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How’s Your Tree?

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Our Friday post may be short and hopefully sweet :) . As I begin, shortly I’ll be off for a night out with Little Girl and some other friends — going to see Patsy Clairmont at Bay Community Church.  I am expecting it to be a holy blast!

Home again.

Patsy talked about trees tonight – said she wanted to shake our trees.  I think she did.

My Daddy said it, I’ve said it, and now I’ve heard Patsy say it: “It is not for us to judge one another, but we are commanded to be fruit inspectors. And it is up to us to see to it that our trees bear much fruit to nourish those living in community with us.

Psalm 1: (Amplified Bible)
2 But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God) he habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night.
3 And he shall be like a tree firmly planted [and tended] by the streams of water, ready to bring forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not fade or wither; and everything he does shall prosper [and come to maturity].
4 Not so the wicked [those disobedient and living without God are not so]. But they are like the chaff [worthless, dead, without substance] which the wind drives away.
via Psalm 1:2-4 – Passage Lookup – Amplified Bible – BibleGateway.com.

From this Text we are assured that we will yield rich fruit if our desires are set upon JESUS; to know Him, to love Him, to abide in Him and to meditate upon His Word day and night.

So how’s your tree? Got a crop of good fruit growing?

Jeremiah 17:(Amplified Bible)
7 [Most] blessed is the man who believes in, trusts in, and relies on the Lord, and whose hope and confidence the Lord is.
8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters that spreads out its roots by the river; and it shall not see and fear when heat comes; but its leaf shall be green. It shall not be anxious and full of care in the year of drought, nor shall it cease yielding fruit.
via Jeremiah 17:7-9 – Passage Lookup – Amplified Bible – BibleGateway.com

Y’all have a holy, happy weekend – don’t neglect gathering with sisters and brothers in CHRIST for corporate worship.

Blessed to Bless,
Kathie

Christian Living

Ice Cream

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A simple observation for a short Wednesday hello.

If ice cream is projected on the screen of your mind long enough it will manifest in your mouth.

Whatever we think about long enough — we will do.  Good or evil.

What are you thinking about today?

Is it worthy of the position of honor you are giving it?

1 Corinthians 3: (New American Standard Bible)
16 Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
via 1 Corinthians 3:16 – Passage Lookup – New American Standard Bible – BibleGateway.com.

Philippians 4: (New International Version, ©2011)
7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
via Philippians 4:7-9 – Passage Lookup – New International Version, ©2011 – BibleGateway.com.

And this one. What if we embraced this one, not for evil as the people did at Babel, but for the telling and the demonstrating that salvation from sin and hell is found ONLY in JESUS CHRIST? What would happen?

Genesis 11: (New International Version, ©2011)
6 The LORD said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them.
via Genesis 11:6-8 – Passage Lookup – New International Version, ©2011 – BibleGateway.com.

The spreading of the Gospel too big an under-taking for you just yet?

Well, then bring it on down to where you live today — small victories lead to bigger ones.

This much I know: those three mending jobs that had been waiting are now complete.   :)

Blessed to bless,
Kathie

Christian Living

Anybody for Radical?

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This portion of Psalm 119 just seems right for our Thursday time together.

Psalm 119: (Amplified Bible)
161Princes pursue and persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of Your words [dreading violation of them far more than the force of prince or potentate].
162I rejoice at Your word as one who finds great spoil.
163I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law do I love.
164Seven times a day and all day long do I praise You because of Your righteous decrees.
165Great peace have they who love Your law; nothing shall offend them or make them stumble.
166I am hoping and waiting [eagerly] for Your salvation, O Lord, and I do Your commandments.
167Your testimonies have I kept [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]; I love them exceedingly!
168I have observed Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are [fully known] before You.
169Let my mournful cry and supplication come [near] before You, O Lord; give me understanding (discernment and comprehension) according to Your word [of assurance and promise].
170Let my supplication come before You; deliver me according to Your word!
171My lips shall pour forth praise [with thanksgiving and renewed trust] when You teach me Your statutes.
172My tongue shall sing [praise for the fulfillment] of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.
173Let Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts. 174I have longed for Your salvation, O Lord, and Your law is my delight. 175Let me live that I may praise You, and let Your decrees help me.
176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek, inquire for, and demand Your servant, for I do not forget Your commandments.
via Ps 119:161-176 – Passage Lookup – Amplified Bible – BibleGateway.com.

