Walk by Faith and Not by Site

NewLIfe Community Church Prayer Room-click4pics

2009-08-07T13:56:00.008-04:00

Begining Thursday 08/06/09 @ 7:00pm to Saturday 08/09/09 @ 7:00pm we hosted our first 48 hour Prayer room. Almost every hour was filled. I went this morning to pray and it was awesome. The room is planned to remain and we hope that it will be actively used.

This photo is upon entry from the stairs. You see the kids station, the wailing wall, missions wall, sofa area for feet washing, and a handprint wall.

Communion Table

A place to kneel and focus on the Cross and the Divine Exchange that took place.

An art wall for free expression to God

Light a candle and watch it melt and blend with other candles reflecting the circle of influence our lives have on each other.

Stones that reflected our burdens to be handed over to the Lord.

Here is a Wailing Wall to come to to identify brokenness in our lives that God promises to heal.

There are several other focuses including a kids table that focused on praying for healing, provisions, being moldable by God, praying for school friends. There was also a hand print prayer wall to pray for others in our church and a music table.

Keys for the Church

2009-07-17T17:01:00.008-04:00

Last night I had visions/thoughts not sure in regards to the church body. There are Keys hidden within the church body members. They are already there and waiting to come into being. The bodies I saw who had the keys were in were in a shadow because no light had come on them.

These Keys are a deeper revelation to the fruits of the Spirit, a deeper kingdom understanding. When all these Keys are realized and activated in the Church there will be a unity and a power that the enemy cannot withstand. More powerful than signs and wonders because the fruits of the Spirit touches the hearts of mankind, even the ungodly.

My key was "Joy". "God's Joy" is found in delighting in the joy of others as a life focus rather than getting somewhere or getting something, nor just doing things for someone, no one can fake this, it is a soul thing.

There is extreme power in JOY to effect the nations. America needs Joy.

It begins with a choice to look for it in ones the Lord has called you into relationship with, find what brings them joy and there you will find God working in them. Then making a choice to join them in what they are doing. This may be a sacrificial offering at first but their joy will become your joy because it makes them happy.

God's Joy is different from man's joy so let us seek Him for all the fruits of the Spirit, learn to walk in that understanding and be empowered by the Holy Spirit to subdue the earth and all that is in it.

But the fruit of the Spirit is:
Love
Joy
Peace
Long suffering
Kindness
Goodness
Faithfulness
Gentleness
Self-control
Against such there is no law. And those [who are] Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Gal 5:22-25 NKJV

Human judgment and fear interferes and hinders the flow of God Revelation and His Power. Keep alert.

Just wanted to share.

God's Peace! Love! Joy! to you for Eternity.

Knowing God

2009-01-22T08:54:00.002-05:00

Philippians 3:8-14

It is possible for a husband to live with his wife for 50 years, eat at the same table, and be aware of her daily activities but never really understand her. In the same way, we can spend our lives attending church, reading books about the Lord, and even talking to Him, without ever truly knowing our Creator.

The Bible repeatedly urges us to know God. That involves reading His Word to discover what the Father reveals about Himself. And then we need to spend time in His presence so we can experience Him in those ways.

For example, Matthew 1:23 calls the Lord Immanuel, which means "God with us." Jesus promised, "I will not leave you as orphans . . . I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you" (John 14:18-20). Scripture also describes Him as our "very present help in trouble" (Ps. 46:1). In other words, God isn't some distant, future rescuer (Ps. 32:7). He is here and involved right now. And not only does He defend us; He is also the rock where we can find shelter, stability, and strength (Ps. 62:2, Is. 40:31).

Through Jesus' sacrificial death on the cross, the Father offers us salvation and a personal relationship with Him. Then He brings us on the journey of sanctification, where He uses life's circumstances to teach holiness. And through the privilege of serving Him, we are able to know Him more.

Even if you have received God's gift of salvation, it is possible not to truly know who He is. Stop right now and ask the Holy Spirit to increase your knowledge of the Father (Col. 1:9).

Dr. Charles Stanley
www.Intouch.org

This reminded me that my daily life is a sanctification process.

I ask God:
Why doesn't He make is presence more real, more tangeble?
Why do we have to look so hard for Him working in our lives and circumstances?

