With all that’s going on in the world today and all that is happening in your life you are experiencing this sensation that’s left you bewildered. You’re not sure what to do. You’re lost without direction. You are at a junction place in you life. That means you are at a connection point, intersection, and crossroad of some kind.
-Jeremiah 6:16 (junction place)
This is what the LORD says: "Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths,
ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, 'We will not walk in it.
The tendency at this juncture is to look at all the negatives and to complain about everything that seems to cause you misery, which will only result in more unhappiness, distress and suffering. You can make choices that will either enhance your life or create more misfortune in your life.
You are in a position to enter a new season in your life. The choices you are facing today will affect you tomorrow. This junction is the place in your life where God will meet you to give you direction and to give you your blessing.
-Deuteronomy 28:8 (the blessing)
8 The LORD will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The LORD your God will bless you in the land he is giving you.
The Lord Jesus has a blessing in store for you. He’s trying to get it into your hands. The blessing He has prepared for you has never entered your mind before.
-Habakkuk 1:5b (something big)
5b for I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told.
This one blessing He’s going to bring into your life will take care of everything that concerns you right now. It’s time you rise up out of this bewildered state. Let no one put you down. God is the one that brought you here. He has a plan for you. Yeah, the road is tough at times and it will be bumpy and rough, but it is also filled with blessing and prosperity. God wants to see you blessed.
You need to stand against the enemy right now because he will do everything in his power to try to trick you out of this new direction. It’s time to resist the temptations, emotions, people in your life that are misleading you.
-James 4:7 (resist the devil)
7Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
You need to be more thankful. Take every opportunity to count your blessings and give thanks. Stop as often as possible to enjoy the good things in your life.
-1 Thessalonians 5:15-18 (do good & be thankful)
15Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else. 16Be joyful always; 17pray continually; 18give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
May God bless you,
Jose Reyes, Sr. Pastor
The Lord's Field Ministry
~~Speaking Engagements: Pastor Jose Reyes is available upon request to speak to your group (mens, womens, singles, couples, church, ministry). If you'd like to experience the dynamic messages the Lord has given through Pastor Jose Reyes contact us and let us know how we can serve your group or ministry.
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Saturday, November 1, 2008
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Let go of the past
Read-Exodus 13:3-5,17-18 & 14:5, 6-10,15
As the Israelites faced leaving Egypt, there were many things they had to leave behind.
Everything they knew, and everything they had grown up with, all was left behind them as they pushed through toward the Promised Land.
During this exodus they got to the point where they rebelled against God’s plan by grumbling and complaining. They had gotten to the point that they even craved after the pleasures of the past, by reliving Egypt in the fantasies of their minds. They entertained and confessed thoughts of going back to where they came from trying to convince themselves slavery was not all that bad. Was it?
Let me tell you it’s easy to give up on pressing ahead when tempted and lured by thoughts of going back to an old way of walking, talking, planning and living. It’s easy to grow weary and turn away from the Greater One’s plan. It’s easy to turn your back on your dreams and your plans, your Promised Land. But I’ve been sent to tell you God has a new plan for your life.
The struggle you are having is moving forward to the place God wants you to be. We all want success but we don’t want to pay the cost it takes to get it.
Today you have a choice. You can choose to wander in the desert, forever asking the Lord, "Why me Lord?" or you can take the next step and let go of your past.
Let go of old visions, old hopes, old thoughts all things old and of the past, things born in Egypt that keep you thinking of Egypt. Let it go!
Now, press on to the hope and glory that lies ahead with Jesus Christ! Press on to your Promised Land!
*Solomon 2:11 See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.
The time has come to stop “wanting” and “craving” after the things of the past and start to look forward to what lies ahead in your future in this new season. God has many things in store for you and many goals that you must yet achieve.
Your issue today is that your hanging on to the hopes and visions of the past, your hoping that they will still bear fruit and hoping that they will resurrect into what you have pictured in your mind when you were back in Egypt; when you were a slave to the enemy.
* Isaiah 43:18 "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.
*Isaiah 43:19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.
* Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
This is what the Lord says to you today:
I have a far greater vision for you says the Lord, and if you would only let go of the limited vision and hope in your mind I can step in and bring the change and circumstances needed in your life right now. For it is you that restricts me with the limited vision of your mind, and not I that is holding you back. For the minute you let go and allow me to lead you into this new and uncharted territory I can bring upon you the abundant blessing that awaits you.
