Turning of a Season

As everyone knows, this is the season of the Feast of Tabernacles. This time of joy and celebration follows a season of repentance; it follows Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement and acknowledges that we have been accepted by God Himself through the sacrifice.

Of course we know our sacrifice is Jesus Christ, who died for us as the Lamb slain for sinners from the foundation of the world forever and ever. That is a reason to rejoice!

We all need to understand that we have an open heaven. We can have a relationship with our heavenly Father so we should certainly take advantage of that.

We have been through so much in the last season. In the past year or two or even a little more, we have been hit with depression and discouragement, poverty and lack. But I want you to know there is a turning of a season; not because economists say so or don’t say so, but because it is the season just before Jesus comes!

It is a time of joy, a time of multiplication and a time of harvest. It is going to be a great season of great harvest for those who have ears to hear what the Spirit of the Lord has to say.

Get your heart prepared to be filled with God’s joy. Keep focused on the harvest that’s ready for you; not just the harvest of money and material things but the harvest of souls as well.

Continue to depend on the Lord in everything you do and say. This is a season of great joy and great harvest and we just want to say, “with God nothing is impossible!” God bless you; we love you.

Having an "Un-Offendable" Spirit

Because we are people of relationship, it is easy to be offended by someone on a daily basis. That will begin to affect our personality and we become much more critical ourselves. Is there such a thing as having an “un-offendable” spirit? The answer to that is, “yes.”

When you keep your eyes on Jesus Christ, allow His love to fill you every single day and ask Him to help you to look at people through His eyes, it certainly makes a big difference.

An “offendable” spirit will affect your own personality and will isolate you from people. It even causes you to be stressed out. There is so much stress in life today, but I believe that relationship stress is probably the number one stress we deal with every day.

So make a choice today to have an “un-offendable” spirit and choose in your own heart to not let the criticism, condemnation and guilt trips people place on one another affect you.

It is amazing how a “this too shall pass” attitude can make you become a stronger and greater leader because you are not letting yourself be offended. The moment you become offended you lose the ability to help others by speaking life into their spirits and influencing them in a greater way. That is where so many people find themselves today.

But if you trust in God, ask Him to give you His strategy and fill you with His love for His people, you will find that you can bring correction through love. You will have a greater influence in people’s lives and still maintain a spirit that has peace and joy. You will have a greater impact in the sphere of influence God has given you and find that peace will rule in your heart.

Have an “un-offendable” spirit. The choice and decision is yours to make!