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You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. Jesus came and reversed the curse and took your place and invited you to take his yoke that is easy and his burden that is light. You are a child of God creation longs to be revealed. You are a living LIGHT. Don’t conform but be transformed, so you can have peace, and joy and hope at all times in every situation. Get ALL the Courses and ALL the Resources and the Full Live LIGHT Community on Live LIGHT Academy for one low price - Learn more http://revtrev.link/pathway
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Do you know there are seven things the Bible specially says we are to do with our whole heart? One of them is to do everything we do with it. Do you know how to live with your whole heart?
Do you understand the ancient Hebrew teaching on the whole hear
This heart reflection helps you praise the Lord with all your heart. A reflection is the truth of scripture that’s personalized with a question to help you think about how to apply it. Get the full lesson at http://revtrev.link/heart. #LiveLIGHT #reflection #Peace #Hope
Watch I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart reflection
You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. Jesus came and reversed the curse and took your place and invited you to take his yoke that is easy and his burden that is light. You are a child of God creation longs to be revealed. You are a living LIGHT. Don’t conform but be transformed, so you can have peace, and joy and hope at all times in every situation. Get ALL the Courses and ALL the Resources and the Full Live LIGHT Community on Live LIGHT Academy for one low price - Learn more http://revtrev.link/pathway
I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart reflection
I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all the marvellous things you have done. I will be filled with joy because of you.I will sing praises to your name, O Most High. With all my heart I will praise you, O Lord my God. I will give glory to your name forever.
I praise you for who you are. I thank you for what you have done. I rejoice over your promise to me.
When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers — the moon and the stars you set in place— what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them? I am humbled and am in awe.
From ancient times no ear has heard and no eye has seen a God like you who works for those who wait for Him and who trust in Him. I remember all you have done, O Lord; I remember your wonderful deeds of long ago. They are constantly in my thoughts. I cannot stop thinking about your mighty works.
I remember your promise to me; it is my only hope. Your promise revives me; it comforts me in all my troubles. You are for me and not against me and since you are for me, who can be against me? You are my Father. I am the clay, and you are the potter. I am formed by your hand.
Reflection Question
Have I been praising God with my whole heart lately?
Can I pray?
Lord, you are so good. I thank you that as we praise you we can become more like you because we become like the One we worship. I thank you that praising you is for our sake, never yours. How can bring glory to the Glorious One? We add our praise to creatures and elders around myriads and myriads around your throne. Wow. Help us praise you with our whole heart our whole lives. Amen.
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Do you ever find yourself struggling to abide in Christ in the day-to-day of everyday? Whether it’s dealing with difficult people or trying to balance work and home life, abiding in Christ can be a challenge. In the message, How to Abide in Christ in the day-to-day of everyday we’re going to look at some ways to abide in Christ even when things get tough so we can Learn to Discern.
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I had someone email me an urgent question… is Christ returning during Rosh Hashanah?
For those of you who don’t know that is September 25 - 27 this year. There are a ton of videos on YouTube telling us Christ is coming, so hang on, it’s us-four-no-more. Make sure you’re ready and make sure your neighbours know they are going to hell.
It’s not that we haven’t seen this before. How many remember 88 Reasons Why Jesus Christ must Return in 1988?
The Author’s reasoning was, “The communists will kill us if Jesus doesn’t come back in 1988...
Do you remember the world ending in 2012 with the end of the Mayan calendar?
I’m not a big fan of scaring people into the Kingdom.
Here’s how I responded to the one who sent me the email:
I've let go of eschatological debates since I figured out that every opinion is so very North American - Northern Europe centered. In 1989, more Christians were martyred than were slaughtered in the history of Christianity. In 1990, it doubled all those killed up to that time. It was a great tribulation, but we don’t call it The Tribulation until I have to suffer? That makes little sense. I'd rather help people to be ready for WHATEVER happens and do good right now, rather than hope they get taken ahead of time, or hang on and endure. Yes, Jesus is coming back. Yes, be ready for His return. If it's this September...awesome, even so, come Lord Jesus! But realize, every time someone thinks better than Jesus when He said, "No one knows the day or the hour,” they get it wrong. And yes, I know that statement points to Rosh Hashanah - the only Jewish festival Jesus has yet to fulfill and the statement “No one knows the day or the hour” is made during it.How about we bring Jesus to people in our everyday world by being like Him in this world? Then we'll be ready, whenever He comes. Then we'll be ready to be the first up against the wall and shot, if the revolution comes before He comes. Then we'll cherish the reality it is "to be absent from the body, means we'll be present with the Lord." I've heard these declarations before, probably by the ones saying the same thing again, or by their disciples. I've lived long enough to see how difficult it is for people to grow in the knowledge of God if they've been scared into the Kingdom.
What I was trying to say was, if we abide in Christ in the day-to-day of everyday, then we will be ready and getting other people ready for when He comes again.
When we abide in Christ, we have His wisdom - proverbs say
When you walk with the wise you become wise. Proverbs 13:20
So when you abide in Christ you become more like Christ.
