Collossians 2:6-7 (Message) "My counsel for you is simple and straight forward: just go ahead with what you've been given. You received Christ Jesus, the Master; now live Him. You're deeply rooted in Him. You're well constructed upon Him. You know your way around the faith. Now do what you've been taught. School's out: quit studing the subject and start living it! And let your living spill over into Thanksgiving."
You have been shown the way. You have come to the Father through salvation by the blood of His son, Jesus. The Father has forgiven your sins, as far as He is concerned, they no longer exist. He has shown mercy, grace and His unconditional love to you. Then He has taken you as a child, feeding you His Word so much at a time so you could begin to learn His words, keeping them in your heart, putting the message to work in your life. Growing in faith. You have been trained by the Master. You have grown in God's wisdom and in knowledge of His ways. You have not been trained to sit around storing up all the knowledge to keep it to yourself.
Why do you think you have been gently held by the Father, slowly but surely taught His ways? God has plans for you, for all of us. It is time to use the knowledge He has given you. Time to present yourself as a child of God, capable and willing to do the work of the Father.
Time is growing short, the fields are ripe for harvest. This new year will see God's glory begin to fall from the Heavens and spread across the earth He made so long ago, just for this time. You have been born, groomed by the Father to fit into His plans for this time, this new year.
You are to be a witness to the unsaved, an encouragement to the downtrodden, and to teach the Hope to all nations, Jesus Christ, our Savior.
Taught to worship the Father, you are to be a leader of praise in the churches, showing the way to the heart of God through worship, singing songs of love and honor to the Almighty. Let others see how the Lord inhabits your worship. Make them jealous of your relationship with God until they are crying out to the Lord with all their hearts, all their love, crying to Him for His attention. It will become what they want more than anything else in the world, the same relationship with the Father that you have, longing for His touch. When this happens, you will have taught them well, the Father will be pleased with His child.
So what are you waiting for? You have all the essential elements for your mission. You have your waist girded with truth, a breastplate of righteousness, your feet are shod with the preparation of gospel of peace, you have the shield of faith, you have the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, God's Word. You are ready!
Go forth, share God's love with everyone, show the gladness and joy of your heart on your face so everyone can see that you are a dwelling place of the Lord. The Father has taught you well and it is time for Him to reap the harvest He has put in you as you go into the fields to harvest souls for Him.
This is God's time, this new year. He chooses you, His child, for His mission field. You know your stuff, it is imbedded on your heart. Go out now, this is the year of the Lord.
My Father, in all humility, I declare your message to my brothers and sisters. I take the message also unto myself, as You have taught me as well. I will declare Your love and mercy to all, taking Your message to the fields. I worship You Father, in spirit and truth. You are my everything, all my love and adoration belongs to only You, this 31st day of December, very last day of 2010.
Friday, December 31, 2010
Thursday, December 30, 2010
MY PRAYER FOR THE NEW YEAR 2011
Psalms 42:8 "The Lord will command His loving kindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be with me, a prayer to the God of my life."
Father, I would like to thank You first for all You have done for me this past year. So much has happened, I lost BeBe in January, I lost Danny in September, he was just in the middle of his life, his new life, but You, my Lord, in Your wisdom took him home. I can only trust You my God. And You comforted me in that also. You gave me Your wisdom, Your strength, blessings, so many blessings, and yes, my precious Lord, Your wonderful, never failing love. Thank You for all You have given me, Your servant. I only can thank You with all my heart, and offer my worship, my never-ending worship and love to You. But tonight, my Father, I want to offer up a prayer to You for my new year coming, 2011. Tomorrow night it is here.
Heavenly Father,
As this year ends, and a new year begins, I pray You will be merciful to Your beloved child. I ask Lord, that You give me Your forgiveness when I fail in my human form to please You. I will never do it willingly, my God, as I do not want to ever do anything that grieves Your Holy Spirit, but because I am human and not perfected in You yet, I know there will be times I fail. Forgive me, Father, and when it happens, restore me to You with Your understanding and love.
I want to ask Your love and healing hands on my family, Lord. My personal family as well as my loving church family. There are so many physical needs Father, and I ask healing for each one that needs. Father, I ask your guidance and protection over them as well. For the young ones, I ask that You would keep them unto Yourself, as a Shepherd with His sheep, not letting them stray for the enemy would snare them. I trust them all to Your care Father.
For my friends, both old and new ones, Lord, pour out Your blessings on them. Protect their health, heal their bodies, and put joy in their hearts. I ask peace to abide with them always. Lord, Your peace.
Father, for my FB family. The wonderful, God fearing and loving friends that You gave to me through that media. Lord, it is such a blessing to know Your children who love You and worship You as I do. Father, I ask blessings on each of them in Your name. Give them good health and riches from Your kingdom, Lord.
Father for those in ministry, I ask Your plan for them to be revealed early in the year so they may continue the year in Your work, bringing glory to You and increasing the number of the Kingdom in Your Name. For Your ministry leaders, Father, I ask Your protection from the enemy, as he would seek to destroy them in his deeds, to bring about a scattering of the sheep. Father, I ask that this enemy be identified in their midst and be trampled down by Your Word. Be mericiful to Your ministers, Lord, as they are humans trying their best, giving to You their all. Restore them daily, Father, to Your Glory.
For my work Lord. Let my actions, the words of my mouth, everything I do at work, be unto You for Your glory. Let no one ever doubt to Whom I belong. Let me be kind and considerate, keep my heart and mind pure, let no judgment enter into my mind or heart, as but for Your grace, their I go.
For the leaders of my country Lord. I pray You will convict all hearts that do not recognize Your authority over them. I ask that You pour out on them a knowledge of You so that they can never doubt Your Kingdom that over shadows anything here on earth. Father, put a love in them for the people of this country. Let them be reminded constantly for whom they are put there to serve. And Father, I ask protection over them from the enemy. I ask that You be their Light, their Guide.
For those in the military, Lord, I ask Your protection over them as they fight for freedom in countries so far from their homes, but in securing freedom there, they protect the freedom of our own country. Father, be with their families and sustain them each day. Let these soldiers return home safely. For those that you call home, Lord, I ask comfort and mercy for their families. Your love to comfort them.
For myself, Lord, I ask little. You bless me so much, I am so content. I ask thought Father, that You guide me and lead me. I know You have more for me Father. If it is to go where You lead, I will go. I will wait until You show me Your plan, Your direction. And then I will go. My God, You know what it is I truly desire of You. I want Your presence with me, day and night. I want to reach out and feel You near. I want my heart kept pure, for Your dwelling place to be within me. I want my mind renewed in You daily, so no thoughts of anything but You are there. I thank You for my health and ask that You protect my body from anything the enemy would try to put on me. I give You complete control over my mind, my body, my spirit is Yours Father. My soul rests in You. Just more of You each day, Father, is my prayer for myself. More of You, less of me.
Blessed Father, this is my prayer for the new year. If I have forgotten anything, please forgive me. You know me so well, that I will add it tomorrow night, or as I feel the Spirits leading me to pray. One more day, Lord, in a few hours the old year will be gone. The new year, alive with all the dreams and possibilities You place there for me, it is exciting, waiting with eagerness as to what You will do with me. I am clay in Your hands, Father, waiting to be molded into what You want me to be in You.
I worship You and love You with all my heart. You are all I desire, this day, this night, this old year and all I will ever desire in the new year. All my devotion is yours, this 30th day of December, 2010.
Father, I would like to thank You first for all You have done for me this past year. So much has happened, I lost BeBe in January, I lost Danny in September, he was just in the middle of his life, his new life, but You, my Lord, in Your wisdom took him home. I can only trust You my God. And You comforted me in that also. You gave me Your wisdom, Your strength, blessings, so many blessings, and yes, my precious Lord, Your wonderful, never failing love. Thank You for all You have given me, Your servant. I only can thank You with all my heart, and offer my worship, my never-ending worship and love to You. But tonight, my Father, I want to offer up a prayer to You for my new year coming, 2011. Tomorrow night it is here.
Heavenly Father,
As this year ends, and a new year begins, I pray You will be merciful to Your beloved child. I ask Lord, that You give me Your forgiveness when I fail in my human form to please You. I will never do it willingly, my God, as I do not want to ever do anything that grieves Your Holy Spirit, but because I am human and not perfected in You yet, I know there will be times I fail. Forgive me, Father, and when it happens, restore me to You with Your understanding and love.
I want to ask Your love and healing hands on my family, Lord. My personal family as well as my loving church family. There are so many physical needs Father, and I ask healing for each one that needs. Father, I ask your guidance and protection over them as well. For the young ones, I ask that You would keep them unto Yourself, as a Shepherd with His sheep, not letting them stray for the enemy would snare them. I trust them all to Your care Father.
For my friends, both old and new ones, Lord, pour out Your blessings on them. Protect their health, heal their bodies, and put joy in their hearts. I ask peace to abide with them always. Lord, Your peace.
Father, for my FB family. The wonderful, God fearing and loving friends that You gave to me through that media. Lord, it is such a blessing to know Your children who love You and worship You as I do. Father, I ask blessings on each of them in Your name. Give them good health and riches from Your kingdom, Lord.
Father for those in ministry, I ask Your plan for them to be revealed early in the year so they may continue the year in Your work, bringing glory to You and increasing the number of the Kingdom in Your Name. For Your ministry leaders, Father, I ask Your protection from the enemy, as he would seek to destroy them in his deeds, to bring about a scattering of the sheep. Father, I ask that this enemy be identified in their midst and be trampled down by Your Word. Be mericiful to Your ministers, Lord, as they are humans trying their best, giving to You their all. Restore them daily, Father, to Your Glory.
For my work Lord. Let my actions, the words of my mouth, everything I do at work, be unto You for Your glory. Let no one ever doubt to Whom I belong. Let me be kind and considerate, keep my heart and mind pure, let no judgment enter into my mind or heart, as but for Your grace, their I go.
For the leaders of my country Lord. I pray You will convict all hearts that do not recognize Your authority over them. I ask that You pour out on them a knowledge of You so that they can never doubt Your Kingdom that over shadows anything here on earth. Father, put a love in them for the people of this country. Let them be reminded constantly for whom they are put there to serve. And Father, I ask protection over them from the enemy. I ask that You be their Light, their Guide.
For those in the military, Lord, I ask Your protection over them as they fight for freedom in countries so far from their homes, but in securing freedom there, they protect the freedom of our own country. Father, be with their families and sustain them each day. Let these soldiers return home safely. For those that you call home, Lord, I ask comfort and mercy for their families. Your love to comfort them.
For myself, Lord, I ask little. You bless me so much, I am so content. I ask thought Father, that You guide me and lead me. I know You have more for me Father. If it is to go where You lead, I will go. I will wait until You show me Your plan, Your direction. And then I will go. My God, You know what it is I truly desire of You. I want Your presence with me, day and night. I want to reach out and feel You near. I want my heart kept pure, for Your dwelling place to be within me. I want my mind renewed in You daily, so no thoughts of anything but You are there. I thank You for my health and ask that You protect my body from anything the enemy would try to put on me. I give You complete control over my mind, my body, my spirit is Yours Father. My soul rests in You. Just more of You each day, Father, is my prayer for myself. More of You, less of me.
Blessed Father, this is my prayer for the new year. If I have forgotten anything, please forgive me. You know me so well, that I will add it tomorrow night, or as I feel the Spirits leading me to pray. One more day, Lord, in a few hours the old year will be gone. The new year, alive with all the dreams and possibilities You place there for me, it is exciting, waiting with eagerness as to what You will do with me. I am clay in Your hands, Father, waiting to be molded into what You want me to be in You.
I worship You and love You with all my heart. You are all I desire, this day, this night, this old year and all I will ever desire in the new year. All my devotion is yours, this 30th day of December, 2010.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
TIME IS IN HIS HANDS
Rev. 1:3 "Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy and keep those things which are written for the time is near."
A post today on Facebook, about how fast time was passing. 2010 almost over, two more days left, another year gone. We feel the same when our birthdays come...and go. Where does the time go. It truly seems to go faster each year. Each week is nothing but days bleeding into the next week. Gone, another week gone. The Lord spoke to me about time.
We can hardly remember what we did the day or week before, it went so quickly. All we know is that here we are, a week later. Days are so crowded with so many things, we go from one busy day to another.
Do we see what is happening here? Are we forgetting some important things we need to do each day, forgetting someone, forgetting to do what is most important?
Schedules filled with so many extra things on them, when was the last time you had time to sit with your family at the dinner table? Someone working late, or there is ball games, study groups, etc., your family going so many different ways. What about family Bible reading, or praying together. How about just plain old family night, sitting around together, playing games, visiting with each other, loving on each other. The busier we become, the less time we have for our family. Busy schedules are a tool of the enemy. You lose sight of the importance of family togetherness when the enemy can keep you so busy. You find yourselves making excuses as to why you have to skip that family night this week, next week it will be easier to let it go. The Lord made time for us. A simpler life style can be had.
So often days are filled with multiple activities because family members do not know what to say to one another. They try to hide their feelings, and it is made easy, if you don't spend time together. Parents lose sight of their children, and the children fail to know and understand their parents. It is up the the parent to lead the way to time discipline. You only have to look up.
If you are losing time with your family, you can be sure you are not spending any time with the Lord. You are losing precious insight and guidance from the One who made time exist for you. The day should begin with seeking the Lord. Begin with worshiping His Holy Name, letting Him know how much you are blessed by His presence in your life. Give Him thanks for the blessings He has provided you and your family. You think you are not blessed? Well, if you have a roof over your head and your family went to bed last night with full stomachs, you are blessed. So thank Him. He is so worthy of your thanks, He makes sure you had the things you needed. And if you are reading this on your computer, you know exactly what I am saying here. Spend time with God. Ask for His guidance on how to manage your time. He will show you what the important things in your life are. I can guarantee you it is not the hour at the gym before coming home from work, or the dropping in at the mall for just a minute. He will show you how important it is to be home to share a meal with your family, share time talking about their day and sharing yours.
Time is in God's hands. He was at the beginning and He will be at the end. He wants to deliver you from the bondage that satan has put on your time. Your job is important to your livlihood, but are you working all those long hours because you have to, or just that you want more money. No amount of money will make up for the time lost with your family, or with God. It is just money. Your family, God, this is a matter of life or death. Your relationship with your family will become of little importance to them as it will be to you, and when you realize it is gone, it will be so hard to recover. Your lack of relationship with God will become spiritual death to you. It can be recovered also, but only if you notice it is gone. How busy can you be?
Time is in God's hands. A time to be born, a time to live and a time to die. The days are passing so quickly, He will be returning soon. He is coming for His Bride, made spotless by the blood of the Lamb. A Bride that waits eagerly for the Lord's return, that puts His returning above everything else. A Bride that spends her time now in an intimate relationship with the Lord, giving Him the devotion, the love, and the time to keep that relationship important. What is important to the Lord is important to the Bride.
Put your time in God's hands. Ask the Lord for His wisdom, His guidance, His time. He will show you how to manage your day where the time in it, although passing quickly, can be used for the important things in life. Your God, your family, yourself. Time is in His hands, not yours. God's time. He makes it for you, make it for Him.
My Father, I have given the message as You asked. I would have much preferred to worship and adore you on these pages but You are my Lord. I promised to do as You asked. But I do want to praise You for the time You spend with me. Your Holy Presence is my desire and I love you with all my being. I want to spend all my time with You, loving You, worshiping You. I give you my everything, as You are my everything, this 29th day of December, 2010.
A post today on Facebook, about how fast time was passing. 2010 almost over, two more days left, another year gone. We feel the same when our birthdays come...and go. Where does the time go. It truly seems to go faster each year. Each week is nothing but days bleeding into the next week. Gone, another week gone. The Lord spoke to me about time.
We can hardly remember what we did the day or week before, it went so quickly. All we know is that here we are, a week later. Days are so crowded with so many things, we go from one busy day to another.
Do we see what is happening here? Are we forgetting some important things we need to do each day, forgetting someone, forgetting to do what is most important?
Schedules filled with so many extra things on them, when was the last time you had time to sit with your family at the dinner table? Someone working late, or there is ball games, study groups, etc., your family going so many different ways. What about family Bible reading, or praying together. How about just plain old family night, sitting around together, playing games, visiting with each other, loving on each other. The busier we become, the less time we have for our family. Busy schedules are a tool of the enemy. You lose sight of the importance of family togetherness when the enemy can keep you so busy. You find yourselves making excuses as to why you have to skip that family night this week, next week it will be easier to let it go. The Lord made time for us. A simpler life style can be had.
