It will be quiet overhere.........

Will be here my friends

Begins this Wed. 8/19/09 Join in

7 Day Lay It Down @ Living a Fit Life

PRAYING FOR OUR KIDS!!

I came across this and it is my plan to join this group to pray for my kids:


S.H.M.I.L.Y. simply means "See How Much I Love You"...

Join us for the month of SEPTEMBER as we pray for our children, step-children, and foster children too!

ALL PARENTS ARE WELCOME... SINGLE, WIDOWED, SEPARATED, DIVORCED OR MARRIED! Moms AND Dads of children of all ages are invited to this event!

You will need "The Power of a Praying Parent" book OR "The Power of a Praying for Your Adult Children" by Stormie OMartian. We will be reading a chapter a day and praying the prayer at the end on a specific topic.

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My readings will be out of the translated version

The english version is this
Join in this with me and I know God will let us experience breakthrough in different areas in raising our kids.......

PSALM 127: 4-5 (MSG)
Like a warrior's fistful of arrows
are the children of a vigorous youth.
Oh, how blessed are you parents,
with your quivers full of children!
Your enemies don't stand a chance against you;
you'll sweep them right off your doorstep.

Numbers 14:24 (MSG)

²⁴ "But my servant ----------—this is a different story. He has a different spirit; he follows me passionately. I'll bring him into the land that he scouted and his children will inherit it.

Deuteronomy 4:39 (MSG)

^39-40 Know this well, then. Take it to heart right now: God is in Heaven above; God is on Earth below. He's the only God there is. Obediently live by his rules and commands which I'm giving you today so that you'll live well and your children after you—oh, you'll live a long time in the land that God, your God, is giving you.

Let's pursue to live in "The land" God gave us and our kids and " sweep off" all our enemies!

THAN SING MY SOUL SATURDAY ~ Let's Sing and PRAISE HIM.......HOSANNA.... @ daily texts.......! ~

HOSANNA

Praise is rising, eyes are turning to You, we turn to You
Hope is stirring, hearts are yearning for You, we long for You
'Cause when we see You, we find strength to face the day
In Your Pres- ence all our fears are washed away, washed away

CHORUS
Ho- san- na, ho- sanna
You are the God Who saves us, worthy of all our praises
Ho- san- na, ho- sanna
Come have Your way among us
We welcome You here, Lord Jesus

Hear the sound of hearts returning to You, we turn to You
In Your Kingdom broken lives are made new, You make us new
'Cause when we see You, we find strength to face the day
In Your Pres- ence all our fears are washed away, washed away

CHORUS
Ho- san- na, ho- sanna
You are the God Who saves us, worthy of all our praises
Ho- san- na, ho- sanna
Come have Your way among us
We welcome You here, Lord Jesus

'Cause when we see You, we find strength to face the day
In Your Pres- ence all our fears are washed away
'Cause when we see You, we find strength to face the day
In Your Pres- ence all our fears are washed away, washed away

CHORUS
Ho- san- na, ho- sanna
You are the God Who saves us, worthy of all our praises
Ho- san- na, ho- sanna
Come have Your way among us
We welcome You here, Lord Jesus
(Repeat)
Ho- san- na, ho- san- na
Ho- san- na, ho- san- na

Join today with songs of praise and worship and click on the button to link-up with our host Amy!

Saturday, August 15


Psalm 99
Jeremiah 12:1-13:19; 2 Thessalonians 3:6-18

O Lord, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I
rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away. Psalm 139:1-2

Just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the message of the
gospel, even so we speak, not to please mortals, but to please God who tests our
hearts. 1 Thessalonians 2:4

We must have you with us, precious Savior, because we are afraid to walk alone.
We trust you to guide and protect us. Our faith is weak; we depend on you to
lead us. Thank you for your heavenly direction. Amen.

FEARLESS FRIDAY @ belated Thankfull thursday

About Fearless Fridays

Come to Fearless Fridays, a day where bloggers commit to share their prayer requests and pray for one another. To participate in Fearless Fridays, come to Free Spirit Haven and add your site to Mr. Linky.

I hope you will join Fearless Fridays and see the power of prayer in your lives and others.

“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

Psalm 141

A David Psalm

^1-2 God, come close. Come quickly! Open your ears—it's my voice you're hearing!
Treat my prayer as sweet incense rising;
my raised hands are my evening prayers.

