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Monday, 23 February 2009
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Luke 1:46-55 46And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
47And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
48For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
49For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
50And his mercy is on them that fear
him from generation to generation. 51He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
52He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
53He hath filled the hungry with good things
; and the rich he hath sent empty away. 54He hath helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy;
55As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
Wow, this passage really strengthens my heart with H O P E!! Just seeing Marys position how she had to believe the impossible!! She referred to herself as the lowly handmaiden of God! The journey
God had for her was one that she may not have seen herself embarking on.. Being able to be afflicted by the words, stares of the gainsayers.... Yet, standing steadfast on the words of her heavenly Father.Luke 1:38
38And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
Marys words were simply: "be in unto me according to thy word." Her mindset was that her full trust was that God knew what was in her best interest as his servant. this same attitude of heart is what I press each day to maintain. I've reviewed my testimonies from September of last year and I've constantly gone thru....not the best circumstances. Yet, I'm aware that God is building a foundation within me to be able to comfort others
with later...that I've endured the tests of time. 2 Corinthians 6:4-10
4But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities,
in distresses,
5In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
6By pureness,
by knowledge, by long suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, 7By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
8By honour
and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true; 9As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
10As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing;
as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Hallejuah!! Blessed be your name Father!! Really I'm yet still being proven and though I have idle times when I dream of being thru this valley.
Still looking to the hills
from comes my perserverance, my love, joy, and more that I will discover...Yet, when I share testimonies, minister, serve others and such I'm able to forget about what I naturally lack and can see what I'm gaining spiritually. Others are seeing me go thru these times and watching God work endurance in me to be resilent.
Luke 6:48
48He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
Isn't this photo amazing? Everything around this house has been destroyed....yet this house is still standing. I shall stand firm on Gods word too by the power of God--being rooted in Christ this encourages my soul that I too, shall stand tall just like this house...in the face of everything that opposes my faith....those founded on a rock (Christ) shall stand. Thank you Jesus...for uplifting me, because my source of perserverance comes not from me but from.... you
Saturday, 07 February 2009
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On yesterday I was on my way to spend time by myself reading and resting. When i got a call
from a sister at my church inviting me to have a late lunch with her. Even though I had just gotten Jason's Deli food, I still went to meet her. Then I called another sister and invited her to come as well. So then the first sister called to let me know she had to head out--so it was just going to be me and this other new sis in christ I had invited. A person who I know God wants me to spend time with to show her the love of Christ and be an example to. Well, she's sort of quiet and not that easy to talk to. So I felt my flesh get discouraged 
and I almost felt the urge to not want to go anymore. But I casted that feeling down and pressed my way there since I knew the new sister was already on her way there. I could just hear the word of God in my head saying: 1 corinthians 6:19-20
v. 19 What? Don't you know that your body is the temple of the Holy ghost which is in you, which you have of god and you are not your own? verse 20 For you are brought with a price therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit which are Gods.
So once we met we ate together
and we began having small chit chat, which led to her sharing with me that she's usually alone on Fridays without much to do and also without much company. God was slowly but surely letting me know the purpose for me spending time with her. We began to laugh and really enjoy each others company as two other friends we knew stopped by and joined us. Since I just mainly do laundry on Fridays or wash my hair so I don't do much either--her and I went back to her apartment and laughed and talked more. It turns out we have alot of similiar tesimonies and I was able to share with her how God had to deliver me from certain things like unforgiveness and strife in my heart. Her testimonies were really encouraging to me too. She's a babe in Christ and she really began to pour out her heart about how she's so glad for the changes God was bringing in her life. I can tell she was glad for someone to listen to her and good sisterly love. Praise God!1 John 2:5 But whososoever keeps Gods word,
in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
1 John 3:10
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loves
not his brother. 1 John 3:15
Whosoever hates
his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 1 John 3:16 Hereby perceive we the love
of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. Its so imperative to be perfected in love in this walk in Christ...I'm determined not to get in Gods way as he is molding and shaping me inside. Each day more like Him and less like me! Its really been an adventure at certain times and other times its simply amazing to see how much God has renewed my mind.
Obedience is better than sacrifice! i could have justified that God could send anyone else to befriend her (and God very well could have sent someone else) yet I sincerely never want to miss out on a oppurtunity to see God at work in my life and the lives of others too!
