Here are a few highlights of the message:

— You cannot love God’s way with Him.  God’s love is beyond human ability.  God’s love is not human love.

— Forgiveness frees you!  When you are done wrong and you then choose to carry bitterness and unforgiveness in your heart concerning the wrong done, then you are allowing yourself to be wronged twice.  You are wrong by the other person and you are wronging yourself, by carrying the weight, bitterness and pain of the situation.  

— God’s love can free you from the pain of your past, and then empower you to love others; even those who did you wrong!

—  True love enables true forgiveness.

Please watch the message and enjoy.

Until next time,

Stay inspired,

Isabella

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We are still dealing with the 20 Characteristics of God’s Love found in 1 Corinthians 13.  

Today we will talk about the fact that “Love does not insist on it’s own way.”

(1Co 13:5 AMP)  It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God’s love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong].

Here are a few highlights from the message:

— We are called to represent Christ in this world.

— When we fail to operate in love, we misrepresent the God we serve.

— Relationships require compromise on both sides.

— A relationship where one side does not compromise is more like domination or manipulation.

— Love and selfishness don’t mix.

— Seek God’s way over your own way!

— Seek to BE a blessing.

Get inspired to love like Jesus does, because as Jesus is, so are we in this world.

Get inspired to live as the person God called you to be.

Get inspired to BE LOVE in this world.

Until next week….

Stay Inspired!

Isabella

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In December Rick and I traveled to the Dominican Republic with our family.  We were able to provide toys for all 150 of the children our ministry provides an education for.  We are committed to these children and we were thankful to be able to meet many of their parents.  They expressed their thanks for our ministry.  Many of the parents cannot pay for an education.  RIPMinistries provides them an education free-of-charge.  We also provide hot meals every school day and lots of support throughout the year.

In January we were able to provide groceries for 80 families in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.  This is an area where tourists from all over the world visit to vacation. However, many of the locals live in extreme poverty.  We provided each of the 80 families a bag of groceries with 15 products, simply as a token of God’s love.

A special thanks to our financial partners and supporters for helping us to share God’s love around the world.  If would like to make a tax-deductible donation (tax deducitble in the United States), you can do so by visiting: http://ripministries.org/donate.

Please watch the video.  It’s only a few minutes long and I believe it will be a blessing to you.

Get Inspired to share God’s love with the world.  

Get Inspired to believe God for a year of Supernatural Manifestation.

Get Inspired to believe God to make 2017 the best year of your life!  

Until next week….

Stay Inspired!

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We are still dealing with the 20 Characteristics of God’s Love found in 1 Corinthians 13.  

We have learnt so far how the LOVE of God allows us to:

• Endure Long
• Be Patient

• Be Kind

• is NOT envious

• is not boastful (brag)

• And is not proud or arrogant

Today we will talk about the fact that: Love Is NOT Rude.

(1 Cor 13:5)

It (Love) is not rude; it is not self-seeking, it is not provoked [nor overly sensitive and easily angered]; it does not take into account a wrong endured.

Rude means to be discourteous, of coarse manners; unpolished, to act in an offensive manner, lacking refinement, culture or elegance.

Our society is becoming more and more tolerant for rudeness. People being rude are glorified by the media and those around us.  It seems like Rudeness is displayed everywhere.  But God commands us to operate in love towards those who are RUDE towards us.  

To shine as God’s light and love in this world, we must NOT be rude to others.

I like the way my husband explains this.  He said, “Love is not rude.  It doesn’t fly off the handle.  Love doesn’t seek to offend, but rather to reconcile.  Love doesn’t seek to cause offense, but rather to share with others while operating in harmony.  Love seeks to meet needs without causing problems.”

Get inspired to draw others towards God, not drive them away with your rude attitude.

Get inspired to meet the needs of others, but to do so in such a way as to avoid offense.

Get inspired to love others, even when they are rude to you.  Let them see the LOVE of God in you!

Remember, Love is PATIENT, Love is KIND, Love ENDURES LONG, Love is NOT ENVIOUS, love does not brag, is not proud, is not arrogant and Love is not RUDE.

Until next week….

Stay Inspired!

Isabella

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We are still dealing with the 20 Characteristics of God’s Love found in 1 Corinthians 13.  

