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Six Years Ago

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Reading a devotion that I wrote more than six (6) years ago (click HERE to read it) words found in Proverbs 16 have seized me and will not let go. I don’t want them to. I want them to lay hold to me and transform me. Look with me.

Proverbs 16 Amplified Bible (AMP)

3 Roll your works upon the Lord [commit and trust them wholly to Him; He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will, and] so shall your plans be established and succeed.

via Proverbs 16 AMP – The plans of the mind and orderly – Bible Gateway.

He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will

What would it look like for my thoughts, your thoughts, to be agreeable to ABBA’s will on a continually consistent basis? What would life be like? What would relationships be like? Would the climate change in our homes, in our communities, in our Nation? Would it?

Any thoughts you’d care to share?

I am praying for Regie today. He is having a heart cath this Friday morning. And I’m praying for protection for Americans who love America and who are in danger from those who hate America. These are perilous times.

2 Timothy 3 New King James Version (NKJV)

1 But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come:
2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good,
4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!

via 2 Timothy 3 NKJV – Perilous Times and Perilous Men – But – Bible Gateway.

ABBA, You always hear the prayers of Your children. Thank You. I pray You begin to hear more prayers. More of Your children praying fervent prayers without ceasing. And right now I commit Regie’s heart cath to You, for it to be successful, for it to be very good news, for You to grant him restoration, a very favorable outcome I pray. Words are not coming easily, ABBA. Events in Libya and Egypt, the players in this evil desecration of life, Americans in danger, it’s too much for me to get my soul around. HOLY SPIRIT, intercede for us; intercede for Americans around this globe in places of conflict and hatred, protect them please and LORD JESUS please come quickly and soon and put an end to this hatred. And while we wait for You, JESUS, we want to occupy as You have told us to. Help us commit our works to You and allow You to cause us to be agreeable with Your Will in us and through us. And thank You for reminding me of others; thank You for what You have done for them and what You will yet do.  And for each who gather here for prayer, I ask for strength meet for this day for them and for abundant love for You and others in JESUS name.

Blessings, Friends +++

Remember YOU have the God-given RIGHT to do right in this wrong world!

Christian Living, Uncategorized

See What I Mean?

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Journey had a lot to say to me today and I have only gotten as far as the opening Scripture. Here is what I mean.

Psalm 101:2 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

2 I will pay attention to the way of integrity.   . . .  I will live with a heart of integrity in my house.

via Ps 101:2 HCSB – I will pay attention to the way of – Bible Gateway.

In truth, I did not live that way yesterday in my house. Most likely I would have at your house. See what I mean?  Of all the people on the planet, it is our families that would most benefit from our integrity. Glad I was home alone yesterday. :)  Seriously, living unglued – without integrity – is sin. And we need to stop it. And for today we can. Scripture tells us so. 

Philippians 4:13 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

13 I am able to do all things through Him who strengthens me.

via Phil 4:13 HCSB – I am able to do all things through Him – Bible Gateway.

And tomorrow? Let’s do today first.  :)

Today I am praying for Tavarie. He has some health issues. Would you join me in praying for him too?

First, I must thank You for mercy and forgiveness and loving correction. Thank You, Father. Thank You for Your strength to live with integrity today. Thank You.  And we come bringing Tavarie today; asking for a remedy and for resolution of these health issues and all matters concerning Tavarie. We are not privy to Tavarie’s life but You are and we are grateful for the privilege of praying for him.  Thank You. And there are others. And so I come this morning with these names filling my mind at this moment, names and situations, conflicts and issues needing attention and I ask for Your Touch in each. And I pray for my dear Friends who come here to faithfully read and pray, thanking You for them and for the strength and help You will give to each one of them this day. 

Blessings, Friends +++

Remember YOU have the God-given RIGHT to do right in this wrong world!

Guests

Invited

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Please go visiting with me today. Just one click and we will be there. Jennifer Dukes Lee’s blog, Getting Down With Jesus. Her post for September 4, in particular, is what I want to share; but, browse around when you get there – she won’t mind and you might be so very blessed at what you find. 

Here’s an excerpt. When you have read it, click

HERE

for the rest of her post (pictures too):

Hear the Good News, You’ve Been Invited

September 4th, 2012

There was nothing magical about it, but everything about it was magical.

