I have few hours left in 2013. As I look back over the year I can't say that this year has been easy nor comfortable, but I can say it's been one that God has gotten me through. It's been a year that God has shown Himself real. He is ever faithful. Just as His Word says.
God has shown Himself so REAL!!
As I enter into a new year, and though in the last 24 hours or so have endured an onslaught of emotions that I can not fully describe, I choose to believe that 2014 is going to be one of the greatest years yet.
The bad decisions of my life will not ruin my destiny! I may have had to stand in the field and watched the bitter seed I planted years ago have to grow, but in the past year or so I've watched with tears of appreciation as God has hewn it down. It's true. I know it's true. A burnt over field does not have to lay desolate. but new seed can be planted. I have been planting new, goodly seed for a while now too.
And now it's harvest time!! I stand on this because I know that God can (and does) work miracles. His Will will be done in my life, because His Will is ordered. And I know What He orders will be performed. I am a part of the 'people of the Name'. This people has been through the fire before. And they have come out victorious.
So...
Let the boat rock,
Let the storm rage
In the end God will see to it that His glory is manifested, and that it not only is manifest...but that it shines! I'm not satisfied with the emotions of victory. I want the deliverance!
James 4:7-8 Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.
Hell, it's time to let us alone!!!! I stand in defiance. I drive you out!!! In the NAME OF JESUS!!! Victory shall be ours.
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Saturday, December 28, 2013
December 18
Luke 15:6
....Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
God sees us for what we are. We are His.
But the greatest part is when we make Him ours! :) This is when Relationship is born.
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He saw the best in you when everyone else around could only see the worst in you.
He loves to work (what looks to us mortals) to be the impossible. He is a miracle worker. He is a prayer-answering God.
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Today I rejoice.
I rejoice...yes, for a soul, a soul which I was in much question about has given himself back to God.
It is my prayer that he will stand. that he will be steadfast. that he remain in the hand of God and not walk away ever again.
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God sees what we do not see.
He saves.
He died to redeem.
He is faithful.
Even when we are not.
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IN GOD we ALL can find Joy Grace & Favor.
He can CHANGE us, ABSOLUTELY CHANGE US, but it is up to us to live out that change.
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The secret: staying in His presence.
It is a presence that can make a change and then usher forth an awesome future.
God be praised!
Candlelight Praise
Psalm 42:8 Yet the Lord will command his loving kindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
His loving kindness is the safety net which holds me up as I cast about on life's troubled sea. Come what may there is a secret something that he throws out at me and sweetens all the bitterness which, at times, tries to pull me under.
As I look back over my life, these last 12 years have been miraculous. Truly God is the God of my salvation!
Another day has dawned in this era of grace and I find Him still faithful. He is sovereign. Therefore I will rejoice in this day.
No stress of trial shall prevent His presence in my life. In the darkness I shall take to remembrance His mercies and blessings which He has bestowed upon me. When I think on all this it's as music unto my heart. A song of praise can not help but gush forth from my mouth. He is God alone. He is omnipresent. He KNOWS who I am. And He knows the direction He wants to take me.
He uses all things for good.
Affliction may breathe on my candle, dimming it somewhat, but it shall not silence my song. My prayers are yoked with praise unto the God of all. I am assured of this one thing; all my sighs and my songs have free access to His Throne. He hears me and He understands. Only God can take that which is shattered, mend it, and make it stronger than what it was before.
To be assured of this is to have reason for hope even in the most deplorable of circumstance.
Wherever you find yourself at this moment, God hears you, my friend. He has not forsaken. Ignite your mouth with praise and your candle will shine bright as the noon day again. Hope thou in God!
His loving kindness is the safety net which holds me up as I cast about on life's troubled sea. Come what may there is a secret something that he throws out at me and sweetens all the bitterness which, at times, tries to pull me under.
As I look back over my life, these last 12 years have been miraculous. Truly God is the God of my salvation!
Another day has dawned in this era of grace and I find Him still faithful. He is sovereign. Therefore I will rejoice in this day.
