Tag: Man

It always begins with God

- JaclynPalmer

It begins with God.

It always begins with God. God remains on His throne, crowned in His deity. Always. He is the First and the Last, the Alpha and Omega. He is the Creator of the Universe and the Lover of our souls. He is God Almighty who craves to be our Father God. He is the great and everlasting I AM. Always and Forever. In His holiness, He desired relational connection with you and I despite our inherited humanity.

Enter Jesus Christ

Being equal with God He chose to humble himself. He took on the form of man, embraced a wooden cross, felt the sting of death, enclosed himself in separation from God Above, and sang a song of Victory over it all. Jesus Christ, the Creator of the universe and the Lover of our souls, chose submission to His Father so we in our humanity could have a relationship with God washed in Jesus’ holiness.

Enter man

Created in the image of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Perfectly designed by God in His image and for His glory. Chosen to be an Image bearer for the world around him. Created whole but missing a piece, for man couldn’t last a day without a woman.

Enter woman

Created in the image of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Perfectly designed by God in His image and for His glory. Chosen to be an Image bearer for the world around her. Created whole and for the fulfilling of the missing piece. For man can not exist without a woman.

The image of submission

As man and as woman we were designed to submit to Christ as Christ submitted to God, For God is the head of Christ and Christ is the head of man. We are given a choice to claim Christ for our salvation and to submit to Him in our faith.

As man and as woman, we were given additional positions as husband and wife. Not all mankind lives in this realm, but for those of us that do, we need to be extra mindful of the positions listed in 1 Corinthians 11: God, Christ, husband, wife.

~ Men and women need to stand in submission to Christ.

~ Wives need to stand in submission to their husbands.

~ Husbands need to stand in submission to Christ.

~ Submission is designed by God, demonstrated by Christ, and desired by God from all mankind, man and woman.

Submission is the very image we were created to display to the world around us.

“But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God,

– 1 Corinthians 11:3

*** Too often we cringe at the word submission. My prayer is that we will gaze into the face of God, set our eyes on Jesus Christ, and follow in His example of love. For His love is the truest definition of submission.

Learn more about true submission in The Beautiful Reward.

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Prayer for a Soldier

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Lord, how sweet my thoughts are this morning as I sit with you in prayer for the soldier on my heart.

Lord, my friend has faithfully served our country for as long as I have known him. He has traveled the world over, protecting and fighting as he was directed. He has moved locations upon our American soil, starting over in community and church time and again.

Still he smiles; faithfully, he serves.

Father, this morning my heart seeks your face in prayer for him. Lord, you know the direction in which you desire my prayer to go. I pray you will gather my words and heap them over him.

~ Fill him with certainty, this morning.

~ Grant him clarity.

~ Settle peace and surety within him.

~ Direct his steps with a confident excitement.

Father God, you know the season he is ready to embrace. Father, I smile for him. Bless in perfect abundance the fruit of his faithfulness. Lord, you know how faithful he has been to our Country and to You! Oh, bless him with joy and ease and laughter.

And Father, I pray for the soldiers on the hearts of my prayer sisters. Protect each of them, we pray. Guard their hearts. Purify their minds. Set their eyes on You. Speak truth of validation and purpose within them. Cause their laughter to ring true. And bless their labor of love they have poured out for our Nation.

Thank you, Father, for our American soldiers. How blessed we are to have them, to be protected by them, to know them, to love them, to honor them, and to pray for them.

Lord, we pray for them!

In the name of Jesus, we pray.

Amen.

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One time, I learned to trust His voice

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God will speak to each of us in different ways and in different seasons for His purpose. “One time” I learned to trust His voice. Here are a few of those stories. Our stories will be beautifully unique. And the more we learn to hear and listen to His voice the more our stories are going to be endless.

The Single Guy

One time, I approached a single guy in a bookstore with a smile and a hello. Approaching single guys with a smile and a hello ended after I got married. It had been a couple of years; I was out of my game.  But this man stood there, alone and visibly hopeless. As I got closer, I noticed he was staring at the Religious section. “I don’t know what your question is, but I know the answer is Jesus,” spilled from my nervous smile. Starting up conversations with single guys may not be my normal, but it is God’s. God touched that man’s heart that day; I was just simply there. Often this man crosses my heart. Often this man is laid at the foot of the cross.

Linda

One time, the Lord asked me to approach a stranger after a church event and to call her Linda. Not knowing her face or name, I confidently proclaimed a heartfelt, “Hey, Linda!” This stranger looked at me with tears in her eyes and said, “I needed to know that someone knew who I was.” I had never seen this woman before. Confidently calling women by name may not be my comfort zone, but it is God’s. Such a small, nerve-wracking moment in my life touched the heart of this woman in a way God knew she needed at that very moment.

Patiently Listening

One time, I learned about a tv show called, Dr. Who, for a solid hour. This girl sitting before me talked eagerly all about her infatuation with this show. I had nothing to add to the conversation, for I had no clue as to who Dr. Who may be. However, once she trickled her excitement to a close, she thanked me for just listening to her. When she thanked me for simply listening to her talk about a tv show, God nudged my heart.

When this girl said to me that it was my turn to talk and hers to listen. I knew what God was nudging. She introduced me to Dr. Who, then I got to introduce her to Jesus Christ. I may not enjoy long, television show conversations, but God does. For in those long moments of listening, someone feels like their words matter. And they do. They matter to Jesus.

Then there was the first time.

I was 16 years old, flying from Las Vegas to New York by myself. I was sitting in the middle seat. Doing what I do when I got scared, I pulled out my Bible and buried myself in the comforts of my favorite words. Sitting between me and the window, sat a man named Bart. Bart raised his glass of whiskey at me with a kind smile and nod of acknowledgment. I didn’t know Bart, nor did I know Jack. But God did.

This man asked me questions throughout our flight together. And I answered each one. Some of his answers I could answer out of my love and knowledge of the Scripture. Some of his questions were answered with statements bigger than me. You see, as soon as Bart asked a question, an answer rang within me that made sense, so I said it out loud to a stranger as a 16-year-old. Jesus was the topic of conversation throughout this flight. One day, I will see Bart again because God met him where he was through the innocence of a 16-year-old girl.

It’s About Jesus!

Each of these moments were a one-time snapshot in my life. They grew me in my willingness to trust the Lord’s voice without changing my habits or my opinions or altering my personal convictions. Because none of these moments were about me. They were not about wine or single men or tv shows or calling strangers by their name or whiskey. These moments were about individual people that matter to Jesus.

~ This is an excerpt pulled from chapter nine of Judged Not: Living your Life in the Freedom of Judgment.

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