God has a good plan for your life. The enemy will do everything he can to paralyze you (at a young age), to cripple you emotionally, so that you do not step into your God-given destiny. The Scripture tells us: “For we are God’s (own) Handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, (born anew) that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us, (taking paths which He prepared ahead of time) that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live]” (Ephesians 2:10 Amplified). By and through Jesus alone God accomplishes His personal will through us. 

On the other hand, Satan turns a person’s natural search for truth into full blown confusion. Satan is the father of lies and author of confusion. He distracts and diverts attention from the one true way by substituting religious activity for the truth. As a result, the baby Christian does the will of God as he conceives it, not as he receives it. No one can truly walk with God or worship Him except by the Holy Spirit. 

You have to stay in the live zone of God–not the dead zone–where you don’t hear God. It’s like driving down the road with your husband following you and you look out the rearview mirror and see his hand outside the car trying to get your attention. This actually happened once. We learned that his phone was registering three calls to me, but my phone was not picking them up. Even though we were close, the calls were not coming through. It was just a dead zone for cellular calls. We have to live in the Spirit of God, where we hear His Voice at the slightest whisper at the door of our hearts. Amen.  God speaks–but we have to learn to hear Him and receive His Word. It’s similar to being tuned in to a particular radio station. You have to get rid of the static and excess noise. 

The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. (Isaiah 58:11). 

God has not given you a spirit of fear–but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. No matter what the enemy is saying to move you to fear–step out and do whatever God has called you to do even if you are afraid. Souls are a stake–time is short. 

My prayer is that God’s Spirit falls in supernatural revival–to the point there is overflow much like the times of 9.11.2001 where every church was filled to overflow. I ask the LORD to give us all a greater heart for an end time harvest of souls—advancing God’s kingdom. 

So, no matter what you are walking through, no matter how the enemy is whispering lies in your ears–choose to speak life and believe God. Don’t you dare cower down to enemy tactics–no matter how they come. Encourage yourself in the LORD. HE goes before you to make every crooked place straight. Honor HIS WORD and laugh at the devil. Instead of listening to your fears, listen to THE FATHER GOD. Get your praise on…and keep on being a worshipper of the MOST HIGH KING! The Blood of JESUS covers you and clears the way for you to tell the world about Jesus. #telltheworldaboutJesus #trueworshippers#THEKINGOFTHEUNIVERSE #JESUS #LORDGODALMIGHTY#Noplotcanstand #GodfrustratesALLevilplots #divinepurpose

DIVINE FAVOR 

“For You, O LORD, will bless the righteous; with favor You will surround him as with a shield” (Psalm 5:12). 

The Bible makes it clear for us that the favor of the LORD is like a shield that surrounds and protects the believer on every side. That’s great news my friends! No matter what circumstance you are dealing with and praying through, no matter what sudden storm you find yourself in, you can be confident in God that you are absolutely safe under His protection. He saved Daniel from the den of lions, He parted the Red Sea to allow the Israelites to cross over. The same sea God parted to save the Israelites was used by God to destroy their enemies. 

When we cultivate the righteousness of God, His favor surrounds us like a shield. The Bible says, “The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion; but his favor is like dew upon the grass” (Proverbs 19:12). 

Keep a humble heart and childlike spirit; keep walking with the Lord in His righteousness. Every child of God that walks in His favor brings the rain of His grace and blessings to everyone he/she meets. It’s like a sweet smelling fragrance—like fresh rain on a hot day.  *Isaiah 66:2 says, “These are the ones I look on with favor: those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at my word.” 

“Thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing”  (2 Corinthians 2:14-15). 

Keep a pure heart toward the Lord by living in and out of His Holy Word. Listen with your heart. See what God is showing you with spiritual eyes. May the seven-fold spirits of God rest upon you. God wants to use you to bring about restoration and reconciliation. May the spirit of wisdom and love and the spirit of counsel be upon you to speak the Truth in love to all people. 

God is still searching throughout the earth to find those whose hearts are fully His (2 Chronicles 16:9). When He finds such people, He will show Himself strong on their behalf, manifesting divine favor in and through them for all the world to see. Let us choose to be such people—lovers of God, and loving people. God created YOU to be a world changer—ambassadors of Jesus Christ to be His heart, hands, and feet to the lost and hurting world around you. You are God’s secret agent—cleverly disguised in whatever sphere of influence you find yourself. Be the change you want to see in the world! (Excerpt from GOD’S PRICELESS TREASURE, Charisma/Creation House Press, published 2011). 

#loveGod #lovepeople #worldchangers #aheartperfecttowardGod #purehearts #puremotives #prayer #renewyourmind #divinefavorofGod 

Deborah Starczewski 

BOOKS BY DR. DEBORAH STARCZEWSKI

GOD’ PRICELESS TREASURE (How To Overcome Challenges, Be Transformed, And Know Your Purpose)…move from drama to destiny, pain to purpose, a mess to a message, and trials to triumph through turning to Jesus Christ. 

