WEEKLY MEMORY VERSE

Today is monday again I reflect on lastweek memory verse... ( in red) hosted at The power of Your Love.

Matthew 1:21 (The Message)

20-23While he was trying to figure a
way out, he had a dream. God's angel spoke in the dream: "Joseph, son of David,
don't hesitate to get married. Mary's pregnancy is Spirit-conceived. God's Holy
Spirit has made her pregnant. She will bring a son to birth, and when she
does, you, Joseph, will name him Jesus—'God saves'—because
he will save his people from their sins." This would bring the prophet's
embryonic sermon to full term:
Watch for this—a virgin will get pregnant
and bear a son;
They will name him Immanuel (Hebrew for "God is with
us").

I went to read this verse in his context and in the Message version...
It was said to Joseph, who was offended and angry that the girl who he was in love with was pregnant....A disgrace in that time and age.......
You shall give her son( yours) the name " God saves" JESUS
He will save His people from sin
An Angel talk to Him in His dream....

In fact i believe the angel is calming his spirit and saying don't feel betrayed and angry Marry got pregnant by the spirit of God! Don't hesitate get married
Give him the name Jesus That means ' GOD SAVES"

I can't help to think that........He did not mind the disgrace...the looking down on him and Marry
BECAUSE........He recognized God's hand in the situation.....
He knew accepting this GIFT will means His SALVATION...Marry's and the WORLD'S

And it is still like this accepting God's gift of Grace, Love in our Life......Accepting Jesus no matter what you have to give-up of self......
It is worth everything..........because we receive SAVING power in our life and give it to others......!!

By marrying Marry saving power came in her life........She was not unmarried anymore....she didn't get a baby out of wedlock...
Joseph goth saved himself because he started obeying God...,his heart was not hurt anymore he felt blessed to maried a blessed woman of God!

Let's go..... like Joseph .....and hear God's voice........and not hesitate.....and God is with us " Immanuel"

Next weeks vers Isaiah 53:6

We're all like sheep who've wandered off and gotten lost. We've all done our own thing, gone our own way.And God has piled all our sins, everything we've done wrong, on him, on him.

HE IS RISEN.....LET'S GO......!!

Matthew 28:6-8 (The Message)

5-6The angel spoke to the women: "There is nothing to fear here. I know you're looking for Jesus, the One they nailed to the cross. He is not here. He was raised, just as he said. Come and look at the place where he was placed.

7"Now, get on your way quickly and tell his disciples, 'He is risen from the dead. He is going on ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there.' That's the message."

8-10The women, deep in wonder and full of joy, lost no time in leaving the tomb. They ran to tell the disciples. Then Jesus met them, stopping them in their tracks. "Good morning!" he said. They fell to their knees, embraced his feet, and worshiped him. Jesus said, "You're holding on to me for dear life! Don't be frightened like that. Go tell my brothers that they are to go to Galilee, and that I'll meet them there."

The preaching this morning was about those verses which we heard yearly......
He foussed on verse 7 to get
on our way
tell fellow christians and the world
that HE IS RISEN is ALIVE
HE....JESUS....goes ahead of us
we will see HIM experience HIM feel HIS STRENGHT and LOVE
THE RESURECTION POWER of GOD!!

Let's be happy and encouraged about what the Lord has done and still want's to do......

We are throwing a African party of praise on the moment overhere enjoy some african gospel praise with me.....

Moravian Daily Texts and Easter Sunrise Service !

Saturday, April 11

Great Sabbath

Psalm 49:1-12Job 15,16; Romans 16:8-20

Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression? You donot stay angry forever but delight to show mercy. Micah 7:18 (NIV)

God did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us; will he notwith him also give us everything else? Romans 8:32

Forgiving God, who gave your son to be our Redeemer, have mercy on us. Amen.

I look forward to the Easter celebration tomorrow in my home-church THE MORAVIAN CHURCH Amsterdam.
Early tomorrow morning at 800 there is an Easter sunrise service held. I looked it up on the internet how this tradition is described in other Moravian Churhes in US who kept this tradition especially when they are situated near an cemetery like ours

Easter sunrise
service
The first
Moravian Early Easter Service was held in Germany in the year 1732. In some
parts of the world, Moravians are known as "The Easter People" because of the
importance of this service. In old Moravian communities, like Winston-Salem, at
about 2 a.m. on Easter Sunday morning, the Church Bands play chorales at
designated spots over the town, announcing the Resurrection.
Just before
dawn, the Raleigh Moravian congregation assembles at the Oakwood Cemetery (701
Oakwood Avenue; here's a map.) The minister opens the service with
the words, "The Lord is Risen!". The Congregation responds, and a brief
liturgical service follows. Midway through the service, the congregation moves
to a portion of the Oakwood Cemetery called "God's Acre". Part of the Church
Band precedes the congregation, another follows. The Band plays antiphonally as
the march progresses. When all have assembled at God's Acre, the minister leads
in the concluding liturgical service, which is actually our Christian confession
of faith.

During our liturgical service also all the names of church members "who passed away" between last Easter and this Easter will be named.
Than we all go back for " Easter breakfast " together....some also bring flowers to the graves of their loved ones.

10.30 will the Easter service be held and praises will go up to Heaven for our risen Savior Jesus Christ !

Than Sings My Soul Saturday!~ I wanna say thank you~

I join Amy at Signs, Miracles and Wonders for TSMSS
Let's worship and sing praises to our Lord and Savior JESUS CHRIST!!

Blessed Ressurection Weekend!

FEARLESS FRIDAY

Do not worry about anything, but pray about EVERYTHING! Please click the image and head over to Angela's site, add your name to the meme list (Mr. Linky) and join us in prayer.
Read with me the choosen verses to sustain this FEARLESS FRIDAY and be blessed!

(The Message)

Psalm 112

Hallelujah! Blessed man, blessed woman, who fear God,
Who cherish
and relish his commandments,
Their children robust on the earth,
And the
homes of the upright—how blessed!
Their houses brim with wealth
And a
generosity that never runs dry.
Sunrise breaks through the darkness for good
people—
God's grace and mercy and justice!
The good person is generous
and lends lavishly;
No shuffling or stumbling around for this one,
But a
sterling and solid and lasting reputation.
Unfazed by rumor and gossip,
Heart ready, trusting in God,
Spirit firm, unperturbed,
Ever
blessed, relaxed among enemies,
They lavish gifts on the poor—
A
generosity that goes on, and on, and on.
An honored life! A beautiful life!
Someone wicked takes one look and rages,
Blusters away but ends up
speechless.
There's nothing to the dreams of the wicked. Nothing.