So often days are filled with multiple activities because family members do not know what to say to one another. They try to hide their feelings, and it is made easy, if you don't spend time together. Parents lose sight of their children, and the children fail to know and understand their parents. It is up the the parent to lead the way to time discipline. You only have to look up.
If you are losing time with your family, you can be sure you are not spending any time with the Lord. You are losing precious insight and guidance from the One who made time exist for you. The day should begin with seeking the Lord. Begin with worshiping His Holy Name, letting Him know how much you are blessed by His presence in your life. Give Him thanks for the blessings He has provided you and your family. You think you are not blessed? Well, if you have a roof over your head and your family went to bed last night with full stomachs, you are blessed. So thank Him. He is so worthy of your thanks, He makes sure you had the things you needed. And if you are reading this on your computer, you know exactly what I am saying here. Spend time with God. Ask for His guidance on how to manage your time. He will show you what the important things in your life are. I can guarantee you it is not the hour at the gym before coming home from work, or the dropping in at the mall for just a minute. He will show you how important it is to be home to share a meal with your family, share time talking about their day and sharing yours.
Time is in God's hands. He was at the beginning and He will be at the end. He wants to deliver you from the bondage that satan has put on your time. Your job is important to your livlihood, but are you working all those long hours because you have to, or just that you want more money. No amount of money will make up for the time lost with your family, or with God. It is just money. Your family, God, this is a matter of life or death. Your relationship with your family will become of little importance to them as it will be to you, and when you realize it is gone, it will be so hard to recover. Your lack of relationship with God will become spiritual death to you. It can be recovered also, but only if you notice it is gone. How busy can you be?
Time is in God's hands. A time to be born, a time to live and a time to die. The days are passing so quickly, He will be returning soon. He is coming for His Bride, made spotless by the blood of the Lamb. A Bride that waits eagerly for the Lord's return, that puts His returning above everything else. A Bride that spends her time now in an intimate relationship with the Lord, giving Him the devotion, the love, and the time to keep that relationship important. What is important to the Lord is important to the Bride.
Put your time in God's hands. Ask the Lord for His wisdom, His guidance, His time. He will show you how to manage your day where the time in it, although passing quickly, can be used for the important things in life. Your God, your family, yourself. Time is in His hands, not yours. God's time. He makes it for you, make it for Him.
My Father, I have given the message as You asked. I would have much preferred to worship and adore you on these pages but You are my Lord. I promised to do as You asked. But I do want to praise You for the time You spend with me. Your Holy Presence is my desire and I love you with all my being. I want to spend all my time with You, loving You, worshiping You. I give you my everything, as You are my everything, this 29th day of December, 2010.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
ASK, YOU WILL RECEIVE; WHAT IS IT YOU WANT?
John 16:24 "Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full."
How many of us have never asked God for anything? I do know many that can answer that with "I have asked for nothing". We all have asked, in prayer, for healing of loved ones, or ourselves. We have all asked for guidance, for wisdom; we have asked for financial blessings. These things are important to us, have been at one time or another. These prayers, as well as other blessings offered us by God, have been lifted up to Him with sincere hearts. But let's wipe the slate clean for a moment. Suppose you had another chance to ask, for the very first time, something of the Lord. A fresh chance to ask for the most important thing you want from God. What would you ask? Don't answer right away, give it some serious thought. You only have one chance this time, make sure it is what is truly your hearts desire.
While you are thinking this over, I am going to rabbit trail (my pastor calls it this when he side-tracks a little) for a moment. I can remember being told to wish upon a star, and to think it over real good, and then not to tell, as if you did it would not come true. I would think real carefully as to not waste a wish, to make it a real good one, something I wanted more than anything else, then I would wish. Such a silly game, but when we are children we believe so easily.
But now, grown up, I find that wishing is not something I do a lot of. I am a realist, and I know from Whom my help comes. I know on Who I believe and Who will keep me each day. And I have asked for a lot of things from God in my life time. But knowing all I know now, what would I do differently?
Are you ready, do you know what you want from God? Write it down, so you will not be persuaded by my answer. Make it your own answer. Do not think if it is different from me that it is not right; it will be different because it will be what your heart desires, not mine. Is it written down? Okay, then go on and read what I say next.
I would ask, first and foremost, for the Presence of God. I have thought it over and this is what is my heart's desire. For you must understand that this is what I need most. To ask for and receive the presence of God, means if I have God's presence, I am forgiven of all sin. He will not reside where there is sin. If His presence is here with me, I am well in body and spirit, my mind is sanctified in Him. I am made perfect in His presence. I am at peace, for where He is, peace is. I am joyful, because His presence brings me joy unspeakable. I am His beloved, for He reserves His presence for His beloved.
The Presence of God is my heart's desire. I long for nothing else. In His presence I am content to sit at His feet and wait for His words, His instruction, His direction. There is no greater desire than this. It comes with all the things necessary for my life. His forgiveness, health for my body, mind and spirit, perfection in Him, peace, joy and love. It is all inclusive in His presence.
When you ask something of the Lord, ask for what is His heart's desire. His heart desire is for you to long for His presence. This is what gives Him joy and happiness. To know His beloved wants His presence more than anything else they can think of. When that is our hearts desire, my God only wants to pour all His blessings on us. All the riches and blessings of His Heaven will come down on you. But I want to tell you one more thing....
When you are in the Presence of the Most High, The Love of my life, my Holy Father, my God, my wonderful Lord and Master, you will not even notice the other blessings raining down on you. You will see nothing save the beautiful, glorious, precious presence of the Father. You will not notice anything but the warmth of His arms around you, His breath as He whispers songs of love to you and the outpouring of love from your heart for Him. You will be singing songs of worship to Him, loving on Him with all your heart, letting Him see your pure love and adoration for Him; nothing else will be noticed, nothing else is needed. Just you, just God. Just me, just my beloved Lord, my Father, my God.
All I want, dear Lord, is Your presence; now, today, tomorrow, each day of my life until You take me to be with You for eternity in the place You have prepared for me. Until that time, Lord, please take residence in the place I have prepared for You. My heart, cleaned by the blood of the Lamb, purified by Your righteousness, and open for You by my love, my desire to have You with me always. And my joy will be full.
This is what I want, and I worship Your Holy Name, You are my everything, above all else, this 28th day of December, 2010.
How many of us have never asked God for anything? I do know many that can answer that with "I have asked for nothing". We all have asked, in prayer, for healing of loved ones, or ourselves. We have all asked for guidance, for wisdom; we have asked for financial blessings. These things are important to us, have been at one time or another. These prayers, as well as other blessings offered us by God, have been lifted up to Him with sincere hearts. But let's wipe the slate clean for a moment. Suppose you had another chance to ask, for the very first time, something of the Lord. A fresh chance to ask for the most important thing you want from God. What would you ask? Don't answer right away, give it some serious thought. You only have one chance this time, make sure it is what is truly your hearts desire.
While you are thinking this over, I am going to rabbit trail (my pastor calls it this when he side-tracks a little) for a moment. I can remember being told to wish upon a star, and to think it over real good, and then not to tell, as if you did it would not come true. I would think real carefully as to not waste a wish, to make it a real good one, something I wanted more than anything else, then I would wish. Such a silly game, but when we are children we believe so easily.
But now, grown up, I find that wishing is not something I do a lot of. I am a realist, and I know from Whom my help comes. I know on Who I believe and Who will keep me each day. And I have asked for a lot of things from God in my life time. But knowing all I know now, what would I do differently?
Are you ready, do you know what you want from God? Write it down, so you will not be persuaded by my answer. Make it your own answer. Do not think if it is different from me that it is not right; it will be different because it will be what your heart desires, not mine. Is it written down? Okay, then go on and read what I say next.
I would ask, first and foremost, for the Presence of God. I have thought it over and this is what is my heart's desire. For you must understand that this is what I need most. To ask for and receive the presence of God, means if I have God's presence, I am forgiven of all sin. He will not reside where there is sin. If His presence is here with me, I am well in body and spirit, my mind is sanctified in Him. I am made perfect in His presence. I am at peace, for where He is, peace is. I am joyful, because His presence brings me joy unspeakable. I am His beloved, for He reserves His presence for His beloved.
The Presence of God is my heart's desire. I long for nothing else. In His presence I am content to sit at His feet and wait for His words, His instruction, His direction. There is no greater desire than this. It comes with all the things necessary for my life. His forgiveness, health for my body, mind and spirit, perfection in Him, peace, joy and love. It is all inclusive in His presence.
When you ask something of the Lord, ask for what is His heart's desire. His heart desire is for you to long for His presence. This is what gives Him joy and happiness. To know His beloved wants His presence more than anything else they can think of. When that is our hearts desire, my God only wants to pour all His blessings on us. All the riches and blessings of His Heaven will come down on you. But I want to tell you one more thing....
When you are in the Presence of the Most High, The Love of my life, my Holy Father, my God, my wonderful Lord and Master, you will not even notice the other blessings raining down on you. You will see nothing save the beautiful, glorious, precious presence of the Father. You will not notice anything but the warmth of His arms around you, His breath as He whispers songs of love to you and the outpouring of love from your heart for Him. You will be singing songs of worship to Him, loving on Him with all your heart, letting Him see your pure love and adoration for Him; nothing else will be noticed, nothing else is needed. Just you, just God. Just me, just my beloved Lord, my Father, my God.
All I want, dear Lord, is Your presence; now, today, tomorrow, each day of my life until You take me to be with You for eternity in the place You have prepared for me. Until that time, Lord, please take residence in the place I have prepared for You. My heart, cleaned by the blood of the Lamb, purified by Your righteousness, and open for You by my love, my desire to have You with me always. And my joy will be full.
This is what I want, and I worship Your Holy Name, You are my everything, above all else, this 28th day of December, 2010.
Monday, December 27, 2010
LOVING GOD
Deuteronomy 30:20a "that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days;
This verse separates life from death. You can love God, obey His commandments, be His and let Him take care of you, or you can choose to go your own way, choose evil and die. There is just so long we can expect the Lord to wait, wanting so badly for us to draw near to Him, love Him and worship Him.
I can remember a time when I was hurt, so deeply hurt that I was determined not to let anyone hurt me again. I would be the one who did the hurting. Yes, you can read from that line that I was not walking in the Light of the Lord at that time. You cannot walk in God's light and have a heart that is so hardened. It doesn't matter what caused the hurt, it is in the past, but the hurt was so bad it caused me to close my heart off to love. I pretended to love, it was easy to do that, but underneath there was only determination not to be hurt again. Not to let my heart be penetrated by emotion. No one could have known what I felt, not truly. I could cry tears at command, smile and laugh as though I was having the best time, and all the time, I felt no emotion, nothing. I was not bitter, just hurt. My heart had finally surcome to the ultimate hurt and the only solution, close it off.
But God. God who knew me so well. Knew me as a child who loved so much, as I grew up, open heart filled with love for all. He knew my heart. He was just waiting until I had enough time to realize what He already knew, I needed Him. I had known my God as a child, eight years old giving Him my heart. Growing up in church, knowing the stories of His love and grace, always knowing He loved me. I need you to understand, God did not cause my hurt. My hurt was caused by the enemy who uses pain caused by others to infiltrate your mind, suggesting to you that you had this coming, you deserved to be hurt, and if you had not been so stupid in your choices this would not have happened. The enemy can make your spirit drop so low that you don't have the strength to pick up your head and reach up to the Lord. Yes, satan is so good at using your circumstances against you. How we need to keep our sword sharpened. But at this stage of my life, my sword had become quite dull. If you don't use it all the time, it will become dull.
I cannot remember what caused me at that time to reach out to my God. I am quite sure it was the fact that I had become so sick of myself, sick of my sin, so desiring to rid myself of all the weight that was so heavy on me, chains that had bound me up to where I could hardly look at myself in the mirror, despising what I had become. I am sure it was the undying love He had for me, and the His presence that would not leave me. Do you know you do not have to go through a ritual, no long, hard road trip, there is not a measure of time that you must spend in repentance before God will help you. All you have to do is call out to God, He will see your repentant heart, He will hear your cry of desperation, He knows the voice of His child. And I did, I lifted my eyes and called out to my Lord, I love you my God and He picked me up. He held me until I could feel my heart opening up, feeling love for the first time in so long. He loved on me while real tears fell from my eyes, great sobs releasing from me in a flood of tears that went on for a long time. Until I was cried out. The closer He held me, the more I held on to Him. And then it was done. All the chains were gone, the sin forgiven, the self hate was gone. There was love in my heart. Love for my God.
A lot of time as passed since my hardened heart was softened by the Lord. But there will never be a time that I forget what He did for me. What God did for this child so many years ago. How He took me, so ashamed of myself, restored that salvation I had walked in from youth and made me clean again. Cleansed with the blood of my Savior, refreshed in body and soul by pure love. The pure love of God that has no beginning and no ending, it was always there. Never leaving me before, even though I shut myself off, it was still there. And it has never left me since.
Loving God, oh yes, I will be loving God all my days. Not a moment goes by I do not love Him. You wonder about people that you see loving God with openness, with passion, with such adoration? Some may have always walked in His light, but for the majority of us, we knew what sin had done to us. We were God's children who for one circumstance or another, found ourselves dripping in sin, so far from the Lord as we could be; and He was waiting for us. Waiting for us to call out to Him, in our hunger for what we had before when we were walking with Him. And He restored us, the prodigals, to our rightful inheritance in Him. That is why we worship Him with our hearts, with our minds and our lips singing out songs of praise and worship to Him. That is why we tell whoever will listen of His great love, of His wonderful blessings on us. I am going to share His love with anyone I see hurting, anyone I see in pain.
I feel sometimes that I am interferring in peoples lives when I try to let them know God is wanting to help them, that I understand what they are going through. The enemy tries to tell me this all the time, but I cannot stop myself. I will, without hesitation, tell people I see in the sad, confused, miserable state I was in, of the great love and forgiveness of my Father. Of His wanting nothing more than to restore them to Himself. I will do it as long as my Lord gives me breath. And I will not apologize for it, He had called me to witness of His great Love and I will do so.
Loving God. It is what I do. It is what I want to do always. It is who I am.
My God, my beloved Father, my Lord that pours His love and blessings on me, I am your servant, your adoring servant, this 27th day of December, 2010.
This verse separates life from death. You can love God, obey His commandments, be His and let Him take care of you, or you can choose to go your own way, choose evil and die. There is just so long we can expect the Lord to wait, wanting so badly for us to draw near to Him, love Him and worship Him.
I can remember a time when I was hurt, so deeply hurt that I was determined not to let anyone hurt me again. I would be the one who did the hurting. Yes, you can read from that line that I was not walking in the Light of the Lord at that time. You cannot walk in God's light and have a heart that is so hardened. It doesn't matter what caused the hurt, it is in the past, but the hurt was so bad it caused me to close my heart off to love. I pretended to love, it was easy to do that, but underneath there was only determination not to be hurt again. Not to let my heart be penetrated by emotion. No one could have known what I felt, not truly. I could cry tears at command, smile and laugh as though I was having the best time, and all the time, I felt no emotion, nothing. I was not bitter, just hurt. My heart had finally surcome to the ultimate hurt and the only solution, close it off.
But God. God who knew me so well. Knew me as a child who loved so much, as I grew up, open heart filled with love for all. He knew my heart. He was just waiting until I had enough time to realize what He already knew, I needed Him. I had known my God as a child, eight years old giving Him my heart. Growing up in church, knowing the stories of His love and grace, always knowing He loved me. I need you to understand, God did not cause my hurt. My hurt was caused by the enemy who uses pain caused by others to infiltrate your mind, suggesting to you that you had this coming, you deserved to be hurt, and if you had not been so stupid in your choices this would not have happened. The enemy can make your spirit drop so low that you don't have the strength to pick up your head and reach up to the Lord. Yes, satan is so good at using your circumstances against you. How we need to keep our sword sharpened. But at this stage of my life, my sword had become quite dull. If you don't use it all the time, it will become dull.
