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When Life Slaps You In the Face, God Is Your Strong Tower

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When Life Slaps You In the Face, God Is Your Strong Tower | by Jamie Rohrbaugh | FromHisPresence.comDear friend who has been slapped in the face by life,

I know how you feel.

At various times in my life, I have known what it’s like to hurt so badly you can barely breathe. I know what it’s like to try to keep your mask on while you’re on the elevator so you don’t humiliate yourself, but then you sob uncontrollably as soon as you get to your desk.

I know what it’s like to be unable to sleep, so you go to a different room and lay on the floor and curl up in a ball and wail and keen to the Lord because words will not come.

I know what it’s like for the only thing you feel to be the awareness of pain.

I know the pain of betrayal, the pain of feeling alone, the pain of injustice. I know what it’s like to feel helpless. [Read more…] about When Life Slaps You In the Face, God Is Your Strong Tower

5 Prayers To Increase God’s Glory On Your Prayer Life

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Want to increase God's glory on your prayer life? Pray these 5 prayers! Read this blog post for details. By Jamie Rohrbaugh | FromHisPresence.comDo you struggle with prayer? If so, today’s post is for you. It’s going to give you the keys you need for GOD to turn your prayer life into a supernaturally-anointed flow of power encounters with Him and His glory.

Here’s the backstory:

When I first got saved, I could not pray. I just could not tolerate prayer. I had no appetite for it, no inspiration for it, and no supernatural flow in prayer. Even trying to pray was difficult; it felt like very hard work.

But I wanted to know God better. I was so hungry for Him, and I wanted to be intimate with Him.

  • I wanted to pour out my heart to Him and hear Him talk back to me.
  • I wanted to be His friend and have Him tell me His secrets.
  • I wanted romance and intimacy with the Lord.
  • I wanted to carry weight in Heaven.

I knew prayer was a huge key to that kind of relationship, but I could not pray. So in my desperation and from the desire of my heart, I cried out to the Lord for help. And He answered. (Isn’t it amazing how God helps us in our weakness?) 🙂

God heard my cry. He began to teach me how to pray. Seemingly out of nowhere, I started encountering God in prayer.

As I asked the Lord to teach me to pray, I started having an actual desire to pray. (Shocking, I know.) 😉 So I’d sit down with God, and all of a sudden words would just pour out of my heart to Him. (Usually silently, but God hears silent prayer.) 🙂

And all of a sudden, things worked. Prayer flowed. It was for very short periods at first, but it still started working! I was amazed. [Read more…] about 5 Prayers To Increase God’s Glory On Your Prayer Life

Encouraging Word: You Don’t Think You Deserve Enough

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You Don't Think You Deserve Enough | by Jamie Rohrbaugh | FromHisPresence.comHave you been struggling with financial lack, beloved? If so, I have an encouraging word for you today.

The Lord just woke me up with this word. Here is what He told me to tell you:

“You’ve been struggling with financial lack because your mindset isn’t healed yet. You don’t think you deserve enough.

Don’t worry, though; I am teaching you. My name is Teacher, and I can renew your mind if you cooperate with me.

Precious son, beloved daughter, it is my will for you to govern on the earth. This must happen in order for the Kingdom of Heaven to be manifest in every sphere of society. And in order for you to govern, I need you to submit to My wealth.

I need you to submit to My wealth.

Yes, darling child: My wealth is a work of grace, just like forgiveness of sins is a work of grace. Receive it, knowing you don’t deserve it. Deserving anything was never a part of the equation. Deserving anything has never been a part of the equation.

So submit to my work of grace. Ask, and you shall receive. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and the door shall be opened unto you. For EVERYONE who asks receives, and EVERY CHILD who seeks finds, and every door that is knocked upon shall be opened for my children of grace and love (Matthew 7:7-8).

So where do you want to go? What do you want to do?

The buffet of My grace and love is open to you. Put a demand on My grace. It is this grace that opens My Kingdom of plenty to you.

Take your worthiness out of the equation, precious child. Allow Me to manifest My own government through you. Let Me use you as a vessel for My plenty, to release My goodness and My praise upon the earth.

