Manifestations of God's Goodness

Two points are seen in the manifestation of God's goodnesss: 1. the person lives by every word of God and 2. manifestations appear as signs and wonders.
Simple,..... right? So are we seeing God's Word given and manifestations appearing. It is believing, trusting, speaking and expecting that one will see the manifestations appear before them.

We could plant a tree and a tree will grow. But we cannot produce the clouds or even the storm clouds in this picture. I might make a cloud appear with just the right tools and equipment within my kitchen, still I cannot produce a cloud of great magnitude. Still scientists work and create but the life of God is not in the things they create and do. They can seed clouds and produce storms, but is considered man-made.

But in truth our lives should be seen as God's word spoken and signs and wonders following!
On Christmas Day 2016, we were at the home of our daughter and son-in-law. Was a great brunch with pumpkin waffles, laughter, fun and presents. In one conversation, our daughter asked if we had heard from a friend P.J. I told her no!
I stated that we had not heard from her in awhile. And I could not remember the last time I tried calling her. I told our daughter that I had thought of P.J. earlier in Sept and Oct., but had not really thought of her since. Our daughter said she felt she needed to give her a gift and contact her. So I spoke with God about it. And my husband and myself had been asking God for the miracle everyday. We wanted to see God move not only on our behalf but others as well. So on our way home that Christmas day evening, we spoke with our Father God about it!

Well, the very next day, the 26th of December at noon, I got a text from P.J.
It was so God and so good. She had wanted me to know that her cousin and a dear friend of ours had passed. It was so awesome to hear from her. And our daughter and husband will visit with her shortly on their trip up north. But we experienced sorrow for Lorri who had passed.
Yes, God is good and He is good all the time. Well, we then heard from a cousin I had not seen or heard from in many years. So these time have been one of great love and comfort for us and to those God has kept for us. In hearing from them, we see the love of God and His mercy for all.


God is omnipotent! God can do anything. The Bible states in a few places that God cannot do certain things. For example Hebrews 6:18 says that He cannot lie. It does not mean that He lacks the power to lie. BUT GOD CHOOSES NOT TO LIE IN ACCORDANCE WITH HIS OWN MORAL PERFECTION!

Nowhere is God’s omnipotence is seen more clearly than in creation. God said, “Let there be…” and it was so (Genesis 1:3, 6, 9, etc.).

Like what I wrote in the beginning, scientists can create but they need tools and materials to create and still there is imperfection. God just spoke in Genesis 1!
Psalm 33:6....“By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth” .

God’s power is also seen in the preservation of His creation. All life on earth would perish were it not for God’s continual provision of everything we need pertaining to food, clothing for our bodies and of course, shelter, all from renewable resources sustained by His power as the preserver of man and beast (Psalm 36:6). The seas which cover most of the earth, and over which we are powerless, have been given their limits. Proverbs 8:29 When He gave to the sea its limit and His decree that the waters should not transgress [across the boundaries set by] His command, when He appointed the foundations of the earth.
(See Psalm 104:6-9; Jeremiah 5:22; Job 38:10)

The last few weeks I think about all those little birds who feed on the bird feeders in our yard. I think of where they might sleep at night and how they stay warm. Yet each day they show up for their meal of seed. But the winds have turned to blow out of the east and the cold has come! Yet they have food to eat!

It is God’s omnipotence that also extends to governments and to leaders. You can read about it in Daniel 2:21.

God can and will restrain them or let them go their way according to His plans and purposes. His power is unlimited in regard to Satan and his demons. Jesus reminded Pilate that he had no power over Him unless it had been granted to him by the God of all power (John 19:11).
John 19:11...Amplified Bible....11 Jesus answered, You would not have any power or authority whatsover against (over) Me if it were not given you from above. For this reason the sin and guilt of the one who delivered Me over to you is greater.

Jesus had a great relationship with His Father. And He could do things that helped another human being. Jesus in His omnipotence, had power to call upon twelve legions of angels to rescue Him during His trial, if needed (Matthew 26:53), yet He offered Himself in humility in place of others (Philippians 2:1-11). 

A mysterious life with God, is not wild, not filled with fog, fat little angel-like babies with wings of feathers or glowing halos above the head. As the believer, one who really trusts in God is united to God's heart and Jesus the Christ. One who holds on in hope and faith has put their approval on God alone.

