The Bridegroom's Voice: March 2011

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Constant Conversation W/GOD 3/31

Wednesday, March 30^th, 2011

AWE- ALMIGHTY GOD!

Make My Life A Constant Conversation With You!

Developing My AWE-GOD Through Gratefulness

Thank You Jesus for being my warrior, for helping me against the attack of my computers and internet. I am so grateful for Your intervention and for what You taught me through the timing of Your intervention. I am grateful for Your Kingdom purposes in play in my life!

©Promised By His Voice, His Words, Therefore I Receive!©

Psalm 145:18-19 The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him sincerely and in truth.19 He will fulfill the desires of those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him; He also will hear their cry and will save them.

My Prayer-HIS-THOUGHTS: KimberlyMac Shining 4-Him-Always-4Ever!*

Father God thank you for Your Omnipotent-Omnipresence in my life. Thank You, for hearing me and fulfilling the heart desires that I have. Thank you for saving me during the heat of the battle and turning things Your way! Jesus!

http://wisdomhunters.com/ Boyd Bailey

Patient People Wait! "I waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry." Psalm 40:1

Patient people wait on God's best. God things happen to those who are patient—those who wait. Patience is a virtue, but it is also a vehicle in which the Lord delivers His blessings. Like a loyal wife waiting for the gift of her husband's return from war, so those who love Jesus wait on Him to return. Patience waits on God to rain down His favor.
"Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain" (James 5:7).
However, as we wait we pray and we prepare. We pray for patience—knowing that Jesus Christ is completely trustworthy. We pray for boldness to declare God's truth to those who have yet to fall in love with Jesus. Waiting is also the Lord's time to prepare our character. Our character has to keep up with our success for us to remain successful.
"Tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character" (Romans 5:3b-4a).
Yes, it is hard to be patient when you really want something. But, why do you want what you want? Is your motive aligned with what the Almighty wants for you? Your heavenly Father knows what you need and when you are able to handle His blessing. Pride demands to have things now, but humility sees the worth in wisely waiting.
Your tension may be the normal desire to have a husband or a wife. Or, maybe you feel trapped financially or your job is a dead end road. You seem to be doing the right things, but you are not happy with your progress. Thus, while you wait, focus on your intimacy with Jesus, and let Him do a work of greater grace in your heart. Enjoy what you already have and you will appreciate whatever else you get. Like Job, wait on God to give back more than before.
"As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy" (James 5:11).
Patience is the fruit of the Spirit—it resides with God—but it is available for His children. So, seek the fullness of the Holy Spirit each day. Wait for and anticipate good gifts from your heavenly Father. Christ manages the clock of life, so rest and regroup during His timeouts. So, in the parenthesis of time enjoy living for the Lord and others. Patience waits.
"And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised" (Hebrews 6:15).
How can I enjoy God and others during this time of waiting? Who can I serve?
Related Readings: Psalm 27:14; 37:7; Micah 7:7; Romans 8:25; Jude 1:21
My Thoughts About These Verses:

I love the two words Boyd Bailey said: "Patience Waits"! That says it all! Patience Gives God Time To Work Out His Kingdom Purposes!

****My Prayer! I Place All My Expectation In You, Almighty God!*****

Psalm 62:5 (amplified) My soul, wait only upon God and silently submit to Him; for my hope and expectation are from Him. He only is my Rock and my Salvation; He is my Defense and my Fortress, I shall not be moved.

Father, touch my husband, heal him from this headache he has had for days. I pray for Your healing touch on him… Jesus!
Jesus, heal my body, restore my health and help me, guide me to the right things to eat, help me to be disciplined in what I eat.
Father God, bless this Daniels Fast I begin I Friday, I pray You would reveal Yourself to me. Jesus!
Father touch SMD by Your Spirit, make Your way clear to them on this new God Adventure, equip them with your faith, be their Way-Maker. Jesus.
Father touch MH by Your Spirit draw Him to You, reveal Yourself to Him in a new way, may He see how worthy You are of Followship
Father touch Rebecca, give her an God-Awesome breathing day. Heal her Lord Jesus, make her new. Jesus!
Father touch Maryjo by Your Spirit, guide her to You, to a completely, to an undivided heart.
Father touch Fish in her masters degree work, be with her in complete guidance, strength and wisdom
Father touch Tina in her masters work, give her strength, energy and wisdom. Jesus!

QUOTES THAT ENCOURAGE-INSPIRE GROWTH-CHANGE ME

Accessing the Lord's peace begins by first making peace with Him. In humble surrender and submission we unlock the control of our heart to Christ and trust Him to give us what we need to follow Him and to serve others. When we exchange our agenda for His agenda—in total trust—we in turn receive the peace of God. This peace then follows our having trust in the Almighty. Peace with God results in the peace of God. Boyd Bailey http://wisdomhunters.com

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So sweet is our God! The cool thing is He is with us in whatever we face today. His Kingdom purposes are in play in our lives.
God works His Kingdom Purposes in seasons- don't ever doubt His Kingdom purposes are not in play and He is not working out His perfect plan
Our plans can be messed up, but God's will is on time! Attitude Checked-Watch Set By Kingdom Time.
#Prayer 4 Us! May God direct our hearts to realize-show His love- being steadfast-patient in Christ- as we wait on God to come. 2 Thes.3:5 @worldprayr
Take a deep breath; be grateful God has given it to you. Our time does not belong to us – God determines it!
Don't moan over nuisance interruptions- instead watch for God opportunities in them and make the divine appointment!
Get Back To God! Dan 5:23 the God in Whose hand your breath is and Whose are all your ways you have not honored and glorified [but have dishonored and disgraced].
God wants to teach us many heavenly precepts-He uses His Kingdom Purposes in play in our lives to do so.
Kingdom purposes are very mysterious as they are worked out in the unseen by the undiscoverable understanding of our AWE-GOD!
I think the biggest misconception we buy into is that this day is "our day"! Our time belongs to God!
Our Time Today, It Is Not About Us! Time Spent Is All About The Will-Purpose Of Our AWE-GOD! Use It Wisely Today!
Jesus reveal Yourself to us in twitterverse today, reveal Your Kingdom purpose in play in our lives! AMEN! @worldprayr #prayer
I believe in# prayer. When I don't understand, I cling harder to Jesus- I ask Him to reveal to me His Kingdom purposes in play around me.
I realize that Kingdom Purpose is in play all around me, in every step I take it is being worked out for God's glory

Living A Life Of Balance

Excerpts From The Book:

When it comes to balancing our schedules with the interruptions that constantly block our best intentions, what does Philippians 2:13 urge us to remember?

Philippians 2:13 [Not in your own strength] for it is God Who is all the while effectually at work in you [energizing and creating in you the power and desire], both to will and to work for His good pleasure and satisfaction and delight.

My Thoughts About These Verses:

I think the biggest misconception we buy into is that this day is "our day"! Our time belongs to God, our next breathe He determines and when we exhale, it has Kingdom Purpose in it! Time is not about us, it is all about the will and purposes of our AWE-GOD!

God does things in unexpected and often incomprehensible ways! Why does Isaiah 55:8-9 say we are so puzzled over God's plans?

Isaiah 55:8-9 For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says the Lord.9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.

My Thoughts About These Verses:

I can't believe that we would even think we could comprehend the way God thinks. I mean just look at the ocean, its beauty and splendor and how the waves just keep coming in and the mountains, the majesty of them…. We could not do this… we cannot think like He does, therefore we must trust Him, we can't lean on our own understanding…

Excerpts From The Book:

As Christians, we need to cling to the fact that God is at work in our lives, and His purposes are always served. What seems a mistake to our way of thinking might be just the thing God can use for His glory in our lives.

