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Burglar Bars

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And I understand some distributors now call them ‘Window Grills’. 

This evening as I was attempting to get my 10,000 steps in for today (which I did and plus some) I saw the lone house in our neighbor equipped with ‘window grills’.  As I mulled over the reason for these window adornments I thought, ‘not only do they keep out, they keep in’; and then I was off and running.  That is my thoughts were.

Homes, offices and businesses are not the only edifices equipped with burglar bars. How often do we erect barriers?  We throw up walls around our hearts to protect ourselves. To keep others from getting too close. To protect our emotions from assault and harm.  And I understand. I’ve done it myself. 

And yet I must admit when we place those ‘burglar bars’ around our hearts to keep others out, we are locking ourselves in.  However elaborate we dress up the barriers, calling them whatever pretty names we like the effect is the same – keeping others out and locking us in.

And what do we miss while we are locked in and others are kept out? What do you see on the other side of the window?   Pretty obvious, isn’t it?

May the HOLY SPIRIT make it just as obvious to us what we are missing locked away behind our ‘heart bars’ and may we have the courage to allow Him to help us uninstall them.

2 Corinthians 10

Tearing Down Barriers

1-2And now a personal but most urgent matter; I write in the gentle but firm spirit of Christ. I hear that I’m being painted as cringing and wishy-washy when I’m with you, but harsh and demanding when at a safe distance writing letters. Please don’t force me to take a hard line when I’m present with you. Don’t think that I’ll hesitate a single minute to stand up to those who say I’m an unprincipled opportunist. Then they’ll have to eat their words.

3-6The world is unprincipled. It’s dog-eat-dog out there! The world doesn’t fight fair. But we don’t live or fight our battles that way—never have and never will. The tools of our trade aren’t for marketing or manipulation, but they are for demolishing that entire massively corrupt culture. We use our powerful God-tools for smashing warped philosophies, tearing down barriers erected against the truth of God, fitting every loose thought and emotion and impulse into the structure of life shaped by Christ. Our tools are ready at hand for clearing the ground of every obstruction and building lives of obedience into maturity.
via 2 Corinthians 10:2-4 MSG – Tearing Down Barriers -And now a – Bible Gateway.

ABBA, I trust that Your Word will not return void. Thank You for grace and mercy, for safety and protection given to each of us this day.

We have the God-given Right to do right in this wrong World,

(Please do not equate heart barriers with healthy boundaries – Healthy Boundaries are another animal entirely.  :))

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I am Reminded

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this morning the Joy of the LORD is your strength! And mine!

Nehemiah 8:10 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
10 Then he said to them, “Go, eat of the fat, drink of the sweet, and send portions to him who has nothing prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
via Neh 8:10 NASB – Then he said to them, “Go, eat of the – Bible Gateway.

So let us get up, rejoice and allow the heaviness to fall away, eat of the LORD’s portion for you (and me) this day, drink in His sweet and satisfying Water, and give of what we have to others who have little – be not grieved, but rejoice – for in the rejoicing, in the JOY of JESUS we are stronger!

Sing along and be stronger! 

We have the God-given Right to do right in this wrong World,
Praying (PFT)!

 

ABBA, thank You. Thank You for Your kind reminders to me, to us! We love you, we praise You in JESUS name. And we forget not to bring our sick and afflicted asking You to heal and restore them and for our wayward and rebellious we ask for mercy and grace and space to repent. We pray for the peace and security of Israel; we pray for revival for the Body of Christ. Amen and             .

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Here To Make

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a quick report.

Sheila’s surgery went very well yesterday. We are waiting for results on lymph node removal and the doctor believes he got good margins with the mass and tissue he removed. Last evening she was waking up in SICU and her vitals looked very good.  Thank you for your prayers and please continue for recovery for Sheila.  We believe we are seeing a miracle unfold before our very eyes.  Again, thank you for your prayers; so glad you are a part of this miracle.

5 Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity.
6 Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.
via Colossians 4:4-7 NASB – that I may make it clear in the way I – Bible Gateway.

Prayer Requests

Prayer Request – 3 year old child

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I received the following prayer request today. Please join with us in praying.

“Kathie, Need Your Prayer Warriors help PLEASE
The 3 yr old that swallowed the DRAINO has now developed BRAIN LESIONS the whole outlook at best is bleak
Need Prayer Warriors to stand in the gap”

I know very little about this little boy other than a co-worker of someone close to me  is acquainted with his mother. 

ABBA, this is such a tender matter on so many fronts. The precious child would seem at the point of death, brain lesions now upon all the other conditions that must surely have come upon him and his mother, the agony of soul that she must be experiencing. All this and more, no doubt.  Without a doubt You could speak a word and all would be healed and with our limited vision that seems right and yet I am reminded LORD of what You prayed in the Garden so I pray it here – if possible let this death cup pass from this little boy and give him life abundantly here but if not somehow be glorified in this ABBA that souls will be eternally changed and rescued in JESUS name. And, HOLY SPIRIT, I pray for peace and comfort beyond our comprehension for this mother and other family members who love this little boy. I pray You will send people with material, tangible helps for the her and the family. I pray for hugs when she needs them and many, many others to pray and stand in faith for this family. And, LORD JESUS, comfort this little one as only You can. Amen and . . . .   .

We have the God-given Right to do right in this wrong World,
Praying (PFT)!