1. Is it in line with the bible? Is it in line with the truth of God? (Discernment)

2. Am I operating on the basis of love? (Self examination)

3. Am I being offensive for myself or for God? (Wisdom)

4. Does the Holy Spirit approve? Am I with peace when I decide to go ahead with the decision or plan? (Spirit led)

5. Then focus on the promises and the words of God, not on the circumstances or consequences. If you have examined yourself and seek the counsel of God, you sincerely desire to live in God's will, you do not have to fear or worry you do not walk in His will. He will guide and leads you to the right path.

Amen.

Standby me, my child, be watchful!
Do not let yourself get into anything that defiled me, stay close to Me and watch. Do not get into anything to do with those wolf under the sheepskins. Keep yourself undefiled. Stand by Me and watch. Be prepared for battle.

I'll strive for my whole life to be a normal christian. To live up to what my identity  is in Christ Jesus!

Amen!

I hear the Spirit said to me, "protect Me"

Do not grieve the Holy Spirit!

Turn at my rebuke; surely I will pour out My spirit on you;I will make my words known to you. Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded, because you disdained all my counsel, and would have none of my rebuke, I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your terror comes...Proverbs 1

I was caught up by a posting in social medial abt the mid career switch to Social Worker. Successful candidates will be subsidied and sponsored for degree program. Once again, this attracted my attention and the desire to get myself qualify once again being stir up in me. Do I get myself qualify with a degree as I wanted to since years ago when I tried with MOE but failed? Being a social worker open ways for me to get more involve with the society? Through this open ways, I can spread gospel more effectively? My intention is produce out of my own desire or is it from God? Confused, disturbed and desire to grab hold of that opportunity yet fear of failure like I had failed years ago...?

Zechariah 4:6 NKJV

So he answered and said to me: "This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' Says the Lord of hosts.

"Not by human intelligence, not by intellectual, but by My power

Be train spiritually, not by human methods and the world system. Stand by Me, sit beside Me. Wait upon Me. Surrender your desires to Me.
By the power of the Holy Spirit, I make you great. You shall tell yourself to be humble and obedient all the time. Hear My voice, listen to my instructions. The attraction and desire is strong, but you wait upon Me. Surrender all to Me, I am your God, the Lord!"

Do you believe that it is not your intellectual, but Me?

"Yes Lord I do."

"Then live it out." Said the Lord

How can I ever give enough to the One who gives me everything? Never!

It's my duty and if I do not fulfill even my duty, how do I stand before my Giver?

Verse 8
Blessed are the peacemakers, For they will be called sons of God

Verse 44
Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven.

Signs of sons of God.
We are called to grow up to become sons of God.

The Lord said:" shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do? Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him. For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just;"

Dear Lord, I pray for myself and my household, my husband and my children. I pray that starting from me, my generation, that I will keep the way of the Lord and I will also direct my children and my household after me to keep your way by doing what is right and just. I pray that the generation after me will be men and women after the heart of God, raise up leaders and servants among them, to serve you and to do your work and to lay down their lives for You and work to advance your kingdom. I pray for the spouses of both sammi and selyn, that they will meet and marry the ones you have prepared and plan for them. Let them do not meet at all anyone that is not of you or not whom you have reserve for them.  Let the ones you set aside for them be men that are in fire for you and who love you and surrender their lives fully to You.

Thank you Lord.

In Jesus might Name, Amen!

The Lord said when you read the Scriptures, focus on ME,  read from my perspectives. I see everything good, I made all things good.

This morning I woke up, I know in my spirit that God want me to rest in Him today. The word "rest" came into my mind and I'm filled with peace. Rest in Him, knowing that He is my Heavenly Father, He provides all my needs and supply the needs of my family, including spiritual family. I do not have to worry at all for ANYTHING!

Ps Yang in the devotion for today wrote that

"...whatever God needs, He creates. So before God says anything in the Bible, He says: "I'm the Creator God and I can give you anything that I promise!" And when you look at God and the abundance of His creation, it is unbelievable. God doesn't have any limits whatsoever! "

What reason do I have to worry? I have a wonderful Father, who has no l limits! And who knows what is best for us!

In repentance and rest is your salvation; in quietness and trust is your strength.

Genesis 4:6-7 NIV

Then the Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it."

Meditation: why are you angry? Why is yr face downcast?
I been thru the kind of situation when I found myself very downcast and felt that the Lord always prefer some one else than me. Tis was a thought that produced out of sins in my heart.
God is a loving Father, He is kind and patient. He told Cain that if he did what was right, he will be accepted, but if he didnt, then he had to examine his own heart and not let sins ruled over him.
I take this loving warning from our Father very seriously.

Genesis 4:10-14 NIV

The Lord said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground. Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth."   Cain said to the Lord , "My punishment is more than I can bear. Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me."

Meditation: when I read these verses, I thought to myself, oh wow, God put a curse on Cain?! However, now I understand that anything that is out of God, we have no blessing. True blessings only come from the Creator, if one rebels against Him,  he is subjecting himself to a curse. Cain's bloody act had earned for himself a curse. God is good, in Him, there is no darkness. Darkness is the non existence of light, therefore when one does not have Jesus in him, he has no light in him, but only darkness.

Luke 17:7-10 NIV

"Suppose one of you has a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Will he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, 'Come along now and sit down to eat'?  Won't he rather say, 'Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink'?  Will he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do?  So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.' "

"How long have I waited to talk to you about this? Go live a normal live before you talk to Me!"

Isaiah 30:15 NIV

This is what the Sovereign Lord , the Holy One of Israel, says: "In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength,

2014, this is the verse that rooted deep in my heart. I was discouraged but never in despair, I was put down but never give up. I will still come to the Lord no matter how wretched I am. I will rejoice in the Lord, yes I will rejoice!