Restoring A Vision Evangelizing Nations Issue #15, May 21, 2014

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love, my faith, and in my purity (1 Timothy 4:12
NLT). My prayer is that you have been
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out and do what He has called you to do. Love
you all!
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In this issue:
Can You Fill My Cup?!?
If You Remain Silent
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In the morning where do
you go to fill YOUR cup?
You may have good plans,
but Gods plans are
GREATER.
You were not called to be
silent! You were called to
live out loud!
GO He said. And so she
went. Speak the Lord
whispered, and so she did!
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Our Plans vs. Gods
Purpose
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It's 6am; you're up and ready to
tackle the demands of your day.
You may be the person who goes
on a 3 mile run, or the person
that says, "All I need today is a
little bit of coffee and a whole
lot of Jesus," or maybe you are
the person that pushes the snooze
button at least 5 times....later
regretting doing so because you
find yourself running late to
work/school/etc. I can admit that
I have been all three of these
people. In college, I was
definitely the girl who loved her
8am classes, but at the same time
was not much of a morning
person. Maybe you can relate?
Whatever person you are, I have
a question for you:
"Where do you go to fill
YOUR cup?"
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Before some of us even get out
of bed we go to the phone and
check our messages. If we are a
social media person, we run to
our Facebook, Instagram, and
Twitter.....inadvertently looking
for someone to fill our cup. Once
we find that it did not really
satisfy, throughout the remainder
of the day we go to the people in
our lives. We run to parents,
friends, boyfriends, girlfriends,
etc., hoping that their presence,
validation, and affirmations will
somehow fill the void in our
hearts....but THEY
DON'T....better yet, THEY
CAN'T! Listen friend, the
people in our lives, if ordained
Can You Fill My Cup?
"You can drink from all
sorts of wells, but unless
the source of your water
is the Living Water
Himself, you will never
be satisfied."
If You Remain Silent
Right now is the right time to live for Jesus
and to do what He has called you to do!
Just do it;
DO NOT REMAIN SILENT!
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Once you have surrendered your life----
dreams/plans----- to Christ, He then gives you an
assignment. This assignment was ordained for you
before the foundation of the world and only you can
fulfill it because only you were anointed for the job.
This assignment is unique, special, glorious, life
changing, and fulfilling. But this assignment at times
can be uncomfortable, "impossible," and outside of
your comfort zone and natural ability. Why?
Because it is in you that He wants to do a new
thing, it is through you that He will do the
impossible and get the glory, and it is for you so
that you will reach your expected end. "No eye
has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has
imagined what God has prepared for those who love
Him" (1 Corinthians 2:9). No eye has seen? No ear
has heard? No mind has imagined what God has
prepared for those who love Him? No one can
testify this truth as well as Mary. Minding her
"We humans keep brainstorming options and plans. but Gods
purpose prevails."
Proverbs 19:21 MSG
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business in Nazareth, as many of us are doing (or
trying to at least) when God lays something on our
heart to do. She was what many would call,
"ordinary," but one thing that I have learned in life is
that the people that everyone thinks are so
ordinary are usually the ones who God calls to be
extraordinary and do the extraordinary. She was
a virgin, engaged to be married when one day,
"Gabriel appeared to her and said, "Greetings,
favored woman! The Lord is with you" (Luke 1:28
NLT). Mary responded as many of us do when God
calls us out, she became extremely confused and
fearful. She probably looked around her and saw
"just" a village in Galilee. She also probably put
together a mental note of all of her accomplishments
and failures and thought...."What do you mean the
Lord is with me?" But in the midst of her deep
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thoughts and confusion, the angel
of the Lord said, "Don't be afraid.
For you have found favor with
God" (Luke 1:30 NLT).
Following this calming truth
came her purpose. You see, her
plans were to be a good wife to
Joseph, a homemaker, and have
some babies in the future but she
learned what many of us must
learn and that is that although,
"we humans keep
brainstorming options and
plans; God's purpose
prevails (Proverbs 19:21
MSG). Her plans were "good,"
but God's purpose was greater! I
wonder what "good" plans you
have? God's purpose for Mary
was not just to be a wife and
homemaker, but to be
impregnated by the Holy Spirit
and give birth to a world
changer. I wonder what it is the
Lord has impregnated you
with? I wonder what is it that
the Lord has called you to give
birth to? I also wonder if you
have accepted His purpose for
your life or have you constantly
doubted, questioned, and
walked in fear of it?