My Thoughts About These Verses:

We can't reach the understanding of our God and I find when I try to understand why He does things like He does, I get stuck in frustration that leads to doubt and then the sin of unbelief… not a good pattern I want to pace my life in. I am learning this, have been learning this over the last 5 years. The Holy Spirit has been showing me about Kingdom Purpose. I realize that Kingdom Purpose is in play all around me, in every step I take it is being worked out for God's glory. I love the song that says: Lead me to the rock that is higher than I… this is where we need to look when we don't understand what God is doing. We don't need to look for the understanding, we need to look first for Jesus the Rock and cling to Him. I also believe in prayer. When I don't understand, I go to Jesus, I cling harder to Him and I ask Him to reveal to me the Kingdom purposes that are in play and until I see them, I walk in trust and faith, knowing that He is working them out in the unseen. Jesus reveal Yourself to me today, reveal Your Kingdom purpose in play in my life! AMEN!

Romans 11:33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unfathomable (inscrutable, unsearchable) are His judgments (His decisions)! And how untraceable (mysterious, undiscoverable) are His ways (His methods, His paths)!

My Thoughts About These Verses:

Kingdom purposes are very mysterious as they are worked out in the unseen by the undiscoverable understanding of our AWE-GOD! God's understanding is rich in infinite knowledge – profound in the heavenly hindsight of our AWE-GOD!

Excerpts From The Book:

God tells us that His ways are higher than our ways – beyond our ability to understand. But does that mean we shouldn't even try to grasp them? What do these scriptures tell us about our ways and God's ways?

Dueteronomy 10:12-13 And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you but [reverently] to fear the Lord your God, [that is] to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your [mind and] heart and with your entire being,13 To keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which I command you today for your good?

Isaiah 2:3 And many people shall come and say, Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that He may teach us His ways and that we may walk in His paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law and instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem

Isaiah 58:2 Yet they seek, inquire for, and require Me daily and delight [externally] to know My ways, as [if they were in reality] a nation that did righteousness and forsook not the ordinance of their God. They ask of Me righteous judgments, they delight to draw near to God [in visible ways].

Daniel 5:23 And you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven, and the vessels of His house have been brought before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know; but the God in Whose hand your breath is and Whose are all your ways you have not honored and glorified [but have dishonored and disgraced].

Psalm 25:4 Show me Your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths.5 Guide me in Your truth and faithfulness and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; for You [You only and altogether] do I wait [expectantly] all the day long

Psalm 145:17-19 The Lord is [rigidly] righteous in all His ways and gracious and merciful in all His works.

Proverbs 5:21 For the ways of man are directly before the eyes of the Lord, and He [Who would have us live soberly, chastely, and godly] carefully weighs all man's goings.

Lamentations 3:40 Let us test and examine our ways, and let us return to the Lord!41 Let us lift up our hearts and our hands [and then with them mount up in prayer] to God in heaven:

My Thoughts About These Verses:

We need to respect, highly respect God's way. When we don't understand the way He has chosen, our response is trust and love. We love God by trusting in Him, believing that His plan will eventually be for our good-best. Serving God with our mind, is letting go of our way, accepting His and yielding to Him His right to work out His Kingdom purposes in our life the way He sees fit. If I walk with God, submitted to Him in mind, heart and being, I will trust His decisions and bend my will to His way.

A bent will, a submitted heart, a willing mind is a good atmosphere for Kingdom Purposes at play to break forth in God-Glory! God wants to teach us many heavenly precepts-He uses His Kingdom Purposes in play in our lives to do so. Everyday we should bow before our AWE-GOD and ask Him to reveal Himself in our day. Show us Your way for this day! God knows the way He has designed for me to take and when I go off course, chasing after the human condition, His Holy Spirit will right my itinerary with conviction and truth.

Excerpts From The Book:

When we search for balance between our schedules and the interruptions that interfere with them, we must calm our frustrated hearts and remind ourselves it is God who directs our days.

Jeremiah 10:23 O Lord [pleads Jeremiah in the name of the people], I know that [the determination of] the way of a man is not in himself; it is not in man [even in a strong man or in a man at his best] to direct his [own] steps

Psalm 119:133-135 Establish my steps and direct them by [means of] Your word; let not any iniquity have dominion over me. 134 Deliver me from the oppression of man; so will I keep Your precepts [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. 135 Make Your face shine [with pleasure] upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.

There are occasions when my perfectly laid plans don't work for me. Why? Interruptions! Unexpected Delays! Circumstances out of my control. That's when I have to make a choice – either lose my mind, or look beyond my puny plan and see if God has something different or even better in store.

Lucy Swindoll

Excerpts From The Book:

We can experience an attitude adjustment when we realize that our very schedules are in God's Hands.

Paul's Prayer for us: 2 Thessalonians 3:5 May the Lord direct your hearts into [realizing and showing] the love of God and into the steadfastness and patience of Christ and in waiting for His return

My Thoughts About This:

Don't moan over nuisance interruptions- instead watch for God opportunities in them and make the divine appointment! #Prayer 4 Us! May God direct our hearts into the realizing and showing of His love- into steadfastness-patience of Christ- as we wait on God to come. 2 Thes.3:5

Excerpts From The Book:

When everything seems to be going wrong, we needn't become frustrated or discouraged. Pray for the spiritual awareness to see interruptions as just one more part of God's sovereign plan for your day!

Our plans are no match for God's purposes, and we are often stopped in our tracks by some unexpected U-Turn!

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God knows the way He has designed for me to take and when I go off course, chasing after the human condition, His Holy Spirit will right my itinerary with conviction and truth.

http://wisdomhunters.com/ Boyd Bailey

Perfect Peace

"You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD himself, is the Rock eternal." Isaiah 26:3-4

The world offers imperfect peace. It is temporary at best, as it comes in the form of materialism—a person—a pill—or a bottle. This caricature of peace prolongs pain and leads to long-term disappointment and disillusionment. Artificial peace restricts or rejects the peace of Almighty God, only to eventually come back and seek out what's real.

Are you able to sleep peacefully at night? Do you have an assurance deep down in your soul that Christ is in control and can be trusted? If not, let loose of the idols of worry and pride—and redirect your energies to eternal solutions. It's answers from above that bring peace that's within. Where there is trust in the Lord there is rest from fighting the enemy. Prov 16:7

"When a man's ways please the LORD, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him" (Proverbs 16:7, NKJV).

"Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God" (Romans 5:1-2).

God's peace gives us confidence to follow Christ in ministry domestically and globally. His peace of mind is assurance that we can move forward in a relationship or a new responsibility at work. A home that is peaceful is a haven for family members and for those who need a safe environment in which to feel secure and loved. Peace produces relational fruit that lasts.

Can the Prince of Peace be trusted to get you through this challenge with your child or this season of suffering? Yes, of course He can and He wants you to experience His peace, so you can be an ambassador of peace for Almighty God. People in turmoil, who engage with your peaceful demeanor, want to know more about what you know and have. So, use the gift of peace that Jesus has given you as a platform to proclaim His truth. Give away this gift to all who will receive—and oh what a difference it will make if only one life receives its benefits! You don't have to look far for candidates: a single parent, the jobless, a confused child, a fearful parent, an addict, the sick or a lost soul. The perfect peace of God cuts through confusion and keeps your mind and heart on Jesus.

"Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue" (2 Peter 1:2-3).

Have I made peace with God? Do I access His peace and share it with others? (2 Peter 1:2-3).

Related Readings: 1 Chronicles 22:9; Psalm 85:8; Acts 10:36; Romans 14:17

Psalm 85:8 I will listen [with expectancy] to what God the Lord will say, for He will speak peace to His people, to His saints (those who are in right standing with Him)--but let them not turn again to [self-confident] folly.

Romans 14:17 [After all] the kingdom of God is not a matter of [getting the] food and drink [one likes], but instead it is righteousness (that state which makes a person acceptable to God) and [heart] peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.18 He who serves Christ in this way is acceptable and pleasing to God and is approved by men.

