IT'S  HOT..... DRINK DEEP!!!

The temperature lately has been extremely high. Our local weather men have dubbed it "extreme heat" when they talk about the weather. Here in the mid-southeast we have had our temps hover between 95 and 105 degrees. There was relief in the evening and then at night but that was last summer.  Night doesn't bring much relief,  not lately.  I have a friend I was speaking with recently and she said something to me concerning flowers and it hit  my heart and I knew there was wisdom from above in what she said,  so I am going to try to make  it's  (wisdom) case. My friend said one evening at about 7:00 p.m.  when there was a slight,  much needed,  much appreciated,  breeze that made us both say "Thank You Jesus", that she was going to water the flowers,  this is the time to give them a big drink  because it would help them stand in the "extreme heat" much better because of the water saturation  in their roots.  This would help them in the "heat of the day" when temps were at their  highest. You gardeners probably already know this.  But this blog is all about  The ALL POWERFUL,  HOLY TRINITY:  THE FATHER,  THE SON,  AND THE HOLY SPIRIT,  so when she said that,  my heart heard something else totally different  than what she was talking about,  but the same,  an analogy of sorts. Those flowers needed water given to them at a particular time to help them survive a  difficult time,  likewise,  we as believers need God's  Holy Word  in us so that we can survive  in the difficult times as well.  When His Word,  which is a LIVING WORD, is  inside,  residing,   abiding,  spoken   and believed,  it has the power to do for us  what the water does for the flowers,  help us survive in the difficult times.  Faith makes this WORD come to life and perform  what it promises.  Saturated with the WORD,  makes a soul flourish when the "heat" is on  and becomes a reservoir in which to draw from.  That doesn't mean that difficulties wont come,  nor am I talking to those that have no problems,   they have it all together I suppose,  whatever.   No I am talking to God's people that face the everyday challenges of this life,   and ask that question we all ask at times:   Where are you Lord?  This deep abiding WORD in me has kept me from going: crazy, off, bonkers, loco, ballistic, the deep end, on drugs, alcohol, tabacco, into  a life of crime and any other ills of society.  Because His WORD is truth  (John 17:17) and saturated with it  I dwell in that secret place (Psalm 91). He said in His WORD to be still and know...(Psalm 46:10)  that be still stuff means in the difficult times when things are topsy and turvy. When all is well, you have no need to be still, it is when the heat is "extreme" and the  "heat is on", that abiding WORD  will steady you. His promises are in His WORD and faith in this abiding WORD makes it act. Psalm 1 is full of good water and my cup is full on verses 2 - 3 (kj) where it says "but his delight is in the law of the Lord....meditating day and night on his law...he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water...fruitful...not withering, prospering". (authors paraphrase) I will not write and say all I do is read God's WORD day and night, that would be a lie,  but I do feed on His WORD and allow ONLY His WORD as nourishment for my soul and spiritman.  Nothing else satisfies like GOD!!! As I look at my life, I ask what can be sustaining me this many decades, and the answer is not man, woman, boy, or girl.  It is the goodness and faithfulness of my GOD! (Psalm118: 13-14).  The WORD comes out of me in the dark hour and helps me, it comes out down in the valley, and lifts me to higher ground, it comes out in the rain and stormy season and His voice says  "peace, be still", "this far and no farther" it comes out when the sun is high and brings with it a rainbow signaling God' promises in HIS WORD. So  I will continue to DRINK DEEP, cause IT'S HOT!!    God Bless The reader!   Jesus is LORD!!  GOD LOVES YOU!!   Psalm 100,  Psalm118:24, Psalm 63.

