13 August 2014
What do I really know...
I haven't posted in a while...I cant say why exactly, probably just life!
Things get busy, we get consumed with all that is going on around us. We have fads in our seasons of life, we will dedicate our time to certain things in certain seasons and whether it is lack of interest or motivation, you land up not paying as much attention to things as you use to...
Anyway with that said, I love a simple life. I have an inquisitive mind and I like to know things and have knowledge but I am not a fan of over analysation...
I realize I get overwhelmed very easily when I have a lot of noise around me...on our way home from connect last night I said to my husband that I can actually feel my whole body tense up. And I will sit with my hands clutched tightly together or my toes curled in to help me stay calm if we are in public.
If I am at home, I will do what ever I have to do to make it stop. I'm not sure what it is really.
Sometimes if my husband puts his music on too loud and sings to it and the kids are playing in the background, giggling laughing and talking playfully...or whatever it is they are doing, even if I am sitting upstairs away from most of it but I can hear it slightly, all the noises together just create an atmosphere where I struggle to focus on something as simple as what I am trying to think about!
Anyway, we all have our quirks I suppose. I'm not going to let a silly little quirk get the best of me. I won't over analyze it nor will I spend too much time thinking about it...I recognize it and that's where the buck stops.
I keep thinking about this radio discussion yesterday and I am so glad I have the bible as my guide.
We can get so consumed with what is going on with the world.
I try and keep it simple with a verse like this...
John 16:33
"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this
world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the
world."
My husband and I watched Noah last night.
When it finished I wasn't sure how to feel about it because I wasn't sure how true the story was to that of the bible...I'm a woman of the word, so if you are going to depict a story from the bible, I want a true depiction...but before I made my mind up I wanted to delve into the Noah's ark version from the bible...and let me tell you I was pleasantly surprised.
I haven't finished researching all of it but what facinated me was the movies depiction of fallen angels, the stone "men" if you will. I was like nah, surely that's just been made up to spice up the movie. En vragies vra...what do I find!
I will save that for my next post I think, I want to delve into with precision and detail....it is so interesting.
I love the word of God.
I love God
X
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Thursday, October 11, 2012
12.10.2012....Wild at Heart
Extracted from Wild at Heart by John Eldridge
“To
put it bluntly, your flesh is a weasel, a poser, and a selfish pig. And your
flesh is not you. Did you know that? Your flesh is not the real you.
When Paul gives us his famous passage on what it’s like to struggle with sin
(Rom. 7), he tells a story we are all too familiar with:
I decide to do good, but I don’t really do it; I decide not
to do bad, but then I do it anyway. My decisions, such as they are, don’t
result in actions. Something has gone wrong deep within me and gets the better
of me every time. It happens so regularly that its predictable. The moment I
decide to do good, sin is there to trip me up. I truly delight in God’s
commands, but it’s pretty obvious that not all of me joins in that delight.
Parts of me covertly rebel, and just when I least expect it, they take charge.
(The message)
Okay,
we’ve all been there many times. But what Paul concludes is just astounding: “I
am not really the one doing it; the sin within me is doing it” (Rom. 7:20 NLT).
Did you notice the distinction he makes? Paul says, “Hey, I know I struggle
with sin. But I also know my sin is not me – this is not my true heart.”
You are not your sin; sin is no longer the truest thing about the man who has come into union
with Jesus. Your heart is good. “I will give you a new heart and put a new
spirit in you…” (Ezek. 36.26). The big lie in the church today is that you are
nothing more than “a sinner saved by grace.” You are a lot more than that. You
are a new creation in Christ. The new testament calls you a saint, a holy one,
a son of God. In the core of your being you are a good man. Yes, there is a
war within us, but it is a civil war. The battle is not between us and God, no;
there is a traitor within who wars against our true heart fighting alongside
the spirit of God in us:
A new power is in operation. The spirit of life in Christ. Like a
strong wind, has magnificently cleared the air, freeing you from a fated
lifetime of brutal tyranny at the hands of sin and death…Anyone, of course, who
has not welcomed this invisible but clearly present God, the Spirit of Christ,
won’t know what we’re talking about. But for you who welcome him, in whom he
dwells…if the alive-and-present God who raised Jesus from the dead moves into
your life, he’ll do the same thing in you that he did in Jesus…When God lives
and breathes in you (and he does, as surely as he did in Jesus), you are
delivered from that dead life. (Rom. 8:2-3, 9-11 The message)”
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Connect...9.10.2012
Connect...shoooweee. When your a follower of Jesus, let me tell you what I have come to understand...connecting is a very vital part of your life. Connecting with the Lord, connecting with the church, connecting with the people of the church. I attend an amazing church and we have Tuesday night connect groups. I have attended here and there and every time I go I get filled with holy spirit, for me that is such a confirmation that God is moving and I need to attend! However things always come up and more often than not - I land up not attending. Its funny I know my heart is screaming to jump into it all with arms open but yet something always holds me back. Tonight I can tell you that I know the only one holding me back - is myself.
The Lord HAS a plan for MY life. Yes, he knows every hair on my head - he knew me before I was created...the only thing stopping His plan from unveiling in my life is....me.
And you know what, thats ok. I mean its not okay that I keep booby trapping myself - but its okay, I get it. Jesus died on the cross 2000 years ago to set me free...He has done the hardest part of it all...now all I need to do is set myself free, free of the bondage that I keep wrapping myself up in.
I stray too often to let God's plan take action, I am walking around in circles because I am not being obedient to God. I know when I do what I want to do - it always lands up biting me in the butt and then I land up turning to the Lord for direction.
