Southwest Believer’s Convention: Impossible August 9, 2011

In July I went to the Southwest Believer’s Convention.  This is a huge event that is held every year in Texas by Kenneth Copeland Ministries.   If you are not familiar with them it is definitely worth checking out.  The convention lasted for a week with 3 meetings a day.  The speakers included : Kenneth Copeland, Gloria Copeland, Jerry Savelle, Jessie Duplantis, Creflo Dollar, and Keith Moore.  It was definitely a great week.  A lot of the speakers preached on the impossible.  It was not planned that they would preach on the same thing at all, it was God.

Some highlights from what they said are:

• You are not really successful until people hate you, because you are stirring up stuff.  They are afraid of you.
• The idea came from God, so it has to work.
• Time is very important.  It may just be the wrong time slot.  The right thing in the wrong time is still the wrong thing.
• To build a dream or a ministry you must go outside your comfort zone. Fertile soil is not in your comfort zone.
• If there is something that I can’t do, but God says it can be done it is a lack of faith.
• When you are under the greatest attack the victory is the closest.
• Jesus overcame the world.  Overcome the world= deprived of its power to harm me.  This means fear, failure and defeat are not in my future.
• When you can’t see something working you should be rejoicing!! The devil can’t see it either.
• Revelation without manifestation is a missed opportunity.
• Dreams have no expiration date!
• God wants to hear what you say about what he said.  The angel left Mary as soon as he heard her response.
• God commanded me to prosper.
• Everything the Lord says is impossible.  It keeps him employed.
• Most people who have seen great success with God have not been perfect, they have been faithful.

This is such a small portion of the wisdom being imparted.  I hope that some of it makes a difference to you.  The messages are here: Southwest Believer’s Convention.

Who are you living for? January 23, 2011

Each day that you wake up you make a choice, will I live for me today or for God.  Our life is about so much more than just us.  If we were put on this earth to get saved and nothing else we wouldn’t be here after we accepted Jesus.  There must be more to this life.  What about the people who are hurting?  Maybe we should step outside our comfort zone and help them.

“If we live, we honor the Lord, and if we die we honor the Lord.  So whether we live or die we belong to the Lord.” - Romans 14:8

Everything we do is for the glory of God, so why aren’t we living that way?  What people think of you doesn’t matter.  Instead of focusing on what people may think of us, we should focus on the people who are hurting.  What if we help them?  We weren’t put here for us.  Our talents and gifts aren’t for our benefits, but for everyone else.

“The person who tries to preserve his life will lose it, but the person who loses his life for me will preserve it.” – Matthew 10:39

We have to consciously make a decision to live for God.  When we stop living for ourselves, we find who we really are in him.  When we live for him we build up eternal treasure.  When we die we don’t get to take anything with us.  I want to have a treasure in heaven, an eternal treasure.  So my question for you is who are you going to live for today?

Strength January 4, 2011

It’s a new year.  Most people make resolutions, mine is to put more trust in God and more time into our relationship. I know that I will face challenges this year.  But I know that God is on my side and I can do anything.  I never have to be afraid or worried.

2 Thessalonians 2:16-17    God our Father loves us. He is kind and has given us eternal comfort and a wonderful hope. We pray that our Lord Jesus Christ and God our Father will encourage you and help you always to do and say the right thing.

   God loves us! He will always give us hope and the strength we need.  There isn’t anything that we cannot face with him on our side.  This year decide to trust God, don’t hold back.  He holds the world in his hand, yet he thinks of you.  God wants to see you succeed, all you have to do is trust him and let him lead you. 

 Psalm 84:5  Blessed are those who find strength in you.  Their hearts are on the road that leads to you.

Make a decision this year to get your strength from God.  He will encourage you every step of the way.  He will never let you fall out of his reach.  He wants you to seek him.