My Thoughts About These Verses:

Self dependence destroys our peace with God. I believe a right standing with God when it comes to receiving His peace is willessness. When we serve God, we should not be looking to get what will benefit us, but focus on being someone who will promote the Kingdom of God.

A Minute With Maxwell

Energy! We are attracted to people who are energetic about life and about others. Lack of energy and passion is very unattractive. Majority of people just go through life just existing. People that have passion, we are drawn to. Have you ever been attracted to a person who could care less about anything. Energy-Passion is a choice. People who have passion, attract people who want to have a passion themselves. Energy multiplies, reproduces and energy influences. It is a choice, get up today and say today I will put energy in the people I see and the things that I do.

My Thoughts About This:

I agree! Energy and passion will draw people to my message of Jesus Christ, which is basically is me! My life full of the passion and AWE of God will attract others to Jesus. Jesus can give His passion-energy, but I believe also that the energy and passion we have for God comes when we develop and AWE-GOD attitude in our all and everything!

biltmore baptist- bill jenkins small group study

Read Habakkuk 2:4 and Romans 1:17, 3:1-4:25

· Habakkuk 2:4 is the key verse to the entire book of Habakkuk.

· What similarities do you see between Habakkuk 2:4 and the verses in Romans?

· What influence do you see that this verse in Habakkuk had on Paul as he wrote his doctrine of justification?

4 Look at the proud; his soul is not straight or right within him, but the [rigidly] just and the [uncompromisingly] righteous man shall live by his faith and in his faithfulness.

Romans 1: 17 For in the Gospel a righteousness which God ascribes is revealed, both springing from faith and leading to faith [disclosed through the way of faith that arouses to more faith]. As it is written, The man who through faith is just and upright shall live and shall live by faith

My Thoughts About These Verses:

If you are just and upright, you will live by faith and in faithfulness with an uncompromising life. The more you live by faith, the more your faith grows. Righteous=living your faith making you just to your word as you live uprightly, doing what is right and not just saying it.

Romans 3:1-4 THEN WHAT advantage remains to the Jew? [How is he favored?] Or what is the value or benefit of circumcision?2 Much in every way. To begin with, to the Jews were entrusted the oracles (the brief communications, the intentions, the utterances) of God. 3 What if some did not believe and were without faith? Does their lack of faith and their faithlessness nullify and make ineffective and void the faithfulness of God and His fidelity [to His Word]?4 By no means! Let God be found true though every human being is false and a liar, as it is written, That You may be justified and shown to be upright in what You say, and prevail when You are judged [by sinful men]

Romans 3:24-25 [All] are justified and made upright and in right standing with God, freely and gratuitously by His grace (His unmerited favor and mercy), through the redemption which is [provided] in Christ Jesus,25 Whom God put forward [before the eyes of all] as a mercy seat and propitiation by His blood [the cleansing and life-giving sacrifice of atonement and reconciliation, to be received] through faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in His divine forbearance He had passed over and ignored former sins without punishment.

My Thoughts About These Verses:

If people do not live by faith, that does not make the Word of God ineffective or void. God is true even if no one lives by faith. People say that they believe and that they have faith, but they must act like it. I must act out what I say I believe because a sinner will not be drawn to the words of my faith, but to the actions of it. God did not just talk about it, He did not just speak it, He sent Jesus to redeem us, by His blood. This showed everyone God's divine forgiveness. He said He forgives and He acted upon His Word. Faith is more than words, it is acting out what is right, believing God and acting like you do. Believing His Word and acting His Word in all you do!

http://wisdomhunters.com/ Boyd Bailey

Connection and Trust

Relational restoration is the goal of all who are seeking to follow Jesus Christ. You have a ministry of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:18).

Moreover, connection with Christ is the noblest need. Trust in Him penetrates your being when you experience a high degree of connectivity to Christ. However, when you experience a divine disconnect, you become prey to Satan's fearful lies. He seeks to make you a victim of his vicious cycle of cynicism. The enemy exploits relational disconnection with fear, anger, and suspicion. He does this in your marriage and in your working relationships.

When you humbly receive the love of Christ, you connect. When you humbly receive the love of people, you connect. Love leads to connection, because love covers a multitude of sins (1 Peter 4:8).

Go often for hugs from your heavenly Father and linger long in the love of the Lord. Connection with Christ sets the table for connection with people. The fruits of connection are peace, assurance, and trust. Stay connected for Christ's sake. Stay joined to Jehovah, and feast on the fruit of faith.

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Constant Conversation W/God 3/29

Week Of March 28th , Monday March 29^th 2011

AWE- ALMIGHTY GOD!

Make My Life A Constant Conversation With You!

(Psalm 62)This very day, I, Kimberly Ann McCarthy, am resolved to grow my roots deeper in the Presence and Knowledge of my Father God, the object of My love, in Whose Presence I, Kimberly Ann McCarthy, am determined always to abide in, moment by moment and in Whom I, Kimberly Ann McCarthy, will draw my nourishment and strength for this day.

Psalm 119:11 Hidden In My Heart…That I might live excellently

Inscribed On My Heart That I Might Believe In You With An Undivided Heart!

2 Peter 1:5-8

"For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ." –

Add To My Faith – Goodness! Jesus Is My Goodness!

For peace of mind, resign as general manager of the universe. -- Larry Eisenberg

That is so funny! Funny yes and so true, so very true!!

******Ramah From God******

Ramah Word! Selah …pause, and calmly think of this :

Daily Light Journal By Ann Lotz

March 31^st My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus!

Seekd first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all…. Things shall be added to you. He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him p for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely ive us all things? All things are yours; wheter Pauls or Appolos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come—all are yours. And you are Christ's, and Christ is God's. As having nothing, and yet possessing all things. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. The Lord God is a sun and shiled; the Lord will give grace and gloryp; no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly. The living God… gives us richly all things to enjoy. God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work… Phil 4:19; Matth.6:33; Romans 8:32; 1 Cor 3:21-23; 2 Cor 6:10; Ps 23:1 Ps.84:11; 1 Tim 6:17; 2 Cor 9:8

List Your Five Greatest Needs And Describe How Each Can Be Met By God

Willessness: I need to accept this season of life and all that is in it as coming from God with good Kingdom purpose in play. Yield myself completely to God. I have expectations, they need to be put in God's hands. He has expectations, a good plan and a great will for me, His good purposes are in play in my life everyday, everyday, everywhere I am, He is faithful to me. His faithfulness should fuel my gratitude and my gratitude will sit on my will and create an AWE-GOD atmosphere in my soul – yielding a willessness empowered by my Almighty Father God.
Self Control: When things are not going my way, when I am frustrated with people and things, when my emotions want to rise up against my will set for God, I so need to be self-controlled by the power of God. God's goodness can be worked into my character, I can receive it by His Holy Spirit and walk in it, adding goodness to my life will supplement my self-control with His power, His might and His ability
Peace: I need God's peace in order to grow through this season of life and accept His Sovereign Will for me and bear fruit in seasons that the weather is difficult to deal with. God is my peace and as I cling to His Love and walk out His Love, I will have His peace.
Friendship: I am lonely for human companionship – for deep kindred spirit friendship. God is my friend and in loving God, knowing God, He will make a way for me. He is my way-maker to all my hopes, dreams and expectations. The path to friendship begins with God.
Past Mistakes – Present Choices: I made impulsive mistakes that have hurt our finances and I am paying the consequences for that. Life is hard because of my bad choices, because I tried to fix something I could not fix and I made a mess of things. I need Godly wisdom in my choices. God has called me online, the Holy Spirit has anointed me with favor and has asked me to prepare for a new season of God-Adventure. The enemy is fighting me with both computers crashing, with internet line problems. He will equip me, He will fight against the enemy who is attacking my equipment. He is my mighty warrior – with Him I am and I will follow. He will make a way for me. He is my Way-Maker

Today Is A New Day: Hebrews 8: 12 For I will be merciful and gracious toward their sins and I will remember their deeds of unrighteousness no more.

