Why would I need a Life Coach when I have Jesus and the Bible?
Titles, titles, titles! They're so important right? Only if you make them important. The way I see it there are 2 types of titles: 1. Man made/given - usually because it sounds good with your name attached. Sounds important, right? Titled to draw attention toward someone. (Their claim to fame.) *Self-glorification 2. God given - this is what God calls you, This is how God see you even if you son't see it yet. *God-glorification But let's not get caught up in either. They're are still titles and titles can easily confuse a person. I'm thankful that God calls me Evangelist but for me, God was not just naming me, He was assigning me. Assigning me to serve. To walk in your calling takes having a servants heart. The needs of others come before your own and when you take a look at it you will begin to realize that it's a occupation is divine. But be careful! Not everyone walks in a God-given calling. There are Man-made even in the Christian Community. Not to fear though. You'll be able to tell the difference immediately if you want to. Genesis 30:32, "I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire." Yes Jacob was talking about cattle, sheep and goats, but I see some sheep that are spotted and speckled and God is trying to call you out just as Jacob set apart the speckled and spotted for himself. YOU He can use and change into something greater. It is YOU that He calls blessed. Yep, that's me. One speckled cow! And personally I don't care about how I look as long as I'm doing what God tells me to do when God tells me to do it. Jesus didn't need a life coach. He also studied the Word of God. The Word of God contains every life lesson that you need to know. It contains, knowledge, wisdom and understanding as well as instructions on everything a spotted sheep needs to be a success in life. Be proud of your spots. Because of your spots YOU are chosen and have already been set apart for God's glory. So why settle for an imitation. Pick up your Bible and actually read it today because the good thing is God, is right there waiting to give you the directions that you are seeking. So Life Coaches, no.... I will not be calling you today! Today and always I choose to call on Jesus! Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies www.fearnotministries.com #OnlyJesus #Bibleisdirection #fearnot #PickupyourBible
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"O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker. For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today if ye will hear his voice,"
Psalm 95:6-7 Throughout the Bible there is a phrase that is repeatedly written and when we read something in the Bible over and over again this is God’s way of telling us to pay attention, this is very important: Repeatedly man has “heard the voice of God.” Genesis 3:8, “And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.” And they heard the voice of God! And then verse 10 again says: “And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.” Adam repeated that he had heard God’s voice. Listen! Numbers 7:89, “And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.” Isaiah 6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. (There are many more scripture relating to hearing the voice of God and I’ve added them below for you.) These men are talking about hearing the voice of God. These are people in the Old Testament hearing the voice of God. But Jesus sacrificed His life so that we may be closer to God. Should we not also be hearing the voice of our Lord God? How many of you hear the voice of God? Listen! Beloved, if you are not hearing the voice of God then somethings not right, and it can only be 1 of 3 things: 1) Many of you believe that God only speaks to those that He chooses to speak to? You were made to believe that God speaks only to a chosen few. 2) You’re so busy doing your own thing you don’t have time for God. Sometimes we can be so busy, even in the church, but that busyness isn’t from God. How do you tell the difference? If you are so busy that you don’t have time to read your Word, to spend time in prayer, or just spend time talking with God…. Then you are too busy. Or… 3) You just don’t listen or don’t know how to listen. Listening is a learned technique. You not only have to close your mouth but you have to close your mind as well. You ever wonder why we have 1 mouth and 2 ears? Because hearing is far more important than talking. Listen… So let me set a few things straight. Because of Jesus dying on the cross for you so that you can have an intimate relationship with God, everyone is supposed to hear the voice of God. Not just your leaders in the church, but everyone. If you really want to hear his voice you will have to get past that lie first. Satan don’t want you to hear from God so he created the lie that only certain people can hear the voice of God. But it is every man’s God given right to be able to hear the voice of the Lord. And stop trying to decipher whether the quiet sound you hear is God speaking to you. The Word says we hear the voice of God. Let me tell you the definition of the word voice: Voice – a sound produced in the larynx and uttered through the mouth, to express something verbally in words. If it is a voice then it can be heard and it is coming from out of a mouth. Did God not make us in His own image? (Gen. 1:27) How do you hear? You hear with your ears. Now there is 3 ways in which God speaks to man: 1) Through our eyes (dreams, visions, & visual signs) 2) Through our hearts (a knowing of what is right and what is wrong) 3) Through our ears (speaking to us personally, hearing the voice of God) Job 33:14-17, "For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; 16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, 17 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man." It all comes down to 1 thing. We must listen to hear the voice of God. I have heard God’s voice clearly and I have heard His voice as if it was being carried upon the wind speaking right into my spirit, but I heard the voice of God. Beloved, God is still speaking to you today. Let’s begin to work on our listening because everything God has to say to us is important. If we would but listen more, we will begin to make fewer mistakes in life. Set some alone time each day and practice listening. No speaking, no requests… just Listen! Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies (www.fearnotministries.com) *Added scriptures to read: Daniel 8:16, Habakkuk 3:2, Job 33:8, Deuteronomy 4:12, Deuteronomy 4:36 I've been teaching on how to walk in the favor of God and it all has to do with us stepping into and staying in the glory of God. Walking in the glory of God means that you are overshadowed by the power of God.
