The Bible in 1 Corinthians 10:13 says, "There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it." So let's talk about these escapes routes. The Word says, "will with the temptation also make a way to escape" Many of you have written me letters of concern that you have not been able to escape temptation and what I want you to do is to really meditate on these words. "will with the temptation also make a way to escape" I'll share what I see with you. I too have had many battles with temptation that I lost over and over again until I began to use the tools that our Father gave us all. TEMPTATION AND YOUR ESCAPE ROUTE GOES HAND IN HAND. Here is the problem most of us have. We see temptation all the time but we forget to look for the escape that has always been there. So what does the escape route look like? The escape route comes in many forms but none will help you without you changing the way you see yourself fighting temptation. Let's explore some of the ways we should see the escape route. 1) Physically change your direction when you see temptation coming. If you are headed to a place where you know temptation lays in wait for you, don't go. Change your direction immediately. 2) Stay in a position of alertness. Many times temptation will appear in seasons. Every year, around the same time, here it comes. Start paying attention to your seasons and when this temptation shows up. 3) Pay attention to your surroundings. Temptation usually has a particular setting. When everything has been placed in a certain position the enemy will then say, "Now, temptation - come." When you see things starting to look like the setup, instead of walking right into it, began to create your own setup. It's really not that hard to do if you begin to shift your mind, you can send out your angels to the forefront to defeat the temptation before you even walk into the trap. 4) Our mouth is also our escape. There are so many ways that you can use your mouth to escape temptation. You can pray to God, make declarations, denounce the temptation, or you can use your spirit language. My spirit language has helped me escape numerous times until I had the strength to say "NO." And yes say "NO." It doesn't always provide your escape but it opens the door for you to engage your other weapons and we have so many in our arsenal. 5) The Word of God. This is one of your most powerful weapon against temptation. Temptation loves us Christians so it can be very aggressive in it's attack. Even our Lord and Savior Jesus had to fight temptation and one of His escapes was the Word of God. Matthew 4:4, "But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." Notice how the word "Man" is capitalized? It's because when you use the Word as your weapon, you (Man) become empowered to defeat temptation just as Jesus was empowered by the Word of God. Let's stop thinking only about the temptation and how it has defeated us. Use your escape routes and defeat it. If you do, you will come out victoriously! Remember: Temptation = Escape when you begin to see it as one. Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies (www.fearnotministries.com) Psalm 5:3, " My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up." More than ever there is a call for direction in the body of Christ. So many have taking an unnoticed step off the path which will eventually lead them in the wrong direction. While so many others have been stuck in a place called RUT. You want more but you don't know how to obtain it. You are thirsty for more of God, but RUT is keeping you in a sort of locked down position. I can hear you thinking, "It's not suppose to be like this. What should I do?" I too have had similar thoughts at one time or another in my walk. Proverbs 3:5-6 says, "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." We must not move in the direction of our own thoughts. This is a time to seek direction from God. There are so many paths open to you, but which path is actually yours? To chose the wrong path could mean death so it's crucial that you don't make a mistake during this important time in your life. So how do we know which direction is the right direction? We PRAY, we FAST and we ASK GOD for direction. He has sent you His Holy Spirit to give you the guidance that you need. Many will seek guidance from a Prophet, but know this, there are many different Prophets and not all are of God. Learn to seek God for yourself. Only God can give you the direction that you seek. A Prophet will proclaim the things to come but true direction comes from Holy Spirit. The Bible speaks of Prophets being sent from God but the Bible also never tells us to go find a Prophet and he will tell you what to do. Don't get me wrong now Prophets are very important to the kingdom but because of what Jesus did for us (His grand sacrifice) we all have total access to the Father. This is a time to get really personal with the Father. The closer you draw the more you will hear His directions. The more you hear, the less likely you'll go in the wrong direction. So begin to PRAY, to FAST and to ASK GOD to send His Holy Spirit to direct your steps. Psalm 27:14, "Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord." Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies (www.fearnotministry.com) (https://www.facebook.com/FearNotMinistries) Today I was so overloaded that I became frustrated. This led to a feeling of stress and I just wanted to shut down. But instead of giving into it I began to pour out. I just sat in my car, wiped away my tears and I poured out to the Father everything that I was feeling. I literally felt the load ease away.