^3-7 Post a guard at my mouth, God,
set a watch at the door of my lips.
Don't let me so much as dream of evil
or thoughtlessly fall into bad company.
And these people who only do wrong—
don't let them lure me with their sweet talk!
May the Just One set me straight,
may the Kind One correct me,
Don't let sin anoint my head.
I'm praying hard against their evil ways!
Oh, let their leaders be pushed off a high rock cliff;
make them face the music.
Like a rock pulverized by a maul,
let their bones be scattered at the gates of hell.

^8-10 But God, dear Lord,
I only have eyes for you.
Since I've run for dear life to you,
take good care of me.
Protect me from their evil scheming,
from all their demonic subterfuge.
Let the wicked fall flat on their faces,
while I walk off without a scratch.

Yes father i THANK YOU for your preciouse Word with so much HOPE and encouragement Father

THANK YOU father for the week what is behind us

THANK YOU father for the small and big miracles in our week

THANK YOU father for my preciouse blogfriends and i want to mention two names father : because i'm so HAPPY and THANKFUL for the healing not so long ago of my sister at " My growingwalk" and Thankful for the recovery of my friend Lisa at " God is Good" her son and your saving hand on her son and leading of the medical workers who surrounded her son last week.

I Thank YOU father for your forgiveness and patience with me this week what would i be without your grace

And i'm THANKFUL for the never ending Love towards me.Your blessing and ALL the oppurtunities to bless others.

THANK YOU Holy Spirit for guidance for never ending corrections ( painful or not!). Don't give up ...don't leave me take Your place in my Life Holy Spirit

My Thankfulness Lord is what i gave you because Your so worthy to praise
With the words of the psalmist i say to You Lord

" God, come close. Come quickly! Open your ears—it's my voice you're hearing!
Treat my prayer as sweet incense rising;
my raised hands are my evening prayers. "



Bringing before Your trone MARRIAGES who are going through a storm father let the spouses see your "baken" Your son Jesus Christ Lord and cling to His saving power to His Hope....Father gave those marriages Hope and a future and send people with Godly counsel to help to them Lord

Praying for all the persons WHO SUFFER in BODY SPIRIT and MIND

Praying FOR THE ELDERLY
Lifting up my patients
Lifting up their families who have to deal with loosing their loved-ones to sicknesses of Dementia........

Praying particularly today for an family who are grieving the dead of their loved one and closing a LONG process of dealing with an Alzheimer patient
Praying especially for the spouse. Thanking You that You are their Strenght and Refuge Father....Praying father that my patient find and rest in peace in Jesus Name!

Lifting ALL THE REQUESTS mentioned on the blogs who joined on this Fearless Friday.

Give us a GOOD NIGHT REST and a WEEKEND full of YOUR PEACE in Jesus name Amen.

I'm late in making a TT post and combine it today with My Fearless Friday.ThankFulness will always go in our prayers -up to our Lord and that brings and Let the Joy of the Lord stays in our heart so we can be FEARLESS followers of Christ

WFW ~ PSALM 103 15-18.........~

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God Bless!

To All My Beautiful Christian Sisters

BEAUTIFUL CHRISTIAN SISTER

By Maya Angelou

'A woman's heart should be so hidden in Christ
That a man should have to seek Him first to find her.'

When I say... 'I am a Christian' I'm not shouting 'I'm clean living,'
I'm whispering 'I was lost, Now I'm found and forgiven.'

When I say... 'I am a Christian' I don't speak of this with pride.
I'm confessing that I stumble and need Christ to be my guide.

When I say... 'I am a Christian' I'm not trying to be strong.
I'm professing that I'm weak and need His strength to carry on.

When I say.. 'I am a Christian' I'm not bragging of success.
I'm admitting I have failed and need God to clean my mess.

When I say... 'I am a Christian' I'm not claiming to be perfect,
My flaws are far too visible, but God believes I am worth it.

When I say... 'I am a Christian' I still feel the sting of pain...
I have my share of heartaches, so I call upon His name.

When I say... 'I am a Christian' I'm not holier than thou,
I'm just a simple sinner Who received God's good grace, somehow!

TO MY BEAUTIFUL CHRISTIAN GIRLFRIENDS , YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE ...


Thank you for your support, your commitments and your friendship, I cherish each and everyone of YOU!

The Worker's 23rd Psalm!! @ My Daily Texts.

The Worker's 23^rd Psalm

The Lord is my boss, and I shall not want.

He gives me peace, when chaos is all around me.

He reminds me to pray, before I speak in anger.

