I have hidden your WORD in my heart that I might not sin against YOU. (Psalm 119:11-NLT)
Back in the day when someone would say something that resonated in your spirit, the correct response would be “Word!”
That typically meant….“You are absolutely right!” or “I agree!” or “Good point!”
Today, I have a new appreciation for the word “WORD”.
I am not ashamed to admit that I am in love with the WORD of GOD. I get excited when I open my bible because I am excited about what GOD wants me to know. I share with women all the time that the WORD of GOD is how GOD speaks to us. As far as I’m concerned I need GOD to speak to me erry (every) day!
We learn how to do so many cool things. We learn the latest line dance. We learn to cook our favorite meals. We learn new languages. We learn lyrics to songs. We learn how to use the latest technology. So why can’t we learn the WORD?
How do you learn that other stuff? Practice! By doing it over and over until you have it committed to memory. The same thing should be done with GOD’s WORD!
Open your bible more than just on Sunday. Read it out loud. Listen to it audibly. Share it with someone else. Read it over and over until it sinks into your heart. You never know when you may need that WORD.
What does the WORD do for me?????
1. The WORD is my way! The WORD shows me where to go and how to get there!
YOUR WORD is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. (Psalm 119:105)
2. The WORD is my weapon! I use the WORD to fight!
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the WORD of GOD. (Ephesians 6:17)
3. The WORD makes me whole! The WORD shows me to myself and points to areas that need to be strengthened!
For the WORD of GOD is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. (Hebrews 4:12)
GOD’s WORD is full of the love and the promises and the plans that HE has for us all!!! Get in your WORD……Word???
Peace & Blessings!
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
Bless the LORD!
I will bless the LORD at all times. HIS praises shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the LORD, the humble will hear there of and be glad! Oh magnify the LORD with me and let us exalt HIS name together!!!!!!!! (Psalm 34:1-3)
GOD is so good! GOD is so kind! GOD loves you so much, more than you can even imagine!
GOD is so good! GOD is so kind! GOD loves you so much, more than you can even imagine!
Thursday, April 1, 2010
34 Reasons to Thank GOD!!!!
I have far more than 34 reasons to praise the name of the LORD. Since I'm celebrating turning 34 I will share 34 things I am ever so grateful for.
Thank YOU for……(in no special order)
1. Saving me from a life of sin.
2. Calling me into YOUR family as one of YOUR children.
3. Blessing me with two parents who love me and did the best they could to make me the woman I am today. I love them more than I can ever show or tell!
4. Blessing me with 2 sisters and a brother who love me and are genuinely my friends. I love them more than words can express!
5. Blessing me with 7 handsome nephews of whom I am peacock proud. I love them like I birthed them myself!
6. Sending a man in my life who knows YOU, seeks YOU and loves me and treats me like the queen I am. Thank YOU for allowing me to see the GOD in him.
7. Blessing me with real friends who have been by my side through it all. My aces! My queens!
8. Providing me with a family that loves all the way!
9. Giving me direction and purpose to live this life with meaning!
10. A discerning spirit.
11. Wisdom!
12. Giving me the strength to overcome some tough life challenges.
13. Giving me the desire to live in YOUR will.
14. Allowing me to elevate my mind through education.
15. Providing me with the opportunity to touch other people’s lives.
16. Always providing for me.
17. Being faithful to me even when I was not faithful to YOU.
18. Allowing me to see the Motherland!
19. My health.
20. Loving me enough to allow YOUR SON to die for me!!!!
21. My home.
22. Removing worry and doubt from my mind.
23. Removing toxic people from my life.
24. Giving me a thirst for YOUR WORD!
25. Grace, YOUR unmerited favor over my life!
26. Mercy, not doing to me what I truly deserve.
27. The fruit of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, meekness, faithfulness, self-control) and continuing to cultivate it in me.
28. Ordering my steps.
29. Making me comfortable in the skin I’m in.
30. Making all things work together for my good! The good the bad and the ugly!
31. My life!!!!!!
32. Being GOD!!
33. JESUS!
34. YOUR HOLY SPIRIT!!!
One to grow on……
35. Thank YOU for the best that is still yet to come!
I LOVE YOU LORD AND I AM EVER SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE BLESSED ME TO SEE AND EXPERIENCE!
Peace & Blessings!
IJ
Sunday, March 28, 2010
You ain't seen nothing yet!!!
1 Corinthians 2:9 (NLT)”No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love Him.”This scripture was dropped into my spirit today and I have been letting it marinate all day! In so many words, it seems that God is saying, “Baby you ain’t seen nothing yet!” He tells us in Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”
We have no idea what God has in store for us! Ephesians 3:20 tells us that God can do even more than we can ever ask or think. As Oprah says, God’s dream for you is bigger than any dream you can ever dream for yourself. That’s good news!
In our limited minds we only see what’s in front of us. Bills, burdens and barriers. But keep pressing on. God has something prepared for you! Something with only your name on it! And it’s not just in this life, but also in eternity. Don't get it twisted, the world as we know it is not all there is to this life. But God is so good that we don’t have to wait until this life is over to see God’s blessings. He wants us to be blessed here and in eternity. Jesus told us that he came to give us a "rich and satisfying life" (John 10:10 NLT). So when things are not looking as good as you would like them to, think about what God is working out for you. Think about what we have no idea about. Dream and see God go above and beyond that dream.
There’s reason to hope! The best is yet to come!
