Thursday, August 25, 2011

Constant Conversation W/God Aug 25 Wed

ALMIGHTY GOD!

Make My Life Excellent In You-Constant In Your Courage!

I Kimberly Ann McCarthy am determined to be found in the Love of Christ that has been lavished upon me with such abundance. Infinitely So! I will gratefully and with thanksgiving receive this great love of my AWE-GOD and love everyone, everyday, everywhere!

Isaiah 2:11

"The eyes of the arrogant man will be humbled and the pride of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day"

Humility means you fight fair together. You truly listen to the perspective of your spouse or coworker, without reacting defensively or judging too quickly. You are willing to change for the greater good and for the sake of pleasing your Savior. Boyd Bailey

Verse Of The Day@biblegateway.com

Psalm 116: 1 I love the LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. 2 Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.

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Thoughts As I Listened To Psalm 116:

God turns His ear to me. Death entangles me and trouble overcomes me, but I call on God and He is gracious and righteous, full of compassion. He protects the simple hearted. He saves me when I am in need. My soul is at rest, because God is good. He keeps me feet from stumbling… I believe and I speak it. I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord. I will fulfill my commitments to God. I am your servant Lord. You have freed me from my yokes and chains. I will be thankful and call upon You. I will be a testimony in the presence of everyone of Your Glory. Praise God!

Do more. SHOW the Love of Jesus, tell people about it as often as possible.  Then let the Holy Spirit do the work.  All we do is fish, the Spirit of God does the cleaning. Pastor Elliott

Devotional From Shepherd Wimbish!

Marketers are some of the best phsycologists because they know the human heart and human struggle. The best market stragedy has the letter I in front of it because it digs into the human need for "I". I and we can get so self focused so comfort focused that we don't reach others and help others and pour ourselves out to others. When we are full and content we are focused on I while others are starving. We are created to invest in the lives of others. Psalm 67: Let the peoples praise you, God blesses us that all the ends of the earth may fear Him. God blesses me that I might feed others who are spiritually hungray. Jesus said: Go make disciples… teaching them…. Ask God to open your eyes to who He wants me to feed, influence, poor your life into that they might reach the world as well… give them the food of life that He so graciously gives us…

Thank You! I need the constant reminder of: Poured IN- Poured OUT! God lavishes us with so much, we are rich! We need to take these heart treasures and pour them into others. Jesus said to us: The poor are always with us. I take that sometimes to mean the spiritually poor, those bankrupted by life and desperately needing God. Thank you "Shepherd Wimbish"…. LOL my new knickname for you. You truly are a blessing to us and I am grateful for you.

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Lord help us to be determined today to be found in the Love of the Father God. Infinitely So!

I gratefully today receive the Infinite Love of my GREAT #AWE-GOD and with it I will love everyone, everywhere today.

Today, I will be thankful and I will call upon You Lord for strength and courage to be Your testimony of Kingdom glory today. Praise God!

Everyone has sudden news that suddenly moves you into an urgent life-situation. What will you do? Panic! Be Paralyzed! Pray! Beth Moore

God is all about relationship and through prayer He forces the issue of relationship. Hit Your Knees Heaven Will Move! Beth Moore

What if we were so ingrained in the Word of God and His Holy Habits that when a crisis comes we default right into them!! Beth Moore

Philip. 4:6 EVERYTHING can be affected by #prayer No compartmentalizing it is all God's Turf! Beth Moore

Open your mouth and declare what God has done for you out loud. There is power in praise! Beth Moore

We do not have a situation God cannot change. He is able to change it. Daniel 6

Beth Moore

When the enemy is trying to drag you away to devour you, hit him in the heart with the Sword, The Word of God! Beth Moore

We live in a lion's den and the enemy wants to devour our marriage, children, career, testimony; we want to regularly wound the enemy with The Word Of God.

Beth Moore

Isaiah 56:

6  Also the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord to minister to Him and to love the name of the Lord and to be His servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath so as not to profane it and who holds fast My covenant [by conscientious obedience]--7  All these I will bring to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on My altar; for My house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples.

Daniel 6 CD: Session Six In The Lion's Den

Beware Of Excess! Be changed in this area! We are meeting Daniel in the Lion's Den!

Set Up To These Verses:

We are still in Babylon, the Medes and Persians have come in same city different government. New government, the same human nature. Darius the Mead has favor for Daniel. He brings him into a place of trust and immediately there is jealousy and they set out to conspire against him. So they find a way to do that, in order to be devout to Daniel's God, he has to break a law.

Daniel 6:10-16  Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house, and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he got down upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously. 11  Then these men came thronging [by agreement] and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.12  Then they came near and said before the king concerning his prohibitory decree, Have you not signed an edict that any man who shall make a petition to any god or man within thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed or repealed.13  Then they said before the king, That Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, does not regard or pay any attention to you, O king, or to the decree that you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day.14  Then the king, when he heard these words, was much distressed [over what he had done] and set his mind on Daniel to deliver him; and he labored until the sun went down to rescue him.15  Then these same men came thronging [by agreement] to the king and said, Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no decree or statute which the king establishes may be changed or repealed.16  Then the king commanded, and Daniel was brought and cast into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, May your God, Whom you are serving continually, deliver you!

Notes From Listening To Beth Moore CD # 6

Imagine being found guilty of prayer! If we were accused of praying, we would want to be found guilty of that crime. This is what we see happen to Daniel. He responds to the edict, down on his knees, nothing disturbed his Holy Habit, that which God had called on him to do. Ours is a different kind of lions den. We know what it is like to get sudden news, for suddenly in just a moment, life just changes and you are in an urgent situation. Sudden, we can be thrown into an emergency. If you are Daniel, you have no one to turn to, you are on! It is about you and about you doing the right thing. When there is no one to run to, grab hands with and get down on your knees with. How will you react in an emergency?

Everyone has sudden news that suddenly moves you into an urgent life-situation. What will you do? Panic! Be Paralyzed! Pray!

Be ready in advance for emergencies. You will not live without emergencies.

1 you can panic 2. You can become paralyzed 3 you can pray

When you panic you do the wrong thing. If you become parlayed you do nothing; if you pray you do the power thing. It is the power thing to pray when you are in an urgent situation. Two of them are the wrong thing. Hit your knees and heaven will move. God is all about relationship and through prayer He forces the issue of relationship.

Daniel had a window open towards Jerusalem this stems from 1 Kings that prayer. Daniel prays towards Jerusalem.

1 Kings 8: 34 When Your people Israel are struck down before the enemy because they have sinned against You, and they turn again to You, confess Your name (Your revelation of Yourself), and pray, beseeching You in this house, 34  Then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel and return them to the land You gave to their fathers. 35  When heaven is shut up and no rain falls because they have sinned against You, if they pray in [or toward] this place and confess Your name (Your revelation of Yourself) and turn from their sin when You afflict them,

When we lift our faces up towards heaven, we lift our eyes to the God of all and His Kingdom!

