Blessed To Be A Blessing... By Nina Keegan

 BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING! 

We must be so careful not to get so caught up in the materialism of this world. We must remember to always seek God first and His kingdom and then everything else will be added unto us. 

Many people think that they need certain material things to be happy.. so begins the endless pursuit of bigger houses and more cars and many luxury items... but, no matter the purchases, it seems one thing that money always fails to buy is Joy... Happiness..or the ability to realize any true peace.

Real happiness and pure joy come from knowing Jesus and having a true relationship with our Heavenly Father.  We will continually try to fill the void endlessly and unsuccessfully until We have personally hailed an invitation to and have called on the name of Jesus and have let Him fill our hearts and fill our void's.

The enemy loves keeping us distracted with the things of this world...He loves distracting us with the desire to have it all, and all the temptations of our selfish wants; because anything that comes before God will keep us on a detour from a sinless life and a life of blessings and sincere Joy.

 We must be very diligent and stay on guard.

Many times I believe this is the reason God has us wait for our prosperity. I believe we need to grow up in Him and be mature enough to handle wealth and prosperity. We must give to God what is His, after all He owns everything,  He made everything.. but He wants to trust us...that we may have a complete knowledge and understanding of His Word concerning this matter. God wants our Hearts in complete surrender to him ..He wants to be our everything!

Do we know for certain what it means to give?  It is the law of reciprocity..give and it shall be given unto you.  We cannot out give God. In fact, the Bible even says in Malachi to to try it and see if God will not bless you for being a blessing and for being obedient to His Word.

Do not be tricked by the temptation of wealth..God blesses us to be a blessing, when our mindset is on helping others and knowing the reasons for our blessings, God will pour prosperity into your life ... True prosperity comes wrapped up in enormous Grace... It comes disguised in parcels of Joy and bundles of God's peace that will surpass understanding. We simply cannot out give God!

Trust Him with everything including your prosperity..including your wealth..we were born to be a blessing. 

 Give God shouts of praise and thanksgiving for every blessing you have today!  God loves a cheerful giver and a grateful heart... God wants to use you. How have you let God use you? What God wants to do in your life is only limited by your willingness to surrender to Him. How do I know that? Because the biggest obstacle in my life has been me and my own limited thinking...

We were born for times such as this! 

be blessed today!!

1 John 2:15

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

Matthew 19:27-30

Peter answered him, “We have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?”

Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.

Job 1:21

He said, "I came naked from my mother's womb, and I will be naked when I leave. The LORD gave me what I had, and the LORD has taken it away. Praise the name of the LORD!"

Esther 4:14

"For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" 

Do Not Be Deceived.. By Nina Keegan

DO NOT BE DECEIVED!

No matter what is going on in the world, we must believe that regardless of the difficulties we face, the church can rest assured that Christ has not ever moved from His exalted seat. He has full power and authority.. He holds His Sword in His hand and He is fighting for us. The Gospel will prevail.

It's time to start praying against deception, the Bible tells us that in the last days we would be greatly deceived..you were born for times like these, you are here for a reason! 

There is no time to ride the fence and be double minded. We must get on board with the Revival that God is stirring up in each of us, the world is a mess right now, we must decide if we are going to accommodate the world and what's happening in it, or we can refuse to compromise our beliefs and our behaviors and live in the absolute assuredness of following the Word of God.

Every word in the Bible is God breathed and is alive and well, it is our blueprint, it is the promise.. we must get on board. 

The enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy but Jesus came that we might have life and have it to the full..

He has sent us the Holy Spirit and those who do not compromise the Truth of Gods Word will experience a great victory and an empowering strength of the spirit without limits. Beyond anything that our generation has ever known will we see God's supernatural glory rain down in astonishing revival if we do not grow weary in well doing.

  So many strong Christians are being deceived by others, even fellow Christians saying,"shouldn't we be more tolerant of other faiths?..shouldn't we be tolerant of other's beliefs? Shouldn't we all just try to love one another for our differences?" "To each his own..."

We back off and we have failed to declare the truth.. we fail to witness and be a doer of the Word, we fail to preach the Gospel in its pure truth.. Yes we are called to love everyone ... It's a commandment..we are to love as God loves, even our enemies..but not for their differences....

The truth sets people free.. Love them and tell them the Truth.. It's not God's will that any man should perish.

The enemy loves tolerance because tolerance doesn't spread the Gospel, tolerance backs away, tolerance is afraid of conflict, tolerance is non-controversial. 

When we walk in truth spreading God's Word, God will make ways, the seeds of salvation are being planted.

