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 A word fitly spoken is like
apples of gold in settings
of silver.  (NKJV)



January 16, 2012  

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

January 11, 2011

Sometimes You Must Encourage Yourself----David in the Bible encouraged himself in the Lord when his own members turned against him in 1 Samuel 30:6. I know that feeling well. For David, the members were soldiers who were supposedly on his team fighting the same enemy. In my case, it is often the very members of my body---my mind, my eyes, my lips, my hands etc---mounting up and turning on me. My thoughts will be discouraging, my vision will be blurry, my lips will speak negative words and my hands will be ready to throw in the towel. Thanks be to God, I have learned how to wage a war against my own members and in the process encourage myself.

My war strategy comes from Psalms 63:2-7. When David found himself in need in this psalm, the first adjustment he made was in his vision. In verse 2 he turned his eyes to God to see God's power and glory. Turning my eyes away from my circumstances and onto my glorious, powerful God always works for me too.

 Next David adjusts his lips and acknowledges that God's loving kindness is better than life. It's a declaration that should be on all of our lips all of the time. It is a negativity prevention device that works. By the time David gets to verse 4, his body is starting to line up and he declares that he will bless the Lord while he lives. That little clause 'while I live' sends a message to his body parts that he's going to live and not die.

 Hands hear the message and respond by lifting up. It's on now, and in verse 5 David is satisfied to the bone and he has the cooperation of the body member that can make or break us. Solomon warns us that death and life are in the power of the tongue (Proverbs 18:21) and David heeds that word. What's more, David understands that what we do habitually impacts us. Everytime he lays down or is engaged in a night watch, he has to fix his mind and meditate on the one who is his eternal help.

 I love the 7th verse because it says to me that because God has been my help, I can rejoice in the shadow of His wings. That sounds like a resting place to me. As soon as I allow God to lead me to that place, all body parts are at ease and focused, not on need, but on Him who is my supply. I am encouraged in my whole body and if you do the same you will be encouraged too.

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December 29, 2011 Countdown to the new year!
Get on Mary's page. Don't wait until the performance of the Word in your life to shout, shout now.
Luke 1:45-47  Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord. And Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord,  And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior."
The awesome example in this word is that Mary received the Word, believed the Word and rejoiced in the Source long before the word was fulfilled.  We should do the same whether we are waiting on healing, or a job, or a resolution of a conflict. Don't wait until the delivery day. Make the Lord bigger than anything or anybody that might discourage you from confidently expecting.  Shout now.
Are you up to the challenge?
 
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December 13, 2011   There is no greater occupation than occupying ourselves getting to know Jesus Christ.
 

Ephesians 1:16-19

I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.  I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people,and his incomparably great power for us who believe.

December 9, 2011 
Christianbook.com
One response was given by the innkeeper when Mary and Joseph
wanted to find a room where the Child could be born. The innkeeper
was not hostile; he was not opposed to them, but his inn was crowded;
 his hands were full; his mind was preoccupied. This is the answer that
 millions are giving today. Like a Bethlehem innkeep...er, they cannot
find room for Christ. All the accommodations in their hearts are already
taken up by other crowding interests. Their response is not atheism.
It is not defiance. It is preoccupation and the feeling of being able to
get on reasonably well without Christianity. - Billy Graham
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November 22, 2011 
 
T.D. Jakes Ministries/The Potter's House (posted today on Facebook)
When God changes the light in your life from red to green,
you can accomplish things that you tried to do at other times
but could not perform. What an exciting time it is to suddenly
find your engine kicking into gear and your turbines turning in harmonious production. This is an exciting time for the prepared believer. I believe with all my heart that soon people God had
waiting their turn will burst to the forefront and pull into the
fast lane. Trained by patience and humbled by personal
challenges, they will usher in a new season in the cycle of the Kingdom.
 