SO. What am I going to strive to do. Well let me explain this image I had whilst praying the other night. I actually saw myself deflate...not in a weird way, the Lord was holding me and I made the choice to deflate myself and let God blow me up again. I then allowed Him to carry me and I could see in this image, that I was comfortable with it, I was relaxed lying in His arms - completely trusting Him in which ever way He was taking me. I just wanted Him to fill me and carry me.
I have had a pretty tough couple of months, I felt like I completely lost myself in all the mumbo jumbo going on around me. I have realised this, that through these moments in my life, "the joy of the Lord is my strength"...not my strength, I have no real strength on my own...my strength comes from the joy of the Lord.
I read this verse this morning and it has been in my head the whole day, while I was sitting at connect tonight it was running through my mind over and over,
Luke 11:14 "Those who make themselves great will be humbled. Those who are humble will be made great."
Good night and Godbless xxx
The Lord HAS a plan for MY life. Yes, he knows every hair on my head - he knew me before I was created...the only thing stopping His plan from unveiling in my life is....me.
And you know what, thats ok. I mean its not okay that I keep booby trapping myself - but its okay, I get it. Jesus died on the cross 2000 years ago to set me free...He has done the hardest part of it all...now all I need to do is set myself free, free of the bondage that I keep wrapping myself up in.
I stray too often to let God's plan take action, I am walking around in circles because I am not being obedient to God. I know when I do what I want to do - it always lands up biting me in the butt and then I land up turning to the Lord for direction.
SO. What am I going to strive to do. Well let me explain this image I had whilst praying the other night. I actually saw myself deflate...not in a weird way, the Lord was holding me and I made the choice to deflate myself and let God blow me up again. I then allowed Him to carry me and I could see in this image, that I was comfortable with it, I was relaxed lying in His arms - completely trusting Him in which ever way He was taking me. I just wanted Him to fill me and carry me.
I have had a pretty tough couple of months, I felt like I completely lost myself in all the mumbo jumbo going on around me. I have realised this, that through these moments in my life, "the joy of the Lord is my strength"...not my strength, I have no real strength on my own...my strength comes from the joy of the Lord.
I read this verse this morning and it has been in my head the whole day, while I was sitting at connect tonight it was running through my mind over and over,
Luke 11:14 "Those who make themselves great will be humbled. Those who are humble will be made great."
Good night and Godbless xxx
Monday, July 30, 2012
30 July 2012...I dont wanna talk about You like your not in the room...
Challenges, Challenges and MORE challenges. We are tested every day in ever kind of way, put under stressful situations in this world can make even the most humble lover of Christ weak at the knees...THAT HOWEVER does not define us! We are sinners, we are weak when we stand on our own understanding. I have my faults, I really do and I cannot say that I am perfect follower of the Lord - what I do know is that I have a deep, true, honest and real relationship with the Lord. And this means that yes, I still get on my knees, raise my hands and ask for His forgiveness for something that was not pleasing. Gosh, you know my relationship with the Lord is that of understanding, He understands me more than anyone person on this planet - He knows my heart - He knows everything about me, I mean after all - He did plan it all.
So, I get over myself and all the pressure around me - it amounts to nothing when I use my God given authority to push through it - His love, peace, joy...and His authority allows me to pick myself up, get over it and move on...I pray this for myself and for those around me who need the same release. God is all we need, "If God is for me, who (WHO???) can be against me" AMEN TO THAT!
Matthew11:4-6
4 Jesus answered,
Go back and tell John what you are hearing and seeing:5 the blind can see, the lame can walk, those who suffer from dreaded skin diseases are made clean,[a] the deaf hear, the dead are brought back to life, and the Good News is preached to the poor.6 How happy are those who have no doubts about me!
There is something powerful about the words from Jesus Culture, You wont relent...He, our Father of heaven and earth will never relent, AWESOME!
"You won't relent until you have it all
My heart is Yours
I'll set You as a seal upon my heart
As a seal upon my arm
For there is love that is as strong as death
Jealousy demanding as the grave
Many waters cannot quench this love
Come be the fire inside of me
Come be the flame upon my heart
Come be the fire inside of me
Until You and I are one
I dont wanna talk about you like Your not in the room, I wanna look at You, I wanna sing right to You"
Father, thank you Father
You are aalways with, I always have Your peace, wisdom, joy, strength and authority Lord. You are my armour my protector. Thank you Lord, I am eternally grateful for all you have done for em and my family. I ask for Your forgiveness Father, I pray for Your will in my life, Your guidance. I love you Father, with my whole heart xxx You are always with me, thank you. Amen
So, I get over myself and all the pressure around me - it amounts to nothing when I use my God given authority to push through it - His love, peace, joy...and His authority allows me to pick myself up, get over it and move on...I pray this for myself and for those around me who need the same release. God is all we need, "If God is for me, who (WHO???) can be against me" AMEN TO THAT!
Matthew11:4-6
4 Jesus answered,
Go back and tell John what you are hearing and seeing:5 the blind can see, the lame can walk, those who suffer from dreaded skin diseases are made clean,[a] the deaf hear, the dead are brought back to life, and the Good News is preached to the poor.6 How happy are those who have no doubts about me!
There is something powerful about the words from Jesus Culture, You wont relent...He, our Father of heaven and earth will never relent, AWESOME!
