Is That Door Locked?

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Saw this movie the other night. One scene was three people trying to get a door to open, but the door was almost frozen shut. It took two of the three people to open the frozen door. One of the younger men mentioned putting the oil to it.
Now this specific story-line is from the early 1950's and was located within a church with a priest. Yes, I must admit it is one of mystery and intrigue and that night it had a very squeaky door without oil to make it turn on its hinges easily. Of course, the door could make some scary noises in the mid-night hour, but the funny thing from this story timeline, they mentioned the oil can and to get it to oil those hinges!
 Now many probably turning fifty today would not know what an oil can is for, well, except for our son-in-law......he probably would know.
And anyone watching the Wizard of Oz, from the 1930's would know by relating to the character of the tin man. But anyone else might not have an idea of the need for an oil can. Of course, today, we like WD-40. I mean, it will remove grease from laminated floors with one quick spray!.
But then hydrogen peroxide will remove grease from new carpeting as well. ( and I mean a real chunk of black greasy, grease on soft pastel orange carpet)

There are many doors. They open up areas to be visited, like in a movie theater or to a church! Doors can be old, new, fairly new, molded out of wood products, made from plastic, can be metal, glass or just plain wood. You could paint some, remove some, and even replace the really used doors, but what about a door that is " not used"?

I saw this movie the other night, and it was made in the early 1950's and one door was boarded up     (on the inside of the upstairs room), not to be used at all, yet the covering was just a few boards, and the covering was made with hinges to swing open. Odd I thought, when the thought was to board it up and not be used at all. Yet some clever one made it real work to create a door that could swing open using actual hinges and those pieces of plain wood just nailed together was to cover another actual door!

Proverbs 26:14 Amplified Bible
14 As the door turns on its hinges, so does the lazy man [ move not from his place] upon his bed.
Now in the Middle East, a door made thousands of years ago was not made with hinges but rather with pivots. Of course, too, the doors were made of stone (slabs of stone) which made for a very weighty ( and very serious) door to handle.



I wonder sometimes about folks who never leave the place they were born to visit another place: like another state, or another country. You know those are doorways too!
I wonder sometimes why so many stay pretty close to their childhood start. I also wonder why many will not try doors they might otherwise overlook while passing by on a walk or driving by while looking for a gas station. I remember us going to an art museum and a rather small science museum, and also a wild west museum. All were so different, with so many different names who either painted, collected the artifacts of bones, pottery and glass sifted out for all to see or made history while the west was being populated by vast numbers of many different people who all had one purpose. That purpose was to know God who created heaven and earth and create something out of nothing in the 'ole west!

Many doors were open to those who painted great works of art. Many doors were opened to those who searched by sifting through sand and dust that covered great works of the pyramids and the pharaohs, yes those buried deep beneath the surface of the ground.......forever covered in mysteries, darkness and dirt!
I think of those places we have visited and although all were fun and done in different periods of my life, yet the only door that remains is the one I think people, yes many people overlook. I believe many miss the DOOR! They will miss the DOOR that counts.
I see people standing in line to get to be 1st at a new casino. I see them standing to buy that lottery ticket. I see them standing in line to get................!(something, anything)

Jesus said this and was recorded for our benefit. Found in John 10:9 I am the Door; anyone who enters in through Me will be saved (will live). He will come in and he will go out [freely] and will find pasture.

Entering through Jesus we have a fresh life! In Him we gain to move freely by His wisdom, power and love. Without Him we can do nothing.
If we enter by Him, we are saved. we find pasture to lie down in, be refreshed by residing by still waters to walk in paths of righteousness for His name sake.

In that DOOR, we find the Bread of Life! John 6:35 and Jesus said to them, " I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. ( see also John 6:48)
When we enter that DOOR, we find the Chief Shepherd. 1 Peter 5:4 and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
Entering that DOOR, we come face to face with the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. (John 1:29)
We encounter the Lord of All (Acts 10:36-39) 36 the word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ---He is Lord of All---37 that word you know, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee after the baptism which John preached; 38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.
We encounter the Lord of Glory ( 1 Corinthians 2:7-9) 7 but we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, 8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But as it is written: "Eye has not seen, nor hear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.

Yes, some folks thousands of years ago encountered doors made of slabs of stone. Whatever their thought of or way of life, they encountered doors of stone only to be put behind one when they died. To return back to the dust, gather their bones up  about a year later by loved ones who remained and carry said bones to a family burial plot.

Is that Door locked? Have you tried to enter?

Have you pushed hard to open....? Have you mentioned the Door Keeper.........Jesus? For it is in Him we find the Bread of Life, the Chief Shepherd, the Lord of All, the Lord of Glory. Oh we find so much more when we open that door and take steps forward in him.

Proverbs 10:29 Amplified Bible teaches us that the way of the Lord is strength and a stronghold to the upright, but it is destruction to the workers of iniquity.

And Proverbs 10:20 mentions this: 20 that the tongues of those who are upright and in right standing with God are as choice silver; the minds of those who are wicked and out of harmony with God are of little value.

YIKES!

Opening up to Jesus, and make our way with Him we have strength. He becomes our Stronghold in time of trouble. But the main thing, He is our salvation.

Will we see Him, see His ways and act to move through or be satisfied where we began? That bed is no place to stay. Some rest at night to be refreshed is good, but to lay down and remain is not healthy for anyone! Remaining to stay within the confines that is only for comfort is sad indeed when we can touch other people's lives and maybe visit some odd type museums. We must go through some doors to experience life. There are doors opened to attend school and be educated to write and read. Doors are open to attend high schools and colleges and yes even jobs. Doors are open to marriage, children and grand-children. Doors are open, but the one that really matters will count in the long-haul.
There is a Door talked about in Revelation 3:8 and this one is mentioned in the letter to the church in Sardis. 8 I know your [record of] works and what you are doing. See! I have set before you a door wide open which no one is able to shut; I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept My Word and guarded My Message and have not renounced or denied My name. 11 I am coming quickly; hold fast what you have, so that no one may rob you and deprive you of your crown.

Yes Jesus is returning! He returns for His believers, who trust in Him, have sought His face and to hear Him speak. Those who have entered will have a safe place,  a victorious place....He is the faithful and true Witness...He is the origin and Beginning and Author of all of God's creation.