I cannot remember what caused me at that time to reach out to my God. I am quite sure it was the fact that I had become so sick of myself, sick of my sin, so desiring to rid myself of all the weight that was so heavy on me, chains that had bound me up to where I could hardly look at myself in the mirror, despising what I had become. I am sure it was the undying love He had for me, and the His presence that would not leave me. Do you know you do not have to go through a ritual, no long, hard road trip, there is not a measure of time that you must spend in repentance before God will help you. All you have to do is call out to God, He will see your repentant heart, He will hear your cry of desperation, He knows the voice of His child. And I did, I lifted my eyes and called out to my Lord, I love you my God and He picked me up. He held me until I could feel my heart opening up, feeling love for the first time in so long. He loved on me while real tears fell from my eyes, great sobs releasing from me in a flood of tears that went on for a long time. Until I was cried out. The closer He held me, the more I held on to Him. And then it was done. All the chains were gone, the sin forgiven, the self hate was gone. There was love in my heart. Love for my God.
A lot of time as passed since my hardened heart was softened by the Lord. But there will never be a time that I forget what He did for me. What God did for this child so many years ago. How He took me, so ashamed of myself, restored that salvation I had walked in from youth and made me clean again. Cleansed with the blood of my Savior, refreshed in body and soul by pure love. The pure love of God that has no beginning and no ending, it was always there. Never leaving me before, even though I shut myself off, it was still there. And it has never left me since.
Loving God, oh yes, I will be loving God all my days. Not a moment goes by I do not love Him. You wonder about people that you see loving God with openness, with passion, with such adoration? Some may have always walked in His light, but for the majority of us, we knew what sin had done to us. We were God's children who for one circumstance or another, found ourselves dripping in sin, so far from the Lord as we could be; and He was waiting for us. Waiting for us to call out to Him, in our hunger for what we had before when we were walking with Him. And He restored us, the prodigals, to our rightful inheritance in Him. That is why we worship Him with our hearts, with our minds and our lips singing out songs of praise and worship to Him. That is why we tell whoever will listen of His great love, of His wonderful blessings on us. I am going to share His love with anyone I see hurting, anyone I see in pain.
I feel sometimes that I am interferring in peoples lives when I try to let them know God is wanting to help them, that I understand what they are going through. The enemy tries to tell me this all the time, but I cannot stop myself. I will, without hesitation, tell people I see in the sad, confused, miserable state I was in, of the great love and forgiveness of my Father. Of His wanting nothing more than to restore them to Himself. I will do it as long as my Lord gives me breath. And I will not apologize for it, He had called me to witness of His great Love and I will do so.
Loving God. It is what I do. It is what I want to do always. It is who I am.
My God, my beloved Father, my Lord that pours His love and blessings on me, I am your servant, your adoring servant, this 27th day of December, 2010.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
NO ROOM FOR HIM AT THE INN
Luke 2:7b "She wrapped him in cloths and placed Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn."
What a humble birth, in a stable, to be laid in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. But there was no stopping His birth that night; it was the master plan of the Father. Jesus' birth, that night so many years ago, planned by the Father so long before that. Prophets spoke of the birth in the Old Testament, telling the events that were to come. And it happened, just like they prophesied. God's word never changes.
But that birth is not what the Lord laid on my heart tonight. It is the birth of Jesus in the hearts of His people today. So many religious people say they love the Lord, as do Christians. They talk of ways they help others, the money they give to the church, and all the charitable things they do, especially during this time of year. But that is not what the Lord is looking for. Yes, all these things are good because they help those who are in need. But the Lord is looking for something more for us. He is looking for room in the inn. His habitation place with us. A place where His Spirit can dwell, live in, and move in us. Is there room at your inn, in your heart? Or will He be turned away; His birth in your heart put aside for other things, worldly things. He knocks at the door of your heart, waiting for that special invitation to come in; He will not push Himself on you, He waits.
What will the Lord find at your door? Will He find that the door is thrown open, hearts rejoicing, voices praising with words of welcome? A heart so filled with joy and love, wanting to open every door to give the Lord His choice, give the Lord first place; a place of honor in the heart. Or will He find that the door only opens a crack, and then closed quickly when they see who is there. He will not stand there long before He will turn and leave; praying that you have another day for Him. How many times will He come and knock on your door before He goes away with no intention to return. That can happen. He will stop seeking you; not stop loving you, but stop pursuing you.
We all have the same chances. At this special time of year, so many hearts are softened by stories of the birth of Christ, the love of families and their longing for something lasting, something to fill the void in their lives. They have found nothing material and they know something better is there. There are a lot of church going people that are in this condition. Going to church, leaving feeling empty, not knowing why. The music was great, the sermon made them feel good but later, nothing. God is looking to complete these people.
God's master plan, the birth of Jesus as a baby and the birth of Jesus in our hearts now. Open those doors. If the rooms are cluttered with stuff - hurts, unforgiveness, pain, sin on top of sin, He can clean house. You have but to give Him complete control of the broom, He will sweep it all out of your heart, out of your life, and cleanse those rooms in your heart with the blood of Jesus. Those rooms will shine with His righteousness and His grace will made them smell of a heavenly fragrance. Those rooms will now be ready for habitation of the Holy Spirit. Jesus will move in, can't you feel the love He's bringing, the special gifts He has in store for you. There will be no doubt now whom you belong. It will be evident by the lightness of heart you feel, the restoration of your mind, and the praise on your lips. Worshiping our Lord for His wanting to be born in your inn, your heart.
Now words of encouragement come to you instead of words of defeat, overwhelming feelings of love will come pouring out of you to others instead of hate and quarreling, and you will be wanting to worship the Lord with all your heart. Let Jesus find room today in your heart, do not turn Him away; it's the master plan. God has always wanted you to come to Him, to let Him take care of you, His child. Today can be the best day of your life if you will surrender to the Lord. And it will be the most blessed day of so many to come.
I surrendered all to my Lord, opened all the doors of my heart, had a thorough cleansing of my heart by my God and now live to serve Him, love Him and worship Him with all my life. Open those doors, call out to Jesus with a shout of "Welcome Home, my Lord".
My Lord, all my love, all my worship, all my everything is yours this 26th day of December, 2010.
What a humble birth, in a stable, to be laid in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. But there was no stopping His birth that night; it was the master plan of the Father. Jesus' birth, that night so many years ago, planned by the Father so long before that. Prophets spoke of the birth in the Old Testament, telling the events that were to come. And it happened, just like they prophesied. God's word never changes.
But that birth is not what the Lord laid on my heart tonight. It is the birth of Jesus in the hearts of His people today. So many religious people say they love the Lord, as do Christians. They talk of ways they help others, the money they give to the church, and all the charitable things they do, especially during this time of year. But that is not what the Lord is looking for. Yes, all these things are good because they help those who are in need. But the Lord is looking for something more for us. He is looking for room in the inn. His habitation place with us. A place where His Spirit can dwell, live in, and move in us. Is there room at your inn, in your heart? Or will He be turned away; His birth in your heart put aside for other things, worldly things. He knocks at the door of your heart, waiting for that special invitation to come in; He will not push Himself on you, He waits.
What will the Lord find at your door? Will He find that the door is thrown open, hearts rejoicing, voices praising with words of welcome? A heart so filled with joy and love, wanting to open every door to give the Lord His choice, give the Lord first place; a place of honor in the heart. Or will He find that the door only opens a crack, and then closed quickly when they see who is there. He will not stand there long before He will turn and leave; praying that you have another day for Him. How many times will He come and knock on your door before He goes away with no intention to return. That can happen. He will stop seeking you; not stop loving you, but stop pursuing you.
We all have the same chances. At this special time of year, so many hearts are softened by stories of the birth of Christ, the love of families and their longing for something lasting, something to fill the void in their lives. They have found nothing material and they know something better is there. There are a lot of church going people that are in this condition. Going to church, leaving feeling empty, not knowing why. The music was great, the sermon made them feel good but later, nothing. God is looking to complete these people.
God's master plan, the birth of Jesus as a baby and the birth of Jesus in our hearts now. Open those doors. If the rooms are cluttered with stuff - hurts, unforgiveness, pain, sin on top of sin, He can clean house. You have but to give Him complete control of the broom, He will sweep it all out of your heart, out of your life, and cleanse those rooms in your heart with the blood of Jesus. Those rooms will shine with His righteousness and His grace will made them smell of a heavenly fragrance. Those rooms will now be ready for habitation of the Holy Spirit. Jesus will move in, can't you feel the love He's bringing, the special gifts He has in store for you. There will be no doubt now whom you belong. It will be evident by the lightness of heart you feel, the restoration of your mind, and the praise on your lips. Worshiping our Lord for His wanting to be born in your inn, your heart.
Now words of encouragement come to you instead of words of defeat, overwhelming feelings of love will come pouring out of you to others instead of hate and quarreling, and you will be wanting to worship the Lord with all your heart. Let Jesus find room today in your heart, do not turn Him away; it's the master plan. God has always wanted you to come to Him, to let Him take care of you, His child. Today can be the best day of your life if you will surrender to the Lord. And it will be the most blessed day of so many to come.
I surrendered all to my Lord, opened all the doors of my heart, had a thorough cleansing of my heart by my God and now live to serve Him, love Him and worship Him with all my life. Open those doors, call out to Jesus with a shout of "Welcome Home, my Lord".
My Lord, all my love, all my worship, all my everything is yours this 26th day of December, 2010.
Saturday, December 25, 2010
FAMILY
This is my Lord's birthday. It was a special, blessed day for me. Each day with the Lord is special but on this day, His special day, He has made it a family day.
At the birth of my Lord Jesus, His mother, Mary and His earthly father, Joseph, were in attendance. His earthly family. But then there were visitors to see Him, shepherds, wise men, and angels singing chorus after chorus of Hallelujahs, rejoicing at His birth. Family and those called by the Lord to witness His birth, what you might call His Family of God. Then His Heavenly Family, God Almighty, God's Spirit, watching from above.
As I visited with my brother, sister-in-law (I really don't care for that word, as she is really a sister), my niece and her family, I was so happy being with my earthly family. We had a beautiful visit, and I returned home to go to Christmas dinner with Roberts family, my extended earthly family. Another beautiful visit with all their children and grandchildren. All the four children were there, the fourth coming in from Florida with his daughter this evening. It was a great evening. I was so blessed this day.
On the way home I was thinking of the other family the Lord has given me. My Family of God. All the precious brothers and sisters in the Lord that He has provided me with through my church, friends that have come and gone to another church now, but that still care for me and love me, and the friends I have met through FB. Christian friends that come together with me in a spirit of love of God, and a spirit of love for each other through God. How wonderful the Lord has seen to every need in my life. Going further than the realm of my earthly family, knowing that I would need friends that would love me because of Him, pray for me and give me so much support when my earthly family could not be right here. Such love of the Father to see to all my needs.
My brother, my sister in California and my nieces and nephews love me dearly and I adore and love them so, but the Lord knew I needed more, and He knows you do also. He gives us friends to stand with us, love us, and pray with us. His family, the Family of God.
Then there is my Heavenly family. My Father, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit that dwells in me. My family. There is no keeping my Heavenly family from me, as I love this family more than life itself. This precious family of which I have been made a part through the blood of my Lord Jesus, through the Love of my Father, and through the guidance and companionship of the Holy Spirit. Always forgiving, always loving, always present with me. Family with unconditional love, sweet spirit indwelling love, soul stirring love. Love that reaches to the depths of me, my Family's love.
Family. My God, You have provided me with so much. You think of my every need on earth. I love you My Father, as you have not left one thing undone with me. I worship Your Holy Name and I give you all my love. My great niece was reading her card from her grandparents tonight and she was reading it out loud to her sisters and said, "To my favorite granddaughter", just to tease her sisters. I feel like saying that to my Lord, from your favorite child, Lord, all my love. Don't we all like to think we are our Father's favorite. How can we not feel so when He just pours His love and blessings all over us. I know my God does not play favorites, but if He did.....
I love You, Lord. Yes, I can feel Your smiling tonight. I give You honor and praise, my Lord. I give You everything I am, it is Yours, this 25th day of December, Christmas, 2010.
At the birth of my Lord Jesus, His mother, Mary and His earthly father, Joseph, were in attendance. His earthly family. But then there were visitors to see Him, shepherds, wise men, and angels singing chorus after chorus of Hallelujahs, rejoicing at His birth. Family and those called by the Lord to witness His birth, what you might call His Family of God. Then His Heavenly Family, God Almighty, God's Spirit, watching from above.
As I visited with my brother, sister-in-law (I really don't care for that word, as she is really a sister), my niece and her family, I was so happy being with my earthly family. We had a beautiful visit, and I returned home to go to Christmas dinner with Roberts family, my extended earthly family. Another beautiful visit with all their children and grandchildren. All the four children were there, the fourth coming in from Florida with his daughter this evening. It was a great evening. I was so blessed this day.
On the way home I was thinking of the other family the Lord has given me. My Family of God. All the precious brothers and sisters in the Lord that He has provided me with through my church, friends that have come and gone to another church now, but that still care for me and love me, and the friends I have met through FB. Christian friends that come together with me in a spirit of love of God, and a spirit of love for each other through God. How wonderful the Lord has seen to every need in my life. Going further than the realm of my earthly family, knowing that I would need friends that would love me because of Him, pray for me and give me so much support when my earthly family could not be right here. Such love of the Father to see to all my needs.
My brother, my sister in California and my nieces and nephews love me dearly and I adore and love them so, but the Lord knew I needed more, and He knows you do also. He gives us friends to stand with us, love us, and pray with us. His family, the Family of God.
Then there is my Heavenly family. My Father, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit that dwells in me. My family. There is no keeping my Heavenly family from me, as I love this family more than life itself. This precious family of which I have been made a part through the blood of my Lord Jesus, through the Love of my Father, and through the guidance and companionship of the Holy Spirit. Always forgiving, always loving, always present with me. Family with unconditional love, sweet spirit indwelling love, soul stirring love. Love that reaches to the depths of me, my Family's love.
Family. My God, You have provided me with so much. You think of my every need on earth. I love you My Father, as you have not left one thing undone with me. I worship Your Holy Name and I give you all my love. My great niece was reading her card from her grandparents tonight and she was reading it out loud to her sisters and said, "To my favorite granddaughter", just to tease her sisters. I feel like saying that to my Lord, from your favorite child, Lord, all my love. Don't we all like to think we are our Father's favorite. How can we not feel so when He just pours His love and blessings all over us. I know my God does not play favorites, but if He did.....
I love You, Lord. Yes, I can feel Your smiling tonight. I give You honor and praise, my Lord. I give You everything I am, it is Yours, this 25th day of December, Christmas, 2010.
Friday, December 24, 2010
ON THE TWELFTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS, MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME......LIFE
Proverbs 8:35 "For whoever finds me finds life, and obtains favor from the Lord."
The last of the days of Christmas, tomorrow being the birth of my savior, Jesus. Happy Birthday my Lord. You have been on my heart always, but today, special feelings about Your birth, Your life and Your death have been so strong in me. You came as a baby, lived as a man, and died as a sacrifice so that I might have life in You, in the Father. And that life is abundant life.
The gift of life that you gave me, todays gift, is my life that I am living today. This life that you have changed so in the last seven months. This life, so inhabited by You my Lord. I am so awestruck at what I am doing, how my life is, how wonderful and beautiful you have made it. You have become the center of my whole being, the first thought I have when I awake and the last thought I have before falling asleep at night. I see you in everything I do, everything I think, the things I see, I see You in them.
Tonight, at church for prayer and communion, as we stood there, I was looking at the plate of bread, representing Your body, and prayer was made, telling of your sacrifice for me, and You showed me the bread in a different way, that it represented life. The life you gave me. The cup, placed in circles in the tray, only the center three were unbroken and you told me to take a cup from those as it was the Inner Circle, and You considered me a part of the Inner Circle, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Me, a part of Your Inner Circle. I do not know how to express myself here. I only know I feel so loved by You, my God. That You have drawn me into the Holy of Holies and are making my life that you have given me a part of You, so solid that I can never fall away, never would want to leave it.
You have taken my life, heart broken and without reason after Robert died, and given me so much purpose, so filled with You and Your love for me. You have blessed me with everything I want...only You. I am so content Father, not needing anything. Knowing that whatever happens You will take care of me. I have no fear of tomorrow because I know You are with me, I know You will take care of my finances, as long as I observe Your precepts, Your guidance from Your Word. I know that my health is in Your hands and I am healthy, so blessed by Your Healing Hands. I can go no where that You have not made ready for me to go. When the enemy attacks You readily make me aware of what is happening and I am prepared by the attack and can quickly counter with Your Word. My God, my God, how I love you. How I adore You. You are so everything to me, my LIFE.