 
November 5, 2011
 
Who will you rely on in this season? Isn't it an eye opener to know that God regards our reliance on Him as comittment to Him? If we are fully committed to the Lord we should also be fully reliant on Him.
Rely means to depend confidently on, to trust in.
Read the passage below and choose to trust God completely.
 2 Chronicles 16:7-9

NIV (New International Version)

 

 7 At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him: “Because you relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand. 8 Were not the Cushites and Libyans a mighty army with great numbers of chariots and horsemen? Yet when you relied on the LORD, he delivered them into your hand. 9 For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. You have done a foolish thing, and from now on you will be at war.”

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October 31, 2011 
Hallowed Dress for Everyday Use
 

Abraham never wavered (staggered) in believing God’s promise.

 In fact, his faith grew stronger, and in this he brought glory to God. (Romans 4:20)
Need a costume for today..put on Abraham and faithwalk your

way to victory.
Stagger not..somebody's watching that needs to see Jesus

stand tall in you.

 

Stagger means to doubt or contend. When you stagger

at the promises of God it means you fight against or oppose the promise. God says "I will supply your needs" and your words and actions say, "No, you won't--I got this"...and the battle is on and cracking. On this day choose to stagger not. If God says it,

believe it.

 "what do we do in the face of truth??"
 
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October 21, 2011
 
 Read:  Matthew 11:28-29 and Psalm 46:10

 

Pray:   Thank you Lord for rest that can only be found in serving and pleasing you.

Thank you that I can rest in knowing that you are God alone and beside you there is no other.

Thank you for the good sense to go with the flow of what you are doing.

Thank you for cleansing me and leading me in the way of righteousness

 

 
October 18, 2011 
Psalm 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
 
 
October 17, 2011
 Sometimes the miracle you are seeking is as simple as God turning your mourning into dancing. That's a miracle. Picture that and shout now. If you really believe your miracle is on The Way then hold on to who The Way is--His name is Jesus..the Way, the Truth and the Life. (John 14:6) Hold on!!
 
 
September 23, 2011  Somebody help me praise Him!

I woke up this morning thanking God. Actually, I was just about bursting with thanksgiving and praise.

I was so thankful that if you had been in the room with me you
might have thought I had won the lottery or had overcome a
giant issue like unforgiveness or had been healed from a terminal
 disease. That river of living water that was promised to me in John 7:38,39 was gushing out and everything in me was praising my God.
The scripture in my mind was "this is the day that the Lord hath
made; I will rejoice and be glad in it." (Psalm 118:24)

I began to think first about God making the day and what my
life would be like if there was no day. I flashed back to
Genesis 1:1-2 and began to think---I could have awakened
in a place that was without form, that was void and full
of darkness. Not so, thank God.

There was a bed underneath my body and the walls and floor were separated like water from the dry land. Everywhere I looked
 I could see shadows that told me that light and dark were
separated and I thanked God for it. I remember many years 
ago doing a month long contract in Alaska in February and
 waking up in the dark, going to school in the dark, teaching
first, second and third periods in the dark. I remember the
feeling on that first day of work when the clock said 10:45 A.M.
and the sun began to shine. It probably didn’t mean much
to those Alaskan children, but something leaped inside of
me when light charged in and made itself at home in that
classroom.

Those Alaskan folks took real good care of this California
native. They gave me authentic Alaskan boots for my feet
and a taste of smoked reindeer for my chewing pleasure,
 but nothing could top the joy I felt when the sun shined
that morning. God made that day and he made this day
and I will rejoice and be glad in it.

All that thinking about sunshine caused me to think about
His light and His Word and how the entrance of His Word gives light. Psalm 119:130 says "The entrance of thy words giveth light;
it giveth understanding unto the simple." I could not help
but remember what my life was like before Jesus the
light of the world came and settled in my heart.

I remember many a day waking up not wanting to face
the cares of the day and then habitually turning to one
 I believed could give me relief. I called him 'bud' at the time,
 short for Budweiser and I would drink until I could care
less about dark, light or anything other than where’s the
 nearest toilet or somebody make a run before the store closes.
Those were dark days, darker even than an Alaskan morning in
February.

