Standing On Holy Ground

Where is your place of Holy Ground? It is a place that signals breakthrough.

God has destined in each of our lives a “Holy ground” mo ent in which He will peel back the veil and reveal part of our destiny.

Holy Ground moments have something in common. First, they are rare. We should be praying for moments like these. “God when am I called to do? What is my purpose in life? What is my next step?’

How Not To Miss The Directive Of The Moment

There is a connection historically with the revelation of Holy Ground moment during “Holy Week” (which is April 10- April 16th, 2022), in the Garden of Gethsemane. It was a place of transition and as Jesus went to pray. It was His intersection with destiny in which He had the opportunity to accept or decline what God the Father revealed to Him and requested of Him.

Holy Ground moments are an invitation and revelation. God offers to go into a new place. A “mission impossible” moment if you do what He says, “It is your assignment if you choose to accept it.”

We all have strategic intersections in our lives. These are places and moments that shape our destiny if we will turn and take a closer look and recognize them.

What are the signs we are on Holy Ground?

It is where the natural interacts with the supernatural in a way that is completely unexpected, unexplained and undeniable. When God shows up and reveals a part of your destiny and invites us to take part in it. It won’t make sense. It’s a place where we must make a decision to step into it – or ignore it. There is no middle ground.

We see the term Holy Ground twice in Scripture. First, in Exodus 3 and Acts 7, God brought Moses to the place of the burning bush. He was instructed. “Do not approach here. Remove your sandals from off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is Holy Ground.”

Next, The same phrase is used only one other place in scripture in Joshua 5:15.After Joshua wrote the Israelites across the Jordan to Jericho, he encountered the commander of the army of the lord who said to him, “ remove your sandals from your feet, or the place you are standing on is Holy.

What do you need essences having, and how do they apply to us today? Here’s how to recognize it.

Seven signs you are on Holy Ground:

1. It coincides with a season of Passover and Holy Week Which is next month.

I think it is significant that scripture reveals that Joshua’s encounter coincide with Passover. Did Moses’ as well? If we consider the Garden of Gethsemane A place of Holy Ground… then Jesus’s occurrence was also a Passover.

In the Jewish calendar we are in the month of Nissan, the first month of the new year. Certainly, strategic time. This is a month of new beginnings and we’re firstfruits sets the stage for the entire year. The sacrifice given a first fruits is an offering of ourselves.

Does it mean God only reveals destiny at this time? Not at all. But it does show that there is something special in this window of time in which heaven Invades earth. Be ready.

2. It requires a willingness to look deeper.

When Moses saw the burning bush he didn’t just ask by. Instead he said he said , “ I will now turn and see this great site, why the bush is not burnt.”

His action was the correct response which prompted the Lord’s response.

“ when the Lord saw that he turned to see, god call to him from out of the nest of the bush and said, Moses, Moses“ (Exodus 3:3-4).

It makes you wonder, what if Moses haven’t turned to take a closer look? what if he how determined that he was tired and just wanted to go home? Or if he hadn’t recognized the miracle it was taking place before he died which beckoned to him?

It required a response as Moses chose to go deeper. God always invites us to relationship. It’s all about the journey not just the destination. We must turn to him and look deeper.

3. It was a marker of transition.

Moses and Joshua were in a place of transition during these occurrences. God was inviting them to a new place, a higher place that. God was inviting them to a new place, a higher place that they had not yet envisioned. It was a place of destiny and impartation for them both.

Moses was given a word that he would lead the Israelites out of Egypt. Joshua has just taken over as leader after Moses’s death and was leading the people to the Promised land. It had required that they leave behind who they have been walking to the destiny and purpose that God was revealing. They how do you see themselves in their call and a new way,

They had a decision to make as they stood on Holy Ground as do we.

Do you recognize you have had a Holy Ground moment?

4. It was a place of assignment.

In each case there was an assignment to be given to accomplish a task that was beyond their skill and natural ability. That’s the thing about Holy Ground it is beyond anything we can do in ourselves. It requires a choice and decision. It is no different than the contestants on a game show. “Let’s make a Deal,” as God says, “There are two doors before you, but you can’t really see were either leads…” We Know without a shadow of a doubt one choice will be a fabulous destination, Well the other will be something average or even below average.

The good news is God actually tells us which door to choose. He doesn’t want to trick us. He points the way to the right choice.

Yeah it’s still not easy is it? Abraham was told to go to the place he had never been before. No one was told to build an ark, when it had never rained. Joshua was told that the way to conquer a city where she walk around it once each day for six days and seven times on the seventh day with the worshipers, the Levites leading the way.

