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Go And I will Tell You What to Do…

All things work together for good

When God says go, we need to move. Be obedient to His instructions. Partake. Step forward in faith. Then He will show His mighty power as He did with men of old.

Peter, when he was told to cast his net on the other side asked, “Lord I am an expert fisherman. What you are asking me to do, does not make sense. It will not work.” The Lord answered—try me. In faith, Peter did and could hardly bring in the fish.

In the same way, Cornelius was instructed by God to go, and he would see Saul praying. Me Lord? How can I? Don’t you know? Can’t you see that this is the man who has been harming the people who speak directly in your name, yet you are asking me to go see him? Well yes, Go to Ananias’ house. Then…

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I See Walls…

I see walls

I see walls on every side of me.

Dark walls.

Brick walls.

Walls that seem to be made out of steel and the toughest stone.

I can’t see my way through.

I’m overwhelmed

But then I am comforted in the knowledge that you can see for me.

As I hold onto you,

You embrace me Lord and hold me firm,

You comfort with the words,

All will be well

Everything is going to be alright.

But Still my heart longs for those days when I don’t have to worry.

Lord, you are in control and I long for quiet peace.

A peace that passes all understanding.

Unto you I lift up my praise.

My heart yearns for you in a dry and thirsty land.

For with Christ in the vessel I know I can smile at the storm

Through The Valley…

Though I walk through the valley, I will fear no evil for you are with me

Today, Take courage, the Lord’s got you.

We Thank You…

All things are working for our good

We give you thanks for all you’ve done

Lord, thank you for all that is happening in our lives right now.

All things are working for our Good

And for that we thank you.

For making us strong when weakness is all we have, we thank you.
For Green Lights, we thank you

For mortgage and car payments, we thank you.

For the satisfactory purpose and the immediate job and/or contract placement that you will provide, we thank you.

For the bills it will pay, we thank you.
For being able to give back to you and to help others, we thank you
For the peace that only you can give and will continue to provide, we thank you.
For resilience, we thank.
For sustenance when all We want to do is to give up, we thank you
For manipulators and the conniving schemes that they try to use to break us but we are made stronger, we thank you.
For being our stronghold in times of trouble, we thank you.
For tears we shed as we hold on to you, we thank you.
For shelter, food, and clothing that you provide and we so often take for granted, we thank you
For learning your purpose in all situations we thank you.
For you never giving up on us we thank you
For taking care of our family and children as only you can when we are not around physically and you’re the only one there, we thank you.
For spiritual growth, we thank you
For the pillow that we lay our heads on at nights, we thank you
For not giving up on us when we falter and go astray, we thank you
For using us to take care of the sick we thank you
For your never ending love we thank you

In all things we thank you. We thank you. We thank you. We forever thank you.

Challenges Experienced In Our Daily Prayer Life…

Sometimes the prayer we prayed 999 times is the prayer that gets answered on the 1,000th time.

•Prayer is the chief exercise of faith by which we daily benefit

•God sometimes have to take us down to bare bones in order to rebuild us and make us stronger

CHALLENGES To Exercising Prayer in Life

•Sin: Say No to Temptation

•Silence: Lord are you listening?

•Shifting Answers: You ask for A and he gives you B. Know that he is wise and knows what’s best for us. Not my will but yours lord

•We need The prayer of others when We can’t cry out on our own. Our heavenly father even prays for us too.

Sometimes we must pray….Lord grant me justice against my adversaries.

People who have Faith are people who pray

Sometimes the prayer we prayed 999 times is the prayer that gets answered on the 1,000th time.

Let’s not Quit.

Let’s go into the Garden of Gethsename and bring our prayers to the lord.

We can’t time God’s Timing

Take Five…

Take 5 minutes to pray each day. Commit your thoughts and dreams to the one most high. He’ll see you through your doubts and fears.

Pray. It works.

Blessings overflow.

GranShell, Prayer Doesn’t Work…

Prayer doesn’t work. This statement came from my 7-year grandson who had asked his mom and dad for a dog before his 7th birthday. He did not believe he would get it so I told him to pray. He did. Eight months later after receiving many other gifts that he loved but no puppy, he apparently gave up.

While driving home one day, he almost knocked me off my feet when he said “GranShell, Prayer Doesn’t Work”. Indeed his statement surprised me. It got me thinking. How many times we as adults become disappointed in the Lord’s seemingly unresponsiveness to our pleas for something we consider important to us? What my grandson did not know was that his parents were contemplating his request… but of course a dog comes with major responsibilities. These include considering the actual type of dog to get (one that was hypoallergenic); the cost to care for a dog including health insurance and such; whether he is ready to take care of the puppy, among others.

Doesn’t the Lord do the same? He is answering …but often He wants to give us the right things at the right time–when we are ready for it. We can think of examples like Moses. The delay was to prepare him so he took him away from pharaoh’s palace and sent him to become a shepherd. Later when he was ready, he used him to lead the children of Israel out of oppression. Joseph too was innocently sent to prison for a crime he had not committed. Joseph’s trials were divine in order to prepare him for bigger things. He later had the responsibility for the land during a major famine.

Today, may we have hope that the Lord is coming through for us some way, some how. Be patient …wait. He’s got you.

Blessings overflow,

God Will Make A Way…

Years ago when I was contemplating a big life change, I walked into a bookstore and asked the Lord to guide me. After about an hour browsing around, I saw the book “God will make a way“. The title alone spoke to me. Since then, every now and again, I return to the title for encouragement as I wait expectantly on the Lord.

Wait on the lord, He will come through.

Blessings overflow!

Joy Comes In The Morning…

Sunrise

My daughter’s 5-year-old son, ran into the kitchen where I was and shouted “its morning! Thank you, God, it’s finally morning!!” He was awake most of the night unable to fall back asleep after a weird dream. When he finally fell back asleep, he didn’t realize that the sun had finally come out 2 hours before. He was overjoyed!

How often our lives feel like the night will never end. Things feel gloomy, and no matter what we do, life never seems to change. But the bible teaches that joy comes in the morning. The morning will come. Let’s Take our nightly concerns to the only one who can change things.