Where Complaint is Found

 Have you ever wondered about those who lead where you live? I do! And many times I look for evidence of their leading, but find none. Is that a complaint? If leading, what are we leading and whom do we lead? Are we on that path of life leading to life or that path of death leading to death?

 In the previous years we have a leader within our police department, he was (and is) a writer as well expressing his work and the attitudes he met on the pathway of his job and of his life.  I believe him to be a believer by what he wrote about in recent posts of his work within our community and county. As the Sheriff,  he expressed heart about his job and why it was important. Now someone else is elected for the new term, as our previous Sheriff has left that office for retirement. What a legacy left behind and yet I wonder if it will continue. Will the new see the examples of good for people or will they choose to complain about “ some people” to hold to an agenda?

We see that in the days leading up to when Moses was to be born!

Complaint was seen in the Pharaoh who decided to have all the males put to death.  Exodus 1:15 Then the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of one was Shiphrah and the name of the other Puah; 16 and he said, “when you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth-stools, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live. 17 But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male children alive. 18 So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this thing and saved the male children alive?” 19 And the midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they are lively and give birth before the midwives come to them. 20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied and grew very mighty. 21 And so it was, because the midwives feared God, that He provided households for them. 22 So Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Every son who is born, you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.”

For Moses, he was taken to be done away with but the mother hid him, the beautiful son. She made a carrier out of bulrushes and pitch, placed the basket among the reeds by the river’s bank. But Pharaoh’s daughter would bath close by. The royal daughter who would make him her own. She defied her father the Pharaoh and one day she would take the role over Egypt!

 

Acts 7:22-23  NKJV  22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds.  23 "Now when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.

 

Forty years had passed since Exodus 1, and Moses is now 40 years old. We do not know a great many specifics about his life, but there are a few historical pieces we can put together. From archaeological finds as well as some written histories, we know that Egypt was the greatest land of its day, the United States of America of that time. Moses was being raised in the palace. His mother, Pharaoh’s daughter for some thirty –five years.

From the diggings of that region, you can find out who had money and who did not. You can know their heritage and the importance of the family that would rule. Being part of the Royal Family, if he rode out on a chariot, the people on the street bowed toward him. He would have had the best of everything, from what he ate, to what he wore and to what he rode. If Moses traveled down the Nile by barge, it was among the finest in Egypt. For that of his education, he probably had the finest tutors available in the land. He would have been acquainted and yes, instructed in astronomy, chemistry, mathematics, engineering, music, and art. But if we pay attention to those kind of institutions today, is much of what he was taught resembles the foolish students where we reside. Yet, the overall effect of what he learned filled him with knowledge and understanding of the region, the ideas people held and then the beliefs his own mother would instill in his heart that would hold him and help him recognize truth! 

Exodus 2:8 And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go,” So the maiden went and called the child’s mother. 9 Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him. 10 And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. So she called his name Moses, saying, “Because I drew him out of the water.”

 

During his 35 years in the palace, Moses never really lost contact with the people of Israel and with his real family, even though Jochebed & Amram turned him over to Pharaoh's daughter, he could visit them. Even from his birth, he was returned to the wet nurse Jochedbed and during his nursing, she would have told him of his true heritage. She would of warned him of his future if he took the way of fortune. She would have told him of the one true God!

 

He would desire to help his people, but it would prove violent. He went the way of anger and complaint.  He evidently took the route of the Egyptians to ridding those who got in the way! He runs to the wilderness. As he hides out from those who would take his life, he finds a new life. He considered himself thrust out of his home he knew, now a new life would appear!

 

…Exodus 2:11-16  Amp. Bible 11 One day, after Moses was grown, it happened that he went out to his brethren & looked at their burdens; & he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of [Moses’] brethren. 12 He looked this way & that way, & when he saw no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. 13 he went out the second day & saw two Hebrew men quarreling & fighting; and he said to the unjust aggressor, Why are you striking your comrade? 14 And the man said, Who made you a prince and judge over us? Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian? Then Moses was afraid and thought, Surely this thing is known. 15 When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh’s presence & took refuge in the land of Midian, where he sat down by a well. 16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughter’s, & they came & drew water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

Exodus 3:1-10 Amp. Bible   Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro ,his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the back or west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb or Sinai, the mountain of God. 2 The Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, yet was not consumed.

 3 And  Moses said, “I will turn now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush is not burned. 4 And when the Lord saw he turned aside to see. God called to him out of the midst of the bush and said, Moses, Moses!” And he said, Here am I!”

Exodus 3: 5-10… God said, Do not come near; put your shoes off your feet, for the place on which you stand is holy ground. 6 Also He said, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God. 7 And the Lord said, I have surely seen the afflictions of My people who are in Egypt, & have heard their cry because of their taskmasters and oppressors; for I know their sorrows and sufferings and trials.

