{"id":3477,"date":"2013-04-08T08:12:19","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T13:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heartofgraceministries.com\/blog\/?p=3477"},"modified":"2013-04-08T08:12:19","modified_gmt":"2013-04-08T13:12:19","slug":"place-god-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heartofgraceministries.com\/blog\/the-everyday-word\/place-god-real\/","title":{"rendered":"Take Me To The Place Where God Is Real"},"content":{"rendered":"

By the almighty grace of God I write to you today with a renewed zeal within my spirit. In fact, I write each post, sing each song, and minister through the word being renewed within myself daily<\/em>. In fact, the bible instructs in multiple scriptures to be renewed within your mind and for it to be frequently addressed. \u00a0Some of you may wonder a couple things like a<\/strong>) what’s the point?\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0and 2<\/strong>) why\u00a0daily? \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>Throughout all of the bible you read the inspiring stories of triumph, victory and glory. When you hear people teach and minister over these moments do you ever ask yourself what it was within them that caused them to believe in the difficult times? I have often, especially in the most\u00a0desperate\u00a0moments of calamity; for when confusing is running rampart all about me I take moments in time and really try to understand where the men and women of God in the bible found their strength.<\/p>\n

Take me to the place where God is real. I’m not just referring to counting your everyday blessings, but I am talking about a moment you can recall where you felt the presence of God strongly upon you. What happened in the moment when that transpired? Was there something amazing that happened?<\/p>\n

I do not have to go very far back to find places throughout the history of my life where God was real for me. In a time when I needed deliverance from drug and alcohol addiction I found a very real experience through my sovereign savior. As I have testified in the past I literally felt the weights lift from the sin and attacks of my past. I was never the same. It was one of the pivotal points in my life where I went from knowing of God from others to knowing God for myself.<\/p>\n

One of the key concepts that is part of the foundation for my life is that I am renewed in my present day from the blessings of my past<\/strong>. These same blessings are the stepping stones for my faith, leading me to know and believe that if God has performed miracles in my past that I can realize them through faith in my future! If I did not take the time to renew myself the faith I carry for a season may fade from my personal weakness.<\/p>\n

I would have never thought the day would have come that when I would preach, teach or sing that I would see the crowd begin to get use to my obedience and therein decrease their active support. This day will come for anyone in an environment where you may be a part of a ministry in the long-term. So how do you stay effective for people that come in new?\u00a0Take me to the place where God is real.<\/p>\n

Every time that you will stir your faith by the blessings that were real to you it renews the hope within your heart to be effective and\u00a0affectionate\u00a0\u00a0in your anointing for others. Put simply, it’s the strength that stirs the joy within you even when people may fail you.<\/p>\n

So where is it for you? Do you remember where that moment that stirs your heart? Take me to the place where God is real for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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