The attack of the Inner Me
Monday, February 08, 2010
Apostle Nina Marie was the honored guest at our church on yesterday. She shared a wonderful story of how she was working in her office and a screen came down in front of her detailing all of her missed opportunities. These were opportunities and doors that God wanted her to go through, but because of fear, she "dropped the ball." She explained that some things are not an attack of the enemy, but the attack of the "inner me," which causes self-sabotage. The attack of the inner me comes because something in me is not ready to be great. The self-sabotage cost me my moments of greatness. So after viewing on this screen all the mistakes, and blunders, she began to feel condemned but she said that God never comes to condemn--to convict, but not to condemn. Conviction brings us to repentance and repentance brings us to change. She encouraged us to know that God is not just a God of a second chance, but of many chances. She said, "He is bringing back His original intent and destiny." So, all of the missed opportunities, He's bringing back around again. She said that God is saying, "Love Me, Trust Me, Believe Me." and we should say, "YES!" So, in 2010 He will do it again and I will say YES! She encouraged us to see from "Heaven's Perspective--to see things God way." One thing she said that I really like, was that some of us was going to give more in one year, than we've every given before and I want to be a giver. I've been having on my mind, what I would do if I had a millions dollars and how I would be able to just do for others--my church, my job and the people we serve. I want to be able to give. I fell left out if I can't give. She talked about the four types of giving: First fruit, tithes, offering and alms and in the Bible days, the people only gave first fruit, once at the beginning of the year, but she encouraged us that, it was okay to give a first fruit more than once a year because the first fruit commanded the blessing of God, so why should we be blessed just once a year. She also encouraged us to pay a "faith tithe." I wish I had a faith tithe of $10,000 right now.
She finished her teaching admonishing us to have Order and Discipline in our lives.
1. Order, structure and restructure
The surest path to greatness is preparation!!!
Order, structure, restructure, symmetry and flow.
2. Disciples will be disciplined--It doesn't matter what I want, it's what God wants. It's irrelevant if I don't like it. I have to live a life that please God. She used the analogy of the Coming to America movie when the prince was arranged to be married. She was beautiful and had the most beautiful gown with gold adornment and the prince asked her, questions about what she liked and she responded that she liked whatever he liked. It didn't matter to her, what she liked or didn't her purpose was to live a life that pleased him. We have to be that way with God. I want to be that way with God--not just lip service, but I want to live.
3. Purge, empty, cleanse. Get rid of to make room for.
This is my address for destiny.
I have lived my whole life for this time. I will let nothing stand in my way of what God is doing in my life.
So, I don't want the "inner me" to cause me to miss the opportunities that God has for me.