You need to Abide in Him, if you want CLARITY. You need to Abide in Him if you want to learn to discern.
So, how do you Abide in Christ?
Jesus said,
If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask whatever you want and it will be done. John 15:7
What would that be like?
Look at how The Passion Translation transliterate this…
“But if you live in life-union with me and if my words live powerfully within you—then you can ask whatever you desire and it will be done. When your lives bear abundant fruit, you demonstrate that you are my mature disciples who glorify my Father! “I love each of you with the same love that the Father loves me. You must continually let my love nourish your hearts.” John 15:7-9 TPT
I think I would desire His desires more than my desires, and then ask Him for what He wants to give, so I’d get whatever I ask and that would be amazing.
How cool would that be?
Here’s how you can get there. You need Holy Spirit’s help to do every step in this process.
Abide in Christ Tool
This is not a seven-step program that if you’re good enough you can master. It is a reminder of what Scripture shows what God says about you with questions to help you not conform but be transformed. It is making space for the revelation of the love of God, and then regularly responding to that revelation.
COMMUNE
C - Consider yourself dead to sin - Romans 6:7-12
O - Offer yourself as a living sacrifice - Romans 12:1-2
M - Make space to regularly connect - John 14:15-20
M - Move to the rhythm of the Spirit - Galatians 5:22-25
U - Utilize what you receive from Him - John 15:7-17
N - Never resist His pruning - John 15:1-6
E - Enjoy intense fellowship - Zephaniah 3:17
You can’t do this on your own. Holy Spirit empowers you to accomplish every good work.
C - Consider yourself dead to sin
Romans 6:7-12 For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin. And since we died with Christ, we know we will also live with him. We are sure of this because Christ was raised from the dead, and he will never die again. Death no longer has any power over him. When he died, he died once to break the power of sin. But now that he lives, he lives for the glory of God. So you also should consider yourselves to be dead to the power of sin and alive to God through Christ Jesus. Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to sinful desires.
Sin can separate us from God.
Isaiah 59:2 It’s your sins that have cut you off from God. Because of your sins, he has turned away and will not listen anymore.
He’s given us the tools of Confession and Repentance and Power of the Holy Spirit to help us accomplish every good work prompted by faith.
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there. Galatians 5:24
Can I look God in the eye?
Am I in right relationship with Him?
O - Offer yourself as a living sacrifice
Romans 12:1-2 And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
Pride can separate us from God.
Hebrews 3:15 Remember what it says: “Today when you hear his voice, don’t harden your heart as Israel did when they rebelled.”
In your heart set apart Christ as Lord. 1 Peter 3:15 NIV84
Would Jesus agree He is Lord of my life?
M - Make space to regularly connect
John 14:15-20 “If you love me, obey my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you. No, I will not abandon you as orphans—I will come to you. Soon the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. Since I live, you also will live. When I am raised to life again, you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.
God is always with us…are you with Him?
Worries can separate us from God.
Matthew 13:22 The seed that fell among the thorns represents those who hear God’s word, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the worries of this life and the lure of wealth, so no fruit is produced.
Have space to exchange your problems for His peace.
Do you make space to regularly commune? Awe, Curiosity
How will I connect with God today in a meaningful way?
M - Move to the rhythm of the Spirit
Galatians 5:22-25 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there. Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives.
How do you follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of your life?
Busyness can separate us from God.
Busyness comes from shame and we can’t be ashamed of Jesus.
Mark 8:38 If anyone is ashamed of me and my message in these adulterous and sinful days, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he returns in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
Practicing the Presence of God - Brother Lawerence 17th century Carmelite Monk. Be continually filled with Holy Spirit.
Gratitude is key…
How will I practice the presence of God today?
U - Utilize what you receive from Him
John 15:7-17 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. ‘As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit – fruit that will last – and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. This is my command: love each other.
“But if you live in life-union with me and if my words live powerfully within you—then you can ask whatever you desire and it will be done. When your lives bear abundant fruit, you demonstrate that you are my mature disciples who glorify my Father! “I love each of you with the same love that the Father loves me. You must continually let my love nourish your hearts. If you keep my commands, you will live in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands, for I continually live nourished and empowered by his love. My purpose for telling you these things is so that the joy that I experience will fill your hearts with overflowing gladness! “So this is my command: Love each other deeply, as much as I have loved you. For the greatest love of all is a love that sacrifices all. And this great love is demonstrated when a person sacrifices his life for his friends. “You show that you are my intimate friends when you obey all that I command you. I have never called you ‘servants,’ because a master doesn’t confide in his servants, and servants don’t always understand what the master is doing. But I call you my most intimate and cherished friends, for I reveal to you everything that I’ve heard from my Father. You didn’t choose me, but I’ve chosen and commissioned you to go into the world to bear fruit. And your fruit will last, because whatever you ask of my Father, for my sake, he will give it to you! So this is my parting command: Love one another deeply!”” John 15:7-17 TPT
Ignorance can separate us from God.
John 3:3 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God.”
