That QUALITY of Respect

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Respect cannot be fully come unless two parties of people commit to know the other person. And the quality is dependent on those two parties of people and how they communicate with one another!

What relationships are we willing to protect?
I have some relationships that are distant. They, the other parties lives in various states, but we all once were a part of a church body within a certain city in the northwest. Although these have moved away, or I did, yet somehow by the grace of God they continue. One is a young man musically inclined with a gift that is truly of God. Another, well she is petite and sassy and lives far north of here, but even today though I do not see her I am reminded of her determination to live for God that brings Him glory. And the other, well she just is what God knew I needed when I needed her at a low point in my life.
Today I still have opportunity to minister to them through prayer. Although so far away, yet there is no distance in the spiritual realm.

I hold a respect for these people! They love God and it shows by their actions to help family and people they do not know. They act accordingly to seeking prayer for an individual who is not their circle of friends, but they know that those are the ones God holds in His circle.

Was thinking on this today and wondered on the power of God and His abilities that can bring such unlikely people into my life, yet I am so in awe I can find no words to really write or speak on the subject of His great love to bring so many different peoples together, all with different walks, but be held by that thread of red: yes, by the blood of the Lamb!

In each of these cases, I was remembering how they each had touched my life and how they loved God by their always complete determined heart to get to the designated place and do what needed to be done to bring the Lord glory due His name.

I am captured today, yes by the grand plan of a great God and in awe He chose each of us from different paths, different age groups, and still see the beauty of the Lord in each person's focus on the horizon, to always be moving forward, to keep hearing His voice and watch out for their neighbor, come together, and be knitted in our hearts forever!

Each is not concerned for their welfare, only the welfare of others and that which pleases their Father. It comes from that relationship where respect comes into view!

Was looking up some of the meanings listed for respect, and I came across this one that captured my thinking!
It stated:respect that is genuine, healthy, and a quality that dignifies the carrier.

When we place our love and trust on and in God, we spend that quality time to really know Him. It is not the popularity of being known by many, but by being known by ONE and that is God! When we truly set our hearts to know Him, spend time and then we will see Him, not only in our prayer time, but in the music when a young musician sets down to create it and then release it to others. For the dear lady who lives far north, we are far apart but not in heart. That is how it is with God, though we do not see Him even now, yet we should know Him. 

1 Peter 1:3-8
Amplified Bible
3 Praised (honored, blessed), be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah)! By His boundless mercy we have been born again to an ever-living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 4 [Born anew] into an inheritance which is beyond the reach of change and decay [imperishable], unsullied and unfading, reserved in heaven for you. 5 Who are being guarded (garrisoned) by God's power through [your] faith [till you fully inherit that final] salvation that is ready to be revealed [for you] in the last time.
6 [You should] be exceedingly glad on this account, though now for a little while you may be distressed by trials and suffer temptations. 7 So that [the genuineness] of your faith may be tested, [your faith] which is infinitely more precious than the perishable gold which is tested and purified by fine. [This proving of your faith is intended] to redound to [your] praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) is revealed.
8 Without having seen Him, you love Him; though you do not [even] see Him, you believed in Him and exult and thrill with inexpressible and glorious triumphant, heavenly joy.


1 John 4:19-21 
Amplified Bible
19 We love Him, because He first loved us. 20 If anyone says, I love God, and hates (detests, abominates ) his brother [in Christ], he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, Whom he has not seen. 21 And this command (charge, order, injunction) we have from Him; that he who loves God shall love his brother [believer] also.

Yes, that quality of respect is that we love other believers. But out of that trust is a RESPECT!


Our confidence is in God or should be. And in expressing that confidence you and I will see God's power at work in us and through us.   According to Ephesians 4:1-6, we are told that  (4:1) As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit- just as you were called to one hope when you were called- 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

People may come and go out of our lives, but those who remain, especially near to our hearts are those who we know as those who are the prisoner's of the Lord. They live a life worthy of the calling they have received. There is just "that something" about them that sets them apart from others. They are the "gentle, the loving, and the empowered" in their faith walk that God is going to see over them no matter the difficulties, the world's economy and that the Lord God will have His way for His purpose in and through them.

I will not list their names, but maybe if they read this, they will know of who I write. They are those who carry a quality of respect that pronounces the authority of God in their lives. They keep His word and declare it determined that God will do everything He said He would do in His word.

It commands on them respect that comes from God to them......and those who know God will know those who God looks upon with such love and pleasure.

What sets the tone for that quality: only the relationship with Him and with others.

