Be “Filled” With God’s Holy Spirit

November 9, 2011

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Luke 4:1, 14

Vs. 1-Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit,…
Vs. 14-And Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit…

Ephesians 5:18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

I think a lot about sharing my faith, spreading the gospel, and sharing the very good news of Jesus Christ….but I just cannot do this on my own…I need the lead and help of the Holy spirit.

Sometimes I do really bold things for the Lord…..like last week… I just out of the blue started praying for my jeweler. I thought it was a little strange because…well…he’s my jeweler. He did tell me in the past that he needs both hips replaced and he also had back trouble and was always in constant pain.
I have shared my faith with him. I even invited him to my church to have a table as a vendor at a church affair. So Monday the Lord told me to call him and don’t mention anything about jewelry…but tell him you are praying for him. So I did and of course… I could tell by his voice….he thought it was strange too. But as he thought about it he asked me when did I begin praying? He told me he had gotten injections in his back in the past and they never worked but this time was the first time they worked and he said he is still not in pain. I told him God does indeed answer prayer.

I do… “out of the norm”… stuff for the Lord all the time. How do I get the boldness to do these things?

My five best tips:

1. Staying prayed up.
2. Be filled with the Holy Spirit and follow His lead
3. Being committed and submitted to the Lord
4. Being available for God to use
5. Having so much love for God that it takes away the fear of doing things for Him

When we accepted Christ into our lives, we were given a gift of the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 1:13). Being filled with the Spirit is when I have released my own will, want and desires to that which is God’s will, want and desires for me to accomplish for Him for a brief period of time. I let go and let God. I’m not out of control at these times…just under His control and direction.

Be filled is having God… all over me. He possesses my being with the fullness of His presence. It’s like I look out of my own eyes and I see what He sees, feel like He feels and do what He would do. I feel peaceful, fearless, wise, bold, discerning and powerful. I feel like the child of a king. I feel the power of the armor of God. I feel the strength of His love for me. I feel God’s heart!

This infilling can be just for me at a time of deep personal prayer or it can be for a task that He may have me to do like…giving a word in a church service, giving a word to someone directly, or any assignment God may have me to do for Him. The Holy Spirit gives me the boldness to do these things. Do I always get it right? No…I’m not perfect…but this doesn’t stop me because… not to do it and disappoint God is too much for me to handle. On top of that I find the joy of encouraging people and leading them to Christ is a blessing.

How do I know that the Holy Spirit is leading me? For me…it’s like getting a letter in my spiritual mail box. I just know…I know my Father voice…I sense His presence. It has been a process of doing things for Him and seeing the fruits from it. The lessons will also include times of missed opportunities to be used by Him and resulting in knowing in my heart that I’ve missed the mark on this one and feeling the sadness in disappointing God.

Jesus was filled with the Holy Spirit

Jesus had a very powerful ministry when He was here on earth and the first thing that the bible reveals about His ministry is that…..He was full of the Holy Spirit and He had the power of the Holy Spirit. I believe this was a constant infilling because He did so many things in His earthly ministry that everything wasn’t even included in the scriptures because it was so much. He needed the total fullness of the Holy Spirit to do all that He did.

We too need to be filled and operate in the power of the Holy Spirit. We have power when we are filled with the Holy Spirit.

Please do not be afraid to be filled with the Holy Spirit. He is not going to make you do something you don’t want to do or that you are uncomfortable in doing. I have opened myself up to the Holy Spirit to be used in any way God sees fit to use me.

I’ve learned to… take a leap of faith…get my feet wet…take in a deep breath…and just do it.

I want all of God and I want to be filled with His Holy Spirit. Being filled With God’s Spirit brings blessings, fullness and abundance to my life….I need that….I need Him.

Message for today: Be filled with the Spirit.

 

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Ouch! There’s Something in my Eye

November 8, 2011

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Bob…I’ve got something in my eye. “Don’t worry…I can help you get it out!

Mathew 7:3-5 Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

My blog today is a testimony about how God broke me out of a bad habit of minding other people’s business. Earlier in my Christian walk I did not always stop people when they were talking about other people to me because … “we’re praying for them”. Even before I became a committed Christian…I was what you call a nosey person. I had opinions about other people’s business.

Ouch! There’s Something in my Eye

So after some years of walking with the Lord I heard a awful rumor about a Christian in my community that happened years before.  One day I was at a church service and this person was there and was the speaker that evening.  I could not pay attention to the service because I was too busy thinking about “the rumor”. It consumed me to the point that I cried out to the Lord and asked Him to help me. I will NEVER forget what the Lord said to me….”while you’re looking at Him, I’m look at you…While you are judging there heart….I’m judging yours! This immediately got my thoughts under control and has continued to do so to this day. I love God’s lessons….they will fix you right up.

