Song 2:10 My beloved speaks and says to me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Song 2:11 For, behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.
Song 2:12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing [of birds] has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
Song 2:13 The fig tree puts forth and ripens her green figs, and the vines are in blossom and give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Rise up! Receive strength and power. Be established and confirmed my love. Your confirmation comes from Me! Do not lie down any longer, stand upright, endure and be strong. Let ME validate you and prove your call valid. Set yourself in alignment with MY Promises and fix your eyes upon Me and the goal I set before you. Arise and be fulfilled. Persist and forward to your destiny. It is time to dream again of what can be, for all my Promises are Yes and Amen to thee!
Rouse yourself. Shake off the lethargy and depression of the past. Your winter is past. Stir up the gifts and callings within. Investigate once again the things you know to be true and lovely and pure and good and praise worthy. Think on and give place to these things as I work out all things for your good and for My pleasure, for I Delight in you says the Lord. Come! Dream again with Me.
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1. Journal what is holding you back from dreaming.
Confess those things and let God remove them.
2. What dreams have seemed to die?
Give them now to God and ask Him to kindle them again.
3. Ask God to fill you up with hope and courage. Listen for His reply.
4. Write down those dreams and the steps you can take
to start moving towards them
5. Begin today! Dream again!
Showing posts with label Delight. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Delight. Show all posts
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Delight in Him by Robert Hotchkin
Gene - a prophet: A Key - Delight in Him by Robert Hotchkin
For several years now, I have been overcoming what the professionals call an "incurable" illness, and contending for a miracle of healing. Not contending to be healed one day, but contending to see the full manifestation of the healing I know that I already have through the finished work of the Cross. It has been a glorious journey – full of ups and downs, breakthroughs and testimonies. And all the while the Lord has given me the grace to keep my eyes on His promises, and the faith to know that they are mine because of His sacrifice.
One of the many miracles along the way was during the last six months when the Lord connected me with an amazing doctor in Europe who was able to accurately diagnose what was going on, and create a course of treatment. Recently I arrived back in Europe for another round of treatments. My first morning here I was in prayer and the Lord spoke to me. He told me that my assignment while I was in Europe this trip was to learn to delight in Him – no matter what. He let me know that "delighting in Him" is a key that helps bring forth all of His promises when we are in the midst of a battle – to see what we know is ours come forth. He also spoke to me that this was not just a key for me, but for all of the Body of Christ while we are in this "entering-into" season of early 2012.
If you are in the midst of a battle right now, if you are contending for a promise of God, if you have been declaring and decreeing in faith, I want to say, "Well done, good and faithful one!" Every one of your decrees has had an impact. Every one of your declarations of His promises and His Word has made a difference. Well done! I also want to share with you the key the Lord shared with me: Delight in Him – no matter what!
No matter what the doctor reports say. No matter what the bank statements say. No matter what the headlines say. Delight in the Lord! All of His promises are yes and amen! And all of His promises are for you. If you haven't seen them fully manifest yet, don't give into the temptation to despair or grow weary. Instead, take a moment from focusing on the promises and turn to the One who made them. Turn your eyes to Jesus. Look full in His wonderful face! Delight in Him. Delight in this One who has given us everything, who has done everything. Delight in the Lord who is faithful and true and good and loving and kind and generous. Delight in Him. No matter what! And all the rest of it will just melt away. I know. I am doing this every day, over and over again. And as I delight in Him, the One who has promised that I am healed by His stripes, it is so easy to believe and receive the promise with fresh faith and certainty – no matter what!
Probably the best known Scripture in the Bible about delight is Psalm 37:4 which reads, "Delight yourself in the Lord and He shall give you the desires of your heart." Two phrases – one an instruction, the other a promise. Let's take them one at a time.
We must always remember that God has already given us everything (2 Peter 1:3, Ephesians 1:3, Romans 8:32, Luke 15:31, Romans 8:15-17). The promise of Psalm 37:4 is not that if we give God delight He will give us the blessings we desire. The promise of Psalm 37:4 is that when we delight in the Lord we will remember what He is like, we will remember all He has done, and we will remember that He has already given us all that He promised through the Cross at Calvary. When we delight in the Lord, every hard place in our heart begins to soften, we begin to trust Him and His Word again, and then we are able to come back into a place of bold faith that looks beyond our circumstances to know His promises are true – no matter what! Our delight in the Lord actually works to bring forth what is already ours that a part of us had stopped trusting and believing for.
