Fairest Lord Jesus

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Jesus You're everything to me!

Jesus shines brighter, purer than all the angels heaven can boast

Friends, I will be taking Hudson on a mom/son trip for the next 3 days...Please pray that our time will be profitable, memorable and all that the Lord would have it be!

Would you join me in this "one minute prayer" challenge? I have set my phone alarm for everyday at 9pm

ONE MINUTE EACH NIGHT During WWII, there was an advisor to Churchill who organized a group of people who dropped what they were doing every  night at a prescribed hour for one minute to collectively pray for the  safety of England, its people and peace. This had an amazing effect as bombing stopped. 

There is now a group of people organizing the same thing here in America.  If you would like to participate: each evening at 9:00 PM Eastern Time (8:00 PM Central, 7:00 PM Mountain, 6:00 PM Pacific), stop whatever you are doing and spend one minute praying for the up-coming  election, and for the revival of Christianity in this great country.  If you know anyone who would like to participate, please pass this along.  Someone said if people really understood the full extent of the power we have available through prayer, we might be speechless. Our prayers are the most powerful asset we have.  Thank You.  Please pass this on to anyone who you think will want to join us. 

A Hard Thing To Do

2 Corinthians 5:17 says, "Therefore if anyone is born again, the old has gone, the new has come!"    "the old life is gone, a new life has begun!"

So why is it that we so often  "walk" out the faith by always looking over our shoulder as if someone or something may be chasing us?

IF that happens to be your experience, even a little, there is work to be done.  First and foremost we must realize that the Word is the truth.  Period.   Our feelings must be aligned with the Lord.  

While it is true that we may need to "tend" to some things in our past when we come to the Lord ~ we must realize that they do not have power over us anymore....I realize this is often easier said than done.  It is a process and the more we practice the stronger we become.

An orphan, once adopted, pinches himself to see if his new identity is truly real!  But the longer you "sit at the table" and get to know the Father, the more you will be satisfied with this truth.   
"You are not your own any longer you have been bought with a price." 
1 Cor 6:20

OH HOW HE LOVE YOU!!!

You are not running alone.  Look around there are brothers and sisters everywhere running the race.   Keep focused and don't turn back!

Heb 12:1
Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.


Blessings!

Let It Begin With Me

"Live in harmony with one another; do not be snobbish but readily adjust yourself to people and situations and give yourselves to humble tasks.  Never overestimate yourself or be wise in your own conceits."   Romans 12:16


Live in harmony:   Choose to get along with everyone

Do not be snobbish  Think of others as better than yourself

Adjust yourself   don't wait for others to change...adjust yourself and do what the Word says

Give yourself to humble tasks   just do what needs to be done

Never overestimate yourself       Stay far a way from Pride!

Wow!   Read it again and then think about it in context with your life.  Do any parts of this verse apply?  Ask the Lord what HE thinks.

How would the Church look if we walked this verse out?   How would we affect our world

Change begins with us ~  You ~  Me
Whether it is work, marriage, family etc   if we each do our part things will look different..

His grace is sufficient and HIS strength will be made perfect in your weakness.   Let it begin with me

The Last Word

SO   

What does your "quiet time" look like?  

Is it quiet?  

Is there even a "time"?

Is this time marked by duty or relationship?

Who has the last word?

Friend think about it today.

Consider the time you spend with Him

Are you pleased ~ satisfied

Is He?

He holds the answers 

He is more than enough for whatever you face

He wants more of you!

He wants to be your Lover and Friend, 

your Brother, Husband and Maker

EVERYTHING!

Jesus You're more than a Friend

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Monday Sept 24  7pm  

11 Pumping Station Rd

Salem, NH 

LEARNING TO HEAR GODS VOICE. 

Graham Jones from the UK will be speaking on this important subject.  He will be challenging people that God wants to speak in clear and direct way to Christians today.  Graham will be touching on some of the following areas.

Does God still speak today?

How can we know the difference between Gods voice, ourselves and the devil?

The place of the prophetic in the church. 

Hearing Gods voice and evangelism. 

A Path thru the Trash

I am reading a book on India, a country where the caste** system locks people in abject poverty.
There are over 250 MILLION Dalits in India alone. (a Dalit is considered the bottom of the bottom.  This group of people are called the "Untouchables".  They are considered subhuman, impure from birth and worthy of nothing but contempt")

Scene after scene shows thousands of people living, walking, sitting in, and pawing thru trash.  Trash IS their ground.  Everywhere they step is garbage.  The ground is not littered but it is feet thick. 

I think that this is a picture of what discouragement looks like.  Our head is down and all we see is the "trash".  We can see only brokeness and waste.  We smell it, touch it and wade thru it day after day.  It is our world.  It is a life void of HOPE.

