ABOVE: “We (perceiver, inner, discerner) see through a glass darkly”

INSIDE…THERE DWELLS OUR “INNER PERCEIVER DISCERNER” + THE MORTAL HUMAN SOUL (“THE MIND, WILL AND EMOTIONS”.)…WHEREIN .. EITHER THERE IS “HEART PEACE, TRUE INNER JOY” ..WHICH IS YOUR, MY STRENGTH….OR ELSE THERE IS NOT…

And ALL of this is RELATED to perceiving ENJOYING what is GOD’S PEACEABLE HEART KINGDOM..AS WELL AS IT’S HOLY SPIRIT DIVINE (NON CHAOTIC) ORDER” (this is putting in a plug for our 9 Part similarly named DEEP SEEKING THINKER series)

 

THIS IS A FIRST PART…DUE TO THE 2020 COVID, USA “ISSUES”  UPDATE…

AFTERWARDS COMES THE ARCHIVED MAIN POINT.

TO DO LIST…MEANING… EVERY DAY:

• “MAKE A LIST OF ALL OF YOUR CARES, FEARS, BURDENS..THEN HAND THEM OVER TO THE LORD…AND LET THEM STAY THERE.

 

• NEXT …ISOLATE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN IDENTIFY AS GOING WELL.. GIVE GOD THANKS AND APPRECIATION FOR EACH ONE.

 

• THEN  GO ABOUT AND MAKE THE EFFORT TO “CHOOSE”… REAL JOY”
  (The Practice of which is similar to a line  from the old song “Jesus, You’re the Center of My Joy” (meaning make the effort to CHOOSE “God’s Big ETERNAL” spirit of  JOY…not to be moved by the things of this toxic accusative world)

 

• TRAIN THE YOUNG…. BUT TO DO YOURSELF..ABOUT THE NEED TO CONTINUALLY MONITOR YOUR INNER “TIPPING POINT”(follows)

 

• MEANS, Beloved Christ Follower, you and I DON’T need to LET the angry, accusing, MEAN devil  ROB US OF OUR JOY, STEAL AND  KILL our GOOD, BLESSED quality of LIFE.”

 

• 
• Here is the TIPPING POINT “TO DO”…READ, VIEW + WATCH.However..  ongoing “SELF ASSESS” AND KEEP A WATCH OVER YOUR OWN INNER HEART, SOUL “TIPPING POINT” ..this means..to PROTECT YOURSELF from being DEPRESSED, OPPRESSED by all of the NEWS, ONGOING STUFF..

 

• YES, DO PERUSE WATCH…for in these rapid, extremely important …Nowadays..we need to keep AWARE and ASSESS, Take NOTE…YET at the same time, continually “WATCH OUT” for IF or WHEN YOUR happy, usually positive inner SELF begins feel as if it’s sliding DOWN..turning DARK.. maybe even WAY DOWN..then CATCH IT, and TURN IT ALL OFF …..to thereby  AVOID turning BIG ANXIOUS, DARKLY OPPRESSED, BURDENED or AFRAID, DEPRESSED.

• AGAIN..INNER PERCEIVER REALIZE “KNOW IN YOUR KNOWER” WHEN you have over indulged, had ENOUGH… in keeping up with New Events..recurring INFO, dark music, weird video games, DVDs, movies, books..each of the over MANY hundreds of recurring disgusting, even TRAGIC, HOPELESS, EVIL, and GORY ceaseless, repeated, never ending SORDID various events.. ONLINE and TV,MEDIA..”

 

• MIGHT keep many people from FEELING DISCOURAGED, LOST, FUTILE, DEEPLY DESPONDENT and  HOPELESS

 

• PERHAPS it will stop at least a FEW from SEEKING RELIEF IN OTHER UNSAFE “ESCAPE” TENDING TO ADDICT..METHODS..example..  DRUGS, ALCOHOL,etc…even hedonistic MINDLESS (to bring INNER STRESS RELIEF) BIG CLUBBING, attending the mega trance Electronic  Dance Music “movement” fun and mind numbing.. exciting RAVES…and many continually PARTYING.

 

• ASIDE ..ONE EXAMPLE..THE WORLD WIDE RAVES PARTYING PLUS SPIRITUAL MOVEMENT (Counterfeit to deep corporate CELEBRATORY..” WORSHIP “inner plus lifting, even transporting anointing) I truly respect STEVE AOKI, I watched his bio on Netflix. And he’s supremely Hard Worker Non Compromising Musician who was trying to please his dear but harsh Father ( named Rocky, who founded BENIHANA  Japanese Sushi and Steakhouse Restaurants.) Steve seems to really respect and honors his Buddhist dear Mother. SO I’M NOT”ACCUSING and ” SEEING SIN” EXAMPLE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0CqhNhiMRw 

 

• MEDIA, NEWS LIMITING …WITH THE ONGOING SELF ASSESSING…MAY EVEN STOP AT LEAST SOME FROM BURN OUT, GIVING UP, SELF HARM….STOP EVEN MANY FROM  KILLING THEMSELVES OFF.

