Belated THANKFUL THURSDAY and FEARLESS FRIDAY!

It is amazing how days can "fly" away...I suppose to make an thankful thursday post yesterday and today an Fearless Friday post.....BUT my days went TOTALLY differently since wednesday night after my sons soccergame.My son got spiking high fevers in his sleep that evening.....and i was looking forward to 2 full days of morningshifts.....and had planned evening christmasshoppings with the kids.......During my work things happenend unexpectedly .....



Not withstanding feeling a little overwhelmed...tired and behind with things ( will not tell you what still need to be done .....christmas decoration is done by me after the 5th of december an Dutch Celebration)...I am thankfull for all big and small blessings in this week!

Lord i THANK YOU that i may know that all is in YOUR hand that You have the control of our lives

Thank You Lord for leading me to blogging exactly last sunday 1 year ago

Thank You for being able and staying healthy to do my job with the elderly in this "season of flu"

Thank You Lord for giving me insight and patience to help my daughter with extra home work....Lead us through this last period to her exams in february.....

Thank You for bringing down the fever of my son........

Thank You today for making a way that i still got my papers complete in 3 days time to go to an Christmas market in Belgium coming sunday....This is my christmas present.....

Thank You lord in advance that i may know that you will make a way that we can manage with our budget to go to different school-,work- and church activities

I Thank You in advance also that we may know that Christmas 2009 will be SPECIAL full of Joy of the birth of Your Son and our Savior than and now over and over in our heart!

Thank You for Your PEACE amids of worlds turmoil !

That brings me today to FEARLESS FRIDAY............Yes Lord THANK YOU for saying that we can be FEARLESS


I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loose in heaven. Again I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven. For where two or three come together in My name, there am I with them. Matthew 18:18-20


“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



For me this Friday is just gone it is past midnight ...but still wanted to make this blogpost and know my readers and fellow bloggers lift you all up in prayer. Had know change to look around at the prayer request but probably tomorrow during the day.......

Wish you all an Godfilled weekend. Keep close to Jesus Christ........and I pray that He will enlighten our EYES to stay where He want us to be and to see what is important.


Leave you all with 

A Christmas Prayer

Loving Father,
help us to remember
the birth of Jesus,
that we may share in
the song of the angels,
the gladness of the
shepherds, and the
worship of the wise men.

Close the door of hate
and open the door of love
all over the world.
Let kindness come with
every gift and good desires
with every greeting.

Deliver us from evil by the
blessing which Christ brings,
And teach us to be
merry with clear hearts.

May the Christmas morning make
us happy to be Thy children,

And the Christmas evening
bring us to our beds with
grateful thoughts, forgiving
and forgiven, for Jesus' sake.
Amen!

author-Robert Louis Stevenson
(1850-1894)

WFW ~ CELEBRATING SEEING A GREAT LIGHT ~

.

A Great Light

The people who walked in darkness
have seen a great light;
those who dwelt in a land of deep
darkness, on them has light shined.

Isaiah 9:2 (ESV

Isaiah 9:2 (The Message)

 ²The people who walked in darkness
   have seen a great light.
For those who lived in a land of deep shadows—
   light! sunbursts of light!

Since i joined WFW in March of this year nearly everytime and today was not different .It happens that i search for an Word what i find interesting in the bible.....I'm so happy that i discovered biblegateway.com to scroll through easy and to copy and past. (LOL) and i end up being surprised about the picture i find with it in google search!!

I find doing this captivating and the same time God's work is coming to life and i remember automaticaly the picture and the context of the verse with it.....Frequently itmakes me read more than the initial vers

Today the word CELEBRATION was in my head.....It is an week of celebration overhere because "My Journey" exsist 1 year in blogland!

But i felt an nudge......while thinking it over this morning........" YES IT IS TIME TO CELEBRATE......THE MONTH OF CELEBRATION....THE CELEBRATION OF THE BIRTH OF CHRIST.......JESUS....."!

There came an conversation my friends like many conversations happen in this year ESPECIALLY when i join in the midlle of the week THE WFW meme and the TT meme.......!!

Because God's spirit God's HOLY SPIRIT start talking....and it is up to us who want to be filled with it and be used by HIM to share light and all gifts He gives us with others......

Friends  talking about my experience of this year reflecting on the effect of WFW......

