Do Not Give Up or Edit Your Dreams #February2016

DAY 1: Do Not Edit Your Dreams
Every leader needs and lives for a dream.
A dream that goes beyond the present
A dream that captures the endless possibilities of tomorrow.

Within every dreamer lies the “opportunity” or temptation to quit.
Most do not…but many succumb to the pressure of the present and edit their dreams.
It’s probably too large or complex, they rationalize.
Others simply insist that their interpretation is wrong or faulty as they wither under intense pressures.

I will admit, it’s fairly common to “attempt to shrink” one’s dreams to fit the current narrative.

But you must resist…and fight for the dream.

• Abraham did
• Joseph did
• Esther did
• Daniel did
• Nehemiah did
• Paul did

Meditation: “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” – 2 Timothy 4:7 NIV

 

 

“Set the Limits”

Dear friends, the mouth is a powerful tool and the tongue a little member capable of boasting many great things. A writer once alluded to the similarity between a tongue and fire, a tiny spark that can raze a mighty forest. The writer further stated that the tongue is a fire – that can contaminate, consume or deprave the entire body. (Read James 3:5, 6 AMP)

In the midst of life’s storms, a few things are immediately obvious:

• The real intent of people is revealed
• The only source of hope is also quickly deciphered.
• Your true supporters (friends, family and partners) are revealed.
• Additionally, what lies within you becomes evident as well – if there is unbelief or doubt or hesitation of any sort, these issues find their way to the top.
• Perhaps, most important is what you say (at that moment) sets the limit of your circumstance(s).

Your words control you
Your words define you
Your words frame you
Your words empower or enslave you

Your words, confessions declarations are either open doors to great opportunities or caged prisons that paralyze, enslave and limit. It’s your call, your choice and your words.

In the book of Proverbs, we discovered that God defined the LIMITS of the SEA and marked out the BOUNDARIES of the EARTH. 

“when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth” Proverbs 8:29 ESV

Similarly, the words of the Prophet Jeremiah in chapter 5:22 (ASV) echo the power of limits, “Fear ye not me? saith Jehovah: will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it.”

Like Father, Like Son 

The Psalmist reminded us of the awesomeness of the Almighty God in Psalm 104:v 5-9 TLB”

5 You bound the world together so that it would never fall apart. 6 You clothed the earth with floods of waters covering up the mountains. 7-8 You spoke, and at the sound of your shout the water collected into its vast ocean beds, and mountains rose and valleys sank to the levels you decreed. 9 And then you set a boundary for the seas so that they would never again cover the earth.”

Can you recall how Jesus reacted when he heard about Lazarus’s death? Can you remember what I said earlier about how pressures/circumstances reveal what lies within the heart and soul? Now, notice the powerful words that came out of Jesus’ mouth, so refreshing too.

He said, “This sickness is not to end in death; but [on the contrary] it is to honor God and to promote His glory, that the Son of God may be glorified through (by) it.” (John 11:4 AMP)

What was the first thing he said? It is not unto death!
And the first thing he did? He set the limits.Notice the sequence –

• He set the limit on the sickness and redefined the purpose of the sickness.
• By so doing, He conquered a dead situation and turned it around for God’s glory.

When negative news of death, loss, defeat, failure, sorrow etc come your way, what do you say? What do you do?

Remember, your words EMPOWER OR ENSLAVE you.
With your words, you set the limits.

Act like your Father! You are a child of God. Listen (click on the link) to this song: You are No longer Slaves but you are a child of God.

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Life and Death reside in your tongue. #SpeakLife

Your words matter a great deal.
The wise king in Proverbs 18:21 said “Life and Death” are in the power of the tongue.

So what are you saying daily?
Let me suggest the following daily affirmations:

Daily Proclamations:

1. I am ordained and supernaturally favored and my life will be filled
with diverse signs and wonders.

2. All Impossibilities in my life will become possible in Jesus Name, Amen.

3. I will break forth into NEW THINGS; break away from BAD THINGS and the GLORY OF THE LORD will arise upon me.

4. In my home, my life, my career, my calling, my business, my family, my children, my future, my dreams and my expectations there shall be amazing manifestations of the supernatural God.

5. Peace, Joy, Hope, Abundance, financial strength, expansion and power will be my lot and portion today continually.

6. The voice of the Lord will be heard over me causing stability, hope, mercy now and forever more in Jesus Name, Amen.

Let life reign…use your words.

Look over your shoulders

Sometimes it isn’t only who we follow that matters, we ought to know those that follow us as well. If you’ve ever read this verse (Ps23:6) before, I am certain that this interpretation will bless you deeply as you reflect. Go on, look over your shoulders. #covenant #promises

Story: The Mousetrap

Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. (‭Philippians‬ ‭2‬:‭4‬ NLT)

This is an interesting/educational story that highlights why community matters. Read on…

Story-
A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package.

What food might this contain?” The mouse wondered – he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.

Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning: There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!”

The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, “Mr.Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it.”

The mouse turned to the pig and told him, “There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!”

The pig sympathized, but said, I am so very sorry, Mr.Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it but pray.

Be assured you are in my prayers.” The mouse turned to the cow and said “There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!”

The cow said, “Wow, Mr. Mouse. I’m sorry for you, but it’s no skin off my nose.”

So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer’s mousetrap alone.

That very night a sound was heard throughout the house — like the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey.

The farmer’s wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught.

The snake bit the farmer’s wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital , and she returned home with a fever.

Everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup’s main

Ingredient.

But his wife’s sickness continued, so friends and neighbours came to sit with her around the clock.

To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig.

The farmer’s wife did not get well; she died.

So many people came for her funeral, the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat for all of them.

The mouse looked upon it all from his crack in the wall with great sadness.

So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and think it doesn’t concern you, remember — when one of us is threatened, we are all at risk.

We are all involved in this journey called life. We must keep an eye out for one another and make an extra effort to encourage one another.

REMEMBER;

EACH OF US IS A VITAL THREAD IN ANOTHER PERSON’S TAPESTRY. OUR LIVES ARE WOVEN TOGETHER FOR A REASON !!!