Your Home #2 — May your home be a place of healing and
recuperation from illnesses and from the harshness of
the environment you move in on a daily basis.
“No harm will come to you. No sickness will come
near your house.” (Ps.91:10, GW)
Marty brings an encouraging word in this 2 min. audio.
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We should not be passive about patterns in our own life because of experience. For example, Job said, (3:25) “For what I fear comes upon me, And what I dread befalls me.” Fear is being open for what could happen, and that is agreement that empowers it. Experience can argue that your fears are always successful, but even if we cannot deny experience or past patterns, we can most certainly defy them and keep them from controlling the rest of our lives.
(This is the eighth excerpt from Kathy’s article “Clear The Air” which was published in Volume 18 Issue 4 of their ministry magazine SEEC Magazine. Excerpts will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Previous excerpts may be read by scrolling down this page.)
As the people of God assemble today, may they see each other through the eyes of our Lord who has set each of them in the Body of Christ as it has pleased Him. May we each be divinely enabled to see the giftings and abilities the Head of the Body has designed for each one to function in so that each member may fulfill their purpose and glorify God who has called us.
“But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased.” (1Cor.12:18, NKJV)
Your Home #1– May your home be a sanctuary and may you be
at peace there. May you find comfort and safety within its walls
and comfort from those who dwell there. May you have quiet and
solitude and not be invaded by inordinate noise and commotion of nearby dwellings.
“…You will come back home and live in peace; you will be secure,
and no one will make you afraid.” (Jer.30:10b, GNT)
WORSHIP MUSIC
Melissa Gabler leading with the Grace Worship Band
* SOUND IS BEST ENJOYED WITH EARBUDS OR HEADPHONES.
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Under any influence our thoughts are affected and what we think we speak and what we speak is agreement that legalizes what goes on in our world. That makes me wonder if one of the 
reasons that history repeats itself is because the air is conditioned for it. It is possible that it only took one or two storms in Kansas to have people rehearsing the trauma and filling the atmosphere with dread and expectation that eventually formed “Tornado Alley.” We honestly cannot deny experience, but we can defy it developing into a pattern that rules the day. Is it an extreme and absurd thought to you that even weather patterns can be affected by the power of the tongue? Are the atmospheric conditions an untouchable, sovereign element of nature or did Jesus speak to the storm? I’m not suggesting a new breed of storm-chasers, rather that we do what the Father is doing, even as He directs concerning weather and nature. If experience is backed with agreement that becomes a power of the air in a geographical region or in a family, in a community, in a business or in a nation, we still do not have to stay in passive agreement with that pattern if it is not the will of God. We can agree with God and clear the air.
(This is the seventh excerpt from Kathy’s article “Clear The Air” which was published in Volume 18 Issue 4 of their ministry magazine SEEC Magazine. Excerpts will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Previous excerpts may be read by scrolling down this page.)
May we receive the faithful words of true friends, counselors, fathers and mothers, and make the proper adjustments to become more effective in the purposes of our Lord and more valuable to others. May their words propel us forward. But may we treat unqualified opinions and criticisms as water off a duck’s back and refuse to let them anchor us to unwarranted sloth.
“Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.” (Prov.27:6 KJV)
“Friends mean well, even when they hurt you. But when an enemy puts his arm around your shoulder—watch out!” (Prov.27:6, GNB)
Discernment can come as a gift of God in a sudden knowing or awareness, or we can ask for wisdom that will help us learn to discern. We can learn to be aware of the presence of gathering forces lurking to take advantage of conditions, circumstances and activities. It is wise not to ignore the nuances, the fleeting thoughts and sounds and awarenesses, the dream or vision glimpses, the echoes of conversation that keep coming to mind, etc. Connect the dots until you have a picture of what is going on. When something touches our awareness, even if it has been allowed for generations and its tenure has made it a norm, we are alive to confront it. When air holds God-stuff, then, “Amen.” If it is not, then, “Shut up.” Or simply say, “No,” when you begin to realize something is trying to affect the atmosphere around you negatively. Otherwise, whispers can stay in the atmosphere and linger until the enemy can use them to his advantage for influence.
(This is the sixth excerpt from Kathy’s article “Clear The Air” which was published in Volume 18 Issue 4 of their ministry magazine SEEC Magazine. Excerpts will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Previous excerpts may be read by scrolling down this page.)
Just because we do not deliver or give at the same level or in the same manner as someone else, does not mean that we hold back what God has for us to release. The little boy did not hold back his little lunch of loaves and fishes just because it wasn’t sufficient in the eyes of some. He didn’t withdraw saying, “This won’t do any good.” He released it and Jesus took the little and made it sufficient for many.
“He who is faithful in a very little [thing] is faithful also in much…” (Lk.16:10a, Amp)
I remember once that a spirit of depression came into the house. It was almost visible like a cloud of fog. Marty and I both noticed the plaguing presence and realized neither of us were down or worried so that we had generated such a downer-atmosphere. (One sign you are dealing with a spirit is they are irrational and cannot be explained through logical processing.) That spirit had come in trying to contaminate the air to influence our mood or conversation so that we would give agreement to legalize its presence and agenda. This is why the air is a crucial battlefield. It is unseen, yet present, so we must learn to discern and pick up on what has blown in. When we are conscious of these things then we can counter them. If we don’t discern it, we can add to the toxicity of the air because we allow our moods or thoughts or words to just go with the flow. That is coming under the influence of the air and that is agreement that empowers it’s agenda. We have to discern and refuse to agree through our reactions or words or moods.
(This is the fifth excerpt from Kathy’s article “Clear The Air” which was published in Volume 18 Issue 4 of their ministry magazine SEEC Magazine. Excerpts will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Previous excerpts may be read by scrolling down this page.)
As the people of God assemble today, may they lift up and strengthen the hands
that hang down and are tired; may they strengthen the knees that are weak and
trembling from heavy loads and stress. May many leave the meeting and go into
the coming week with strength and encouragement from their brothers’ and
sisters’ words and prayers.
“Give strength to hands that are tired and to knees that tremble with weakness.
4 Tell everyone who is discouraged, “Be strong and don’t be afraid! God is coming
to your rescue, coming to punish your enemies.” (Isa.35:3-4, GNT)
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