The Fruit of Our Lives

February 28, 2015 by 1 Comment

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Dear Child,

Without the fruit of the spirit, there is no manifestation of My presence within. The fruit is the outward evidence of the root structure.

A light is not hid, otherwise how can it show others the way! Your light shines only as your life manifests the fruit of My spirit. This light reproves darkness, just by shining!

Invest in the root structure and the fruit will be naturally born, not by sweat or toil, but just by abiding and spending time alone with Me.

                                                       Thus saith Papa

 

Gal 5:22 -23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

 

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Peace is Love’s security

Patience is Love’s endurance

Kindness is Love’s conduct

Goodness is Love’s character

Faithfulness is Love’s confidence

Gentleness is Love’s humility

Self-control is Love’s victory

 

CHALLENGE: Does your walk manifest His abiding presence in your life?

 

Hidden Manna Ministries copyright  ©  M.J.Bass 1999

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My Garden of Prayer

September 10, 2013 by 2 Comments

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My garden of prayer is a window to my soul, a place of solitude, my hiding place from the cares of the world.

Sitting on a swing, shaded by a large willow tree, and overlooking a rose garden, I meet with God each day, where He teaches me many parables as I sit there and reflect on the beauty, grandeur and detail of the work of His Hand.

As I look at a rose, I see His beauty. As I am pricked by a thorn, I remember the crown of thorns that pricked His brow. As I wipe away the blood from my pricked finger, I thank Him for His blood that was shed for me. As I ponder about the roses and the thorns, God reminds me to think positively about life, and thank Him that He put roses on a thorn bush, rather than complain that there are thorns on my roses.

The stepping stones that guide my way around the roses, remind me of the stepping stones which, God in His sovereignty, places before me to guide my journey through life. These stones can lead me to the fragrance of the next rose, or can cause my foot to stumble, warning me to be careful of my walk.

The stepping stones lead me to a beautiful, old fashioned sun dial in the center of the rose garden, where I pause for a moment to thank God for the sunrise of each new day and His mercy which is new every morning. As I observe the shade on the sun dial moving slowly yet steadfastly ahead, it reminds me that time marches on regardless of what is going on in the world, and that I need to treasure every moment, for once a moment is spent it is gone forever.

The shade of the willow tree reminds me that I am under the shadow of His wings, and that He is my protector from the scorches of the trials of life. As I see and hear the leaves gently blowing in the cool breeze I am reminded of the presence of the Holy Spirit. We cannot see the wind, but we feel its presence.

As I stop my day for a few precious moments, and just sit back, kick off my shoes and squander the time swinging and reflecting, God reminds me to stop my activities of the day just long enough to appreciate His greatest gift of all, the gift of life, find the child in me, swing away and be happy! Somehow and somewhere find time each day to stop and smell the roses for each rose is an autograph from the Hand of the Creator.

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Delegated Authority

April 9, 2013 by 1 Comment

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Dear Child,

My delegated authority is a gift, but I must know that I can trust you with that authority.

Your obedience to My authority proves your reliability as an ambassador of My kingdom.

Your life must portray the values and principals of My Kingdom.

Adam lost that authority by disobedience, My Son gained back that status for My church, but it will be void and powerless without obedience!

Without obedience, the enemy of your soul has a part in you and you will have sold out that authority once again to the enemy.

Be obedient and walk humbly before Me, that I may empower your calling and your life.

Then your calling and life will bring glory to My name.

Nobody entrusts authority to a child! So grow up! My church must grow up to see My power displayed within My Body.

                                                          Thus saith Papa to His children

Luke 10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy:

Mark 13:34  For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

Mat 8:9  For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. The centurion in this story realized that to have authority, one must be under authority.

If we are to carry the delegated authority of heaven, we must ourselves be subject to the authority of heaven. The power of authority all turns on the ambassador’s own obedience.

Challenge: Are you lacking spiritual authority because of disobedience in some area of your life?

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A Heart of Integrity

February 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment

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Dear Child,

A heart of integrity will lead you to a life of righteousness. Let your ‘nay’ be ‘nay’ and your ‘yea’ be ‘yea’. Do not be doubled minded.

A heart of integrity will lead you to trust yourself and you will have peace.

A heart of integrity will not act in haste because you know your heart will hold you accountable.

A heart of integrity will have a conscience clear before God and man, and will thus hear My voice clearly.

                                                        Thus saith Papa

Proverbs 11:3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them:

Psalm 15:1- 4 A psalm of David. LORD, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill? He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart and has no slander on his tongue, who does his neighbor no wrong and casts no slur on his fellowman, who despises a vile man but honors those who fear the LORD, WHO KEEPS HIS OATH EVEN WHEN IT HURTS.

Whatever the nature of the contract, when the word of a Christian has been given, the promise must be honored. Because God keeps His word we have salvation; He is true to His pledge. The Gibeonites craftily deceived Joshua, and he made peace with them before discovering their plot (Joshua 9:19). Nevertheless, God insisted that the terms of the covenant be honored, and generations later withheld rain because King Saul went back on that undertaking. God will not permit us to carelessly destroy a covenant. He who insisted that Joshua should spare the Gideonites, and later that King David should avenge the wrong done to them, expects us to be true to our word, even if it be to our own disadvantage

Integrity means “a quality or state of being complete or undivided”

When our lips say “yes” in haste, yet our hearts are saying “no” we have become a divided person! To have a heart of integrity we must say what we mean and mean what we say!

Challenge: Always count the cost before making any promise, because God will hold us accountable to keep our word whether it was made wisely or unwisely, whether it will be to our advantage or disadvantage. 

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Choices are the Seeds you are Sowing

February 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment

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Dear Child,

Make good choices, child!

A choice that will bring confusion or a choice that will bring peace!

A choice that will bring disorder or a choice that will bear the fruit of order!

A choice that will bring frustration or a choice that will bring satisfaction!

Life is made up of choices.

Your choices are the seeds you are sowing.

That choice will determine the harvest and the crop!

Do not be divided and sow mingled crop, stay focused.

You will not bear different fruit in the varied roles of your life.

Your life, regardless of the role, is only one field!

And your character and integrity is only one root!

Consistency and focus in one area does not compensate for lack of consistency and focus in another area of your life.

If one area is out of focus, your whole life will be out of focus and out of balance.

                                                           Thus saith Papa

Gal 6:7  Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

James 3:11  Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?

Lev.19:19…. thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed:

Authentic seed is the result of not only knowing our values and convictions, but by choosing to live by them, being true to ourselves, and not living a double life where we

sow mingled seed by saying one thing and yet live another. 

Challenge: We must wisely weigh our choices because sooner or later, there will be a harvest !

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