Living Intentionally Together

On the 29th decemer  2008 I wrote this on my blog as an "New Years meditation"
.I believe God is at work to bring me to this new venture to blog........... He want me to put "pen on paper" to see HIS work in progress in my life especially this year of 2009

My HOPES, DREAMS and GOALS



I will write those tree " adventures" in prayer form



Lord my hope is in You ( ps 39:7) for You are my hope ( ps 71:5) Work in me that i put my hope in your Word ( ps 119: 147).I commit myself to seek You daily. To let Your words be my strenght.



I have a lot of Dreams Lord let me dream the dreams YOU have in mind for me and for my family.

As i know You said " For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are my ways " ( isiah55:8)

This is what You made me realize in 2008 so let my thoughts and my dreams align with Yours

Lord this year.



My Goals Lord......I want to lay aside every weight, and the sin what so easily stand in the way. I want to run the race that is set before me with endurance......., looking unto JESUS the author and finisher of my faith ( Hebr 12:1-2)



Practicly i will make DAILY time to spend with the Lord.

Online bible study with my sisters from http://fillyourcup.ning.com/ and studying on the ning page of www.proverbs31.org woman of the bible......

I will commit myself to be aware that I am the hands and the feet of the finisher of my faith in this world Jesus Christ my Lord and Savior!



Amen

This same prayer i take in this year with me again...
Will read those verses more through the year to stay focused
When i reflect on last year i see i must strive to be more disciplined to carve time in my day to spend time with the Lord.....

Looking towards the New Year the last week s of December made me question...
What will this new year bring us........
I do not see the end of our financial struggles......
My daughter will switch elementery school for secondary....
Thinking about her becoming an "teen" now made me hold my breath/heart.......
I could not see myself clearly in the ministry God put before my family to do His work......
The more i stand still to think about aprouching the new Year the more i wanted not to think about it...........


But God so good gave an YEAR WORD for 2010 in my Moravian Dailytext Devotion

John 14
The Road
1 "Don't let this throw you. You trust God, don't you? Trust me. (MSG)

Jesus Comforts His Disciples
1"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God(NIV)

Jezus Christus zegt: Wees niet ongerust, geloof in God en geloof in Mij

I know TRUST and RESTING in HIM must be the basis in my striving to live and handle all the different calls in my life...
This is the basis of living intentionally in His power and strenght to bring out all ..The Hopes- Dreams and Goals He has for me and my family!

Join me in following intentioally through this year of 2010

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Contagious JOY in 2010

YES that is my prayer for 2010

I joined E-Lisa in this effort!

I pray to have an impact of JOY in my different calls in my life!

I look at these pictures and see us full of JOY ,ENERGY and VIBRANCE........

This picture i want to keep on my minds eye always!

In the post of E-Lisa i could so relate with a lot of her thoughts and frustrations and insecurities she is encountering while we are bussy with our task as mother,wife and disciple of Christ.

I got those precious gifts of God !

That God will change and redeem all of us.....so that our heart will overflow with His Joy...

That my heart will overflow with Joy...that i will become the mother and home-keeper he wants me to be!

That our lives will glorify His name.

Today's readings ~ Read a long with me......@ Sing~

Watchword for the Week -- Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same
Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord. 1
Corinthians 12:4,5

Monday, January 18

Psalm 12
Genesis 19:30-20:18; Matthew 7:13-23

Yet I planted you as a choice vine, from the purest stock. How then did
you turn degenerate and become a wild vine? Jeremiah 2:21

Are you so foolish? Did you experience so much for nothing? Galatians
3:3-4

Merciful One, we confess that we have rebelled against you in our
hearts, actions, and words, and divided your church. Melt our hearts to
become united and set ablaze with your Spirit, turning away from
foolishness. Amen.

Let's read together the verses of today out of the msg version:

Psalm 12

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A David Psalm

 ^1-2 Quick, God, I need your helping hand! The last decent person just went down,
   All the friends I depended on gone.
   Everyone talks in lie language;
   Lies slide off their oily lips.
   They doubletalk with forked tongues.

 ^3-4 Slice their lips off their faces! Pull
   The braggart tongues from their mouths!
   I'm tired of hearing, "We can talk anyone into anything!
   Our lips manage the world."

 ⁵ Into the hovels of the poor,
   Into the dark streets where the homeless groan, God speaks:
   "I've had enough; I'm on my way
   To heal the ache in the heart of the wretched."