Is that there is a lesson EVERY week for me to learn...to reflect about what am i doing with this Word.....There is a difference an responsibility with it when you share God's word with others......to make it an part of youreself

I was thinking is it living in me.........I really experience JESUS coming ALIVE  in my thinking and spurring me on to CHANGE in different ways.....And doing nothing with the word made the HS really grieving

I believe that working in me changing me while blogging  was God's purpose to lead me to have the desire to start a blog......!!

What gave me this NUDGE what i talk above is the follow-up of the above verse where the word CELEBRATION is found in (MSG version)!!

3-7You repopulated the nation,
   you expanded its joy.
Oh, they're so glad in your presence!
   Festival joy!
The joy of a great celebration,
   sharing rich gifts and warm greetings.
The abuse of oppressors and cruelty of tyrants—
   all their whips and cudgels and curses—
Is gone, done away with, a deliverance
   as surprising and sudden as Gideon's old victory over Midian.
The boots of all those invading troops,
   along with their shirts soaked with innocent blood,
Will be piled in a heap and burned,
   a fire that will burn for days!
For a child has been born—for us!
   the gift of a son—for us!
He'll take over
   the running of the world.
His names will be: Amazing Counselor,
   Strong God,
Eternal Father,
   Prince of Wholeness.
His ruling authority will grow,
   and there'll be no limits to the wholeness he brings.
He'll rule from the historic David throne
   over that promised kingdom.
He'll put that kingdom on a firm footing
   and keep it going
With fair dealing and right living,
   beginning now and lasting always.
The zeal of God-of-the-Angel-Armies
   will do all this.

 

I am AMAZED....I can tell you THIS is what HAPPENED 2008 years ago but i see it is happening today.............We see the signs around us......and we see and feel JESUS closer than ever before...growing in our hearts........

Do you long like me to PREPARE the way.....work on renew it build on it...For HIM?!!

HE IS our...... Amazing Counselor,
   Strong God,
Eternal Father,
   Prince of Wholeness.
His ruling authority will grow, ( in our hearts)
   and there'll be no limits to the wholeness he brings.

 

 

This is my "Christmas prayer" for myself and for all of you.

 

Blessings

Godsown /Bernice

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CELEBRATION ~ AWARDS for FRIENDS ~

 

Thank you Andrea from ARISE 2 WRITE for these awards  you gave this week to your friends who come to your blog . I am honored to be called your friend  and your comments and friendship means a lot to me.

This week is CELEBRATION WEEK overhere at  My Journey so getting the "Circle of Friends Award" and "The Lemonade Award" is given on a perfect moment .

What is an celebration without friends........

In this one year of "My Journey" i came across a lot of blogs....follow some and join everyweek some meme's.Meeting sisters ( don't feel left out brothers)  who shared there friendship to me  through there comments is an blessing and encouragement and i thank God for bringing all of you on my way.....

I had an list of blogs who i want to mention this week so grab both or one award because each of you deserve them!

• Lea from "ShabbyOldePottyShed" was one of my 1st commentors .AND i receive an very special "Pay it Forward" present all the way over the ocean . Visit her unique and inspiring blog i can a sure you that you will never regret this.
• Edie from "Rich Gifts" because of her give away of an blogmakeover.......My interest was caught what this is making a blog and make it apear attractive and or inspiring.......Well i send her a lot of emails if i was doing it right etc..LOL. Well thank You Edie.......for the encouragement......
• Denise from "Shorty Bears Place".....Thank You for ALL the visits and encouragement and i feel so blessed to came accross your blogs..Yes it is plural....she has another blog "Free to be me" This precious sister in Christ her signature's says what she stands for and proclaim without ceasing: Denise...Warrior for Jesus and My Dad is The God-Father!
• Sonya at "Truth4the Journey" this precious sister gather blogger around her "ThankfulThursday" meme.Her meme was the 1st i joined the 1st month my blog was opened.....ThankYou for gathering us every week and sharing life on your blog.