8  I have come down to deliver them out of the hand & power of the Egyptians & to bring them up out of that land to land good & large, a land flowing with milk & honey [ a land of plenty] to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite. 9 Now behold the cry of the Israelites has come to Me & I have also seen how the Egyptians oppress them. 10 come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring forth My people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.

From the last teaching on Voice of Prayer, “Spending Our Inheritance” cry means to shriek. It is from the emotional ….and it is one scared as they pray!  They look at what surrounds them, they pray to the Father they cannot see but only spiritually.But Moses could God face to face.                                                                  

God IS GOING TO SEND MOSES BACK TO EGYPT:: Exodus 4:18-21  NKJV  18 So Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, “Please let me go & return to my brethren who are in Egypt, & see whether they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses,  “Go in peace.”

19 NOW the LORD said to Moses in Midian, “Go return to Egypt, for all the men who sought your life are dead.” 20 Then Moses took his wife and his sons  2 and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the rod of God in his hand.  21 And the LORD said to Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do all those wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in your hand. But I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go.

So who would want to go when you know for certain Pharaoh’s heart will be hardened….? And who would he face when he returned? Pharaoh was satisfied with all his Hebrew workers. He had much to build to honor himself. Some people only see others as builders, with straw, and work long hours. Others are educated and hopefully learn in studies to become a responsible citizen. That is a good thing: but we must have God leading us by His Holy Spirit!

Not sure what happened to the education system here, but we must be trained in that reading, to read any contracts, to write, in using our name that is written on the dotted line saying we have consent to the employment and the math is good for whatever you encounter daily. At one time the education system of America un-apologetically incorporated the Bible, prayer to the God of the Bible, and biblical values in every aspect of school life.  I remember the McGuffey Reader. It held prayers from God’s word. It was this pathway of truth that gave this system producing a people that took responsibility producing the most powerful and prosperous nation the earth has ever seen. But sad today, the youth are inundated with liberal ideologies. They are given false, biased and mostly anti-biblical information.

 

Moses was separated from his own. He was separated from the Hebrews. But Moses learned his heritage. He learned also what money and position could bring to him. But he knew speaking would be hard in his having difficulty with stuttering.  Exodus 4:10 Then Moses said to the LORD, “O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; but I am slow of speech and slow of tongue. ( dull, heavy tongue, cannot speak well) 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall say.”  13 But he said, “O, my Lord, please send by the hand of whomever else You may send.” 14 So the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and He said: “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well. And look, he is also coming out to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.

Moses put weight on the leadership of mouthing specifics. In that he himself chose himself as disabled in speaking for the Lord. Yet, it is God who prepares what we will speak. We are told that in Luke 12:12 For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.

Moses had complaints! And he complained of his speaking.  1 Corinthians 2:13 These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

Moses was set on the natural of things. Though the burning bush halted his movement, he still held out for the natural till God showed him the way in the wilderness. He lacked authority, he lacked eloquence, he lacked a message indeed. But God had his attention in the wilderness. 

 Moses learned at the hand of Jethro. He learned valuable lessons about leading God’s people by taking care of sheep. He became a shepherd. So he was moving toward destiny.  The new king might not know Moses, he might not be remembered being Pharaoh’s family member, but Moses would learn of the God Jehovah. He would learn His presence, His voice, His power and might. And he would act in obedience to going!

In the reading of all Moses encountered through God, he complained of his stutter. His brother Aaron would go but he also would bow to the culture of worship to golden calves. He would create such a thing. Have we done that? Who would answer that we have had complaints? Yet we are not complain. It will grow darker and darker for those who choose darkness over light. But we remain in His presence. We remain to the obedience He set down.

Moses did not go to the Promised Land. But carried his coffin up a mountain to be buried. And God knows the place. Will complaint fuel our tomorrows? Or will we find our peace in God for today and all the tomorrow’s ahead? Because man will let you down, but God will not forsake you ever. Can you imagine carrying a casket up a mountain and then be put in it? Moses had disobeyed by striking the rock and not speaking to it accurately. He spoke to the people, not the rock!

In these lines of this thought: Moses held what is called that second fear. It is that which involves what man thinks of us rather than what God thinks of us. In this the person will come to produce more anxiety, more depression and failure.

The third fear is known as the satanic and we know he did not have that. The choice to make is in the fear of God, the understanding of the fear of God: it is productive fear, and it always leads to peace in God. It is knowing Him, using His knowledge and wisdom to live by always.  To fear God is the beginning of wisdom. Proverbs 9:10   ….Moses struck the rock and did not do what the LORD spoke to do.  

Moses at Kadesh, a grievous error is committed by him and Aaron. The children of Israel have contention against Moses. Numbers 20:4 Why have you brought up the assembly of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our animals should die here? 5 And why have you made us come up out of Egypt, to bring us to this evil place? It is not a place of grain or figs or vines or pomegranates; nor is there any water to drink. 

