My 8 year old and I were going to town yesterday to run some errands and a squirrel ran safely across in front of us. My son said "Mama, have you ever ran over a squirrel?" I told him, "No, but I had ran over a baby rabbit once and killed it." I went on to tell him how sad it made me and that I actually cried when it happened. He said, "aww, mama, God forgives you, he knows you didn't mean to do it." Was that not the sweetest thing you ever heard? Out of the mouth of babes........they can say just the right thing at the right time, can't they?
I know this is short but everyone Have a BLESSED day,
Lisa
Friday, July 27, 2007
Thursday, July 26, 2007
God's HUGE powerful hand...............
Good Morning girls...... I am about to bust a gut to tell what happened yesterday. I am so full of Gods presence right now I just don't where to start. Well here it goes.......I don't know if any of you have heard of the local news here in our little town but we have made the headlines but this time it has really hit home (literally). Ya see, my husband is a police officer(SRO) here in CF. Well, they have fired one officer and one resigned wednesday due to sexual misconduct while on duty. You can see full story on www.wyff.com . I gave you this site.....so all you prayers warriors can keep up with this awful thing that has happened and help me pray. Well anyway, the reason I am posting this is to tell you what happen to me on tuesday afternoon concerning this situation.(Sorry if I am jumping around) I knew about this on tuesday because they had a meeting at the PD that morning and my hubby had come home telling me they we suspended (at that time). Need I not mention he never tells me anything concerning work because it's none of my business but this really bothered him. However, that afternoon I was praying especially for the PD and the strangest (I shouldn't put it like that but I have never had this happen so clear and bold before) thing happen to me. While I was praying... i had said God please keep your hands on the PD and these officers and especially the ones involved and all of a sudden I saw this huge hand, I mean huge cover the CFPD. he said to me, "My child, I have my hand on them, don't worry, everythings going to be okay." Oh thank you Jesus.Some may call it a vision, others may say it was just me but i seen it just as plain as I am typing this post. So that night while at church (Revival), the preacher said, everyone just worship and pour your heart out to the lord. I was praying about this thing I have been going through and there again I saw a huge hand except this time it was over my house. He said, My hand is protecting you and your family, don't worry I will provide." Yall it was all I could do....I immediately started praising him even more. We are PH by the way (FYI) so the preacher called us out and told us that God wanted us to know that everything was going to be alright, he was going to be there for us and that our realtionship was stronger now than it was a year ago......oh, how true this is. That's a another blog for another day...lol
So anyway there's more........I had sent my oldest son to the bank to cash a $20 check for me and go by the grocery store. When he got back, he said,"Mama, was that check for $40?" I said ,"NO, WHY?" He went on to tell me that the teller had given him $40, so I called the bank (we bank out of town so she just couldn't deduct the money from my account) and ask and she said she didn't know why but she thought about it after he left and thought she had gave him more. With NO HESITATION, I told her we would bring it back to her, she said she appreciated it very much. We closed our conversation and hung up the phone and I went on with my day. Well last night (at my church) My pastor came back to my room and said see me after church, I have something for ya. Later he brought me an envelope and said this is for you and your family, don't ask any questions....just take it as a blessing. Yall there was $200 in that envelope. No ONE AND I MEAN NO ONE CAN TELL ME THAT MY GOD IS NOT MY PROVIDER. God is so good......not because it was money but because it was what we needed at that time. I now can get gas for my vehicle and go to the grocery store. We serve a mighty God yall.......I hope this post can reach some one who may be struggling finacially or whatever it may be....hold on to HIM. He will provide and see you through it all. Remember even if you can't see it as I did......he has his hand in it all.
Love to all,
Lisa
So anyway there's more........I had sent my oldest son to the bank to cash a $20 check for me and go by the grocery store. When he got back, he said,"Mama, was that check for $40?" I said ,"NO, WHY?" He went on to tell me that the teller had given him $40, so I called the bank (we bank out of town so she just couldn't deduct the money from my account) and ask and she said she didn't know why but she thought about it after he left and thought she had gave him more. With NO HESITATION, I told her we would bring it back to her, she said she appreciated it very much. We closed our conversation and hung up the phone and I went on with my day. Well last night (at my church) My pastor came back to my room and said see me after church, I have something for ya. Later he brought me an envelope and said this is for you and your family, don't ask any questions....just take it as a blessing. Yall there was $200 in that envelope. No ONE AND I MEAN NO ONE CAN TELL ME THAT MY GOD IS NOT MY PROVIDER. God is so good......not because it was money but because it was what we needed at that time. I now can get gas for my vehicle and go to the grocery store. We serve a mighty God yall.......I hope this post can reach some one who may be struggling finacially or whatever it may be....hold on to HIM. He will provide and see you through it all. Remember even if you can't see it as I did......he has his hand in it all.
Love to all,
Lisa
Monday, July 23, 2007
CHANGE is never fun and CHANGE is not automatic.
Good morning girls......I just enjoy waking up and reading what God is doing in everyones lives. Today I woke up in awe of what I THINK he is trying to tell me.
Ya see, all weekend I have been in a self pity mode. Well yesterday, all day, I was like "where are you at God?" Yes I have been blessed beyond measure with this house but it seems we go from one trial to another. I have prayed about this thing, pray about this thing and prayed about this thing and still NO ANSWER. Can you see now why it's like, God, where are you at?
I came across this preacher on TV yesterday and he was preaching on stewardship and how God can sometimes test us even when it comes to MONEY. God has been dealing with me about this for a long time so I sat and listen and took it all in. I don't ever shop out of control, we don't have TOYS so to speak, our kids don't get everything handed to them but we have always had a financial problem so to speak in our household. It just goes out as fast as it comes in and God forbid something unexpected happens....it just throws it all out of whack.
Well anyway......we went to a revival last night at a chuch here in our little hometown of Calhoun Falls. Boy did GOD speak to me but not the way I expected. Isn't it always the way you least expect it? To begin with, his sermon title was CHANGE IS NEVER FUN, CHANGE IS NOT AUTOMATIC. I thought oh Jesus.....here we go, bring it on....this is somehing you know I need to hear. He went on with a illustration of bringing baggage into the church with you, laying it down long enough to go through the motions and picking it up and taking it back out the door with you. One of his illustrations was on BITTERNESS......having bitterness toward people. Don't get me wrong.....I am not bitter with anyway at this time in my life, I feel like I have all that under the blood but it was like GOD was standing right in front of me saying...."You have no bitterness with man but with me?" It hit me like a rock yall.....I had been bitter with God all day because he wasn't answering as quick as I thought he should. I continued to listen with a convicted heart and the evangelist said at some point in the sermon....."Do you ever think God could be testing you?, God could be trying to move you to a higher level in him and if you can't handle the trials you are facing now then how will you be able to handle others things at a higher level?" Can you all imagine now how I was feeling by this point?
Well, to make a long story short... I think God is trying to move me to a higher level in him....the evangelist was right on the money when he said...change is never fun and change is not automatic. Please pray for me, I want to be in God's will more than anything. I want to be used for his glory. I don't know if I have ever mention it on here but my husband feels a calling to be a preacher......he has preached numerous times in the past but was hurt very badly by someone he considered a friend, a mentor and did I mention was a preacher himself. Now my husband is running from that calling...I know he is.....he is still in church.....still loves the lord with all his heart...great person but running like crazy. PRAY for him too. Pray for our whole family....when you are not doing what God has called you to do .......you will be MISERABLE.
Thanks Leigh.....as I was reading you post this morning you had mention God has a better plan for me. he guides our footsteps . I firmly believe God guides my footsteps but moving me to a higher level in him is kinda scary. I think I will past this test he has put at my feet, I will not give up or give in.
Trying to stay in God's will,
Lisa
Ya see, all weekend I have been in a self pity mode. Well yesterday, all day, I was like "where are you at God?" Yes I have been blessed beyond measure with this house but it seems we go from one trial to another. I have prayed about this thing, pray about this thing and prayed about this thing and still NO ANSWER. Can you see now why it's like, God, where are you at?
I came across this preacher on TV yesterday and he was preaching on stewardship and how God can sometimes test us even when it comes to MONEY. God has been dealing with me about this for a long time so I sat and listen and took it all in. I don't ever shop out of control, we don't have TOYS so to speak, our kids don't get everything handed to them but we have always had a financial problem so to speak in our household. It just goes out as fast as it comes in and God forbid something unexpected happens....it just throws it all out of whack.
Well anyway......we went to a revival last night at a chuch here in our little hometown of Calhoun Falls. Boy did GOD speak to me but not the way I expected. Isn't it always the way you least expect it? To begin with, his sermon title was CHANGE IS NEVER FUN, CHANGE IS NOT AUTOMATIC. I thought oh Jesus.....here we go, bring it on....this is somehing you know I need to hear. He went on with a illustration of bringing baggage into the church with you, laying it down long enough to go through the motions and picking it up and taking it back out the door with you. One of his illustrations was on BITTERNESS......having bitterness toward people. Don't get me wrong.....I am not bitter with anyway at this time in my life, I feel like I have all that under the blood but it was like GOD was standing right in front of me saying...."You have no bitterness with man but with me?" It hit me like a rock yall.....I had been bitter with God all day because he wasn't answering as quick as I thought he should. I continued to listen with a convicted heart and the evangelist said at some point in the sermon....."Do you ever think God could be testing you?, God could be trying to move you to a higher level in him and if you can't handle the trials you are facing now then how will you be able to handle others things at a higher level?" Can you all imagine now how I was feeling by this point?
Well, to make a long story short... I think God is trying to move me to a higher level in him....the evangelist was right on the money when he said...change is never fun and change is not automatic. Please pray for me, I want to be in God's will more than anything. I want to be used for his glory. I don't know if I have ever mention it on here but my husband feels a calling to be a preacher......he has preached numerous times in the past but was hurt very badly by someone he considered a friend, a mentor and did I mention was a preacher himself. Now my husband is running from that calling...I know he is.....he is still in church.....still loves the lord with all his heart...great person but running like crazy. PRAY for him too. Pray for our whole family....when you are not doing what God has called you to do .......you will be MISERABLE.
Thanks Leigh.....as I was reading you post this morning you had mention God has a better plan for me. he guides our footsteps . I firmly believe God guides my footsteps but moving me to a higher level in him is kinda scary. I think I will past this test he has put at my feet, I will not give up or give in.
Trying to stay in God's will,
Lisa
Friday, July 20, 2007
Are you hiding anything on the inside?
Ya know this blogging thing has got me to thinking differently. When I see something or read something I start analizing as to how I can use that to reach someone else. Well this morning while lying in bed trying to make myself get up, I was thinking of all the things I wanted to accomplish today. One of the things that came to mind was a few more boxes in the carport that needed to be gone through. I don't won't my carport to be cluttered, we've been here a month and it's time to start tidying everything up.
