Destiny Dreaming

Enjoy today

noreply@blogger.com (Bob Lipsys) — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 12:35:00 +0000

I recently celebrated my birthday. One of my daughters surprised me with a painting of a ‘vision’ I had some time ago. At that time I saw a dense forest of white leafless trees. Brightly colored spheres, like balloons were rising from the branches and floating up to heaven. As I look at my daughters painting tonight it strikes me that these spheres of praise and thanks to God are creating the atmosphere that exists around and over the trees. It is a ‘party’ atmosphere – with much Joy, happiness, peace and celebration.

Praise and thanksgiving to God change the atmosphere in which we live. The bleak, black background in my daughters painting is pushed back into the distance by the brightly colored praise spheres on the trees. The life of the tree is not in the seasonal conditions it experiences. Rather the life of the tree is in the heavenly fruit it produces. This fruit changes the atmosphere.
Your life is not dictated by the circumstances in which you find yourself today. Rather it is the heavenly fruit rising from your life that sets the atmosphere. Enjoy it.

Bob Lipsys, Australia

A lot of pain but a lot more healing

noreply@blogger.com (Bob Lipsys) — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 11:39:00 +0000

I’ve been having a praise night tonight using Godfrey Birtill’s songs. Brilliant, I am so full of Joy at present. Here is a song I re-lived tonight . Godfrey Birtill is a worship leader in the UK. A number of his songs, including this one are available on You-tube. Be blessed. Bob Lipsys - Australia

Outrageous Grace (There's A Lot Of Pain)
By Godfrey Birtill© Thankyou Music 2000

There's a lot of pain
But a lot more healing
There's a lot of trouble
But a lot more peace
There's a lot of hate
But a lot more loving
There's a lot of sin
But a lot more grace

Oh Outrageous Grace!
Oh Outrageous Grace!
Love unfurled by heavens hand
Oh Outrageous Grace!
Oh Outrageous Grace!
Through my Jesus I can stand

There's a lot of fear
But a lot more freedom
There's a lot of darkness
But a lot more light
There's a lot of cloud
But a lot more vision
There's a lot of perishing
But a lot more Life!

Oh Outrageous Grace!
Oh Outrageous Grace!
Love unfurled by heavens hand
Oh Outrageous Grace!
Oh Outrageous Grace!
Through my Jesus I can stand

There's an enemy
That seeks to kill what it can't control
It twists and turns
Making mountains out of molehills
But I will call on the Lord
Who is worthy of praise
I run to Him and I am saved!

Godfrey Birtill © Thankyou Music 2000

Facing the impossible today? …I hope so….

noreply@blogger.com (Bob Lipsys) — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:46:00 +0000

But Jesus looked at them and said: "With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible." (Mark 10:27)

“When God asks me to do the impossible, I know He will equip me with His power and ability to fulfill the task.”……. “You can know the true Jesus because He demands the impossible. That is how you can identify Him. That is Jesus every time, telling you to do what is beyond your natural abilities. Kill Goliath! ... Be a giant, not a grasshopper! ... Move mountains! ... Be perfect! ... Walk on the waves! ... Cleanse the lepers! ... Raise the dead! ... Teach all nations! ... Preach the Gospel to every creature!” Quote by Reinhard Bonnke

Facing the impossible today? …I hope so…. Bob Lipsys, Australia.

Go away - We don't want any.

noreply@blogger.com (Bob Lipsys) — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 13:39:00 +0000

We were watching a TV program which was interrupted by commercials. One was a preview of the ‘Simpsons’. In it Homer opened the door only to find the Grim Reaper. ‘Who are you?’ Homer asks. ‘Death’ is the reply. Homer slams the door shut, saying: ‘Go away, we don’t want any.’ He used the tone he would use to get rid of an annoying sales person.

My eldest daughter said: ”Christians should be like that.” I said “What?“ She said, “We should close the door on sickness and death as quick as Homer did.”

She’s right. Jesus said “ The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” John 10:10. Jesus closes the door on theft, death and destruction.

Bob Lipsys, Australia

A Life That Counts

noreply@blogger.com (Bob Lipsys) — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 10:13:00 +0000

"Lord, make me a crisis man. Let me not be a mile-post on a single road, but make me a fork that men must turn one way or another in facing Christ in me." Jim Elliott (Martyred Missionary to Ecuador 1927 – 1956)

Lamb or Lion?

noreply@blogger.com (Bob Lipsys) — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:06:00 +0000

Today I read a news article which expected Christians
to be passive, to not cause waves, to compromise
and fall in line with the spirit of this age. Any Christian
who spoke contrary to the view expressed,
was condemned as being unloving and anti-social.
After all, the writers proclaimed “Aren’t true Christians
meant to be accepting, loving, meek people.“

This bothered me. Christians should be on the cutting edge,
not in the back room accepting any new fad that comes along.