You have cried out to me asking what it is you are doing wrong, where it is you must go, what step you must take next to move into this vision in your heart. But my answer to you is to “Let go!”, says the Lord. To stop trying to bring to pass what only I can bring to pass. If you will just let me carry you, then you will see the plan I have put before you. But you are blinded by your own fantasies. Let them go now and allow me to lead you to the Promised Land!
I pray that the Lord would reveal His will and plan for you today. May you learn to see your life through His eyes and see that He wants to bless and prosper you in all that you set your hand too. Come on, let it go and let Jesus fill your heart with a new vision that will take you into the future!
May God bless you,
Jose Reyes, Sr. Pastor
The Lord's Field Ministry
~~By giving to this ministry you help us do what we have been called to do- minister to hurting people with the life saving Gospel of Jesus Christ. This is an awesome work, one that wouldn't be able to carry out without your support. Please use the donate button at the bottom of this page today.
~~Speaking Engagements: Pastor Jose Reyes is available upon request to speak to your group (mens, womens, singles, couples, church, ministry). If you'd like to experience the dynamic messages the Lord has given through Pastor Jose Reyes contact us and let us know how we can serve your group or ministry.
~~Partnering: If you like to be partner with us or sow a specail seed into good ground write to us:
The Lord's Field Ministry
14250 Kimberley Lane Suite #311
Houston, Tx. 77079
As the Israelites faced leaving Egypt, there were many things they had to leave behind.
Everything they knew, and everything they had grown up with, all was left behind them as they pushed through toward the Promised Land.
During this exodus they got to the point where they rebelled against God’s plan by grumbling and complaining. They had gotten to the point that they even craved after the pleasures of the past, by reliving Egypt in the fantasies of their minds. They entertained and confessed thoughts of going back to where they came from trying to convince themselves slavery was not all that bad. Was it?
Let me tell you it’s easy to give up on pressing ahead when tempted and lured by thoughts of going back to an old way of walking, talking, planning and living. It’s easy to grow weary and turn away from the Greater One’s plan. It’s easy to turn your back on your dreams and your plans, your Promised Land. But I’ve been sent to tell you God has a new plan for your life.
The struggle you are having is moving forward to the place God wants you to be. We all want success but we don’t want to pay the cost it takes to get it.
Today you have a choice. You can choose to wander in the desert, forever asking the Lord, "Why me Lord?" or you can take the next step and let go of your past.
Let go of old visions, old hopes, old thoughts all things old and of the past, things born in Egypt that keep you thinking of Egypt. Let it go!
Now, press on to the hope and glory that lies ahead with Jesus Christ! Press on to your Promised Land!
*Solomon 2:11 See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone.
The time has come to stop “wanting” and “craving” after the things of the past and start to look forward to what lies ahead in your future in this new season. God has many things in store for you and many goals that you must yet achieve.
Your issue today is that your hanging on to the hopes and visions of the past, your hoping that they will still bear fruit and hoping that they will resurrect into what you have pictured in your mind when you were back in Egypt; when you were a slave to the enemy.
* Isaiah 43:18 "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.
*Isaiah 43:19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.
* Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
This is what the Lord says to you today:
I have a far greater vision for you says the Lord, and if you would only let go of the limited vision and hope in your mind I can step in and bring the change and circumstances needed in your life right now. For it is you that restricts me with the limited vision of your mind, and not I that is holding you back. For the minute you let go and allow me to lead you into this new and uncharted territory I can bring upon you the abundant blessing that awaits you.
You have cried out to me asking what it is you are doing wrong, where it is you must go, what step you must take next to move into this vision in your heart. But my answer to you is to “Let go!”, says the Lord. To stop trying to bring to pass what only I can bring to pass. If you will just let me carry you, then you will see the plan I have put before you. But you are blinded by your own fantasies. Let them go now and allow me to lead you to the Promised Land!
I pray that the Lord would reveal His will and plan for you today. May you learn to see your life through His eyes and see that He wants to bless and prosper you in all that you set your hand too. Come on, let it go and let Jesus fill your heart with a new vision that will take you into the future!
