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Living from the Inside Out

Rumble…Rumble!!!  That is what was heard late this afternoon during a thunderstorm here in the city where I live. The thunder was so loud and powerful until it could be felt throughout the house. It was indeed a rough thunderstorm. Life is like that as well. I am reminded at how loud things are right now in our nation. Not only in the nation as a whole, but in my personal life there are some pretty loud voices resounding forth in my ears.

But just as the thunder and lightening finally calmed itself and faded away after a while, I am believing that the noise in my life will do the same. That is, until the next storm. In the meanwhile, God has designed for us to continue to exercise a supernatural quietness from within our souls when the noise of life seems to drown out the still small voice of the Lord. The word says that when we keep our minds stayed on Jehovah, that we would experience perfect peace. What does this really look like anyway? It looks like a baby bird tucked under the feathers of its mother, hiding under those wings until the calamity of what can be heard passes on. It looks like Jesus Christ, sleeping on a pillar at the bottom of a ship while the disciples were startled with so much fear during a dangerous storm. And lastly for me, it looks like me, choosing to sit under the shade tree of God’s sweet presence praying, singing, declaring His word over my circumstances until my peace returns and is dominating my every moment.

Lets remember that we can live from the inside out…no matter what is going on in our world…God has ordained peace for us. We can’t be taught how to live in this divine peace, but it’s something that we have to experience by faith.  Lets work this peace out in our walk each and everyday. After all, it is impossible to please our Lord without FAITH…

Enjoy an older clip of a dance that speaks to living in a divine place of peace..

Blessings,

Denise

 

Who is this MAN?

Mark 4:41: the disciples were terrified.  “Who is this man?”  they asked each other.  “Even the wind and waves obey Him!”  God, through the mouth of His prophet said that we could enjoy perfect peace when we focus our thoughts on HIM!  (Isaiah 26:3) This promise was spoken to Israel during a very dark time in their history.  Are you experiencing perfect peace?  What is it anyway?  Perfect peace is a condition and state of being within the soul!  It is a state of being undisturbed, at rest, and confident even through the worst storm.  It is a state of complete serenity.

Today, I will evaluate my mind and soul so that no matter what comes upon me, I will focus my thoughts on God’s Word.  I want to identify with the Man that got up and rebuked the storms, the waves, and the winds!  I want to live in that supernatural peace of God no matter what is going on.  We cannot avoid troubles and difficulties, but we can control how we respond.  Let us practice living in the peace and comfort of who we are in JESUS CHRIST!

 

Minister Denise Cook-Godfrey

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Sleeping During a Storm!

And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being
covered with the waves; but Jesus Himself was asleep .(Matthew 8:24)

Ok, have you ever been in a situation where you felt overwhelmed with fear or with so much un certainty until you literally became “unglued”?  Becoming “unglued” in frightening and troublesome situations is a common thing for the human race.  So I wonder, how did He do it?  How could Jesus continue to sleep during a fierce storm that was about to take His disciples and Him out?  Well, you may be thinking…..”well He was Jesus, He was God in the flesh”.  True that, but let us not forget that He was also Son of Man.  Fully God, yet fully man.  Jesus had emotions and humanity.  He was made like unto man for the suffering of death!  So, I ask again….what was His secret?  What about the Apostle Paul in Acts 20:24?  Paul had been given revelation by the Holy Spirit that chains and afflictions awaited him as he was about to go from city to city to preach the gospel.  But he said in Acts 20:24 that “none of these things move me”.  Paul kniew that he had an assignment from God.

The secret to enduring great trials and even fears and uncertainties of life is to rest in what the Lord has already SAID!  We must spend time alone with God during evey season of our life so that we can receive a proceeding word out of His own mouth.  This type of word is what sustains our hearts during the most difficult times.  The spoken or proceeding word always lines up with the written word and is trust worthy.  It is impossible to please God without faith.  We must practice walking a walk of faith not only when times are good or fair, but even in despair, fear, danger, persecution, and any other situation or wilderness experience of life.  I can remember times in my own life when I would be so overwhelmed but others would be coasting along as if they did not have a care in the world!  It was not that they did not have trials, they had learned to respond in faith.  They were bearing the fruit of the Spirit.

So the next time you have an opportunity to become “unglued”, remember Jesus, sleeping on a pillow in the lower part of a boat that was about to sink.  Yes, in His humanity, He was probably tired from His ministry work, but the main point is that He rested!  Let us rest in Christ during our fierce storms of life and pray for one another. Our lesson from Matthew 8:24 teaches us to rest.  To be at peace.  Read the remainder of the story of the situation and see what Jesus told the disciples when they woke Him up from His little nap.  There is lots to gain from this passage.