The love of God rises up from within me. You cannot really know me unless I speak from my heart of hearts. I must chose to share myself with you-my thoughts, my ideas and my feelings. Obviously I am who I am.
My demographics are what have classified me. If we look at me using statistical data, I shouldn't have made it. I come from the inner city of a huge urban area. I grew up during some of the worst racial times around. I saw presidents and peacemakers killed for their opinions.
I attended mostly all minority grammar and high schools. When I left home and was introduced to the other world I was lost for a time.
I learned how to read and write and calculate because I knew it would help me out of this jungle. I knew that God had a plan for me and it was better than what I knew now. exposed me to racial prejudice on a level that I had never been tested before. I found isolation and I found comfort.
I learned that when I was the only one in Iceland, there interest was pure curiosity, not hate. I learned how people are taught to hate others. Either through their religion, or their skin color.
I pray that if I have prejudice in me, that God will expose it and send the Holy Spirit to uncover it and deliver me from it. God you work from within and today you sent me to this section to read so I take it on.
I didn't turn the page and say not me, I didn't hide from it, nor do I embrace it. I pray for any barriers to come down and for me to know peace in this matter.
I felt that there was no division or problem but maybe there is. I don't know of a situation or wrong doing, but I beg forgiveness for anything that I may have done or said that showed me to be prejudice. I want to come together and show how precious you are in my life.
Hebrews 1:9
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.
Be blessed today and be a blessing to someone.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
Good Morning Lord
Thank You for waking me up in my right mind today. I am blessed that I can prepare for the challenges that face me today. Thank you for all that you do for me. Thank You for yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Father God I am not ready to deal with this snow but I will. Keep me alert and safe to all of the precautions that I need to take to arrive safely at my journey. Allow me to come home safe and without huge delays. Lord I give you thanks and praise for covering me with your blanket of protection.
I know that we have many different activities going on today and I am praying that it runs smoothly. I have many concerns abouttoday and I am praying for you to guide me through.
It all seems to be a jumble and I want peace, calm and total understanding. I want victory in the midst of what seems to be defeat. I have faith in you Lord that all things are possible.
As I prepare to leave now, I know that my mind is on the traffic but my heart is with you. Truly Be Blessed and Be a Wonderful Blessing To Someone. God Bless You Today.
Father God I am not ready to deal with this snow but I will. Keep me alert and safe to all of the precautions that I need to take to arrive safely at my journey. Allow me to come home safe and without huge delays. Lord I give you thanks and praise for covering me with your blanket of protection.
I know that we have many different activities going on today and I am praying that it runs smoothly. I have many concerns abouttoday and I am praying for you to guide me through.
It all seems to be a jumble and I want peace, calm and total understanding. I want victory in the midst of what seems to be defeat. I have faith in you Lord that all things are possible.
As I prepare to leave now, I know that my mind is on the traffic but my heart is with you. Truly Be Blessed and Be a Wonderful Blessing To Someone. God Bless You Today.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Unity Sunday
Ministry is a very strong initiative. Its easy to say I'm just too busy. I have my own agenda. But when we think of those in the field carrying out the mission and concerns that we were too busy for, we say thank God somebody is doing something. It should always be our desire to be that someone doing something.
We are elated that someone is bringing the good news of the Gospel to those who might not have heard it otherwise. We know that God watches over His word. We speak His word here on earth and we establish his covenant in our hearts and with others.
Can we bring the word to more people? Can we allow the dry bones to live? Do we reduce our anxiety because we have God in our lives?
Are we able to find our faith in His word? Do we take all of our fears, every little thing and bring it to God? Today I give you all of my fears. I bring the inconsequential fear that this tree will not stand on its own. I bought a stand that is obviously too small, I didn't know then but I know that now. So I will get a new one. I will call for my dentist on Monday. Go sometime next week. Get the time to take better care of myself. Wonder how to get things on a better understanding with out making it seem that single focused. I love the Lord and I love you. I have listed it accordingly. God is my first love. Take me to a place where I can see you face to face. All I want to do is worship you.
I have named them this morning in my heart and in words. I have described in detail the concerns on my heart. Father God, I seek to please you and to show that there is none before you. I value my relationship with you. I set nothing before.
Whatever the future holds for me I walk boldly knowing that I walk with you Lord.