May God bless you,
Jose Reyes, Sr. Pastor
The Lord's Field Ministry
~~By giving to this ministry you help us do what we have been called to do- minister to hurting people with the life saving Gospel of Jesus Christ. This is an awesome work, one that wouldn't be able to carry out without your support. Please use the donate button at the bottom of this page today.
~~Speaking Engagements: Pastor Jose Reyes is available upon request to speak to your group (mens, womens, singles, couples, church, ministry). If you'd like to experience the dynamic messages the Lord has given through Pastor Jose Reyes contact us and let us know how we can serve your group or ministry.
~~Partnering: If you like to be partner with us or sow a specail seed into good ground write to us:
The Lord's Field Ministry
14250 Kimberley Lane Suite #311
Houston, Tx. 77079
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Double Trouble
Jeremiah 2:13 (New International Version) 13 "My people have committed two sins:
They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
Sin is always double trouble, and Jeremiah used a powerful illustration in this verse to address both of those troubles.
First, when God’s people forsook him, they lost fellowship with God. That means they abandoned what they were once devoted to. Now they have lost a great opportunity for spiritual, moral and ethical maturity. These people had grown stagnant, thus producing no fruit in their lives.
Second, what they substituted for God’s way of life is not just neutral, it is negative. As Jeremiah put it, their own cistern (vessels) cannot hold water (or living water for that matter). Their search for fulfillment without God was futile it was useless. They ended up with failure and oppressed because of the situations in their lives. Inevitably following other gods and idols and turning their backs on the true God.
When we substitute our own wisdom for God’s wisdom, we do not just lose the opportunity to grow and mature, we end up developing counter-productive lifestyles. Lifestyles that allow iniquity to reign over us, lifestyle that hinder our assignment, our relationships and our finances. Instead of our lives taking on quality, our lives without God seem to leak! Over time, we lose quality of life.
Think of your life as being as dynamic, as Jeremiah described here. Our lives are in constant state of change, whether that change be positive or negative, toward God or away from God. I am writing to tell you God offers you growth. Disobedience, today, will only result in wasting away.
Let me ask you, do you feel like you are getting nowhere? Having trouble making decisions? Still struggling with the same old issues?
That presents a clear choice, doesn’t it?
Make your stand today. It’s time for change!! Something has to change!!
Be a part of this ministry today. Sow your seed and break the chain of inequity in your life today. Use the donate button below as the key to your release.
They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
Sin is always double trouble, and Jeremiah used a powerful illustration in this verse to address both of those troubles.
First, when God’s people forsook him, they lost fellowship with God. That means they abandoned what they were once devoted to. Now they have lost a great opportunity for spiritual, moral and ethical maturity. These people had grown stagnant, thus producing no fruit in their lives.
Second, what they substituted for God’s way of life is not just neutral, it is negative. As Jeremiah put it, their own cistern (vessels) cannot hold water (or living water for that matter). Their search for fulfillment without God was futile it was useless. They ended up with failure and oppressed because of the situations in their lives. Inevitably following other gods and idols and turning their backs on the true God.
When we substitute our own wisdom for God’s wisdom, we do not just lose the opportunity to grow and mature, we end up developing counter-productive lifestyles. Lifestyles that allow iniquity to reign over us, lifestyle that hinder our assignment, our relationships and our finances. Instead of our lives taking on quality, our lives without God seem to leak! Over time, we lose quality of life.
Think of your life as being as dynamic, as Jeremiah described here. Our lives are in constant state of change, whether that change be positive or negative, toward God or away from God. I am writing to tell you God offers you growth. Disobedience, today, will only result in wasting away.
Let me ask you, do you feel like you are getting nowhere? Having trouble making decisions? Still struggling with the same old issues?
That presents a clear choice, doesn’t it?
Make your stand today. It’s time for change!! Something has to change!!
Be a part of this ministry today. Sow your seed and break the chain of inequity in your life today. Use the donate button below as the key to your release.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
The Midnight Hour
There are times in our life that good intentions can lead to bad consequences. When we are trying to do good we find that sometimes doing good can cause us to get into trouble.
Have you ever wondered why you’re facing the calamities you have today. I believe the calamity or issues you’re facing exist because of the stand you are choosing to make today. Your stand and how you choose to live your God ordained life will leave people wondering in amazement because they don’t understand your faith.
You’ll find that these same people are dumb founded by your beliefs and your principles. Eventually, they will start to judge you and be critical of you and your faith. In fact they will start to plot against you and try to get you to shut up.