6 So Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the tabernacle of meeting they fell on their faces. And the glory of the LORD appeared to them. 7 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 8  "take the rod; you and your brother. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock and give drink to the congregation and their animals. 9 So Moses took the rod from before the LORD as He commanded Him. 10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock; and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels! Must we bring water for you out of this rock?” 11 The Moses lifted his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and water came out abundantly and the congregation and their animals drank. 12 Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron,  because you did not believe Me, to hallow Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land I have given them.” 13 This was the water of Meribah, because the children of Israel contended with the LORD, and He was hallowed among them.

 

Yeah, Moses was to speak to the situation, speak and the rock will yield. God said to speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock and give drink to the congregation and their animals. ( verse 8)

Pride held this person. He was upset with the people. They contended with him so he would show his anger like he did to the Egyptian who beat the Hebrew! Moses is still dealing with “stuff” from his past. He has pride, entitlement, impatient, resentment, comparing ourselves to others, or "life is not fair".

 

Speak God’s words. Remember and hold His promises in your heart. Believe Him and when you speak by the spiritual of His word, His water will run to where it is needed. BUT GOD will be HALLOWED. HE IS GOD. HE IS TO BE FEARED. We need to consistently be putting God’s truth into our hearts so we can dispel the lies of the world. What we deserved was death. But God loved us so much that instead he gave us eternal life. God is true and every man is a liar!

 NO complaints here! We speak His word, believe it true and see His kingdom come in our lives. Amen.

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A Song or A Complaint

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Proverbs 17:10 tells us that rebuke is more effective for a wise man than a hundred blows on a fool. Proverbs 10:17 tells us  that 'he who keeps instruction is in the way of life, but he who refuses correction goes astray.'

Ever hear a parent tell you or another not to stick a metal object into an electrical outlet or you will get shocked? I have seen it done time and again by those who refuse instruction. We had a cousin who tried it and suffered the consequence. If the one person is tending toward being wise, they will heed instruction. But there are those who are intent on doing their "own thing their way". In respect to that you also find those with short lives lived out.

And Proverbs 26: 4-5 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

In respect to that which these state, they appear as speaking the opposite. Yes, they are opposite and if you and I choose to imitate the style of a fool, we will be one too! If you or I choose to respond to a fool as one who would be wise, then we will make that 'fool' out to be the wise man to imitate and to follow.

Instruction is there for us to reach and obtain to live by. It will keep us when it is the instruction given by the Lord. If one would pay attention to any news of late, you would be reaching for that of the one who speaks as the 'fool'. Life should be the foremost character of the person speaking. Are they representing the life Jesus came to give us? Are they representing love that is of God?
Do they display that song in their heart or just a complaint about another?


Fools are like animals. They will not use their brains. They do not take time to think through a situation or problem. They are ruled by their emotions and lust after their own desire.
A wise person will take instruction and apply it to their life. They could see a Doctor for some problem in their body and take the information with prayer to God and find, yes, that drinking extra water is helpful to keeping a healthy body. So why not drink more water every day to see that desired affect appear?

Another is taking a homeless person giving them the right things, with good intentions and speaking instruction to get them off the street, yet if they refuse it, it is throwing money, and services and good toward something that is void of understanding.
We must want to value life, not complain about it. We must desire to work at this life God has given to us to have that song in our heart.
If I value nothing, if I place no value on the life of a child, I am nothing. If I place no value in my marriage, I am as nothing. If we do not value the laws that built this 'republic', we value not the God who planned its inception.

People truly want to help other people and especially those who are down and out. Prayer is certainly a good place to start. Feeding people is a 'great idea'. But we must remember if we had parents, when we got to a certain age, we were expected to help with the evening meals, with clean up and with making it a team effort.
If you always got served with breakfast in bed and no clean-up and no actually plan of being apart of family, then you will most likely choose to have breakfast in bed with servants at your beacon call!

WE each have a role to play in this life given us. It is one that calls on us to be accountable for our actions. It calls us to have character strengths to rise at 4 or 5 am, to go to a job, work the best we can for the company, to make that check for spouse and children. The object being families filling communities with activity that seeks each person doing their part in the life they are given.

Psalm 14:1-3 The fool has said in his heart, " there is no God". They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none who does good. 2 The LORD looks down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there are any who understand, who seek God. 3 They have all turned aside, they have together become corrupt, there is none who does good, no, not one.

Heard this woman speak the other day. She announced her run for the White House in 2020. In her speaking she spoke she had sought God. I heard that and wondered what god she sought. For those who would speak ill for another's hurt is wrong. To be intent to destroying a man or a woman's character because we do not like them is sin. Any one thing  that which is done with pride in the heart against another is as iniquity just like satan revealed when he fell from heaven.

Romans 12:9-17 NKJV 9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. 10 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; 11 not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; 12 rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer; 13 distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality. 14 Bless those ho persecuted you; bless and do not curse; 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep. 16 Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion. 17 Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men.