Delight is a key. Delight is a weapon. Delight is a refreshing cup of cool water after a long, dry spell of enduring in faith. Delighting in the Lord is its very own reward, and how marvelous that it also helps bring forth every other reward we have through our inheritance in Christ!
Robert Hotchkin
XP Ministries (Extreme Prophetic Ministries)
Email: rob@xpmedia.com
For several years now, I have been overcoming what the professionals call an "incurable" illness, and contending for a miracle of healing. Not contending to be healed one day, but contending to see the full manifestation of the healing I know that I already have through the finished work of the Cross. It has been a glorious journey – full of ups and downs, breakthroughs and testimonies. And all the while the Lord has given me the grace to keep my eyes on His promises, and the faith to know that they are mine because of His sacrifice.
One of the many miracles along the way was during the last six months when the Lord connected me with an amazing doctor in Europe who was able to accurately diagnose what was going on, and create a course of treatment. Recently I arrived back in Europe for another round of treatments. My first morning here I was in prayer and the Lord spoke to me. He told me that my assignment while I was in Europe this trip was to learn to delight in Him – no matter what. He let me know that "delighting in Him" is a key that helps bring forth all of His promises when we are in the midst of a battle – to see what we know is ours come forth. He also spoke to me that this was not just a key for me, but for all of the Body of Christ while we are in this "entering-into" season of early 2012.
Knowing His Promises
Knowing God's Word, knowing His promises, and knowing that they are ours is very important. We must know what is ours through the Cross. We must know that everything pertaining to life and godliness HAS BEEN (not will be, but has been) given to us through Christ Jesus (2 Peter 1:3). But even more important than knowing the promises is to know Him who made the promises. Knowing His love and kindness and mercy and grace and generosity... Knowing His character and nature... Knowing that this Amazing Father of ours who gave His Son for us withholds none of His goodness, blessings or promises from us... ever! (Romans 8:32)If you are in the midst of a battle right now, if you are contending for a promise of God, if you have been declaring and decreeing in faith, I want to say, "Well done, good and faithful one!" Every one of your decrees has had an impact. Every one of your declarations of His promises and His Word has made a difference. Well done! I also want to share with you the key the Lord shared with me: Delight in Him – no matter what!
No matter what the doctor reports say. No matter what the bank statements say. No matter what the headlines say. Delight in the Lord! All of His promises are yes and amen! And all of His promises are for you. If you haven't seen them fully manifest yet, don't give into the temptation to despair or grow weary. Instead, take a moment from focusing on the promises and turn to the One who made them. Turn your eyes to Jesus. Look full in His wonderful face! Delight in Him. Delight in this One who has given us everything, who has done everything. Delight in the Lord who is faithful and true and good and loving and kind and generous. Delight in Him. No matter what! And all the rest of it will just melt away. I know. I am doing this every day, over and over again. And as I delight in Him, the One who has promised that I am healed by His stripes, it is so easy to believe and receive the promise with fresh faith and certainty – no matter what!
Probably the best known Scripture in the Bible about delight is Psalm 37:4 which reads, "Delight yourself in the Lord and He shall give you the desires of your heart." Two phrases – one an instruction, the other a promise. Let's take them one at a time.
A Soft Heart is a Receiving Heart
"Delight yourself in the Lord." That word delight in the original Hebrew is "anag" which means "to be soft or pliable." When our circumstances are difficult, or we have been believing for a promise of God to come forth and it has not yet manifested when we think it should or the way we think it should, we can often suffer from disappointment and discouragement. This can cause us to harden our hearts toward God, giving into fear and lies like, "Well, He hasn't come through yet so maybe He isn't going to." But when we take our eyes off those circumstances and put them back on God, we remember what He is really like. We remember that He is loving and kind and merciful and gracious and generous and faithful and trustworthy – no matter what! When we stop trying to figure out what He is doing, and focus on what He is like, it becomes easy to delight in the Lord. And as we do, our hearts "anag" – they soften, opening back up to Him, and we are able to believe and receive again.God Does Not Need to Be Bribed
The second part of the Scripture promises, "And He will give you the desires of your heart." The word give in the original Hebrew is "nathan" which has many meanings including "to bring forth." Psalm 37:4 is not a quid pro quo statement. God is not saying, "Okay if you first give Me delight then I will give you the promises you have been wanting." God is not holding out on us until we sweet talk Him with delight. Not at all! He is giving us a key to unlock those promises, to bring them forth!We must always remember that God has already given us everything (2 Peter 1:3, Ephesians 1:3, Romans 8:32, Luke 15:31, Romans 8:15-17). The promise of Psalm 37:4 is not that if we give God delight He will give us the blessings we desire. The promise of Psalm 37:4 is that when we delight in the Lord we will remember what He is like, we will remember all He has done, and we will remember that He has already given us all that He promised through the Cross at Calvary. When we delight in the Lord, every hard place in our heart begins to soften, we begin to trust Him and His Word again, and then we are able to come back into a place of bold faith that looks beyond our circumstances to know His promises are true – no matter what! Our delight in the Lord actually works to bring forth what is already ours that a part of us had stopped trusting and believing for.