Later in the day I read a short message by Kamran Yaraei.
Here is a quote from it:

“Christianity is not just about being nice, meek and naïve.
There is a time to be a lamb and there is a time to be a lion.
Most of us know how to be lambs,
now let us ask God the Father to teach us how to be lions.
We are children of the Lion and the Lamb.
It is a very strange combination.
… May your hands never shake as you face the enemy.
May God impart boldness and courage
into your heart, day and night.”

Quote from Food for the Heart, by Kamran Yaraei

Roar Loud Today - Bob Lipsys, Australia

Wild Goose Chase

noreply@blogger.com (Bob Lipsys) — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:16:00 +0000

John Scotland has written a brilliant blog article on the Holy Spirit called the Wild Goose Chase. I present it here for those who have not come across John before. In his chase of this “Wild Goose” John has become a controversial figure. However his ministry has touched many, including myself. Bob Lipsys – Australia.

Wild Goose Chase by John Scotland
Visit http://www.johnscotland.org/

The Celtic Christians had a name for the Holy Spirit, they called him the “Wild Goose”. The name gives us a hint of the mysterious nature of the third member of the Godhead.

A wild goose, (hence the name Wild) cannot be tamed. So it is with the Holy Spirit, he is unpredictable, and you never know where you are going to end up if you start chasing him, but unlike the name suggests, it is not a pointless chase.

The present day church have this mind set that to follow the Spirit is pointless, and regard it is a wild goose chase in the traditional sense of the concept.
They try to fit God into the confines of their thinking, and the grey matter that surrounds their understanding of the Spirit cp. Prov. 3:5.

The Spirit of God cannot be tracked or tamed, there is always an element of danger in the air and unpredictability, when you seek to take up the chase and follow Him.
We have tried in vain to clip the wings of the wild goose and as a result, have ended up settling for something far less than what God originally intended for us.
Hence the reason why so many people are bored with church service, its endless programs and upbeat music, often a substitute for the Spirits Presence, which cannot and will not replace the thrill of the chase, when it comes to following the leading of the Spirit of God in our personal lives.

Jesus when answering Nicodemus, incidentally, a religious leader of the jews, was surprised that He Nicodemus, did not understand this principle of the wild goose, and told Nicodemus that the Spirit was like the wind, “you don’t know where it comes from and you don’t know where it goes”. John 3:8.

If you chase the Wild Goose, he will take you to places, (I am speaking from experience) you never could have imagined and by paths you never thought existed.

From the blog of John Scotland
Visit http://www.johnscotland.org/

Curry Blake

noreply@blogger.com (Bob Lipsys) — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 08:34:00 +0000

Here are two quotes from Curry Blake. Curry has a ministry of healing and releasing people from tradition into the ministry that Jesus has for them.

“Most people talk to God about their problems, when in reality, what you ought to do is talk to your problem about God”
"Don't be distracted by the facts you see, look to the Truth"

Time for Tongues

noreply@blogger.com (Bob Lipsys) — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:08:00 +0000

Doug Addison of Inlight Connections http://www.dougaddison.com/ Wrote the following about "Tongues" in a recent newsletter. Doug gives encouragement to use this gift, as well as a practical example of how he has been helped through it.

"I am not a big promoter of the theology that you have to speak in tongues to be Spirit-filled. I have met people who don’t and they have evidence of the Holy Spirit working in their lives. I have been praying in tongues since 1988. Just recently God reminded me that praying in tongues (or in the Spirit) connects us with the strategies from Heaven that we are not aware of (Romans 8:26–27). Over the past few weeks I have made a practice of praying in tongues for a few minutes then moving right into strategizing, planning, and writing down the ideas and thoughts that come to me. I have been amazed at the results. It does not seem as though I am getting revelation because the things I receive just after praying in tongues are in the form of my own thoughts. It does not mean that all our thoughts are from God and you will need to use wisdom and discernment. Just this past week we had a sprinkler pipe break under our concrete driveway that was potentially going to cost over a thousand dollars to fix. The repairman thought it was one thing but after praying in tongues I knew exactly where to dig to find the leak on a different pipe than expected. It is not tongues alone; you must follow through immediately with writing down and responding to what you get afterwards. Give it a try — God is amazing." Doug Addison

Awakening your destiny

noreply@blogger.com (Bob Lipsys) — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:17:00 +0000

God gives us hope by calling forth our destiny. This prophetic thought from William Matthews & Christa Black's "Hope Anthem" is the best explanations of Christian "Hope" that I have come across.