"You won't relent until you have it all
My heart is Yours
I'll set You as a seal upon my heart
As a seal upon my arm
For there is love that is as strong as death
Jealousy demanding as the grave
Many waters cannot quench this love
Come be the fire inside of me
Come be the flame upon my heart
Come be the fire inside of me
Until You and I are one
I dont wanna talk about you like Your not in the room, I wanna look at You, I wanna sing right to You"
Father, thank you Father
You are aalways with, I always have Your peace, wisdom, joy, strength and authority Lord. You are my armour my protector. Thank you Lord, I am eternally grateful for all you have done for em and my family. I ask for Your forgiveness Father, I pray for Your will in my life, Your guidance. I love you Father, with my whole heart xxx You are always with me, thank you. Amen
Thursday, July 19, 2012
19 July 2012...nothing to be afraid of
It has been many days that have not been writing, I have realised that I needed to grow a bit more in Gods loving hands before I could carry on my journey :) which is great, awesome really cause so much happened and I came back stronger, wiser and more filled with His love. I could sit here and go through every single thing that went "wrong" - and I will indeed invert comma it because although at the time - the challenges I face were not glorious and close to destroying - it never defeated me because ultimately I knew and I will always know that Gods plan is greater - He will never fail.
Fear is something that can literally stop us in our tracks - fear of anything. It comes in many different shapes and forms....what I have learnt is that God is SO much more powerful. My nearest and dearest friend said something to me today that stuck, you know those moments - when you hear something or read something and it could be one word or 20 words, it stick and you refer to it all the time - it's one of those. She said to me that yes the situation is tough...but God is tougher. Amen to that. Yes the past 2 months have been hectic, crazy, wild, challenging and darn right tiring! I would never had survived it if I did not know how to get on my knees and humble myself to the Lord and say "LORD, I give it all to You"...and before He has shown me any of His blessings, I just say, "Thank you Jesus, Thank you." We have nothing to fear, we just need to trust God. Nothing to fear. Thank you Jesus xxx
Isaiah 51:15-16
"I am the Lord your God, I stir up the sea and make its waves roar. My name is the Lord Almighty!I stretched out the heavens and laid the earths foundations; I say to Jerusalem, "you are my people!I have given you my teaching and I protect you with my hand."
Good night, sleep tight, sweet dreams and God bless you xxx
Thank you Father for the most amazing day. Lord You are so true and honest and pure. I can look past You and You will always look right at me - knowing what I am all about. You really know me better than I could ever know myself. Thank you for being my protector my armer, You love me unconditionally. Let my heart be where Your is also. I love You Lord, with all my heart and soul.
Thank you Jesus, Amen
Fear is something that can literally stop us in our tracks - fear of anything. It comes in many different shapes and forms....what I have learnt is that God is SO much more powerful. My nearest and dearest friend said something to me today that stuck, you know those moments - when you hear something or read something and it could be one word or 20 words, it stick and you refer to it all the time - it's one of those. She said to me that yes the situation is tough...but God is tougher. Amen to that. Yes the past 2 months have been hectic, crazy, wild, challenging and darn right tiring! I would never had survived it if I did not know how to get on my knees and humble myself to the Lord and say "LORD, I give it all to You"...and before He has shown me any of His blessings, I just say, "Thank you Jesus, Thank you." We have nothing to fear, we just need to trust God. Nothing to fear. Thank you Jesus xxx
Isaiah 51:15-16
"I am the Lord your God, I stir up the sea and make its waves roar. My name is the Lord Almighty!I stretched out the heavens and laid the earths foundations; I say to Jerusalem, "you are my people!I have given you my teaching and I protect you with my hand."
Good night, sleep tight, sweet dreams and God bless you xxx
Thank you Father for the most amazing day. Lord You are so true and honest and pure. I can look past You and You will always look right at me - knowing what I am all about. You really know me better than I could ever know myself. Thank you for being my protector my armer, You love me unconditionally. Let my heart be where Your is also. I love You Lord, with all my heart and soul.
Thank you Jesus, Amen
Friday, May 11, 2012
11 May 2012...where you go I go
..."though the world sees and soon forgets
we will not forget who you are and what you've done for us" Jesus Culture - Where you go I go What a precious day filled with many a precious moment...not all perfect, some challenging but how awesome is our God, He makes us see a situation for what it is with a peaceful heart - no bitterness...just a beautiful truth in another God inspired day.
The kids are asleep and hubby is at work and I am listening to awesome praise and worship...dreaming of the day I can worship with all my loved ones, every person that has affected my life in every which way - they are my loved ones, even if it was a ten minute meeting...you affected my life in some way and my way of thanking you for helping me along my journey is showing you the very truth that I live for and that is the Lord Jesus Christ. If you don't already know it, I will be praying for you all - not to encounter the Lord because that is inevitable...you have met me and through that alone you will meet Him. I pray that you do not reject His awesome love because of your worldly fears, I pray that once you get a glimpse of Him through your encounter you keep fighting to know Him more and more, every day. It is a relationship and with every relationship it will take time...please take the time to get to know Him, I pray you take the time to get to know Him.
We should never forget what Jesus did for us, what He went through to save us. He loved us that much that he died for our sins. I pray I never forget His love and I grow more and more in His perfect love.
Truly another day with God inspired moments...each and every second, thank you Lord xxx
Dear Lord, I pray that today and always I hold in my heart the treasure of what you did for me and us all. Lord let us not forget and replace it with theories that hold no meaning...Lord you are the only way...where You go I go.
