Living Intentionally in 2010 ~ accountability time....~

Accountability ... eLisa asks us to refocus upon our original post of goals, Scriptures, etc. from January, 2010, being accountable to one another.  I need this. Thank you, eLisa.

These are my intentions ,prayer and year scripture.....

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


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


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


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

Lord this year.

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

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

Online bible study and studying on the ning page of www.proverbs31.org woman of the bible......

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

Amen

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

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

The month of January and February went fast and looking back and reflecting i see...


I will start with the POSITIVES....
The WORD to TRUST came frequently in my mind when i want to give into 
Worry about finances.....When my mind wanted to make negative scenario's of the future...
I remember God's WORD that we are save in HIS HANDS.......


NEGATIVES
Making not enough.... quiet-time to spend with the Lord.......I feel like the Lord is saying" I want more of you not in-between the hustle and bustle or thinking only of me when you read Christian blogs......No I want FULL attention"


But i know God is close and speaking.........to me alot about...HIS LOVE for me....
He wants me to be more confident and not insecure........in the different area's of my life daily....In raising the kids...at my workplace or while normal socializing....
Not being afraid because I must TRUST and speak-out that i give and know God is in control!


God is learning me to work on understanding who He is and wants to be for me...
He wanted me to understand the different names of Him....( I put them up in my sidebar and found this week an video and song.....Also an bible-study online....)

Thank You Lord for being my heavenly dad and accepting me for who I am.....for loving me for redeeming back what is yours....
For learning and disciplining me........
Lord forgive me my known and unknown sins.....forgive me my weaknesses and strenghten me to overcome all of them
To become who you want me to be in Jesus Name i pray Amen


Music is the very tool God uses  to reach me and It is frequently the way how my prayers go up to the Lord...


These where the songs that touched me this week









Thanks eLisa for this time and i press on together with you in theis "Living Intentionally in 2010"
In case you want to join us headover to here and link-up at her place

Fearless Friday ~ Yahweh.............~

Are you like me now in total worship and in awe about GOD?

There is no space in my mind and emotion for FEAR and WORRY.......

Do you remember those verses

“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

YES those are the verses who sustain FEARLESS FRIDAY

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 sharing your prayer request overhere or at "Free Spirit Haven" who initiated this day.... 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.
Stand in prayer than also for the requests in my left side bar! 

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Today's verses out of my "Moravian devotional" from Carmel ministries

Break up your fallow ground, and do not sow among thorns.
Jeremiah 4:3

 

Be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and clothe yourselves with the new self, created according to the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.Ephesians 4:23–24

Today's Prayer

Lord, thank you for this new day and a new way to live in you. Break up my apathy and free me from the ways that I get entangled or cause pain.Good and gracious Gardener, tear out the weeds of selfishness, envy, and strife from my lives by renewing me to flourish in your calling as you nourish me with your gifts,and plant faith, love, and hope in my mind and
heart. Clothe me in compassionate care for all that you have created.  Amen.

We look towards YAHWEH  call and pray unto Him and

Fight the good fight
The enemy can't stand our roaring and telling him  to BACK OFF!



Blessings to you my friends !

THANK FULL THURSDAY ~ Simply "THANK YOU LORD" ~

To find words to express can be difficult.....or it looks/feels like you find words but they are not expressing what you want to say.........


Frequently i am like that when i come overhere to blog
Just like today and i believe last week also and than i "declined" and did not make an TT post.....
I was wondering....? Am i not thankfull?
On the contaray but it seems like i can't make an post or find my post coming short....??
" Who says so.......'?
"Why are you making yourself  INsecure?
Well i guess someone is not happy that we are putting purposefully our praise up every THURSDAY!!
Is my conclusion to this 'inner voice battle"


So here i am posting an beautiful song from Don Moen.........
MUSIC that is so important to me and my spirit in my spiritual growth God uses that mightely to SPEAK to my spirit ,to lift me up to turn my eyes to the things what He find important.....To bring me in another realm of hearing His voice clearly and to speak out words of praise,thankfullness and worship Him for who he is.......