You need to know what you receive from Him…
As you abide in Him, this passage tells us you receive 3 things:
His word v.7
His love v.9
His joy v.11
Those things you receive, you remain in…His word, His love and His joy.
Much fruit shows us we are His disciples. Much fruit is for the Father’s glory.
Who can I serve today?
How will I share His word, His love and His joy today?
N - Never resist His pruning
John 15:1-6 ‘I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. ‘I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.
Offence can separate us from God
Mark 6:3-5 Then they scoffed, “He’s just a carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon. And his sisters live right here among us.” They were deeply offended and refused to believe in him. Then Jesus told them, “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own hometown and among his relatives and his own family.” And because of their unbelief, he couldn’t do any miracles among them except to place his hands on a few sick people and heal them.
Am I living offended at God?
E - Enjoy Intense Fellowship
Zephaniah 3:17 For the Lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty saviour. He will take delight in you with gladness.With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.”
Nothing can separate us from God.
Romans 8:35-39 Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.” No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us. And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
How will I enjoy God and know He enjoys me today?
You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. You can abide in Christ in the day-to-day of every day. He is always with you. Will you be with him? Will you abide in Christ and let His words abide in you?
It’s what you’ve been created for.
Challenge
COMMUNE
C - Consider yourself dead to sin - Romans 6:7-12
Can I look God in the eye?
O - Offer yourself as a living sacrifice - Romans 12:1-2
Would Jesus agree He is Lord of my life?
M - Make space to regularly connect - John 14:15-20
How will I connect with God today in a meaningful way?
M - Move to the rhythm of the Spirit - Galatians 5:22-25
How will I practice the presence of God today?
U - Utilize what you receive from Him - John 15:7-17
This heart reflection helps you thank God with all your heart. A reflection is the truth of scripture that’s personalized with a question to help you think about how to apply it. Get the full lesson at http://revtrev.link/heart. #LiveLIGHT #reflection #Peace #Hope
Watch I thank the Lord and praise His name with my whole heart reflection
You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. Jesus came and reversed the curse and took your place and invited you to take his yoke that is easy and his burden that is light. You are a child of God creation longs to be revealed. You are a living LIGHT. Don’t conform but be transformed, so you can have peace, and joy and hope at all times in every situation. Get ALL the Courses and ALL the Resources and the Full Live LIGHT Community on Live LIGHT Academy for one low price - Learn more http://revtrev.link/pathway
I thank the Lord and praise His name with my whole heart Reflection
I thank the Lord and praise His name! I tell everyone what He has done. I let them know how mighty He is and amazing He is. He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases. He redeems my life from the pit and crowns me with love and compassion. He fills my life with good things. My youth is renewed like it’s on the wings of eagles!
Sometimes and some seasons I soar on wings as eagles. Sometimes and some seasons I run and not grow weary. Sometimes and some seasons I walk and do not faint. Sometimes and some seasons He lifts me up out of the pit of despair — out of the mud and mire — and sets my feet on solid ground and steadies me as I walk along.
I thank Him that I have gone through deep waters, and He has been with me. I have been through the rivers and not been swept away. I have been through fire and not been burned, the flames did not set me ablaze.
He has been with me and has never left me. Even when I have denied Him, He has never denied me. So now I won’t deny Him before people, knowing He won’t deny me before the Father. He has been so, so good.
Every good and perfect gift comes from Him. I rejoice in Him always. I enter His presence with thanksgiving. This is the day the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it! I thank Him and praise His glorious name. Thanks be to Him for His indescribable gift!
Reflection Question
Do I regularly thank God with my whole heart?
Can I pray?
Lord, teach us to give you thanks in all circumstances with our whole heart. Help us to realize when we just try to give lips service to you and not feel thankful or show real appreciation. Teach us how to be grateful with our whole heart. Help us have the peace and joy that comes when we are. Amen.
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Watch the I love and serve God with my whole heart reflection
You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. Jesus came and reversed the curse and took your place and invited you to take his yoke that is easy and his burden that is light. You are a child of God creation longs to be revealed. You are a living LIGHT. Don’t conform but be transformed, so you can have peace, and joy and hope at all times in every situation. Get ALL the Courses and ALL the Resources and the Full Live LIGHT Community on Live LIGHT Academy for one low price - Learn more http://revtrev.link/pathway
I love and serve God with my whole heart reflection
I love and serve God with my whole heart. I love the Lord my God with all my heart, all my soul, all my strength, and all my mind. I love my neighbour as myself.
I decide to love and serve Him. I choose to be patient and kind. I am not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. I do not demand my own way. I am not irritable, and I keep no record of being wronged. I do not rejoice about injustice but I rejoice whenever the truth wins out. I never give up, never lose faith, am always hopeful, and endure through every circumstance.
I love Him with my actions. I obey Jesus and keep His commandments. I remain in His love. His perfect love casts out all fear. I love others and His love is complete in me. The Father loves me and they have come and made their home with me.
I love Him with my emotions. I love God more than my greatest love, my earliest love, my dearest love, and my nearest love. I love because He first loved me. I do not love the world or the things of the world. I know that love of the world squeezes out love for the Father.