I pray for Your love and protection over my family Lord and all the people I love and share this life with. Lord I live for Your glory, I owe it all to you. Forever and always, I love you Lord, Amen
Here I am to worship
Here I am to bow down
Here I am to say that you're my God
You're altogether lovely
Altogether worthy
Altogether wonderful to me
we will not forget who you are and what you've done for us" Jesus Culture - Where you go I go What a precious day filled with many a precious moment...not all perfect, some challenging but how awesome is our God, He makes us see a situation for what it is with a peaceful heart - no bitterness...just a beautiful truth in another God inspired day.
The kids are asleep and hubby is at work and I am listening to awesome praise and worship...dreaming of the day I can worship with all my loved ones, every person that has affected my life in every which way - they are my loved ones, even if it was a ten minute meeting...you affected my life in some way and my way of thanking you for helping me along my journey is showing you the very truth that I live for and that is the Lord Jesus Christ. If you don't already know it, I will be praying for you all - not to encounter the Lord because that is inevitable...you have met me and through that alone you will meet Him. I pray that you do not reject His awesome love because of your worldly fears, I pray that once you get a glimpse of Him through your encounter you keep fighting to know Him more and more, every day. It is a relationship and with every relationship it will take time...please take the time to get to know Him, I pray you take the time to get to know Him.
We should never forget what Jesus did for us, what He went through to save us. He loved us that much that he died for our sins. I pray I never forget His love and I grow more and more in His perfect love.
Truly another day with God inspired moments...each and every second, thank you Lord xxx
Matthew 23:25-26
25-26"You're hopeless,
you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds! You burnish the surface of
your cups and bowls so they sparkle in the sun, while the insides are
maggoty with your greed and gluttony. Stupid Pharisee! Scour the
insides, and then the gleaming surface will mean something.
I pray for Your love and protection over my family Lord and all the people I love and share this life with. Lord I live for Your glory, I owe it all to you. Forever and always, I love you Lord, Amen
Here I am - Hillsong
Light of the world
You stepped down into darkness
Opened my eyes, let me see
Beauty that made
This heart adore you
Hope of a life spent with you
You stepped down into darkness
Opened my eyes, let me see
Beauty that made
This heart adore you
Hope of a life spent with you
Here I am to worship
Here I am to bow down
Here I am to say that you're my God
You're altogether lovely
Altogether worthy
Altogether wonderful to me
King of all days
Oh so highly exalted
Glorious in heaven above
Humbly you came to the earth you created
All for loves sake, became poor
I'll never know how much it cost
To see my sin upon that Cross
Call upon the name of the Lord
And be saved
Oh so highly exalted
Glorious in heaven above
Humbly you came to the earth you created
All for loves sake, became poor
I'll never know how much it cost
To see my sin upon that Cross
Call upon the name of the Lord
And be saved
Thursday, May 10, 2012
10 May 2012...My soul longs for you, nothing else will do
A day of peace, love and joy...just when i think I cant be filled with any more...the Lord proves me oh so absolutely wrong...thank you Lord. When we start looking around us, taking in what we really see around us...there is so much more good than bad. The worldy ways make us hold onto the bad and it explodes in our minds and blurs our vision...give the good a chance, seek His face in everything, look around and call after His name, He will show you the truth, it is so much better than we could even imagine...ever fathom. I see bits of it through my days and it fills me with such happines I am bought to tears...the Holy Spirit stirs inside of me - its such a beautiful truth. Oh how He loves us so, He loves us. I think it is so hard for people to believe how much He loves us because people live in the world struggle to believe that anyone can love them at all...if only we could just show love to each other more. I think of that person that goes through there day so angry, lashing out at every person they encounter...if I had to just grab and hold him and tell them, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay...let it go, let it go...your safe with me...if that person really and truly believed how much i loved them and how much they trusted me, would he just let it all go...all the anger, pain...that person will never be the same because they discovered love and trust.
On our way home today, we spotted a little old lady stuck right in the middle of the road in her car, blocking the traffic. There was a a young girl and an elderly gentleman helping her. I tell you, my husband did not have to utter a word to me...because I know his heart and I knew out of all the many cars that drove past this old ladies car without a thought of stopping to help her...I knew our car would be the one to stop, as we did, my husnband jumped out the car and ran across the road and helped this little old lady, I could see him dealing with her in his gentle way, we sat watching him from the car like he was a hero...our hero. As he was walking back to the car, my 4 year old kept asking, "did daddy help that lady mommy?" I just kept saying, "yes boy, he did :)". As hubby got in the car, my 5 year old asked him, "dad did you help that lady?" and dad said, "yes boy I helped her." Looking back at my son, he just went quiet and had the biggest grin on his face, he was so chuffed, his dad was a hero :) The world is filled with hero's...God places them everywhere, we just need to open our eyes to His love and allow ourselves to be loved by Him...and he will start showing us his God inspiring moments...my soul longs for you and nothing else will do.
seek justice, love mercy, walk humbly with your God
seek justice, love mercy, walk humbly with your God
In the war of the mind i will make my stand,
in the battle of the heart, in the battle of the hands.
in the war of the mind i will make my stand,
in the battle of the heart, in the battle of the hands
On our way home today, we spotted a little old lady stuck right in the middle of the road in her car, blocking the traffic. There was a a young girl and an elderly gentleman helping her. I tell you, my husband did not have to utter a word to me...because I know his heart and I knew out of all the many cars that drove past this old ladies car without a thought of stopping to help her...I knew our car would be the one to stop, as we did, my husnband jumped out the car and ran across the road and helped this little old lady, I could see him dealing with her in his gentle way, we sat watching him from the car like he was a hero...our hero. As he was walking back to the car, my 4 year old kept asking, "did daddy help that lady mommy?" I just kept saying, "yes boy, he did :)". As hubby got in the car, my 5 year old asked him, "dad did you help that lady?" and dad said, "yes boy I helped her." Looking back at my son, he just went quiet and had the biggest grin on his face, he was so chuffed, his dad was a hero :) The world is filled with hero's...God places them everywhere, we just need to open our eyes to His love and allow ourselves to be loved by Him...and he will start showing us his God inspiring moments...my soul longs for you and nothing else will do.