You betta’ believe I mind my own business now except when I’m on assignment for the Lord and He ask me to attend to someone. I have also learned that God does check out my heart, my motives, and my thoughts. I want Him to…I want to be clean inside. It’s just that I feel uncomfortable now if I gaze at someone else’s stuff…because I always know His eyes are on my stuff.

In the scripture above it says there is a speck in your brother’s eye and a whole big plank, log…tree in the judger’s eye. I think that person may have some kind of sin in their life…but I think God’s view on the person judging the other person  as a bigger issue.  God is the only one who has the real authority to judge another person.

I think if God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit had a discussion about me  it might be like this: 

God looks down to earth at me and puts His hands on His hips and says….Look at Tanya Nemley all up in Our business…she has no right to have her eyes on anyone else’s affairs. Is she exhibiting the fruits of the spirit or  1Corinthians 13:4-7 ? Let’s speak to her about this…I know she will listen because I know how much she loves us and wants to obey my word. Well it looks like she got the message…Have you read her blog today?

Message for today: Mind your business before God gets into yours.

The Skinny on Decreasing for Jesus Sake

November 7, 2011

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I MUST

John 3:27-30 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. 28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
30He must increase, but I must decrease.

One of my favorite bible hero’s…..Enoch, Ruth, Mary (mother of Jesus) and Paul being on the top of my list…is…John the Baptist. John was so totally dedicated to the work of the Lord to the point he didn’t marry, didn’t care about clothes or fashion, didn’t care about what he was having for dinner or where he lived. He went all out for God without thinking of any of his own personal comforts. And if that wasn’t enough….he still wanted to decrease so that Jesus was the key focus of everyone!

I too want to decrease like John….but I have to admit…following John’s exact example would be very hard for me because…I am not eating bugs or sleeping in the woods like he did. I’m just not there yet.
I can work on decreasing though…I want to…I need to! I live everyday trying to be less of me and promote more of Jesus. I find the older I get and the deeper in God I get…the more I feel the decreasing. I feel such a stirring in my soul to tell people…Jesus Jesus Jesus… that I have to try to contain myself. I feel time is running out for me…I don’t know how many years I have left and I want the rest of my life to be about promoting Jesus.  After beating cancer… I feel like I’ve got more time to share the gospel of Jesus Christ and time is precious to me.

In order to do this I must decrease. Why should I do this? Because the Bridegroom… who is Jesus… is the focus of the wedding feast to come. It’s all about Jesus….He’s God’s gift to us.

JESUS MUST

How do I decrease?

1. Put Jesus first in every area of your life.
2. Worship Him deeply and often.
3. Live a life that is pleasing to Him…obey God’s word.
4. Keep your body and will under submission to the will of God
5. Be committed to the work of the Lord.
6. Humble yourself!!!
7. Take up your cross daily.
8. Love the Lord your God with all your body, mind and soul.
9. Pray for boldness and be bold!!!
10. Be filled with and rely on the Holy Spirit always!!!

Can you imagine what Christianity would be like today if we all decreased? I guess we would have revival.

This is my prayer today……………………

Dear Father God,

I love you and I love your Son Jesus. I want there to be less of me and more of your Son in my life. I need your help in guiding me and instructing me by following the lead of your Holy Spirit. Help me to be more obedient and conscience of His presence when He is trying to speak to me about decreasing. I know I need to be more humble especially in the things I do for you. I thank you for all the lessons that have brought me to this point in my life and I know there are more lessons to be learned. Lord I know there are other Christians reading this blog who want the same things I prayed for…so I ask you to bless them as they endeavor to decrease too. In your precious Son’s name…Jesus…Amen

Message for today: He must increase, but I must decrease.

It's not about us at all...It's about JESUS!

God spoke to me…I listened and relay this message to someone

November 4, 2011

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The Lord spoke to me this morning and said that someone is getting a special blessing soon.  He said it’s something you’ve been praying for, wanting, desiring and it His pleasure to bless you.  He said to tell you that He loves you and has delighted in your love for Him.

Psalm 37:4 Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.

“BUT GOD” !!!

November 2, 2011

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1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.

Psalms 73:26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

There are many, many scriptures in the bible with “but God”. The Lord wants to make a point about Himself.

My definition of “but” is… something that might be somewhat negative and the “but” puts it in a positive position. It can also say that there is another way… another solution… the possibility of a better outcome. The opposite can be said of the word “but”. When using it in the same sentence of God…it is thought of in an extremely positive way.

 “But God” takes the human limits off God’s abilities. “But God” see’s all possibilities and brings about a sense of peace, trust and expectation of deliverance.

When my kids were little…I heard “but mom” quite often. I can tell you that this was a negative form of the term….because it got on my very last nerve. Aren’t you glad we don’t get on God’s last nerve with our constant crying out to Him? Can I get an Amen here? He wants us to call on Him and count on Him!!!