The word hope is often used in the sense of a wish. eg "I hope you get better." Hope therefore is often seen as a desire far from reality. However Dr Ern Baxter writes “In the New Testament when the Holy Spirit uses the word “hope” – He doesn’t use it in the sense of the word “wish for”. Hope in the New Testament is that which God has declared will be and that toward which we move with certainty". This is perfectly summed up in the Hope Anthem below. Re-read the Bible verses below in light of this song. (Bob Lipsys, Australia)

I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13

I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called—his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance. Ephesians 1:18

Hope's Anthem
by William Matthews & Christa Black, Bethel Worship

He's awakening the hope in me
By calling forth my destiny
He's breathing life into my soul
I will thirst for Him and Him alone

He has come like the rain
That showers on the barren plain
So my heart and tongue confess
Jesus Christ, the Hope of man

My hope is in You, God
I am steadfast, I will not be moved
I'm anchored, never shaken
All my hope is in You

He's bringing hope to the hopeless
And giving his heart to the broken
And sharing His home with the orphan
He is the joy, He is my joy

He is the hope of the nations
The father's heart we're embracing
He is the song we're declaring
He is the joy, He is my joy

Why so downcast oh, oh my soul
Put your hope in God alone

God's Dream

noreply@blogger.com (Bob Lipsys) — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 14:22:00 +0000

"Your wildest imagination is nowhere near God's dream for you."
Quote by Graham Cooke

How is this for a great word from God.

noreply@blogger.com (Bob Lipsys) — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 13:55:00 +0000

And I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good for them. I will put a desire in their hearts to worship Me, and they will never leave Me. I will find joy doing good for them and will faithfully and wholeheartedly replant them in this land. The Bible:Jeremiah 32:40-41 (NLT)

Perfect Rest

noreply@blogger.com (Bob Lipsys) — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 10:55:00 +0000

"Look within, get depressed;
Look around, get distressed;
Look to Jesus, find perfect rest."
— Quote by Joseph Prince

Immersed in Love

noreply@blogger.com (Bob Lipsys) — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:45:00 +0000
God is love. Pure love. And He wants to lavish His love on you. He is not looking for more servants to add to His Kingdom but more children to fill His house. He wants to be in relationship with you, not because you deserve it but just because He made you, and is "head over heels" in love with you.

God Loves You. And He is the Father you have been looking for all your life.
Quotes by Barry Adams

Be immersed in God's Love, Go to Barry's Site http://fathersloveletter.com/

Problem Solving

noreply@blogger.com (Bob Lipsys) — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:50:00 +0000
"Most people talk to God about their problems, when in reality, what you ought to do is talk to your problem about God"
A quote by Curry Blake

Spiritual Warfare

noreply@blogger.com (Bob Lipsys) — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:15:00 +0000
And warfare is not about pulling down the strongholds of the enemy. It’s about discovering the sovereignty, the supremacy, and the majesty of Jesus.........
In fact, it is not our job to fight the devil. Our job is to “step back” into God and experience His majesty and power. Christ has overcome the devil, so we need to focus on being “in Christ”… Real warfare is about discovering the majesty, the supremacy and the sovereignty of the Lord Jesus Christ. Warfare is about seeking the face of God and enjoying Him as your fortress and your refuge.
Quotes by “Graham Cooke”

Perception

noreply@blogger.com (Bob Lipsys) — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:40:00 +0000
The antidote to my past is not my present being sorted out, it’s me understanding my future. ………..Once God tells you who you are, He will only speak you as that person. He doesn’t go back and speak to you as the person you used to be……Learn to walk in God’s perception of who you are, because yours is not good enough.
by Graham Cooke

A good day

noreply@blogger.com (Bob Lipsys) — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:02:00 +0000
It is abnormal for a Christian not to have an appetite for the impossible. It has been written into our spiritual DNA to hunger for the impossibilities around us to bow at the name of Jesus…….. You didn't have a good day till you confronted the impossibilities of life and saw them yield and bow to the name of Jesus Bill Johnson

Fear and living cautiously

noreply@blogger.com (Bob Lipsys) — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 13:22:00 +0000
Fear will not tell me what to do, it will not keep me from my destiny, it will not take away my history, and I will not let it dictate my life’s goals. Kris Vallotton