I see His part, our part in this. Some things God just does with or without our faithfulness; but most often it’s a two party deal; our radical obedience brings on His radical blessings.

Free Dictionary dot com defines radical this way:Departing markedly from the usual or customary; extreme via radical – definition of radical by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

Anybody for Radical? It beats mediocre, don’t you think?

Mediocre: Moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary.via mediocre – definition of mediocre by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia..

PRAYING FOR THESE

Help us to pray, help us to obey, especially when we are tired and worn. I commend to You now, ABBA, Jenny, Karen, Sonny and Cameron, Elaine, Beth C., JP and family, Julee and Bridgett and others — only Your Best, ABBA. Only Your best in JESUS Name.

Blessed to Bless,
Kathie

Assurance - Promise, Christian Living

In the Making!

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Still nursing a sinus episode so perhaps our Monday time together will be brief.

I have spent much of today reading, that is when I was not sleeping.

One of my reading choices has been Radical by David Platt. It’s not a speedy read for me as it has required pondering, note taking and praying. I do not know what the outcome of reading it will be — I pray it’s RADICAL.

I also read a bit in Judges.

Judges 6: (New American Standard Bible)
12 The angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, “The LORD is with you, O valiant warrior.”
13 Then Gideon said to him, “O my lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, ‘Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the LORD has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian.”
14 The LORD looked at him and said, “Go in this your strength and deliver Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you?”
15 He said to Him, “O Lord, how shall I deliver Israel? Behold, my family is the least in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s house.”
16 But the LORD said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat Midian as one man.”
17 So Gideon said to Him, “If now I have found favor in Your sight, then show me a sign that it is You who speak with me.
18 “Please do not depart from here, until I come back to You, and bring out my offering and lay it before You.” And He said, “I will remain until you return.”
19 Then Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour; he put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, and brought them out to him under the oak and presented them.
20 The angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.” And he did so.
21 Then the angel of the LORD put out the end of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread; and fire sprang up from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight.
22 When Gideon saw that he was the angel of the LORD, he said, “Alas, O Lord GOD! For now I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face.”
23 The LORD said to him, “Peace to you, do not fear; you shall not die.”
24 Then Gideon built an altar there to the LORD and named it The LORD is Peace. To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
via Judges 6:12-24 – Passage Lookup – New American Standard Bible – BibleGateway.com.

And there is much more in this passage than I am not going to touch on tonight as time is ticking.

Please note how the LORD addressed Gideon: 12 The angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, “The LORD is with you, O valiant warrior.”

O valiant warrior.

That is not how Gideon saw himself as shown by verse 13.

Perhaps the LORD is seeing more in you than you are seeing in yourself.

I appreciate and enjoy verse 14: “The LORD looked at him and said, “Go in this your strength and deliver Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you?”

THE LORD LOOKED AT HIM AND SAID.

What more would we want than for the LORD to look at us and speak to us?

In the beginning of our Text Gideon is afraid, even thinks of himself as cowardly; but JESUS doesn’t.  And by verse 24 neither does Gideon.

Gideon said: “The LORD is Peace.”

Yielding to and knowing JESUS is our very own PEACE does not mean we will never be afraid but it does mean we are valiant warriors in the making!

Thank You for this Passage and for the encouragement You give us in it, ABBA, and I pray, HOLY SPIRIT, for You to take this offering and minister it as You will. You know the precious souls on own minds. Thank You for the healing You are continuing to bring. Thank You for Who You are to us. Thank You for our IDOK Troops, keep them safe and protected we pray. Amen and amen in YOUR NAME, LORD JESUS.

Blessed to bless,
Kathie