This quality will guard the unity of the spirit ! Ephesians 4:1-6  Amplified Bible: Therefore , the prisoner of the Lord, appeal to and beg you to walk (lead a life) worthy of the [divine] calling to which you have been called [with behavior that is a credit to the summons to God's service. 

 2 Living as becomes you] with complete lowliness of mind (humility) and meekness (unselfishness, gentleness, mildness), with patience, bearing with one another and making allowances because you love one another. 3 Be eager and strive earnestly to guard and keep the harmony and oneness of [and produced by] the Spirit in the binding power of peace.. 4 There is one body and one Spirit---just as there is also one hope [that belongs] to the calling you received-----5 [There is ]one Lord, one faith, one baptism. 6 One God, and Father of [us] all, Who is above all [Sovereign over all],pervading all and [living] in [us] all.

Jesus carried this, so did Paul, Peter, and John. Might we consider of having that quality of relationship with God that shows others what love really looks like?


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Heaven's Crown

There is so much about what to follow. Enjoy this, entertain your consciousness.
I am interested in the creatures that live at the bottom of the ocean where is pitch black, but I do not want to entertain anything of me at that depth of blackness.


In looking up the word "following"......I saw this:
"a happening, a coming next, following someone in the direction they are going. It was also noted that following was giving favor to the one they are following.
So, if Jesus is not number 1 on our list, what is number 1?

In "following" another, the words speak this way:
tracking, shadowing, tailing, stalking, and movement.
Now movement sounds like a powerful word. In a movement to "follow" or "like" something someone posted, are we gearing up for the movement to towards that "alcohol" announcement at the local brewery? How about shopping all weekend?
But that word stalking is dangerous. And the word tracking sounds like tracking wolves or coyotes.

If we are enthusiasts, what are we enthused about? Is it being connected  with something like a new beer ad over a new brewery thing or technique.
Was it someone else's like and sent it to you to like as well..........and in that, was I enthused someone saw my name listed made a few clicks with the cursor.......and boom in the "likes" that makes me want to live another day?
In working on this today, I was made aware of yesterday when our team was going to connect, yes, by phone. Time: noon. Everyone is a "go" and answering cell phone, I hear two broken words, and the sound of metal vibrating somewhere. Oh yeah, it is the sound no one likes.
In every other sentence spoken, I hear only very broken English. In truth, I ask, "can you hear me now?"
I wonder what Jesus would have done with my cell phone yesterday. After the struggle to hear not only on the phone, but switching cell phones with their comrades, still broken English, and loud metal sound culminating in 'CALL LOST'. AND then this same cell phone had the audacity to state we were leaving cell service area. I was in my kitchen, standing by my cabinet watching eggs boil in a pan. How could I possibly be leaving cell service area, I ask you?

If Jesus had had internet, would He use it like we try to use it?
Even with the most notable fast action tools used today.........and with the most noted circulating news team without paper relaying over thousands of miles in just seconds He would say, "I told you this would happen." Remember He is God!
So a tool like internet with a force that will direct people into their future by either being " liked" or "disliked" about a certain new swag, a new way to communicate, whether we voted for the newest baby bottle, or sent  in our own pictures of the meteor shower, seeking to share with others what we have seen, or been taught. Jesus shared His heart. He spoke face to face.

What happened to speaking face to face? I remember my grandparents and father speaking with people at the city gate. They ( my grandparents) had a feed store and they could meet with people, find their need and meet it and still have some communication time with customers.

In those long ago days, I remember people reflecting on their day, their week possibly and finding something to laugh about in the hard life of any farmer or rancher in the south. They either dealt with drought, floods, partial rains but coming too late, and all their pain and sacrifice, they spoke a passion of their heart and spoke with others about it face to face.
 I remember their faces, and I remember the smile when they were greeted by their name and given a well remembered conversation with another on being in the trenches of life, with some suffering and a  zeal to continue. Crops came in or they failed, still communication was a need for those who hungered to have success in what they did with the soil, for what they brought to their family and to the community.

Is an instant "like" enough to carry people into something good or is it placing one in a needy position to always have someone like them, even if they do not know them.

The people who came to the feed store needed help with their plants, possibly a stronger seed to plant and all that was planted was seen to support the family who planted it all. In their zeal to be farmers, they spoke with other farmers, they met together and sometimes for just minutes to fill their order for the week, or a month. Voices were heard communicating about the fields of crops and what might be on the horizon in the weeks and months to come.


In the family unit, and being part of a community, standing next to you, I will listen and pray with you. If you post something that I did, I will ask what teaching encouraged you the most, but walk a mile with me in the a. m. hour and then I would be sensitive to know you really want to know me.