Well anyway....I haven't felt good and I thought I will just get one of the boys to bring the boxes inside and put in my hallway and I'll go through it later. Instantly, I thought... ok Lisa...you don't want people to see it cluttered up out in the carport but you want to bring it in where it won't be seen until you can go through it. I started applying this scenerio to my own life and it come to mind that I was trying to hide something on the inside. Ya see, no matter how strong I try to be for others, my faith is getting a little weak. Don't get me wrong, I know God will see me through this thing but it's got to the point that I'm asking......."where are you at God?" My husband said it was just satan trying to get us to doubt about some things. I am trying to be as strong for myself and family as I seem to be for others. Ya know it so much easier to have faith for someone else, isn't it?
Sorry this is a depressing post but I need prayer this morning. Keep me and my family lifted up. I am tired of hiding whats really going on , on the inside?
Are you hiding something this morning? Let it out and let others pray for you......I did !!!!!!
Needing prayer,
Lisa
P.S. Ya know, those boxes might just have to stay out there for a while..........lol
Well anyway....I haven't felt good and I thought I will just get one of the boys to bring the boxes inside and put in my hallway and I'll go through it later. Instantly, I thought... ok Lisa...you don't want people to see it cluttered up out in the carport but you want to bring it in where it won't be seen until you can go through it. I started applying this scenerio to my own life and it come to mind that I was trying to hide something on the inside. Ya see, no matter how strong I try to be for others, my faith is getting a little weak. Don't get me wrong, I know God will see me through this thing but it's got to the point that I'm asking......."where are you at God?" My husband said it was just satan trying to get us to doubt about some things. I am trying to be as strong for myself and family as I seem to be for others. Ya know it so much easier to have faith for someone else, isn't it?
Sorry this is a depressing post but I need prayer this morning. Keep me and my family lifted up. I am tired of hiding whats really going on , on the inside?
Are you hiding something this morning? Let it out and let others pray for you......I did !!!!!!
Needing prayer,
Lisa
P.S. Ya know, those boxes might just have to stay out there for a while..........lol
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Will you be stepping on toes or wearing the boots???
1 Thessalonians 5:14
Brothers and sisters, we urge you to warn those that are lazy. Encourage those that are timid. Take tender care of those that are weak. Be patient with everyone. (NLT)
Talking about stepping on some toes. How can you tell someone they are lazy in the lord? I think this devotion was geared toward the spiritual leaders of the church but it touch my heart when I read it because at times it is difficult to distinguish between idleness and timidity. Two people may be doing nothing, one out of laziness, the other out of shyness or fear of doing something wrong. The key to ministry is sensitive : sensing the condition of each person and offering the appropiate remedy for each situation. (By the way that last statement was taken out of my study section of my bible...lol however it is true.) It remains true that we can't help effectively until we know the problem. You can't apply the medicine until you know where the wound is.
Below are some other points I got out of my study section but we can apply them in our own personal walks when trying to witness to others. The first one has got to be the hardest but done in a loving manner at the right time could turn up good results.
1. Warn those who are unruly-those who won't keep in step but insist on disturbing the peace of the church by their irresponsible behavior. Here the unruly are those who refuse to work. They are the same as those described in 2 Thessalonians 3:6-12, walking disorderly, not working, but being busybodies.
You know the ones that come up with the great ideas but refuse to see it out.
2. Comfort the fainthearted-those who need constant exhortation to rise above their difficulties and go on steadfastly for the Lord. Concerning the KJV rendering, Comfort the feeble-minded, Ockenga remarks: "If the word meant feeble-minded we would still comfort them. They seem to gather when the gospel is preached." And isn't this a tribute to the gospel and to the Christian church? At least there is one sphere where they find sympathy, love, and consideration.
Some people need more help than others to overcome or rise above their difficulties.
3. Uphold the weak-that is, help those who are spiritually, morally, or physically weak. Spiritual and moral support of those who are weak in the faith is probably the main idea, though we should not rule out financial help as well.
It is up to us to uphold the weak... pray for them, be there for them when they just need someone to talk to, physically help when needed and last but certainly not least help someone in financial need.
4. Be patient with all-show the grace of longsuffering when others tend to irritate and provoke.
Even though some may irritate us or try to provoke us in some way.....we've got to be PATIENT.
Well this turn out to be harder than I realized when I first starting posting this blog. Will you step on toes or be the one wearing steal toed boots ???? Something to ponder on today.....how will we act or react ?????
Brothers and sisters, we urge you to warn those that are lazy. Encourage those that are timid. Take tender care of those that are weak. Be patient with everyone. (NLT)
Talking about stepping on some toes. How can you tell someone they are lazy in the lord? I think this devotion was geared toward the spiritual leaders of the church but it touch my heart when I read it because at times it is difficult to distinguish between idleness and timidity. Two people may be doing nothing, one out of laziness, the other out of shyness or fear of doing something wrong. The key to ministry is sensitive : sensing the condition of each person and offering the appropiate remedy for each situation. (By the way that last statement was taken out of my study section of my bible...lol however it is true.) It remains true that we can't help effectively until we know the problem. You can't apply the medicine until you know where the wound is.
Below are some other points I got out of my study section but we can apply them in our own personal walks when trying to witness to others. The first one has got to be the hardest but done in a loving manner at the right time could turn up good results.
1. Warn those who are unruly-those who won't keep in step but insist on disturbing the peace of the church by their irresponsible behavior. Here the unruly are those who refuse to work. They are the same as those described in 2 Thessalonians 3:6-12, walking disorderly, not working, but being busybodies.
You know the ones that come up with the great ideas but refuse to see it out.
2. Comfort the fainthearted-those who need constant exhortation to rise above their difficulties and go on steadfastly for the Lord. Concerning the KJV rendering, Comfort the feeble-minded, Ockenga remarks: "If the word meant feeble-minded we would still comfort them. They seem to gather when the gospel is preached." And isn't this a tribute to the gospel and to the Christian church? At least there is one sphere where they find sympathy, love, and consideration.
Some people need more help than others to overcome or rise above their difficulties.
3. Uphold the weak-that is, help those who are spiritually, morally, or physically weak. Spiritual and moral support of those who are weak in the faith is probably the main idea, though we should not rule out financial help as well.
It is up to us to uphold the weak... pray for them, be there for them when they just need someone to talk to, physically help when needed and last but certainly not least help someone in financial need.
4. Be patient with all-show the grace of longsuffering when others tend to irritate and provoke.
Even though some may irritate us or try to provoke us in some way.....we've got to be PATIENT.
Well this turn out to be harder than I realized when I first starting posting this blog. Will you step on toes or be the one wearing steal toed boots ???? Something to ponder on today.....how will we act or react ?????
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
From the rising of the sun, to the setting of the same.
My devotion this morning came from Isaiah 45:6 so all the world from east to west will know there is no other God. I am the Lord, and there is no other. In verses 1-8 the lord is telling Cyrus that he will go before him and level the mountains. He will smash down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron. And he will give him treasures hidden in the darkness--secret riches. He will do this so he may know that he is lord, the God of Isreal, the one who calls him by name.
Is this not a simple line of verses but yet so hard to comprehend for some?
God does go before us and prepares the road ahead. My bible tells me that this is the only place in the bible where a Gentile ruler is said to "anointed." God is the power over all the rulers, and he anoints whom he has chosen for his special tasks. Cyrus's kingdom spread across 2,000 miles (the largest of any empire then known), including the territories of both the Assyrian and the Babylonian Empires. Why did God anoint cyrus? Because God had a special task for him to do for Isreal. Cyrus would allow God's city, Jerusalem, to be rebuilt, and he would set the exiles free without expecting anything in return.
Ya know God is ruler over light and darkness, over good times and bad times. Our lives experience both because we they are needed for us to grow spiritually. When the good times come, thank God and use your prosperity for him. When the bad times hit, don't resent them, but ask what can you learn from the experience to make you a better servant of God.
If this devotion was not meant for anyone else today, it was meant for me. Things are settling in with the house and all and little beady eyed satan has popped up on my shoulders and said....un hunh? How are gonna make that house payment that $100 more than the last one you had? How are gonna do this and how are you gonna do that? Well Satan.....I bind you in the name of Jesus.......my lord has gone before me and prepared the way. I will make it because I have a God that has called me by my name even when I didn't know him. He will answer my prayers and see me through to let me know that he is lord and he will see me through.
Thank you Lord for everything you have done for me. Thank you lord for going before me and preparing the way. Thank you that I may meet each new day knowing I have a God that will see me through not only the good times but the bad. Thank you lord for my husband, thank you lord for my children, thank you lord for my friends and family, thank you lord for everything. I know you will see me through because you have brought me safe thus far. I know you will not leave me or farsake me. Thank you lord for preparing the way. It's in your sweet holy name I pray..........AMEN
If you're having a hard time trusting the Lord today just remember and hang on to verse 6 so all the world from the east to west will know there is no other God. I am the Lord, and ther is no other.
Have a great day in the lord,
Lisa
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Is this not a simple line of verses but yet so hard to comprehend for some?
God does go before us and prepares the road ahead. My bible tells me that this is the only place in the bible where a Gentile ruler is said to "anointed." God is the power over all the rulers, and he anoints whom he has chosen for his special tasks. Cyrus's kingdom spread across 2,000 miles (the largest of any empire then known), including the territories of both the Assyrian and the Babylonian Empires. Why did God anoint cyrus? Because God had a special task for him to do for Isreal. Cyrus would allow God's city, Jerusalem, to be rebuilt, and he would set the exiles free without expecting anything in return.
Ya know God is ruler over light and darkness, over good times and bad times. Our lives experience both because we they are needed for us to grow spiritually. When the good times come, thank God and use your prosperity for him. When the bad times hit, don't resent them, but ask what can you learn from the experience to make you a better servant of God.
If this devotion was not meant for anyone else today, it was meant for me. Things are settling in with the house and all and little beady eyed satan has popped up on my shoulders and said....un hunh? How are gonna make that house payment that $100 more than the last one you had? How are gonna do this and how are you gonna do that? Well Satan.....I bind you in the name of Jesus.......my lord has gone before me and prepared the way. I will make it because I have a God that has called me by my name even when I didn't know him. He will answer my prayers and see me through to let me know that he is lord and he will see me through.
Thank you Lord for everything you have done for me. Thank you lord for going before me and preparing the way. Thank you that I may meet each new day knowing I have a God that will see me through not only the good times but the bad. Thank you lord for my husband, thank you lord for my children, thank you lord for my friends and family, thank you lord for everything. I know you will see me through because you have brought me safe thus far. I know you will not leave me or farsake me. Thank you lord for preparing the way. It's in your sweet holy name I pray..........AMEN
If you're having a hard time trusting the Lord today just remember and hang on to verse 6 so all the world from the east to west will know there is no other God. I am the Lord, and ther is no other.
Have a great day in the lord,
Lisa
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Sunday, July 15, 2007
OKAY GIRLS.........
