You were designed by the Creator of all.

His design demands growth, maturity and fullness of life for us to reach our full potential.

Just like the seeds of a orange tree it takes time for us to develop and become who we were meant to be.

Who did God design you to be?

You will only reach your full potential when you live according to your design.

I fear that sometimes the orange tree wants to be an apple tree. It just can’t happen.

James 3:11-12

Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? ¹² My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.

When was the last time you entered into five minutes of intentional silence? We have voices constantly calling out, screaming out for us to listen to them. Yet, God waits to meet with us in the silence? God longs for you to still your soul long enough to hear His voice.

“When the Lamb ripped off the seventh seal, Heaven fell quiet—complete silence for about half an hour.” (Revelation 8:1 MSG)

“I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from Him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will never be shaken.” (Psalm 62:1-2 NLT)

Take a moment or two just to be still—silent—waiting.

Romans 8:28-31

If God is for us, who can be against us? 

Before starting this section grab a blank piece of paper and a pen. You didn’t move. You’re not fooling me! Write your answer to the following question: If I could do anything to build God’s Kingdom what would I do and why? Take some time to think about that and answer it.

Oscar Feucht, in his book, Everyone Is A Minister, shares a fascinating story. He describes a group of laborers who were drilling holes five feet deep in a street. Their boss did not tell them why they were doing it–just to do it. After they spent hours digging these holes he would say, “Okay fill’er up!”

By noon, the men announced, “We quit! Pay us off!” When their boss asked, “Why?” they told him, “Digging holes and filling them up only makes fools of us.” Here is where perspective changes everything. Their boss shared the bigger picture with them–the vision. He told them that they were trying to find the location of an important water main that would supply water to countless people.

Romans 13:11-14

The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature.

]]> http://www.tenthdotministries.com/44/feed/ 2 http://www.tenthdotministries.com/32/ http://www.tenthdotministries.com/32/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:01:01 +0000 Danny http://www.tenthdotministries.com/?p=1762 Luke 4:17-19

The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:
   "The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
      because he has anointed me
      to preach good news to the poor.
   He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
      and recovery of sight for the blind,
   to release the oppressed,
    to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor."

- John Wesley

Don’t pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it. A man is powerful on his knees.

- Corrie ten Boom

Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still.

- E.M. Bounds

Jeremiah 18:1-9

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord:   “Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you my message.”   So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel.  But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, SHAPING IT AS SEEMED BEST TO HIM.

Then the word of the Lord came to me:   “O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter does? ” declares the Lord. “Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel."