The Bridegroom's Voice: Constant Conversation W/God 3-21

Week Of March 21st , Monday, March 21, 2011

AWE- ALMIGHTY GOD!

Make My Life A Constant Conversation With You!

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Yes, Lord of My Life, Today, I am aware and very grateful for my salvation, knowing it gives me complete access to My Father God and His Kingdom purposes. AWE-GOD! AWE OMNIPRESENT-OMNIPOTENT REALITY CHECK!

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." –

biltmore baptist- bill jenkins small group study

Monday – Read Habakkuk 1:1-3

What kind of environment does Habakkuk find himself in?
How is Habakkuk's burden for his people and his land shown in these verses?
Do you see any resemblance in our society to Habakkuk's society?

Habakkuk 1: 1-2

THE BURDEN or oracle (the thing to be lifted up) which Habakkuk the prophet saw. 2O Lord, how long shall I cry for help and You will not hear? Or cry out to You of violence and You will not save? 3Why do You show me iniquity and wrong, and Yourself look upon or cause me to see perverseness and trouble? For destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention arises.

It seems like Habakkuk is in a very lawless, uncivil time. A time of fighting and violence so bad that there is destruction in the land. Habakkuk's burden is truly seen in his prayer to God for the people. I see a lot of resemblance in the lawlessness, the incivility, the unrest that is in this country, the violence that has escalated, the strife between political parties and the disunity of our country and lawlessness. The way we are pushing God out of our country, disrespecting His Ways and thinking we can kindle our own fire and walk by the light of a man-made fire is truly disheartening. Lord, draw our country back to You, back to You as our 1^st Love! Jesus!

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Mentally Engaged

2 Corinthians 10:5 "We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ."

Are you mentally engaged with eternal thinking? The world's cares can be so demanding that they can cause us to disengage from capturing our thoughts for Christ. Like an AWOL soldier, our thinking can wander into enemy territory and fall into false reasoning. Instead, the Lord desires that His children proactively capture every thought and make it obedient to Christ. Mentally engaged Christians are conscious to actively think like Jesus. Thoughts can be fleeting and flirt with sin, or they can be disciplined as a disciple of Jesus Christ. Indeed, intentional intellectual engagement with God's word instructs us in integrity. It's those who pay the price to not resign their thoughts to the trends of society that grow in their convictions to not compromise their character in Christ.

"Love the Lord your God with. all your mind"(Matthew 22:37b).

Jesus described mental engagement as a love relationship with Him. Does your mind pursue the Lord, as a suitor pursues his sweetheart? Sadly, some experience a joyful marriage of salvation with Jesus, but never grow into a fulfilling relationship that flows from loving Jesus, knowing Jesus and obeying Jesus.

"Finally, brothers whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things" (Philippians 4:8).

Phil 4:8=Your proactive plan to prohibit the devil's half-truths rests in filling your mind with wise thoughts. Like a full cup of coffee that has no room for any additional liquids-so a mind full of Christ's thoughts has no room for knowledge that's against Him. Thus, allow your master Jesus to mold your thinking into His thinking and you will gladly act accordingly.

"For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct them? But we have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16)?"

How can I grow my thinking, so I am mentally engaged in what matters most? 1 Cor 2:16 Related Readings: Psalms 10:4; 139:17; Romans 7:25; 12:2; 1 Corinthians 1

*My Prayer-HIS-THOUGHTS:

Make it so in me Holy Spirit! Help me to be mentally engaged in what matters eternally. Help me not to give any time to stupid thinking, but to push it out with the promises and truths of God. I want to have a proactive plan that is back by Your Power to stop the devil's half-truths and what ifs, to stop those thoughts short with a Promise Of God Road Block!! I pray Lord Jesus, that You would be the master of my mind, mold my thinking into Your Thinking! AWE-GOD!