No stress of trial shall prevent His presence in my life. In the darkness I shall take to remembrance His mercies and blessings which He has bestowed upon me. When I think on all this it's as music unto my heart. A song of praise can not help but gush forth from my mouth. He is God alone. He is omnipresent. He KNOWS who I am. And He knows the direction He wants to take me.
He uses all things for good.
Affliction may breathe on my candle, dimming it somewhat, but it shall not silence my song. My prayers are yoked with praise unto the God of all. I am assured of this one thing; all my sighs and my songs have free access to His Throne. He hears me and He understands. Only God can take that which is shattered, mend it, and make it stronger than what it was before.
To be assured of this is to have reason for hope even in the most deplorable of circumstance.
Wherever you find yourself at this moment, God hears you, my friend. He has not forsaken. Ignite your mouth with praise and your candle will shine bright as the noon day again. Hope thou in God!
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Glad Tidings
Acts 2:46-47 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o'er the plains;
And the mountains in reply, echoing their joyous strains.
Gloria in excelsis Deo! Gloria in excelsis Deo!
Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladness tidings be which inspire your heav'nly song?
Gloria in excelsis Deo! Gloria in excelsis Deo!
Come to Bethlehem and see Him whose birth the angels sing:
Come, adore on bended knee Christ the Lord, the newborn King,
Gloria in excelsis Deo! Gloria in excelsis Deo!
He came to earth so that all men and women may be saved!!! So thankful for the sacrifice He made.
In the midst of all the hustle and bustle of getting the presents, the decorations, the food....I pray we all take a long reflection on the TRUE MEANING of this Season. God came to earth to save people from sin. Be still and know what PEACE is. Spread light like the baby born that night. Give the greater gift. Give LOVE.
Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o'er the plains;
And the mountains in reply, echoing their joyous strains.
Gloria in excelsis Deo! Gloria in excelsis Deo!
Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladness tidings be which inspire your heav'nly song?
Gloria in excelsis Deo! Gloria in excelsis Deo!
Come to Bethlehem and see Him whose birth the angels sing:
Come, adore on bended knee Christ the Lord, the newborn King,
Gloria in excelsis Deo! Gloria in excelsis Deo!
He came to earth so that all men and women may be saved!!! So thankful for the sacrifice He made.
In the midst of all the hustle and bustle of getting the presents, the decorations, the food....I pray we all take a long reflection on the TRUE MEANING of this Season. God came to earth to save people from sin. Be still and know what PEACE is. Spread light like the baby born that night. Give the greater gift. Give LOVE.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Immanuel
Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet saying, Behold a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. --Matthew 1:22-23
"Immanuel" literally means---God with us. It is incredible to take into consideration that when Isaiah, the prophet, prophesied of Jesus coming into the world, he literally predicted that the future One to come would be the One who had already spoken galaxies into existence and that He would tabernacle Himself in flesh among men!!!
Indeed! Immanuel--God with us.
I'm so grateful to know Him who is ONE. Jesus is God! :)
God of God, Light of Light,
Lo, He abhors not the virgin's womb,
Very God, begotten, not created;
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.
"Immanuel" literally means---God with us. It is incredible to take into consideration that when Isaiah, the prophet, prophesied of Jesus coming into the world, he literally predicted that the future One to come would be the One who had already spoken galaxies into existence and that He would tabernacle Himself in flesh among men!!!
Indeed! Immanuel--God with us.
I'm so grateful to know Him who is ONE. Jesus is God! :)
God of God, Light of Light,
Lo, He abhors not the virgin's womb,
Very God, begotten, not created;
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him,
Christ the Lord.
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Gloria!
Luke 2:13-14 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
Today as you ponder the Christ of Christmas may you remember that He alone is the One who emerged through the doorway of the Old Testament scriptures.
As a stanza of "Joy To The World" says, I now say:
No more let sin and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground.
He comes to make His blessing flow
Far as the curse is found.
He was the long-awaited Christ and He is yet still Christ the Lord!!!
Today as you ponder the Christ of Christmas may you remember that He alone is the One who emerged through the doorway of the Old Testament scriptures.
As a stanza of "Joy To The World" says, I now say:
No more let sin and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground.
He comes to make His blessing flow
Far as the curse is found.
He was the long-awaited Christ and He is yet still Christ the Lord!!!
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