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Wednesday Service Heart Highlight:
October 9th, 2024
Scripture & Service Highlight:
Hebrews 11:1 AMP
"Now faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality—faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses]."
By Faith Abraham chose to refuse and choose
We can do the same, by Faith we have the right to choose:
Abundance, life, health, how we respond, what we think, what feelings remain
~~~~~~~ By faith we choose. We can choose to get up again when we've fallen short. Because Faith tells us that we can repent, ask for God's forgiveness, and ask Him to lead us into the change that will bring us closer to Him and away from the old. By faith we can look at the circumstances and tell them that they have no control over us, because Jesus has already healed us. By His stripes we are healed (Isaiah 53:5), even when it looks bad. I have a friend battling cancer right now, at one point his skin got so pale that it looked like the cancer was winning. But no matter what, we all prayed and continuously spoke the word over him. Even more important, he spoke the word over himself. Even as he went to his appointments, had surgeries, took his medication, we all (including him) spoke FAITH. He is still fighting the good fight, and now his skin is back to normal, he's getting stronger, he's getting better! Praise God! All because he chose to refuse and choose. He is refusing to accept death and choosing to believe in the God who says that he is more than a conqueror, and that he is healed by the stripes of Jesus. I had another friend who passed away from cancer years ago. We also prayed with her, believed and chose to refuse, and choose to say what God says. Eventually she did pass, but with victory. She didn't surrender to fear, she didn't surrender to thinking that it was God's will. Instead she passed with peace knowing that God would continue to take care of her family and that soon she would be dancing with Jesus. She stood in faith and received her healing in heaven.
We have the right to choose by faith. To choose to believe God and what He says even when everything else looks the opposite. To choose life instead of speaking death, even in the face of death. The scripture says that faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by physical senses. Faith is the evidence of things we cannot see. Fear and worry show up on the daily now, and it's our choice on how we will respond. Will we come to the Holy Spirit asking Him to bring us the scriptures that will bring us the faith that we need? Whether it be to grow in a relationship with Him or to face the current/upcoming situation. Or will we allow ourselves to be caught up in the storm, too panicked to hear Jesus saying, "Take My hand." Beloved, we must choose to walk by faith in both the highs and lows, because we serve a faithful God. God will not fail you when you choose to put your trust and hope (aka confident expectation) in Him. Choose to refuse the darkness that threatens to overtake you and choose to seek God for His guidance. For the faith that you need in order to continue walking in peace, joy, love, and victory in your relationship with Him.
waves 🌊
Dual Waves
Crying bc summer is almost over 🫧🤍🌸
"Nach dem Sturm" (After the Storm) (1819) by Heinrich Reinhold. Hamburger Kunsthalle.
waves 🌊
Deep Summer Thoughts
A calling I cannot tone out
louder, bursts, unfolds, breaks up,
my legs, cold. The Light, it Speaks
to me, yet It won’t Shine in me.
Why won’t It look my way, have I
something done so cruel to drown It?
I look back, read the leaves of the
trees, each grain of sand. They shine,
like I used to. I go closer,
in longing, in desperation.
Yet they stab me, pierce my bones,
a cold, unspoken feeling.
I go deeper towards Him,
My Light. That warm feeling on
my skin, undressed. He kissed me
once, he’ll kiss me again.
As I touch him, and he me
they suck me in, obliviously.
I keep going deeper, thinking
that it is Him. Suddenly, no
warmth is felt on my bare
skin, no sweetness, it’s not fair.
They pull me in, drink me up.
Finally, they take my breath
Away. I no longer see the Light,
I no longer see My Sun. This
deep water that drowns love struck
souls, drowned me. Moonlight on
my skin, crazy whispers all come
in, I no longer have a purpose,
all I dream about is Him. Oh,
how oblivious I was! No wonder
they never let me in. I said
I’d be the last to pass, but
first I had to surrender, but
I couldn’t surrender Him.
i love the beach so much, if there’s one thing i’m certain of in my life is that wherever and whoever i end up living up, it HAS to be by the beach. beach beach beach
Watching the ocean waves 🌊
Sound on 🔊🌊🌊
Sunset on the beach with the one you love ❤️
Watching the ocean roll
Ocean waves 🌊
Veins of the ocean benmuldersunsets
The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever."
—Jacques-Yves Cousteau.