Unlock that door.......and speak His name..........He will be found!

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No Mirage

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Isaiah 49:8-11 Amplified Bible
8 thus says the Lord, In an acceptable and favorable time I have heard and answered you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you; and I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant to the people, to raise up and establish the land [from its present state of ruin] and to apportion and cause them to inherit the desolate [moral wastes of heathenism, their ] heritages. {2 Corinthians 6:2]
9 Saying to those who are bound, Come forth, and to those who are in [spiritual] darkness, Show yourselves [come into the light of the Sun of righteousness]. They shall feed in all the ways [in which they go], and their pastures shall be [not in deserts, but] on all the bare [grass-covered] hills. 10 They will not hunger or thirst, neither will mirage [mislead] or scorching wind or sun smite them; for He Who has mercy on them will lead them, and by springs of water will He guide them. 11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and My highways will be raised up.


Have you ever driven across a desert area in summer? Ever noticed the waves of heat touching the ground to give off something of an image or maybe a pool of water or even an oasis? Then as you make your way past that scene, it disappears and the desert sand, cactus, and hot scorching sun prevails.
Next time you take a trip, plan a ride across the desert floor and see how the very heat and light of day can cause images to appear, yes right before your very eyes.


We have experienced salvation! It is not a mirage, or something that will disappear. We have the Redeemer, the One who delivered us and with that covenant we are the preserved. But in that preservation, we are to be raised up and be established in that good land. As it is in verse 9 tells us to come forth, and come into the light of the Sun of righteousness. We are to feast, no longer in desert areas, but on the grass-covered hills that HE provided for us. In that place, there are no mirages leading us down a unfavorable way!  In believing on and in Jesus, our trust is showing, speaking, ans yes always revealing Him in our lives. And it is in Him that we live, move and have our being.
No mirages, please! Do not mind the ride across the desert area, and experience the heat for while traveling, but to live there permanently is not my idea of living in the good that God has for us. Are we searching and chasing mirages?
Are we trying to see out in the far distance, without fellowship with the Holy Spirit?

Do we ask Him to help us see so that we may go further for the Lord's glory and to look for the next best thing? We have a hope in Jesus who will never leave us or forsake us. Even in times of alone, apart from others, still God is with us.

When the Gospel of Matthew began in chapter 1, and spoke Emmanuel, God surely meant He was with us.
Matthew 1:23   KJV   23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

God was surely with His Son and was revealed in His speaking. Will we do the same in this year of 2017? Will we be a part of His plan or chase mirages in a dry and parched land?
I would rather be found with God and tell others. For our witness is important, and will we not come out of the dark and into His wonderful light to see and tell others? If not now, then when? And if not you and I, then who will do it?

If we are truly feeding on His faithfulness, then would not our actions dictate that very thing? And if not, then why not?

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Hypervigilance

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2 Kings 13:20-21...........20 Elisha died and was buried. 

Now Moabite raiders used to enter the country every spring. 21 Once while some Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders; so they threw the man's body into Elisha's tomb. When the body touched Elisha's bones, the man came to life and stood up on his feet.  NIV

Even when Elisha had passed. His bones still had the life of God in them to cause a man to live and stand on his feet! Even in death, he was still in motion for God!

Are we passing a mantle that others can experience in their own lives?

Are we giving others the wisdom we have acquired to teach the young how to move forward in God?

We cannot do this if we are stuck in stuff or distracted by stuff!

Yes, God knows those who are His! He knows those who thirst........!

Recognizing glory is when we see Jesus so strongly, so powerfully, in someone and know that all of heaven is behind what they, the person says and does.

When Elisha passed, no one received that mantle he carried and he had the "double portion" from Elijah! What do we leave behind, if Jesus should tarry? Is anyone interested in receiving the "double portion"?

What we fix our eyes and hearts on determines what will be accomplished in our lives! Heard the most alarming report the other night on 60 Minutes. It was by what people call today " a whistle blower" but I like what they called them in the days of "old".....the Messenger, the Watchman on the Wall.

But this young man surely had a good heart in what he is seeing from the "silicon valley" in regard to the cell phones and their "apps". He told of how they ...the business people want your time and complete focus....to keep one's attention through the day and night.

He gave the example of the monkey and banana thing. Yes, he compared people as the monkey and the banana as the prize..........and how it is always about the prize to win or the prize to gain!

The greatest prize I can think of ...is to know....Him.....and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death. That I may press toward the prize that which  Christ Jesus laid hold of me. Always pressing forward to those things which lie ahead....the spiritual kingdom that Jesus came to bring ...........salvation and life with the Father.

The technological things certainly makes one take note, but should not be that which distracts us from what God speaks. Our citizenship is in heaven and we are to stand fast in the Lord.

I am no monkey and I am not punching buttons for others to make their money. For whatever craze that may be on the horizon may it not make you crazy thriving to hear its every ring, ping and song that someone liked you, tweeted you or texted you!

The young man gave some very good evidence of how people are being manipulated by a system. He called many men who had worked on it and in truth one man of the company he worked for, did bring some thought on it, but after two years nothing was done so the young man left that place. 

I believe in the young man' heart, he desired others to know the hazards of doing overtime with your phone in hand. He wanted people to know that  hypervigilance is against keeping the mind and body safe. He made me think of a teaching recently how hypervigilance is being experienced not only in those who went to war but also those who stayed home. It is that part of the adrenal glands that is always producing more adrenaline for the "fight or flight" mode of the gland.

Our peace should be found in God. And for one who has seen this hypervigilance.......it is always on and always active when one tries to rest. So for me and others like me, we stay in God's presence and within His peace. God is loving, active and is always available to our call in need. 

We should be willing to hear and act out of what God has given and shown us. What wisdom that comes from the world we should certainly discern how much is needed for our own wise decisions. In the end, prayer is our guard. In keeping close to God in word and prayer, we find we are made in God's image and we are not here for another 20 year study on how people's bodies, especially the young teens fair in hypervigilance. We must be warned, but we must heed and follow God's commands............to love our neighbors and yes pray for them............but to love God more and more. He is the true God, the One God, holy, mighty and self-existing............I will keep my focus on HIM to recognize glory. In accordance with purpose of His will, His kind intent was so that we ( that means you and me) might be to the praise and the commendation of HIS glorious grace (favor and mercy) which He bestowed on us in the Beloved. 