A LEAP OF FAITH (25 Days At The Mercy Seat)…this book will give you hope to believe God for anything. With the countless times of divine intervention, the Holy Spirit’s leading, and the amazing ways God speaks will keep you turning the pages. The same resurrection power that raised Jesus…raised my husband from death, healed him from two strokes, and manifested His Presence with us through two open heart surgeries and 25 days at Mercy.

THE MIDNIGHT HOUR (Will America Turn Back To God?)…a must read for every family, every leader, every minister. 

Available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, www.starministriesinc.com and other distributors. Available wherever Deborah ministers and speaks. 

God wants to come to you in the most intimate and personal way—to bring healing. He loves you and me. 

He wants us healed and made whole so we can step into our God-given destiny—divinely aligned with Him in His purposes in the earth—souls—advancing His Kingdom—and equipped as ambassadors of Christ in our realm of influence….

Jesus was trained in his hometown. People watched him as a carpenter and we all know that the better we know people, the more apt we are to find fault with them. Jesus was a carpenter and the son of a carpenter. Jesus was the son of Mary, and had brothers and sisters. 

At first the message of Jesus was received, but then the people took offense. Imagine that! When the people of Nazareth allowed their familiarity with Jesus to breed contempt, they deprived themselves of a great opportunity. Jesus chose to take His message and blessings elsewhere (Mark 6:6). 

“But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house” (Mark 6:4 KJV). 

We can even judge ourselves unworthy of eternal life and deprive ourselves of blessings we would otherwise receive. (See Acts 13:46). 

If you know someone very well or experience something a lot, you may stop respecting them and think you have learned all there is to know. We can learn from anyone and anything around us. God can get our attention in any way He sees fit. 

Few of us can live under the microscope of constant attention or criticism. Allow relationships to grow and nurture them. Close relationships will flourish and you will grow closer to one another instead of apart. That’s God’s plan for the family of God. 

Familiarity breeds contempt. We live in a world where change is constant. God doesn’t want us to live in a place of contempt—or to get so familiar with someone, that we think we can’t learn anything else from them. A form of pride can rise up that is a trap from the enemy. 

God places a restlessness inside us that not only draws us closer to Him, but also moves us to action to be a better person in the world around us. 

Someone needs to hear your story. Someone who is about to give up needs to know they are not alone. God wants to move YOU to greatness by partnering WITH HIM. He brings divine alignments for the next assignment. 

Familiarity also breeds expectations. People can grow up with a form of entitlement and think the world revolves around them—which results in selfishness. We need discernment from God and eyes to see with a bigger worldview. Everything God calls us to do WITH HIM will advance His Kingdom—pointing people to Jesus and bringing them to the cross.

Anything that draws you away from God and His Word is from the enemy. It is a trap from hell. God made YOU to be great. The only way you will become who God has called YOU to be is to be free set free from the fear of man. It means you may have to step out in some unknown territory. It means you have a desire to obey God—no matter what. When God calls you to do something, it will bless people and offend some. 

Jesus made lots of people mad in his own hometown. They listened to him, but he had become ordinary to them. Instead of recognizing Jesus as the Son of God—they went by what they had known and seen in the past. When someone becomes ordinary to us, we can fall for the trap of judging by past experience rather than fully trusting God with the outcome. 

With all the radical changes across this nation, and the Bible being fulfilled before our eyes, we can see that we are closer than ever before to the return of Jesus Christ. Keep your eyes fixed on Him, with a steadfastness of heart, and a sold-out mindset that does not budge off of God’s Word. Souls are at stake. Step out and be great with God. 

Share the Good News of Jesus Christ to open the door for other people to have an encounter with the Living God. The Holy Spirit empowers us to engage the world around us with boldness and a heart on fire for His passion—souls 

Greatness implies a deviation from the norm. If God is calling you to do something with Him, it will take a radical step of obedience—one of stepping out—facing possible rejection, mocking, and some will hear and come to know Jesus. Wipe the dust off your feet—and keep moving forward being led by the Holy Spirit of God. Tell the world about Jesus—He is coming back soon. God created you to be uncommon, to do what others are not willing to do, to stand out in the crowd–to be a world changer! 

Love,

Deborah

BOOKS BY Dr. Deborah Starczewski:

GOD’S PRICELESS TREASURE (How To Overcome Challenges, Be Transformed and Know Your Purpose)…learn how to move from drama to destiny, from pain to purpose, from a mess to a message, and from trials to triumph through turning to Jesus Christ.

A LEAP OF FAITH (25 Days At The Mercy Seat)….an up-to-date resurrection story that will keep you turning the pages and give you new hope to believe God for anything. Dare to take your own leap of faith and believe God for greater, for uncommon favor, uncommon breakthrough, and divine intervention! 

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

Available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, www.starministriesinc.com and other distributors…also wherever Deborah ministers.