You have taken all my worries, all my cares, and given me the freedom I have as I am Your child. You give me words of wisdom, encouragement, and love; and You have taught me how to bless others with like words. You have given me friends to love me and to have fun with. To walk with in this life and to fellowship with, to laugh with, and to share Your blessings with.
I have obtained favor from you Father. I found You and You gave me life. You gave me A life in You, A life to shine for You, A life to worship and love You. You made me into a woman of substance. A woman You can know will follow Your path into Your righteousness. I am so blessed as I am a Woman of God. You have blessed me with Godly principles to follow to keep my walk unto You holy, wholly unto You, no other. I give You all the Glory and Honor You are due, my Lord. You are so beautiful to me, and I desire nothing else but to dwell in Your presence, Your Holy presence. In Your presence is LIFE itself. What a life you have given me, what a precious, annointed gift.
This gift, Father, and my thanks for it, is only for You. No other comments for others tonight, just for You. Between You and me. You, my Father, Holy One, Annointed King, precious Spirit of Life, I give You all my praise, all my worship, all my Life back to You as I have nothing else to give. Everything I have is Yours Lord, use me as You will for Your glory.
Life is the Gift, My life is the offering I bring to You, I return it all back to You for each day as long as You leave me here on earth. I thank You for making my LIFE a part of Heaven on earth with Your presence with me each moment. This twelfth day gift, You my God, You my Lord, my All in All, all my love this 24th day of December, 2010.
The last of the days of Christmas, tomorrow being the birth of my savior, Jesus. Happy Birthday my Lord. You have been on my heart always, but today, special feelings about Your birth, Your life and Your death have been so strong in me. You came as a baby, lived as a man, and died as a sacrifice so that I might have life in You, in the Father. And that life is abundant life.
The gift of life that you gave me, todays gift, is my life that I am living today. This life that you have changed so in the last seven months. This life, so inhabited by You my Lord. I am so awestruck at what I am doing, how my life is, how wonderful and beautiful you have made it. You have become the center of my whole being, the first thought I have when I awake and the last thought I have before falling asleep at night. I see you in everything I do, everything I think, the things I see, I see You in them.
Tonight, at church for prayer and communion, as we stood there, I was looking at the plate of bread, representing Your body, and prayer was made, telling of your sacrifice for me, and You showed me the bread in a different way, that it represented life. The life you gave me. The cup, placed in circles in the tray, only the center three were unbroken and you told me to take a cup from those as it was the Inner Circle, and You considered me a part of the Inner Circle, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Me, a part of Your Inner Circle. I do not know how to express myself here. I only know I feel so loved by You, my God. That You have drawn me into the Holy of Holies and are making my life that you have given me a part of You, so solid that I can never fall away, never would want to leave it.
You have taken my life, heart broken and without reason after Robert died, and given me so much purpose, so filled with You and Your love for me. You have blessed me with everything I want...only You. I am so content Father, not needing anything. Knowing that whatever happens You will take care of me. I have no fear of tomorrow because I know You are with me, I know You will take care of my finances, as long as I observe Your precepts, Your guidance from Your Word. I know that my health is in Your hands and I am healthy, so blessed by Your Healing Hands. I can go no where that You have not made ready for me to go. When the enemy attacks You readily make me aware of what is happening and I am prepared by the attack and can quickly counter with Your Word. My God, my God, how I love you. How I adore You. You are so everything to me, my LIFE.
You have taken all my worries, all my cares, and given me the freedom I have as I am Your child. You give me words of wisdom, encouragement, and love; and You have taught me how to bless others with like words. You have given me friends to love me and to have fun with. To walk with in this life and to fellowship with, to laugh with, and to share Your blessings with.
I have obtained favor from you Father. I found You and You gave me life. You gave me A life in You, A life to shine for You, A life to worship and love You. You made me into a woman of substance. A woman You can know will follow Your path into Your righteousness. I am so blessed as I am a Woman of God. You have blessed me with Godly principles to follow to keep my walk unto You holy, wholly unto You, no other. I give You all the Glory and Honor You are due, my Lord. You are so beautiful to me, and I desire nothing else but to dwell in Your presence, Your Holy presence. In Your presence is LIFE itself. What a life you have given me, what a precious, annointed gift.
This gift, Father, and my thanks for it, is only for You. No other comments for others tonight, just for You. Between You and me. You, my Father, Holy One, Annointed King, precious Spirit of Life, I give You all my praise, all my worship, all my Life back to You as I have nothing else to give. Everything I have is Yours Lord, use me as You will for Your glory.
Life is the Gift, My life is the offering I bring to You, I return it all back to You for each day as long as You leave me here on earth. I thank You for making my LIFE a part of Heaven on earth with Your presence with me each moment. This twelfth day gift, You my God, You my Lord, my All in All, all my love this 24th day of December, 2010.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
ON THE ELEVENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS, MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME......LOVE
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
This scripture was the first one I ever memorized as a child. It is probably the case with most children. I believe we are taught this one first as it puts everything ever done or ever will be done into one verse explaining the reason for it.
For God, (the Maker of all mankind, the Almighty, the I AM), so (without measure, abundantly, passionately) loved (the most precious emotion, chosing to do so) the world (that is us, that is me), that He gave (freely, without pressure), His only (one and only, no other son did He have) begotten Son (heir of His kingdom), that whoever (you and me) believes (trusts, has faith in) in Him (Lord of Lords, King of Kings) should not perish (spend eternity in hell) but (in place of) have everlasting (never ending) life (here on earth and in heaven).
My God, my Father, the lover of my soul, gave me His love. He loved me so much He sent His Son to earth as a baby; to walk my walk, suffer my sufferings, be rejected as I would be, so He could know first hand the things we would go through. He did all these things without ever sinning, never falling into the enemy's snares. Pure and innocent, He went to the cross, took my place and died. He was buried and rose again, to sit at the Fathers side in glory. For only one reason, LOVE. Because God loved us. Because God loved me.
He loves me. He woos me with His precious touch on my heart to draw me into His presence. He whispers words of love and encouragement, songs of joy does he speak into my ears. My God lifts me from moments of despair and grief to flowing songs of love and joy. He gives me blessing after blessing because He loves me. All my days are filled with His love, my nights sweet sleep of a baby, peace falling like a blanket over me. I feel His arms around me, enclosing me into His protective shadow. There is never a moment I feel unloved.
The Word is filled with scripture telling of the Lords great love for us. The most important commandments He gives us concern love. We must love the Lord our God with all our hearts, putting no one before Him. We must love our neightbors as ourselves. Love, love....love. Sweet love of God spreading over us like the river flowing from this throne.
The love of God is like no other. There are no conditions on my Father's love. It is available to anyone who will just open their heart to Him. It is not decided upon whether you love Him or not. He loves you anyway. He loves me anyway. But I love my God. Passionately love Him. There is not a moment I don't feel so in love with my Lord.
When you return His love, His blessings flow upon you. He loves so much, when that love is returned He wants to do special things for His beloved. Oh, my Father, how You love me. You show it every day in so many ways. And how I love You. I must be in Your presence always, Lord, I need Your annointed love.
Love, the eleventh gift. You have given me confidence, revelation of Your Word, grace, foundation, expectancy, rules, forgiveness, perserverance, Your trust, peace and now Your love. I am so blessed Father, I do not know how to thank You except to pledge my love to You, all my heart, my life to You forever. I will worship You with all my heart, all my soul. You are my everything.
Love, my Lords gift, which I return to Him with everything I have, everything I am, this 23rd day of December, 2010.
This scripture was the first one I ever memorized as a child. It is probably the case with most children. I believe we are taught this one first as it puts everything ever done or ever will be done into one verse explaining the reason for it.
For God, (the Maker of all mankind, the Almighty, the I AM), so (without measure, abundantly, passionately) loved (the most precious emotion, chosing to do so) the world (that is us, that is me), that He gave (freely, without pressure), His only (one and only, no other son did He have) begotten Son (heir of His kingdom), that whoever (you and me) believes (trusts, has faith in) in Him (Lord of Lords, King of Kings) should not perish (spend eternity in hell) but (in place of) have everlasting (never ending) life (here on earth and in heaven).
My God, my Father, the lover of my soul, gave me His love. He loved me so much He sent His Son to earth as a baby; to walk my walk, suffer my sufferings, be rejected as I would be, so He could know first hand the things we would go through. He did all these things without ever sinning, never falling into the enemy's snares. Pure and innocent, He went to the cross, took my place and died. He was buried and rose again, to sit at the Fathers side in glory. For only one reason, LOVE. Because God loved us. Because God loved me.
He loves me. He woos me with His precious touch on my heart to draw me into His presence. He whispers words of love and encouragement, songs of joy does he speak into my ears. My God lifts me from moments of despair and grief to flowing songs of love and joy. He gives me blessing after blessing because He loves me. All my days are filled with His love, my nights sweet sleep of a baby, peace falling like a blanket over me. I feel His arms around me, enclosing me into His protective shadow. There is never a moment I feel unloved.
The Word is filled with scripture telling of the Lords great love for us. The most important commandments He gives us concern love. We must love the Lord our God with all our hearts, putting no one before Him. We must love our neightbors as ourselves. Love, love....love. Sweet love of God spreading over us like the river flowing from this throne.
The love of God is like no other. There are no conditions on my Father's love. It is available to anyone who will just open their heart to Him. It is not decided upon whether you love Him or not. He loves you anyway. He loves me anyway. But I love my God. Passionately love Him. There is not a moment I don't feel so in love with my Lord.
When you return His love, His blessings flow upon you. He loves so much, when that love is returned He wants to do special things for His beloved. Oh, my Father, how You love me. You show it every day in so many ways. And how I love You. I must be in Your presence always, Lord, I need Your annointed love.
Love, the eleventh gift. You have given me confidence, revelation of Your Word, grace, foundation, expectancy, rules, forgiveness, perserverance, Your trust, peace and now Your love. I am so blessed Father, I do not know how to thank You except to pledge my love to You, all my heart, my life to You forever. I will worship You with all my heart, all my soul. You are my everything.
Love, my Lords gift, which I return to Him with everything I have, everything I am, this 23rd day of December, 2010.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
ON THE TENTH DAY OF CHRISTSMAS, MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME......PEACE
John 14:27 "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid."
The Message says "Peace. I don't leave you the way you're used to being left -- feeling abandoned, bereft. So don't be upset. Don't be distraught."
Peace. Thank you my Lord for Your gift of peace. It is one of the most , soul filling gifts you have given. Your peace. Peace could be described as the absence of stress, worry and fear. And you freely gave it to me when you returned to the Father. You left the Comforter with me, Your Holy Spirit, and you gave me peace.
I like the way the Message puts it. He did not leave me the way I was used to being left, feeling abandoned, bereft. He left me knowing in my heart that I would never be alone, never be without Him. His Holy Spirit, left in me to give me comfort, guidance, reassurance that my Lord was still with me. A total peace knowing that God was with me.
Do you know what it means to be without worry. It is the most freeing feeling you will ever have. No fear, no worry. Just total peace. Now this peace does not come and make everything go away without you. You have to take a part in this process. The first thing I did was totally surrender to God. Everything I am, everything I have, all my thoughts, complete control of my life, I gave to Him. I held nothing back, finances, health, nothing not surrendered to the Lord. And in return, He put peace in the place of worry, fear, trying to control what I had no control over, just peace.
When my husband passed away, the household income dropped almost in half. I still live in the same house, pay the same bills, and do pretty much everything I always did. Now savings is not the same, extras is not the same. But I find when the Lord has everything He makes it all come out each month. There is money to give when He says give, extras for trips to Dallas or wherever I need to go. He makes a way, leaving me with no worries, just peace. He takes care of everything.
I have no fear of the unknown any more as the Lord has that in His control also. God is so good to give you what you need at all times. People do not always understand how you can have peace in a world that is so filled with stress, worry and crime. But peace comes naturally as you learn to let the Lord take over for you. It is mixed with His unconditional love, His forgiveness, His plans for your life. God does not want any of His children to worry, be stressed over life. He sent His Son so we could have forgiveness of our sins, our salvation was secured by Jesus. He wanted us to know His love and peace. Why do so many insist that they have to take care of everything themselves. They cannot do this. It is a control thing, just not wanting to release everything to God. And yes, it is simple. He gives all things to us, what makes one think that He is not capable of taking care of the very lifes that He brought to be. Just let go...of everything. And yes, if you are married and have children, that means that also. He will take care of your family.
Father, You are the ruler of my heart, the captain of my ship, the controller of my life. I will not have it any other way. Your Way or no way is what I want. Your peace. Your love. And You have given it all to me.
You are Life to me, my Lord. The very essence of what every child of God should seek after. The filling of heart and soul with love, joy and Your peace. Thank you my King, for this most precious gift, on this tenth day of Christmas, Your peace.
I love you my Lord. All my worship is yours. I honor and praise Your Holy Name this 22nd day of December, 2010.
The Message says "Peace. I don't leave you the way you're used to being left -- feeling abandoned, bereft. So don't be upset. Don't be distraught."
Peace. Thank you my Lord for Your gift of peace. It is one of the most , soul filling gifts you have given. Your peace. Peace could be described as the absence of stress, worry and fear. And you freely gave it to me when you returned to the Father. You left the Comforter with me, Your Holy Spirit, and you gave me peace.
I like the way the Message puts it. He did not leave me the way I was used to being left, feeling abandoned, bereft. He left me knowing in my heart that I would never be alone, never be without Him. His Holy Spirit, left in me to give me comfort, guidance, reassurance that my Lord was still with me. A total peace knowing that God was with me.
Do you know what it means to be without worry. It is the most freeing feeling you will ever have. No fear, no worry. Just total peace. Now this peace does not come and make everything go away without you. You have to take a part in this process. The first thing I did was totally surrender to God. Everything I am, everything I have, all my thoughts, complete control of my life, I gave to Him. I held nothing back, finances, health, nothing not surrendered to the Lord. And in return, He put peace in the place of worry, fear, trying to control what I had no control over, just peace.
When my husband passed away, the household income dropped almost in half. I still live in the same house, pay the same bills, and do pretty much everything I always did. Now savings is not the same, extras is not the same. But I find when the Lord has everything He makes it all come out each month. There is money to give when He says give, extras for trips to Dallas or wherever I need to go. He makes a way, leaving me with no worries, just peace. He takes care of everything.
I have no fear of the unknown any more as the Lord has that in His control also. God is so good to give you what you need at all times. People do not always understand how you can have peace in a world that is so filled with stress, worry and crime. But peace comes naturally as you learn to let the Lord take over for you. It is mixed with His unconditional love, His forgiveness, His plans for your life. God does not want any of His children to worry, be stressed over life. He sent His Son so we could have forgiveness of our sins, our salvation was secured by Jesus. He wanted us to know His love and peace. Why do so many insist that they have to take care of everything themselves. They cannot do this. It is a control thing, just not wanting to release everything to God. And yes, it is simple. He gives all things to us, what makes one think that He is not capable of taking care of the very lifes that He brought to be. Just let go...of everything. And yes, if you are married and have children, that means that also. He will take care of your family.
Father, You are the ruler of my heart, the captain of my ship, the controller of my life. I will not have it any other way. Your Way or no way is what I want. Your peace. Your love. And You have given it all to me.
You are Life to me, my Lord. The very essence of what every child of God should seek after. The filling of heart and soul with love, joy and Your peace. Thank you my King, for this most precious gift, on this tenth day of Christmas, Your peace.
I love you my Lord. All my worship is yours. I honor and praise Your Holy Name this 22nd day of December, 2010.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
ON THE NINTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS, MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME.....HIS TRUST
Psalms 119:140 "Your word is very pure, therefore Your servant loves it."
Another gift that was not on the list. There are only twelve days of Christmas, I knew I would never get them all in. There are too many gifts from the Lord to put in such a short span. I could probably go on for months with a different gift each day. The Lord has blessed me so much. And just when I think I could not possibly blessed more, the Lord presents me with a new gift today.
