Without a Vision?
Jesus I need wisdom. I need your plan and peace to flow in my life. Teach me and I will listen, show me and I will see.
Why do I feel empty?
You have not fed your spirit. Even though you don’t feel like anything is happening when you listen to this music and write it really is.
Stay with me Chip! I love to talk with you.
I love to talk with you Jesus! Thanks for staying with me no matter what I have done.
It is not a matter of what you have done Chip, it is a matter of what you are! You are the righteousness of God! I can hang out with you because you have been fixed. Once you get a full grasp of this you will understand how you can be a true success.
You are a success because I made you a success. Now you just need to walk out the details.
The verse that came to mind is Prov. 29.18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
I need to see the vision, not just my vision but the vision God has for my business.
Thank you Jesus for talking with me today!
7 Steps To Hearing from God
This is step by step of what I do to hear from God, it works for me and it will for you too.
The following is how this morning played out:
- It is early enough in the morning that no one else us up.
- I got the area cleared of clutter, some of it at least
-I am at my computer desk. - Turned on some soaking music real low – this is music that I have heard many times before
- I Start getting quite – Things I need to do start pop-in. Got a blank sheet a paper to write these things down for later
- I Start to get my mind and spirit ready to hear. I do this by praising Him and by remembering the great things and times in the past, e.g. Azusa Street, and how He has touched The Airport Church. Also some person experiences. I picture these events and the miracles that have taken place, and I invite the Holy Spirit into this place just like those places.
- I have either a brainstorm sheet or Journal or both open and ready to write down what I hear.
- Then I pray quietly, with many long breaks so I can hear. But pray enough to keep focused on hearing.
Some other things to keep in mind to really get the value out of this:
Find the best way you can write. I mostly type now but started -and still do at times by writing
Don’t worry about spelling, you know what you mean and you can fix it later.
Keep reading this blog. If there is not a post covering your question, there soon will be.
Post your questions below. This helps me know where are and what I need to cover more.
The Path
It seems that Jesus will teach me in phases if you will. When I will complete one is unknown to me. Yet it seems like the new lesson will just drop in one day and then that is what He will show me for some time.
Many times this phrase will come when I first drop in to His secret place. For example, Jesus has been telling me recently, “Walk in my ways and I will show you the path.”
Now that I have decided that I need to change my career the word “path” seems to say more. Thus ”career path”
What a comfort it is that Jesus is ready to walk along with me on my new path!
So I am looking into the other part, “walk in my ways…” What does this mean? The following example is how I ask and then hear from Jesus.
Jesus, how do I walk in your ways?
Walk as I walk, do as I do. What was I known for?
Praying?
Yes, it is well know that I prayed much. What else?
You where left at the town Church, because you where listening to the sages?
I was. This town was far away from the people I had talked with up to that point. They had more insight into the things of God and I soaked up all I could. How can you do the same Chip?
Listen to teaching that I don’t normally listen to. You told me the other day to go back to some of my old ways of reading scripture and confessions
This is good Chip. Now as you do this with focus you will have peace along the way to your new income path. Stop the noise and focus on my Word, so you will have Peace along the way.
I will do this Jesus! Thank you!
That is the real thing! I love to hear from Jesus. The above is why I don’t agree with anyone that says you cannot hear specific direction from God.
All the best!
Chip
It’s Time to Soar!
Cut Loose So You Can Soar
I have come to a place in my life where I am removing the things that might seem good or at least harmless but where never God’s plan for me.
All kinds of thoughts are going through my mind at the moment. They are going to hate me. I might run out of money. Is this just me or what? It seems that my mind will do anything to stay comfortable.
When you find yourself pushing a car more than you can drive it maybe it’s time for a new car. We must cut loose the time eaters in our lives so we can soar.
Do It Anyway
Yet when I get quite I know I must do it anyway. It is just like getting a debt off your life, when it is gone you are free from the time it took to get the money to pay it. Well with things in our lives that we commit to it gives us a time debt. And that time will come from somewhere because you only have 24 units in a day.