We all have an old pattern when Crisis comes? We want to pray every single day so that prayer becomes our old pattern. We walk with God so diligently and so deeply that our old patterns change. God can change our patterns. Wouldn't it be something if we began to react in the spirit. What if we were so ingrained in the word of God and Holy Habits of the spirit that when we reacted it was of the Holy Spirit. Defaulting into the things of God's Spirit.

What if we were so ingrained in the Word of God and His Holy Habits that when a crisis comes we default right into them!

.Phi 4:6  Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God.7  And God's peace [shall be yours, that tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and being content with its earthly lot of whatever sort that is, that peace] which transcends all understanding shall garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus

Don't be anxious about ANYTHING…. With thanksgiving… Daniel did this three times a day, He was thanking and praising God.

In our urgent situations we need guarding for our hearts and mind. In everything… everything… everything… can be affected by prayer. Everything can be affected by prayer. God would not tell us to pray about everything if it could not be affected by prayer… no compartmentalizing…everything is God's turf. Whatever it is pray about it and don't beat around the bush, just say it to God, get it out there on the table.

This is what will guard your heart, pray instead of being anxious. Energy is consumed with anxiety.

Why with Thanksgiving, because it builds up our faith and blessed the heart of God. Ina situation where we will have anxiety, where the smallest thing can become a big crisis, Open your mouth and start thanking God for how He has blessed you. Open your mouth and speak praise because there is power in the spoken world. God can read our minds, but the enemy can't, he has to read it from the outside. When you are speaking thanksgiving, you are doing spiritual warfare. Declare what God has done for you! God knows you, talk to Him.

Open your mouth and declare what God has done for you out loud. There is power in praise! Beth Moore

Daniel 6 17  And a stone was brought and laid upon the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet and with the signet of his lords, that there might be no change of purpose concerning Daniel.18  Then the king went to his palace and passed the night fasting, neither were instruments of music or dancing girls brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.19  Then the king arose very early in the morning and went in haste to the den of lions.20  And when he came to the den and to Daniel, he cried out in a voice of anguish. The king said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, Whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions?21  Then Daniel said to the king, O king, live forever!22  My God has sent His angel and has shut the lions' mouths so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent and blameless before Him; and also before you, O king, [as you very well know] I have done no harm or wrong. 23  Then the king was exceedingly glad and commanded that Daniel should be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no hurt of any kind was found on him because he believed in (relied on, adhered to, and trusted in) his God.24  And the king commanded, and those men who had accused Daniel were brought and cast into the den of lions, they, their children, and their wives; and before they ever reached the bottom of the den, the lions had overpowered them and had broken their bones in pieces.25  Then King Darius wrote to all peoples, nations, and languages [in his realm] that dwelt in all the earth: May peace be multiplied to you!26  I make a decree that in all my royal dominion men must tremble and fear before the God of Daniel, for He is the living God, enduring and steadfast forever, and His kingdom shall not be destroyed and His dominion shall be even to the end [of the world].27  He is a Savior and Deliverer, and He works signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth--He Who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.28  So this [man] Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

We do not have a situation God cannot change. He is able to change it. Daniel 6

The enemy will roll a stone over it and writes on it, it is finished but God can still change it.

VS 18 The king was so upset he could not eat or sleep. He felt responsible and he loved Daniel

19 The King was anquished…

Continually… A Holy Habit…

VS 22 My God sent His angel…. They have not hurt me because I was found innocent in His sight. I have not wronged you Oh King. Daniels interrity shines out.

VS 23 Now wound was found on him because he had obeyed his God.

VS 24 Along with their wives and children… terribly tragic but it was well known and established in ancient empires, when anyone in an upper level position betrayed the king in any way that when he was put to death so was his family.

We are remind that the Lions were hungry because they ate them before they hit the floor of the den.

VS 27 Then he issues a decree that Daniels God was the living God, Who endures forever, rescues and saves, performs signs and wonders….

Fiery Trial: Delivered from the fire! We can be delivered through the fire! He will take us through it and maybe some the ropes that bind us will be burned off of us! We can be delivered by the fire straight into God's Arms.

God has chosen again to Deliver through the fiery trial, having to grow through it. He delivers Daniel through the lions den not from it.

New Perspective! These were real live hungry lions….

It is not all uncommon for a lion to lick the skin off someone before it eats them. It is a painful death. This is not a cute elementary Sunday school story, it was ugly and was going to get mean, not a pretty death. Daniel was 80 years old. We live in the lion's den!

1 Peter 5:8   Be well balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring [in fierce hunger], seeking someone to seize upon and devour.9  Withstand him; be firm in faith [against his onset--rooted, established, strong, immovable, and determined], knowing that the same (identical) sufferings are appointed to your brotherhood (the whole body of Christians) throughout the world.10  And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace [Who imparts all blessing and favor], Who has called you to His [own] eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will Himself complete and make you what you ought to be, establish and ground you securely, and strengthen, and settle you.

Sword of the spirit, we must know the word of God when the enemy is trying to drag us away to devour us. Hit him in the heart, you pull out the Word of God and speak it in faith. Stab the enemy in the heart with the Word of God. We don't get ready for it in the moment, we draw back from what we know in an urgent situation, we want to default in the things of the spirit. We want to regularly wound the enemy because he wants to devour your marriage, children, career, ministry, testimony, he is mean…..

WE are in the lions den.

Keep our eyes open to Babylon. Figurative Babylon. Experience the wonderful side of Babylon,

When the enemy is trying to drag you away to devour you, hit him in the heart with the Sword, The Word of God!

We live in a lion's den and the enemy wants to devour our marriage, children, career, testimony; we want to regularly wound the enemy with The Word Of God.

We have the opportunity to experience gloriously intense encounters with God.

1 Timothy 4:16-18

16  At my first trial no one acted in my defense [as my advocate] or took my part or [even] stood with me, but all forsook me. May it not be charged against them!17  But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the [Gospel] message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was delivered out of the jaws of the lion.18  [And indeed] the Lord will certainly deliver and draw me to Himself from every assault of evil. He will preserve and bring me safe unto His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen (so be it).

If we are going to be victorious we will experience intense opportunities with GOD. If God did not take Daniel through the Lion's Den, He would not have experienced the glorious encounter with God. He saw, an angel to shut the mouth of the lion.

The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack. To Him be glory… Paul was all by himself. A Daniel type situation that he had to face it alone, but the Lord stood at his side and gave him strength. We have opportune moments to see God reveal Himself on this earth. It is not a God forsaken world because we have encountered Him and we know He is real… this was the last thing Paul wrote… In Paul's thinking He believed so strongly in the Sovereignty of God, He knew God would rescue him and bring him into the Kingdom. Delivered on home because no one can take me until my God says so… to live is Christ and to die is gain.

We have the opportunity to come from a terrible hurtful situation unharmed. Times of betrayal. Things that break our heart! God can bring us forth unharmed from this lions den. God can bring us through unharmed out of this battle.

Psalm 55 He ransomed me unharmed from the battle!

Daniel 6: 22

22  My God has sent His angel and has shut the lions' mouths so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent and blameless before Him; and also before you, O king, [as you very well know] I have done no harm or wrong.

Some battles are the consequence of sin and old sin. Not everything we grow through is a direct consequence of sin. God can bring you through, He can and will heal you.

Psalm 55: 18  He has redeemed my life in peace from the battle that was against me [so that none came near me], for they were many who strove with me.

Jeremiah 30:12

2  For thus says the Lord: Your hurt is incurable and your wound is grievous.13  There is none to plead your cause; for [the pressing together of] your wound you have no healing [device], no binding plaster.14  All your lovers (allies) have forgotten you; they neither seek, inquire of, or require you. For I have hurt you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel and merciless foe, because of the greatness of your perversity and guilt, because your sins are glaring and innumerable.15  Why do you cry out because of your hurt [the natural result of your sins]? Your pain is deadly (incurable). Because of the greatness of your perversity and guilt, because your sins are glaring and innumerable, I have done these things to you.16  Therefore all who devour you will be devoured; and all your adversaries, every one of them, will go into captivity. And they who despoil you will become a spoil, and all who prey upon you will I give for a prey.17  For I will restore health to you, and I will heal your wounds, says the Lord, because they have called you an outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no one seeks after and for whom no one cares!18  Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will release from captivity the tents of Jacob and have mercy on his dwelling places; the city will be rebuilt on its own [old] moundlike site, and the palace will be dwelt in after its former fashion.

The world see's your wound as incurable, but God says I am the one Who heals you.

Daniel 6: 23  Then the king was exceedingly glad and commanded that Daniel should be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no hurt of any kind was found on him because he believed in (relied on, adhered to, and trusted in) his God.

No wound was found on Daniel because he trusted in God. The process of healing takes time and it is not done until that wound starts to heal.

A worldly Darius becomes impressed with God because Daniel went through the "lions den" experience with a trusting faith. Beth Moore

26  I make a decree that in all my royal dominion men must tremble and fear before the God of Daniel, for He is the living God, enduring and steadfast forever, and His kingdom shall not be destroyed and His dominion shall be even to the end [of the world].27  He is a Savior and Deliverer, and He works signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth--He Who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.

.Whosoever believes in Me will have everlasting life. If we keep our noses clean in this Babylon, not buy it s press and become all self absorbed ambitions successive and seeking every luxury we could find, we have the capacity of huge influence, influence the influential just like Daniel did Darius. We can be used of God to influence the influential.

We are positioned to bear much fruit, keep our nose clean, we are called to influence the influential.

We are not delivered from it or through it but by it. The kingdom of God can not be stopped, it will endure and as long as we are here, we have a job to do right here in Babylon, it is not a forsaken world, it has a redeemer who lives in us.

Lord, Thank You. I want to be different for the rest of my days. I don't want to get over Daniel 1-6. Mark us. Heal us. Help us to be able to be people who bear fruit and bear influence and not be trapped in our incurable wounds, heal us and bring us on through the fire so we can come out on the other side without smelling like smoke. Jesus deliver us from every evil attack and take us safely to Your Heavenly Kingdom. We praise You Jesus. AMEN!

****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.

August 24th 2011 Prayer

Hey BBC Online Peeps! Today is a good day to say! THANK YOU JESUS! We had two online groups with very successful starts this week. AWE-GOD! We praise You and thank You for the privilege we have to be Your Servant Warriors! Thank you Jesus for Pastor Kevin, for his vision for online ministry and for the excellent way in which he shepherds and equips all of us. We are grateful Lord God! AMEN!

Jesus touch Pop by Your Spirit, Father God hold Pop in Your healing hands, be His inner strength, his outer healer and the ALL in his everything today. Give Pastor Kevin and all Pops family Your peace that surpasses every love concern for Pop. Jesus! You are the solution, we pray to You, we hope huge in You. AMEN!

Father touch a special friend today who has gotten a very strange diagnosement, that just doesn't make earthly sense. Be with this friend, I pray for Your Hand of Protection, Your word to be the final word and Your healing power to saturate this body by Your Almighty Spirit. Jesus! Fight for this and keep the enemy at bay. Jesus!

Psalm 55:18 He ransoms me and keeps me safe from the battle waged against me, though many still oppose me. (NLT) Holy Bible. New Living Translation copyright© 1996, 2004, 2007

Father touch my son Chris, heal his body, touch his body with a special and powerful healing touch. Jesus!

Jesus be with Amy, strengthen her as she takes care of her grandma and protect her mom on her business trip

Father touch the Hansen family, comfort them in the midst of this transition, guide and direct them Jesus.

Father God be with Lee and Lynn, be with this family and establish Your order in it, be the Way-Maker of this family Jesus! Help them to be in one accord with Your Will. Jesus.

Jesus touch Tiffany as she deals with the issues of the relationship with her fiancé Josh, Jesus be at the center of this relationship and bring reconciliation. Jesus be the restorer and give this relationship a second chance to blossom in peace and truth. Break the silence and speak peace. Jesus.

Jesus touch Bob Liebman, heal and restore his health after surgery. Protect his body from infection.

Jesus touch my cousin Wesley, restore his strength be the hope and peace of his life, give him a healing touch upon his heart and protect him from infection as he heals. Be His inner peace.

Father God be with Gary, I pray You would open the doors of provision for him by Your Spirit.

Father touch each person in the Jonah class last night, I pray by Your Spirit that you would take the Word and apply it, change them into the image You have destined for them, into the character of Yoru Son Jesus. Touch Chad, Christy, Michelle, Viviane, Bob, Gary, TK, Larry this week, encourage them and strengthen them. Jesus

Jesus I pray for Chad's ex wife, I ask you to draw her to You, I pray for her salvation and destiny to be in God's Kingdom. Touch Chad's son Tyler, undergird him in Your peace, comfort his heart and help him as he goes through this tough time.

I pray for Michelle M. I ask you Jesus to be her provider, help her with her mortgage Jesus. Jesus I pray for a miracle of Your provision for Michelle. So be it. Help her to keep the home of her childrens childhood by Your Spirit. Jesus.

Father God be with Viviane today, be her favor, be her justice in the all of this situation in this court today may Your reign. Jesus. Father be with her parents in Puerto Rico protect and keep them and be their way-maker. Jesus.

Jesus touch Larry and protect him and his business interests during this hurricane season, put Your hand of protection over everything in his life.

Father touch Tori today, strengthen him in the strength of Your might, let the Word of God rise up in every decision today. Deliver Him Jesus.

Jesus be with my husband today in strength, wisdom and favor on this jobsite. Help him to move mountains by Your miraculous power, be in charge of this site Jesus. Make a way for Bob to finish on time, a miraculous way, Your way. Jesus!