This weekend our Pastor was put in the hospital; our Elder, that is also a pastor, was in Florida. Pastor asked me to give the message for Sunday morning. He had notes and I picked them up at his house a little after 8:00 P.M. Saturday night. You would think I would be nervous, but I had complete peace about this. I studied his notes and added the things the Lord gave me that night, the next morning, and even during praise and worship practice, He was giving me things. Time came, I got up, and gave the message. It was also on gifts. I believe the Lord was preparing me for talking about gifts when we began the twelve days. But this is just preparing you for the rest of the story...
Today, I was driving down the road (do you see a pattern here) worshiping my Lord. He begins to listen to my words and songs of worship and joins me there in the car. You know when He is there, His presence fills your very being to your soul. My eyes begin to fill with tears. I was just thanking Him for giving me the honor of delivering the message Sunday morning. I was just so in awe His plans. I was told that when Pastor was asked who was going to give the service, that he said the Lord had told him to ask me. God was planning on using me. So I am thanking Him and telling Him how I loved Him for the opportunity He had given me to serve Him.
The Lord told me that He had me do it because He trusted me. He told me that I had done everything He had been telling me to do. My God told me, "you have sang worship to me, new songs coming out of you on Sunday morning, you speak My words when I ask you to, My words come from your lips to encourage, love and lift up my children, telling them things I have for them". So, He said, you have proven to me that you will do as I say. I knew you could be trusted to deliver My message to My people.
I just drove, tears coming down my face, as I listened to these precious words coming from my Father. God's love is so precious to me, and for Him to add His trust. I still cannot contain it all. God's trust. Isn't that what we all long to have. His love, His trust. To know that He will use me anyway He wants for His Kingdom because of His love, His trust. I am blessed beyond measure today. I had asked the Lord a couple of weeks ago where He was taking me in all the things He has told me, the things He has had me do. I am still wondering, but as long as He loves me, trusts me, I know I love and trust Him, I can do anything and go anywhere He leads.
If you don't have regular conversations with the Lord, if you would like to have Him ride along side of you, visit with you, just follow Him. Follow all his teachings, all His plans. Do what He asks of you, don't question, just do it. Do not be concerned with what man says. If you are doing what the Lord tells you, He will make everything right with the rest of His children, the ones truly listening to Him. He will make the path straight if you don't deviate from it. He so longs to have visits with all His children, longs to trust them to do His will.
I would like to tell you I am no one special, but I cannot. How can I not feel so special with my Father loving me like He does and now He trusting me. I feel just like the person I am, a child of the King, a lover of my God Almighty, a follower of the Lord of Lords, a servant of the Most High, and a worshiper of the I AM. At His feet I want to sit always, just loving Him.
My precious Father, Lover of my soul, my True Love, there is no one like You. You are everything to me, You always will be my everything. I will never let go of You, my Lord. Thank you, my God, for Your very precious gift of Your Trust, this 21st day of December, 2010.
Another gift that was not on the list. There are only twelve days of Christmas, I knew I would never get them all in. There are too many gifts from the Lord to put in such a short span. I could probably go on for months with a different gift each day. The Lord has blessed me so much. And just when I think I could not possibly blessed more, the Lord presents me with a new gift today.
This weekend our Pastor was put in the hospital; our Elder, that is also a pastor, was in Florida. Pastor asked me to give the message for Sunday morning. He had notes and I picked them up at his house a little after 8:00 P.M. Saturday night. You would think I would be nervous, but I had complete peace about this. I studied his notes and added the things the Lord gave me that night, the next morning, and even during praise and worship practice, He was giving me things. Time came, I got up, and gave the message. It was also on gifts. I believe the Lord was preparing me for talking about gifts when we began the twelve days. But this is just preparing you for the rest of the story...
Today, I was driving down the road (do you see a pattern here) worshiping my Lord. He begins to listen to my words and songs of worship and joins me there in the car. You know when He is there, His presence fills your very being to your soul. My eyes begin to fill with tears. I was just thanking Him for giving me the honor of delivering the message Sunday morning. I was just so in awe His plans. I was told that when Pastor was asked who was going to give the service, that he said the Lord had told him to ask me. God was planning on using me. So I am thanking Him and telling Him how I loved Him for the opportunity He had given me to serve Him.
The Lord told me that He had me do it because He trusted me. He told me that I had done everything He had been telling me to do. My God told me, "you have sang worship to me, new songs coming out of you on Sunday morning, you speak My words when I ask you to, My words come from your lips to encourage, love and lift up my children, telling them things I have for them". So, He said, you have proven to me that you will do as I say. I knew you could be trusted to deliver My message to My people.
I just drove, tears coming down my face, as I listened to these precious words coming from my Father. God's love is so precious to me, and for Him to add His trust. I still cannot contain it all. God's trust. Isn't that what we all long to have. His love, His trust. To know that He will use me anyway He wants for His Kingdom because of His love, His trust. I am blessed beyond measure today. I had asked the Lord a couple of weeks ago where He was taking me in all the things He has told me, the things He has had me do. I am still wondering, but as long as He loves me, trusts me, I know I love and trust Him, I can do anything and go anywhere He leads.
If you don't have regular conversations with the Lord, if you would like to have Him ride along side of you, visit with you, just follow Him. Follow all his teachings, all His plans. Do what He asks of you, don't question, just do it. Do not be concerned with what man says. If you are doing what the Lord tells you, He will make everything right with the rest of His children, the ones truly listening to Him. He will make the path straight if you don't deviate from it. He so longs to have visits with all His children, longs to trust them to do His will.
I would like to tell you I am no one special, but I cannot. How can I not feel so special with my Father loving me like He does and now He trusting me. I feel just like the person I am, a child of the King, a lover of my God Almighty, a follower of the Lord of Lords, a servant of the Most High, and a worshiper of the I AM. At His feet I want to sit always, just loving Him.
My precious Father, Lover of my soul, my True Love, there is no one like You. You are everything to me, You always will be my everything. I will never let go of You, my Lord. Thank you, my God, for Your very precious gift of Your Trust, this 21st day of December, 2010.
Monday, December 20, 2010
ON THE EIGHTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS, MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME....PERSERVERANCE
James 1:2-4 "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perserverance. Perserverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything."
The Word of God tells me to count it all joy when I am tried and tested. This really took some soul searching and seeking God to truly understand. So many times I have gone through things, such difficult things, and have not understood at that time. Some things I still don't understand. But I know that I was not alone.
Times were that I did not recognize God was with me. My first marriage was so bad, I was young, thought a good home would make this man be the husband I knew the Bible talked about. Raised Baptist, I had read what the Bible said about marriage, but when you are young, you leave out a few very important details. As in, unequally yoked, Godly man, pray for God's guidance BEFORE you do something. Well, we won't talk about it, just believe me when I say I would not want anyone to go through that. The reason I mention it is it was the knowledge afterwards of the Lord bringing me through it.
You see, in my heart, there was faith. I did not get to go to church much, but I knew the Lord and I knew I had to believe He would help me. And He did. I had not left my faith behind, it was still in my heart, just dormant for a while. Even in my state, I knew whose Name to call out. So here, such trials, such tests. I knew to call for my Lord. I believe I passed that one. Don't misunderstand me, I could not go to church much, but I loved the Lord. I would not have know to do something wrong, not here.
After I was released from this marriage, I was devestated, broken, I felt I was a failure. Why could I have not made this work. I loved, I was faithful, I was a good wife, but I failed. That was the enemy. It took the Lord to help me see that I had not failed, not in the sense that I thought. My failure came from not seeking Him. But I learned, and perservered.
I wish I could tell you here that I had learned and matured from this experience, but that was not for years to come. But no, there were to be more tests and trials. Perhaps some other time, I will be able to tell you.
Through it all, all the years, I finally came to the understanding of what my faith means. What having faith in a God so loving, so compassionate and so constant means. It means that no matter what I go through, what trial, what test, I know my Redeemer Lives, I know His unconditional love for me, and I know He has brought me through so much and will continue to do so, as long as my faith Him never falters. Not giving up, through all tests, trusing Him.
Perserverance. Complete faith. Maturing in the Lord to know Him, know His heart, understanding His desires and will for your life. Completeness in Him. One with the Father.
Another wonderful gift. Perserverance. My Lord, how wonderful you are. My Mighty Counselor, My Victorious Warrior, My Constant Companion. Thank you my God, for yet another life giving gift, perserverance. I worship you, my King. You are everything to me, and I love you more each moment of my life; this 20th day of December, 2010.
The Word of God tells me to count it all joy when I am tried and tested. This really took some soul searching and seeking God to truly understand. So many times I have gone through things, such difficult things, and have not understood at that time. Some things I still don't understand. But I know that I was not alone.
Times were that I did not recognize God was with me. My first marriage was so bad, I was young, thought a good home would make this man be the husband I knew the Bible talked about. Raised Baptist, I had read what the Bible said about marriage, but when you are young, you leave out a few very important details. As in, unequally yoked, Godly man, pray for God's guidance BEFORE you do something. Well, we won't talk about it, just believe me when I say I would not want anyone to go through that. The reason I mention it is it was the knowledge afterwards of the Lord bringing me through it.
You see, in my heart, there was faith. I did not get to go to church much, but I knew the Lord and I knew I had to believe He would help me. And He did. I had not left my faith behind, it was still in my heart, just dormant for a while. Even in my state, I knew whose Name to call out. So here, such trials, such tests. I knew to call for my Lord. I believe I passed that one. Don't misunderstand me, I could not go to church much, but I loved the Lord. I would not have know to do something wrong, not here.
After I was released from this marriage, I was devestated, broken, I felt I was a failure. Why could I have not made this work. I loved, I was faithful, I was a good wife, but I failed. That was the enemy. It took the Lord to help me see that I had not failed, not in the sense that I thought. My failure came from not seeking Him. But I learned, and perservered.
I wish I could tell you here that I had learned and matured from this experience, but that was not for years to come. But no, there were to be more tests and trials. Perhaps some other time, I will be able to tell you.
Through it all, all the years, I finally came to the understanding of what my faith means. What having faith in a God so loving, so compassionate and so constant means. It means that no matter what I go through, what trial, what test, I know my Redeemer Lives, I know His unconditional love for me, and I know He has brought me through so much and will continue to do so, as long as my faith Him never falters. Not giving up, through all tests, trusing Him.
Perserverance. Complete faith. Maturing in the Lord to know Him, know His heart, understanding His desires and will for your life. Completeness in Him. One with the Father.
Another wonderful gift. Perserverance. My Lord, how wonderful you are. My Mighty Counselor, My Victorious Warrior, My Constant Companion. Thank you my God, for yet another life giving gift, perserverance. I worship you, my King. You are everything to me, and I love you more each moment of my life; this 20th day of December, 2010.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS, MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME....FORGIVENESS
Ephesians 1:7 "In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence."
When Christ died on the cross, we were made free of every misdeed, every wrong doing; totally free to live a life in Christ, washed clean by the blood, made acceptable to the Father. All of us that have come to the Father and asked forgiveness were granted that. No reservations, it was ours. But...
God gave us forgiveness, no charge, nothing remembered, we were cleansed. However, God expects us to pass that forgiveness on to those who sin against us. Those people that spitefully use us, lie about us, hurt us. We are to forgive them? Yes, we are. In order to have the gift of forgiveness, the gift that lasts, the Lord expects us to forgive also. If someone has wronged you and comes and asks you to forgive them, you do it right there. There is no deciding over it, no thinking it over for a few days, it is instant. Yes, they are forgiven. And then, forget it. They hurt you, they asked forgiveness, give it to them. Yes, it is that simple. That is what was accorded us when Christ died on the cross.
Well, you ask, what if they do not ask forgiveness? What if they are not sorry? You still forgive. Do you not realize that when you do not forgive them, and put it aside, it will eat at you and rob you of your peace. There can be no peace when you hold things inside, when you do mind games of what you will tell them if they come around you. The bottom line here is - it is not bothering them. If they have not asked your forgiveness, never said they were sorry, you can be assured it is not bothering them. It is harmful to you, holding this unforgiveness inside, robbing you of peace, and it doesn't bother them at all. I tell you what I am going to do. I am going to let it go. I will give that to the Lord so fast and let Him handle it, let Him be the one who can draw that person into conviction of their wrong. Let it go...
You have to be concerned with your heart, your actions. You must forgive in order to stay in right standing with the Lord. In order to maintain the forgiveness that you were given, in order for the Lord to forgive you if you fail again, your heart has to be without unforgiveness in it. To hold on to it, makes it a sin. SIN! You can not let the enemy get inside you and fester this. Just forgive.
Years ago, I have to say that I could hold on to some unforgiveness. When the Lord showed me what harm it was doing to me physically, what it was doing to me spiritually, and how He wanted to take that from me, I had to let it go. I am a pretty sensible person. If something I am feeling about another person is only hurting me, it doesn't make good sense to keep on feeling that way. The Lord was so wonderful, showing me how this became sin, showing me that I could not change this person by not forgiving them, and letting me know if I gave Him this problem, He would have more impact on this persons life than I could ever have.
So, my true love gave me forgiveness. Forgiveness in the truest state. He had already given me forgiveness, but He gave me the GIFT to forgive. To forgive others. It has made me a better person. I can love them in the Lord, not holding anything back, letting God take care of their hearts. It gave me a closer relationship with the Father, because this unforgiving nature that turns to sin was no longer a part of who I am. To have that intimate relationship with the Father, there can be no sin. I must have that relationship with my God, I must have His presence. It is the only way.
Thank You, my King. You show me everything I need to do to stay in that precious relationship with You. When You come to me and visit me, I don't want anything standing in the way of our talks, of the love You show me. I worship You, my Lord. You know me so well, You are letting me know You so well. It is the best life I can possible have, here in Your presence.
Your gifts, Lord, confidence, revelation, grace, foundation, expectancy, rules and now forgiveness. I am so blessed, this 19th day of December, 2010.
When Christ died on the cross, we were made free of every misdeed, every wrong doing; totally free to live a life in Christ, washed clean by the blood, made acceptable to the Father. All of us that have come to the Father and asked forgiveness were granted that. No reservations, it was ours. But...
God gave us forgiveness, no charge, nothing remembered, we were cleansed. However, God expects us to pass that forgiveness on to those who sin against us. Those people that spitefully use us, lie about us, hurt us. We are to forgive them? Yes, we are. In order to have the gift of forgiveness, the gift that lasts, the Lord expects us to forgive also. If someone has wronged you and comes and asks you to forgive them, you do it right there. There is no deciding over it, no thinking it over for a few days, it is instant. Yes, they are forgiven. And then, forget it. They hurt you, they asked forgiveness, give it to them. Yes, it is that simple. That is what was accorded us when Christ died on the cross.
Well, you ask, what if they do not ask forgiveness? What if they are not sorry? You still forgive. Do you not realize that when you do not forgive them, and put it aside, it will eat at you and rob you of your peace. There can be no peace when you hold things inside, when you do mind games of what you will tell them if they come around you. The bottom line here is - it is not bothering them. If they have not asked your forgiveness, never said they were sorry, you can be assured it is not bothering them. It is harmful to you, holding this unforgiveness inside, robbing you of peace, and it doesn't bother them at all. I tell you what I am going to do. I am going to let it go. I will give that to the Lord so fast and let Him handle it, let Him be the one who can draw that person into conviction of their wrong. Let it go...
You have to be concerned with your heart, your actions. You must forgive in order to stay in right standing with the Lord. In order to maintain the forgiveness that you were given, in order for the Lord to forgive you if you fail again, your heart has to be without unforgiveness in it. To hold on to it, makes it a sin. SIN! You can not let the enemy get inside you and fester this. Just forgive.
Years ago, I have to say that I could hold on to some unforgiveness. When the Lord showed me what harm it was doing to me physically, what it was doing to me spiritually, and how He wanted to take that from me, I had to let it go. I am a pretty sensible person. If something I am feeling about another person is only hurting me, it doesn't make good sense to keep on feeling that way. The Lord was so wonderful, showing me how this became sin, showing me that I could not change this person by not forgiving them, and letting me know if I gave Him this problem, He would have more impact on this persons life than I could ever have.
So, my true love gave me forgiveness. Forgiveness in the truest state. He had already given me forgiveness, but He gave me the GIFT to forgive. To forgive others. It has made me a better person. I can love them in the Lord, not holding anything back, letting God take care of their hearts. It gave me a closer relationship with the Father, because this unforgiving nature that turns to sin was no longer a part of who I am. To have that intimate relationship with the Father, there can be no sin. I must have that relationship with my God, I must have His presence. It is the only way.