The Lord Is My Goodness: Psalm 84: 11 For the Lord God is a Sun and Shield; the Lord bestows [present] grace and favor and [future] glory (honor, splendor, and heavenly bliss)! No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.12 O Lord of hosts, blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who trusts in You [leaning and believing on You, committing all and confidently looking to You, and that without fear or misgiving]!

Gratitude Is My AWE-GOD Attitude: 1 Corinthians 3:23 I Am Christ's And Christ is God's. In all things I am Christ's. Everything He is, I am included in. I am Christ's! AWE-GOD!

Almighty God Has Called Me To Followship! He Will Be My Way-Maker: 2 Corinthians 9:8 And God is able to make all grace (every favor and [a]earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need [b]be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation]. Amplified Bible 2 Corinthians 9:8 And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.

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2 Cor 9:8 And God is able to bless you abundantly-in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.

@theGenera1Millz I pray God reveals Himself to You in such a way, you can't help to completely follow Him

@thegenera1millz Sweet! God is good to do that, all we have to do is spend time with Him and He meets us where we are at!

Yes! There is Kingdom Purpose in play all around me today and I need to let be and let God play it out completely in His Goodness!

This is just a season! Let Be – Be Still – Know He Is God – Know His Kingdom Purposes Are In Play For My Good!

So True! "We should not beat them others with the Cross-we should be kneeling at it on their behalf" Author Unknown @worldprayr

****My Prayer! I Place All My Expectation In You, Almighty God!*****

Father Touch MH, finish the work You started in him, Holy Spirit bring him to a completely!

Touch Maryjo, Jesus encourage her today, strengthen her and grow her in endurance

Jesus touch my husband Bob, heal his body, strengthen his immune system and give him all He needs today to be successful. Jesus!

Father God, heal my body by Your Spirit, strengthen me by Your powerful healing touch. Jesus!

Father heal Summer, restore her health and help her to be patient and wait on You.

Father make a way for me to go to Summer and Chris's. Show me Your plan.

Father God be my Warrior God. Help me with my computer and internet problems, make a way for me. Equip the call You have given me Jesus. Help me.

Jesus heal Joanne's ant bites, take away the discomfort by Your Spirit

Battlefield Of The Mind By Joyce Meyer

Nothing But Christ (49)

1 Corinthians 2:2-4 For I resolved to know nothing (to be acquainted with nothing, to make a display of the knowledge of nothing, and to be conscious of nothing) among you except Jesus Christ (the Messiah) and Him crucified. And I was in (passed into a state of) weakness and fear (dread) and great trembling [after I had come] among you. And my language and my message were not set forth in persuasive (enticing and plausible) words of wisdom, but they were in demonstration of the [Holy] Spirit and power.

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Excerpts From The Book Battle Field Of The Mind By Joyce Meyer

Paul, being led by the Holy Spirit chose a defenseless presentation – to let God spake through him and touch the hearts of the people. For a long time I wanted to explain and reason out everything, but when that didn't work, I ended up feeling miserable, I've always been curious, always wanted to know, and always wanted to figure out the answer. Then God began to work in my life. He showed me that my constant drive to figure it out caused me confusion and prevented me from receiving many of the things He wanted me to have.

He said, you must lay aside carnal reasoning if you expect to have discernment! I did not like loose ends, so I felt more secure when I figured things out. I wanted to be in control of every detail of every situation. When I didn't understand or was unable to figure things out, I felt out of control. And that was frightening to me. Something was wrong – I was troubled and had no peace of mind. Sometimes, frustrated and exhausted, I would just give up.

I finally admitted something to myself: I was addicted to reasoning. I had to have answers and I had to have them right now! I had always depended upon my ability to figure things out. Now, like Paul (1 Cor 2:2-4), I had to depend on God. Joyce Meyer

In the name of Jesus, help me to simply trust in You, knowing You will give me what is best for my life. Joyce Meyer

Living A Life Of Balance

When it comes to balancing our schedules with the interruptions that constantly block our best intentions, what does Philippians 2:13 urge us to remember?

12-13What I'm getting at, friends, is that you should simply keep on doing what you've done from the beginning. When I was living among you, you lived in responsive obedience. Now that I'm separated from you, keep it up. Better yet, redouble your efforts. Be energetic in your life of salvation, reverent and sensitive before God. That energy is God's energy, an energy deep within you, God himself willing and working at what will give him the most pleasure.

Verse Of The Day@biblegateway.com

"God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." - 2 Corinthians 5:21

Notes From Listening To 2 Corinthians:

Earthy tent destroyed, we have a building from God, not built by human hands… While we are in this tent we are burdened, we hope for what is mortal to be swallowed up by life. God gives us His spirit to guarantee what is to come… home in the body home with the Lord, we are given the Holy Spiit to guarantee this hope we have to be at home with God. Eternal house in heaven not built by human hands…. While we are in this tent, we groan… God has made us for this very prupose and has given us the Spirit as a deposit guaranteeing what is to come. We make it our goal to please God. We will all appear before the judgement seat of Christ… good and bad things… We fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. If we are aout of our mind it is for the sake of God… Christ's love compels us we are convinced He died for all. We regard no one from a worldly point of view. If you are in Christ, you are a new creation, reconciled by God through Christ. Reconciling the world through Christ, we have the message of reconciliation, we are Christ's ambassadors as God is making his appeal through us… Be reconciled to God… God made Him Who had no sin, be sin for us that we might become the Righteousness of God!

My Thoughts About These Verses:

Regard no one from a worldly point of view, judge no one from your life-perspective. God see's the heart, we do not. Look to God!

Be reconciled to God! Bow before Him every day. Lay down Your Will. Confess Your Sins. Be found In Jesus. Be The Righteousness of God!

Constantly-Consistently I must be reconciled to God – confessing my shortcomings, my stupid impulsiveness, my lack of self control, my lack of goodness, bowing before Him with the human condition of my soul bared to His Holiness, to His perfectness, to His Mighty changing power…

I must learn to regard everyone from God's point of view. My viewpoint is tainted by my human condition, my human need for acceptance and my past experiences. I can't truly regard anyone with any truth or accuracy. That is some really good wisdom for me, because even now I have met someone who seemed so religious and who tried to mold me in a shape that I am not moldable in because of the way God has designed me. I was offended and I have been regarding this person through the eyes of my offense. I don't really know them, but God does and my shallow perception of them isn't with a heart view like God has. So I need to let go of my perspective and trust that God has brought this person in my life for a great Kingdom purpose, yes there is kingdom purpose in play all around me today and I need to let be and let it play itself out in God's Goodness!

Jesus Touch This Family- Be At The Center Of Us! AWE-GOD

"Being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience" (Colossians 1:11).

Precious Family,

This past week was an emotional whirlwind for us as we grieved the homegoing of a wonderful friend and we celebrated the joy of his life! Life is short and I realize the best way, the best way to live it is in Christ, in complete submission to His Will. I pray for us today that we all would be touched by God's Holy Spirit and be given the endurance we need to wait on God, to let God work in our lives His best. Believe me, He is working in the unseen for our good, His Kingdom purposes are always at play in our lives, working out His good- His best! It is so easy to fall into the trap of kindling our own fires and walking by the light of a man-made fire (Isaiah 50) I pray today that our family will not walk this way, but we will walk by the light of our Way-Maker, Jesus Christ. I pray we would be patient and wait on Him, being strengthened by His Holy Spirit. I pray we will endure patiently, and God will perfect us in His Kingdom purpose! God Bless You Much This Week Precious Family. Please let me know if I can pray for you specifically for anything, you know I would love to! Take Care! You are loved!

So Be This In Our Family Lord Jesus - Work It In Our Hearts:

James 1:4

But let endurance and steadfastness and patience have full play and do a thorough work, so that you may be [people] perfectly developed [with no defects], lacking in nothing.

