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THE POWER OF GOOD NEWS
5/03/09
This whole month I have been pondering how deeply we are
hungering for GOOD NEWS as God’s people living in the
world. How much more is the world going to hunger for
the same! I can remember as a kid going to a movie or
hearing a story that made my heart so tender with tears
because of the graciousness of people and the kindness
of how people treated one another, especially those in
need. Nowadays the media and entertainment is so full
of bad news and bad relationships that we are becoming
famished for simple goodness.
Recently I read the following testimony from one of our QW Class members, it
brought tears to my eyes. What she wrote was the Word
of her testimony. She cooked some chicken wings and
brought them over to her neighbor and through that act
of kindness, it opened the door to share her neighbor’s
burdens and nurture her in the Lord.
It reminded me of this scripture:
2 Cor 1:3-4 NLT
He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can
comfort others. When others are troubled, we will be
able to give them the same comfort God has given us.
5/03/08
Hi Sandy
There have been times like I could actually feel what a
person is going thru.. Back in Oct. this young girl
moved in next door to me and at first she was like she
was afraid of me.. she has been hurt so much by other
people.. the Lord showed me some things and how I got
started talking to her was I cooked some fried chicken
wings and took her over a plate of them then the next
day she came and talked to me and the Lord showed me how
she had always been pushed back and always had to settle
for second best and I began to talk to her and show her
love and most of all shared the love the Lord has for
her.
She is so hungry now for the things of the Lord. I do
things for her and tell her that God has such great
things for her. She loves flowers and she had a gardenia
bush she has had for several years but never bloomed.
She planted it in her front yard and now it is covered
with gardenia's. The Lord said He planted her next to me
so she could be showed His love and now she is beginning
to bloom. She is so precious and just about every day
she comes and says, “Look what the Lord showed me!”
All I know is He just about always uses me with
food...by taking someone something to eat or a cake or
something like that.....then He shows me or I feel what
they are going through and He does the rest....I get so
blessed when the Lord blesses someone else.
Love
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Gal 6:10 NKJV
Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to
all, especially to those who are of the household of
faith.
As a culture, we have forgotten what it was like to
listen to a story of how one act of kindness makes a
difference in another's life. We NEED the Word of our
testimonies to start pouring forth upon the earth. When
we add a deed (like chicken wings) to back up our faith
(in sharing with your neighbor) it empowers the angels
to go. Faith without works is dead. It is a living
testimony in action.
Rev 12:11 NKJV
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by
the word of their testimony, and they did not love their
lives to the death.
When the Lord called me, He said I would be His witness
of what I had seen and heard from Him.
Acts 1:8 NKJV
But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has
come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in
Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end
of the earth."
Acts 26:16-17
I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you
a minister and a witness both of the things which you
have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to
you.
When we read those verses we think, "Oh I am going to
zoom up to the throne room, see Jesus and then travel
all around the world and tell people." And yet all I do
is keep track of the times the Lord speaks to me in
special ways, then type it and click one button. It is
His living power that travels with our testimonies to
changes lives.
Acts 1:8 AMP
But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and
might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you
shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and
Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth.
The Word of our testimony is simply sharing God’s
goodness. It is a weapon of how God has encompassed our
lives.
I will post this Word to Ponder again, I think it is
relevant. From over 1,200 Words to Ponder the Lord has
given me, I think this one is my very favorite.
WHOM DO YOU SAY I AM? 7/23/07
When I labored and created the earth, I looked over
everything that I made and saw that it was very GOOD. I
also gave gifts of creativity so that mankind could
understand that what is created comes out of the heart
of the person creating. The creation is a message that
in someway represents the person behind it. What I
created was GOOD, because I AM GOOD.
Live in such a way that men will see your GOOD works and
glorify Me, for a GOOD man will bring forth GOOD things
from the GOOD treasure stored in his heart. When I
walked the earth, I went about doing GOOD and healing
all who were oppressed by the devil. I give GOOD gifts
to My children and I do not change; I AM GOOD. Every
GOOD and perfect gift comes from Me. I AM and always
will be, the GOOD Shepherd.
Remove your focus off the devil. Overcome evil with
GOOD. Abhor evil and cling to GOOD. Never repay evil
with evil. But instead pursue GOOD. If you want to see
GOOD days, refrain from speaking evil. Turn away from
evil and do GOOD. Beloved, all in the world is very
simple. You have only 2 choices, GOOD or evil, coming
from the kingdoms of light or darkness. You need to
make your choice and stick to it until the end, knowing
Who I AM and Who keeps you. Separate and discern what
you are listening to. You need to separate the mixture
and choose the GOOD part. A GOOD report makes My body
healthy for I know the plans I have for you, to give you
a future and a hope.
Ex 33:12,13,18,19, 34:5-7 NKJV
Then Moses said to the LORD, "See, You say to me,
'Bring up this people.' But You have not let me know
whom You
will send with me. Yet You have said, 'I know you by
name, and you have also found grace in My sight.' 13 Now
therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight,
show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may
find grace in Your sight... 18 And he said, "Please,
show me Your glory." 19 Then He said, "I will make all
My GOODness pass before you, and I will proclaim the
name of the LORD before you. ... 34:5 Now the LORD
descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and
proclaimed the name of the LORD. 6 And the LORD passed
before him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God,
merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in
GOODness and truth, 7 keeping mercy for thousands,
forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no
means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the
fathers upon the children and the children's children to
the third and the fourth generation." |