Father Touch Rebecca, give her a great breathing day today, heal her body Jesus, strengthen her endurance, bless her much today. Jesus.

http://wisdomhunters.com/ Boyd Bailey

Stubborn Pride

"'I will break down your stubborn pride and make the sky above you like iron and the ground beneath you like bronze.'" Leviticus 26:19

Stubborn pride creates hardened hearts. It is shortsighted and insecure in its aggressive attempts to control. Stubborn pride acts as if it has everything together and doesn't need the help of anyone, even God. Its stiff attitude is frustrating when attempting to work out conflicting issues.

The demands of stubborn pride are unreasonable and its perspective is skewed toward itself. Stubborn pride resists change and misses out on improvement for the sake of the project, the team, or its family. Everyone has to be careful of stubborn pride sneaking into his or her beliefs and behaviors.

Stubborn pride rejects relational engagement that requires confession and forgiveness. There is an aversion to authenticity because this means admission of mistakes and failures. Stubborn pride will dig itself into a deeper hole of distant living before it takes a risk of being found out.

However, in reality, discerning people already understand the charade and the manipulation of a man or a woman who is unable to admit faults. Humility can help someone sucked into the seduction of stubborn pride and it actually melts under the heat of humility. God has a way of wresting control away from stubborn pride.

He will not stand by and allow stubborn pride to suffocate His servants. His passion is to break the spell of stubborn pride and bring it into relational reality. Humility means you fight fair together. You truly listen to the perspective of your spouse or coworker, without reacting defensively or judging too quickly. You are willing to change for the greater good and for the sake of pleasing your Savior.

The Lord loves us too much to stand by while we struggle under the influence of stubborn pride. Like wild stallions with lots of will power and energy, we need brokenness and training. Almighty God is our Master and trainer. He uses whatever means necessary to get our attention. His Holy Spirit is assigned to break our will and align our spirit with His. God is the one trying to get our attention.

We may be mad at others, but our case is against Christ. The Spirit's conviction is what causes us to cringe and shrink back from stubborn pride's relational poison. Christ's brokenness leads us to let go of control and trust Him. He breaks us from the power of ourselves. He breaks us to be bold for Him. He breaks us and molds us into reasonable people who honor the views of others. Quote By Boyd Bailey

Do not negotiate with stubborn pride, but break it under the hammer of humility and replace it with love, respect, and forgiveness. God's brokenness brings down pride. The Bible says, "The eyes of the arrogant man will be humbled and the pride of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day" (Isaiah 2:11).

Taken from the August 20th reading in the 365-day devotional book, Seeking Daily the Heart of God Boyd Bailey

A Minute With Maxwell

Adversity:

There is never a perfect day in anyone's life. Perfect days they don't come to us. Life is stress. It is not the stress or adversity that causes us the difficulties or sinks our boat, it is how we handle. It is not what happens to me but what happens in me. I can't control what happens to me, but I can control what happens in me. Perfect day? Not! Life is stress. I can't control what happens to me, but I can control what happens in me. Jesus Lives In Me! Jesus Lives In Me! Stress lives to pressure the outside of me. I hope to keep the door of my heart shut to stress and this is what makes my day perfect!

"Lord, I have finished the work which You have given me in this chapter of life. Show me what is next so that I may not be caught unaware. Show me so that I may not keep doing the same things; spinning my wheels for lack of direction. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Let it begin anew in me today." Amen Pastor Elliott

A Minute With Maxwell

Mindset

A person has a pattern of thinking and principles. A mind set on a certain tupe of thinking. Paul tells us to set our minds on things that add value. Have a mind set on the best things. We can set our mind to think on anything. As a person thinks in their heart, so they become. Set your mind on the positive things and it will make a difference in your life.

This season of my life, I am not living out my dream for myself, but God's Sovereign plan for me which is not what I would have chosen. Therefore, I have to guard my mind. I find myself drifting to what about me thoughts, thoughts that see only the now and do not take captive my belief that God has a whole plan and in its entirety it is good and will be seen as so because God always finishes what He starts. The part of my life I see now, I keep out of my mindsets by believing that God is at work in the unseen, His seen purposes and unseen purposes are in play to work out a magnificent plan, the destiny He has for me as I partner with Him for His Kingdom good. So my mind set is constantly being challenged in this season of my life by negative thinking and I fight back with my Omnipresent Reality Check that always comes back with positive truth proof power punch, because I know that God is working in my life for His Kingdom good!

A Seasoned Servant Of God Has Encouraged Me Today

Rudeness

"Plain speech is to be admired, but a lot that passes for plain is simply rude. The trouble with the man who boasts that he calls a spade a spade is that he often ends by calling everything a spade."

(A.W. Tozer quoted in James L. Snyder. In Pursuit of God: The Life of A. W. Tozer, Camp Hill, PA: Christian Publications, 1991, p. 116)

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things."

Dear Bob and Kim,

One of the first signs of Christian Maturity (or the "meat") is actually showing LOVE; surrendering it to others, giving it away freely. When I confess my shortcomings and sins to God I will not point out others whom I think may have the same shortcomings and sins for that in itself is yet another sin. I will take ownership of my shortcomings and sins that my confession, repentance, and deliverance may be true.

Let's pray that today we will be slow to take offense, quick to forgive and think before we speak. Let's all pray that we will not commit the sin of rudeness and arrogance. Let's all pray that we search own hearts and souls and not talk about the shortcomings and sins of others. Let's pray we will not identify people by their sinful pasts but see them as you see them and love them where they are.

Forgive me Lord. Philippians 4:13 "I can do all this through Christ who gives me strength".

And LORD I know that includes walking worthy of my calling. I CAN do it through Jesus Christ.

I pray today You will help me be part of the solution and not part of the problem. In and for Jesus, AMEN. Pastor Elliott

My Thoughts About This:

Hey Pastor Elliott! That was perfect for me today. As you know, God likes to send Bob and I out on these crazy God Adventures…. I thought I was pretty much done with all this, but God has sent me to Nineveh! LOL! We still have our home in NC, but we are currently living in Columbus Georgia for the next 8 months in an apartment owned by the company Bob is working for. God has divinely connected us with Campus Military Ministry, so every Sunday we speak to over 300 soldiers on the Ft Campbell base, speaking to them about Jesus. That is the easy part of my Ninevah and my heart humbly bows at the privilege of sharing Jesus with those who may one day give their lives for my freedom. Thanks for this devotional today, once again my course is set by God's Truth and as much as I would like to leave Nineveh (Georgia) and run back home, I will stay here because this is where God asked me to be!

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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

AWE- ALMIGHTY GOD!

Make My Life Excellent In You-Constant In Your Courage!

Psalm 91:4

He will cover you with his feathers. He will shelter you with his wings. His faithful promises are your armor and protection.