Just talking to God can change the whole situation. Sometimes all we have to do is to tell our Father what we are feeling. Don't unload your burdens on others who might not be able to handle it. 2 Corinthians 11:9 says, "And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself." Think about it. Most people run to other people when they can't handle a burden which can go on and on to a multiple of people knowing your weakness. But our Father in heaven can handle every problem we have and He doesn't need a second opinion. So let's unload on our Father when our burdens become to heavy. Trust Him, He can handle it. 2 Corinthians 8:13 For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened: Frustration will eat you alive ONLY if you allow it to. Release it to God and get your peace back. Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies www.fearnotministries.com We've previously talked about positioning yourself for calling forth the rain, but so we never have to visit these dry places again let's get some knowledge of why we go through a drought.
Oh but if we had a President that knew how to please God and had no fear of man and their claims of a false freedom. The Bible has the answer to every situation. We have only to access it as the President of Liberia did earlier this month. I only which I had of seen this article when it was written so that I could have stood with this nation in fasting and praying. My prayers have been for Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone ever since the beginning of this epidemic.
Lance Wallnau posted, "America has lost its fear of God. When you lose your fear of God ANOTHER FEAR comes to take its place! Remember that." Just this week a young college student claimed to be ill from Ebola in San Diego and it sent up such a fear in people. I received phone calls and emails from my grandson's school saying because of the possibility of Ebola being found at Southwestern College they are asking the parents to please keep their child at home if they have flu-like symptoms. Do not allow Satan to bring fear in you. The only thing you should fear is God. Did Jesus not give us power to trample upon serpents and scorpions? So to all this fear and panic, all I have to say is, "Stay calm and trust in the Lord." http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Pray-to-halt-Ebola-Liberian-president-urges-20140806 This is a repost of an article I posted on FB on September 11th. Okay. TIME FOR REAL TALK. We are coming up next month on the dark days. The 3 days of the dead in which one is called Halloween. Christians need to start talking to their spirit now rebuking and denouncing being part of the dark. Remember we are the children of the light and must cause the darkness to flee. Refuse to give it power anymore. No More Compromises you guys! If you dress up as an angel you are compromising. If you give your children candy you are compromising. Hot or cold? Those are the only choices God accepts. There is no in between in Christ. Please, stop allowing the devil to deceive you and your love ones. Stop passing your curses down to your future generations. Stop implanting the spirit of fear into your children. They will spend most of their lives battling that demon without your help. This is not cute. This is condemning them to death. Make the decision now that you will not participate in Halloween/Harvest Festival at all this year. And if you feel the pull to do it because you think it is fun, then please message me so that I can pray for God to birth some revelation and truth in you. Always look at the root. If the root is bad then so is the fruit. This is not being too religious, this is being a true Christian. A true follower of Christ. Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies www.fearnotministries.com In today's world it's very easy to say that you are a Christian and bear no fruit. So what is fruit? Fruit is the proof of your faith. Faith doesn't allow you to be inactive in your belief. To be inactive is to be just a flicker of light in the world when we are all called to be a bright flame.