Psalm 37:7 Be still and rest in the Lord; wait for Him and patiently lean yourself upon Him; fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass.

Here Is Something I Read Yesterday, Hope It Encourages You As It Did Me!

From Streams In The Desert By L.B.Cowman

Are you at the point of giving up? Have you prayed-waited with no evidence of an answer? Then perhaps you have not waited in the right way, which removes you from the right place – the place where Jesus can meet you.

Romans 8:25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance

Romans 8:25 But if we look forward to something we don't yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently.

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Hold steady when the fires burn, When inner lessons come to learn, And from this path there seems no turn—"Let patience have her perfect work."

James 1: 2-4 Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don't try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way.

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Constant Conversation W/GOD March 24,28

Week Of March 28th , Monday March 28^th 2011

AWE- ALMIGHTY GOD!

Make My Life A Constant Conversation With You!

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Today, It is my, Kimberly Ann McCarthy, passion that He, Jesus Christ must increase in me by having His Way in Me and I must decrease by yielding my earthly expectations to Him

Psalm 119:11 Hidden In My Heart…That I might live excellently

Inscribed On My Heart That I Might Believe In You With An Undivided Heart!

2 Peter 1:5-8

Developing My AWE-GOD Through Gratefulness

Precious Jesus, I can't even begin to thank you with words that are even close to being worth what Your salvation is to me. I am so grateful. Father God, thank you for the priceless opportunity to lead my granddaughter Ryanne to Your Salvation on Saturday, March 26^th. I will never forget that day or her sweet voice accepting You and being ushered into salvation for her life and for her forever life with You. Jesus!

A Seasoned Servant Of God Has Encouraged Me Today

Psalm 6:1-4

O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger; do not discipline me in Your wrath.
2 Be gracious to me, LORD, for I am weak; heal me, LORD, for my bones are shaking;
3 my whole being is shaken with terror. And You, LORD—how long?
4 Turn, LORD! Rescue me; save me because of Your faithful love.

How precious it is to be the feet of God to take a message of hope to someone suffering. Let God use your feet today. Let Him use your heart and mouth for His glory as well. And if someone you know has prayed a prayer likes David's above, you may just be God's answer for them. What an awesome privilege to be used by God in that way.

Pastor Elliott

My Thoughts About This:

To be used by God to make someone smile from the inside-out, to give someone hope who is suffering is one of the most humbling and precious gifts God gives us. When you think about it, God is not stingy with His gifts, He holds nothing back from us. He equips us with so much, we have soooooooo much that is worth everything because we can use what He gifts us with to make an significant-eternal difference in the human condition. It is so cool that God has chosen to use us, He can do it by Himself, yet He gives. I love our God! Have a great week!

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THEE WORD FOR THE WEEK

Sovereign Sight

Habakkuk 2:2-20

Monday – Read Habakkuk 2:2-20

1 [OH, I know, I have been rash to talk out plainly this way to God!] I will [in my thinking] stand upon my post of observation and station myself on the tower or fortress, and will watch to see what He will say within me and what answer I will make [as His mouthpiece] to the perplexities of my complaint against Him.

2 And the Lord answered me and said, Write the vision and engrave it so plainly upon tablets that everyone who passes may [be able to] read [it easily and quickly] as he hastens by.

3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time and it hastens to the end [fulfillment]; it will not deceive or disappoint. Though it tarry, wait [earnestly] for it, because it will surely come; it will not be behindhand on its appointed day.

4 Look at the proud; his soul is not straight or right within him, but the [rigidly] just and the [uncompromisingly] righteous man shall live by his faith and in his faithfulness.

5 Moreover, wine and wealth are treacherous; the proud man [the Chaldean invader] is restless and cannot stay at home. His appetite is large like that of Sheol and [his greed] is like death and cannot be satisfied; he gathers to himself all nations and collects all people as if he owned them.

6 Shall not all these [victims of his greed] take up a taunt against him and in scoffing derision of him say, Woe to him who piles up that which is not his! [How long will he possess it?] And [woe to him] who loads himself with promissory notes for usury!

7 Shall [your debtors] not rise up suddenly who shall bite you, exacting usury of you, and those awake who will vex you [toss you to and fro and make you tremble violently]? Then you will be booty for them.

8 Because you [king of Babylon] have plundered many nations, all who are left of the people shall plunder you--because of men's blood and for the violence done to the earth, to the city and all the people who live in each city.

9 Woe to him who obtains wicked gain for his house, [who thinks by so doing] to set his nest on high that he may be preserved from calamity and delivered from the power of evil!

10 You have devised shame to your house by cutting off and putting an end to many peoples, and you have sinned against and forfeited your own life.

11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall [built in sin, to accuse you], and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it [agreeing with its charge against you].

12 Woe to him who builds a town with blood and establishes a city by iniquity!

13 Behold, is it not by appointment of the Lord of hosts that the nations toil only to satisfy the fire [that will consume their work], and the peoples weary themselves only for emptiness, falsity, and futility?

14 But [the time is coming when] the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.

15 Woe to him who gives his neighbors drink, who pours out your bottle to them and adds to it your poisonous and blighting wrath and also makes them drunk, that you may look on their stripped condition and pour out foul shame [on their glory]!

16 You [yourself] will be filled with shame and contempt instead of glory. Drink also and be like an uncircumcised [heathen]! The cup [of wrath] in the Lord's right hand will come around to you [O destroyer], and foul shame shall be upon your own glory!

17 For the violence done to Lebanon will cover and overwhelm you; the destruction of the animals [which the violence frightened away] will terrify you on account of men's blood and the violence done to the land, to the city and all its inhabitants.

18 What profit is the graven image when its maker has formed it? It is only a molten image and a teacher of lies. For the maker trusts in his own creations [as his gods] when he makes dumb idols.

19 Woe to him who says to the wooden image, Awake! and to the dumb stone, Arise, teach! [Yet, it cannot, for] behold, it is laid over with gold and silver and there is no breath at all inside it!

20 But the Lord is in His holy temple; let all the earth hush and keep silence before Him.

· We must understand this entire passage is God's answer to Habakkuk's questions.

·What questions of Habakkuk's is God is answering in this passage? Refer to Habakkuk 1:12-2:1.

1:12 Are not You from everlasting, O Lord my God, my Holy One? We shall not die.

Why then do You look upon the plunderer? Why are you silent when the wicked one destroys him who is more righteous than [the Chaldean oppressor] is?14 Why do You make men like the fish of the sea, like reptiles and creeping things that have no ruler [and are defenseless against their foes]?

1:17 Shall he therefore continue to empty his net and mercilessly go on slaying the nations forever?

My Thoughts About These Verses:

I have so felt that way so many times! Why do the Christians suffer and the sinners look like they are just partying it up…. And why does God take the good people home when we could do without some of those who are so awful in their lawlessness? God works His Kingdom Purposes in seasons, but don't ever doubt that His Kingdom purposes are not in play and that He is not working out the perfect plan. Things may look horrible, we may not understand but we only see in part, we see only this season, God is tilling the ground preparing for our next season. It is just a season and God is saying a time will come… when I will make all things right. God works in seasons and we must love Him and trust in His goodness no matter what season of life we are in. All things are eventually transformed in God's Good Kingdom Purpose!

http://wisdomhunters.com/ Boyd Bailey

Forgiven People Forgive

"And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you." Ephesians 4:32, NKJV

Forgiven people forgive, because they are eternally grateful for the grace of God's forgiveness in their heart. They are keenly aware that outside of Christ, they are cursed to a cycle of unforgiveness—lost in their sins. Thus, the Lord raised them up forgiven, so then they in turn can forgive. Forgiveness on earth flows from forgiveness in heaven. It is something to be passed on today, not to be stored away for some unique future occasion.

