Out of Solitude - Passion!: A Heart Captivated by God
By Joy A. Payne
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You may be asking, How do I keep my devotional times fresh? My response is to have your heart captivated by God.
The devotional pieces in this book are born out of quiet times with the Lord, spanning an eighteen year period. Some are based on ruminating over portions of Scripture. Others are sparked by thinking about Gods Person, and His attributes. As I wait, speaking to God and enjoying His Presence, there is a divine exchange. God captivates my heart and reveals Himself in such a way, that love for Him and sheer passion erupt and flow from my heart!
This passion keeps my times with God fiery and has helped to transform my life through the years. Walking with God has been refreshing, dynamic, full of joy and passion.
My prayer is that each devotional piece in this book will help to remove veils or hindrances, causing you to see God in a fresh way. As you sit with your Bible and this book, I want you to be drawn into a glorious encounter with the One Who loves you extravagantly. He will captivate your heart, filling it with unbridled love and passion!
So, out of your quiet times let passion for God flow!
Joy A. Payne
Joy A Payne is a sought after conference speaker, preacher and teacher. She exhorts people to live passionate, whole and fulfilling lives. Founder of Hearts Ablaze Ministry, Joy is a powerful prayer warrior, directing the ministry of intercession at a large multi-racial church. She collaborates with churches, domestically and internationally, offering training and support in the areas of intercession, inner healing and liberation. Her qualifications and diverse experience include high school teacher and Certified Public Accountant. Joy also worked in the financial industry for 26 years, garnering tremendous leadership and organizational skills, now being released into the many encountering her life and ministry. She resides with her husband in New Jersey, USA.
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Out of Solitude - Passion! - Joy A. Payne
Out Of Solitude-Passion!
A Heart Captivated By God
JOY A. PAYNE
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Out of Solitude - Passion!
A Heart Captivated By God
Copyright © 2012 by Joy A. Payne.
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Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
AUTHOR’S PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
RUMINATING ON: PS 16:5-6
YOU GAVE YOURSELF AWAY…
RUMINATING ON: PS 16:8
GOD, I DESIRE A LIFESTYLE OF
PASSIONATE PRAISE!
RUMINATING ON: PS 36:7-9
LET YOUR FIRE FALL
RUMINATING ON: Deut 8:3b
WORK IN ME
An Avid Seeker
Evermore
RUMINATING ON: Ps 111:10
You Love Me
The Well Within
RUMINATING ON: PS 84:10
RUMINATING ON: PS 25:12-15
THE ROCK
RUMINATING ON: PS 24
RUMINATING ON: PS 16:11
RUMINATING ON: Acts 4:29-31
I WILL NEVER STOP PRAISING GOD
RUMINATING ON: PS 8:3-5
RUMINATING ON: PS 62:1-2
RUMINATING ON: PS 16:5
MY SUBSTITUTE
YOUR LOVINGKINDNESS
WITH EVERY BREATH
I SING PRAISES TO YOU, LORD
YOU GAVE YOUR ALL
INSEPARABLE
THE COST OF LOVE
GOD’S HANDIWORK
ABBA
TAKE ALL OF ME
IT IS A BRAND NEW DAY
WHAT A FELLOWSHIP
THE OVERFLOW
HIGHER GROUND
THE NAME OF JESUS
SO MUCH MORE
AN AMAZING PLAN
CHOSEN
LIVING IN YOUR EMBRACE
YOUR TOUCH ON MY LIFE
IN THIS WORLD, BUT NOT OF THIS WORLD
EMPTIED
CLEAN HEART, RIGHT SPIRIT
LOVE THROUGH ME
WRENCHED FROM SIN
SET ME ABLAZE
A FULL CUP
GLEAMING FOR GOD
CHISEL AWAY!
LIVING THE ETERNAL LIFE
SITTING AT YOUR FEET
MY INHERITANCE
HIS WORKMANSHIP
SET FREE TO WORSHIP
NO GREATER LOVE
WHAT A MODEL!
