by Grethe Stanley | Oct 23, 2018 | encouragement
Faith that moves mountains #2
What exactly does it mean to live a surrendered life?
The surrendered life is the act of giving your will back to God.
It’s relinquishing control, rights, power, direction, all the things you do and say.
It’s totally resigning your life over to His hands, to do with as He pleases.
Jesus lived a surrendered life; He is our example.
John 6:38 I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of Him who sent me.
John 8:28b-29 …I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught Me. The one who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do what pleases Him.
Jesus’ full surrender to the Father is an example of how we should live. I can almost hear you thinking as you read this “Jesus was God in the flesh, easy for Him; His life was surrendered before he even came to earth”. Not so, the life of surrender is not imposed on anyone, including Jesus. When Jesus walked the earth, he was fully man and had the same temptations as we do, he had to make daily choices just like we do.
John 10: 17-18 The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life, only to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.
In the above verses Jesus is telling us, I’m choosing to surrender my will back to God.
Our heavenly Father has given us this same privilege; we can choose to live a surrendered life or not.
No one is forced to yield his life to God. We have the privilege of free choice.
So in order for us to have faith that moves mountains, we have to walk in forgiveness and obedience.
Once when I was preparing to talk on the subject of surrender, the Lord gave me a picture in my mind of what a surrendered life looked like. It was a picture of floating on top of the water totally trusting that God has you covered. The question I had to ask myself was, “how surrendered am I” have I just got my toes in the water, am I ankle deep, knee deep, thigh deep, up to my chest, my neck?” to have faith that moves mountains I have to float.
by Grethe Stanley | Oct 19, 2018 | encouragement
Mark 11:22-25 “Have faith in God. I tell you the truth,
You can say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea, and it will happen. But you must really believe it will happen and have no doubt in your heart.
I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you’ve received it, it will be yours.
But when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that Your Father in heaven will forgive your sins too.
It is important to remember that with every promise in the Bible there is a premise.
The premise in the above verse is get rid of doubt and forgive anyone you may be holding a grudge against.
We are quick to want God’s promises but we very often neglect to obey the premise to the promise.
Faith is the most powerful force that God has given us.
With it we can move mountains, receive remarkable answers to prayer, and experience the impossible.
“Nothing is impossible to him that BELIEVES.”
To have faith that moves mountains we must live a surrendered life. When we are in church it is easy to sing “I surrender all”.
“Surrender” What does the word mean?”
In literal terms, surrender means “to give up something to another person.”
It also means to relinquish something granted to you. This could include your possessions, power, goals, even your life.
Watch this space for more on FAITH THAT MOVES MOUNTAINS.
by Grethe Stanley | Mar 22, 2018 | encouragement
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.
Surely He will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you will find refuge;
His faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.
A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not cone near you. You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.
If you say, the Lord is your refuge, and you make the Most High your dwelling, no harm will overtake you, no disaster will cone near your tent.
For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
You will tread on the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent. Because he loves, says the Lord, I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges My Name. He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.
Dear friends, we are living in very turbulent times, it seem like so many of God’s daughters find them selves in the midst of a storm, I certainly have these past few weeks. Every day now I decree Psalm 91, I speak it over myself (I put my name in it) and all my loved ones. There is nothing that is more powerful against the devil than God’s word. If you are being tossed around by the storms of life take shelter under the shadow of the Most High. Speak the word of God with confidence and see the enemy take flight.
by Grethe Stanley | Feb 3, 2018 | encouragement
Joshua 1:9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid, do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.
The theme for this years Daughter of the King Conference is “courageous”. I believe with all my heart that God is calling His daughters into “COURAGEOUS FAITH”. Over the last decade of DOK our Heavenly Father has been feeding us His word through so many amazing speakers and workshops. He has lavished His love on us, He has shown us who we are through our relationship with Him. BUT IT IS NOW TIME FOR US TO WALK IN COURAGEOUS FREEDOM.
I am so expectant of what God has for us this year in Slovenia. If you have not already registered for this years DOK Conference can I encourage you to do so today. God’s Word is powerful and it is His will that we walk in courageous freedom. God has a NOW WORD for you. I see with the eye of faith an army of courageous women standing up for RIGHTEOUSNESS, conquering and pushing back the powers of darkness over their families, churches, communities and nations. AMEN
by Grethe Stanley | Nov 26, 2017 | encouragement
What an amazing truth. The Creator of the whole Universe, the one who holds the whole Universe in the palm of his hand, delights in you and I. Not only does He delight in us, He rejoices over us with singing and He calms our fears. Meditate on this truth and all your fears, doubt and unbelief will fade into nothingness.
by Grethe Stanley | Nov 6, 2017 | encouragement
Song of Solomon 2: 11-13
“The season has changed, the bondage of your barren winter has ended, and the season of hiding is over and gone. The rains have soaked the earth and left it bright with blossoming flowers. The season for singing and pruning the vines has arrived. I hear the cooing of doves in our land, filling the air with songs to awaken you and guide you forth. Can you not discern this new day of destiny breaking forth around you? The early signs of my purposes and plans bursting forth. The budding vines of new life are now blooming everywhere. The fragrance of their flowers whisper “There is change in the air.” Arise, my love, my beautiful companion, and run with me to the higher place. For now is the time to arise and come away with me.” (The Passion Translation)
The above verse so encouraged me this morning and I had a real sense I needed to put it on our website. There are many of you out there who need this word right now. Be blessed and put your full trust in Jesus, He is the one who never lets you down.