Unforgiveness encroaches on the health of our relationships. Its cancerous affect eats away at our enjoyment of God, family and friends. Suddenly, without advance notice, we lash out at those we love—because of someone we don't love. Unforgiveness, like an inactive but rumbling volcano, waits to explode at any moment of disappointment. The embroiled embers smolder like sin and will erupt when pressure shakes its foundation. Do you hold a grudge that has a hold of you? Does resentment hang over you like a bad dream, only you never wake up? This level of emotional upheaval is no way to live for the Lord. His will is not for you to be preoccupied with people who have stolen your joy and hindered your fellowship with Jesus. Forgiveness frees you from the bitter taste of bitterness and replaces it with the sweet taste of grace. Thus, forgive as you have been forgiven. True forgiveness is sincere and all-inclusive. We are not in the position to judge who deserves forgiveness and who does not deserve forgiveness.

What if you forgive someone and they are unresponsive and unrepentant? You cannot control another's response, only yours. Trust that the Lord is working in their hearts and that your humble and sincere example will begin a work of grace in their heart. Love and kindness tear down walls of anger—grace and forgiveness build bridges of hope. Satan's destructive deception is exposed and destroyed in the face of your forgiveness:

Related Readings: Micah 7:18; Jeremiah 33:8; Luke 7:47; Hebrews 8:12

Micah 7:18-20 Who is a God like You, Who forgives iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He retains not His anger forever, because He delights in mercy and loving-kindness.19 He will again have compassion on us; He will subdue and tread underfoot our iniquities. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. 20 You will show Your faithfulness and perform the sure promise to Jacob and loving-kindness and mercy to Abraham, as You have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.

Jeremiah 33:8 And I will cleanse them from all the guilt and iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will forgive all their guilt and iniquities by which they have sinned and rebelled against Me

Hebrews 8:12 For I will be merciful and gracious toward their sins and I will remember their deeds of unrighteousness no more.

My Thoughts About This:

This could not be more true! I think unforgiveness is satan's plan to destroy us, not the person who has hurt us. I really do! Unforgiveness doesn't hurt that person, it hurts us, it causes us to be self-focused, to be swept away in bitterness, bitterness that keeps us from the promise, provison and purposes of God. Unforgiveness is a huge tactic of our enemy to hurt us. I truly like what he said about satan's lies being exposed when we forgive. That is too cool. I like what he said about: "forgiven people forgive"…. That is where our focus should be, on the true forgiver, the One Who has forgiven us much, not on the sinner, the offender, but on Jesus.

A Minute With Maxwell

Perseverance!

There a lot of times we have to keep on keeping on. We just don't quit. We will have a lot of temptations in life to quit. Those who quit, never succeed. You can't quit your way to the top. Persevere! Continue On… Develop The Discipline Of Perseverance As You Refuse To Quit!

My Thoughts About This:

Lord Bless Jeremy with the fullness of Your endurance and help him to persevere, to let Your Holy Spirit develop the Kingdom purposes in play all around him! Lord Help Each Of Us To Be Doing: 2 Peter 1:5-8….add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective……

Exhortation- The Shepherd's Communicated Love-Wisdom!

Answer To Kevin Wimbish Who Asked Me To Be The 6PM Chat Host. I prayed about it and I know this is where God has me right now. He definitely has me online, which is really different for me, He has always had me in hands on ministry, but a few years ago, He changed that up and I have to admit that I went with my will kicking and screaming! LOL! But I realize in Followship of Jesus, obedience is the best way for the greatest God-Adventures there are. I know you don't know me well, I am a "seasoned servant" had 30 years of 24/7 loving and serving God. I don't compartmentalize God, He is my Whole life and as Pastor Todd says at Christ Fellowship: Everyday… Everyone… Everyday… Everywhere…. I recognized a long time ago that God likes to deal with me in seasons and I should gleam everything out of my current season. Sometimes, it is a season where I get more rest, sometimes it is a season that I am full out, but always the common denominator is Jesus and the 1^st step of everyday is Followship! Because of the life-experiences I had growing up as very disciplined gymnast from the age of 6, I lived in a Gym. I learned the power of discipline. Of course, I took that into my new walk with Christ at age 19 and I became a Martha. God gave me the gift of Exhortation, but I had the skill of administration and the two clashed for a long time until the Holy Spirit finally won out over my will and transformed me into a Martha with a Mary's heart. Mid way in my walk as a servant of God, I learned a very important lesson, taught to me from the Holy Spirit from Isaiah 50. I was walking by the light of my own fire. I was kindling my own fire and the wood was "ministry". I could "do" ministry. I was trained, experienced and had gained a lot of wisdom from what I had experienced. So I could kindle my own fire and walk by the light of it…. But Oh, the strain of that… it wears you out!! My life now is that of a "seasoned servant" that does not lean on anything from the past, it is great to have that wisdom and I will only use it being led by The Holy Spirit. I want to redeem God's time and nothing is really worth the time expended, except when you are led by God, only then do have His power, strength and wisdom for the season at hand. I still am very administrative, very disciplined and very extortive (as you can see LOL) but with one HUGE adjustment... Jesus controls my moments… I schedule myself, but when God interrupts I drop it, and follow. I still discipline my devotional life, but when the Holy Spirit says I want to talk to you about this, what I planned gets set down. I write a lot. I read, I write. But nothing gets published for anyone except that which God says to say, when He says to say. When I kindled my own fire, it seemed like the gifts God gave me tortured me, wrung me out, but walking by the light of God's all consuming fire, is totally amazing. I accomplish more than I could ever hope for or imagine for His Kingdom and it is very humbling. When I first came to Biltmore, I wanted so much to fit in somewhere and I tried College Ministry under Pastor Tim, that was good and I tried to contact other ministries like children's because I have served there before but God kept shutting the door, and I never made contact. So then I did the smart thing… I waited… I know the Holy Spirit has put me in online ministry, I have been faithful to that for the last three years. I chat host for another church in Florida, their Saturday 11PM service and teach a life-group after their Saturday 6pm service. I also have taught their Triumph Over Suffering 12 week online class that is an amazing, amazing class. I have my website that I maintain and write for and it gets over 8 thousand hits a month with myriads of countries and God has me on twitter, encouraging-exhorting, Led by the Lord I schedule tweets for every day. I know the Holy Spirit is calling me to Prison ministry, to help with the Swannanoa Women's. I have met with Pastor Bill and I know God is calling me to the new campus, don't see the full picture on that, but right now it is intercession, but I know I will be there, I will be serving God there in whatever capacity He needs me. So that is a little bit of who I am… and you know WHOSE I am. Thanks for the opportunity to be used by God. I will be away for the 1^st weekend in May. My son is having surgery, he was wounded in Afghanistan last year and we are hoping huge this next surgery will give him back the feeling in his hand. They have not been able to restore full movement to his shoulder, but it is somewhat better. He needs one more surgery for that. But it will be six months after this one. His head injury is completely healed and we praise God for that…he does have a few memory blanks, but he is doing so much better. Thank God for that! Hope you have a great Monday. Let me know what I need to know about the online ministry, I want to be submitted to the plan God has showed you for Biltmore online ministry and come underneath your leadership, if there is anything I am not, it is a lone-ranger, I like being led. God Bless You Much Today!