I am thankful for music ( btw you can find ALOT on my blog as you can see...)
And all what this singer is singing about......


Have an blessed TT and let us not relent to keep our praise up purposefully
God is delighted when we praise Him and THANK HIM......


DO WE NOT LOVE OUR KIDS TO BE KIND PRAISING AND THANKING US??


THANKFUL THURSDAY with Iris @ Grace Alone 

Thursday, February 25


Psalm 30:6-12 Exodus 2:11-3:22; Matthew 19:1-12

The Lord will send his angel with you and make your way successful.
Genesis 24:40

The angel said to Peter, 'Fasten your belt and put on your sandals.' He
did so. Then he said to him, 'Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.'
Acts 12:8

Loving Leader, guide our hands, hearts, and feet in the ways of peace in
our world and help us to always be faithful followers of you.Thank you, Lord, that even though I may get it wrong and miss the joy that you’ve planned, you won’t give up on me. Thank you for sending help and showing me the way out of prison, free to boldly show your love for all. Help me to live with more simplicity so that I can simply follow you.  Amen.  Amen, be
it so.

Moravian daytexts

Info 

WFW ~ REMEMBER THE LORD IN AN DISTANT LAND @ Dayverses ~

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Ricky Maynard
‘The Spit’ from the series ‘Portrait of a Distant Land’
2007

Wednesday, February 24


Psalm 30:1-5
Exodus 1:1-2:10; Matthew 18:15-35

Remember the Lord in a distant land, and let Jerusalem come into your
mind. Jeremiah 51:50

Those who are ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and
sinful generation, of them the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he
comes. Mark 8:38

Lord, thank you for your love that stretches to every land. Draw me close to you when I become distant. Calm my fears when I become ashamed of my weaknesses and I’m afraid to let you come near. Jesus, help me not to adulterate the life of forgiveness that you have given for all people.

Son of man, we confess we sometimes feel we are living in a distant land
and need your help. Let us remember to look for your light that
surrounds and lives in us. Fill us, O Lord, this day. Amen.

WORD FILLED WEDNESDAY

Amydeanne @ the160acrewoods.com

and our hostess this week:

Susan @ Forever Hi

Living Fearlessly in 2010 – Part 3 or “Do I Matter?”

“Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.” ~ Matthew 10:29-31 (ESV ~ emphasis mine)

“I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful 
  are your works; my soul knows it very well.” ~ Psalm 139:14 (ESV)

Max Lucado writes in his book “Fearless“:

“Ah, There it is. There is the question. The Amazon River out of which a thousand fears flow: do we matter? We fear we don’t. We fear nothingness, insignificance. We fear evaporation. We fear that in the last tabulation we make no contribution to the final sum. We fear coming and going and non one knowing” and “Connect to someone special and become someone special, right?

Iris from "Grace Alone" is posting every 2 weeks  about the book " FEARLESS" of M.Lucado and her thoughts about an part and make us think some questions over.

The question for the last 2 weeks were
Where there times when you linked up so you could catch a lime-light ray? Please do share – it does not have to be connected with blogging; maybe in your immediate surroundings? Did you ever wish you could be like ________?
Over the next week I would like you to ponder the Cross. What does the Cross say about how much you matter to God?
Well....I am a little  late in making an post but the questions i asked myself for some minutes....hours..days..(LOL)
Initially i wanted to say "I do not love lime-lights and try to get out of there ways....I rather stay as anonymous as possible as long as i can remember"
As a child i believe i went un-noticed.......
But when i started thinking about it more deeper........I looked up at people who matter....I was dreaming of becoming like them......started imitating.......
I remember as an kid to love all those TV programs and soaps.....Dreaming of an life like that...talking like such and so...Dancing like.....LOL....
WELL so i conclude i was dreaming of this "Lime-light" thing......
I did not link -up consiousely but it is possible that ALOT of my behavior ( thoughts etc ...) was formed by those...idea's...persons....


The second question.....When i look at the cross "What does that say how much i matter to God"??!!


