Sharing More AWESOME Words of Encouragement and Wisdom!
God just keeps blessing us with words of encouragement and wisdom from those we have come to trust for just that, and today’s messages from Bill and Marsha Burns were no exception, as well as Lorraine Ezell’s Coffee Break devotional this morning, so I want to share them all with everyone below. Be blessed and encouraged…GOD IS MOVING MIGHTILY IN OUR MIDST!!!
THE TRUMPET by Bill Burns — September 21, 2009:
Songs of deliverance are coming to you, for I, the Lord your God, will pour out of My Spirit that you may be relieved of the burdens that you have carried — those things that have weighed you down; those things that have been troubling to you; those things that you have struggled with. So I say, come to Me you who are heavy laden and I will give you rest. For it must be that in this season that you take rest in the presence of your Maker. You have the ability to come to Me and receive restoration that will come in a position of your alertness, preparedness, and your ability to be fresh and ready to receive, says the Almighty. You are like the eagle who flies in the skies, turn your eyes upward and you will see that you have the ability to be as He is — the ability to see and perceive My purposes, says the Lord. I have called My people to come aside for a moment of rest, a moment of restoration where you can be unburdened now in this season. Come and rest. Allow Me to heal you. Allow Me to invigorate your spirit. Lift up your voice and call to Me and I shall come. For these are indeed the days of My glory and you, My children, are the sons and daughters of glory. So come now and rest, says the Lord.
SMALL STRAWS IN A SOFT WIND by Marsha Burns — September 21, 2009:
Mount up! Renew your strength as the eagles. What has come to a close or is finishing is not the end but another beginning. Don’t think that life or ministry is over. This is only the end of a phase. You will arise with renewed strength and in greater maturity in the Spirit and accomplish what I have set you to do. I am not finished with you. You have come through a season of change with perseverance and endurance. This has been a time of preparation and a necessary precursor for what is ahead. You have had to make a clean break with the past in order to be available to do what I have set before you now. Come forth in the power of My grace, knowing that you are indeed in the flow of My Spirit and that I am carrying you, says the Lord.
Isaiah 40:31 But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.
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Coffee Break – “At All Times” by Lorraine Ezell:
“Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.” Psalm 62:8
“Trust in the Lord at all times”. What does “at all times” mean? Does it mean our trust is to be restricted to the good times only? Does it mean that we should trust the Lord when things are well and the sun is shining? Does “at all times” mean only when we have enough money coming in to pay the bills, when our children are living for the Lord, when there is food on our table, when all our relationships are fine? Does it mean we should trust Him when the economy is in stable condition, when there are no wars, when righteousness is being established within our borders, when the unemployment rate is zero?
Or could it mean that we should trust Him when our lives are falling apart, when the rain is coming, when the darkness of night has settled around us? Could it mean that we should trust the Lord when we see no hope for a brighter tomorrow, when we get one bad report after another like Job, when the earth is shaking beneath our feet and the storm is beating upon our house? Does it mean that we should put our trust in the Lord when sickness strikes our body, when the bank forecloses on our home, when the pink slip comes today and tomorrow we have no job?
Does “at all times” include the times when we see no evidence that the Lord is working on our behalf, when the heavens seem to be shut up, when our prayers feel like they are returning unanswered, when it feels like God has abandoned us? Just what does He mean when He says, “Trust in the Lord at all times”? He means just that- at all times. Good times, bad times, night time, day time, plenty times, lack times, calm times, storm times– if there is a “time” for it, then we are to trust God in it.
Life consists of different “times”. It isn’t made up of all good times or all bad times. But regardless of the times we find ourselves in, we can trust God in them. He is with us, providing for us, meeting our need, protecting us, empowering us, at all times. He was with the disciples in the time of storm. He was with David when his time came to face the giant. He was with the three Hebrews during the time they were in the furnace. He was with Esther when it was time to go before the king. He was with Moses when it was time to lead the people out of Egypt. He was with Joshua when it was time to go into the promised land. And He will be with you in all your times too.
Have a great day. Trust in the Lord at all times- regardless of what time it is.
For further reading:
Proverbs 3:5-6, Psalm 56:3, Isaiah 12:2, Psalm 73:28, Psalm 118:8-9, Psalm 20:7
Coffee Break is a morning devotional written by Lorraine Ezell, and available online and sent by email free of charge for the asking from About the Master’s Business Ministry, Inc.
So please feel free to call Lorraine at (601) 833-5278 or E-mail her at mastersbusiness@bellsouth.net
And you can visit her on the web at MastersBusiness.org.