Thursday, 15 January 2009
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What makes sin....sinful? We know it wasn't sin for Eve to eat
fruit
yet when does the sin come in? What does the word of God say concerning this? Its not a sin to eat fruit....wear jewerly....wear high heels; yet can these things be sinful? the answer is yes- if God instructed you to stay away from a particuliar thing. God reveals his reasons later. It could be that these things were vanity, idolatry in your heart....so thats when things become sin. Disobeying the voice of God and we he has revealed to you...Genesis 3
1Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees
of the garden: 3But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4And the serpent 
said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened,
and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. 6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her 
husband with her; and he did eat. 7And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. 8And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. 9And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? 10And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid 
myself. 11And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? Sin is anything that goes against God’s Word or disobeys Gods voice. Eve sinned because she disobeyed God’s instruction. She took to herself the right to decide right and wrong. Many today do the same with God’s teachings. They pick and choose which they will obey and which they will
ignore. They allow their human nature to dictate what they do, basing decisions on what “feels” or “seems” right.“Every way of a man is right in his own eyes”
(Proverbs 21:2) and “All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes” (Proverbs16:2). They have no interest in what God thinks. What they think or how they feel exceeds what Gods thoughts may be concerning the matter.My testimony invovles how God led me to let some things go
in my life. I had to end a relationship I was in for 6 years because me and the guy were not on the same page concerning some spiritual matters. God also led me to stop wearing make up and other things because the bible says to whom much is given much is required.
It also says all things are lawful, but not all things are expedient. Make up never really benefited me in any spiritual way and history reveals that it was worn to entice men or to maximize vanity
or pride. So there have been many areas in my life that I just did away with. I've found that I feel free without them. Without the make up, jewerly, high heels, perfume, fashion 
and all I really am comfortable
to be who God truly created me to be. In His image and not in my own image..or the image society introduces to us....but something more....Which I noticed that the closer I get to God.....I decrease and less of me is seen. Jesus said:Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke upon you, and learn
of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. He also said:
Luke 14:33
So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsakes not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
Tuesday, 13 January 2009
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The Creed
By Avalon
5. You were there
see relatedLuke 1:37
For with God nothing shall be impossible.Is there anything too hard for God?
Anything at all? He's an amazing God I serve!!! Its not impossible to live a holy life with pure love for all mankind, a life without lying, without unforgiveness, without hatred, without fornication, without adultery, a life without mistreating others
and holding my peace and allowing God to fight my battles!! Its possible with GOD! I'm a living witness that God is alive in his people today and he enables them to live as Christ did. Though temptations may come--theres still no sin we have to do to live--hallejuah Jesus!! God teaches me to overcome this body of sin and death. Teaches me to overcome my desires, my will becomes his will more and more as time passes.
Not only am I able to overcome myself, but i'm also equipped to have peace of mind when things go wrong externally. My surrounding financial circumstances aren't the best but God is still moving for me--even when I can't see.
Especially when my back is against the wall and I can't see my way! Hallejuah, the God of Abraham, Daniel and Job will deliver me just as he delivered them. Though my situation seems shameful, because I watch sinful people prosper all around me.
I stand alone
yet, i stand tall on the word of God..Though i realize others are going thru as well. Yet, its a personalized journey God has orchestrated for me to gain victory in.Psalm 37:28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
in the latter end I will reap bountifully.
Job 42:12
So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen......His word says he makes rich and adds no sorrow to it. So I stand still to see the salvation of God in many areas of my life. I have done all thats required of me and
now I wait.
Wednesday, 07 January 2009
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Giant Print Reference Bible-KJV
see relatedOne of the best liberties in living for God is being able to be truthful about...everything. Not just being honest with others but also being honest with myself. Within the heart...my heart
Its one thing for me to notice the character flaws in others--but what about those urges to act ungodly within myself. Those times when I am tempted to be upset with someone and stay upset with them. But instead I submit to Gods spirit and apoligize to them or forgive them. It dawned on me years ago that as long as I don't act/meditate on the sin ---I have not sinned. Yet its when I give into the thought 
and act on them or when I entertain the thought that it becomes sin! The heart is tricky though and will attempt to cover the in or make it seem that there never was sin invovled when clearly there was. Flesh (your desires) will tell you--you only daydreamed about eating lunch with Him and flirting; there was no fornication involved. Yet, the lust was bubbling over in the heart..The HEARTMatthew 5:28-29
28But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. 29And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Today I admitted to God within myself that I sometimes am tempted to complain about my circumstances. When times get rough for me or situations are unfavorable I tend to want to complain, yet the spirit of God convicts me not to do so. So though I won't complain
the desire to vent is there. The victory came when I reminded myself that as i do my part to resist sin by not committing it--God is able to purge these unprofitable desires from me. When we do our part, God does His. 2 Thessalonians 3:3
But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.1 John 5:18
We know that whosoever is born of God sins not; but he that is begotten of God keeps himself, and that wicked one touches him not.Thank you Father! Truly, God builds bridges of escape over the troubled waters within us. My nature is changed, yet that old man seeks to rise up from time to time and thats when I gotta RESIST. God has given me power
over the sinful nature and it has no dominion over me.
Romans 8:13
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.Romans 6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
Its beautiful to move foward in God though! The things I have convictions about now are more inward character issues. Whereas two years ago it would've been overcoming outward issues like lashing out at others. Praise you Jesus for the growth you have worked in me!! All I had to do was have faith in you, talk with you daily, and obey what your word says!
Which many times meant to be bold, unashamed to be different, open to meet others and share what you did for me and who you are, and willing to be still/quiet and let you fight my battles for me!! Many testimonies of your hand working mightily in my life!
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