ISOLATE

Since covid began, this word has become very common. We constantly hear 'isolate', 'isolation' and 'self isolation'.

Although for most people it is not a pleasant situation, it can be a very treasured time if taken positively.

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  Submit to authority

   Obey GOD

    Listen to GOD

     Ask GOD to reveal Himself to me

      Thank GOD

       Endure hardship

It is easy to connect with GOD without distractions.

Being alone in the presence of GOD is an unforgettable experience.

It is like a Wi-Fi connection that comes easy and quick with amazing download of Heavenly information that changes your mindset.

When you purposefully set time aside to seek GOD sincerely, you will find Him. He will begin to reveal Himself to you in ways that you will understand. When that happens, you will begin to change because you are connecting with your Creator! He makes and molds you in preparation for eternity with Him.

You wait on the LORD, opening your mind and heart to Him, not knowing how He is going to show up. You think He is late. Then when He shows up, you realize, He has been waiting for you all along! You say to yourself "I (am) so late! I had to come into isolation to set myself to meet my GOD!"

GOD is waiting to meet with you. Make time for Him. Self isolate yourself and seek Him. You will never be disappointed.

He will take you high above the chaos of the world to give you a different perception of the things happening here. This will give you great peace. Your heart will fill with His tender, precious love and you will experience a joy that can never be found in the things of the world.

Then when you come down from the mountain, you will be a different person! Your look will be different. Your attitude will be different. Your speech will be different.

 So when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him.
(Exodus 34:30)

The knowledge we put in enters our mind.

The things we meditate on, enter our hearts.

They govern the attitude of our heart and fill our heart with love and peace or hatred and sadness.

Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth will then speak, revealing what has been put in.

By observing our own attitude and words we can check and correct the kind and amount of input into our mind. What am I filling my mind with? Is it copious information and opinions of people? Is it with the truth of GOD'S word and His promises? Your output will depend on what you put in.

When the apostles of the LORD were warned not to preach the Gospel, their response was, "For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard." (Acts 4:20)

We cannot but see and hear the things of the world, but we can choose what we put into our mind and meditate on.

Once you have tasted the goodness of GOD you will desire to ISOLATE with Him often! He is waiting for you. Run to Him saying, "I so late!"

 

😒 CONTENTIONS 😠

Dictionary:  heated disagreements.

 A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calls for blows.
Proverbs 18:6

Cast out the scoffer, and contention will leave; Yes, strife and reproach will cease.
Proverbs 22:10

Casting lots causes contentions to cease, And keeps the mighty apart.
Proverbs 18:18

Better to dwell in the wilderness, Than with a contentious and angry woman.
Proverbs 21:19

It is better to dwell in a corner of a housetop, Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
Proverbs 25:24

 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; 

and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. 

But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 

Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, 

lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, 

jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,

Galatians 5:16-20

 Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey, 

to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, 

to be peaceable, gentle, showing all humility to all men. 

For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, 

deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, 

living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another. 

But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, 

not by works of righteousness which we have done, 

but according to His mercy He saved us, 

through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, 

whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 

that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs 

according to the hope of eternal life. 

This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, 

that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. 

These things are good and profitable to men. 

But avoid foolish disputes, genealogies, contentions, 

nd strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and useless. 

Reject a divisive man after the first and second admonition, 

knowing that such a person is warped and sinning, being self-condemned.

Titus 3:1-11

RESET

 RESET TO REST MODE!

 So God created man in His own image;

 in the image of God He created him; 

male and female He created them. 

Then God blessed them, and God said to them, 

"Be fruitful and multiply; 

fill the earth and subdue it; 

have dominion over the fish of the sea, 

over the birds of the air, 

and over every living thing that moves on the earth." 

And God said, "See, I have given you every herb 

that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, 

and every tree whose fruit yields seed; 

to you it shall be for food. 

Also, to every beast of the earth, 

to every bird of the air, 

and to everything that creeps on the earth, 

in which there is life, 

I have given every green herb for food"; 

and it was so. 

Then God saw everything that He had made, 

and indeed it was very good. 

So the evening and the morning were the sixth day. 

Thus the heavens and the earth, 

and all the host of them, were finished. 

And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, 

and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

Genesis 1:27-2:2

 Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, 

let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it.

There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. 

For he who has entered His rest has himself 

also ceased from his works as God did from His.

Hebrews 4:1, 9-10

LORD, reset me as I return to You and to my first love for You.

Let me enter into Your rest and receive Your love.

Let me first BE whom You want me to BE.

Then I can do those things that You want me to do - 

 Things that would be profitable for Your Kingdom.

STOP!

CONNECT with the LORD.

START your work IN HIM.

CONTINUE IN HIM.

DON'T go BEYOND HIM.