I want to be honest and open about my thoughts in this post....
When i look at my Christian walk most of it i was only aware of one aspect of God TO BE MY FATHER!!
The BEST PLACE to hide...THE BEST PERSON to talk to was GOD for me as an child as adult......!!
Wanted to know my heavenly father...wanted to be an GOOD CHILD.........
I see now that most part of my christian walk i was religious
In the last decade i started to be more aware that it is not about HAVING AN FATHER solely what it is all about....but about.....HAVING AN RELATIONSHIP WIT JESUS..........TO KNOW THE FATHER .......!!
It is not only an "head thing".......learning the bible...socializing with Christians......!!
But looking at the CROSS, internalizing and praising  JESUS for what He has done and ACCEPTING ( seeing the need putting away proudness...) THAT IT IS DONE FOR ME!!
GOD GAVE HIS SON FOR ME!!
I remember my commitment day...( 20 years ago or so...) The realization made me cry that i needed an SAVIOR.........I accepted ...I wanted to follow and stay and be an child of God.
But it took long to sink in the dept and wide meaning of what GOD DID FOR ME ....
TO GIVE HIS ONE AND ONLY SON.........TO make the way free to Him........To change me to become what He wants me to become....HE WANTS THE BEST FOR ME....!!
HE LOVES and ACCEPTS me for who I Am BUT HE has/have an bigger plan and that part was the part what my eyes where not yet open for..........

God IS THE BEST PARENT who gave everything for HIS CHILDREN...
And I am so Thannkful He accepts me as His child!

" I LOVE YOU"....GOD IS SPEAKING!!

From Extravagat Grace by eLisa @ my intentions for 2010 focus......

from Extravagant Grace by eLisa

Sweet friends, the Lord has laid it on my heart that we need a bit of accountability on this Living Intentionally Together journey. Our first month of 2010 is over, like a vapor, it vanished before our eyes. If we don't pause and take note of where we've been, what we've learned, and where we're heading, we'll find ourselves facing 2011 right where we started 2010 -- hopeful and determined, but potentially disappointed and discourage for having the past year whip by without our intentional participation in the Kingdom of God.

Let's live differently this year!!!

Instead of starting off like gang-busters only to repent at year end, let's pause before the Lord and hear from Him now. Let's invest a little extra time in our Living Intentionally journey by doing the following between now and March 1st...

1. Spend time reviewing our original Living Intentionally Together post and/or commitments.
   
2. Spend time in prayer:
   

   • Confess before the Lord anything He brings to mind.
     
   • Praise God for who He is, as we consider His abounding love and extravagant grace.
     
   • Ask the Lord to be the focus of our heart, mind, and soul as we seek to live intentionally for His glory.

   
   
3. Write a post about what we have learned as a result of spending this time with the Lord and then come back to leave a link below.
   

If you are just joining in now, please go to this first post about Living Intentionally Together. Feel free to use the resources provided to help you join in now, and be sure to share your commitment post with us at the linky provided here.

I joined in at E-lisa to "Life Intentionally Together....and will reflect the coming week on my inttentions...


I took my prayer from dec 2008 over for this year of 2010

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



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

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

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

Lord this year.



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



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

Online bible study  and studying on the ning page of www.proverbs31.org woman of the bible......

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

Amen


I got an YEAR WORD for 2010 in my Moravian Dailytext Devotion

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

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

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

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

Join me in following intentioally through this year of 2010 and the coming week untill march 1 to

1. Spend time reviewing your original intentions and commitments at the beginning of this year
   
2. Spend time in prayer:
3. Write a post about what you have learned as a result of spending this time with the Lord

To join more info and linking-up go to this post of ELisa at "Extravagant Grace"

THAN SING MY SOUL SATURDAY ~ ONE WAY @ Dayverses.....~

From: gospeloneministries

 
Saturday, February 20

Psalm 27:7-14 Genesis 48; Matthew 17:1-13

Today's Old Testament Verse

You are my God.
Psalm 118:28

Today's New Testament Verse

No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 14:6

Today's Prayer

Jesus, I praise you that I don’t have to find God on my own! Thank you for finding me and claiming me as your own. As if on eagles’ wings, you uplift and sustain me, especially when I fall. Help me trust you to lead me today to share your faithful love with others. Thanks be to God!