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by God to be in our lives, are
truly a blessing from the Lord,
but they cannot satisfy us or fill
our cups. Imagine an empty cup,
now think about all of the things
and people that are a part of your
life and yes I do mean "things."
Now imagine putting all of those
things and people in this cup.
Sure, the cup would be "full," but
there would still be some spaces
left opened. Those spaces my
friend, are spaces that only the
Living Water Himself can fill.
Now imagine that instead of
running to your phone, computer,
people or whatever else, that the
first thing you do in the morning
is run into the presence of the
Lord. Matter of fact, we should
be so hungry for the presence
of God that we absolutely will
not go out of our house or
tackle any kind of project until
we have spent some time with
Him because we know that
we can drink from all sorts of
wells, but unless the source of
our water is the Living Water
Himself, we will never be
satisfied.

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".Do not think that because you are in the King's
house you alone of all the Jews will escape. For IF
YOU REMAIN SILENT at this time, relief and
deliverance for the Jews will arise from another
place, but you and your father's family will
perish. And who knows but that you have come to
your royal position for such a time as this?" Esther
4:13-14

For my whole Christmas break (2012) I studied the
book of Esther and I must say although I have read
this book many times, this time this book has taken
on a whole new meaning! In the past when I heard
the story of Esther, "For such a time as this" was
what always stuck out to me and if you were to be
honestit probably stuck out to you too! But now
after going chapter by chapter, four words have
stayed in my spirit and they are, "IF YOU
REMAIN SILENT!"

Friend, I believe that this will be the year of great
manifestation for those who know God and belong
to Him, but you cannot afford to remain silent. You
see, God has called you for such a time as this to
make a difference! You my friend have been
chosen to set the standard that will lead many to
Christ and cause many to be set free. For you, ways
will be made out of no way and doors will be open
that no man can slam shut (Revelations 3:8). I don't
know about you, but I am so glad that we serve a
God that not only opens doors.....but creates
them for His children! Praise the Lord!

Now in order to do the extraordinary things that
Christ has called you to do...... you cannot afford to
remain silent! The word says to let the redeemed of
the Lord SAY SO! (Psalm 107:2) You see, just like
Esther you have been called to do a great work for
Christ! Just in case you are not familiar with Esther's
story....I'll give you a quick summary. Esther was
appointed as the new queen of Persia. Esther at first
was advised to keep her true identity as a Jew a
secret and she successfully did just that, until one
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day a decree was made by the King's right hand man
to kill all of the Jews. Our text for today (Esther
4:13-14) meets us right in the center of this deadly
threat; Mordecai has now summoned Esther to go
before the King in order to save the Jews. Here are a
couple of things you should know:


1. In those times a person, not even the King's wife
could go before the King without being summoned
to do so. (Esther 4:11)
2. Esther had not been summoned for 30 days.
(Esther 4:11)

Notice Esther did what many of us still do today
when God calls us to do something that makes us
feel a little uncomfortable...she MADE EXCUSES.
(Esther 4:11) But just like God does to us
sometimes, Mordecai did to Esther in our text for
today.....he told her to do it anyway.....for, "who
knows if perhaps you were made queen for such a
time as this!" (Esther 4:14) I say to you the same
thing my friend, who knows if perhaps YOU were
called for such a time as this!

From the story of Esther, here are a few notes that
we can take:
1. The great work that Esther was called to do would
cause her to identify who she really was. (A Jew
called by God to set the captives free)
2. This great work that Esther was called to do was
going to cause her to step outside of her comfort
zone. (Going before the King even though she was
not summoned)
3. This great work that Esther was called to do could
have possibly cost her everything.....even her life.



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Book of the
Month:
Be Anxious For
Nothing
By: Joyce
Meyer
Song of the
Month:
Yield My Heart
By: Kim
Walker Smith
Joke of the
Month:

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Scripture Memory Challenge
Verse 5
"Study God and his strength,
seek his presence day and
night."
1 Chronicles 16:11 MSG

Scripture Memory Challenge
Verse 6
"Those who look to Him for
help will be radiant with joy;
no shadow of shame will
darken their faces."
Psalm 34:5 NLT


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