We celebrate His resurrection, the Beloved's this week. That which is is of the true and to be valued is in Him Jesus Christ the Anointed One, to the honor and praise of God that His glory is manifested and is recognized. Choosing to stay out of the hypervigilance arena...........to God be the glory. Amen!

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No Victim Mentality

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That overcoming faith prevails when it is born within God!
1 John 5:4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world----our faith. 5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

Birth is evident in the newest little squirrels that find adventure in chasing little birds in the backyard of this place we call home. Still have about nine squirrels that seem to stay close by, but the newest ones of whichever bunch, they are of course the smallest of the group and they appear rather skittish. Every new sound makes them stand up to expose their tiny white bellies. New baby birds in nests can be heard especially in the early morning if one is up around 4:45 am or so. And yes the trees are giving out new leaves to proclaim spring has come. Though the temperature on the Weather Channel reveals a rather cold start on the day, still sun is in the forecast with no rain!

Of recent days I was looking for this black cat that roams the neighborhood. Was concerned he did not fair well in the ice storm of January 17, 2017. Alas, I saw him today, and he has grown.....no doubt he has some kind of cat food that help him grow quite well. He showed off this morning that he could scale the willow tree in seconds. But he did not stay...............no birds were there!


Psalm 36:6 in the NKJV reminds us that the Lord is the preserver of man and of beast.
6 Your righteousness is like the great mountains; Your judgments are a great deep; O LORD, You preserve man and beast.

Clearly,it is God's omnipotence that is seen in creation. God said, “Let there be…” and it was so (Genesis 1:3, 6, 9, etc.).    In creating anything, you and I must have tools and some kind of material. BUT God simply spoke, and by the power of His word, everything was created from nothing.

I remember creating cakes from actual cake flour and all the specialty items for 7-minute icing and such. I can also recall taking sewing classes in my high school years. And I could create using all kinds of fabrics and styles to suit the desire I had. But those are things which must be replaced.

But again God just spoke a word............and what He spoke came into being!

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 for food, clothing and shelter, all from renewable resources sustained by His power. 

Psalm 147:7-11  NKJV     7 Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praises on the harp to our God, 8 Who covers the heavens with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth. Who makes grass to grow on the mountains. 9 He gives to the beast its food, and to the young ravens that cry. 10 He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man 11 The LORD takes pleasure in those who fear Him, in those who hope in His mercy.

THE horse was to serve man. AND mans legs can take him places when effort is enforced, yet it is only God who can bring out of us WHAT He placed in us at our beginning .......when we were CONCEIVED in our mother's womb.

Psalm 139: 13-16 NKJV 13 For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb. 14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well. 15 My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth, 16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed, and in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me. When as yet there were none of them.

So precise is God, so strategic, He knew how to plan for all those beasts of the fields, those crying ravens and you and me! He planned out a victory that we would know within Him and within His gates of love, peace and life! It is fashioned by God Himself and it cannot look like anyone else's life.

Psalm 138:7-8 NKJV 7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch out Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and Your right hand will save me. 8 The LORD will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O LORD, endures forever, Do not forsake the works of Your hands.

With all that is written for our benefit, that love story God has for us is one of victory born within Him, and IT is a preservation of His creation. It is He Who gives the capacity for a rich, full life.

It is by faith that we put our hope in God and His word. It is He Who comforts us and reminds us of the thoughts He has for us. Spend time today, tomorrow and every moment available to read of His love, abide in His peace, and know the victory of life that is a walk in His righteousness and knowing His pleasure is in those who fear Him.

Cross the FINISH LINE.....be happy, for to know Him, is to KNOW Your Helper.....AND......you will not regret one moment of adventure in Him!


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WATCH OUT for Snakes!

Voice of Prayer....R. Twiner

Was viewing the evening news....well, more like muting it, and watching and waiting for something news worthy to watch and hear about last night. (Friday evening)
One came up about this little girl....so I took it off the mute button. Story was out of Australia I think it was and this woman had taken some pics of her little two year old out along some old highway..sounded like a outing while weather was nice........well, long story shortened, when the woman got home and got her pictures made, she noticed that where her daughter stood to pick wild flowers or such...was next to this old fallen down fence...and across it was "what she thought to be a part of the broken down fence." Well in truth, it was a massive, poisonous snake that slithered slowly next to her two year. Yikes!
And in the pic, I saw neither it's head nor tail. And its size in its middle was bigger than my arm.


Psalm 91:7-16   NKJV
7 A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you. 8 Only with your eyes shall you look and see the reward of the wicked. 9 Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place, 10 No evil shall befall you, Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling; 11 For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. 12 In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone. 13 You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, the young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
14 Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name. 15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him. 16 With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.

Verse 9 reminds us that when we have made the Lord our refuge, our dwelling place, then no evil shall befall us. Do we run to our refuge in time of trouble?
Verse 10 reminds us that no plague comes near our dwelling, for the Lord (v.11) gives His angels charge over us to keep us in all our ways.
Now those ways....are being submitted to the Lord! It is not following anyone or anything else. Even the Most High is our dwelling place.
Verse 13, we shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, the young lion and the serpent shall we trample underfoot.
That treading is God the Lord leading us through any adverse situation. In this meaning, the lion is anything that roars against what God is doing in and through us. The cobra, or adder is in some translations is that which contorts or twist........anything. Contortion of anything that looks like:
warped, crooked or bent..
It is used in speaking and again doing anything against God. Trampling under foot is that each step we take we endure in the mercy of God to go forward and expand His kingdom that has come. We endure in God and His word. We flourish in Him who is enough for us.


In working on this today, I was reminded of this passage in Luke 4:22-32 in the NKJV.
22 So all bore witness to him, and marveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. And they said, "Is this not Joseph's son?"
23 He said to them, You will surely say this proverb to Me, 'Physician, heal yourself!" "Whatever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in Your country." 24 The He said, "Assuredly, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own country. 25 But I tell you truly, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a great famine throughout all the land; but to none of them was Elijah sent except to Zarephath, in the region of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27 "And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian." 28 So all those in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, 29 and rose up and thrust Him out of the city, and they led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that that they might throw Him down over the cliff. 30 Then passing through the midst of them, He went His way.