Be blessed today and be a blessing to someone.
We are elated that someone is bringing the good news of the Gospel to those who might not have heard it otherwise. We know that God watches over His word. We speak His word here on earth and we establish his covenant in our hearts and with others.
Can we bring the word to more people? Can we allow the dry bones to live? Do we reduce our anxiety because we have God in our lives?
Are we able to find our faith in His word? Do we take all of our fears, every little thing and bring it to God? Today I give you all of my fears. I bring the inconsequential fear that this tree will not stand on its own. I bought a stand that is obviously too small, I didn't know then but I know that now. So I will get a new one. I will call for my dentist on Monday. Go sometime next week. Get the time to take better care of myself. Wonder how to get things on a better understanding with out making it seem that single focused. I love the Lord and I love you. I have listed it accordingly. God is my first love. Take me to a place where I can see you face to face. All I want to do is worship you.
I have named them this morning in my heart and in words. I have described in detail the concerns on my heart. Father God, I seek to please you and to show that there is none before you. I value my relationship with you. I set nothing before.
Whatever the future holds for me I walk boldly knowing that I walk with you Lord.
Be blessed today and be a blessing to someone.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Approaching God
God will keep you honest. Thank you God for reminding me of my desire to please you.
God directs me to the retelling of the Ten Commandments. God reminds the people of his covenant with them.
Obedience is the key to success. Keep God's commandments in your heart, mind and soul. Loving and fearing God.
Knowing that our God is a jealous God and is worthy to receive all of the praise and all of the glory.
I ask God to help me grow in love. Help me to to have love filled faith.
I give God all of the reverence, awe and gratitude. I ask God for courage to walk this covenant walk with Him. I fear His power but I am comforted by the knowledge that I do know to fear Him.
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of Knowledge".Proverbs 1:7
Deuteronomy 5
Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, "Hear, O Israel, the statutes and decrees which I proclaim in your hearing this day, that you may learn them and take care to observe them.
2
The LORD, our God, made a covenant with us at Horeb;
3
not with our fathers did he make this covenant, but with us, all of us who are alive here this day.
4
The LORD spoke with you face to face on the mountain from the midst of the fire.
5
Since you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain, I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to announce to you these words of the LORD:
6
'I, the LORD, am your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that place of slavery.
7
You shall not have other gods besides me.
8
You shall not carve idols for yourselves in the shape of anything in the sky above or on the earth below or in the waters beneath the earth;
9
1 you shall not bow down before them or worship them. For I, the LORD, your God, am a jealous God, inflicting punishments for their fathers' wickedness on the children of those who hate me, down to the third and fourth generation
10
but bestowing mercy, down to the thousandth generation, on the children of those who love me and keep my commandments.
11
'You shall not take the name of the LORD, your God, in vain. For the LORD will not leave unpunished him who takes his name in vain.
12
'Take care to keep holy the sabbath day as the LORD, your God, commanded you.
13
Six days you may labor and do all your work;
14
but the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD, your God. No work may be done then, whether by you, or your son or daughter, or your male or female slave, or your ox or ass or any of your beasts, or the alien who lives with you. Your male and female slave should rest as you do.
15
For remember that you too were once slaves in Egypt, and the LORD, your God, brought you from there with his strong hand and outstretched arm. That is why the LORD, your God, has commanded you to observe the sabbath day.
16
'Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD, your God, has commanded you, that you may have a long life and prosperity in the land which the LORD, your God, is giving you.
17
'You shall not kill.
18
'You shall not commit adultery.
19
'You shall not steal.
20
'You shall not bear dishonest witness against your neighbor.
21
'You shall not covet your neighbor's wife. 'You shall not desire your neighbor's house or field, nor his male or female slave, nor his ox or ass, nor anything that belongs to him.'
22
"These words, and nothing more, the LORD spoke with a loud voice to your entire assembly on the mountain from the midst of the fire and the dense cloud. He wrote them upon two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
23
But when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was ablaze with fire, you came to me in the person of all your tribal heads and elders,
24
and said, 'The LORD, our God, has indeed let us see his glory and his majesty! We have heard his voice from the midst of the fire and have found out today that a man can still live after God has spoken with him.
25
But why should we die now? Surely this great fire will consume us. If we hear the voice of the LORD, our God, any more, we shall die.