2
Chronicles 7:14

God appeared to Solomon that very night and said, "I
accept your prayer; yes, I have chosen this place as a temple for sacrifice, a
house of worship. If I ever shut off the supply of rain from the skies or order
the locusts to eat the crops or send a plague on my people, and my people, my
God-defined people, respond by humbling themselves, praying, seeking my
presence, and turning their backs on their wicked lives, I'll be there ready for
you: I'll listen from heaven, forgive their sins, and restore their land to
health. From now on I'm alert day and night to the prayers offered at this
place.

Pray with me for

1Wisdom for the people in crucial places to decide how to organize the recesion problems

2 The people who suffer in all the countries who are in different warsThat peace will be shed amongst them

3 Suffering of inasant children

4 People who suffer from different diseases,let them come to know the healing power of God.

5 I pray for the country i life in ( Holland) and the city of Amsterdam

.... God says in psalm 46 - 4-6 River fountains splash joy, cooling God's city,
this sacred haunt of the Most High. God lives here, the streets are safe, God at
your service from crack of dawn. Godless nations rant and rave, kings and
kingdoms threaten, but Earth does anything he says. This is what i pray for my
country and the city of Amsterdam.

6 The youth who have the desire to follow The living God and need courage and strenght for the temptations of today... Today especially for the 27 members in my church who did last sunday their confirmation. One of them the youngest grandson of my grandfather.

I remember the day ...he was born far tooo early a lot of prayers went up to heaven for his life...

Now he is a begining adolecent with an eyesight disability but with an mighty beautiful voice and talent to play the piano and bless a lot of people with his singing.......

That His life will become a powerfull testimony for the living God!

7 I pray also for the youth who are on the wrong path and life in bondage that they will be FREED in Jesus name ,that their spirit will be full of Gods...and NO other spirit..and that they will honour Him with their Life....

Especially i pray today for the other 4 grandchildren ,from my precious grandparents, their compagnions and childrens who all witness my nephews commitment to follow the Lord....That their heart will be captured also to follow Jesus one day! That their lifes will be protected and that their lifes will be blessed and full of peace and joy......

8 I pray for the ELDERLY who are so forgotten in this age and time...That they will get the respect and care what they so deserve....

Today i bring forward an lady who is special to me i named her in "My Story" Nene Dina

I saw a picture of her, this week, and i could see in her eyes she suffered a lot in those last years. She lives now in a living facility and i pray that she will be cared for with love and respect those last years of her life.....God willing she will be 90 in June!

Today is GOOD FRIDAY the day that we remember the day Jesus give His Life for you and me and He prayed for each of us this prayer written down in

John 17:20-23 (The Message)

20-23I'm praying not only for them
But also for those who will believe in me
Because of them and their witness about me.
The goal is for all of them to become one heart and mind—
Just as you, Father, are in me and I in you,
So they might be one heart and mind with us.
Then the world might believe that you, in fact, sent me.
The same glory you gave me, I gave them,
So they'll be as unified and together as we are—
I in them and you in me.
Then they'll be mature in this oneness,
And give the godless world evidence
That you've sent me and loved them
In the same way you've loved me.

Thank You Lord Jesus for Your preciouse blood who opens the way who let the curtain open.......between God and mankind........US............God's love can overflow us now....an RENEW our spirit
Take our life mold us form us so we can GLORIFY the Father ....
This i pray in your precious name Amen

Thankfull thursday ~SACRIFICE ~

This special Thursday we especially reflect on the SACRIFICE our Lord had to make for our sins........He knew what was in front of Him.....When i read or hear his prayer to His father ....our Father in Heaven !! It humbles and amazes me..........

“Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”

He knew exactly where the road was
going to take Him, but yet He chose to walk the road. Now, this is
sacrificial love!

Laurie, from Women Taking a
Stand who is hosting
TT for Iris ( Grace Alone) gave this topic of "Sacrificial
love "
And says : Jesus was not a victim
who was caught by surprise by cruel people out to get Him. He walked into the
death trap laid for Him fully aware of what was ahead. Jesus offered Himself
willingly as a sacrifice for sin.
"No one
can take My life from Me," said Jesus. "I sacrifice it
voluntarily." (John 10:18)
Today, I give thanks and honor to
the One who was so willing to sacrifice everything for a sinner such as
I.
How about
you?
What are you thankful for
today on this Resurrection week Thankful Thursday?

To celebrate this day of "THANKFULLNESS" link also to SONYA from Truth 4 the Journey
I give my 5 points of thankfullnesses today as we are used to do in Sonya's TT

1. That Jesus give His life for me .Can you imagine He had each of us in mind on that cross of Golgotha!! I can't help and think of the song Amazing Grace how sweet that sound............
2. That the peace of the Lord stayed with us when our gas and light was shut down this week.The lord provided beautiful warm weather and enough sheduled plans that the days went fast and the candelight evenings together are good family memories made.....
3. Palmsunday was Special my nephew did his confirmation, i met family members who i haven't seen in a long time. Hubby and son came a long to the service instead of going to their normally English Catholic Church and last but not least the choir who my dd is rehearsing with sang beautifull praise songs.....
4. Today i wanted to get fed-up by physical problems but i realize this moment i must praise God instead because i know this is temporary.......I know He is capable to heal and get me through.....So i'm thankful for the healing power God talk about in His word and look forward to the day those physical problems will be gone...in Jesus name....
5. Once again and i think i can't say this to often I'm thankful for my dh's.His love for us as his family....His love for God.....For the 15 years that we are married last 28th of marh ( If you missed my post that day...).That we both endured ,grow and hold on to our commitment

Yes I'm THANKFULL i'm overflowing to the brim!! And i can only praise God for this " state of mind" To get and work on an heart of thankfullness can only be optained by looking up to Him and walk with Him and let my heart open for HIS LOVE...HIS LOVE of SACRIFICE

Blessed Ressurection Weekend!

Moravian Daily Texts

Thursday, April 9


Maundy Thursday

Watchword for the Day

Psalm 111:4 (New Living Translation)

4 He causes us to remember his wonderful works.
How gracious and merciful is our Lord!

Jeremiah 23:23-24 (New Living Translation)

23 Am I a God who is only close at hand?” says the Lord.
“No, I am far away at the same time.
24 Can anyone hide from me in a secret place?
Am I not everywhere in all the heavens and earth?”
says the Lord.

Luke 22:42-43 (New Living Translation)
42 “Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.” 43 Then an angel from heaven appeared and strengthened him.

Atoning Savior, may your will be our will; may our lives reflect your love and
compassion every day. Amen.

WFW - THE CROSS OF OUR MASTER-

Galatians 6:14 (The Message)
For my part, I am going to
boast about nothing but the Cross of our Master, Jesus Christ. Because of that
Cross, I have been crucified in relation to the world, set free from the
stifling atmosphere of pleasing others and fitting into the little patterns that
they dictate.