When you just say…But God….It sounds so and is powerful. There is so much power behind that phrase. I want you to do me a favor…..I want you to say…But God…out loud right now! Go ahead…just say it….say it a few times. Let your ears hear it, let your heart receive it and let your mind remember it.

When things get trying this week…I want you to remember this blog….remember the scriptures above…and draw upon the strength of God’s word. Receive strength to stand against anything the enemy may throw your way.

Vision

I’m seeing a vision right now….I see someone walking on a very rocky road. Your ankles are twisting and you’re trying not to fall… and you are stumbling. You are so unsteady. I see you remembering the “but God” and at first you whisper it and as you do you start walking a little steadier. You then start yelling “but God” and I see a hand extend out to you and even though the road is still rough, you are able to keep your balance and walk on. (God is helping you by the power of the Holy Spirit in Jesus Name.)

I feel the Lord is telling me to stop writing now because He just wants you to receive and remember this….”BUT GOD”

Message for today: But God….God can do it….God will do it…Believe it! Receive it!

I was a guest on blog talk radio

November 1, 2011

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I was on a blog talk radio  program and if you have time please listen to my testimony on trusting God while enduring a chronic illness.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/daphne-clarke-hudson/2011/10/30/tanya-nemleyshares-with-dynamic-daphne-her-journey

A Prayer For Revival…It Starts In You

November 1, 2011

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Psalms 85:6 Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?

What is the meaning of the word revival? It is the renewing, restoring and strengthening of something that was once vibrant, back to a place of importance, power, confidence and vitality. It’s a place of once being high in a certain area of life and then falling to a low point of complacency, going through the motions. Being unproductive and lifeless, to a place of restoration to the point you were at and even higher and beyond.

You have to want to be revived and feel that this is necessary to move you to the next level. A spiritual revival is for the children of God. It’s the hearts cry to be rejoicing in the joy and strength of the Lord once again. It’s the desire of one’s yearning heart to meet the Lord in a place of overflow in the Spirit and in the power of God. To live again under God’s powerful anointing.

Oh Lord…Revive my soul!

Revival comes out of a place of very sincere prayer for it. A prayer that ask God to clean you and wash you…. A prayer in which God searches your soul that you have laid out before Him in humility…. A prayer of true worship in spirit and truth…. A prayer of love for the master where if the Lord was standing before you…you would wash His feet with your tears.

You can pray for the Lord’s revival individually or as a group whose purpose is more of God, but you cannot make God bring on a revival just because you want one. There must be a spiritual purpose of admitting you need to be in a place with God that you once were and most important….you must humble yourself before our all-powerful and almighty God and submit, surrender and commit your total self to His will. You must desire to be Holy because He is holy.

True revival comes from prayer

I tell you…when the Lord sees the sincerity of your heart…REVIVAL WILL COME! Wait I say on the Lord. Be still, be humble, be prayerful, be watching and waiting for the Holy Spirit to manifest Himself in a special way.You will feel the power that floods your soul and you WILL REJOICE once more in His wonderful presence. You will feel His Shekinah Glory. You will sing, dance and shout for joy. Rivers of refreshing flowing waters will bubble up inside of you.

This anointing will spread to those around you…they will want what you have. You will go out and spread the good news and make new disciples. The Lord will rain righteousness down on you and will shower your soul with exceeding joy. You will have fellowship like you’ve never had before. You will walk with the Lord and He will pour His love on you and it will be great strength for you. When trials and tribulations come, your spirit will be encouraged and you will trust in the Lord like never before. The word of God will be so alive to you and your faith will soar.
So….is revival a good thing to desire? Oh yes…oh yes it is. You can start praying for it right this very minute.

Heavenly Father,

I’m asking you to revive those who are seeking more of you. Please send your power down on us today and revive our dry spirit man. Lord only you know what is in our heart and only you can bring us to a place of restoration. Please give us a fresh anointing. Revive our sleepy spirit. Wake us up into the renewal of your exceeding joy. Lord I thank you for what you are going to do in our lives. In Jesus name…Amen.

Message for today: Lord please revive me again, so that I may rejoice in you? (Psalms 85:6 )

Something Much Scarier Than Halloween…HELL it’s Real!

October 31, 2011

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Tormented soul in Hell

 

Luke 12:4-5 “I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. 5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.

Hell …also known as Hades is a place where those who have not repented of their sins, believed and accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior will go after they die. It’s a place of horrible torment, misery and torture.
Many people don’t believe Hell is real…but I tell you… I do because Jesus Himself spoke a lot about it when He was on earth. It‘s in the bible and the bible is very clear about what it is, where it is and who’s going there. Please take some time to do a bible study on Hell….You need to know this information.

