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I don’t even get to hate ants!

Truly, I’m not kidding and now in hindsight I am so glad. Would you like to hear this story? Good. Because I have to have something to write about and this is a fresh happening.

Yesterday the front porch was host to a million ants. No I am not exaggerating. There were at least four streams of them hiking from east to west (and my hubby would be proud to know I know the direction) the span of the front porch. I warred with them off and on throughout the day — they won.  So last night in a last attempt just after nightfall, I uncoiled the water hose and proceeded to produce a tsunami for them, hoping the forceful flood of water would slaughter at least 500,000 of them and would discourage the return of the others.

This morning in the early waking hours I sensed some unrest in my spirit and I was not prepared to live with it so I inquired of the LORD. And sure enough. I don’t get to hate ants. Not because He has a fondness for ants above me but because hating ants is destructive to me. That is not to say I must resign myself to ‘peacefully’ co-exist with them, but it is to say even in the thick of the battle to separate myself from them I must not hate them. If I want to abide in the peace of GOD and I do, I must have a heart of thanksgiving and void of hatred for anything, anyone, any creature.  I get to hate one thing — sin.

So do you have some ‘ants’ in your life; the very human kind? At all cost, forgive and petition the LORD to remove the hate from your heart. There is no other way to have His peace abiding in you; no other way to have His blessings.

Did the tsunami work? Of course not! They are back this morning. Same hiking trails as yesterday. The only change is me. I’m smiling and in sweet peace — ants and all. Albeit we did fed them some Sevin Dust this morning — time will tell. :)

Proverbs 6:6 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Go to the ant, O sluggard, observe her ways and be wise,
via Proverbs 6:6 NASB – Go to the ant O sluggard Observe her – Bible Gateway.

Amen and amen. We can learn a lot from an ant.  :)

Happy weekend to you all.

His Ministry to you,
Kathie

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Remember the Pruning?

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Remember this?
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And now for the update.

Philippians 1:6 21st Century King James Version (KJ21)
being confident of this very thing, that He who hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the Day of Jesus Christ.
via Phil 1:6 KJ21 – being confident of this very thing that – Bible Gateway.

Let us keep taking in the Water of the Word and the Warmth of the SON and we will keep growing too.

His Ministry to you,
Kathie

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The Vital Five

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And if you are not praying about the debt ceiling shenanigans that are going on, please begin immediately. I am appalled at the pride and arrogance flaunting itself in Washington at the expense of We the People.

Even so come quickly LORD JESUS; but until You do, HOLY SPIRIT, move me to be faithful and full of courage because You, LORD, are our KING and Provider and You will never forsake us. Thank You, that You are Sovereign and sinful man can only continue as You give leave and for us that know You and love You, Your Word remains valid, trustworthy and operational.

Psalm 37:25 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
I have been young and now I am old, Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken Or his descendants begging bread.
via Psalm 37:25 NASB – I have been young and now I am old Yet – Bible Gateway.

Philippians 4:19 New American Standard Bible (NASB)  And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
via Philippians 4:19 NASB – And my God will supply all your needs – Bible Gateway.

Romans 8:28 New American Standard Bible (NASB) And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.
via Romans 8:28 NASB – And we know that God causes all things – Bible Gateway.

Hebrews 10:19 Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus,
20 by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh,
21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful;
24 and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds,
25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.
via Hebrews 10 NASB – One Sacrifice of Christ Is Sufficient – Bible Gateway.

Malachi 3:10 New American Standard Bible (NASB)  Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this,” says the LORD of hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows.
via Malachi 3:10 NASB – Bring the whole tithe into the – Bible Gateway.

Based upon these Scriptures, I am urging you (and counseling myself) especially in this maliciously generated economic instability, to faithfully devote ourselves to:
1. pray without ceasing (I Thessalonians 5:17)
2. daily, read and search the Scriptures. (Acts 17:11)
3. attend and serve in a local Bible-Believing Church (Hebrews 10:25)
4. give at least a tithe of all your income and extra offerings (Malachi 3:10)
5. evangelize the world (Mark 16:15)

This is our reasonable service; anything less is willful disobedience.

His Ministry to you,
Kathie