26
For what mortal has heard, as we have, the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of fire, and survived?
27
Go closer, you, and hear all that the LORD, our God, will say, and then tell us what the LORD, our God, tells you; we will listen and obey.'
28
"The LORD heard your words as you were speaking to me and said to me, 'I have heard the words these people have spoken to you, which are all well said.
29
Would that they might always be of such a mind, to fear me and to keep all my commandments! Then they and their descendants would prosper forever.
30
Go, tell them to return to their tents.
31
Then you wait here near me and I will give you all the commandments, the statutes and decrees you must teach them, that they may observe them in the land which I am giving them to possess.'
32
"Be careful, therefore, to do as the LORD, your God, has commanded you, not turning aside to the right or to the left,
33
but following exactly the way prescribed for you by the LORD, your God, that you may live and prosper, and may have long life in the land which you are to occupy.
God directs me to the retelling of the Ten Commandments. God reminds the people of his covenant with them.
Obedience is the key to success. Keep God's commandments in your heart, mind and soul. Loving and fearing God.
Knowing that our God is a jealous God and is worthy to receive all of the praise and all of the glory.
I ask God to help me grow in love. Help me to to have love filled faith.
I give God all of the reverence, awe and gratitude. I ask God for courage to walk this covenant walk with Him. I fear His power but I am comforted by the knowledge that I do know to fear Him.
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of Knowledge".Proverbs 1:7
Deuteronomy 5
Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, "Hear, O Israel, the statutes and decrees which I proclaim in your hearing this day, that you may learn them and take care to observe them.
2
The LORD, our God, made a covenant with us at Horeb;
3
not with our fathers did he make this covenant, but with us, all of us who are alive here this day.
4
The LORD spoke with you face to face on the mountain from the midst of the fire.
5
Since you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain, I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to announce to you these words of the LORD:
6
'I, the LORD, am your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that place of slavery.
7
You shall not have other gods besides me.
8
You shall not carve idols for yourselves in the shape of anything in the sky above or on the earth below or in the waters beneath the earth;
9
1 you shall not bow down before them or worship them. For I, the LORD, your God, am a jealous God, inflicting punishments for their fathers' wickedness on the children of those who hate me, down to the third and fourth generation
10
but bestowing mercy, down to the thousandth generation, on the children of those who love me and keep my commandments.
11
'You shall not take the name of the LORD, your God, in vain. For the LORD will not leave unpunished him who takes his name in vain.
12
'Take care to keep holy the sabbath day as the LORD, your God, commanded you.
13
Six days you may labor and do all your work;
14
but the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD, your God. No work may be done then, whether by you, or your son or daughter, or your male or female slave, or your ox or ass or any of your beasts, or the alien who lives with you. Your male and female slave should rest as you do.
15
For remember that you too were once slaves in Egypt, and the LORD, your God, brought you from there with his strong hand and outstretched arm. That is why the LORD, your God, has commanded you to observe the sabbath day.
16
'Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD, your God, has commanded you, that you may have a long life and prosperity in the land which the LORD, your God, is giving you.
17
'You shall not kill.
18
'You shall not commit adultery.
19
'You shall not steal.
20
'You shall not bear dishonest witness against your neighbor.
21
'You shall not covet your neighbor's wife. 'You shall not desire your neighbor's house or field, nor his male or female slave, nor his ox or ass, nor anything that belongs to him.'
22
"These words, and nothing more, the LORD spoke with a loud voice to your entire assembly on the mountain from the midst of the fire and the dense cloud. He wrote them upon two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
23
But when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was ablaze with fire, you came to me in the person of all your tribal heads and elders,
24
and said, 'The LORD, our God, has indeed let us see his glory and his majesty! We have heard his voice from the midst of the fire and have found out today that a man can still live after God has spoken with him.
25
But why should we die now? Surely this great fire will consume us. If we hear the voice of the LORD, our God, any more, we shall die.
26
For what mortal has heard, as we have, the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of fire, and survived?
27
Go closer, you, and hear all that the LORD, our God, will say, and then tell us what the LORD, our God, tells you; we will listen and obey.'
28
"The LORD heard your words as you were speaking to me and said to me, 'I have heard the words these people have spoken to you, which are all well said.
29
Would that they might always be of such a mind, to fear me and to keep all my commandments! Then they and their descendants would prosper forever.