The last days are upon us. You didn't ask to be born when you were. God chose you to be alive now. With that choosing comes all the grace you need to stand and be a hero of faith in these awesome days. Embrace His grace, embrace the tremendous privilege that is yours. Like the three young men in the fiery furnace, say boldly and courageously, "Our God is able to deliver us, but even if He doesn't, we will not bow." Barbara Richmond

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Have you bowed today!? Bow! Surrender All To Jesus! Give Him Your Life. ALL!

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Oh My Beautiful Church, I love you! How I long for you to love Me intimately and trust Me completely.

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streams in the desert by l.b.cowman

April 17th Sent By The Holy Spirit To This Date For His Purposes!

Job 12:9

9Who [is so blind as] not to recognize in all these [that good and evil are promiscuously scattered throughout nature and human life] that it is God's hand which does it [and God's way]?

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Excerpt From The Book Streams In The Desert:

"A number of years ago the most magnificent diamond in the history of the world was found in an
African mine. It was then presented to the king of England. The king sent it to Amsterdam to be cut by an expert stone cutter. He took this gem of priceless value and cut a notch in it. Then he struck it one hart time with his hammer, and the majestic jewel fell into his hand, broken in two. All you see is that one blow with the hammer, but what you did not see was it had been studied and planned for days, and even weeks. Drawings and models had been made of the gem. It qualities, defects and possible lines along which it would split had all been studied to the smallest detail. And the man to whom it was entrusted was one of the most skilled stonecutters in the world.

The blow that seemed to be the ruin of the majestic precious stone was actually its perfect redemption, for from the halves were fashioned into two magnificent gems. Only the skilled eye of the expert stonecutter could have seen the beauty of two diamonds hidden in the rough, uncut stone as it come from the mine.

Sometimes, in the same way, God lets a stinging blow fall on your life. You bleed, feeling the pain, and your soul cries out I agony. At first you think the blow is an appalling mistake. But it is not, for you are the most precious jewel in the world to God. And He is the most skilled stone cutter in the universe.

Someday you are to be a jewel adoring the crown of the King. As you lie in His hand now, He knows just how to deal with you. Not one blow will be permitted to fall on your apprehensive soul except what the love of God allows. And you may be assured that from the depths of the experience, you will see untold blessings and spiritual enrichment you have never before imagined." J.H. M.

Excerpts From George McDonald;s Book:

"I wonder why God made me. I certainly don't see any purpose in it!"

"Perhaps you don't see any purpose yet, but then, He isn't finished making you. And besides, you are arguing with the process."

Excerpt From Streams In The Desert!

"If people would only believe they are still in the process of creation, submit to the Maker, allowing Him to handle them as a potter handles clay, and yield themselves in one shining deliberate action to the turning of His wheel, they would soon find themselves able to welcome every pressure from His hand on them, even if it results in pain. And sometimes they should not only believe but also have God's purpose in sight:"

Hebrews 2:10-13

It makes good sense that the God who got everything started and keeps everything going now completes the work by making the Salvation Pioneer perfect through suffering as he leads all these people to glory. Since the One who saves and those who are saved have a common origin, Jesus doesn't hesitate to treat them as family, saying, I'll tell my good friends, my brothers and sisters, all I know about you; I'll join them in worship and praise to you. Again, he puts himself in the same family circle when he says, Even I live by placing my trust in God. And yet again, I'm here with the children God gave me.

The Message Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson

My Thoughts About This:

I wince when I think about my God of Love hitting me with a blow. It is so hard to fathom, so hard to make sense out of it and it is a part of my Christianity I don't want to talk about or look at, at times. When an athlete blows her knee out in the prime of her season, a father is killed in Iraq, a mom dies of cancer, a 16 year old daughter runs away from home, a child starves, a job is lost, a home is lost, a friend dies of cancer, a helicopter is shot down with 30 dead… I have to admit I have always had an earthly viewpoint of suffering and it is time for me to learn and grow in Kingdom things, to see things through the perspective of the "kingdom purpose principle". Life is not just about me being comfortable and at ease and always making perfect sense. Everything doesn't always make sense to me, even my Savior, dying on a cross, a KING coming to earth as a pauper makes no human sense to me from the perspective of my human condition. In light of the Kingdom of God, suffering and sacrifice have been invested in my eternity. For the greater good, the better purpose, my loving Father God will allow suffering to touch my life, just as He did His only son, Jesus. Suffering is not outside the Presence, purpose, provision and peace of God, therefore I do not dread, forebode or fear. Instead I say: Not my human will but Your Kingdom purpose be done in me and through me. AMEN! I accept the part of My Christianity, the kingdom purpose principle, that at times I was not made to wrap my mind around but am supposed to slip my belief and trust in the flow of the blood of the Lamb, sacrificed for my eternity. Living for the here and now is overated, the Kingdom of God is at hand!

Matthew 11:10-20

This is the one of whom it is written, Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You, who shall make ready Your way before You. 11 Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12 And from the days of John the Baptist until the present time, the kingdom of heaven has endured violent assault, and violent men seize it by force [as a precious prize--a [a]share in the heavenly kingdom is sought with most ardent zeal and intense exertion]. 13 For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied up until John. 14 And if you are willing to receive and accept it, John himself is Elijah who was to come [before the kingdom]. 15 He who has ears to hear, let him be listening and let him consider and [b]perceive and comprehend by hearing. 16 But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like little children sitting in the marketplaces who call to their playmates, 17 We piped to you [playing wedding], and you did not dance; we wailed dirges [playing funeral], and you did not mourn and beat your breasts and weep aloud. 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking [with others], and they say, He has a demon! 19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking [with others], and they say, Behold, a glutton and a wine drinker, a friend of tax collectors and [[c]especially wicked] sinners! Yet wisdom is justified and vindicated by what she does (her deeds) and by [d]her children. 20 Then He began to censure and reproach the cities in which most of His mighty works had been performed, because they did not repent [and their hearts were not changed].

Amplified Bible (AMP) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation

My Thoughts About This:

The Kingdom of God is to be seized. We need to be actively following Jesus and not waiting for the Kingdom to show itself our way, in a way we can understand or feel comfortable with! You don't wait for the kingdom to happen to You, we serve the Kingdom with our lives. We are servant warriors and our lives are violent in spiritual warfare! It is a bold and courageous life-style of radical decision from moment to choices, life-actions that rip at the heart of culturalism and defend, protect and advance the Kingdom of God. It is an aggressive life that is set apart in the things of the Kingdom of God, not looking at the world for gain, but investing in the Kingdom for the good glory of God. The Kingdom of God, Jesus Christ is within us, and it is with zeal our lives should be lived surrendered unto God with every sacrifice invested in His Kingdom.

Matthew Henry Commentary

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible is available in the Public Domain.

Receiving Prophets

Those who received Jesus' prophets received him (10:41); most of Israel had accepted neither John the prophet nor Jesus (11:16-19) and hence invited greater judgment than wicked cities that had heard less of God's message (11:20-24). After encouraging John's faith, Jesus praises John's mission (vv. 7-15). Perhaps he does so only after the messengers' departure (v. 7; Lk 7:24) because it is not for us to know the magnitude of our service until the final day (10:26; 25:21), but in any case Jesus uses the event that has just transpired as an opportunity to provide the crowds with an object lesson about the kingdom (11:11-12).

