thoughts for the season...

* imparting to others: realising in my own life and what i see through others, that we really struggle with imparting what we have learnt to others, we either forget what it was like when we drank milk, or took baby steps, maybe only remembering the glory stories, but not the ignorance, the immaturity,etc,etc...or we remember but don't know how to teach and walk with people from point a to point b...

* wisdom-applied knowledge: sometimes i think God wants me to sit with new revelation knowledge, mull on it, chew it, then put it into practice, work it till i see it happening before or instead of sharing. And maybe that is why people not listening when share, there is greater sense of authority from the person who is actually living out the values he shares. I do know that i tend to share for a need to just share this new thing that i'm learning or going through, but sometimes that can hinder me actually being established in it with God instead, so maybe I should just talk to God.

* what is God to you?  when hear the word God what do you and I think of? Ruler, Superpower, being, creator, Father, what??? so when we hear the scripture Be still and KNOW that I am God... How do we see God and maybe the how we are seeing affects the KNOWING and the being still. if I know he is God and what thatmeans, maybe i will be still at peace,etc...

Ezekiel 36:

 ¹⁶Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
 ¹⁷Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.
 ¹⁸Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it:
 ¹⁹And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.
 ²⁰And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land.
 ²¹But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.
 ²²Therefore say unto the house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
 ²³And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
 ²⁴For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
 ²⁵Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.
 ²⁶A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
 ²⁷And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
 ²⁸And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
 ²⁹I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.
 ³⁰And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.
 ³¹Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.
 ³²Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.
 ³³Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded.
 ³⁴And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.
 ³⁵And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.
 ³⁶Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it.
 ³⁷Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.
 ³⁸As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the LORD

Thoughts on Dominion...

I thought I should post what's on the brain before I forget

Today My Status on FB was:
thank you God for all you taught me this weekend!!!! Today I will try and take dominion over my life, health, room!, work, new job, relationships, relationship with you for YOUR GLORY!

So I go to bed last night and wake up this morning praying this over my life and ready to change my attitude towards life and work and body, health after a weekend of preaching at Helps Ministry Training on (PASSION, LOVE, COMMITMENT, SACRIFICE = OWNERSHIP) and Sunday Night Evening Service (Work of FAITH, Labour of Love, Enduranec inspired by Hope) - we all as people work, labour,endure  but for us the difference is faith hope and love added to what we do...! Also with this is Arthur Burk teachings on Dominion...(the reason why we dont see it...cause its for his glory not ours) and then YAM prayer... Where there was a word about us Young adults taking Dominion over what God has given us, our lives, our jobs, etc.etc... So after all of that I decide that I am going to do things differently have to change my attitude, have to be intentional, etc.etc...

Then the day starts and I end up being late for work training...! But as I drive, and forgetting the name of the school I stop someone who is going to the school which was a miracle for her, and for me and it was just showing me that despite my shortcomings, God is apart of the agenda in the little thigns even( reminder to self that Stanley at Church said, as he got older start thanking, giving Glory to God for all the things hte little things that happen to us!) But anyway as I am pondering, about work, the revelation of training, my stress and fears about the job even though it is all falling in place nicely I realise this about all of this...

God calls us to take Dominion... That was what was said in the garden in Genesis (how funny we were taught about this so long ago and only now this is making sense to me!) Anyway we are called to rule, designed to rule/take ownership, influence, fix, with Gods help of course, the life/area/situation God has placed in our lives, to let his kingdom come in that area... So yeah we get this, we are hearing this preached this now, but what is needed to actually see dominion not just preach dominion?

Work. Taking Dominion over a difficult relationship, My WEIGHT, etc.etc... is not just a prayer, now I am not saying prayer can't work even on its own, I believe it can, God may be calling you to PRAY regarding a situation and in this case, this is work too, something we are doing, to change the situation...But besides prayer sometimes Seeing Dominion may require more. We may not even see it in our lifetimes, but we labour to take dominion of the earth! And again with Adam and Eve after they fell and didnt take dominion but instead chose to listen to serpent and own desires, work now became toil, the earth produced thorns, it was harder...So taking dominion will not be easy, there will be thorns...it will be hard, there will be resistance... But we are called to take dominion so we must anyway, its just this dominion now includes HARD WORK... :)

Which can make us feel INADEQUATE, UNPREPARED, TIRED, STRUGGLING,  and maybe other people from the work take their identity from it, make Work the objective, so push hard, work hard, but without the heart, or anointing or others procrastinate, Stress!etc.etc...but the bottom line is toil creates in us a UNFINISHED, even INSECURITY WHICH makes us then CRY OUT TO GOD

As we cry out to God for help, HE comes gives us answers, perspective, lifts the load, helps us have purpose in the the labour, moves through us, does something bigger than we thought through it, shows us how it was all him in the first place, we realise our identiy and our call through him intervenng and opening our eyes and lifting us, in the situation...

and DOMINION HAPPENS! it's like the seed that falls to the ground, then dies, and new harvest comes from that... Dominion doesnt come just from Praying, or Working the Dominion, or Struggling with it, but as we take it to God he comes and does all of the above through us with a different mindset, heart, view, strength and courage in us! It's like taking his call, and giving it back to him, and then living out what he calls! I think all is necessary, Just all is not isolated, but works together!