He restores my sanity.

He guides my decisions that I might honor Him in all I do.

Even though I face absurd amounts of e-mail, system failures, copier jams, back-ordered supplies, unrealistic deadlines, staff shortages, budget cutbacks, red tape, downsizing, gossiping co-workers and whining customers,

I won't give up, for You are with me.

Your presence, peace and power will see me through.

You raise me up, even when the boss fails to promote me.

You claim me as your own, even when the company threatens to let me go.

Your loyalty and love are better than a bonus check.

Your retirement plan beats any 401K, and when it's all said and done,

I'll be working for you a whole lot longer!

(Author unknown)

Tuesday, August 11


Psalm 96:10-13
Jeremiah 7; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-28

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping
his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep
his commands. Deuteronomy 7:9 (NIV)

There is one God; there is also one mediator between God and humankind, Christ
Jesus, himself human. 1 Timothy 2:5

We thank you blessed Savior for your presence among us. We thank you for
accepting the role as our Lord. The salvation which you brought is without cost,
all because we love and believe in your name. Amen

Spiritual Sundays ~CREATION CALLS~

Creation Calls

Brian Doerksen

I have felt the wind blow,
Whispering your name?
I have seen your tears fall,
When I watch the rain.

(Refrain)
How could I say there is no God?
When all around creation calls!!
A singing bird, a mighty tree,
The vast expanse of open sea?

(Musical interlude)

Gazing at a bird in flight,
Soaring through the air.
Lying down beneath the stars,
I feel your presence there.

I love to stand at ocean shore
And feel the thundering breakers roar,
To walk through golden fields of grain
With endless bloom horizons fray.

Listening to a river run,
Watering the Earth.
Fragrance of a rose in bloom,
A newborns cry at birth.

(Refrain)

I love to stand at ocean shore
And feel the thundering breakers roar,
To walk through golden fields of grain
With endless bloom horizons fray

I believe
I believe
I believe

(Interlude)

I believe
I believe
I believe just like a child
(Choir I believe?..)

I believe

Moravian Daily Texts ~ aug 8~

Saturday, August 8


Psalm 95
Jeremiah 4:23-5:25; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:3

I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for all time.
Jeremiah 32:39

May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with
one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus. Romans 15:5

We pray, dear God, that we learn to live in union with each other. May we always
remember that as your children, we will be richly blessed in honoring you and
loving one another, as you have commanded. Amen.

THAN SING MY SOUL SATURDAY

" IN CHRIST ALONE "

In Christ alone will I glory
Though I could pride myself in battles won
For I’ve been blessed beyond measure
And by His strength alone I’ll overcome
Oh, I could stop and count successes like diamonds in my hands
But those trophies could not equal to the grace by which I stand

[chorus]
In Christ alone
I place my trust
And find my glory in the power of the cross
In every victory
Let it be said of me
My source of strength
My source of hope
Is Christ alone

In Christ alone do I glory
For only by His grace I am redeemed
For only His tender mercy
Could reach beyond my weakness to my need
And now I seek no greater honor in just to know Him more
And to count my gains but losses to the glory of my Lord

[chorus]
In Christ alone
I place my trust
And find my glory in the power of the cross
In every victory
Let it be said of me
My source of strength
My source of hope
Is Christ alone

FEARLESS FRIDAY @ DAILY TEXTS ;

About Fearless Fridays

Come to Fearless Fridays, a day where bloggers commit to share their prayer requests and pray for one another. To participate in Fearless Fridays, come to Free Spirit Haven and add your site to Mr. Linky.

I hope you will join Fearless Fridays and see the power of prayer in your lives and others.

“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

Friday, August 7


Psalm 94:12-23
Jeremiah 3:14-4:22; 1 Thessalonians 4:1-4:12

Bless our God, O peoples, let the sound of his praise be heard, who has kept us
among the living, and has not let our feet slip. Psalm 66:8-9

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in
all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual
songs to God. Colossians 3:16

All praise and glory to you, O God. Only your name is worthy to be praised. We
thank you for the opportunity to glorify you by the mercies that you have
bestowed upon us. Amen.

Prayers go up for the family's who lost love ones esp the family of Cindy ( See above); Father comfort them strenghten them in Jesus name

Prayers for my sick blog friends and there family members Father.......let them feel you near...in there sickness, work-out your purposes in there life. Guide the doctors and medical workers who they encounter and are taking care of them. Father we only seek your will.....workout all details.If it is your will heal them in Jesus name we know you are more than able!

