Wednesday, February 12
Armour of God: Put on Love
I knew that before I arrived that God would really speak to my spirit at the conference. I was prepared to be fed and I was. The message was about L O V E. Something I’ve been having a hard time with lately. Not that I have a hard time loving but I have a hard time understanding the actions of those that say they love me. I've also had a hard time dealing with the way I handled certain individuals that have hurt me. The last six months of my life have been …well let’s just say an experience… so I was really anxious to hear what Joyce would cover.
Put on Love
Colossians 3:14
And above all these [put on] love style enfold yourselves with the bond of perfectness [which binds
everything together completely in ideal harmony] [amplified version]
Joyce started the message with this scripture and she encouraged us to put on the spirit of love and walk in it. We have to first remember that we must love ourselves first, and that it’s ok to do so! So often we are so consumed with our relationships or others that we forget to add ourselves into the equation. It was quickly noted that most of us don’t truly know how to love. We simply say we love someone with our mouths but our actions would definitely speak otherwise We must learn how to love others and show that love for one another through how we treat each other. Remember that love is a free gift and we have to stop charging others for our love, with everything we do, those things should be done to honor God and not for thanks. We must let God be God and when we are mistreated or wronged we should always pray for them and trust God to handle things. So many times when someone hurts us, we want to try to do whatever we can to cause as much pain as that person has caused us. Try not to become so consumed with the way others treat you that you forget to overcome those wrongs with good Humbling ourselves and forgiving others is the key to releasing the fruit of spirit and no that does not mean allowing someone to mistreat you consistently or walk all over you. It means that you are not harboring those negative feelings in your spirit. Forgiveness is for you. Romans 12:21 Do not let yourself be overcome by evil, but overcome (master) evil with good. [amplified version]
I knew that before I arrived that God would really speak to my spirit at the conference. I was prepared to be fed and I was. The message was about L O V E. Something I’ve been having a hard time with lately. Not that I have a hard time loving but I have a hard time understanding the actions of those that say they love me. I've also had a hard time dealing with the way I handled certain individuals that have hurt me. The last six months of my life have been …well let’s just say an experience… so I was really anxious to hear what Joyce would cover. Put on Love Colossians 3:14 And above all these [put on] love style enfold yourselves with the bond of perfectness [which binds everything together completely in ideal harmony] [amplified version]
Joyce started the message with this scripture and she encouraged us to put on the spirit of love and walk in it. We have to first remember that we must love ourselves first, and that it’s ok to do so! So often we are so consumed with our relationships or others that we forget to add ourselves into the equation. It was quickly noted that most of us don’t truly know how to love. We simply say we love someone with our mouths but our actions would definitely speak otherwise We must learn how to love others and show that love for one another through how we treat each other. Remember that love is a free gift and we have to stop charging others for our love, with everything we do, those things should be done to honor God and not for thanks. We must let God be God and when we are mistreated or wronged we should always pray for them and trust God to handle things. So many times when someone hurts us, we want to try to do whatever we can to cause as much pain as that person has caused us. Try not to become so consumed with the way others tr I knew that before I arrived that God would really speak to my spirit at the conference. I was prepared to be fed and I was. The message was about L O V E. Something I’ve been having a hard time with lately. Not that I have a hard time loving but I have a hard time understanding the actions of those that say they love me. I've also had a hard time dealing with the way I handled certain individuals that have hurt me. The last six months of my life have been …well let’s just say an experience… so I was really anxious to hear what Joyce would cover. Put on Love Colossians 3:14 And above all these [put on] love style enfold yourselves with the bond of perfectness [which binds everything together completely in ideal harmony] [amplified version]
Joyce started the message with this scripture and she encouraged us to put on the spirit of love and walk in it. We have to first remember that we must love ourselves first, and that it’s ok to do so! So often we are so consumed with our relationships or others that we forget to add ourselves into the equation. It was quickly noted that most of us don’t truly know how to love. We simply say we love someone with our mouths but our actions would definitely speak otherwise We must learn how to love others and show that love for one another through how we treat each other. Remember that love is a free gift and we have to stop charging others for our love, with everything we do, those things should be done to honor God and not for thanks. We must let God be God and when we are mistreated or wronged we should always pray for them and trust God to handle things. So many times when someone hurts us, we want to try to do whatever we can to cause as much pain as that person has caused us. Try not to become so consumed with the way others treat you that you forget to overcome those wrongs with good Humbling ourselves and forgiving others is the key to releasing the fruit of spirit and no that does not mean allowing someone to mistreat you consistently or walk all over you. It means that you are not harboring those negative feelings in your spirit. Forgiveness is for you. eat you that you forget to overcome those wrongs with good Humbling ourselves and forgiving others is the key to releasing the fruit of spirit and no that does not mean allowing someone to mistreat you consistently or walk all over you. It means that you are not harboring those negative feelings in your spirit. Forgiveness is for you.