MUSTARD - SEED FAITH ONE SIZE FITS ALL

You have probably seen labels that read " one size fits all". You know they can range from flip flops to bathing suits, especially for kids. Maybe t- shirts and scarves,  all touting that slogan "one size fits all". Well this posting is not an ad for anything like that, neither is it about labels. No the commonality is the slogan itself.  I titled it  MUSTARD - SEED FAITH ONE SIZE FITS ALL because that is how FAITH  is and that amount is all you need to get GOD to hear and answer your request. Now surely the more FAITH a person has the better because when "those" times come  (they come in all our lives)  Having a strong, solid, unshakeable  FAITH in GOD will hold you firm. I know what I am speaking about, that is why HE gave me permission to write about it. I always rely on the HOLY WORD and the saints from the scriptures to guide me in these times. That is why THE WORD OF GOD is alive and sharper than any  2-edge sword dividing  the soul and the spirit, the joint and marrow ( Hebrews 4 :12). That is a close cut and only a sharp knife can cut that close. When  "those" times come to me, I depend on THE LIVING WORD to seperate the junk and reality and put me back on solid footing.  PRAISE GOD!!!!  The saints that I want to talk about this posting are from the old and new testament.  Each one used their FAITH and specifically asked, believed, (never wavering), and received from GOD the answer they requested. I am inspired by them and I pray that I can retell their events effectively.  I want to start with Hannah - she had to share her husband with his other wife and the other wife was pushing out babies left right and side ways. Every time Hannah turned around Peninnah was having another kid.  Elkanah loved Hannah the most but Hannah was barren.  So of course Peninnah would taunt Hannah about this and it would hurt. I can almost hear Peninnah asking her " when you gonna give him some babies" in a nasty sort of way.  Elkanah saw her pain and with love in his heart he said to her  "haven't I been better to you than 10 sons"!!!  He really loved her and did not sweat the issue. So Hannah decided to do something and so when she had her mind set, she  went after the Great sacrificial meal at Shiloh, she prayed to GOD and made a vow that if GOD would bless her with a son she would give him back to the LORD for his entire life and that is how Samuel came and was in GOD'S service for his lifetime.  Hannah asked, believed, and received from GOD as a result of her targeting her FAITH for it  (1Samuel 1:1-20).  She had many other children also. Out of a painful situation, Hannah's FAITH brought forth one of the greatest prophets that GOD spoke to one- on- one. GLORY!!!  Next FAITH person shows how FAITH works by love (1Corinthians 13:2) cause she was a prisoner, a captive slave.  The scriptures call her Naaman's servant girl.  She used her FAITH to help the person who captured her and took her away from her village and people.  Naaman was a mighty warrior commanding the army for king Aram, and beloved by the king but he had leprosy.  His wife' servant girl told him  to go see the prophet in Samaria and get healed. Proud Naaman went but he didn't like that the prophet didn't come and greet him and say special prayers and words over him and treat him like royalty and such so he went away mad. Fortunately another FAITH - FILLED believer reasoned with him and he did what he was told to get healed. His servant girl could have withheld that info. but love acts and that is what happened even in captivity. 2 Kings 5:1-14. Someone else can have FAITH for you and all you have to do is act on it.  How about Hezekiah??  He was given the death sentence. There he was king  and doing GOD's will for HIS people and  here comes Isaiah with the news. "Set your house in order, you are going to die, you will not recover from this sickness".  What words to hear when you are a servant of GOD, doing HIS will.  Hezekiah new he had the ear of GOD and he had FAITH to believe GOD would have mercy.   I love that he turned to the wall for a conference with his CREATOR  and HIM ONLY !!! He reminded GOD of his FAITHFULNESS,serving GOD single-mindedly, pleasing GOD only. The scriptures are profound,  stating that Hezekiah wept bitterly. Right here I will say that when you have to cry bitterly,  do so  in HIS LOVING arms,  there is MERCY, GRACE AND COMFORT in the arms of GOD.  Thank you Jesus!! So before Isaiah could leave the courtyard of the palace, GOD sent Isaiah back with a new message: ... " I will add 15 years to your life, and I will save this city from the enemy and here is the proof,  watch for the sun's shadow to move backward 10 steps on the sundial".Isaiah 38:1-8.  How good is my GOD???  Hezekiah's FAITH cried out to it's CREATOR and HE answered, GLORY TO GOD!!!  I could go on and on  about the 3 Hebrew boys,  Daniel,  King Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 4:1-9, 34 -37) and so many who had FAITH and used it and saw results. New testament FAITH people are astounding cause they walked with JESUS and instantly saw results. The woman with the issue of blood for so long, risked her life to get to JESUS.  FAITH caused that to rise up in her, cause stoning was what the law called for had she been caught out in public.  But her FAITH made her feet move towards THE SAVIOR. Matthew 9:20-22 . She was interrupting JESUS' trip to another FAITH persons situation,  Jairus was believing for his sick, near death, dead daughter, when he came to JESUS.  Finally blind Bartimeas is where I will try to close.  He  always sat by the road and he heard that JESUS was passing by. His MUSTARD SEED SIZE FAITH  rose up in him and cried out to GOD for help. Louder and louder he yelled,  inspite of people telling him to be quiet. JESUS called him and seeing his FAITH , healed him. He can now see and what joy came upon him!!   Mark10: 46-52. I could go on with many others like the Centurian and others,  all of whom had a MUSTARD - SEED SIZE FAITH and used it to get GOD to hear them and respond to their cries for help.  Scripture say it is impossible to please GOD without FAITH,  anyone who wants to come to HIM,  must believe that GOD exist,  and that HE rewards those who diligently seek HIM. Hebrews11:6.  Faith in GOD works for anyone who believes HE LIVES!!!  Believe, and receive what the SPIRIT says to HIS people. MUSTARD - SEED FAITH  ONE SIZE FITS ALL!!!   GOD bless HIS people!!  I love you !  Hebrews 11, Romans 1, Revelation  22.

