About Timely Messages

In a recent email one of my daughters mentioned a message of Joel Osteen's saying, it "was excellent".  After looking it up, I discovered it was, indeed, excellent.  He entitled it Shame Off You.  Even if you don't believe you have been affected by shame, this message has the power in it to touch souls and spirits in ways which can bring strength and healing on many levels.  It did for me.  

And no matter how mature we are-or even think we are- God is bigger and knows how our hearts have been affected by life's difficulties on levels we are not aware of.  And we're living in a particular time where God is intently going about raising up and maturing His people according to what HE knows maturity is.  This process involves revealing, healing and cleansing us as He removes those things in our lives which have hindered us from becoming all He created us to be. 

It is actually a part of realignment.  And contrary to what I may have written or suggested before, it is a continuing process.  He never quits, but we do need to co-operate.  This is a time when He is "full on" bringing all things into one in Christ Jesus.  He won't make us go with Him as He will NOT impede our free will, but we can choose to go where ever He wants to take us, because His love and desire for us is very great.

And one fact I find very interesting and so consistent with God's way of doing things is this: Those who are carrying out their assignment in full time ministry are all speaking about subjects which compliment what God is doing in the  now which is exactly the demonstration of Ephesians 4:16.  And please notice that it is based on love....everything God does is based on love because He Is LOVE! 

Ephesians 4:16New King James Version (NKJV)

16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.

I'll close now with the link where you can see and hear Joel  Osteen presenting Shame Off You, a message in line with him carrying out this scripture.

http://www.itbn.org/index/detail/lib/people/sublib/Joel+Osteen/ec/tsYjBvYTE6Vgz4dVwrn-xsW_7VSRS_mC