"In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you."

Rejoice beautiful people,

I hope each of you had a wonderful weekend! I am just so grateful to be in the land of the living.  I may say that a lot, but it's so real to me. I find myself in that mode of worship as I sit here and think of His goodness.....and all that He has done and do for me.....my soul gives a thankful cry of Hallelujah!!! Oh how I love Him,  praise Him and thank Him! Have a fabulous week people and remember, "In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you."

Be blessed by the word of the Lord: The entire chapter of 1 Chronicles 16: is awesome but I did not want to make this email too long, so I just chose a few verses that will bless you.  Blessings, love and peace to each of you.

8 Give thanks unto the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.

9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.

10 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.

11 Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.

12 Remember his marvelous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

23 Sing unto the Lord, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his salvation.

24 Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvelous works among all nations.

25 For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.

27 Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place.

28 Give unto the Lord, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength.

29 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

34 O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

Remain Silent

Lovely day beautiful people!

I hope all is well and that each of you had a wonderful weekend.  I had a great one myself, but as you know they just go too fast! Whew!  Great is the mercies of God toward us and His loving kindness. Don't you just love Him for keeping you when you can't even keep yourself.  Thank you Lord!  I am adamant in thanking Him every opportunity I get.  As I often say it could have been me, in whatever situation....But for the grace of God.  I dare/we dare take His mercy, His grace for granted. He is faithful!

This discourse of scripture below speaks volumes.  I am learning to let the WORD of God do the work in my life. In those situations where you want to speak.....remain silent. Study to be quiet. "Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together." It is that space of time where you allow the word to work on your behalf.  Don't compromise your values when your character or integrity is attacked, but stand fast, remain silent, and LET THE WORD WORK. 

Psalm 27:1-5 (King James Version)

 1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

 2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

 3 Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

 4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.

 5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.   

"Be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might!"

Hello beautiful people,

I hope all is well with each of you and that you had a wonderful weekend. We are so thankful to see another day and week.  I am constantly in awe of God and how He confirms and performs His word in our lives. Today I simply say, "be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might!" When I speak of "His might," I speak to His capacity (scope, amount) and His ability to handle everything we bring to Him.  He knows and understands all that will fall upon us. He is an Omnipotent (all-powerful) God and again has the capacity to keep everyone of us. 

We cannot be strong in our own capacity, because we simply cannot handle it.  We must be strong in the Lord because we draw strength from Him.  He gives us the power to stand in the midst of whatever fiery darts the enemy throws our way. So when we give our problems and concerns to Him, we must trust and know that He WILL take care of the matter. He will strengthen us even while we wait on Him......in those moments you want to quit. Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart. If we remain strong in Him, we have true strength to make it through.  Just a quick word of encouragement for somebody on today.  Much to do, but wishing everyone a fabulous week. 

Peace, blessings and love,

Isaiah 41:10

"Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand

You cannot determine your own value or worth, and neither can anyone else.

Marvelous Day People

God is so wonderful and we honor Him with the fruit of our lips this morning, by merely saying thank You for another day's journey!  Truly he is with us and we bless Him! I hope all is well with each of you this morning.  I did not wake up feeling the best, but nevertheless I praise Him for life.  Your value and worth can only be determined by the one that created you. -- Bishop Felton Hawkins. What a word and so very true! Value means your relative worth, significance, or importance.  

We often listen to other people and what they think we are or should be.  We also think we can determine in our own minds our value or worth!  Stop it today!  You cannot determine your own value or worth, and neither can anyone else.  They did not create you.....YOU did not create yourself!  So don’t allow naysayers or a defeated mindset stop you from achieving what God has destined. Remember.......while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us all!  There are no big I's and little you's here.  I have been save longer and have a title, verses someone that is new or coming into  knowledge of who Christ is! We hold the same value in the eyes of God because he paid the ultimate price for us ALL through His son Jesus!