Beloved, God didn't give His power to just a few of us. He gave it to all of His children. Read Luke 9:1-6, Jesus told the apostles to go out into the world and take nothing with them. This means that POWER that He so loving granted us is so strong and so powerful that we don’t need anything else. It is this POWER that provides all our needs. We don’t have to have money because this POWER draws us to a place where God pours out. Everything is giving to us through the POWER of God. Food, shelter, clothing, these are very small things to the Lord, but we, man, have made them bigger than they are. We are diminishing the POWER of God every time we declare we need money for this or money for that. Proverbs 18:21 says, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.” The Power of God was placed in our mouths. Romans 4:17 “and call those things which be not as though they were.” God gave us this power. The power of God! Romans 13:1-2 says, “Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no POWER but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. 2 Whosoever therefore resist the POWER, resist the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.” Stop resisting the POWER of God that is in you! Romans 5:1-2, “By entering through faith into what God has always wanted to do for us—set us right with him, make us fit for him—we have it all together with God because of our Master Jesus. And that’s not all: We throw open our doors to God and discover at the same moment that he has already thrown open his door to us.” He’s giving us His POWER! So how do you access the POWER of God? By FAITH. By unspeakable FAITH. By humongous FAITH. Romans 1:17, “For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.” 2 Corinthians 5:7 "For we walk by faith, not by sight." But we can heal, we can deliver, we can move mountains and cause the rain to fall, (or to stop), but it’s only through the POWER of God. The same POWER He gave to Jesus, He gave to me, He gave to you. When we pray we are supposed to see things happened immediately. Say “NO MORE DELAYS”. Say “IMMEDIATELY”. The POWER of God! Now raise your hands if you want to begin to access this POWER, the POWER of God, in your life now. Open your mouth and declare that the power of God yours and that you are walking in it daily! Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies (www.fearnotministries.com) As we draw close to Fear Not Ministries' 4th Anniversary I felt compelled to go back to the beginning. This was our 1st post and the original foundation in which Fear Not Ministries was built upon. Everything with substance begins with the fear of the Lord. If you want to conquer fear, your victory begins with your fear of the Lord. This speaks of respect and honor for who God is, what God is capable of doing and God's insurmountable, unconquerable and invincible power!.
Glory to God on the highest! God has grown this ministry from a tiny little seed into a beautiful and fruitful tree whose branches stretches out to many nations. As a ministry we want to thank you for your encouragement, support and prayers. We also thank you for trusting us to bring forth the Word of God and His understanding boldly, lovingly and truthfully. We thank you for your testimonies of prayers answered and we stretch out our arms and heart with love for each one of our readers and prayer warriors. We especially want to thank those that have joined with us in praying over the requests that we have received and we will forever be grateful for your continued support. Please join us in prayer as we ask Father God to continue to bless, grow and increase His vision for Fear Not Ministries International and may Jesus continue to be the beginning of the love we have for each other! As always, Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies (www.fearnotministries.com) Isaiah 61:3
"To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.”" When most see this scripture they look at it as a scripture used to comfort those who have lost a loved one. I, see all the things that were in your way that God had to burn off of you to get you to the plan! Many times you mourn for the things that God had to change, but God says, "No more crying over the ashes! They are gone, gone, gone. Blown away. You don't need those things anymore." Yes, some of the stuff that God has taken away from us we needed at the time that we owned it. Some of our emotion helped us at the time, but those same emotions have now become a hindrance to the new you. They don't even belong to you any more so God has burned them away. Philippians 1:6 says, "Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;" So once these things are burned away God begins to complete the work He had already started in you. Remember the plan. Yes, He has a plan but it takes a lot of hard work to finish the plan. A lot of inner changes. You know how I like to talk about self-evaluations? What do you see in you now? Have you been changes? God doesn't give you ashes until you are ready for the next chapter. Everything God does has a purpose and this purpose has to do with you personally. It's meant to take you to another level. To move you to higher faith. So are you ready? Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies (www.fearnotministries.com) Are you allowing God to move in your life?
Here's the thing, don't focus on yourself too much. Began to focus on others. Look at Job. As long as he was focus on all the bad things happening he couldn't think about no one but himself, But.... the instant he began to pray for his friends (and some were not really good friends, but he prayed for them anyway) God began to release Job's blessings. He had a complete TURNAROUND. That TURNAROUND can be yours to claim also. Pray for your friends both good and bad! Job 42:10-12, "And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. 11 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold. 12 So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning:" God is just waiting on you. Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies (www.fearnotministries.com) #CaringIsSharing #GodIsGod #JesusIsLord #Pray Sometimes there can be so much strife in our family unit.
Luke 12:53, "The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law." We all know that the family that prays together stays together. Not only that but when we keep God in the midst it helps us get along so much better. But we are human and we are each unique in our own way so we tend to bump heads. We tend to get angry with each other and more than often we tend to want to control each other's desires. And sometimes we have to pray for each other and sometimes we have to pray for ourselves. So today I'm praying for the families. I'm praying for peace, compassion and unity in our families and I declare to you today that God is removing every issue in you and your family. By faith receive it and it is done. In the mighty name of Jesus! Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies (www.fearnotministries.com) #CaringIsSharing #GodIsGood #FearNot God can and will use anyone He chooses.
