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Nailing it Down

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Isaiah 26:(Amplified Bible)
3 You will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant peace whose mind [both its inclination and its character] is stayed on You, because he commits himself to You, leans on You, and hopes confidently in You.
4 So trust in the Lord (commit yourself to Him, lean on Him, hope confidently in Him) forever; for the Lord God is an everlasting Rock [the Rock of Ages].
via Isaiah 26:2-4 – Passage Lookup – Amplified Bible – BibleGateway.com.

Charles Spurgeon went to live with JESUS almost 60 years before I was born but his words are often a means that ABBA uses to speak correction and comfort to me. This morning is one of those mornings.  Click HERE if you would like a little more information about Charles Haddon Spurgeon.

In part my reading from Morning and Evening — the Morning selection said this:

“for the very essence of anxious care is the imagining that we are wiser than God, and the thrusting ourselves into His place to do for Him that which He has undertaken to do for us.  We attempt to think of that which we fancy He will forget; we labour to take upon ourselves our weary burden, as if He were unable or unwilling to take it for us.”

Now I don’t know about you but I didn’t like that at first reading. And he got tougher on me with this:

“Now this disobedience to His plain precept, this unbelief in His Word, this presumption in intruding upon His province, is all sinful.”

Who would have thought that our anxious care – our worrying – is arrogance in disguise? When we refuse to take our burdens, our anxious cares, our worries to the LORD and LEAVE them with Him, we have professed ourselves to be wiser than GOD ALMIGHTY. Not only that we are calling into question His Love for us.

So again this morning Charles Spurgeon hit the nail on the head.  But you know what? That slight sting that comes with agreeing with the HOLY SPIRIT that I have sinned is way over shadowed by the comfort and the joy of having a word picture firmly in place to help me trust more surely my DADDY GOD who is Omniscient, Omnipotent, and Omnipresent.

And so I offer this to you this Thursday morning that you may have that same comfort and joy.

ABBA, thank You. You are so AWESOME. So willing and able to take care of us. And I have some cares and concerns. Some people that have huge challenges and I am praying now for help for them, even that You would heal them, take away completely cancers and imbalances in their bodies. In particular I am thinking of Diana this morning.  I don’t like what the doctors found, I don’t like what it means for her and I could cry out with others it’s not fair and it’s not but based on Your Word I am choosing to trust You with this and wait to see your Glory in it. And not just with Diana but others — Kerri, Elaine, Megan, Halli, Gracie, Ken, Dawn, and others — so many. And the death and destruction in Joplin and the continued aftermath here in Alabama and other places – all of it, ABBA, it’s impossible to explain or understand but this I know; for those who will trust You, You will prove You are faithful and kind and worthy of their adoration.  HOLY SPIRIT, help people trust You, the GOD we cannot see but Who we can KNOW more fully and more wonderfully than even the people we can see.  And as we close this time I pray for each one who comes to this screen to read and pray that You will answer the cares and concerns of their hearts and that they will embrace Your love for them. I pray this day will be a red letter day for them in JESUS Name. Amen and amen.

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Love being His Handmaiden,
Kathie

Assurance - Promise, Christian Living, Forgiveness, Repentance, Salvation

What a Prayer!

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The Passage we are about to read comes after Peter and John had spent the night in jail and the next morning the Rules and Elders (Religious Folks) examined them and in the end charged them to shut up about JESUS. Upon their release they gathered with their companions of Faith and reported to them what the Chief Priests and the elders had said.

Acts 4: (New American Standard Bible)
24 And when they heard this, they lifted their voices to God with one accord and said, “O Lord, it is You who MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND THE SEA, AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM,
25 who by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David Your servant, said,
‘WHY DID THE GENTILES RAGE, AND THE PEOPLES DEVISE FUTILE THINGS?
26’THE KINGS OF THE EARTH TOOK THEIR STAND, AND THE RULERS WERE GATHERED TOGETHER AGAINST THE LORD AND AGAINST HIS CHRIST.’
27 “For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,
28 to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined to occur.
29 “And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and grant that Your bond-servants may speak Your word with all confidence,
30 while You extend Your hand to heal, and signs and wonders take place through the name of Your holy servant Jesus.”
via Acts 4:24-30 – Passage Lookup – New American Standard Bible – BibleGateway.com.

And the result of that prayer?

Acts 4: (New American Standard Bible)
31 And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness.
via Acts 4:31 – Passage Lookup – New American Standard Bible – BibleGateway.com.

Verses 32 – 34 goes on to say of them that they were —
Of one heart and soul
The apostles were with great power giving testimony to the resurrection of THE LORD JESUS
And there was not a needy person among them.

Sounds Radical. Sounds like what is missing today.

ABBA, help us repent in JESUS Name.

HIS,
Kathie

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Choose Sunday

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Lets be honest.

