IDOK DEVOTION FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2008
One of twenty five – A Great Recipe:
1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day, and while you walk, SMILE.
It is the ultimate anti-depressant.
A Post Script to Tuesday’s IDOK: Thought control, I think, is one of the hardest things a Christian has to do and probably second only to loving Jesus in importance. If we don’t ‘think’ right we won’t love right so I guess thought control is CRUCIAL to effective loving and living — just a thought.
And so prior to sitting to start this IDOK I was reading I Samuel 15. When I read verse 2, I made this note: Sometimes justice seems like a long time coming; but it does come.
So whether we are waiting on justice or waiting for something even sweeter – He’s an on time God.
Verse 2 Thus says the LORD of hosts: ‘I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, how he ambushed him on the way when he came up from Egypt.
Now I don’t know how long a time from when Israel was in the wilderness having left Egypt until the time of Samuel and Saul; but I think it was a ‘pretty long time’ as it was Exodus 17:14 that God made His promise to Israel concerning the Amalekites. 14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. However, my Reese Chronological Bible may help us figure it out. The promise was purportedly given to Moses on May 26, 1462 BC. And I Samuel 15 seems to have occurred circa 1050 BC. And the math says that is somewhere in the neighborhood of 412 years! Do you think it is safe to say that even if what you are waiting on does not come until Heaven, it ain’t gonna be that long?!!
But lets look back at verse 14. Look at ABBA’s instruction to Moses: Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears. Is that a recipe for success or what? When we are waiting for the manifestation of a promise, this is what we do: we find the applicable promise in THE BOOK and we rehearse it as often as needed until it happens. When it has been 12 days or 12 weeks, or 12 months or 12 years and we get weary of waiting and we begin to doubt, go to the promise and rehearse it again and again. Faith arises when we hear and believe. Romans 10:17. And we cannot believe unless we hear. So, are you waiting? Do you have a promise? Keep that promise before you and keep rehearsing! He’s an on time God, yes He is! Sing it, Girls! You too, Brothers!
I like this Lord. This is good. Life really is so much better when we respond to YOU on time; when we act and react on time. ABBA how loving and patient You are with us. Here we grip and complain about Your Timing when our timing is more often than not, late! Until we get some real maturity on us we are consistently late coming or responding to You and it seems the more immature we are the more we complain that You are taking too long. Thank You for this gentle, sweet lesson. YOU are so AWESOME and we love You DADDY GOD. And now because You have commanded and because we have come to realize the value of obedience and the privilege of prayer, we bring IDOKs list of names. Some of them have been here what seems to us like a long time and by Your Grace we are not weary of asking and we are not weary of waiting, we trust You Lord to do in Your Time and Your Way what is needed for each of these. And we again today thank you for and entrust our IDOK Troops to You. We pray for their protection in all ways Lord, mind, body and spirit. We pray for adequate and even abundant provisions for them when that is appropriate and good for them. Thank You for the good they are doing and we pray we will hear of more of this good and we pray for accelerated success so they can come home. We pray for Israel for Peace and security. Holy Spirit teach us the power of prayer; teach us the power of harmony in prayer; empower Your Bride to work in these last days. Not only these last days before the presidential election but these last days as the dispensation of Grace closes. ABBA I believe I sense that You are not finished with us and You still desire to manifest Yourself and draw sinners to repentance. Oh LORD shape us so we can work with You in this greatest of all works. We want to see You move in mighty power upon the hearts of men and women boys and girls and see them transformed into the image of Jesus. We want to see that in the mirror too Lord. Please make it so. Amen and amen. Jason A and his mother. Melinda H. Trisha. Patti’s Family. George. Brennan and his family. Joshua. Branson. The O’Brien family. Brooklyn. Families and communities hit by Gustav and Ike. Jacqueline and her boys, River and Jackson. Kim and her Fiancee. Jonathan. Mabel’s Aunt Lou. Heather and Brandon. Family from Olive Baptist. Bernie. Darlene. Edie G. Rachel. W C and family. Maggie and Family. Dylan. Joseph Toomey and Family. DeLois. Terri. Kim T. Kevin and the children. Katelyn (B). Janie B. Vickie. J Lloyd and family. Janet and Steve. Cathy. Caleb and family. Bay and family. Jennifer B. John and Carolyn and Family. Larry and Claudia and family. Taylor & family. David & Allison. Jeanette and Earl and family. Callie. Madie. Ruth. Cynthia. Martha F and Bob. Allyson and Glyn and family. Brittney and Kersten and family. Sheila and Andy. Carrie and Rachel and Jacob and family. Billy and Gina and boys. Lance and family. Grace and family. Tressa. Brad, Lindsay, Karah and Haley. Chuck. Windy and Jared and families. Helen and Dan and family. Jen and Larry and family. Chad and Brittany and family. Mollie and family. Julia. Bobbie. Tj. Zack. Phillip. Jessica. Larry. Kayla. Trey. Jacob. Ashely. Lance. Candance andFamily. Laura and family. John and Sandy. Bill and Judy. Andrew and Daughters. Lee. Sharron and family, Linda and family, Bev and Family, Mollie B.Unspoken Requests – situations so close you can only speak to Father about
Every IDOK and every IDOK son and daughter and grandchild.