Holy ground moments won’t make sense you’re a natural mind

5. It involves a “passing over” we’re passing through.”

To reach another place requires action. We can pray. We can wait. And we can even whine. But eventually we have to move.

During Passover the angel of death “passed over” go to his home had the blood of the Passover lamb brush up on their door posts, so we must pass over or through from one place to the next when we come to a Holy Ground moment.

6. It requires humility.

Moses and Joshua were required to remove your sandals. Shoes were a symbolic significance. The act of taking off a hue in those days were used as a seal to bind an agreement. It was also a place to “undress”or be dispossessed. Bookcases apply for as Moses and Joshua obeyed the instruction to remove your sandals, they showed agreement I said down themselves to the word of destiny and displaced/removed themselves from their past.

They were choosing a new road, when they couldn’t walk successfully on their own.

7. It hinged on worship.

Joshua and the Israelites were instructed to shout a shout of joy and victory. It was a prophetic act done before they saw their victory, )an anticipation of victory) after they walked around the walls of Jericho for seven days. Moses was told after the Israelites were delivered they would return to the mountain and the Lord is the worship. It is a place where we worship before God and build an altar of remembrance afterwards.

Holy Ground moments are rare

They are moments when God pushed back the veil Reveal something about us that we have not yet seen in ourselves. We may experience them only once or twice in our lives. But they are they are. For everyone. That’s moment cannot be explained, understood, or denied. God shows up and we are changed – If we choose.

It requires that we knew before Him to except the path He has revealed, even when it is usually only a piece of the puzzle. It will require enormous faith and trust Along road we have never been before. It will look impossible. And it is without God.

What Are The 5 Basic Beliefs Of Christianity?

So what exactly do Christians believe? That’s a good question. While I could write a 10,000-word essay about Christian beliefs, I’ve decided to break it down into 5 basic core beliefs all Christians hold on to.

Here we go:

  • 1 – God. Christians believe there is only one God. God has existed from the beginning of time. He created and sustains all things, God is omnipotent (all-powerful). Omniscient (all-knowing). God is perfect.
  • 2- The Bible. Christians believe the primary way God has revealed His Word, the Bible God spoke directly to and through people who then wrote and maintained the scriptures it is found in the Bible today. The Bible is the primary means by which a person comes to know God and His character. There are many questions about the trustworthiness of the Bible.
  • 3 – Jesus. Christians believe Jesus is the Son of God. He has existed from the very beginning with God; this He was not created, but the creator of everything. Christians believe Jesus is both fully-God and fully-human. He lived a perfect life during his 33 years on earth and was crucified on a cross to forgive the sins of those who trusted Him.

Christians believe if you say the salvation prayer and believe it with your whole heart, repent and turn away from your sin and follow God you will go to heaven.

Here’s the prayer:

Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and ask for Your forgiveness. I believe You died for my sins and rose from the dead. I turn from my sins and invite You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust and follow You as my Lord and Savior. Amen.

Jesus is the founder of Christianity and the Christian Church. He is the core of worship, focus and teaching.

  • 4 – Sin. It is believed that all people are separated from God through what the Bible refers to as sin. In short, sin is anything that people do that is against God’s good and perfect will. Sin creates the biggest problem in the entire world – the separation of people from their loving and holy God.
  • 5 – Salvation Through Faith In Jesus. God is not okay with the separation that sin caused for each and everyone; therefore He sent Jesus to sacrifice Himself and to take just punishment that we deserve. Christians believe that trusting and accepting Jesus’s free gift of forgiveness is the only way to reconcile the broken relationship with God. The second you believe, trust and commit to following Jesus, all of your sins are forgiven. This is the “good news,’ or Gospel message, that Christians are so thankful for and passionate about.

As followers of Jesus Christians believe that each of these 5 core truths are the foundation of Christianity. Put another way Christains are willing to did on these essential and critical themes found in the Bible.

I hope this had been helpful overview of the 5 basic beliefs of Christianity.

Is Your Gut Speaking To You?

When you feel something in your gut, and no matter how much you convince yourself that it nothing, the feeling just doesn’t so away, these are the signs your intuition is telling to something, this is your intuition speaking up and you need to stop and listen to it.

Listen to your gut. Haven’t we all heard that before. And it’s not for small, easy decisions. It seems like it’s reserved for the big ones… the scary ones… the ones with real consequences.

