REFORMERS CREED by Dutch Sheets

This is taken from Dutch Sheets and entitled "Reformer's Creed". 

"You are a reforming generation.

You are here because God has marked you.

You are here because you want to be a difference maker.

There is something in your DNA that can't accept status quo, business as usual, things as they are.

You will never fit into the box marked "NORMAL".

Deep in your heart you know you are called to change things, to rock the boat.

You love God... but hate religion.

When you taste Him, it only makes you hungry for more; you have God cravings.

You refuse to let the world around you shape or define you.

When you dream.. it's about the impossible.

When you see pain.. you know you are called to heal it.

When you see adversity.. you don't fear it because you measure it against your God.

You are dangerous to evil, to Satan, because your life is not your own (to live is Christ, to die is gain).

You wonder why you are so strange... so different.

When others want to party... you want to pray.

When others laugh... you weep.

When others dance... you mourn.

You will never fit in the typical societal niche, because you are a reformer.

You don't live for fame. You would never lower your goal to be rich and famous.

You are an Abraham, a Joshua, an Esther, a David, a Wilberforce, a Lincoln, a Lou Engle.

Bullets don't scare you... mediocrity scares you.

Indifference scares you.

Losing your life doesn't scare you... wasting it does!

You have already died so you are free."

"You can't be a reformer if you're afraid to be different. If you're afraid to rock the boat, you can't be a reformer. You can't MAKE a difference if you're afraid to BE different!" - Dutch

SCRIPTURES ON ENCOURAGEMENT

COMFORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT BIBLE VERSES:

 Deuteronomy 31:8 It is the LORD who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.” 

 Psalm 9:9 The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you. 

 Psalm 23:4  Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me;  your rod and your staff,  they comfort me. 

 Psalm 55:22  Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved. 

 Matthew 11:28-29 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

 

PEACE SCRIPTURE QUOTES FOR ENCOURAGEMENT:

 John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. 

 John 16:33 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” 

 Romans 8:6 For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

 Philippians 4:6-7 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

 Colossians 3:15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.

 

ENCOURAGEMENT THROUGH GOD'S PROMISES:

The Promise of Eternal Life

 John 6:47 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life.

 

God’s Faithful

 Deuteronomy 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations

 

God promises To Guide Us

 Psalm 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.

 

ALL SCRIPTURE IS INSPIRED FROM GOD:

The Bible Is The True Word Of God

 2 Timothy 3:16-17  All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.

 

God Hears Our Prayers

 1 John 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.

CHRISTIAN ENCOURAGEMENT QUOTES:

 God will not be absent when His people are on trial; he will stand in court as their advocate, to plead on their behalf.  –Charles Haddon Spurgeon

 You are valuable because you exist. Not because of what you do or what you have done, but simply because you are. –Max Lucado

 Be assured, if you walk with Him and look to Him, and expect help from Him, He will never fail you. –George Mueller

 The stars may fall, but God’s promises will stand and be fulfilled. –J. I. Packer

Build Up YOUR Faith

Sometimes in this world we can lose sight of the prize, the reason, the purpose, the goal...we get tired.  For those dry days, we need the WORD (Jesus), the SPIRIT and TESTIMONY to build us up in OUR most holy faith!  (We overcome by the BLOOD of the Lamb and the word of OUR testimony.) That's what happens here!

 Post your PRAISE report and miracles here to remind others (and yourself) that God is for us and with us!  My prayer is that you will share here the GOOD things of the Lord to help us all remember how GOOD our GOD is.  The cares of life can suck life from our very soul but hearing others SHOUT UNTO GOD will spark the flame of hope in each of us listening and hopefully cause others to "lift up their eyes"!

 We are not alone...we have the SPIRIT to comfort, teach, guide, strengthen, encourage...until He comes back!

John 14: 15-31 (ESV)

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

 15 "If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper,[f] to be with you forever, 17even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

 18"I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19 Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. 21 Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him."22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, "Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?" 23Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. 24Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.

 25"These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. 26But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. 28 You heard me say to you, 'I am going away, and I will come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. 29And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe. 30I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me, 31but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.