• Beth from "WarmHarte" her personal blog but i met her 1st on mondays for an biblevers memorizing meme B(asic).I(nstruction).B(efore).L(eaving).E(arth) what i linked up with on mondays at."The Power of Your Love" Thanks for hosting...your comments and prayer...And you know i have you  and all the coming events the coming weeks in my prayers.
• Peggy from "AmazingGraceMazesandMessesMiracles" Do you hear the name of this blog for the 1st time? I hope not but in case please pay her a visit you will NEVER regret your visit...It is full of encouragement and God's Word....HIS AMAZING GRACE flows from her blog your way while reading.Thanks peggy for everything!
• Angela from "FreeSpiritHaven" your place is indeed an HAVEN and for me an place to come over always on fridays for FEARLESS FRIDAY. Thank you for sharing yourself with bloggers and for STANDING in THE GAP with prayer.
• Lynn from "SpirituallyUnequalMarriage" who i just met more frequently this fall on her blog...Thanks for your encouragement and prayers
• Lisa Shaw from "Sharing Life with Lisa" I just see you gave away the circle of friends also but still i put your blog here.I love lisa's encouragement and down to earth style and being always there to pray for bloggers.thank You sister.
  

Well all of you who come to "My Journey" and your name is not above can consider yourself in this circle of "blogfriends" so if you feel to grab the Award button do not hesitate....

Here are the rules for the awards:

1. Put the logo on your blog or post.
2. Nominate blogs

3. Be sure to list and link your nominees within your post.
4. Let them know they have received this award by leaving a comment on their blog.


A 5th rule is atached with the "circle of Friends Award"...Tell 5 things what you LOVE to do.....


I nearly forgot that one.......

1. I'm an terrible "night owl"......My blogs are mostly written late in the evening....Want to change it to write them on my free days in the morning.
2. I love to see GOD'S WORD written out ( so a lot of papers and diary's with written word) or as you notice i love to see it on my blog
3. MUSIC....MUSIC......that is an essential in my day........and is what God uses a lot to minister to me....
4. Well this has an link with 1....I love to sleep...I'm not proud of it but i NEVER get bored in bed LOL....
5. I love ( have an heart for) elderly
   

Andrea who gave me these awards mention her thoughts while pondering the Lemon Award and love that and will leave you with those thoughts!

As I pondered the lemonade award. I thought of how each of us have or are experiencing lemons in our lives. That makes us understand each other. We are all in some way kindred spirits.

What do we do with all the lemons? Do we allow them to rot in our midst or do we make lemonade and share it with others. As I pass this lemonade award to each of you, I pray you will make lemonade and share it with the less fortunate around you.
Let's not allow a single lemon to rot and stink up our lives! Get to squeezing, dear friends. Take all the "yucky stuff" in your life and make lemonade!

READING GODS WORD TOGETHER...........IS CELEBRATION!!

I celebrate this week  reading together GODS WORD is celebrating with you!

Be blessed,

Tuesday, December 8


Psalm 140:6-13 Amos 8,9; Revelation 10

You let people ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; yet
you have brought us out to a spacious place. Psalm 66:12

The Lord Jesus Christ gave himself for our sins to set us free from the present
evil age, according to the will of our God and Father. Galatians 1:4

Lead us, O heavenly Father, to abandon the cares of yesterday and embrace the
way of life. Lead us to embody the way of love and to let go of old hurts and
cherish the power of your forgiveness. Amen.

Well i  read those verses out of my Moravian dailytexts or today in the MESSAGE version. I link the verses up with the translation.
The words of AMOS sticked and ring  in my head..........

Amos 8

 ^11-12"Oh yes, Judgment Day is coming!"
   These are the words of my Master God.
"I'll send a famine through the whole country.
   It won't be food or water that's lacking, but my Word.
People will drift from one end of the country to the other,
   roam to the north, wander to the east.
They'll go anywhere, listen to anyone,
   hoping to hear God's Word—but they won't hear it.

 ^13-14"On Judgment Day,
   lovely young girls will faint of Word-thirst,
   robust young men will faint of God-thirst,
Along with those who take oaths at the Samaria Sin-and-Sex Center,
   saying, 'As the lord god of Dan is my witness!'
   and 'The lady goddess of Beer-sheba bless you!'
Their lives will fall to pieces.
   They'll never put it together again." 

Amos 9

 ^5-6My Master, God-of-the-Angel-Armies,
   touches the earth, a mere touch, and it trembles.
   The whole world goes into mourning.
Earth swells like the Nile at flood stage;
   then the water subsides, like the great Nile of Egypt.
God builds his palace—towers soaring high in the skies,
   foundations set on the rock-firm earth.
He calls ocean waters and they come,
   then he ladles them out on the earth.
         God, your God, does all this.