I have given up wanting my own way, wanting everything for myself, wanting to appear important. The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life have no rent-free space in my brain.
I have chosen and I show and I know that I love and serve God with my whole heart.
Reflection Question
Would others say I have been loving and serving God lately?
Can I pray?
Lord, thank you that you made us for love and thank you for being so loveable. Thank you for revealing your Father’s heart to us. Thank you for loving us first and so well. Help us to live loved knowing we are loved. And help us to love others the way you have loved us. Thank you love is your fruit that you’re growing in us. Help us to love and serve you more and more. Amen.
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This heart reflection helps you to remember what emotions should rule in your heart. A reflection is the truth of scripture that’s personalized with a question to help you think about how to apply it. Get the full lesson at http://revtrev.link/heart. #LiveLIGHT #reflection #Peace #Hope
Watch I understand my emotions and my whole heart reflection
You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. Jesus came and reversed the curse and took your place and invited you to take his yoke that is easy and his burden that is light. You are a child of God creation longs to be revealed. You are a living LIGHT. Don’t conform but be transformed, so you can have peace, and joy and hope at all times in every situation. Get ALL the Courses and ALL the Resources and the Full Live LIGHT Community on Live LIGHT Academy for one low price - Learn more http://revtrev.link/pathway
I understand my emotions and my whole heart reflection
I understand my emotions and my whole heart. My emotions show me what I truly believe. I may say I trust God, but if I don’t have peace and joy and hope I know I’m fooling myself. Trusting God brings me peace at all times and in every situation.
My emotions aren’t bad, they are excellent servants. They show me what I actually believe. When I let any emotion but peace rule my heart, I see my emotions are terrible masters. Excellent servant and terrible masters is every emotion - except the emotions that Holy Spirit grows in my life as He grows all the fruit of the Spirit.
Love and joy and peace show me that my heart is aligning with God’s heart. I do everything in love. I have ridiculous joy. I have peace at all times and in every situation.
Love is a decision, an action and an emotion. I love others because He first loved me. Joy is how I respond to external circumstances with inner contentment and satisfaction, because I know that God is working all things together for good. Peace is proof of my authority and deep understanding that I trust Him. The God of all hope fills me with peace and joy as I trust in Him so that I overflow with hope by the power of Holy Spirit.
Reflection Question
Are love and joy and peace the emotions I most feel most often?
Can I pray?
Lord, thank you for our emotions. Thank you for revealing to us that you have emotions as well and we are made in your image. We bless the emotions that honour you. We choose to let peace rule in our hearts. Thank you that it’s your peace that rules and not something we have to work up in ourselves. Help us to trust you so that we can have the peace and joy and hope you want us to have. Amen.
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This heart reflection helps you to seek the Lord with all your heart. A reflection is the truth of scripture that’s personalized with a question to help you think about how to apply it. Get the full lesson at http://revtrev.link/heart. #LiveLIGHT #reflection #Peace #Hope
Watch My heart says of You, “Seek His face!” reflection
You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. Jesus came and reversed the curse and took your place and invited you to take his yoke that is easy and his burden that is light. You are a child of God creation longs to be revealed. You are a living LIGHT. Don’t conform but be transformed, so you can have peace, and joy and hope at all times in every situation. Get ALL the Courses and ALL the Resources and the Full Live LIGHT Community on Live LIGHT Academy for one low price - Learn more http://revtrev.link/pathway
My heart says of you, “Seek His face!” Reflection
My heart says of you, “Seek His face!” Your face, Lord, I will seek. Earnestly, I seek you. I thirst for you. My whole being longs for you in a dry and parched land where there is no water. But peace and joy and gladness come to me as I seek you. I know when I seek you, I will find you because I seek you with all of my heart.
Early in the morning I lift my prayers to you. I come to you with my problems and exchange them for your peace. I cast my cares on you because you care for me. Thank you for caring for me and thank you for putting your righteousness on me.
Because of what you’ve done I have clean hands and a pure heart. I don’t practice dishonestly and I do not tell lies. I have placed no other God before you. I turn away from evil and do good. I seek peace, and work to maintain it.
When I fast and in my everyday, I help to free those who are wrongly imprisoned. I lighten the burden of the ones who work for me and wait on me. I help the oppressed go free, and remove the chains that bind people. I share my food with the hungry, and give shelter to the homeless. I give clothes to those who need them, and do not hide from relatives who need my help.
I humbly follow your commands. I seek to do what it right and live humbly. I humble myself before the Lord and live humbly towards others, looking out for their interests and not just my own. I seek the Lord and find him. I seek the Lord and live.
Reflection Question
Would Holy Spirit agree I’ve been seeking the Lord lately?
Can I pray?
Lord, I thank you we can seek the you and find you and when we seek you we live! Help us to seek you with all of our hearts. You’re not an add-on to a busy schedule that we sometime forget to include. You are GOD very GOD and you invite us on this dance with the divine. Forgive us for making rules for your rhythms. Help us to move to the rhythms of your grace and do good. Amen.