HOW AWESOME IS MY GOD !!

What an AWESOME  GOD, The Creator of The Universe is!!!! He  has continueously displayed His greatness for all to see.  I can't be quiet about how good He is, His lovingkindness, His mercy, amazing grace, protection, faithfulness, provisions, unfailing love, mercy, goodness, and I could go on and on. He is a never ending God, with a lifetime supply of all that I need to make this life He blessed me with, sing about His Awesomeness!!
I can talk of many things God has done for me, with me and to me, in this life so far, and that could take many, many blogs, but I shall focus on 3 powerful truths for me in my life, right now.  It is so hard to choose only 3, cause they don't even scratch the surface of How AWESOME MY GOD IS, but for this posting they will be the chosen ones. Powerful truth #1: I know that I can not live without the MERCY of GOD daily. The scriptures say,"It is of the Lord's Mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not"-Lamentations 3:22kjv. I could be so close to being consumed (existance over) but His MERCY said no. I am so grateful for God's MERCY in and over my life.  Psalm 6:2kjv, states it clearly, "Have MERCY upon me ,My LORD, for I am weak: My LORD, heal me, for my bones are vexed". What an awesome scripture, filled with faith, healing and promise. I read that with this MERCY  from GOD, I can depend on His strength, His healing, all of which I need in abundance. Websters dictionary gives the meaning of MERCY as: compassion; an act of forgiveness or compassion. He is full of forgiveness and His compassions towards me are numberless. I tried to count them and I loose count. They are infinite. HOW AWESOME IS MY GOD!!!! That is why Psalm 13:5kjv fits my life so well: "But I have trusted in Thy MERCY:my heart shall rejoice in THY salvation. Depending on the MERCY (COMPASSION) of God is how I survive. It is WELL with my soul!!!.   So when I cry out to Him, He hears my voice and His MERCY answers me and that same MERCY follows me all my days. (Psalm 27:7,23:6,30:10). Powerful truth#2: God's LOVINGKINDNESS is all over this existance. The Heavens declare His GLORY!! That LOVINGKINDNESS is all out, straight up, bout it- bout it, power-packed!! "How  excellent is THY LOVINGKINDNESS, My GOD!!therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings". (don't forget what is in and under those wings:HEALING AND PROTECTION!!!) "o continue THY LOVINGKINDNESS unto them that know thee;and THY righteousness to the upright in heart" Psalm 36:7,10. How's your Heart these days? HE commands HIS LOVINGKINDNESS in the daytime... blots out my transgressions and has MERCY on me according to HIS LOVINGKINDNESS (thank God!!) Psalm42:8, 51:1.  That blotting out part is important to me cause I have a lot of transgressions (sins) and I depend on it when I miss the mark. Until I reach perfection (Heaven) it will be hard if not impossible to walk without falling short of GOD"s perfect will. Thank God HE is looking at me through the BLOOD OF JESUS, that cleanses me from all unrighteousness.  Thank God for MERCY, GRACE, COMPASSION, AND LOVINGKINDESS. So because God's LOVINGKINDNESS is better than life, my lips shall praise HIM and He redeems my life from destruction and HE crowns me with LOVINGKINDNESS and TENDER MERCIES Psalm63:3, 103:4. So from days long ago until now and in the future HE has loved me with this everlasting love  and with HIS LOVINGKINDNESS,  HE has drawn me Jeremiah 31:3kjv. This is what I depend on and it helps me at all times, PRAISE GOD ALMIGHTY!!! Powerful truth #3 God's GOODNESS!!! You have heard people say (those who are not ashamed to say it ) "God is Good to me". Well that is His GOODNESS and it is marvelous!!! Remember in the scriptures when GOD told Moses HE would let HIS GOODNESS pass by him and proclaim the name of the Lord before him...Exodus 33:19kjv.  What did HE say about HIMSELF?  "THE LORD GOD, MERCIFUL,AND GRACIOUS, LONGSUFFERING, AND ABUNDANT IN GOODNESS AND TRUTH, Exodus 34:6kjv. HOW AWESOME IS MY GOD!!! His GOODNESS causes so many more of HIS attributes to manifest and display themselves, and all for our benefit, not His. That is GOODNESS!!! I will not make it daily if I don't believe I will see the GOODNESS of the LORD in this time of life each day. That is the author's paraphrase of Psalm27:13. I make the scriptures talk to me so that I can hear what the SPIRIT is saying to this hungry and thirsty heart.  The Bible says".... that the earth is full of the GOODNESS of GOD" and" HIS GOODNESS endureth continually" Psalm33:5, 52:1. Is that a good thing to know about The MOST HIGH, or what!!!
