by Apostle Gabriel Cross
Sometimes, we study things about ourselves that God isn’t even studying. Don’t be harder on yourself than God is.
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Posted in Faith | Tags: Bible, blessing, encouragement, faith, God, Grace, inspiration, life, lifestyle, love for self, mercy, self esteem
by Hazel Straub
God is very good to those who fear or respect, reverence and hold him in awe, as the greatest authority. His boundless unfailing love is not measurable.
How great is the goodness you have stored up for those who fear you.
You lavish it on those who come to you for protection, blessing them before the watching world. You hide them in the shelter of your presence, safe from those who conspire against them. You shelter them in your presence, far from accusing tongues.
Praise the Lord, for he has shown me the wonders of his unfailing love. He kept me safe when my city was under attack. In panic I cried out, “I am cut off from the Lord!” But you heard my cry for mercy and answered my call for help.
Love the Lord, all you godly ones! For the Lord protects those who are loyal to him, but he harshly punishes the arrogant. So be strong and courageous, all you who put your hope in the Lord! (Psalm 31:19-24 NLT)
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Posted in Faith | Tags: Bible, blessing, courageous, encouragement, faith, God, hope, inspiration, life, lifestyle, love, protection, respect
by Apostle Gabriel Cross
If you are always joyless because of how people hate you, then you might not know who you are. If you’re joyful, despite how people hate you and love them unfeigned, then you know who you are; a “True Worshiper.”
Joy, predicated on the One internal, not the ones external… (John 15:18-19)
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Posted in worship | Tags: Bible, encouragement, faith, God, Gospel, hate, identity, inspiration, life, love, Praise and Worship
by Hazel Straub
God reaches out to us, in our imprisonment of a mess of sin, fear and doom. His son, Yeshua, our Shepherd, rescues us from the deep dark pit and places us in his kingdom of love. He takes our sins and removes them. He restores us, giving us hope and joy, where we had despair, depression, and defeat. Praise his name!
God rescued us from dead-end alleys and dark dungeons. He’s set us up in the kingdom of the Son, he loves so much. The Son who got us out of the pit we were in, got rid of the sins we were doomed to keep repeating.(Ephesians 1:13-14 MSG)
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Posted in encouragement | Tags: Bible, blessing, encouragement, faith, fear, Forgiveness, God, hope, inspiration, Jesus, life, love, Yeshua
by Apostle Gabriel Cross
God is going deep to heal each one of us. God is dealing with the deep things in your spirit, the hidden things in your belly.
In order to bring out His best in us, through the worse of us, that the excellency of the power be of Him, and not of us. The things we don’t talk about. The things we don’t want to talk about, the things that speak to us when no one else is listening, the things that deal with the core of our very essence…The things we say we are healed from but we still need healing from.
Do not rush or try to dictate the healing hand of the Lord, simply rest, recline, and receive the wholeness from his arms, his heart.
The things that hinder our being, thwart, and retard our growth are being brought forth. Think it not strange the unidentified feelings and emotions that surface and resurface in this season.
Softly and tenderly, the Lion of love, purrs over you with great detail and deep comfort. He loves away your pain, your fear, and lack. Yes, even the things we wrestle with within ourselves. The things we can’t always express, but can always feel. God is going deeply, to heal you…to deepen the cry of our hearts for HIM…Selah
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Posted in healing | Tags: Bible, change, Emotional Health, encouragement, faith, God, heart, inspiration, life, love, love of God, restoration
by Apostle Gabriel Cross
And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. (1 Timothy 1:12-14 KJV)
Paul, previously named Saul, formerly a Hater, but God had mercy on Him. I was once a Hater, we’ve all been Haters and come short of the Glory of God, but he had mercy on us. Extend mercy to your Hater, they might be the next Paul one day.
Refuse to hold people, to standards that you know you can’t live yourself. Love your Haters and extend mercy today!
Apostle Hater Lover
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Posted in Faith | Tags: believe, Bible, change, encouragement, faith, Hater, Jesus Christ, life, love, Love My Haters, mercy, Paul, Relationships
by Hazel Straub
God calls us to love others from the heart. Challenges come and expose our hard self-righteous hearts, with the lack of love, when we disagree and disapprove of others, who fail to meet our standards.
God desires his tender compassion and pure love to dwell in our hearts, reflecting his forgiveness and merciful agape love, for us. Although, factually right about an issue, our prideful attitude may be argumentative, hateful, condemning and nasty, when we fight to prove our point of view. No love for others is seen.
The love of God, however, covers sins and transgressions like a quilt. His son, Jesus, died for his enemies, to save them. Since the Spirit of Jesus resides in believers, this love extends out of us, to our governing authorities, fellow Christians, co-workers, neighbors, relatives, and even our enemies. We need mercy and forgiveness, so extend it to others.
Lord, purify my heart and fill it with your love, so I can love like you!
Hate stirs up disputes, but love covers all kinds of transgressions. (Proverbs 10:12 CJB)
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Posted in Love | Tags: Compassion, encouragement, faith, God, heart, Holy Spirit, humility, inspiration, Jesus, life, love, love of God
by Apostle Gabriel Cross
We have to keep our focus on Christ’s message and not the mess of the enemy. Change your FOCUS. When we are focusing on the wrong things, the enemy drains or wastes a lot of our energy. The enemy tries to make us exhausted, with feelings of “no avail.” Simply, change your focus. We have a tendency to become consumed with what we focus our hearts and minds on.
Focus on the better, the good, and your success because you are success! Negative voices, pessimistic people, and misanthropic persons, Shut them off and do you, and what Yahweh requires of you, (part of changing your focus).
Let Yahweh handle them, that is his job, he is more than capable. Only deal with what you’re supposed to, change your confession; make sure your speaking is aligned with what the Father is saying over your life. Truth is, he is fighting your battle. Keep allowing him to teach you and reveal to you what you’re supposed to learn from this, benefiting you for the rest of your life.
I take authority over and exercise dominion over all vain imaginations, harassing thoughts, and every word curse that they bear no more fruit in your life. I remove the false pressure that if you don’t do something, it won’t be right or taken care of. I loose you to working smart not over working hard. IT IS Time to give it all away to Yahweh!
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Posted in encouragement | Tags: anxiety, Bible, blessing, change, Curse, encouragement, faith, God, inspiration, life, lifestyle, speech, Yahweh
by Hazel Straub
Jesus loves you! Believe it and see your life completely transformed, by his love. Breakthrough and amazing things happen, as you rest and rely on this truth.
Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ’s love for us? There is no way! Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture: They kill us in cold blood because they hate you. We’re sitting ducks; they pick us off one by one.None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us. I’m absolutely convinced that nothing—nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable—absolutely nothing can get between us and God’s love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us. (Romans 8:35-39 MSG)
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