God did the same thing for me one Monday night 20 years ago
that he did on that Alaskan morning. He sent the light of
His word so gorgeously wrapped in truth and love that
 I could not help but embrace it. Like the psalmist said,
He gave understanding unto the simple. The dark ---and
all its relatives—sin, shame, frustration et all---was not
working for me and I had a simple choice to make. Light
or Dark? I thank God I chose Jesus, the living Word,
 (John 1:1,14) and the light. I could not have made that
 choice if God had not made that day. So, I thank the
Lord for that day and I will rejoice and be glad in it.
As a matter of fact I have leftover thanksgiving and
praise from that day.

Every time I think about where I could have been, I rejoice
in my Lord and Savior. That leftover rejoicing from that day
 plus the joys from the 6,105 other days since he saved me,
 adds up. I did the math.

In Philippians 4: 4 the writer Paul says "rejoice and again
I say rejoice." I understand why he said rejoice twice. There
is always something in the now to rejoice in and there is
always something God has done in the past to rejoice in.

I dare you to rejoice and again I say rejoice...

Rejoice, remembering that he could have left this world
in a state of void with no form and full of darkness, but
He didn't. He could have left us in a state of void, chaos,
confusion and darkness. He could have left us 'tore up
from the floor up and full of self stuff' —but He didn't.

He loves us too much and He gave us just the measure of faith
 (Romans 12:3) we needed to choose Jesus and bring in the light.

Closing Prayer

Let me leave you with a prayer to pray and a few questions
that will cause you to seek the Lord and his Word this week.

Pray This Prayer to the Lord...

Dear Lord. Thank you for your Word. Thank you for
giving me the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that
I might know you better. Thank you for enlightening
the eyes of my heart so that I might know the hope to
which you have called me, the riches of your glorious
inheritance in the saints and your unlimited great
power for us who believe. In Jesus name I pray, Amen
 (Prayer based on Ephesians 1:17-19)


Questions to stir your studying and your faith

What does the Word in 1 Corinthians 14:33 say

about confusion? If God is not the author,

should we be on that page called confusion? What does

Psalm 34:10 say about lack or void?
According to Webster, seek means, search for or try to reach.

How can you search for or try to reach God on a daily basis?

 What does the psalmist in Psalm 40:16 say about seeking the

Lord?
Now turn to 1 Peter 2:9.
How does the writer describe God’s people in this verse? What

 are we called out of? What are we called into? What should we be showing because of what God has done for us?
What does the verse 'rejoice and again I say rejoice' mean to you?

Make a list daily of those things you can rejoice in and don’t

forget to thank God for the light.

 

September 20, 2011  I am so grateful today that I am God's servant.
 
Something richly calming about being in a relationship with a God
who promises to be with me, take care of my fears, supply me with
strength, help me and hold me up with His righteousness. With my God
on my side I cannot be defeated. What a mighty God we serve!
 
 Isaiah 41:10 Fear thou not for I am with thee, be not dismayed
 for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee, yea I will help thee,
yea I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.  
 
Anything I do today to invest in my relationship with my God is well
worth it. I choose to spend time in His presence, to love Him with my
obedience to His way and His Word and above all to bless Him
with all that is within me.
 
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September 2, 2011 Do you know Him?

John 17:3  And this is eternal life, that they may know You,

the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

 

Deuteronomy 4:39 Therefore know this day, and consider

it in your heart, that the LORD Himself is God in heaven

 above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.

 

Isaiah 9:6   For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

 

Psalm 33:8-9     Let all the earth fear the LORD;
Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
 For He spoke, and it was done;
He commanded, and it stood fast.

August 17, 2011

Purpose is the reason we were created. Purpose is the God-job

we were specifically designed to fill.

Purpose is the hook that brings forth comfort when we connect

with our manufacturer and discomfort when we go to another

source for maintenance and repairs. Purpose is the clarity we

seek when our mind, will and emotions have us going in circles.

Purpose is our ultimate reason for getting up in the morning and the

home base we need to stir encouragement in our own hearts.

Psalms 139:16 makes purpose abundantly clear.