Thank You, my King. You show me everything I need to do to stay in that precious relationship with You. When You come to me and visit me, I don't want anything standing in the way of our talks, of the love You show me. I worship You, my Lord. You know me so well, You are letting me know You so well. It is the best life I can possible have, here in Your presence.
Your gifts, Lord, confidence, revelation, grace, foundation, expectancy, rules and now forgiveness. I am so blessed, this 19th day of December, 2010.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
ON THE SIXTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS, MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME.....RULES
Psalms 119:165 "Great peace have those who love you law, and nothing causes them to stumble."
God's law is simply God's rules. How many times growing up, we just hated the "rules". We wanted to experience things for ourselves, rationalizing things with "well, our parents did this and they are okay". Or, our big brother or sister did this or that and we wanted to do it also. Not bothering to find out if they were happy because they did this, or did it work out okay. We just wanted to by step the rules and do it our way.
I want you to know, I grew up on God's rules. I learned the Ten Commandments by the time I was eight. I knew them by heart.
1) You shall have no other gods before Me. My Lord, there is no other god I desire except for you, My King. You have my total love, my respect for your authority over me.
2) You shall not make for yourself a carved image. Father, You have carved your words upon my heart, engraving Your love into my soul.
3) You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. My God, as you have purified my heart, you have made my lips to only sing praises to Your Name.
4) Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Lord, I rejoice when Sunday comes, knowing I can go into Your house to worship You in unity with my brothers and sisters in Christ, to lift up Your Holy Name.
5) Honor your father and mother. My Lord, it has been twenty five years since You took my parents home to You, and I thank You Lord for the comfort and peace I have knowing they are with You.
6) You shall not murder. Father, remind me always of the deadly power of the tongue. Keep my mouth filled with only words that uplift and encourage others.
7) You shall not commit adultery. Father, I ask you shield my mind from the things that would enter and defy my relationship with You, You are my true love and I keep myself wholly unto You.
8) You shall not steal. My God, I know what belongs to You. The first fruits of what ever I have are Yours. These first fruits are not mine and I will always put what is Yours first, offering them to You with thanksgiving as You have blessed me greatly.
9) You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. Lord, let me go to my neighbor if I find them doing something I do not understand, let them explain it. If finding fault with it, I will talk to them, pray with them and then let You take care of the matter. It is Your judgment, not mine to repeat or cause them to fall out of fellowship with the body.
10) You shall not covet. How, oh Lord, could I wish for something that someone else has. You have given me so much, so many blessings, so many gifts. I am content, Father, with all You have given me. You are all I want more of, and that is available to everyone, to the extend that they desire of You. I desire Your presence always.
These rules, Lord, as a child and growing up I did not always obey. When You drew me near to you and whispered your love and rules to me once again, I listened. It became so important that there be nothing in me that was displeasing to You. I saw that the rules were given to all for guidance, well being and a good life. These rules guide us in Your path of righteousness, besides keeping us out of trouble on earth. They are meant for our well being, as following the rules, give us happiness and peace. They provide for a good life, as they are a key to what You ask of us. This is the behavior You expect of us.
Then, Father, two more rules were added. "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind" and "You shall love your neighbor as yourself". Love became the greatest rule of all. WE MUST LOVE. First we must love You, my God. This is so precious Father, to love You so easy, as You first loved me so much. I love You, Lord, with all my heart, all my soul. Love my neighbor. Father, I found that if I love someone else in You, with Your love, it makes all the difference. Sometimes, it is not is us at the beginning to love without knowing them, but to love in You, to give them Your love, so easy, then it becomes our love through You also. Loving through You, that is all you ask of us. It is Your love that is so pure, so beautiful, so unconditional.
So, my sixth gift, Your rules. Life blessing rules, rules for my safety, my happiness, my peace and my life. You would not have me go through life wondering what is required of me. Father, you laid the foundation for each step I take with Your rules. You love me so much, every breath of my life is thought out and planned for me. I worship You my Father, my God in whom I place my faith and my trust. I thank you my precious Lord, for Your wonderful gift of Rules, this 18th day of December, 2010.
God's law is simply God's rules. How many times growing up, we just hated the "rules". We wanted to experience things for ourselves, rationalizing things with "well, our parents did this and they are okay". Or, our big brother or sister did this or that and we wanted to do it also. Not bothering to find out if they were happy because they did this, or did it work out okay. We just wanted to by step the rules and do it our way.
I want you to know, I grew up on God's rules. I learned the Ten Commandments by the time I was eight. I knew them by heart.
1) You shall have no other gods before Me. My Lord, there is no other god I desire except for you, My King. You have my total love, my respect for your authority over me.
2) You shall not make for yourself a carved image. Father, You have carved your words upon my heart, engraving Your love into my soul.
3) You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. My God, as you have purified my heart, you have made my lips to only sing praises to Your Name.
4) Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Lord, I rejoice when Sunday comes, knowing I can go into Your house to worship You in unity with my brothers and sisters in Christ, to lift up Your Holy Name.
5) Honor your father and mother. My Lord, it has been twenty five years since You took my parents home to You, and I thank You Lord for the comfort and peace I have knowing they are with You.
6) You shall not murder. Father, remind me always of the deadly power of the tongue. Keep my mouth filled with only words that uplift and encourage others.
7) You shall not commit adultery. Father, I ask you shield my mind from the things that would enter and defy my relationship with You, You are my true love and I keep myself wholly unto You.
8) You shall not steal. My God, I know what belongs to You. The first fruits of what ever I have are Yours. These first fruits are not mine and I will always put what is Yours first, offering them to You with thanksgiving as You have blessed me greatly.
9) You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. Lord, let me go to my neighbor if I find them doing something I do not understand, let them explain it. If finding fault with it, I will talk to them, pray with them and then let You take care of the matter. It is Your judgment, not mine to repeat or cause them to fall out of fellowship with the body.
10) You shall not covet. How, oh Lord, could I wish for something that someone else has. You have given me so much, so many blessings, so many gifts. I am content, Father, with all You have given me. You are all I want more of, and that is available to everyone, to the extend that they desire of You. I desire Your presence always.
These rules, Lord, as a child and growing up I did not always obey. When You drew me near to you and whispered your love and rules to me once again, I listened. It became so important that there be nothing in me that was displeasing to You. I saw that the rules were given to all for guidance, well being and a good life. These rules guide us in Your path of righteousness, besides keeping us out of trouble on earth. They are meant for our well being, as following the rules, give us happiness and peace. They provide for a good life, as they are a key to what You ask of us. This is the behavior You expect of us.
Then, Father, two more rules were added. "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind" and "You shall love your neighbor as yourself". Love became the greatest rule of all. WE MUST LOVE. First we must love You, my God. This is so precious Father, to love You so easy, as You first loved me so much. I love You, Lord, with all my heart, all my soul. Love my neighbor. Father, I found that if I love someone else in You, with Your love, it makes all the difference. Sometimes, it is not is us at the beginning to love without knowing them, but to love in You, to give them Your love, so easy, then it becomes our love through You also. Loving through You, that is all you ask of us. It is Your love that is so pure, so beautiful, so unconditional.
So, my sixth gift, Your rules. Life blessing rules, rules for my safety, my happiness, my peace and my life. You would not have me go through life wondering what is required of me. Father, you laid the foundation for each step I take with Your rules. You love me so much, every breath of my life is thought out and planned for me. I worship You my Father, my God in whom I place my faith and my trust. I thank you my precious Lord, for Your wonderful gift of Rules, this 18th day of December, 2010.
Friday, December 17, 2010
ON THE FIFTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS, MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME....EXPECTANCY
After work, I had to run a quick errand and as I drove down the street,I was going over the list I had written on the gifts God had given me that I was going to write about. I was seeking Him to see which one I should write tonight. As I was thinking on each one, I heard Him speak into my spirit, Expectancy. I said, but that is not on the list; He repeated it, Expectancy. Now I do not know about you, but when the Lord speaks to me so clearly I just become so touched at His words, I start to cry. I am still so overcome by His precious words. Even now, an hour later, all I can to do is weep for the joy of it.
This has not been one of my better weeks. The closer to Christmas it gets, the harder it seems for me. I am so tired, not my usual self. I am somewhat disappointed. I could not bring myself to decorate, put up a tree. None of the usual things. I had thought last year when I could not do this, that this year would be different. I would be able to embrace the season in the same way before Robert's death, but no, not to be. My Lord has been holding me now since Thanksgiving, giving me His precious love, His support. Guiding me through each day, showing me Himself. Supporting me when I could not think on my own.
And then He speaks to me. So quietly, but so firmly. Expectancy. So, I was thinking about this gift, and wondering where it would go, when He began to tell me. He began to tell me what I could expect from Him. He said I could expect Him to supply all my needs. I could expect to be healed in Jesus name if I were to be ill. The Lord said my mind would stay clear, my heart full of the Word. Father said I could expect when I called His Name, that I would hear Him answer me, as He would be so close to me. The words of my Father went on, telling me what I could expect from Him. And then He told me why I could expect these things, these things that it was His good pleasure and will to provide for me. My God told me that I had surrendered my life to Him, that I had given Him complete control, holding nothing back from Him. I had opened every door to my heart and left it wide to be examined for anything that was not of Him. Nothing hidden but all for Him to view, to cleanse, forgive, and forget. The Lord told me I had followed instruction as He taught me how to worship Him. He said now I am His worshiper, none other before Him, none other bringing forth worship and praise but Him. He said I was His Light, showing His love to all that came in contact with me, sharing His love, lifting spirits as He showed me. And now, my Lord said, as you have given all to me, I will give all to you. You can have all things in Me.
I use to want to just die so I could be in Heaven right away, but then I realized that the Lord has so many things for me to do. And I want to be here on that day, with expectancy, to see the clouds divide with such brilliance, such thunder, and see my King riding on that beautiful white stallion, coming in all His Glory to bring peace to His earth and claim His Bride, of which I am part.
So it is with honor, humbleness, all my love, my Lord, that I accept this gift from You, Expectancy. I am so overwhelmed with Your love for me. All my worship, my God, my God, how I love You. What can I say but I love You, I love You. I love and honor You this 17th day of December, 2010.
This has not been one of my better weeks. The closer to Christmas it gets, the harder it seems for me. I am so tired, not my usual self. I am somewhat disappointed. I could not bring myself to decorate, put up a tree. None of the usual things. I had thought last year when I could not do this, that this year would be different. I would be able to embrace the season in the same way before Robert's death, but no, not to be. My Lord has been holding me now since Thanksgiving, giving me His precious love, His support. Guiding me through each day, showing me Himself. Supporting me when I could not think on my own.
And then He speaks to me. So quietly, but so firmly. Expectancy. So, I was thinking about this gift, and wondering where it would go, when He began to tell me. He began to tell me what I could expect from Him. He said I could expect Him to supply all my needs. I could expect to be healed in Jesus name if I were to be ill. The Lord said my mind would stay clear, my heart full of the Word. Father said I could expect when I called His Name, that I would hear Him answer me, as He would be so close to me. The words of my Father went on, telling me what I could expect from Him. And then He told me why I could expect these things, these things that it was His good pleasure and will to provide for me. My God told me that I had surrendered my life to Him, that I had given Him complete control, holding nothing back from Him. I had opened every door to my heart and left it wide to be examined for anything that was not of Him. Nothing hidden but all for Him to view, to cleanse, forgive, and forget. The Lord told me I had followed instruction as He taught me how to worship Him. He said now I am His worshiper, none other before Him, none other bringing forth worship and praise but Him. He said I was His Light, showing His love to all that came in contact with me, sharing His love, lifting spirits as He showed me. And now, my Lord said, as you have given all to me, I will give all to you. You can have all things in Me.
I use to want to just die so I could be in Heaven right away, but then I realized that the Lord has so many things for me to do. And I want to be here on that day, with expectancy, to see the clouds divide with such brilliance, such thunder, and see my King riding on that beautiful white stallion, coming in all His Glory to bring peace to His earth and claim His Bride, of which I am part.
So it is with honor, humbleness, all my love, my Lord, that I accept this gift from You, Expectancy. I am so overwhelmed with Your love for me. All my worship, my God, my God, how I love You. What can I say but I love You, I love You. I love and honor You this 17th day of December, 2010.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
ON THE FOURTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS, MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME....FOUNDATION
Ephesians 2:19-22 "Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit."
My Father, having loved me before I was born, You had begun plans for my live. You were laying the foundation that I would be rooted in. The stepping stones that would lead me from a child to where I was to be in You.
When I look back, my Lord, I see all the times that some of the stones had no footprint on them. I know that this is when I stepped off the path you set out for me and walked in darkness. Shame fills me when I think of it Lord. It was so dark and I was afraid. There was no peace in my life. Nothing but a shell of a life that had little knowledge of how to get back on the path.
But You, my Lord, never left my side. I was not aware of Your Presence then, but I see now that You were always there. I look back and see where You preserved my life when it could be taken by the enemy and my soul cast down. You, my Lord, never let go of me, even though I thought You would not want me back. But the day came, You reached down and lifted me up from my despair, my shame, and took me in Your arms and set me back on the stepping stones that were leading back to the foundation You set for me. When You chose me to serve You, I was but a child. I gave my life to you when I was eight years old, so young, not truly understanding Your ways, how I was to follow. So many things happened, I was overcome. But when You picked me up, I understood who You were, I understood the love You had for me, and I was overcome by Your mercy and grace to me. Your forgiving love, Your tenderness, understanding that I had never stopped loving You, I just did not know how to get back. Thank you Father, that you saw my heart, crying out to You, and took me into Your arms. You made me feel Your love at that moment, and restoration began between me and you, my Father.
Now for years Lord, I have been restored to you, but now am finding myself in a new place. A very intimate place with you. A place where I feel Your presence all the time. You have shown me Your love, Your desire to dwell within me, Your Spirit in me, my strength, my strong tower, my provider. Dwelling in me, pleased with me. When I seek your face, you are here with me. I have come up the stepping stones to the foundation, Lord, that You set in place before I was born. The place where You would sit me, standing on the Rock of My Salvation, the Foundation of the Lord. What peace and joy there is standing beside You, my God. Feet never quivering again, solid as I stand with You. Heart solid with love for you, my soul completely peaceful and filled with Your Spirit. My Foundation is You, my Lord. Your gift to me, a solid foundation in You. I know I will never again step away, as I have found life in You, my King. I give my everything to You, all my praise, all my worship, all my will, all my love.
You are the solid foundatin in my life, no other is there like You. What a gift my Lord. Confidence, Revelation, Grace, and now Foundation. You are my everything, Your gifts, what joy, My God, this 16th day of December, 2010.
My Father, having loved me before I was born, You had begun plans for my live. You were laying the foundation that I would be rooted in. The stepping stones that would lead me from a child to where I was to be in You.
When I look back, my Lord, I see all the times that some of the stones had no footprint on them. I know that this is when I stepped off the path you set out for me and walked in darkness. Shame fills me when I think of it Lord. It was so dark and I was afraid. There was no peace in my life. Nothing but a shell of a life that had little knowledge of how to get back on the path.
But You, my Lord, never left my side. I was not aware of Your Presence then, but I see now that You were always there. I look back and see where You preserved my life when it could be taken by the enemy and my soul cast down. You, my Lord, never let go of me, even though I thought You would not want me back. But the day came, You reached down and lifted me up from my despair, my shame, and took me in Your arms and set me back on the stepping stones that were leading back to the foundation You set for me. When You chose me to serve You, I was but a child. I gave my life to you when I was eight years old, so young, not truly understanding Your ways, how I was to follow. So many things happened, I was overcome. But when You picked me up, I understood who You were, I understood the love You had for me, and I was overcome by Your mercy and grace to me. Your forgiving love, Your tenderness, understanding that I had never stopped loving You, I just did not know how to get back. Thank you Father, that you saw my heart, crying out to You, and took me into Your arms. You made me feel Your love at that moment, and restoration began between me and you, my Father.
Now for years Lord, I have been restored to you, but now am finding myself in a new place. A very intimate place with you. A place where I feel Your presence all the time. You have shown me Your love, Your desire to dwell within me, Your Spirit in me, my strength, my strong tower, my provider. Dwelling in me, pleased with me. When I seek your face, you are here with me. I have come up the stepping stones to the foundation, Lord, that You set in place before I was born. The place where You would sit me, standing on the Rock of My Salvation, the Foundation of the Lord. What peace and joy there is standing beside You, my God. Feet never quivering again, solid as I stand with You. Heart solid with love for you, my soul completely peaceful and filled with Your Spirit. My Foundation is You, my Lord. Your gift to me, a solid foundation in You. I know I will never again step away, as I have found life in You, my King. I give my everything to You, all my praise, all my worship, all my will, all my love.
