Tuesday, August 30, 2011
IN THE MIDST OF, INSPITE OF, JUST BECAUSE: I'LL PRAISE THE LORD!!
I will bless the LORD at ALL times: HIS PRAISE shall CONTINUALLY be in MY MOUTH. Psalm 34:1
We were created to Praise the Lord! In all things, at all times, for every blessing, every disappointment, every up and every down, no matter what the situation or circumstance we must give God Praise. I know for alot of us when things are not going the way we think or feel they ought to go we can't and don't praise God. When tragedy hits, or we get a bad report from the Doctor concerning ourself or a family member, we cannot and do not give God Praise. But in whatever we go through PRAISE should always be our first response. Why? Because the Bible tells us in James 1:1-1 "To count it all Joy..." It is in the midst of Praising God that we release the stress, heartache, disappointment, misunderstanding, confusion, etc. and every other negative thought and feeling that comes to keep us from praising God. When we praise God we receive peace, assurance that God is working all things together for our good and that TRULY, GOD IS IN CONTROL, we are also letting the enemy know that we have the VICTORY no matter what. We can rejoice and praise God because we know that our trials come to make us strong. Our praise to God is a spiritual weapon of warfare against the enemy. Our praise also brings us to a place of regaining focus for what God is doing and wants to do in our lives. Our praise cannot be limited to "Sunday Services" where we get our dance or shout on in front of people with the organ and drums. We must praise God when there is no crowd or musicians. We must be able to war alone as well as corporately. When we praise God, our praise releases our miracles, blessings, deliverance, healing and everything else we need from God. Our praise summons the very presence of God in the midst of our situations and circumstances. Our praise moves God to move for us (together with our faith). Our praise confuses the enemy. Our praise causes breakthrough in the atmosphere. Our praise is powerful and we must learn to use it at all times. It's time out for just quoting scriptures because they sound good, are easy to learn or because we heard some one else say it. The Word of God is the Sword of the Spirit so it must be active in us as well as for us. "In everything we must give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning us".1 Thess. 5:18. DECLARE THIS DAY AND EVERYDAY: I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES: AND HIS PRAISE SHALL CONTINUALLY BE IN MY MOUTH!!
TAKE THE LIMITS OFF, GOD WANTS TO ENLARGE (YOU) YOUR TERRITORY!!
ENLARGE: to make larger; expand, to become larger, expand.
How many of you are in this place? You feel the stretching, the pulling, the expansion, the enlargement of your Spirit? Go with it. It is good for you.
I woke up this morning in praise and worship to God. I was listening to Israel and New Breed's-TAKE THE LIMITS OFF. As the song ministered to my Spirit, the voice of the Lord spoke to me in a still small voice and said "EXPANSION HAS COME FOR YOU AND IN YOU, PREPARE YOURSELF TO GO".(not that I have not heard this or been in this place before). I began to weep and just tell the Father THANK YOU for the NEW Journey that lies ahead for HIS GLORY.
Then I began to think about my journey and what it has taken for me to arrive in this place only to realize that the whole journey has been one of ENLARGEMENT and EXPANSION. I thought about how my journey began, not knowing anything other than what I was told and what I saw and how I began to mimic others, not aware that what I was mimicking was wrong. Moving on, I thought of how I came into the knowledge of the TRUTH of God and His Kingdom and what HE required of me. My first step of enlargement, dying to the flesh and living in the Spirit. Allowing God to detox me of the former teachings and information, learning HIS way. Next, I just reflected on how the Father has grown me up in HIM. The hard lessons and places I've had to walk through (and yet do). The many nights of wondering, questioning and being of afraid of what "tragedy" was to come next in my life and God, are you really there? Is this your will for my life? The suffering, the pain, the agony, the disappointment, the slip ups, rejection....how can anything good come from all of this, I thought.
Only to get to the other side of it all and realize that it was my making process. God showed me and told me it was necessary for me to go through this process (me being the clay and HE being the Potter) to be made the vessel HE needed and wanted me to be for HIS use. I had to totally release and relinquish myself to the WILL, WAY, WORD and into the HANDS OF THE LORD to be ENLARGE AND EXPANDED. The purpose? I had to be made ready to hold the anointing, wisdom, word, understanding, and power of God so that HE could yet have access in this earth realm to manifest the Glory of HIS Kingdom.
Why do you share this Apostle? I'm glad you asked. I share this because many of us are still in a struggle of knowing who we are and what our God given purpose is in the earth and in the Kingdom. We are still running here and there looking for man to confirm or validate our existence, when the reality is what we are searching for we already possess. Some of us have allowed ourselves to be placed in positions (in ministry and life) that do not fit us, are not beneficial for us or to us and are not fulfilling us or the Will of God for our lives. We sit frustrated and angry because we know there's more, but don't know how to get to it. Well my brother's and sister's your DELIVERANCE HAS COME. The inner turmoil you are going through is your Heavenly Father getting your attention to say, it's time to COME UP HIGHER, it's time to EMBRACE and EMBODY the true essence of who you are IN HIM. IT'S TIME TO TAKE THE LIMITS OFF!! The limits of yourself and the limits that man has placed on you. Simply, it's time to follow the REAL, TRUE ORDER OF GOD.