“You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was

recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before

 a single day had passed. “ (New Living Translation)

When I flashback on the paths the Lord allowed me to take to

 get me where I am today, my soul rejoices.  When

 I think of the awesomeness of his charting my course but

allowing me free will, my soul boasts in the Lord.  When

 I consider the choices He allowed me to make even after

 I gave Him my heart, I can’t help but praise Him because

 I know now that His will will be done.  His way is the way. 

 His purpose for our lives will be fulfilled.  I thank the Lord

that every step I took was recorded in his book and He knew

that one day, this day, He’d get glory from the stories of

 my stepping in every other direction but toward Him until I

 came to myself.  He knew that one day my stories about

well intended but unwise decisions I made thinking I was

 hearing and obeying Him would bless you. So, are you

ready to be blessed?

I remember being born in a preacher’s house and early

exposed to the things of the Lord, even falling in love

with scripture. I loved the way it rolled off my lips

 or the quickness with which it would pop back into

my head after I heard it a few times. I also loved

the oooh’s and ahhhh’s and the acclaim that came

when I’d pop up a scripture out of my mouth.  I quickly

 replaced my love for the scripture with love for the oooh’s

and aaah’s and eventually began to do everything in my

 power to get that acclaim, to get that attention, to hear

 that applause…O how sweet the sound and God allowed it. 

 He even let me pursue this love until I discovered that

my taste for it was insatiable.  I was like the dog running

 in circles trying to catch his own tail and never really achieving it. 

 You see I was chasing after something that had nothing to

do with my purpose directly, yet God in His infinite wisdom

allowed me to chase it, even get the training that went with

it because He knew this present chapter of my life was

coming and the rejections and the learning to not take

 the rejections personally were exactly what I needed to

fulfill my divine purpose.  God knew I was going to be

preaching the gospel in some dark places and that rejection

was coming.  He knew that eventually that hunger for fame

and fortune was going to turn into hunger for holiness,

 hunger for His presence, hunger for more of His Spirit. 

God knew, you see, that I was one He had pre-destined

to preach the gospel.  He knew that he had designed

me to be a shining example of how to abandon myself in

worship and praise unto Him. 

God so knew the plan He had for my life that when

 I began to drink everybody under the table and took on

 the nickname Bud, He allowed it. They called me Bud

 because I was always packing a case of Budweiser and

God knew that that unholy, counterfeit spirit would teach

me well.  So, He allowed it.  It was not His perfect will

but He allowed it and I learned the hard way that Bud could

 not be trusted, would always leave me and forsake me,

and would consistently lead me into places I had no

business going.  God knew when He drew me into that

 choir rehearsal as drunk as I was that Friday night over

20 years ago that I was enroute to salvation. He knew then

that you were going to need to read this so you could break

 free from your bondage.  He established at the foundation

of the world that when the word of my testimony was

 coupled with the blood of the lamb that somebody was

going to overcome something.  God knew that according

 to scripture in Revelations 12:11 that upon hearing this

testimony that you would choose to love not your life

unto death.  In Spanish that scripture in Revelations reads,

 Y ellos le han vencido por medio de la sangre del Cordero

 y de la palabra del testimonio de ellos, y menospreciaron

sus vidas hasta la muerte

 We always hear the first part about overcoming by the

blood of the lamb and the word of our testimony, but we

 rarely hear the end about them loving not their lives unto

death.  If we are going to fulfill our divine purpose, we have

 to love not our lives unto death.  In a nutshell we have to

be willing to fall out of love with the buds in our lives.  We

 have to so let go of the thoughts that lead to the habits

 that lead to the strongholds in our lives, that those

patterns of behavior die.  My bud is different from your

bud.  In my case after I got really saved and was taught

the Word and learned how to hear the Holy Spirit for myself,

 I realized that bud was an outward manifestation of some

unpleasant stuff going on on the inside.  I needed to die to

 huge feelings of inadequacy, insecurity, fear, unworthiness

and a trunk full of junk.  The awesome part of all this is

that the junk and the mess I was loving and holding onto for

dear life was blocking my view of the one and only one who

knows the plans He has for me…plans to prosper me and

give me a good outcome. That’s Jeremiah 29:11.  My view

was blocked and I could not get in sync with my divine

purpose no matter how hard I tried.

