GOD WILL
LIBERATE ~ in 2-0-1-8! Do you
believe that?! God wants you to – and so
do we! We want you to believe it fully,
completely, without reservation. Opening
our hearts to God, seeking His face and wanting to know His heart for this new
year about to dawn, we have strongly sensed that He is planning to liberate
what has been in captivity, in bondage, in strongholds – for so long. For TOO long!
What the enemy has sought to bind and grip and stifle … is about to be
loosed and set free! Where there has
been sin, there is going to be holiness.
Where there has been lack, there is going to be abundance! Where there has been love of self, God is
going to replace that with a “set on fire” love for Him – and for others! Where there has been nonchalance, there is
going to be passion! Where there have
been distractions, there is going to be focus!
When other things have crept in and shoved God out of first place in our
lives, those things are going to be thrown down and removed off their earthly throne
– because the only one on the throne of our lives is going to be … must ever
and always be … the One and Only, the Lord Jesus Christ! When confusion comes to blind and reign, God
will now clear our vision and we will walk and live in spiritual
discernment! When we feel prompted to
give to God but tend to hold back or not give at all, God is going to flush and
replace those selfish tendencies that only hurt us – with a generous, willing
heart to give to the One who has given us His ALL! When we think we don’t have time to be in
God’s Word or on our knees, God will give us such hunger and thirst for
righteousness and knowing Him more intimately that we will NOT be able to stay
away from that time in the presence of the Living God! When we think we are not good enough and see
ourselves as failures, God’s love is going to come rushing in like a flood,
declaring to us that through His precious, shed blood on Calvary, He sees
us as valuable, priceless, perfect overcomers!
And this just scratches the surface of what we believe God is going to
do in 2018!
Do you see? Do you see
that God is going to turn things around?
Do you see that your worst is going to be transformed into your
best? Do you see that being stuck in
stale-mate mode is over … and that your walk with God is never going to be the
same? Why would any of us want to be
content with being bound in unseen chains?
While we may not see metal links wrapped around our bodies, the unseen
chains have tightened around our minds for far too long – and God is saying,
“Enough! NO MORE! THIS is the year that I am bringing
liberation to My children and to My churches around the world! That is … if they will let Me free them and
unleash My plans, provision, power, and peace into their every day lives. IF they will allow Me to have full sway in
opening their eyes, in leading them through the darkness and into the Light
(that’s Me) in everything they encounter on a daily basis. It breaks My heart all over again to know
that I gave My life’s blood to liberate them in the first place, and they brush
it off so lightly, thinking they can maneuver through this chaotic life on
their own. They have no idea what all
they are giving up when they choose to live life without Me being present and
active in their days. All I ever came to
do was to give them life, and life more abundantly. Life eternally. When will they finally see that no one can
love them more. Help them more. Give them more joy. Teach them more. Free them more. Bless and favor them more. No other – but Me! I compel My children to open their hearts and
minds and hands in this New Year of 2018 to receive everything I came to give
them … all of it, fully, completely, without reservation! Together we can be an immovable,
unshakable, victorious force in this world – for My honor and glory! But I need their invitation to be present in
every facet of their lives … and in every aspect of their churches! Dear children of God, I implore you to open
your eyes and hearts and see Me like you’ve never seen Me before! This year of 2-0-1-8 is a gift from Me to you
… receive your liberation this very moment, and do not look back! I love you, I love you … I’ve always loved
you, and I always will! Let’s live this
year together and show the world My light!”
REMEMBER . . .
“Now the Lord
is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is,
there is liberty
(emancipation from bondage, freedom).”
~ 2 Corinthians
3:17
Joyfully Serving Christ . . .
Pastor Doug and Debbie