Click on my side bar to link to AMY DEANNE for more WFW readings!

BACK.........

Friends i'm back and up and running and with full force to blog again.......
The enemy tried it's best to put me and my family down but we HAD the BEST time together.Praise God!!
I have to catch-up on the latest postings
I was surprised by Laura lee from http://lovinthearts.blogspot.com who is posting testimony stories written by 11 bloggers to post mine tomorrow April 8th.
God's salvation story in my life........God is so Good!!

WFW~ PUT DOWN DEEP OAK TREE ROOTS ~

Click on the title to see the blog post for todsy ( I made it as a draft sunday but than you can't post it today.... a lesson learned....LOL)

Blessings

Moravian Daily Texts

I'm planning to post my texts overhere and i'm testing if the problem with my pc is resolved. By clicking on the title you can read some more info aboutthose texts

Tuesday, March 31


Psalm 42
Job 1,2; Romans 11:7-18

They shall be mine, and I will spare them as parents spare their children who
serve them. Malachi 3:17

Jesus said, "The son set off and went to his father. But while he was still far
off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put his arms
around him and kissed him." Luke 15:20

Most holy Parent, you love us greatly even though we sometimes exhibit mischief
or bad behavior. We thank you for sparing us and offering us your immense
compassion. We do not deserve your love, but you give it freely. Amen.

Praise for the Most High God ~ AT THE WELL ~

CLICK AT TITLE IF YOU LIKE TO JOIN IN TODAYS DISCUSSION AT THE WELL !!

We live in a world full of so much stuff that we fail to see our need for God. We fill our lives with anything and everything we can find but God. The God Most High gets placed on the bottom of our to do lists, in hopes that we’ll get to Him eventually. If we recognize the God of Psalm 97 for who He is, the God Most High, all else will become second to Him. We will rejoice at the mention of His name, tremble in His presence, and love Him and not evil!

Discussion Questions:

~Who or what is “most high” in your mind and heart today?

~Is it the Most High, or someone or something else?

IT'S A DAILY BATTLE ,,,,,BUT NOT A LOOSE BATTLE BECAUSE CHRIST WON IT AND WANTS TO HELP ME WITH HIS SPIRIT WHO LIFES IN ME.........

I WANT TO FIGHT THIS BATTLE AND GET STRONGER AND STRONGER

THE 1ST THING WHAT COMES IN MY MIND WHEN THINKING ABOUT WHAT STANDS IN THE WAY..............

IS BEING DISCIPLINED .........
TO GIVE TO GOD OF MY TIME...1ST TO GOD TO BE IN HIS WORD.........

WHAT IS KEEPING ME FROM IT TO BE DISCIPLINED IN............

GOING TO BED EARLY..
WHY BY NOT PRIORITIZING MY DAY OR WEEK ETC WELL ENOUGH.......

CHOOSE TO LOOK TV UNTILL LATE OR STAYING LONG ON THE INTERNET..

SO IT IS ALL........ SELF- DISCIPLINE...........

WHEN I START GIVING HIM MY FIRSTTIME OF THE DAY...I WILL GROW MORE IN HIS WORD.....
I WILL SPEND MORE IN PRAYER.......
HIS WORD WILL CHANGE MY THOUGHTS AND ATTITUDES ( THIS I LEARNED THIS WEEK WHEN I FOUND

Hebrews 4:12 (The Message)
 12-13God means what he says. What he says goes. His powerful Word is sharp as a surgeon's scalpel, cutting through everything, whether doubt or defense, laying us open to listen and obey. Nothing and no one is impervious to God's Word. We can't get away from it—no matter what.

FOR ME FIGHTING ALL WHAT IS CONSUMING MY TIME TO SPEND IN GOD'S WORD......IS IMPORTANT
THINGS CONCERNING MYSELF WHAT I SAID ABOVE

THINGS TRY TO DISTRACT MY MIND....STRESS, WORRY, INSECURITIES

MY DISCIPLINE MUST BECOME TO FOCUS NOT ON MY WANTS OR FEELINGS...BUT ON GOD HIS WILL WHAT I FIND IN HIS WORD.....
MY FOCUS CHANGES BY START TO PRAISE HIM AND BEING THANKFULL AND MAKING TIME TO SHOW HIM MY LOVE....BY MAKING TIME.......

WEEKLY MEMORY VERSE

When you click on this title you can join in memorizing a weekverse together
For a while lastweek verse will stay in my sidebar because this computer don't want to remove it.... LOL
Maybe this verse from

Psalm 119:11 (New International Version)

11 I have hidden your word in my heart
       that I might not sin against you.

Need to be really hidden and treasured ( in other translations) more....Gods word need to be memorized that is his pleasure to see that we do that..
It made me remember WHY we need to do that because it Works like a SWORD ...........

Ephesians 6: 17
Take the helmet of salvation and the SWORD of the Spirit, which is the WORD of God.

Hebrews 4:12
For the WORD of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged SWORD, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

WHEN MY THOUGHTS AND ATTITUDES OF MY HEART AND OTHERS AROUND ME ; WHO I TELL OR LEARN ABOUT GODS WORD; HEART WILL BE JJUDGES....THAN.THIS VERSE IN PSALM 119 VERSE 11 WILL BE FULFILLED
THAT WE MIGHT NOT SIN AGAINST GOD.....................!!!

THAT IS MY PRAYER FOR MYSELF AND FOR YOU..... FATHER I WANT TO TREASURE HIDE YOUR WORD IN MY HEART SO THAT I MAY NOT SIN AGAINST YOU LORD....THIS IS WHAT I PRAY IN JESUS NAME AMEN AMEN

NEXT WEEKS VERSE IS
Isaiah 45:5 (New International Version)

 5 I am the LORD, and there is no other;
       apart from me there is no God.
       I will strengthen you,
       though you have not acknowledged me,

I JUST READ THIS VERSE IN IT'S CONTEXT OUT OF MY FAVORITE TRANSLATION AND IT'S AN AMAZING PASSAGE...

Isaiah 45

The God Who Forms Light and Darkness
 1-7 God's Message to his anointed, to Cyrus, whom he took by the hand
To give the task of taming the nations,
   of terrifying their kings—
He gave him free rein,
   no restrictions:
"I'll go ahead of you,
   clearing and paving the road.
I'll break down bronze city gates,
   smash padlocks, kick down barred entrances.
I'll lead you to buried treasures,
   secret caches of valuables—
Confirmations that it is, in fact, I, God,
   the God of Israel, who calls you by your name.
It's because of my dear servant Jacob,
   Israel my chosen,
That I've singled you out, called you by name,
   and given you this privileged work.
   And you don't even know me!
I am God, the only God there is.
   Besides me there are no real gods.
I'm the one who armed you for this work,
   though you don't even know me,
So that everyone, from east to west, will know
   that I have no god-rivals.
   I am God, the only God there is.
I form light and create darkness,
   I make harmonies and create discords.
   I, God, do all these things.

