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Recognizing The Gifts & Tallents Of Others…

November 9, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

There are principles within every instrument that must be understood in order to maintain the tune. Within every instrument that is born we all learn to play as we learn to listen. The object is to allow each instrument to develop in their own timing and not try to force them in ours. Learning to teach with God directing the way allows us to discover the journey of change and being open to learn what works for someone else rather than the way it may have worked for us.

It is easy to allow our traditions to blind us when we get out of tune from God’s Word and forget who is in control. Sometimes we allow traditions to get in the way due to following everyon else instead of insuring the steps of our own. This lesson was taught in Luke 2 with Jesus’s parents as they followed the people and left Jesus behind.  His parents had to re-track their steps back for three days before they finally found Jesus in the temple. They tried to pull Him out but little did His parents know the music that was being played to the elders who chose to listen.

Learning how to listen and recognize the development and talents of each individual around us should be teaching us how to work together as one without trying to change someone else’s individual tune. The music is love and the instruction comes in time as we learn to teach in ways that others can relate with no debate. Enjoy this awesome video of a three year old prodigy child playing the piano  and how his mother looked for creative ways to teach her son. She did not discourage him due to his age nor did she discourage him due to the lack of his education. She simply recognized his own gift and discovered a way to further the development of these skills.

The object in teaching is learning the hearts of others and then learning how to capture their interest in creative ways to deliver the lessons to be received…Like the 3 year olds mother states in the video her son is driven more to play on his own than when being pressured by others… Here is the link to this creative teaching lesson  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ygzf709CmI

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Recognizing The Music Of God…

November 8, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

Learning how to listen for the music of God within the spirit that is all around us requires us getting out of the way. Too many times we miss the music due to never learning how to play. How might this happen you may ask and the answer is simple. One, many never even pick up the instrument. Two, their doubts of their own abilities keep them from ever touching the cords. Three, then they are too worried of what others might say while they are simply learning how to play.

The object is to learn our note and what we have to add in the spirit of God and not in the flesh of man. Then as we learn to work together in unity toward a common purpose without taking something away from what someone has to add is when we can begin to reach higher levels in the spirit of God as His Kingdom comes on earth as it is in Heaven. A parallel to this lesson was taught with Abraham and with his nephew Lot in Genesis 13.

Abraham and Lot joined together at first and as their instrument grew in time there was a point where they could no longer play together due to one group was taking away from the next. Abraham understood something though where Lot did not. Abraham understood the meaning of self sacrifice where Lot took what was good to the eye. Abraham blessed Lot in their departure while trusting in God and helping Lot however he could. Within the spirit of God there is life, reverence, honor, obedience and sacrifice in order to reach our goals and to maintain what God has given.

Unfortunately due to the sinful world we live in and our sinful nature of the flesh this is a constant thorn in our side due to there is always someone or something trying to prevent the music of God from being played. The object is to learn the cords and to be willing to pick up the slack without complaining or murmuring in our spirit in hopes that they will learn the proper Way. For when we teach in love to those that are humble to receive is when others that are yearning in their spirit to join in may come closer to the well of God and begin to play… For there is music in love as we do everything unto Him….

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There Is Unity With God…

November 7, 2011 by admin 1 Comment

Learning how to live in this world but not of this world within the spirit of God requires the knowledge of His Word the recognition of the spirit and the reverance to His guidance. It is like learning to play music. First we must have the ears to hear and then the eyes to see and then when we join with other musicians which believe we work together in unity to discover the harmony.

As any musical group it is made up of many differnet instruments which have something different to add. For music of God is not about one particular instrument over powering all the rest it is about each one playing together and doing there best. There is music all around throughout the life that God has given through Jesus Christ and until we learn to how to come together in one accord then we will continue to miss the sound and the experience within the spirit of God. For Gods music soothes the soul and warms the heart in true love with all glory in the Lords name…Please join us again tomorrow in dicovering the key principles within a band….

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The Heart Of Man…

November 4, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

Within the process of time there is a distinct difference in the taste, texture and smell of something that is raised by God rather than something that has been raised by man. This is where many become lost in forgetting who gives life in order to grow and to mature the living plants that we are. All we can do is add some seeds and nutrients of love along the rows in the garden while we leave the rest to God through faith in order to witness the harvest.

Each individual plant within the garden has a specific purpose within the Kingdom of God and it is our place to recognize the hearts of each individual plant. There are God given talents in each one of us that have been specially formulated through time and it is when our eyes are opened to the Truth of God that we can discover our purpose. For when we overlook the heart is when we can miss the harvest…

The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart. 1 Samuel 16:7

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Living In The Garden…

November 2, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment

Yesterday morning there was a message titled “A Walk In The Garden” and we compared the responsibilities of a gardener within a green house to our responsibilities in our homes, our careers and in the church. Today lets look at the delivery of the water and nutrients upon the plants. If you have ever been in a green house then you have experienced the warmth and the moisture in the air not only from the gentle mist that is being sprayed upon the plants but from the transpiration cycle returning through the pores on the leaves.

There is a very important lesson on watering that many tend to miss and this is how we are to deliver the Word and share the love of God. If you were to water a plant today which do you think would be better received a sudden jet burst of water or a gentle mist upon the leaves? There are times of delivery where the watering may be tough but this is to reach the ones in age that have developed an outer shell due to the environment of the world. There are times where the gully washers come due to the cleansing that needs to take place but the object is to be always open to receive and deeply rooted in the rock of our foundation to further the growth of the tree.

As we learn in the Holy Bible through the love of Jesus there is living water in the Holy Spirit that comes up from the wells of our soul. Like the plants cycle of transpiration the love of God should be pouring out of our human pores and giving back to environment in which we live. The water cycle of life here on earth should be the same cycle of love that we show to others. As we receive it helps to feed and as it feeds we should grow. Then as we grow we are to give back in order to continue the healthy cycle of life through Jesus Christ. I challenge you to study the water cycle and compare it to the instruction of God to see the paralell. May God bless your day and guide your steps in every way as you help to water others….

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