You are the solid foundatin in my life, no other is there like You. What a gift my Lord. Confidence, Revelation, Grace, and now Foundation. You are my everything, Your gifts, what joy, My God, this 16th day of December, 2010.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
ON THE THIRD DAY OF CHRISTMAS, MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME.....GRACE
1 Timothy 1:14 "And the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant, with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus".
What do you say, or think, when you see someone on the side of the road, with a sign saying they need help, they want you to give them money. Do you just divert your eyes from them and drive on, or do you listen for that quiet voice of the Spirit directing you. If the Spirit tells you to lower your window and give them money, do you follow His word, or do you just go on, deciding you must have heard wrong. Or when they take up a collection to help someone having hardships, do you reach for your wallet, joyously giving unto the Lord, or do you say, I have no money with me today.
Do you not understand, do you not realize except for the grace of God, there you go? To show no grace would be ignoring the grace given you; do you think that grace with continue, when you show no grace to others.
I will not apologize for my soap box. So often I have given money to someone holding the sign on the road and someone in my vehicle tells me they will probably use it for drink or alcohol. That is not my concern, I tell them. The Lord told me to give and I did. What they do with the money is between them and God. I just need to be obedient, for I know what grace is. I have to show grace.
There is nothing I have ever done that God's grace has not covered. Every sin I have ever committed in my past has been covered by the grace of God. Not a day dawns that His grace is not present to cover me for the day. What joy there is in knowing as you wake up the enemy cannot begin your day with darts of yesterdays mistakes, wrong choices. For last night, prayer was sent up to the throne asking the Lord's forgiveness for your mistakes, failure to do what He asked, and His grace has covered you. So grace has covered me when I get out of my bed in the morning. I do not have to listen to anything satan has to say, and when he hears the words of praise and songs of worship rising out of my heart, he leaves, knowing there is no room for his condemnation. Grace has covered all.
"Grace, grace, God's grace; grace that will pardon and cleanse within. Grace, grace, God's grace; Grace that is greater than all my sin." What wonderful words from this hymn. These words are so true, God's grace is greater than all my sin, and that grace was extended to me when Jesus was born and the grace was manifested in me for eternity when He died on the cross.
What a blessed gift grace is. I treasure this gift, my Father, and I praise Your Holy Name for this gift, I thank You for Your love, and I worship You with all my heart and soul this 15th day of December, 2010.
What do you say, or think, when you see someone on the side of the road, with a sign saying they need help, they want you to give them money. Do you just divert your eyes from them and drive on, or do you listen for that quiet voice of the Spirit directing you. If the Spirit tells you to lower your window and give them money, do you follow His word, or do you just go on, deciding you must have heard wrong. Or when they take up a collection to help someone having hardships, do you reach for your wallet, joyously giving unto the Lord, or do you say, I have no money with me today.
Do you not understand, do you not realize except for the grace of God, there you go? To show no grace would be ignoring the grace given you; do you think that grace with continue, when you show no grace to others.
I will not apologize for my soap box. So often I have given money to someone holding the sign on the road and someone in my vehicle tells me they will probably use it for drink or alcohol. That is not my concern, I tell them. The Lord told me to give and I did. What they do with the money is between them and God. I just need to be obedient, for I know what grace is. I have to show grace.
There is nothing I have ever done that God's grace has not covered. Every sin I have ever committed in my past has been covered by the grace of God. Not a day dawns that His grace is not present to cover me for the day. What joy there is in knowing as you wake up the enemy cannot begin your day with darts of yesterdays mistakes, wrong choices. For last night, prayer was sent up to the throne asking the Lord's forgiveness for your mistakes, failure to do what He asked, and His grace has covered you. So grace has covered me when I get out of my bed in the morning. I do not have to listen to anything satan has to say, and when he hears the words of praise and songs of worship rising out of my heart, he leaves, knowing there is no room for his condemnation. Grace has covered all.
"Grace, grace, God's grace; grace that will pardon and cleanse within. Grace, grace, God's grace; Grace that is greater than all my sin." What wonderful words from this hymn. These words are so true, God's grace is greater than all my sin, and that grace was extended to me when Jesus was born and the grace was manifested in me for eternity when He died on the cross.
What a blessed gift grace is. I treasure this gift, my Father, and I praise Your Holy Name for this gift, I thank You for Your love, and I worship You with all my heart and soul this 15th day of December, 2010.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
ON THE SECOND DAY OF CHRISTMAS MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME.....REVELATION
My Father in Heaven loves me. I know this in the depths of my heart and soul. He has responded to my love, my constant worship, glorifying His name. Giving honor to Him with all my being, acknowledging Him as my Lord and Savior, knowing no other God, only my Lord and King. And He has spent time with me, His glorious presence surrounding me with warmth, flowing billows of soft whispers of His love for me. And He gave to me REVELATION. A revelation knowlege of who He is. A blessed knowledge of who I am in Him.
1 Peter 1: 7, 8 "that the genuineness of your faith, being more precious that gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen you love." I do so love my Lord, whom I have not seen, but through my faith in God, knowing the love He has for me, knowing that He sent His son to be born in a world of sin, to deliver me from an eternity in hell, and to establish my right as a child of the living God, do so gloryify His Holy Name.
Revelation of knowledge is such a gift. We can read the Word of God all day long and be caught up in the stories of Abraham, Moses, David...but without revelation they are words our limited understanding cannot comprehend. Proverbs 29:18 says "where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraints (they perish), but happy is he who keeps the law". Without the revelation of God when reading His words, we do not fully understand the principles (laws) He has set forth for guidance, restriction and fulfillment of our lives, the lives He has planned for us. He has a plan for us all.
I pray daily for God's wisdom so I can see what the Word means for me. What He wants me to understand. Because I truly am seeking His will and His heart, He has given me revelation. Not all at once, it comes bit by bit; as my spirit can accept and understand. There is so much, He feeds it to me like a child, small bites, and as I grow, larger bites. He will feed me until He feels I can eat on my own, but He will still be watching me digest each beautiful sentence of His Word, tenderly encouraging me as I grow in Him.
What a blessed Father He is. My well being is so important to Him. He knows that His Word is essential to my growth and to my life. I cannot live to the potential He has placed in my life without Him and His Word leading me in His path.
Thank You my Father, for this beautiful gift. Once again, I am without a gift for You that could possibly measure up to what You have given me. All I can offer, my Lord, is all my worship, all my days, given only toYou. I sing praises to You, I give You all the glory and honor that is due only You, my King. I will love You with a passionate love that You have taught me to have. I will sing songs to You each day of my life as You have put the songs in my heart with Your love. I cherish the intimate relationship You have with me. My God, there is no one like You. You are my everything.
You, my Lord, have given me Confidence and now Revelation, and I am your grateful child, this 14th day of December, 2010.
1 Peter 1: 7, 8 "that the genuineness of your faith, being more precious that gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen you love." I do so love my Lord, whom I have not seen, but through my faith in God, knowing the love He has for me, knowing that He sent His son to be born in a world of sin, to deliver me from an eternity in hell, and to establish my right as a child of the living God, do so gloryify His Holy Name.
Revelation of knowledge is such a gift. We can read the Word of God all day long and be caught up in the stories of Abraham, Moses, David...but without revelation they are words our limited understanding cannot comprehend. Proverbs 29:18 says "where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraints (they perish), but happy is he who keeps the law". Without the revelation of God when reading His words, we do not fully understand the principles (laws) He has set forth for guidance, restriction and fulfillment of our lives, the lives He has planned for us. He has a plan for us all.
I pray daily for God's wisdom so I can see what the Word means for me. What He wants me to understand. Because I truly am seeking His will and His heart, He has given me revelation. Not all at once, it comes bit by bit; as my spirit can accept and understand. There is so much, He feeds it to me like a child, small bites, and as I grow, larger bites. He will feed me until He feels I can eat on my own, but He will still be watching me digest each beautiful sentence of His Word, tenderly encouraging me as I grow in Him.
What a blessed Father He is. My well being is so important to Him. He knows that His Word is essential to my growth and to my life. I cannot live to the potential He has placed in my life without Him and His Word leading me in His path.
Thank You my Father, for this beautiful gift. Once again, I am without a gift for You that could possibly measure up to what You have given me. All I can offer, my Lord, is all my worship, all my days, given only toYou. I sing praises to You, I give You all the glory and honor that is due only You, my King. I will love You with a passionate love that You have taught me to have. I will sing songs to You each day of my life as You have put the songs in my heart with Your love. I cherish the intimate relationship You have with me. My God, there is no one like You. You are my everything.
You, my Lord, have given me Confidence and now Revelation, and I am your grateful child, this 14th day of December, 2010.
Monday, December 13, 2010
ON THE FIRST DAY OF CHRISTMAS, MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME.....
CONFIDENCE
Isaiah 30:15a "In returning and rest you shall be saved. In quietness and confidence shall be your strength."
I use to be really shy. Growing up, from what I was told, I would hide behind my mothers skirts when people approached me. I had a hard time opening up with people all my life and would normally keep my ideas to myself. You can believe I never walked up to people I did not know and tell them anything. Yes, I know so many people have a hard time believing I was shy. But true, none the less.
In 1996 I began to do craft shows as I was making rag rugs and after so many, you have to do something with them. I had a gift for color combination and they were pretty easy to sell. It gave me a lot of time to pray and talk to the Lord while I made them. As people began special ordering them, I would pray for the person that was to receive the rug. The more shows I did, the more I found it easy to talk to people as I had a common ground with them. After a year or so, I found that as I could talk to people about the rugs, I could talk to them about anything. If the Lord opened the door in the conversation, I found I could tell them about the blessings of the Lord, how He loved them.
The Lord started to give me a compassion for people, for their lives and a desire to pray for them. As prayers began to bubble up in me for them, I began to recieve a confidence in what I was doing. The Lord gave me confidence, a quiet confidence in Him. An assurance if you will, that if I would open my mouth, He would put the right words there. Now armed with confidence, I began to quietly visit with people God would send to me. No big words, no profound statements, just a gentle showing of God's mercy, His wonderful grace. Taking care not to overstep my place, staying just inside the Lord's reach, so He could pull me back if I began to falter in my way. Not wanting to say the wrong thing, still a bit timid, learning a little at a time what He wanted me to do.
A couple of years ago, the year before Robert died, a friend came to me. She was in real trouble, serious trouble. She wanted me to tell her what to do. I felt a trembling in my spirit, for this was something I had to be so right in, no making a mistake hearing from the Lord here. I began to pray and felt the Lord pour confidence into me. A boldness that I knew His voice and would hear what He wanted me to say. From that point on, I was released from fear and timidity. The Lord does not give a gift and take it back as long as you follow Him and seek His voice and direction. I now had real common ground. The Lord!
Confident in what the Lord's will for me, I now speak what he gives me. I pray openly for those in need of prayer, and speak to those the Lord sends to me. It is nothing of me, I can assure you that without God, I am still the same person wanting to hid behind mama's skirts, but it is not just me. It is me as a vessel of our Holy God who, because of my love for Him, my willingness to be used in any manner He chooses, that I can do what the Lord wants me to do.
On this, the first day of Christmas, my true love, my precious Lord, my King, my God, gave to me CONFIDENCE. And He does not take back His true gifts, as long as you use them the way He intended them to be used. I am confident that I will also use what the Lord gives me for His glory, His honor, as I love Him only, this 13th day of December, 2010.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Walking In The Light
Matthew 5:14-16 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven."
I have heard so many times growing up, don't hide your light under a bushel. I think growing up in church, a lot of have heard that phrase. And we are just that, light of and to the world. We should make certain that our light is shining so others can see it. How will they see the Light that is in us if we do not show it. It is not boasting to let your light shine, your son-shine light that is a beacon of hope and love, coming out of you. Your eyes are the windows to the soul, I have heard it said. What do your eyes show. Do they shine with the love of the Lord, are the doors of your heart open to give love freely.
Sometimes your light is the only Jesus some will ever see. Someone that is having a difficult time, almost always looks for the light. They are sinking in dispair, they will not call on someone filled with problems, showing them no compasison. They will look for someone that has that Light about them. The Light that they so want but do not know how to get. They will come to you. And you must let the Light shine from within you and let the love of God overflow from you onto them.
Don't let your light grow dim. Keep your light refreshingly bright by reading God's word, praying in the spirit, and worsiping the Lord. Keep the Lords name on you lips day and night, always be ready to pray for someone in need. Keep your heart pure unto the Lord, your mind in Christ, and your heart linked to Jesus, who fills you up with His love to give away. And give it away, you cannot run out of God's love. He will refill you before you know it is gone from you. Just pass it along to someone else.
I have a light, it reflects the Light in my heart, the Light of my life, my Lord and King. I try to take every opporunity to let my Jesus light shine on a daily basis. People need to know where that beacon of light is, that place they can receive a word of hope, a refreshing word. Shine you light onto the world, it's reflection will come back to you with the glory of the Lord.
You, my Lord, glorious and majestic, rule my life today. Father, make my light to shine with Your love and grace, as I know You will refill me with Your mercy and grace as I give it away. I love your Light that shines in me Lord and I will reflect Your hope and salvation to others; you love and grace, using my light to show the way to the unsaved. Lighting their path from death onto life in You Lord.
My light that you gave me, Your energy supply in Your Word to keep it glowing. A complete package my Lord, this 12th day of December, 2010.
I have heard so many times growing up, don't hide your light under a bushel. I think growing up in church, a lot of have heard that phrase. And we are just that, light of and to the world. We should make certain that our light is shining so others can see it. How will they see the Light that is in us if we do not show it. It is not boasting to let your light shine, your son-shine light that is a beacon of hope and love, coming out of you. Your eyes are the windows to the soul, I have heard it said. What do your eyes show. Do they shine with the love of the Lord, are the doors of your heart open to give love freely.
Sometimes your light is the only Jesus some will ever see. Someone that is having a difficult time, almost always looks for the light. They are sinking in dispair, they will not call on someone filled with problems, showing them no compasison. They will look for someone that has that Light about them. The Light that they so want but do not know how to get. They will come to you. And you must let the Light shine from within you and let the love of God overflow from you onto them.
Don't let your light grow dim. Keep your light refreshingly bright by reading God's word, praying in the spirit, and worsiping the Lord. Keep the Lords name on you lips day and night, always be ready to pray for someone in need. Keep your heart pure unto the Lord, your mind in Christ, and your heart linked to Jesus, who fills you up with His love to give away. And give it away, you cannot run out of God's love. He will refill you before you know it is gone from you. Just pass it along to someone else.
I have a light, it reflects the Light in my heart, the Light of my life, my Lord and King. I try to take every opporunity to let my Jesus light shine on a daily basis. People need to know where that beacon of light is, that place they can receive a word of hope, a refreshing word. Shine you light onto the world, it's reflection will come back to you with the glory of the Lord.
You, my Lord, glorious and majestic, rule my life today. Father, make my light to shine with Your love and grace, as I know You will refill me with Your mercy and grace as I give it away. I love your Light that shines in me Lord and I will reflect Your hope and salvation to others; you love and grace, using my light to show the way to the unsaved. Lighting their path from death onto life in You Lord.
My light that you gave me, Your energy supply in Your Word to keep it glowing. A complete package my Lord, this 12th day of December, 2010.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
The Christmas Gift
Last year was my first Christmas as a widow. I was so empty, looking for some way to fill that void in my life. My anniversary was at the beginning of December, rough days, so hard. So I bought myself a nice anniversary gift. My husband would have wanted me to. Yes, he really would have, that is how he was. Always wanting me to have everything. Then Christmas came, another hard day. Honestly, the entire year was hard, still is in so many ways, but....wait for the end of this before you feel sadness for me. So, anyway I got a real nice Christmas gift also. The truth of the matter, now, I cannot even remember what the gifts were. All I can tell you is that they were material and filled nothing, void was still there. I found out the way most of us do, that material things do not fill the void in your life, the hurt in your heart, or the hunger in your soul.