The devil’s fears are always falsehoods. His suggestions are always lies, and if lies, they cannot harm. If fear comes from Satan, then we can conclude there is nothing to fear. John G Lake

If you live cautiously, you friends will call you wise. You just won't move many mountains. Bill Johnson

Tempted - to give in

noreply@blogger.com (Bob Lipsys) — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 08:38:00 +0000
“The greek word for temptation means to test, to try, to prove.”
“We must learn to do more with temptation than just bear it - we must learn to use it. The secret of using temptation, and turning it to our advantage, is one of life's greatest secrets. Once we have learned it we are unbeatable and unbreakable.”
A quote by Selwyn Hughes

smallness imprisons

noreply@blogger.com (Bob Lipsys) — Tue, 31 May 2011 09:14:00 +0000
Never allow the smallness of others to imprison you.
David Cartledge

The School of the Spirit

noreply@blogger.com (Bob Lipsys) — Mon, 30 May 2011 11:31:00 +0000
In the school of the Spirit people learn wisdom through humility, knowledge by forgetting, how to speak by silence, how to live by dying. Johannes Tauler (Mystic 1300-1361)

Rise up

noreply@blogger.com (Bob Lipsys) — Sun, 29 May 2011 09:34:00 +0000
If you fall seventy times a day, rise seventy times and return to God so that you will not fall too often.

Johannes Tauler (1300–1361)

The Key Maker is the Key Man/Woman.

noreply@blogger.com (Bob Lipsys) — Sun, 22 May 2011 13:06:00 +0000
In the Matrix Movies the heroes are young, strong, fast, quick thinking, talented, fighters. But as they battle to save the world, each other and their own lives, they constantly find their movement limited by locked doors, walls and other barriers. They find that they cannot reach their destinies. At times they find themselves imprisoned, trapped, going in circles, and vulnerable as their enemy controls their movement.

Strength, talent, beauty, and speed are not enough.

But then they meet the Key Maker. He is the complete opposite to them. He is old, frail, vulnerable, slow, and at times confused. His life is lived out in a small room. Life seems to have passed him by, somewhat like a person in a nursing home, who is trapped in their small room.

However the Key Maker has a key to every situation, every door, every blocked path. Even when there is no door he creates one. He also locks doors. When the Key Maker is on the move the Young heroes can barely keep up, as they move towards their destinies. The Key Maker is the key man.

Jesus gave His followers keys: He said “ I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” Matthew 16:19 (NIV). This verse should be read with Isaiah 22:22(NLT)in mind. “I will give him the key to the house of David—the highest position in the royal court. When he opens doors, no one will be able to close them; when he closes doors, no one will be able to open them.”

The person using the keys Jesus gives, has the highest position in the kingdom of God. They open doors so others can reach their destinies.

What are the keys Jesus gives? How do we get them? How do we use them? “Take hold of My words; don’t let them go. Guard them, for they are the key to life.” Proverbs 4:13 (NLT)
Deuteronomy 30:20 “You can make this choice by loving the LORD your God, obeying him, and committing yourself firmly to him. This is the key to your life. And if you love and obey the LORD, you will live long in the land the LORD swore to give your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” The keys are given and used as one enters a close relationship with God.

I see “Key” People, running, opening doors and forming doors where there is none. I see people following them, reaching their destinies.

Enthusiastic Experience

noreply@blogger.com (Bob Lipsys) — Sun, 01 May 2011 12:37:00 +0000
Today I watched on TV an Australian native animal Conservationist and Park Owner select staff for his Educational Presentations. The applicants came with impressive science qualifications. However when presented with scenarios and real life animals, each one folded under the pressure. They obviously had biological knowledge, but their lack of real experience with animal life showed through as well. The Park Owner was looking for enthusiastic experience, not mere head knowledge.

If we Christians are going to impact others for Jesus Christ we will not do it presenting only head knowledge. Church services must overflow with experiences of God. Wendy Backlund wrote on the “Ignited Hope” blog the following: “To grow into maturity, we must know God the Father more intimately. Our highest call is to not teach about God but to reveal Him. Unless we experience and soak up His presence our relationship becomes cerebral rather than actual. We know about it, but we can't live in it.” (Wendy Backlund http://www.ignitedhope.com/)

If Church for you this Sunday was mere head knowledge, I pray that through intimacy with God this week you will bring the experience of God into the Service next week. People who come to Church have made a step towards meeting God. Even if you are not a worship leader, your experience will change lives.

Bob Lipsys, Australia.