• “TEACH THE CHILDREN, YOUTH..MATURE ADULTS..Y. O. U.”..YOUNG PERSONS ESPECIALLY..as they constantly are being fed “NOTHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE FUTURE” “YOU CAN NEVER FINANCIALLY MAKE IT” “HOPELESS” (SO WHY NOT QUIT, RESIGN YOURSELF OR FULLY DO AWAY WITH YOURSELF..TO AVOID THE PRESENT..THE COMING..BIG MISERY

 

• PS WHY ARE TOO MANY IN ” THE MINISTRY ” EACH VIEWING  THOSE MANY DYSTOPIAN..EVEN THE VERY PERVERSE, EVEN SORDID MOVIES?

 

NEXT….A FUNNY BACKGROUND..IT’S AUTHENTIC  PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE A MENTAL BREAK , SOMEWHAT COMIC RELIEF BETWEEN TWO MORE INTENSE,INNER PERCEIVER-DISCERNER,EACH PERSON  DECIDING ..LONG  PARTS

Historic TAVEAU CHURCH Cordesville, SC Historical Marker.(feel free to Google) (Now that I’ve moved to the same US State, I plan to go visit. Turns out my deep French Huguenot (Dear Mother’s side …or as my late, highly opinionated, but kind, Dad in Law would pronounce it “French HOO-GHEE NOT”) deep ancestry which Spirit produced this “Servant Apostolic Work Plant” (I would guess..)  is also located in the region which is AKA  as Monck’s Corner.. WHICH is the ancestral home  of the blessed very Untamed Pastor STEVEN FURTICK…one of my very own personal “Energizer” Fav’s on Media…who is also not one bit dulled way down or PC..NOTE: I have LOT’S OF FAVS, on LINE,on LAND..Such as where I am fellowshipping NOW..as the Spirit of God moves differently through MANY different ones)…(further more , Pastor Steven  is a JOY CARRIER..like much of myself) MAYBE that explains a big Part of My Diverse Cross Racial Welcoming Community seeming to be HIGH ENERGY. Plus he’s very EORR…

(however HE’S far more fit…even BUFF…NOT THAT I WOULD LEAVE WHERE I OFTEN TRY TO FELLOWSHIP NOW..but if I even wanted to ATTEND his fellowship just one time.. I would have to shed 25 pounds)

  PS Ancient deep ancestry wise. SO there MIGHT be a “something” in the CORDESVILLE/MONCK’S CORNER REGION’S very diverse…appearing as untamed regional  area back waters…way way down SC there. (WHO truly knows..as my calm 6′ 4′ Big Deep South, Scotch Irish, English Dad was reported to have a few drops of Moor blood. But I’m not 100% positive AND A PS… I really don’t want to PROMISE  that I  have it..but then  maybe later,  it could turn out like the the female senator who professed to have Native American blood. and clearly did not..YET I realize that I have a “perceived energy”(AS wide and far..apostolic WELP have let me all too well understand that)..Note: I’ve not yet been to check out the ancestral work plant, BUT  I really want to go. I just never knew that I would ever set foot in the peaceful seeming SC Great State.

 

And speaking of Ancient History….

PLEASE NOTE THE ORIGINAL DATE…This is Ancient Taveau Vintage..(as you proceed below)

 

HE BROUGHT FORTH HIS PEOPLE WITH JOY

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This is one of the very first Words from the Lord, by Taveau D’Arcy, published in 1989 in THE ENCOURAGING WORD NEWSLETTER.(1987-2000) Now we reprint it, as it still pertains today.
HE BROUGHT FORTH IS PEOPLE WITH JOY

 

“He brought forth His people with joy, And His chosen ones with gladness.” Psalm 105:43

 

 

Dear Friend Standing in the Lord,

Has there ever been a time when it seemed that you “stood alone in the Lord?”

Were the trials of your circumstances such that no human (only God) could possibly relate to them?

Perhaps as a leader, a single or even the “spiritual leader’ of your home and situation, you alone know those exquisite pressures and challenges that continually bring you to the Heavenly Father’s throne.

If by any chance you can relate to such an experience, then, do not hesitate to “REACH OUT AND TAKE HOLD OF THE STRENGTH OF THE LORD>”…and despite the situation, BE OF GOOD CHEER….ANYWAY!

“BE OF GOOD CHEER:” SPOKEN IN THE IMPERATIVE FORM: a command! VINE’S DICTIONARY states that in each of the following passages of Scripture uses the words “Be of good cheer” (or take heart).”