Have you ever had a person talk down to you because they felt that you were beneath them? I once had a woman of God tell me that the message I gave her did not come from God because IF God wanted to deliver her such a message He would have chosen someone over her to deliver it and that she could no longer trust me. I’m not sure to this day that she ever understood why there were tears in my eyes. I didn’t really care about her trusting me. I was more concerned in whether God trusted me. The message… “God said that you have not humbled yourself before Him.” I cried because I knew beforehand that she would not receive the message and I cried out to the Lord for 3 weeks to choose someone else. But I had to be obedient to the Lord. He wouldn’t release me -- just like He wouldn’t release Jonah. I cried because her answer proved God right and she still couldn't see that. I want you to know that you are greater than others can see and the fault doesn't lie in your vision of yourself. It is they that have the faulty vision. Luke 22:27 says, "For who is greater, he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? Yet I am among you as the One who serves." Now how great was Jesus? And so many people wouldn't accept His greatness! But let me tell you about this God we serve. 2 Kings 6:24 says, “ And it happened after this that Ben-Hadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria. 25 And there was a great famine in Samaria; and indeed they besieged it until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and one-fourth of a kab of dove droppings for five shekels of silver. 26 Then, as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!” 27 And he said, “If the Lord does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the threshing floor or from the wine press?” 28 Then the king said to her, “What is troubling you?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give your son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.’ 29 So we boiled my son, and ate him. And I said to her on the next day, ‘Give your son, that we may eat him’; but she has hidden her son.” Will somebody please say, “Don’t Eat The Children!” Let me tell you about this God we serve! This is the God that in 2 Kings Chapters 6 &7 used 4 lepers to end a famine that was so bad that the people began EATING THEIR CHILDREN for food. Aw come on now, “Don’t Eat The Children!” Now God used these 4 lepers, which were considered to be unclean by the law making them even lower than a slave. But God used those lepers in a glorious way. He sent them to the Syrians to ask for admittance to their city that they may have food and live. When they got to the camp of Syria everyone was gone. Why? Because God sent the sound of chariots and many men attacking to the camp before the lepers reached it and the Syrians fled leaving behind all of the clothing, jewels and food. This is the same God that in Acts 9 used a donkey to stop Saul in his tracks from hunting down Christians. And who later turned this vengeful man who couldn’t stand Christians into a man of spirit and love. This is the God who in Matthew 26 used a rooster to reveal to Peter that he had a couple of spirits in him, both a lying one and the spirit of fear, which led to him becoming one of the most fearless men of God. This is the God that took a little runt of a shepherd boy and used him to not only defeat Goliath but in defeating Goliath, he defeated an army of giants. Hallelujah!!!! This is the same God that picked up the lowly and unwanted and made them into powerful men and women of God! The God that says when we are at our weakest He will be strong for us. The same God that can use you even when you are broken. So don’t give up yet! Hallelujah!!! Don’t eat the children!!!!! Because God has a plan for you!!!! A plan to give you a hope and a future!!! But you got to keep moving forward. Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies (www.fearnotministries.com) #SharingIsCaring #Don’tEatTheChildren #GodHasAPlan As we draw closer and closer to the return of our Savior, God is moving His people to a place of signs and wonders that have not happened on the earth in many years. Everything manifested in the spirit shall come to life in the natural. these things must happen so that God's people will develop the faith they are going to need in the years to come. But even as God's presence will become strongly magnified so also shall Satan's. He realizes that his time is short and he wants to take as many of you with him as he can.
Know that God is preparing His people for this time and their preparation will depend greatly on the strength of their faith. Know this, if you are truly in alignment with Holy Spirit deception cannot deceive you unless you chose for it too. Satan cannot fool you because he can't fool God. You belong to Him. But how you withstand the lies will surely depend upon the strength of your faith. Luke 17:6, "And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you." Begin to make this declaration and get into the flow of the power of God. I declare today that I have faith bigger than a mustard seed and I will do much more than uproot a tree and cast it into the sea. Signs and wonders follow me everyday, all day and every thing that comes from my mouth is follow by an immediate reaction on this earth. In the mighty name of Jesus! Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies www.fearnotministries.com #SharingIsCaring #BigFaith #JesusReigns #SignsAndWonders I really feel that we have moved into a Season of Confirmation. God is confirming what He has already established. Do not move without the confirmation. There are so many deceptions in this world but God only moves in the truth and if it's from God, watch everything else around you begin to lineup and confirm what He has already declared.
Do not miss this season because you moved to fast! Habakkuk 2:3, "For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry." Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies (www.fearnotministries.com) #CaringIsSharing #JesusReignsForever I have been concerned about the drought we are having in California, but my daughter in the Philippines brought to my attention that it is not just California that is experiencing droughts. It’s happening all over the world. Yet it seems to me that we are not really paying attention. We’ve never experienced this before so we don’t know what it looks or feels like so for many there has been no change in their routines.
We don’t have to always learn from experience. We can look at the past. In Biblical times when there was a drought, everything died. Crops, livestock, people. It also brought with it plague and pestilence. Joseph was given the interpretation of Pharaoh’s dream that not only foretold of the coming years of drought but was his doorway to greatness. (Genesis 41) 9 years ago many Prophets saw the drought coming. I too saw 7 years of fat and 7 years of lean. They warned us to prepare because the drought was coming. Most people can’t even see the drought until year 4 or 5 when things begin to stop being replenished. It’s here guys and it’s been here for at least a couple of years now! But the sad thing is that many cannot see it because there is still food on the shelves. They can’t understand the true meaning of drought, but look at this: · Lack of water · Diseases, waterborne illness and cardio-respiratory illness, · Famine (due to crop failure), and · Reduced living conditions (due to higher electricity demands) · Even a decrease in sea life because of the warmer climates. In 1984-1985 drought led to a famine, which killed 750,000 people in the Horn of Africa. Drought can also kill a person's faith or strengthen it, but it all depends on how prepared a person is for the drought. In times of drought we are supposed to store up and ration. You can’t tell me that you haven’t felt the urge to store water at least once in the last few years. And some of you did it for a short period and then let it go. I admit that I also fall in that category. We have approximately 5 more years, and I could be off because I have a bad sense of natural time, but begin to follow that drive now. It’s not too late for you to prepare for the really lean years ahead. Preparation saved Joseph and all of Egypt and preparation can save us. Trust in God that He will help you to prepare. Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies www.fearnotministries.com #drought #preparation #SharingIsCaring #JesusIsLord A CLEAN SLATE is the beginning of a clean heart.