The issue with this insightful advice is that no one follows up with how exactly to go about listening to your intuition. They just throw it out there like this advice will bring some mind blowing experience. And then your out there wondering what’s next. There’s no instruction manual for listening to your gut. It never tells you “this is your gut speaking.

I’ve gotten this advice more times than I can count. And I think okay, listen to your gut, that’s easy enough right. While finding your intuition. We need to find the root of it in hopes it will give a louder voice so we can recognize it more.

Signs Your Intuition Is Trying To Tell You Something

  • Your Brain Works Against It.

When we are faced with a big decision, one that is scary, the real consequences ones. We need to be logical and level-headed and not make a rash decisions. I know sometimes I can catch myself talking myself into one choice and out of another. Almost as if I’m arguing with myself.

And then thinking about it I asked myself what am I arguing against? Who am I trying to reason with? It’s as if some kind of energy pulls me in one direction. When I became aware that I was pulling myself against my intuition. Thinking it through I realized I was in a debate with myself.

Your intuition is a feeling rather than reasoning and that’s what makes it elusive. It doesn’t answer to pros or cons lists or play the game “what if.” it doesn’t speak the same language as logic or fall to fear. And while all the thinking in the world won’t reach it. Maybe reasoning will reveal it. Maybe our internal arguments are arrows that are aimed at our intuition. Maybe sometimes it is only through fighting our brain that our gut finds a voice.

Never Discredit Your Gut Instinct. You are not paranoid. Your body can pick up on bad vibrations. If something deep inside of you says something isn’t right about a person or situation, trust it.

  • It Is Difficult To Listen To.

Not only Is it hard to hear, but often it’s hard to follow. It doesn’t care about the consequences of others. It’s looking out for one person and only one person –you. It has a view of your life that aims to keep you moving in the right direction.

It doesn’t deal with details, the obstacles you have to step over, the people you have to pass (the ones you bump into), the distractions along the way or even the twists and turns. Those aren’t your guts responsibilities — those are matters of the heart and mind.

We live a world that feeds of reason, I think that’s why it’s so easy to miss (or purposely ignore) out gut. Because the road it leads us down is difficult. It is full of fears that we haven’t faced, thr desires we disregard, and the insecurities we ignore. It’s the road less traveled because it’s easier to stay in the land of logic.

  • No One Understands But You.

In modern society, we are constantly expected to explain ourselves. But, how do you explain the inexplicable? How do you stand up for something that doesn’t sit on solid ground? You can’t because it’s not logical.

It goes deeper than logic you just know that thou know. It’s a silent trust. It doesn’t argue, it just whispers. You are the only one who will ever hear it, the only one who can give it life, the only one who will recognize for what it really is. And only time will reveal the reasons others will understand.

Listening to your intuition comes consequences. Yes, you may be judged. You may be misunderstood. You may be headed down a difficult road. But that doesn’t mean you’ve made a mistake.

Stop Arguing With Yourself And Start Listening To Yourself.

Satan Is Trying To Dividing Us

And he’s doing a pretty good job at it.

The nature of God is love (1 John 4:8). He expects His people to be characterized by love (John 13:34-35). Anything that is not love but it associated with hate is of the devil and not God (1 John 3: 8-15).

The nature ofGod is peace (Philippians 4:6-9). He expects His people to be characterized by peace ( Romans 12:14-21). anything that is not of peace but is associated with discord is of the devil and not of God. (James 3:13-18, Proverbs 6:16-19).

The nature of God is unity (Ephesians 4:4-6). He expects His people to be characterized by unity ( 1 Corinthians 1:10, Philippians 4:2). Anything that is not of unity but it associated with division is of the devil and not of God.

The nature of God is truth (Deuteronomy 32:4). He expects His grace people to be characterized by truth (Ephesians 4:15, 3 John 3-4). Anything that is not of the truth but is associated with lies is of the devil and is not of God (John 8:44).

Whether you are a Republican or a Democrat is not the issue here.

Love, peace, unity and truth does not change.

These four divine qualities ought to help us to put what is happening in our culture into perspective. How much of what we see is of God? How much is of the devil? If we allow the things of this world to come into our,Ives , hijack our morals and values and even direct the affairs of our country , it is certain that the devil is behind it and working to divide us.

Here are three dangerous symptoms to guard against:

1. The devil is trying to divide us when we turn inward with fear instead of outward with faith. If the circumstances around us turn our faith into fear, that is not of God ( 2 Timothy 1:7-12). Though the outward circumstances of Christians in earlier times was dreadful , they still “went everywhere preaching the word” ( Acts 8:4). Does that describe us?