A Minute With Maxwell

Responsibility

Leadership is all about responsibility. Why do you want to become a leader? Leadership is hard, you have to make difficult decisions, many times you are out on the edge, leading where no one has gone. Leaders stand out and people wait for them to lead, the responsibility on their shoulders. When a person becomes a leader the 1^st thing that is put upon them is the mantel of responsibility

*My Prayer-HIS-THOUGHTS:

Responsibility is huge when you are leading others, but God is great and He will guide us by His Holy Spirit as we stay in a personal relationship with Him. He will be the strength, wisdom, favor and truth I can stand out and stand on!

QUOTES THAT ENCOURAGE-INSPIRE GROWTH-CHANGE ME

There are always uncertainties ahead, but there is always one certainty--God's will is good. Vernon Paterson

****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.

Nesbitt: Pray my Mom's service Tues. will honor the Lord. Unsaved family & friends. Unspoken.

Parker: John's mom continued healing. Wisdom. Sale of house.

Black: Please keep us in prayer for Keith employment.

Moore: Donna's aunt (Joyce) - breast cancer surg. 3/21. Potential job offer for Andrew (son). Praise for answered prayers.

Carland: Prayer for grandchild due any minute!! Jan's mom healing after surgery from fall. Prayer for our world and all who suffer.

Tolle: Johnny Plott - was in rehab but now back in hospital & still has to have 2nd surgery - prayer also for Linda, his wife. Thank you!

Smith: Need sale of daughter's house in Sptbg. Praise, son-in-law passed all ordination exams! John Stillman - cancer/chemo friend in Hky. Family of 6 yr. old killed in train accident in Sptbg. Carl Yerkes.

Maloney: Praise: Our son Marty healing nice. Request: Sell our house please.

Allen: Pray for Samaritans Purse staff and volunteers working relief efforts in Haiti, New Zealand, Libya & Japan.

Ramsey: Praise! Kenzie is doing well in California. Continue to pray for Stephanie & Angel to have a job.

Pownall: Pray for our boy's walk with Christ. Traveling for grand-daughter & her mom coming to stay with us this week.

Hardin: Healing for Marshall's surgery. Our grandson is due anytime. Pray for all teachers and students.

Dearman: Pray (praise!) for a special fellowship today at Windy Gap. Pray for friends & God-daughter. Praise God for speaking to our children, Tonya & Eric this week.

McCarthy: My son, SSGT Christopher McCarthy is having his second surgery April 28 to repair his shoulder. We are hoping huge for him to get movement & healing of nerve damage.

Brookshire: Continued prayer for Sean & Ethan - also for friend's mom who has brain cancer. For Connect Group's children & grandchildren.

Short: Praise for God's faithfulness. Wisdom in decisions for direction. Unsaved family members.

McAlhaney: New Zealand & Australia: recovery from natural disasters. Jeff Edwards; pray for him to turn to God. Jodi, his daughter, that she will know the Holy Spirit is with her in time of need. Our soldiers and their families now in harms way - 3 fronts!

McDonald: "Fear God and not man." Pray Gary gets over his laryngitis. Family members and decisions for Cheryl's in-laws.

Jenkins: Bill's mom. Margie Berg. AJ

Bridges: Job for son. Interview for one this week.

Judd: Deb's mom continues to hold her own. She fell out of her chair last week, no broken bones. God is good all the time.

Wagner: Pray for unsaved friend, Sandra, that she will want to come to Biltmore Baptist. Continue on with prayers for unsaved family members, Jackie and Betsy, their husbands and children, restoration of family, united by Christ.

Huxford: Praise for a great visit with our daughter, Beth.

Carter: Employee, Jamie, nieces Brooke (pregnancy issues) and Tiffany (decisions). Jim's sisters Helen & Sue (family issues.) Thank you!

Olin: Monica - health. Greg - salvation. Brad & Chad's ministry.

Cline: My (Shearon) brother, Donald McIntosh, MD who lives in Gaffney SC has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma and is undergoing heavy radiation before chemo.

My Heart Thoughts From This Song: Worship Wisdom! Songs Changing My Heart-Life! AWE-mazing God!