There is a scripture that says, "We walk by faith and not by sight". (2 Corinthians 5:7) This means that we trust God that what we are actually looking at is not the truth. This means telling your mind "yes" when rationality says, "no". I know, this is very hard to do, but it is an obtainable goal. Let me show you an example. One day, about 4 years ago, on the way to work as I was praying I began to make a request to God. There were a few dents in my car and I wanted them gone. It wasn't number one on my list of things to do, in fact the way the car kept getting these little dents... was strange in itself. At the time I had no funds to pay for the body work so I decided to have a conversation with God about it. It went something like this: "I'm so thankful Lord for the blessing of this car. You know that I am not materialistic. I know that this car is your blessing to help me to reach the places I need to go to , but I don't understand why it keep getting these dents. What I do know is that I wish they were gone but it's not a priority. However, if you feel like it, could you help me out with this." Then I began to pray about other things and thanking God for the small things He had done in my life recently. As I pull into the parking lot a young man caught my attention. When I parked he approached the car and waited for me to get out. I remember feeling so peaceful that morning and then here comes this guy. He says he can pull some of my dents out for around $40 dollars. I didn't have $40 let alone $5 at the time so you know that was out of the question. I explained this to him and he said that if I could get $20 he would still fix the dents. You know I couldn't pass that up so I went and borrowed it from my boss which is also a Christian. I went outside and unlocked the car after giving him the money. Then I went back to work leaving him to do what he said. In my heart I knew that God had sent this man and so I gave him complete trust. Not too many people would have done that if they were judging by his clothes which spoke of him being in the midst of his own personal struggles. It was by faith that I was able to trust this man that I had never seen before. It was my faith that told me to go to work while he completed his task. I could not see my car from the office but it was faith that told me that I did not need to see him. My boss on the other hand was in a state of panic because I left this man with my car. It was easy for her to imagine this man stealing parts from under my hood or leaving without doing the job because he had already been paid. She was unable to get any work done because she insisted on going back and forth to the car to check on what he was doing. Nothing I said could change what she was seeing. Then the guy turned and walked down the street with my hood up against the side of the building! My boss came running to me even more panicked saying the guy had left. When it didn't stir me she could not understand how I could sit there with so much peace. This is why I had peace. My faith that God had sent this man to me. I saw the job complete. I saw the man working hard on my car to do what he had told me he would do. I saw him through my faith. I even saw him going to the store to buy himself a drink. So I asked my boss if she really believe everything that the Bible says and she told me yes. I then asked her if she remembered the scripture "we walk by faith and not by sight". She again said yes. I told her that we cannot just proclaim scripture, say we believe it and then refuse to walk in it. She was looking at evil while I was looking at good. Ten minutes later the guy returned with a soda pop and completed the job and guess what? He blessed me as he was leaving. Yes it takes an inner strength to be able to trust in what doesn't look right in the natural, but that's what faith is all about. Your faith without works is dead. Many times we want to do things for ourselves because we know that the only way to ensure that things get done is to do it ourself. Well guess what? You just allowed the enemy to steal a portion of your faith and every time we remove our trust in God and trust ourselves we lose a little bit more of our faith. This can begin to add up to the point where it's all you and there is no room for God to produce anything in your life. Romans 14:22 - 23 says, "Hast thou faith? Have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin." So if you are looking to yourself before looking towards God you sin before God. Where my boss trusted only her eyes, my eyes were on the Lord and my faith. Faith without works is dead guys, but there is hope. Begin to put your faith into action. That bill that is due that you don't have the funds to pay, stop trying to borrow from everyone to pay it. Instead let's have faith and allow God to move on our behalf. Faith without works is dead indeed. If you believe what the Bible says walk in faith fully. The bible says in Mark 11:22, "And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God." So let's have faith that produces fruit. Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies www.fearnotministries.com I had the most wonderful root canal today! Trust in your prayers guys. I have a very low tolerance for pain when it comes to my teeth, but I activated all of my weapons today.
1) I listened and song praise songs on the way to my appointment calling on the presence of Jesus. Cristabel Clack "Your Presence Is Heaven" , Israel & New Breed original. I read scriptures, Isaiah 41:10 "Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness." Psalm 65:5 "By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:" I prayed and then my dentist and her assistant joined hand and prayed with me. She gave me the shots to numb my gums and then left the room. I prayed some more calling on God and His angels to minster to me and just as they were entering the room I felt the tap of an angel on my shoulder. Praise the Lord for the peace that came over me. I wanted to shout but I had too much stuff in my mouth so I laughed instead. There was no pain!!! Oh you don't hear me. I said there was no pain!!! You see I have very long roots and bones in my mouth and it's very hard to anesthetize me. But I felt no pain! My God!!! When I tell you that He is faithful you better believe it for His Word says, "Ask and you shall receive." (John 16:24) I just want to praise Him for He is so worthy!!!! Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies www.fearnotministries.com Today I am once again having a lesson in patience. Patience is just one more thing that needs to access our focus. Now if I am focusing on the things going on around me, I would begin to get agitated. I would become distracted from who I am under God's kingdom. Instead I begin to look for the peace of God in some of the beautiful things that I have seen in the past. That's right, I begin to access my memories and when I do this it takes me out of the place my body is in to a place of peace, serenity and spirit. I'll be the first to admit that this is not always an easy thing to do. Remember the scripture that instructs us to walk in the spirit and not the flesh. Flesh would have me feeling stressed but the spirit grants me peace. On the days that I struggle to reach that place I will use my photos as visual stimulation. This photo today helped me to get there. It one of the most relaxing places I love to be. Doesn't it look peaceful and inviting. I'll even move over and give you room today to join me. So take lots of pictures of the things you love and in times of stress and trials allow them to carry you to a place of spirit. Now that's having patience. It's a guaranteed peace keeper! Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies www.fearnotministry.com To many times we give validation to what others think of us. The truth of the the facts is that man will always think of themselves before anyone else. Man has the desire to be better than. Better job, better wife, better house, better car, and even better children. So when you are promoted they instinctively want to pull you down. They don't want you to rise higher than they have risen. This is the way of the world, but as Christians we are suppose to have a higher way of thinking. My brother's or sister's promotions is a blessing that belongs to us all.
