verse 26: Rise up and help us; redeem us because of your unfailing love.
Solitude July 19, 2009
Oh Lord – Thank You for spending time with me. I know You are always available for me and yet I stay away too often. But alas, I loved our time together – You and me. You taught me so much again. I am forgiven, I am clean, You are the Restorer, You have plans for me, In You there is Hope, You will strengthen my inner-self, You alone are worthy of my praise.
No Place For Fear May 27, 2009
There is no place for fear. In the Esther study last night, Beth Moore, reminded us that God isn’t going to give us strength in our fear because there is no place for our fear. We have a God who is fighting our battles for us. We need to lift up our hands and give our fears and our battles over to God.
He shall say to them, ‘Hear, O Israel, you are approchaing the battle against your enemies today. Do not be fainthearted. Do not be afraid, or panic, or tremble before them, for the Lord your God is the one who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.’ Deuteronomy 20:3-4
Surely there is victory in Him.
Take Me All The Way May 19, 2009
This is my deep desire – to go all the way, like Matthew West asks in his chorus.
How do we take the step? How do we jump without letting worry getting in our way?
I don’t wanna go through the motions
I don’t wanna go one more day
Without your all consuming passion inside of me
I don’t wanna spend my whole life asking
What if i had given everything
Instead of going through the motions
God – Develop in me a faith and trust so deep that I take the leap. I can’t do it on my own – I need you.
and then I remembered . . . the Good News May 10, 2009
that I have to keep writing in this little space . . . for it centers me back on my Greatest Love – my Lord . . . even in the middle of the day.
Today we were reminded at church by Caren that there is a difference between Good Advice and Good News. Good Advice doesn’t take affect until it is put into action and therefore is only good as our intentions are . . . and well you know how good intentions can be when we really have to do them. Good News however has been done – it is news – a report out of what has been accomplished and what God has done for us is a miracle. He has clothed us in righteousness and made us presentable to Himself. His Power – His Sacrifice – His Love has SET US FREE. This is undeniably Good News. It makes me what to shout out the Good News of Jesus – His Power and Love have set us free . . .
oh yes . . . I feel a song welling up inside of me.
Set my heart Free March 20, 2009
Psalm 119:32
I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free.
making You my First October 28, 2008
It seems like I am oh too much like Paul when he says in Romans 7:15-16
“I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. “And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.” and 7:19 “For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.”
How do I create the spiritual habit of making God first? For it is my desire to put Him first and yet I write this post instead of spending time with Him. Ugghh
Okay – so I stopped writing the post two hours ago and spent some time with God – reading – listening. He welcomes me back every time. So that’s part of it – making the choice – not letting other things get in the way. It is a spiritual battle and it demands my choice to say “Yes God, You are First.” God doesn’t want me to do the things that get in my way of spending time with Him. He wants me to get rid of them. As it says in Matthew 18:7-9
“Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to sin! Such things must come, but woe to the man through whom they come! If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.”
So for me the second step is to write a list and cut out the things that rob my time with God. I have to get rid of them even if I love them. I have to make some hard choices.
the ocean swirls and the wind blows October 23, 2008
Oh Lord – the ocean swirls around me – the wind blows hard against my body – the pressures crush me – the world is in disarray – and You are the same – FOREVER. Lord – would you lift me from the waters and shelter me from the wind and lift the weight from above? Take it all Lord – for I am incapable. Amen
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Psalm 81:6-7He says, “I removed the burden from their shoulders; their hands were set free from the basket. In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
Your Love Never Fails October 19, 2008
And THIS I MUST remember.
Nothing can separate
Even if I ran away
Your love never failsI know I still make mistakes
But You have new mercies for me everyday
Your love never failsChorus:
You stay the same through the ages
Your love never changes
There maybe pain in the night but joy comes in the morningAnd when the oceans rage
I don’t have to be afraid
Beause I know that You love me
Your love never failsVerse 2:
The wind is strong and the water’s deep
But I’m not alone in these open seas
Cause Your love never failsThe chasm is far too wide
I never thought I’d reach the other side
But Your love never failsBridge:
You make all things work together for my good
Your love never fails written by: Chris Quilala
Romans 5 October 12, 2008
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