I know His plans are always right, good, just and perfect. Just because I can't see things from His stand point doesn't change who He is. I have to trust Him even if I don't like not knowing the details of His plans. I don't like walking in the unknown, the how's, the when's, the why's. He only lights up the path of today; actually this moment.

In this moment I can seek His presence.
In this moment I know what He asks me to do.
In this moment I can walk in His light.
In this moment I can choose to trust Him.
In this moment I can believe He is working on my behalf.

Will I ever be satisfied with that? ~Ranel

Lovers of God

2009-01-09T10:00:00.003-05:00

I recently heard this comparison in relationship to the heart in the view of a soldier. The question is "who hands would you place your trust"....

A) He who has great skills as a soldier and who does his duty well.
B) He who is there for the sake of the adventure.
C) He who passionately serves with all his heart.

The first two men will fight until until their life comes into question, then they go into survival mode and leave what they are fighting for; but the third man who passionately serves by his heart is compelled to fight dispite any loss to himself.

So it is with God's kingdom. He seeks lovers of Him, not those who are just obedient. Yes, obedience is good and necessary to acheive an abundant life, but we are talking about a heart toward God. Nothing will stop the one who is passionately in love with God, he would sacrifice everything rather than be miserable in the absence of his God. One who is in love seeks to know everything about Him. Desires to be like Him. Wants to be with Him day and night.

God prefers those who love Him over those who just do what is requried.

Living in Grace

2009-01-08T23:14:00.004-05:00

Galations 6:15

Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is a new creation.

First when I read this I was reminded that circumcision is a physical reflection of a spiritual principal but man will always put a natural/worldly perspective on it which Paul was trying to correct.

Subject: The act of Circumcision

Physically: The flesh is cut away to reveal what is hidden. What is under the flesh is more sensitive and more satisfying. If the flesh is not cut away it is more difficult to keep clean, higher risk of being unclean and subject to infections.

Worldly: The Jewish believers followed the law of circumcision. They thought that if they were good and following the law it would give them honor before God, they are flat wrong, God detests that kind of thinking. The Law is to show us the corrupt condition of our heart that we may compare it to the goodness of God and how we could never measure up. The law condemns! Jesus came that we would not have to live according to the law but according to God's GRACE, and that is Good News!

Spiritually: Believers are to cut away and separate themselves from world views, all their fleshly compulsions and demands and from all sin that leads to bondage. This is done in order to reveal the spirit beneath the flesh which is a more sensitive and more satisfying life. This spirit is given to us and is how we are made in God's image. This spirit allows us to receive thoughts only the Spirit of God can reveal to us through the meditation on God's word; this awesome process creates a new man within each believer.

In this verse the Lord was telling me to quit looking at my failures (the law) but look to Him and He will tell me the truth. He wants to tell me how things work in His kingdom. To cut away everything I now know,have been taught, all my fears and rejections of the past (circumcision). Then He who created me can tell me the truth about myself and how to live according to His kingdom which is our home. I read or hear the Word, then I do it and truth comes to enlighten me and only then do I have strength to walk away from this world that is so entangled in the bondage to sin. All sins are lies and have tremendous power over us, but when the light of truth shines upon them, sin (lies) loose their sting and their power of bondage is demolished.

As with the Lord, He wasn't finished with me yet. Thursday morning He was still talking to me about all of this. I have a very hard time with NOT doing the things I know I should be doing, laundry, exercise, eating right. I continually condemn myself and walk in a lot of frustration about it. I always feel that God will not bless me until I get a handle on these things.Then the Lord reminded me that He is made strong in my weakness and that His grace is sufficient.

As I thought about that... in God's grace He smiles upon me as I struggle (grace at its best), He has accepted me as His child and He is there as I struggle, He is always loving me, always thinking the best of me and will suffer long for me. In these times of frustration I can go to Him and be comforted and be encouraged to get up and try again. He is my heavenly Father and I am His child. That I am under Grace and not under the Law. He won't give up on me because He loves me and I love Him. Isn't that awesome.

True Security

2008-12-09T09:40:00.003-05:00

For surely, O LORD, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield. Psalm 5:12 NIV

That’s one thing very sure - God blesses the righteous. A lot of things today that we used to count on, we’ve found no longer absolutely sure. Many places that we’ve looked for security and certainty have failed us and let us down. Political solutions and financial solutions seem to be crumbling today. But there is one thing still sure in life, that God blesses the righteous.