Stay in alignment with God by tearing off the fleshly desires of this world. Our best promotions comes from the Father and these are the promotions that we are encouraging our brethren to seek. Matthew 6:33 "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." Did you see that? We are seeking the kingdom of God, not the kingdom of man. So let's elevate our thinking today and rise up to God and His challenges for us. It is only through the challenges of God that we rise the victor! Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies Fear Not Ministries Int. What does it mean to pour out your fullness? It means that you are willing to place yourself in a position of humility. It means that you have died to the flesh so that you were able to empty out all of you so that you can be refilled with all of God. To pour out your fullness means that you are willing to change. It means that you can see the student in you because after all, we are all students of God, especially us leaders. How many want to pour out their fullness today? How many have a bellyache because they are too full? 2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. Humble themselves. This is the key guys. If my people that are called by my name shall humble themselves. Humility carries the promise. Humility opens not only your ears but it opens your heart. Humility allows you to pour out your fullness. It is only through our pouring out that God is able to pour into us. Be Blessed! By Evangelist Cheryl Davies www.fearnotministries.com A Word of Encouragement in the Midst of Sorrow: Job 41:22, "In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him." I want to encourage those that are grieving today. God says that there is still strength in your neck. So continue to hold your head up for He will turn your sorrow to joy. I heard the Lord say that this is a Season of Praying and Waiting. Luke 1:13 says, "But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard;" Today know in your heart that your prayer is heard. So hold your head up! Through pain, sorrow, and disappointments, hold your head up. There is strength in you neck and your prayers have been heard. Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies Continuing today with the Book of Daniel we witness Daniel continually defeating all the distractions that tried to remove his focus off of God. While the Book of Daniel is filled with distractions I want to bring the key distractions to your attention. · Daniel had to be enduring jealously from some of the children of Judah. (This is not written in the Word but I can imagine this scenario.) There is always someone that becomes jealous of another receiving favor. I can see all the gossiping going on behind David’s by his own people. “He thinks he’s better than us. Won’t eat the King’s food. Who does he think he is?” Can you see that? · Daniel had enemies that were scheming behind his back that were not of the tribe of Judah. (Daniel 6:7) “All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.” · Daniel was thrown into the lion’s den. Daniel 6:10-14, " Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. 11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. 12 Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. 13 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day. 14 Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.” My God! I see nothing but distractions. But Daniel kept his eyes on God. He refused to look at everything that was going on around him. Once again he refused to compromise! Oh that we would have a spirit like Daniel. Tossed into the lion’s den and still held his focus. No screaming for help from Daniel. He kept his focus and trusted God to save him. Today if you are in the midst of the lion’s den, stay focus and keep all your trust in God, for as He did with Daniel, so shall He do for you. Keep your eyes on God! Evangelist Cheryl Davies (Fear Not Ministries) (www.fearnotministries.com) Distractions are something that every believer must contend with and learn how to defeat so that they will keep their focus on the Lord. We can learn a lot from Daniel if we pay close attention. He faced many distractions just as we do, but He knew that to give in would change his life. He belonged to God and wanted to keep it that way.