Romans 9:1-5
God and His People
1
I am speaking the truth; I belong to Christ and I do not lie. My
conscience, ruled by the Holy Spirit, also assures me that I am not
lying2 when I say how great is my sorrow, how endless the pain in my heart3
for my people, my own flesh and blood! For their sake I could wish that
I myself were under God's curse and separated from Christ.4 They are God's people; he made them his children and revealed his glory to them; he made his covenants with them and gave them the Law; they have the true worship; they have received God's promises;5
they are descended from the famous Hebrew ancestors; and Christ, as a
human being, belongs to their race. May God, who rules over all, be
praised forever! Amen.
Dear Father in heaven, take me and use
me for Your will Father. Only through You will we have perfect peace,
beautiful truths and unexplainable love.
Today I honour the sisterhood and send
out a prayer to the nations near and far. Bless you and your beautiful
country, don't let anyone take their hope Lord, let them know You Lord,
Your presence, Your love, Your truth. Thank you for saving us, thank you
Jesus. Poor Your blood over my family Lord, double clothe them with
Your love and protection. I pray for my friends both near and far from
you Lord, let us all come to know You more every day, let us long to
know you Lord, Forever Your kingdom reigns xxx
This song says to me, what my husband was teaching our sons today and always
xxx love you my angel xxx
Corageuos - Casting Crowns
we were made to be courageous
we were made to lead the way
we could be the generation that finally breaks the chains
we were made to be courageous
we were made to be courageous
we were warriors on the front lines,
standing unafraid.
but now we're watchers on the side lines,
while our families slip away.
where are you men of courage?
you were made for so much more.
let the pounding of our hearts cry,
we will serve the Lord.
we were made to be courageous,
and were taking back the fight.
we were made to be courageous,
and it starts with us tonight.
the only way we'll ever stand,
is on our knees with lifted hands.
make us courageous,
Lord make us courageous.
this is our resolution, our answer to the call,
we will love our wives and children,
and refuse to let them fall.
we will reignite the passion,
that we buried deep inside.
may the watchers become warriors,
let the men of God arise.
we were made to lead the way
we could be the generation that finally breaks the chains
we were made to be courageous
we were made to be courageous
we were warriors on the front lines,
standing unafraid.
but now we're watchers on the side lines,
while our families slip away.
where are you men of courage?
you were made for so much more.
let the pounding of our hearts cry,
we will serve the Lord.
we were made to be courageous,
and were taking back the fight.
we were made to be courageous,
and it starts with us tonight.
the only way we'll ever stand,
is on our knees with lifted hands.
make us courageous,
Lord make us courageous.
this is our resolution, our answer to the call,
we will love our wives and children,
and refuse to let them fall.
we will reignite the passion,
that we buried deep inside.
may the watchers become warriors,
let the men of God arise.
seek justice, love mercy, walk humbly with your God
seek justice, love mercy, walk humbly with your God
In the war of the mind i will make my stand,
in the battle of the heart, in the battle of the hands.
in the war of the mind i will make my stand,
in the battle of the heart, in the battle of the hands
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
9 May 2012...This is where I belong :)
I have been thinking a lot about how far I have come on my journey in life. And when I look back and then look at the right now...I actually have no idea how on earth I got to where I am right now. There is not a lot to say except that I have been blessed with many a miracle. I heard something for the first time a while back...."you have God's favour"...all these wonderful things were happening and I couldn't explain why, and nobody else could either...all I was told was we have God's favour. Now God's favour was explained to me like this. So many of us think that God's favour in life falls like rain drops and only hits a few people around us and never actually us...and more than anyone I truly believed that this was the theory in a time in my life. That however is not the case...at all. God's favour is like a wave, a huge wave waiting to wash over you...it is up to us to make the stretch and reach for it. Our natural ability met with God's super ability...is going to create something super natural in your life, you will get God's favour. Trust, obey and reach...the Lord has always kept it so simple...we just like to complicate things and make it difficult for ourselves.
Even when days seem like they are passing me by and I have a dim light - the Lord will show me something that will light me up like the brightest shining star you have ever seen...I see it all day, every day - I see what the Lord is showing me because I hear Him, I listen to Him,I see HIm in everything and every situation, I want to follow Him, I need His guidance in my life, I trust Him with my last heart beat...He is my everything...He is my heavenly Father.