We need to spend much more concern about making sure that our lives are right before God, that we qualify for that blessing of the Lord which He reserves for the righteous, which is only for the righteous. And then the psalmist says, “You surround them [the righteous] with your favor as with a shield.” God’s favor is toward the righteous and when we walk in His righteousness His favor is like a shield, like a protection around about us that shields us against the blows of life. It shields us against the pressures. It shields us against forces that are too strong for us. It shields us from harm and danger and evil.

What a blessing to walk in the favor of the Lord, to know His presence, to know His favor around about you as a shield. Remember, there’s one thing sure; God blesses the righteous.
- Derek Prince

The Word Speaks

2008-12-05T07:53:00.014-05:00

Abraham has been the star teacher in my life this week:

God told him to leave his family and go to a foreign land (blind folded) with the Lord leading him. There is a definite parallel with Dan leaving for Bagdad. We have a promise but we must walk in complete dependence on Him.
God made a promise to Abraham and Sarah that they would be the parents of a nation yet at age 90 +/- they still had no children. It is for us to believe and not to wavier. If we give into doubt the enemy comes to wreck havoc as did when Abraham bore Ishmael by his maid servant when him and Sarah became impatient, we are still paying for that oops-a-daisy, remember 9-11 (Ishmael's family!) Dispite their bad judgement, God still kept His word in regards to Issac. God always keeps his promises no matter what, however we can hinder them or frustrated them.
God asked Abraham to sacrifice his beloved son Issac. Abraham was obedient because knew God personally and trusted God character with complete confidence. (Notice confidence in God doesn't necessarily mean that emotions do not exist, we choose to live by Faith in God and not our emotions). God is always working, leading, guiding and bringing us into a place of surrender. We have no control over our loved ones but we believe in God to work things out for the good because he promised to do so. God stopped Abraham from taking Issac's life and provided another sacrifice. I realized that I was holding on to my life (Dan) as I know it now and that I have to give up the idea of what our life is now, so that something new can come. This is tough, I am doing better but I still cry over it!

Then there is Mary, Noah and Jesus ...

When the angel Gabriel came to tell Mary about the blessing of a baby. She simply responded "So be it as according to Your word Lord". Then she pondered it in her heart. I find so much joy in pondering God's word and then suddenly a thought gives birth to God's character and his kingdom principals and peace and joy begins to flow.
Noah not only pondered Gods message, he took action. Again like Abraham who knew God personally, and took God for His word and never waivered no matter how much he was mocked and ridiculed by the people. He and his family were saved from drowning.
Then there is the ultimate... Jesus! He told Peter who was "consoling Him" about having to die and Jesus told Peter "Satin get away from me for you are a stumbling block to me". We cannot let fear interfere with God's directions even if it means we must suffer a terrible death. For me death is my husband being in a foreign country. I am not afriad of tears or sadness and I will not let them determine what direction I take in this life. I will keep my eyes on God, believe and not waiver, do without complaint. And when this season of time is over, the chains that held us captive will be loosened and we will walk in the freedom God promises to those who love Him and obey Him.

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. Proverbs 22:7

"Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law." Romans 13:8

"In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has." Proverbs 21:20

"The plan of the diligent lead surely to plenty, but those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty." Proverbs 21:5

"Dishonest money dwindles away, but he who gathers money little by little makes it grow." Proverbs 13:11

"The blessings of the Lord makes one rich, and He adds no sorrow with it." Proverbs 10:22

Lord let me live my life on my knee continually praising You, seeking You and following You and that I may come along side of You in Your work, that I may not hinder nor frustrated Your plans in our lives. Let me be obedient to Your every word. When I need help let me cry out to You to meet my need. Father protect my husband while he is away and my children, guide and direct them in all their ways. In Jesus I pray, Amen.

He Reaches for Us - Jesus Painting

2007-11-05T21:53:00.000-05:00

Here is his first painting

He Reaches for Us - The Intercession

2007-11-05T21:47:00.000-05:00

This is a new artist. I love his work!