 The Great I Am, guide our feet in the way, truth, and life. Make us
examples of your love for others that they may see you through us. As
your servants we pray. Amen, may it be so
(Moravian Daily Texts)

VISIT Amy @ Signs, Miracles and Wonders

For more THEN SINGS MY SOUL SATURDAY participants

BUTTERFLY @ My daily readings......

Todays i read my commitment psalm again out of the Message version of the bible...

Psalm 27

A David Psalm

 ¹ Light, space, zest— that's God!
   So, with him on my side I'm fearless,
      afraid of no one and nothing.

 ² When vandal hordes ride down
      ready to eat me alive,
   Those bullies and toughs
      fall flat on their faces.

 ³ When besieged,
      I'm calm as a baby.
   When all hell breaks loose,
      I'm collected and cool.

 ⁴ I'm asking God for one thing,
      only one thing:
   To live with him in his house
      my whole life long.
   I'll contemplate his beauty;
      I'll study at his feet.

 ⁵ That's the only quiet, secure place
      in a noisy world,
   The perfect getaway,
      far from the buzz of traffic.

 ⁶ God holds me head and shoulders
      above all who try to pull me down.
   I'm headed for his place to offer anthems
      that will raise the roof!
   Already I'm singing God-songs;
      I'm making music to God.

I read this after i came across this video of an "Butterfly Story"

Picturing my spiritual growth as the birth of an butterfly.........

Being thankful for the struggles and the breakthroughs in my walk with the Lord.....

Every time i read psalm 27 it boosts my heart and today this translation made it speak new and  afresh to my heart again

Vers 4-5 so true

 ⁴ I'm asking God for one thing,
      only one thing:
   To live with him in his house
      my whole life long.
   I'll contemplate his beauty;
      I'll study at his feet.

 ⁵ That's the only quiet, secure place
      in a noisy world,
   The perfect getaway,
      far from the buzz of traffic.  

Friday, February 19


Psalm 27:1-6 Genesis 46:28-47:31; Matthew 16:21-28

Today's Old Testament Verse

Your people say, “The way of the Lord is not just,” when it is their own way that is not just.
Ezekiel 33:17

Today's New Testament Verse

If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9

Today's Prayer

Lord, I am thankful that you are faithful and just! When I fail and want to walk away, you draw me near. Remind me that, even when I may not understand and may lose the will to stand, you will never let go of me. You have sealed me to you by your Water and Word forever.

Giver of life, we confess that we do not always live up to your teaching
and example. Forgive us and help us to live so that we always share your
love and goodness with others. In Jesus' name. Amen.

Moravian Daily Texts

Fearles Friday ~ PRAYING>>>>>>>The Kitchen: God's Abundant Table~

Good morning my friends It's Fearless Friday and our host is at "Free Spirit Haven"
Last week i missed making an blogpost due to bussyness and not blogging last week so much
I pray that all is well in your world
let's pray together and lift up all the request up to the lord and join hands together in prayer.
Let's hold on to the promises God gave to us.
We look forward to healing,restoration.
We have only God to cling to.


This morning i read an good post "Up Words from Max Lucado" and want to leave you with this 
Have an good day in the Lord and an blessed weekend.


Week of February 19
The Kitchen: God's Abundant Table
by Max Lucado

"Give us this day our daily bread..."