Daniel 1:4-17 Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah were so focused on God that they did not allow themselves to partake of the defiled food that the king offered them. Can you imagine what kind of distractions surrounded them? They were not the only children of Judah in the household, BUT they were the only ones that did not give in to the distractions. Now let’s think about this. • The Bible did not say that they were on a fast. • The smell of a lot of meat and other tempting aromas were assaulting them every day and almost all day. • and if the others were eating, don’t you think they were pressuring them to eat too. • The eunuchs were also pressuring them to eat of the meat. They were pressuring them to eat because they were afraid that if these boys began to lose weight or get sick then their life would be in danger because they were the Kings property. (vs. 10) Lose their heads. • The 4 decided that they would not eat the food because it had been offered to false gods and therefore it was defiled. Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah made a choice and stuck by it. They made a choice not to give in to all the distractions they faced daily. They decided not to compromise what they knew to be true. No matter what the cost. Even if it meant their lives. "12 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. 13 Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants. 14 So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days. 15 And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat.”" For the 4 boys this was a true test of their faith. A test of where their focus laid. And because they did not give into all the distractions around them God blessed them with many gifts. "17 As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams." We must keep our focus on God at all times to keep us from making unnecessary detours in our walk. Eyes on Jesus! So stop looking at the situation like it's going to pull you down. Keeping your eyes and thoughts on Jesus will bring you favor and bring you through. Tell yourselves that it is just a distraction and then begin to adjust your vision. We must stay focused on God and His plan for our lives. Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies ""Shalom" is comprised of four Hebrew letters: "Sheen", "Lamed", "Vav" and "Mem". The letter "Sheen", represented as teeth, illustrates destruction. "Lamed" portrays a staff and illustrates authority. "Vav", illustrated as a nail or a tent peg, carries the ideas of fastening, securing, or establishing. And finally, "Mem" is displayed as water, and illustrates chaos. So the Hebrew word picture for "shalom" communicates this message – "destroying the authority that establishes chaos"! Do you want "shalom" in your life? You will need to deal with the roots and causes of chaos. The one and only successful way to do that is through faith in and identity with Yeshua (Jesus) your Sar Shalom – your prince of Peace – because He has already disarmed the authorities which establish chaos and will soon destroy them completely. He said, These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world." [John 16:33]" (Quoted from George Whitton, Worthy Briefs) You can find more of these great Worthy Briefs Devotionals at http://www.worthynetwork.com/sign-up You know it sometimes seem like so many things in this life has the power to frighten us, but this is what it means to be deceived. It seems like. It seems like I won't have enough to pay the rent. It seems like they will be cutting my lights off. It seems like no one will hire me. It seems like I can't get through this. It seems like we've been having bad vision. Taken our eyes off of the one thing that has power over everything on this earth. Jesus. That has been the goal of the enemy from the start. To distract you and to get you to believe the lie. He can't do that without showing you the wrong picture. The wrong vision. 2 Corinthians 5:5-8 says, "5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. 6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: 7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) 8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord." Being at home in the body will distort your vision, but walking in the spirit will keep us in the presence of the Lord which will give us the clear and truthful vision that we desire. The vision that dispels all fear. The vision that we all need in order to be able to move forward in God. If you have a true heart for the Father then you desire nothing but the truth so don't allow the enemy to cloud your mind with false visions. Tell yourself today, "No more false visions. I will begin to see what God sees and I WILL walk by faith and NOT by sight." Let's go beyond the fake by taking a true walk of faith because things are really never what they seem. Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies (Fear Not Ministries) Ask yourself this question: Is God really in control? I hear people say all the time that God is in control and He really do want us to relinquish all control to Him, but the majority of us were not raised to leave everything in His wonderful hands. We were raised hearing that we are the author of our own destiny. And the biggest lie of all is, "God helps those that helps themselves." This in fact is true until we do finally surrender all to God. I'm not talking lip service. I'm talking action. When things go wrong, are you immediately on the phone calling others to help you or do you turn to God first and say, "You do it Lord." I have to be truthful with you. This has not always been the case with me. It takes commitment and time and true faith. It doesn't just happen because you want it to. Know this to be true, if you are asking God to increase your faith He can't just say okay and it's done. It has to be tested over and over again. So when things gets tight or seems to hard, you have to begin to activate your faith. Before we actually give God the control, we'll have to go from faith, to faith, to faith. If your faith becomes stagnant, you open yourself up to persuasion. 