During the May Triumph! seminar, we learned from the book of Nehemiah how to follow the desires of your heart. God wants you to experience the things you have dreamed of. In fact, it is God who works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure. Phil. 1:12-13. Often, your desires flow from the heart of God to your spirit. He places in you a burning desire, a mission, a task. But what do you do with that? Psalm 37:4 says if we delight ourselves in the Lord, He will give us the desires of our heart. How do you delight yourself in the Lord? Here is a helpful exercise:
I. Daily Smile -- Upon arising, put a big smile on your face. Just smile broadly. Keep smiling for at least five minutes! Bless the Lord! Say Good morning, LORD!
I. Daily Smile -- Upon arising, put a big smile on your face. Just smile broadly. Keep smiling for at least five minutes! Bless the Lord! Say Good morning, LORD!
Then name 10 things you are thankful for. Identify things you are grateful for. This simple step will help put you in the place where you are delighting in the LORD. [Psalm 100 tells us to enter His gates with thanksgiving, enter His courts with praise].
II. Acknowledge the Godly Desire -- Make certain the desire agrees with God's Word. God will not deviate from His Word. Once you establish from two or more witnesses (scriptures) that the desire truly is from God, talk to the Lord and let Him know, through prayer, that you acknowledge that it is God who has placed the desire in you. Why do this? Because Proverbs 3:6 tells us that when we acknowledge God in all our ways, He will direct our paths! Direction is what you are seeking, isn't it? Then acknowledge God!
III. Imagine/Visualize Victory -- Imagine having received the desires. What would it look like, smell like, taste like, sound like, feel like? Put yourself in the place. This is not wishful thinking. This is getting a vision of victory. This is a prelude to believing you receive. Seeing is vital. Write it down. Write the vision and make it plain so they that read it can run with it. Hab. 2:4.
II. Acknowledge the Godly Desire -- Make certain the desire agrees with God's Word. God will not deviate from His Word. Once you establish from two or more witnesses (scriptures) that the desire truly is from God, talk to the Lord and let Him know, through prayer, that you acknowledge that it is God who has placed the desire in you. Why do this? Because Proverbs 3:6 tells us that when we acknowledge God in all our ways, He will direct our paths! Direction is what you are seeking, isn't it? Then acknowledge God!
III. Imagine/Visualize Victory -- Imagine having received the desires. What would it look like, smell like, taste like, sound like, feel like? Put yourself in the place. This is not wishful thinking. This is getting a vision of victory. This is a prelude to believing you receive. Seeing is vital. Write it down. Write the vision and make it plain so they that read it can run with it. Hab. 2:4.
IV. Pray -- Mark 11:24 says, "Whatsoever things you desire, when you pray, believe you receive them, and you shall have them." You must pray in faith, believing that you will attain and experience the desire the Lord has placed within you.
Many people who attended the seminar have reported tremendous success in areas of their lives after having implemented these simple instructions. If the Lord is leading you to follow suit, please obey! Then holler back and share with us what the Lord has done! Leave a comment!
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ReplyDeleteGlad to be reading your "blog". A timely and interesting one since (like many in these times)I am in career transition. The company I was with had to make some redundancies; which was the catalyst to starting my own business. My head is deep in books to obtain a required certificate before opening business. I fluctuate between excitement and faith; and worry and anguish about how the business will get off the ground and then flourish. ... In your blog, the 4 steps could be from one of the many personal development "how to Boom in Bust" type seminars run by marketers, business coaches etc. When attending such seminars it is easy to think there is "just a process" or a "formula" to business success, and forget the necessary partnership of the Lord. The blog steps are also interesting as it proves that long before the days of the business coach, the Bible contained the steps and the answers. Thanks for putting it in prospective for me again. Thinking of you often. Your friend from "Down Under", Leeanne. PS when are you coming here!?!! :)
How wonderful to hear from you, Leeanne! I am so grateful to hear that the insights from the blog really ministered to you. Yes, the Bible contained the answers long before the so-called "success gurus" came along. It seems so many people are in transition. I am so excited that you are being led to start your own business. I pray that the Lord will unveil His presence before you. I pray that the Lord will draw near to you as you draw near to Him. I pray that the Lord will speak a word behind your ear saying, "This is the way, walk in it ..." Isa. 30:21. I pray "the Lord your God will prosper you abundantly in all the work of your hand...." Deut. 30:9. Thank you for blogging, my dear sister in Christ from "Down Under." I would love to come and visit/minister. Let's pray on it! Janice Davis Steele
ReplyDeleteThank you, Karim, for your comment. I am so glad you found the blog helpful.
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