30
Go, tell them to return to their tents.
31
Then you wait here near me and I will give you all the commandments, the statutes and decrees you must teach them, that they may observe them in the land which I am giving them to possess.'
32
"Be careful, therefore, to do as the LORD, your God, has commanded you, not turning aside to the right or to the left,
33
but following exactly the way prescribed for you by the LORD, your God, that you may live and prosper, and may have long life in the land which you are to occupy.
Friday, December 4, 2009
Submitting it all to God
Psalm 103:
1 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name!
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits,
3 who forgives all your iniquity,
who heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit,
who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
5 who satisfies you with good
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
6 The Lord works righteousness
and justice for all who are oppressed.
7 He made known his ways to Moses,
his acts to the people of Israel.
8 The Lord is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
9 He will not always chide,
nor will he keep his anger forever.
10 He does not deal with us according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
13 As a father shows compassion to his children,
so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.
14 For he knows our frame; [1]
he remembers that we are dust.
Oh Bless the Lord, Oh My Soul. Thank You Lord for not giving me what I deserve. My stubbornness and my rebellion are cause for you to treat me accordingly. But you have rescued me from darkness and brought me into the light.
You deserve honesty from the heart. You deserve my commitment and love. I don't give it grudgingly, I give it willingly and with truth, honesty and faith. Lord Almighty you have given me Jesus as an example.
You have shown me what your expectation is and I am able to receive the Holy Spirit as my Helper and Guide. Just as Jesus went through trials and tribulations, so shall I. But the joy is that Jesus overcame the world and so can I.
I strive to be more like Jesus. I am not there yet. But knowing that you know my limitations and my shortcomings and through it all you still love me, then what more can I ask for from you. You still love me.
I strive to love you more and more. When I think I can't do any better, You show me I can. When I feel my stubbornness and rebellion coming on, you show me I can concede and be a winner. You show me how to love you, and myself. You show me how to accept love, true love, in my life. You love me. Love never fails.
Jesus is my Lord and Savior. He came to bring peace. Rejoice for the Savior is Born. Help me Father God to walk through this process of surrender. Guide me Holy Spirit to exchange rebellion and stubbornness for a willing and obedient heart.
When I refuse to listen, anoint my ears, when I refuse to see past my own desires, open my eyes to the truth. I belong to Jesus Christ, the Anointed One who breaks down strongholds and destroys every yoke.
Allow me to continue the fight to break the yoke that holds me. I submit control and direction to the Holy Spirit to guide me in the right direction. I love you Lord and I submit all to you.
So Be Bountifully and Gloriously Blessed today and Be a wonderful blessing to someone who loves you dearly. I love You.
1 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name!
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits,
3 who forgives all your iniquity,
who heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit,
who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
5 who satisfies you with good
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
6 The Lord works righteousness
and justice for all who are oppressed.
7 He made known his ways to Moses,
his acts to the people of Israel.
8 The Lord is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
9 He will not always chide,
nor will he keep his anger forever.
10 He does not deal with us according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
13 As a father shows compassion to his children,
so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.
14 For he knows our frame; [1]
he remembers that we are dust.
Oh Bless the Lord, Oh My Soul. Thank You Lord for not giving me what I deserve. My stubbornness and my rebellion are cause for you to treat me accordingly. But you have rescued me from darkness and brought me into the light.
You deserve honesty from the heart. You deserve my commitment and love. I don't give it grudgingly, I give it willingly and with truth, honesty and faith. Lord Almighty you have given me Jesus as an example.
You have shown me what your expectation is and I am able to receive the Holy Spirit as my Helper and Guide. Just as Jesus went through trials and tribulations, so shall I. But the joy is that Jesus overcame the world and so can I.
I strive to be more like Jesus. I am not there yet. But knowing that you know my limitations and my shortcomings and through it all you still love me, then what more can I ask for from you. You still love me.
I strive to love you more and more. When I think I can't do any better, You show me I can. When I feel my stubbornness and rebellion coming on, you show me I can concede and be a winner. You show me how to love you, and myself. You show me how to accept love, true love, in my life. You love me. Love never fails.
Jesus is my Lord and Savior. He came to bring peace. Rejoice for the Savior is Born. Help me Father God to walk through this process of surrender. Guide me Holy Spirit to exchange rebellion and stubbornness for a willing and obedient heart.
