Quote/Unquote
(updated 22/3/08)
(updated 22/3/08)
The secret to success
Do you want a successful 2008?
Joshua 1:7-8 says:
Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you. Do not turn away from them to the left or to the right, and you will be successful in everything you do. Study this Book of the Law continually. Meditate on it day and night so you may be sure to obey all that is written in it. That you may be successful wherever you go.
If I'm reading this right, the key to success is studying the Bible. I know that sounds simplistic. But that is where we draw the strength and courage to do the things that will make us successful. Scripture isn't just inspired. It inspires! It is the source of strength and courage. And success is the byproduct.
Now here is a thought. I don't think the Bible was meant to be read. I think it was meant to be meditated. Meditation is a thoughtful or prayer reading. Someone has said reading without meditating is like eating without digesting. If you don't meditate you lose all of the nutrients.
If I'm reading this right, the key to success is studying the Bible. I know that sounds simplistic. But that is where we draw the strength and courage to do the things that will make us successful. Scripture isn't just inspired. It inspires! It is the source of strength and courage. And success is the byproduct.
Now here is a thought. I don't think the Bible was meant to be read. I think it was meant to be meditated. Meditation is a thoughtful or prayer reading. Someone has said reading without meditating is like eating without digesting. If you don't meditate you lose all of the nutrients.
So, do you want a successful 2008? I didn’t say an easy 2008. Not a pain free, easy living kind of success. But a God honouring, life enriching, destiny fulfilling kind of success? The key to that kind of success is studying the bible.
Here’s to a successful 2008!
Andy le Roux
Some prophetic words from Brian Harrison
Some prophetic words from Brian Harrison
Saturday 15th March 2008 (Church weekend away – Wokefield Park- Morning meeting)
Brian Harrison
Last night I asked you spin around on your seats, and greet those you pass
Several people here this morning are still spinning. They feel like their lives are spinning around and around, some are like a whirlwind and others just at gale force. You are impacting on those around you as you attempt to grab at things in your own strength as they spin by.
God wants to help you but as He attempts to break in, he gets bounced off by the force of your spinning.
God wants you to know that this weekend he is going to put the brakes on and bring the spinning to an end, but when he does you will face a decision on what you need to do.
That decision will be either the best decision you have ever made but only if you seek him to aid you in that decision making. If you carry on coping in your own strength you may just end up making the worst decision that you have ever taken.
The decisions you face are in three key areas;
Spiritually:
Brian Harrison
Last night I asked you spin around on your seats, and greet those you pass
Several people here this morning are still spinning. They feel like their lives are spinning around and around, some are like a whirlwind and others just at gale force. You are impacting on those around you as you attempt to grab at things in your own strength as they spin by.
God wants to help you but as He attempts to break in, he gets bounced off by the force of your spinning.
God wants you to know that this weekend he is going to put the brakes on and bring the spinning to an end, but when he does you will face a decision on what you need to do.
That decision will be either the best decision you have ever made but only if you seek him to aid you in that decision making. If you carry on coping in your own strength you may just end up making the worst decision that you have ever taken.
The decisions you face are in three key areas;
Spiritually:
Do you really believe in Me? Are you going to accept me into your life and be filled with my Holy Spirit?
Family & Relationships:
There are things that you need to address and resolve. You will see others working things out and you feel alone and unable to face taking action.
Finance & Career;
You are facing either financial issues or a career move or possibly both. You don’t know which way to choose as any decision seems to result in it impacting on others.
God wants you to invite him in to guide you in these decisions. He’s not just interested in the spiritual side, he’s interested in every aspect of our lives big or small, so let him in.
If you know that God is speaking to you then right now just ask him to “put the brakes” on for you. Just be still and ask him.
Once you feel that you have slowed down or stopped spinning ask someone to pray with you. God won’t give them the answer for you, this is between you and your Father. You don’t even have to tell them what its about if you don’t want to, but ask them to stand with you in prayer.
God wants to bless you, so please seek him this weekend and make the BEST decision, or you may just make the WORST decision you have ever made.
Sunday – Testimony
I heard a story at the Regional leaders weekend about someone praying in a hotel room whilst the maid was finishing the cleaning and her saying that she saw “Golden sawdust” falling in the room, and how after being away from the Lord for some while she came back to faith.
Being a bit cynical, I thought Yea, yea another story about gold dust. I keep hearing stories but never see it happening here.
Last Sunday at our evening prayer meeting, we were praying about this weekend and I saw my wife Janet looking at her hands and then trying to rub something off of them. She came over to me and her hands were covered gold dust. I know that she doesn’t wear any makeup that contains glitter and had not touched anything that could account for this glitter.
I felt God saying OK so you wanted to see gold dust, well here it is. I’m working in Odiham just as much as elsewhere in the stories you hear. I must admit I was a bit stunned and came this weekend with an urgent expectation of his presence being with us. I fell clearly that it has been and we can carry this expectation back to Odiham and to our daily lives.
By the way when we got home there was no trace of gold on Janet’s hands and it hasn’t appeared since……well not yet anyway.