Brian Daniel2001 Cambridge DriveWoodstock, GA 30188770-337-1738bkdaniel@mac.comwww.SeraphimOnline.com

Me in Gods View

2007-09-09T14:53:00.001-04:00

Today Pastor Dennis spoke on Colossians, it was great. The weird thing is I just watched this sermon by Jack Hayford it’s a five part series on Colossians. I watched the 06/27/07 sermon again today and took notes in great detail. God is so good. He always answers, I always wait on Him and he has yet to fail me in giving me what I need.

I’ve been struggling with personal repeating offenses / failures. Knowing that my behavior is wrong yet not really knowing how to change it. I didn’t know how I could keep going to God and asking for forgiveness knowing full well that I had not been spiritually delivered to prevent the same things from happening over and over again in the future. My soul has been downcast for about a week now.

This sermon below the 06/27/07 Pre-position for Confidence hit it on the head for me. You may already know all this but I hope you don’t mind if I share it with you anyhow. This is what I received: When we commit “really commit” our life to Christ, allowing Him to be Lord over us, God then chooses to view us in the same way He views His Son, Jesus Christ, in fellowship, closeness, absolute purity, absolute wonder, absolute splendor. However, God is not stupid, He knows that we are not all of that, but while we are growing, He accepts us at our functional level, He is not cautious or reluctant to love us, He will not forsake us.

God wants clarity to come on what He has said and not on what we feel. He does not relate to us based on what we deserve, this is a decision He has made, which can not be changed. Knowing that God views us this way, breaks the back of the power of uncertainty and fear and recognizes our pre-position in Christ, in order to know His Love and Acceptance.

When we accept Christ / Messiah, we step into the reality of the invisible and receive the anointing of the Holy Spirit that brings us along. God chooses to love us AS His Son, while Christ is growing us unto becoming. By mirroring the love He has shown us (Romans 5:5) the love of God is poured into us, and we are beginning to recognize how to love others.

The second part of my personal struggle was that I was running in fear from something I need to deal with. Somehow during this morning’s service I realized that I was under the bondage of fear, and so long as I reside there, my mind is tied up and not available to the Holy Spirit. I am encouraged to cast off fear, deal with this thing ASAP so I could quickly get back to living in the Spirit. In Jack Hayford’s sermon he stated that the essence of God is Love and love casts out all fear. Fear is the only innate human emotion we have and God recognizes that He has to account for it. Fear and Love do not co-exist.

The third part of my personal struggle which is how to discipline my children without anger and frustration; I can’t say I have mastered that one but recognizing and understanding that fear based discipline is not the way to go. Stick to truth through love with accountability. Well, that’s all I have on that. Have to try that on for awhile to see if I’m missing something. The great news is God’s love is being poured into me and He will never forsake me as I grow through this process, and am being renewed into His mirror image, and share in the confidence that He will finish what He has started in me. AMEN!!!!

King David & his son Solomon

2007-07-27T04:19:00.000-04:00

I was reading 1 Kings over the past few nights and have been very interested in the widsom God granted Solomon. I 've been considering whether or not I would want that gift and to the degree that God granted him. Solomon was the wisest man that ever lived and he was very wealthy. He was know to many other countries for his wisdom abilities and people were drawn to him from everywhere.

God blessed him with this gift because he followed his fathers steps in worshiping and obeying God always. I thought WOW! I want to worship and obey God always, maybe God will bless me and my family with wonderful things. He promises to do so.

Then as I was reading, Solomon in his old age started worshiping other Gods because of his like 500 wives. God became angry with Solomon and took his kingdom away. He left a small part to one of his sons for the sake of Solomon's father King David.

I have to say I was completely shocked. How could someone who recieved such wonderful gifts from God, knowing God provded them and knew the rules in order to keep them, just blow it like that. Personally it scared me, could this love I have for God inside of me die? I never want that to happen.

Then what came to mind (not sure if God inspired), King David was a man after God's own heart and that was because God was real to David as a young boy, he had so much courage to fight the Philistine giant. He knew in his heart without a doubt that with God he would have victory. He believed with all his entire being. Even thought King David did sin, he always went to God and confessed and begged God to forgive him. God was very real to him.

