I've
decided I want to spend the rest of my life writing something concerning these
words posted below. David Fleming has been preaching this message for four
years and it comes from Romans 5:15. When he grasped the true goodness of God
doing this, he has preached the message that "God is so good to me."
It blesses everyone who hears it.
He more than repairs,
Far exceeds any damage,
and immeasurably outweighs
Far exceeds any damage,
and immeasurably outweighs
"God is so good to us," says Pastor
David Fleming* from Tulsa, OK
As Brother David
preached I felt that the Lord was saying that many people are living with an
"orphan spirit." It affects how they perceive the love of our Lord
and the love that is available from other people. They can't even receive that
love because they are so bound up in the lies that the enemy of their soul
throws at them continually. Lies, such as:
You're not good enough.
No one loves you.
You're a bad person (or
insert mom, dad, husband, wife, child).
You're never going to
have what you want.
No one is ever going to
forgive you.
What you have is not
enough.
God doesn't treat you
fairly.
God will never answer
your prayers.
Your family doesn't
treat you fairly.
Your life is worthless
to others...
And on and on and on,
the enemy taunts you and there really is no one except the Lord God Almighty
that can come in and do the work in your soul and in your broken heart but Him.
That's what David
Fleming felt like for years when he felt abandoned by God when his father died
when he was a teenager. The enemy taunted him for years until four years ago
when he began to meditate on the word of the Lord, and the verse Romans 5:15
especially. The joy that this verse has brought him is so evident that it
overflows to the audience and makes us all happy.
It actually made me want
to do "The happy dance." It can make you feel like you have found
your happy place, too. Now I will remind myself of this often and go back and
research and meditate this verse in different translations.
Yes, it is true for all
of us that our story isn't finished. Earlier Pastor Ray Dubois from Family Worship
Center shared that someone had called him and told him that he had gotten an
email from someone who was rejoicing. They had been praying for something for
14 years and God answered that prayer! What if they had given up on year
13? Press on in prayer.
The free gift
immeasurably outweighs what we have gone through when waiting for our
breakthrough. More than repairs, more than repairs, more than repairs all the
hurts, abuses, damage and loss of relationships that you may have endured here
on earth. What Jesus did for you on the cross more than repairs all of these
things. Praise His holy name, we have an awesome savior and He is our
Father-figure, actually our true Father. We have no excuse to continue in an orphan
spirit. We rebuke the enemy who taunts us with this spirit and we say that no
more will we listen to lies.
Declare over yourself as
Pastor David did who God is and He will declare who you are. A child of God. A
beloved child of God.
The words and tune to
this song came to me as I pondered writing this blog. I think it is a perfect
match.
Lyrics
to You Are Here (The Same Power)
Same
power that conquered the grave lives in me, lives in me, your love that rescued
the earth lives in me, lives in me.
Same power that conquered the grave lives in me, lives in me. Your love that rescued the earth lives in me, lives in me. Lift it up
Same power that conquered the grave lives in me, lives in me. Your love that rescued the earth lives in me, lives in me.
Same power that conquered the grave lives in me...., lives in me. Your love that rescued the earth lives in me, lives in me...
Same power that conquered the grave lives in me..., lives in me, Jesus your love your love that rescued the earth lives in me, lives in me.
Same power that conquered the grave lives in me, lives in me, O your love your love that rescued the earth lives in me, lives in me!
Same power that conquered the grave lives in me, lives in me. Your love that rescued the earth lives in me, lives in me. Lift it up
Same power that conquered the grave lives in me, lives in me. Your love that rescued the earth lives in me, lives in me.
Same power that conquered the grave lives in me...., lives in me. Your love that rescued the earth lives in me, lives in me...
Same power that conquered the grave lives in me..., lives in me, Jesus your love your love that rescued the earth lives in me, lives in me.
Same power that conquered the grave lives in me, lives in me, O your love your love that rescued the earth lives in me, lives in me!
Last
but not least a PS about Florida Christian Writer's Conference:
Bill
and Ashley did a great job of keeping the fort while I was away, taking a
continuing education/mental health day at FCWC. It is always so cool to be
among the awesome writers who attend the conference and to meet authors of
books that I have read. I must say Allison Bottke rocks! But then I always knew
she would. Lucinda Secrest McDowell had such a unique way of ending her
workshop, that she blessed me all over the place. I also attended two other
workshops. One was by Dianne Neal Matthews, a devotional workshop and the other
one was by Rusty Wright about Communicating Christ to the Secular Audience. They were both awesome teachers. I
was really blessed how Eddie Jones really listened and told me some pointers as
far as hooks using my own words in our one on one appointment. Seeing my angel
friend, Margie Houmes who the Lord put in the right place at the right time for
us to connect as well as Jan Powell; it really made my day. I was so proud of
our own Word Weaver Volusia Ray Gant as he received his writing award and
ending the day with Ken and Patricia Keough-Wilson while we watched our
own former president Mark Hancock, Eva Marie Everson and Sarah
Carpenter Bulls oversee the awards presentations. All in all a
priceless day:)
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