by admin | Apr 29, 2020 | encouragement
Isaiah 6:8 ESV And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “here am I send me.”
John 14:26 But the Helper, the Holy spirit whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to to you.
In this time of living through a Pandemic called COVID-19, and being basically house bound how are you using your time? Are you still available to God or are you using your abilities to do all kinds of things that perhaps have no eternal value at all, just to fill in time.
I posted a while ago about It’s a new and living way and also about the New Wine. God is definitely doing a new thing and we need to be aware of it. We need to prepare for the New Wine. New Wine needs a new wine skin, guess what? we are the wine skin.
Lets us then use our time of isolation wisely and make ourselves available to God and give Him permission to create the New Wine skin is us. We have to first surrender the old wine skin to Him before we can be made ready for the new wine.
Question to self: What is there in my life that I have to lay down in order to receive the new? Are there things in my life that I have to surrender, ministries, habits etc. etc.
This season of isolation will pass and when it does, I want to be ready for the new. I want to be able to say “here I am Lord send, (use) me.
Prayer: Father thank you that you are doing a new thing. Thank you that you are preparing me for the New Wine. Lord reveal to me what the old is, so I can lay it down. Father thank you that you are not interested in my abilities, but you are looking for my availability and my obedience. Lord help me to be obedient and available. AMEN
by Grethe Stanley | Apr 29, 2020 | encouragement
Today on our Daughter of the King Global Facebook page someone had put a very short video clip that talked about preparedness. It really jumped out at me and I have been thinking about it all morning.
God is doing something new in so many areas of life and in so many different ways. As the scripture I got at the beginning of the year says; “Behold I will do a new thing, will you not be aware of it…” that is certainly happening all over the world right now with COVID-19. We are not always going to be in lock down, but what will life be like after COVID-19?
When God does something new, it is not going to look like anything we have been use to, so we will have to find a new normal again after COVID-19.
So the question we should ask ourselves today is “Grethe(insert your own name) are you prepared for the new”
Definition of unprepared: If you are unprepared for something, you are not ready for it, and you are therefore surprised or at a disadvantage when it happens.
Definition of prepared: made ready for use- ready to do or deal with something – to make ready beforehand for a specific purpose.
As God’s Ambassadors we need to learn to live prepared because we never know when our King is going to send us on an assignment. Remember though that when He sends you or asks you to do something, He will give you everything you need to fulfil the task.
A new assignment can be anything from moving to the other side of the world or simply sharing the Gospel with your neighbours, or praying and everything in between.
Ephesians 2:10 ESV For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Our Father in Heaven has already prepared the new for us, He just needs our YES LORD here am I, send me.
Philippians 4:13 ESV I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.
Father today I pray that you would give us eyes to see, ears to hear You and a heart to obey You. Father show us if there is anything in our lives that would hinder you from filling us with New Wine. Lord we want to be ready , we want to be bold. Lord fill us today with your boldness, Your wisdom, Your courage and Your love for others we pray in Jesus Name. AMEN
by Grethe Stanley | Apr 7, 2020 | encouragement
Psalm 118:24 NLT This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.
If ever there was a time when we need to learn to live in the NOW; this is the time.
We can spend so much time regretting our past and worrying about tomorrow that we forget to enjoy the day we are in.
God only offers us Grace for one day at a time. We are not created to live in the past or the future, but rather we are created to enjoy TODAY. We have to TRUST God for all our tomorrows and we have to release all our regrets of yesterday to Him.
When I wake up in the morning, I like to start my day by thanking God for the day that He has made and I say to HIM. “I will rejoice and be glad in it.”
2 Corinthians 12: 9 says My Grace is sufficient for you…
We can experience peace and joy even if we are having a difficult day. We are in a very difficult season at present with COVID -19, BUT God is still the ALL SUFFICIENT ONE, He offers us wisdom, strength, peace and yes, joy, as well when we submit every moment to HIM.
John 16:33 I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart I have overcome the world.
The key to living in the NOW is stay FOCUSED on Jesus, His Grace is sufficient.
by Grethe Stanley | Apr 4, 2020 | encouragement
The meaning of struggle according to the Cambridge English Dictionary is to be in danger of failing or being defeated.
The meaning of surrender according to the Cambridge English Dictionary is the act of giving up something, or giving control of something to someone else.
So many are struggling with the restrictions that COVID-19 has forced upon us. This Pandemic will affect each of us in different ways. The world the way we knew it will never be the same again. But we know that God is the same yesterday, today and forever.
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Isaiah 40:8 ESV The grass withers, the flower fades, but the Word of our God will stand forever.
Psalm 119: 90 ESV Your (God) faithfulness endures to all generations; You have established the earth, and it stands fast.
What ever you are struggling with concerning the circumstances you find yourselves in, take a moment and ask yourself, “will my struggling change anything?”
Can I encourage you today to list your struggles and then surrender them to God and declare HIS SOVEREIGNTY over them. Don’t allow your struggles to defeat you, instead lay them down at the feet of Jesus and surrender them to HIM.
God is the supreme authority and all things are under His control, even COVID-19
Remember THIS TOO WILL PASS and then there will be a new and living way for us to walk in.
by Grethe Stanley | Mar 30, 2020 | encouragement
For a few days now I have had the words” it’s a new and living way, walk ye in it” running around in my head. I hadn’t thought too much about it until I spoke to my son who is in hospital recovering from a bad motor bike accident this morning. He said to me “you know mum, when this is over (COVID-19) life is never going to be the same. There will be a new way of doing life in so many ways.” I think he spoke prophetically without knowing it.
God said at the beginning of the year “Behold I will do a new thing”, that confirms to me that after COVID-19 life is not going to go back to the way it was. “Behold I will do a new thing, will you not be aware of it”.
A new thing!!! New wine!!! There is a new and living way walk ye in it!!! all this is running around in my spirit. What are you saying Lord???
This self isolation and social distancing is giving us more time. I am enjoying having extra time to spend with the Holy Spirit. This Epidemic has cut right across our “busyness” etc. I believe it is because God is wanting to prepare us for the New Wine, for the new and living way post COCID-19.
I do not know what this New Wine or new and living way looks like, but I do know that I want to be part of it, how about you? Are you prepared to step out of the old and comfortable into the new, even if it is uncomfortable?????
The Bible says in Matthew 9:17 NLT Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst from the pressure, spilling the wine and ruining the skins. New wine is stored in new wineskins so that both are preserved.
Isaiah 30:21 NIV Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying,”This is the way; walk in it.”
I decided to look up it’s a new and living way etc and I discovered it is actually an old hymn (author unknown)
It’s a new and living way walk ye in it,
It’s a new and living way God has planned
It’s a new and living way I am walking day by day
I am guided and led by His right hand.
This is just my Sunday afternoon musings, I would love to hear your thoughts.
by Grethe Stanley | Mar 27, 2020 | encouragement
To say that we live in extraordinary times is an understatement. I firmly believe that God is getting us ready for revival and as daughters of the King, we need to prepare for what God is getting ready to release into earth. When revival comes, it comes first to the church
(you and I). That means revival is coming our way!
The Lord is calling us to get ready and be radiant because his glory is rising upon his people. Listen to what the Word of God says in Isaiah 60:1–2 Arise, and shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the God rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and think darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and His glory appears over you.
In our society today we see darkness everywhere, but we have to remember that God’s light will expose all the darkness. We need to make ourselves ready for His light to come upon us first and then He will realise us to gather in the great harvest.
Get ready, get ready, get ready those words are ringing in my ears, the trumpet of revival has blown, the Heavenly host is poised and ready to be released!!! you and I need to get ready.