WAIT to be FILLED with Him, Who IS LOVE.

Then, you will BE LOVE, as HE IS!

BEING is more important than DOING.

Let your DOING be through your BEING.

The whole world including the Church, have allowed themselves 

to be reset to a FAST MODE by the devil, so that the most important thing is lost.

LORD, renew and reset my mind this day, to REST mode 

so that I may be effective in my work. Amen

Intercession ..

 Intercession 

... is not the end. It is the means to the  end which is GOD'S love.

I should not live to intercede.

I should live to love.

Intercession makes it possible.

The LORD'S intercession on my behalf makes it possible for me to release that love to others.

Thank you, JESUS!

 Create in me a clean heart, O God, 

And renew a steadfast spirit within me. 

Do not cast me away from Your presence, 

And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. 

Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, 

And uphold me by Your generous Spirit. 

Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, 

And sinners shall be converted to You.

Psalm 51:10-13

 OFFENSES

When you are offended, you are going ‘Off the End’ and are in danger of falling off the end of the path.

When you offend another, you are causing him to go ‘Off the End’ of the path, causing him to fall.

Causing offense to another is an offense. 

 Then He said to the disciples,

 "It is impossible that no offenses should come,

 but woe to him through whom they do come!

 It would be better for him

 if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea,

 than that he should offend one of these little ones.

Luke 17:1-2

It would be better for such a person to be completely off the path forever!!

 It is good neither to eat meat nor drink wine

 nor do anything by which your brother stumbles 

or is offended or is made weak.

 Romans 14:21 

Give no offense,

 either to the Jews or to the Greeks or to the church of God,

 1 Corinthians 10:32 

It is a narrow path that we are asked to walk, not causing offense to anyone.

If you get offended by one who desires to purposefully offend you, you have given into your enemy’s desire and he has won over you.

When someone offends you, the natural reaction is to offend him or hit back at him in some way. Imagine a person coming alongside you on a narrow path and trying to push you off the edge. Your immediate reaction would be to push him off the edge so that you do not fall. But when such an offence is caused against you, humble yourself and willingly get on the lower pathway which is the highway of holiness. Thus you overcome offenses.

The way up goes down!

 Do not be overcome by evil,

 but overcome evil with good.

Romans 12:21

That is what JESUS did. Although He did not need to pay the temple tax,

He got Peter to pay it, so that He did not cause an offense. Not fighting for our rights, but giving up our rights in order to not offend another is GOD’S rule!

 Nevertheless, lest we offend them,

 go to the sea, cast in a hook, and take the fish that comes up first. 

And when you have opened its mouth, you will find a piece of money;

 take that and give it to them for Me and you." 

Matthew 17:27

The LORD JESUS, was destined to take up all the offences of the world upon Himself.

He paid the price for all our offenses and symbolically paid the temple tax which He did not owe!

who was delivered up because of our offenses,

 and was raised because of our justification.

 Romans 4:25

that you may approve the things that are excellent,

 that you may be sincere and without offense 

till the day of Christ,

 Philippians 1:10

Matthew 5:21-48

Don’t offend others. 

Don’t get offended by others.

Let us learn to live our lives without offense.

May the LORD give us grace to overcome all offenses!

You cannot help offending those who are against the Truth.

JESUS was an offense to the religious leaders of His day.

 Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And are not His sisters here with us?" 

And they were offended at Him.

 But Jesus said to them,

 "A prophet is not without honor except in his own country,

 among his own relatives,

 and in his own house."

Mark 6:3-4

 Jesus answered and said to them,

 "Go and tell John the things which you hear and see:

 The blind see and the lame walk;

 the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear;

 the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them. 

And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me."

Matthew 11:4-6

The message of CHRIST constantly made the religious leaders become offended.

The message of the cross causes offense to some.

And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision,

 why do I still suffer persecution?

 Then the offense of the cross has ceased.

 Galatians 5:11

But He turned and said to Peter,

 "Get behind Me, Satan!

 You are an offense to Me,

 for you are not mindful of the things of God,

 but the things of men." 

Matthew 16:23 

JESUS’ talk about going to the cross was an offense to Peter. When he tried to rebuke JESUS, Peter became an offense to the LORD by being an agent of Satan.

The blood of JESUS offends many.

 When Jesus knew in Himself

 that His disciples complained about this,

 He said to them,

 "Does this offend you? 

John 6:61

JESUS is the Truth.

Does He offend you?

Do His teachings offend you?

Does the message of the cross offend you?

Does the preaching about the blood of JESUS offend you?

JESUS is the Way!

JESUS is the Life!!

He paid for all your offenses on the cross.

Now He offers you forgiveness and salvation.

He calls you to take up your cross and follow Him.

He is the way to Father GOD!

He is the way to Heaven!!