We have learnt so far how the LOVE of God allows us to:

Endure Long

Be Patient

Be Kind

And NOT be envious

Today we will learn that Love Is NOT Boastful, Proud, or Arrogant.

Here are some of the things I cover in the message:

The Bible says, “Love endures with patience and serenity, love is kind and thoughtful, and is not jealous or envious; love does not brag and is not proud or arrogant.”  (1 Cor 13:4)

To be boastful is to speak of one’s self with excessive pride; having an excessively high opinion of oneself.  

To operate in pride is to think more highly of yourself than you ought to think; possessing a high or unreasonable conceit of one’s own excellence.

Pride is a weapon of our enemy.  As a matter of fact, it is one of his three major weapons.  

Satan’s “big three” weapons are (1 John 2:16):

1) The lust of the flesh,

2) the lust of the eyes, and

3) the pride of life.

To be arrogant means you have an attitude of superiority; you are “full of yourself”; this is an extreme form of pride.

A believer has no need to be…

• Boastful in one’s own abilities…
• Proud of anything pertaining to the flesh… or
• Arrogant in any way.

*** When you love God and you rest in His love for you, your focus is on God, His ability, His power and His strength.

Get inspired to stop esteeming yourself above others because love does not brag and is not proud or arrogant.

Rest in God’s love and know that He will exalt you in due season.

Get inspired to  LOVE even when you are not noticed or recognized by anyone else.  

Rest in the fact that God sees you when no one else does and He will open doors for you that no man can close!

Remember, Love is PATIENT, Love is KIND, Love ENDURES LONG, Love is NOT ENVIOUS and love does not brag, is not proud, and is not arrogant.

Until next week….

Stay Inspired!

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• Love Endures Long
• Love is Patient

• Love is Kind

Today we will cover the 4th: “Love Is NOT Envious”

According to the Webster’s dictionary…

Envy means: a painful awareness of another’s possessions or advantages and a desire to have them too.

Some Synonyms to the word ENVY are:

• Covetousness
• Enviousness
• green-eyed monster
• Jealousy
• Resentment

Some Antonyms — (opposite in meaning words) are:

• Benevolence
• Goodwill
• Kindness
• sympathy

You get the picture.

If I made two columns with these words

Column 1 — Synonyms to Envy

Column 2 — Antonyms to Envy

Then I asked you to stand under a column, where would you stand?

I pray we can all stand under the column with the antonym words to the word Envy.  

But if you can’t, then hopefully by the end of this message, you will be INSPIRED to walk love, free of Envy.

Here are a few highlights from the message:

— Envy is rooted in fear and there is no fear in love (1 Jn 4:18)

— Where you find envy you will also find disorder and every evil practice (Jas 3:16)

— Envy rots the bones; eating away at you from the inside out (Prov 14:30)

— There is no need to compare yourself to anyone else (2 Cor 10:12)

— God made you unique, rest in your own divine identity!

*** Envy is like ignoring God’s grace on your life, while at the same time, resenting God’s grace on the life of someone else.

Get inspired to stop comparing yourself to anyone else.

Get inspired to sow seeds of LOVE and not ENVY.

Remember, Love is PATIENT, Love is KIND, Love ENDURES LONG and Love is definitely NOT ENVIOUS!

Until next week….

Stay Inspired!

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Here are some of the highlights from the message:

— Patience is a fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22).

— God’s Love comes as a result of God’s Spirit in us.

— If we love God we will keep His commandments (1 John 5:3).

— We live in a world full of impatience.

— We must learn to be patient with God and with others.

— You prove your love for a God you cannot see by loving those you can see!

— God gives us His love SO WE CAN GIVE IT AWAY!

Some scriptures on patience:

(Romans 12:12)  Be patient in tribulation

(2 Corinthians 1:6)  Patiently endure during sufferings

(2 Timothy 2:24)  Patiently endure evil

(2 Timothy 4:2)  Reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience

(Hebrews 6:12)  Be Imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises

(Psalm 37:7)  Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him

Get Inspired to be patient with others, just like God is patient with you!

Get Inspired receive and release God’s love to others!

Get Inspired to allow patience to have her perfect work in you!