 I shall take Psalm 65:11 and 68:10 as one of HIS many personal promises to me and make it mine. Psalm 65:11nlt:" You crown the year with bountiful harvest, even the hard pathways overflow with abundance," and Psalm 68:10nlt: " There your people finally settled, and with a bountiful harvest, My GOD, you provided for your needy people. Only the GOODNESS and the MERCY and the LOVINGKINDNESS of MY GOD could do such wonders.  So these 3 powerful truths, as well as the intimacy of this personal relationship with THE MOST HIGH,  and walking by faith, will ensure that success in living down here for GOD,  is the only choice for me. It is WELL with my soul, HIS MERCY, LOVINGKINDNESS, and GOODNESS  has made it so!!! HOW AWESOME IS MY GOD!!! Be blessed of The Lord God Almighty!!  Jesus is LORD!!!  I love God's people!!

Choices and ONE IMPORTANT DECISION

This particular posting will be harder and more painful than the others. It will be coming from a place of pain and heartache. You know that place inside that hurts when the news comes that a loved one or friend has died. There are no words that can take it away, but only help to handle or deal with it better. I found myself going into the book of Deuteronomy to help with the grief part of the pain. Grief can overtake you during this painful time and it will open the door to other ills such as depression and abundant sadness to come in and take over. So I went to The Holy Word to see what God said and then perhaps I could help someone who may need it. The Bible is such a GOOD BOOK that I can't make decisions and choices without KNOWING what IT says. So I search its pages and find wisdom for the difficulties in this life, and this is one at this time. I was led to Deuteronomy 34: 1-12 and there I see that Moses is about to die and that the children of God will have to grieve. Verse 8 states that they wept for Moses 30 days and the days of weeping ended. So we weep for our loved ones and then it is time to move on. It will be a process that has a place where it will be time to move forward. Until that time, there will be crying and weeping for the presence that will no longer be there.  This is the hurting part. It will take time to go through this part and we should be aware that it is normal to have this sadness, it hurts inside so much and there is nothing you can take or do to ease this kind of pain, only comfort it. In Joshua 1 , It was time to move on, after grieving for Moses,  and God told Joshua to raise up and take these people over  the Jordan and into the land I am giving them. What a loving God we have to know that HE doesn't leave us in the place of pain and heartache called grief, but moves us forward into newness and promises. This blog is entitled: CHOICES and ONE IMPORTANT DECISION and it is about the choice and the decision we make as we live. The choice and decision I want to zero in on is the most important one that will guide you as you live and certainly upon your death. That decision will be found several places in THE HOLY WORD, lets stay in Deutronomy and go to chapter 30 and examine it there first. Verse 15-20 states what the choice is:  life and good, death and evil (15 kj). Further down in verses 19-20 it is plain: God is speaking through Moses and He says" I call Heaven and Earth to record (witness) this day against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and cursings,  therefore choose life that thou and thou seed may live". He sets the choice before us, giving us free will to choose what we want, then because He loves us so much (John 3:16),  He tells us to choose life and the blessings that come with this choice. Thats like taking a multiple choice test and the teacher telling you which answers to select. Choose Life, Choose Life, Choose Life!!  