The thing is that many men have no regard for good things in the sight of all men. Many are not saved. Many know not Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. We must operate in God's wisdom and declare His truths, we use money wisely not to just make others think that we are all that and more. For hypocrisy is the actor who just plays a role to convince others of their intent. They use children, and families as their springboard but in truth show a much darker side to death to unborn children. Truth is made know by the one who seeks life and not death of others, it seeks to reveal truth and not lies, the one who seeks to live is the one who seeks God who gives life to us. Hypocrites demand their ways and agendas. Hypocrites reveal death and hate with violence.

Just look at what they wanted to do to Jesus!
YOU and I must abhor what is evil. We must cling to that which is good. We are to be kindly affectionate to one another in brotherly love.............remember this is speaking to the church body.
We are to stand with voices declaring God's truth as the wise displaying character that is one of strength and honor.
Matthew 5:38-41 NKJV You have heard that it as said, "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. 39 But I tell  you not to resist any evil person. But whoever slaps you on your right check, turn the other to him also. 40 If anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic, let him have your cloak also. 41 And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.

Your example and mine to others is to be loving, but we must be willing to stand toe-toe with evil and give God's truth. For when they slap you with evil , we turn to expose the other check. We reveal God and His love but we do not back down nor turn away.

For some reason, I always tend to think of the movie Forest Gump and his reasoning given by his mother, "stupid is as stupid does!" I do not want to be the foolish. I know we stumble, but I do not want to be the foolish or act like the "fool".
For whatever the situation or problem, we are to be the true follower of Jesus who speaks out in faith that is by us living in the spirit, operating by loving others by choice and experiencing God as our Father ,who has good in mind for us.
May His kingdom come to earth for us today, to see the unseen, to prevail in prayer for all dignitaries and those who would lead this nation of America or the nation you reside. As we seek the other's good we will speak that good that is of the Father in heaven revealed through Jesus and displayed by the Holy Spirit in power through us.
No matter the chaos, God leads. It is to be our desire to freely forgive understanding that forgiving another may not mean that person or group is right, but it does free you & me to continue in God & become what HE purposed for our lives. May we represent a song that is forever sung for the glory of our God through Jesus Christ.............yes it is the demonstration of the Spirit and power....Amen!

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That Communication Thing?!

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When you have to have something done outside the home, I am always amazed of the amount of time to actually get out of the house, drive to the designated place and then talk with whom ever one there is to see, greet and talk about for the "something" outside of the home. I always check to make sure that we have all the information needed before going to any destination.
But like anyplace and anyone you talk today, we find there is always at the designated meeting place,  more added sheets of questions to answer like your health. And that applies to having eyes checked, teeth cleaned, etc.  If you think of a Dr. office, you have the appointment and the blood test. But of late, I am noticing how the connection even with what is given you over the internet to receive at home from their office is somehow falling through the cracks at the office.
Communication is vital where ever you go. Especially in knowing say the English language to read road signs to drive there, not using the cell phone and to speak coherently to the person you are to encounter. But again, if you do have that language mastered still somehow people restate the same question to you some extra times, and should they do that, they will still get from me at least the same answer I gave them the first time.
I had told my sister of my trip to get blood checked. Just a thing they do to keep watch on it since the low hemoglobin a couple of years ago. I can understand they know not what they are dealing with, but I know God and I also know I am the healed made whole in Jesus' name.
She is seeing it as a test from God. I believe that, not for health reasons at all but seeing how our love walk is going with others. Finding time with some really helpful people the other day still I am in awe I stayed in that love walk. It is interesting that my veins lie so deep within my arms, that these folks must use ultrasound. Yes, you heard right.
Long story shortened here is that they did regard our request to use it right off. Still the event took some two hours to take some blood. But the people were awesome and they tried to make "light" the difficulty they were having, and yet I knew God was with me, they would get what they needed and I would get to go home and rest. These dear ones had to stay and take care of those who are really ill and who have life threatening situations.
When almost done, the lady next to was having chemotherapy done. She was in awe of my patience and oh she must have watched us. But hey, who could miss it.........we were those talking in the corner of that great room, and probably heard by those seated close by.

Had opportunity to ministry God's word and life to them. Had the opportunity to speak to one mother of her daughters and that they would continue to walk with God for His glory. It might have took two hours, but I believe people experienced the goodness of a great God and His love for them and their children. We had been asking for more opportunities to minister life of God to others but I think I will be more definite on where I would like to do that ministry moments!


Yes communication is vital! And what do we communicate daily, is it helpful to others or just another complaint? I know that our God is for us. He is not against us and does not desire us to be afraid! We have much to do here and it is by obeying the laws like not driving with cell phone in hand, stop at the RED stop signs ( I mean you really must come to a complete stop and then proceed) and we must tell others of the love of God. We should answer the phone but not while driving down the road with a cheeseburger in hand. We should look forward to ministering to others and telling them of the love God has for us and why He sent Jesus.