JOIN US THIS WEEK IN MEMORIZING THIS BEAUTIFULL VERS IN ISAIAH AND LINK ON MONDAY AT THE POWER OF YOUR LOVE ((CLICK ON TITLE)

BLESSINGS

WFW~ PUT DOWN DEEP OAK TREE ROOTS ~

Hosea 14:5-6 (The Message)

5-6"I will heal their waywardness.

I will love them lavishly. My anger is played out.
I will make a fresh start with Israel.

He'll burst into bloom like a crocus in the spring.

He'll put down deep oak tree roots,
he'll become a forest of oaks!


Link this wednesday at Amy Deanne at the 160 Acre Woods and have a Word Filled Day!

WORD OF GOD SUNDAY 29TH OF MARCH

THIS MORING WHEN I WAS FOCUSSING ON GODSWORD I FELT TO READ PSALM 99 AND THAN FOLLOW WTH MY OTHER DAILY READINGS............( ALL IN MY FAV MESSAGE VERSION ONLINE...)

PSALM 99

 1-3 God RULES. On your toes, everybody! He rules from his angel throne—TAKE
NOTICE!
   God looms majestic in Zion,
   He towers in splendor over all the big names.
   Great and terrible your beauty: LET EVERYONE PRAISE YOU!
      Holy. Yes, holy.

 4-5 STRONG King, LOVER of JUSTICE,
   You laid things out fair and square;
   You set down the foundations in Jacob,
   Foundation stones of just and right ways.
   HONOR God, our God; WORSHIP HIS RULE!
      Holy. Yes, holy.

 6-9 Moses and Aaron were his priests,
   Samuel among those who prayed to him.
   They prayed to God and he answered them;
   He spoke from the pillar of cloud.
   AND THEY DID WHAT HE SAID; THEY KEPT THE LAW HE GAVE THEM.
   And then God, our God, ANSWERED them
   (But you were never soft on their sins).
   Lift high God, our God; worship at his holy mountain.
      HOLY YES HOLY IS GOD OUR GOD.

AFTER READING THIS,,,,,,I OPENED MY "DAILYWATCHWORD" FROM THE MORAVIANCHURCH AND THERE WAS WRITTEN THESE.......

Psalm 33

 4-5 For God's Word is solid to the core;
      EVERYTHING HE MAKES IS SOUND INSIDE AND OUT.
   He LOVES IT WHEN EVERYTHING FITS,
      when HIS WORLD IS IN PLUMB-LINE TRUE.
   Earth is DRENCHED
      in God's AFFECTIONATE SATISFACTION.(other translat.says LOVE)

1TIMOTHY 4:4-5

Everything God CREATED IS GOOD, and to be RECEIVED WITH THANKS. NOTHING IS TO BE SNEERED AT AND THROWN OUT. God's WORD AND OUR PRAYERS make EVERY item in creation HOLY


WHAT IS GOD TELLING ME.......!!

PSALM 99

LOOK...SEEE..... AND NOTICE THAT I AM GOD I RULE.....
PRAISE ME FOR IT!! EVERYBODY MUST PRAISE ME BIG SMALL UGLY BEAUTIFUL.....

I AM YOUR STRONG KING AND I LOVE JUSTICE....THAT'S WHY YOU MUST HONOUR ME....( with all that you have)
AND WORSHIP MY RULES..YOU READ ABOUT THEM.....
WHEN YOU DO WHAT I SAY AND KEEP MY RULES..I WILL ANSWER YOU!!

PSALM 33

I'M A PERFECTIONIST,,,,,,I WANT THE BEST FROM MY CREATION....
IT WAS THE.... BEST ALL FITTED PERFECTLY.......
THE EARTH WAS SOLID GOOD NORISHED, WHEN I LOOK AT IT I LOVED IT!!
I LOVE NOW TO SEE MY WORLD THIS PERFECT............TO SEE IT FLORISH..
I WANT TO WATER.....SOAK IT TOTALLY...... MY EARTH ( you and other followers who listen).....WITH MY LOVE....

I TIMOTHY 4: 4-5

YOUR PRAYERS COMBINED WITH MY WORD.....DO YOU SEE AND KNOW THE POWER OF THAT.....!!
IT MAKES EVERYTHING....I SAY EVERYTHING OF MY CREATION HOLY...
DO NOT LOOK DOWN ON ANYBODY......DO NOT GO THINGS OUT OF THE WAY DO NOT BE AFRAID TO GET INFECTED BY BAD COMPANY........DO NOT GIVE-UP ON PEOPLE ON YOUR FAMILY ETC.......
SPEAK OUT MY WORD OF LIFE..... DRENCH EVERYBODY AND APROUCH EVERY SITUATION WITH MY LOVE ( my word of love) AND PRAY AND PRAY...I SAY PRAY...... SEE...FLORISHING.... CHANGING OF SITUATIONS OF PEOPLE........YOU SEE HOLYNESS....YOU LOOK WITH MY EYES,,,,,,!!

THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOR YOUR SPIRIT...THANK YOU FATHER GOD FOR YOUR WORD OF LIFE...FOR YOUR WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT.FOR YOUR LIGHT WHAT BRINGS CLEARYTY IN MY MIND AND SOUL....
THANK YOU FOR YOUR DRENCHING LOVE WHAT IS POURED ON THE EARTH AND IN ME
LET IT FLOW OUT OF ME IN WORDS AND ACTIONS..... LORD IN JESUS NAME I PRAY AMEN AMEN AMEN

THAN SINGS MY SOUL SATURDAY~ THE MARRIAGE~

TODAY IS TSMSS AND ALSO MY WEDDING DAY 15 YEARS AGO.
I PRAISE GOD FOR KEEPING OUR MARRIAGE ALIVE AND TOGETHER.HE WENT ALL THE WAY WITH US AND WILL IN THE FUTURE.
THIS SONG FROM - ELISA - GIVE A LITTLE EXPRESSION OF THIS SPECIAL UNION BETWEEN ME AND MY HUBBY!

The Marriage


To read more TSMSS click on the title to " Signs Miracles And Wonders.