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This heart reflection helps you forgive with your whole heart. A reflection is the truth of scripture that’s personalized with a question to help you think about how to apply it. Get the full lesson at http://revtrev.link/heart. #LiveLIGHT #reflection #Peace #Hope
You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. Jesus came and reversed the curse and took your place and invited you to take his yoke that is easy and his burden that is light. You are a child of God creation longs to be revealed. You are a living LIGHT. Don’t conform but be transformed, so you can have peace, and joy and hope at all times in every situation. Get ALL the Courses and ALL the Resources and the Full Live LIGHT Community on Live LIGHT Academy for one low price - Learn more http://revtrev.link/pathway
I forgive with my whole heart Reflection
I forgive with my whole heart. I choose to forgive. It’s a decision of my will. I act by blessing those who curse me in a way that doesn’t put in physical or emotional danger. I feel the peace that comes when I forgive with my whole heart.
Since I am chosen by God for this new life of love, I dress in the wardrobe God picked out for me: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline. I am even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offence. I forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave me.
I show love to the ones who show me that they are my enemies. I let them bring out the best in me, not the worst. I bless those who curse me and pray for those who persecute me. When someone takes unfair advantage of me, I use the occasion to practice the servant life. I live generously towards others they Christ Jesus lives towards me.
I know I’ve forgiven what I feel I have forgiven. When I don’t feel like I’ve forgiven, and I’ve chosen to forgive and have done something to bless, I allow Holy Spirit to replace the lie I am believing with the truth He reveals to me. Feeling like I’ve forgiven is effortless when His truth trumps the offence.
I know the freedom of forgiveness when I forgive with my whole heart.
Reflection Question
Is there anyone I need to forgive with my whole heart?
Can I pray?
Lord, feeling like we’ve forgiven can seem so difficult until You speak truth to the offence. Give us ears to hear the truth you’re speaking. Thank you that we can trust you to judge rightly. Thank you that it’s yours to avenge and you will repay. Thank you that you have set us free so we can be free indeed. Amen.
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Watch Whatever I do I work at with my whole heart Reflection
You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. Jesus came and reversed the curse and took your place and invited you to take his yoke that is easy and his burden that is light. You are a child of God creation longs to be revealed. You are a living LIGHT. Don’t conform but be transformed, so you can have peace, and joy and hope at all times in every situation. Get ALL the Courses and ALL the Resources and the Full Live LIGHT Community on Live LIGHT Academy for one low price - Learn more http://revtrev.link/pathway
Whatever I do I work at with my whole heart Reflection
Whatever I do I work at with my whole heart, working as unto the Lord not people. I don’t make it a performance for anyone but Him. He knows my heart and motivation and is the only one who can judge me rightly.
I don’t call attention to myself, I’m not on a stage. But I don’t hide my light under a basket either. People see my good works and glorify my Father in Heaven. I don’t make a name for myself, I seek to glorify Him.
I decide today to be honest in all I do. I decide today to speak words of grace. I decide today to give thanks in all circumstances. I decide today to do all that I do in love. I am led by compassion and will not turn off my compassion for others. I keep my word even when it hurts.
I grow in my skill set. I give my best and get better with experience and practice. I work with excellence because I work for my Father who loves me. I focus on the work I have been given. People know they can count on me. I work enthusiastically.
I feel the peace that’s mine as I trust in Him and know He takes care of me, provides for me and fights for me. He overwhelms me with more blessing that I can ever imagine so that I am taken care of in every way and have more than enough to share.
Reflection Question
Am I doing what I do with my whole heart?
Can I pray?
Lord, I thank you that you help us to shine bright so others see our good works and glorify our Father in heaven. Thank you for helping us align our whole heart with your heart. You send rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. Help us to be like our Father in heaven and show your love to the world that desperately needs it. Amen.
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You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. Jesus came and reversed the curse and took your place and invited you to take his yoke that is easy and his burden that is light. You are a child of God creation longs to be revealed. You are a living LIGHT. Don’t conform but be transformed, so you can have peace, and joy and hope at all times in every situation. Get ALL the Courses and ALL the Resources and the Full Live LIGHT Community on Live LIGHT Academy for one low price - Learn more http://revtrev.link/pathway
My actions align my whole heart Reflection
My actions align my whole heart. What I do matters for what I say I believe. People know who I am because they see how I work and treat others.
I work with excellence. I focus on what God wants me to do and how He wants me to show His love. I am never lacking in zeal. I keep my spiritual fervour serving the Lord. I am joyful in hope, patient in affliction, and faithful in prayer.
I take my everyday, ordinary life—my sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. I embrace what God does for me. I love from the centre of who I am. I don’t fake it. I run for dear life from evil. I hold on for dear life to good. I am a good friend who love deeply. I practice playing second fiddle.
I help people in need and am inventive in hospitality. I bless those who curse me and pray for those who persecute me. I laugh with my happy friends when they’re happy and share tears when they’re down.
I’m not stuck-up I get along with other . I make friends with nobodies and am not the great somebody. My generosity surprises people with goodness. I don’t let evil get the best of me; I get the best of evil by doing good. My actions line up with what I say I believe. My life is better because I follow His path.