I looked out across her yard to behold the simple beauty of one long table decked out in creamy plates and silver forks and crayons and mismatched chairs. There was a place for everyone, and everyone had a place — right there on a patch of Iowa grass.

(Pictures at Jennifer’s blog)

Trish had invited us to put our feet under that one long table beside the evergreen trees, to break bread and sip from glass jars under the dome of a September sky.

She’d arranged it a mere 24 hours before the event: “Okay, so here’s something random,” she emailed us. “If you don’t have any Labor Day plans Monday evening, you now have an invite–albeit a late one and one not well thought out–though sincere. ”

She called it “an exercise in spontaneity.”

I really enjoyed my blog-land visit with Jennifer this morning. I hope you will too.

Revelation 19:8-10

21st Century King James Version (KJ21)

8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white; for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

9 And he said unto me, “Write: ‘Blessed are they that are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.’” And he said unto me, “These are the true sayings of God.”

10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said unto me, “See that thou do it not! I am thy fellow servant and one of thy brethren, who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

via Revelation 19:8-10 KJ21 – And to her was granted that she should – Bible Gateway.

I am thanking ABBA today for sisters and brothers all across web-land; for those lifting up JESUS to encourage others. And I am still remembering, and asking for healings and blessings for Dori, Kerri and Pam; and yes, asking for correction and conviction and repentance all around. And there are others, many others. I trust you are praying too.  Forget not the November election. Israel. Our desperate need for awakening in America to our purpose and our commission to the world. There’s a memorial service for a dear saint this evening – her family is grieving – pray for them to be comforted in CHRIST JESUS. Many, many other concerns for those in our individual circles.  And so, ABBA, You are fully aware of each. We collectively and individually come with our family, friends, acquaintances, missions, dreams and visions; asking for healings and blessings and presenting ourselves as vessels of healings and blessings for Your glory and in JESUS name. 

Blessings, Friends +++

Remember YOU have the God-given RIGHT to do right in this wrong world!

Christian Living, Giving Thanks, KWT Paraphrasing, Political awareness

A Nutshell of Filters

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The study I told you about on Monday (click HERE if you missed it) is proving to be a most needed study for me. Not only what Mariel had to say but what the HOLY SPIRIT of GOD is personally saying to me.

13 For You formed my inward parts;

You wove me in my mother’s womb.

14 I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

Wonderful are Your works,

And my soul knows it very well.

via Psalm 139 NASB – God’s Omnipresence and Omniscience. – Bible Gateway.

I am grateful for my NASB translation as it gave me incentive to go looking for the Hebrew meaning for inward parts.  Inward parts equals kidneys.  And oh my goodness! take a look at kidneys and the word picture that forms is HUGE! (And I have not even read all the materials!) Too huge for me to fully develop here for you so I’ll give you a nutshell.

We know already kidneys are filters. Right? Right. And we know what filters do. They filter. They filter out harmful wastes and toxins. But that’s not all they do. They also produce necessary, most helpful hormones.

In addition to removing wastes, the kidneys release three important hormones:

 Now look at verse 14. Verse 14 says we know very well that we are fearfully and wonderfully made; that we know very well that we are precious and treasured by GOD; that we give thanks to Him; that we believe all His works are wonderful; that we value the precious ones in our wombs.

Look around. Who do you know who has fully embraced ALL this? Look in the mirror. Have you?  Have I? By faith, today I say I am beginning too!

So what’s our problem?  Spiritually speaking, you understand. Verse 13 gives us a clue I believe.

Our kidneys (filters) have been corrupted. They don’t filter out the waste and toxins and they don’t produce the life-sustaining ‘hormones’ in quantities needed. By the way, you know hormones are for balancing the body and emotions, don’t you?

Are you getting the picture?  Sin has corrupted our kidneys. Our filters. Our hormones.

But the GREAT NEWS is that JESUS has come to set our filters and our hormones in proper working order again! As we yield to the HOLY SPIRIT, He is restoring our filters and our balance. One day we will be fully restored! But for now, the more we yield to the HOLY SPIRIT in obedience, in prayer, in HIS WORD, the better our filters, filter and produce. And the healthier we get! And the safer are the precious ones in the wombs of women.

I am loving this study! Thanks for listening.  Happy Wednesday blessings to you, my Friends.

Remember YOU have the God-given RIGHT to do right in this wrong world!