Beauty is Fleeting
Beauty is Fleeting
Beauty is Fleeting
Just say JESUS
‘And he was clothed with a vesture
dipped in blood:
and his name is called
The Word of God.’
In fact, I’ve discovered that the Name of Jesus–just the Name alone– is effective when spoken by a Word-abiding believer.
Revelation 19:13 says the Name of Jesus is the Word of God!
So, when an evil spirit is trying to bring sickness, poverty, depression, or any other garbage into my household, I don’t have to quote every scripture I know to stop him.
I can just point my finger at him and say, “Jesus!”
That’s like throwing the whole Word of God in his face at one time!
-Kenneth Copeland, Your Daily Faith to Faith for May 26, 2014
Philippians 2: 9-11
9 Therefore [because He stooped so low] God has highly exalted Him and has [f]freely bestowed on Him the name that is above every name,
10 That in (at) the name of Jesus every knee [g]should (must) bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 And every tongue [[h]frankly and openly] confess and acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Pray: My will is now Your will.
Father,
I confess anew Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior today. Lord, You are the head of my life.
I completely yield myself to You. My will is now Your will. My plans are now Your plans.
As a new creation in Christ Jesus, I accept the gift of righteousness and all that gift includes: health, prosperity, peace, joy and life abundant. I put aside every weight and the sin that so easily besets me. I now look unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of my faith.
According to Your Word, I can now reign in this life as a king. The power of sin and death in my life has been overcome. No longer am I ruled by the forces of evil but by the God above all gods. I am more than a conqueror through Him who loves me.
I determine today to walk conscious of my right-standing with You, Lord, and with every step to draw closer and closer to You. Thank You for the gift of righteousness. Because of that gift, I can do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens me.
In Jesus‘ Name,
Amen.
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: 9 (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) 10 proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. [Ephesians 5:8-12, emphasis added]
Meditate: To Will and To Do
For it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.
Philippians 2:13
Willing and Doing.
Not the same thing. Both are necessary however neither is hard work for me now that I have been given the Holy Spirit.
For it is God who works IN YOU [emphasis added] to Will and to Do.
Today I will say to God, “I am Willing to be Willing and I am Willing YOU to Will and to Do in me Your Will and Your Doings.
Thanks, LORD.
the Second is like unto it
as Yourself
to know HIM
that I may know HIM
It’s ALL about ME.
It’s ALL about YOU, TOO.
The Bible is a LOVE story, not a Rule book. It’s NOT about OBEDIENCE. Whoa! It’s about somebody I love protecting me, helping me, saving me.
When Allen was stationed in Holland, he received a LOT of letters from me. I didn’t want to tell him what to do. I wanted him to know how much I thought about him, I wanted to find out how much he loved me.
Now… a part of Love and Marriage is commitment and obedience. But we do not do those things because we’re “supposed” to. We do it because we have a deep LOVE relationship and we do not want to hurt and we do not want to be hurt. We trust each other. We LOVE each other.
Remember ALWAYS that HE loved us FIRST. So, to share CHRIST with others, Let’s FIRST LOVE THEM.
[For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding [the wonders of His Person] more strongly and more clearly. And that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection. -Philippians 3:10 Amp
Never Give Up
Never Give Up
O Father, I’m so tired of this struggle with [what’s bothering you] and I’m ready to give up. Please show me what to do. Help me to be willing to be willing to do it. I know I am never alone for you promised you would NEVER leave me. TODAY I will JUST KEEP SWIMMING. In JESUS’ name, Amen.
Be strong, courageous, and firm; fear not nor be in terror before them, for it is the Lord your God Who goes with you; He will not fail you or forsake you.
Opportunities for JOY
TRUE Story
On the way home from Work, I ran out of gas. It was after nine at night and I was already late getting off because of lingering last minute shoppers.
I had not been able to get gas at work because I work the CLOSING shift and the pumps were already turned off. I skipped the previous stations because I am a little compulsive and I like to get gas at particular places that I am used to. I could SEE the gas station just ahead so when the truck died, I coasted as far as I could and tried to re-crank it. [That sometimes works, and this part reveals that I have run out of gas more than once.]
The truck would not start so I let it coast to the side of the road and turned off the lights. I called my Son, Leon. I told him that I was on the side of the road out of gas. He sent my Son, Allen to help me. I sat in the quiet and the dark for a few minutes contemplating.
It may surprise you that I was not upset in the LEAST little bit. I was full of JOY that my sons were on the way to help me. I was proud that they did not hesitate for a moment to come. I was also excited for the OPPORTUNITY to see my Son and hear his voice.