I miss you all posting. I know we lead busy lives and it is the weekend but I look forward to your post. I know God has put something on your heart today. When I check back in, I would like to have something to read.......LOL
Go ahead Peter, Go Fishing
Wow.....what a great message that was brought forth this morning. I just love how the lord uses our pastor in getting his word across to others. The sermon was taken from Matthew 17:24-27
24On their arrival in Capernaum, the tax collectors for the Temple tax came to Peter and ask him"Doesn't your teacher pay the Temple tax?" 25 "Of course he does" Peter replied. Then he went into the house to talk to Jesus about it. But before he had a chance to speak, Jesus asked him, "What do you think, Peter? Do kings tax their own people or the foreigners they have conquered?" 26 They tax the foreigners, " Peter replied. "Well, then," Jesus said, "the citizens are free! 27 However we don't want to offend them, so go down to the lake and throw in a line. Open the mouth of the first fish you catch, and you will find a coin. Take the coin and pay the tax for both of us. (NLT)
I was sitting there thinking, where is he going with this ? Soon, it was sinking in.......he was going to give him the money to pay the taxes but he had to work for it. God does provide doesn't he?, but we have to be willing to work for what we have (spiritually and physically speaking).
As God's people, we are foreigners on earth because our loyalty is always to our real king--Jesus. Still we have to cooperate with the authorities and be responsible citizens. An ambassodor to another country keeps the local laws in order to represent well the one who sent him. we are Christ's ambassadors. Are you being a good foreign ambassador for him to this world?
He also mentioned we have to be satisfied in Jesus to be more productive. It's like for instance....if you don't like your job, then you are not going to do it to the best of your ability. We got to be excited in what we do so we can do it more efficiently and effectively. Boy did this step on my toes . When I am happy....everyone knows it but when I am not.......everyone knows it. You know that saying....."If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy." If you are not satisfied with something, it can effect the ones around you, if you carry it around on your shoulders. Ya see, I had a hard time with carrying my feelings around on my shoulders. I didn't realize it was keeping me from being the effective person God wanted me to be to others. I was only thinking of myself.
Are you satisfied with Jesus? You can't be productive if you are not. You've got to be excited. He closed with "Some of you people just need to GO FISHING----get out there and work (for HIM) and believe he is going to provide. So I close with this.....GO FISHING today and relax in God and know he is our provider. We've got to do out part and when we are satisfied in him......it will pay off.
I'm going fishing,
Lisa
24On their arrival in Capernaum, the tax collectors for the Temple tax came to Peter and ask him"Doesn't your teacher pay the Temple tax?" 25 "Of course he does" Peter replied. Then he went into the house to talk to Jesus about it. But before he had a chance to speak, Jesus asked him, "What do you think, Peter? Do kings tax their own people or the foreigners they have conquered?" 26 They tax the foreigners, " Peter replied. "Well, then," Jesus said, "the citizens are free! 27 However we don't want to offend them, so go down to the lake and throw in a line. Open the mouth of the first fish you catch, and you will find a coin. Take the coin and pay the tax for both of us. (NLT)
I was sitting there thinking, where is he going with this ? Soon, it was sinking in.......he was going to give him the money to pay the taxes but he had to work for it. God does provide doesn't he?, but we have to be willing to work for what we have (spiritually and physically speaking).
As God's people, we are foreigners on earth because our loyalty is always to our real king--Jesus. Still we have to cooperate with the authorities and be responsible citizens. An ambassodor to another country keeps the local laws in order to represent well the one who sent him. we are Christ's ambassadors. Are you being a good foreign ambassador for him to this world?
He also mentioned we have to be satisfied in Jesus to be more productive. It's like for instance....if you don't like your job, then you are not going to do it to the best of your ability. We got to be excited in what we do so we can do it more efficiently and effectively. Boy did this step on my toes . When I am happy....everyone knows it but when I am not.......everyone knows it. You know that saying....."If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy." If you are not satisfied with something, it can effect the ones around you, if you carry it around on your shoulders. Ya see, I had a hard time with carrying my feelings around on my shoulders. I didn't realize it was keeping me from being the effective person God wanted me to be to others. I was only thinking of myself.
Are you satisfied with Jesus? You can't be productive if you are not. You've got to be excited. He closed with "Some of you people just need to GO FISHING----get out there and work (for HIM) and believe he is going to provide. So I close with this.....GO FISHING today and relax in God and know he is our provider. We've got to do out part and when we are satisfied in him......it will pay off.
I'm going fishing,
Lisa
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Soaking it all up......the BLESSINGS of God
Good morning girls.........I am getting a late start. I hate to sleep late sometimes because it makes for a bad day. I just need to start getting up when I originally wake up and I think I feel a whole lot better.
Well.....My class went great last night. There is so much to learn about the structure of the class but God called me to do it and I know he'll see me through it. Hey....that sounded good didn't it.
I am just soaking up God's blessings today. My 2 oldest boys are at Presbyterian football camp, my husband is working today and Carson is still asleep (10:07). All my kids love to sleep late...I am so thankful unless we have to get up early to go somehwere. But anyway......I am here soaking it all up and going over through my mind how God is blessing me and my family, doing a work in me personally. Yall, I know I keep saying this but God has truly changed me through this fire. Sort of like a wake up call. I feel like sometimes I am going 90 miles a minute, like a high so to speak. High on Jesus.......now thats some powerful stuff.....lol
Well I think i am going to get a shower before Carson gets up and we may try to do some mommy amd me time today....somewhere.
Soak up God's blessings today.....it will make you feel so much better !!!!!
Love yall,
Lisa
Well.....My class went great last night. There is so much to learn about the structure of the class but God called me to do it and I know he'll see me through it. Hey....that sounded good didn't it.