31 Then He went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee and was teaching them on the Sabbaths. 32 And they were astonished at His teaching, for His was with authority.



We are the saved by the salvation that came through Jesus. And we live in a world that is ruled by the adversary, for "this present evil age (Galatians 1:4) lies under the sway of the wicked one" (1John 5:19)
Staying under the Refuge of the Most High, we know that through Jesus that satan had nothing in Jesus, that is in regard to no control. Satan had no control over Jesus who remained in the Father. He who is in us is greater than he who is in the world.

There will always be conflict until Jesus takes His rightful rule. And He is returning soon to do that. What we do with it in the here and now is to remain in Him, and hear the leadership of the Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit that directs us through the here and now. Just like Jesus passing through the midst of those who would harm him, even to kill Him, he passed through the midst of them and went His way.
In verse 31, it is recorded for our benefit that we continue to find Him speaking still as He was teaching to them on the Sabbaths, and His teaching was with authority.

His teaching with authority was marked by the divine presence of His Father that was with Him. Jesus held the approval of the Father. Will we take note of that today? Will we observe when a snake has entered the environment, but we have the authority to continue to speak and do as Jesus did.
There will always be the "roaring" and conflict of many words.  (watching the news for 15 minutes)

For again this world is under the sway of the enemy, the old serpent himself, the devil and anything that is of disorder, confusion, and sin-riddled, and yes of many tragedies is from the enemy who came to steal, kill and destroy, but we are to abide in God and in Him we abide in safety. We abide in Him who is our shelter, our high Rock, fortress that is fortified for our protection.

Psalm 61:3-4    NKJV   3 For You have been a shelter for me, as strong tower from the enemy. 4 I will abide in Your tabernacle forever; I will trust in the shelter of Your wings.

Setting our love upon God our Father,  we are the delivered.
Setting our love upon God, we are set on high.

Because we know His name, and are intimate of knowing who He is .....we can call on His name.
AND WE CALL, God our Father will answer us.
He is with us in trouble; He will deliver us and honor us.
AND it is with long life God our Father will satisfy us and show us His salvation.

Staying with Him, residing within His presence, we stay out of confusion, we are the comforted, and choosing Him above all worldly favor we are the protected. We have been, given His grace and have been given good things. Will we see them, acknowledge them and give thanks for them?

He has given us by His grace to know when someone is speaking twisted words to us. And we can tread on it and move forward to expand the kingdom of God that has come, never missing a step or the opportunity to minister life to another about the love of God and Jesus His Son.

Father God, today we pray Psalm 91. Cover us with Your feathers for it is under Your wings we take refuge. Let Your truth be our shield. Show us those things that are twisted in speaking, and help us to walk on Your word of truth that is peace and safety. You are our Shelter, a strong tower from the enemy and we will abide with You forever. Our trust is in You! Ten thousand may be having accidents on interstate highways or state routes as well but it will not come near us as Your word is given to us we stand.We have made Jesus our Lord and no evil befalls us. We are thankful for the shed blood of the Lamb and we live in a land that flourishes and with every need you provide, we rise in the glory of the Lord, the devil is under our feet and we believe Jesus is returning soon. Thank You Father for your love and we abide in Your everlasting arms and to Your glory. Amen.


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There is ROOM for You!

A child always reminds us.....that love is forever!

John 14:1- 4  NKJV " Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were so, I would have told you, I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you; I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also. 4 And where I go you know, and the way you know."

Jesus spoke for His disciples' hearts to not be troubled. In believing in God and His Son is paramount to our receiving salvation by faith.
In sending His only Son, we have salvation, a family (the children of God) and a forever home with God!

And in that work of the Cross, Jesus set us free to live in the presence of the Father!

In the past few days, we had our grand-daughter over and what a delight to laugh with her. We enjoy her company so much. She is a ray of light to us as well as to many others. In our time together, we would ready ourselves with shoes on feet and march outside to be visited by a rain drop or two and a breeze of wind possibly, but the sun was shining and nothing was keeping us indoors. We stepped out the back door, and she took my hand, and I took hers, and we made our way to the tree swing of course. Now the swing she swings on looks nothing like the one in the picture above, but thought of our holding hands. Yes, children hold our hands for awhile and our hearts forever. AND our clutching hands flooded my mind of the memories of those former years. It brought memories of our daughter when she was this very age and how she wanted to hold hands.

As children are welcomed to a couple expecting the child, so God is also expecting His family. He sent His Son that many would believe in Him and for those who do, Jesus said He would prepare a place for us. The way is found in Jesus and it is by faith we see with spiritual eyes the heaven that awaits our arrival!

But there will be many who choose not to go. They choose not to obey the Father of Heaven, they choose not to receive the Son and have the Helper who guides our way through this life to the next. We are to expect Jesus' return. We are to look up and pray.
God has greater for us in His kingdom of heaven. It is a place prepared. When we take each other's hand we go into our future and understand that it has arrived.
If we, my husband and I chose to retire, we would not really know the full life that God has for us. If we chose to "be alone" ....we would certainly miss out of the greatest gift we have since the birth of our own daughter, her marriage and that wonderful birth of our grand-daughter.

We experience rich lives when we can hold each life in our hands and speak God's truth into their hearing. We can experience that richness each time we desire to spend with family here now in this lifetime. Oh, but the greatness of the life to spend an eternity with our family with Jesus in the presence of the Father is a grand thing to think on.

The future has arrived and we are come to the Father through Jesus. He is that life for which we longed for and have seen come to pass in our lives. May we, my husband and I encourage you that taking the hand of that grand-child is worthwhile. We focus on giving all that the Holy Spirit is given to us as we walk this daily life into eternity. Our acts are those that are Christ-centered, and the pursuit of the family is foremost in the mind of God the Father. As kingdom people we are child-like not childish. And within our grand-daughter we find someone who loves us, and her trust is knowing that we will care for her all of her life. Our interactions with her keep us remembering that our Father in heaven desires for us to reproduce the qualities of that character we see from Jesus that will build and sustain those wonderful relationships.