Philemon 1:8-21 Therefore, though I might be very bold in Christ to command you what is fitting, 9 yet for love’s sake I rather appeal to you—being such a one as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ— 10 I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten while in my chains, 11 who once was unprofitable to you, but now is profitable to you and to me. 12 I am sending him back. You therefore receive him, that is, my own heart, 13 whom I wished to keep with me, that on your behalf he might minister to me in my chains for the gospel. 14 But without your consent I wanted to do nothing, that your good deed might not be by compulsion, as it were, but voluntary. *********** 17 If then you count me as a partner, receive him as you would me. Although Paul sent Onesimus back to Philemon, he was not going to force him on Philemon. He wanted Philemon to receive him not because he said so but because his spirit led him to receive him back. That same spirit that was placed in all of us that we may discern the truth in all things. Paul was saying to Philemon, “Look at Onesimus! Is this the same man that left you?” Onesimus was a slave and thief and so he carried a bad reputation. His character was severely flawed. But now Paul is speaking of a different Onesimus. Onesimus the new man. Onesimus with a CLEAN SLATE. Jesus even remove the bondage of slavery off of him and made him their brother. If that’s not a promotion nothing is!!! It didn’t matter what he had done in the past. He had been forgiven. And he really only had to go back so that others would be a witness to how salvation through Jesus Had changed him. He had become a new creation and not only that but he had also become a help to the kingdom. Verse 15 and 16 says, “For perhaps he departed for a while for this purpose, that you might receive him forever, no longer as a slave but more than a slave—a beloved brother, especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord.” Not just any brother, but a beloved brother. So Paul is announcing that there was a purpose in everything that Onesimus had done to Philemon. Just as there was purpose in him running away. So he’s telling him to accept him. Accept him in the spirit. That’s how special you are to the kingdom. Onesimus tried to flee from his sins but because God had a PLAN for his life he ended up running into Paul. Paul moving under the instructions of the Holy Spirit took Onesimus under his wing bringing forth his deliverance from sin. Not only that but he trained him to be a disciple. He trained him to be useful to the kingdom. This is what it is all about. Everything that we do is training so that we will become useful to the kingdom of God. Training to be able to share this God News which is the news of salvation with others. You may be called to do it in a big way or you may be called to do it in a small way. “I planted, Apollo watered, God got the increase.” So you will be either a planter or a waterer in some form or other. And when we follow the plan for our lives others will receive their salvation and they will also receive their CLEAN SLATE. If you've never said it before, or maybe you just need to back track and get back on the right path and rededicate your life, pray this Prayer of Salvation now and receive your promotion. Dear heavenly Father, I come to you in the name of Jesus.I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins and the life that I have lived; I need your forgiveness. I’m ready for your forgiveness. I believe in my heart that your only begotten Son, Jesus shed His precious blood on the cross and died for my sins, and I am ready to turn from my sin. You said in Your Word, that if we confess the Lord our God and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we shall be saved. (Romans 10:9) Right now I am confessing Jesus as the Lord of my life and in my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. I accept Jesus as my own personal Savior and according to His Word, right now, this very moment, I AM saved. Lord God transform my life so that I may bring glory and honor to you alone and not to myself. I thank you Jesus for dying for me and giving me life everlasting. Amen. Now shout CLEAN SLATE! Love you all and always praying for you my Brothers and Sisters in Christ! Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies www.fearnotministries.com www.facebook.com/fearnotministries #CleanSlate, #Salvation, #SavedByGrace, #JesusIsLord Philemon 1:22,
"But, meanwhile, also prepare a guest room for me, for I trust that through your prayers I shall be granted to you." Paul knew with a certainty that God would answer Philemon's prayers for his release. In fact he told him to fix the guest room up for him because he was coming. Now that's faith! We can't just pray without believe that our words are accomplishing something. Yes, we want to go from faith, to faith to faith, but we must pray, pray, pray! So don't give up! You better tell someone to make preparations for you because you are on your way! Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies (www.fearnotminisries.com) #PUSH, #PRAY, #BELIEVE Your destination is at the end of your purpose.
As beautiful as you are now when God begins to fill you with purpose you are going to become even more beautiful to the world. That light of God that we carry within us will begin to glow like a beacon. Revelation 21:10-12, "And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, 11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;" God is talking about the New Jerusalem in this scripture, but what most people don’t realize is that we already carry a piece the New Jerusalem inside of us when we begin to walk in our purpose. This purpose that I am speaking of will make our light “like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;” Can you feel the beauty of God even now beginning to grow within you? Let’s pray that God’s purpose begins to be ignited in us so that our light will glow crystal clear for Jesus. Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies www.fearnotministries.com #SharingisCaring #MyPurpose #AllForJesus Matthew 6:22-23,
“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!” It’s foolish to think that you can look at evil and not be touched. As followers of Christ we must be mindful of what we are viewing on the television. The enemy wants you to become entrapped by your amusement of the things not of God. As you are being entertained the tendrils of darkness are touching your soul and seeds are either being planted or watered and it doesn't matter how knowledgeable you are of the Word of God, how spiritually mature you are or your title. This is the cause of great Men and Women of God fall. “If the eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness.” We must begin to control our eye. I don’t want the darkness to touch me in any way. Remember for God it’s all or nothing. Yet… “If the eye is good, your whole body will be full of light.” I want the light! I want the light! And I’m praying today that you will want only the light from this day forth. Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies www.fearnotministries #caringissharing #Jesuslives #fearnotministries #iwantthelight You know I love to go back to the beginning of the Bible. So much happened in the book of Genesis. In fact, this is where man’s battle with Satan really began. Today it was brought home to me something that most people never consider. We view Satan as the author of lies, but Satan is even more likely to trip you up with the truth. That’s what he did with Eve.
