Grace

Lord, I crawled across the barrenness to you with my empty cup. . . . If only I had known you better, I’d have come running with a bucket.

—by Nancy SpieGelberg

Behold the fruit of grace: saved by God, raised by God, seated with God. Gifted, equipped, and commissioned. Farewell, earthly condemnations: Stupid. Unproductive. Slow learner. Fast talker. Quitter. Cheapskate. No longer. You are who he says you are: Spiritually alive. Heavenly positioned. Connected to God. A billboard of mercy. An honored child. This is the “aggressive forgiveness we call grace” (Rom. 5:20 MSG).

- by Max Lucado

The Holy Spirit Search Engine

According to First Corinthians, one of the Holy Spirit’s main job descriptions is to search out the deep things of God (His mysteries) and make them known to the redeemed. As we engage the Holy Spirit through praying in the Spirit, we are actually being filled with the things that are burning on His heart. We have been given the Holy Spirit so that God might take us on a guided tour of Himself. The Holy Spirit is the search engine—the Spirit that searches all things, even the deep things of God—and we have received Him so that we might know the things that have been freely given us by God.

Quote by Corey Russell see Corinthians 2:10b-12

Create a highway of blessing.

This word by Kris Vallotton will break chains and set people free. KVMinistries.com

Many people live with a foreboding spirit. (Foreboding means an impending sense of doom). This spirit makes you feel like something is always about to go wrong. Even on a good day you feel like a bad day is coming. The apostle Paul talks about this spirit in 2Cor. 10:4 The weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses.5 We are destroying speculations... Speculations are the "what ifs" caused by this spirit. What if your husband leaves? What if your children get kidnaped, raped or molested? What if you can't pay your rent? What if the doctor says you have cancer? When this spirit is working in you the "what ifs" are NEVER positive. You never think...what if my wife is an hour late getting home because her boss pulled her in the office to give her a big raise! NO WAY! Paul tell us that we have mighty weapons against this spirit. But first we must reject this spirit by understanding the source of these thoughts...this is a foreboding spirit and it is not our own thoughts! Tell that spirit to go to hell! The truth is something is about to go right (Romans 8:28)! Believe it and create a highway of blessing.

Be healed in Jesus' Name

Matthew 4:23-24 (NLT)

Jesus traveled throughout the region of Galilee, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness. News about him spread as far as Syria, and people soon began bringing to him all who were sick. And whatever their sickness or disease, or if they were demon-possessed or epileptic or paralyzed—he healed them all.

1 Peter 2:24-25 (NLT)

He personally carried our sins in his body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. By his wounds you are healed.

Where the Holy Spirit flows life explodes

Ezekiel 47:9 There will be swarms of living things wherever the water of this river flows. Fish will abound in the Dead Sea, for its waters will become fresh. Life will flourish wherever this water flows.