Every IDOK Pastor and Family. Every IDOK church.
IDOKs Military Families.
IDOKs Troops (foreign soil) – Ethan. Christopher. Raul. Robert. Billy. Josh. Buddy. Mark. Josh W. James. Bryan. Nick. Brant W. Christopher R. Joshua M. Brent. Drew. Justin G. Kyle N. Michael K. Sgt. Bozicevich. Bay N.
IDOK Troops leaving shortly for foreign soil: T. Palin. Rick M.
Serving Stateside: Jonathan. Jasmine B. Tommy T. Shaun. Bay. Danny. Lee. George.Travis N. Hawk.
Injured and brought State side: Anthony.
Hospitalized: Captain Tran
Military at home adjusting – Tim. Mack. The 226. Troy. Brad. Tommy. Desi. Edward J. Lyndon A. Jason G.
Still praying but no recent update: Hector. Corpl. Light. Bradley T. Albert R III.
The Peace of Israel.
Revival in America.
November’s Election.
As I post this it is 75°F and smoke haze in Balad, IQ & the time there is 6:37 AM AST – on September 24, 2008
Internet Daughters of the KING
THE WHITE STONE
His Ministry to You
A Post Script to Tuesday’s IDOK: Thought control, I think, is one of the hardest things a Christian has to do and probably second only to loving Jesus in importance. If we don’t ‘think’ right we won’t love right so I guess thought control is CRUCIAL to effective loving and living — just a thought.
At Sunday evening worship service, we were privileged to hear a message in song. You may have heard the song sung in a service somewhere too – On Time God. If you haven’t; here’s a link. If you are waiting on ABBA for something and He seems to be taking longer than you want; take this song to heart and it will help.
http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=-kwIIB2W_HI If you have trouble with clicking the link, please try a cut and paste into your Internet browser.And so prior to sitting to start this IDOK I was reading I Samuel 15. When I read verse 2, I made this note: Sometimes justice seems like a long time coming; but it does come.
So whether we are waiting on justice or waiting for something even sweeter – He’s an on time God.
Verse 2 Thus says the LORD of hosts: ‘I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, how he ambushed him on the way when he came up from Egypt.
Now I don’t know how long a time from when Israel was in the wilderness having left Egypt until the time of Samuel and Saul; but I think it was a ‘pretty long time’ as it was Exodus 17:14 that God made His promise to Israel concerning the Amalekites. 14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. However, my Reese Chronological Bible may help us figure it out. The promise was purportedly given to Moses on May 26, 1462 BC. And I Samuel 15 seems to have occurred circa 1050 BC. And the math says that is somewhere in the neighborhood of 412 years! Do you think it is safe to say that even if what you are waiting on does not come until Heaven, it ain’t gonna be that long?!!
But lets look back at verse 14. Look at ABBA’s instruction to Moses: Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears. Is that a recipe for success or what? When we are waiting for the manifestation of a promise, this is what we do: we find the applicable promise in THE BOOK and we rehearse it as often as needed until it happens. When it has been 12 days or 12 weeks, or 12 months or 12 years and we get weary of waiting and we begin to doubt, go to the promise and rehearse it again and again. Faith arises when we hear and believe. Romans 10:17. And we cannot believe unless we hear. So, are you waiting? Do you have a promise? Keep that promise before you and keep rehearsing! He’s an on time God, yes He is! Sing it, Girls! You too, Brothers!