We have learned when we make room for others, we always have other's in our lives. We made room for many, although some refused, but we still seek to speak truth in the light of God's word to others we meet, and pray for those that God sends our way. And we pray also that others will know Jesus as we have learned as the child to the Father.


Yes, we enjoyed so many wonderful moments the past few days, and they are forever etched in our memory files where life is filled with joy, laughter and a song or two from the heart. Our grand-daughter is precious to us. And Jesus is precious to us too! Our commitment in this moment is that we love by choice, prefer God's will to our own, and that we boldly confess Jesus with all our family and those we come in contact with. We choose not to be wrapped in religion, and we guard against it. We pray the Holy Spirit to have His way in our lives and in our home.

In these past few days, we encouraged faith in our grand-daughter, reminded her of the Lord's Supper and to pray. Her zeal was evident, her speech was declaring glory for Jesus and her heart was set on keeping that conversation going all through out the day and evening.

I pray our motives are clear, that our hearts are set for the eternity with the Father, walking with Jesus and ready for His soon return.
Father has a place for you if you have chosen Him. If you have not, choose Him, Jesus, today. Choose life everlasting in the bosom of the Father. Choose to Worship Jesus and give Him all your devotion and much love. It is He WHO rescued us from evil and from repeatedly falling into sin. He has made us His own. And may He hold your hand and cause you to enjoy that life of the child that you so deserved to enjoy but did not get too. Enjoy those kids, and those grand-kids and understand God gives us many examples of devoted and trusting love and when we choose to do the same we find our lives rich with love and peace in the presence of the loving Father. Amen.

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Pablum???

Is our home becoming a storage unit?  

Now when I was much younger, I remember mothers' of small children recommending pablum to other women with small babies. My thought as a five year old was pablum could not be all good. In some cases, I would see some relatives would take to making their own cereal of sorts for their small babies. I thought the Gerber baby food was good. Not sure when it came, but that applesauce and pears was good. But anything else seemed so bland. Anything that was so watery, so dull with no flavor had to be on the boring end of no adventure in eating.

As a child I thought dessert would be great for the beginning course of any meal!

But did you know that even adults can show no emotion, be rather bland, watery, with no flavor, no pizzazz! And what is interesting to some, is that some folks can seem really "out there"! No, not that they are that different, but they seem emotionless till they come on some kind of gadget that really excites them and they have a fire to try "it" out.

My husband was looking for a specific thing for a gift some days ago, and when he had walked through the store, there was a display of this "lounge looking chair" that would wrap around a person, and massage their body. Yikes! And in a store with many in line to try out the "latest" thing seemed odd to me. But it must have held some kind of awe to those who looked on and relished the thought of the machine giving them a massage who waited in line to try the new thing!?!

But not to step on toes, what adds adventure to your day may not seem like an adventure at all to others. So what things allure us? If you are to teach others of Jesus, do you mention of the Lord's return?

Parent's of the twentieth century, and relative to the 50's and 60's had come to the time of the T.V.
For those of the 1950's and early 60's pablum and detergent were the optimum words. Commericals were rampant: like Salvo tablets for the wash, Breck shampoo for the hair (funny the model always had blond hair).
For that time period, many products did not find their way to the market shelf for you to buy. So in reviewing that I am reminded of words  like: gardening,  ironing clothes (Yikes), using dial telephones, no diet Pepsi or Coke (something called Tab was the diet drink of the day), athletic shoes were for the court, like basket ball and not for running 10 miles. Other words were: cooking dinner, washing out some linens (yeah) by hand, taking the trash to the dump (yourself), gassing up at the station, and men came out to gas up your vehicle, wash your windshields, and clean the dash if need be.

Sewing, mending, and starch were important words of the day. Everyone in the household needed to know what day the laundry was to be done. For all the clothing, sheets and such had to be in the laundry room, if you had one. There were still limited Interstate highway travel, limited plane rides, limited rail travel, but change must come to all, right?

And "Mom" would remind us when it was darning day?
And then one thinks of the Tomorrowland  at Disneyland.  With where their active thoughts took them in the mid-twentieth century seems lame to today's standard such as the people mover, Opening July 17, 1955, they had to have some great displays of rockets and rides to allure all ages.
In truth the future date they worked or looked toward was 1986...and it displayed the Monsanto House of the Future.

Of course some tag words never change:"get your homework done."

On thinking of that pablum, the mother worked hard and diligently to make that watery cereal. I am certain the baby ate it if they were hungry enough. And that recipe probably got passed around to many who found out a child was going to be born into their family.
I am certain that the pablum company in Canada made a lot of money making that product for some years. It certainly worked for that period of time, when most food was grown in people's gardens. Also lot of clothes were made at home by a sewing machine, and many things were ordered through a catalog: like Montgomery Ward's, Sear's, and J.C. Penney's. Alas though many are closing or have closed in the last 40 years like Ward's.
BUT,Why do I say this, why do I write in this manner?

Some "new things" are great to see, try it even and maybe, just maybe to take home., but sometimes things need to stay at the store. Or else our homes begin to look like storage units instead of an actual home to rest and find comfort in.

One day is coming where people will need to know how to prepare their foods, plant a garden, grow something the family can eat. Take a look at that market you shop at now and has it not changed in the amount they keep on stock? Yes, the earth has a great population of people to feed!
I started noticing this about 15 years ago.  Has it not changed to the amount of food or maybe such item you really liked to purchase cannot be found. Now in some instances you can purchase it on-line. But there are times they say the item is not available at this time.  And what if you need that one thing, can you find it in a moment's notice or would it take some searching?
Some hair products I once purchased can no longer be found. Some certain food items we once kept regularly are no longer available. And that is by searching all the food markets in this area of about 100 miles.


Yes, catastrophes can occur. Just think on all those in Tennessee who lost their homes and their jobs all in one day this past year of 2016. ( and that one fire was caused by two teenagers.)

In a moments notice, things can change for anyone anywhere in this world. We should know how to do some things, like first-aid, provide dried food to those in need, give them life support in God's word, pray for them, and see they get to the place they need to be.