Your first step into the house of God was not to the kitchen but to the living room, where you were reminded of your adoption. "OurFather who is in heaven." You then studied the foundation of the house, where you pondered his permanence. "Our Father who is in heaven." Next you entered the observatory and marveled at his handiwork: "Our Father who is in heaven." In the chapel, you worshiped his holiness: "Hallowed be thy name." In the throne room, you touched the lowered scepter and prayed the greatest prayer, "Thy kingdom come." In the study, you submitted your desires to his and prayed, "Thy will be done." And all of heaven was silent as you placed your prayer in the furnace, saying, "on earth as it is in heaven."
Proper prayer follows such a path, revealing God to us before revealing our needs to God. (You might reread that one.) The purpose of prayer is not to change God, but to change us, and by the time we reach God's kitchen, we are changed people. Wasn't our heart warmed when we called him Father? Weren't our fears stilled when we contemplated his constancy? Weren't we amazed as we stared at the heavens?
Seeing his holiness caused us to confess our sin. Inviting his kingdom to come reminded us to stop building our own. Asking God for his will to be done placed our will in second place to his. And realizing that heaven pauses when we pray left us breathless in his presence.
By the time we step into the kitchen, we're renewed people! We've been comforted by our father, conformed by his nature, consumed by our creator, convicted by his character, constrained by his power, commissioned by our teacher, and compelled by his attention to our prayers.
The prayer's next three petitions encompass all of the concerns of our life. "This daily bread" addresses the present. "Forgive our sins" addresses the past. "Lead us not into temptation" speaks to the future. (The wonder of God's wisdom: how he can reduce all our needs to three simple statements.)
First he addresses our need for bread. The term means all of a person's physical needs. Martin Luther defined bread as "Everything necessary for the preservation of this life, including food, a healthy body, house, home, wife and children." This verse urges us to talk to God about the necessities of life. He may also give us the luxuries of life, but he certainly will grant the necessities.
Any fear that God wouldn't meet our needs was left in the observatory. Would he give the stars their glitter and not give us our food? Of course not. He has committed to care for us. We aren't wrestling crumbs out of a reluctant hand, but rather confessing the bounty of a generous hand. The essence of the prayer is really an affirmation of the Father's care. Our provision is his priority.
From The Great House of God
Copyright (Thomas Nelson, 1997) Max Lucado

Blessings on this VALENTINE'S DAY

I love You, Lord, And I lift my voice.

To worship You, Oh my soul, rejoice!

Take joy, my King, In what you hear.

May it be a sweet, Sweet sound in Your ear.

I love You, Lord, And I lift my voice.

To worship You, Oh my soul, rejoice!

Take joy, my King, In what you hear.

May it be a sweet, Sweet sound in Your ear.

I love You, Lord, And I lift my voice.

To worship You, Oh my soul, rejoice!

Take joy, my King, In what you hear.

May it be a sweet, Sweet sound in Your ear.

"The Story of St. Valentine"

St. Valentine was a Christian back when it was against the  Roman law.There was a law that  everyone had to worship the  emperor. Christians worshiped only Jesus.  That seemed strange to the people in  Rome.And any time something went wrong  back then, folks needed someone to blame.

The emperor had  Valentine beaten with  sticks because he would not worship the emperor. Valentine didn't fight  back because that's not  the way of Jesus. So Valentine was thrown  in jail.

Valentine's jailer was  called Asterius. He worshipped the emperor like everyone else.  But Valentine wouldn't  stop talking to him about Jesus. He sang about Jesus; he prayed to Jesus. Asterius started to get interested. Now Asterius had a blind daughter. "If your Jesus can heal my little girl, " said Asterius,"then I'll believe in Him."

Valentine prayed and the child got her sight. And Asterius was so  happy  that he and his whole  family became Christians.

"MY TRUE VALENTINE"

Jesus is my true  Valentine. His heart was  pierced for me. I cannot tell why He loved me so well, But He proved it on Calvary

THAN SING MY SOUL SATURDAY ~ YOU are not ALONE....~

You're Not Alone

I search for love
When the night came and it closed in
I was alone
but you found me where I was hiding
and now I'll never ever be the same
It was the sweetest voice that called my name
saying

You're not alone
for I am here
let me wipe away your every fear
My love I've never left your side
I have seen you through the darkest night
and I'm the one who's loved you all your life
All of your life

You cry yourself to sleep
cause the hurt is real
and the pain cuts deep
All hope seems lost
With heartache your closest friend
and everyone else long gone

You've had to face the music on your own
but there is a sweeter song that calls you home
saying

You're not alone
for I am here
let me wipe away your every tear
My love I've never left your side
I have seen you through the darkest nights
And I'm the one who's loved you all your life
All your life

Faithful and true... Forever
For my love will carry you....

