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Kimberly Fowler
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Posted: 01/04/2017 at 11:16pm
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In meekness and service, honor one another, with well-
being in your hearts as unto the Lord. Give service,
not as eye-pleasers (expecting compliments), give as
unto the Lord, for the Lord will repay those gifts
(made/given) unto Him. Give whole-heartedly fearing
nothing,just as God holds nothing back giving in
return.
"Give and it shall be given you... pressed down... and
RUNNING OVER shall men give unto your bosom." (I heard
"running over' emphasized.)
RUNNING over. My Word does not qualify how it shall be
performed unto you, only that I will give without
measure if you give with your heart. I will pour out
(of my bosom, my bounty) without measure, flowing over
into your lap, into your life.
With the same "measure" you use, I repay. You give
with your heart, I give with my all, my heart. YOU
measure, I do not. I refill your cup to overflowing;
you lift it (up), I refill it. (You lift it unto me.)
With the same measure you use, I use.
Give wholeheartedly, without asking for a "refund". I
will see that it is returned to you.
Love without measure.
Give unto me and I will give unto you without measure.
Scriptures
Luke 6:38
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure,
pressed down, shaken together and running over, will
be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use,
it will be measured to you."
Proverbs 19:17
One who is gracious to a poor man lends to the LORD,
And He will repay him for his good deed.
Psalm 23:5
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
My own thoughts on this Word because it is first and
foremost a word for me but may be a word for others as
well. God emphasized "running over" and brought two
scriptures to mind of "running over": the one in Luke
of pressed down and running over and also in Psalms of
the cup running over. In both instances, God gave so
much that the vessel could not contain it but spilled
over with the abundance given. And the understanding
was that God desired to give without measure but the
vessel itself limited God in what He was able to give
because the vessel could only contain so much and no
more. So He longs to give without measure but we
"limit" God in the sense that He can only fill what we
offer to Him. If it is a little vessel, that is all He
is able to fill, if it is a big vessel, He will fill
it as well, So the "measure" is the vessel or whatever
is offered and ends up being the measurement of how He
fills or "repays", not because He is limiting us or
withholding from us, but because we have put limits on
Him or constraints on Him by the "measure" we use. In
either case, the picture is still of the "overflowing"
vessel, showing God's intentions to keep on filling
and His generous Spirit of "more than enough". His
desire is to keep filling and filling, a God without
measure if we could only contain it.
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Rose Cowen
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Posted: 01/09/2017 at 12:25pm
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Kimberly it does my heart good to see you on here again...I saw golden color...honey covering your page.....I pray for that honey to be the sweet presence of our Lord and Savior....healing all mind ...body and soul.....let it flow Lord running over ...your presence in Kimberly's life.....thank you Jesus
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Kimberly Fowler
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Posted: 01/12/2017 at 7:15pm
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Precious, precious Rose...I felt the Holy Spirit
praying through your prayer. There is hope and joy
returning which is evidence of inner healing as well.
The misery of the illness and constant tiredness was
taking a toll on both hope and joy, yet I kept
claiming the scripture, "I will see the goodness of
the Lord in the land of the living". God is now
emphasizing His generous Spirit and His goodness to me
in words of encouragement through His Spirit. It was
an incredibly tough year and God is doing an inner
healing as well as an outer healing. I think I told
you that I injured my hand recently as well and could
barely use it for a while. And God had compared the
situation to what I had gone through the past year
that just as my hand could not hardly bear any weight
due to its injured state, that my soul had taken on
injury during this past hellish year with all the
constant physical and spiritual battle and was in a
weakened state. And while I still have to keep my hand
bandaged to keep it protected and stabilized, the
strength is returning to my hand just as the strength
and joy are returning to my soul. I recently saw in
the spirit a pen and knew God was going to have me
start writing again to others, but it may not be a lot
right away because there are still so many questions
on the events of the past year. There are some
questions we may never have the answers to while on
earth, but the battle was intense and I can feel I am
still in a recovery state from the intensity of it. So
as God is encouraging me as I recover, I am hoping the
encouragement will be encouragement to others as well.
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Margaret Jacob
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Posted: 01/13/2017 at 4:27pm
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Kimberly,
Every time I try to write this response it disappears just as I finish it. Here goes one more time.
I can relate to you totally. The past year and a half I have been left alone so often that I am afraid at times to leave home. Seeing people is hard for me. My oldest daughter takes me to Costco to get groceries every other week. She sticks real close to me so I don't panic. I have been having heart fibrilations often and one eye loses sight in the entire upper half. The Lord reassures me that He will never leave me or forsake me so I am often rushing into His presence. We can pray for each other. You come to my mind so often and I look forward to the day when we can meet. HUGS, HUGS, HUGS! MAGGIE
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Kimberly Fowler
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Posted: 01/13/2017 at 10:19pm
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Oh, I SO enjoyed hearing from you! Your name would
come up often this past year too. It seemed to help
redirect my mind off of my own misery at times when I
would pray for others. And I kept thinking of the
verse that God healed Job when he prayed for his
friends. This was different circumstances, but God was
really opening up some understanding of the book of
Job, but God also would remind me of the END of the
book of Job where God multiplied back to Job all that
Satan had stolen through the trial.
It is SO good to hear from you; my heart got so happy
when I read your post. Sorry to hear of your trial,
but just so thrilled to hear from you!
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Margaret Jacob
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Posted: 01/14/2017 at 9:42am
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Oh THE JOY THAT FILLS MY SOUL! WHAT A GIFT I HAVE BEEN GIVEN VIA YOUR FRIENDSHIP! Lately I have been thinking more and more of what awaits us in Eternity. Truly heaven awaits the BRIDE.
I just stumbled onto a poem in Rebecca Springer's book on heaven that I would like to share with you.
Many friends that traveled with me
Reached Heaven's portal long ago;
One by one they left me battling
With the dark and crafty foe,
They are watching at the portal,
They are waiting at the door;
Waiting only for my coming -
The beloved ones gone before.
BUT FOR NOW WE HAVE A MISSION TO ACCOMPLISH AND THAT WE WILL AS WE CLING TO OTHERS IN THE BODY OF CHRIST! MAGGIE
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Kimberly Fowler
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Posted: 01/14/2017 at 10:34am
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Lovely!
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