 ^7-8 "Do you Israelites think you're any better than the far-off Cushites?" God's Decree.

    "Am I not involved with all nations? Didn't I bring Israel up from Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, the Arameans from Qir? But you can be sure that I, God, the Master, have my eye on the Kingdom of Sin. I'm going to wipe it off the face of the earth. Still, I won't totally destroy the family of Jacob." God's Decree.

 ^9-10 "I'm still giving the orders around here. I'm throwing Israel into a sieve among all the nations and shaking them good, shaking out all the sin, all the sinners. No real grain will be lost, but all the sinners will be sifted out and thrown away, the people who say, 'Nothing bad will ever happen in our lifetime. It won't even come close.'

Blessings Like Wine Pouring off the Mountains

 ^11-12 "But also on that Judgment Day I will restore David's house that has fallen to pieces. I'll repair the holes in the roof, replace the broken windows, fix it up like new. David's people will be strong again and seize what's left of enemy Edom, plus everyone else under my sovereign judgment." God's Decree. He will do this.

 ^13-15 "Yes indeed, it won't be long now." God's Decree.

    "Things are going to happen so fast your head will swim, one thing fast on the heels of the other. You won't be able to keep up. Everything will be happening at once—and everywhere you look, blessings! Blessings like wine pouring off the mountains and hills. I'll make everything right again for my people Israel:

   "They'll rebuild their ruined cities.
   They'll plant vineyards and drink good wine.
   They'll work their gardens and eat fresh vegetables.
   And I'll plant them, plant them on their own land.
   They'll never again be uprooted from the land I've given them."

    God, your God, says so.

 
 

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION !! ~ First pictures and christmas blogpost! ~

This week is a week of celebration and remembering that "MY JOURNEY" is 1 year old!! 
I plan to give you everyday An "heart present" and your coming everyday makes the celebration more fun because a party by yourself is no party!

This whole week i put the 1st writings and compiling postings again in the "lime-light"...

What an time it was with "sweating"...fearing...doubthing...making blogs and email to other bloggers ALOT of questions who where after looking back now simple problems...LOL...

Thank You all who remember this beginning time of " My Journey "

This is the 1st picture and information on this blog

To read more about this building and how God use this picture to tell me something you can read here

Christmas memory and another picture

So are you enjoying and celebrating with me while looking back into memory lane of 1 year ago....

This post is my present to you my friends....A present to see God's hand in EVERY detail of your Life!!

Blessing

"Godsown on her Journey"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY..........!!!!

This week is  a milestone for me. Because it is exactly one year ago on the 6th of December i start making my 1st steps in setting up an blog and blogpost .....WOW..... It’s only because of God’s inspiration, guidance and blessing that this blog is one year old! It’s my “Blog-aversary” …love that name!

My JOURNEY was birthed....and came to life a long the way .....

God inspired...guided and blessed me ....He brought all of you and used all of you to encourage and leaving comments to me to go on blogging...( I really didn't had any plan...lol...,but HE had....)

Thank You all so much

Stay an part of MY JOURNEY and let's praise God together and celebrate my "1st blog-aversary"

Thank You  Lord for this mile-stone....i did not know YOUR plan but i followed and obeyed.....

Keep on blessing me along the way and guide my thoughts and hands to make this blog an blessing for others and bring HONOUR to Your Name Father.This i pray in Your sons name Jesus Christ.AMEN.

A New Dream" // Readings: Lesson Malachi 3:1-4, Epistle Phlippians 1:3-11, Gospel Luke 3:1-6

Malachi 3

The Master You've Been Looking For

 ¹ "Look! I'm sending my messenger on ahead to clear the way for me. Suddenly, out of the blue, the Leader you've been looking for will enter his Temple—yes, the Messenger of the Covenant, the one you've been waiting for. Look! He's on his way!" A Message from the mouth of God-of-the-Angel-Armies.

 ^2-4But who will be able to stand up to that coming? Who can survive his appearance?

   He'll be like white-hot fire from the smelter's furnace. He'll be like the strongest lye soap at the laundry. He'll take his place as a refiner of silver, as a cleanser of dirty clothes. He'll scrub the Levite priests clean, refine them like gold and silver, until they're fit for God, fit to present offerings of righteousness. Then, and only then, will Judah and Jerusalem be fit and pleasing to God, as they used to be in the years long ago.