The Greek word THARSEO is used which also means “Be of good cheer” or in my own words, “CHEER UP!”

MATTHEW 9:2 SCENARIO: To a person bound by sickness and sin: Jesus speaks to the paralytic on the mat. “CHEER UP!” says Jesus.”Your sins are forgiven” and later “RISE and be HEALED!”

MARK 9:2 SCENARIO: To people bound by things out of their control and also by fear of the unknown:
Jesus walks on the lake towards his disciples. They are in their boat being buffeted by wind and waves. To make matters even worse, they think that they see a ghost!

“CHEER UP!” commands Jesus. “It is I. Do not be afraid.”

JOHN 16:33 SCENARIO: Concerning suffering:

“In this world you WILL have tribulation.”  says Jesus. “But, CHEER UP! I have overcome the world!”

 

ACTS 23:11 SCENARIO: During persecution:
Paul, after a ruckus over the Good News with the Sanhedrin, “The Lord appeared to Paul and said.” CHEER UP. I want you to testify of me in Rome like you did in Jerusalem.”

 

IN ALL of these instances the STRENGTH OF WILL comes into play. Simple naive “cheeriness” is not enough to resist the eternal pressures and temptations that war against the believer.

 

What IS more than enough, is the need for the believer to resist the temptation to rely on all that our natural senses beg us to believe. (“the natural circumstances”).

 

Instead our focus must be on the  Lord ALONE: His power making US adequate and “more than conquerors” in each situation that arises.

 

For it is WHEN we stand “ALONE EXCEPT FOR HIM” He is able to impart to us the unseen mysteries of His will and purposes for our lives. Here we may discover that He chooses to surprise us with the POWER OF JOY.

 

HEBREWS 1:9: “You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness, therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.”

 

WHAT IS the OIL OF GLADNESS with which we might be anointed  along with Jesus?
 

The word “gladness” is taken from the Greek AGALLIASIS is translated, “EXHUBERANT JOY”  or “EXULTATION.”

It is part of the spiritual inheritance open to every believer, (“every spiritual blessing” Ephesians 1:3)
The “joy of the Lord” ( Nehemiah 8:10) and the “oil of gladness” are healing balms, sustainers in the midst of trial and “preservative agents” in times of duress and suffering.

 

The “oil of gladness” is a part of the “tender mercies” of God.

Coupled with the power of God, this creates the “joy of the Lord which is our strength.”(Neh. 8:10) as well as the “merry heart which does as good as a medicine.”(Proverbs 17:22)

 

 

HOW IS THE OIL OF GLADNESS Released In Our LIVES?

 

1. By simply asking God to release more of His joy  in us.

 

2. During times of praise and thanksgiving to the Lord.

3. Through special “releases” that come from the Lord during quiet times along with Him and /or in corporate worship gatherings of adoration, praise, prayer and deep worship.

 

4. Through meditation on the Word of God: the renewing of our minds plays an enormous part in our sustaining the JOY OF GOD in our lives.
The study of His Holy Word raises our earthy (earthly) PERCEPTIONS to view Life’s situations from God’s point of view.  (His point of view does not allow us to view all that befalls us quite so desperately!)

 

 

5. By drawing on the Spirit of God for wisdom, knowledge and deeper understanding.

 

“THE FIRE IN OUR BONES” : the JOY of the LORD:

Experiencing the pure joy of the Lord “fires us up.’ It ministers to us Godly enthusiasm (coming from within) and excitement for the things of the Lord.

 

We overflow with the desire to advance the work of the Kingdom of God. We become “revved up” when we are weary or in need of refreshment and vigor.

 

The JOY of the Lord “fuels us” to minister the GOOD NEWS ….BECAUSE we have found it to be just that GOOD News!

 

WHY WE CAN BE OF “GOOD CHEER” ….ANYWAY….

1. BECAUSE God gives us the strength to do so.

 

2. BECAUSE Jesus said to “Be of GOOD CHEER.” He gives us the PRIVILEGE to be so in all of our circumstances!( Besides, WHY would any of us want to do less than one of the Lord’s COMMANDS?)

 

3. BECAUSE Jesus KNOWS the joy and true meaning of these earthly trials: HE sees them from the vantage point of Eternity: filtering through the Book of Revelation: the Bride of Christ, purified, adorned in splendor; Entering into the Marriage Supper with the Lamb.
Satan is DEFEATED. The Lamb is seated on the THRONE. There is no SORROWING; No PRESSURES are there. No TEARS will ever be shed.

And only HE knows the surprises which await us there! (NO WONDER HE IS SMILING!)
So, dear brothers and sisters,  let us “Lay aside every weight” and “press on” in the STRENGTH and POWER and in the JOY OF THE LORD!”

Be BOLD, Be COURAGEOUS, Be CHEERFUL!
Dr. T

 

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