Who Ya Gonna Turn To?

Don't you just hate it when you need to talk to somebody and they seem like they don't have the time to listen?  They may cut the conversation shorter than you need it to be or even only listen halfheartedly.  It gives you a sinking, deeply unsatisfied feeling; don't it?  I know it does that for me.  The enemy doesn't waste any time jumping on that.  Right away feelings of disconnections, hurt, low self esteem and many other kinds of feelings descend on my emotions and thoughts and if I'm not careful, I'll follow them straight into anger, frustration and even depression.  What do you do when this happens?

Jesus had this experience just before the day of His crucifixion.  He desperately needed His closest disciples, Peter, James and John to support Him.  But when He returned from praying in the garden of Gethsemane, Not none but on three different occassions, He found them sleeping, Matthew 26:36-46. I hate when people fall asleep during a heart wrenching moment.  But even though Jesus was obviously hurt, he didn't allow his feelings to dictate his heart.

We don't know how are friends are feeling when we need them and not all of time are they able to answer our needs.  When that happens we have to release them like Jesus did.  In Matthew 26:41  He said, "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak."  He gave them the benefit of the doubt.  He knew that it was only God who can always supply our needs- be it physical, emotional or spiritual.

So when you experience this fact in your girlfriend-sister relationships, remember the flesh is weak in that it may be a time issue ir an emotional issue or even a spiritual issue that prevents them from being available at that moment even though in their heart of hearts the spirit is willing.  Don't be so hard on them, sometimes it's by God's design that they are not available.  Sometimes He wants us to come straight to Him for the answers.

How Violent Are You?

"The kingdom of God suffered violence and the violent take it by force," Matthew 11:12. How many times have we heard that scripture spoken?  Today on our Morning JOGG (joining of girlfriends interceding for girlfriends) prayer line, the theme of our free styled conversation before the prayer centered around being violent in our faith, and our walk in order to dispel the wiles of the enemy in our lives.  I thought:, how violent was I?  Did I have the temperament not take any stuff, to not give the enemy any room to mess with me and my family?  Not all of us have the same personality.  Not all of us are comfortable with confrontation.

The Lord reminded me about Jael the housewife in Judges 4 who even though she was not on the battlefield during the war between Israel and the Canaanites, she won the war.  Her weapons of choice were, a blanket and a warm cup of milk.  She used the things she was familiar with to over throw the enemy and Israel rejoiced. 

You may not have all the scriptures committed to memory or you may not know how to rebuke with the elegance of Peter in the Bible, but just reciting the 23rd Psalms can be a word of warfare against the enemy. The faith you have for your children's well being may be the weapon that sends the enemy spinning out of your house.  So don't under estimate the power of God in your life even if you don't feel mighty.  He that is within you is greater than he that is in the world. 1John 4:4.