I am just soaking up God's blessings today. My 2 oldest boys are at Presbyterian football camp, my husband is working today and Carson is still asleep (10:07). All my kids love to sleep late...I am so thankful unless we have to get up early to go somehwere. But anyway......I am here soaking it all up and going over through my mind how God is blessing me and my family, doing a work in me personally. Yall, I know I keep saying this but God has truly changed me through this fire. Sort of like a wake up call. I feel like sometimes I am going 90 miles a minute, like a high so to speak. High on Jesus.......now thats some powerful stuff.....lol
Well I think i am going to get a shower before Carson gets up and we may try to do some mommy amd me time today....somewhere.
Soak up God's blessings today.....it will make you feel so much better !!!!!
Love yall,
Lisa
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
I want to be a BLESSING to those little girls........
Good Morning or should I say Good afternoon....I have been preparing for my STARS class tonight and I guess I have let time get away from me.
Today I would like to challenge all of you that tread my blog to pray for a time in my life that i so desperately feel God is calling me in to. Back, I guess the end of May, the first of June, I accepted a position at church as the STARS (little girls from 3rd to 5th grade) teacher. Iam not doing this because I felt pressured from the one who ask me but I felt like God all but audibly told me this was what I need to do. Well..........due to summer activities, vacations, campmeeting, 4th of July and of course the house fire.....I have not had the oppurtunity of doing but 2 classes, they were simple, I had someone elses plans to go by and basically had to do what they had already planned to do. I can get very confusing sometimes......can't I? Oh well....anyway.....
Tonight I am on my own....making my own plans, crafts,etc. I would just like for you to pray that God will use me in a powerful way with those little girls and that I will be the christian example to them that I need to be. Pray that I will be obediant to his word and not just go in that room and do what Lisa wants to do but rather what he wants me to do. I just want to be in his divine will and plan and be the blessing he wants me to be to those little girls.
Also, Renee and Jason want to meet with Mike and I and talk. Almost like a counseling session...she says jason is not comfortable enough to talk with anyone else and he requested to her that he and she talk with us. All I can say is.........I'm beginning to see God working in him....if he will just surrender. Pray that God gives Mike and I the right things to say to both of them. I really feel like God is going to use us and what we have been through in our marriage to speak to them.........I knew God had a plan for the trials that we have been through and I think he is going to give us the opportunity to share his love and guidance with others. I hope I don't sound prideful...........I am just excited to see God work in a powerful way with the both of us. I am trying to be obediant and he is rewarding me (us).
Excited in what God is doing,
Lisa
Today I would like to challenge all of you that tread my blog to pray for a time in my life that i so desperately feel God is calling me in to. Back, I guess the end of May, the first of June, I accepted a position at church as the STARS (little girls from 3rd to 5th grade) teacher. Iam not doing this because I felt pressured from the one who ask me but I felt like God all but audibly told me this was what I need to do. Well..........due to summer activities, vacations, campmeeting, 4th of July and of course the house fire.....I have not had the oppurtunity of doing but 2 classes, they were simple, I had someone elses plans to go by and basically had to do what they had already planned to do. I can get very confusing sometimes......can't I? Oh well....anyway.....
Tonight I am on my own....making my own plans, crafts,etc. I would just like for you to pray that God will use me in a powerful way with those little girls and that I will be the christian example to them that I need to be. Pray that I will be obediant to his word and not just go in that room and do what Lisa wants to do but rather what he wants me to do. I just want to be in his divine will and plan and be the blessing he wants me to be to those little girls.
Also, Renee and Jason want to meet with Mike and I and talk. Almost like a counseling session...she says jason is not comfortable enough to talk with anyone else and he requested to her that he and she talk with us. All I can say is.........I'm beginning to see God working in him....if he will just surrender. Pray that God gives Mike and I the right things to say to both of them. I really feel like God is going to use us and what we have been through in our marriage to speak to them.........I knew God had a plan for the trials that we have been through and I think he is going to give us the opportunity to share his love and guidance with others. I hope I don't sound prideful...........I am just excited to see God work in a powerful way with the both of us. I am trying to be obediant and he is rewarding me (us).
Excited in what God is doing,
Lisa
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
I DIG Jesus because.................
Man, what a way to get a girl thinking. I have thought about this all afternoon. During cooking, cleaning up the dishes and even the rest of the night as I went about my nightly routine.
So here it goes......
1) I dig Jesus because....... of the life he created in everything especially human life. I mean ...have you ever looked at your hands, feet, nose, ears, eyes and just wondered how he created each little thing to work so well to benefit the other things. Life itself is amazing to me. 10 fingers, 10 toes.....so amazing. We are created in his image.
2) I dig Jesus because......of the pain and suffering he endure for us dying on the cross. He did that for me, he did it for you. It is so amazing at what he did for us but yet we want to complain about it being too hot, too cold or just complaining period when it don't go our way.
3) I dig Jesus because.......of the little blessings we have in our life called children. For some reason he chose to give me all boys. Sometimes I wonder what my little girl would have looked like but with 3 boys....some day I'll have 3 daughters (in-law) and he may even give me grand-DAUGHTERS.
4) I dig Jesus because...... (this one will make you laugh) GO FORTH AND MULTIPLY.....if it wasn't for my parents.....where would I be?.....would I exist?..... I have the parents I have because he chose to give me to them. I am the little blessing in life that I mentioned in #3...lol
5) I dig Jesus because...... of the trials that I go through. Although they are not fun and sometimes devastating. We learn to endure through those trials and it makes us stronger. God is doing a work in me......giving me the chance to use what I have been through to help someone else through lifes storms.
