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Your Plans Or His Plan for 2012

Monday, 05 December, 2011 08:31 Written by Pastor Bruce 0 Comments

Is it too early to begin planning for 2012?

Proverbs 16:1-3 (NLT)

We can make our own plans, but the LORD gives the right answer. People may be pure in their own eyes, but the LORD examines their motives. Commit your actions to the LORD, and your plans will succeed.

2012 will come and it’s fast on it’s way! (It will not take the Lord by surprise and neither should it take us by surprise.)

God is the master planner and was the FIRST planner! Before He spoke “Light BE” He had a plan for the light and everything else that He set out to create. He created all things with a purpose and on purpose. He didn’t discover man one day and say, “Oh, there’s a man. What should I do with him?” He had a plan for that man named Adam. He has a plan for you. (And He has a plan for you in the year of 2012!) (see Jer. 29:11)

God the Father has gone through some great efforts to make a way to get His plan for us transmitted to us. We are anticipating that 2012 will be the greatest year of our lives because God’s plan is for us is to ALWAYS “be fruitful and multiply!” (even when the earth is experiencing difficult times) He created us to succeed and be victorious.

Seeking His plan…

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I Must be About My Fathers Business

Monday, 07 March, 2011 09:27 Written by Pastor Bruce 0 Comments

Who are you working for today? Are you “self” employed or do you work for a company? Or are you working for the Lord?

And He said to them, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?” – Luke 2:49 NKJV

God is constantly looking for people to “employ”. He has a plan and needs people to fulfill His plan. He created us to be co-workers with Him for His Kingdom. His plan is to reach all of mankind with His Gospel! He needs us to preach His good news.

Jesus at the age of 12 recognized that He had a distinct calling. Understanding this is monumental for us as “Jesus followers”. We can know (at any age) what we are called to do and that we must be “about Our Fathers business”. The higher calling on your life is the only thing that will fulfill you. God’s plan for you is the best thing that you can do with your life.

The key to knowing what God wants you to do specifically is found in the verses before Luke 2:49.

And the Child grew and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him. – Luke 2:40 NKJV

We must become 1. strong in spirit, 2. filled with the wisdom of God, and 3. have the grace of God upon us and then we will know what He wants us to do.

Let’s get with it!

 

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Your Steps Are Ordered

Thursday, 26 August, 2010 10:24 Written by Pastor Bruce 0 Comments

“One, two, three, four…left, right, left, right, left.” Walking “in step” with God, being led by the Holy Spirit, we find ourselves in the right place at the right time.

The steps of a [good] man are directed and established by the Lord when He delights in his way [and He busies Himself with his every step]. Psalms 37:23 AMP

God has ordained that we walk in the steps that He gives to us. The prerequisite is that we delight in His way. What exactly is delighting in His way? Seeking first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness. (His way of being and doing right)

We cannot seek our own good and do what we think is best and then ask Him to direct our steps. We must delight ourselves in His ways first and then our steps can be ordered by Him. We do something and then He does something. There is a man side and a God side to this equation. You do your part and that puts you in a place for God to do His part. (the ball is in our court!)

Before using a GPS unit you must turn the power button on. Once you turn the power button on then it will be able to do it’s job of leading you where you want to go. We turn our power button on when we DRAW NEAR TO GOD. Come into His presence so that He can order your steps. Step 1, step 2, step 3…

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Catch Up or Clean Up

Thursday, 19 August, 2010 06:15 Written by Pastor Bruce 0 Comments

“I would rather play catch up to God than clean up.” Timing is vitally important in walking out the plan of God in your life.

A man’s steps are of the LORD; How then can a man understand his own way? – Proverbs 20:24 NKJV

We should not be  paralyzed by fear of making a “wrong” move but yet not so quick to plow ahead without “peace”. Our communication with God is key in receiving direction. We should not expect to “be led” without spending the necessary time that we need to know in our “knower” (spirit) that we are taking the step that God wants us to take WHEN He wants us to take it.

Spending time in prayer is never wasted time even though not every time in prayer is what we would consider productive. I remember one time going to prayer with my Bible, notebook and pen in hand expecting to God to speak. After all He knew that I needed an answer and quick. Before I begin to pray the presence of the Lord came upon me like a thick, heavy blanket. I could not move as I sensed the awesome presence of the Lord so strong. I began to speak and could not…so I dared not. I stood for one hour holding my Bible, notebook and pen. After over a hour I sensed the presence of the Lord lift and I asked the Lord, “What was that all about?” No sooner than I asked Him this question He answered, “I just wanted to see if you would wait in My presence.” Wow, I learned alot that day. It is just as important what you don’t do in prayer as what you do. Be sensitive and allow God to speak to you. Be ready to write it down when He does. And you are only responsible to do what He has asked you to do, nothing more and nothing less. Be led.

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Out of Control

Wednesday, 04 August, 2010 06:49 Written by Pastor Bruce 0 Comments

Whose got control of you? Are you in control? Or are you out of control? (and the Holy Spirit is controlling you)

Then Jesus, full of and controlled by the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led in [by] the [Holy] Spirit. – Luke 4:1 AMP

There are two things that are necessary in order to be constantly led by the Holy Spirit.

  1. Being FULL of the Holy Spirit
  2. Giving control of our lives to the Holy Spirit

Jesus did what He did in His ministry on earth because He was filled by the Holy Spirit and controlled by the Holy Spirit. He was led by the Spirit of God because He decided to be. Jesus had a will (this was real obvious in the Garden in the final hours of His life). He had to decide to be baptized by John in the Jordan river. This is also the time that He became filled with the Holy Spirit. After being baptized with the Spirit He then had to give control of Himself to the Holy Spirit so that the Holy Spirit could do His job and lead Jesus to do the Father’s will at all times.

If we desire to be led by the Spirit of God on a continual basis we must be filled with and controlled by the Holy Spirit. This requires us to yield ourselves (spirit, soul and body) to the Holy Spirit. We can think of our will as the remote control for the TV. The TV cannot choose which channel it shows at random. When we bought the TV it became ours and belongs to us. The remote control came with the TV and is used to change the channel. The TV has no control over itself. It serves us.

We need to give the “controls” of our life more and more to the Holy Spirit and get out of control! Hand Him your will and step back waiting for Him to lead.

Will you do it?

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