What Does The Word Say?

Praise the Lord! We serve a great and mighty God! Welcome again to my "What Does The Word Say?" blog. I trust you will be blessed by today's teaching on the "c" of FOCUS; Commune With God. God has really been ministering to my heart almost every day on this word FOCUS. So much so that I have prayed it over my children, myself and others who may need to bring things into focus. I have been tremendously blessed by what the Lord is speaking and He has truly strengthened my prayer life. I delight in spending time with the Lord every day. I have a set thing that I do, and probably two months ago or so things began to seem a little dry. I talked to the Lord about it and shortly after that, while away on a ministry trip God told me to pray first. I immediately changed my structure and my devotion time has been enriched. Prayer is the staple of ones devotional time because everything stems from prayer. There are countless verses on prayer, stories on prayer and a...

Praise the Lord! I am so excited about our mantra this year: Understanding the Kingdom of Heaven in 2011. God has been faithful to meet us as we have trusted Him. I believe a key element in understanding the Kingdom of Heaven is to focus. It is necessary as I shared on the "f" of focus to fix our eyes on Jesus. He needs to be the focal point that our heart mind and soul is fixed upon in order to see His kingdom purposes fulfilled here on earth. Fixing our eyes on Jesus is the impetus that enables us through the power of the Holy Spirit to overcome the obstacles. The Bible declares in 1 John 5:4-5, "For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. 5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?" Look at it in the New Living Translation, "For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith. 5 And who can win this battle...

Praise the Lord! Pastor Rob and I are in Dover, Delaware doing a Singles Conference at Crossroad Christian Church. We are having an awesome time in the Lord and God has been speaking to me about focus. The Word of God enables us to keep all things in focus in every area of our lives. However, many believers live blurry, obscure lives because of their lack to process and see everything through the Word. Therefore, I want to share with you an acronym for focus that the Lord gave me. I trust it will enrich your life. F - Fix your eyes on Jesus. The first part of Hebrews 12:2 says, "Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith." The word "looking" in the Greek is aphorao and it means according the Strong's Dictionary to look away steadfastly or intently toward a distant object. Metaphorically, to behold in the mind, to fix the mind upon. What this verse is encouraging all believers to do is to fix the mind steadfastly on Jesus. The world offers many...