Guilt, Shame and regret keep us bound up.  Believing in the existence of God is not enough to relieve us from this bondage.  We have to act upon that belief.  Trusting in God and believing in God are not synonymous.  We believe the sun is going to rise in the morning but we don’t do anything to make it happen.  Same thing with our faith; We can believe all day long that God exists but it doesn’t make a difference because God exists whether we believe it or not. 

I’ve been struggling with what my true purpose is and how to serve the Lord for several years and it has really bound me up for the past several months.  I begin a project and stop and then another project and then stop.  I had so many things that I wanted to do but I wasn’t moving forward on any of them.  I would wake up saying “okay Lord today is the day” and I would go to bed saying “Lord, I’m sorry that I failed You again.”  I was tired of saying that I was sorry and the guilt was killing me.  I was so overwhelmed and I didn’t know what to do.  I finally talked it over with our Pastor and he gave me some real sage advice.  He said that Satan was the one binding me up and if I would just serve the church (God’s children) that His purpose for me would present itself.   That night I had the first guilt free prayer time in what seemed like forever.

God doesn’t bind us up He sets us free.  He doesn’t fill us full of guilt, shame and regret.  Instead He releases us from them.  When we place our burdens at the Savior’s feet He will gladly take them upon Himself and give us rest.

Scripture

As God's fellow workers we urge you not to receive God's grace in vain. For he says, "In the time of My favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you."  I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation. 2 Corinthians 6:1

Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?" Luke 13:16

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
Matthew 11:29-30

We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man's gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith. If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach; if it is encouraging, let him encourage;
if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully. Romans 12:6-8 

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.  John 8:32

Bring HIM Back!!

                                                                                         July 3,, 2011

Happy Independence Day!

I pray that God will continue to show His great mercy on this Nation.  In the last few decades we (America) have turned our backs on God.  We have taken Him out of our schools, out of the workplace and even out of our church’s.  And He still has not turned His back on us (yet). 

We serve a God that is long suffering but there will come a time when His anger will be thrust upon us and rightfully so.  We cannot remove Him from our lives and continue to live as though we have nothing to lose because the truth is we have everything to lose.  Our rights, freedoms and our way of life are in jeopardy of being destroyed if we don’t turn back to God!

We have to take a stand if we want to get our Nation back to how the founding fathers designed it.  We are a Nation of Christians.  We do believe in God, family and Country.  We do hold these rights to be self evident and endowed by our Creator!!! 

We have to stop being a Nation that allows our government to tell us when  we can say the Name of Jesus out loud, when and where we are allowed to pray to God or how to raise our kids or what cars we can own or what unions we have to pay dues to or what kind of light bulbs we must buy or a government that demands that we all purchase health insurance!!  It is not the government’s job to run our lives it is our job to run the government.   And God help us if we don’t start doing our job now!!!!

It is time for Christians to stand up and in one voice cry out to God and ask Him for forgiveness and beg Him to heal our land,  Ask Him to send us a righteous man or woman to lead our country in 2012; Because a Country without God is a Country gone under.

Remember August 6^th is a day of prayer and fasting for our state and our Nation.

Scripture

if My people, who are called by My Name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.  2 Chronicles 7:14

In my distress I called out to the Lord; I called out to my God.  From His temple He heard my voice; my cry came to His ears.  2 Samuel 22:7