YOUR GRACE AND MERCY
THE CRY OF MY HEART
A WHOLE NEW LIFE
MERCY SEAT OF MY HEART
WOUNDED FOR ME
MY LIFE BELONGS TO YOU
YOU TOUCHED ME
THE LOVE OF GOD
SET APART FOR YOU
USE ME LORD
THE JOY OF THE LORD
HEAVEN
BECAUSE OF YOU
RESTING IN YOU
ONE BODY
ABIDING ON THE VINE
GOD’s WORD
THE PATH OF LIFE
LOVESICK
KNOWING YOU
A GRAIN OF WHEAT
CAST IT ALL UPON HIM
MY HAND IN YOURS
FATHER’S CHILD
THE HIDING PLACE
LIKE A WEANED CHILD
RUMINATING ON: PS 61
Lead Me, Lord
RUMINATING ON: PS 25:12
ENJOYING HIM
HIS MOUTHPIECE
HERE I AM
BREAD OF LIFE
REST, SWEET REST
RUMINATING ON: PS 8:3-4
TO BE LIKE YOU
TRUSTING YOU
YOUR THIRSTY VESSEL
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
To my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ: Thank You for such an opportunity to share You and Your wonderful love with others. You have allowed so many people into my life who have impacted it in inimitable ways. Special thanks to my husband, Tylsley, who is always so loving, considerate and supportive. I thank Pastor Kenneth Ware and the late Pastor Carlo Boekstaaf, my spiritual fathers, for teaching me respectively, how to be a spiritual warrior and how to love God without restraints. Thank you to the Presbytery at Christ Church, in New Jersey and the Brooklyn Tabernacle Church in New York. Many thanks to the intercessory bodies at these two local assemblies: the Prayer Band and the Upper Room Community (URC). To the women at the Hearts of Fire and the Hearts Ablaze Ministries, you have all played such instrumental roles in God’s equipping and enabling me to write this book. Thank you!
I am so grateful to all the editors: Celeste Frazer, Lynda Hynes, Jacqueline R Corbett-Delaney, and my husband, Tylsley. Many others had to listen to my endless
readings, as I sought critical feedback. Thanks for your ear Angelica Jaramillo, Cecilia Adelabu, Donna Demas, Edrice Madden, Ethel Price, Judi Harrigan, Kim Braxton, Kimberly Morrison, Londye Dorleus, Marie Lawson, Nadeen Brown, Patricia Morenzie, Karyn Williams, Sandra Dyer, and Suzan Greaves.
Finally, to all who have supported me in prayer through the years: Janet Morris, Marie Lawson and all those intercessors who do not back down,
thanks for being such spiritual warriors!!!
Writing this book has been sheer joy! Thank you all for contributing!
AUTHOR’S PREFACE
You may be asking, How do I keep my devotional times fresh?
My response is to have a heart that is captivated by God. The devotional pieces in this book are born out of quiet times with the Lord, spanning an eighteen year period. Some are based on ruminating or mulling over portions of Scripture. Others are sparked by thinking about God’s Person, His character and attributes, writing my thoughts and then allowing God to use them to speak to me. As I wait in God’s Presence, speaking to Him and simply gazing upon Him in enjoyment, a divine exchange occurs. God captivates my heart and reveals Himself in such a way, that love for Him and sheer passion erupt and flow from my heart!
This passion has kept my times with God fiery and has helped to transform my life through the years. Walking with God, whether sitting at His feet in solitude or in the midst of a crowd, has been refreshing, dynamic, full of joy and passion. Meditating upon Christ, our Crucified Savior, and doing so with a fiery heart displaces the dead things in our lives, propelling us into living the newness of life
that is available to all who are redeemed!
My prayer is that each devotional piece in this book will help to remove veils or hindrances, causing you to see
God in a fresh way. As you sit with your Bible and this book, I want you to be ushered into God’s Presence, into a place of intimacy where God captivates your heart, allowing unbridled love for Him and intense passion to flow out!
So, out of your quiet times, out of times of solitude, let passion for God flow!
INTRODUCTION
God’s Love Letter to His Children
Arise and Reign
My precious ones, I told you that the sin of one man, Adam, caused death to rule over many. But my wonderful grace and gift of righteousness are greater, as all who receive it will live in triumph over sin and death, through My Son, Jesus Christ (Romans 5:17).
My gift of righteousness, that is, My salvation, makes it possible for each one of you to triumph over all that Satan was able to accomplish because of the door Adam’s sin opened. Now, I desire you to live triumphantly. My beloved ones, triumphant living is not just getting by, barely hanging on. I want you to reign victoriously, each day. This is why you need the ongoing revelation of Who I am and who you really are, children of the Living God, co-heirs with Christ.
My cherished ones, positionally, you are blessed and seated in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus. You need to see yourself in that position: in Christ, above all thrones and dominions, whether visible or invisible. You really can do all things, in Christ Jesus! I want you to picture yourselves in this privileged position. Blessed in heavenly places
means that you can rise above disappointments, pain, hurts, betrayals, fear, discouragement and offenses. Although you may be in the midst of a raging battle, you are to look with eyes of faith. You are seated way above all these things that try to pull you down. This is Satan at work, using strategy after strategy, in his attempt to destroy you. But Jesus, your Substitute, wants you to know what He has made available to you, through His death and glorious resurrection. Beloved ones, Jesus was not crucified so that you can simply come to heaven. My