Reflection Question
Do my actions show what I say I believe?
Can I pray?
Lord, may our light - that reflects the your light to the side of the world that’s away from the Son, shine bright. May others see our good works and glorify our Father in heaven. May what we say we believe be evident in what we do. Thank you for helping us accomplish every good work prompted by faith. Amen.
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How can we become people after God's own heart? We know David had a special place in God's heart because He was after God's own heart. He made mistakes and sinned greatly, and that's hope for us as well. You can be a person after God's heart and please Him with your life. Learn more in the message
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There are so many of us who need to to re-ignite our spiritual lives. It might not be today for you, but if you’ve been on this journey for a while, you will need to do it more than once.
The good news is - God’s grace is sufficient. It’s more than enough. He still stands at the door and knocks. We still need to open the door so you can come a abide with us.
We need to be able to say like Paul -
1 Corinthians 15:10 NIVUK - But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them – yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
It’s been such a hard go lately. We’ve all had moments at being at the breaking point. We may all have wanted to give up.
Some things we needed to give up. They weren’t the light yoke Jesus had for us. Other things, we need to re-ignite and re-awaken.
Like the love we first had for Jesus when we first believed.
If we want discernment, we need to never be lacking in zeal, but keep our spiritual zeal serving the Lord. We need to be joyful in hope, patient in affliction and faithful in prayer. We can’t allow a hardening of our hearts. We need to be quick to confess when it happens and quick to repent when to stop it from continuing to happen.
The easiest way to do all that is to a person after God’s own heart.
Can I pray?
There is someone who God said was a person after His own heart.
David didn’t always follow the law…
Ate the bread that was only for the priests 1 Samuel 21:6 (see Leviticus 24:9)
Moved the Ark on a cart, when it always needed to be carried 2 Samuel 6:3 (see Exodus 25:10-15)
Took back his wife who had been with another man 2 Samuel 3:14-16 (see Deuteronomy 24:1-4)
Slept with another man’s wife, and then had him killed 2 Samuel 11 (see Exodus 20:17 and Exodus 20:13)
These are all clearly disallowed.
Did he not know them? Maybe the law wasn’t important to him?
To find out about David, go to the Psalms that he wrote.
Psalm 19 (New Living Translation)
For the choir director: A psalm of David.
1 The heavens proclaim the glory of God.
The skies display his craftsmanship.
2 Day after day they continue to speak;
night after night they make him known.
3 They speak without a sound or word;
their voice is never heard.[a]
4 Yet their message has gone throughout the earth,
and their words to all the world.
God has made a home in the heavens for the sun.
5 It bursts forth like a radiant bridegroom after his wedding.
It rejoices like a great athlete eager to run the race.
6 The sun rises at one end of the heavens
and follows its course to the other end.
Nothing can hide from its heat.
7 The instructions of the Lord are perfect,
reviving the soul.
The decrees of the Lord are trustworthy,
making wise the simple.
8 The commandments of the Lord are right,
bringing joy to the heart.
The commands of the Lord are clear,
giving insight for living.
9 Reverence for the Lord is pure,
lasting forever.
The laws of the Lord are true;
each one is fair.
10 They are more desirable than gold,
even the finest gold.
They are sweeter than honey,
even honey dripping from the comb.
11 They are a warning to your servant,
a great reward for those who obey them.
12 How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart?
Cleanse me from these hidden faults.
13 Keep your servant from deliberate sins!
Don’t let them control me.
Then I will be free of guilt
and innocent of great sin.
14 May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be pleasing to you,
O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
Psalm 40:8 I take joy in doing your will, my God, for your instructions are written on my heart.”
So David knew the Law. He loved the Law. He was a lawbreaker.
I don’t know about you, but that gives me hope.
Because I know I can’t do it in my own righteousness. There’s not enough good in me, apart from God in me, to do the good I know I ought to do.
Because Father say about David:
But God removed Saul and replaced him with David, a man about whom God said, ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart. He will do everything I want him to do.’ Acts 13:22 (NLT
What do you think it means to be a person after God’s own heart?
It can’t mean that we don’t sin.
It can’t mean that we don’t mess up.
It can’t mean that we don’t hurt ourselves and others.
What did it mean for David?
Why was David a person after God’s own heart?
We get a clue when we see what David did 7 times in the book of Samuel.
1. He asked the Lord…
in the book of Samuel there are 7 times…
1. 1 Samuel 23:2
David asked the Lord, “Should I go and attack them?” “Yes, go and save Keilah,” the Lord told him.
2. 1 Samuel 23:4
So David asked the Lord again, and again the Lord replied, “Go down to Keilah, for I will help you conquer the Philistines.”
3. 2 Samuel 2:1
After this, David asked the Lord, “Should I move back to one of the towns of Judah?” “Yes,” the Lord replied. Then David asked, “Which town should I go to?”“To Hebron,” the Lord answered.
4. 2 Samuel 5:19
So David asked the Lord, “Should I go out to fight the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The Lord replied to David, “Yes, go ahead. I will certainly hand them over to you.”
