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It’s all about RENEWING!

RESTORING!

REBUILDING!

It is time to cast (throw using force) your cares on Me says God.

I know you are afraid but do not be afraid. I will work all things out for you.

Trust Me.

Believe Me.

Watch Me.

It’s normal for fear to rise up. It’s normal for doubt to rise up and confusion to question My voice.

Don’t be afraid, as I told the Israelites. Walk through the waters that I part for you. Initially it’s shallow then gets deeper and deeper. But as you look you will find that I paved the way just for you. Just get to the other side. It becomes shallow again.

I know this doesn’t make sense.

I know the enemy is always chasing after you but FEAR NOT, for he cannot hurt what I protect. He cannot shake what I keep.

If I ordain it then be sure that I will ALWAYS sustain it. Don’t fret because that will only cause you harm (Psalm 37) but trust Me. Trust Me in all things. I follow through. Seek Me and you shall find Me.

Stand firm and stand in My Word. It works! Just keep looking at that…. My Word. Keep listening for that… My still small voice.

“Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”” Exodus 14:13-14 NIV

And so God says it!

What God ordains, He will sustain.

Be at peace.

You know the more I think about this the more I think the one thing I’m quitting at is to do better. I feel like I’m quitting at the potential that I know I have in me is built for more.

Does that make sense???

Why do I feel like I keep resulting to settle?

I settled with this weight!

I settled with this job!

I settled with the place where I’m at in ministry!

I’m settling in life for what everyone else wants me to do first and never consider my own needs!

Like aren’t we important too? I know we have this die to self emphasis as Christians and I do that… but when will I die to complacency? What about die to settle? Refuse to sink? Refuse to living with all these insecurities and doubts when I have potential??

“What a shame it would be for the enemy to believe more about our potential than we do.”

Holley Gerth, Fiercehearted 21 Day Devotional

I don’t want to keep doubting myself. This feels awful! I know there is more and I know if I am continuously grieving over my situation then I know that I have an option to change it!

Why am I settling???

I’m not a quitter! But there’s one thing I wanna quit…. COMPLACENCY! There is so much more! If it can happen for others surely it can happen for me too. I’m gonna be a little more intentional about moving forward in faith to do BETTER! To enjoy my days. To enjoy the work that I do daily. To enjoy my health. To enjoy the relationships that I have around me. There is so much more!

This is definitely on my prayer list! Maybe yours too?

Lord, help us break past this spirit of sluggishness and disbelief! Let us QUIT COMPLACENCY immediately and make aggressive steps at better days!

As Bishop Noel Jones preached, “There is something that is going to happen that will negate what you are dealing with right now!”

There’s more! There’s HOPE! Apart from that, I have to quit at what keeps me complacent!

The Word:

“The pain that you’ve been feeling, can’t compare to the joy that’s coming.” Romans 8:18.

“Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭12:12‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”
Luke 6:38

God wants to shower us! He wants us excited! As we give and sow seeds for what is to come we are going to reap a harvest that is pressed down, shaken together and running over us.  Everything He has can be available to us according to our faith. We believe God and we wait for it. Surely it will happen.

This morning I was impressed in prayer to believe God for building property.  That surely it is ours to come.  A place of fellowship that can be solely dedicated to Him.  I see a bright and beautiful alter. Musicians there with their equipment already set up. An amazing wooden pulpit ready for the notes to unleash.  I see lights all around and a message as you open the door for MUI Church.  Just like you see on Pinterest. I am pinning it in my mind! I am preparing. The same way there are baby showers to receive an abundance of gifts because the baby is going to arrive–that is the same way we will do for our buildings.

Our buildings will have study shops like Starbucks. A place where people can come, study and fellowship.  There will be bookstores and other shops.  There will be intimate prayer rooms. There will be offices for the huge staff that will be dedicated to MUI.  There will be a large sanctuary with layers…bottom floor, mid floor and upper floor. There will be nurseries and classrooms for the kids, youth and adult ministries. Beautiful carpeting all around the rooms except in the halls. Flat screens all around with notes and inspirational material.

Why wait until it happens to get the stuff.  If He is going to shower us then we need to have a building shower. We are preparing for the “baby” so let’s plan the shower this year for building ownership! I’M REGISTERED TO HIS PRECIOUS PROMISES WHICH ARE YES & AMEN! 

I see it–feel it–and am expectant!

Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you.”
Matthew 9:29

Dear God,

Help me to reach and press beyond the limitations of MYSELF and my own way of doing things.  Help me to break routine, habits and patterns that are not allowing me to grow and go where I need to.  Your design for me has always been for more.  I see it on the tablet of Your heart which is Your Living Word. I know these inner frustrations and turmoils that are rising up within me are only because I am sticking within my own limitations when I know that there is more.  I know that I can be more and do more.  Help me to reach beyond the limits…because on my own I am going to remain the same.  AND I WANT OUT!!!!

Sincerely,

Chrizzy! Your Daughter.

“Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes.”
Isaiah 54:2

I woke up this morning fast, frustrated, fierce! If I am going to do anything that way, I need a way better plan than what I have and what I know I can create.  Another day passes by in a rush and we are already only ten days in! I have to do something different and stick with it.  I’m just finding myself always tired and I feel like there is just not enough time.

Posted by “Facts” on Twitter today I see–“Never be afraid to try something NEW because life gets boring when you stay within the limits of what you already knew.”

True that!!! I don’t want to remain the same but I’m the same.  I don’t want to stay within but I am within.  I don’t want to be comfortable but I am comfortable–I need my sleep.  I need my rest.  I need my work to get done and the bills to be paid. But I need to be way more creative going 42 years in now approaching the 43rd year!!!! Come on now!

LORD –ENLARGE THE PLACE OF MY TENT –STRETCH THE CURTAINS WIDE AND DON’T HOLD BACK!  RAISE THE STAKES! LET ME LIVE THE RISK-TAKING – WATER WALKING PETER LIFESTYLE THAT YOU CALLED ME INTO!!!

I’m not willing to settle–and that is why the frustration rises!!!! Let’s go!!!

#emerge18