John's Sacrificial Life Proves He Is God's Servant (11:7-8)

In parallel questions, Jesus begins by affirming what John was not. First, he was not a moral weakling, easily blown about by public opinion or human authority (contrast his persecutor in 14:5; compare 21:46; 22:46). People who proved too weak for the test that awaited them were compared to papyrus reeds, easily moved by the wind (1 Kings 14:15; 2 Kings 18:21; 3 Macc 2:22; compare Is 42:3; Mt 12:20). (On the banks of the Jordan, the site of John's baptism, reeds grew as high as five meters.) John was no easily bent reed.

Second, John was no pampered prince or court prophet who might be tempted to prophesy for hire. Some prophets had found a home in royal courts, but only in those few generations when kings were godly enough to welcome their counsel (or when rare kings themselves met the ideal of being prophetically empowered themselves: compare 1 Sam 10:1, 5-6; 2 Sam 23:2-3). In most generations false prophets outnumbered true prophets; even when they claimed to prophesy for Yahweh, they were really the king's prophets (1 Kings 22:22-23). In times when true prophets were severely persecuted, some of them lived in the wilderness, as in the days of Elijah (1 Kings 17:3; 18:13; compare 2 Kings 4:38-44; 6:1-3). John was a prophet in that mold, with nothing to gain from his prophesying except the approval of his God.

The Servant's Message Is What Makes Him Great (11:9-11)

Unlike Elijah and unlike the disciples, John had no signs (compare Jn 10:41), but what made him the greatest prophet until that point, even a new Elijah (see comment on Mt 3:4), was that he had the honor of introducing Jesus himself (11:9-10, 13-14). The greatness of John thus implies something about the greatness of Jesus. Because the text Jesus cites to prove his case refers to preparing God's way (Mal 3:1), and Jewish tradition usually viewed Elijah as preparing God's rather than the Messiah's way (compare Edgar 1958:48; Manson 1979:69), Jesus dramatically implies his own divine status here (Gundry 1975:214), although his disciples probably would not have dared assume he meant that.

Jewish people usually viewed the era of the prophets as ending with Malachi (see Keener 1991b:77-91); Jesus continues it until John, who becomes the pivotal first voice of the new order when those greater than the prophets (Mt 5:12; 10:41; 13:17; 23:34) will speak. But Jesus' concern here is hardly neat historical divisions to aid students memorizing time lines; instead he may allude to the Jewish recognition that the Law and the Prophets pointed to the coming messianic era (b. Berakot 34b; Sanhedrin 99a; compare Acts 3:24), which had now confronted them in his own ministry (12:28).

John's role was great because of the greatness of the One he introduced. If disciples of the kingdom have a greater role than John, it is not because we are more devout than he was; it is because we proclaim a fuller message of the kingdom than John could, for we can look back and understand what John did not (see above on 11:2-3): the kingdom is not only future but was present in Jesus (v. 12). Because such greatness is not dependent on us but on the roles God has assigned us, we must do his will humbly, seeking his honor alone. The least in the kingdom is greater than John in the sense that anyone in the kingdom has a fuller message than those who spoke beforehand. In another sense of the phrase, the least in the kingdom may also be the greatest in the kingdom, because God will evaluate us according to our faithfulness in deferring all honor to him rather than to ourselves (18:1-4).

The Kingdom Belongs to Those Who Contend for It (11:12-15)

Compare Luke 16:16. Our roles may be determined by grace, but grace does not erase human responsibility. Many people thought that God's kingdom would come by violent revolution against the Gentile nations, a view that Jesus clearly rejected (Mt 5:5, 9, 41); some think Jesus is rejecting such a program here, censuring revolutionaries or social bandits (for example, Cullmann 1956b:20-21). Others take the more likely approach that Jesus censures those who oppose Jesus, John and the kingdom (for example, Catchpole 1978).

But especially in Luke's form, the text does not read like censure, and it is not clear that Matthew intends the saying in this sense either. This saying may be a wisdom teacher's riddle (Stein 1978:18). Jesus regularly borrowed images from his society and applied them in shocking ways, and thus may speak favorably here of spiritual warriors who were storming their way into God's kingdom now (10:34-35; compare Vermes 1993:140). One second-century Jewish tradition praises those who passionately pursue the law; God counts it as if they had ascended to heaven and taken the law forcibly, which the tradition regards as greater than having taken it peaceably (Sipre Deut. 49.2.1).

These were the people actively following Jesus, not simply waiting for the kingdom to come their way. (Scholars frequently object that such language of violence is always used negatively, but Jesus' parables show that he did not hesitate to employ shocking images for the advance of God's reign, such as brutal tyrants, an unexpected thief, unjust judges and perhaps a naively benevolent landowner: Mt 18:25, 34; 24:42-43; Lk 18:2; Mk 12:6.) If John is Elijah (Mt 11:14-15; see comment on vv. 9-11), then he introduced the kingdom (Mal 4:5), a time of greater blessing and greater responsibility.

"When I said, "My foot is slipping," your unfailing love, LORD, supported me. When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy." Psalm 94:18-19 NIV

My Heart Thoughts From This Song: Worship Wisdom! Changing Me!

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The Power Of Your Name! Jesus!

The Lost Were Not Made To Forget! Faith Without Action Is Dead. Lord break this heart and I will live to carry Your compassion. To love a world that is broken, to be Your hands and feet. I will give with the life I have been given by the power of Your Name. Jesus Your Name is a shelter for the hurting, a refuge for the weak. Jesus Your Name holds everything we need. Live to carry God's compassion today, love this broken world and be God's Hands and feet.

Monday, August 22, 2011

AWE- ALMIGHTY GOD!

Make My Life Excellent In You-Constant In Your Courage!

Mark 10:29-31

Jesus said, "Mark my words, no one who sacrifices house, brothers, sisters, mother, father, children, land—whatever—because of me and the Message will lose out. They'll get it all back, but multiplied many times in homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land—but also in troubles. And then the bonus of eternal life! This is once again the Great Reversal: Many who are first will end up last, and the last first." The Message (MSG) Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson

Be my excellence today Lord Jesus, choice by choice I hope huge to step out in Your right living by Your Truth. Followship will be my heart's desire as I purposefully and diligently pursue Your Kingdom plan-purposes and deny my selfishness. I Kimberly Ann McCarthy will not participate in the ease and excess of my culture today, I will simply-significantly be completely Yours, being found on the path of Your Kingdom purposes at play all around me, therefore, stepping out in this day with an eternal edge keeps the sacrifice in salvation and makes a forever difference!

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!