Solomon on the other hand must not have had that same relationship to God. He knew God and that he needed to follow in his father's footsteps and he obeyed to the letter, but, he didn't really know God like his father did. He must have gotten weak in his old age. To remain faithful to God in our own strenght is very difficult to maintian, but if God is real to us, we really believe and trust and follow his commands with all our heart, mind and soul as King David did, I believe we will not fall away from Him, as His love will be burned into our hearts.

Disipling Children and their Friends - VERY CHALLENGING!

2007-07-27T03:44:00.000-04:00

Yesterday I found my self in a familiar place. Adri has had a friend over for a few days. Things have been going very smoothly for the most part. I as much as I love this young woman, I find God challenges me in regards to her. You know when the same issue keeps coming up and you go around the same ol’e mountain hoping you will find victory in how you deal with loved ones. Really things have been great.

The kids were having a great day, they cooked cupcakes and muffins, they dressed up to played office as they instant messaged each other on the computer while Jon was their messenger boy for what ever the girls dictated to him. He was in his glory just to be allowed to be with them.

As the day began to end Adri’s friend logged onto her Myspace account and my red horns popped out. I have talked to Adri and I made it clear that she will not have a Myspace account because of the access to questionable people. In the past I have made this know to her friends as well. I have a rule that there is no instant messaging to guys as I don’t feel the girls are old enough to discern what is safe and what is not. What is acceptable language and the courage to stay way from that can harm them.

Well they weren’t really doing anything wrong, maybe gossip about another friend but then I caught a photo of a man with no shirt on and you could see his groin area. What upset me most is that she will communicate with these strangers and not think anything about it. In side of me I wanted to blow, but I didn’t. I waited for a bit trying to figure out what to do, I didn’t like where it was going, but I also didn’t want to offend her. Then suddenly it popped out… “I don’t like myspace, you know the rules, its not a good place and Adri’s not allowed. It’s a bad influence. I wish I wouldn’t keep being put into this same place where I have to say something, please consider my rules.” Inside my heart was raging with confusion and I could see both the girls dying inside as I reprimanded them. I then told them to get off the computers, it was late.

I always feel so terrible when I have to reprimand the kids and especially one that is not my own, however she calls me mom. I did some praying and was very honest with God. I don’t know how to handle these situations. I reviewed my behavior and found I did, well OK. Better than previous occasions. I felt I did it in mostly love but was very direct and to the point.

Then as usual I woke up about 2:00 and low and behold, God was talking to me. He told me in the morning to sit down with the girls and explain that there is things in this world that will draw you away from God and anything that makes you feel like you need to hide and draws you from God will lead you into troubled times. If we set our minds to loving God with all our heart, mind and soul, developing a regular dialog with Him we learn who He is and what He says is best for us. He promises if we place Him first in all things, He will give us the desires of our heart. It’s really that easy. I no longer want to go find my life, my love etc. I know if I grow my relationship and dependence on God and do as He asks everything I ever wanted and didn’t know I wanted, He promises to give to me.

I pray that as I talk with the kids in the morning as God spoke to me, that I will have the right words and they the kids can receive them as God intends them to hear them. In Jesus name, Amen

A Bad Witness

2007-07-27T03:41:00.000-04:00

Last night before I went to sleep, I was reading the Bible. I always expect to receive some revelation of the wisdom of God (as God promises His work will never return void), but as I read it I received nothing in regards to the text I was reading; however God was speaking to me as He was keeping my mind distracted with a phone conversation I had earlier, He reminded me that as I was sharing my family issues with a friend that my witness to her in regards to my parenting did not reflect Him through my life. He was pretty clear and He was very repetitious about it, in fact I had to put the Bible down and give Him my attention. He promises that “if you seek to find Him, He will answer” and for me He always reveals Himself, but in ways I don’t expect. I wonder if I will ever get use to that.

Now about my witness to my friend as a mother and as a child of God myself; first of all I love God with all my heat, soul and mind. I seek Him all day long and He is growing me inside-out on a daily basis as He reveals Himself to me, this is the easy part. Living out the life these revelations are much more difficult and I profess that I struggle and fail many times before I receive victory.

The first revelation I am reminded of is that I often forget that He is a loving God and that He cares about everything I am going through, even moment by moment. As I write this the kids are in the room below me having a gloriously time and I can hear every noise, laughter, bang, jump, door open and slam shut and I ask God to help me deal with this from His point of view, to give me a new heart like His, to calm my spirit and to give me the peace He promises. I confess that my current attitude and my expectation of the kids are anger, frustration and irritation, all attributes not of God.