Today I came across a song that, by God-incidence, popped into my head and I downloaded it...I thought I would share it this evening because it so deeply explains what I was reminded of when I heard it, it explains so much of where I am at in my walk with the Lord Jesus Christ Lord...my journey of God inspired moments...I can never go back to the way things were...I have found my home :) xxx
Dear Lord, Thank you for showing me through your love how much more I have gained in this life and the next - just by loving you. Lord thank you for loving me unconditionally - through all my memories, the good and the bad - You have never left me Lord. You have held onto me so tight...I am so grateful that through the prayers of the people that have loved me so much in my life Lord, I turned to you...I turned and grabbed your hand Lord. I pray Lord that through all the prayers I send out Lord for all the people that come across my path, I know that they will turn to You Lord, they will make the same stretch I did Lord and reach for You. Lord to You be all the glory, forever and always, I love You, Amen
Good night and Godbless everyone! I pray that in the name of our heavenly Father that you are inspired to forget about everything else in the world and wake up tomorrow and reach for God's favour, His Kingdom...your home. He longs for our stretch, let your life be filled with God inspired moments, Love you lots XXX
Even when days seem like they are passing me by and I have a dim light - the Lord will show me something that will light me up like the brightest shining star you have ever seen...I see it all day, every day - I see what the Lord is showing me because I hear Him, I listen to Him,I see HIm in everything and every situation, I want to follow Him, I need His guidance in my life, I trust Him with my last heart beat...He is my everything...He is my heavenly Father.
Today I came across a song that, by God-incidence, popped into my head and I downloaded it...I thought I would share it this evening because it so deeply explains what I was reminded of when I heard it, it explains so much of where I am at in my walk with the Lord Jesus Christ Lord...my journey of God inspired moments...I can never go back to the way things were...I have found my home :) xxx
Philippians 1:3-6
A Love That Will Grow
3-6Every time you cross my mind, I break out in exclamations of thanks to God. Each exclamation is a trigger to prayer. I find myself praying for you with a glad heart. I am so pleased that you have continued on in this with us, believing and proclaiming God's Message, from the day you heard it right up to the present. There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this great work in you would keep at it and bring it to a flourishing finish on the very day Christ Jesus appears.
Switchfoot - This is home
I've got my memories
Always
Inside of me
But I can't go back
Back to how it was
I believe you now
I've come too far
No I can't go back
Back to how it was
Created for a place
I've never known
This is home
Now I'm finally
Where I belong
Where I belong
Yeah, this is home
I've been searching
For a place of my own
Now I've found it
Maybe this is home
Yeah, this is home
Belief over misery
I've seen the enemy
And I won't go back
Back to how it was
And I got my heart
Set on
What happens next
I got my eyes wide
It's not over yet
We are miracles
And we're not alone
And now after all
My searching
After all my questions
I'm gonna call it home
I got a brand new mindset
I can finally see
The sunset
I'm gonna call it home
Now I know
Yeah, this is home
I've come too far
And I won't go back
Yeah, this is home
Always
Inside of me
But I can't go back
Back to how it was
I believe you now
I've come too far
No I can't go back
Back to how it was
Created for a place
I've never known
This is home
Now I'm finally
Where I belong
Where I belong
Yeah, this is home
I've been searching
For a place of my own
Now I've found it
Maybe this is home
Yeah, this is home
Belief over misery
I've seen the enemy
And I won't go back
Back to how it was
And I got my heart
Set on
What happens next
I got my eyes wide
It's not over yet
We are miracles
And we're not alone
And now after all
My searching
After all my questions
I'm gonna call it home
I got a brand new mindset
I can finally see
The sunset
I'm gonna call it home
Now I know
Yeah, this is home
I've come too far
And I won't go back
Yeah, this is home
Dear Lord, Thank you for showing me through your love how much more I have gained in this life and the next - just by loving you. Lord thank you for loving me unconditionally - through all my memories, the good and the bad - You have never left me Lord. You have held onto me so tight...I am so grateful that through the prayers of the people that have loved me so much in my life Lord, I turned to you...I turned and grabbed your hand Lord. I pray Lord that through all the prayers I send out Lord for all the people that come across my path, I know that they will turn to You Lord, they will make the same stretch I did Lord and reach for You. Lord to You be all the glory, forever and always, I love You, Amen
Good night and Godbless everyone! I pray that in the name of our heavenly Father that you are inspired to forget about everything else in the world and wake up tomorrow and reach for God's favour, His Kingdom...your home. He longs for our stretch, let your life be filled with God inspired moments, Love you lots XXX
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
8 May 2012...what a day to embrace!
Every waking moment with the Lord is just so amazing and filled with so many miracles! I can't believe how much I did not see in my life when I had no relationship with the Lord. My eyes were very much closed then...and they are very much open today, thank you Jesus.
Well the kids are in bed, hubby is at work and as I lay here and reflect on my day I am washed over with a wave of love, protection, peace and wisdom from the days events. I realise as I sit here that each day is filled with the opportunity to make it all worth while. There were many challenges and struggles through out the day - all of which I have made peace with as I sit here writing. Gosh is the Lord just not amazing how He brings things to light in such subtle ways. You know my day was wrapped up in other peoples attitudes, thoughts, words...how we are so easily influenced by the world we live in. It was so important that I reminded myself each and every second of the day that I am a child of The Most High, I needed to take a few Selah moments and just take in the word and embrace my place...(Christine Cane thank you by the way for those three amazing words that have impacted the way I think of each and every situation in my life!)
I saw very clearly as the days events unfolded that the Lord has each and every second of the day planned before hand. As I looked into every situation through out the day, I just kept reminding myself that I need to love people no matter what! It was a struggle and as it got to the end of the day I was feeling like I needed to spend some quiet time in prayer with the Lord. I needed clarification, confirmation, guidance.... I just felt like I needed His peace to be laid over my days events.
We got to the school, picked the kids up as usual and on our way home, my eldest son tells me in a disturbed kind of way, that one of the kids at the school had called me a witch, "she said you are ugly mommy and you have big teeth." Now, I am human and although these comments were from a 4 year old - it still hurt to some degree, especially after the kind of day I had had!