Most people today cannot or don't want to cook a meal. Some will not try to plan a meal. But I know they take great pics. Alas, they won't help when a real need arises. We should take every effort to inform other's of Jesus' return. We should be looking for those opportunities to minister life and in doing so, to find joy and peace in the Holy Spirit. We find our place in the Son of Righteousness, with healing in His wings....

Habakkuk 3:17-19   NKJV....17 Though the fig tree may not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines; though the labor of the live may fail, and the fields yield no food; though the flock may be cut off from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls----18 YET I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. 19 The LORD God is my strength; He will make my feet like deer's feet, and He will make me walk on my high hills.

Although things may not go as you expect them to, always expect God to be faithful for you and yours. Our fellowship should be with Him who can feed us in famine and provide everything we might need. Truly He is with us, always, even to the end of the age. Amen. (Matthew 28:18-20)



IN CLOSING: I leave you with another scripture passage: Luke 12: 42-48  NKJV   42 And the Lord said, "Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his master will make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season? 43 "Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. 44 "Truly I say to you that he will make him ruler over all that he has. 45'But if that servant says in his heart, 'My master is delaying his coming,' and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and be drunk; 46 'the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in two and appoint him portion with the unbeliever's. 47 'And that servant who knew his master's will and did not prepare himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many strips. 48 'But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of strips, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, form him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they ask the more.


Leaders of the family (dad and mom) lead their children by teaching them the importance of being responsible of the household chores. Each of their children are communicated love in the beginning and healthy growth is expected in a loving home of support. So "a team adventure" has begun. The life of each should be with anticipation of what God has planned for those who have been introduced to knowing God, not just knowing of Him but to have a relationship with HIM!
Within the church, too, that leader is to lead the congregation. As an apostle, teacher/pastor or prophet they remind everyone that Jesus is returning. And each apostle, prophet, or teacher/pastor has the responsibility of teaching and always reminding of the Lord's return. If they are not they end up with the unbeliever's......that's the word of God!

He who is the faithful and wise will give those their portion in due season. The parent's give their children that due them for each age as they develop into adults. So too, the leading of the "church" has to give the "food" to those he leads. That which is due season is now being told of the Lord's return. If your leader has not, then pray for them, and ask the Lord if you should talk  with them about it. But most certainly tell your peers of Jesus' return.
For what food we need should have developed to the sincere"meat" God intends for us to mature. Our next step would be toward reading the book of Revelation.
If you lead others, much is required of you, are you telling them of the Lord's return? Or is your group still receiving "pablum"?



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Broken Crayons Can Still Produce Color

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Unity is paramount for a family to not only survive but to thrive. And of those raised in the admonition of the Lord, His wisdom, love and knowledge is that "eternal" light always leading and always guiding them, they remain in unity.
Just like family units, the body of Christ must be in unity. We are to be speaking God's truth, declaring Jesus's soon return and to be expectant to see not only for today but for an eternity with the Lord!

We take a look at Paul, Barnabas, and Mark in this writing. Within this teaching we can see something has happened with the relationship of these two sent ones.
Acts 13:13   NKJV    13 Now when Paul and his party set sail from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia; and John, departing from them, returned to Jerusalem.

Now Mark has exited this team, and for whatever his reasoning as a "young" one has returned to Jerusalem.
Two to three years have passed and we get to Acts 15.

Acts 15:30- 41  NKJV  30 So when they were sent off, they came to Antioch, and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the letter. 31 When they had read it, they rejoiced over its encouragement. 32 Now Judas and Silas, themselves being prophets also, exhorted and strengthened the brethren with many words. 33 And after they had stayed there for a time; they were sent back with greetings from the brethren to the apostles. 34 However, it seemed good to Silas to remain there. 35 Paul and Barnabas also remained in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.

36 Then after some days Paul said to Barnabas, "let us now go back and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they are doing."
37 Now Barnabas was determined to take with them John called Mark. 38 But Paul insisted that they should not take with them the one who had departed from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone with to the work. 39 Then the contention  became so sharp that they parted from one another. And so Barnabas took Mark and sailed to Cyprus, 40 but Paul chose Silas and departed, being commended by the brethren to the grace of God. 41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia strengthening the churches.


Let us remember that apostles are about checking on the churches they have begun. They make the periodic trips around the region to not only check on them, but to also preach the word of God there, and have fellowship with them as well.

In this we will see the division occur.
AND divisions do occur and can be painful within the church or body of believer's in Christ Jesus.
We find Paul relating about Mark in Colossians 4:10   NKJV  10 Aristarchus my fellow prisoner greets you, with Mark the cousin of Barnabas ( about whom you received instructions: if he comes to you, welcome him). 11 and  Jesus who is called Justus. these are my only fellow workers for the kingdom of God who are of the circumcision; they have proved to be a comfort to me.

As ministry continued in reaching the lost for Jesus; Aristarchus traveled extensively with Paul. Standing at this time with Paul is of course, Justus and Aristarchus. But he tells the brethren to receive him as per the instructions Paul the apostle has sent. Whatever the earlier instruction was, it was held private. Yet, Paul is adding Mark to be greeted by the brethren.

Yes, divisions do occur. From Paul's standpoint, Mark had deserted them earlier in ministry and probably had a position that had to be done, but failed to do so. Mark left them " so to speak, in the lurch." So Mark had left without leaving help evidently when it was needed most.

Yes, people can ultimately face divisions. People can leave, people can let us down and fail us, but where do we stand when chaos seems to rule over the norm?

 Though not of God, divisions can certainly play a big part of people's lives. Like when the husband leaves the wife of 20 years for greener pastures only to find the grassy field is the cover of a septic tank. Or the teenager leaves home to find someone who to them truly cares and who listens........only to find they are in worst trouble than before they left home. Each individual in each circumstance we have listed here can face many new changes, good or bad, and can face challenges that causes one to cry out "help".



IN that division, we know that the church had sided with Paul in the verse 40 of Acts 15. The same was not spoken of Barnabas and Mark.
Paul went on to strengthen the churches in Syria and Cilicia.

We find another situation with Barnabas and his character weakness affecting others. Within Galatians and chapter 2:11-14 we find this: 11 Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his  face, because he was to blamed ; 12 for certain men came from James, he would eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision. 13 And the rest of the Jews also played the hypocrite with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.


