When Problems Arise.

Jesus wants us to operate from (even war from) a place of PEACE.
Ephesians 2:14 For He HIMSELF is our PEACE.
Colossians 1:20 ….. Having made PEACE through the blood of His cross.
Psalm 34:14 Seek PEACE and pursue it.
Psalm 119:165 Great PEACE have those who love Your law, and nothing causes them to stumble.
Isaiah 26:3 You will keep him in perfect PEACE whose mind is STAYED on You.
Psalm 46:10 Be still and know that I am God.
PEACE is a powerful weapon to use against the enemy!
If we lose our peace we need to run into Him, and deal with whatever caused us to lose our peace, till we get it back again.
Everything NEGATIVE comes from the enemy. Everything POSITIVE comes from God.
If you think negatively it will attract the negative to you. Satan is a legalist and this gives him a landing strip.
If you THINK positively, in line with God’s Word, it attracts the blessing of God to you.
Every attitude, behaviour or action starts with A THOUGHT!!!!

Thoughts come from 3 sources – God, Satan or you.
If you lose your PEACE and something heavy or negative is hanging around. Stop and think “Where is this thought or feeling coming from?”
If it is not from God - RENOUNCE, REBUKE and REFUTE it. COMMAND it off your heart or mind anywhere it has lodged, strip it of any power or right to access you, and then call in the opposite.

As soon as you feel anxious, worried, fearful, insecure, stressed, confused, frustrated, angry, disappointed, hurt, isolated etc
Realize that these will give the enemy access.
Use the authority that God has given you and COMMAND these things off your life in the name of Jesus and the power of the finished work of the cross. Strip them of any legal right to be there.  Evict them in Jesus name.

ASK, BELIEVE and RECEIVE the opposite. E.g. If anxious, worried, stressed, frustrated, angry - receive God’s peace; If fearful - receive the gift of faith and God’s perfect love that casts out fear. If insecure – receive God’s safety and security. If confused - receive clarity of mind and God’s wisdom, If disappointed or hurt – receive God’s love and comfort. If isolated – receive His love and the power of His presence.

Your body belongs to God. He bought you with His precious blood. You belong to him now.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s
Anything negative doesn’t have a right to be on God’s property, because it will give the enemy access. Your body is God’s property and you are the caretaker of it!
You are only responsible for your behaviour, your actions, your attitudes, your choices, your words, and your walk with God.

Every day submit your emotions to God and ask Him to protect you from hurt, so as long as you are in right standing with God that is all that matters.

If any-one judges you, abuses you (even verbally), rejects you, or tries to control you – they are the one with the problem. They are meant to walk in love, acceptance and respect towards you. (They have not been appointed as policeman or judge and jury over you!)
So if you are judged, criticized or rejected – we need to check with God. “Lord, is there something You need to show me? Am I being too harsh, intolerant, expecting too much? Etc.
If, as long as we know we are OK with God, it is not our problem - it is theirs. Learn not to take it on. Come in the opposite spirit.

If hurt does get in (and it will sometimes), run into God ASAP and deal with it. Choose to forgive the person. Ask God to take the hurt. Claim His blood to wash and cleanse it, to free and release you and receive His love, comfort and understanding and the slate is clean.  You are back on track!
If some-one abuses you, even verbally or tries to control you. Don’t put up with it. God hates abuse and control. He doesn’t want His children abused or controlled. We need to learn to respect the true spirit person, but not put up with ungodly behaviour, abuse or control. We need to learn to hate the things that God hates, and love the things that God loves.

As soon as some-one starts to verbally abused or control you, it is important to use words as a boundary. Words like – “with respect I don’t deserve that”; or “I am sorry, that’s not acceptable,”  “I don’t receive that”; “You won’t speak to me like that. If and when you can speak civilly or peacefully, then I will be prepared to listen”; …..; or “do you realize that makes me feel….; or “I’d prefer not to go there or discuss that”; or “I’m sorry I don’t see it that way”; “have you considered….?”
Some people only feel safe if they can control others or the situation around them, but control is an Anti-Christ spirit, so respect the person, but don’t pander to/ or bow to a spirit. Just keep your cool and refuse to buy into an argument with them.

If problems arise in a relationship, see it as an issue or problem attached to them and try to come to agreement or a satisfactory solution, by asking questions like - “What do you think we should do?” “Is there any reason you feel it needs to be done that way?” “Would you be prepared to …?” “How do you think this should be done?” Ask for God’s wisdom and work things through with His help.

Pastor Margaret Ochsner

Keys To Walking In The Spirit - Pray Daily

Embrace life. Embrace enjoyment of life. Embrace Him, who is life itself and all that He has for you that day.

Put on the armour of God. Ephesians 6:11-18.
Romans 13:14 Put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh to fulfill its lusts.  Galatians 3: 27 ….have put on Christ. (I picture putting on the Lord Jesus Christ as I put on the armour of God.) He is our truth, our peace, our shield , our faith, our righteousness, our salvation and the Living word of God. When we put Him on in all that He is, when the fiery darts come from the enemy, He will deflect them.

