Fear or faith
by Paul on Friday, May 13, 2011 at 1:05pm
i have wasted my first few days on my new job living in fear. Will i be able to sell, will i be able to afford the drive. And so on with a mind rambling the thoughts of fear. With the encouragement of wife and friends the battle zone strategically changed. Two scriptures come to mind...encouragement comes from the Lord....do not throw away your confidence for it has a great reward....just a few days ago I made my first sale with a commission that reflected nearly a ten fold blessing. God wants me to be secure and confident in Him. After all isn't He leading guiding my footsteps?
Ramblings of a rainy day...If the church could be the church.
by Paul on Friday, January 21, 2011 at 5:32pm
- The Atmosphere would be charged with Agape.
- Those who have no gifting in the area of their service would step aside for those that do.
- Apart of the body would mean that everyone is not the head.
- We would not have to wait for a sermon to deal with our own hypocrisy.
- Our motives would be correct.
- The corporate worship would flow without begging, pleading and prodding.
- Prophetic words would change from ambiguous to Life Changing.
- The Glory would descend and there are really no words that can describe that!
- Sinners would be welcomed and the saved would be disciples.
- Signs and wonders would be common.
- There would never be any shortage of funds and misappropriation thereof.
- Back to the Glory Cloud a falling...I like this...may have to pass out right here at work.
- We would always be an encouragement to one another.
- We would never seek for our own glory but only to glorify Jesus.
- The manifest presence of God, His Glory invading our space..wow I like this...I can close my eyes and feel His presence strongly...Yes even while I am typing with eyes open...Strong presence...May His Glory fall upon you also.
- We would not be freaked out by His presence but long for His special times of refreshing.
- The more I think about His Glory and His Presence the more infusion I feel.
- I really like His Presence....The atmosphere is changed like a refreshing rainy day.
Willing?
by Paul on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 1:04pm
It started as I came into work last Friday, upon entering through the service department door and a brief hello from a Christian brother..I said Hi and He said "what is the Word of the Lord for me today?" I chuckled a bit and said "I don't know and I do not even have a word for me today" and kept walking..as soon as my foot hit the first step into the showroom, the Lord dropped Psalms 18:11-46 into my heart. I turned my computer on in my office and loaded up my E-Sword and read the scriptures. I wrote a note out for my friend which said" here is the word of the Lord for you." and gave the references. I then proceed to the service department to give it to him, they were very busy that day and my friend took the note and as he placed it in his pocket he said thanks.Then he said" I was half way kidding you this morning when I said that"..I responded, you placed a demand on the gifting and God showed up. Now I really felt awkward as I have been out of the ministry for a few years now and sometimes feel like a fish out of water. I must say truthfully that when my foot hit that first step I was very tempted to squash what I had heard in my heart..after all I have sales calls to make, training to finish, and people to see. I am here to make a living selling cars, but the still small voice won out to a screaming day..I was willing to be obedient to what the Holy Spirit wanted to do. Now selling new and used cars is a very tough business to be in, especially in these economic times.The pressure is High to preform well and the hours are long. When I came into work early Monday morning through the same service entrance, I spoke to my friend.I said boldly,"What happened, you received a Word from the Lord and I want to know what has happened since then?" He looked up at me and said" I opened the note late Saturday Night and read it ,I took my bible out and looked up the scripture and began reading it..I could not believe what I was reading It spoke to my heart and I began to weep." He then share how he was being attacked spiritually and physically and how the Word of the Lord had brought Him Freedom. The Spiritual attacked was stopped Immediately and a few days later the physical attacks upon him were quenched..extinguished. This act of willingness did not stop with only limited blessing to my friend..I am also very blessed..I have to chuckle as I am the top salesman this month and there have been many days that I have sold and the other 6 salesman have not sold anything. The Lord has blessed my willingness to be a blessing. Are you willing?
Though of the Day
by Paul on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at 1:55pm
Thinking about 2011 and what I need to do to prepare myself...After reading a blog from a friend...I realize that I need to choose life for 2011.
Deuteronomy 30:19 (KJV) I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
* Family...live life in the words that I speak and the actions I take.
* Ministry...choose life in my relationship with the Lord...and just as important receive life from the Holy Spirit.
* Calling...reflect life
* Relationships...show life
It is easy to live in the curse and death. From the moment I was born I physically began to grow old and the dying process has begun. Spiritually the flesh nature wants to usurp corruption over what God is doing and has done in my life. All usurpation comes in the cloak of disguise. When I eat of it, I feel it's effect upon my life. Sometimes it has even been like a slow poison with the visible effects only seen after a period of time.However, Greater is He that is in me......God's grace abounds...for He has shined a light in the darkness and is drawing me closer to Himself..Choose Life.
Pro 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
What ever the Prophets predict for 2011, However bad is may get or how good is may become, no matter how far the economy falls or rises... what wars may be fought, If Jesus comes or tarries.. I have to choose Life....
2011 Prepare yourself to choose Life!