Read-Acts 16:16-26
Paul & Silas were trying to do good by delivering the girl from her circumstances and the issues in her life. People around them did not see it that way so they became critical and judged and punished Paul and Silas for their goodness in delivering the girl from her calamities.
Like Paul & Silas, we too try our best to do good and be responsible. Even though we do good and try to be responsible it seems like issues still come up and get us bent out of shape with the people around us. After a while it feels like you are the one in shackles and your feet are in the stocks. That feeling you’re experiencing is known as the feeling of bondage which are the issues and pressures of your life surrounding you right now.
-Acts 16: 25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
Midnight is the season in your life that indicates you had enough of the issues and enough of the pressures of life. It’s time for change. Something has to happen. I’m doing my best to get it together and do right. But it seems like I’m getting no where. Are you following what I’m saying?
It’s time you take the pressure and issues of life and turn them around and do like Paul and Silas did, pray and praise Him.
-Acts 16:26 Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everybody's chains came loose.
Your prayer and praising will get the attention of the almighty God and he will shake loose everything in your prison, everything in your situations today. Let me tell you things are turning around for you. Chains are breaking loose in your life. What was once bound in your life is now loosed.
Thank you Jesus!!!
Be a part of this ministry today. Sow your seed and break the financial chain of inequity in your life today. Use the donate button below as the key to your release.
Have you ever wondered why you’re facing the calamities you have today. I believe the calamity or issues you’re facing exist because of the stand you are choosing to make today. Your stand and how you choose to live your God ordained life will leave people wondering in amazement because they don’t understand your faith.
You’ll find that these same people are dumb founded by your beliefs and your principles. Eventually, they will start to judge you and be critical of you and your faith. In fact they will start to plot against you and try to get you to shut up.
Read-Acts 16:16-26
Paul & Silas were trying to do good by delivering the girl from her circumstances and the issues in her life. People around them did not see it that way so they became critical and judged and punished Paul and Silas for their goodness in delivering the girl from her calamities.
Like Paul & Silas, we too try our best to do good and be responsible. Even though we do good and try to be responsible it seems like issues still come up and get us bent out of shape with the people around us. After a while it feels like you are the one in shackles and your feet are in the stocks. That feeling you’re experiencing is known as the feeling of bondage which are the issues and pressures of your life surrounding you right now.
-Acts 16: 25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
Midnight is the season in your life that indicates you had enough of the issues and enough of the pressures of life. It’s time for change. Something has to happen. I’m doing my best to get it together and do right. But it seems like I’m getting no where. Are you following what I’m saying?
It’s time you take the pressure and issues of life and turn them around and do like Paul and Silas did, pray and praise Him.
-Acts 16:26 Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everybody's chains came loose.
Your prayer and praising will get the attention of the almighty God and he will shake loose everything in your prison, everything in your situations today. Let me tell you things are turning around for you. Chains are breaking loose in your life. What was once bound in your life is now loosed.
Thank you Jesus!!!
Be a part of this ministry today. Sow your seed and break the financial chain of inequity in your life today. Use the donate button below as the key to your release.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Opposition
You have been going thru what seems like a stormy season. Things are going good one day and bad the next day. Now, it seems like things are not working out for you, you are the point that you feel like things are messed up in your life today.
Now, you have this heavy heart and you’ve gotten weak in faith and discouraged. You are at the point now that you are not sure what to do.
Now it looks like your plans, your dreams have suffered some damage. You are loosing sight of your victory and the desires you once had. You are facing some opposition (resistance) against what you want, against what you planned and all the you envisioned.
Read -Nehemiah 4:1-20
When God has called you to do a work for him, you’ll find that people around you will not believe in you. They start to speak out against you. Before long unexpected things, situations start to happen, you didn’t see it coming. And now you’re facing some new struggles, some new enemies and new circumstances.
Every time you want to build up, get ahead or do good the enemy seems to come at you even stronger to want to take down everything you are trying to build or do for the Lord.
What you are facing is the spirit of opposition. The opposition is affecting the way you speak, it’s affecting the way you think, it’s affecting the way you stand against temptations. In fact the opposition is affecting your relationships, your finances and every decision you have to make. The opposition is up in your face and causing more hindrances than before.