Until next week….

Stay Inspired!

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See, Love is NOT something God has or something God does.  LOVE IS WHO GOD IS!

This is why there is so much in the Bible about Love.  Because God IS LOVE!

I believe I will be teaching on God’s Love from now until the end of the year.

What we will do for the next few messages is look at 1st Corinthians Chapter 13.

I am going to read for you verses 4-8 from the Amplified Bible:

“Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily. It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God’s love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong]. It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail. Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening]. Love never fails [never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end]. As for prophecy (the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose), it will be fulfilled and pass away; as for tongues, they will be destroyed and cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away [it will lose its value and be superseded by truth].”

There are actually 20 characteristics of God’s Love in those 5 verses.

They are:

1: Love Endures Long

2: Love is Patient

3: Love is Kind

4: Love is not Envious

5: Love is not Boastful or Vainglorious

7: Love is not conceited

8: Love is not rude

9: Love does not act unbecomingly

10: Love does not insist on its own way

11: Love is not self-seeking

12: Love is not touchy or fretful or resentful

13: Love takes no account of the evil done to it

14: Love does not rejoice at injustice

15: Love rejoices when right and truth prevail

16: Love bears up under anything and everything

17: Love is ever ready to believe the best

18: Love’s hopes are fadeless under all circumstances

19: Love endures everything [without weakening]

20: Love never fails

We will look at all 20 of these in the weeks to come.  For today, I will only cover the first:

Love Endures Long

Simply put, love does not give up easily.

When you truly love someone you are able to look beyond faults, flaws, and failures and love still them.  

In this message I look at the story of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-31).  

I believe the message is going to be a blessing to you.

Get Inspired to allow the love of God to help you get past the disappointments and mistakes caused by others.

Get Inspired to walk in love so you will not hold grudges, nor focus on the bad that was done to you.  

Get Inspired to be QUICK to forgive and to move forward so you don’t live in the past!

God’s LOVE ENDURES LONG!

God’s LOVE IS IN YOU!

So Get Inspired to ENDURE LONG with those in your life!  

Until next week….
Stay Inspired!

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In our last message I talked about the fact that ‘Love covers a multitude of sins.’  

Today I will continue to teach on this.

1 Peter 4:8 (NIV)  Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

Like I said before, the Apostle Peter teaches us the following:

1)  Humans are flawed (ourselves included).

2)  What makes it difficult to love others is: their faults, flaws and sins.

3)  The love of God can empower us to LOVE others in spite of their faults and failures.  Because this is what God does for us.

Here are a few highlights from this week’s message:

— We are all going through changes and we all are seeking to grow, so we have to love each other through the changes and through the growth.

— We need to cover each other’s weaknesses with our love.

— Love allows us to look past the sins of others.

— When you are dealing with person who is Born-Again, you are dealing with a person who is forgiven before God.

— Jesus already forgave them of their sin.

— When the Father looks at them, He sees them forgiven, washed and clean.

— He then expects us to deal with them the way HE SEES THEM!

— Just like God forgave us, He expects us to forgive… and forgive… and forgive!

In closing,

Get inspired to do as God commands and love others the way He loves you!

Get inspired to spend time praying for others and covering them in love!

Get inspired to do what you are called to do: LOVE in spite of!

Until next time, stay in spited.

God Bless,

Isabella

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Here are a few highlights from the message:

— God is the ultimate Father!

— God Loves us unconditionally!

— Nothing can separate you from God’s Love! (Romans 8:38,39)

— God is in the restoration business.  He can restore broken relationships.

— God is NOT a man (Num 23:19).  He does not love the way men do.  His love is supernatural.

— Our God is a GOOD GOOD FATHER!  You are loved by Him.

— Let’s celebrate Father’s today!

In closing,

— Get Inspired to accept and walk in the role that God has given you as a Father.

— Get Inspired, to become the Father God called you to be.

— Get Inspired to enjoy your children every day of your life.

— Get inspired to inspire another Father to accept his role as a Father, and be that mentor he may need.

*** Happy Father’s day!

May our Heavenly Father BLESS YOU RICHLY TODAY!

Enjoy your day

Until next time, stay inspired.

God Bless,

Isabella

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