Do you remember the scripture in Matthew that says

‘blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God’.

(Matthew 5:8)  The junk in the trunk contaminates or pollutes

 the heart.  Ever try to swim in polluted water?  It’s hard to

 see isn’t it?  Our blessed Savior, Jesus Christ just wants

room to come in and clean us up so we can be all that

He purposes in His heart that we would be.

We have to get saved first and then the purifying to a

place of fulfilling our purpose comes in. I have to say

this here because far too many of us believe we have

to get pure or right first and then we get saved. Not so. 

We come to Jesus as we are and allow (cooperate with Him)

 the Lord to get to work cleaning us up. (Philippians 1:6)

Both King David ( 1Samuel 16:13…) and Joseph in the

 book of Genesis (Chapters 37-45) had some issues to work

 out on the way to fulfilling their purpose.  David was

 anointed king decades before God let him wear that crown. 

Joseph did time in the pit, and in prison before God even gave

him a glimpse of the palace. 

The question for all of us must be, are we willing to do whatever

 it takes to see Jesus.  If the blessing of seeing our God comes

forth as a result of our pureness of heart then that ought to

 be our earnest goal. 

Ask yourself today my brothers and sisters, do you really want to

see Jesus.  If so then let Him rule, let Him reign in every

area of your life. Do that and watch Him unveil His purpose

for your life.

© August 2009, Soul Shaping Publications, Hayward, CA. 94544

All Rights Reserved

 

July 23, 2011

Healing for Our Cities: Part One

©Soul Shaping Publications, 2011

The Call: Does your city or hometown need healing? restoration?

Read 2 Chronicles 7:14 (New Living Translation)

Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray

and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and

will forgive their sins and restore their land.

 

Are you called by His name? Jesus Christ...Christian?????

Get bolder. Take the 4 steps.

1. Humble yourself...

2. Pray...

3. Seek God's face...

4. Turn from your wicked ways...

And prayer is only one of the steps that will bring forth healing in the land.

 

The Response: Can we create a Prayer Day for my city? I mean set aside

a day and time where everyone will pray together on that day and that time.

It takes a village.

 

The Call:  It takes a village that is willing to individually obey the Word of God in

its fullness. Any village willing to take the 4 steps in his or her personal lives will

 reap the results God promised in this verse. If God said it, I believe He will do it.

 

The Response: I believe I am I’m ready to take those steps. Can u guide me,

show me and maybe even hold me. But I’m ready, God knows I’m ready.

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The Call: O how excellent! First step is humble yourself. That's what Jesus did.

He was fully God but He loved us so much He put on human flesh and walked

among us like a servant. He didn't care about his reputation or what people thought.

 Instead he had a one track mind...'I will obey my Father even if it kills me…and it did.

" But that is not the end of the story.

 

Somebody had to die for our sins. Somebody had to pay with blood and Jesus loved

us so much He stepped up to the plate. And all he requires of us is that we admit that

 we have sinned, ask for His forgiveness, believe that He died and then rose up from

that grave just for us.

 

We say with our lips and mean with our hearts that we are going to let Him run things

from now on. We invite him to come into our heart and be large and in charge.

We 'die' to the way we want to live and do things and rise to the challenge of

doing things His Way.

 

It's a blessed life and I can't wait to share more with you. Stay tuned.

 

 July 19, 2011

It's in your patience that you possess your soul.  That season of waiting

 is for your good.  When you begin to possess your soul you will make

wiser choices about what you let into your mind and heart. Protect your

mind.  Guard your heart. Kick to the curb every thought today that would displease God.  Don't let that thought in.  Instead fill up on thoughts that

are true and right and just and pure and lovely and admiral and worthy

of praise. You'll be glad you did. (Luke 21:19 & Philippians 4:8)

July 7, 2011  Will you be healed today?