Philippians 1:3-11

A Love That Will Grow

 ^3-6Every time you cross my mind, I break out in exclamations of thanks to God. Each exclamation is a trigger to prayer. I find myself praying for you with a glad heart. I am so pleased that you have continued on in this with us, believing and proclaiming God's Message, from the day you heard it right up to the present. There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this great work in you would keep at it and bring it to a flourishing finish on the very day Christ Jesus appears.

 ^7-8It's not at all fanciful for me to think this way about you. My prayers and hopes have deep roots in reality. You have, after all, stuck with me all the way from the time I was thrown in jail, put on trial, and came out of it in one piece. All along you have experienced with me the most generous help from God. He knows how much I love and miss you these days. Sometimes I think I feel as strongly about you as Christ does!

 ^9-11So this is my prayer: that your love will flourish and that you will not only love much but well. Learn to love appropriately. You need to use your head and test your feelings so that your love is sincere and intelligent, not sentimental gush. Live a lover's life, circumspect and exemplary, a life Jesus will be proud of: bountiful in fruits from the soul, making Jesus Christ attractive to all, getting everyone involved in the glory and praise of God.

Luke 3

A Baptism of Life-Change

 ^1-6 In the fifteenth year of the rule of Caesar Tiberius—it was while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea; Herod, ruler of Galilee; his brother Philip, ruler of Iturea and Trachonitis; Lysanias, ruler of Abilene; during the Chief-Priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas—John, Zachariah's son, out in the desert at the time, received a message from God. He went all through the country around the Jordan River preaching a baptism of life-change leading to forgiveness of sins, as described in the words of Isaiah the prophet:

   Thunder in the desert!
   "Prepare God's arrival!
   Make the road smooth and straight!
   Every ditch will be filled in,
   Every bump smoothed out,
   The detours straightened out,
   All the ruts paved over.
   Everyone will be there to see
   The parade of God's salvation."

THE CANDLE OF PREPERATION.......CHRIST IS THE WAY.......~Second Sunday in Advent~

Sunday, December 6


Second Sunday of Advent

Watchword for the Week
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has looked favorably on his people and
redeemed them. Luke 1:68

Malachi 3:1-4; Luke 1:68-79 Philippians 1:3-11; Luke 3:1-6

Show me a sign of your favor. Psalm 6:17

God added his testimony by signs and wonders and various miracles, and by gifts
of the Holy Spirit, distributed according to his will. Hebrews 2:4

For the gifts you have given each of us, O Creator of all good things, we are
indeed grateful. May we follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit in the use of
these gifts. Amen.

( Out of Moravian dayly Texts) 

The Second Candle (The Candle of the Way)

The second candle shows that Christ is the Way. Humans are lost in sin and Christ is the Light sent into the world to show them the way out of darkness.

I found an beautiful poem let it be our prayer in preperation for Christmas!His birth in our hearts.

———-

I am not worthy, Master and Lord,
that you should come
beneath the roof of my soul;
Yet, since you in your love for all people
wish to dwell within me,
in boldness I come before you.

You command “Open the gates!”
Gates you alone have forged;
And you will come in
with love toward all, as is your nature.
You will come in and enlighten my dark reasoning.

I believe you will do this,
for you did not send away
the harlot who came to you with tears,
nor cast out the repenting publican,
nor reject the thief
who acknowledged your kingdom.
You did not forsake the repentant persecutor,
the apostle Paul, even as he was.

But all who came to you in repentance,
you counted in the band of your friends;
You, who alone lives in glory forever,
now and unto the endless ages.

— St. John Chrysostom (347-407)

 

 

 

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Blessings.

THAN SING MY SOUL SATURDAY ~ OH COME LET US ADORE HIM~

This song in my native language was on my heart and i found it sang by an artist with an special voice Brian Bijlhout  a blessing from the Lord to him.

Help me lifting him up in prayer that he will use his voice to honour the Lord with it.

The pictures in the video explain the lyrics

But you all sing an english version from it what comes close.....