When Tears Fall – We Are Never, Never Alone!

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Psalm 28:7

You are so good to me, always- so trustworthy. When hope is lost, I'll call you savior!

Psalm 28:7 Job 29:13 When silence falls, You will be the song in my heart.

Isaiah 58:11 My Spring That Never Fails! AWE-GOD!

Psalm 13:2 Psalm 126:2 Psalm 71 Isaiah 48:10 Isaiah 25:6 Mark 9:24

Through The Darkest Night Of My Soul – You Surround Me and Defend Me! My Defender Forevermore! When Pain Surrounds, I will Call You Healer… When the tears fall, I will praise you, through the suffering still I will sing!

Faithful and True God – Sustaining us through and through!

Have You Bowed Today! #Bow B4 God Willessly-He Gives The Grace-Strength To Be His Today!

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Hebrews 12:10-12

For the time being no discipline brings joy, but seems grievous and painful; but afterwards it yields a peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it [a harvest of fruit which consists in righteousness--in conformity to God's will in purpose, thought, and action, resulting in right living and right standing with God].

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Verse Of The Day@biblegateway.com

"But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit."" - Jeremiah 17:7-8

Notes From Listening To Jeremiah 17

Sin is inscribed on our children. I will give away your high places because of sin in your country. I will enslave you as enemies in a land you do not know. Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on strength of his own. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert. Blessed is the man whose confidence is in God… roots by the stream… no fear when heat comes… leaves always green… no worries… never fails to bear fruit… the heart is deceitful, who can understand it, I search the heart and the mind to reward a man according to his conduct… no riches by unjust needs in the end you will be a fool… a glorious throne exaulted from the beginning is the hope of our sanctuary… do not forsake the Lord, the spring of living water… heal me and I will be healed, save me and I will be saved. Jesus does not run away from being our shepherd. You are my refuge in the day of disaster, keep me from shame, keep me from terror… Go and and stand where the people go in and out and say to them hear the Word of the Lord… the Lord says becareful to obey Him… Keep the Sabbath day Holy, listen and pay attention, listen and respond to discipline… Bring thank offerings to God…

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Jesus, You are our refuge in the day of disaster, keep our hearts from terror as we trust completely in You! AWE-GOD! #prayer @worldprayr

AWE-GOD! The Lord is El Gibbor, the Mighty God of strength Who gives us endurance. Elmer Towns

AWE-GOD! You, Lord Jesus are our Spring of Living Water in this parched and weary land. You are our Infinite Hope!

Jeremiah 17: Heal me and I will be healed! Save me and I will be Saved! AWE-GOD!

Yes Lord! Deut 10:16-17 Cut away the thick calluses from your heart- stop being willfully hardheaded. God, is the God of all gods

AWE-GOD! Make It So In Us! Ps 119:37 Turn my eyes from worthless things, and give me life through your word.

Excerpts From: Elmer L. Towns "365 Ways To Know God"

Page 138 THE TRINITY:MIGHTY GOD (EL GIBBOR)

Deuteronomy 10:17 For Jehovah your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the terrible, who regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward.

American Standard Version

16 So cut away the thick calluses from your heart and stop being so willfully hardheaded.17 God, your God, is the God of all gods, he's the Master of all masters, a God immense and powerful and awesome. He doesn't play favorites, takes no bribes

Excerpts From Book By Elmer Towns:

The Lord is El Gibbor, the Mighty God of strength; He can give you endurance

The Lord is El Gibbor, He can protect you in danger- our Firm Rock that gives us stability!

Rock Of Ages let me hide myself in thee because He gives me strength, protection, stability.

The mighty protection of El Gibbor begins with an intimate relationship. You can't use His name as a rabbit's foot to protect you from harm. You must know Him personally and rest in Him intimately!

Mighty Lord, I want to know You personally. Rock of Ages, I will hide in You. El Gibbor, let Your power and protection flow into my life!

