Monday, April 27, 2015

Favor With God - Lisa Patterson

Favor- I Samuel 17:8. David was rejected by his Father. Samuel anointed David as King. I Sam 18:8 says they were jealous of David getting in the Palace. He felt as if he was not needed when he was tending the sheep in the sheepfold although he was told he was going to be a King one day. How many have been told they have the anointing on them and are in the sheepfold? God has a way of taking greatness and hiding it till it's ready(behind the covenant).Greatness has to be recognized by the Spirit-not by familiarity. You do not always have time to learn the person.There's more in a person than what you can see. Jesus didn't look different than any of the others and was rejected just like anybody else.He was a common man with all the gifts the Holy Spirit had. But was not noticed as that. So you may have all kinds of gifts and nobody knows it.
God hides greatness behind the common.  Greatness is not learned, it is recognized. Most people don't stay but for a season. People come in seasons from where they are supposed to be. It is God's grace that you have his peace.
If the oil has your name on it, nobody can get it even if they get up there before you. David is the only one whose whole life was followed in the Bible. It started from 12 yrs. old until he died. When you get a word from God, you will have to go back to work and wait till He's ready for you to complete it. David was a Shepherd first even though he was a King.
I Sam.16:6 God chooses the one who is doing something and not lazy. your vision is for an appointed time and that's all you get. There are no details. Get in preparation for what you are to do. God expects change. David was anointed King at 12 yrs. of age and had to wait till the appointed time. From that day on he was tending Sheep. He was rejected by Jesse, his Father. He didn't do anything to deserve that but we have to give it to God and let him handle it. If you do not it will eat at you and cause problems in you and your household. Rejection hurts and it's hard to deal with because it is a heart issue. You cannot let it tangle up the affairs of life and hide it forever. It will manifest one way or another and it won't be pretty. It will come out because God did not design us to keep things in that do not belong there! Let go of anything that hurts and you don't understand. You can get rejected because that person was rejected in their life also. It can be a family line issue.
Rejection is listed in Mark 12:10. The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief Cornerstone. This was the Lord's doing and it is marvelous
 in our eyes. The Webster's Dictionary defines rejection as: 1) To refuse to acknowledge, believe, receive, to decline to accept. 2) to throw away as useless, unsatisfactory, to discard. 3) To refuse to listen to a person or grant a request. It is because of what has happened and the person may think God doesn't really want to help even though He loves you, but He does. It causes all kinds of family issues and can cause health issues. You have to give it to God. You may not know where it came from and may be in the family blood line. But give it to God right away and you will see the difference. Don't let fear hold you back and wondering if you will lose something if you let go, because you will gain to let go and lose to hang on. If you keep something God did not give you, He is authorized to take back something He gave you! This is His Law that we cannot have what He did not give us and He can take back what He did give us if we do not follow instructions he gave you. We are only given what He wants us to have.
The oil doesn't flow until it gets to the one who has it. So don't try to keep it away if God has given it to you. It is a gift from the Heavenly Father and He is showing us examples in His word of all kinds of people with all kinds of problems. But He will deliver us out of them all. Amen!  The Lord said He is not causing our problems we are facing. We need to listen to His voice and none other to not be confused. He loves us with an everlasting love we cannot understand and does not want us in turmoil. Be glad to do the things He has called you to do so as to hear Him more and do the great works He has called you to do. This is Lisa Patterson with the Good News that Jesus Loves You and wants you to come to Him today!

Saturday, April 4, 2015

Happy Easter - Lisa Patterson

It is the time of year to see what the Good Lord has done for all the people in the world. Those who have been, are here, and about to be born. Nobody is left out of the agenda. He loves everyone the same. Christ died over 2000 yrs. ago for you and me and all the children of the world, so we can have life in Him always and not death. We have to know that He died and rose 3 days later for everyone so that they might be saved and not lost. There is a Heaven and a hell, regardless of what anyone says. there's an aroa in the Word that is not in any other book about Jesus. What He says in his book is for today as well as when  it was written. There's no going back once you have accepted Him in your heart so you would be saved from the demons of hell, who are so real. If you think hell is not real, why do you go through so much of it here on planet earth?This is just a preliminary for what is to come, and it is as real as Heaven. Don't be fooled into thinking you can do what you like and be saved on and on and go to Heaven. Christ did not die for slip-shod faith. He died so we wouldn't have to have hell for eternity. People play with hell everyday of their lives. But it is nothing like the real thing. Christ wouldn't have died for nothing for us! He paid such a price for us and no man can understand it in their natural mind. It is indeceivable. You would not have done it for anyone! We do not know what it means to pay the price for our souls to keep them from hell. Heaven is for real, but everyday people go to both. Not everybody gets to Heaven whether it seems like it, or you wish it. It is much easier to go to hell than Heaven. All you have to do is be yourself and never change and never answer His call to bring  you out of yourself! So, do not be deceived. The enemy would love to have another come spend eternity with him. You cannot get out once you go in. I would not want to waste my life playing around with the creator of the universe and see if He would let me slide. It was an awful day when he was hung on that Cross for you and I. You may love your kids moire than anything in the world, but you would not be willing to be crucified for it! No one would. We have no clue what He went through to save us from an eternity of damnation. We need Him today.
So,let the Holy Spirit come into your heart today and give you a new lease on life, whether or not you are good or bad. It has nothing to do with it. Must be done to get to Heaven for eternity! There's no way back once you take it.
The Lord would say, "Stretch out your hand to me and let me take it now because the end is so near. I would not have anyone to perish. The price was paid too high for your souls. Let me have a chance in your heart and do not be scared. I will never fail you or turn you away. I am not the earthly Father, and I will clean you up. Your heart will be new and clean even though you do not think it's wrong. You will see. Take this chance today as there may be no tomorrow." So have a great Easter Sun. and if you have never accepted Christ in your heart, this is the most wonderful time to do it. Now is the time. May not be another. "There's a mess up under the bridge I am cleaning out for you to drive through. The enemy has thrown darts and wants to get you but I have stopped his attack. So come on down the road where I have cleared the way for you to drive through where you are supposed to be."
This is Lisa Patterson with the Good News that Jesus is Lord and wants you to come to Him today!