This one i love also sang by an artist who's songs stay in our hearts Elvis Presley

ENJOY more THEN SINGS MY SOUL SATURDAY songs

with

Amy @ Signs, Miracles and Wonders

Amy says, "It's time to get into the spirit of Christmas!" so why not JOIN US!

God Does Big Things with Small Deeds

"Do not despise these small beginnings, for the LORD rejoices to see the work begin" (Zech. 4:10 NLT).

Moses had a staff.
David had a sling.
Samson had a jawbone.
Rahab had a string.
Mary had some ointment.
Aaron had a rod.
Dorcas had a needle.
All were used by God.
What do you have?
God inhabits the tiny seed, empowers the tiny deed. He cures the common life by giving no common life, by offering no common gifts. Don't discount the smallness of your deeds.
From Cure for the Common Life
( M Lucado)

A Legend story ~ St Nicholas and the three pickeled boys! @ St. Nicholas Day Blessing of Candy Canes

 I came accross these new revelations about the story  of St Nicholas.....

I heard this morning the boat of "St Nicholas" arriving at the school of my kids....singing dancing celebration and gift givings will go on through today at there school.
Tomorrow is the holiday celebration in Holland.
Have an great weekend!


The historic St. Nicholas was the Bishop of Myra, in Asia Minor. St. Nicholas is traditionally considered the patron saint of children, particularly boys. In fact, in medieval England, it was the custom on St. Nicholas' Day (December 6) to choose a choirboy from the cathedral choir as "Bishop for a Day." Some cathedral museums still have their "boy bishop" vestments on display.

Icon: St. Nicholas and the Three Slain Boys

The association is traced to the legend of St. Nicholas and the Three Pickled Boys. Tradition has it that an evil shopkeeper in the town of Myra hated children. He kidnapped three small boys, chopped them up with an axe, and pickled them in a barrel. St. Nicholas, upon hearing of this horror, prayed fervently to God. Because of the purity of his faith, the boys were raised to life and wholeness again and came out of the pickle barrel singing "Alleluia!" and giving thanks to God.

The legend of St. Nicholas and the Three Pickled Boys was popularized in this century by the composer Benjamin Britten in his well-known cantata "St. Nicolas" (op. 42). The witty choral work, with poetry by Eric Crozier, tells the life of the saint in song; three choirboys sing the part of the Pickled Boys, always an audience favorite.

For several years at Christmastime, Godiva Chocolate produced a large, solid chocolate St. Nicholas figure which had at his feet three boys and a pickle barrel.

The illustration shows what is believed to be the only existing icon depicting this legend. The evil shopkeeper's axe is visible in the lower right corner. To make a theological point, the artist has made the pickle barrel a baptismal font, symbolizing death and rebirth




Excerpted from "Prayers for the Domestic Church: A Handbook for Worship in the Home," by Edward Hays. Forest of Peace Publishing, c2000. Used with permission.

Good St. Nicholas, we honor you
on this your holy feast day.
We rejoice that you are the patron saint
and the holy symbol of joy
for many peoples of many lands.
Come, great-hearted saint,
and be our patron and companion
as we, once again, prepare our homes and hearts
for the great feast of Christmas,
the birth of the Eternal Blessing, Jesus Christ.

May these sweets, these candy canes,
be a sign of Advent joy for us.
May these candy canes,
shaped just like your Bishop's staff,
be for us a sign of your benevolent care.

We rejoice that you are the holy bringer of gifts
and that so many have been delighted
through your great generosity.
Help us to be as generous of heart.

Wherever these candy canes are hung,
on tree or wall or door,
may they carry with them
the bright blessing of God.
May all who shall taste them
experience the joy of God
upon their tongues and in their hearts.

We ask God, now, to bless
these your brightly striped sweets
in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 

Fearles Friday ~ PRAYING>>>>>>>~

We light the candle of Hope last Sunday, as we journey together into the first week of Advent, let's all try and discover the true meaning of Christmas together. And let's all pray that we will have enough hope to share with all the people of the world that need it more than us.