OK....so there you have it.......it may have been a little different than what you were expecting to hear but those are the things that come to mind.
I am glad I was tagged........it is just another way of counting life blessings.
So here it goes......
1) I dig Jesus because....... of the life he created in everything especially human life. I mean ...have you ever looked at your hands, feet, nose, ears, eyes and just wondered how he created each little thing to work so well to benefit the other things. Life itself is amazing to me. 10 fingers, 10 toes.....so amazing. We are created in his image.
2) I dig Jesus because......of the pain and suffering he endure for us dying on the cross. He did that for me, he did it for you. It is so amazing at what he did for us but yet we want to complain about it being too hot, too cold or just complaining period when it don't go our way.
3) I dig Jesus because.......of the little blessings we have in our life called children. For some reason he chose to give me all boys. Sometimes I wonder what my little girl would have looked like but with 3 boys....some day I'll have 3 daughters (in-law) and he may even give me grand-DAUGHTERS.
4) I dig Jesus because...... (this one will make you laugh) GO FORTH AND MULTIPLY.....if it wasn't for my parents.....where would I be?.....would I exist?..... I have the parents I have because he chose to give me to them. I am the little blessing in life that I mentioned in #3...lol
5) I dig Jesus because...... of the trials that I go through. Although they are not fun and sometimes devastating. We learn to endure through those trials and it makes us stronger. God is doing a work in me......giving me the chance to use what I have been through to help someone else through lifes storms.
OK....so there you have it.......it may have been a little different than what you were expecting to hear but those are the things that come to mind.
I am glad I was tagged........it is just another way of counting life blessings.
Monday, July 9, 2007
I'll still PRAISE him.
And I'll praise you this storm,And I will lift my hands,
that you are who you are No matter where I am,
And every tear I cry ,you hold in your hand,
You never left my side,and though my heart is torn ,
I'll praise you int this storm.
I just love the words to that song and it is so true, no matter what we go through, we have to continue to praise him.
I didn't mention this last week because I was praising my way through it and I'll continue to do so. But last week while Mike was patroling, he heard the deputies being called out to our old house. Mike said he didn't know what it was about about but if we were charged with anything, he could lose his job. We knew we had done nothing wrong but you know how satan will put things in your mind and make you doubt. We had not clean up anything when we left because the insurance co. told us not to. Serv-pro or whoever come in would clean from top to bottom, side to side. I immediately called our pastor to tell him what was going on, he told me to just praise our way through this. God would not have brought us as far as he has to let us go now. When I got off the phone with him, I started praising the lord for what he was doing , what he had done and what he was going to do. I also prayed for out former landlord for the lord to take the greed he had in his heart away. To make a long story short Mike was told later that he was trying to charge us with damage to property. Ya know, "How stupid does that sound?" The responding officer said he could see there had been a fire and that as far as he could see with the rest of the house we had not did anything crimally wrong. This man was trying to get us to clean up and paint when thats what his insurance for. I guess he thinks we are stupid but it sounds like insurance fraud to me. There is no doubt to me God will pull us thorough all of this.
You know, I don't understand why we had to go through all this but I do know God has done a powerful work in me since all this has taken place. I will continue to praise him so when another storm comes our way, I know he will be there with his hands outstretched ready to pull us to shore. Like the song says, sometimes we may not hear him from the sound of the rain saying "I am with you." but he is still there.
I don't know what you may be going through today but just PRAISE him. We have to praise him in the valley as well as on the mountain top.
How will you respond when a storm comes your way??????
Praising him,
Lisa
that you are who you are No matter where I am,
And every tear I cry ,you hold in your hand,
You never left my side,and though my heart is torn ,
I'll praise you int this storm.
I just love the words to that song and it is so true, no matter what we go through, we have to continue to praise him.
I didn't mention this last week because I was praising my way through it and I'll continue to do so. But last week while Mike was patroling, he heard the deputies being called out to our old house. Mike said he didn't know what it was about about but if we were charged with anything, he could lose his job. We knew we had done nothing wrong but you know how satan will put things in your mind and make you doubt. We had not clean up anything when we left because the insurance co. told us not to. Serv-pro or whoever come in would clean from top to bottom, side to side. I immediately called our pastor to tell him what was going on, he told me to just praise our way through this. God would not have brought us as far as he has to let us go now. When I got off the phone with him, I started praising the lord for what he was doing , what he had done and what he was going to do. I also prayed for out former landlord for the lord to take the greed he had in his heart away. To make a long story short Mike was told later that he was trying to charge us with damage to property. Ya know, "How stupid does that sound?" The responding officer said he could see there had been a fire and that as far as he could see with the rest of the house we had not did anything crimally wrong. This man was trying to get us to clean up and paint when thats what his insurance for. I guess he thinks we are stupid but it sounds like insurance fraud to me. There is no doubt to me God will pull us thorough all of this.
You know, I don't understand why we had to go through all this but I do know God has done a powerful work in me since all this has taken place. I will continue to praise him so when another storm comes our way, I know he will be there with his hands outstretched ready to pull us to shore. Like the song says, sometimes we may not hear him from the sound of the rain saying "I am with you." but he is still there.
I don't know what you may be going through today but just PRAISE him. We have to praise him in the valley as well as on the mountain top.
How will you respond when a storm comes your way??????
Praising him,
Lisa
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Where are you looking ????
Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. (NIV)
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever. If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. (KJV)
Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin. "The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son does remain forever." So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. (NASB)
Sin has a way of enslaving us, controlling us, dominating us and dictating our actions. Jesus can free you from this slavery that keeps you from becoming the person God created you to be. If sin is restraining, mastering or enslving you. Jesus can break it's power over you.