Peace & Blessings!!! IJ
We have no idea what God has in store for us! Ephesians 3:20 tells us that God can do even more than we can ever ask or think. As Oprah says, God’s dream for you is bigger than any dream you can ever dream for yourself. That’s good news!
In our limited minds we only see what’s in front of us. Bills, burdens and barriers. But keep pressing on. God has something prepared for you! Something with only your name on it! And it’s not just in this life, but also in eternity. Don't get it twisted, the world as we know it is not all there is to this life. But God is so good that we don’t have to wait until this life is over to see God’s blessings. He wants us to be blessed here and in eternity. Jesus told us that he came to give us a "rich and satisfying life" (John 10:10 NLT). So when things are not looking as good as you would like them to, think about what God is working out for you. Think about what we have no idea about. Dream and see God go above and beyond that dream.
There’s reason to hope! The best is yet to come!
Peace & Blessings!!! IJ
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Release Your Power!!!
Oh man! Last night at church the message was titled "Release Your Power". I woke up this morning thinking about it so you know it was goood! The scripture references were Luke 9:1,2,6; Ephesians 3:20 (my favorite scripture) and Acts 3:1-5.
The minister talked about how God has given us too much power to be walking around defeated and letting the devil beat up on us. Jesus freely gives us power and authority once we accept Him as LORD and SAVIOR. So why are we still on the bench? Get off the bench, get on the field, and get in position! We can't walk in authority if we don't activate the power that is within us. She also said that we didn't sign up to be in God's reserved army! We signed up to join the fight! The front line!
It was confirmation for me because the night before I was thinking about how real spiritual warfare is. I have learned that we have to open our mouths and confess, profess and decree the promises of God. It's time out for being quiet. She asked us if we are willing to take hell just to prove God right? I am! Because I know who takes care of me and who has been taking care of me all this time. Even when I didn't acknowledge Him. The devil is on attack in our families, our health, our marriages, our finances, our jobs, our minds and our spirits. God gave us power of ALL demons (Luke 9:1). We are in Christ and Christ has already defeated the devil (John 16:33). At the name of Jesus demons tremble (James 2:19). So exercise your authority over the things the devil is after. Resist the devil and he will flee! (James 4:7).
1 John 4:4 Greater is HE who is in me, than he who is in the world.
PEACE & BLESSINGS!
The minister talked about how God has given us too much power to be walking around defeated and letting the devil beat up on us. Jesus freely gives us power and authority once we accept Him as LORD and SAVIOR. So why are we still on the bench? Get off the bench, get on the field, and get in position! We can't walk in authority if we don't activate the power that is within us. She also said that we didn't sign up to be in God's reserved army! We signed up to join the fight! The front line!
It was confirmation for me because the night before I was thinking about how real spiritual warfare is. I have learned that we have to open our mouths and confess, profess and decree the promises of God. It's time out for being quiet. She asked us if we are willing to take hell just to prove God right? I am! Because I know who takes care of me and who has been taking care of me all this time. Even when I didn't acknowledge Him. The devil is on attack in our families, our health, our marriages, our finances, our jobs, our minds and our spirits. God gave us power of ALL demons (Luke 9:1). We are in Christ and Christ has already defeated the devil (John 16:33). At the name of Jesus demons tremble (James 2:19). So exercise your authority over the things the devil is after. Resist the devil and he will flee! (James 4:7).
1 John 4:4 Greater is HE who is in me, than he who is in the world.
PEACE & BLESSINGS!
Friday, January 1, 2010
HE’S Able!!!
GOD is able to do just what HE said HE would do…. HE’S gonna fulfill every promise to you…. Don’t give up on GOD, cause HE won’t give up on you……HE’S ABLE!!!!
Now unto HIM who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we can ever ask or think according to the power at work in us! (Ephesians 3:20)
For all the promises of GOD in HIM are Yes, and in HIM Amen (2 Corinthians 1:20)
GOD is not a man, that HE should lie, nor a son of man, that HE should repent. Has HE said, and will HE not do? Or has HE spoken, and will HE not make it good? (Numbers 23:19)
Being confident of this very thing, that HE who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ. (Philippians 1:6)
Happy New Year all! 2010 is here and we all begin a new decade of life. Begin 2010 believing that GOD is able to do everything that HE has promised to you. We didn’t come this far to give up now. HOLD ON!!!! Hold on to your faith, hold on to your hope, hold on to your dreams, hold on to your prayer life, hold on to your joy! God is good! HE always has been and HE always will be. GOD provided in 2009, so what makes you think HE won’t in 2010? Be blessed and watch the move of GOD!!!!
Peace & Blessings!
IJ
Now unto HIM who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we can ever ask or think according to the power at work in us! (Ephesians 3:20)
For all the promises of GOD in HIM are Yes, and in HIM Amen (2 Corinthians 1:20)
GOD is not a man, that HE should lie, nor a son of man, that HE should repent. Has HE said, and will HE not do? Or has HE spoken, and will HE not make it good? (Numbers 23:19)
Being confident of this very thing, that HE who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ. (Philippians 1:6)
Happy New Year all! 2010 is here and we all begin a new decade of life. Begin 2010 believing that GOD is able to do everything that HE has promised to you. We didn’t come this far to give up now. HOLD ON!!!! Hold on to your faith, hold on to your hope, hold on to your dreams, hold on to your prayer life, hold on to your joy! God is good! HE always has been and HE always will be. GOD provided in 2009, so what makes you think HE won’t in 2010? Be blessed and watch the move of GOD!!!!
Peace & Blessings!
IJ
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