You don‘t know what to do; you feel confused and all alone. What now lord? What should I do? I’ve loosed sight of my plans, my dreams and all hope of deliverance is gone.
Let me encourage you to stay focus (re-focus), keep praying in and out of season for the desires of your heart (don’t give up) and be on guard. When you’re working for God be ready for battle in/out season. Remember James 4:7 resist the enemy and he will flee
from you.
Enough is enough!!
Stop giving your enemy a foot hold in your marriage, in your finances, in your home you name it. It’s time for you to rise up out of this mess. Remember everything that you are building up: dreams, family, marriage, business, ministry etc… is to Glorify Him.
*Colossians 3:23-24 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
Don’t be afraid, fight for your sons, fight for your daughters, fight for your wife, fight for your husband, fight for your homes, fight for your plans, fight for your dreams. You’re not alone. Victory is yours.
*Deuteronomy 20:4 For the LORD your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory." Hallelujah!!!!
If God be for us then who dare be against us. Remember you are a child of the most high God, a child of the King of kings, lord of lords. Like Nehemiah and the Israelites you need to resist with one hand and build the kingdom with the other hand.
Make your stand today:
1. I’m the head and not the tail.
2. I’m above and not beneath.
3. I’m blessed coming in and blessed coming out.
4. The favor of God surrounds me.
5. The blessings of God are chasing me and overtaking me.
6. Whatever I set my hand to shall prosper.
7. I will live and not die.
8. I will declare the good works of God in my life.
9. No plan, no weapon or opposition formed against me shall prosper.
Praise him!!!!! Praise him!!!!! Praise him!!!!!
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Now, you have this heavy heart and you’ve gotten weak in faith and discouraged. You are at the point now that you are not sure what to do.
Now it looks like your plans, your dreams have suffered some damage. You are loosing sight of your victory and the desires you once had. You are facing some opposition (resistance) against what you want, against what you planned and all the you envisioned.
Read -Nehemiah 4:1-20
When God has called you to do a work for him, you’ll find that people around you will not believe in you. They start to speak out against you. Before long unexpected things, situations start to happen, you didn’t see it coming. And now you’re facing some new struggles, some new enemies and new circumstances.
Every time you want to build up, get ahead or do good the enemy seems to come at you even stronger to want to take down everything you are trying to build or do for the Lord.
What you are facing is the spirit of opposition. The opposition is affecting the way you speak, it’s affecting the way you think, it’s affecting the way you stand against temptations. In fact the opposition is affecting your relationships, your finances and every decision you have to make. The opposition is up in your face and causing more hindrances than before.
You don‘t know what to do; you feel confused and all alone. What now lord? What should I do? I’ve loosed sight of my plans, my dreams and all hope of deliverance is gone.
Let me encourage you to stay focus (re-focus), keep praying in and out of season for the desires of your heart (don’t give up) and be on guard. When you’re working for God be ready for battle in/out season. Remember James 4:7 resist the enemy and he will flee
from you.
Enough is enough!!
Stop giving your enemy a foot hold in your marriage, in your finances, in your home you name it. It’s time for you to rise up out of this mess. Remember everything that you are building up: dreams, family, marriage, business, ministry etc… is to Glorify Him.
*Colossians 3:23-24 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
Don’t be afraid, fight for your sons, fight for your daughters, fight for your wife, fight for your husband, fight for your homes, fight for your plans, fight for your dreams. You’re not alone. Victory is yours.
*Deuteronomy 20:4 For the LORD your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory." Hallelujah!!!!
If God be for us then who dare be against us. Remember you are a child of the most high God, a child of the King of kings, lord of lords. Like Nehemiah and the Israelites you need to resist with one hand and build the kingdom with the other hand.
Make your stand today:
1. I’m the head and not the tail.
2. I’m above and not beneath.
3. I’m blessed coming in and blessed coming out.
4. The favor of God surrounds me.
5. The blessings of God are chasing me and overtaking me.
6. Whatever I set my hand to shall prosper.
7. I will live and not die.
8. I will declare the good works of God in my life.
9. No plan, no weapon or opposition formed against me shall prosper.
Praise him!!!!! Praise him!!!!! Praise him!!!!!
Become a partner today and support this ministry. We are a non-profit ,501(c)(3) orginaztion in the community going out into the world to change lives. Use donate button below to help us go out and touch lives in a new way today.
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