Listen and then obey

I have a little story about an obedience I want to share because I almost chose to walk in disobedience.  I went out to visit a customer Thursday morning about a job and she's a repeat customer. I have a good relationship with her and her husband. We discussed the bathroom remodel that I'm going to bid on I don't remember what I said. But it triggered her to tell me that she thought she had cancer and they found out that it was her thyroid gland.  We visited some more about her condition and the job and then I left. I'm driving down the road thinking that I'm going to send her a text message that I was going to pray for her healing as I was typing it out, I heard Holy Spirit say turn around and go back to her house and pray for her. I was already 10 minutes down the road and I thought to myself I don't want to. I have things to do today. I heard Holy Spirit say again go back and pray for her.   I turned my truck around and I went back to the house.  As I was driving back to the house Holy Spirit wanted me to ask her if she had any unforgiveness towards anybody   When I got out of my truck she was on the front porch sitting.   She asked me if I forgot anything and I said well kind of. 

While we were talking I asked her to close her eyes and ask Holy Spirit if she had any un forgiveness and immediately she said yes towards my husband.   I looked at her and said did he cheat on you and she said yes.  She confessed unforgiveness and without me saying anything prayed a blessing over her husband.   I prayed for her healing and I prayed for the healing of her thyroid because I think they're connected it was a very powerful moment. it was truly a Divine appointment that I almost let it slip through my fingers.   I am so glad I chose to go back because she is walking in Freedom now. The cool thing is that I had just had a conversation an hour earlier with my friend from Amarillo and we were talking about praying over people and people getting healed.

I texted her later during the day and asked her how she was doing.  She said she has had a great day!

Thank you, Jesus!

Kee Gwyn
Find out what God is doing, run to it as fast as you can and then go further still.

James 1:25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.

Scandal of Grace

The praise and worship band Hillsong wrote a song called the Scandal of Grace. The Scandal of Grace,  you died in my place so my soul will live. 

I thought that was a weird name. I didn't get it. But this morning as I'm reading I get to Philippians.  

 Philippians 2.4  to discover your own completeness in Christ frees you to turn your attention away from yourself to others.  

I am not sure where Todd White came up with the quote "I'm so free from me I'm free from you"  but it might have to do with this scripture.

You know what Jesus did it's not normal to come to the Earth and live as a man.

To die or be crucified by the hands of the people he created that just messes with me.

Think about this for a moment. We get our little feelings hurt somebody said something somebody did something that really hurt us or we choose to be offended. But then Jesus puts himself up on the cross and tells  the thief next to him you will be with me in Paradise.   that's just not normal. That is scandalous.   He knows he's going to die and the guy next to him who stole and lied and probably killed people ....... Jesus is not offended and invites him to the kingdom.  No ..... he tells him you will be with me in Paradise.

That makes all of my whining about being offended or being angry just really petty and a total waste of time and energy

Quote from "unoffendable"  the point is freedom - freedom to love. Freedom to have God-given site, the ability to look at that highly offensive someone and see what is not yet, as though it were.

Jesus says love your enemies love your neighbor. Love your neighbor more than yourself the world looks at us and they see a peculiar people.

1 Peter 2.9  but you are a chosen generation a royal priesthood a holy nation A peculiar people that you should show forth the manliness  of him who called you out of the darkness and Into His Marvelous Light. 

Jesus had one kind of lens that he saw life through and it is the lens of love. But we as a people we choose what lenses we want to see people through how many lenses do you have?