Yes, I still think on those days I got a few minutes down at the "store". It surely smelled like chemical fertilizers to me, but I also remember those who reflected life to others.  They spoke of victory over those sandy fields. They gave voice to their hearts desire, and in those values, they honored others and let them know so by talking with them face to face. They gave from minutes to hours to see and speak face to face.
In Jesus we have the wisdom of God that created the heavens and the earth. In Jesus, we see the genuine, the Proven and that worth keeping.

What people "liked" last week may be the antique today. What they loved may be outdated now or tomorrow. Beliefs and those modes of thinking over a network of connecting might be good in a quick and timely event, but the closeness of the truly caring heart may be missing.

Correspondence is necessary and should never be discarded.
Jesus was sent to us out of love. That next "like" you receive, will it be laced with same kind of love? Or is it just superficial and allows no responsibility on either's part to participate in each other's lives?
We are in the world but not of it.

Communicating with Jesus is also following Him. And the communication with the Spirit was the secret to Christ's ministry.
You might tell me how you swam off the shores of an Hawaiian island and saw some special creatures around a coral reef. You might even have pictures and I would be happy you got to do that. It would and should be enjoyable to him/her who loves the sea and its creatures and gets to snorkel and discover those things under the sea. We can make room for doing those things. Good job and working hard can contribute to a substantial check to pay for those things that bring a smile.


 But we must remember too that the more room we make for Jesus in our lives, the more we have His power in us. Without the constant awareness of God  and of His nature, we inevitably reduce our vision to what is accomplished on the internet and other aspects of it. We too can become shallow and no have no commitment to anything or anyone.
There are things that you like, and I like and it shows in what we talk about, what we wear and what we love to do.
But staying closer to God, keeps us aware of He who invades the impossible when the perspectives of those around us are only focused on the temporary and physical of circumstances.
Following what you love, will take you forward or hold you at the door. Jesus desires leaders. He desires us to know the battle's been won. With whole hearts on fire, not just with a "like" but loving Him with a passion will speak with more fire and more glory to His name.

I wait to hear from you. Let me know what you are following. Will it have life and breath for you?

Jesus makes us brave. In Him, the weak find strength. The enemy has to leave. ALL CONDEMNED FEEL NO SHAME.

IN following, may there light where you walk. It is the place where the lost are saved! And it is finding a way into the glorious life you and I were always meant to live. IT is following the One Who has received heaven's crown. Amen!

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"WITHOUT FEAR"

1 Corinthians 4:14-21
14 I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I warn you. 15 For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. 16 Therefore I urge you, imitate me. 17 For this reason I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful son in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church. 18 Now some are puffed up, as though I were not coming to you. 19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord wills, and I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power. 20 For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power. 21 What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?    NKJV

1 Corinthians 16:5-12
5 Now I will come to you when I pass through Macedonia (for I am passing through Macedonia). 6 And it may be that I will remain, or even spend the winter with you, that you may send me on my journey, wherever I go. 7 For I do not wish to see you now on the way; but I hope to stay a while with you, if the Lord permits. 8 But I will tarry in Ephesus until Pentecost. 9 For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries. 10 Now if Timothy comes, see that he may be with you without fear; for he does the work of the Lord, as I also do. 11 Therefore let no one despise him. But send him on his journey in peace, that he may come to me; for I am waiting for him with the brethren. 12 Now concerning our brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to come to you with the brethren, but he was quite unwilling to come at this time; however, he will come when he has a convenient time.          NKJV

Paul is looking over his itinerary the Lord has given him. As the act of an apostle, his is to remain faithful to that which is before him. Paul was one who did not hold to tightly to one thing the Lord presented, but always looking for that advantage of an "open door" in which he would present the gospel wherever he was sent. He sends a letter to those at Corinth, to say that Timothy is coming. And at his appearing, Paul wants Timothy to be at ease to do the work he is sent to do without being in fear. Paul goes on to say, "Therefore let no one despise him, But send him on his journey, that he may come to me; for I am waiting for him with the brethren."