You're not alone
for I... I am here
let me wipe away every fear... Oh yeah
My love I've never left your side
I have seen you through your darkest night
Your darkest night
And I'm the one who's loved you all your life
All of your life

I love to see the thoughts of the artist at the back of the song

An simple version with gitar and vocal is also beautiful and touching

JOIN Amy @ Signs, Miracles and Wonders

For more THEN SINGS MY SOUL SATURDAY participants

WFW ~ Proverbs 21:2,3 @ dayverses~

Today's Old Testament Verse

To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Proverbs 21:3

Today's New Testament Verse

Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.
Hebrews 13:16

Today's Prayer

Gracious Lord of Purpose, thank you for creating the good that we can live for, sacrifice for, and be blessed by. Make us instruments of your peace with your righteousness and justice flowing though us. Give us your Spirit of generosity and remove our spirit of scarcity so that we may bring the blessing that you desire.  Amen.

Consider posting a photo and a verse and linking up for Word-Filled-Wednesday. The meme's coordinator is Amydeanne at The 160 Acre Woods. This week, our guest hostess is Lori at
All You Have to Give.
 

Living Fearlessly in 2010 – Part 2 or The ‘What Ifs…’~ Receiving P-P-S~

“And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. And they went and woke him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing.” And he said to them, “Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?” Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.” ~ Matthew 8:23-26 (ESV)

 

‘Imagine your life wholly untouched by angst. What if faith, not fear, was your default reaction to threats? If you could hover a fear magnet over your heart and extract every last shaving of dread, insecurity, and doubt, what would remain? Envision a day, just one day, absent the dread of failure, rejection, and calamity. Can you imagine a life with no fear?’ ~ Max Lucado

Can I imagine a life without fear? Can you?
Are you battling any “what ifs…” right now?

This is what i read in PART 2 of " Living fearlessly in 2010" @ "GRACE ALONE"

Imagining an Life without Fear??
I believe we as humans have fear put in us since the beginning of time...........NOT BY GOD but by the deceiver........our enemy who wants to rob what God intend for us........


In the bible i heard you can find for EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR an phrase with "FEAR NOT" ( he reference to not having fear)

365 times

" FEAR NOT"

God's Word commands us this

The only fear in the Bible is the fear of God. Fear is the enemy of confidence. Fear not means don't run.
(Joyce Meyer Do it Afraid).

 

God gaves us the

solution

JESUS

CALLING 

on 

HIM!!

When  those thoughts are crossing my mind

WHAT IF

" I can't make end meets end of the month"

" I get an sickness"

"I can't take care of my kids"

" I can't do my job anymore"

" My daughter/son makes the wrong choices"

" I can't.........."

Name it...........

We need to go on our knees calling out to Him

Who gives

PEACE

POWER

and

STRENGHT

I remember an time in my marriage .......

Mother of young toddlers

Feeling insecure as wife and mother.......

One day the thought crossed my mind to speak out only the 

WORD JESUS

Because i felt even to tired to pray

( i was deceived because the enemy was making me think that i can't pray well when feeling anxcious and tired)

But only saying the WORD 

closing my eyes

or 

even

crying and shouting it out.

HE HEARD

He is faithfull and hears

"Call unto Him, and He will save you out of the bondage of fear.."

Romans 10:13
for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

Tomorrow FRIDAY is an special day set apart by Bloggers.
It is  FEARLESS FRIDAY

The "home" is at "Free Spirit Haven"
Let's go on our knees and receive P(eace) -P(ower)-S(trenght)

Thankful ThursdayY ~ Daily Blessings~

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My last week Watchword for the Week -- Let the words
of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, O Lord,
my rock and my redeemer. Psalm 19:14

For this Week -- For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we

will see face to face. 1 Corinthians 13:12

I am THANKFUL for God's Word that is leading me through the weeks...
He takes an hold on me last week to BE AWARE that what i meditate on and speaks out IS acceptable......to Him.

This weeks message to ponder on is to meet our Savior face to face........" Am I ready.."
To get the answers to questions HE only can answer?