Exodus 15:26

New King James Version (NKJV)

26 and said, “If you diligently heed the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in His sight,

 give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which

 I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”

 

Today I am checking my diligence in hearing and obeying God.  Am I attending to His voice carefully?

accurately? speedily?  and most importantly lovingly?  Am I persistent and hardworking in my effort to hear

and obey?  Am I doing all I can to get what He is saying to me on this day?

 

Selah....Pause and think about it.


 

 
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Join God's Hand Extended Christian Fellowship in a 21 day
'Speak Life' challenge!  On your mark, get set, ready, go!!!!!!!!!! 
(Good any month or anytime)
 

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3  Day1

Read John 10:10

Speak:  Today God I declare that I am willing to do what it takes to make room for this abundant life you promised me.

4  Day 2

Read Deuteronomy 30:19

Speak: Today God I declare that I am blessed because I choose to live the way you direct me to live.

5 Day 3

Read John 14:6

Speak:  Today God I declare that your way is my way, your truth is my truth and your life is my life.  I choose wholeheartedly to follow you.

6 Day 4

Read James 4:7

Speak:  Today God I choose to agree in words and actions with what you are saying and to disagree in words and actions with what the enemy is saying .

7 Day 5

Read 1 Peter 5:8

Speak:

I am wide awake and attentive to your voice on today and  the enemy will have no room to do anything in my life today.

8 Day 6

Read 2 Chronicles 16:9 and Psalm 34:15

Speak:  God,  I am checking my commitment today and making any necessary adjustments so that you can call me “Fully committed”

9 Day 7

Read Proverbs 18:21, Proverbs 13:3 , Matthew 12:34, Psalm 17:3 & Philippians 4:8

Speak:  On this day I choose to speak words that bring forth good things and I am determined not to sin in what I say.

10 Day 8

Read John 3:3-8 Speak:  On this day God, I declare that I am born of water and the Spirit and  I need  your Word and your Holy Spirit to guide me every moment of the day.

11 Day 9

Read 1 Peter 2:2 & Matthew 4:4

Speak:  God, I cannot live or grow without your Word.  Help me to crave your word and satisfy that craving by reading the Bible.  Speak to my heart on this day. Fill me to overflowing with you.

12 Day 10

Read Romans 6:2 & Galatians 5:24

Speak:  God, your Word helps me to see where I fall short.  Help me to nail those things in my life that displease you to the cross. I want to be full of you.

 

13 Day 11

Read  Romans 8:5-8

Speak:  God, I keep saying I choose to live a life pleasing to you, help me to think thoughts, speak words and make choices that please you. I want the life and peace that comes with letting you run things. 

14 Day 12

Read Philippians 2:5-8

Speak:  God, today I choose to put on a Christ-like attitude and to obey you even if it kills me.

15 Day 13

Read  John 17:3

Speak:  God, I am on a mission from now on and I want to really get to know you… get to know what you like and dislike and what you are saying on every matter. I am hungry to get to know you.

16 Day 14

Read John 13

Speak: Thank you God for your example.  Help me to love like you love and to never ever betray you with my words or actions.

17 Day 15

Read John 14

Speak:  Thank you God for every promise in your Word. I can trust, rely and depend on you.  You are a promise keeper.

18 Day 16

Read John 15

Speak:  God, thank you that I am connected to you and that people know I am connected to you when I show love. Thank you for teaching me to love like you love. 

19 Day 17

Read John 16

Speak:  Thank you God for the comfort of your Holy Spirit and all He brings to my life. Thank you that your Holy Spirit is my Advocate, Counselor, Stand by, Strengthener , Helper and Intercessor.

20 Day 18

Read John 17

Thank you God for Jesus Christ. Thank you for giving me an understanding of just how much love you have for me. Thank you for showing me the way of prayer.

21 Day 19

Read John 18

Thank you God for the example of how to stand and speak your Word when everything and everyone is against me.  Thank you for the lesson in how to be more than a conqueror.