There is no pain jesus can't feel
No hurt he can not heal
All things work according to his perfect will
No matter what you're going through
Remember god is using you
For the battle is not yours
It's the lord's

There's no sadness jesus can't feel
And there is no sorrow
That he can not heal
For all things work
According to the master's holy will
No matter what you're going through
Remember that god is only using you
For the battle is not yours
It's the lord's

It's the lord's
Yes it's the lord's
Hold your head up high
Don't you fright
It's the lord's
It's the lord's
Yes it's the lord's

No matter what
You're going through
Remember that god
Only wants to use you
For the battle is not yours
It's the lord's

No matter what
You happen to go through right now
Remember that in the midst of it all
God only wants to use you
No matter what you're going through
For the battle is not yours
It's the lord's

No matter what it is
That you're going through
Hold your head up, stick your chest out
And remember he's using you
No matter what you're going through
God is only using you

For this battle is not yours alone
This battle is not yours, no
You can not handle it all by yourself
No, no, no, no, no, no
It's not yours
This battle is not yours
It's the lord's, not yours

This battle is not yours
The lord is the only one who can fight it
He wants to use you as his vessel
So be open to him
It's not yours
No it's not yours
It's the lord's, not yours

The battle is not your's
It's the lord's

Hallelujah
Yeah!

( "THE BATTLE IS NOT YOURS" from JOLANDA ADAMS )

SO we can be FEARLESS and Friday is approuching...... .....Fearless Fridays! A day where I commit to pray for you. Other precious prayer warriors have also committed to pray for you. To participate in Fearless Fridays please leave a comment at "FREE SPIRIT HAVEN". I hope you will join Fearless Fridays and see the power of prayer in your life and others.

If the Lord so leads you, grab the Fearless Friday button and bring it to your blog, letting others know you too will stand in the gap for others through prayer.

I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loose in heaven. Again I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven. For where two or three come together in My name, there am I with them. Matthew 18:18-20


“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

In my side bar you see prayer buttons lift those and there love ones up in prayer today with me

We  praise God for answered prayers and continue praying for total healing of Melissa 

 

I pray today for my online friends in my christian woman groups and in blog land.
That God's will be done in our Life's that we will be an encouragement for eachother and honour God with our blogs and in our life's.


Visit some fairly new blogs from friends dear to my heart and pray for them and or leave an comment as you feel lead on there blogs....

• HOLLY at "Broken for God"
• And my dear sister at " My GrowingWalk "

Have an prayerful and FEARLESDAY in the Lord my friends.

THANK FULL THURSDAY

THANKFUL THURSDAY
I was tending to skip writing an thankful post .....not that i am not THANKFUL .But it is only to put pen on paper so to say at the end of an LONG day........!!

Thank You father God for today gotten out of your hand...To know YOU wake me up and that YOU reach from high up down to earth . To lead ,guide protect...comfort,bring peace in the day like no one else can give.........Thank You Lord for knowing YOUR HAND is there ....

Your same HAND is  bussy with me Lord Thank You for that...Let me be and stay like clay in YOUR hand Father ...Let me stay on YOUR WEEL in this life form me mold me let Your will be done in my Life!

Thank You Father for the LIGHT that Shines and Guides, what is keeping me warm in this cold and dreary world...The Light YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST that came in this world especially for me and every soul on this earth! Thank You!

• THANK YOU LORD for my HUSBAND who YOU put beside me and make him unique to fulfull the purpose You have in mind for him.Let Your blessing and hand be on Him forever!

• Thank You for my children let Your will be done in there life Let we be blessings to eachother and to others and honour You with our family life....

I am blessed and can go on and praise Him for all the gifts/blessings big and small bestowed on me.
The Lord is good all the time Amen!


For more Thankful Thursday, visit Laurie over at Women Taking A Stand
Or at Sonya's from Truth 4the Journey

THE CANDLE OF HOPE IS BURNING............Let's share it...............!!

We light the candle of Hope last Sunday, as we journey together into the first week of Advent, let's all try and discover the true meaning of Christmas together. And let's all pray that we will have enough hope to share with all the people of the world that need it more than us.