Yes, my husband called me yesterday and the Dr has scheduled another appointment in four months for the blood again. Not sure of the exact date but it will arrive by email here at the house and we will drive in..........once more of having opportunities to minister life.
Yes, I still pray for those times, but I have asked for a different location and not the hospital!
Communication:is the two way process of reaching a mutual understanding. It is in which the participants not only exchange information, news, ideas and feelings but also will created and share meaning. Communication is the means of connecting with people or places. In business, communication is the key function of management----an organization cannot operate without communication between levels, departments and employees.  (www.businessdictionary.com)

So happy God has no problems with communicating with us. The only problem is do we hear when He is speaking!

Proverbs 23:9 tells us :"do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
In God's wisdom, we would know that to keep your job, you are to obey the boss and the written "things" of order for each patient coming in for a visit. To do anything outside of that would seem to cause one to lose their job by not obeying the command from the top. 
No we still love, but we also continue to pray for good communication between Dr. and their employees and that all work is completed before Dr. sees their patients in that scheduled day and time. For peace is good to stay in and when you can sing for joy, you have made God your place of refuge. Yes, I will go back for that draw in about four months..........whatever that day may be, unless the Dr cancels, but I wait on God and know if there is ministry to be had there, I will go with the aide of my husband and we will see lives changed for His ultimate glory. Amen.

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An ORANGE CRUSH, Please!

I remember the orange crush drink. Yes, a soda with a zest of the very sweetened orange to fill a sweet tooth completely and with cold ice included is or was something I did not mind in my youth. I certainly added the "Please" to make sure I was courteous about receiving such a grand prize of delicious goodness to my mouth.
As the child, I could dance around in merriment because I had gotten this delicious drink: JUST BECAUSE!

Proverbs 17:22
A merry heart does good, like medicine,
But a broken spirit dries the bones. NKJV

But it is more than a sweet drink that one needs to have the "merry" heart. This "merry" is the gleeful type of heart to have. It also sounds like one who can go in and cheer up a room full of people. Or at least that is what it appears to me to be. This also sounds like being really joyful with a dance.

When thinking on this "merry" today, I think of my sister. Now as a young child she could enter a room and have people laughing in minutes. When she got to be a teenager, she still could bring a laugh or two, but by that time she was more skilled in delivering that "funny" word, or "funny" look as she spoke about something she liked.  She certainly could deliver a more funny and cleaner joke than what was on T.V. at the time.
She was never lost for word when she was delivering what she thought had to be the best "joke" in town. And I always thought she should have been a comedian on T.V. or even worldwide.


Proverbs 15:13
3 A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance,
But by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.  NKJV

Now for me, it was hard enough growing up, and trying to keep up with her and her better than average person's A's............I had study a lot to get and maintain the B grade. Although C was normal for Physical Education,  I believe I held that grade for most of that grade was about climbing those ropes all the way to the ceiling I had trouble with. Not sure why we needed to touch the ceiling of our gym but it was the "expected" to move up those ropes. Yeah, right, and I needed it today to do what?

 As the years have gone by, my sister and I have lived for most of our lives separated by thousands of miles. In keeping touch by phone we find time to reflect on our day, what the Lord is doing and laugh about the dog we have or the pet rabbit of our niece. But in all the short of amount of time, my sister is like that "orange crush, please!" She has been through a lot of late. Both she and my brother-in-law have weathered and marched out the storms with a laugh still found on their lips and down in their hearts. Seeing our mother pass recently, sis and Shorty maintained their stature of holding themselves in God and believing the best for anything and anyone who crossed their paths in all decisions to be made concerning our mother's last moments.

Delicious goodness: Yes, they delivered not only to her, but to us as well the importance of keeping the right spirit and referring always to God's goodness. I know they ministered to me in many ways. Yes, I have been ministered to by my sister in many ways. In her youth, her laughter made me feel alive. In her effortless work of maintaining A's, I worked harder to stay with the flow. In the absence of our mother today, my sister still walks with a joy in her heart, and I pray strength in her body. I pray today that God is still with her, and will strengthen her to finish the course He purposed for her and Shorty's as well. For to her and to Shorty, their look is to HIM in fulfilling that which He said He would do for them!

I spoke with them today and yes felt like I had received my orange crush. What a blessing families are to us and what an opportunity as we all speak with one voice to give God glory for all that He has done for us and all that He will do for us.

Psalm 32
32:1 What happiness for those whose guilt has been forgiven! What joys when sins are covered over! What relief for those who have confessed their sins and God has cleared their record.

3 There was a time when I wouldn't admit what a sinner I was. But my dishonesty made me miserable and filled my days with frustration. 4 All day and all night your hand was heavy on me. My strength evaporated like water on a sunny day 5 until I finally admitted all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide them. I said to myself, "I will confess them to the Lord." And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone.

6 Now I say that each believer should confess his sins to God when he is aware of them, while there is time to be forgiven. Judgment will not touch him if he does.

7 You are my hiding place from every storm of life; you even keep me from getting into trouble! You surround me with songs of victory. 8 I will instruct you (says the Lord) and guide you along the best pathway for your life; I will advise you and watch your progress. 9 Don't be like a senseless horse or mule that has to have a bit in its mouth to keep it in line!

