I am inviting you to join me for 45 days of a "LIFE CHANGING" experience.  Everyday we will read, meditate (speak out loud), pray and write down your deepest thoughts about how GOD has "FAVORED" you.  R,M,P,W (read, meditate, pray and write).  Let's start today!  2 Corinthians 3:18, "But we...are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory...by the Spirit of the LORD." When Peter was in the boat in the middle of the lake, the most practical thing to do was STAY IN THE BOAT.  But Peter saw JESUS and began to walk on water.  When he started looking at the storm around him and took his eyes off JESUS, he sank.  Keep your eyes on JESUS, it is the most powerful thing you can do! As long as Peter kept his eyes on JESUS, he did the impossible!  Prayer:  Whether there are problems in my life or not, I will focus on JESUS and expect Great FAVOR; unimaginable Blessings! I will keep my eyes on JESUS despite the many things I have to do.  Thought for the day:  HE will place me at the right place and the right time and give me every resource to accomplish anything for HIS Glory.  What did I write?  GLORY TO GLORY when I keep my eyes on JESUS.  READ  IT, MEDITATE ON IT (SPEAK IT), PRAY ON IT,  AND WRITE IT. 
 
Psalm 139: 23-24
Isaiah  43:1
GOD IS GOD!
 

 Corinthians 1:1 "...I am called to be an apostle of JESUS..."  I was always told I could be anything I wanted.  I don't believe that, if I became what is held in high esteem in the world, I would under achieve!  I was not called to be faultless and perfect (not yet anyway); I am called to be GREAT!  A Great Believer, A Great Evangelist, A Great encourager, A Great Servant, and A GREAT FORGIVER! 

Psalm 139: 23-24
Isaiah  43:1
GOD IS GOD!

Have you ever been everything to someone?  Thirty years ago today a child that I had built my world around was privileged to go live with JESUS. He nor I knew it was his time to leave this world.  All kinds of emotions went through me for years until one day (many many years later) I realized the blessings I had in his brother, sister  and his mother were being wasted in my self-pity.  Many years later I was at the hospital when a baby boy was born exactly on this day!  A precious gift who a few years later would not go in on Christmas day to open "Santa's" presents until he had finished helping me cut wood!  Yes, I have wasted and even lost "some of the most precious moments" in my life because I did not cherish the moments of experiencing all of GOD'S Blessings at HIS provided time.   Joel 2:25-26, "I will restore to you  the years...and you will praise the name of your GOD." Today, do I have tears of sorrow for what was lost and that which is lost will never be regained?  No!  JESUS takes away the wasted years, JESUS is in my veins lifting me up, Higher and Higher until I see that child who left this world 30 years ago.  I REFUSE TO MOURN, I AM GOING TO DANCE BECAUSE THERE AIN'T NO ROOM FOR SELF PITY, WITH ALL THAT GOD HAS BLESSED ME!  I HAVE HAD IT WITH MY SELF-PITY!  AMEN!   Psalm 139: 23-24 Isaiah  43:1 GOD IS GOD!  

I spent a lot of time today looking at a tree outside my window.  Every fall it dies (or hibernates) and every year it bursts forth with life; even more beautiful than the year before.  Then I realized, it's not what I see on the outside; it's what is happening on the inside.  The sap is replenishing itself to flow with more passion and power making the limbs surge to the heavens in the spring.  Maybe this time doesn't have a name (Lent, Reconciliation), it is just a time where something is happening inside each of us.  We die to our old selves and rise to a new life with JESUS!  A time that is greater than yesterday and not as great as tomorrow. This change is a time of special Grace for us and it doesn't have to end with EASTER, we have only just begun.  Who knows, maybe we will pray a little more, fast even more frequently, and truly love one another.  Ephesians 4:22, "to put off your old self...and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of GOD..."  Reach beyond ourselves, YES, Reach, Reach, Reach!  DO YOU SEE WHY I JUST COULDN'T WAIT FOR YOU TO WAKE UP? 

 
Psalm 139: 23-24
Isaiah  43:1
GOD IS GOD!
 

