Make sure to keep your focus on Jesus–and any problems will seem to pale in comparison to Him. He is the King of kings and Lord of lords! Make the choice today–change your perspective. 

Identify purpose, lose the fear of man—and watch what God will do through you. Be a God-pleaser, not a man-pleaser. 

In school, it is called peer pressure. As an adult, it is called being a people pleaser—or fear of man. In the midst of an identity crisis, choose to identify purpose. 

Choose to identify purpose in the midst of differences. No doubt about it—we are seeing differences, different ways people approach life, and division in this nation. America seems to be having an identity crisis. The enemy has tried to divide the Body of Christ—the Church—to keep us from moving forward as an army to take back territory that has been relinquished. 

Yet this is another occasion where we can choose to rise up and make a difference. God has a placed a Super Moon in the heavens for all to see—that is the biggest since 1948. In Scripture, the moon represents the church—and much like the recent blood moons, where we saw persecution rising up—we can choose to arise as the Church and let our light shine to a hurting world. 

The enemy sows discord and division. We must choose to unify as the Body of Christ. By taking the time to listen and to understand our personality differences and embracing the call of Christ on our lives as individuals, we will soon learn we work together as a team very well when we unify and identify purpose. 

When facing challenging times, it is imperative to be able to make difficult decisions, even at the risk of compromising harmony for a season. When we come together and identify our purpose in Christ, we can come to understand each other better and work through our frustrations. When we do this—we create a beautiful and incredible reflection of Christ and His love. 

Sow love where there is discord. 

Sow unity where there is division.

Sow acceptance where there is rejection.

When we sow peace together, we come to learn that our differences not only make us unique, but can also draw us together instead of driving us apart. Choose to see differences as being valuable. 

“Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others” (Romans 12:4-5). 

If you believe, YOU can make a difference. 

DEBORAH STARCZEWSKI

BOOKS BY DEBORAH STARCZEWSKI:

THE MIDNIGHT HOUR (Will America Turn Back To God?)

A LEAP OF FAITH (25 Days At The Mercy Seat) 

GOD’S PRICELESS TREASURE (How To Overcome Challenges, Be Transformed And Know Your Purpose)

Available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc. 

You may be thrilled with your life and how it is going right now, or you might be in a tight place —a place of uncertainty, a place of waiting, or a place of trusting God for the next step. Whatever the case, we are called as believers to stay in agreement with God and never forsake His Word. 

When life does not turn out as planned, it is then that we can really feel the pain of being alone in the desert.

The Israelites felt alone and mad, probably frightened and unsure of their future–even after the Red Sea parted and they walked over on dry ground. God delivered them from their enemies. The desert of 40 years was how long it took to get Egypt ( which represents bondage ) out of them. Take time today, to reflect on what is on the inside of you that is stopping you from reaching your God-given potential. Relinquish anything that is not like Christ at the foot of the Cross in prayer. Being born-again is the start of experiencing real life in Christ–renewing the mind and connecting with other on-fire believers is the next phase of being transformed to reach your full potential.

The Israelites refused to listen to Moses – they rebelled against God and never entered the Promise Land. You can choose today–to honor God and His Word–and be all God has ordained you to be by honoring Him and His principles found in His Word. It’s your choice.

(Excerpt from GOD’S PRICELESS TREASURE published 2011 Creation House Press).

Expect God to intervene. Expect God for greater things to do with Him. Expect God to make all things right. It is always right to do the right thing. God is always faithful! He is waiting on you to take the next step of obedience. Small steps open huge doors. Show honor and do all things as unto the Lord. 

You are blessed by God.

HIS love and mine…..Deborah

BOOKS BY DEBORAH STARCZEWSKI

A LEAP OF FAITH (25 Days At The Mercy Seat) … an up-to-date resurrection story that will give you faith to believe for anything.

THE MIDNIGHT HOUR (Will America Turn Back To God?) …A must read for every leader. 

GOD’S PRICELESS TREASURE (How To Overcome Challenges, Be Transformed and Know Your Purpose)

Available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc. 

CAN YOU IMAGINE A FISH AS A TRAVELING COMPANION?

Jonah didn’t either—I would imagine. Humanly speaking, it seems to me Jonah was done for, asleep in the ship, tossed out at sea, and had come to the end of life as he had known it. Have you ever felt that way? 

Jonah’s disobedience and running from God cost the ship’s crew their cargo, and nearly their lives. Who on earth would have imagined that in the midst of Jonah’s crisis, a huge fish would arrive and swallow him up—having a belly large enough for him to live in! God had prepared a huge fish for Jonah. 

The Bible says that every one of the crew cried out to his god, but when the storm would not cease, they asked Jonah to cry out to his God. Even in Jonah’s disobedience, God got the attention of the crew—and they cried out to God not to perish either. 

God can use the most unusual means to provide, to get our attention, and there is no telling what He will use for your predicament. One thing I know for certain, God’s provision always has an element of surprise. 

Jonah chose to travel the long way around. Whatever crisis we find ourselves in as individuals, or as a nation, God wants us out of the boat so that we can enter a deeper, more intimate relationship with Him.  God got Jonah’s attention—look at this…..as the water rushed over Jonah’s head….he said, “I remembered the Lord” (Jonah 2:7). Imagine that!

Unfortunately, most don’t turn to the Lord until they experience some type of crisis. “Whatever it takes, Lord” is a good prayer for a nation headed to disaster, and for those who don’t know the Lord. Life is short–eternity is forever. 

Jonah didn’t obey God immediately, and neither, much of the time, do we. All of us have drifted off God’s perfect course for our lives. There is great news in the story of Jonah for us today. We can never stray off so far in the distance that God cannot bring us back. That is a great word of encouragement for all. Jesus is the King of kings and the Lord of lords–He is our anchor through every storm. 

He is the God of second chances. Whatever you are facing today, choose to get in agreement with God. Jonah got in agreement with God and preached to the people of Nineveh. And guess what….Nineveh repented. There is hope for America. 

May GOD use the next President of the United States to lead us as a nation in repentance and prayer–to return to God–advancing His Kingdom here on earth.  

 Take time to read the following passage….notice what the King did in response to the word preached by Jonah. 

 JONAH 3

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and proclaim to it the proclamation which I am going to tell you.” So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days’ walk. Then Jonah began to go through the city one day’s walk; and he cried out and said, “Yet forty days and Nineveh will be overthrown.” Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them. When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe from him, covered himself with sackcloth and sat on the ashes. He issued a proclamation and it said, “In Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let man, beast, herd, or flock taste a thing. Do not let them eat or drink water. But both man and beast must be covered with sackcloth; and let men call on God earnestly that each may turn from his wicked way and from the violence which is in his hands. Who knows, God may turn and relent and withdraw His burning anger so that we will not perish.” When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God relented concerning the calamity which He had declared He would bring upon them. And He did not do it. 

BOOKS BY DEBORAH STARCZEWSKI

A LEAP OF FAITH (25 Days At The Mercy Seat)

GOD’S PRICELESS TREASURE

THE MIDNIGHT HOUR (Will America Turn Back To God?)

Available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, etc.