 Paul says, "Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me" (2 Corinthians 12:9b). 

God’s power is exalted in us most when our weaknesses are greatest because He “is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us” (Ephesians 3:20). It is God’s power that continues to hold us in a state of grace despite our sin (2 Timothy 1:12), and by His power we are kept from falling (Jude 24). 

 I could not command P. J. to contact us. But I could continue to reach out in prayer and ask the Lord to remind her that people loved her.  For our boast is to be in God and not in ourselves. God's power is working within us and by His power, we are kept from falling.

May the Christ's power rest on us. God unmerited favor to us is that of manifestation of His power that exceeds anything that we could possibly say or do. That God given resource makes our living possible in His grace that is of love, is of comfort, of His mercy and peace. Our total reliance  on God puts all the pressure on HIM. Like Paul, I too have become a fool in boasting. For what is accomplished in and through me is God and God alone. Yes, I have the same Holy Spirit Jesus had when Jesus was raised from the dead.

I had shared my faith and hope with our daughter for P.J. The Lord had as much thought for P. J. and in that our family will share some time with her again. God desires for us to come and abide in the pastures of green. As we like sheep lie down in those green pastures of His goodness we remain by the still waters of His peace. We abide in His sanctuary where there is blessing and a confident hope in His goodness to us. Our lives today is a witness for Jesus. In the circumstances that followed Christmas Day, we are delighted in God and have seen His beautiful heart for P.J. and for us.

Jesus the Christ, Miracle Worker:   John 20: 30-31………30 And truly Jesus did many other signs

 in the  presence of His disciples, which are not written

in this book;  31 but these are written that you may believe

 that Jesus is the Christ,  the Son of God, and that believing you may have  life in His name. NKJV

You too can have life in His name. You too can experience what our family experienced over the Christmas holiday. Truly God is goodness and love.........and He shall follow me and mine all the days of life that I and my family will dwell in His house forever! (Psalm 23:6)
Dwell in His Presence and see His goodness for you and yours!


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Healing Garden

Is it ignorance that keeps us in the "sickly place"?

I love the scripture "Thy word hath quickened me."

Healing is simple. Like David, we too, can listen and apply the Word to our lives. We, too, can have an attitude to place the word in our lives that brings life to us and yes to our bodies. The offered gift, all of God's blessings are promised to us. Will we accept them, and take the responsibility to receive not only the Word but His healing as well?

Like the Psalms that David wrote, he has placed the Word in a book for human hearts to receive. From reading through the Psalms ( and I have not finished them all) we find that David believed everything he wrote. He exercised his right in prayer and in worship with thanksgiving to the God of truth. It was David who had a heart knitted to the Father, and it was written that he, David, was " a man after God's own heart."

I can only relate my experiences in the Word of God and how healing continues to come to me and my family. We practice the Word of truth. We write it, confess it boldly and expect a harvest. Truly our bodies are the healing garden of God's word.

Instruction for healing is the same for salvation. It is faith that produces. It is God's will to heal by His word. So that when we continually hear God's word and get it planted deep in our hearts, we are those who experience healing through renewed strength and pain-free bodies.

We must give a place for healing to occur! If I plant my garden with tomato plants and then try to plant pepper plants in the same spot as the tomato plants, then there is no place for either plant to grow. I must give place for tomato plants to have the room and right light to grow well in the summer. Each plant must be watered and watched for best results. As with pepper plants, they need the required lighting and water, but they need their amount of space to grow and produce peppers. When planting these, I know they must be in good rich soil and not in rocky, sandy soil. I cannot plant them in the cold of winter unless I have a special place to keep them like a green house and keep the temps that will help those plants produce fruit.

So too, we must plant God's word in our heart, and let nothing cause the word to die there. So the right conditions would be to seek God's desire. It is His will to heal! We cannot stay in the place called" Nazareth of unbelief". For if we are operating under the influences of the "elders" who dictate like "well, healing is for some and not for others" or "healing was during Jesus' time and not now" then we stay in a place of no healing. But God is greater than us and can override the influences of others for even in Nazareth, Jesus did heal a few. It is the putting of the Word in our hearts, and daily confessing it, that our faith grows and produces what we are seeking: HEALING!

