NYCU Newsletter 9

8/13/2019 NYCU Newsletter 9

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"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am surethat neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor

powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us fromthe love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:37-39

"To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved."Ephesians 1:6

We can all remember the notes we passed to our friends when we were younger. Up until about the fourthgrade, boys and girls didn't want to have anything to do with each other. But in the fifth or sixth grade, things

started to change and everyone began to write little notes, saying "I like you. Do you like me? Circle: Yes, No,Maybe." People were in their own little way looking for "love" (puppy love), but really deep down looking for

acceptance from someone they liked. While typing this I can't help but laugh because I can remember

writing myself a note and pretending like it was from someone, because no one ever wrote me a note!lol!"Raven, I like you. Do you like me? Circle: Yes, No, Maybe." I had all of my little classmates in elementary

school wondering who in the world sent Raven that!! (I was something else! All I can say now is. "Girlfriend,

have several seats!") But as I thought about this, I realized that we have the best note that's ever been

written.God wrote us a note called the Bible, and init He said, "Yes, I like you." He went a step furtherand wrote, "Yes, you are loved. Yes, you are forgiven. Yes,you are a child of God and a joint heir withChrist. Yes, you're my friend. Yes, I am for you. Yes, I am your Heavenly Father. Yes, you are fearfully

and wonderfully made. Yes, you are royalty....because YOU are a child of the King!"

Now we can approach the throne of God with confidence! Why?

Because Jesus said, "Yes, you're free from sin. Yes, you're freefrom guilt. Yes, you're free from hurt. Yes, you're free fromany abuse that's ever been done to you!" You can live free

because where the spirit of the Lord is there is freedom and it

was for freedom that Christ set you free!

Jesus Christ is the "yes" written in our hearts. God has sent us a

great love note. And He said in this love note, "I will never leave

you or forsake you (Heb. 13:5). I love you with an everlastinglove (Jeremiah 31:3). And guess what friend, these two

scriptures are just a piece of His love note to us!

Friend, know that you don't have to walk through life alone. God

has accepted you. It doesn't matter where you are-----you could be

by yourself in the middle of the desert, but you are not alone!Today, just remember this: Jesus is "Yes!" Yes, He loves you. Yes,He cares about you. If you start feeling hurt or rejected, remember

that Jesus is with you. He hasn't forgotten or forsaken you, and Henever will! He's putting His arm around you and saying, "Come on,let's go. I have already overcome the world! Take heart and rest in

my love! I have a divine plan for you that is rooted in Myfaithfulness, guaranteed by My eternal Word and undergirded by

all of the riches of My glory!"

Be encouraged and remember that Jesus circled "yes" when Hedied on the cross and rose again conquering death, hell, and the

grave! YOU ARE LOVED!!


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"I could tune my ear to a bitter sonor choose hopes melody.

I could curse the ground that Imstanding on or pray for dancing fee

I could shout at Heaven when rainpours down, pounding hard onme

Or I could cup my hands and drinkof You, whatever this life brings.

You are good. You are good.Though I may notunderstand.

You are good. You are good.I GIVE THANKS RIGHT WHERE I

AM"

'Right Where I Am' byShannon Wexelberg

Are you thankful? No....really....are you? As I

shared last month, this season is all about mebeing content. Well, being thankful is a directly

associated with it. John Piper once said, "God is

most glorified in us when we are most satisfiedin Him."This quote has truly resonated in my spiritin this season. No matter where I am in life, God is

most glorified in me, when I amsatisfied......content, happy, fulfilled, andTHANKFUL! Acts 17:28 says, "For in Him we live,

and move, and have our being...." We are in Christand He lives, abides, and takes up residenceinside of us. He is our life, our strength, our

source, our identity, our portion.....our

EVERYTHING! When we are mostsatisfied.....most content, happy, fulfilled, andTHANKFUL in Christ.....HE is most glorified and

many of you like me, want above all else for God to

get the glory from your life. All throughout the Bible

we readabout being thankful. I have found in thisseason that the more thankful I am the lessstressed, worried, and anxious I am.As I've saidbefore, you can't praise and thank God while

simultaneously whining and complaining.Being

thankful makes you more aware of God's presence.

Being thankful keeps you on course and enablesyou to stay spiritually aligned with God!

"In the middle of everything that isgoing on

on around you, give thanks no matter what thecircumstances may be"(1 Thessalonians 5:18,AMP).