May He grant us BOB, KIM, BONNIE, BRAD, KIELE, RYANNE, CHRIS, SUMMER, NOAH, KENNETH, TINA out of the rich treasury of His glory to be strengthened and reinforced with mighty power in the inner man by the [Holy] Spirit [Himself indwelling within BOB, KIM, BONNIE, BRAD, KIELE, RYANNE, CHRIS, SUMMER, NOAH, KENNETH, TINA innermost being and personality]

Mark 10:29-31

Jesus said, "Mark my words, no one who sacrifices house, brothers, sisters, mother, father, children, land—whatever—because of me and the Message will lose out. They'll get it all back, but multiplied many times in homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land—but also in troubles. And then the bonus of eternal life! This is once again the Great Reversal: Many who are first will end up last, and the last first."

The Message (MSG) Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson

Precious Family,

Nothing we sacrifice is truly a sacrifice, because really we own nothing, it all belongs to God. I read the above scripture today and realized that all our sacrifices are investments in God's Kingdom, one that He will make good returns on. It is hard living away from our home, I can't tell you it isn't. I miss family, friends, neighbors and I miss the mountain life, my home, my things, but I can tell you that the joy of being in the perfect purposes of God is greater than all that. When we stand up before those soldiers on Sunday morning and we get the privilege of sharing Jesus with men who will sacrifice so much for our freedom, we are not thinking of what we have given up, we are thinking of what we have received from God and what an honor it is to serve our AWE-GOD!

I pray for us Bob, Kim, Brad, Bonnie, Kiele, Ryanne, Chris, Summer, Noah, Kenneth, Tina that God would burn the wisdom from this scripture in our hearts, that we would surrender to God all of our "things" so that our heart can be fully submitted to His will and we, each of us would be fully functioning in His Kingdom purposes for our lives. So be it Jesus. Make us like You, You are a servant, make us one too! Jesus!

Have a great week and know mommac and papamac are hoping huge in Jesus for you. Love you! May God Bless Each Of You…. HUGE!

Jesus keep Summer and Noah safe as they travel to Michigan.

Father God, be with Chris, heal his body, give him strength and increase his faith in You. Draw him to you.

Jesus bless Bob, Chris, Brad, Kenneth help them to lead their familes, draw them to You Jesus, make them like You.

Father meet the needs of these young families be their provider, their Way-Maker. Jesus!

Father touch Max, Kenneth's grand dad. Be his comfort, his healer, His peace today. Jesus!

Father give each of us favor with our employers: Brad, Kenneth, Chris, Bob, Tina, Bonnie

Jesus be with my grandchildren, bless them, protect them, keep them. Be with Kiele and Ryanne in school, help them learn and keep them from harm. Be with Noah, help him to eat better, be the health of his body, the strength of his growth. Jesus!

Father bless my husband, strengthen him, give him wisdom favor and grace. Jesus. Help him to lead this home. Guide him Holy Spirit. AMEN!

Excerpts-Thoughts From The Bridegroom's Voice

Mon Aug 22: My Thoughts: From The Bridegroom's Voice Week 2

  • Jesus says: I AM your Promised One, always and forever! Let Me Be Enough! I've Got This!
  • If my hope is in Jesus, my questions will be focused on Kingdom purposes and not myself.
  • The truth is not disposable! God's truth sticks and does not leave me with empty-headed questions. God's truth is simply-significantly enough.
  • Questions! Are they doubts? Is my questioning heart one of unbelief in my God?
  • When I don't trust Your motives, Lord it is the measure of my insecurity and I am sure this is propped up by doubt and unbelief.
  • My personal insecurity grows stronger and is voiced louder through my questions and actions when it is propped up by unbelief. Lord help me believe.

Matthew 8:24-27     

Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. 25 The disciples went and woke him, saying, "Lord, save us! We're going to drown!" 26 He replied, "You of little faith, why are you so afraid?" Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm. 27 The men were amazed and asked, "What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!"

New International Version (NIV) Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica

My Thoughts About This Verse:

  • If I am questioning what God is doing in my life, this is on me not on Him. It shows how much I don't know His heart. I need to know You more. I need to know the passion of Your heart for me and I will question You less.
  • Fear! Fear is truly a lack of trust and trust is not knowing God enough. If I don't know God, how can I believe in Him, how can I believe in His faithfulness. I need to know God more.
  • The more I know God, the more I open myself to experience the fullness of Who He is in me, the more my AWE will grow of Him and the less I will question His motives. He is for me.

Luke 12:6-7

Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. 7 Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

New International Version (NIV) Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica

My Thoughts About This Verse:

  • Our culture with its foolish ideals, shrinks God down, but that does not stop God from being HUGE!
  • I need a different perspective of God, mine is too small. I need to see God through the eyes of AWE. I need to develop my AWE-GOD by being in the Word more, learning of WHO He is! If I do this, the questioning spirit in me will stop! I will just know God!
  • God knows me. God knows everything about me. Fear Not! I am worth so much to my God! Believe!

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Romans 8:32

He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?

New International Version (NIV) Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica

Notes From Listening To Romans 8

No Condemnation…. Through Jesus I have been set free. The law was powerless weakened by the sinful nature. Jesus was my sin offering, so I can live according to His Spirit, following His nature, not mine!. Live according to the spirit. Don't live according to sinful nature, minds set according to flesh nature. Set your mind according to the Spirit. The mind controlled by the spirit is life and peace. The sinful mind is hostile to God. Don't be controlled by the sinful nature or you will not please God- be controlled by the spirit, belong to Christ. Jesus is in me, my body is dead to sin. The spirit of Him Who raised Jesus from the dead will give life to my mortal body through His spirit Who lives in me. My obligation is not to the flesh nature but to Jesus. Those led by the Spirit of God are Sons of God. I did not receive fear, but I received son ship. The Spirit of God testifies with our spirit that we are God's Children, Co heirs with
Christ, we share with his suffering and =his glory. The glory revealed with in us is more than our present sufferings. The will of God subjects us to trials to liberate us from our flesh. The whole creation groans right up to the present time. The 1st fruits of the spirit grows inwardly as we wait for God for in this hope we are saved. Who hopes for what He already has, we hope for what we don't have and we wait patiently. The spirit helps us in our weakness, helps us pray. He who searches our hearts knows the mind of our spirit and intercedes according to God's will. God works for good those called according to his purpose. He predestined us to be conformed to Jesus. He called us, justified us and glorifies us. Response to this: if God is for us who can be against us. He who did not spare his own son, but gave him up for us all, along with Him He will graciously give us what we need. It is God who justifies. Christ Jesus was raised to life, at the right hand of God and is interceding for us. Nothing can separate us from God, no trouble, hardship, danger or sword… We are considered as sheep to be laughter and in all these things we are more than conquers. Neither death nor life, present or future, height or depth nor anything in all creation will be able to separate us from the Love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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God's Got This! He who called you, also justified you and glorifies you in Him! God is for you!