 ^6-8 God's words are pure words,
   Pure silver words refined seven times
   In the fires of his word-kiln,
   Pure on earth as well as in heaven.
   God, keep us safe from their lies,
   From the wicked who stalk us with lies,
   From the wicked who collect honors
   For their wonderful lies. 

Genesis 19:30-20:18

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 ³⁰ Lot left Zoar and went into the mountains to live with his two daughters; he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He lived in a cave with his daughters.

 ^31-32 One day the older daughter said to the younger, "Our father is getting old and there's not a man left in the country by whom we can get pregnant. Let's get our father drunk with wine and lie with him. We'll get children through our father—it's our only chance to keep our family alive."

 ^33-35 They got their father drunk with wine that very night. The older daughter went and lay with him. He was oblivious, knowing nothing of what she did. The next morning the older said to the younger, "Last night I slept with my father. Tonight, it's your turn. We'll get him drunk again and then you sleep with him. We'll both get a child through our father and keep our family alive." So that night they got their father drunk again and the younger went in and slept with him. Again he was oblivious, knowing nothing of what she did.

 ^36-38 Both daughters became pregnant by their father, Lot. The older daughter had a son and named him Moab, the ancestor of the present-day Moabites. The younger daughter had a son and named him Ben-Ammi, the ancestor of the present-day Ammonites.

Genesis 20

 ^1-2 Abraham traveled from there south to the Negev and settled down between Kadesh and Shur. While he was camping in Gerar, Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "She's my sister."

 ^2-3 So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her. But God came to Abimelech in a dream that night and told him, "You're as good as dead—that woman you took, she's a married woman."

 ^4-5 Now Abimelech had not yet slept with her, hadn't so much as touched her. He said, "Master, would you kill an innocent man? Didn't he tell me, 'She's my sister'? And didn't she herself say, 'He's my brother'? I had no idea I was doing anything wrong when I did this."

 ^6-7 God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know your intentions were pure, that's why I kept you from sinning against me; I was the one who kept you from going to bed with her. So now give the man's wife back to him. He's a prophet and will pray for you—pray for your life. If you don't give her back, know that it's certain death both for you and everyone in your family."

 ^8-9 Abimelech was up first thing in the morning. He called all his house servants together and told them the whole story. They were shocked. Then Abimelech called in Abraham and said, "What have you done to us? What have I ever done to you that you would bring on me and my kingdom this huge offense? What you've done to me ought never to have been done."

 ¹⁰ Abimelech went on to Abraham, "Whatever were you thinking of when you did this thing?"

 ^11-13 Abraham said, "I just assumed that there was no fear of God in this place and that they'd kill me to get my wife. Besides, the truth is that she is my half sister; she's my father's daughter but not my mother's. When God sent me out as a wanderer from my father's home, I told her, 'Do me a favor; wherever we go, tell people that I'm your brother.'"

 ^14-15 Then Abimelech gave Sarah back to Abraham, and along with her sent sheep and cattle and servants, both male and female. He said, "My land is open to you; live wherever you wish."

 ¹⁶ And to Sarah he said, "I've given your brother a thousand pieces of silver—that clears you of even a shadow of suspicion before the eyes of the world. You're vindicated."

 ^17-18 Then Abraham prayed to God and God healed Abimelech, his wife and his maidservants, and they started having babies again. For God had shut down every womb in Abimelech's household on account of Sarah, Abraham's wife. 

 Matthew 7:13-23

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Being and Doing

 ^13-14"Don't look for shortcuts to God. The market is flooded with surefire, easygoing formulas for a successful life that can be practiced in your spare time. Don't fall for that stuff, even though crowds of people do. The way to life—to God!—is vigorous and requires total attention.

 ^15-20"Be wary of false preachers who smile a lot, dripping with practiced sincerity. Chances are they are out to rip you off some way or other. Don't be impressed with charisma; look for character. Who preachers are is the main thing, not what they say. A genuine leader will never exploit your emotions or your pocketbook. These diseased trees with their bad apples are going to be chopped down and burned.

 ^21-23"Knowing the correct password—saying 'Master, Master,' for instance— isn't going to get you anywhere with me. What is required is serious obedience—doing what my Father wills. I can see it now—at the Final Judgment thousands strutting up to me and saying, 'Master, we preached the Message, we bashed the demons, our God-sponsored projects had everyone talking.' And do you know what I am going to say? 'You missed the boat. All you did was use me to make yourselves important. You don't impress me one bit. You're out of here.'

"Jesus Jesus thank You Lord for Your word of Wisdom and guiding to KNOW what it is all that it is going about "!