Monthly Archives: January 2011

Assurance - Promise, Christian Living

I Am Glad!

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Psalm 104.

I am uncertain as I begin just how much I will write today because I would rather you invest your time reading it (Psalm 104) than reading anything I might write. I wrote a bit in the margins of my Bible and I prayed I would be  able to share the right portion of it with you.

I’ve been learning some things, I’ve been admitting out loud some things about me today. One of those is I live in a fear. A fear that if I don’t rush to write, rush to share, I’ll forget.  We have begun the process of changing that today.  So I finished 104 and even began 105 before coming to write. AND I am trusting that what appears on this page will be what should appear on this page. God has a perfect memory … mine does not have to be to serve Him. If that is not freeing to some of us, I don’t know what is!!

This could work for me! :)

And all that has nothing to do with Psalm 104.

What does have to do with Psalm 104 is that it is a brand new chapter that ABBA just added today.  Of course, I am joking! It’s just that today it is as alive as I have ever known it to be to me.  And it’s about CREATION. His Creation. Which He did! However He did it; He did it! And I am glad.

And I am glad He has command of the elements. All of them.  Clouds, wind, water — all of them. HE is in charge.  (1 – 4)

Of course, I knew that before today but I am immensely enjoying seeing it highlighted on the page of MY Bible.

5. He established the earth upon its foundations, So that it will not totter forever and ever. Will not totter! Secure. Stationed. Man cannot/will not destroy HIS CREATION.

9. You set a boundary . . . . And I stopped right there for a few minutes.  Did you know, of course you do, that our GOD is the GOD of order and boundaries? GOD is the Original Boundary Setter. The ocean can only go so far.  It has boundaries. He set boundaries in His World.  And from that I have concluded that  it  would be a very good idea for us to set boundaries in ‘our world’. Based firmly and completely upon what He tells us from His Word, we can, we must, set boundaries for our world – what we think, what we say, what we do AND what we let others say and do in our presence.

It is alright, It’s a GOD thing for us to set boundaries of conduct for ourselves, for our children, our grandchildren and, yes, even our friends and other family members.  It’s okay to say this is my limit and this is your limit in relationship with me.  As I said, though, ALL based upon what He has shown us in HIS WORD.

Okay. There’ s a whole lot more. But I’m done for today. A boundary. :)

LORD FATHER, You are awesome! I have no words sufficient enough to praise You; but You know my heart. And I am so glad about that. I am glad about today and what You have done today. Thank You. And I pray that as our Readers come to their screens and they read these words that they will be glad too. Glad at You. Glad about You.

As we remember our Praying for These. How precious they are. And how Good You are to allow us this privilege of praying for them. We are not privy to all their needs, all the details and even the guarded things of their hearts  – but You are. And that is so good. So, ABBA, considering all You know and all You are, we pray Your Will be done for each of them. Our IDOK Troops included.  And, ABBA, thank You for this ministry. Let the boundaries of it be YOURS, not mine.

Psalm 103: 17 – 19 But the lovingkindness of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, and His righteousness to children’s children, To those who keep His covenant and remember His precepts to do them. The LORD has established His throne in the heavens, and His sovereignty rules over all.

Holy hugs,

Kathie

Christian Living

Food!

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Food. Why do we need it? Just what does it do for us?

Those were questions I asked myself when I read John 4:34Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work.

Let’s see. Food to the body is fuel.  It builds cells which build tissue, muscles, organs, and our whole body system.  We must have food for the body to function; without it, our bodies die. Rather important, huh?

But that’s not all.  I say food is for pleasure too. How great is to sit around a table with people you love and respect sharing bowls of chili, salad,  and slices of upside-down apple pie? It’s pretty great that’s what it is! Holy fun you could say. :)  Food. Important stuff.

My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work.

How’s that verse strike you now?

To JESUS, doing the will of The Father was LIFE to Him.  Doing the will of the Father fueled Him. It gave Him energy. It kept Him going. He LIVED to do the will of The Father. And He ENJOYED doing the will of The Father. It gave Him pleasure. It fed His Emotions, it fed ALL of Him to do the will of The Father.

That’s something to ‘chew’ on, isn’t it?

Food.

Is there anything that crosses our senses that He has not designed to tell us He loves us and that we need Him?

Nope! Don’t think there is! Do you?

Thank You, FATHER. And HOLY SPIRIT, will You take this and light it up for our Readers? Will You speak to hearts and encourage and empower us to be like JESUS? Desiring to do the will of The Father more than anything else? I invite You to; for them and for me.   Amen and amen in JESUS’ name.

Holy hugs, Kathie

The Scripture passages referenced above were obtained at Biblegateway.com.

Christian Living

Looking For a Revolution!

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It’s been a sweet day this third day of 2011 — Now on to day 4.

My Journey told me today that we do not need to make New Year’s Resolutions, but rather it would behoove us to ask ABBA to start a revolution in us. I think He already has and I’m loving it!  That’s the reason for my sweet day!

Webster says revolution for our purposes here can be defined like this:

a : a sudden, radical, or complete change b : a fundamental change in political organization; especially : the overthrow or renunciation of one government or ruler and the substitution of another by the governed

Oh, this so fits! The overthrow or renunciation of one ruler and the substitution of another!

That’s what we want  a sudden overthrow of our own thoughts and deeds enthroning the HOLY SPIRIT to manifest in us the Mind of Christ, conforming us to the image of JESUS!

This could be the most exciting, best year of our lives so far! That is ABBA’s will for us and if we ask and submit, He will perfect us!! I’m sure of it! Aren’t you?

John 14: (New American Standard Bible)12“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father. 13“Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14“If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.

ABBA, we are excited, we sense Your Holy, Sweet Presence. We sense Your love for us. We sense that You have only our very best at Your Heart. We are delighted with You. We love You, we worship You and we desire to please You and serve You. We desire to encourage and build up the Body of Christ and to be instruments in Your Service to rescue souls from hell, to see them birthed into Your Kingdom.  We offer ourselves to You right now and again and again for as often as it takes for You, HOLY SPIRIT, to perfect this revolution in us that we know is Your Will. We have no doubt in our minds that it is Your will for us to be radically changed from glory to glory to the image, to the mind and ways of JESUS our Savior. We are ready. Do it LORD. Do it!  And not just for us, but for our people too.  Those on our Praying for These list and those on our hearts right now as we pray together. And our IDOK Troops. I have one such solider in mind right now. He’s home safe and sound and the way I see it, he is in perhaps as much grave spiritual danger right now as he was physical danger while abroad.  So I am asking You, HOLY SPIRIT, to begin a campaign if You have not already to turn his heart back to what he already knows is Your will for him. And as I think of the one, there is another, go after him too, rescue both of them from their own flesh, I pray. And as we put this to post, I pray for peace and holy excitement in each of our IDOKs, that each of us will seek and amen You giving each of us a revolution in JESUS Name and for His Name Sake. Amen and amen.

Holy hugs Dear Ones! kt

2 Corinthians 3: (Amplified Bible)18And all of us, as with unveiled face, [because we] continued to behold [in the Word of God] as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are constantly being transfigured into His very own image in ever increasing splendor and from one degree of glory to another; [for this comes] from the Lord [Who is] the Spirit.

P.S. Just learned of a prayer need. Keith Thomas has had a recurrence of his pancreatic cancer this last week. He is Pastor at Cottage Hill Baptist Church.