1 Timothy 4:1, "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;" And I, myself is still not there. But I keep on trusting and believing that each day God will test my faith yet again. That He will test it until it is proven completely true, because it is in the testing only that the truth is revealed. If you really want to get closer and more intimate with the Father, pray that He will increase your faith and then prepare for the tests that are to come, but don't run from the truth once you see it. It is a good thing to see our flaws for then we know what we need to work on. Begin to desire more today and more will be given to you. Isaiah 25:1, "O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth." Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies www.fearnotministries.com I’ve always wondered exactly why Jesus cursed the fig tree when He could have just as easily spoke life and fruitfulness to it. (Matthew 21) Well today I felt led to delve into the different kinds of roots. What I found amazed me. You see there are certain types of fig trees that use other trees to grow. As the fig tree grows bigger it sends down more and more of these roots which form a network around the stem of the host tree. These roots will then take over the other tree growing downward until it squeezes the life out of the trunk of the other tree, which then dies and leaves only the fig tree growing over the dead trunk of the other tree. Another type can grow on rock faces and are able to send down long roots to the soil below the cliff and thus sustain themselves in the harsh exposed environment of the bare rock face, by obtaining nutrients and water from the soil below. Sounds pretty harsh but what I see is a tree that can thrive in almost any situation and yet it bore no fruit. Now here’s the thing. We as Christian are not supposed to be weak representatives of the kingdom. Our strength is in Christ Jesus! So when we continually give in to the enemy we are in fact being like that fig tree. Refusing to acknowledge the life, spirit and strength which is within us and being fruitless, when we should be as strong as the roots of the fig tree. This message is brought home to us in several different parables. The tale of the servants and the talents. The parable of the sower and the seed. The story of the bridesmaids who ran out of oil. All of these stories speak of a lack that we as Christians are not supposed to have. We must learn to constantly be under the Source. Everything we need flows down to us from the Father and we must always position ourselves to catch every drop of wisdom, knowledge, love and strength under this down-pouring. These four things are tree builders. They feed and nourish us so that we can make have enough fruit to share freely with others. This is also why it is so important for us to always examine the root of whatever we are eating. I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again. If the root is poisoned, then so be the fruit and there is nothing you can do to change it. Not everything in this world is from the Lord. Please begin to examine the root and stop embracing things just because they say it is part of your culture. You have a new culture now, a Jesus culture that is centered around kingdom living. Hallelujah! We must stay rooted in Christ and not in the world! Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies (www.fearnotministries.com) Today Scripture Study: Luke 6:44,Matthew 25: 14-30, Matthew 25:1-12, Luke 8:5-15. Your failings and your trials were your life lessons. If you forget the past you forget the lesson and you can very well end up back where you started from.
More importantly these life lessons were for more than just you. They are your testimonies. Golden Seeds. "Yes, I use to do drugs, but it brought me nothing but heartache and held me back from my purpose." "Yes, I use to steal to get the things I wanted and needed, but my God now provides all my needs." "Yes, I served time in jail, but when I gave my life to God, He saved me from ever going back." And your life stories help others to not have to take the long road to their destination. Let me explain what I mean. I think of my life lessons as my Golden Seeds. . And please don't misuse the scripture, "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." (2 Corinthians 5:17) KJV This just mean that in YOUR life those things are dead. It doesn't mean they never happened. They are just dead so you cannot return to them. Not only are they dead to you, but they become this new thing to you and to others. THEY BECOME JUST AS TRANSFORMED AS YOU HAVE BECOME. The truth is that for many it is pride that keeps them from admitting their past. Don't be bound in that. Get free from it by speaking it. Your past was always meant to be your testimony. They become YOUR testimonies, YOUR Golden Seeds. Seeds that are meant to be planted. To not plant them is to be disobedient to the Father. For His Word tells us, "Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;) Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God." (2 Corinthians 9:10-11) KJV You have to stop trying to hide your past. Be the witness and begin to plant YOUR Golden Seeds. Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies (Fear Not Ministries) Do you fight with feelings of being inadequate? The enemy within me. This is a fight within and the hardest battle to defeat. Am I living up to my full potential? Am I being obedient to God? I messed up once again. God said that he forgives me, but so He really? These are questions that we all ask ourselves at one time or another. I want you to know that this isn't you. This is words whispered at your mind. Thoughts that entered through the suggestions of the enemy because he knows that if he can make you fill guilty, he has a chance of persuading you to take that step out of alignment with God. If you beat yourself up it opens the door for him to beat you down even more. Just stop it. That's right. Stop them thoughts the minute they begin. Begin to take on the thoughts of God. Does He not say in His Word: "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope." (Jeremiah 29:11) God's thoughts for us never change. He knows us better than we know ourselves so let's begin to see ourselves as God sees us. We have to stop listening to the report that does not belong to God. When those thoughts enter your mind begin to cast them out immediately. And if you begin to feel you are losing the battle in your mind, then you better go up. Use your spirit language because our spirit knows how battle even better than you. Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies (Fear Not Ministries) Now is not the time to give in! God is trying to do something in you and that's why it feels so hard. But you can't stop now! Just keep telling yourself, "I got to get there!" There is a testimony waiting to be birth and only you can carry that baby. Many are waiting on you and relying on you to overcome so they to may overcome. Tell yourself, "I won't let them down!' Now go! Complete the mission! The blessing is in your completion! 1 John 5:4, "For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith." Be blessed and complete the mission! Evangelist Cheryl Davies (Fear Not Ministries) Years back the Lord showed me a place that I would be entering into in the future. Now when He showed me this place I can remember my heart gripping in fear and a desire to run from it so terrifying the vision was. I've recently seen this vision again and the fear was gone. That's how our Father works. He prepares you for what is to come and once you are prepared, all fear will leave. I want to encourage you today if you are still bound in fear. Know that God is preparing you for your future. a future that contains no fear, but He has to show you it now so that He can deal with it now as part of your preparation. Hold on to your faith because I promise you, it is the one major thing that is going to see you through to the other side of that fear. Pay attention to what the Father is saying in these days. He is speaking words of strength to your spirit. Continue to meditate on His Scriptures telling you to 'fear not' and to be not afraid'. He wrote those words for you for this time. They are alive and will strengthen your spirit even as you are reading and speaking them. Deuteronomy 31:6, "Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee." God has only done a small percentage of what He is planning to do in you in this season of preparation. Be encourage and as always be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies It is not my job to change anyone. My job is just to encourage you to the best of my ability and to love on you the way Jesus loves on me. The rest is up to you and God. God is the transformer of man's spirit, soul, and body. This is what happened to me. God transformed me from the inside out. But He didn’t do it without my permission. You know, that free will thing. Yes, God will not get in the way of your will, but when you turn your will over to Him… Change is coming. On the Potter’s Wheel. Genesis 2:7 “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.” That was just the beginning. God is still trying to mold us. Jeremiah 18:6 ““O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?” says the Lord. “Look, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel!” We all are in the Father’s hand when we begin to agree with Him. Even as I am writing these words, I’m spinning and being molded into something beautiful. The funny thing is that when I was in the world I saw myself as beautiful. But my eyes had been covered in scales. I only saw what the world saw and that was not everlasting. The moment that I said yes to God I began to get a whole new picture and what I saw wasn’t beautiful at all. I was ashamed of myself and God even took THAT away. He slowly began to fix the broken things inside of me so that I would be able draw from His strength and not my own. On the Potter’s Wheel. You need to know that God is asking you to say just one little word. A word that is so small that it seems insignificant, but it means so much. It is the word that will truly begin to change you and your life. “YES.” That’s all God needs is your, “YES.” Wet me up Lord with that Living Water so that I may soften and become pliable. On the Potter’s Wheel. And you know what? I don’t ever want to stop spinning because when I come off the wheel I will be in one of two places, back at the beginning starting all over again (because I can never give up trying) or united with sweet Jesus in heaven once again. So yes Father. I will be the clay. So here is my question for you today: Will you be the clay also? Be blessed! Evangelist Cheryl Davies This is so important! It is one of your keys toward walking into your purpose. If they are not going where you are going they will become a distraction and can possible send you towards detours. I love to be with people that look like me, and by me I mean they also are a reflection of Jesus. What kind of reflection do you see in your friends? Evangelist Cheryl Davies Fear Not Ministries |
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