go with God ...

Charles Price devotional thought ... i can say amen to this ... please use me Lord as i enter my senior years of life ... 

soon ... and very soon ...

beauty all around me ...

feeling blessed this sunday morning ...

 the flowers bathed in beauty

 the morning sunrise filled with promise 

and these apples ripening along the pathway that i walk ... if i let it, my cup will overflow with the goodness of God all around my everyday ... 

BE  YE  THANKFUL ... my answer, Yes Lord, i am ... 

sunday morning greetings ...

imagine, the last day of July ... and how this old world is creaking and groaning, as it turns on it's axis ... i'm glad for God moments ... for sundays ... for HIS Word that gives us hope ... may you find moments of peace and beauty in your everyday ... blessings on ya . ..

make peace, the Word says ...

just doing a self check of my heart ... adjustment needed ... 

prayer

i agree with this statement ... prayer does change things .. most notably, the one on their knees ... 

Protection? yes, God does that as well ... and so well ...

this was the heading on my devotional page ... those of us who are Jesus' followers need to know God is ABLE to keep us and WILL strengthen and protect us ... keep your eye on our Faithful Guardian ... He will never lead us astray ...

Words ...

the bible continually reminds us that words are important ... they are either a weapon to wound, or healing balm to the hearer ... it seems our out-of-control, crazy world, has forgotten this important message ...

Jesus' promises ...

i experience the constant trouble one for sure!!!  *smile* ... and when i am in tune to the Holy Spirit's leading - i feel fearless ... when i am listening to Jesus' words - i am absurdly happy .... how 'bout you?  BLESSINGS on you who stop by, this Lord's day ... 

p.s. the picture of the flowers was taken yesterday, from my overgrown flower garden (busy June, no time for weeding) ... the thought came from my devotional reading this morning .. 

Guard your heart ...

" ... Before the new birth, sin was clearly our master.  Now there's a vastly more powerful rival in the Spirit of God.  We have entered a war zone.

The front lines of the war zone are located in our hearts ... Worthless idols never deliver on their promises.  God always does.  It should be obvious where to set our hearts.

In your daily war against the sin that so easily infects your life, remember to guard your heart.  Watch where you set it.  Be extremely careful not to let it dwell on impure or unworthy things.  Let it be filled with God alone."

excerpt from "Wonder of the Cross devotional" by Chris Tiegreen 

graduates ... be blessed and live for Jesus ...

i was just thinking of the graduates this season ... the life that lies before them ... the many decisions they will need to make ... but if they get this one thing right - to do all for the GLORY of GOD ... then everything else will fall into place ... dear LORD, may it be so for the ones who love You!

It's not that our plans are bad, but that God's plans are better!

from Max Lucado's devotional ... i've read this particular page about 10 times (guess i need the encouragement, eh!) ... and i have to say a loud "AMEN!" after each reading ...

weep no more ...

when my  heart is heavy, i am encouraged by passages like this one in Isaiah ... God saying to weep no more ... that He hears ... that He will answer ... and tho' the sadness may linger for a bit ... HOPE starts to inch in ... and HOPE gives strength and encouragement ... so weep no more ... for God does hear! 

Queen Elizabeth quote ...

"It has always been easy to hate and destroy ... to build and cherish is much more difficult" .. 
  ~ Queen Elizabeth II

now there is no condemnation ...

For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.  John 3:17

Remember how we used to sing: ... and they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love ... yes they'll know we are Christians by our love ... 

Lord, let them see my love ... because you loved me, when i couldn't love myself ... you died for me, when i didn't know i needed such a sacrifice ... you want me to live like you ... to be the light in my world ... let them see Jesus in me ... amen.

the hour is indeed late ....

eternity in our hearts ...

why the restlessness?   why the searching?

it's because GOD  has put eternity in our hearts ... we will never find rest, until we REST in HIM ...

John 3:16 still holds the key - that will unlock the door ... if you are seeking, start your search there ...

help build a bridge ...

JESUS said, "blessed are the peacemakers" ... i want to be blessed in that way ... amen ...

part of a plan ...

when others put you down, don't believe you, question your motives ... remember this, God knows your heart ... your bruised and aching heart ... and not only does He KNOW - He loves you and has a plan to redeem you ... because He wants you to be a part of His plan ... a part of His Forever Kingdom ... leave it with Him ... rest in the ONE who loves you for all eternity.

do you believe?