Victory Is Certain
Psalm 37:4 doesn't tell us to delight in our circumstances. It doesn't even say for us to delight in God's promises. It says to delight in the Lord! Jesus said in John 16:33 that we would often have challenges in this world, tests and trials. But He told us that when we do face times like that, we must remember that He has overcome the world for us. In other words, He was saying that when our circumstances are not delightful we are to remember Him who always is delightful, and as we delight in Him we will remember that no matter how things look right now, victory is certain because He has already secured it for us (2 Corinthians 2:14).Delight is a key. Delight is a weapon. Delight is a refreshing cup of cool water after a long, dry spell of enduring in faith. Delighting in the Lord is its very own reward, and how marvelous that it also helps bring forth every other reward we have through our inheritance in Christ!
Robert Hotchkin
XP Ministries (Extreme Prophetic Ministries)
Email: rob@xpmedia.com
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
I Believe In You
My Beloved One, it is true. I DO believe in you. I know you wonder how that can be. I hear your heart question, "is it really true? You believe in me? But how can You Lord? Aren't you disappointed in me?"
It's true, you've messed up and made some ill chosen choices. But that does not mean that you are a failure. It doesn't even mean that you don't love Me. It simply means you haven't yet learned how to trust and to make right choices that will lead you further along the path I have laid out for you.
The Truth is, even in those wrongly thought out moves, I AM still working in your to bring you to a fuller revelation of ME and of MY LOVE for you. I AM dealing with your heart, dealing with your emotions, dealing ever so gently that sometimes you do even recognize it. But I AM with you! Doing and willing of My good pleasure, to bring you into a fullness of relationship with ME.
So believe it when I say, "I believe in you," and choose to both believe in ME and to believe in yourself. Disappoint ME? Never! The very meaning of the word means to unsettle, to defeat or hinder from enjoyment... Dear one you cannot unsettle ME! You can hinder yourself, but you cannot hinder ME! And I enjoy you very much, and long to show you so much more than you now see and experience.
So dear one, do not frustrate MY Grace, which is mightily at work in and through you! I say that for YOUR benefit, that it may go well with you. I say that for the benefit of those whose lives you WILL touch, even unknowingly! For you see,
you are a delight to ME and a worry to the enemy! So trust and obey, rely and relax, look forward and not backward, and Live your life to the MAX! I have ordained it to be so and full of blessings much more than you know. For that is how life is meant to be when it is lived fully surrendered to ME.
It's true, you've messed up and made some ill chosen choices. But that does not mean that you are a failure. It doesn't even mean that you don't love Me. It simply means you haven't yet learned how to trust and to make right choices that will lead you further along the path I have laid out for you.
The Truth is, even in those wrongly thought out moves, I AM still working in your to bring you to a fuller revelation of ME and of MY LOVE for you. I AM dealing with your heart, dealing with your emotions, dealing ever so gently that sometimes you do even recognize it. But I AM with you! Doing and willing of My good pleasure, to bring you into a fullness of relationship with ME.
So believe it when I say, "I believe in you," and choose to both believe in ME and to believe in yourself. Disappoint ME? Never! The very meaning of the word means to unsettle, to defeat or hinder from enjoyment... Dear one you cannot unsettle ME! You can hinder yourself, but you cannot hinder ME! And I enjoy you very much, and long to show you so much more than you now see and experience.
So dear one, do not frustrate MY Grace, which is mightily at work in and through you! I say that for YOUR benefit, that it may go well with you. I say that for the benefit of those whose lives you WILL touch, even unknowingly! For you see,
you are a delight to ME and a worry to the enemy! So trust and obey, rely and relax, look forward and not backward, and Live your life to the MAX! I have ordained it to be so and full of blessings much more than you know. For that is how life is meant to be when it is lived fully surrendered to ME.
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