BLESSINGS

FEARLESS FRIDAY

“They do not fear bad news; they confidently trust the Lord to care for them. They are confident and fearless and can face their foes triumphantly.” ~ Psalm 112:7-8 NLT

"Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14 NLT



(THESE VERSES ARE SO GOOD TO READ IN THE MESSAGE VERSION OR CLICK ON MY LASTWEEK FF POST)

IT'S SO GOOD TO MAKE AN FFPOST AND JOIN AGAIN IN PRAYER TOGETHER AND CLICK ON TITLE OF THIS BLOG TO COME ON FREE SPIRIT HAVEN WHERE ANGELA HOSTS THIS DAY!

IT IS SAID IN Psalm 133

A Pilgrim Song of David
 1-3 How wonderful, how beautiful, when brothers and sisters get along!
   It's like costly anointing oil
      flowing down head and beard,
   Flowing down Aaron's beard,
      flowing down the collar of his priestly robes.
   It's like the dew on Mount Hermon
      flowing down the slopes of Zion.
   Yes, that's where God commands the blessing,
      ordains eternal life

LET'S DWELL WITH EACHOTHER WITH GOD'S PRESENCE IN OUR MIDS ...WE ARE BLESSED TODAY TOMORROW AND NEXT TOMORROW UNTILL OUR MEETING " FACE TO FACE" WITH OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.
ARE YOU EXPERIENCING GOD'S ANOINTING OIL FLOWING NOW OVER YOU..OVER US.....
BE BLESSED MY SISTERS AND BROTHERS,

MY PRAYERPOINTS FROM LAST WEEK I HAVE STILL ON MY HEART

.WISDOM FOR THE LEADERS IN POWER TO ORGANIZE HOW TO DEAL WITH THE RECESSION

OUR YOUTH WHO ARE LOST AND IN BONDAGE

ALSO OUR YOUTH WHO CHOOSE FOR CHRIST,WHO NEEDS TO STAND FIRM IN THIS AGE AND TIME

ELDERLY WHO ARE AN FORGOTTEN AREA OUR SHUFFELED UNDER A LOT OF OTHER THINGS WE FIND NOWADAY MORE IMPORTANT.

ADDED PRAYER SUBJECTS THIS WEEK ARE

MY NEIGHBOURS I CHOOSE THIS WEEK..THEY ARE NON-BELIEVERS OR FROM OTHER BELIEVE ( MOST MUSLIM)) .I SEE A LOT OF PAIN AND FRUSTRATION AND BONDAGE....I KNOW JESUS CHRIST IS THE BEST STRENGHT AND ROCK FOR THEIR LIFES..THEY NEED SALVATION.SO HELP ME TO PRAY THAT

THE WORD OF GOD WILL REACH THEM THROUGH MY FAMILY OR IN ANY OTHER WAY OR OPPURTUNITY WE GET.

A SPECIFIC PRAYER FOR ONE NEIGHBOUR THEIR DD SARAI WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL 2 DAYS AGO WITH TERRIBLE DEHYDRATION....THEY HAVE NO CONTROL YET OVER THE BACTERIA OR VIRUS WHO'S CAUSING PHYSICAL PROBLEMS

WOMAN NEIGHBOURS WHO LOVE MY KIDS VERRY MUCH ONE SUFFER DEPRESSION SEVERALY CAN'T WORK AND GET THERAPIE
THE OTHER SUFFERS SEVERELY RUEMA THAT MAKES HER NEARLY HOUSEBOUND..

AN ELDERLY NEIGHBOUR WHO STILL HAS A MENTALLY DISABLED DD LIVING WITH HER,AND YOU CAN SEE IT CAUSES HER A LOT OF ENERGY AND PROBLEMS TO HANDLE HER DD

AND LAST (BUT I COULD GO ON BC GOD'SSPIRIT MAKE YOU SEE MORE AND OPEN YOUR HEART MORE FOR THINGS....)

A FRIENDLY MAN WHO LIFE ON HIS OWN BUT WITH A LOT OF HELP OF HIS PARENTS...
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS BUT WHAT I CAN NOTICE HE IS ADDICTED BY SMOKING ALOT AND DAILY I SEE HIM GOING TO A COFFESHOP ( MARIHUANA)

LAST I ASK PRAYER FOR OUR FINANCES OUR OWN BUSINESS SUFFERS UNDER THE RECESSION AND WE ARE WALKING IN OUR DEBTS....AND AN UPCOMING COURTCASE IS ON IT'S WAY. WE FIGHT OUR RIGHTS AGAINST THE BUILDING (SHOP) OWNERS......

BLESSINGS THIS 'FF' AND FOR THE WEEKEND

NOTE ( I have some pc problems and work now on one who has not all features to compose a nice blog etc........)

Thankfull thursday ~ ~

THANKFUL THURSDAY!!



I am thankful that

1 We had special family time in the weekend with eachother.

2 The children are appreciating their new "toys": an foosballtable and an aquarium,and that we had the means to buy them.

3 We have some faithfull custumors no matter the financial trying times.
That God will bless them with a stable income.

4 That i felt the Lord speaking to my heart

5 That we can look forward to Spring

THANK you Lord for this week. A week in which i can see Your hand of protection, Your hand who guided me during the week,Your hand who touch my heart, Yourhands in wich i felt save.
THANK you Lord. I praise and Honour You In Jesus Name Amen.

"To celebrate this day of "THANKFULLNESS" link to SONYA from Truth 4 the Journey and to Lynn who is hosting for Iris ( Grace Alone)
Blessings

WFW ~ CROWN and PRIDE..... ~

Proverbs 17:6 (New International Version)

Children's children are a crown to the aged,
and parents are the
pride of their children.

Link today at Amy Deanne at the 160 Acre Woods and have a Word Filled Day!

WEEKLY MEMORY VERSE

Today is monday again I reflect on lastweek memory verse...hosted at The power of Your Love.
Lately i like to see the different translations and now a bloggyfriend Laurie-Ann posted in one of her interesting post to dive deeper in the word with http://www.blueletterbible.org/search.cfm
I had a lot of to think about....Here some of my findings...

Jeremiah 17:9-10 (The Message)

9-10"The heart is hopelessly dark and deceitful,
a puzzle that no one can figure out.
But I, God, search the heart
and examine the mind.
I get to the heart of the human.
I get to the root of things.
I treat them as they really are,
not as they pretend to be."

King James Version

9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

10I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

English Standard Version

9The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately sick;
who can understand it?
10 "I the LORD search the heart
and test the mind,
to give every man according to his ways,
according to the fruit of his deeds."

New International Version

9The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
10I the LORD search the heart and examine the mind, to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve.


HEART
1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding

a) inner part, midst

1) midst (of things)

2) heart (of man)

3) soul, heart (of man)

4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory

5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)

6) conscience

7) heart (of moral character)

8) as seat of appetites

9) as seat of emotions and passions

10) as seat of courage

The numbers 8-9 and 10 brought to mind my struggle to not being so seriouse with my food intake.....This part i need to bring into prayer MORE!!