Why do I need to know this? Well if you have not accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior then you need to understand about hell because there is a very good chance Hell will someday be your permanent home. If you are a Christian…you are not going to want any of your family, friends or acquaintances to go there.

Last Friday I heard the end of a speaker on a radio program talking about what he saw in hell. His description was so horrible that I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. Why? Because I don’t want anybody to go there. This is my daily prayer!

Oh No!! Did I make the wrong decision?

I think people are very comfortable in this life and they are not thinking about where their soul is going to be forever and ever. Many people don’t believe there is a place called Hell. Many people believe everybody will go to heaven if you die especially if you think you are a good person. These thoughts do not line up with what the bible says. You who believe this may think I’m wrong…but what if I’m not…what if everything you heard about what the bible says about Hell is true? Why would you want to risk eternally living in the worst possible conditions forever without really exploring the possibility of the truth of God’s word? You don’t get another chance after you die.

Luke 16:27-28 He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’ Please get a bible and read this whole story that Jesus told when He was on earth about a rich man who died and went to hell…it was too late for him but he wanted someone to speak to his 5 living brothers. Jesus is trying to tell us a very important lesson here.


We Christians must be brave and tell people about Hell. It’s not an easy subject to speak to someone about…but after hearing that speaker’s description of hell… I’m more determined to speak up even more…and share not only the good news…But the bad news…if they don’t accept the good news.

I think it time for some fire and brimstone witnessing…but not done in a… beat you over the head with the gospel kind of thing…but giving people the facts in a presentation that shares the love of Jesus as well as the fear of the Lord.

Message for today: Heaven or Hell…what is in your future?

 

Lake of Fire...Not Good!

My Hearts Message For Today

October 28, 2011

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I bow my soul to you oh Lord!

 

Isaiah 6:3 And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.”

Yesterday God did several little miracles for me. Just some things to make my life better and one thing in particular was funny and I experienced so much joy and laughter with Him.

But when I woke up this morning and prayed….I had a tremendous sense of His utter Holiness. I feel that right now…His Holiness. I’m awed by it, in fear of it, inspired by it. In my heart and mind I see myself at His feet worshiping a powerful Spirit being….my very very Holy God.

Holy Holy Holy

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee;
Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessèd Trinity!

Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore Thee,
Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee,
Who was, and is, and evermore shall be.

Holy, holy, holy! though the darkness hide Thee,
Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see;
Only Thou art holy; there is none beside Thee,
Perfect in power, in love, and purity.

Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
All Thy works shall praise Thy Name, in earth, and sky, and sea;
Holy, holy, holy; merciful and mighty!
God in three Persons, blessèd Trinity!

Message for today: God deserves our Worship.

Guess Who’s Been Lying to You?

October 27, 2011

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Genesis 3:1-7 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”
4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

Who has been lying to you….whose been telling you….you’re not going to make it…..that lump is indeed cancer….your child is going to be trouble….your boss is going to fire you…..you can’t make it….you can’t do it…..people are taking about you…..and so on and so on?

Satan’s been lying to you and me….he’s not all up in our face lying….but in our minds…whispering his subtle influences of lies and deceptions. He is trying to mess with our heads.

The first humans were approached face to face with a freshly created creature called a serpent. Eve didn’t find it strange because a lot of animals had just been created but…she should have noticed something different about this one…it could talk!! For me this would have been a hair standing on my hair….I’m running away and screaming kind of thing…but that’s just me. Eve had no reason to think anything bad was going to happen. For her and Adam…it was all good up to that point.

Then satan used this freshly pressed (wordpress term) creature to lie to Eve and wal-la…the first sin.  This first sin was because of a lie that they heard and acted on.

All lies come from the devil…..

John 8:44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Do you really think satan has your best interest at heart? Is he going to do anything and everything to bring you down? Yes! How does He do this? He lies to you….directly to you… in your mind or through other people to get to you. He’ll have you lying too!

Someone has been lying to you!! If you are a bornagain Child of God, a commited Christian, Repented of you sins and believed in the Lord Jesus Christ….then you have weapons, help and a great way to defeat the devil attacks over your life. Keep yourself committed and submitted to God. Resist the devils temptations and power over you… and you will be alright. God has angels watching over you to guard you.

Today I just want you to watch out for the devil tricks and lies! You don’t have to let him have you on the run or messing with your mind! I’m putting smelling salt under your nose right now. Wake up…stay alert!

1 John 4:4 You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

Message for today: Who’s been lying to you?….That lying dog the devil…..Are you a child of God?…Then you’ve got weapons and protection. Don’t sit back and think you have it made in the shade…but BE ALERT…Guard you mind and heart! Stuff it with the word of God….resist the devil and put your faith and trust in God.

STAY ALERT!!!

Remember…Stay committed and submitted to God!

God bless you today!

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