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Monday, June 25, 2018

PowerUp! How to Discern Between Good and God's Best | Hookers for Jesus Founder Offers Relationship Advice for Single Ladies | Pastor's Wife - SpiritLed Woman

Monday, June 25, 2018

How to Discern Between Good and God's Best

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"The enemy of the best is always the good." That's what one of my mentors, Dr. Charles Farah, would say. People who are popular will have many others pulling at them. Anyone with multiple responsibilities will daily face the decision to leave something undone.

What is the most important decision you will make every day? Is it what suit or outfit to put on? What engagement to say no to? Which calls to return? How to prioritize the many tasks pulling at your limited time? Or is it the decision to spend time with the Lord and pray the first thing in the day?

In my training as a school superintendent, one of the last exercises every new applicant faced was the "in-box" test. The challenge was to take an in-box of 10 items and prioritize them by importance, deciding which you would tackle first that day and which could wait to be addressed later. I learned that invariably, disguised in the 10 items, there was always a safety item that was difficult to identify. A safety item is something related to the safety of students, staff or patrons. Safety items always take priority above every other administrative task. And it is the same in our spiritual lives. The safety item for our relationship with Christ is having time alone with Him each day, preferably at the start of the day, in prayer and the Word.

There is a great contrast in Christ's public and private life. His public life was one filled with great crowds, the power of the Spirit in operation and teaching with authority. His private life was one of solitude, prayer and listening to the Father. How does your private life match up to your public life? Is there symmetry between the two?

My pastor is a man full of the grace and mercy of the Lord. read more

Daily Devotionals

— LOVING GOD by Mike Bickle
— DAILY BREAKTHROUGH by Rod Parsley
— BY LOVE TRANSFORMED by R.T. Kendall
— AROUND THE WORD IN 365 DAYS by Linda Sommer
— LIVE EXTRAORDINARILY by John Bevere

Monday, June 18, 2018

PowerUp! A Sure Way to Gain Access to God's Ear | 6 Wonderful Weapons of Warfare You Can Use When the Battle Wears On | Your Spirit-Filled - SpiritLed Woman

Monday, June 18, 2018

A Sure Way to Gain Access to God's Ear

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Waiting isn't a curse. It's a blessing. Patience is a gift from God. Your life would be so much more joyful if you learned how to wait with patience. King David said in Psalm 40:1-4:

I waited patiently for the Lord, and He turned to me, and heard my cry. He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet on a rock, and established my steps. He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God; many will see it, and fear, and will trust in the Lord. Blessed is the man who places trust in the Lord.

Earlier he said: "Wait on the Lord; be strong, and may your heart be stout; wait on the Lord" (Ps. 27:14).

When you wait patiently on the Lord, you gain access to His ear. God hears the prayers of those who wait patiently for Him. When you wait on the Lord, He will come to your rescue. He will deliver you to safety. When you wait patiently on the Lord, your worship will go to a whole new level. When you wait patiently on the Lord, people will see what He has done for you. Your time of waiting will turn into a testimony, and all who witness your deliverance will come to fear and trust in the Lord. When you wait patiently on the Lord, you will be blessed, and your heart will be strengthened. Your patient waiting shows God that you trust Him with your whole life, and He rewards faith like that in big ways. Listen, you can't tell me that waiting on God isn't worth it.

Prepare your heart to begin to wait knowing that God is going to take care of you. Get ready to understand what it really means to trust God with your when.

As I have said before, we are all in the same boat when it comes to waiting. We all need something. We can also be in the same boat of victory, if we learn that waiting is always worth it. read more

Daily Devotionals

— LOVING GOD by Mike Bickle
— DAILY BREAKTHROUGH by Rod Parsley
— BY LOVE TRANSFORMED by R.T. Kendall
— AROUND THE WORD IN 365 DAYS by Linda Sommer
— LIVE EXTRAORDINARILY by John Bevere

Monday, June 4, 2018

PowerUp! What This Woman's Encounter With an Angel Can Teach Us About Trusting God | Four Signs You Suffer From Secondhand Worry - SpiritLed Woman

Monday, June 4, 2018

What This Woman's Encounter With an Angel Can Teach Us About Trusting God

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She stood there alone, in awe, scared enough to run but unable to flee his presence. He had called himself a messenger from God and greeted her by saying, "Favored woman, God is with you." But it was all so confusing. "God is with me?" she asked herself. "What does that mean?"

She was still trying to comprehend the angel's words when he spoke again: "Don't be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God!" (see Luke 1:30). Now she was both confused and disturbed. How did he know her name? Did he know her family too? Did he know she was engaged to Joseph? What could he possibly want?

As if he could hear the anxious thoughts racing through Mary's mind, the angel Gabriel began to explain the reason for his visit (see Luke 1:31-33).

She would have a son who would receive the throne of David and reign forever? It didn't make sense. "But how can this happen?" she asked. "I am a virgin" (see v. 34). The angel's reply is found in Luke 1:35-37.

After that we hear no more objections from Mary. No more questions. She believed every word the angel spoke. Her greatest desire was to be part of God's divine plan, and she believed God was giving her that chance. So with a calm confidence she told the angel, "I am the Lord's servant. May everything you have said about me come true" (see Luke 1:38). I Like the way her statement reads in the New King James Version: "Let it be to me according to your word."

It was unthinkable that Mary would respond with such trust. Nothing had changed in her situation. She was still a virgin. She was still unmarried. But instead of telling the angel all the reasons what he was saying was impossible, she chose to say yes to the unknown. read more