I'm learning to give thanks no matter what! Sometimeswe major in the lives of others. We can tell their wholelife story, how God did this for them and that for them

Some of us have a PhD when it comes to their lives, buare barely passing the 10th grade when it comes to ourown. We are so busy watering other people's seed that

we forget to tend to our own. Yes, be happy for othersand celebrate the great things that God is doing forthem, but also thank God for what He has done, is

doing, and will do in your life. It's time we start realizing

how blessed we are and to Whom we belong. We areGod's and He has great plans for all of us. We muslearn to be thankful, content, satisfied, and happy

right where God has us in this season. Earlier this

month God challenged me with something and if you

are led to, I want you to walk this out with me. God saidto me to buy a small notebook and entitle it, "The Bookof Gratitude."

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Give me all of you!!! I dont want so much of your time, so much of yourtalents and money, and so much of your work. I want YOU!!! ALL OF

YOU!! I have not come to torment or frustrate the natural man or woman,

but to KILL IT! No half measures will do. I dont want to only prune a

branch here and a branch there; rather I want the whole tree out! Hand itover to me, the whole outfit, all of your desires, all of your wants andwishes and dreams. Turn them ALL over to me, give yourself to me and I

will make of you a new selfin my image. Give me yourselfand in

exchange I will give you Myself. My will, shall become your will. My heart,shall become your heart. C.S. Lewis

"Dont let anyone think less of you because youare young. Be an example to all believers in what

you say, in the way you live, in your love, your

faith, and your purity." 1 Timothy 4:12 NLT

Matthew 26:7-13 and Mark 14:3 has been in my spiritfor months. So let's dig in. In the days Jesus was onearth, when a young woman reached the age of

availability for marriage, her family would purchase

an alabaster box for her and fill it with preciousointment. The size of the box and the value of theointment would parallel her familys wealth. This

alabaster box would be part of her dowry. When ayoung man came to ask for her hand in marriage,

she would respond by taking the alabaster box and

breaking it at his feet. Thisgesture of anointing hisfeet showed him honor.

The woman with the alabaster box is seen in the

Word many different times. When I was a little girl,Cece Winan's song "Alabaster Box," was always onrepeat, but when I got to college Ibought ShanaWilson's Cd and heard "Alabaster Box," written byJulie Meyer and it has been onrepeat eversince.

A couple of months ago I was led to these scripturesand as I said before it has stayed in my spirit ever

since. Every time I hear this song two questions arise

in my spirit:

1. What is in your alabaster box?2. Have you broke it at Jesus' feet/given it all toHim?

In Matthew 26:7 we meet "a woman."

"A woman came to him with an alabaster jar of

very expensive perfume, which she poured on hishead as he was reclining at the table."

Notice she has no name, no "status", no reputation,no posse.....nothing...but an alabaster box. Unlikewhat this alabaster box was typically used for, there

was no mention of a man.....but she had Jesus. This

woman came and poured the ointment that wassupposed to be for a future husband onto Jesus'head. Friend, what's in your alabaster box?I have

so many dreams and desires, some of which I havenever shared with anyone. Just like thiswoman, Ihave placed all that I am and all that Ihave intomy


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alabaster box. Every dream, every

desire, EVERYTHING.....is in thisspecial box of mine. As believers,our alabaster box is not directly

proportional to our naturalfamily's wealth, but it is to our

spiritual family's wealth. We are

children of the most high God. Weare King's kids. We are royalty.We are heirs of God and joint heirs

with Christ. 1 John 4:17 says, "As

He is, so are we in this world."Another translation says that weare like Jesus. The Word also tells

us that we are worth more thanmany sparrows (Matthew 10:29-

31). This alabaster box and the oilwithin it, has a worth that no mancan estimate! It's NOT CHEAP!Verse 8-9 reminds me so much of

when I first got saved at the age of

13 and also when I went off tocollege.

"When the disciples saw this,

they were indignant. Why this

waste? they asked.This

perfume could have been soldat a high price and the money

given to the poor.

When I gave my life over to the

Lord I was determined to live forHim. My standard has been, is,and will always be the Word of

God. I made a decision that I

would do what the Word says,whether I felt like it or not. I neverwanted to be a hypocrite. I was

either going to be saved, in this

world and not of it....or I was notgoing to be. No, I'm notsuperhuman.....lol.....I amsupernatural though(Check out

The Superwoman vs. TheSupernatural Woman).Sure, Ihave emotions and feelings, but if

you areborn again, you know thatas you maturein the Lord you

you learn not to allow your feelings

and emotions to lead you, youlearn to be led by the Holy Spiritinstead!

Many people thought that I was

too extreme. They thought that Iwas "wasting" my youth. "It don'ttake all that," was a statement thatmany people made to me. There

were times I felt discouraged.