10 Many sorrows come to the wicked, but abiding love surrounds those who trust in the Lord. 11 So rejoice in him, all those who are his, and shout for joy, all those who try to obey him.  TLB


Those who abide in God's love are those who have placed their trust in Him. My sister and brother-in-law rejoice in Him, and all those who are His should shout for joy..............all those who obey Him.
For truly God is for us. He is not against us. We find that as believer's together, we pray and worship the same God who sent us the Savior, Jesus Christ. He is the only way to the Father.(John 14:6)

Psalm 62:5-8
5 My soul, wait silently for God alone,
For my expectation is from Him.
6 He only is my rock and my salvation;
He is my defense;
I shall not be moved.
7 In God is my salvation and my glory;
The rock of my strength,
And my refuge, is in God.

8 Trust in Him at all times, you people;
Pour out your heart before Him;
God is a refuge for us. NKJV

In thinking about my sister who is like more than a sister to me. I pray for her and all sisters like her everywhere that when we allow our souls to wait silently for God (without any complaint) and our expectation is from Him, our rock and salvation. I know that like my sister every other sister can know Jesus as their Rock and not be moved by adverse things attacking to the body. For in our salvation we have the Healer on hand. He is here. And with the Rock as our strength, we can move through anything and come out the victor on the other side. Yes, some wind may blow, the water may appear to flood the boat, but God is with us. He is our Strength and Refuge in the day of trouble. May all who read this know that there are good days ahead. Yes, we lose family members, and yes, we grow older each day. I mean, think on that baby, and they are already heading out to be the aged, right? Today they need a bottle, tomorrow they need a car, and the next they are looking at retirement.

As we pour out our hearts may God hear from heaven. May He look on hearts today and tonight and know that we love Him and want to finish the course. In this knowing, we expect His strength to carry us forward where we can use our legs to walk and run, reach out with helping hands, give a hug of support and look up intently for His return.

Like that "orange crush" my sister added zest to my life today. She is forever thinking of others and not herself. She is forever being blessed by God. How do I know? For what flows from her mouth is nothing but praise for our God. 

May God honor her, and many like her today who give God the first........and whose desire is for Him only! Amen.

Today I honor those who have stood their ground,  they walked with those who came to death, and in that became the tired and weary. I pray they rise today, to see the New Day in God, to live in health and vigor all the days of their lives. May they reach millions with the Gospel of peace, and may they shine brighter and brighter to the full light of day....(Proverbs 4:18)..................for God is with them!

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WHEN MERCY PLEADS

Psalm 55:2-7.........2 Attend to me, and hear me;
I am restless in my complaint, and moan noisily,
3 Because of the voice of the enemy,
Because of the oppression of the wicked;
For they bring down trouble upon me,
And in wrath they hate me.

4 My heart is severely pained within me,

And the terrors of death have fallen upon me. 

5 Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me,

And horror has overwhelmed me. 

6 So I said, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove!

I would fly away and be at rest. 

7 Indeed, I would wander far off,

And remain in the wilderness.  NKJV

Is anyone speaking negative against you? Words can do as much harm to us as those "sticks and stones" might do! Some may disagree, but when having the many opportunities to minister to women and teens, I have seen so many wounded by the words  of death spoken over them by a spouse, another sibling or grand-parent!  When we see a teen not care about their safety, it is because the one of authority, that parent figure is either out of the picture or just does their own thing with no regard for the child in their care! Today we are a society that has cast away children. It did not start today but long ago.
The most important thing to remember is that everyone has some kind of past. Everyone has experiences of what a parent did or did not to do in regards to their care in bringing said child up to adulthood. But we should always know we can "choose" to move away from those things and find life. For my family, I have seen so many choose life in God.

I know from my own experience, that when my husband prays over me everyday (generally at night as we read and pray the Word) I hear words that strengthen my spirit man.  When he gives the prayer the focus of his thoughts, it is those words that plant the Word and builds into my spirit man, a mighty fortress,  that which he is believing for me for today and for my future days!

In the scripture above, David is restless in his complaint. He mentions the voice of the enemy and how the wicked have brought trouble to him. The wrath he mentions is that wrath that is of the devil and the devil will use anyone who stays on the side of wrath, jealousy, contentions, selfish ambitions, and envy. As we see in Galatians 5 that the works of the sinful man are evident.

Galatians 5:19-25..............19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. NKJV

David goes on to say that those who hate him have caused pain within him. That which kills by the word had come to him, and pinned his heart into pain, into a dismal existence, into a desolate and fearful place where he wanted to fly away like the dove and remain in the wilderness.

Psalm 55........4My heart is severely pained within me,

And the terrors of death have fallen upon me. 

5 Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me,

And horror has overwhelmed me. 

6 So I said, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove!

I would fly away and be at rest. 

7 Indeed, I would wander far off,

And remain in the wilderness. 

