Open Wide Your Mouth

I am the LORD your God... Open wide your mouth and I will fill it. Psalm 81:10

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This is what God wants of us, total dependence - of God to fly down to meet our needs with our mouths open wide so that He can fill them. This is a promise for God that says “I will fill it”  Too often we don't trust Him and our jaws are clinched, and we will not open our mouths because we don't believe that God will put anything good in our mouths if we were to open them, and we won't trust Him.  Or afraid when we open it something else hidden will spill out.  Or we are already too full.  God wants to fill, fill to overflowing with what truly satisfies of all our hunger and thirsts! 
 

This requires a big wide load of trust.  Sometimes I’ve tried swallowing a few things people have shoved down my throat and nearly choked to death.  Lord…Help me trust all of You and Your Word

What a great picture and statement for a musician or person in leadership to imagine and hear.  To open his mouth open wide… for filling but then to proclaim loud, truth, hope, joy, and praise.  Not just your mouth open wide but our arms wide open, pocket books, hearts, thoughts, and lives!

 

May we open wide…

Open wide with a cry
Open wide with a prayer
Open wide with a song of praise
Open wide and wait
Open wide and empty out
Open wide to get the most
Open wide to get the best breath
Open wide to receive His fresh infilling power
Be careful not to open your mouth to the wrong things
 

 “…open your mouth and eat what I give you.” Ezekiel 2:8
 

How about the picture of a little baby bird with its mouth wide open, and the mother bird putting food into it. Baby birds are totally desperate and dependent upon the mother to feed them. Without it they will not survive.  They are crying out and waiting and expecting.
 

 

 

 

 

 

20 things to give up for Lent

Today is Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. Many Christians “give something up” for Lent, but it usually has very little of impact on their life and walk with Christ. The reason is that we usually give stuff up for all the wrong reasons.
With that said, I want to offer up 20 things you might consider giving up this Lent. And these are things to give up not just for Lent, but for the rest of your life.

• Guilt - I am loved by Jesus and He has forgiven my sins. Today is a new day and the past is behind.
• Fear – God is on my side. In him I am more than a conqueror. (see Romans 8)
• The need to please everyone – I can’t please everyone anyways. There is only one I need to strive to please.
• Envy – I am blessed. My value is not found in my possessions, but in my relationship with my Heavenly Father.
• Impatience – God’s timing is the perfect timing.
• Sense of entitlement – The world does not owe me anything. God does not owe me anything. I live in humility and grace.
• Bitterness and Resentment – The only person I am hurting by holding on to these is myself.
• Blame – I am not going to pass the buck. I will take responsibility for my actions.
• Gossip and Negativity – I will put the best construction on everything when it comes to other people. I will also minimize my contact with people who are negative and toxic bringing other people down.
• Comparison – I have my own unique contribution to make and there is no one else like me.
• Fear of failure – You don’t succeed without experiencing failure. Just make sure you fail forward.
• A spirit of poverty – Believe with God that there is always more than enough and never a lack
• Feelings of unworthiness – You are fearfully and wonderfully made by your creator. (see Psalm 139)
• Doubt – Believe God has a plan for you that is beyond anything you could imagine. The future is brighter than you could ever realize.
• Self-pity – God comforts us in our sorrow so that we can comfort others with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
• Retirement – As long as you are still breathing, you are here for a reason. You have a purpose to influence others for Christ. That does not come to an end until the day we die.
• Excuses – A wise man once said, if you need an excuse, any excuse will do.
• Lack of counsel – Wise decisions are rarely made in a vacuum.
• Pride – Blessed are the humble.
• Worry – God is in control and worrying will not help.

God has so much more in store for you. But so many of these things above are holding you back from walking in the full destiny he has laid out for you. Today is a new day.

https://gs4nj.org/20-things-to-give-up-for-lent/