Mark 6:1-6........6:1 Then He went out from there and came to His own country, and His disciples followed Him. 2 And when the Sabbath had come, He began to teach in the synagogue. And many hearing Him were astonished, saying, "Where did this Man get these things? And what wisdom is this which is given to Him, that such mighty works are performed by His hands! 3 Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And are not His sisters here with us?" And they were offended at Him. 4 But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, among his own relatives, and in his own house." 5 Now He could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. 6 And He marveled because of their unbelief. Then He went about the villages in a circuit, teaching. NKJV

They thought of Jesus as just the son of a carpenter. Are you just considered someone's wife or someone's mother? Or are you like Jesus, the son of___________________? But Jesus said that the prophet is not without honor except in his own country, among his own relatives, and among those of his own house! Yet Jesus counted it unto them as "unbelief". Jesus spent time reading and studying. You can find that of him at the age of 12.AND when we study through the Gospels, we also find Him seeking God's heart in prayer.

The more we become enlightened to His Word, the more we see health restored to our bodies. When we continue to read passages and pray, we see harvest in areas we did not expect.

Our little poodle is a miniature in size. She is black WITH some apricot around her face. She had the apricot color around her face for only three or four years and then seemed to fade. Since my husband and I started reading the word of God every night together, our poodle now finds her way into the middle of the bed as we read, hear and pray with the Word of God. She likes to snuggle and we continue to read and pray. In the last two years, her coat is a gorgeous black color and color of black and apricot are returning to her head and face. Yes, God's word works! Yes, "If thou canst do anything........." we see Jesus speak, "If thou canst believe" and then this father cried out, "Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief."  The man got what he asked for and the healing was a success!   ( see Mark 9:19-23)

We have to reject the traditions of men and of our culture and realize God has healing for us today! Today if you will His voice and not harden your heart..........."Faith without works is dead." It is not God's turn to action............the action part is for us to correspond with action according to knowing and understanding God's faithfulness to His Word of truth. For us to fully exercise our act of faith, means that it is in every fiber of our being. It will the same as getting out of bed and going to work the next day. It will be the same as picking up the children after school and sports everyday! That word becomes us. It will be in our heart, mind and body. That word of God for healing in us, will like taking the next breath of air into our lungs! It is the continual expectancy of knowing that word in me is producing health and strength!

In 1 Corinthians 6:20, we are bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body..........how can I glorify God in body if I am sick?

Jesus brought heaven to earth, He came to bring in the Kingdom of Heaven...........and in the Gospels we find what He described it as............!

In closing, I remind you that the Kingdom of Heaven and of God was spoken of by John the Baptist. He was asked if he was the "coming one" but John gave reference to the Messiah or Jesus in Matthew 11:5. In these we see Jesus recounted His deeds of healing. Jesus' healings were the manifestations of the presence of the kingdom of God. Jesus brought it forth, to face the forces of the evil one, satan.

As Jesus was always concerned to heal, He always sought the Father in prayer before and after any one time. The healing's Jesus performed  never showed HIM to actually pray over them, but just speak God's word or say something like, "go, and sin no more". Yikes! sin can make someone sick!

We are to come to His Healing Garden! We can and should do just like Jesus did! We can believe and receive when our faith is overflowing with an expectancy to see the manifestation of a body that is whole with nothing missing and nothing lacking.

Father, I come with a fire of expectancy that is YOU who desires us to  BE
whole and healthy..........to go and sin no more! Today Lord God, I pray that we reject the traditions of men and that we accept and receive the Word that saves and heals.  What I am expecting for everyone who reads and prays this is that they will rise higher and higher in Your Word of truth. That each will put away the things of the world and receive the faith of Healing for a whole body that brings glory to God. I pray that all will stand on Your Word of truth and know the promises  of God personally. I pray that hope arises. And may we all speak that "With God all things are possible to US who believes." I am a believer who believes that all things are possible to me. Thank YOU Lord for Mark 9:23.

Thank You Father, our beloved Father who gave His best. Thank YOU for love everlasting, love unconditional and never failing. By Your Word today, we are not conformed to this world, but we are transformed as we renew our mind's to Your Word. Today I pray we all come to be agreeable with Your word and YOUR will and so shall our plans be established and succeed. Our commitment and trust is in YOU for healing today! In Jesus' name I have prayed, Amen!

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