When I refuse to listen, anoint my ears, when I refuse to see past my own desires, open my eyes to the truth. I belong to Jesus Christ, the Anointed One who breaks down strongholds and destroys every yoke.
Allow me to continue the fight to break the yoke that holds me. I submit control and direction to the Holy Spirit to guide me in the right direction. I love you Lord and I submit all to you.
So Be Bountifully and Gloriously Blessed today and Be a wonderful blessing to someone who loves you dearly. I love You.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Commitment
25 " 'I will make a covenant of peace with them and rid the land of wild beasts so that they may live in the desert and sleep in the forests in safety. 26 I will bless them and the places surrounding my hill. [a] I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing. 27 The trees of the field will yield their fruit and the ground will yield its crops; the people will be secure in their land. They will know that I am the LORD, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them. 28 They will no longer be plundered by the nations, nor will wild animals devour them. They will live in safety, and no one will make them afraid. 29 I will provide for them a land renowned for its crops, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations. 30 Then they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, declares the Sovereign LORD. 31 You my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are people, and I am your God, declares the Sovereign LORD.' "Ezekiel 34:25-31
Father God in the name of Jesus I commit myself to you.I turn from sin in my life. I seek forgiveness now and thank you for forgiving me. My desire is to please you. Lord, your word is truth. A lamp unto my feet. A guide for my daily walk on this earth. I submit myself to you; mind, body and soul. I seek change in my life and desire to be changed forever. I want to be a vessel of honor, truth and love. I thank you that I am able to be blessed in this world and beyond. I have faith in your word. I have faith. I am a champion. The Lord is my Shepard and I shall not want. All of my needs are met. I speak boldly to God's commitment to my life and my commitment to honor God in my life. Mind, Body and Soul.
I desire to have a wonderfully blessed day today and to find peace and love in my daily walk.
Be blessed today and be a blessing to someone. I love you.
Father God in the name of Jesus I commit myself to you.I turn from sin in my life. I seek forgiveness now and thank you for forgiving me. My desire is to please you. Lord, your word is truth. A lamp unto my feet. A guide for my daily walk on this earth. I submit myself to you; mind, body and soul. I seek change in my life and desire to be changed forever. I want to be a vessel of honor, truth and love. I thank you that I am able to be blessed in this world and beyond. I have faith in your word. I have faith. I am a champion. The Lord is my Shepard and I shall not want. All of my needs are met. I speak boldly to God's commitment to my life and my commitment to honor God in my life. Mind, Body and Soul.
I desire to have a wonderfully blessed day today and to find peace and love in my daily walk.
Be blessed today and be a blessing to someone. I love you.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Strength
Gracious and Mighty God I come to you with my cares. I come to you with my heavy burdens and I seek your rest. You Lord will ease and relieve and refresh my soul. I resist the cares of the world which try to pressure me daily.
This is what the LORD says:
"Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom
or the strong man boast of his strength
or the rich man boast of his riches,
This is what the LORD says:
"Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom
or the strong man boast of his strength
or the rich man boast of his riches,
24 but let him who boasts boast about this:
that he understands and knows me,
that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness,
justice and righteousness on earth,
for in these I delight,"
declares the LORD. Jeremiah 9:23-24
What do I value and what does God value? My skills are of no importance to God. My character is what is important to God. The cares of this world are burdens that I seem to occupy my time with. I need you Lord to help me prioritize. I strive to keep my focus on you daily. I want to please you and enhance my relationship with you. I seek to please you daily. My heart magnifies and glorifies our relationship. I give my praises to you Lord for it is you alone who can change anything in my life.
Since my people are crushed, I am crushed; I mourn, and horror grips me, Is there no balm in Gilead? Jeremiah 8:21
My heart mourns for my people. I pray for healing.My people are sad.
Father God, remind us that this is the season of hope and change. Tis' the season to be Jolly, so let us find happiness and joy. Joy to the World, the Savior is born. Let us rejoice and celebrate. We must never lose our hope for a brighter future. It will get better, it will change. I love you and pray for peace in your heart and mind and soul. You have the cares of the world on your shoulders. Know that you are loved and adored. Pray for our reconciliation and peace. God loves us and wants only the best for us.
Be Blessed today and be a Blessing to someone. I love you.
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