"May the God of Hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him ~ SO THAT you may overflow with hope in the power of the Holy Spirit." Rom 15:13

Hope makes a path thru trash.  Hope causes our eyes to lift to the ONE who can send help.  He is our Help in times of trouble.

Father, I pray that you will allow us to be carriers of Your HOPE. 
Send us the needy, the thirsty, the hopeless and give us the Grace to see them.  Teach us Your ways concerning this I pray.  Grace us to be Your hands, Your feet, Your love.  Help us to not shy away or shun those that we don't understand.   Lord give us discernment and a clear Word for this dark, dying world.  Please grace us to love the "least of these" as that is when we are closest to You.

It begins and ends with You Jesus.  Make us willing to be willing. We are called to this ~ equip us Lord

In Jesus Powerful Name


Blessings

** "Your caste not only affects your sense of worth but also the jobs you can hold, what clothes you can wear, where you can worship, who you can marry, where you gather water and what sort of education you can expect"

The Platform

I was talking to a young father on Sunday.  When I asked how he and the family were doing he admitted to me that they had had a rough morning.
I shared with him a situation I had years ago when I told the Lord that I thought there was a demon behind my front door when I came home from church.  The way to church and the way home was not a problem it simply was when I stepped into the house!   Kids were starving, husband disappeared with the newspaper and I was faced with breakfast leftovers, a house in disarray and 13 hungry people!   I  would turn into a _______ (not sure how to describe it) and totally lose it.  

Seeing this week after week, I finally talked to the Lord about it. He simply replied, "would you act the same if I were sitting at the dining room table?"  
ONE SENTENCE.  that was all!  
Of course I would behave myself! 

THUS I SAW IT WAS IN MY CONTROL.

I urged this dad to call a family meeting to discuss Sundays with his wife and kids,  I suggested he ask for forgiveness and and talk the issues out.    I asked him to HUMBLE HIMSELF and the leader in the household.

I believe that Jesus loves to step onto the platform of humility.  When we humble ourselves HE will come and enter into our situation.    He has full sway then and nothing stands in His way

So whatever your situation, whether it be work, play, family, church, etc   take the low road,  humble yourself and get back in focus.   Jesus will be sure to show up with all His majesty, comfort and grace.  He will carry you and give you all that you need for the situation.

Remember you were bought with a price ..you are no longer your own...you belong to God.  Let Him have His way in you.

Blessings!

Knitting Interrupted

Stepping out on a limb...

I had to admit something out loud tonite. 

     

Chatting with a friend,  I had to say that for a long time I was not "against" abortion.....I was not for it either....I just didn't want to think about it.~  I sadly realized that if I had ever had an unwanted pregnancy I might have even considered it.

As years went by I realized my thinking was wrong and that God values life...PERIOD.   Life ~ whether brought about by rape, incest, carelessness, love and desire, etc etc etc....

LIFE is what God is all about!    

I still did not necessarily have the "feelings" that went along with the conviction but knew that I needed to side with God's Word rather than my feelings.  I left my feelings with God and decided to be obedient in my thinking and trust Him for the rest.

Today we have a seated President who does not value life.  I'm not sure why.... over population, inconvenience whatever,  he has made it painfully clear that he will put the "rights of women" over the "rights of the unborn" and the commands of God. 

 Again there was a time that I would have felt that it was his "right", his prerogative to think this way. While that is still true, I firmly believe now that he stands directly contrary to God. And because he is our leader we find ourselves out from underneath the Lord's umbrella of protection.****
As I read and understand the Scripture I see that it is never good to go against God's ways.  He is serious about His commands.....life being a top priority.

Psalm 139:13-18   You formed my innermost parts, You knit me together in my mother's womb.  I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made, Your works are wonderful, I know them full well.
My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in the secret place, when I was knit together in the depths of the earth, Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of them came to be.
How precious to me are Your thoughts Oh God   How vast is the sum of them  Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand ~ when I am awake I am still with You.

There is JUST NO WAY of getting around this passage in Psalms.

A few days ago I was commenting on a thread on Face Book.
A Christian brother was firmly stating his allegiance to Obama vs Romney.  It brought consternation to me in light of the Scripture.  I know full well that it is only God that knows the heart of man BUT would I not vote for the one who most lines up with the Word of God??   This is not about casting judgement...it is about truth.  And the truth is as mentioned above....Our country and individuals will be held accountable for the stance we take.

I only pray that you will seek Gods face and align yourself with HIM and HIM ALONE

Time is short
Blessings
****http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles4/MotherTeresaAbortion.php
Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching the people to love, but to use any violence to get what they want. That is why the greatest destroyer of love and peace is abortion.

If we remember that God loves us, and that we can love others as He loves us, then America can become a sign of peace for the world. From here, a sign of care for the weakest of the weak - the unborn child - must go out to the world. If you become a burning light of justice and peace in the world, then really you will be true to what the founders of this country stood for. God bless you!

- Mother Teresa

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