To some it’s not a Good Friday.  It’s not a good any day.

Their hearts and lives are in shambles and their minds are filled with everything but hope.

It shouldn’t be so.

This morning I watched a moving video that ended with these words:

Change your words. Change your world.

DADDY GOD said it this way:

Proverbs 15: (New King James Version)
4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, But perverseness in it breaks the spirit.
via Proverbs 15:4 – Passage Lookup – New King James Version – BibleGateway.com.

It’s FRIDAY but SUNDAY’s a coming.

Let SUNDAY come today.

Change your words – change your world.

Speak wholesome words to others, about others, about YOURSELF and LIFE will spring up within you. Continue with perverse words and your spirit will continue in its brokenness.

Proverbs 18:21 (King James Version)
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: . . . .
via Proverbs 18:21 – Passage Lookup – King James Version – BibleGateway.com.

Life and death are in your words.

Choose LIFE.

JESUS died and rose again so you can.

1 Peter 3:(Holman Christian Standard Bible)
10 For the  one who wants to love life and to see good days must keep his tongue from evil  and his lips from speaking deceit,
via 1 Peter 3:10 – Passage Lookup – Holman Christian Standard Bible – BibleGateway.com.

Deuteronomy 30: (New International Version, ©2011)
19 This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live
via Deuteronomy 30:19 – Passage Lookup – New International Version, ©2011 – BibleGateway.com.

On this Good Friday, CHOOSE LIFE.

Choose SUNDAY today. Choose to allow the LORD JESUS CHRIST to resurrect you today — don’t wait another day!

Oh my FATHER, the One and Only GOD, Your WORD shall not return void as You send it forth today in JESUS NAME.  Amen and amen.

A Holy Resurrection Weekend to you,
Kathie

Christian Living, Forgiveness, Repentance, Salvation

I’m Happy!

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It is Friday morning as I begin to write for our Monday time together. I’ve been in my office (if you don’t know it’s a multi purpose room across the hall from where we sleep. A really easy commute to work :) Know what I mean? Anyway I’ve been here) since 9:25 this morning. Not that all that matters.

So in my on-line Bible study homework, Leah has us studying holiness. She asked that we identify people and/or things that cause us to not practice holiness. Like it or not, the answer is ME. No aggravating soul or malfunctioning piece of equipment can cause me to sin UNLESS I choose  to. I don’t like that much, but facts are facts.

And before coming to the office this morning, DADDY GOD and I were conversing about things and I came to this conclusion: Acting in ungodly ways may be a bit more easy to do than we have previously imagined. Let me explain myself.

We think of ungodly acts as immoral, cruel sins that other folks do. And without a doubt that is true. And before I go on, let me say I am not here to put a guilt trip on anyone — not even my beloved! Without reservation I tell you I am convinced that guilt comes from the devil (Conviction comes from ABBA and there’s a HUGE difference) and any time we, anyone, attempts to use ‘guilt’ to coerce/manipulate man, woman, or child into making changes (even good ones)  or behaving the way we want them to we are using a tool from Satan’s tool box — and we need to put it away and not use it again! ABBA has much better tools for us to use!!

 But back to ungodly being more than we may have until now allowed ourselves to believe it is. Try this on for size.

ANYTHING we do that God would NOT do is ungodly.

Do you really think JESUS left His socks on the floor in the den for His mother to pick up and put in the laundry room? Do you really think when He was finished with the screwdriver, He just laid in down and walked off and left it there for Joseph to put away?  Neither do I! And when we do such things — you got it! That’s ungodly.

I’m just saying. . .  . 

1 Peter 1: (New King James Version)15 but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”

1 John 1: (New King James Version)8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

In these last some odd days or weeks I have become much more aware of the depraved state of the heart of man, particularly my own. It may be surprising to some, I am not depressed about it. Rather, I am rejoicing that I see it!  You see we sin a whole lot more than we think we do. We are much more undone than we think we are. So why am I rejoicing at this? Because more and more I KNOW Romans 8:1 is true. Romans 8: (New King James Version)1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

So when I see and admit the depravity of my own flesh I rejoice all the more that I am forgiven and my precious sweet JESUS is taking great interest in me to crucify my flesh so He can live through me. And to the degree that I allow Him to do so, is the degree that I rejoice the more and more.

I know this makes no sense to the natural mind, but you know what –I don’t care! Because it makes perfect, holy, godly sense to the mind of CHRIST within me. And I’m happy! Actually I’m Asher!!

Thank You. Thank You, ABBA, for making me asher!! And when this post reaches the eyes of our IDOKs I pray they will get asher too! I love You, ABBA, in JESUS Name, I love You. You know our hearts and our prayers for all our PRAYING FOR THESE and our IDOK Troops and this great Nation in need of repentance. Amen and amen.    

Until then  + + +
Kathie