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Who to blame when things go wrong...

Who to blame when things go wrong...

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 Ok - kind of a baiting title - but I don't think that I am the only one who questions when things go bad... What could I have done differently, what was God trying to teach me, is the enemy attacking?   But, one thing that I have been learning more and more is... the story is just unfinished... B   Want to know more… Check it out!   OR want the show notes...  Just scroll down!     Listen on Spotify Or iTunes or Youtube Stitcher:  https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/leading-from-the-edge   Want to know more? Follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/leadingfromtheedge/ Join the conversation on my website: http://www.leadinfromtheedge.net   SHOW NOTES This week I want to talk about something we did right. I actually try to avoid that for some reason - always teaching from something that I have done wrong, As if that is a better qualifier When its really just my battle with not wanting to be prideful Ha - so backward we can be! So in this podcast today I want to teach a quick point about how w approach situations Growing up charismatic in my faith, seeing all the name it and claim, prosperity messages, tongue talking the way of listening to the Holy Spirit - I’ve had to do some unlearning these past 2 years Not that any of those things are wrong - and I know some that hear me say that may disagree with me… But the unlearning that I am talking about is the fact that I had determined so much of my WALK by what I see… While I believe that God wants us to be with instead of without (like I would my own kids) And that God wants us to walk in the spirit and putting the right emphasis on the power of the Holy Spirit - the gift given to us by God himself on the departure of Jesus.. something to be celebrat3ed whether you believe in praying in tongues, prophecy or not… just simple the gift of the Holy Spirit But too often in my charismatic background, I made these things the evidence of God in our lives Not the tools that God gives us to live our lives In other words, when I wasn’t walking in prosperity - that meant that I messed up, or that it was an attack of the enemy… and instead of battling my discontentment, I was battling  the wrong battle Instead of walking the situation OUT and trusting the Lord I would trust in my faith and my ability   Dangerous territory What am I saying I think that as believers we have this NEED to know the value of what we are going through RIGHT NOW We have to have an explanation RIGHT NOW and what happens is that we go to our reserves when we are depleted or challenged   We start pulling from what WE KNOW, instead of leaning in and trusting God We NEED to know right now I need to explain this RIGHT NOW I need answers RIGHT NOW   Maybe this is a process/ Maybe this is so multifaceted in what it is doing in me that there is NO WAY for me to know what this is doing RIGHT NOW Why am I suffering? Why did I make that decision? Was it a bad decision or a good one? Why when I listened to God is this HARD? Did miss God when I took that job? Cause this is hard, the house has flooded, the business isn’t growing I'm stressed out I'm losing my peace! Is this YOU GOD? WHERE AM I?     And I feel like we take those moments and we turn to ourselves to explain.. At least I do! I look at Ephesians 1:7 a little differently since I have been thinking through this 7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;   We focus on forgiveness and grace… but what about redemption through the blood? Jesus went through SOOOO much pain, torture, and being ridiculed and even questioned God…     Matthew 20:18 - Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,       Jesus is letting them know - hey so, here is how it's going to go with me I am about to be delivered to the people and they are going to beat me till my last breath, mock me in front of everyone, stripped naked, then - they are going to give me a chunk of wood to walk and carry it to the place where I am going to be nailed to it and killed in front of the whole world   All because I am doing what I am supposed to do All because this is part of God's plan for me and for you…   Can we think about that? We just pass over that HE went through JUNK on this earth     But I find hope in this that in Luke we hear Jesus talking to God about this situation   Luke 22:42 - saying, “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless, not My will, but Yours, be done.”   So, is Jesus saying Hey God, is this you? Is he saying, Hey God, can we make this easier?     I think what we are learning in this Eason of our life is this And please hear me - you have heard all of this before - but when do we LIVE IT???   1 - Not everything I think is bad, is bad…   Here is my story of what we got right We have ...
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