I am THANKFUL for JESUS CHRIST what HE did and is doing daily for me........Meeting me...being there to hear and pray together...
That He took all my sins on himself.........I know that He wants me to seek His will.....see my sins on  the cross and believe He resurrect  rose from the grave and want to bring forth THIS RESURRECTION power in my life.......
My mind can not always fantom it but i BELIEVE and TRUST the LORD!

This week went very fast and coming week will also but i am THANKFUL to know who was and  is in CONTROL. 

I am thankful specificcaly for my health and want to praise and thank The Lord for it and also for my healthy kids and husband

I am thankful this week for the financial blessings we got in our shop

I am thankful that my daughter is experiencing an good school test week  

I am thakful for the change of weather ( higher temps)

I am Thankful i was not hurt last monday night when my bike slipped away under me due to freezing roads.....

This moment i can't find more words to mention my blessings but i know my heart that feels blessed. What do we need more 'Than to know that we know that we are blessed......"

Have an great TT and join in to lift our Thankful hearts to the Lord....... 

How to Celebrate February 14 Every Day of the Year : "PLAYING THE QUARTET"

Want this button? The “Us” Factor

This month, your challenge is to share how you and your husband make each and every day of your marriage special. What are your daily relationship rituals? How do you nurture the “us” factor? Tell us the big or little things that make your marriage sing like a fine-tuned violin. A few examples:

This is the question asked at CHRYSALIS by E-mom

I was not planning to make an post ,that is also the reason i am so late in joining ....
But while looking around what i missed in those days i was not online due to busyness...I came across this topic......


The question asked made me wonder..

"What is it THAT makes each and everyday of my marriage SPECIAL and what are the big and little things that makes my marriage sing like a fine-tuned violin"!!??

I must tell you i was laughing while  picturing my marriage as an instrument.....

Well the sound we played in those nearly 17 years was not sounding  always like an fine-tuned violin!! ( Or playing an quartet on the piano..)
Looking back i see us making sounds that scared us and probably our kids maybe also the loved once around us.......We even wanted to trow away the instrument......


But we both can thank God now on our bare knees for knitting US together and FINE-TUNING our instrument of marriage........
The sounds we are playing are tunes of

1. ACCEPTANCE of eachother for who we are. Give the "wanting to CHANGE THE OTHER" to God in PRAYER.
2. Showing INTEREST in eachother opinions and LISTENING while communicating. Not believing anymore that our way is the high way.
3. Surging for "The LOVE LANGUAGE " of the other

Those where/are some things that helped us....

What i initially fell in love with about my husband is his character to be PASSIONATE and HONEST.
This stayed in our whole marriage. In the times we where not well tuned the devil tried to use those character traits for the worse but. We conquered Him to submit to eachother and to God in prayer and let our life be led by Him........

Is see his passion now in when he works hard daily and make long days because He cares about his family

I see his passion when he calls me frequently.

I see his passion when he serves me breakfast in bed to make waking up in the morning easier for me because i am really "a night owl"


I see his passion to care for us when he wants to cook in the weekend or even early mornings or midnight when he comes late home......I do not see it anymore that he is not liking my cooking but he wants to add his skills to mine......


Because of knowing i can rely on what he is saying because he always speaks out of his heart......
I started to learn to listen more attentively and take his advice or do something with his opinion because our husbands are the once who are the closest to us and know us without our 'masks" on.......


My husband loves me to spoil him WITH ATTENTION when he is around
Making time....planning time........not always putting our kids first!!


In communication making clear i hear and i understand him....giving compliments or speaking out appreciation, frequently for the simple things we take for granted!


I can say now full hearthedly " I LOVE MY HUSBAND and I KNOW ( and i know that i know....) HE LOVES ME"!!


You all know i love to put alot of verses on My Journey and love to add the verses E-mom put in her blogpost about verses about KISSING.....
It made me laugh because the child in us made us keep on kissing and longing for kissing an very important part to stay fine-tuned...


So to read those verses made me praise God for His wisdom found in His word!