Joyce started the message with this scripture and she encouraged us to put on the spirit of love and walk in it. We have to first remember that we must love ourselves first, and that it’s ok to do so! So often we are so consumed with our relationships or others that we forget to add ourselves into the equation. It was quickly noted that most of us don’t truly know how to love. We simply say we love someone with our mouths but our actions would definitely speak otherwise We must learn how to love others and show that love for one another through how we treat each other. Remember that love is a free gift and we have to stop charging others for our love, with everything we do, those things should be done to honor God and not for thanks. We must let God be God and when we are mistreated or wronged we should always pray for them and trust God to handle things. So many times when someone hurts us, we want to try to do whatever we can to cause as much pain as that person has caused us. Try not to become so consumed with the way others treat you that you forget to overcome those wrongs with good Humbling ourselves and forgiving others is the key to releasing the fruit of spirit and no that does not mean allowing someone to mistreat you consistently or walk all over you. It means that you are not harboring those negative feelings in your spirit. Forgiveness is for you. Romans 12:21 Do not let yourself be overcome by evil, but overcome (master) evil with good. [amplified version]
I knew that before I arrived that God would really speak to my spirit at the conference. I was prepared to be fed and I was. The message was about L O V E. Something I’ve been having a hard time with lately. Not that I have a hard time loving but I have a hard time understanding the actions of those that say they love me. I've also had a hard time dealing with the way I handled certain individuals that have hurt me. The last six months of my life have been …well let’s just say an experience… so I was really anxious to hear what Joyce would cover. Put on Love Colossians 3:14 And above all these [put on] love style enfold yourselves with the bond of perfectness [which binds everything together completely in ideal harmony] [amplified version]
Joyce started the message with this scripture and she encouraged us to put on the spirit of love and walk in it. We have to first remember that we must love ourselves first, and that it’s ok to do so! So often we are so consumed with our relationships or others that we forget to add ourselves into the equation. It was quickly noted that most of us don’t truly know how to love. We simply say we love someone with our mouths but our actions would definitely speak otherwise We must learn how to love others and show that love for one another through how we treat each other. Remember that love is a free gift and we have to stop charging others for our love, with everything we do, those things should be done to honor God and not for thanks. We must let God be God and when we are mistreated or wronged we should always pray for them and trust God to handle things. So many times when someone hurts us, we want to try to do whatever we can to cause as much pain as that person has caused us. Try not to become so consumed with the way others tr I knew that before I arrived that God would really speak to my spirit at the conference. I was prepared to be fed and I was. The message was about L O V E. Something I’ve been having a hard time with lately. Not that I have a hard time loving but I have a hard time understanding the actions of those that say they love me. I've also had a hard time dealing with the way I handled certain individuals that have hurt me. The last six months of my life have been …well let’s just say an experience… so I was really anxious to hear what Joyce would cover. Put on Love Colossians 3:14 And above all these [put on] love style enfold yourselves with the bond of perfectness [which binds everything together completely in ideal harmony] [amplified version]
Joyce started the message with this scripture and she encouraged us to put on the spirit of love and walk in it. We have to first remember that we must love ourselves first, and that it’s ok to do so! So often we are so consumed with our relationships or others that we forget to add ourselves into the equation. It was quickly noted that most of us don’t truly know how to love. We simply say we love someone with our mouths but our actions would definitely speak otherwise We must learn how to love others and show that love for one another through how we treat each other. Remember that love is a free gift and we have to stop charging others for our love, with everything we do, those things should be done to honor God and not for thanks. We must let God be God and when we are mistreated or wronged we should always pray for them and trust God to handle things. So many times when someone hurts us, we want to try to do whatever we can to cause as much pain as that person has caused us. Try not to become so consumed with the way others treat you that you forget to overcome those wrongs with good Humbling ourselves and forgiving others is the key to releasing the fruit of spirit and no that does not mean allowing someone to mistreat you consistently or walk all over you. It means that you are not harboring those negative feelings in your spirit. Forgiveness is for you. eat you that you forget to overcome those wrongs with good Humbling ourselves and forgiving others is the key to releasing the fruit of spirit and no that does not mean allowing someone to mistreat you consistently or walk all over you. It means that you are not harboring those negative feelings in your spirit. Forgiveness is for you.