I think what it's saying right here is not physical slavery but a slavery to sin, bound up in bondage that only our JESUS CHRIST can break us free from. People will die in their sins if they reject Christ, because they are rejecting the only way to be rescued from sin. Sadly, many are so taken up with the values of this world that they are blind to the priceless gift Christ offers. Don't be enslaved to sin, give your life over to Christ today.
Where are you looking?
Don't focus on this worlds values and miss what is most valuble----ETERNAL LIFE WITH GOD.
Free in him with a Purpose in Life,
Lisa
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever. If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. (KJV)
Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin. "The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son does remain forever." So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. (NASB)
Sin has a way of enslaving us, controlling us, dominating us and dictating our actions. Jesus can free you from this slavery that keeps you from becoming the person God created you to be. If sin is restraining, mastering or enslving you. Jesus can break it's power over you.
I think what it's saying right here is not physical slavery but a slavery to sin, bound up in bondage that only our JESUS CHRIST can break us free from. People will die in their sins if they reject Christ, because they are rejecting the only way to be rescued from sin. Sadly, many are so taken up with the values of this world that they are blind to the priceless gift Christ offers. Don't be enslaved to sin, give your life over to Christ today.
Where are you looking?
Don't focus on this worlds values and miss what is most valuble----ETERNAL LIFE WITH GOD.
Free in him with a Purpose in Life,
Lisa
Monday, July 2, 2007
Last Call.....
As smoke and heat diminished from the mangled steel and glass,The hope of rescue workers faded in and out so fast.These heroes of our nation working tirelessly to findA sound, a breath, some proof of life, to keep that hope alive.The victims were so innocent, just doing their life's work,In a nation called America, the most free on this Earth.Suddenly, a worker finds a cell phone flashing red.He plays the "last call" message, and this is what it said:"Hello, it's me. I'm calling to tell you I'm all right.I've made it up to heaven; I tried to call last night.The group that I arrived with is strong and brave and tall,And proud to be Americans while answering God's call."I love you all and know I've been in all your thoughts and prayers.You need to know I felt no pain and safely made it here.Now let me say a prayer for you of closure and of life,Move on with courage and with faith that we will reunite."I know it's sad; I'll age no more, but in this you can trust:My dreams were put back on the Earth in particles of dust.That dust is in the air you breathe; I've passed it on to you.So please breathe deeply every day and make my dreams come true.
As I read this I thought of all the freedom we have in this country and the many that lost loved ones on that tragic day. On wednesday, we will celebrate Independance Day, let's all stop at some point that day and Thank God for the freedom we have. You know freedom don't come free.... Happy 4th of July to everyone.
As I read this I thought of all the freedom we have in this country and the many that lost loved ones on that tragic day. On wednesday, we will celebrate Independance Day, let's all stop at some point that day and Thank God for the freedom we have. You know freedom don't come free.... Happy 4th of July to everyone.
Sunday, July 1, 2007
We can PRAY
I don't if any of you have heard the song "I can pray" by the Dove Brothers Quartet but if you haven't.......it's an awesome song. Anyway, I was looking it up on the DBQ website and came across a website of a little girl that has cancer. I wanted to post her link on here so we all can visit her and let her know we are praying. The site is http://www.caringbridge.org/cb/viewHome.do Let's visit this little girls website and give her words of encouragement.
Thanks,
Lisa
Thanks,
Lisa
Joy comes in the morning...
Last night, my hubby called me into the bathroom to show me a web that a spider was making outside our window. He said he noticed every night before going to bed, it would be there and when he got up the next morning it would be gone. I stood there for a moment and said thats a good story to blog about, he just smiled at me. He knows how excited I am about blogging and how much I enjoy sharing with others. (He does not read them--so don't worry).
So anyway, I went on to bed thinking about that web. When I awoke this morning I thought ya know we catch ourselves caught up in webs sometimes, rather it be a wrong decision that we have made about something or get caught in the middle of something that we don't need to have no part in, we are caught in a web so to speak. That webs purpose was used to catch insects for food but however it was spun so carefully and unique. (Have you ever really looked at a web?) Satan will make things look so good and then snatch us (sometimes physically) spiritually and get us all tangled up in STUFF. (Remember my gunk I was in when I first starting blogging) It's like being caught in a web. But remember he said it would be gone the next morning........PRAISE GOD, JOY COMES IN THE MORNING. No matter what we get caught up in on this earth with earthly things, wrong decisions ot whatever just remember WEEPING ENDURES FOR THE NIGHT BUT JOY COMES IN THE MORNING.
If you're caught up in a web just remember I am praying for you.
Lisa
So anyway, I went on to bed thinking about that web. When I awoke this morning I thought ya know we catch ourselves caught up in webs sometimes, rather it be a wrong decision that we have made about something or get caught in the middle of something that we don't need to have no part in, we are caught in a web so to speak. That webs purpose was used to catch insects for food but however it was spun so carefully and unique. (Have you ever really looked at a web?) Satan will make things look so good and then snatch us (sometimes physically) spiritually and get us all tangled up in STUFF. (Remember my gunk I was in when I first starting blogging) It's like being caught in a web. But remember he said it would be gone the next morning........PRAISE GOD, JOY COMES IN THE MORNING. No matter what we get caught up in on this earth with earthly things, wrong decisions ot whatever just remember WEEPING ENDURES FOR THE NIGHT BUT JOY COMES IN THE MORNING.
If you're caught up in a web just remember I am praying for you.
Lisa
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