2. The devil is trying to divide us when we engage in accusing each other rather than loving them. It is easy perhaps, to allow a “root of bitterness “ to spring up beteeen each other and cause trouble ( Hebrews 12:14-15). But the very same context that warns us to not “bite and devour one another” also commands us “through love to serve one another “ and to “love your neighbor as yourself “ ( Galatians 5:13-15).

The nature of God is love, peace, unity and truth. He expects those same qualities to characterize His children. May God help us to not allow the devil to divide us…ever.

For any country to prevail it has to have love, peace, unity and truth. Not hate, lies, destruction and fear.

Our Father who is in heaven; hollowed be thy name, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

Reasons Why People Shut Down Emotionally

Have you ever loved anyone that shuts down emotionally?

Loving someone who shuts down, stonewalls you or will not communicate, causes a difficult situation, particularly if you can tell by their lack of engagement that something is going on deep below the surface.

Alternatively, if you have shut down emotionally yourself, you might review some of the following reasons why people close themselves off.

I have in the past closed myself off, to prevent anyone from hurting me. The problem was It prevented anyone from loving me also. Because of my child emotional negative I found it easier to feel nothing rather that everything. It was a hard path, but it was the path I chose for myself for many years.

Here are some reasons why. If you know someone like this or you are like this. See if this rings true for you.

Fear Of Rejection

If you or someone you love has experienced trauma, voicing needs or feeling is a significant risk. Often people managing life after trauma feel vulnerable and expressing their feeling opens them up emotionally to additional pain or rejection.

Sharing feelings in the wake of trauma’s poses communication challenges since people processing complex emotions feel fear of opening the floodgates.

If you have ever experienced trauma, lost someone through death or divorce, you know what I’m talking about your feelings (or admit you have them) can trigger tears, anger, or other expressions that put others off.

After all, when someone has a strong emotional reaction, you might fear saying the wrong thing, or anything at all that will set them off.

Avoidant Attachment Adaptation

People with Attachment injury that lean toward Avoidant reflect their childhood trauma of, “You’re on your own.”

When we learn at an early age that our needs will not be met, or on,y sometimes be met (Ambivalent/Anxious), responding with shutdown is not just habitual, but also safe. If we become lost in the woods, we will go back to what we know as a default, though it may result in perpetual patterns that have never truly worked for us.

They Feel Guilty Or Judged

Both people with Ambivalent and Avoidance Attachment have difficulties with admitting they have needs or expressing them because they might not be met. Internally, this can manifest as a fear of judgement or further abuse, and even express itself in the guilt of having needs at all.

For Ambivalent,y attached people, they might tell you their feelings and then sabotage your res when it is not enough or “just right.”

What To Do When Someone You Love Shuts Down

It’s important to remember that helping loved ones, friends, express themselves effectively takes time – abs a come knowledge about how early attachment wounds impact dairy lives.

Here’s a few tips:

  • Be present and remember that their Avoidance likely has little to do with you.
  • Provide a safe place and remind them that you are available.
  • Keep your promises (they have had enough promises broken. It will on,y cause them to believe your like the others). Be available.
  • Put your judgement in the backseat.
  • Actively listen.
  • Provide abundant reassurance.

There is no universal recipes. seek advice and counsel from someone with Attachment experience to help.

My husband stayed with me for many years, I am sure it was very difficult at times. It ended in a iron strong marriage and we are inseparable now.

Timing Is Everything

Faith is an attitude we adopt between the time God gives us a promise and the moment when it’s for filled. We don’t live with instant gratification of every desire , or are able to instantly solve every painful situation in our lives.

What we can do however, is to search God’s Word for the promises He long for us to have. If we followed the example of Abraham: “Then Abraham waited patiently, and he received what God has promised him.” (Hebrews 6:15).

The timing of God is crucial. We mistakenly assume the moment God reveals His will be everything must happen immediately. Sometimes God gives us a glimpse of what He plans to do in the future. It is critical, however, that we trust Him to carry out His plans in the right timing. The worst thing to do is to take manners into our own hands.”

Henry T. and Richard Blackaby

The Lord doesn’t always answer our prayers immediately, but He can and will give us inner reassurance that He knows our need, feels our pain, and is quietly working in ways we are unable to see.

It’s important for us to remember that God never acts prematurely, and He is never late. God’s timing never leaves things unfinished, and it always produces the maximum effect.