Submit your mind to Christ – conscious, subconscious, unconscious mind, your imagination, every facet of your thinking to come in line with him. Romans 12:2; Ephesians 4:23;
 1 Corinthians 2:16. Ask God to alert you if you get off track.

Submit your will to Him. Ask Him to help you be obedient to what He wants that day. (To love Him is to obey Him. We are not our own. We are bought by the precious blood of Jesus.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20; 1 Peter 1:18-19.
Give Him permission to alert you if you get off track.

Submit your emotions to Him. Ask Him to birth His heart in you. To help you, love with His love, operate in His compassion and strength.

Ask Him to shield you from hurt, so as long as you are in right standing with Him nothing else matters.

Submit your tongue to Him.  Ask Him to purify and sanctify your tongue. Ask for His words of encouragement and life to be on our tongue, His words in our mouths. Give Him permission to zip your tongue until your mind is in gear with Him.

Free others to be where they are at. We are all in different places on our journey of life and God loves and accepts us where we are at. Ask Him to help us love and accept them also.

Come and get a fresh download of anointing for what you need and more to give out of for that day. ASK, BELIEVE and RECEIVE by FAITH God’s love, peace, wisdom, strength and grace to fill you and more to give out of to others. Receive whatever else you may need e.g. acceptance, affirmation, validation, His power, authority, provision, protection, guidance etc. (Everything that is Christ’s is yours ) Romans 8:17

Pastor Margaret Ochsner

Poem by Bonita Mills

I will pour my life out like an offering

Nothing much has moved me lately,
And yet I have been moved by so much lately,
Nothing is the same as it ever was before,
And yet I find myself revisiting so much of where I have already been,
Only to find some form of consolidation,
Between the past and present moments,
Only to find that the past locked the door on its way out a long time ago,

I am new, I am new, I am new

Change is changing so rapidly all the time,
That it has become ordinary to experience it,
No fuel left I cried.
No fuel, or so it seemed,
And yet as it seemed, was both false and true all at the same time,
Because it is not I, but Christ.

I will pour my life out like an offering.

"The Urgency Of The Hour" by Glenice Mills

March 26th 2014

God is placing a demand on us all at this time to take our rightful position as His five fold women. The word demand is a forceful, weighty command from the throne of heaven. It is not some lightweight throw away word, but has a power behind it, Holy Spirit power from on high.

I know the prophet is always about the urgency of the hour but I need to emphasize at this time, that it is truly about the urgency of the hour!

Unfortunately, many of us have been caught up in the cares of this world and have become sidetracked by issues such as family, and work/ life struggles. This is not a criticism, but actually a ‘wake up call’, a call to come back on track. We all need to, (and this includes me), seriously consider what we are called to, and whether we are walking the path that the Lord has for us at this time. I need to personalize it now by asking some questions of you.

Have you done, and are you doing ALL the Lord is requiring of you at this time?

Have you let other things come and distract, and divert you from what you know deep in you
r heart you are truly meant to be doing right now?

Let us not get caught up in the snares and tactics of the enemy. His ruse is to take us off course because he knows that if we become sidetracked we will be ineffective. We need to know that one of the biggest tools of the enemy is distraction and though many of our doings appear to be well meaning, they are not always what we are truly meant to be doing. There has been a season of grace for this, but that grace is lifting off now. Again the Lord is emphasizing the urgency of the hour. Can I encourage you right now to stop, ask the Lord if you are positioned where you are meant to be, and ask Him what needs to be put in place so you are most effective.

We also need to examine what areas we hide behind. Sometimes it is easier for us as women to hide behind our family demands rather than come into the Lord’s plans for our lives. There are obvious times when family must come first, however, for example, if we are older in years the question we need to ask ourselves is ‘are we hiding behind the demands of our children/grandchildren because there is no responsibility there to come into our true destiny?
At its root is fear and we need to look at where this spirit has rule over our lives.

Are you caught in procrastination right now? Do you know that there is something you are meant to do in God but you keep putting it off. You hope it will go away and that somehow the Lord has conveniently forgotten what He is requiring of you. It is in fact rebellion.

The Lord’s question to you is: If you know you are meant to be doing something toward your call right now and for what ever reason you have chosen to go your way rather than the Lord’s, have you considered that maybe someone is missing out on what you uniquely carry in God?

If we truly knew the urgency of the hour would we not be more responsible for what the Lord is requiring of us right now?

We know we are called as five fold women therefore we are more accountable and more responsible for the God given gifts He has given us. He knows the plans for our lives. We dare not waste time, for indeed the time is short.

The truth is we do not know how long we have on this earth, and I am sure like me you want to fulfill ALL the Lord has for your life. The time for procrastination, hiding, fear and busyness is over. The Lord is giving opportunity right now for right choices to be made to move into your God given destiny.

Indeed the hour is urgent!