You belong to God therefore there is nothing that slips by His fingers in your life. God will work it out for His purpose and your good, even the evil that has come against you.
Look at God's commentary on this situation. It is found in Psalm 105:17 "He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave. They afflicted his feet with fetters, He himself was laid in irons; Until the time that his word came to pass,The word of the LORD tested him. The king sent and released him, The ruler of peoples, and set him free. He made him lord of his house And ruler over all his possessions, "
Learn to be present to the Lord as you release your pain and commit your way to Him. You will either be present to the Lord or present to your circumstances.
The results are when you truly give your pain, your grief and sorrow to the Lord and declare to Him and yourself, as your mind begins to go to its own speed runway; with your mouth declare The Lord is my Vindicator, The Lord is my Deliverer, The Lord is my Shield, The Lord is my Redeemer and the glory and the lifter of my head. The Lord is my helper. The Lord is my hiding place and refuge.
You will discover that the things that seem so bad, so raw and painful in your life, God takes those very things and pours His very own life, His sweetness and His revelation into you. What was so bad becomes the finest wine of your life that others can drink from.
Psalm 18:35
Posted: March 15, 2016
Psalm 18:35 "Thy Gentleness has made me great. "
The root word for gentleness is a pharmaceutical word. It means an "ointment poured forth." When someone would need some type of medicine maybe for a wound; they would purchase a "gentle" .
In this world there is tribulation and trial. There does not need to be discussion about it; it is so.
We ever search for worth and significance only to find we come up short. We are people who have been broken, bruised and are wounded in various ways with many affects.
The Lord Jesus, by His Holy Spirit comes and gives a gentle. That is, He places his "ointment poured forth" upon a heart, a mind and a body you receive healing, wholeness, deliverance, strength to your life, favor in your life; it is with God's fertility and not the enemies, to you being prevailing, but the enemy is being defeated. You are lifted from the miry clay and your life has been placed on a rock.
Interesting notation is David, who had a difficult beginning with his father-in-law wanting to murder him and hiding for many years and then the betrayal of his best friend, his son and the nation. He was king of Israel, with tremendous status,the most powerful king with many possessions, a large army, great wealth, many women, children; made it to the top, but he did not say his tremendous wealth, his great status, his power, his many women, his children made him great. He said Thy Gentleness has made me great. It was God's pouring forth of his ointment upon his life, finding his worth, finding his value, tasting and embracing unconditional love from God, obtaining God's favor with God, success in what he did because of God, God being his shield of protection to him, His presence with him, upon him, His Holy Spirit with him, The Lord's deliverance, finding and giving forgiveness from God and healing is what made him great.
For those that have tasted and experience His ointment upon our hearts, we are to be a gentle to those around us. Have you notice when you are in a valley and can't seem to get out of it; you can be around a Christian and they can say something or just be and something has lifted from you; their life is an ointment to you.
Divine Life
Posted: 23 March, 2016
God’s Word does not merely impart information; it actually creates life. It’s not only descriptive; it’s effective too, God speaking is God acting.
God’s Word has always been His chosen instrument to create, convict, convert, and conform His people.
Psalm 5:11
Posted: 29 March, 2016
This is the covering over My children, those who take refuge in Me above every circumstance, every one and all that opposes you.
Psalm 5:11 (AMP) “11 But let all those who take refuge and put their trust in You rejoice; let them ever sing and shout for joy, because You make a covering over them and defend them; let those also who love Your name be joyful in You and be in high spirits.”.