Paul addresses the "hypocrisy" that Peter (Cephas) and Barnabas are practicing. They are trying to implement a new commandment for the Gentiles to become Jews. Out of step with God can break people. Out of step of the ordered of God can cause a multitude of problems.

We are to operate in the truth of God's Word and give that truth only! 

Barnabas surely wanted to raise Mark up to minister to others. And he had taken him under his wing to teach him ministry. He wanted the young one to grow in the Lord.
But sending people out just for the sake of sending them can produce bitterness, hurt and especially on the part of the one "not ready for service" in the Gospel to the nations. Diversity is good, but we must be Jesus Christ centered, and not out to please man. In the case of Barnabas, the son of encouragement surely took those alongside himself to see they continue with God, but being THE encourager to others that they might continue, also caused him, Barnabas to err.
Barnabas had  some strong ties to the Jew more strongly than Paul and was making attempt to add another commandment. And being tied to the past can cause some really big issues for families, ministries and even for the work place.


Paul spoke that he prayed more than them all..in 1 Corinthians 14:18..and in his praying and keeping his focus on the Lord, by the Holy Spirit he wrote 2/3 of the New Testament. He had a devotion to God to pray in tongues and allow God into his life. Praying was to Paul that God is in the midst of me and whatever the situation. Paul filled with the Holy Spirit, we know kept the wisdom, power and holiness of Jesus.

(Note: if you do not have your prayer language, you can ask God and receive by faith just like your salvation. And remember you can pray in your own regular language of words, but seriously for me after about 10 minutes of regular words, I run out....and, I go into my prayer language of tongues)

We do see in 1 Corinthians 9:6 that Paul and Barnabas had continued to have work or trade they had while teaching the Gospel.

Did Barnabas do anything else for the Lord? Is there anymore of him written anywhere?
I have asked others, and of all we conclude little else is known of his career in ministry. Although still laboring in AD 56 or AD 57 about the time Paul wrote 1 Corinthians 9:5-6, he had died as some point while Paul was in Rome. For we find Mark did come to assist Paul in his latter day.


Broken people can still produce for the kingdom of God. Like broken crayons, one can still color a happy face on a crisp white sheet of paper.
Whatever the difficulty or division, we must remain within God and His leading by the Holy Spirit. We are to stay within the boundaries of His wisdom and love but not go off with something that changes God's Word, God's love,

Many say they believe that two ministries came out of the one, yet of Barnabas, that part was never put out for others to read and know about.
If division has occurred, we need to find what side we remain. If it is on the Lord's side, that is an excellent place to be.
Brokenness hurts, brings much pain and most times separation, but even in that one can still color their future because God continues to guide them when they remain faithful to His leading. Amen.

A child gets upset when a crayon is broken.......will hold it out.........for the parent or grand-parent to fix. I know I have seen it many times. Yet, that same broken crayon will produce. It still has the capacity to color in those places that need help. In division, know there is much you can still do for the kingdom of God. Now go color those places that need your giftings God has placed within you. With that your special circumstance, there will be a special smile on your face as well, a joy in your heart and a knowing that God is with you!


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FRAMED!

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What pictures do we have displayed on a counter, cabinet or fireplace for others to see when they enter our home? Are they our families "hall of kids"?  Or is there possibly a "wall" with all the grand-kids pics framed and displayed all in rows according to their age?
We have a couple of places, but one grand-child so far.
And I cannot remember others having any pics of their grandchildren displayed for others to see.


Now today, at the moment the word "pictures" is mentioned, a nice phone comes out of the person's pocket and many pics will be shown, and at least once or twice a special word is given for a couple of the pics as to what was happening the very moment when that specific shot was snapped.

Now I love pictures. I love seeing people's vacation pics. I like seeing some of those new grand-babies, too!

In this, I was thinking of the scripture where God displays His jewels.( His special treasures)
Malachi 3:16-18    KJV     16 Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.

17 And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

18 Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

The Message Bible of the same verses reads this way: Then those whose lives honored GOD got together and talked it over. God saw what they were doing and listened in. A book was opened in God's presence and minutes were taken of the meeting, with the names of God the GOD-fearers written down, all the names of those who honored God's name. God-of the- Angel- Armies said, "They are all mine. They'll get special treatment when I go into action. I treat them with the same consideration and kindness that parents give the child who honors them. Once more you'll see the difference it makes between being a person who does the right thing and one who doesn't, between serving God and not serving Him."

Zechariah 9:16-17  NKJV  16 The LORD their God will save them in that day, as the clock of His people. For they shall be like the jewels of a crown, Lifted like a banner over His land-----Lifted like a banner over His land----17 For how great is its goodness and how great its beauty! Grain shall make the young men thrive, and new wine the young women.

REDEMPTION!

We are God's special treasures. He spoke of saving Israel and we as Gentiles were grafted in. In Jesus we have salvation. In that forgiveness of sins, we find repentance to mean we have become the Lord's jewels. Their beauty is that of a submitted one to God. Their humility is seen in their character. They are vessels with the distinction of faithfulness. He gathers them together, delighting in their love for Him. Bright and shining, they glorify God. They are not of the world. They resemble their Maker. Oh the happy state of the believing heart totally devoted to God who finds peace and joy in love without borders. 

Framed within the love of God, we prevail. Framed within God's love we find peace, honor and joy. God's people are His glory! The crown they wear is that which displays the beauty of the Lord and of His holiness.

God lives. He is merciful, just and loving. He refreshes us with grain and with wine. He gives out of His goodness. He desires His family to live as He lives. He desires them to have their life within Him and His plan.

Hebrews 11: 1 NOW FAITH is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses]. 2 For by [faith-truth and holy fervor born of faith] the men of old had divine testimony borne to them and obtained a good report. 3 By faith we understand that the worlds [during the successive ages] were framed (fashioned, put in order, and equipped for their intended purpose )by the word of God, so that what we see was not made out of things which are visible.

Framing our week with the good things God speaks always brings us good things. But complaining or disputing that you will have another bad week only frames another "bad week" for you whether at work, school or at home with the kids.