DECEITFUL
1) deceitful, sly, insidious

a) deceitful, sly, insidious, slippery

b) foot-tracked

2) steep, hilly

DESPERATELY SICK
1) to be weak, sick, frail

a) (Qal)

1) to be incurable

2) to be sick

3) desperate, incurable, desperately wicked, woeful, very sick (pass participle) (metaph.)

b) (Niphal) to be sick

CAN UNDERSTAND/KNOW
1) to know

a) (Qal)

1) to know

a) to know, learn to know

b) to perceive

c) to perceive and see, find out and discern

d) to discriminate, distinguish

e) to know by experience

f) to recognise, admit, acknowledge, confess

g) to consider

2) to know, be acquainted with

3) to know (a person carnally)

4) to know how, be skilful in

5) to have knowledge, be wise

1c and 3 The Lord perceive and see, find out and discern, he knows me personally carnally. Why is it that this slips the mind in the HEAT OF LIFE!!

I TEST

1) to examine, try, prove

to examine, scrutinise

2) to test, prove, try (of gold, persons, the heart, man of God)

to be tried, proved

to make a trial

I found this verse who came a long these explanations and that strucked me...The Lord who refines us like SILVER and TEST like GOLD !!

Zec 13:9 This third I will bring into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, 'They are my people,' and they will say, 'The Lord is our God.' "

THE MIND
1) kidneys

a) of physical organ (lit.)

b) of seat of emotion and affection (fig.)

c) of sacrificial animals

2) (TWOT) reins

He SEARCHE my heart and EXAMINE my mind

My conscience
heart (of moral character)
seat of appetites
seat of emotions and passions
seat of courage
IS SEARCHED and
My seat of emotion and affection
IS EXAMINED

I'm so thankful that i know He is there to call unto Him to give it ALL to Him .
I want to be refined to become more of HIM.
So i can shine like GOLD.......SHINING HISlight and nothing else....AMEN

Join this week in memorizing our new verse...and let us read what you learn from it.

Your word I have treasured in my heart, that I may not sin against You.....Psalm 119:11 (NASB)

Blessings!!

Are you a born supervisor?

For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave
thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were
darkened. Romans 1:21 NIV

Lack of thankfulness leads to futile thinking
and a darkened heart. Trying to have a loving, peaceful home where the Holy
Spirit is pleased to dwell is impossible under these circumstances.
It is
amazing, but once I replace critical thoughts with thankfulness, and put away my
evaluation sheet, the more happy I become, and the better my husband looks to
me. It is easier to love my children and the other imperfect people God brings
into my life

These thoughts from Sherry are shared At the Well today with the assignment to use our blog as a place to thank God publicly for our husbands.

It is verry special to me this topic especially this week of my Marriage anniversary on the 28th!
In my "heart of hearts" i know God had an ordained PLAN with us meeting eachother and getting married....

I am THANKFULL

• that he knows how to LOVE unconditionally
• that his love for his kids and me comes after God
• and have RESPECT for who he is and become as a "selfmade" (Godmademan) from the "slobs" of a cosmopolitan city in Africa to a beauthybusiness owner ("top to toe") in Europe.
• that he knows to cook and does not mind a bit to look after the kids.
• that i know he knows my heart intentions no matter the wrong "workouts" frequently
• he stimulates me to change to the positive
• that through sharing our thoughts he learns me to think not only with my mind........( listening to your innerself........)
• that he can be like a child ( that is handy to connect with the kids as a parent)

This was so good to do....i know i can come up with more the coming weeks will post on our anniversay day more.....

What are you thankfull of about your husband??

Link to At the Well for more thankful readings.

What a Sweet Surprise !!!

Laurie from Supernatural Living has blessed me with this past week! She has given me this fabulous award, my first blog award!I came accros her blog and was touched by her transparancy to combine her daily life and struggles with her seeking to do God's will.I could identify in her writings.....

Two rules accompany this award:

1. Confess 5 things you are addicted to.
2. Pass the award on to 5 deserving bloggers.

Five addictions:

1.Having contact with elderly especially Alzheimer patients ( during holidays i miss them so to me this is a kind of adiction!!)
2.Reading stuff all over the place..bibles,books,newspapers, magazines
3. Having a lot of paperwork with reminders and thoughts around me.
4.Surging on the internet for Christians and encouragement (Chatting and blogging)
5. Coffee....Coffee....

(Now, here's the hard part!! I have been blessed and have learned so much from so many of you!!!!! in only THIS shorttime being in "bloggyland")

Five deserving bloggers:
1.Sonya from Truth 4the Journey Her TT hosting caught my eye and from there i start meeting other bloggers and her thoughts in her blogs touched me a lot.Thank You Sonya for being who you are...

2.Kelli from Faithful Life.I always find something to read and listen to...To read about life struggles and God in it ...inspire me to pray and praise God,and also learn how to handle my own situations....Tank You Kelli to be transpatant...

3.Shannon (See Saw Faith)
I admire her for how she can put her thoughts into words so it's like she make her world and inner thoughts come to Life!And her heart for God shines constantly between the lines or in her shoice of music.

4.Jenny from Flutterbye Chronicles....I LOVE ..LOVE her butterfly,s...the beautifull pictures from family and activity's and she has a favorite atist of me on her playlist..Celine Dion. Is like i can feel her spirit and heart. Thank You for the goodtimes on your blog Jenny!

5.Colleen from Thoughts on Grace....Yes your thoughts intriged me and are really on GRACE....I love your Catholic insights made me remember my youth on Catholic schools and understand My hubby's thought flow.....when i read yours.... he has also Catholic roots.....! Thank you for your insights Colleen.

Ladies, I tried my best to summarize my thoughts. If I misspelled or misstated anything, forgive me (and let me know:) If you have received the award already, then just accept it as confirmation of your blogs impact.

Than Sings My Soul Saturday!~ HE IS........~

I join Amy at Signs, Miracles and Wonders for TSMSS
This week I came accross the song " He is by Aaron Jeoffrey ". It so touched my heart and stirred me up to think about ,all the names and titles of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.... Mark with me each one, and let's ask ourself the “So what?” question....:
So what does Jesus as the ____ ______ (fill in a name or title) mean in my life for today?"



Blessings

FEARLESS FRIDAY

Do not worry about anything, but pray about EVERYTHING! Please click the image and head over to Angela's site, add your name to the meme list (Mr. Linky) and join us in prayer.

Read with me the choosen verses to sustain this FEARLESS FRIDAY and be blessed!