Prayer for my blog friends who need your guidens ,your wisdom in all different choices they have to make in there own life for the life for there families....Shine your light give clearity.......

I pray for my online friend who is in the middle of an acute medical crises around her son Caleb.......Peace- Trust-Healing- father you know what is needed in this situation .They look up to you father......

I want to praise you father for WHO YOU ARE!
EL SHADAI (Lord God Almighty)

El Elyon (The Most High God)

Adonai(Lord, Master)

Yaweh (Lord, Jehovah)

Jehovah Nissi(The Lord My Banner)

Jehovah Raah (The Lord My Shepherd)

Jehovah Rapha (The Lord That Heals)

Jehovah Shammah (The Lord Is There)

Jehovah Tsidkenu (The Lord Our Righteousness)

Jehovah Mekoddishkem(The Lord Who Sanctifies You)

El Olam(The Everlasting God)

Elohim (God)

Qanna (Jealous)

Jehovah Jireh(The Lord Will Provide)

Jehovah Shalom(The Lord Is Peace)

Jehova Sabaoth (The Lord of Hosts)

Ooooh father You are who you are The Beginning and The End.......Omnipresent,Omnipotent I praise you and worship you and stand in awe of you !
Thank You father for this oppurtunity this blog my readers this moment who are praying now with me by reading this.....Look unto us father you know our hearts the requests the praises receive them .....ALL father and look at us YOUR CHILDREN ( we feel so blessed and honoured to be YOURS...) and make us mold us unto your wishes because YOU KNOWS BEST we want to finish this race for life you spured us to run.... and meet YOU face to face Lord that day that glorious day......to receive our crown and hearing you say to us the words "My faithful Servant" what a glorios day will it be....Thank You Amen Amen

Thankful Thursday ~PURE JOY.... ~

1 Peter 1:8 (NLT)

⁸ You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him now, you trust him; and you rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy.

Iris from Grace Alone gave us the theme of "JOY" for this THANKFUL THURSDAY and made us reflect on the quote she heard from J.Piper..”Happiness is depended on our circumstances; joy is in our bones” She stated that " Pure Joy comes from God " I so agree with this!

When i vision God in relationship with me i can't get over HIS LOVE towards me towards His creation.......He thought of me ...when He send His son Jesus Christ to earth to make a way possible back to Him.......
He knew me since my mothers womb.....He knows me in and out wants the best from me.....His LOVE is an forgiving never giving up on me Love.......When i meditate and think about it i can't help and feel an Joy growing in the deepest deeps of my soul......It gives Strenght and power in every situation of my Life no matter i am on a mountain top or in a valley or walking on even ground.......HIS LOVE is always there...so pure JOY is always there......and without even knowing sometimes it is contagious...I was caught by THE PURE JOY OF GOD...His Love catched my soul i realized when....
I came across a quote from Mother Teresa who said it so right..." It is a net of Love by which you can catch souls!"
So let's spread the JOY that He put in us by His Love towards us and catching other souls for Him......

Thank You father for the PURE JOY i received from You this week : When i said "GOOD BYE TILL NEXT WEEK" to the kids when they departed for there week camp and trusted on Your protection of them.
For the strenght you gave me to be Joyful when i work with elderly with dementia in the nursing home.
For your healing of my body fighting an up-coming cold or flu or being around again in the "germfull invironment of the nursing home after 3 weeks of summerholiday.
To see my birthday last tuesday andfor my hubby who spoiled me terribly I'm so thankful Father and feel so blessed!

For mor TT's you can also go to Sonya from Truth4theJourney

WFW ~ Col 1:5-8.........~

Col 1:5-8
( MSG) ^5-8The Message is as true among you today as when you first heard it. It doesn't diminish or weaken over time. It's the same all over the world. The Message bears fruit and gets larger and stronger, just as it has in you. From the very first day you heard and recognized the truth of what God is doing, you've been hungry for more. It's as vigorous in you now as when you learned it from our friend and close associate Epaphras. He is one reliable worker for Christ! I could always depend on him. He's the one who told us how thoroughly love had been worked into your lives by the Spirit.

For more WFW click on the button.

Thanks Giving on my birthday!

Well this morning i wanted to make a blogpost in honour of my birthday .
But my hubby snatched me out of the house for a surprise in our beauty saloon for a total beauty treatment!

I LOVED it and feel like "brand new" ready for a new year granted to me by the Lord!

