Please remember the old song that says, " oh to be His hands extended, reaching out to the oppressed, let me touch Him, let me touch Jesus, so that others may know and be blessed." Friends, I have been overwhelmed by God's love shown to me through my home church in Branson and friends from around the nation who have known about my Mom falling and breaking her right hip! God's people have shown how beautifully it works to reach out and sometimes sacrifice to give of ourselves to others, and it makes all the difference in the world! Jesus did not say we would be known as His disciples by our casting out devils, or healing the sick, or how gifted or talented we are ......... But By Our Love! As the end is approaching, please reach out, go the extra mile, sacrifice some of your time and money to help another, and ask nothing in return. Watch God do amazing things in you, through you, then for you and your household!!
This trip to Southern California for ministry, has proven to be such
a powerful time of God ministering in my life, through my life, and
it has refreshed me for upcoming services in other states. Colman
and Betty McDuff, their church family, and some of my other friends
here in S.Ca. have gone above and beyond the call of duty, just to
be God's hands to touch and bless me.
I will pass it on and on, and I pray we will catch the vision of how
important this message is in these last days, when there are so many
hurting people in our world. We must reach the lost at any cost, but
we must also help others already in the
family of God!!
Bless you all,
Gloria
To follow up on the last word I shared with you, on being armored up, I want to encourage you to think on these truths from God's Word!
Galatians 6:2 Bear one another's burdens, and fulfill the
law of Christ.
Hebrews 10: 24&25 Don't forsake assembling yourselves together, as
some are, but exhort, stir up love and good works, and so much more
as you see the Day ( end ) approaching.
How is it that we say we are lovers of God, yet we seem to love the
world and hang out more all week with people who either are not at
all interested in spiritual things, or unsaved people with whom we
should have very little in common. If the unsaved are your focus,
then love them, help them, and take them to church! You might say,
if we are spending so much time going to church 3 or 4 times a week,
we have less time with family and people who don't go to church much
at all or unsaved who so need our attention. Let's say for a moment
this is true. Well if families really took
Sunday evenings to, for instance, share Godly activities
together, or have a Christian movie night, or relax in a wholesome
atmosphere at home together. The word to watch is Together, because
statistics show families are not using that
Sunday evening to spend time together, instead every family
member seems to be doing their own thing, including
Mom and Dad.
All week long people serve some master at work, then devote time to
shop, exercise, go to movies, play games, or as kids say " hang out
". Have we grown so uninterested in spiritual things that 2 or 3
hours a week is all we even desire to spend in worship and
fellowship with our church family? How many hours all week we devote
to everything and everyone else, but now our church leaders dismiss
Sunday night church so we can have even more time to devote
to something other than church. You do the math, since we are given
24 hours every day, 7 days a week, and only spend 3 or 4 hours out
of all that time bearing one another's burdens of assembling
together to exhort, love and pray together, something in America is
very wrong! No wonder we have leaders who think they can choose
Godless policies for us, and won't meet with much resistence. We
have become numbed to what is going on, because we are not living in
God's Word, not praying enough, and not bearing one another's
burdens and assembling together enough! Remember, there is strength
in numbers, and we better be coming together as often as possible to
help encourage each other. Please pray God will get the attention of
church leaders in America, to minister under the anointing of the
Holy Spirit, and be more serious about drawing people
together, than ever before. I believe, after seeing my home church,
and ministering in churches that still have evening service
on Sunday, IF the Holy Spirit is allowed to move, you will
have people drawn to the services.
It would make sense that, if we love people, we should long to spend
time with them, and that goes for God and our brothers and sisters
in Christ! We should be scheduling more services instead of less -
IF we truly believe Jesus us coming soon. Keep looking up, and find
a church with Sunday evening service if you're longing for more time
with the family of God!
Bless you all,
Gloria
The
Full Armor
According to
Ephesians 6, we must be prepared and fully armed to
stand in these last days. How timely this passage is for stressing
obedience to parents, then parents training up their children in the
admonition of the Lord.
Next we are reminded to serve on our jobs as unto the Lord, and if
a business owner, to show the
spirit of Christ to employees, and for both to do what is
done as unto Jesus.
The weapons we must have in these last days, to fight against the powers of darkness, are certainly described as spiritual! The Armor that will cover us from head to feet, is basically the WORD of GOD. Over and over we are instructed to put on, and I believe, KEEP on the Armor of GOD!
Truth, God's Word (Hebrews 10:35-36).
Righteousness, not ours, but His (Phillipians 1:11).
Feet readied for battle (2 Sam.22:33-37).
Shield of faith protects us from the arrows of the enemy (Hebrews 11).
Helmet of salvation (our hope of salvation - NIV).
Sword of the Spirit, again the WORD of GOD!
Lastly, that we pray in the Spirit in ALL things.... be alert and keep praying for one another! We can stand firmly in these last days, not being moved or afraid IF we have done ALL the above. Let's meet together, stand together, pray together, and be armored up together!
He arose! He Arose!
How wonderful to know OUR REDEEMER LIVES! When the world is reeling and filled with anxiety and fear, we have every reason to REJOICE and walk forward with our heads held high.
Unlike other religions or those with no religion, we have real relationship with our living God who calls us His own and assures us He will be with us whether through flame or flood (Isaiah 43)! He walks with us and talks with us but we must stay close to him and listen for His voice so that we may avoid many of the attacks against us in these last days.
Close out other voices at some point every day and be sure you are hearing from God. We will be covered by His powerful hand.
Remember He IS ALIVE and we can face tomorrow without fear. Have a blessed Easter.
Love and prayers,
Gloria
TRUST IS A CHOICE
This new year presents, probably, the greatest opportunity of my lifetime to really trust God! Psalm 37:3 reminds us to trust God and obey Him, then He will provide for us to be fed and cared for, even to give us true rest in Him. When people say " if I could just understand ", concerning some issue in life that they are confused and perplexed by, they are really saying, "God I just don't trust you"! The Lord spoke so clearly to me years ago and reminded me, when you and I insist that we need to understand, we are basically saying we don't trust God. When we truly trust God we DO NOT have to understand, for if we did understand, we would not have to trust. Once again, let's get this into our Spirit, trusting God means, WE DO NOT HAVE TO UNDERSTAND!!
In 2009 we will, and have already, seen and heard things, that
may cause us concern or even fear, but remember God is
totally trustworthy, He cannot fail, He loves us, AND IF WE CHOOSE
EVERY DAY, TO TRUST AND OBEY, HE WILL PROVIDE, PROTECT, AND GIVE US
REST.
Whatever you are facing, remember who is walking with you, and HE will NEVER leave you! Happy Happy New Year, and may you choose every day to place all your trust in Him.