Genesis 3:5, “For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.” Satan tripped Eve up with the truth. Her eyes did become open and he even spoke prophetically. Man now believe themselves to be gods and we do know good and evil. So Eve’s sin also allowed Satan the power to speak prophetically into our lives, but guess what? Jesus gave us the power to stop him. So we need to stop being imitators of Satan; prophesying evil into our lives. Prophesying gloom and doom with our mouths. The Bible says in Proverbs 18:21, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.” Power lies in the words that come from our mouths. When you speak negatively about something, that’s what you get. You have prophesied and not for your good. We do more damage to ourselves with our mouths than Satan could ever do to us, but we do love passing the blame off on him. Today, let’s make up our minds that we are only speaking life and good and fortifying words. Let nothing evil, let nothing bad flow from your mouth from this day forth. Let’s defeat Satan’s prophesy with prophesies of our own! Prophesies of faith, prophesies of love, prophesies of truth and prophesies of life! Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies (www.fearnotministries) #caringissharing, #JesusisLord, #savealife Some people really only want to hear their own voice, but a true leader must listen to others. As a leader we must continue to grow. I want to go to a new level. More knowledge. More wisdom. More understanding. I want all that God has to give to me and your rank or title or lack of a title does not disqualify you from being able to inform me of things I have no knowledge of. The youngest person can be a treasure trove of knowledge if they place their ear in the right direction. The Bible says that God has used a donkey and a rooster to teach humility. We have to be able to receive before we can truly begin to pour into others. And the greatest Key is Humility. Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies (www.fearnotministries.com) This morning I met a really sweet young Asian man. As sweet as he was he was afflicted with many spirits. The Jesus in me wanted to minister to the man, but when I asked him if he wanted his mind to be clear he said it was clear even while mumbling incoherent words. I talked to him for a minute to see where he was and if I could get him to change his mind. He wasn't read so I told him that I loved him and left. Unfortunately, not everyone is ready to be free, but you know what? I saw this man free so I know that his time is close at hand, but Jesus cannot help him until he wants to be helped. He has to want his freedom. Matthew 20:31-33 says, "And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David. 32 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you? 33 They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. 34 So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him. While it saddened me to have to walk away, seeing that he will be free brings me great joy." My word for you today is that we can't force a person to be free from demonic spirits. They have to want to be free. Giving him freedom now is useless because it will leave his house empty. He must be ready for Holy spirit to feel that empty place. If we force it we will end up doing more damage to the individual and he may never be able to see his way out. In Matthew 12:43-45 we learn about the consequences of inadequate deliverance. "When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. 44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. 45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation." It is so important to know the will of God for the people we are ministering to. Flesh says, "Save him" but Holy Spirit says, "Wait." For everything there IS a Season and it just wasn't the young man's Season yet. Please join with me in prayer that this man's season comes upon him quickly. Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies www.fearnotministries.com #sharingiscaring, #FearNotMinistries, #JesusisLordd, #SavedbyHisgrace Mark 13:11, “But when they arrest you and deliver you up, do not worry beforehand, or premeditate what you will speak. But whatever is given you in that hour, speak that; for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.”
How many times do we speak for ourselves and fail instead of allowing the Holy Spirit to speak on our behalf? Once I received a traffic ticket that was going to cost me over $400. I was able to talk the ticket down to $75 myself, but at the time I couldn’t even afford that. So I went back to court the following month. This time a little wisdom kicked in. As I was driving on the highway towards Traffic Court I began to pray. Now I had prayed before the 1st court hearing but I didn’t allow our Father to fully answer the prayer. I took matters into my own mouth, meaning I allowed my flesh to lead. This time I prayed and I asked Holy Spirit what to say when I got before the judge. I was told clearly what to say to the judge. So I’m at court and the judge seems to be of good nature. That was… before a lady goes before her and asks a question in which she was told, “No” and proceeded to ask the same question at least 12 times. I could see the judge getting angry now and I prayed that my name wasn’t called until she had cooled down. That didn’t happen. There was only 1 person called before me, but as I came forth I became empowered by Holy Spirit. I asked for an even further reduction and the judge flat out told me that the fee was as low as it could go. So I then told her what Holy Spirit had told me to say. “Your Honor, it’s like squeezing a sponge that you didn’t get wet. There’s nothing to come out.” The next thing I knew the courtroom was filled with the judge’s laughter! She began shuffling paper and asked me if I could pay $25 to which I said, “Yes Maam. I have $10 on me now and I will pay the additional $15 next month.” This judge then told me that she didn’t want to take my last $10, but I assured her that I could pay it. From over $400 to $25, just because the Holy Spirit said so! You don’t know how many people asked me how I got her to go so low on the fine and I gave each one of them my testimony. The problem is that most of us have trouble telling our flesh to shut up. In fact, you might even think saying “shut up” is rude. It’s not. In fact we need to make it a daily affirmation. “Shut up flesh!” If we would do this then Holy Spirit would not have to fight our flesh to help us. But know this, just because you didn’t consult Holy Spirit doesn’t mean that you won’t find some success, but if you want the true victory you are going to have to shut your flesh down so that Holy Spirit can speak and take the lead. It is only then that we become true victors. Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies (www.fearnotministries.com) #sharingiscaring #JesusisLord Yesterday God impressed on me the value of the stone. He was trying to explain to me how precious a stone is. So many times we take the little things for granted, but this little thing, this small stone, is a big thing indeed. And He took me back to the beginning.
Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” The earth was 1 of the first things that God created. I sometimes think about dirt and how we came from dirt, but I have never related the stone to dirt/soil. When God first created the earth it was just 1 big rock without form. By without form is implicating that it was round, but to create a rock first has to carry importance. Everything that God created on the earth then came out of this rock. In the Old Testament the stone is often mentioned as be costly. Break the stone and you’ll find all kinds of precious gemstones and metals, but as in everything else good in life it takes strength and hard work. The stone is used to form a foundation. Luke 6:48, “He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.” The stone is unshakeable! It’s stable and steady! The stone can elevate things. Numbers 23:9, “For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.” On top of the rock we can be seen by all and no one and nothing can stand against us. And then there is the rock that will rock your world. A stone like no other stone. That rock is our Father God, YHWY. The unmovable, undiminishing and indestructible stone! 1 Samuel 2:2, “There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.” Without this stone we are as the world helpless and defeated. Deuteronomy 32:31, “For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.” They can’t call on the rock like you. Your belief in this rock has the power to do the impossible. It has the power to overcome all your adversaries. It has the power to pull you out of every struggle. So today if you are struggling, if you are battling, if you are being assassinated in your character or spirit. Climb on top of the stone. Be elevated above it all. Stand upon the rock that is our God. Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies www.fearnotministries.com A special message to those whose stand alone in their pain. Today I want to talk to you about how being a wise witness can help to heal your broken heart and bring you back into the presence of God.
Do you ever think about the seeds that have been sown into you? That’s right, many seeds have been sown into each of us. Some good and many bad. And a whole bunch of seeds that we didn't realize had been planted. So let’s first talk about this planting. This sowing into our spirit. There are so many ways that seeds are sown into our spirits. People, music, television, books. By what we see and by what we hear and yes, even by what we touch. And people can damage people by the seeds that they sow into them. The most damaging seeds come from what we hear and what we see. What we witness. Everything you see, hear, touch or smell makes you a witness to that thing. People can damage people and this not only happens in the world but this is also happening in many of today’s churches and God wants me to tell you that He wants to heal you. He wants to make you whole again and He wants to remove all your fears. You might have been looking for the love of God but instead received hurtful words or actions that were then sown into your spirit. Let’s face it, hurt is an emotion that is very hard to control, but I’m here to tell you that it can be done. The first thing we have to do is to learn how to forgive the person for the hurt and disappoints that they caused. True forgiveness will begin to release the pain you have been feeling. Yes you have been a witness to these things and the seed that was sown actually wasn't pain. The seed that was sown was discouragement and doubt. And with these two spirits what happens is that you begin to put up a defensive wall. Especially if this has happened to you more than once. It begins to build-up a wall of distrust in churches in general and their leaders. They hurt you and you will not allow that to happen again. I've experienced this wall in people when we went out witnessing on the streets of San Diego. Some people said they believe in God but refuse to get involved in organized religions because of past experiences, past hurts. They've been hurt and nobody wants to be hurt repeatedly. They've allowed the seeds of what they have witnesses to build a wall of distrust and let me tell you what the job of distrust is. To move you away from God. I read a story a month ago that just seems to stay with me. There was a Pastor that had a faithful congregation. For a few services a male parishioner had been absent and so he decided to go visit him to make sure that he was alright. So the man invites him in and they have a seat in front of the fireplace to talk. He asks the man why he’s been missing service and the man tells him, “Well Pastor. I figure I can worship the Lord just as well at home as at church.” The Pastor didn't reply. Instead he gets up and goes to the fireplace. He gets the poker and knocks out a coal to the hearth and sits back down. They both watch the coal as its heat begins to wane and it get colder and colder until there is no heat left while in the fireplace the flames still burned strong. Then the man says, “I’ll see you next Sunday.” What the man witness is that when we are separated from the fire of our brothers and sisters in Christ our fire for God begins to wane. Our flame begins to dwindle until there is no heat left. This is the place that Satan wants to get you to. Once you separate from the body he begins to whisper into your spirit and you begin to question everything you know to be true. You begin to have doubts and you begin to move closer to being one with the world instead of one with Christ. You begin to make compromises and when your spirit tells you no, you tell it that everything is okay. But it’s not, is it? You see God did move you from the place of pain, the place of hurt, but God separating you from the things that were hurting you did not mean that He wanted you to be alone. That was the point where you were supposed to draw strength from God. That was the point where you were supposed to begin to trust in the Holy Spirit to guide you to the place God wanted you to be. The bible says in Acts 20:22-24, “ And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there: (Does this sound like your daily testimony? We never know what we are walking into. This even includes the moment we open a book, the moment we click on the tv or radio, the second we turn on the computer. The moment we step into the presence of another human being. We never know what will befall us. What will be sown into our spirits? But you were supposed to be bound in the Holy Spirit like Luke was. We go bound in the spirit.) Verse 23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. (So you are going to afflicted by man as well as other things, but Holy Ghost is our prewitness. Holy Ghost can see where we are headed and what will meet us there.) Verse 24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.” Luke knew that he didn't have to worry about what was waiting for him because he was in tune with the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit knew. Therein lays our problem. Are we in tune with Holy Spirit? I can’t get enough of teaching on the Holy Spirit. It is Holy Spirit that Jesus sent to be our comforter. Did you seek His comfort? Holy Spirit has been trying to guide us through this life from the very beginning but HOW in tune are you to His guidance? Holy Spirit has been trying to direct your path for a long time now. So as you witness a seed is sown and every seed sown can and will grow roots. Good roots that help to propel you into how God sees you and bad roots meant to transform you from a child of God to a child of Satan. The fruit that you eat, (witness) is the fruit that you will become. In other words we are what we eat. We become what we see and what we take into our spirit. It’s a gradual change that begins with that spirit of distrust. Distrust