My dayverse out of my Moraviandaybook blessed me immensely this morning.
It is Colossians 1:5
I looked it up in context in the Message:

Working in His Orchard

^3-5Our prayers for you are always spilling over into thanksgivings. We can't quit thanking God our Father and Jesus our Messiah for you! We keep getting reports on your steady faith in Christ, our Jesus, and the love you continuously extend to all Christians. The lines of purpose in your lives never grow slack, tightly tied as they are to your future in heaven, kept taut by hope.

^5-8The Message is as true among you today as when you first heard it. It doesn't diminish or weaken over time. It's the same all over the world. The Message bears fruit and gets larger and stronger, just as it has in you. From the very first day you heard and recognized the truth of what God is doing, you've been hungry for more. It's as vigorous in you now as when you learned it from our friend and close associate Epaphras. He is one reliable worker for Christ! I could always depend on him. He's the one who told us how thoroughly love had been worked into your lives by the Spirit.

I felt like the words where spoken to me today in this age of time! This is how i experience it in the year that is behind me......God has been so good to me since the day that i was born....I was blessed with his message early in my life and this vers says it all "It doesn't diminish overtime or weaken and it bears fruit and get larger and stronger.

Thank You Lord for my life and that i may bear fruit in Jesus Name Amen!

I love to let you enjoy some thing out of my birth year !

I remember My Christian Anderson book what my parents use to read before bedtime to me.


My mum and dad loved European style and where traveling and my mum was a hairdresser and beauticien


We had black and white television my dad repaired them and my fav thing was to look cartoons and films as 'Badman", "Star Wars" Little house on the prairy!




Alot of music was played at home and a fav black singer from my parents was Miriam Makeba

Weekly Memory vers ~ 1John 1:9 ~

July 27 through Aug 3

1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins,He is faithful and justand will forgive us our sinsand purify us from all unrighteousness.

This was our week memory verse. When i read it last week i remembered it clearly because it is a verse i struggled with and still it happens that i struggle with it.........

My struggle is to give-up ME ; when God's Spirit...The HOLY SPIRIT who came to live in me,when i choose to follow Jesus...opens my eyes to change...to give-up...

WHAT is it that i had and have to give -up of myself!?
PRIDE and
CONTROL !!

I must and had to learn to SURRENDER !!
Me surrender?? Make myself funerable ??
YES....before GOD .......at the feet of JESUS YOUR LORD! !!

You don't need to be strong ...and put a face-up before God....
That is what you learned from "small" the way the world learned you to protect yourself and face life struggles!!

YOU must give-up having/keeping/trying to have control.........
Give yourself and everything of yourself to God and SAY " THAT YOU THOUGHT TO KNOW EVERYTHING.BUT THAT YOU KNOW NOTHING "!!
CONFESS!!
AND HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST AND WILL FORGIVE YOUR SINS!!
HE is your DAD who loves you immensely....You will experience a love you NEVER know before.....and it is ALWAYS there for you!!

Start LOVING JESUS more give your relationship with HIM priority........give -up everything what stands in the way of this relationship........
AND
HE WILL PURIFY YOU FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS !!
You will CHANGE/TRANSFORM from your old self in a NEW-SELF the person God wanted you to be........
YOU will be STRONG IN THE LORD...and not your own strength !
You will boast about the Lord and not be prideful about your own accomplishments....
YOU WILL BE AND FEEL FREE.........!!
You will not carry your burdens anymore by yourself!!

Two video's i found one who made me sing this verse and memorize it in a playing way.....
and the other one pictured in a way my and i believe the struggle of a lot of Christians who are pressing -on pursuing to follow Jesus and be transformed!

Don't forget to head over to "The Power of Your Love" to read more about this verse and if you like to join memorizing next week verse.
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Week 26

“Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created.”

Revelation 4:11 (NASB)

I'M TRADING MY SORROWS ~ YES LORD YES LORD......~

Trading My Sorrows

I'm trading my sorrow
I'm trading my shame
I'm laying it down for the joy of the Lord
I'm trading my sickness
I'm trading my pain
I'm laying it down for the joy of the Lord

Chorus:
And we say yes Lord yes Lord yes yes Lord
Yes Lord yes Lord yes yes Lord
Yes Lord yes Lord yes yes Lord Amen

I'm pressed but not crushed persecuted not abandoned
Struck down but not destroyed
I'm blessed beyond the curse for his promise will endure
And his joy's gonna be my strength

Though the sorrow may last for the night
His joy comes with the morning

SUPER SUNDAY ~ "God's transformation power......... ~

Romans 12:2 (King James Version)

²And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Romans 12:2 (New International Version)

²Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Romans 12:2 (New Living Translation)

² Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

Transformation: How Does It Happen?

by Nancy Leigh DeMoss

"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind" (Romans 12:2).