The other choice is death and cursings,  why the hell would you choose that on purpose??? That is exactly what you do when you don't choose life.  Verse 6, a bit earlier in the chapter,   God says He will circumcise the heart and the heart of the seed  to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart and all thy soul,  that thou may live. There is a call on all of us and Jesus says in the new Testament to not harden your heart when you hear His voice. Then in Deuteronomy 30:20, to love Him and obey His voice (He is speaking, shhh listen!!) and cling to Him,  He is our Life and the Length of our days, as we dwell in this land of the living. A decision for Christ is a choice to live.  The Bible says this to all, ALL of us, and it is a whosoever decision.  Fast forward to the New Testament and the decision God made to send His Beloved Son into this world  to save us. This precious sacrifice without spot and blemish  came into this world to save us, not condemn us, John 3:16-17. Verse 18 makes it plain and clear, those that believe on Jesus  is not condemned but those that don't believe are already condemned. There again is our choice and it is most important to make the correct choice.  Your life depends on this IMPORTANT DECISION.  Perhaps you know all this, wonderful, this posting is not for you, I want those that don't know this and have not made a decision for Christ to read and at the very least ask questions and seek answers about God, Jesus, The Holy Spirit, Eternity, what happens next, how ever you want to term it,  but ask someone.  It is a life question, eternal life, because this is not the end and this life is not final.  We are ALL going somewhere(?) after this stop.  John 14:1-3, Jesus is speaking and He tells us " Let not your heart be troubled, you believe in God believe in Me also,  In my Father's House are many mansions....., I go and prepare a place for you .......and I will come and receive you unto myself that where I am, there you may be also" Why is Jesus telling us to believe in Him also?   Because to get to God,  we will have to go through Jesus. John 14:6  Jesus says "I am The Way, The Truth, The Life: no man can come to the Father but by ME".  This is the ONLY way. The CREATOR of the universe said this is How it will be. No other god created anything so they can't tell you how to get to Heaven or any place else for that matter. The MAKER OF EVERYTHING gave us the information we will need to get to HIM, and He put many messengers in our midst to tell us what He said.  Be quiet and listen HE will speak to your Heart if you want Him to (Hebrews 11:6). Finally precious person, not all will accept the call.  In John 14:22 Judas (not the betrayer, the other Judas) ask Jesus why He wont manifest Himself to the whole world and only to them,  Jesus' answer was a telling one and almost bonechilling: verse 23-24 says Jesus answered and said "If a man love me,he will keep my words and My Father AND I will love him and we will come unto him and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not.... " So this sounds like there will be some who wont accept Jesus, when they hear the call and this is why they wont hear His words and follow Him. John 17, Jesus was praying to the Father before His betrayal, and I want to zoom in to verse  9 in the prayer. He says to God that He is not praying for the world, but for those that God has given Him, they belong to God and Jesus was praying for those only. It is sad to think that our Saviour was trying to be our Saviour in life and our choices and decisions that we freely made prevented that and as a result when it is time to go, (we don't know from one minute to the next what will happen), our future isn't assured.  My friend don't let this happen to you!!  Make a choice while there is still breath in your body to pray the prayer of faith  and be saved,  Romans 10:9-10. It is the ONLY way!!!  The Pursuit Church welcomes you and all your questions concerning this topic. We are a part of the body of Christ and we want all hungry and thirsty seekers of Christ to join us as we walk this walk together.  MAKE A CHOICE!!!! MAKE AN IMPORTANT DECISION !! GOD BLESS THE READER!! Jesus is LORD!!  I love you!!! Deuteronomy 30, John 14. John 17,  Romans 10:9-10.

THIRSTY, HUNGER, NOURISHMENT!!!