I like this Lord. This is good. Life really is so much better when we respond to YOU on time; when we act and react on time. ABBA how loving and patient You are with us. Here we grip and complain about Your Timing when our timing is more often than not, late! Until we get some real maturity on us we are consistently late coming or responding to You and it seems the more immature we are the more we complain that You are taking too long. Thank You for this gentle, sweet lesson. YOU are so AWESOME and we love You DADDY GOD. And now because You have commanded and because we have come to realize the value of obedience and the privilege of prayer, we bring IDOKs list of names. Some of them have been here what seems to us like a long time and by Your Grace we are not weary of asking and we are not weary of waiting, we trust You Lord to do in Your Time and Your Way what is needed for each of these. And we again today thank you for and entrust our IDOK Troops to You. We pray for their protection in all ways Lord, mind, body and spirit. We pray for adequate and even abundant provisions for them when that is appropriate and good for them. Thank You for the good they are doing and we pray we will hear of more of this good and we pray for accelerated success so they can come home. We pray for Israel for Peace and security. Holy Spirit teach us the power of prayer; teach us the power of harmony in prayer; empower Your Bride to work in these last days. Not only these last days before the presidential election but these last days as the dispensation of Grace closes. ABBA I believe I sense that You are not finished with us and You still desire to manifest Yourself and draw sinners to repentance. Oh LORD shape us so we can work with You in this greatest of all works. We want to see You move in mighty power upon the hearts of men and women boys and girls and see them transformed into the image of Jesus. We want to see that in the mirror too Lord. Please make it so. Amen and amen. Jason A and his mother. Melinda H. Trisha. Patti’s Family. George. Brennan and his family. Joshua. Branson. The O’Brien family. Brooklyn. Families and communities hit by Gustav and Ike. Jacqueline and her boys, River and Jackson. Kim and her Fiancee. Jonathan. Mabel’s Aunt Lou. Heather and Brandon. Family from Olive Baptist. Bernie. Darlene. Edie G. Rachel. W C and family. Maggie and Family. Dylan. Joseph Toomey and Family. DeLois. Terri. Kim T. Kevin and the children. Katelyn (B). Janie B. Vickie. J Lloyd and family. Janet and Steve. Cathy. Caleb and family. Bay and family. Jennifer B. John and Carolyn and Family. Larry and Claudia and family. Taylor & family. David & Allison. Jeanette and Earl and family. Callie. Madie. Ruth. Cynthia. Martha F and Bob. Allyson and Glyn and family. Brittney and Kersten and family. Sheila and Andy. Carrie and Rachel and Jacob and family. Billy and Gina and boys. Lance and family. Grace and family. Tressa. Brad, Lindsay, Karah and Haley. Chuck. Windy and Jared and families. Helen and Dan and family. Jen and Larry and family. Chad and Brittany and family. Mollie and family. Julia. Bobbie. Tj. Zack. Phillip. Jessica. Larry. Kayla. Trey. Jacob. Ashely. Lance. Candance andFamily. Laura and family. John and Sandy. Bill and Judy. Andrew and Daughters. Lee. Sharron and family, Linda and family, Bev and Family, Mollie B.Unspoken Requests – situations so close you can only speak to Father about
Every IDOK and every IDOK son and daughter and grandchild.
Every IDOK Pastor and Family. Every IDOK church.
IDOKs Military Families.
IDOKs Troops (foreign soil) – Ethan. Christopher. Raul. Robert. Billy. Josh. Buddy. Mark. Josh W. James. Bryan. Nick. Brant W. Christopher R. Joshua M. Brent. Drew. Justin G. Kyle N. Michael K. Sgt. Bozicevich. Bay N.
IDOK Troops leaving shortly for foreign soil: T. Palin. Rick M.
Serving Stateside: Jonathan. Jasmine B. Tommy T. Shaun. Bay. Danny. Lee. George.Travis N. Hawk.
Injured and brought State side: Anthony.
Hospitalized: Captain Tran
Military at home adjusting – Tim. Mack. The 226. Troy. Brad. Tommy. Desi. Edward J. Lyndon A. Jason G.
Still praying but no recent update: Hector. Corpl. Light. Bradley T. Albert R III.
The Peace of Israel.
Revival in America.
November’s Election.
As I post this it is 75°F and smoke haze in Balad, IQ & the time there is 6:37 AM AST – on September 24, 2008
Internet Daughters of the KING
THE WHITE STONE
His Ministry to You
Obama’s Not Exactlys:
1 of 39 I received via Email. Thought I’d pass them along to you over the course of the next several days – for you to decide.
1.) Selma March Got Me Born – NOT EXACTLY, your parents felt safe enough to have you in 1961 – Selma had no effect on your birth, as Selma was in 1965. (Google’Obama Selma ‘ for his full March 4, 2007 speech and articles about its various untruths.)
1.) Selma March Got Me Born – NOT EXACTLY, your parents felt safe enough to have you in 1961 – Selma had no effect on your birth, as Selma was in 1965. (Google’Obama Selma ‘ for his full March 4, 2007 speech and articles about its various untruths.)