So, I just looked at my son and said, "oh honey, I am sorry. So what did you say?" and he replied in the sweetest, most loving voice, "I told her that you were pretty mommy." My heart at that point could not handle the love I was feeling from my son at that point. And all the thoughts of going to speak to that child's mother about how disrespectful and blah blah blah...it all just fell to the way side, and something just came over me...it was the peace I was looking for all day, it was the Lord telling me "What does it matter, you know who you are in Me, you know how much you mean to Me...love them no matter what."
How awesome is that!The Lord spoke my confirmation that I was praying about through my amazing little boy. I mean, here it is again, that jaw dropping heart stopping amazing unexplainable love...His love is just SO much more than we can even fathom.
So the message I am sending my son is the same message I received from my Father, "Honey, you tell your friend that mommy still loves them even though they said I was ugly, it's not important. Just tell them that we love them no matter what."
What an important lesson I was reminded of and an even more important message for me to teach my son. It doesn't matter what people, think say or do...it's not important. We need to focus on our relationship with the Lord through it all and be obedient to His word...that is where we will ultimately find our peace, love and joy in this life to the next.
It is so much easier to just love people, through the good and the bad. The Lord speaks His truth through us when we are obedient to this very simple instruction from our Father,
34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
Well the kids are in bed, hubby is at work and as I lay here and reflect on my day I am washed over with a wave of love, protection, peace and wisdom from the days events. I realise as I sit here that each day is filled with the opportunity to make it all worth while. There were many challenges and struggles through out the day - all of which I have made peace with as I sit here writing. Gosh is the Lord just not amazing how He brings things to light in such subtle ways. You know my day was wrapped up in other peoples attitudes, thoughts, words...how we are so easily influenced by the world we live in. It was so important that I reminded myself each and every second of the day that I am a child of The Most High, I needed to take a few Selah moments and just take in the word and embrace my place...(Christine Cane thank you by the way for those three amazing words that have impacted the way I think of each and every situation in my life!)
I saw very clearly as the days events unfolded that the Lord has each and every second of the day planned before hand. As I looked into every situation through out the day, I just kept reminding myself that I need to love people no matter what! It was a struggle and as it got to the end of the day I was feeling like I needed to spend some quiet time in prayer with the Lord. I needed clarification, confirmation, guidance.... I just felt like I needed His peace to be laid over my days events.
We got to the school, picked the kids up as usual and on our way home, my eldest son tells me in a disturbed kind of way, that one of the kids at the school had called me a witch, "she said you are ugly mommy and you have big teeth." Now, I am human and although these comments were from a 4 year old - it still hurt to some degree, especially after the kind of day I had had!
So, I just looked at my son and said, "oh honey, I am sorry. So what did you say?" and he replied in the sweetest, most loving voice, "I told her that you were pretty mommy." My heart at that point could not handle the love I was feeling from my son at that point. And all the thoughts of going to speak to that child's mother about how disrespectful and blah blah blah...it all just fell to the way side, and something just came over me...it was the peace I was looking for all day, it was the Lord telling me "What does it matter, you know who you are in Me, you know how much you mean to Me...love them no matter what."
How awesome is that!The Lord spoke my confirmation that I was praying about through my amazing little boy. I mean, here it is again, that jaw dropping heart stopping amazing unexplainable love...His love is just SO much more than we can even fathom.
So the message I am sending my son is the same message I received from my Father, "Honey, you tell your friend that mommy still loves them even though they said I was ugly, it's not important. Just tell them that we love them no matter what."
What an important lesson I was reminded of and an even more important message for me to teach my son. It doesn't matter what people, think say or do...it's not important. We need to focus on our relationship with the Lord through it all and be obedient to His word...that is where we will ultimately find our peace, love and joy in this life to the next.
It is so much easier to just love people, through the good and the bad. The Lord speaks His truth through us when we are obedient to this very simple instruction from our Father,
John 13:34-35
Dear Father, I thank you for bringing yet another amazing day filled with important lessons learnt and wisdom. You have chipped away more of my struggles and in its place filled me with peace, joy and love. Thank you for teaching me how to set the best example for my son Lord and that could only ever be through Your word. My children are so precious to me Lord and they are truly the unimaginable blessings you have given to me and I am so grateful you have in trusted me with these angels. Thank you for my amazing husband Lord, who through all my challenges today was able to help by just being there for me. He is such an amazing person Lord and you gave me my soul mate, I can't thank you enough for him. Lord to all the people that I endured challenges with today, thank you for helping me see them as You see me Lord. I have love filled in my heart for them Lord and tomorrow will be another day for me to shine this love into their lives and my own, I want to love them Lord as you love me.
I pray that everyday my life has God inspired moments Lord, You are my reason, my alpha and omega. Thank you for loving me and never giving up on me, I love you with my whole being, forever and always, amen xxx
Good night every one! Sweet dreams and I pray that each and every one of us are able to see the God inspired moments in our lives tomorrow! I LOVE YOU xxx God bless xxx
Monday, May 7, 2012
7 May 2012...another amazing drive home with the Lord
I have God inspired moments all day everyday, they make me tingle and
get that warm fuzzy feeling inside that is absolutely
unexplainable...but jaw dropping, heart stopping amazing. On my way home
today, I was listening to the CCFM drive through as I usually
do with Luli and Odile and I got a thought in my head and I was
inspired to put on my Delirious CD and listen to a song I had stuck in
my head a day or 2 prior to this. While I am driving and trying to be
safe and yet look for this song I come across another
song...one that I have listened to 100 times before over and over
again...Find me in a river. Now before I share the words of this song - I
am not saying that it will move you in the same way it moved me, not at
all am I saying that. Nor am I am saying that
it is going to change your life in some spectacular miraculous way. All
I am saying is that I have listened to this song and sung along to the
words a 100 times over...and the words have never moved me as they did
today. You see, what I experienced today,
what I learnt today was that everything happens in the Lords time.