(The Message)

Psalm 112

Hallelujah! Blessed man, blessed woman, who fear God,
Who cherish and relish his commandments,
Their children robust on the earth,
And the homes of the upright—how blessed!
Their houses brim with wealth
And a generosity that never runs dry.
Sunrise breaks through the darkness for good people—
God's grace and mercy and justice!
The good person is generous and lends lavishly;
No shuffling or stumbling around for this one,
But a sterling and solid and lasting reputation.
Unfazed by rumor and gossip,
Heart ready, trusting in God,
Spirit firm, unperturbed,
Ever blessed, relaxed among enemies,
They lavish gifts on the poor—
A generosity that goes on, and on, and on.
An honored life! A beautiful life!
Someone wicked takes one look and rages,
Blusters away but ends up speechless.
There's nothing to the dreams of the wicked. Nothing.

2 Chronicles 7:14

God appeared to Solomon that very night and said, "I accept your prayer; yes, I have chosen this place as a temple for sacrifice, a house of worship. If I ever shut off the supply of rain from the skies or order the locusts to eat the crops or send a plague on my people, and my people, my God-defined people, respond by humbling themselves, praying, seeking my presence, and turning their backs on their wicked lives, I'll be there ready for you: I'll listen from heaven, forgive their sins, and restore their land to health. From now on I'm alert day and night to the prayers offered at this place.

Pray with me for

1. Wisdom for the people in crucial places to decide how to organize the recesion problems
2. The people who suffer in all the countries who are in different warsThat peace will be shed amongst them
3. Suffering of inasant children
4. People who suffer from different diseases,let them come to know the healing power of God.
5. I pray for the country i life in ( Holland) and the city of Amsterdam ....In my WFW God said in psalm 46 - 4-6 River fountains splash joy, cooling God's city, this sacred haunt of the Most High. God lives here, the streets are safe, God at your service from crack of dawn. Godless nations rant and rave, kings and kingdoms threaten, but Earth does anything he says. This is what i pray for my country and the city of Amsterdam.
6. The youth who have the desire to follow The living God and need courage and strenght for the temptations of today...
7. I pray also for the youth who are on the wrong path and life in bondage that they will be FREED in Jesus name ,that their spirit will be full of Gods...and NO other spirit..and that they will honour Him with their Life.....
8. I pray for the ELDERLY who are so forgotten in this age and time...That they will get the repect and care what they so deserve....

Father God i bring all these prayers to You who hear and always answers....

But father God ANYTHING that stands between Us and You please open our eyes for it and forgive us and cleanus with the precious blood of Your Son Jesus Christ!

Thank you Lord that we can come to Your throne of grce with all our praayers ,worries and concern.

Bless this special day nd this weekend in Jesus name AMEN AMEN AMEN.

Thankful Thursday

I'm sooooooooo late with this......For me it is just friday,but instead of jumping in bed i 'm urged to finish this day by Thanking my Lord and God from who i get everything i have...Who is worthy of ALL my praise......

I'm just finished with my sons birthday's sweets what he will share on school today for his 8th birthday,we went this evening to buy his birthday present/request a "soccertable"......Already for some day's he couldn't sleep because he was wondering if he will get it or not......

Here goes my THANK YOU'S for today...

1. I'm so Thankfull for my SON for the Joy,that he brought to our life, for who he is and for all he will become.That the Lord will keep and guide him through his whole life in Jesus Name!
2. I'm thankful that i experience the Lord in different forms speaking to my mind and heart
3. I love and am so thankful for the spring that is in the air.....i love the change from Winter to Lent...So good to see new life coming up in nature
4. This week i was thinking a lot about my parents and want to say i'm thankfull that i still have them and that God grant us to still have eachother.
5. I'm already at point 5 the TT, host by Sonya at Truth 4 the Journey,requiers 5 .I can go on writing some more but i will end that i'm thankfull that i got verry well through some physically "set backs"

"I am praising Jesus for He has come to bind up the brokenhearted, proclaim freedom for the captives, and release the prisoners from darkness.
How has Jesus freed you? "

This was said and asked by Lynn who is hosting this month for Iris from Grace Alone

When i think about JESUS the Christ who died for me and for ALL mankind i think of it with amazement ...I feel my heart shaking......and overflowing with Love. Like a child who wants to be close to her daddy who showers her with Love !

I remember the day that i decided that i want to have what i saw in other Christians ON FIRE...

I knew it was HIS SPIRIT...In a way it was not that I decided ,it was HIS LOVE flowing to me.....and it was what i know now saying to me "I stand at the door( your heart) and knock...."

I opened and i let Him in....I'm so greatfull for His LOVE,PATIENCE with me daily and His MERCY and His interceding for me at the throne of our FATHER in heaven...

All this FREED me to LIFE in HIS PEACE daily and to Honour Him with all that i have!

THANK YOU LORD JESUS!!

WFW ~ Cooling God's city ~

Psalm 46:4-11 (The Message)


4-6 River
fountains splash joy, cooling God's city,
this sacred haunt of the Most
High.
God lives here, the streets are safe,
God at your service from
crack of dawn.
Godless nations rant and rave, kings and kingdoms threaten,
but Earth does anything he says.

7 Jacob-wrestling God fights for
us,
God-of-Angel-Armies protects us.

8-10 Attention, all! See the
marvels of God!
He plants flowers and trees all over the earth,
Bans war
from pole to pole,
breaks all the weapons across his knee.
"Step out of
the traffic! Take a long,
loving look at me, your High God,
above
politics, above everything."

11 Jacob-wrestling God fights for us,
God-of-Angel-Armies protects us.

( note... When i took this picture...in the heart of this city i remember my thought to pray for the city....I felt a kind of "worry" and than PEACE came over me after lifting this city up in prayer.......! )

Link to Amy Deanne who's hosting this WFW to have a " Word Filled Wednesday".

And for more info about the rules to join click the button in my sidebar.

Blessings!

MY STORY

LauraLee, at Selah ~ Pause.Ponder.Praise asks us to share our story of salvation. I wanted to share it here, too. It may help you get to know me better.She asks some questions that I thought I'd answer.

1How old were you when someone first told you about Jesus?
To believe in Jesus Christ and to look -up to God for help and guidens in your life was learned to me just like learning to read and write.This is to me a huge blessing and privilege.I got awesome examples by stronggodly woman ( My grandmother ,her sister and"Nene Dina") and godly man My grandfather read my 7 xmas-memories .
I was always prayed for and over even when i left my birthcountry all by myself and the BEST advice my grandma gave me was ALWAYS take "your bible and pray"!

2When did you become open to the gospel?
I was always as a child open to the gospel God was for me a living reality ...I always love reading and telling story's.So the story's from the childrensbible i could tell out of my head...I remember as a teen i wanted to read "the real bible" from beginning to end.My grandfather frequently read passages to me and we talked about it....
In my teen time i went to Youth services in other christian denominations because i start coming up against the "kind of set liturgic services" and the common songs from the 17- and 18 centuries......