 God can reach anyone..He is God, but we are His army and we are called forth to witness, to tell the truth in all diligence and to deliver God's message of salvation and eternal life with Him.

Tolerance is such a trendy buzzword that the enemy uses for deception by discounting the truth. The Word of God is very clear about the one and only way for us to receive eternal salvation.. so we ALL must be clear on that..there is no pushing the envelope, there is no deciding, "well I don't think God thinks this way or that way", or "don't you think if they're a good person regardless of whether or not they are a believer that they will get to heaven?"  

We don't get to change God's mind or rewrite the Bible by inserting our own thoughts, believing we can do a better job than God did... God's Word is very specific for a reason ..so that there is a line that absolutely cannot be crossed ..it's simple, we either believe God or we don't!

Look, this is not open for debate... The Bible is very clear and it says that in the end times even Christians will FALL AWAY.. They will perish! ... Yes Christians... Many are deceived by thinking they can live in sin and keep asking for forgiveness with no harm done! That is a huge misconception. Every action has a consequence even if the consequences are not immediate.. I guarantee you our sins do not go unnoticed we must repent and turn away from our sins! 

We must get a strong knowledge of the WORD and stand! TRUST and believe in it! Defend it! Be an advocate and an accomplisher of the Word...There is no compromise.. get off the fence, decide what you're going to believe... do it now before it's too late!

Meditate and declare this promise to God...

I will not compromise with the words and the actions and the deception of this world ..Lord help us to be bold for you. Help us to put away all fears and anxieties so that we might fully receive the manifested presence of the Holy Spirit of God in full operation in our lives

In Jesus Name

Amen! 

Rev 2:13

13 “I know that you live in the city where Satan has his throne, yet you have remained loyal to me. You refused to deny me even when Antipas, my faithful witness, was martyred among you there in Satan’s city.

Rev2:14-16

14 “But I have a few complaints against you. You tolerate some among you whose teaching is like that of Balaam, who showed Balak how to trip up the people of Israel. He taught them to sin by eating food offered to idols and by committing sexual sin. 15 In a similar way, you have some Nicolaitans among you who follow the same teaching. 16 Repent of your sin, or I will come to you suddenly and fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

Acts 3:19

Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,

Isaiah 51:6-9

6 Look up to the skies above,
    and gaze down on the earth below.
For the skies will disappear like smoke,
    and the earth will wear out like a piece of clothing.
The people of the earth will die like flies,
    but my salvation lasts forever.
    My righteous rule will never end!

7 “Listen to me, you who know right from wrong,
    you who cherish my law in your hearts.
Do not be afraid of people’s scorn,
    nor fear their insults.
8 For the moth will devour them as it devours clothing.
    The worm will eat at them as it eats wool.
But my righteousness will last forever.
    My salvation will continue from generation to generation.”

9 Wake up, wake up, O Lord! Clothe yourself with strength!
    Flex your mighty right arm!
Rouse yourself as in the days of old
    when you slew Egypt, the dragon of the Nile.

One Word By Nina Keegan

One word...just one word from God has the power to change everything ...He is our final authority He is above all else....the reply of the tongue will always come from The Lord 

He speaks.. The universe is born.. He speaks ... Miracles happen.. He just says the WORD and all of Heaven moves..

Believe in the WORD!

Let Jesus marvel at the magnitude of our audacious faith.. let's step out of our comfort zone and do it afraid... Do it all fearlessly..let's plant the stakes of victory firmly and deliberately!

Let the Word of God be the guidepost, the pillar, and the fortress where we can safely tread, where we are hidden from danger, where we are blessed beyond measure, where our faith is stretched beyond imagination to receive that which Jesus died for us to have.

Lay claim to The assurance of victory..  I pray that we would not whimper and shrink back into the fear of the unknown but we would tread fearlessly on the water and into the depths and the realms of astounding favor which no eye has seen on this earth. I pray that we would grab a hold of the hem of the precious garment of Jesus Christ and never let go...let Him blindly and boldly lead us into that place in which our divine purpose in Him is fulfilled.. 

Let us rise up! rise up! and ready our feet for the battle.. call forth the victory we have available through the Word of God..Be still and let God be God!  Anoint us in the fullness of a fresh breath of the Holy Spirit.. Soak us in a new anointing of divine favor, grant us the purest discernment and astounding victory as we become the army of Christ on this earth!  We will have no fear! For we walk with God! Yes Let us tread upon the deepest of waters knowing that God's hands will not let us be overcome..we praise you Father we thank you and we say "amen" to you Lord.. in Jesus name

Hebrews 4:12 - For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Jeremiah 23:29 - [Is] not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer [that] breaketh the rock in pieces?