6. 2 Samuel 5:23
And again David asked the Lord what to do. “Do not attack them straight on,” the Lord replied. “Instead, circle around behind and attack them near the poplar trees.
7. 2 Samuel 21:1
There was a famine during David’s reign that lasted for three years, so David asked the Lord about it. And the Lord said, “The famine has come because Saul and his family are guilty of murdering the Gibeonites.”
2. He did what the Lord said…
‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart. He will do everything I want him to do.’ Acts 13:22 (New Living Translation)
Saul - the King David replaced - asked the Lord…but the Lord didn’t answer. See 1 Samuel 14:37, 1 Samuel 28:5-6
Why couldn’t Saul get a response from God?
Saul did things out of fear, not faith. He was waiting for Samuel to come and present the offering. But they were facing the Philistines who had iron and they only had sticks and bronze. His men were deserting, so he decided he’d preform the sacrifice himself. It was out of fear. Samuel came right while the offering was finishing and asked him what he thought he was doing.
“How foolish!” Samuel exclaimed. “You have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you. Had you kept it, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. But now your kingdom must end, for the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart. The Lord has already appointed him to be the leader of his people, because you have not kept the Lord’s command.” 1 Samuel 13:13-14 (NLT)
After Samuel told Saul his Kingdom must end, God would not respond to Saul’s questions. Before that, the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him, and he prophesied. And he was changed into a different person.
But fear got to him.
And the boy that hid in the baggage, was the king who worried about people and wasn’t concerned about God.
God looked beyond Saul’s actions to His heart when He rejected him as king.
You don’t need to listen to condemnation that says, “You’ve sinned so God will never speak to you again.” If you are hearing this message there is hope for you.
You can confess the way your heart has grown cold and how you’ve forgotten your first love and you can repent and do the things you did you at first.
We live in an age of grace and His grace is sufficient. He empowers us to accomplish every good work prompted by faith. He will finish the good work He’s started in us.
What would it be like to once again be a person after God’s own heart?
What would change in your day-to-day of everyday?
How do we be a person after God’s heart?
ASK
Ask, using my name, and you will receive, and you will have abundant joy. John 16:24
A - Ask God James 4:2
S - Seek wisdom and act on the wisdomHe gives James 1:5
K - Keep asking, keep seeking, keep knocking Matthew 7:7-11
A - Ask God
…you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it. James 4:2 (NLT)
We can get so busy working towards whatever we want to do that we forget to ask God if it’s something He wants us to do and/or if it’s something He is going to bless as we do it.
Wisdom is learning from others. I’ve done this too much in my life. Don’t do what what I’ve done, listen to what I’ve learned the hard way. Learn to look to what God is doing and ask Him to bless the work of your hands. This is Saul’s mistake. Don’t be like Saul. Be like David and ask God what to do.
Do I ask God for what I’m willing to work for?
S - Seek wisdom and act on the wisdom He gives
If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. James 1:5 (NLT)
Analysis Paralysis is not the way to do. Look for the path of peace. That’s not the path of least of resistance, it’s the path that “seems good to us and Holy Spirit”.
Don’t doubt the wisdom He gives you. Act on wisdom you have.
Obey the still small voice as He directs your steps day to day.
Send that friend that pops into your mind an email.
Pray for the person you think you’ve just saw.
Ask the Father for Prophetic words for those you meet.
Obey the clear command to step out of the boat when it comes.
Peter: “Lord, if it’s you, command me to come.”
Am I obeying what He’s telling me to do?
K - Keep asking, keep seeking, keep knocking
“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened. “You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not! So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him. Matthew 7:7-11 (NLT)
Difference between needs and who we are becoming.
Needs -
Matthew 6:7-8 When you pray, don’t babble on and on as the Gentiles do. They think their prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again and again. Don’t be like them, for your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him!
Your good Father knows what you need.
Why is that different from what He says in the next Chapter…during the same message?
Don’t babble like the pagans vs Keep asking, keep seeking, keep knocking
Your Father knows what you need vs Your Father gives good gifts
needs vs gifts
Needs = trust your good Father
Gifts = keep asking, keep seeking, keep knocking because your Father gives good gifts
And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him. Hebrews 11:6
So how do you seek Him with all of your heart? It’s a decision, it’s your emotions, it’s your actions.
You make the decision to seek God.
7 Reasons to seek the LORD
1. You will fully understand justice Proverbs 28:5
2. You don’t need to worry about everything everyone worries about Matthew 6:31-33
3. God’s eyes will be on you and His ears will be attentive to your prayers 1 Peter 3:11-12
4. You will be delivered from your fears Psalm 34:4
5. You will live! Amos 5:4
6. You will be strengthened 1 Chronicles 16:11
7. God will be found 1 Chronicles 28:9, Jeremiah 29:13
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Watch I trust in the Lord with my whole Heart Reflection
You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. Jesus came and reversed the curse and took your place and invited you to take his yoke that is easy and his burden that is light. You are a child of God creation longs to be revealed. You are a living LIGHT. Don’t conform but be transformed, so you can have peace, and joy and hope at all times in every situation. Get ALL the Courses and ALL the Resources and the Full Live LIGHT Community on Live LIGHT Academy for one low price - Learn more http://revtrev.link/pathway
I trust in the Lord with my Whole Heart Reflection
I trust in the Lord with my whole heart. I trust Him from the bottom of my heart. I don’t try to figure out everything on my own. I listen for God’s voice in everything I do, and everywhere I go. He’s the one who keeps me on track. I don’t assume that I know it all. I run to God and run from evil!