El Gibbor can't protect what you don't give to Him, so you must trust El Gibbor. When you are busy seeking yoru own glory and doing your own thing, how can He fit into your life? El Gibbor can't be your strength if you don't use Him.

Mighty God, I surrender everything to You. Mighty Lord, I yield my ambition and my possessions; guide me in this day and deliver me from the Evil One. AMEN!

Key Thought: God can only protect what you give Him. Surrender everything to God, yield your ambitions-possessions-life!

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

Father God, Jesus, Holy Spirit… El Gibbor reveal Yourself to me today. May we know the all of You in my everything

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AWE-GOD! The Trinity-Mighty God! El Gibbor! You, give us strength-protection-stability! Thank You!

Mighty God, I surrender everything to You. Mighty Lord, I yield my ambition-possessions; guide me in this day-deliver me from the Evil One. Elmer Towns #prayer

The Trinity-Our Mighty God! Know Him! Rest In Him Intimately! He Is Your Mighty Protector! AWE-GOD!

God can only protect what you give Him. Surrender everything to God, yield your ambitions-possessions-life! Elmer Towns

Caught up in your occupation, you can't be consumed by the heart-thoughts of Jesus Christ! You are called to Jesus 1^st!

Father God, Jesus, Holy Spirit… El Gibbor reveal Yourself to us today. May we know the all of You in our everything. #prayer @worldprayr

Jer. 17:7-8 Blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. Lord help us to put our trust in You 1st today! #prayer

AWE-GOD! The Lord is El Gibbor, He can protect you in danger- He is our Firm Rock that gives us stability! So Be It Today!

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Simply To Your Cross I Cling Lord Jesus! Rock Of Ages! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH9RJQnQPuQ&feature=related #tworship

My Heart Thoughts From This Song: Worship Wisdom! Songs Changing My Heart-Life! AWE-mazing God!

Whatever our lot, Lord Jesus teach us to say: It Is Well With My Soul! Help us to completely trust You, Jesus! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJpeylRl68o&feature=related #tworship

Though trials should come, let our assurance be in You, our fear controlled by Your Spirit! It Is Well With My Soul! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJpeylRl68o&feature=related #tworship

McCARTHY FAMILY PRAYER

Ephesians 3: 14-21 Draw Us (BOB, KIM, BRAD, BONNIE, KIELE, RYANNE, CHRIS, SUMMER, NOAH, KENNETH, TINA) To You That We Might Walk With You This Day And Forever!

Jeremiah 17:7-8 But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.

Father help us Bob, Kim, Brad, Bonnie, Kiele, Ryanne, Chris, Summer, Noah, Kenneth, Tina to put all of our confidence in you. Help us to raise our expectations of You and believe in You, more than we believe in ourselves. Make us strong in You, dig your roots deeper in Your love, so when hard times come, we will be stable as we know You and trust You most!

Hey family! Hope all is well! Praying for us today! I hope huge God touches each of us this week and draws us to Him in confidence. The Word will be our strength during these times of uncertainty and God will show us more of Himself. Please keep Summer and Noah in your prayers this week, they are both sick! Remember to pray for Tina and Kenneth traveling to and from Washington for safe trips and may God bless them with a fun time together. Ry and Ky are both playing sports, so keep Bonnie and Brad in your prayers as their days are busy! Dad was home this weekend, we had a great weekend. We went to Windy Gap for a picnic on Sunday, it was really beautiful there. Check out the pictures Dad posted on facebook one of the Grandkids and one of you all! Pretty cool! Love you, think of you often, pray for you much! Have a great week!

Notes From: Battlefield Of The Mind By Joyce Meyer

48 Trust God!

Proverbs 3:5-9

Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don't try to figure out everything on your own.6 Listen for God's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he's the one who will keep you on track.7 Don't assume that you know it all. Run to God! Run from evil!8 Your body will glow with health, your very bones will vibrate with life!9 Honor God with everything you own; give him the first and the best

Deuteronomy 29:29 The secret things belong unto the Lord our God, but the things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all of the words of this law.

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