2 Timothy 3:16-17 - All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.

Highway of Holiness By Nina Keegan

In Isaiah 35: 8-10 the scripture talks about a great road that will go through a once deserted land and it will be named the "Highway of Holiness"

Doesn't that sound like a highway that we all want to travel?

 It goes on to say that evil minded people will never get to travel on it ...it will only be used for those who walk in God's ways and fools will never walk there.

This verse gives me a check in my spirit and I want God to show me if there's any foolishness in my life,  if there's anything that He needs to remove in me so that I might walk on this great highway following Him and His divine plan steeped in abundant favor and His divine annointing for my life.

It is always good to check ourselves and to ask God to reveal to us anything that might be grieving the Holy Spirit.

Then we can ask for His forgiveness, we can repent and try to live according to God's will.

God knows we are not perfect. He made us...but  He also knows the desires of our hearts.

 We want our hearts always to be pure and right and good in Him. Let us aim our hearts in the right direction.. Let us keep our eyes steadfast and always looking forward straight ahead on to Him..He is the light ..He is our road to salvation.

Lord we ask that you would program our steps on your highway of holiness that we would be surrounded by a mighty Hedge of protection, covered in the blood of Jesus and surrounded continuously by your ministering angels. Let your heavenly warriors highlight the way and keep us focused on You and this mighty road that leads to the abundance of all mercy, grace, forgiveness, love and pure, sweet joy.

This highway is only found by following God..  He is making a way for His people to walk in His ways ...It says in Eph 5:1 We are to be "imitators of God"...  We are to try to live so closely to God that we become like Him.. That others will see Him is us.

we are redeemed through the blood of Jesus and only the redeemed will get to travel this highway!

 Thank you that on this road we will be protected from wicked travelers and all evil, You are preparing the way Lord for us to travel home. Walk with us Father.. For You don't just point the way but You are beside us as we take every faith filled step 

We praise your name

You are deserving of all glory in Jesus name

Amen!

Isaiah 35:8-10

8 And a main road will go through that once deserted land. It will be named the Highway of Holiness. Evil-hearted people will never travel on it. It will be only for those who walk in God's ways; fools will never walk there. 9 Lions will not lurk along its course, and there will be no other dangers. Only the redeemed will follow it. 10 Those who have been ransomed by the LORD will return to Jerusalem, singing songs of everlasting joy. Sorrow and mourning will disappear, and they will be overcome with joy and gladness.

Eph 4:29-31 ‘Let no unwholesome word proceed out of your mouth, but only such a word that is good for edification according to the need at the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear. Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.

1 Thess 5:16-21 ‘Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Do not quench the Spirit; do not despise prophetic utterances. But examine everything carefully, holding fast to that which is good.’

Ephesians 4:31-32 

Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

A Faith Jesus Marvels At by Nina Keegan

There are only two things in all of Scripture that Jesus marveled at... And they both are concerning levels of faith

Matthew 8:9-10

 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go , and he goeth ; and to another, Come , and he cometh ; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. 10 When Jesus heard it, he MARVELED , and said to them that followed , Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

Mark6:4-6

Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home."

He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them

And he MARVELED because of their unbelief. And he went about among the villages teaching.

A faith that makes Jesus marvel is something worth looking into..

The Centurion or Roman soldier had faith in the spoken word of Jesus,  he did not believe Jesus had to go be physically present to heal his servant he just heard that Jesus was near by and he rode off to meet Him, and when he met Jesus, he simply asked him to heal his  very ill servant. Jesus offered to come to his house but the Centurion did not believe Jesus had to be physically present to heal his servant..he asked Jesus to just say the Word and His servant would be healed...the soldier believed Jesus's Word was all that was needed to manifest the miraculous.

The 2nd scripture above states how the lack of faith in some disallowed even Jesus to perform miracles..

 Lack of faith halts God from moving..

These opposing degrees of Faith show us what we need to bring the manifestation and demonstration of the miraculous into our lives.

If you simply can believe in the written word of God you are in a place in your faith to receive miracles as Jesus marvels at that kind of faith and that kind of unwavering steadfast assuredness that Jesus is who He says He is.

 The Centurion would require no additional proof.. Jesus simply spoke that his servant would be healed and he believed that when he returned home a miracle would've already taken place.. And it did! The servant was healed! 

Jesus marveled "for verily I say to you that I have not seen this kind of faith in all of Israel"

Many of us find it hard to believe in things that we cannot physically see or touch but if we could see all things there would be no need for faith..the bigger blessing abounds to us by having a kingdom size faith and a steadfast knowing that God's Word can be trusted,  His Word does not fail or return void ..