We notice during Lent that people give up something, and this form of fasting somehow satisfies our "religious obligation".  Why did JESUS fast for 40 days?  HE was seeking a closer relationship with GOD THE FATHER; not only was HE not eating or drinking, HE was alone.  Alone with GOD.  Fasting is a time when we put all of our thoughts, energies and self into GOD'S WILL.  Fasting is a  time to alternate prayer, reading the Bible and meditation to increase our relationship with GOD'S righteousness, wisdom and HIS Will.  A time that strengthens us in humility, love and concern for others.  Isaiah 58:6, "Is not this the fast I choose; to loose the bonds of wickedness..." I wonder if fasting is only about food and water?  Could it also be about anything we "prefer or put" before GOD?  Could it be seemingly innocent things like our favorite T.V. show, that great cup of coffee or hot chocolate in the morning, or thoughts we dare not share with anyone?  Fasting is when we put all thoughts, energies and self into GOD'S WILL; IS OUR FASTING LASTING?

 
Psalm 139: 23-24
Isaiah  43:1
GOD IS GOD!

I was driving and I saw two geese flying.  They landed on a pond and together they absorbed the warmth of the sun.  I began to see images in the clouds; a dove, an angel, hands and then the sky was so bright that I just felt GOD'S presence all around and within me.  I began to think of Scriptures and how they have encouraged me.  My purpose here?  It was just to bring GOD pleasure!  HIS pleasure became my pleasure.  Ephesians 1:22-23, "...the CHURCH, which is HIS body, the fullness of HIM who fills all in all."  Sometimes CHURCH is just talking about GOD and sometimes it is just being still in the warmth of the SON.  Yes, I was in CHURCH SONDAY!

 
Psalm 139: 23-24
Isaiah  43:1
GOD IS GOD!
 

I sent you a prayer that was in my heart.  Then as I was walking into the gas station I held the door for people behind me.  As they were passing in I wished them a Blessed Day.  They stopped and asked me why I said that.  I explained that Blessings were beyond this world and took them into super natural love and mercy of GOD. They explained that their daughter had just tried to commit suicide. We read Scripture right there, they were not ashamed.and wanted to hear more. I gave them a Scripture card with Isaiah 43:1, "...I know your name and you are MINE..." They asked me if I were a preacher. Instead of giving my usual answer of being a "satisfied customer"; I asked the HOL SPIRIT to respond.  My answer was: "At this moment in GOD'S provided time I am.  WOW, YOU JUST NEVER KNOW HOW GOD WILL CHANGE YOUR PLANS FOR HIS GLORY.  Convey GOD'S words that are in your heart today to someone.  YOU TOO CAN BE A PREACHER FOR A MOMENT, FOR HIS GLORY!
 
Psalm 139: 23-24
Isaiah  43:1
GOD IS GOD!
 
 
 
 
 

Heavenly Father, my life is in YOUR hands. Yesterday, today, and forever, I am safe and secure in YOU.Help me to believe YOU are at work in my life right now, even when I don't see it. Help me to trust in what I do not see. LORD, Thank You for loving me so much. Help me to know YOU and the promises YOU have made. Forgive me when I doubt YOU and YOUR love. I believe, LORD. Forgive me for my unbelief.  Deuteronomy 31:8, "The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you."  Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.   In JESUS' name we pray, Amen. 
  Psalm 139: 23-24 Isaiah  43:1 GOD IS GOD!    

This was one of my favorite things to do (when I was out of reach from my mother's "rattle snake fast" back hand) because it always seemed to taste better.  I am so Blessed that my cup is always overflowing and I end up enjoying GOD'S Mercy from a saucer.  Psalm 23:6, "...my cup overflows, surely goodness and mercy shall follow me."  I often think that if GOD provides the funds, I would build a "coffee shop" with big cups and saucers where the overflow could be sipped from the saucer.  Those who could not afford the coffee would receive the same service as those who could.  I wonder what I should name the shop to GLORIFY GOD?  How "bout", MY CUP RUNNETH OVER?  Drink from the saucer today!

 
Psalm 139: 23-24
Isaiah  43:1
GOD IS GOD!

To those who say  feelings and emotions do not count when talking about GOD; I say "HOG WARSH"! When filled with the HOLY SPIRIT how can I walk and not skip? Jeremiah 31:3, "...therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee."  How can I not fall to my knees with rivers of tears?  Romans 8:38-39, "...nothing...shall separate us from the love of GOD."  How can I not feel the rush of JOY within and "high-five" everyone I meet? I read about a man who died alone in an insane asylum.  He left written on the wall of his room.  "If we could, with ink the ocean fill; and everything on earth was a quill; to describe GOD'S love, the ocean would be dry; for the scroll would stretch from sky to sky." Do they really think that man died alone?  I SAY "HOG WARSH"!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Psalm 139: 23-24
Isaiah  43:1
GOD IS GOD!