Earlier this year, the Lord filled me to the most inner part of me, leaving nothing void, every part of me filled with His beautiful, glorious love. Cleansed every part of me with His miraculous grace and mercy and left me wanting nothing but Him. I lost all the desire for snacking, sweets, everything that was not of Him, I no longer wanted. Then, as I have told you, He taught me how to worship Him. He became my obsession, my reason for each day to be important because it was another day with Him. No longer dreading coming home because I knew my Lord would be here, here at home, and with me everywhere I went. He took me out of what had become a shell and filled my life with so much love, so much love.
Sorry, just thought for those who haven't read earlier posts, I would background a little. Getting back to this time of year. Had all the sales papers come in the newspaper, really have not paid them much mind. People asking did you finish you shopping yet? Are you ready for Christmas? All the questions that are normal every day questions for this time of year. I don't have answers to them. None at all.
My house is not lit up with thousands of lights and so far there is no tree gracing the inner rooms. My heart however is filled and lit up with the LIGHT of the Son, and the GRACE of God fills each room of the house. The house resounds with worship music all night, and during the day when I am home. I fill the house with voice as I sing praises and worship to my God, my Love. He is all I need, He has given me so much these past few months. And this month I am devoted to worshiping and thanking my Lord for the Son He sent, to be born at Christmas, to be received into a world that would kill Him, just so I could have this intimate relationship with Him always, to be one of the few He chooses for His Son's Bride. All have the honor of being asked to be the Bride, but not all receive the invitation. But I have, will not change my heart ever and look forward to that day when my precious Lord comes back for me.
Oh, Yes, the Christms Gift. It is CONTENTMENT. I am so content with my life. There is nothing I want save my Lord's presence, His love. What can equal time spent with the Lord, His glory all around you, knowing that there is nothing He would rather do than to spend time with me, talking with me, teaching me His Word, showing me meaning in the scriptures, giving me understanding. How could I want anything more. There is nothing left to want. No material thing I can think of could possible equal to what I already have in Him.
So, my beautiful Lord, my Savior, My God, sweet Holy Spirit, oh how I am so content with Your gift to me, Contentment. So content with Your fulfillment of me, this 11th day of December, 2010.
Earlier this year, the Lord filled me to the most inner part of me, leaving nothing void, every part of me filled with His beautiful, glorious love. Cleansed every part of me with His miraculous grace and mercy and left me wanting nothing but Him. I lost all the desire for snacking, sweets, everything that was not of Him, I no longer wanted. Then, as I have told you, He taught me how to worship Him. He became my obsession, my reason for each day to be important because it was another day with Him. No longer dreading coming home because I knew my Lord would be here, here at home, and with me everywhere I went. He took me out of what had become a shell and filled my life with so much love, so much love.
Sorry, just thought for those who haven't read earlier posts, I would background a little. Getting back to this time of year. Had all the sales papers come in the newspaper, really have not paid them much mind. People asking did you finish you shopping yet? Are you ready for Christmas? All the questions that are normal every day questions for this time of year. I don't have answers to them. None at all.
My house is not lit up with thousands of lights and so far there is no tree gracing the inner rooms. My heart however is filled and lit up with the LIGHT of the Son, and the GRACE of God fills each room of the house. The house resounds with worship music all night, and during the day when I am home. I fill the house with voice as I sing praises and worship to my God, my Love. He is all I need, He has given me so much these past few months. And this month I am devoted to worshiping and thanking my Lord for the Son He sent, to be born at Christmas, to be received into a world that would kill Him, just so I could have this intimate relationship with Him always, to be one of the few He chooses for His Son's Bride. All have the honor of being asked to be the Bride, but not all receive the invitation. But I have, will not change my heart ever and look forward to that day when my precious Lord comes back for me.
Oh, Yes, the Christms Gift. It is CONTENTMENT. I am so content with my life. There is nothing I want save my Lord's presence, His love. What can equal time spent with the Lord, His glory all around you, knowing that there is nothing He would rather do than to spend time with me, talking with me, teaching me His Word, showing me meaning in the scriptures, giving me understanding. How could I want anything more. There is nothing left to want. No material thing I can think of could possible equal to what I already have in Him.
So, my beautiful Lord, my Savior, My God, sweet Holy Spirit, oh how I am so content with Your gift to me, Contentment. So content with Your fulfillment of me, this 11th day of December, 2010.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Humble Yourself Before the Lord
To learn humility is to learn contentment in all circumstances. Humility is not in what we own or achieve, but in maintaining a teachable attitude, a willingness to bend to the will of the Father. (Jan Silvious).
What a hard thing it is for some to humble themselves. To yield to another, give place for them where you want to be yourselves. To put them first, yourself last. To be completely satisfied in your life, humbling yourself to a status where you know you need nothing save our Lord.
There is no shame in being humble. Our Savior came to earth as a humble Child, grew up and humbled Himself before men, and then humbled Himself unto death for our redemption. Are we humble? Are we willing to put others before ourselves, to think of their needs before our own. Women so often will do this, not often knowing that they are yielding, giving, humbling themselves. They do this for their families, friends; so often a servant to those she loves. But does this extend to the Lord.
The Lord wants us to humble ourselves before Him. Making ourselves open to His Word, to His teachings. Listening always for His voice. We cannot hear that voice if we have exalted ourselves to thinking we are right all the time, always finding our opinion better than someone elses, thinking highly of ourselves. Do we not realize, we are nothing. The only thing worthwhile in this human form of ours is that when repentant, giving ourselves to our Lord, loving and worshiping Him with all our hearts, HIS presence, the Holy Spirit joining us with His presence makes our bodies a TEMPLE, giving place to the glory of our Lord within us. HE comes into this human form of ours and makes this old body such a wonderful place to live, with His presence abiding there.
Teachable, moldable, useful. Contentment brings about an openness unto the Lord. Father, we are content with every blessing you have given us. Wanting for nothing save the presence of God. Wills being placed in His hands, humbling ourselves there in His hands, asking for His words, mold me, Oh, Lord, into someone You can use for Your glory. Giving all we have unto Him, asking for His presence, His teaching, needing to become His in every aspect of our lives. Needing nothing more than His touch, His Holy Spirit to guide and correct, always humbling ourselves under that correction so nothing stands in the way of our relationship with the Father.
Humble yourselves before the Lord, He will exalt you on high, as when He does the exalting, it is to His Glory alone. I come before you my God, humble, yielding, yearning to be taught Your ways, used by You for your glory. Always worshiping You, my Father, loving only You, content in You, my Lord, this 10th day of December, 2010.
What a hard thing it is for some to humble themselves. To yield to another, give place for them where you want to be yourselves. To put them first, yourself last. To be completely satisfied in your life, humbling yourself to a status where you know you need nothing save our Lord.
There is no shame in being humble. Our Savior came to earth as a humble Child, grew up and humbled Himself before men, and then humbled Himself unto death for our redemption. Are we humble? Are we willing to put others before ourselves, to think of their needs before our own. Women so often will do this, not often knowing that they are yielding, giving, humbling themselves. They do this for their families, friends; so often a servant to those she loves. But does this extend to the Lord.
The Lord wants us to humble ourselves before Him. Making ourselves open to His Word, to His teachings. Listening always for His voice. We cannot hear that voice if we have exalted ourselves to thinking we are right all the time, always finding our opinion better than someone elses, thinking highly of ourselves. Do we not realize, we are nothing. The only thing worthwhile in this human form of ours is that when repentant, giving ourselves to our Lord, loving and worshiping Him with all our hearts, HIS presence, the Holy Spirit joining us with His presence makes our bodies a TEMPLE, giving place to the glory of our Lord within us. HE comes into this human form of ours and makes this old body such a wonderful place to live, with His presence abiding there.
Teachable, moldable, useful. Contentment brings about an openness unto the Lord. Father, we are content with every blessing you have given us. Wanting for nothing save the presence of God. Wills being placed in His hands, humbling ourselves there in His hands, asking for His words, mold me, Oh, Lord, into someone You can use for Your glory. Giving all we have unto Him, asking for His presence, His teaching, needing to become His in every aspect of our lives. Needing nothing more than His touch, His Holy Spirit to guide and correct, always humbling ourselves under that correction so nothing stands in the way of our relationship with the Father.
Humble yourselves before the Lord, He will exalt you on high, as when He does the exalting, it is to His Glory alone. I come before you my God, humble, yielding, yearning to be taught Your ways, used by You for your glory. Always worshiping You, my Father, loving only You, content in You, my Lord, this 10th day of December, 2010.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
I HAVE PURPOSE
Isaiah 61:1-3 "The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath annointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord that He might be glorified."
I have never thought of myself as a preacher, although sometimes I think it sounds like I am preaching. I am just so adament about my Lord, I want everyone to find Him and His will for their life. But I do know that the Lord has a purpose for my life, for me. He has not brought me to this place in my life, taken weeks to teach me how He wanted me to worship Him, put into my heart such a love for people, and a tenderness and concern for them, if He did not have a special purpose for it all. It all must fit together into His plan. He told me that He has a plan for me, to prosper me, not harm me, to give me a future and a hope. (Jer 29:11) This scripture He gave to me so many times, until it resonated within me. So I believe He will couple this word along with the heart for His children that He gave me to make a place for me in my life at this time. I am waiting for the beginning of something wonderful, something that He has ordained for my life, waiting for His timing in it.
Finding myself always with a word of encouragement for others, I realize this does not come from me. I know these words are from the Lord, as I cannot express myself like I do. I have always been basically shy, not wishing to be in the fore-front of things, but more of a background type, in the kitchen, not the living room. Perhaps so much like Martha it would hurt at times, wishing to be Mary but not wanting to be out front. But now the Lord has given me a heart of Mary, wanting only more of Him and to do His will. So He has me out of myself, loving on people, encouraging them, passing on what the Lord tells me to say to them. I feel people that know me well, some of them see what the Lord is doing, they have such spiritual insight; while others just seem to be a little tolerant because of who I am, and they love me. But they fail to understand what has happened to me these last months. How God has taken me from a mediocure worshiper at best to one who has a heart to do nothing else but worship Him and love Him, to proclaim to all who listen, how He loves them and so desires their whole hearted worship and love. Sort of like, not being accepted in your hometown. I have friends who will understand this feeling.
But I will continue in the path as the Lord instructs. I will love His people. I will encourage them and lift them up, giving them the good news and word from the Lord. I will worship the Lord with all my being, leaving nothing out, or leaving no doubt as to who I am in Him. My God, I ask for Your boldness, Your strength. I believe as long as I do everything in Your Name, for Your glory, that I can do what You ask. I can do what is necessary to show Your love and grace to everyone I come in contact with.
Just one thing I ask for myself, my Lord, is Your continued presence, Your sweet presence each moment of my live. Your Glory surrounding me each day, and Your peace and rest each night.
As I praise You and worship You, my Father. Let the songs that I sing give you joy, dear Lord, this 9th day of December, 2010.
I have never thought of myself as a preacher, although sometimes I think it sounds like I am preaching. I am just so adament about my Lord, I want everyone to find Him and His will for their life. But I do know that the Lord has a purpose for my life, for me. He has not brought me to this place in my life, taken weeks to teach me how He wanted me to worship Him, put into my heart such a love for people, and a tenderness and concern for them, if He did not have a special purpose for it all. It all must fit together into His plan. He told me that He has a plan for me, to prosper me, not harm me, to give me a future and a hope. (Jer 29:11) This scripture He gave to me so many times, until it resonated within me. So I believe He will couple this word along with the heart for His children that He gave me to make a place for me in my life at this time. I am waiting for the beginning of something wonderful, something that He has ordained for my life, waiting for His timing in it.
Finding myself always with a word of encouragement for others, I realize this does not come from me. I know these words are from the Lord, as I cannot express myself like I do. I have always been basically shy, not wishing to be in the fore-front of things, but more of a background type, in the kitchen, not the living room. Perhaps so much like Martha it would hurt at times, wishing to be Mary but not wanting to be out front. But now the Lord has given me a heart of Mary, wanting only more of Him and to do His will. So He has me out of myself, loving on people, encouraging them, passing on what the Lord tells me to say to them. I feel people that know me well, some of them see what the Lord is doing, they have such spiritual insight; while others just seem to be a little tolerant because of who I am, and they love me. But they fail to understand what has happened to me these last months. How God has taken me from a mediocure worshiper at best to one who has a heart to do nothing else but worship Him and love Him, to proclaim to all who listen, how He loves them and so desires their whole hearted worship and love. Sort of like, not being accepted in your hometown. I have friends who will understand this feeling.
But I will continue in the path as the Lord instructs. I will love His people. I will encourage them and lift them up, giving them the good news and word from the Lord. I will worship the Lord with all my being, leaving nothing out, or leaving no doubt as to who I am in Him. My God, I ask for Your boldness, Your strength. I believe as long as I do everything in Your Name, for Your glory, that I can do what You ask. I can do what is necessary to show Your love and grace to everyone I come in contact with.
Just one thing I ask for myself, my Lord, is Your continued presence, Your sweet presence each moment of my live. Your Glory surrounding me each day, and Your peace and rest each night.
As I praise You and worship You, my Father. Let the songs that I sing give you joy, dear Lord, this 9th day of December, 2010.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
The First Commandment
Mark 12:29 "The first of all the commandments is: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment."
So often when we think of the commandments, we consider the ten commandments that were given to Moses for the people. Commandments to guide and instruct for rightful living. But a new commandment was given by Jesus. Jesus came so that we could know the Father in an intimate way. Jesus came so we might have redemption from our sins, for without it, there was no relationship with the Father. Our Lord wanted us to realize that the most important thing that was required of us was to love the Father, heart, soul, mind, all our strength. Put everything we have into loving the Lord, holding nothing back. This is His commandment.
And how can you truly love the Lord and not sing His praises, not worship Him. He is so beautiful, His love endureth forever, and His blessings pour out on His children who love Him and follow His commandments, beginning with the first commandment, to love the Lord. Is it so difficult to love someone who gave so much for you. Who sent His son to make a bridge between you and Him? How much love do you think it took to send His son from glory down to earth to be treated so despicable and was crucified so we could have everlasting life; so we could become His children, His beloved children.
I, my Father, love you with my whole heart, my soul, my mind and all my strength will be spent in worshiping You. There will never be a moment that I do not love You, that I do have my mind on loving You. I will do everything You ask me to do to show others the importance of worshiping You. I will be a worshiper of my God until the day You take me home to be with You. I long for the day I can be with You always. But I know You have work for me here. And Lord, I don't mind, as I know You are with me here, Your presence guiding me and loving me. I feel Your love, my Father. I feel Your presence, it is so glorious. I thank You for Your love, Your presence. I thank You that You loved me so much, You gave Your son so I could have the most intimate relationship with You, so I could have You with me, to talk with me, how You bless me Lord.
I am Your child my God, Your worshiping child, this 8th day of December, 2010.
So often when we think of the commandments, we consider the ten commandments that were given to Moses for the people. Commandments to guide and instruct for rightful living. But a new commandment was given by Jesus. Jesus came so that we could know the Father in an intimate way. Jesus came so we might have redemption from our sins, for without it, there was no relationship with the Father. Our Lord wanted us to realize that the most important thing that was required of us was to love the Father, heart, soul, mind, all our strength. Put everything we have into loving the Lord, holding nothing back. This is His commandment.
And how can you truly love the Lord and not sing His praises, not worship Him. He is so beautiful, His love endureth forever, and His blessings pour out on His children who love Him and follow His commandments, beginning with the first commandment, to love the Lord. Is it so difficult to love someone who gave so much for you. Who sent His son to make a bridge between you and Him? How much love do you think it took to send His son from glory down to earth to be treated so despicable and was crucified so we could have everlasting life; so we could become His children, His beloved children.
I, my Father, love you with my whole heart, my soul, my mind and all my strength will be spent in worshiping You. There will never be a moment that I do not love You, that I do have my mind on loving You. I will do everything You ask me to do to show others the importance of worshiping You. I will be a worshiper of my God until the day You take me home to be with You. I long for the day I can be with You always. But I know You have work for me here. And Lord, I don't mind, as I know You are with me here, Your presence guiding me and loving me. I feel Your love, my Father. I feel Your presence, it is so glorious. I thank You for Your love, Your presence. I thank You that You loved me so much, You gave Your son so I could have the most intimate relationship with You, so I could have You with me, to talk with me, how You bless me Lord.
I am Your child my God, Your worshiping child, this 8th day of December, 2010.
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