Hello Friends!
First off, I want to extend a blessing to all fathers out there on this Father's Day weekend:
Your Heavenly Father says to you:
"My sons! I am so very proud of you! You have no idea how pleased I am with you. You are doing so much better than you think you are. Keep going! I made you just the way I wanted and I like who you are! You are enough. You measure up. No matter what anyone else has told you contrary to that, my voice of truth is the one that matters.
My princes, you are my success story! I will make sure that your life makes a difference in this world. I will take you on an adventurous journey into the depths of my heart and thenout into the world where you will give away what I have poured into you. I am inviting you into my "Father & Sons" construction business where I will teach you all that I know about how to genuinely care about people and see the best in them. You and I will build up and not tear down. I will make you the excellent fathers and husbands and friends that you've always wanted to be. Even if you did not receive affection from your earthly fathers, I will teach you about love and how it is never a sign of weakness to show affection.
It is my greatest joy to lavish my love on you and to bless you with all of the spiritual blessings that I have. I gladly and openly bless you with my extravagant favor, my sons! I will always love you, because you are mine!!"
Of course, these words of affirmation are for daughters as well (God has an equally impressive "Father & Daughters" Sewing Business, where he teaches you to restore all things!)
Donna Fuller (dfuller@blazingfire.org),our children's pastor, had this encouraging word to share:
I can't believe it's Thursday already. It's our garbage day and I was a day behind. I don't know how it happened, but I just called the company and they are sending the truck back for our "stuff". Hmmmm is that a prophetic picture? I'm calling it forth in the spirit.
I am declaring FREEDOM! Freedom to all who have gotten side-tracked and feel like they have missed their "day of visitation". It's NOT too late! I'm calling the "angels that gather all things that offend" to move into our situations and take out the garbage AND the recyclibles... I am declaring a clean slate! A fresh start! A new beginning! Our garbage pick-up day is Thursday... I am declaring a new Thirst-Day! New Thirst for the Presence of the Living Water.. the ONLY one who can satisfy!
Yesssssss!
Friday, June 19, 2009
Don't worry about...ANYTHING! - June 12, 2009
Hey Friends!
First off, I want to direct your attention to Blazing Fire's brand new web site! It's still at the same web address, www.blazingfire.org. Bill Hernandez (of Blazing Fire Church) has done an amazing job constructing it and it now has more of the features (along with a brand new look) that we needed to better fulfill the vision God has given us to impact the world with the fire of His love--see how creatively this is depicted in our new logo! If you have a web design need, you can see Bill's website at www.upperdesignstudio.com. Check out our new site www.blazingfire.org and look around!
Now for an encouraging word!
Don’t worry about…
ANYTHING!
“Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God, and the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.” (Phil 4:6-7)
With the barrage of negative news coming at you from every direction, you have a moment by moment choice before you. The choice is this: “Whose report am I going to believe?” God’s report is this: “You have been chosen by me to be my blessed and highly favored child and to be a light in the midst of darkness. All things are working for your good at all times!” But the world’s report which is fueled by fear and the enemy’s intimidation is…well…not very encouraging to say the least.
The world says, “Fret! Be anxious!”
God says to you, “Peace! Be still!”
The world says, “Lose sleep worrying! All is lost!”
God says to you, “I am for you!” I am in total control! All is going according to my plan!”
He assures you of a peace that surpasses all understanding. What that means is that you have to give up your demand to have everything all figured out in your mind, because that’s still you trying to take care of you. God’s peace, which bypasses your understanding, is a direct feed from His Spirit to your spirit. So, even when your mind can’t come up with the solutions, your spirit is already at rest. Next you listen to the truth of that still small voice inside of you (that would be the Spirit of Christ) and let Him restore the peace of your emotions and your thinking back into their proper alignment.
Take a deep breath (right now!) and remind yourself, “All is well! I have a GOOD shepherd who promised to take exceptional care of me! I am my beloveds and He is mine! All things are working out for my good! Ahhhhhhhhhh…I will worry about…NOTHING!