It’s Time to Soar
God knows just what to say.
I recently said to my wife, ‘I need to cut loose so I can soar’. Then this morning I was reading the Believer’s Voice of Victory by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland and found these words: “…things that hold us down and keep us in the natural realm instead of allowing us to soar in the Spirit.”
My plan of action: Say No to the good, so I can say Yes to the great!
Field of Diamonds
Matt 13:44 ”Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field, which, when a man hath found, he hideth; and for the joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
It hit me today as I found a note from my daughter and remembered the book summary I received last night, it hit me, this is my field of diamonds, my family.
My kids and wife want to be in the same room with me! How can this be? They fight for my time not over time for the TV. It seems not long ago I was single and just looking for a good girl, now I have a 12y daughter that leaves me sweet notes of encouragement. And a 6y that must get a hug and do our secrete handshake before he goes to be.
Here is why all this is working:
- God has always been a part of our focus – we have not lived perfect lives! But like David we have repented often and came back to the starting block.
- My wife was and is in agreement with me over the raising of our kids in a godly manner.
- I stopped dating just any girl and waited to hear from God on the matter. When I did hear God I still waited more than a year to take the next step in our marriage. -We where friends for years before
- I married my best friend.
- After 13+years we still say “I love you”
Peace in a New Path
Find peace in the middle of everything, and at all times. Live in that place of peace no matter what the choices or circumstances are.
It is not a matter of the right or wrong choice but the pursuit of peace.
On this choice of a new career path. Find peace and you will know what to do.
I have thought this way before. What is different now? It seems like I am just putting off a choice that scares me more than walking in faith.
Let’s say you should make the move. You must know that it is me and not another one of your ideas, right?
So how do I do this? What methods can I use to know that it is not just me being me again?
I will write what I know, guide me along the path Jesus.
- When it is God it will fall in place and be better than expected
- I let peace lead me in the way
- Must know that it is God’s plan and not just mine
Timeless in His Ways of Goodness
Not Wrong, Right Success?
We spend so much time trying to not do wrong… what does that mean? That Success less anything wrong equals Right (sin free) Success?
Success – Wrong Doing (sin) = RS?
Nope! It would be the same as saying that a bum on the street is a millionaire because he has not lost a million dollars in the last year. He still has zero.
Doing right has to do with being under God’s mighty hand. It is His power at work that makes us a success.
On to my journal.
Often times when I hear from God in my quiet time He deals with matters of the heart. He goes to the core of the problem. This is some of the latest…
Wealth, Riches, and Money
In the following posts on this subject I will be reviewing a book I read titled Wealth, Riches, and Money. By Craig Hill and Earl Pitts.
The first thing that stood out to me is that you must lay the foundation before tithing and sowing come into play. In fact they go so far as to say that doing this wrong means your harvest will go to your creditors.
Do not worry if you have built your castles in the air. They are where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. Henry David Thoreau
So to start without the proper foundation will insure failure and frustration. Here is what Hill and Pitts lay out.
Page 3, The New Testament actually contains 215 verses pertaining to faith, 218 verses pertaining to salvation, and 2084 verses dealing with the stewardship of and accountability for money and finance. 16 of Jesus’ 38 parables deal with money.
(My thought) With so many Christians living paycheck to paycheck, do you think we missed something? Have we had the answer all along and just forgot to find it?
They go on to say, Jesus is not after your money. He is after your heart. How we relate to money is simply indicative of the condition of our hearts.
Why don’t more Christians write about money? Jesus sure did teach a lot about it! And yet it is said that 80% of Christian homes have some type of financial distress. And 50% of divorces in America today has to do with finances.
Next post will start about a woman who was asked why she received money for the ministry. Freely you have received then…
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All the best!
Chip
This is fun!
You just got to laugh!
I just found this cartoon source, glad I did!
All the best!