Frame your days ahead with God's word and expect just what you speak. Then the beauty you will see and enjoy and more than that you will experience an eternity with God who planned for you from the foundation of the world.

I can show you pics of my kids, and grand-child, but I can also show you my life that speaks of God's goodness to me through healing, restoration and strength. Greater is He that is in you and me than he that is in the world. Truly God desires our lives FRAMED WITH HIS GOODNESS FOR HIS GLORY! AMEN!

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Glow-In-the-Dark

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Psalm 45 Message Bible
My heart burst its banks, spilling beauty
and goodness.
I pour it out in a poem to the king,
shaping the river into words;
You're the handsomest of men; every
word from your lips is sheer grace,
and God has blessed you, blessed you so much.
Strap your sword to your side, warrior!
Accept Praise! Accept due honor!
Ride majestically! Ride triumphantly!
Ride on the side of truth!

Ride for the righteous meek!

Your instructions are to glow-in-the-dark, you shoot sharp arrows.                                                            
Into enemy hearts; the king's foes lie down in the dust, beaten. Your throne is God's throne; ever and always; The scepter of your royal rule measures right living. You love the right and hate the wrong. And that is why God, your very own God, poured fragrant oil on your head, Marking you out as king from among your dear companions.

Our hearts should burst forth with praise to the beauty of the King, our King Jesus Christ. In speaking out, our praise speaks the same as Jesus Himself spoke. Speaking what Jesus heard from the Father and spoke should be a confirmation to our hearts of His intent to bring light to us.

Now those glow-in-the-dark sticks are awesome. They can put out some light for a short time, but in the long run of our lives, God's word does and will light the way for us no matter the day, hour, rain, or shine, God 's word is working.

In this psalm, is a song of love. Psalm 18:1 in the Living Bible speaks this: Lord, how I love you! For you have done such tremendous things for me. Are we thinking in terms of love for God our Creator and God our Savior?

In our loving our spouse, our children, grand-children or other relatives, those special moments is revealed to greater depths of love when our love is found in God and when it is extended to others who can not possibly repay with the same kind of love.
Our lives can contain some things that help us light a dark way: like candles or that great Dorcy Flashlight. Yeah, now that is a flash light a dark room and is great help when the power goes off at your house!

In writing this, I refer back to Psalm 31 in the New King James Version. In verse 1-5, it reads this way: " In You, O LORD, I put my trust; Let me never be shamed; deliver me in Your righteousness. 2 Bow down Your ear to me, deliver me speedily; Be my rock of refuge and a fortress of defense to save me. 3 "For You are my rock and my fortress; therefore, for Your name's sake; lead me and guide me, 4 Pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me, For you are my strength. 5 Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD God of truth."

Light leads us especially when you cannot see where you are going. Thinking of when the power goes off and one walks through the dark room, "now where is that light switch"..?????......bump.....crash...!
"Oh yeah, I moved that lamp and it's table to a different place."
Having God active in our lives, points to the dangers, and gives us the needed support when things are out of order in our lives.


But in these specific verses, they are referring back or pointing to the utmost trust in God!

One has to learn to trust.
A baby is dependent on the mother and then the father. If they do not exist in his or her life, then they, the baby will most likely not learn to trust, especially adults.
You have an older child or children who may trust and they most likely have both parents active in showing them examples of trusting another person. When "kids" have both parents active, the seeds are sown in teaching them what "trust" actually looks like.

The husband/wife team deliver to their child/children, strong lessons vital for life to protect them and guide them. With God as the "standard", truth is revealed, commitment to another is seen, and a steadiness to continue in a steadfast instructions are like that glow-in-the-dark stick or bracelet. His instructions teach us to rely on His strength and reside in His peace.
God will always act in according to His character of holiness and His Word. He never changes. What He spoke to you, He will do it!  But it is you who chooses! And what will you choose?

King Jesus spoke what He heard the Father speak. And we are called to live and endure by faith in Romans 1:17. We are to come to God and required to believe not only that He is, but He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. (Hebrews 11:6)

If we had no previous training in relying on Him, seen no examples through parents, God can show us what it looks like. When we read through those passages of Abram leaving Haran ( Genesis 12:1-3) and going to the place God told him to go, we Abram become Abraham and how he trusted in the One True God. ( Genesis 17:5....a covenant and he became Abraham)
Taking us into His bosom, God keeps us, protects us, loves us and without restraint. His love never comes to an end. People may exit our lives, a spouse may choose greener grass on the other side to find out that the other side comprises only artificial turf, and best friends might become the next likely enemy, but our faith is to be in God, our trust is to be the utmost, and our next  breath must be about speaking of Him.

The world has its issues! But God is still God and knows all.
For both of us,  my husband and myself, our parents did not stay married to their first spouse. Whatever issues though, we have worked for our marriage. Not always an easy thing, marriage takes hard work and endurance. Just like Jesus had a walk before Him to the Cross, He never waivered in His walk with God...... "not my will but Yours be done" when He prayed to the Father.
May our hearts choose to burst its banks, spilling beauty and goodness to our KING! May our river flow into words for Him, and may those lips be sheer grace. For it is God Who has blessed us, and given us His best. Our King rides majestically and He is coming again. It is on the side of truth and of the meek who shall inherit the earth.

If we spend time looking back at those people who had their trust in God, we learn not to rely on the fleshy man. And our future and prosperity is not to rest upon our own ability.

Confidence in God is going to run long, the way of life in placing our whole being on the promises of God and His faithfulness knowing He will never leave us and He will never forsake us!
God responds to our choices and what choices are we making?
There is a war out there in this world for the children and grand-children, will we fight back in prayer, will we speak right things that align with God, will we be that glow-in-the-dark light that will show people our trust is to be in God only? 
Dear Lord, excite and quicken us to be men and women of prayer. We desire to be ever speaking praise like a river for Your glory and honor. And may we be that light in that dark place, knowing what to speak and that our total trust is in You.....and that we cannot fail for we have Heaven backing us up. For all that is required of us today Lord, may we speak in that moment that will dispel the darkness and light the way for someone to know You and love You forever, in Jesus' name. Amen.

Notice: 

The Voice of Prayer  has a new teaching:

The Spirtual Agony: Protecting the Future Kingdom

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