When something or someone is ENLARGED/EXPANDED there is a greater capacity to hold more, there is more room to manuever. That's what the Father desires of and for us. Isaiah 54:2 says: Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitation: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes. (KJV). The NLT says it like this: Enlarge your house(YOU, emphasis mine); build an addition; spread out your home! What is God saying? He is saying go beyond what you know or think you know, build or add onto what you have been taught (all has not been wrong or bad), don't be afraid to be different, take heed to HIS voice, stop being stiffled by the opinions of others or yourself. God is saying make room for the more HE has for you and what He wants to put in you. It's time to JUST DO IT!! (like Nike says). When we outgrow clothes and shoes,etc, we get rid of them(either trashing them or blessing some else) to make room for new, right? The same principle applies here. Be encouraged my brother's and sisters. Take heed and obey what YOU hear the Father speaking to you. Don't worry, stop holding back just do it. The Father has need of thee. TAKE THE LIMITS OFF and ENLARGE YOUR TERRITORY.
Going Forth in KINGDOM POWER,
Apostle Denise Chase
How many of you are in this place? You feel the stretching, the pulling, the expansion, the enlargement of your Spirit? Go with it. It is good for you.
I woke up this morning in praise and worship to God. I was listening to Israel and New Breed's-TAKE THE LIMITS OFF. As the song ministered to my Spirit, the voice of the Lord spoke to me in a still small voice and said "EXPANSION HAS COME FOR YOU AND IN YOU, PREPARE YOURSELF TO GO".(not that I have not heard this or been in this place before). I began to weep and just tell the Father THANK YOU for the NEW Journey that lies ahead for HIS GLORY.
Then I began to think about my journey and what it has taken for me to arrive in this place only to realize that the whole journey has been one of ENLARGEMENT and EXPANSION. I thought about how my journey began, not knowing anything other than what I was told and what I saw and how I began to mimic others, not aware that what I was mimicking was wrong. Moving on, I thought of how I came into the knowledge of the TRUTH of God and His Kingdom and what HE required of me. My first step of enlargement, dying to the flesh and living in the Spirit. Allowing God to detox me of the former teachings and information, learning HIS way. Next, I just reflected on how the Father has grown me up in HIM. The hard lessons and places I've had to walk through (and yet do). The many nights of wondering, questioning and being of afraid of what "tragedy" was to come next in my life and God, are you really there? Is this your will for my life? The suffering, the pain, the agony, the disappointment, the slip ups, rejection....how can anything good come from all of this, I thought.
Only to get to the other side of it all and realize that it was my making process. God showed me and told me it was necessary for me to go through this process (me being the clay and HE being the Potter) to be made the vessel HE needed and wanted me to be for HIS use. I had to totally release and relinquish myself to the WILL, WAY, WORD and into the HANDS OF THE LORD to be ENLARGE AND EXPANDED. The purpose? I had to be made ready to hold the anointing, wisdom, word, understanding, and power of God so that HE could yet have access in this earth realm to manifest the Glory of HIS Kingdom.
Why do you share this Apostle? I'm glad you asked. I share this because many of us are still in a struggle of knowing who we are and what our God given purpose is in the earth and in the Kingdom. We are still running here and there looking for man to confirm or validate our existence, when the reality is what we are searching for we already possess. Some of us have allowed ourselves to be placed in positions (in ministry and life) that do not fit us, are not beneficial for us or to us and are not fulfilling us or the Will of God for our lives. We sit frustrated and angry because we know there's more, but don't know how to get to it. Well my brother's and sister's your DELIVERANCE HAS COME. The inner turmoil you are going through is your Heavenly Father getting your attention to say, it's time to COME UP HIGHER, it's time to EMBRACE and EMBODY the true essence of who you are IN HIM. IT'S TIME TO TAKE THE LIMITS OFF!! The limits of yourself and the limits that man has placed on you. Simply, it's time to follow the REAL, TRUE ORDER OF GOD.
When something or someone is ENLARGED/EXPANDED there is a greater capacity to hold more, there is more room to manuever. That's what the Father desires of and for us. Isaiah 54:2 says: Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitation: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes. (KJV). The NLT says it like this: Enlarge your house(YOU, emphasis mine); build an addition; spread out your home! What is God saying? He is saying go beyond what you know or think you know, build or add onto what you have been taught (all has not been wrong or bad), don't be afraid to be different, take heed to HIS voice, stop being stiffled by the opinions of others or yourself. God is saying make room for the more HE has for you and what He wants to put in you. It's time to JUST DO IT!! (like Nike says). When we outgrow clothes and shoes,etc, we get rid of them(either trashing them or blessing some else) to make room for new, right? The same principle applies here. Be encouraged my brother's and sisters. Take heed and obey what YOU hear the Father speaking to you. Don't worry, stop holding back just do it. The Father has need of thee. TAKE THE LIMITS OFF and ENLARGE YOUR TERRITORY.
Going Forth in KINGDOM POWER,
Apostle Denise Chase
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