No Situation Is Impossible For God

I have often wondered what it would have been like living back in the days of Acts, when the disciples were so loyal to Jesus and the way He told them to live. This verse says every day they preached Jesus Christ. The wording here implies in every waking moment they were about the Lord's work spreading the Good News. 

We can do this today and we will see people changed, healed from physical and spiritual ailments and impossible situations made right. Just on Wednesday I heard about a 60 year old hell's angel giving his life to Jesus. The glory of the Lord rested in the room and this man was changed in less then five minutes. 

Nothing is impossible for our mighty God!

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Blessings,

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Precious Joy

Baby Joy has gone home to be with Jesus.

Psalm 34:18 ESV 

The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.

There hasn't been a lot of news about Joy. Her parents wanted to keep things a bit private and that is totally understandable. Every now and then I would see on Facebook a request for prayer for Joy or sharing of a blessing and last night a request came up that Joy needs prayer and then this morning this is what I saw...

At 730am CST our Joy was called home. We have told her from the beginning that if Jesus called her name she should run to Him and she did. We are Blessed to serve a God who let us call her ours for even a little while.

From what I understand, she had an infection and when you are a heart patient things can go from good to really ugly, super fast.

Please pray for the family as this is a very difficult time. Thank you.

Psalm 147:3 ESV

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Praying and praying,
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Through The Door

Revelation 21:4 ESV
"He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

Our sweet Phoebe is now home with Jesus. Please pray for the Fair family during this time. I think one of the hardest things ever is to watch your dear child pass from this life into the next. Even though you are happy for the fact they are now with Jesus and in the best place ever, the pain of separation is unbearable. Pray Father will walk with them and carry them they cannot go on anymore.

Please, stop over at Amy's blog, An Atypical Miracle, and send them some much needed love. You can also find out the details for the celebration of life service if you are wishing to attend, it will be held in Taylor Texas.

Thank you for your faithful prayers of intercession for this family and for our sweet, precious Phoebe.

1 Corinthians 15:55-57 ESV
“O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Blessings in Jesus Christ,
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Jesus Is The Message

Galatians 2:19-21 NIV
“For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!”

The law does not bring freedom only rules, regulations and often frustration at the fact that we cannot keep the law! If we need the law for salvation then like this passage says, Christ died for nothing!

Jesus came to give us freedom! Not freedom to sin but freedom from sin on our soul. It seems, though, that our world does not want to hear about Jesus and to say His name in some public places can get you into a heap of trouble.

People need to hear about Jesus and that through Him there is freedom. Don't let society stop you from spreading the only Good News that can truly set you free.

Blessings,
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Hope

Where is our hope? Our hope is in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Without Jesus we have nothing, nothing at all. 

No future, no peace, no forgiveness, no chance for eternal life with God.

Put your hope in the only one who can fill that empty place inside.

Jesus, You reign!!

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For those of you who are praying for Phoebe, there hasn't been a lot of news. The last I heard was she was in the hospital and they assumed her headaches were caused by an infection of some sort. I will let you know the latest when I find out how she is doing. Thanks for praying!!

Blessings,

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Jeremy Riddle

Prepare the Way of the LORD

Prepare ye the way of the Lord 

Prepare ye the way of the Lord 

Oh, the way of the Lord 

Make straight paths for His feet 

Clear a way in the streets 

Prepare your hearts to meet 

The One who is coming 

Every valley shall be raised 

The rough places become plains 

His salvation comes today 

To those who would receive Him 

What His words have foretold 

All together we'll behold 

Every knee bending low 

On the day of His coming 

Now is a time of urgency 

You must repent and believe 

For the day of reckoning 

Comes with His coming


Matthew 21:1-11 NIV

As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”

This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

“Say to Daughter Zion,
‘See, your king comes to you,
gentle and riding on a donkey,
and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’ ”
The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to sit on. A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted,

“Hosannab to the Son of David!”
“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”c
“Hosannad in the highest heaven!”
When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”

The crowds answered, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”

Blessings in Christ Jesus!!
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Meeting Jesus Face to Face

2 Corinthians 5:1

Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

Wayne is now home with Jesus talking to Him face to face. I am so thankful that he is now out of pain and free from the cancer ridden body that he occupied here on earth. The body he was in was only temporary, a dwelling place during his time here. Like all of us, the bodies we are in are only for a short time and our pain and suffering only lasts for a moment.

Please pray for Marge and Chelle as even though they are pleased Wayne is no longer suffering, they now must deal with the sorrow that comes with losing a dearly loved one.

2 Corinthians 4:18
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Praying for you Marge and Chelle.
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Did He Really Say That?