David wanted to remain in the place where there were no people, so he would not have to hear the complaints of others against him. Hearing wrath and contentions had made him come to a dismal place. Sometimes those sickening words of death make you feel "ill".  But by verse 16 of the same Psalm, we see David doing something.

Psalm 55:16, 17, 19, 22, 23.................16 As for me, I will call upon God,

And the LORD shall save me. 

17 Evening and morning and at noon 

I will pray, and cry aloud,

And He shall hear my voice. 

18 He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me,

For there were many against me. 

19 God will hear, and afflict them,

Even He who abides from of old.

Selah 

Because they do not change,

Therefore they do not fear God. 

22 Cast your burden on the LORD,

And He shall sustain you;

He shall never permit the righteous to be moved. 

23 But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction;

Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days;

But I will trust in You. NKJV

We are to be kind to ourselves and to those around us. But many people today have had no one to speak kindness in any manner to them. If you were called "brat", then someone belittled you and called you something that God the Father never intended. If someone called you "stupid' " or "you will not amount to anything" then you have no strength in your inner man to help you walk out your daily life. Words can kill or they can bring life!
Proverbs 18:21..............21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat its fruit. NKJV

God's Word gives us life....and speaking right words brings us to health,  brings us to have a vigor for life!......Proverbs 16:24..................24 Pleasant words are like a honeycomb,

Sweetness to the soul and health to the bones. NKJV


In our prayer time, my husband chooses the scriptures the Lord shows him. In directing that prayer over me, he is holding on in faith that Word which he speaks goes forth and will be performed in my life.
When two people come together in marriage and both brought some baggage from their past, it is certain if God does not have HIS way, the ole' flesh creature will have his way! And either one or both parties can revert into the world. Someone has to have mercy and to let go of the past "hurts" even when it still hurts! Even though one party may be on the outside of life, we should still be those who look to God and His faithfulness and BELIEVE THAT HE CAN DO THE IMPOSSIBLE, and then look out devil!
If we continually seek the other's good, would we see a change, not only in our homes, but in our communities and the nation as well?

I had prayed for others to be comforted when I needed comfort and had none but God's. Praise the Lord! He is our saving strength. He carries us if we need carrying and He will surely walk beside us when we can walk again! My prayer was not making a deal with God. My prayer was that He would have His way in my husband's life, my life, and our daughter's as well. My prayer was the kind of prayer for everybody involved in my family, and because of sins, any fallout as such, would affect everybody in the entire "family"! I was also praying for our family to be spared. 
Romans 8:31-39........................If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all-how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died-more than that, who was raised to life-is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: 
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. NIV
We thank YOU for upholding us with YOUR hand and that our steps are ordered by YOU. 

He calls me the priest of the Lord, as a  minister of God and that I will eat the wealth of the nations. He also prays that we believe together that no weapon formed against me shall prosper and that any tongue that rises against me in judgment shall be shown to be in the wrong.
He also prays that we both together hold onto the pattern of sound teaching in faith and in love which is in us in Christ Jesus. He prays that I will be consistently opening my mouth boldly to declare courageously as I ought to do to get the Gospel to the people. And then my husband declares he stands and under girds me in prayer. He also states he will speak only the words that will edify me.

I always think of this scripture when my husband prays over me..............Proverbs 18:22...22 He who finds a wife finds a good thing,  And obtains favor from the LORD. NKJV

Now was it easy for me to hear him pray............that for me at the beginning?  No! It was not easy. It is how we look at ourselves and how we believe of what we deserve. It is all those things that which can mount on top of us when things go terribly wrong and we know not why things changed on us so abruptly. It is those very things that can pull families apart by divorce or just by miscommunication on every side. It can amount to "he said" and "she said".......and we must communicate. I cannot stress that enough.........that we must be men and women who communicate, not with a tongue lashing but with a coming in mercy and respect for the other person whom we are wanting mercy with at the time. 

By staying with God and His Word, I have found life and strength to say NO! to a lot of things I carried with me especially those things of the last ten years or so. When when things look like abandonment, and things that would bother me or even to try tempt me to be the "wounded party" at some time off and on, I have them no more. Two people in any situation are the wounded no matter the circumstance or trouble. I have words spoken over me everyday, and not only by me only, but by my husband who speaks as the prophet of our home and declares good things for his wife!

James 2:12-13...........12 So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty. 13 For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.  NKJV

In giving mercy to myself, I receive that which another would speak as good in favor for me. Just as in the salvation plan, justice demands the sinner condemned, but mercy pleads for salvation and mercy prevails. Mercy is that which pleads, prays, and seeks another's good.

Several years ago, we were living in the Seattle metro area, and it was a busy winter time season. For some reason people were shopping EARLY IN THE SEASON, not only for groceries, but for things that seemed out of season to me at the time. But it was the city and it was busy, so you look for the longest line and hope it moves quickly! (Have to remember most of those long lines held the one and only checker working in that huge store and usually the other three open were for 12 items and less )

So I finally get to be the third in line. Hooray, I can see the whites of the cashier's eyes. I AM almost through and on my way home! 