Tuesday, February 11
Wednesday, February 5
Joyce Meyer Conference
Hey
everyone!!
Well
this post is L-O-N-G overdue! I’ve been super busy the last few weeks and I
when I sat down to recap my experiences at the Joyce Meyer conference I wanted
to be sure I had enough time to devote to this post. The
conference took place a couple weeks ago at the Palace of Auburn Hills. I was fortunate enough to attend on the last
day of the conference and I was even luckier to snag a third row seat in the
packed arena!!
Praise and worship was lead by Isreal Houghton and New Breed and they really aided in getting the praise session started. I was so pumped and overjoyed just to be in the presence of so many believers! It was truly amazing!
Praise and worship was lead by Isreal Houghton and New Breed and they really aided in getting the praise session started. I was so pumped and overjoyed just to be in the presence of so many believers! It was truly amazing!
After
reading over my notes which are three pages long, I figured it would be a good
idea to split this post into a mini-series
entitled Armed and Dangerous.
Prior
to my hiatus from blogging earlier this year, I had never really listened to or
followed Joyce Meyer before. I had heard of her but I didn’t know her story. During that very difficult time
in my life I needed to be feed by the Word and one day the Spirit lead me to
begin listening to Joyce Meyer’s teachings. I very quickly became hooked to
them and I quickly downloaded every app that I could find and I even purchased
two of her books, The Battlefield of the Mind and Living Beyond Your Feelings.
She
encourages us to get to know God for ourselves and not rely on a preacher or teacher,
but to have an intimate, one-on-one relationship with God and get to know His Word
for ourselves.
What
I love most about Joyce Meyer is her ability to share her story so freely; we
can all gain hope and increase our faith and endurance by knowing that God can
and will keep on His promises to us. He will never abandon us regardless of circumstances, now, present or past.
Starting next week, I will share with you the blessing that
Joyce Meyer shared with us.
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Thanks for reading!
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Thursday, April 25
#CellPhonesorBibles: Why You Should Opt Out and not attend the Detroit NFL Draft
4 words!!!
Cell phones or Bibles!
I will why explain later. Stay tuned!
With the love of Jesus,
The Grateful Outlier
Also known as Yanni Outlier
formally Inez of Style Chic 360
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To God Be the Glory, Great things He has done! @theGratefulOutlier
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#CellPhonesOrBibles
Your soul matters. May God keep you.
Because if you acknowledge and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord [recognizing His power, authority, and majesty as God], and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
Sunday, September 11
My Hope Is Built
I haven't publicly talked much about what I've gone through personally for many reasons. One of the main reasons being is the internet is forever, and some things just aren't meant for the world. My testimony though, is something that I will freely share over time without sharing bit by bit of everything that occured.
Through God's grace, I am able to be transparent with the the world through the lessons and things God has shown me along the way. Sharing my testimony is what I'll do, solely for the glorification of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
In February 2020, before the pandemic and Covid-19 rocked the world, I had what most would consider a mental breakdown. Now I wouldn't label it that, but for the next two years, I would experience a season of pain like nothing I had ever experienced in life. I went through this season with little to no care or concern from those closest to me. Those that I thought I could call on in my time of need, I very quickly saw they were not willing or could not provide what I needed at the time. During this crisis, I lost friends, family and many many others.
But God!
God never left me nor forsaked me. Even though it felt I was all alone and unloved.
During the last 2 1/2 years, my faith was tested and surely I almost ran out of it. I lost my voice and my zeal for life and quite frankly was on the verge of giving up and that's when my God intervened. (Thank you Father!)
He came and reminded me thru the Holy Spirit, the revelation of scripture and song, that He had never left me. I am so grateful and honored He did.
Now, with the loss of so many of my "closest" relationships I've realized those relationships, if they can even be called that, weren't that close at all. The foundation on which they were built was not solid. So God allowed them to fall.
Today, I stand on my faith! Nothing and no one can come between my relationship with God! No relationship means more to me than the one I have with my heavenly Father.
On Christ the solid rock I stand. All other ground is sinking sand.
Dear God,
Help me to accept when relationships in my life end. Allow me to solely and confidently depend on you for love and companionship. Please continue to be my rock and my redeemer. Thank you for supplying all my help.
In Jesus Name,
Amen.
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