You are My chosen vessel. In Me, and in Me alone, you live and move and have your being. Allow Me to manifest the fullness of who I am through you … and Who I Am is Plenty. Who I Am is Abundant. Who I Am is Sovereign.

It matters not what you deserve. All that matters is that you are in Me, and I Am in you.”

Does this word resonate with you? Have you been limiting God and thinking that you don’t deserve plenty? If so, let’s renew our minds today, shall we?

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Weeping May Endure For A Night, But Joy Comes In The Morning!

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If you've been weeping, here's an encouraging letter for you. By Jamie Rohrbaugh | FromHisPresence.comDear reader who’s been crying,

I felt like the Lord wanted me to encourage you today. Because…

He saw you, the other day when you were so upset. Last night when you were crying. When you were hurt; when you were angry. He saw you. And He has not forgotten.

He sees the pain in your heart. He sees you right now. And He knows.

He knows what it’s like. He knows what it’s like to feel despised and rejected. He knows what it means to not have a single friend in the world. He knows what is hurting your heart right now.

And He cares.

You see, this thing that is happening to you is not God’s best for you. It’s not His will for you to mourn or grieve or be sad. It’s not His will for you to hurt, physically, emotionally, or mentally. He loves you, and He’s a good Father. He desires only the best for you in all things. [Read more…] about Weeping May Endure For A Night, But Joy Comes In The Morning!

25 Signs You’re Living For Another Age

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25 Signs You're Living For Another Age by Jamie RohrbaughDo you ever feel the drawing of eternity? Do you wonder what you’re hungry for that life on earth doesn’t seem to satisfy … that can only be satisfied by God? If so, you’re not alone, and you’re not strange. You may simply be living for another age.

Jesus lived for another age. He lived for eternity. He didn’t fit in with His peers, but His sacrifice of being “odd” was SO worth it!

If you don’t fit in and feel like you’re yearning for the eternal, check out this list of 25 signs that you’re living for another age … and be encouraged!

Here are 25 signs you’re living for another age:

1. When you’re living for another age, you know that Heaven is your home, and you feel the tug.

2. When you’re living for another age, you feel that you were born out of place and time … and you were. You came from eternity and will return there someday.

3. When you’re living for another age, you carry out your life on earth with single-minded purpose. You cannot be distracted by lesser occupations. Your mandate from Heaven consumes your soul. [Read more…] about 25 Signs You’re Living For Another Age

Finding Refuge Under the Shadow of God’s Wings

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Finding Refuge Under the Shadow of God's Wings by Jamie Rohrbaugh | FromHisPresence.com

Do you feel unsafe, exposed to the world, unprotected, and in need of comfort today? If so, I have an encouraging word for you.

Some time ago, during my quiet time alone with God, the Holy Spirit gave me a mental picture (a vision) of what it looks like to be hidden under the shadow of God’s wings.

This mental picture encouraged me so much. Many times, I have gone back to that picture in my mind and just meditated on it. It’s beautiful, and so I wanted to share this vision with you today. I believe it will encourage you, too, as you pray and ask God to stabilize your emotions.

The vision was based on Psalm 91, verses 1, 2, and 4, which say:

Start-quoteHe who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust'” (Psalm 91:1-2).

and:

Start-quote“He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler” (Psalm 91:4).

The vision was this:

[Read more…] about Finding Refuge Under the Shadow of God’s Wings

Heavenly Directives For YOUR New Season

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Heavenly Directives For YOUR New Season by Jamie Rohrbaugh | FromHisPresence.com

This is post #2 of a 5-post series about the shift in spiritual seasons. To recap, here’s a look at what’s ahead and what we’ve already covered:

This is one of the most impactful subjects about which I’ve ever written. I feel an urgency to get this information to you NOW. So I pray that God will use it to bless you mightily, and also to transform everything in your life that needs to be transformed.

Quick recap:

The spiritual season has changed, and it’s changed for you too. When God changes the seasons, He does so across the entire Body of Christ. This means it’s a new day, pregnant with new opportunity for YOU. You’re part of this thing, and God wants to tell you all about it.

  • He will help you discern the times and seasons in your own life.
  • He will tell you what He wants to do.
  • And Jesus said you DO hear His voice if you are His sheep!