Paul wanted Timothy to have such a good visit and a good work that he would leave Corinth and in his going to Paul, he would be at peace with the brethren. Apostles certainly have their work cut out for them. Like Paul, he was sending whom God had called and wanted to those of Corinth to receive God's anointed man. Yet, even then, it was evident that the men of Corinth had a problem with Timothy. We see Timothy going to Corinth in 1 Corinthians 4, but are not sure he made it in the writing of 1 Corinthians 16.
Paul had sent letters to the church at Corinth and through the length of 1 Corinthians, we note that he was dealing with them in issues as to: immorality, self-indulgence, another self-indulgence in the spiritual gifts and into a doctrine in denial of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. They sounded like the party group who love to gorge themselves on food and drink...........eat, drink and be merry kind of folks! For their spiritual gifts, they saw that some of those "spiritual gifts" were more highly esteemed and they desired to abandon those God had given them and to acquire only those which folks would look up to them for. Their church meetings then became the chaotic and not of the peace and power of the Holy Spirit. They chose to indulge in that which brought them attention.
God has His way of doing something and in a service to worship God in word and psalms is that which in the order He desires it to be done. It is in the love of God and brings glory back to God and not to man.
Though Timothy was with Paul when the letter or Epistle to Corinth was sent, yet we do not know if Timothy got there. (1 Corinthians 16) Although there is no mention, yet Paul wanted these people to understand he was sent and was on the authority of what was started in Corinth.

When reading about the Corinthians, I always think of Naaman who had leprosy in the book of  2 Kings and chapter 5. We were told of Naaman to be the commander of the army of the king of Syria. From the reading, we are told that he was indeed great and honorable in the eye of his master. In Naaman's leadership, the Lord had given victory over to Syria. We find he is told by the young servant girl to find Elisha and that he, Naaman, would be healed of the leprosy. In all the communication going on among all the leadership when Naaman asks of Elisha, we find him arriving at the prophet's door. He was expecting, by what scripture states, that the prophet himself to come, greet Naaman, call on the name of the LORD, Elisha's God, wave his hand over the place and the leprosy would be gone. But alas, it was not to be the way the man Naaman wanted it done. Elisha gave instruction to his servant who in turn gave it to Naaman. "Go wash in the Jordan seven times and your flesh shall be restored to you, and you shall be clean." When Naaman heard this, he became furious. He probably had some choice words he had to speak and protest against, especially regarding the dirty water of the Jordan River. Was Naaman, because of his high rank, and his victory in war, bring him to a prideful state? Did he feel slighted by the young girl or by the prophet himself?

Of course, we know Naaman took the instructions, obeyed them and was healed. But I think of those Timothy was sent to help. Even though he had the same gifts in leadership as Paul, were those of Corinth in a prideful state, that they grew to despise the young man and the wisdom of God he carried to them? Were they wanting to do things differently..........? Well, we know the letter Paul wrote to them dealt with serious issues!

Paul called Timothy a true son in the faith in 1 Timothy 1:2.

Timothy was raised by his mother Eunice, and Grandmother Lois.

2 Timothy 1:3-7

3 I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, as my forefathers did, as without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day, 4 greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, that I may be filled with joy, 5 when I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also. 6 Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 

Paul had a relationship with young Timothy. He knew something of his childhood and where he stood in that day he declared him a true son in the faith.

Paul also recognized the faith that came in Timothy by being disciplined to the Word of God. Timothy was young, but he was the genuine article, he proved faithful in how he had been brought up and how his perseverance to work with others was one being obedient to the call on his life. 

A Proven Character....

Philippians 2:19-24

19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you shortly, that I also may be encouraged when I know your state. 20 For I have no one like-minded, who will sincerely care for your state. 21 For all seek their own, not the things which are of Christ Jesus. 22 But you know his proven character, that as a son with his father he served with me in the gospel. 23 Therefore I hope to send him at once, as soon as I see how it goes with me. 24 But I trust in the Lord that I myself shall also come shortly.            NKJV

Wow, Paul knows without a doubt that Timothy will continue to be like-minded in the things of God. Of his proven character time and time again, and Paul even compares to others who he sent who did not continue to expand the kingdom but their own and things which had nothing pertaining to the kingdom of God which had come!

The good Fight of Faith......
 Paul assigned Timothy a work that had serious difficulties in it. He felt he needed to write to those of Corinth, probably because of their bold attitude toward Paul and others who had come in with the gospel. Paul was giving the young bishop, the order for which was the church worship, choosing some leaders within the church and how to deal with different kinds of people. Paul was asserting that Timothy worked with him as a father and son work together. They were communicating as a father and son would communicate. They were communicating as a team!  That is one thing that is really lacking today within church leadership.............none as the father to the son or to the daughter!

Although things went wrong in Corinth and much chaos had broken out....we know that another was there as we see in Titus. While it was noted that Titus was sent to hold everything in a peaceful form of leading and teaching how the church would be, insuring that those impoverished Jews would be taken care of...... the answer was there due to those following the instructions which ultimately came from God.
In Timothy....one considered a youth, but called by God, and he kept that Word of God before him. Although it is thought that his nervous system suffered because of infirmity.........and possible out of the fear of those who were there before him, yet, he held his ground!  We read little of him in the New Testament, but it was important words that teach how one behaves in doing the work of the ministry. Timothy, too me, had maintained his high view of the word in regard to those around him. He did not stop!

