“The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.” ~ Zephaniah 3:17 NIV
Baring His Beauty,
Tiffany Thomas
Month July 2018
Restored By His Love
She looks up
and I recognise her
A smile lit up her face
When she sees me
I can get lost
in her eyes filled with love
I can get lost in the hug that she gives me
I can get lost in the One who restored her
Does His love really have the ability
to restore a person back to His heart?
Set them free from fear and demonic oppression controlling them for years?
She told me that it was a revelation
of Papa’s love that forever changed her
A christian for years
Yet she was still bound in
fear and despair
Her mind always cluttered
Her body bowed low
For she didn’t know
Who she was in Christ
Papa took her on a journey
of discovering His love
Sometimes He separates us
from everyone we love
We go to our cave’s
For circumstances force us to visit there
We throw tantrums, because why would Papa lead us this way?
This was not on our to do list
Yet Papa knows that this detour
will forever change us
How long we stay here
Will be up to us
There is always something important to do
Yet the cave will be our place
of restoration and healing
Of dealing with everything under the mat
Papa will walk us through each painful step
Till we’re overcome by His joy
and we’re changed by His love
We go through relationship
and health challenges
Might lose our job, house or a loved one
There might be deep pain that
we never dealt with
We might struggle with insecurities, rejection, or deep pain
These things can keep us
in bondage and chains
Hindering us to discover
our position in Christ
The cave awakens our God given dreams
In the confinement we discover
our strength within
We discover that our challenges
are our training ground
It was never meant to
destroy us
Only to catapult us
into Papa’s will for us
Many times we want to give up
Not realising the strength we posses
Pressing through darkness
We worship
We pray
Then one day we wake up
and we are changed in His presence
Our hearts beat in rhythm
With the One called Love
Walking away from me
She leaves a trail of His amazing heart
She is a woman on a mission
Washed and restored by His blood
His love made her brave
She is running on waves with her King
Ready to bind up every broken
heart she encounters
To proclaim liberty to every captive daughter
To open every prison door
to them that are bound.
~ Ebigale Wilson
Restored By His Love
The Journey
I Will Not Be Silent
This weeks #SongSunday is by Caitie Hurst – How Could I Be Silent
Friend Ghosting
On ANew View we talk about “Friend Ghosting”
Watch here now
Make It A Rule
“I have always made it a rule never to begin work until I have had a good season with God and His Word. The blessing I have received has been wonderful.” ~ George Mueller
rule
ro͞ol/
noun
one of a set of explicit or understood regulations or principles governing conduct within a particular activity or sphere
Dealing With Critics
“Avoid comparisons, resist exaggerations, and seek only God’s commendation.”
~ Paul’s response when dealing with critics.
Heirs
Worthy Thought: Be a heir or a hireling – but you can’t be both.
hire·ling
ˈhī(ə)rliNG/
noun-derogatory
1. a person employed to undertake menial work.
• a person who works purely for material reward
heir
er/
noun
plural noun: heirs
1 a person legally entitled to the property or rank of another on that person’s death.
a person inheriting and continuing the legacy of a predecessor.
I believe I will choose heir! How about you?
~XXOO Michelle Bollom
You Don’t Have To Prove It
The world will try to give you many a measuring sticks-always making you feel like you don’t quite measure up, but the Lord knows your great value and worth. Stop trying to prove it and just rest in that thought today.
~ XXOO Michelle Bollom
#LiveRestored #MindBodySoul Restored Ministries
Image by Nina Brown
The One Who Completes Me
You allured me into the wilderness
The last place I wanted to be
So many other choices I fancied
The front seat
A stage
Fame and fortune
Why did you have to take me this route?
I thought I was Your darling child
Handpicked for greatness
With my coat of many colours
Ready to show off my knowledge
My pride
My ego
Without realising…my downfall
You saw further than my head knowledge
Gleaning and talking of other’s testimonies
Making it my own
Though I never wore their shoes
When You called me away from the crowd
I saw it as punishment
Not knowing that my life would be
forever wrecked by Your heart
You knew I still needed to wait for a while
The stage and the front seat
Would be my downfall
My character did not portray Your heart
Oh I could sound very “christianese”
Yes!! I could even play the part
Yet, I could not copy
When deep calls unto deep
When she is overcome and undone
by a brush of His presence
When she worships without borders
and her heart is changed
In the presence of her King
I had to surrender to my wilderness period
Let go of my head knowledge
Fall on my face
Till I was wrecked by the power
of Papa’s love and
His kindness towards me
Till He became my closest companion
The One who completes me
Who would have thought that the wilderness held the key to every dream Papa had for us
Fruitfulness is waiting in the wilderness
The more I let go of my flesh
The more You unpacked greatness within me
Hiding all along under my pride
my ego, and my will
You are worth more than the scraps
I was willing to give
Chasing after fame and fortune
Was never Your dream for me
You want to hold my gaze
Your presence should be
my most prized possession
Where I am emptied
but filled to the brim by Your love
Today I am Your covenant daughter
Betrothed to You forever
Stripped of what I thought
was important
Emptied but filled to overflow
With grain
With new wine
With fresh oil.
~ Ebigale Wilson
The One Who Completes Me
The Journey
Next To Me
I can turn any song into a worship song to the Lord.
I stumbled across this song by Imagine Dragons – Next To Me.
So glad that God is always right here next to me.
Well, actually He is always with me because He lives inside me.
Enjoy this weeks #SongSunday
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