In this blog:Answered Prayer
Perfect Love Casts Out Fear
special blog post by Karen Lindsay
Answered Prayer:
I thought this deserved some attention!!!! For the past week, I have had only one, yes one sleepless night. It is your faithful ongoing pra yers that God has responded too! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! Please keep them coming.... I have a long long way to get my healing!!
A friend of mine recently started a blog and when I read it, I knew I had to post on my site. It spoke to me in so many ways.... it's what God knew I need to hear (over and over and over and over) and I pray it blesses you and encourages you. So many are contending for something!!!
My prayer today is whatever you are facing this could be your prayer and the God of ALL hope would fill you with peace and comfort.
Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths. Be not wise in your own eyes; reverently fear and worship the Lord and turn [entirely] away from evil. It shall be health to your nerves and sinews, and marrow and moistening to your bones.Proverbs 3:5-8 (AMP) Dear Papa, Thank you that You are my Strong Tower. I can lean on You. I can enter into You for safety (in the secret place) and comfort. I can trust You because there is no one that loves and cares about me more. I can have total confidence in You, in this situation because You have put me into Jesus and Jesus into me. You know what is best...always! I can't see right now beyond my own emotions and this problem in the natural, but you do. You see the final outcome which is good. I choose this day to trust You no matter how I feel emotionally or physically. I choose not to be overwhelmed by how I see this situation I choose not to receive the perceived outcome that the enemy is putting in my thoughts. He is such a liar! You are the truth...JESUS! I acknowledge you Papa. You are in this with me. You have a plan. You have a way out or a way through. You will show me that clear path, that straight path as I focus my thoughts, my emotions on the truth of Your plan in this. Thank you for Your intense, all powerful love for me. I am Your Beloved. Help me not to see this through my own eyes and perceptions. Your thoughts about this are way better, bigger and higher. I want Heaven's perspective. We are in this together and I trust You Papa. Love Your Beloved DaughterV7 Do not be wise in your own eyes What am I seeing right now? What am I feeling right now? If I am relying on seeing this problem in the natural, focusing on how it is making me feel - that is my own eyes. (my perspective; my view point) There is a higher place to see from, but it can only be accessed through worship...focusing on Jesus with thanksgiving. Jesus has a view point of this problem and it looks nothing like mine. Worship The Lord If I am worshiping, my thoughts are on Him not myself or my problem. Turn entirely away from evil This is a choice we have to make in our focus and the thoughts we are having. If I am focusing on a thought that is NOT from heaven then I am giving power to the enemy's kingdom that he is trying to build in my life. He knows that to build a strong demonic kingdom he has to have a good foundation. The foundation he wants to build is a thought life focused on his lies. Evil pure and simple...very deceptive because we often think they are our own thoughts (they seem so natural to us). We just go with our negative emotions and allow a comfortable space for fear, worry and anxiety to hang out. We give them a couch, a big screen TV, popcorn and even a comfy bed. They become "THE ROOMMATES IN OUR HEAD." Thoughts produce actions, that is why they have to be cast out as thoughts. In order for us to turn entirely away from evil, the negative thoughts we cast out and remove must be replaced. We are always thinking something. This is a very deliberate act, not a casual experience that we do not give much thought to like eating when we are hungry. This has to be like planning a trip or vacation. We have a plan....where we are going, how we are getting there, what to pack etc. It doesn't happen without a plan! The enemy wants us on auto pilot. He wants fear, worry and anxiety to be natural, normal for us He wants them so familiar that we don't even think about the option of getting rid of them because they are so much a part of us. We embrace this evil like a close friend. Fear, worry and anxiety are not our friends but our enemy. Those 3 and stress make us emotionally and physically sick. Panic attacks, chest pain, uncontrollable crying....we feel weak, powerless, overwhelmed, frustrated, hopeless and depressed. These are all VERY strategic symptoms planned and carried out by the evil one against us, That is why we are told to turn entirely away from evil. We don't want to leave that door even cracked open. Something changes on the inside of us when we worship. We look to our Papa in heaven, focus on Jesus and the Holy Spirit with thanksgiving. Thank you Jesus that You are with me in this, will never leave me, always have a plan. Thank you that I constantly have The Comforter to help me. We don't truly get to know The Comforter unless we need comfort.  Worship and focus on the enemy can't be in the same space. That is exactly why the evil one hates our worship. He loses our focus and attention and therefore loses power in our lives. We choose to focus on the one who loves us more then we can imagine. Love is the antidote to fear (and its close friends worry, anxiety, panic, stress etc....fear is the root of these). Perfect love casts out fear. This isn't our love for God but His love for us. God wants us to let him love and embrace us. It is an identity issue. When we know how loved, how valued, how special, how unique, how worthy and how amazing we really are In Christ we would not give a thought to fear, worry, anxiety etc. We know that our Papa has us and He has our problem. We begin to focus and think about our promises. He made us to not only overcome but to be more than a conqueror through Jesus. He empowers us to rise above. We sit in heavenly places with Jesus at The Father's right hand (the place of honor). The same spirit that raised Jesus from the dead lives on the inside of us. We can do ALL things through Christ who gives us strength. The GREATER ONE lives in US! |
Karen Lindsay
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Update:
Ken got a part time job.....yea for that! However, at 7.65 per hour and less than 25 hours a week, it won't pay the rent. He went for an interview today at another company which would be full time, not much more an hour, but at least full time. Please pray for God's perfect will.
I want to ask you to continue to pray for me, for my health. I am having some symptoms that are pretty scary. Seeking discernment as we have no insurance and no real medical care here. We have been told that it's best to go to Springfield, Joplin or KC for ANY kind of treatment. Please pray for the ability to continue to sleep soundly and consistently as that helps with the ability to cope better. We are still contending and believing for God to move us into our purpose call and destiny. We believe that is coming. (I do have a bit of anxiety about him working away from home and me). We are enjoying our small group N.A.R.D..... equipping and activating others to hear God's voice, step out in faith and be a doer of the Word, to reach out and minister to a world that is hurting! We are still very excited about our church home here and are thrilled to be part of a body that is hungry for more of God! The teaching is authentic, convicting and thankfully biblical.
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God Bless YOU -
Ken & Michele Cole
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