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>I have come to Exodus 19 this morning and my heart is >a little overwhelmed. >Let's take a look at a few verses and the implications >for our own lives. Let's look at verses 3-6: Moses >went up to GOD, and the LORD called to him from the >mountain, saying, "Thus you shall say to the house of >Jacob and tell the sons of Israel: >You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, >and how I bore you on eagles' wings, and brought you >to MYSELF. Now then, if you will indeed obey MY voice >and keep MY covenant, then you shall be MY own >possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is >MINE; and you shall be to ME a kingdom of priests and >a holy nation. These are the words that you shall >speak to the sons of Israel. >Let's start by looking at verse 4. The picture here >is so sweet t me. The LORD said, "You saw what I did, >you experienced my BRINGING YOU TO MYSELF." Ladies, I >don't know what kind of picture that image brings up >in your mind, but as I sit here and imagine in my mind >the LORD JESUS bringing me to HIMSELF...that is an >overwhelming picture in my mind. I know what Egypt >was in my life. I am all too well aware of what >slavery is. I lived in a world of generational sin >and bondage, as did many of you. Stop what you are >doing right now and just imagine the LORD JESUS coming >through the muck and mire of the sinful place where HE >found you. Imagine HIM wrapping HIS arms of love >around your life and CARRYING YOU OUT OF THAT PLACE. >You see, you did NOT come and find HIM...HE CAME TO >YOU. Remember this: You did NOT choose HIM, HE chose >YOU to be HIS. That is huge. That brings such a peace >to my heart to think that HE CHOSE ME. >Drop down with me to verse 6: You shall be to ME a >kingdom of priests and a holy nation. Ladies, these >people were SLAVES. They had lived for 400 years in a >foreign land serving foreign people...they were >anything BUT priests and holy people. Here is the >cool thing and the obvious implication for your life >and for mine: GOD takes things that are seemingly >worthless makes them into things of beauty that HE can >display for HIS GLORY. Think again about where HE >saved YOU from. Think about where you were when HE >found you. Now think about what HE HAS OFFERED YOU. >HE wants to make you HIS HOLY WOMAN...HE WANTS YOU TO >BE A WOMAN AFTER HIS OWN HEART. >That is an almost incomprehensible thought to me. AND >YET, the more time I spend with HIM, the more I see >that this is what HE has called us to be. HE WANTS >FOR US TO BE HIS HOLY PEOPLE....THAT IS WAY BEYOND >COOL! Let's look back up at verse 5 now. HE said, IF >you will obey MY voice and keep MY covenant, THEN I >will make you MINE. >This causes me to ask the obvious question: Are you >obeying HIS voice? Are you living up to covenant? >Are you spending time with HIM so that you can >recognize HIS voice? Do you sit at HIS feet and allow >your heart to soak in HIS WORD? You see, if you don't >spend time with HIM you can't be obeying HIS voice. >Does that make sense to you? >I am extremely passionate about two things. I am >passionate about the WORD of GOD and I am passionate >about prayer. These are the things HE has given us to >enable us to walk this journey we are on. Ma'am, if >you never come to HIS WORD and take a good long >refreshing drink of the WATER, then you are very >likely dying of dehydration. If you never come back >and pour out your heart and pray and thank HIM for the >WATER of HIS WORD, then you are very likely sitting in >a pool of stagnant smelly water. >Verse 4 is what HE did for you the day you came and >asked HIM to be your SAVIOR...HE CHOSE YOU, and HE >BROUGHT you to HIMSELF. Verse 6 is what HE wants to >do in your life...HE WANTS TO MAKE YOU HIS HOLY WOMAN >WITH A HEART LIKE HIS. BUT in order to get from verse >4 to verse 6 you MUST go through verse 5. The doors >of opportunity swing on little hinges called >OBEDIENCE. You must be coming to HIM, asking HIM to >fill your heart with the WATER of HIS WORD and the >purposing in your life to live IN OBEDIENCE to all >that HE calls you to. WOW...what a privilege. > >FATHER, my heart is overwhelmed when I consider the >place that YOU, HOLY GOD, came to in order to bring me >to YOURSELF. That is an awesome picture in my mind. >When I sit here and consider that YOU have said that >YOU want to make me YOUR OWN SPECIAL POSSESSION...that >is more than my mind can put into words...WOW! Thank >you for being a GOD who is moved by the things that >move HIS people. Thank you for coming to me at my >place of need. Thank you for these ladies and for >coming to them and for BRINGING THEM TO YOURSELF. >Thank you that it matters not where we have been >BECAUSE YOU LOVE US RIGHT WHERE YOU FIND US. Thank >you for the promise of becoming YOUR SPECIAL TREASURED >POSSESSION. Do a work in us that ONLY YOU COULD >POSSIBLY GET CREDIT FOR. FATHER, glorify YOURSELF in >our lives. I want to be a display of YOUR splendor. >Thank you, PRECIOUS FATHER, for calling me YOUR OWN. >Thank you for the privilege of sharing YOUR WORD with >others. I am overwhelmed! >In the MATCHLESS NAME of JESUS...AMEN! > >Ladies, please let me know if I can assist you in your >walk with JESUS. HE has a plan for your life. HE has >a purpose for the trial you are facing today! HE >loves YOU beyond what you can even comprehend. > >Because HE changed my life- >Vicky >Psalm 45:11 (read this...HE thinks YOU are beautiful)

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