We many times think if we don't see immediate results that God has not been moved to answer our prayers..

 God's ways are not our ways,  He is omniscient (all knowing) and He sees the whole storyline.. many times our yearnings, trials, and times of peril, ultimately work amazingly for the good by causing us to be stretched in our faith and to draw closer to God.

The Bible says it all must be used for our good.. we decidedly do not want anything that God does not want us to have in our lives..

God always answers our prayers, sometimes just not the way we think He should, but His timing is always perfect ..He's never late... Simply put, God is God and we are not..

 When you're waiting on God, stand...believe.. Let Jesus be marveled at your faith ..Jesus's spoken words and God's written words are the same; we need to have faith and believe through a trusted loving relationship with God

 that His faithfulness and character are enduring and steadfast forever. He loves us and there's nothing He will not do for us..

Lord we are in your hands we are in your will Lord you know the future, we don't... show us Lord ..show us..let us have faith that you can marvel at..

Thank you Lord..increase us in our faith today! In Jesus name  we pray!

Amen 

Then Suddenly by Nina Keegan

Then Suddenly..

God is saying that when the enemy was chasing the Israelites out of Egypt...the Red Sea was in front of them ..but the miracle was in the sea, the miracle was in the impossible! 

   This is a time to advance, God will empower you with a staff to part the Red Sea in your life; whatever your enemy is, whatever your struggle is, family, financial, health, oppression, depression anything...what ever giant is in front of you, you will conquer! You have been authorized to break your chains with the authority available to you in Jesus Christ..

He's giving you a staff to remind you of your strength in Him. He's supplying you with enabling grace to part your Red Sea and watch it turn into a dry desert bed that you can walk across safely and with ease.

 

  The Lord says He wants you to begin to raise your expectations..He is getting ready to do marvelous things on your behalf! 

 When the people of Israel fled Egypt running for their lives followed by all of Pharaoh's army.. they wound up at the beach of the Red Sea... Imagine that feeling of great fear and utter pandemonium, the feeling of defeat and complete devastation..

But God... Yes... God! He then SUDDENLY pulls off the most impossible to imagine, mind blowing, miracle!

  It never entered the minds of the Israelites that right then and there God would perform a spectacular event, A SUDDEN MIRACLE!  He would open an entire Sea,  He would part an entire ocean for them and let them cross safely on dry ground, a surreal path etched through the impossible .. barricaded with enormous walls of water hedging each side. 

   God would then swallow up all of their enemies; the horse and rider and chariots alike with giant sweeping waves as the sea was commanded to flow back into its trough ...

Can you imagine witnessing this astonishing supernatural phenomenon? 

This is how our loving God moves and operates on our behalf.. There is nothing that He is not prepared to do for us.. There is no rescue mission to hard or to risky for God.. You are worth it to Him.. You matter and He will never abandon you to be devoured by your Red Sea.

  "Get ready for the unexpected miracle"says the Lord .."the unexpected blessings you have not even fathomed."

  The Lord says "I have already destroyed your enemy through the blood my Son has shed on the Cross... I want you to release the sound of victory, the sound of triumph, the sound of praise, the horse and rider have already been trampled into the sea and washed away in the crashing waves."

God is making ways for you.. He's clearing the path..divine victory is at hand.. Hallelujah!

 Rejoice! the enemy has been destroyed under your feet! The miracle is in the trial you face because God is all powerful to go before you and use what the enemy has meant for harm to bring to you complete restoration, victory, and a testimony of unparalleled  proportion.

 Do NOT look back..  Through your unseen faith and determined declaration that God is who He says He is...you have crossed your Red Sea and have been planted safely and freely on the other side..   

Keep your eyes straight ahead on your miracle maker Jesus Christ who is deserving of all praise and glory...

Is there anything to hard for Him? Ask yourself..How BIG is possible? 

 

Genesis 50:20

You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

Matthew 19:26

Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."

Keep Your Eyes On Jesus by Nina Keegan

 I find myself increasingly shocked everyday when I watch the news or see the covers of the celebrity magazines in the grocery store..  What is going on in this world today..? Where do we draw the line between the Godly and the Godless? The line it would appear seems to be getting quite blurry.. In fact the anything goes mentality is flooding our morals and we become desensitized to  real truth..

 Job 36:17

 But you are obsessed with whether the godless will be judged.

Don’t worry, judgment and justice will be upheld.

Many of the us these days are questioning why it appears that the wicked of this world are seemingly prevailing in their evil schemes and living a prosperous life style. 