Lately I have been in a thirsty mode that just wont relent.  It's like everytime I drink anything it just doesn't seem to quench my thirst for satisfaction. It has been that way with food as well. I have had some of the best food lately, wonderfully prepared and served to me,  tasty, down right finger lickin good, as my friend and yours the colonel, would say, but I am always left unsatisfied. I started to believe perhaps something was wrong physically. It dawned on me, or perhaps better than that,  a nudge from the Glorious Holy Spirit,  came word that,  you are attempting to fill an area with things that can only  be filled with My infilling.  By George, I think that is what is happening to me. I am trying to replace what is lacking right now, and as a result I am left thirsty and hungry, even after a great meal, and a drink of the best drink ever,  water. So what's a girl like me to do with this kind of dilemma on her hands?  I eat and eat  (great foods) and drink and drink and I am still so unsatisfied. That must not be the solution although you would tend to think so.  So I will go in another direction, for a solution instead of this one and seek out the answer. I need nourishment and the food and drink that I am taking in is delish, but not nourishing me as I need, cause I am left unsatisfied - spiritually.  That has to be it!!! It must be a Spiritual answer that I need to quench this deep thirst and insatiable hunger, I have.  I find that at this time for me, things are getting in the way (Mark 4:19) and preventing the needed nourishment from saturating my spirit.  Jesus talks a lot about this happening  in Mark 4 and in other places in the Holy Word.  He talks about the enemy stalking about as a roaring lion seeking whom he can devour. his devouring can come in the form of busyness so much so that God's Powerful, Almighty, Life Altering, Life filled,  Holy Word can get choked out,  creating a void.  A hunger and a thirst for Him that food and drink can't fix. This is happening to me,  what about you?  I am honest if nothing else, and I tell you the truth, I will not sit still for this.  I will turn this occurrance around and into a worship life that calls for my very soul to proclaim "HOW GREAT THOU ART,  GOD ALMIGHTY"!!!! Nothing can seperate God's love from me, and the enemy knows that, so he tries another way and that is through busyness. Well through that busyness, I shall be the loudest heart worshipper and praiser  ever!!  The heart meditation within will call on it's REDEEMER !! Psalm 118:14 says The Lord is my strength and song, and He has given me the victory.  I shall worship you God!! Psalm 37:7 states in part, Be still in the Presence of The Lord, and wait patiently for Him to act.... I will Praise You God!!!   Psalm 103:2 says Let all that I am praise The Lord, may I never forget the good things He does for me. I will Praise you God!!!!  1Corinthians 16:13-14 speak volumes, I will pick it  up in verse 14, it states ...and do everything with love.  I will Praise you Lord!!!!! The remedy I shall use on the enemy is to take his strategies that he is trying to use and choke him with them. The busyness that is happening, I may not be able to change at this time, however, the praise and worship can excel to such a high degree through it all that his plan will backfire.  I love that God says to me in Jeremiah 29:13 you shall seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart.  As The Chaser , and author of this blog I made this decision a long while ago,  to seek God with all my heart,  as long as I have breath. When the breath leaves,  I shall rejoice cause as the scriptures say,  to be absent from the body is to be present with The Lord. What a great physical place that is going to be!!!   I shall Chase this relationship with all my heart and I shall find what I am longing for and that is My SAVIOUR!  even through the busyness!!!!!!!   There Is where my nourishment is and my thirst is satisfied and my hunger is filled.  Thank you Jesus,  You are everything I need in my time of thirst, hunger, and nourishment. I have tasted and I see that You are GOOD!!!  As we tend to say after a good meal,    Ahhhhh!   God bless the reader!!  I love you, God loves you and Jesus is Lord!!!!  Psalm 100,  Psalm 1...