My body glows with health, my very bones vibrate with life! I honour God with everything I own; I give Him the first and the best. He makes my storehouses overflow and my wine vats brim over. I don’t resent God’s discipline; I don’t sulk under His loving correction. It’s the child He loves that God corrects; a father’s delight is behind all this.
The God of all hope fills me peace and joy as I trust in Him, so I overflow with hope by the power of Holy Spirit. I trust in the Lord and do good. I live safely in the land and prosper.
I trust and will not be afraid. I trust in the Father. I trust in the Son. I trust Holy Spirit to finish the good work He’s started in me. He meets my every need out of his riches in the glory that is found in Christ Jesus.
Reflection Question
Am I trusting God with my whole heart? What does my peace tell me?
Can I pray?
Lord, thank you for being the Trustable One. Thank you for helping us trust you more and more. I thank you that when we fear we can trust in you. Thank you that peace is the emotion that shows us we are trusting you. You are so good Father! Thank you for being so very, very good. Amen.
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You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. Jesus came and reversed the curse and took your place and invited you to take his yoke that is easy and his burden that is light. You are a child of God creation longs to be revealed. You are a living LIGHT. Don’t conform but be transformed, so you can have peace, and joy and hope at all times in every situation. Get ALL the Courses and ALL the Resources and the Full Live LIGHT Community on Live LIGHT Academy for one low price - Learn more http://revtrev.link/pathway
I Guard my Whole Heart Reflection
I guard my whole heart. Above all else, I watch over my heart and diligently guard it because from a sincere and pure heart come the good and noble things of life. I worry about nothing. I pray about everything. I thank God in all things. His peace guards my heart.
Out of the abundance of my heart my mouth speaks. I fill my heart with the good things of God. I think about what is true, and honourable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. I think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. I put into practice all I learned and received from people of wisdom —everything I heard from them and saw them doing. So the God of peace is with me.
The unrepentant heart is deceitful above things and desperately sick, but the Lord, searches my heart and examine secret motives, and gives me — like all people — due rewards, according to what my actions deserve. He’s a good Father who disciplines me for my good.
Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting! I delight myself in You and You give me the desires of my heart.
Reflection Question
Does peace rule my heart?
Can I pray?
Lord I thank you that gratitude is a choice and being grateful with our whole heart is something you ask us to show you. Thank you that it’s peace that rules our heart and we know our heart is aligned with your heart when we have your peace that passes understanding. Thank you that without faith it’s impossible to please you. Because we can come to know knowing you exist and that you are a rewarder or those who seek you. We seek you today and every day. Amen.
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You were created to walk with God in the garden in the cool of the day. Sin came into the world and you bore the consequences. Jesus came and reversed the curse and took your place and invited you to take his yoke that is easy and his burden that is light. You are a child of God creation longs to be revealed. You are a living LIGHT. Don’t conform but be transformed, so you can have peace, and joy and hope at all times in every situation. Get ALL the Courses and ALL the Resources and the Full Live LIGHT Community on Live LIGHT Academy for one low price - Learn more http://revtrev.link/pathway
I align my heart with His heart Reflection
I do what I do with my whole heart and align my heart with His heart. I can engage my whole heart without aligning it with God’s, but He created me to move the rhythm of His beat. I want His heart beating in mine.
Christ is Lord of my attitude. I think about myself the same way Christ Jesus thought of himself. I don’t have to cling to the advantages I have in this life. I set aside my privileges and live a selfless, obedient life to show He is Lord of my attitude.
Christ is Lord of my answer. I am agreeable, sympathetic, loving, compassionate and humble. I bless others and refrain from sharp-tongue sarcasm. I say nothing evil or hurtful. I snub evil and cultivate good. I run after peace because it’s His gift for me. Christ is Lord of my answer.
Christ is Lord of my actions. I do the good I know I ought to do. With heart and soul I’m doing good, I know His work in and through me cannot be stopped. He empowers me to accomplish every good work prompted by faith. Christ is Lord of my actions.
Christ is Lord of all in my life. He is Lord of my heart. Through thick and thin, I keep my heart at attention — aligned with Christ, my Lord.
Reflection Question
Has Christ been Lord of my attitude, answer and action lately?
Can I pray?
Lord, I thank you that we can align our hearts with yours. It is truth. Help us to live out that truth today. We know every knee will bow and every tongue will confess you are Lord. Thank you we can do it willing now and not fearfully later. Be Lord of all today. May it be more than words for us to hear, but may it be the reality of our heart today and always. Amen.
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