The lady#1 moves through with all her Christmas stuff she wanted on sale. Hooray!

Then the lady#2 ahead of me moves through, and yes has some Christmas but summer stuff as well!  aaaah...............alas! 
First lady#1 will not leave and then she speaks.................""oh, no don't speak, please"............but she does........and she has a complaint...............she wanted the items on sale...........well, some ticket items did not show the sale mark on them, because it was only The one item to be had...........and she took two of the same thing, with only sale on first item...! There were no second's on any she had picked out to purchase.  She had avoided the "limit" on those items she wanted. Then # 1 lady speaks...................."oh no, she is talking again, only louder"! Yes, much louder this #1 speaks.........!  Cashier responds, "ticketed sale items says to limit one per customer", "so if you bought two and you did, the second is full price"!

Yes, you guessed it. Lady #1 did not want the extra item if it was not on sale........so through the whole basket, they now took out every bag she purchased.........they NOW had to go through and switch out what she did not want..........!

So I stand and praise the Lord. I pray in tongues. Look happy now girl, smile, because you may be the only example of Jesus' love in this place. Finally I get to the check-out counter. Yes, I look to see if Lady #1 is coming back, for she certainly had not gone out the front door yet, but kept the receipt in her hand as she stood by the Front Desk Customer Service Counter of store.

The sweet cashier, apologized for the long wait and the extra things that had transpired. And the Lord had me to say, "No problem".......... " it is the holiday season, "so we should expect more people out and getting ready for their families holiday time together", "we live in a big city with lots of people and shopping for groceries can take some time" "and you know ....it was all good!"
The cashier stopped, looked at me, and said "thank you". She smiled, she laughed and came into an ease and comfort that it "was all good".


My prayer had been to be like Mary the mother of Jesus who said "yes" with no holding back. That God's word to me would be fulfilled, come to pass and no looking back to the past. I prayed to be an example of faithfulness like Deborah who judged the people of Israel in truth and righteousness. And I had begun some prayers for my husband who had not heard them, but God had!
I had prayed for women who needed resurrection of marriages and resurrection of families because I needed it for myself as well. I had prayed in His holy name for women, who against all odds, would get to the "safe" place to create a place for their families to live and that those still hurting, would receive strength to go forward and find their needed strength in the Lord of Glory!

I was always giving thanks that the Lord of glory would prevail and I would see my family receive and do what God had planned from the start.

I was going to speak words that gave life to something that was dying. I spoke the Life of God into dead things to see them rise again. I spoke and believe and I still speak and I still believe that God is not done with this family and THAT WE will see our greatest days ahead of us and not behind us. If God be for me (US), who can be against me (US)? 

"For your sake we face death all day long;  we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."  

 Start PROPHESYING and continue praying and expect God the Father to release His power over those dry bones. It may look like the darkest hour before the dawn, but we must believe and hold on to His truth!  GO AHEAD AND SPEAK WHAT HE SAYS! 

Father, today we pray for men and women alike who have been cut down by words that harmed their strength and stopped them "dead" in their tracks in life, that today they receive strength to go forward and find their needed strength in You our Lord of glory. Make us strong where we are weak. We pray that YOU help us to rise above anything that erects itself as a stronghold in our lives and show us any words that we speak that are not merciful to another human being.
Remove all that is not of You and help us to take charge over our own spirits and have self-control to resist anything and anyone who becomes a lure. May we abhor what is evil and cling to what is good.  According to Psalm  37:18-20….WE pray and confess that The LORD knows the days of the upright, And their inheritance shall be forever. 19 they  (we) shall not be ashamed in the evil time, and in the day of famine they (we) shall be satisfied. 20 But the wicked shall perish;
And the enemies of the LORD, Like the splendor of the meadows, shall vanish. Into smoke they shall vanish away. 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD,  And He delights in his way. 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For the LORD upholds him with His hand. NKJV

We know that YOU are our source of love, companionship and friendship. It was Your desire to restore man back to YOU, and that includes restoration for families and people to have friends. Father,You know the hearts of people, so we will not be deceived by outward appearances. Father, thank You for quality friends who help us build stronger character and draw closer to You. Help us to walk as a friend to others and to love our friends at all times. Help us to see marriages and relationships restored that were lost and dying to spoken words of death and not to life. Today we will laugh with those who laugh, we will rejoice with those who rejoice and we will weep with those who weep. Teach us how to walk this out with a spouse, a child and even our grown children. Help us to pray and be supportive using merciful words that heal. Help us to relax around people, even our spouse and children, and to be ourselves. Instruct our hearts and mold our character, that we may be faithful, trustworthy and of good report in the restoration of marriages, restoration of families and those that You are sending into our lives as friends. 

We thank You today, that we can entrust ourselves and our need for restoration of marriages and families into YOUR holy Hands! Amen!

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