HUMAN ANGELS---- IN, AROUND, AND AMONGST US

Seen any angels lately? They are in our atmosphere, around our beings and among us as we exist daily.  This is probably known by you all already,from reading the scriptures or hearing about them from other believers or in church, or what have you, but have you seen any lately? How about an encounter of some sort? Maybe something miraculous happened whereby you simply knew that it had to be from the supernatural realm. The bible says that we will see angels ascending and descending between heaven and earth (Gen.28:12, John1:51). How awesome!! They must be doing that for a reason or purpose.  But I am talking about the human factor and the human angel(s) interceeding and dispatching resources(shall  I say) when all strength has been exhausted. I can only talk about myself, so I will. Recently all my human strength and might had been tested and  pushed and it failed. I thought I had the plan and I was working this plan.  I prayed for the successful outcome and things seemed to be going along. It actually wasn't going well, I now know this from looking back on it. So when what I considered a catastrophe happened, all I could release from my anointed lips was "what am I going to do Lord?" Continueously I asked this question, for the rest of the day. Teaching in front of students, I could hear my spiritman ask over and over and over "what am I going to do Lord?" Smiling and greeting, using the bathroom, walking to buses, changing classes, riding in the car,  home on the phone, all I could ask is "what am I going to do Lord?" Over and over this same question.  Riding in the car home I heard a still small voice say "I'll handle it" but I kept up the chant (by now that is what it had become) and drowned out that voice.  We do that sometimes, would you agree? I was exhausted by the end of the day, but the question wasn't, so it continued coming out of my mouth till finally God put me to sleep (probably to shut me up). It was peaceful and the next thing that happened was the phone ringing, late. I answered it and in comes the human angel bringing the resources needed to fix what I thought was a catastrophe. I wasn't sure and still worried but some sort of peace came into me and a rest that made me settle down. (Hebrews 4:8-9) THANK YOU GOD!!! I know I am a faith filled believer, God has allowed me to teach our bible study and the subject He chose is faith. So I have intimate knowledge of faith. I walk by faith daily. Maybe it was shaken a bit but it never wavered.  So as time went on, this human angel brought in another human angel with resources, motivation and all out desire to solve a problem that had shut me down literally. I watched what was happening with awe and realized this had to be God moving in this situation, after He moved me and my chant out of His way. I went from "what am I going to do Lord?" to "my God, How great Thou art!" The human angels He used attacked the problem from every angle, and the solution was eminent. In the mean time, the possible inconvience was addressed as well. Looking back on this situation, I can hardly tell anything went wrong in the first place. Isn't that amazing. Our God is Faithful and those He uses-- the human angels-- are willing vessles with a crown of righteousness and joy covering them.  I left this situation wanting to be a human angel in this capacity just like the ones He used. I want to be like all of them in action, word, deed, dedication, care, concern,  and love. Cause me  to answer Your call Father God, when You need to dispatch an angel here on earth, and You know the right woman for the task.  I am so inspired and refreshed in having this happen in my life. God is good to us and He uses His special chosen ones for His purposes. THEY MUST BE HUMAN ANGELS IN, AROUND AND AMONGST US!! GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST HEAVEN, AMEN.    SELAH  God loves you, I love you, and JESUS is LORD!! Philippians 2,3,4.

RELATIONSHIP

You probably have tons of relationships, perhaps with friends, a spouse, your child(ren), family members, distant or near by, co-worker(s), neighbor(s), church members, club members, pen pals, a favorite waite person, or store clerk, doctor,mechanic, whoever, famous or infamous, what have you, but some sort of connection in which a communication of some type takes place. I have many favs, especially in the food lion I shop at and the family dollar  I frequent. These people seem to go above the call to assist you or help in any way, and talking to them is such a pleasant thing, having so many things in common and many of the same cares and such. I think that this can be classified as having a relationship, albeit brief, but relationship nonetheless.  I would go as far to say that I choose their place of biz because of the great customer service and pleasant, positive attitude these people display. Communication is such and important part of a successful relationship no matter what type of relationship it is.  Jesus Christ made that  so clear in many ways and I want to discuss a few.  