There were times I wanted to giveup. BUT I would always rememberone of my favorite verses which

says, " Dont let anyone think

less of you because you areyoung. Be an example to all

believers in what you say, in the

way you live, in your love, yourfaith, and your purity" (1

Timothy 4:12). This woman was

determined to not just worship with

her mouth, but also with her life."Worship is born in our hearts,not on our lips. It's a life-style,

not only a segment of a churchservice."It isn't just singing

loud, it's living loud for ourgreat God!

She didn't care what everyonethought about her sacrifice. She

didn't care who was or wasn'twilling to give there all to Jesus.All she cared about was

worshiping, loving, and servingJesus. It wasn't about a list of dos

and dont's. It wasn't about being

seen or applauded by people. Itwas about a relationship. Arelationship that said, "God, I give

you all of my heart. I give you

full custody, not just weekendvisits. I am nothing without you.

I give all that I am to You.I

surrender." Because of herdecision to live a poured out life,God was not only glorified, but we

see that what she did would

inspire many foryears to come.

"Aware of this, Jesus said to

them, Why are you bothering

this woman? She has done abeautiful thing to me. Truly I tell

you, wherever this gospel ispreached throughout the world,

what she has done will also betold, in memory of her."

I don't know who this is for, but it'stime that you surrender your all to

Jesus. "How do you know if you

have broken your alabaster box atthe feet of Jesus? Such a decision

will be reflected in recklessabandonmentto the Lordship of

Jesus Christ.

reckless /r-kl!s/ adj: marked bylack of proper caution: utterlyunconcerned about the

consequences of some action.

abandon /!-bn-d!n/ n: to give(oneself) over unrestrainedly.

reckless abandon /r-kl!s !-bn-d!n/: to give oneself

unrestrainedly to the cause ofJesus and the promotion of His

kingdom without concern fordanger and theconsequencesof that action.

Because of your recklessabandonment to Christ, your

attitude will reflect Marysresponse to the angel when she,

as a single woman, was given a

difficult assignment. Mary said, Ibelong to the Lord, body andsoul...be it unto me according to

YourWord!

(Lk. 1:38) [JakieKendall]. Take your alabaster box,with your desires and dreams, and

entrust them to Jesus.

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Have plenty of courage.

God is stronger thanthe devil.

We are on the winningside.

"While we look not atthe things which are

seen, but at the thingswhich are not seen; for

the things which are

seen are TEMPORAL;but the things which

are not seen areETERNAL."

2 Corinthians 4:18

Recently, I had a very discouraging

moment. I felt like completely givingup. After a few days of "self pity"(might as well be real) I remembered

2 Timothy 1:6-7 which says,

"Therefore I remind you to stir up

the gift of God which is in youthrough the laying on of my hands.For God has not given us a spirit offear, but of power and of love and

of a sound mind."

This is why it is important friend, tobuild yourself up on your most holy

faith....not only when trouble comes,

but before it does. That way, whentrouble comes fear, doubt, nor

unbelief will come out of your

mouth.....ONLY FAITH, THE WORD,and WHAT GOD HAS ALREADY

SPOKEN TO YOUR HEART WILL

COME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH!

As you face the future, situations andcircumstances in life may appear

overwhelming. But that's only in thenatural. If you will open your spiritual

eyes, you will clearly see that Godand all of Heaven are on your side!I've written about 2 Kings 6 before,

but during my discouraging momentGod led me to 2 Kings 6 again. In this

chapter we read that Elisha's servantGehazi went outside one morning andsaw the entire city surrounded by the

Syrianarmy. Gehazi focused on whatwas going on in the natural, and he

began to panic. He had a fleshly or

natural outlook. But there is anotheroutlook: the spiritual or supernaturaloutlook.....the outlook that we as

blood bought believers are called to

have.

The outlook you have will determine

whether you are operating in a spiritof fear or a spirit of power. The

natural outlook will cause you to

operate in a spirit offear. But thesupernatural outlook will causeyou to operate in a spirit of

POWER!

We must look through EYES

OF FAITH......NO MATTERWHAT IS GOING ON AROUNDUS! I know, it is a lot easier said

then done.....but it is what we as

believers are called to do.....which

means IT IS POSSIBLE!

Friend, if you continue to look atyour situation in the natural, you

will undoubtedly yield to the spirit

of fear. That can cause feelings ofpanic, unworthiness, inadequacy,despair, or depression to control

and influence you. But when you

look at your situation in thesupernatural, you will yield to the

spirit of power, the spirit of love,

and the spirit of a sound mind!The Word tells us that what is

seen is TEMPORARY.....it's the

things you can't see that are

often the most important. Thethings you can't see----theeternal things of the Spirit are

permanent. Looking only at theseen will defeat you, but

looking at the unseen will bringyou victory and cause you tosay about your situation what

God says about it.

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