Lisa Oliver’s heart and home are always full. She has been married to Greg Oliver for 23 years. Together they have two sons, Brad who is 21 and Blake who is 14. Lisa has served many as a mentor and coach. Being a part of the pastoral team of New Song Christian Fellowship for the past 17 years has given her an opportunity to pour into the next generation. Lisa has also helped to launch a new ministry to single moms called Family of Hope. You can contact Lisa at loliver@new-song.com.
“Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God’s Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don’t know how or what to pray, it doesn’t matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. That’s why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good” Romans 8:26-28 The Message Bible.
Have you ever been tired of waiting.
Did you know that God is the One who is helping you and I along. When you don’t know what to pray or what to say, turn to Him, he knows. He will pray through you giving you the words. He knows you better than you know yourself. He is the One that puts plans in your life and then accomplishes them for God.
Really, there is no condemnation, there is no accusation when you walk by God’s Word, His will, and His way. You can trust Him completely. He cares about every detail of your life and He will bring good in your life. So trust Him to work all things together for good.
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“Every time you cross my mind, I break out in exclamations of thanks to God. Each exclamation is a trigger to prayer. I find myself praying for you with a glad heart. I am so pleased that you have continued on in this with us, believing and proclaiming God’s Message, from the day you heard it right up to the present. There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this great work in you would keep at it and bring it to a flourishing finish on the very day Christ Jesus appears” Philippians 1:3-6 The Message Bible.
Do you every wonder if you will be able to finish what has been begun in you?
I have good news for you today. Jesus is both the author and the finisher of your faith. You and I can be confident in the Goodness of God. You don’t have to have even a single doubt in your mind. God is the One who began a good work in you. He is the One who will complete it.
I know that when God spoke to Wayne and I about adopting our sons, we knew that it was a risk. Our oldest son was already 12 years old when we adopted him and his brother was 8. They had lived a long time in the orphanage and had experienced many painful things. Wayne and I needed to put our confidence in God Himself who had called us to adopt. He is the One who is working in our sons life and drawing them to Himself. He has a plan for each of their lives and He is the one who will fulfill His plan…
Put your hope in God’s finishing power. He is the One who is able to great things through His overcoming power.
“Make this your common practice: Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you can live together whole and healed. The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with. Elijah, for instance, human just like us, prayed hard that it wouldn’t rain, and it didn’t—not a drop for three and a half years. Then he prayed that it would rain, and it did. The showers came and everything started growing again” James 5:16-17 The Message Bible.
Do you ever feel the pressure to be perfect?
One thing that will protect you from perfectionism is to live by James 5:16 and 17. You and I are encouraged to confess our faults, slips, false steps, offenses and sins to one another. As we confess our sins openly, we are healed and restored. As you and I are honest before God and one another, our heartfelt prayers will be heard by God. He will use the prayers of a righteous man or woman today to be like Elijah in the Old Testament. Even though Elijah was a human being with all the feelings, affections and the constitution of you and I, he prayed in earnest for it not to rain and it didn’t. Then when he did ask for rain, he saw the cloud the size of a man’s hand and He believed that God had answered his prayer.
Don’t try to walk into the promises of God in your own strength. Learn the power of humble heartfelt prayer and confession before God and one another. He will cause you to prayer prayers of power over your homes, families and nations of the earth.
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“No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it” 1 Corinthians 10:13 New King James Version.
Have you ever felt like there was no way for you to overcome a trial in your life.
The truth of God’s word is that God Himself makes a way when there is no way. 1 Corinthians 10:13 promises that no temptation or trial to sin, no matter where it comes from, is able to overtake you. It is not beyond your human resistance. You are able to bear everything that is in front of you. God is the faithful One. He is faithful to His Word and to His compassionate nature. You can trust Him to not let you be tempted beyond your ability to endure and overcome. He is kind and gracious and He will make a way of escape for you when there seems to be no way. He will help you be capable, strong, and powerful that you are able to overcome patiently.
So if you are facing a difficult trial – just look at your circumstance and say “there is a way to breakthrough!” Then stand in your faith believing that He who promised you is faithful!
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” Philippians 4:13 New King James Version.
Do you find yourself tired, weary and in need of strength?
Not only is God able to strengthen you, He empowers you in His strength. He makes you ready for anything and equal to anything because He is the One who infuses you with an inner strength that comes directly from Him. You are able to be sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency.
So if you are feeling a bit insufficient in yourself, that’s good. You don’t want to be self-reliant or you will fail miserably. But if in your own lack you place your bold confidence in God He becomes all you need! All anxiety, doubt, and even weariness flees as you clothe yourself with God’s strength. His strength is sufficient for each new day!
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Lisa Oliver has a heart and home that are always full. She has been married to Greg Oliver for 23 years. Together they have two sons, Brad who is 21 and Blake who is 14. Lisa has served many as a mentor and coach. Being a part of the pastoral team of New Song Christian Fellowship for the past 17 years has given her an opportunity to pour into the next generation. Lisa has also helped to launch a new ministry to single moms called Family of Hope. You can contact Lisa at loliver@new-song.com.
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“Surely, God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid, The LORD, is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation” Isaiah 12:2.
Are you ever in situations that you find yourself fearful or worried.
Fear is a debilitating emotion. Fear will not only zap your strength it will cause a negative perspective that will keep you from truly trusting in God.
Would you rather meditate on your difficult situation OR to meditate on the greatness of your salvation? Trusting in God will put a song in your heart. Have you ever noticed if you begin to sing that sorrow flees away. My grandma Beaula was about 4 ft 11 inches tall and not quite that wide. She raised 9 children in the midst of the poverty of the Great depression. But one of the things that her children remember about her is how she would sing when she worked. She seemed to sing even louder when it was a dreary rainy day.
Today, change your focus. Meditate on the greatness of God. Make the Lord Jesus Christ your strength and your song.
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“But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint” Isaiah 40:31.
Have you every felt so weary you didn’t know how you were going to get through your day?
I was talking to a mom with two children who is pregnant with her third that is sooo tired…. She had forgotton how tired she felt when she was pregnant. I remember being so tired when I was pregnant that I turned the shower on then laid down on the floor to rest because I was too tired to crawl in the shower.
Isaiah 40:31 says “But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” Isaiah is talking about more than just being physically tired, he is talking about a weariness that comes on us when we are going through tough things. He also gives us a key to renewed strength: Hope… And not just any type of hope — but hope anchored in the Lord. This type of God-hope will so renew your strength that you can soar like an eagle and accomplish all that God has called you to.
Today, If you are weary, put your hope in God and soar in His strength.
“This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Administer true justice;show mercy and compassion to one another” Zechariah 7:9 NIV.
Whenever you have more than one child you will have your children wanting the same thing… Some time it is a toy that they are fighting over… Sometimes it is your time and attention that they want.
I remember each time we added a child, things got more intense. When Hannah was born, Rachel was 4 and Angela was 2. One day at lunch time all three of them were crying for me. I remember this overwhelming feeling that they literally outnumbered me and I did not even have enough hands to take care of all their needs at the same time.
Zechariah 7:9 is being spoken to the people of Israel on a national level, but you are able to apply the principles of this Scripture in the daily life of your home. With your children, administer justice, and show mercy and compassion to them. Teach them to not only love justice but to embrace mercy.
You have a powerful opportunity as a mom or dad to impact the next generation with the truth of God’s word.
Lisa Oliver Interview by Sue Detweiler