1 Timothy 6:11-16

11 But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness. 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 13 I urge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate, 14 that you keep this commandment without spot, blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ's appearing, 15 which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.                 NKJV

Walking in Wisdom........

John 18:35-38
 36 Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but now My kingdom is not from here." 37 Pilate therefore said to Him, "Are You a king then?" Jesus answered, "You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice." 38 Pilate said to Him, "What is truth?" And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, "I find no fault in Him at all.    NKJV

Paul had told Timothy.............he urged him in the sight of God who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate to keep that commandment without spot, blameless until the Lord's appearing. Above in John 18 we see what Jesus spoke to Pilate: "My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants wold fight, so that I should not be delivered to the Jews; but My kingdom is not from here." Jesus went on to say, " For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth, hears My voice."

So Timothy had probably been told this many times by Paul. Keep that which is committed to you. And Timothy held onto that truth, knowing his kingdom is with Jesus as Lord. It is not of this world and Timothy was to bear witness to that truth. And anyone who was in truth in Corinth should have heard the Lord speaking through Timothy.
But things happen, right? So men like having the preeminence, even though God sends someone who walks with God, has His wisdom and prays, yet the prideful can have many issues. But Timothy the humble saw Titus come..............and the rest is history!

Waging the Warfare...........

1 Timothy 1:18-20

18 This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare, 19 having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck, 20 of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme. 

NKJV

Timothy had to see that which Paul had implemented of the truth was in place always. There was to be no contrary teaching to that which Paul had given. Paul makes note of Hymenaeus and Alexander who were named to denote their unfaithful acts toward God. They reject the whole of the gospel and it appeared in the writing as a ship, a vessel fully loaded but it strikes on a rock and sinks. 

You can see history on the maritime vessels and their trips over the ocean in the most rocky of seas. The pictures and videos they show can give detail how a ship can be broken up without the right adjustments on that rudder. In that movie the "Perfect Storm" you can see that no amount of training and reading of weather reports and other important information regarding the trip were helpful. Those waves produced by that storm were those we would rather watch from a distance and not actually be in that "major" storm.   For whatever their own knowledge of sailing was at the time, their fate was in the perfect storm.

In Timothy, we can learn a lot of things. As one who stands and we see it every step he took, he obeyed the Word of God!

Wherever our walk of faith is at, whatever our destiny in serving the Lord, I pray ours would be like that of young Timothy. That we would not back down, but hold our course for that which is truth. Ours will always have to be that good fight of faith.....................that wisdom we require is that which young Timothy sought. He held his course and continued the work of the ministry!

.....Father, we know about those in the Bible, those who have been presented to us in that Hall of Faith, and we see those like Timothy who was told to guard what was committed to his trust. In Jesus' name, we pray to be those who will guard that which has been given us, that we will be the committed with that which has been given in our hand to share with others. We desire to avoid the profane and idle babble and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge. (1 Timothy 6:20-21)

We understand that we are to have knowledge of the holy One. Your Word teaches us that a wise man when rebuked will love you all the more. Teaching a wise man, and he will be the wiser still. Teach a good man and he will learn more. Our desire Father, is to be the teachable, so that when we move into our positions to lead, we will lead in faith and not in fear. For the reverence and fear of God are basic to all wisdom. Knowing You our Father God results in every other kind of understanding.
For Wisdom will make the hours of our day more profitable and the years of our life more fruitful.

Wisdom is its own reward.

Father, we are the teachable..........move us forward in that direction You have chosen for us. May we be reminded of Your grace and be forever the faithful witness. Today we desire to press in, we take delight in You and expect a breakthrough into Your plan for us. May our speech and preaching, be not with persuasive words of human wisdom but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power. For we desire our faith to be in the power of God and not in the wisdom of men. (1 Corinthians 2:5) Father, we pray to be the mature, speaking Your wisdom.......that of God in a mystery, which You ordained before the ages for our glory. (verse 7)

Like Timothy, we are holding on, and are remembering  that spoken prophetic Word spoken over us years ago. Help us to see YOUR hand leading us to the place for each of us that is a blessing and a purpose. We will not fear the "unknown" for we know it is the place WHERE YOU DWELL and we want to be found with YOU! Today, we let go of the past and reach forward expecting the adventure of our lives. Amen.

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