2 Peter 1:2-3

King James Version (KJV)

2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,

3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

Peace, blessings and love

Someone else will plant, water, and ONLY God will give the increase.

Marvelous Monday to each of you,

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help. My help comes from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. Had that verse on my mind this morning. I hope you all have a terrific weekend.  Had a very busy weekend traveling to Delaware to say goodbye to a friend. It was a great send off with much love. This was a friend of our family, and my husband was asked to give the eulogy which went beautifully. The beauty of this celebration was, there were so many different walks of life represented. Everyone in attendance was not necessarily a believer. It is in these situations where God is able to showcase himself through you.  It is our mandate to share and show the love of God wherever we go, and we did that.  Someone else will plant, water, and ONLY God will give the increase.

This trip just reminded me of what our Lord instructs us to do. This thing is way bigger than maintaining our own importance within the walls of a church.  It will require that we go out and compel them to come as the bible tells us to do. No, everybody is not going to come to your church but still plant the seed.  Sorry to get on that tangent. When you lose people you wonder; did I do my part sharing the love of God with them? You certainly don't want to have any regret that you did not.  I am just a little tired of how we in a general sense focus more on religious antics, and stuff that does not edify anybody but us, and less on souls. I MUST do better! We as a body of believers must do better. Peace, blessings and love.

Luke 14:23

King James Version (KJV)

23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

Change

Good morning beautiful people,

We love and honor the Lord this morning for His goodness, His mercy, His loving-kindness, and His grace.  If it were not for the grace of God, where would we be. I realize everyday that I need Him more and more!! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. We just ended out annual convocation at church (FGKC) and boy is my life being changed.  We have been dealing with transformation, which is our theme for the year of 2012....Minding those things that matter. In other words getting our minds right so that we can be transformed and walk out the plan and purpose God has for us. This requires going through the process of change specifically in our minds, even if it painful....even through the struggle...so that we are truly changed.  Yes, it is clique to say I have been changed, but have we really? 

Every part of our being must be changed from our head to our hearts.  This type of change requires surgery which in itself is a painful process as you go through the various stages; pre-surgery...post surgery...recovery ....and the healing process. It is a process over some time that requires your complete trust in God to bring you out. If your mind is right, your heart and overall being will follow.  Our prayer is simply this:  Let the words of our mouths and the meditation of our hearts be acceptable in Your sight, for You are our strength and our redeemer.  This speaks to the mind and the heart. Hold on...change is coming! Prayer request: Please pray for the Heatherman family.  You may not know them or the situation but I ask that you please pray for them.  Thank you.

God bless each of you and have a wonderful week.

“And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength: this is the first commandment. ~Mark 12:30

PRAY!!!

Good morning Beautiful people,

I hope everyone is rested and ready to begin another week! Certainly a lot has transpired over this past week. Our prayers go out to the families affected by the tragedy in Colorado. It was quite shocking especially for my husband and family who call Colorado home. We have so many friends and family still there so naturally this has been overwhelming to watch unfold.  It is during these tragic events that the nation as a whole turn to God.  The separation of church and state suddenly becomes a unified entity, as the nation begin to call on God. They seek Him for answers of why this happened.  They pray to Him for comfort, healing, and strength. After the grieving process is over, we cease to pray anymore.  We (the world in general) no longer acknowledge the God that brought us out. WHY??

He instructs us to pray without ceasing, and to give ourselves continually to prayer.  This is a daily part of life that we cannot afford to live without.  In other words we don't wait for calamity to strike the land before we acknowledge our Creator. We are to watch as well as pray continually.  So the hope for us as believers is to do our part and keep prayer at the forefront of our lives.  However you choose to do.....just do it...Pray!  Pray for our nation, our leaders, our families daily.

"This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ."

We must become unified in prayer because, it is only in our coming together that we will experience the fullness of our Lord.  When he instructed us to pray collectively, he said, " If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray ".......(people represent nation, community, citizens, population, etc.). 

Peace and blessings