During His earthly ministry, He was constantly talking about how things are in the Kingdom of GOD, or the Kingdom of Heaven and although many times He used parables, we can agree that He talked. To anyone an all who had an ear (heart) to hear Him. Many people talked back to Him with questions they wanted answers for, requests for healings, or to simply be in His Presence (Praise GOD). Even little children wanted to talk to Him or be with Him. Talking to God is what HE wants from us. Time spent with HIM, communicating with HIM,  is what THE CREATOR  of the universe desires from us. We do this communicating thing so well with the people in our lives and those we come across, yet when it comes to time with our GOD and  FATHER it becomes difficult. John 15 is where I will start to help make a point that Jesus made. Here HE stated it so clearly an a number of times that we are to remain or abide in HIM. Depending on which translation you choose, He says 9  or 10 times to stay in HIM for many great things to occur in your life and devastation if the choice is made to not remain in HIM. I will use KJV and NLT to feast on. Verse 1-3, Jesus tells us who HE is and who the FATHER is and His analogy is to gardening and the maintainence it takes to keep a garden healthy. He uses terms like cutting and pruning all in an effort to bring about a production of fruit. Jesus being the TRUE GRAPEVINE, and we are branches connected to this VINE.His message (THE WORD OF GOD) has caused us to be purified or pruned. He tells us how important it is to  REMAIN or ABIDE in HIM in verses 4-11. We cannot be fruitful without HIM, don't become detached (severed). Much fruit is produced as the branches stay attached to the VINE, and keeping the VINE attached to the branch is also important. Jesus will never leave or forsake us on HIS own.  We have the ability to quiet HIS leading or shut HIM out ourselves. Why on earth would anyone choose to do such a thing is beyond me, however verse 6 is there for a reason.  It states what happens to those who chooses to not remain or abide in HIM. Look what happens when we remain or abide in HIM, and keep HIS WORD, we can ask for what we want and it will be granted! (NLT) Is that awesome or what!! I am rejoicing so much right now in my heart knowing this is a promise from GOD to me. I have experienced  having my prayers and requests answered and let me tell you it is awesome cause, for me, it was a "this had to be GOD", moment or better than that a "GOD hears me an answered my call" moment. Both of these occurances are spectacular spiritual highs I can't even put words to it. GOD hears and responds!!!WOW!!!  PRAISES!!!!GLORY!!! Fruit producing brings Glory to God and HE loves that!! We remain or abide in the SAVIOUR"s love, being obedient and faithful to follow HIS commandments, we will explode with JOY, unspeakable. This chapter goes on with many precious goodnessess (?) from JESUS, read it for yourself and ask GOD to reveal HIMSELF. That is our part, communicating with GOD. Not just prayer, although that is vital, but much simpler than that is something we do well and often, and that is talking. Talk to God like you would a loved one or a close trusted friend. Talk often and continueously to the CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE, HE loves hearing our voice. HE is our FATHER and just like you love hearing your children's voice, HE is that way as well. We can do this on our own, no pastor, preacher, minister, prayer partner, religious person, spokesperson needed. Talk to HIM. Try it. Have a RELATIONSHIP with HIM where there is communication going on. Try it in your car, shower, while doing yard work,standing in line, on hold on the phone, washing the dog, hitting a baseball,whatever,TALK to HIM. Tell HIM secrets, how you feel about it, why you are angry, happy, sad, disgusted, in love, in hate,whatever TALK TO HIM. Yes HE knows all this stuff already, but TALK TO HIM anyway. He longs for us to communicate with HIM. 2Chronicles7:14 is is a verse my church, THE PURSUIT CHURCH, has taken as our mandate.  GOD is speaking and HE calls us HIS people, called by HIS NAME and HE tells us a few simple but important things to do to get HIM to heal our land. The two things I want to focus on in HIS requirements are PRAY and seek HIS FACE. To do these things we must TALK to HIM.  Try it. Read this verse for youself and let it speak to your heart. Jeremiah 29:12-14(KJV) tells us when we call to HIM and seek HIM with all our heart, HE will be found by us and turn away the thing that has held us captive.  HE wants to hear from us and many of the scriptures    tell us so, I have chosen only a few to highlight. Look for them and TALK to GOD about it. Hebrews 11:6 is very familiar  and the part I would like to focus on comes at the end of that verse where it says ...."He rewards those that diligently (sincerely)seek HIM". There are rewards awaiting those of us who seek HIM.WOW!!  WOW!!! That is straight out EPIC!!! GLORY TO THE MOST HIGH!!!  Talk to GOD today and listen for HIS response. He loves, loves, loves, 2-way conversation. Ask (read about) Moses, David, Elijah, Hezikiah, Paul, Abraham, Sarah, Adam, Eve, Job, Jesus just to name a few.  You can't ask these saints, but you can read the GOOD NEWS and learn how the 2-way thing worked with GOD.  Try it for yourself,  start the RELATIONSHIP off right with open communicating to our FATHER. Tell HIM all about it. BE BLESSED!!! GOD loves you,  I  love you, and JESUS is LORD!!!    John 15,   Job 38-42, Psalm103, Psalm 139.