What if we shifted our perspective?
What if we shifted our perspective?
17 And it will be in the last days, says God,
that I will pour out My Spirit on all humanity;
then your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
and your old men will dream dreams.
Acts 2:17 HCSB
5 Look, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome Day of the Lord comes. 6 And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”
Malachi 4:5-6 HCSB
14 and My people who are called by My name humble themselves, pray and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 HCSB
4 Therefore I, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling you have received, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, accepting one another in love, 3 diligently keeping the unity of the Spirit with the peace that binds us. 4 There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to one hope at your calling— 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all.
Ephesians 4:1–6 HCSB
Envy and Selfish Ambition
13 Who is wise and has understanding among you? He should show his works by good conduct with wisdom’s gentleness. 14 But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t brag and deny the truth. 15 Such wisdom does not come from above but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. 16 For where envy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every kind of evil. 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without favoritism and hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who cultivate peace.
4 What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from the cravings that are at war within you? 2 You desire and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. You do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and don’t receive because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your evil desires.
4 Adulteresses! Don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? So whoever wants to be the world’s friend becomes God’s enemy.
James 3:13–4:4 HCSB
Offense
He said to His disciples, “Offenses will certainly come, but woe to the one they come through! 2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to stumble. 3 Be on your guard. If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. 4 And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and comes back to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
Luke 17:1-4 HCSB
How to be Unoffendable
Understand that life isn’t fair
Assume that other people don’t know the whole story
Be alright with the fact that they never will
Take the high ground, take the blame, take the wrong, don’t try to fix it
Speak the truth in Love
If you desire to make it right, schedule a time to talk
Try to think differently about your disappointments
Be anxious for nothing
Words of Knowledge:
-God is releasing healing of dyslexia that’s caused you to hate reading and learning. Not only is God healing the dyslexia but he’s healing your desire to learn.
-God is healing shoulder issues, specifically those that require surgery.
-God is healing family strife and contention. Where there is disunity, God wants to release love that binds your family together in perfect unity.
-The Lord is healing generational iniquity and curses.
-There is a death that is recent or still feels recent and you are carrying the weight of it. You are secretly dealing with it. God wants to take that weight off. He is saying my burden is easy and my yoke is light.
-God is healing arthritis and/or hand pain.
-Marital struggle - you have never encountered this kind of struggle before and it’s new. God wants to reconcile you and your spouse. Don’t let the sun go down on your anger.
-God is healing dizziness and disorientation.
-God is healing bleeding issues.
-Zechariah 3:1-5 sanctuary of repentance – we are in sanctuary of repentance. If you need to repent of something, please confess it to the Lord wherever you are and He is faithful to forgive and restore you.
-You have been dealing with the fact that you dont feel like The Fathers son or daughter. God is calling you His child and wants you to come back to His heart and intimacy with Him.
- There is a revival fire starting in the youth. God is breathing His Holy Spirit on you.