God started teaching me how to discern His timing and receive His downloads for new seasons years ago. And this one thing has changed everything for me:

  • It builds my faith when I see the things God has told me about actually happen.
  • It has given me favor and influence in many areas.
  • It has helped me focus my efforts on God’s plan, so I don’t get sidetracked.
  • It has increased my productivity a gazillionfold.

God will do the same for you as you begin to receive His downloads and directives for your new season too!

And you can have God’s heavenly directives for your new season!

Whenever God has brought me into a new season, He has always given me heavenly directives. Since He’s no respecter of persons, I know He wants to give you heavenly directives for your new season too.

How do you know God will show you His heavenly directives for this new season?

Because He said so in Psalm 32:8, among other places:

Start-quoteI will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;I will guide you with My eye.”

Praying strategically is also practical wisdom, and God promised that He’ll give you abundant wisdom if you’ll just believe Him for it:

Start-quoteIf any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways” (James 1:5-8).

So our loving, generous Father has promised to give you ALL the instruction you need in this new season!

So what’s a heavenly directive?

Well, the way I’m referring to it, a heavenly directive is a specific instruction from God that unveils His strategy for your next season. When God downloads His heavenly directives into you, you can start praying and moving into His strategic plan as He opens doors–and you can start preparing those doors to open. [Read more…] about Heavenly Directives For YOUR New Season

When God Honors You, Don’t Throw It Away

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When-God-Honors-You-Don't-Throw-It-Away-pinA few months ago, I started praying this radical prayer, asking God to honor me. I almost felt uncomfortable praying it, because it seemed like a weird thing to pray. It seemed nearly idolatrous; like I was taking something from God.

But He said in Psalm 91:15 that He wants to honor me, so I asked Him to go ahead and do it. And the weirdest, freakiest things started happening.

And you know how I reacted?

Feeling like this was the “spiritual” and “right” thing to do, I told the Lord:

“Thank You for honoring me. But God, I give it back to You.”

When I said that, for some reason I felt like it grieved the Holy Spirit… but I didn’t know why. On top of that, it seemed like the pipeline of honor that had opened up for me suddenly stopped.

Well, I just found out why recently. [Read more…] about When God Honors You, Don’t Throw It Away

The Sixfold Blessing of the Tithe

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The Sixfold Blessing of the Tithe | by Jamie Rohrbaugh | FromHisPresence.comIf you’ve decided to travel down the path of–and work toward–a financial rebirth, the first thing to do is to break the curses off your finances.

I’m very burdened about three specific curses that can sit on people’s finances, so we’re going to talk about the first one today–and about the sixfold blessing that you get when you break this curse. There’s even a free, printable bookmark down farther in the post, so you can pray for all six blessings every day! 🙂

First, you need to know:

How is a curse broken? When you get rid of its cause.

Proverbs 26:2 says:

Like a flitting sparrow, like a flying swallow, so a curse without cause shall not alight.”

Every curse has a cause. And as soon as we get rid of the cause, slamming the door in the enemy’s face, BOOM! We are free to step into blessing.

The cool thing about today’s subject is that the WAY you get rid of the curse actually carries its own, sixfold blessing with it.

So when you do the thing necessary to break the curse, God automatically promises that He’ll bless you. Neat, huh?

Related: Read my personal testimony about how God walked me down the path of financial rebirth here. [Read more…] about The Sixfold Blessing of the Tithe

Has Hope Deferred Made Your Heart Sick?

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Has Hope Deferred Made Your Heart Sick? Here's how to get your hope back. | by Jamie Rohrbaugh | FromHisPresence.comI couldn’t figure out what was wrong with me. I just wanted to hide.

Nothing was visibly going wrong. Everything seemed okay at work. Everything seemed okay in my friendships. And I wasn’t married yet, so I didn’t have any romantic relationships to worry about.

But I was moping around. Unmotivated, apathetic. I wanted to stay at home and hide all the time. If I had had access to one, I would have loved to have crawled into a cave and not come out.

I wanted to keep the world away. I couldn’t face anybody.

I don’t remember how long this went on. All I remember is how disengaged from life I felt. [Read more…] about Has Hope Deferred Made Your Heart Sick?


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