Things will come to light in our lives when the Lord thinks we are good
and ready to deal with it...when we are able to fully understand it. The
deeper my relationship has become with the Lord
- the more and more truth He reveals to me. I know who I am in the Lord
Jesus Christ and I am grateful, drop to my knees grateful for the
relationship I have with Him today...
What this song spoke to me today was, you know what, yes life isn't going to be easy all the time, infact it is going to be really really hard and painful at times....but you know what. The day Jesus laid His life down at calvary...He paid the price for us, for us He did that. And you know what if waiting in the valley means enduring a little more suffering and pain but brings me closer to Him...it is worth every moment of it. Bring on the good and bad days I say, we can turn a bad day into an amazing day filled with wisdom by just embracing it in the name of our heavenly Father...my worst day with Jesus will be better than my best day ever was without Him, praise the Lord and Amen!
Find me in River - Delirious
Find me in the River
Find me on my knees
I've walked against the water
Now I'm waiting if you please
We've longed to see the roses
But never felt the thorns
And bought our pretty crowns
But never paid the price
Find me in the River
Find me there
Find me on my knees with my soul laid bare
Even though you're gone
And I'm cracked and dry
Find me in the River
I'm waiting here
Find me in the River
Find me on my knees
I've walked against the water
Now I'm waiting if you please
We didn't count on suffering
We didn't count on pain
But if there are blessings in the valley
Then in the River I will wait
Find me in the River
Find me there
Find me on my knees with my soul laid bare
Even though you're gone
And I'm cracked and dry
Find me in the River
I'm waiting here
Find me in the river
Find me there
Find me on my knees with my soul laid bare
Even though you're gone
And I'm cracked and dry
Find me in the river
I'm waiting here for you
Come find me here...
Find me in the River...
Find me here for you...
Oh wash over me...
Heavenly Father, I pray tonight in thanks. In thanks for all the truth you bring into my life. My heart, my soul, my life is filled with peace just through knowing you. Lord I know I have a long walk ahead, and there are going to be hard days. I choose to embrace my place...with You Lord and You alone can I do this life. I pray for Your will to be done Lord in my life. Thank you for blessing me with my beautiful family, my amazing life.The people that cross my path everyday Lord mean so much to me, even if I have only known them for but a few moments...Lord they mean so much to me becuase You placed them right there, in Your perfect timing. Thank you for Your blessing of warmth, love, wisdom, peace, patience and respect, I pray your love runs through me like living water, You are my life Lord, I praise You forever and always, Amen xxx +=
Good night and Godbless all, I pray tomorrow is another day filled of God inspired moments for us all xxx sleep tight xx
What this song spoke to me today was, you know what, yes life isn't going to be easy all the time, infact it is going to be really really hard and painful at times....but you know what. The day Jesus laid His life down at calvary...He paid the price for us, for us He did that. And you know what if waiting in the valley means enduring a little more suffering and pain but brings me closer to Him...it is worth every moment of it. Bring on the good and bad days I say, we can turn a bad day into an amazing day filled with wisdom by just embracing it in the name of our heavenly Father...my worst day with Jesus will be better than my best day ever was without Him, praise the Lord and Amen!
"I Can Do All Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me"
Philippians 4:13Find me in River - Delirious
Find me in the River
Find me on my knees
I've walked against the water
Now I'm waiting if you please
We've longed to see the roses
But never felt the thorns
And bought our pretty crowns
But never paid the price
Find me in the River
Find me there
Find me on my knees with my soul laid bare
Even though you're gone
And I'm cracked and dry
Find me in the River
I'm waiting here
Find me in the River
Find me on my knees
I've walked against the water
Now I'm waiting if you please
We didn't count on suffering
We didn't count on pain
But if there are blessings in the valley
Then in the River I will wait
Find me in the River
Find me there
Find me on my knees with my soul laid bare
Even though you're gone
And I'm cracked and dry
Find me in the River
I'm waiting here
Find me in the river
Find me there
Find me on my knees with my soul laid bare
Even though you're gone
And I'm cracked and dry
Find me in the river
I'm waiting here for you
Come find me here...
Find me in the River...
Find me here for you...
Oh wash over me...
Heavenly Father, I pray tonight in thanks. In thanks for all the truth you bring into my life. My heart, my soul, my life is filled with peace just through knowing you. Lord I know I have a long walk ahead, and there are going to be hard days. I choose to embrace my place...with You Lord and You alone can I do this life. I pray for Your will to be done Lord in my life. Thank you for blessing me with my beautiful family, my amazing life.The people that cross my path everyday Lord mean so much to me, even if I have only known them for but a few moments...Lord they mean so much to me becuase You placed them right there, in Your perfect timing. Thank you for Your blessing of warmth, love, wisdom, peace, patience and respect, I pray your love runs through me like living water, You are my life Lord, I praise You forever and always, Amen xxx +=
Good night and Godbless all, I pray tomorrow is another day filled of God inspired moments for us all xxx sleep tight xx
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