comes from the seeds that have been sown in your spirit from the things you have witnessed. We become what we witness. So if you have left the church because of past pains the seeds that were meant to be choked to death through the fortification you receive each time you attended service will begin to grow limbs because you are standing alone. And what do these limbs carry? They carry leaves of doubt. You begin to doubt God which leads to you doubting who you are in God. They carry leaves of fear and distrust. You won’t go to church again because you become scared that you will be hurt once again. And they carry leaves of separation. We are supposed to be 1 body. The Body of Christ, but if you separate yourselves from others you begin to break away from the Body of Christ. So how do we get back in alignment with God? How do we begin to trust again? How do we begin to heal? 1st we have to train ourselves to be wise witnesses. Take control of what we are seeing and hearing from people, from television, from what we are reading. Become a witness to only good seeds. Read your Word daily. Build up some strength. Next begin to have conversations with Holy Spirit. If you can’t hear Him just talk to Him until you do. Up til now you've trained your ears to not hear Him so now you have to train your ears and your spirit to hear again. Start visiting churches and keep visiting until Holy Spirit says “yes”. Remember Acts 20, “ And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there: 23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. 24 But none of these things move me,” Luke suffered the afflictions but he did not allow them to move him out of alignment with God and His will for his life. So finally, begin to exercise a little self-control over your emotions. Do not allow them to move you. I’m not saying you won’t feel the emotional pain when you get hurt. What I’m saying is that you will not allow the hurt to dictate your actions. Yes we will make mistakes but the important thing is to not give up and to not sit still. The longer you allow seeds of distrust and hurt to rule your actions the further away you will move from Jesus. You will begin to feel that God has left you which is a lie. Psalm 34:18 says that The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart. This means that even if you feel that God has left you, He never has. He never will. He’s right there waiting for you to say “Yes Lord” so that He can begin to mend all the pain in you that was cause by the seeds that man has sown into your spirit. Won’t you allow God to heal your broken heart today? You can’t go it alone. You weren't meant to go it alone. If you look back I’m sure you will see that God had others standing with you and now you have left them behind as well as the Lord. Come back. God is waiting. Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies (www.fearnotministries.com) I've had a rough last two week, but it's okay because I know that when things get rough I must be doing something right.
You see, I'm a visionary and God has given me the vision of Church Building. I've met others that say what God is telling them to do, but somehow just can't seem to take that first step. With me God will push and propel me into action. I've accepted His call and I knew that there would be a struggle against the power of darkness because Satan really can't stand to see us walking in our gifts with purpose. I knew it would have something to do with family because that's a place that Satan loves to use against us. Nothing can cause you as much pain as family. Nothing can anger you as much as family and nothing can disappoint you as much as family. I was hit hard financially by a family member and I struggled to fill that hole. As I was struggling I was also having feelings of hurt, anger and disappointment. Even feeling all these emotions I had to keep going, but it was a serious battle. I spoke forgiveness, but did I really forgive the offender. No, I didn't because the incident kept playing over and over in my mind. I could not stop thinking about what had happened and the repercussions of the act that I was feeling. Every 10 or 15 minutes I would think about it. It was trying to control me and it almost did. Now let me tell you about testimonies. Testimonies not only help others but it also helps ourselves. Last weekend I was giving testimony all over the place and with every testimony I gave (of unrelated events) I felt the bondage begin to loosen. I was helping myself guys. Yesterday right in the mist of another testimony, I began to go up and my heart released the forgiveness that I had been seeking. I began to tell our Father that the money never belonged to me to begin with and I was thankful that He was my true provider. I forgave the offender and release them with a declaration that I won't make anymore phone calls. I had to let it go and when I let it go, in rushed the peace of God! I'm still in the struggle natural but it's no longer a struggle in the spirit. My spirit is free from every bondage the enemy had me wrapped up in. I saw the distraction for what it was. Satan was trying to make me back-step. He didn't want me to keep going forward. But I stayed in motion. You see when we are inactive Satan will try and push the door open to doubt and unbelief. Don't allow it. Keep testing your faith to strengthen it. Keep walking in your calling to strengthen it. Keep exercising your gifts with purpose to strengthen it. Keep moving forward. When you are not in motion you hear Satan's voice more clearly the longer you sit still. Then he has an opportunity to deceive you, but he can't get but a pinch of your shirt if you keep moving forward. It's more easier to escape a pinch of clothing than a clasp around your throat. Keep it moving and keep forgiving. If you are finding it hard to forgive begin to give testimony of all the great things Jesus has done for you. Not just to others but also to yourself. There is strength in your testimonies. Begin to draw on that strength to feed your forgiveness. You can't stop now! You can do everything that our Father God called you to do and you can defeat every devise of the enemy, but you have to keep moving forward. Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies www.fearnotministries.com Time for some real talk guys. God awakening in your people the spirit of TRUTH. Why is it that every time you question some Christians about something they're doing wrong (sin) their answer is, "God knows my heart"? This is not a statement that Christians should ever make. It means that you are trying to validate a lie. Christians, please stop saying, "God knows my heart" when you are sinning repeatedly. If you do the same sin over and over again, it becomes your heart. God doesn't honor that. True repentance means to turn FROM. Satan has taught many of God's people to lie to themselves. It's not okay and it will never be okay and as long as you continue to eat that lie you will have an unclean heart. There is no place in the Bible where God gives you permission to sin because "He knows your heart." To the contrary we are implored to "go and sin no more." When you say that God knows your heart you are actually admitting that you know what you're doing is a sin and you are going to do it anyway. That is nothing short of rebellion. I want you to know today that when you say this we all know that you are lying and we usually won't say anything to you because we know that a rebellious spirit never wants to hear the truth. But it's time to have a talk with SELF. It's time to stop copping out with untrue statements. Begin to speak the truth. If you have made this statement to your Brothers and Sisters in Christ, then you need to pray this prayer. "I know what I am doing is wrong. God please help me to turn from sin. Please help me to have a true spirit of repentance. Lord teach me how to stop lying to myself and to others when I know that I am doing sinning. No more excuses God. I have to get this right now! Cleanse me from everything that would keep me from Your presence. No longer will I walk in my false heart but I will begin to look like the heart of Jesus, pure, clean and spotless before You. I won't settle for the lies of the enemy anymore. Remove the lies from my heart and from my mouth this day Lord. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen" Luke 15:7, "I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance." Know that today I am standing in agreement with you and this prayer and I'm praying that this lie is never spoken from your lips again. Now if you have a friend or family members that needs to hear wisdom concerning the words they are constantly proclaiming, please share this on your page so that it may minister to them. Caring is Sharing! Be blessed and free! Evangelist Cheryl Davies (www.fearnotministries.com) Today I met yet another person in need of spiritual healing. It's hard for me to understand how a leader can cause so much pain in so many and not see what they are doing. Where has the love gone? As leaders our job is to love on the people. Not order them, not make demands on them and not cut them when they disagree with us. I had to pull my car over to the side of the road because I was blinded by my tears. Where are God's nurturers? Where are God's healers? Where are God's true leaders? Remember the adulteress that Jesus saved from being stone? (John 8:4-7) Jesus never spoke harshly to the woman but instead He spoke to her in love. "Woman, where are your accusers?" A great Prophet of God once told me to never follow the light of man for if I do God would leave me. That Word follows me at all times. When it becomes all about YOU, you're chasing after the light of man. Last week I preached about the Holy Spirit and what Holy Spirit wants to do in all of us, but the problem is that many have put Holy Spirit in bondage. Holy Spirit can't do anything in your life because when He said "NO" you pushed right through to "YES". You put chains around the Holy Spirit with your flesh. How long before dying to the flesh becomes not just a word we speak to sound like a mature Christian, but becomes a true action? My spirit grieves every times I hear someone say they have to love on themselves before they can love on anyone else. My spirit grieves every time I hear someone say that they come first in their lives. Lord, God help them to see that it really isn't about them. If you really want to see the works of the Holy Spirit in your lives, let self sit at the back of the bus. Think about your brothers and sisters first ALL the time, and I mean ALL the time. That's the only way that you can die to the flesh. THE ONLY WAY! Become Moldable – Pliable – Usable. When we were given the Holy Spirit it was not something that we had to reach for. Holy Spirit was not placed on the sideline waiting for us to call on Him. He was implanted within us. John 20:22 says, "And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:" God works from the inside out so when Jesus gives us something He is not trying to feed the outer man, He is trying to feed the inner man. When He said, "Receive ye the Holy Spirit" He was implanting the Holy Spirit inside of us. Holy Spirit was breath into our spirits and He has always been there from the moment that we accepted Christ. Our Father said that He was sending us the Holy Spirit to do so many things for us. Let’s go back to the Word for some guidance in this: John 14:26 says, “ But the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, Standby), the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My name [in My place, to represent Me and act on My behalf], He will teach you all things. And He will cause you to recall (will remind you of, bring to your remembrance) everything I have told you.” Holy Spirit was sent to be our Counselor (the emotional help that we sometimes need), our Helper (that extra word when we need it), our Intercessor (we can’t intercede for ourselves , but Holy Spirit can), our Advocate (our defense attorney), our Strengthener (the power we need when we feel we can’t go on), and our Standby (our tag team). All these things are not done on the side line. These are inner things. Holy Spirit works from within. We access Holy Spirit from within us. But when we don't listen to His directions we place Holy Spirit on "lock down". We are not in alignment with Holy Spirit. HE CAN'T BE OUR Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, Standby). That takes dying to our flesh. Paul says that He dies daily. (1 Corinthians 15:31) So there should be a daily death to our flesh. When we put everyone before ourselves flesh begins to receded. It goes down and we trample on it daily to keep it down. This pertains to everyone, especially those that leads. Let's release Holy Spirit from jail today and get in alignment with Holy Spirit and then watch how much He can change your lives. Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies (www.fearnotministries.com) I've met many Christians that are as timid as a mouse. If you were to point out someone and ask them to go and tell them about Jesus, they would refuse. So I'm asking you, "Do you have a 'I can't do that!' spirit?"
Acts 4:29, "And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word," Many won't say a word because the enemy has deceived them into believing that to speak to others about our God, our Jesus, would bring a threat to them, but to the contrary, our boldness opens the door to signs and wonders so that others may believe. Acts 14:3 "Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of His grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands." Notice how I said "may believe?" For some even seeing signs and wonders will not help them to believe. This is not what you are to worry about. You just drop a seed and pray. We all have family members that are as yet unsaved. We pray for them, and we pray for them, and we pray for them, when we need to begin to put our faith into action. Tell them about our God. Tell them about our Jesus. Even if they don't want to hear. You must begin to sow a seed into their hearts and you can only do that through boldness. 1 Corinthians 3:6 "I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase." This scripture always remains in my heart because if we are truthful with ourselves, it really isn't asking that much. It only takes one step to plant a seed. Open our mouths. When a family member asks you how did that happen, take a step in the direction of faith and boldness and tell them, "Jesus did it for me." It doesn't matter if they believe you or even if they begin to speak derogatorily to you. Just sow the seed. This will begin to make your prayers effective. Now you have given God something to work with so that He can send the waterers. To not move now, is to delay their salvation. Yes, God can send someone else to sow the seed that they need, but do you really want your family to be free through Christ. Tell yourself, "No more delays." Go forth in boldness and plant those seeds of salvation. It doesn't take much. Just four little words and one big word, "JESUS did it for me!" Today I am praying that you take on the spirit of boldness. That you open your mouth and testify freely. That you sow a seed into the spirit of an unbeliever. That you plant a seed that will grow into a life of commitment and finally, that God will grant you utterance. Ephesians 6:19 "And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel," Speak it now into their spirit. Sow, sow, and sow and watch God work a miracle on your behalf! Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies (www.fearnotministries.com) |
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