Did God really say, "I will never put more on your shoulders than what you can handle"?

This morning, I had this conversation with my husband. I told him, God will never put more on your shoulders than what you can handle and he told me that wasn't Biblical. Huh? That stopped me in my tracks and I was determined to show him that yes indeed this was Scriptural. Guess what? I was wrong. Gulp, I have yet to apologize to my husband as I kind of got lost doing some research and here is what I found.

1 Corinthians 10:13 NIV
No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

Notice in this verse it says tempted not bare. This verse is talking about idolatry. The temptation that is mentioned is the one to abandon God to other things, like other gods, sex, etc., and how God has provided for us a way out. James 4:7 tells us how. Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Psalm 68:19-20 NIV

Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,

    who daily bears our burdens.

Our God is a God who saves;

    from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death.

Psalm 68 is talking about sin and God's provision from escaping the effects of sin, eternal death, not from a stressful job, disease, financial dept or a poor relationship.

The opposite of the statement, 'God will never put more on your shoulders than what you can handle', is 'God will put more on you, in order to crush you.' This statement is true.

Hebrews 12:4-7 NIV

In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,

“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,

    and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,

because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,

    and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”

Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father?

So, it would be better to say that God will not put more on us than what Jesus can bare. And, my friend, He can bare A LOT. Actually, He bares all things.

Romans 5:1-5 NIV 
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

Isaiah 53:4-6 NIV

Surely he took up our pain

    and bore our suffering,

yet we considered him punished by God,

    stricken by him, and afflicted.

But he was pierced for our transgressions,

    he was crushed for our iniquities;

the punishment that brought us peace was on him,

    and by his wounds we are healed.

We all, like sheep, have gone astray,

    each of us has turned to our own way;

and the Lord has laid on him

    the iniquity of us all.

You see, Jesus has taken it ALL for us. He is our burden bearer and when the load it just too heavy, we go to Him and ask Him to help us and He will. Jesus beckons us to come to Him. And I believe He does this in order for us sinful, prideful people to search Him out.

Matthew 11:28-30 NIV
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

The call for the Christian is to suffer and to bear the cross that we have been given or to take up the cross and help someone else.

Matthew 16:24-25 NIV
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it."

Today, people think that the Christian life is easy, a breeze, if you become a Christians your life will be full of Bible studies, get togethers and no financial issues. But, that is not the case at all. If you think this then you are believing a lie. The Christian life is hard, tough and if you are following God in a close walk then you will be persecuted and pursued by Satan. Satan wants to shut the Christian up and by the looks of our world, he has done a pretty good job at it.

The wonderful thing is God pursues us too! He sent His Son for us and if you read some of the Old Testament stories you will see that God does indeed pursue. Just go read the story of Jonah and just how far Father went to seek after him.

Luke 19:10 NIV
"For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

John 6:44 NIV
“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day."

Although Satan attacks us, God has promised us a way out. Humble yourself and submit to God, resist the devil and he will leave, James 4:7. This is a spiritual war and a Christian that is fighting and wearing their armour are sure of attacks. Jesus is a Warrior Himself and if we keep ourselves in alignment with His Word, then He will protect us and crush the area we are fighting in of the influence of the devil.

Galatians 6:2 NIV
Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

Christians are to bear each others burdens. We are to pray for one another and help one another out. If you see your brother struggling financially, help him out. If you see a homeless person hungry, feed them. We are the hands and feet of Jesus and we are to do His work while we are here on earth. There are many people out there who don't know God and His awesome promises and love, we need to spread His word and the best way to do this is by preaching His Word followed by spreading His love in our actions.

So the statement, God will not put more on your shoulders than what you can bare is 100% false. That in itself is a god, the god of self, thinking that we can bare the burden of sin. That we, in our own strength, can walk through this life and come out victor. No way! If God found it pleasing to crush His own Son, then it is pleasing for Him to crush us too. For if we turn to Him and seek Him He will help us during this trial just like He helped Jesus while He hung on the cross.

Proverbs 8:14 NIV

I love those who love me,

    and those who seek me find me.

Reference: Misused Bible Verses

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Jesus Take Care of Joey

Dear, sweet Joey has gone home to be with Jesus. Here is what his dad said on his CaringBridge page:

Joey finally met in person (face to face) the person he's loved, trusted, admired, talked to, talked about, and worshipped for years, Jesus, tonight, at 9:35p. Buddy, you loved that song, I'll fly away....you beat me there. Which is not the way it's supposed to be. I will be there soon. I never knew I could love someone like I loved you, son. My heart will be broken until I see you again. You are awesome. I told you often how much I loved you and thought of you. I can only hope to run a race as strong, and focused, and effective as you. In spiritual terms, I look up to you. I love you and am a fractured, torn up person without you. I'll never be right. But I will see you soon. One more time, "Dad thinks you are awesome! You make me happy! I am so proud of you." I'm coming buddy. Pray for me.

