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Gretchen Mure Rodriguez

Day 5 - Deal with the Hindrances!

All I knew at the onset of this journey, was that Holy Spirit was leading me to a deeper walk with the Lord, which meant revealing those things that hinder me from greater intimacy with Him. The dictionary says hinder means: to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede I bet you are just like me--ready to deal with everything that is an interruption of your intimacy with the Lord.


The Lord spoke SO clearly to me EXACTLY what is hindering me from deeper encounters. When we ask Him to speak regarding these things, He will. Sometimes He speaks through His Word, His Spirit within us, through others and even through articles, videos, blogs, ...you name it! 


Tonight I listened to an AMAZING teaching from Kobus van Rensburg. He taught on the conscience and its affect on our prayers getting answered, greater miracles, etc. If you would like the link, just ask! SO GOOD! I am besides myself with thankfulness to Holy Spirit for speaking to me. I honor Him as a wonderful Teacher, Helper, and Friend! 


I will leave you with something my Spiritual Mom, Elsabe Briers recently wrote on her blog. (I shortened it a bit.) 
Her website is: http://agapelifeministriesinc.com/



"The purpose of the glory is not only to be blessed and having ecstatic experiences, which can easily puff up, but to be transformed until we have the image and character of Christ! His essence is Love and until we can truly love our neighbor as our self, we have missed the mark.
Any attitude, mindset, emotion, opinion, etc. contrary to the Word, is not of Him and must receive the death penalty in my core-self so that the glory of His life can shine through us.
The purpose of our encounters with the Living Word, is to KNOW Him and to be transformed into His likeness ...so that Christ can be seen and heard through our living His Love.
Hallelujah!!!

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