3What compelled you to give your life over to Jesus?
Was an vibrant experience of Gods Spirit in a youthgroup in the same denomination i was baptized as a child but now in Holland. I left my birthcountry when i was 18yo age.I did my commitment to follow Jesus when i was 21

4What Scriptures were particularly meaningful to you?
My favorite book is of Isaiah a lot about HOPE to me.....Isaiah 40:31but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faintI was and am always intriged by the HOPE we can have as Christians for this life to live out of restoration and after this Life with Him and All who died in Him!

5I finally start living it?
In my married life and this last year i was more compeled to hold on to His Promises to His Children.

6What changed inside of you?
I accepted Jesus Christ when i was active in the Youth group because of the experience ..That Gods spirit lives in people...I saw it i felt it i accept the gospel "That He is the only way to God"

I realised also around that time that i embraced other thoughts in my teens going to adolesent, who were not endorsed by The living God the God of Jesus Christ....

7How do you think your life is different since you made Jesus the Lord of it?
When i start living it, it was the moment i stopt ONLY believing in Jesus Christ and began to confess and realize i need a SAVIOR. I can't life Godly out of my own strenght. In that season of my life as a mother ( of toddlers) and married i felt i came totally short...
I found a verse of Apostel Paul and realized than the dept of it....Romans 7:23 (The Message)
21-23It happens so regularly that it's predictable. The moment I decide to do good, sin is there to trip me up. I truly delight in God's commands, but it's pretty obvious that not all of me joins in that delight. Parts of me covertly rebel, and just when I least expect it, they take charge.
Gods spirit urges me to grow....,to pray without ceasing for myself for my family...i felt totally inadequate and .I was "housebound" loose contact with my churchfamily.
But in the mids of this my relationship with the Lord began to grow and He start to "weed" in our lifes and plant new seeds so to say...
I found a book along the way "Praying Wife" from Stormie Omaritain....and praying those scriptural prayers helped me to focus on GODSPLAN for me my dh's and my family....I was directed to His WORD and i can testify that God is faitfull He answered in His time each and every prayer that i send up to Him......and also the prayers send up by my "Granny's" who followed and blessed me trough my whole life. My marriage is stronger than ever, My husband is drawn to God more than ever, My kids love the Lord and learn about Him and I'm challenged now more than ever to become the P31 woman and become the best i can be for HIM who restored me and gave me HOPE for now and everyday!

My Husband, My Friend

On this is focused today At the Well...In Pursuit of Titus 2 by AMY. If you liked to join link to it:

Discussion Questions:

What other scriptures did you find pertaining to
friendship?

How do those scriptures relate to your marriage?

What are some ways you die to self in your marriage?

Do you have
any ideas as to how we can develop a deeper physical, emotional, and
spiritual
intimacy with our husbands?

How do you sharpen your
husbands
countenance?

While reading the discussionspoints different thoughts crossed my mind..

To me a FRIEND is somebody who you TRUST and come CLOSE to you....

This as long as i can remember never came easy to me as specially the "close part"...to say what you think show your REAL emotions.

BUT i must say a long those years the closest people ( on earth) to me are my husband and my children no matter i doubt frequently my own friendship but "doubt " is not of the Lord so i can rather put our relationship and insecurities in prayer ....

I look-up just now the verb FRIEND what that means in language....a person whom one knows well and is fond of; an ally, supporter, or sympathizer.

I was surprised when i looked the definition up because it does not talk about TRUST and CLOSENESS ....

This say's something of MYSELF...

My husband gave me His friendship...He is all of what the definition says and so I can TRUST and feel CLOSE no matter what...

DARE to trust and BE close i learned along the years..

John 15:13Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

John 3:29The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom's voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.

The " being fond of "," supporter" and " sympatizer" where there from the beginning

But " THE GET TO KNOW WELL" comes along the years...

The attitude talked about in JOHN 3:29 was put there in my husbands heart from the beginning and buildeth up my trust a lot.......and to open up.....

I had to learn to acguire this attitude it gave a lot of misunderstanding and a feeling of "coldness or not being interested..."

Especially the part of LISTENING REALLY LISTENING...not hearing what you want to hear...or interpretate things.......

JOHN 15:13

Always struck a core in me...when i realized and read about "the Love of Jesus" to us to be and become our friend to life this example was to lay down His Life everyday he was among men and literally on the cross!!

To be able to build up a HEALTHY MARRIAGE a Marriage as how GOD had intended it full of TRUST/LOVE/RESPECT for differences /WILLINGNESS to FORGIVE/OPENNESS to GROW....can only be done i realised by laying down my own Life before Jesus wanting to be His friend and want to accept HIM as my friend and SAVIOR...Only than i was able to start BEING THE FRIEND to my husband as how God intended it....

I died to self by wanting to show my vulnerability....( i'm not perfect can't do all on my own)

Laying down pride and subborness ( My way is NOT the high way!!)

LEARN to foccus not on MY WANTS al the time

What helped to develop a deeper physical, emotional, and spiritual intimacy .......

Communication with God and with eachother........

Ask and give forgiveness

Taking time for eachother in means of doing things together (also doing things what is not so my own interest)

I realized now that i "sharpened my husband countenance" by witnessing to him about what i learn from God and not to relent in praying for his salvation and becoming "the head" in our house to give spiritual guidens and example.....

Now after 16 years he tells me the effect of that in his spiritual growth.......I didn't realize what i was doing it was all God's leading.....

With my whole heart i believe that He brought us together and keep us together!

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I reflect on my week vers

It is good to give thanks to the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High......Psalm 92:1 (NASB)

If you like to join in this week at "The Power of Your Love"to memorize and reflect on bible versus.

Last week i read this verse everytime i came to my blog it caught my eye......

A thankfull heart is so good for our soul......

God knows what we as His creatures need...

When i start singing a long with praise music my mind and heart changes...to look at God ( and not at circumstances or at self) ...to praise Him to honour Him and to see Him in big and small things.....

I loved this week to be remembered to do this as much as possible and so i cultivated

" A heart of Thanksgiving"

My prayer is to continue with this as much as possible

Our new weekverse is

Jeremiah 17:9 (The Message)
9-10"The heart is hopelessly dark and deceitful, a puzzle that no one can figure out.But I, God, search the heart and examine the mind.I get to the heart of the human. I get to the root of things.I treat them as they really are, not as they pretend to be."

This verse choosen for this week connects with my thoughts in my ~ Face to Face~ post from last week......

God is Good and sees us for how we really are!!