OPPORTUNITIES for JOY come disguised as inconvenience but WAIT Expectantly. JOY will come. Continue reading
May 9, 2014
Missed work yesterday to help Matt get his paperwork together for his new job. Eskamoe’s is opening right at the end of our road. Air conditioning and Ice cream. Good first job, Matt.
Went to the library and did some work on the web. I’m a Debbie Macomber fan and so I am reading her books on writing my story but I am not getting very much actually done.
I am a Browsing Reader. I browse a LOT of books, sometimes as many as 10 or 15 at a time. Hmmm. Talk about rabbit trails, I must be a full grown bunny cause I am always hopping from one thing, thought, idea to another. Everywhere I GO is a rabbit trail.
Lord, Help me FOCUS and FINISH.
I’m reading Jeremiah and the beginning is the scary parts. I gotta keep going to get to that Everlasting Love and Plan for my Life part but I keep getting skiddish and tossing it down. I will buckle down and get there but here are a few gems I have picked up already:
For cross over to the coasts of Cyprus [to the west] and see, send also to Kedar [to the east] and carefully consider; and see whether there has been such a thing as this:
11 Has a nation [ever] changed its gods, even though they are not gods? But My people have changed their Glory [God] for that which does not profit.
12 Be astonished and appalled, O heavens, at this; be shocked and shrivel up with horror, says the Lord [at the behavior of the people].
13 For My people have committed two evils: they have forsaken Me, the Fountain of living waters, and they have hewn for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns which cannot hold water.
God himself is amazed that His children would be more stupid than the devil’s children. Even people that worship FALSE gods are at LEAST LOYAL to them, even though their False gods do NOTHING.
For long ago [in Egypt] I broke your yoke and burst your bonds [not that you might be free, but that you might serve Me] [a]and long ago you shattered the yoke and snapped the bonds [of My law which I put upon you]; you said, I will not serve and obey You! For upon every high hill and under every green tree you [eagerly] prostrated yourself [in idolatrous worship], playing the harlot.
God did NOT make me free. He broke my Yoke so that I could SERVE HIM. Note: I believe I WAS freed after JESUS came because then I was ADOPTED into God’s Family. This is in the OLD Testament so the Holy Spirit had not yet been given to everyone of us as after Pentecost after Jesus ascended [but that’s a different study. lol. rabbit trails.].
Then I [Jeremiah] said, [a]Alas, Lord God! Surely You have greatly deceived and misled this people and Jerusalem, [for the prophets represented You as] saying [to Your people], You shall have peace, whereas the sword has reached to [their very] life.
I have to admit how excited I was to find Jeremiah talking like this to God. Allen is always telling me things like this… so I felt like God revealed a little of his character/nature to me here. I’ve always considered him to be prophetic–the first thing he EVER said to me was “I’m gonna marry you.” so… this glimpse of Jeremiah challenging God just like Allen does was more than a little reassuring to this overly reverent Southern gal.
Thinking Lessons: Being Patient
Patient ≠ Suffering | Patient = Rest
We want to be patient because patient is in the definition of LOVE and it is listed first. How many of us have cried out to our Lord, “Please make me patient and do it now!”
We just do not think we can change or we think we do not want to be patient because we associate it with suffering.
So let’s think about our thinking.
We do not have to become patient. It is called “BEING” patient.
We actually can be patient right now. How?
Patience is NOT changing or suffering, as we might think. To be patient means to remain the same in whatever circumstances.
Let me repeat that. It means to remain the same in whatever circumstances.
So first, spend time with the LORD.
Decide to act according to the TRUTH as it is revealed to you in God’s Word and then….
Then, Remain the SAME. Under whatever the circumstances. Remain the SAME. REST in the LORD.
And there you have it. You are patient.
Sounds easy, right? Just remember that you will have to make the CHOICE at the moment of the Stimulus to Respond according to the decision you already made.
Newton’s Law says, “An object that is at rest will stay at rest unless an external force acts upon it.”
Since an object at rest remains at rest, the work of being patient is just remembering what you already decided to do under the circumstance you happen to be in and then REMAIN at REST. The effort is only in re-focusing off our present circumstance and back onto our Redeemer being PRESENT.
APPLICATION:
If I am stuck in line and there is only one register open, even at the self-check, I just CHOOSE to remain the SAME- I remember that I have decided ahead of time that my Savior is called the WAY so I choose to spend the moments waiting meditating a scripture about loving my neighbor INSTEAD of grumbling at the employee who probably cannot do anything about HER circumstance except CHOOSE how she will act.
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. [Colossians 3:15]
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