S.I.S.T.A.H.S. MINISTRY
Women Sharing and Encouraging
Official Conference Website: www.freewebs.com/sistahsconference
Week of August 18, 2008
"Living In The Love Of God"
"Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets."
The same authority Jesus has, I have. I cannot duplicate the works of God, but I can duplicate the works of a woman anointed by God!
The place to live is in the Word of God. Jesus said, "If you keep my commandments you shall abide in my love." The word "abide" means live in, settle down, and take up residence in His love. Well, Jesus is the Son of love. Jehovah is the God of love. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of love. Then being in the middle of that love is being in the middle of the secret place of the Most High; and it is being in the middle of His will that provides protection. By living in the word of God, you abide, or live in the love of God. You, therefore, will love your way right into Heaven. Jesus said in Matthew 7:12 to do to others as you want men to do to you. And then He tells us about the pathway to Heaven. He says that the straight way and the narrow way is the love way. Anybody can follow the flesh way. Following the flesh can cause you to retaliate, defend yourself or even punch or curse someone out. But abiding in the love of God takes some effort.
Love causes you to have divine protection, authority over every sickness and disease, over every problem and over all the power of the enemy. The result of Jesus giving His life on that cross was that He rose up from the grave to live in victory. Love is the only way to total victory in this life. And it is the ingredient that causes your faith to work. (Galatians 5:6) So make your dwelling place in the love of God that it may be well with you, and that you may walk in total peace and in God’s divine protection.
Week of August 4 - 11, 2008
"Trust God"
"Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding."
I will not think small, but will live to have the perspective from God's point of view and obey His direction.
Too often people try to reason things out, but that can be dangerous. When we start trying to figure out why God says or does something, our first mistake is thinking we're smart enough to understand the mind of God. Reasoning can also move us in a particular direction that, although it may seem logical, may not be the will of God. A biblical account found in I Samuel is a good illustration of this point.
You need to depend on God to show you things in such a way that you know -- with an inner certainty -- that what has been revealed to your mind is correct. You must not allow yourself to reason with your mind, searching for logical solutions. Instead, you must say, "My trust is in the Lord, and whatever He tells me to do, I will obey."
PRAYER: Dear God, thank You for loving me more than I can even comprehend. In the Name of Jesus, I ask You to help me love and honor You so much that when You speak I will have only one thought in my mind and that is to "obey". In Jesus Name, Amen.
Week of July 28, 2008
"My Image Is Beautiful"
"Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified."
I am an heir of God, and joint heir with the Lord Jesus.
God has justified you. That means God has declared you as being righteous. That is the lane he has provided for you. He has provided a limit for you of right standing with Him. In addition, "...whom he justified, them he glorified." The word “glorified” means to render or esteem as being glorious and having honor. Before you were ever born, God decided that you are going to be glorious and that you are going to have His honor on you.
In that event, the Scripture says, "Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect? Did you know that God elected you? God chose you. It is God that justified you. Who is he that condemneth? It was Christ (the Anointed One) that died." (Romans 8:34) In other words, who can talk about you? They didn’t die for anyone. They didn’t carry everyone’s sins. What should you care what people say about you? Jesus is the one that died "yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us." (Romans 8:34).
Jesus is interceding for us. The Holy Ghost is interceding for us. No wonder if you will cooperate with Him, and take His teachings upon you that all things have to work for your good. The key is your cooperation --- your cooperation in prayer and His word. Yield yourself as a vessel to be used of God in prayer. Your prayer is vital to the body of Christ and to the whole world. When you are a person of prayer, you are walking in the glory God has given you. You are esteemed by God as having glory and honor. In so doing, His blessings will track you down.