****My Prayer! I Place All My Expectation In You, Almighty God!*****

Father touch Rebecca, give her a really good breathing day today by Your Spirit, by Your breath.
Jesus touch my family: Bob, Bonnie, Brad, Kiele, Ry, Kenneth, Christina, Chris, Summer, Noah and draw us to You, to Your Strength, Power and Might.
Father touch Brad, Bonnie, Ry and Ky and help them to adjust to the loss of Keith, help them to grieve together as a family and remember Keith in joy.
Father God, heal Summer by Your Spirit, draw her to You and guide her by Your Spirit. Father I pray Summer will be led by You, that she won't try to make anything happen outside of Your timing, that she would wait patiently on You. Let Be – Be Still- Wait On God- Know He Is God!
Father God, touch Noah, heal his body, be the Lord of his life.
Father touch Ry this week, draw her to You. She accepted You in her life at Keith's Funeral, I pray You Holy Spirit would nuture and grow her up in You.
Father touch Ky, minister to her broken heart. She will miss Keith terribly, I pray You would comfort her. Father create in Ky the heart of a leader, her to follow after You, be led by You.
Jesus be with Joanna, heal her body, heal the ant bites and help her fight off infection by Your Spirit.
Father I lift up Grace to you, a five year old who is showing extreme aggression, I pray Father God You would heal her from the inside to the outside. Heal her abandonment issues Lord, help her to respond to her adopted mom and give her adopted parents Your wisdom in dealing with this situation. Jesus!
Father touch Maryjo, she is going through a rough season of life, be with her Jesus, reveal Yourself to her, saturate her in Your Love!
Father be with MHarrison, I know Your Holy Spirit convicted him, I pray He will follow the lead of this truth, and make the adjustments You are asking of him. Give him courage, give him Your strength and I pray Your Spirit and Truth will guide Him.
Father touch Sherri today, guide her by Your Spirit, give her all she needs to understand and love her son with Your wisdom, truth and love.
Father heal Sherri's legs by Your Spirit, heal her body and help her to be whole again.
Jesus touch Mike and Bob, draw them to You. I pray Lord You would reveal Yourself to them, I pray they would come to know You, to accept You and to live with You for all eternity
Yesterday Lord, I felt Your passion for Wes and his girlfriend that they might come to know You. I pray You would reveal Yourself to them, reveal Your salvation to them by Your Holy Spirit. Jesus!
Father touch my body, heal me. I pulled a muscle that is very uncomfortable, Jesus help me to heal.
Father touch Jeremy, help him to persevere!

Great God! Great Georgia Adventure!

Father God give Bob strength on the job today. Thank you for healing his head-ache yesterday.

I pray You would give Bob the favor he needs with the masons. Change their heart and the way they do their work. Help them to take pride in their work.

Jesus guide Bob about our healthcare. Give him favor with LifeCycle about the healthcare deposits until we decide what to do.

Father, guide Bob to what His Kingdom purpose is in Georgia. Direct his steps

Father help me with Josh while Bob is away, help me to be able to train him and handle him by Your Spirit

Great God! Great Biltmore off Site Adventure!

Father, yesterday Pastor announced that the new campus will be at ACA. I pray You give the leadership great favor in this decision. I pray You call people to intercede for the new campus pastor: John Mark.

Father touch John Mark, put a hedge of protection around him and his family. I pray You prepare him for this great opportunity by Your Spirit.

Father I pray for the communities of Swananoa, Black Mountain, Oteen that You would prepare the ground, You would pave the way into the hearts of those You want to reach for Your Kingdom. Draw them to You. Jesus!

Verse Of The Day@biblegateway.com

"For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time." - 1 Timothy 2:5-6

Notes From Listening To This Chapter:

1 Timothy 2

I urge requests, prayers, thanksgiving be made for everyone… all those in authority, so we may live peaceful-quiet lives… There is ONE GOD- ONE MEDIATOR… For this purpose I was created an apostle-teacher of true faith to the gentiles…. Lift up holy hands in prayer without anger… Women dress with good deeds, appropriate for women. Faith-Love-Holiness With Propriety

******Ramah From God******

Ramah Word! Selah …pause, and calmly think of this :

streams in the desert by l.b.cowman

February 21^st

Romans 8:25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance

Romans 8:25 But if we look forward to something we don't yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently.

Romans 8:25 Patience Eliminates Worry! God's Promise Is Equal To His Presence! L.B. Cowman

John 6:29 Patience Eliminates Self Works! Believe! He Knows Your Needs Better Than You Do! Wait On God's G8T Glory!

Patience Eliminates All Want! Perhaps your desire to receive what you want is stronger than your desire for the will of God to be fulfilled. L.B. Cowman

Patience Eliminates All Weakness. Instead of thinking of waiting as being wasted time, realize that god is preparing His resources and strengthening you as well.

Patience Eliminates All Wobbling. God's foundations are steady and when we have His patience within, we are steady while we wait.

Patience Yields Worship! Col 1:11 The best part of praiseful waiting is experiencing "great endurance and patience…joyfully! James 1:4 Let patience have her perfect work and you will be greatly enriched.

Hold steady when the fires burn,

When inner lessons come to learn,

And from this path there seems no turn—

"Let patience have her perfect work."

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VERSE:

After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and

testified, "I tell you the truth, one of you is going to betray

me." -- John 13:21

THOUGHT:

I can still remember my friend saying it in church one Sunday:

"We think so badly of old Judas for betraying the Lord for 30

pieces of silver, but how many times do we betray him for nothing?"

Ouch! What makes this so difficult for us to bear is Jesus' anguish

knowing one of his own would betray him. Let's make every effort

and call upon God's strength so that such betrayal can never be

true of us! And if it ever is, let's make sure we run toward his

grace with an honest desire to escape sin and come back to him!

PRAYER:

Jesus, I am sorry for the times I have broken your heart with my

rebellion and neglect. Father God, I apologize for my lack of

passion and zeal for your Son's sacrifice that saved me from sin

and death. I want to live more vibrantly for Jesus so others may

see him and come to know him. It is in his precious and holy name I

pray. Amen.

My Thoughts About This:

OUCH! This hurts my heart. I know I have broken Your heart Lord Jesus, so many times because of my willfulness. I am thankful that Your Holy Spirit is continuously guiding and teaching me to lift You higher than my will, to follow after You. I pray and hope I don't break Your heart again. Jesus! I pray for the passion and zeal for Your Kingdom purposes, the passion for the things on Your heart today.

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John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

It's good to bring those things in our lives, which are hidden in the darkness, to the light. Many times we are slaves to them and we don't even realize it! We will go through a few devotions on this topic this week. God wants us to be free, so that we can be available for Him!

Pride, rebellion, and fear -- these are three things we have all struggled with -- no matter how mature we are in age or faith. Why is that? Rejection. Our friends have experienced it. Our families have experienced it. We, and all mankind have experienced it. It makes us feel hopeless and worthless -- And our tendency as humans is to overcompensate for these feelings by behaving in one or all of the three ways above. The first step in getting free is to realize that God is our defense in everything we have endured and will endure. He has always been our defense. And it is our decision whether or not to call upon His Name in our time of need and allow Him to arise and demonstrate His great power.

Kimberly, let's pray and ask the Lord to reveal any old wounds of rejection that have been covered over by years of pride or fear or rebellion and let's ask Him to forgive us for not allowing Him to defend us in those areas. May we begin to experience God's wonderful freedom even as we pray.

My Thoughts About This:

Very interesting! I never thought about it, but spiritual pride does and can come from the fear of rejection. Rejection makes us feel worthless and we overcompensate by acting out in self-righteousness. I used to walk so much in judgement, spiritual pride and self righteousness, until Jesus healed me of rejection. I had some pretty ugly scars in my heart from rejection, probably from people who had dealt with the same thing passed the poison!

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AWE- ALMIGHTY GOD!

Make My Life A Constant Conversation With You!

I, Kimberly Ann McCarthy have been created in Kingdom Purposes that God has in play all around me, therefore I will take up my God-Given Kingdom Trade and be all about His business today! I will be a Kingdom purpose fulfiller this day as I walk moment by moment in complete Followship! AWE-GOD!

If God be your partner, make your plans large.-- Dwight L. Moody

****My Prayer! I Place All My Expectation In You, Almighty God!*****

Father be with Tina and Kenneth, bring them home safely and thank You Lord for giving them such a great time.