1. The slobbery kiss…
But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept. (Gen 33:4)

2. The cheek peck…
“Greet one another with a holy kiss.” (Rom 16:16)

3. The passionate kiss…

"She took hold of him and kissed him and with a brazen face she said…" (Prov 7:13)
4. The woodpecker…
“Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.” (Prov 27:6)

5. The tender kiss…
"Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep aloud."

6. The grab 'em by the beard (but no biting) kiss…
“Joab said to Amasa, ‘How are you, my brother?’ Then Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.”
(2 Sam 20:9)

7. The kiss of humility…
As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them. (Luke 7:38)

8. The “Dahlingk, I’m home!” kiss…
"Greet one another with a kiss of love." (1 Pet 5:14)

9. Blowing kisses…
"And my heart became secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth." (Job 21:27)

10. Kissing in the dark…
“Let Him kiss me with the kisses of His mouth, for your love is more delightful than wine.” (Song of Songs 1:2-4)

Fearles Friday ~ PRAYING>>>>>>> Roaring and seeking ABBA FATHER ~~

Friday, January 29


Psalm 18:16-24 Genesis 29:15-30:24; Matthew 11:1-10

Today's Old Testament Verse

The hearing ear and the seeing eye — the Lord has made them both.

Proverbs 20:12

Today's New Testament Verse

We have seen and do testify that the Father has sent his Son as the Savior of the world.

1 John 4:14

Today's Prayer

Thank you, Father, for sending your Son to save us. He has removed the blindness in which we once walked so that we can see and hear you as the God who loves us by giving yourself for our sake. Let that love flow with renewed power and grace through us to others today.

Lord Jesus, make us aware of your subtle, redeeming presence. You are
Lord of the nations, yet closer to us than our own breath. Renew our
hearts to embrace the majesty and simplicity of your joy. Amen.

Join us in prayer on this special day put aside by bloggers!

Your prayer request you can put up in an blogpost and tell you did at "Free Spirit Haven" the home of FEARLESS FRIDAY or post them in comments on my blog or also overthere.

We are all 'roaring" today and the coming week like " The Lion of Juda"

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Forgot to mention this precious sister
She and her family will be covered in prayer 24/7 because of the urgency and we know nothing is IMPOSSIBLE for our God!


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Another incoming message from an sister i follow " A Magnolia's Heart Beats" To pray for her husband.

Will you join me in prayer and praise for what we are dealing with? Cancer is a scary thing and we need our friends and family to join in prayer regarding the outcome of this, that it's as good as the news we've heard so far, that the surgery goes well, that the recovery is speedy and easy.

Thank you,

THANKFULL THURSDAY

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This morning i am THANKFUL

• To be able and wake-up this morning in this beautiful city of Amsterdam.Yesterday evening i strolled around with my daughter in the heart of the city after an school information evening.
• For my daughter and her eagerness to learn and drive for life to find the school what will give her the space to develop the gifts and skills received by her heavenly dad
• For my son and for who he is
• For my husband who is an hardworker to provide for his family
• For the big and small blessings....; emails and comments from online friends, an hug and smile from one of my alzheimer patients, Big blessings where new custumors and tips they gave....... The change in the weather....warm air is coming in again.......
• For the 5 free days from work so i could make an plan how to make changes at home.....
• For the set-up of schools in the netherlands....The possibilities of homeschooling is not allowed overhere but the schools offers a lot and safe invironments for our kids

My heart is overflowing with gratitude for our Lord and Savior....from who we receive all good gifts and who is there for us and go through all our days of our lives.


Have an blessed TT!

Watchword for the Week --
Let the words
of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, O Lord,
my rock and my redeemer. Psalm 19:14

Thursday, January 28


Psalm 18:7-15
Genesis 28:10-29:14; Matthew 10:26-42

I formed you, you are my servant; O Israel, you will not be forgotten by
me. Isaiah 44:21

The gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. Romans 11:29

O God, you accept us as we are and invite us into the light of your
beauty. What a blessing it is to be your children! Thank you for calling
us to work in your vineyard; help us to enjoy the work of our hands.
Amen.