Jesus says to you:
“Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid!” (John 14:27)
First off, I want to direct your attention to Blazing Fire's brand new web site! It's still at the same web address, www.blazingfire.org. Bill Hernandez (of Blazing Fire Church) has done an amazing job constructing it and it now has more of the features (along with a brand new look) that we needed to better fulfill the vision God has given us to impact the world with the fire of His love--see how creatively this is depicted in our new logo! If you have a web design need, you can see Bill's website at www.upperdesignstudio.com. Check out our new site www.blazingfire.org and look around!
Now for an encouraging word!
Don’t worry about…
ANYTHING!
“Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God, and the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.” (Phil 4:6-7)
With the barrage of negative news coming at you from every direction, you have a moment by moment choice before you. The choice is this: “Whose report am I going to believe?” God’s report is this: “You have been chosen by me to be my blessed and highly favored child and to be a light in the midst of darkness. All things are working for your good at all times!” But the world’s report which is fueled by fear and the enemy’s intimidation is…well…not very encouraging to say the least.
The world says, “Fret! Be anxious!”
God says to you, “Peace! Be still!”
The world says, “Lose sleep worrying! All is lost!”
God says to you, “I am for you!” I am in total control! All is going according to my plan!”
He assures you of a peace that surpasses all understanding. What that means is that you have to give up your demand to have everything all figured out in your mind, because that’s still you trying to take care of you. God’s peace, which bypasses your understanding, is a direct feed from His Spirit to your spirit. So, even when your mind can’t come up with the solutions, your spirit is already at rest. Next you listen to the truth of that still small voice inside of you (that would be the Spirit of Christ) and let Him restore the peace of your emotions and your thinking back into their proper alignment.
Take a deep breath (right now!) and remind yourself, “All is well! I have a GOOD shepherd who promised to take exceptional care of me! I am my beloveds and He is mine! All things are working out for my good! Ahhhhhhhhhh…I will worry about…NOTHING!
Jesus says to you:
“Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid!” (John 14:27)
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Lenses of Love - June 5, 2009
Hello Family & Friends of Blazing Fire!
I wanted to inform you that I will not be preaching over the next month so that I can focus more on a book that I have been writing about the extreme passion of the Father's love for his kids! Here is a portion of what I have been writing. Enjoy and be massively encouraged!
We each have a certain way of looking at life depending upon the lenses through which we view it. What determines our lenses is the experiences we have in life that shape our perceptions. You have read numerous truths in this book about the love that your Father in heaven has for you, but how readily you believe those truths has everything to do with the lenses through which you are looking. If you had parents or significant people in your life who abused their power and used it to hurt you, then it will be much more difficult for you to embrace the truth that God uses his unlimited power for your absolute best, working on your behalf all of the time. If you were told growing up that you were 'no good' or 'less than' and if whatever you did was never enough, then there will be more of a disconnect when you hear God’s comforting words that he totally accepts you and that he has made you exactly the way he wanted—and that he LIKES you!
The list of lies that some of you have been told or the abuses that some of you have endured would be too long to write about here, but can I tell you something you must hear? Every time a lie was spoken that tarnished your beautiful image and every time your innocence was robbed because of an abuse of power, your Daddy in heaven wept. It was never ever his intent for the precious ones he loves to be damaged and taken advantage of. We do have an enemy—the devil and his army of darkness who seeks to destroy. When we attribute everything that happens to God, we fall prey to the enemy’s plan to steal from us the intimacy with God that we were made to enjoy. God is good and the devil is bad. It’s really important that we don’t mix the two up. God gives free will to his children which is sometimes misused, but He also has a way of miraculously turning everything to our good (Romans 8:28).
Your Father knows every single thing that has happened to you in your life and he is more than able to prove to you his love and compassion. He says to you, “I’m going to love you the way you deserve to be loved! I will treat you as the prince/princess that you are until you believe it and you hold your head up high as my priceless treasure!"
God is in a process with you of erasing the hard drive of past deceptions and filling you with affirming words until your lenses are completely cleaned and you see clearly the love of a Father who has always adored you and who has nothing but good in store for you. And the more you believe His goodness, the more you experience it!
And you will experience the goodness of your Father because he is giving you his lenses of love to look through!
Pastor Brent Lokker
Blazing Fire Church
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