Newsletter of HOPE by ‘DEEP WORKS’ Teaching and Healing Ministry
April 2014 “Show me Your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths”
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God is life
This month has been so hectic. There always seemed to be something to be done. I could feel myself slipping from my normal routines. I could feel myself getting tired to the extent that I couldn’t concentrate, I was on automatic. To just get the jobs done was an achievement but if you asked me something that I had to think about or calculate in my mind I just couldn’t do it, I was so tired. My prayer time and fellowship with God was not so good either. I tried to pray, I tried to talk to God but I just kept slipping into automatic and couldn’t hold my concentration. I even tried to rest and get to bed earlier to help catch up. When I did this I was usually woken out of my sleep by some noise outside or I just couldn’t switch my mind off because I had so much going on in my head about the things I needed to do or even things that I had already done but just couldn’t let go off. I was asking God what is this all about, what was the purpose of all of this, all of what had to get done in the day. He told me to Believe! Then He showed me this scripture :-
John 6v29 Jesus replied, This is the work (service) that God asks of you: that you believe in the One Whom He has sent (that you cleave to, trust, rely on, and have faith in His Messenger).
When I switched on the television the words BELIEVE kept coming up. When I went to church others where talking about BELIEVING. God was really trying to get my attention. He was telling me to put all of my trust in Him, to rely on Him, to cleave to Him and have faith in Him. Was I doing this? I would have to say no, because I was tired, I was weary, I was pulling away and not drawing closer. My strength was coming from myself and not God. My thinking and reasoning was my own and not Gods. I was worrying and stressing over all the things that had to be done instead of placing my trust in God that He would take me through. God was showing me that Believing – to trust in Him, to rely on Him, to cleave to Him and have faith in Him was my first and foremost work to do and then everything else will follow. These are some of the scriptures that I have and will be speaking out to start to get me back on track and put Believing in God first and foremost in my life instead of trying to achieve in my own strength.
Proverbs 3:5,6 I lean on, trust in, and am confident in the Lord with all my heart and mind.
Matthew 22v37 I love the Lord my God with all my heart, all my soul, and all my mind.
Phillppians 4v13 I can do all things through Christ who strenthens me.
Psalm 29:11 You Strengthen me and bless me with peace!
11Samuel 22v33 God is my strength and power and He maketh my way perfect.
Philippians 4v19 God shall supply all of my needs according to His riches in Glory by Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4v6 I will be anxious for nothing …… but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Galatians 5:22 Peace is the fruit of the Spirit and it’s in me!
Psalm 4:8 In peace I will lie down and sleep, for You, Lord, alone make me to dwell in safety and confident trust!
Find the scriptures that apply to you and start speaking them out in your daily life. Make it a part of your life and a part of you.
God Bless, Love Denise
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The walls will come down!
In the midst of a storm it can seem like we are alone, hopeless, fighting a losing battle but with faith and perseverance those walls stopping our breakthrough will come down!
Just like the walls of Jericho if we follow God’s direction we will see our prayers answered and those walls, obstacles, opposition, and seemingly impossible situations will crumble and fall. It takes a lot of patience and often quiet resilience on our part but Gods love and the light of the world will prevale.
I have come across a few walls this month but God took me to the walls of Jericho coming down whilst rejoicing and believing, ‘by faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days,’Hebrews 11:30. It is often difficult to see and to focus but if we can fix our eyes and heart, ‘he shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in The Lord,’ Psalms 112:7.
We need to remember, ‘and I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in Heaven,’ Matthew 16:19, this is a vital component in our prayer life especially in the midst of a storm, we have the authority to drive back the forces of hell and loose the love of God which takes away fear and sets the captives free.
The enemy will try to place strongholds in your life and in your mind, he will fortify them and use the weapons he knows will affect you and try to weaken your resolve however our God is mighty, he is the alpha and the omega, he is the great I Am, the devils lies and his arsenal will never stand, his fortifications will crumble the walls he builds will fall flat and we will march on in Jesus name to glorious victory!
Victoria Dalzell
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