Father be with Sherri help her to Let Be, Be Still And Know You Are God

Father be with David, I pray you bless his family vacation with lots of love and great memory making

Protect and keep his family by Your spirit.

Father be with Bob, give him great favor at Life-Cycle Construction. I pray Father God, You would help him with the subcontractors, give Him Your favor with them.

Father God show us what to do about Josh, it can't be about us, it must be about You.

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At The Foot Of The Cross

2 Corinthians 7 ~ The Message Bible

¹⁰Distress that drives us to God does that. It turns us around. It gets us back in the way of salvation. We never regret that kind of pain. But those who let distress drive them away from God are full of regrets, end up on a deathbed of regrets.

^11-13And now, isn't it wonderful all the ways in which this distress has goaded you closer to God? You're more alive, more concerned, more sensitive, more reverent, more human, more passionate, more responsible. Looked at from any angle, you've come out of this with purity of heart.

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Preparing to go to Keith's funeral, the tears are flowing, my soul is sad! I will miss him so much. Yet, my spirit rejoices in this young man, who spent most of his life in a wheel chair, a handicap that did NOT keep him from walking with God. He is now walking-leaping and praising God.

******Ramah From God******

Ramah Word! Selah …pause, and calmly think of this :

This is the day-plan-KINGDOM purpose God has given you. Don't complain=be dissatisfied-don't cling to discontentment; CLING TO GOD-make this day a Great God-Adventure by His Spirit-Power-TRUTH! Just Do It!

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His whole assurance was based in the fact that his father was trustworthy.

Kimberly, our Heavenly Father wants us to place our entire trust in Him and is pleased to show His faithfulness, we can trust Him to hold us even when it seems we are on the very edge!

SUNDAY SERMON NOTES!#SGLEAM

Am I passionate about in my personal walk with Jesus, so much so it finds a way of expression through my life? #SGleam Bruce Frank

Do I have a passion for people? Do I have a passion for lost people? When was the last time a lost person was in my home as guest? Matt.9:9-13

We forget what it is like to be lost! Lord, help me remember where I came from and give me passion for the lost. #SGleam Bruce Frank

So True! "We should not beat them others with the Cross-we should be kneeling at it on their behalf" Author Unknown

The Bride Of Christ= The church – needs to be open enough for anyone to walk in! #SGleam Pastor Frank http://biltmorebaptist.org

Do I have a passion for people? Do I have a passion for lost people? When was the last time a lost person was in my home as guest? Matt.9:9-13

#SGleam Pastor Bruce Frank http://biltmorebaptist.org

Self Righteousness is a form of pride! God can't filter His Spirit-Power-Love through our Arrogance

Matthew had a passion for Jesus- His passion for Jesus found its way into expression to people #SGleam Pastor Bruce Frank

If you have a passion for something it will find an expression – Be passionate for what the heart of God is!

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Don't say anything that does not come from the heart of God 1st - We can't change people and when we try it comes off self-righteously

QUOTES THAT ENCOURAGE-INSPIRE GROWTH-CHANGE ME

So how do we hold ourselves to a standard without becoming legalistic? By relying on the Holy Spirit for both direction and empowerment. He will tell us what to do to resist temptation and grow in holiness; and He will give us the grace to overcome and follow through - when we do as He says. If our disciplines are not led by the Spirit, they are merely dead works - good as they might seem.
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Jeremiah 29:11 "for I know the plans I have for YOU, declares the LORD

Dear Woman of God, Be still for a while and praise God for His favor, His grace and His awesomeness God is able to do the impossible and is always near

He loves us unconditionally.

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I, __ have been created in Kingdom Purposes God has in play all around me-I will take up my God-Given Kingdom Trade being about His business today!

I will be a Kingdom purpose fulfiller this day as I walk moment by moment in complete Followship! of my AWE-GOD!

Yes and AMEN RT @dougspoetry: If your enemies are hungry, give them food to eat. If they are thirsty, give them water to drink. Prov 25:21

Very True! AWE-GOD! RT @faithclubdotnet: #Jesus #truth Proverbs17:27 Those who are sure of themselves do not talk all the time. People who stay calm have real insight.

Yes Lord Reveal Yourself To Us Today! RT @GODSurfer: #Prayer - Dear God l want to do what\'s right so continue to show me and the world your love and forgiveness.

Yes Lord God! RT @GODSurfer: #Prayer - God,bless my family and friends...guide and protect us to eternal life... #GOD #JESUS #GODSurfer

Yes and AMEN! RT @habayebalmasih: God gives favor! God knows the plan He has for you. Pray, work, hope & be good to each other along the way

AWE-GOD! RT @100prayingwomen: #Pray without ceasing.

Yes and AMEN! RT @habayebalmasih: You'll never realize Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you've got. -Mother Theresa

AWE-GOD! RT @habayebalmasih: To love God is the greatest of virtues; to be loved by God is the greatest of blessings.

AWE-GOD! Thank You Lord! RT @Ines4C: God has poured out his love into our hearts. Romans 5:5 #jesustweeters

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Discerning God's Will

"Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will." Romans 12:2

God's will is the goal of every sincere seeker of the Lord. His will is not allusive, but attainable to His children—it is good and acceptable. But discernment is a process of testing and approving—so that a Christian's faith and character grows—and Christ's best is clarified. Discerning God's will is a spiritual exercise in divine due diligence.

God's will does not contradict God's word. For instance, the Lord does not lead couples to live together outside of marriage. Men and women are meant to come together in marriage. It is the commitment of "becoming one" that God blesses. Indeed, the general principles for living are already outlined in the Bible—to know Him is to know His will.

"I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better" (Ephesians 1:17). (So Be It Lord Jesus!)

What about career decisions? How do you know God's will for your work? If you are single you have the freedom and risk tolerance to travel the world. If you are married it is a joint decision for Jesus. His will resides in righteous motives. Don't be afraid to leave and don't feel guilty for staying—just make sure His peace precedes your decision-making.

Christ's best for you consist of wise stewardship, the alignment of your passions, gifts and experiences, and your investment in others. You can be certain Jesus wants to use you to draw people unto Himself—and family is your first priority for ministry. So, don't run ahead and leave them exposed to the enemy. Patience produces right relational results.

"Being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience" (Colossians 1:11).

God does not delight in keeping His children in the dark, so pray often and pray believing. It is in prayer that the Holy Sprit reveals His ways. Clarity may come in the form of a scripture verse, another person's example or godly counsel. The flesh presses for a decision, but the Spirit leads. You can trust the Lord to lead you in His providential path.

His will is not forced, contrived or manipulated. It's not a complex Rubik's cube; instead it aligns around your God-given unique purpose on the planet. Why did He create you? What gives Him the most pleasure? Place your life, skills, gifts, experiences and calling in the best environment to glorify God. Peace accompanies the discernment of God's will.

"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit" (Romans 15:13).

Am I waiting on the peace of God, as I am prayerfully determining the will of God?

Related Readings: Isaiah 53:10; Acts 21:14; 1 Thessalonians 4:3; James 4:15

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Think On This One Today: "Am I waiting on the peace of God, as I am prayerfully determining the will of God?" Bill Bailey

May the God of hope fill you W/all joy-peace as you trust in Him-so you may overflow W/hope by the power of the Holy Spirit" Ro 15:13

#prayer Lord Jesus Christ-Glorious Father, give us the Spirit of wisdom-revelation- may we know You better (Eph 1:17) @worldprayr

God's resides in righteous motives- Let His peace precede your decision-making. Bill Bailey

Tweeters! My #prayer is we: Be strengthened W/all power according to God's Might so we will have GR8T endurance-patience today Col 1:11

Praying4Tweeters! #prayer: Be strengthened W/all power according to God's Might so you will have GR8T endurance-patience today Col 1:11

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Christ's best for you consist of wise stewardship, the alignment of your passions, gifts experiences, and your investment in others. Bill Bailey http://www.wisdomhuntersdevotional.com

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