22 Day 20

Read John 19

Speak:  Thank you God for…..(thank the Lord for whatever He brings to your mind/heart)

23 Day 21

Read John 20

  Speak :  I know my Savior lives in me because….

(fill in the blank )

24 Resurrection Sunday

 

Speak:  Today I rejoice and again I say rejoice.

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What is your 'spiritual' address?
 1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
         Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
 2 I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
         My God, in Him I will trust.” 
       
Psalm 91:3  Surely He shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler
and from the noisome pestilence.
Now that the work week is over I can really appreciate how glorious
it is to just abide under the shadow of the Almighty.  When I look back
over my shoulder and think about all He has done for me, my soul cries out halleluia. I stepped into a new place of trust today and I am ever so grateful
that my God is my safe place and my protection. The more I feast on
Psalm 91, the more I want to hear His voice, sense His every unction
and move as He directs me.  
 

.   There's nothing like living in the secret place of the Most High!

Nothing compares to being covered by Him who is my Lord and King.

 
 Yesterday I opened my mouth and declared, I said out loud that
God alone is my safe place and my all the time all around protection.
 He's got me and I don't mind saying it. I trust Him.
 There will be traps and things that will catch me up but if I hang out
in the Secret Place of the most High and reside permanently under
His covering , He promises to deliver me. I can take that promise to
the bank.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Word for any season...

John 3:3-8 (New Living Translation)

 3 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God.”

 4 “What do you mean?” exclaimed Nicodemus. “How can an old man go back into his mother’s womb and be born again?”

 5 Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. 6 Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life. 7 So don’t be surprised when I say, ‘You] must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows wherever it wants. Just as you can hear the wind but can’t tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can’t explain how people are born of the Spirit.”

 

How awesome to know that no matter what circumstances we may be naturally born into, God offers us a golden opportunity to be born again.  The difficulty for some of us who are born again is that we think we are stuck with the circumstances of our natural birth.  Just because Mama, Aunt Susie and Uncle Leroy behaved or thought in a certain way or were dirt poor or settled every issue with a shotgun or failed in marriage over and over again does not mean that we have to go out like that. Refuse to be bound by anything genetic that doesn’t work for you.

Born again means just that; we are brand new and have a fresh start and need only to look toward the Holy Spirit for moment by moment guidance and to the Word of God to cleanse us.  Dare you to go for it.

April 6, 2011

Today I choose to agree in words and actions with what God is saying and to disagree in words and actions with what the enemy is saying. James 4:7  I am speaking to every thought that pops up in my mind and I am saying, line up with the Word, line up. Thoughts can be downright cantankerous but with the help of the Lord I am submitting every last one of them to Him who is my God and King. I am thinking thoughts that are true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent and worthy of praise. (Philippians 4:8)….High road thinking and the high road takes you to perfect peace every time. Isn't it something that if I keep my mind fixed on Jesus that He promises to keep me in perfect peace? (Isaiah 26.3) Not just any ole kind of peace but perfect peace...that is complete peace...peace that will not be shaken....so it's not what's on my mind but who.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Potter's House by Tramaine Hawkins

 In case you have fallen by the wayside of life;
dreams and visions shattered, You're all broken inside.
You don't have to stay in the shape that you're in;
the potter wants to put you back together again,
oh, the potter wants to put you back together again.


In case your situation has turned upside down,
and all that you've accomplished, is now on the ground.
You don't have to stay in the shape that you're in;
the potter wants to put you back together again,
oh, the potter wants to put you back together again.

Chorus:
You who are broken, stop by the potter's house.
You who need mending, stop by the potter's house;
give Him the fragments of your broken life,
my friend, the potter wants to put you back together again,
oh, the potter wants to put you back together again

Vamp:
Joy in the potter's house.

Peace in the potter's house.

Love in the potter's house.

There is salvation in the potter's house.

There is healing in the potter's house.

There is deliverance in the potter's house.

You'll find everything you need in the potter's house.

Ending:
The potter wants to put you back together again,
oh, the potter wants to put you back together again