Please be in prayer for the family during this very sad time. Thanks!

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 NIV
Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage one another with these words.

Blessings,
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Peace

John 16:33 NIV

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

Peace. Just the sound of that word feels so good. True peace can only be found in Jesus Christ and a relationship with Him. Are you down today? Feeling a bit overwhelmed? Take heart! Jesus has already overcome what you are going through just look to Him and He will give you peace!

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Blessings,

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Addison Jo

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Sweet Addison Jo is resting in the arms of Jesus. She went home to be with Jesus Friday May 27 2011.

John 5:24-25 NIV

“Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.  Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live.

Jesus,

Brother, thank you for creating Addison Jo. Lord, You know this is a time of deep sorrow for her mom and dad. Please be with them right now, let Your presence surround them and comfort them. Give them peace and ease their broken hearts. You did not promise a life of no sorrow, but You did promise eternal life of rejoicing and pleasure for those who belong to You. Thank you for being our God and allowing a way for us to be with You in glory. Praise Your Name. Thank You Jesus. In Your Holy precious name I pray, amen.

Please pray for Addison Jo`s family, thank you.

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Love Offering

 Isaiah 53:1-3 NIV

Who has believed our message

   and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
He grew up before Him like a tender shoot,
   and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to Him,
   nothing in His appearance that we should desire Him.
He was despised and rejected by mankind,
   a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
   He was despised, and we held Him in low esteem. 

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Revelation 1:4-6 NIV
...Grace and peace to you from Him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

To Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by His blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve His God and Father—to Him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen. 

The power of the universe lies in the hands of the one who paid the price. He is a gentle Lamb who came in love and peace for the forgiveness of our sins. He came but we rejected Him. He loved us but we spat on Him. He forgave us but we mocked Him. After He rose from the dead He said He would return, He warned us to watch the signs of the times for with His second coming He will be coming clad in fighting armor returning as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah.

Matthew 24:27 NIV

For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

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L.O.V.E. Challenge Day 14

 HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

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Summer, thank you for hosting this 14 Day L.O.V.E. Challenge. What a great idea! I sure do hope and pray that it lifted your beautiful spirit and I am always praying for healing for you my dear sweet sister. I hope everyone has an amazing day and my prayer is that Jesus will become the love of your life for there is none other deserving of this than He who gave up His life for us.

This Valentine's Day and every single day belong to Jesus first then my family. Since I don't post pics of my family, here are some pics of some of my animal family and the lover of my soul that mean so much to me.

Jonathan and Samson

Orphaned Hezekiah

Beautiful Prince

Shadow Fox

Yummy dinner with family

Widow Maker

Jesus my Saviour

Song of Solomon 2:8 NIV

Listen! My beloved!
   Look! Here he comes,
leaping across the mountains,
   bounding over the hills.

Revelations 22:12-21 NIV

  

“Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give 

 to each person according to what they have done. I am the Alpha and the 

Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

    “Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have

the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. 

Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the 

murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

    “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. 

I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.”

  The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, 

“Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who 

wishes take the free gift of the water of life.

  I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: 

If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that 

person the plagues described in this scroll.  

And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, 

God will take away from that person any share in 

the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.

  He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.”

   Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.

  The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen. 

God Bless,

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The Father's Heart

John 8:36 NIV
                                   So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

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Miracles Do Happen

Faith and obedience to prayer saved this man's life. This is the type of obedience we need towards God and He will answer.
May God bless you richly as you watch this really cool video.
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FOOLISH?

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the cleverness of the clever I will set aside." Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 

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Christ 2010

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

I want to wish all of my blogger friends a beautiful, Christ filled Christmas 2010. 

I also want to extend a thank you to everyone who was praying for me while my family and I were away visiting my extended family. We had a wonderful time and I felt your prayers.  

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May the peace of Christ Jesus rest on you!

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Rejoice in the Lord

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4</sup> Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! ⁵ Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. ⁶ Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. ⁷ And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:-7 NIV

Praise God

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  Rejoice always

    Acknowledge Jesus as Lord

       Involve yourself in what He cares about                           
                                                                                               
         Share your faith with others                                                 

           Elohim reigns; yesterday, today and tomorrow


                            Give to those who are in need

                               Obey His voice always

                                  Dedicate your life to Him