I ask God to give me a new heart, one like Jesus who is my witness of Himself. I ask that He send His Holy Spirit to come and be with me and to show me His way. I confess I am incapable of changing this ugly heart of mine. I trust that He will answer because He promises to never leave nor forsake those who love and obey Him.

The second revelation is that Satin does his best to keep me from crying out to God in prayer over these small but large issues. I know that all things are possible for those who love and trust and call upon His name and that prayer is where the war of the soul takes place and the battle is won. I am reminded that if Satin can keep me from going to God and praying for the power of His Holy Spirit to intervene in and through me, Satin wins. So… through this letter, I pray to God to help me get through this day, to sift my speech when talking to the kids, to put on kindness and love which is the glory of God and to take every unkind thought to Him and lay it at His feet.

Tomorrow will be another battle as Satin will yet again do what ever it takes to keep me from my Father in heaven to depend on God for all my needs, even though I know any effort on my part (running solo) to solve my issues on my own is doomed for failure, I know because I have tried. I ask for God to forgive me for my behavior towards the kids, my poor witness of who He is in my life, and my lack of faith in Him to provide for my needs. Lord please, continue to shine your light upon me, to rescue me in my time of need. You are always faithful every time I call upon You.

Thank you Lord for your answer to my prayer; as I am listening to what the kids are doing they are quieter and content. In Jesus name, Amen!

Last Night I was thinking

2007-07-13T10:26:00.000-04:00

I was driving to Heartbeat (Crisis Pregnancy Center) where I am a Board Member and was going to the monthly meeting. I had been struggling with feeling like its time to let go of this part of my life and ministry, I was downcast about having to go. As I prayed for Heartbeat and what it is I am to do, it came to me to pray for all the board members, staff and volunteers, the unity and His love for all of us.

As I was praying God revealed himself to me. He is not in heaven looking down, and I don't have to keep looking up for Him to see me in hopes that He will answer my call. He is in me, in front of me, behind me, I am never alone, when I cry, He cries too. At that moment I knew He understood my heart and I received His peace He gently offers. I handed my involvement with Heartbeat over to God to work out. As for now I'm to stay put and to continue on as He needs me too. I'm good with that! It's called blind faith, I don't have to have an answer and I don't have to be anything special, just walk with/in Him, do as He asks, when He asks, and not to worry about anything, He already has the plan. What a relief! Whew!

Later I was struggling with another situation, a costly Weeblo Camp for Jon , having to take time off work. I felt my hand being pushed into the commitment but at the same time my hearts desire was for Jon to receive the awesome experience the camp would provide him. I had a tug-a-war raging inside of me of all it involved. I then prayed to God and He helped me to realize that I don't have to figure anything out.

I handed the whole thing over to Him. Low and behold, He is faithful, I got a call this morning that re-organized the whole situation and everyone is in a winning position. Cost was reduced, no time lost at work, and the boys still get the experience of Weeblo camp. What an awesome and powerful God He is. Who would have known the answer would come outside of myself through another person who is not even a believer.
Amen! I think I like this letting go stuff.

Psalm 139
1 O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
2 You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off.
3 You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O LORD, You know it altogether.
5 You have hedged me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain it.
7 Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?
8 If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.
9 If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 Even there Your hand shall lead me, And Your right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall fall on me,” Even the night shall be light about me;
12 Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, But the night shines as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to You.
13 For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb.
14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them.
17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; When I awake, I am still with You.

His Word is my strenght and my joy!

2007-07-13T10:10:00.000-04:00

If I go to church with no expectation to receve anything.... I recieve nothing; If I ask God to talk to me and I expect to hear Him; he will be faithful and I will hear Him. He promises that His Word will not return void.

God talks to me everyday because I talk to Him and I expect that He talks back to me. I make sure I go to place where I can hear Him best, His word, listening to music, prayer time, sermons and through other believers. A day doesn't go by that I don't go and find God and expect that He will meet with me and talk with me about something.

Thank you Jesus, Amen!!!

Isaiah 55:10-12 “ For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and do not return there, but water the earth, and make it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace; The mountains and the hills shall break forth into singing before you, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.