  Why does it appear that people who are not even remotely living for God seem to "have it all"?

  The answer is very simple .. They don't! 

 They are living for the here and now, contagiously void of all the blessings of Heaven that can only be acquired through a relationship with Christ. 

The time we spend on earth is a mere counterfeit speck in comparison to the time spent in Eternity with our loving Creator and Heavenly Father limitlessly enjoying thought defying fathomability to the magnitude of peace, joy and brilliance our Father has in store for us. 

 

  We are not to be deceived, God himself reserves the right to be jealous and the carry out vengeance upon the wicked we must never be obsessed with the apparent unfairness the eye can see. 

  We must look to our own lives stay in repentance asking for forgiveness and continuously try to be a demonstrative example of God's love here on earth.

  We must display to the very best of our limited human capabilities, a life that follows the pathway of Jesus.  We should incessantly be exemplifying God's pure light to others. 

God is tolerant in His love and intolerant of our sins. He will not allow sin to go unchecked forever. 

  Many people wonder why God doesn't immediately punish evil as it happens ..

  We must remember this; that if He did punish evil immediately, none of us would be here... We would rid the world of it's habitants.

   We all need to be thankful that God gives us renewed chances and time to repent and turn back to Him. 

 He gives us mercy and an allotted grace period to look inside ourselves in revelation and see our evil ways and steadfastly turn away from them. 

 He implores us to hand our lives over to Him, the One who can restore, forgive, and redeem us. No person on earth can safely defy God .. He is after all the creator of all the universe.. There is nothing that unnoticeably slips past Him. 

 People who refuse to believe this concept, to them, God's punishment will be like an angry vengeful fire! To those who love Him and fear Him, His mercy will be a safe haven and a privileged refuge. 

  The Bible says that God's enemies will be swept away like a flood ....the relationship we have with God, either way, is decidedly left to our own accord...

 God sets before us a fork in the path,  every time we stray even the slightest bit towards  the calls of sin and a life drifting away from God, we will pay an enormous price. Sin has a cost! We may not immediately see the consequences of our actions and simultaneously we may think we've gotten away with something and with that in mind ,we simply drift a little more and a little more. Even still, not having witnessed the looming ramifications in our lives, we feel as though we have pulled one over on God..

 But.... There it is... The but...before we know it, we are so far away.. So lost... we are creviced deeply into the wrong path. This path of wrongs  winds haphazardly through our life stealing all it can from our basket of contentment and joy. Getting off this wretched detour, mirrors the impossible. 

  After a brief time in our life of sin we slowly become blind and deaf to the things of God ...We no longer can see Him or hear Him because we've drifted so far off course. We cannot see the path that He has prepared for us any longer.. It's blurry,  we are drowning in the muddy, murky, bumpy, pothole filled road of despair and destruction that leads to nowhere but heartache, pain,  more sin and  irrevocable crimes against Christ.

 

 He sees it ...yes, do not get this wrong...God sees it all! 

 You are NOT getting away with anything.. we can never hide anything from God!  He knows what you're going to do before you do it, but He's always standing right there; Steadfastly and sturdily waiting on the main road with open arms ready to receive us, ready to welcome us back,  ready to help us in our painstaking turnaround...

 He does not abandon us to our own wickedness, He helps us climb out of this vast pit that we've created for ourselves through sin, guilt and condemnation . 

His outstretched arm is reaching deep .. It's never too short to grab us from the depths. 

  We can call on His name.. JESUS.. He will not let us go. He redeems! He is our vindicator. 

  Our sin however comes with price tag..there will be consequences; make no doubt about it.  For our time immersed in disobedience there will be ramifications. God alone has the right to be jealous and carry out His vengeance on our wrong doing. We don't want to be acting in a spirit of selfishness... it's appropriate for God to insist on us having complete allegiance to Him always. It is just for God to punish unrepentant evildoers, and to bring retribution for our selfish choices.

 God's ultimate purpose for us is to set us free from our bondage so as we can live completely for Him and restore back to us the peace and joy that His Son died for us to have.

 God will display His mighty power in the whirlwind and in the storm. we must make a choice today to call on the name of Jesus and live under God's grace, His guidance and within His guidelines and covenant for our lives. 

Justice will be served in the world. God will settle all accounts! Stay on His path only and do not be tempted to stray .. 

The Lord is a strong refuge when trouble comes. He is close to those who trust in him. He will sweep away his enemies in an overwhelming flood, He will pursue His foes into the darkness of night why would you ever scheme against the Lord ? He will destroy you with one blow He won't need to strike twice

Nahum1:7-9