Thoughts for 2018

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These are merely notes from today's service...thought I'd share. I needed this for me. Hoping it helps another.
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The Psalm of the year

118 Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.

[SUP]2 [/SUP]Let Israel now say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
[SUP]3 [/SUP]Let the house of Aaron now say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
[SUP]4 [/SUP]Let those who fear the Lord now say,
“His mercy endures forever.”
[SUP]5 [/SUP]I called on the Lord in distress;
The Lord answered me and set me in a broad place.
[SUP]6 [/SUP]The Lord is on my side;
I will not fear.
What can man do to me?
[SUP]7 [/SUP]The Lord is for me among those who help me;
Therefore I shall see my desire on those who hate me.
[SUP]8 [/SUP]It is better to trust in the Lord
Than to put confidence in man.
[SUP]9 [/SUP]It is better to trust in the Lord
Than to put confidence in princes.
[SUP]10 [/SUP]All nations surrounded me,
But in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
[SUP]11 [/SUP]They surrounded me,
Yes, they surrounded me;
But in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
[SUP]12 [/SUP]They surrounded me like bees;
They were quenched like a fire of thorns;
For in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
[SUP]13 [/SUP]You pushed me violently, that I might fall,
But the Lord helped me.
[SUP]14 [/SUP]The Lord is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation.[SUP][a][/SUP]
[SUP]15 [/SUP]The voice of rejoicing and salvation
Is in the tents of the righteous;
The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.
[SUP]16 [/SUP]The right hand of the Lord is exalted;
The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.
[SUP]17 [/SUP]I shall not die, but live,
And declare the works of the Lord.
[SUP]18 [/SUP]The Lord has chastened me severely,
But He has not given me over to death.
[SUP]19 [/SUP]Open to me the gates of righteousness;
I will go through them,
And I will praise the Lord.
[SUP]20 [/SUP]This is the gate of the Lord,
Through which the righteous shall enter.
[SUP]21 [/SUP]I will praise You,
For You have answered me,
And have become my salvation.
[SUP]22 [/SUP]The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone.
[SUP]23 [/SUP]This was the Lord’s doing;
It is marvelous in our eyes.
[SUP]24 [/SUP]This is the day the Lord has made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it.
[SUP]25 [/SUP]Save now, I pray, O Lord;
O Lord, I pray, send now prosperity.
[SUP]26 [/SUP]Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
We have blessed you from the house of the Lord.
[SUP]27 [/SUP]God is the Lord,
And He has given us light;
Bind the sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.
[SUP]28 [/SUP]You are my God, and I will praise You;
You are my God, I will exalt You.
[SUP]29 [/SUP]Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.
For the year 2018

[FONT=&quot]1. [/FONT]Don’t just maintain
[FONT=&quot]2. [/FONT]Go for the Higher calling
[FONT=&quot]3. [/FONT]Delays are released…if you feel held back or wanting to do more, these things will release and you will see great things happen in your life.
[FONT=&quot]4. [/FONT]The outcasts of society…the rejected are the ones God is calling upon to come to the table, because we, the supposedly “clean” are not going to them as we are commissioned to. You will see many tattoos, many homosexuals, etc., …coming forward for Christ…by way of the Holy Spirit.
[FONT=&quot]a. [/FONT]Example: See what the group, “Corn” has done.
[FONT=&quot]5. [/FONT]Do things differently
[FONT=&quot]a. [/FONT]EVERY moment we need him
[FONT=&quot]b. [/FONT]To neglect that is to neglect Christ in our life and become lackadaisical.
[FONT=&quot]c. [/FONT]Troubles and torments…don’t be so quick to judge God
[FONT=&quot] i. [/FONT]How would you know He heals if you were never healed?
How would you know Him as the deliverer if you were never delivered?
[FONT=&quot] ii. [/FONT]How would you know compassion for others pain if you never suffered pain?


John 11:35 Jesus wept.
He knew the future…he knew Lazarus would live. He was attacked at least three times for not being there on time.

He had compassion and sorrows.

Lazarus was dead for four days. John 11:44 “…Loose him and let him go.”
11:45[SUP]45 [/SUP]Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in Him.

,,,yet many did not….the Jewish Messiah had 4 miracles to perform to know He was the true God.
[FONT=&quot]1. [/FONT]Heal a Leper – for no one in that day touched a leper
[FONT=&quot]2. [/FONT]Heal a mute man – for it was custom to ask the name of a demon. A mute could not heaer and could not reply. This is why it was necessary.
[FONT=&quot]3. [/FONT]Heal the blind man. It was thought it was sin of the parents or the babe to be born blind.
[FONT=&quot]4. [/FONT]Raise someone from the dead.
[FONT=&quot]5. [/FONT]
Jesus met all of the qualifications, but in doing so, He so frightened the Jewish leaders, they denied Him as the Christ.

Negativity is the language of Hell. It is used to stop your destiny.

BLESS THEM THAT HURT YOU.

Stay far away from bitterness, unforgiveness, etc.,
Complaining
Gossip – often referred to as venting
[FONT=&quot]a. [/FONT] Agreeing with another in gossip creates a stronghold with Satan against the person gossiped about…as well as yourself and the other tongue wager
Judgements - Bind them
Ask for forgiveness for all judgments…present and past.
Ever speak ill of your parents? Ask forgiveness.
Release them.
Pray blessing over them.
There is a reaction in the body to the Words we use.

People are wounded because of us.
God brings in the prodigals. See prophesy for 2018. You will lose your ability to prophesy if you gossip. If you don’t control your tongue and anger, God cannot use you.