There is no pain jesus can't feel
No hurt he can not heal
All things work according to his perfect will
No matter what you're going through
Remember god is using you
For the battle is not yours
It's the lord's

There's no sadness jesus can't feel
And there is no sorrow
That he can not heal
For all things work
According to the master's holy will
No matter what you're going through
Remember that god is only using you
For the battle is not yours
It's the lord's

It's the lord's
Yes it's the lord's
Hold your head up high
Don't you fright
It's the lord's
It's the lord's
Yes it's the lord's

No matter what
You're going through
Remember that god
Only wants to use you
For the battle is not yours
It's the lord's

No matter what
You happen to go through right now
Remember that in the midst of it all
God only wants to use you
No matter what you're going through
For the battle is not yours
It's the lord's

No matter what it is
That you're going through
Hold your head up, stick your chest out
And remember he's using you
No matter what you're going through
God is only using you

For this battle is not yours alone
This battle is not yours, no
You can not handle it all by yourself
No, no, no, no, no, no
It's not yours
This battle is not yours
It's the lord's, not yours

This battle is not yours
The lord is the only one who can fight it
He wants to use you as his vessel
So be open to him
It's not yours
No it's not yours
It's the lord's, not yours

The battle is not your's
It's the lord's

Hallelujah
Yeah!

Matthew 11:28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.

2 Corinthians 12:9 And He said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness. Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christs sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

( NKJV Bible )

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint. (Isaiah 40:31)

1st DAY of ADVENT

Sunday, November 29


First Sunday of Advent

Watchword for the Week
Jesus says, "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away."
Luke 21:33

Jeremiah 33:14-16; Psalm 25:1-10
1 Thessalonians 3:9-13; Luke 21:25-36

Inquire first for the word of the Lord. 2 Chronicles 18:4

And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory. John
1:14

Jesus, you provide us with a perfect example of how to stand firm against the
surrounding criticism. Keep us focused on you when challenges come our way.
Amen.

Jeremiah 33:14-16 (New International Version)

 ¹⁴ " 'The days are coming,' declares the LORD, 'when I will fulfill the gracious promise I made to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.

 ¹⁵ " 'In those days and at that time
       I will make a righteous Branch sprout from David's line;
       he will do what is just and right in the land.

 ¹⁶ In those days Judah will be saved
       and Jerusalem will live in safety.
       This is the name by which it ^[a] will be called:
       The LORD Our Righteousness.'

Psalm 25

A David Psalm

 ^1-2 My head is high, God, held high; I'm looking to you, God;
   No hangdog skulking for me.

 ³ I've thrown in my lot with you;
   You won't embarrass me, will you?
   Or let my enemies get the best of me?    Don't embarrass any of us
   Who went out on a limb for you.
   It's the traitors who should be humiliated.

 ⁴ Show me how you work, God;
   School me in your ways.

 ⁵ Take me by the hand;
   Lead me down the path of truth.
   You are my Savior, aren't you?

 ⁶ Mark the milestones of your mercy and love, God;
   Rebuild the ancient landmarks!

 ⁷ Forget that I sowed wild oats;
   Mark me with your sign of love.
   Plan only the best for me, God!

 ⁸ God is fair and just;
   He corrects the misdirected,
   Sends them in the right direction.

 ⁹ He gives the rejects his hand,
   And leads them step-by-step.

 ¹⁰ From now on every road you travel
   Will take you to God.
   Follow the Covenant signs;
   Read the charted directions.

 

1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 (New International Version)

⁹How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy we have in the presence of our God because of you? ¹⁰Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you again and supply what is lacking in your faith.
 ¹¹Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus clear the way for us to come to you. ¹²May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you. ¹³May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones.

Luke 21:25-36 (The Message)

 ^25-26"It will seem like all hell has broken loose—sun, moon, stars, earth, sea, in an uproar and everyone all over the world in a panic, the wind knocked out of them by the threat of doom, the powers-that-be quaking.

 ^27-28"And then—then!—they'll see the Son of Man welcomed in grand style—a glorious welcome! When all this starts to happen, up on your feet. Stand tall with your heads high. Help is on the way!"

 ^29-33He told them a story. "Look at a fig tree. Any tree for that matter. When the leaves begin to show, one look tells you that summer is right around the corner. The same here—when you see these things happen, you know God's kingdom is about here. Don't brush this off: I'm not just saying this for some future generation, but for this one, too—these things will happen. Sky and earth will wear out; my words won't wear out.

 ^34-36"But be on your guard. Don't let the sharp edge of your expectation get dulled by parties and drinking and shopping. Otherwise, that Day is going to take you by complete surprise, spring on you suddenly like a trap, for it's going to come on everyone, everywhere, at once. So, whatever you do, don't go to sleep at the switch. Pray constantly that you will have the strength and wits to make it through everything that's coming and end up on your feet before the Son of Man."