Romans 8

Jesus was my sin offering, so I can live according to His Spirit, following His nature, not my fleshly nature! Romans 8

The sinful mind is hostile to God! Set your mind according to the Spirit. The mind controlled by the Holy Spirit is life-peace. Ro 8

Please God 1st! Don't be controlled by your sinful nature! Be controlled by the Holy Spirit! You belong to Jesus 1st! Ro 8

I have received Sonship! My obligation is not to what I want, not to my flesh but to Jesus 1st!

Romans 8

http://wisdomhunters.com/ Boyd Bailey

Unprofitable Profit 

"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?" Mark 8:36-37 NKJV

 Profit is good, if it produces the right results, but profit is bad if the results are unwise. The world, the flesh and the devil offer an exchange that is enticing to the eye, but it starves the soul. The world offers power in exchange for a compromise in character. The flesh offers self-indulgence in exchange for discipline and service to others. And the devil through his deception offers fortune in exchange for neglect of family responsibilities.
 Christians can get sucked into society's strong solicitations—like standing too close behind a giant box fan—they feel the pull of unfaithfulness. Less their soul be shredded, there must be intentionality toward a heart pure with motives that honor the Lord and a mind that's wise in it's application of truth. Wise people pursue the Lord first and do not chase profits that compete with Christ. God's gains give real life to the soul not death.
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Truly I tell you," Jesus replied, "no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—along with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last first" (Mark 10:29-31).
 Every human has a soul that deeply desires spiritual nourishment from Christ. The soul is what distinguishes men and women from animals, plants and the rest of God's creation. In the soul resides our will, emotions and eternal essence. It's from this spiritual seat that Christ desires to rule over our surrendered life. A submitted soul sees God by faith, but a rebellious soul is lost and blind to His ways. Peace is the profit of a soul secure in Jesus.
 Is your soul alive or dead to the Lord's call on your life? Do you seek Him or are you attracted to and preoccupied with the ways of the world? Perhaps you take an audit of your actions and honestly evaluate your pursuits. Do your activities promote soul care? Has your soul been converted to Christ or is it still controlled by the culture? It's eternally profitable when your soul takes the time to drink often by the deep waters of God's grace.
 
Life's wise exchange is abundant living and eternal life in heaven, not earthly endeavors with a hopeless future separated from the Lord. Even in your service for the Lord, do not use it as a substitute for your devotion to the Lord. Gain what you cannot lose—God's grace—and lose what can be lost. Seek profitable profits in pursuit of knowing Christ.
 
"For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience" (Colossians 1:9-11).
 What pursuits does the Lord have for me in this season of life?

1 John 2:16

16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.Related Readings: 2 Corinthians 2:17; 2 Timothy 1:2; Titus 1:16; 1 John 2:16
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****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.

August 22, 2011

Father touch every soldier at Ft Benning that came under the voice of Your Truth on Sunday, I pray every Word of God spoken will not return void in their lives, By the power of Your Word, Jesus strengthen, encourage and change them. Speak to their hearts this morning. Jesus.

Jesus, touch Chris, heal his body, strengthen his soul and keep His spirit in the light of Your hope and healing. Jesus!

Father be with Kelsey's mom, help her to adjust to this season of life, be her comfort in the changes that empty nesting bring.

Father touch Amy's mom these next three weeks as she goes to Ethiopia for a work trip, be her strength, safetly, wisdom and favor. Be with Amy' grandma during this time, keep her, comfort her and protect her. Jesus!

Father be with Kelsey, be her strength and song during this transition into college life. Bring into her life Christian friends to share the journey with her. Jesus.

Father touch Dave and Betsey, soften their hearts, be the wisdom and reflection in their lives

Father be with Claudine and Rico, guide them, be their Way-Maker in every decision that they make this week.

Father touch the Hansens, help them to find a church, help them to adjust to their move

My Heart Thoughts From This Song: Worship Wisdom! Changing Me!

Start This Week By Putting Your Hope In God Alone! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYW3eT0RZ9Y&feature=feedlik #tworship

Day After Day! Our God Is a trustworthy savior. Our Hope Is In The Lord. Our God is reigning on high and He is worthy to receive the praise and the glory! Men try to rule the world but we know power is Yours to give and take. Day after day our God is reigning, He is never shaken. Time after time our God is faithful, trustworthy savior. My hope is in the Lord!

Have You Bowed Today?! Bow Before #AWE-GOD! Simply-Submissively-Surrender. We Need God!

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Feeling Discouraged Today? Remind Yourself About The #AWE-GOD Who is always "For You"!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ffdbo9Hypo #tworship

There Is Hope! Hold Fast To Jesus! Don't Let Go! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hny-xp4k9c&feature=channel_video_title #tworship You Are Not Alone! #AWE-GOD

My Soul Sings! How I Love You Lord Jesus! My Soul Sings! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WXfIgx5whY&NR=1 #tworship

Just A Little Reminder About A Huge God Who Is In Charge Of Our Lives Today!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gbBrlAVm20

Jesus! Great Name! #tworship

Life is hard! Yes! But I make a choice not to be overwhelmed by my life-trials but to seek God- be saturated with God's peace. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI_1YliutzA&NR=1 #tworship

Make a choice not to be overwhelmed by life-trials but to seek God-be saturated W/God's peace. http://youtu.be/NI_1YliutzA #tworship

Have You Bowed?! Bow B4 #AWE-GOD! Reverently-Humbly! Worship God Today! Surrender To God! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmQ4l7PWLi0&feature=channel_video_title #tworship

Lord we give You our lives, we worship You! We give You all the Glory! Holy God! You Are Worthy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-IHvnsQVIY&feature=relmfu #tworship

Have You Bowed? Bow B4 #AWE-GOD! Bow! Willing-Submitted! Touch God's Heart Today! http://youtu.be/t-IHvnsQVIY #tworship

Make Us Servants This Week Jesus! Seeking Your Kingdom 1st! We Surrender To You Jesus!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ1Hlrs1Fck&feature=related #tworship

Church, seek first the Kingdom of God so you don't get caught up in and snared by disposable theory!

http://thebridegroomscafe.com/lltalkit9.htm #BGV

God's truth sticks-does not leave me with empty-headed questions. God's truth is simply-significantly enough. http://thebridegroomscafe.com/lltalkit9.htm #BGV

God's Question: Why is it you disapprove of My decisions before you trust in My methods?

http://thebridegroomscafe.com/lltalkit9.htm #BGV

My insecurity grows stronger-is voiced loudly through my questions-actions when it is propped up by unbelief. http://bit.ly/oaRHdP #BGV

The more I know God, the more I open myself to experience the fullness of Who He is in me, the more my AWE will grow of Him and the less I will question His motives. He is for me.

I need a different perspective of God, mine is too small. I need to see God through the eyes of AWE. I need to develop my AWE-GOD http://thebridegroomscafe.com/lltalkit9.htm #BGV

God knows me. God knows everything about me. Fear Not! I am worth so much to my God! Believe!

http://thebridegroomscafe.com/lltalkit9.htm #BGV

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