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Christian Living

Holy Order!

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A busy, beautiful Monday morning hello!

So much to do this glorious day but just have to share a quick word with you from my Morning reading from Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon.

Speaking of the HOLY SPIRIT, he writes in part:

“. . . .who now visits the chaos of your soul, and creates the order of holiness.”

Do you get from this as I do that it is un-holiness that brings chaos to our souls? That it is sin, ours and others, that creates chaos around us and within us?  And it is HIS holiness within us that brings blessed, wonderful ORDER to us? Yes!

Yes, come, LORD JESUS, bring us Your Order.  Oh, HOLY ONE, come in this moment and begin and continue Your holy work of conviction and convincing us and those around us that holiness is the answer we are desperately seeking. Even as You have commanded us, ABBA, we pray to be holy in practice as You have made us in position in CHRIST JESUS.

Matthew 5: (King James Version)
48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
via Matthew 5:48 – Passage Lookup – King James Version – BibleGateway.com.

Psalm 18: (The Message)
16-19 But me he caught—reached all the way from sky to sea; he pulled me out Of that ocean of hate, that enemy chaos, the void in which I was drowning.  They hit me when I was down, but God stuck by me.  He stood me up on a wide-open field; I stood there saved—surprised to be loved! 
via Psalm 18:16 – Passage Lookup – The Message – BibleGateway.com.

Psalm 51: (The Message)
7-15 Soak me in your laundry and I’ll come out clean, scrub me and I’ll have a snow-white life.  Tune me in to foot-tapping songs, set these once-broken bones to dancing.  Don’t look too close for blemishes, give me a clean bill of health.  God, make a fresh start in me, shape a Genesis week from the chaos of my life.  Don’t throw me out with the trash, or fail to breathe holiness in me.  Bring me back from gray exile, put a fresh wind in my sails!  Give me a job teaching rebels your ways so the lost can find their way home.  Commute my death sentence, God, my salvation God, and I’ll sing anthems to your life-giving ways. Unbutton my lips, dear God; I’ll let loose with your praise.
via Psalm 51:7 – Passage Lookup – The Message – BibleGateway.com.

In your praying today, Dear Friends, please remember Kerri — continuing to ask for calcium balance and healing; Sandi Leon comes to mind here — asking for healing; and Kathy and Joe, still rejoicing over this miracle and looking forward to seeing what ABBA does with it; no doubt prayers would not be wasted on DeLois and family; and Megan, Dawn, Iris P; Torkel – hoping he will go home today, but don’t you know if you were in his place you would want prayers too; young ones, Grace and Lilly – I don’t have fresh word on them but we know JESUS says bring the little ones to Him, so lets do that; and another Kathy comes to mind, she and her family need the touch of JESUS; so does Sharon. And for sure you have others.

Blessed to bless,
Kathie

Celebrations

Mother’s Day 2011

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A quick hello to wish you all a Happy Mother’s Day.

This is my Momma, my Grandmother (both are in Heaven now), Me and my Girls — it’s been a while  :)  As close as I can date it is the Summer of 1984.

And these are my Girls today.  Well, actually a few months ago. :)

I’m one of those Moms who did not do every thing right BUT GOD in His awesome love and grace rescued us and today love, honor and respect abound among us! And we owe it all to JESUS.

Ephesians 2:(New American Standard Bible)
4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
via Ephesians 2:4 – Passage Lookup – New American Standard Bible – BibleGateway.com.

Titus 2:(New American Standard Bible)
3 Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good,
4 so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,
5 to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored.
via Titus 2:3-5 – Passage Lookup – New American Standard Bible – BibleGateway.com.

So! A big Happy Mother’s Day! to each of you!!

And even if you, yourself are not officially a mother, please KNOW that GOD esteems YOU and He has young lives for YOU to sow His love into, look around and I promise you will find them. (See John 4:35)

ABBA, thank You for setting up life the way You did – Fathers, Mothers and Children. And, HOLY SPIRIT, I pray You will minister to the hearts of Mothers, Children and Fathers, particularly those who come to read and pray at this page. There are hearts needing comfort as Mother’s Day is celebrated. Some hearts are yet so broken because a Mother or a child is missing from view — it’s hard, ABBA. But You know, You know like no one else and You like no one else can comfort and heal.  I pray every hurting heart will receive Your Comfort this day.  And along with Your Comfort, I pray for Your Joy to be full in us for truly, LORD, You have given more than enough to cause us to worship You. Amen and amen.

Celebrating in HIS Name,
Kathie

Prayer Requests

Torkel

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I am asking you all to pray and pass along this request I just received from my sister-friend, Linda.

Kathie
Darlene just called me and asked that we pray for Torkel.  He had knee replacement surgery on Wednesday.  Everything went well, but this morning he was having diffiulty breathing, and fluid was building up.  Please issue a call to all your prayer warriors. Love you, Linda.

Torkel is a dear man who loves JESUS and unless he has finished his job here on planet earth he will be staying here and so he needs our prayers for strength and healing!

Thank you my friends,
Kathie