Recently I ran into a woman I had not seen for several weeks. I hardly recognized her. Her hair, usually blonde, had turned completely white. The transformation was dramatic; she looked like a different person. All it took was 40 minutes and some bleach!

If only spiritual transformation were that easy. Just read a book, see a counselor, attend a conference, make a fresh commitment, resolve to be different, shed a few tears at an altar, memorize a few verses ... and, presto, out comes a mature, godly Christian.

To the contrary, the experience of many believers looks like this:

Commit. Fail. Confess.

Re-commit. Fail again. Confess again.

Re-re-commit. Fail again. Give up.

After all the struggle and the effort, we tend to want a "quick fix" - a book, a conference, a counselor, an encounter, a miraculous deliverance, a program - something that will be effective, and preferably pain-free. We want God (or someone else) to do something to us for a once-for-all victory so that we won't have to keep wrestling with the same old issues.

In my own walk with God, I have discovered some helpful principles about how spiritual change takes place.

1. Deep, lasting spiritual change is a process. It rarely happens overnight. It involves training, testing and time. There are no shortcuts.

We hear of people being dramatically delivered from drug or alcohol addiction, and we may wonder, "Why doesn't God do that for me? Why do I have to struggle with this food addiction; with lust, worry, and fear; with an unbridled tongue?"

Occasionally God does grant instantaneous victory, but more often He leads us through a process that requires obedience, faith, discipline and time. God is committed to winning the hearts, developing the hearts and developing the character of His people.

2. Spiritual change requires desire. We need to ask ourselves: Do I really want to change, or am I content to remain as I am? How important is it to me to be like Jesus? What price am I willing to pay to be godly?

Deep within God's children is a desire to please Him. That desire is nurtured by prayer (acknowledging our dependence on Him) and by meditation on Christ, the object of our desire.

As I read the Scripture and gaze on the Lord Jesus, I long to be like Him - humble, holy, compassionate, surrendered to the will of God, sensitive to the promptings of the Spirit.

When our desire to be holy is greater than our willingness to stay where we are, we have taken a big step toward spiritual transformation.

3. Spiritual change flows out of an intimate relationship with Jesus. We want to please those we love, and we are grieved when we offend them. The more we love Jesus, the greater will be our motivation to obey Him and to make the choices that please Him.

The ultimate issue in life is what or whom we worship. The process of true change takes place as we are weaned from our love and worship of self, pleasure, and this world; and our hearts become wholly devoted to Christ.

4. Spiritual change requires discipline. I can remember as a college student sitting for hours on end in tiny, windowless practice rooms, playing the same piece of music again and again. I knew that I never would reach my goal - to make beautiful music - without that rigorous discipline.

Discipline for the purpose of godliness is not the same as self-effort. Rather, it means consciously cooperating with the Holy Spirit - yielding to Him so that He can conform us to the image of Christ.

The problem is, we want the outcome without the process. We want victory without the warfare.

Praying and hoping for spiritual change is futile if we sit glued to a television set or neglect the means that God has provided for our growth in grace. Bible study, meditation, worship, prayer, fasting, accountability and obedience are disciplines that produce a harvest of righteousness in our lives.

5. Spiritual change is brought about by the Holy Spirit, as we exercise faith and obedience. So which is it? Does God do the work, or do we? According to Scripture, the answer is "yes"; "Work out your salvation, . . . for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose" (Philippians 2:12-13).

True spiritual change is initiated and enabled by the indwelling Spirit of God; it is all of grace, which we receive as we persevere in humility, obedience and faith.

6. Spiritual change is possible (and assured) because of the new life we received when we were born again. According to God's Word, at the point of regeneration we became "a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" (2 Corinthians 5:17). For believers, holy living is not a matter of trying harder, but rather of walking in the reality of a supernatural change that already has taken place.

Sanctification is the process by which the change of God has wrought within us is worked out in our daily experience, as we "are being transformed into [Christ's] likeness" (2 Corinthians 3:18). It is a lifelong - and sometimes painful - process. But we have the confidence that one day the transformation will be complete, and "we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is" (1 John 3:2).

This article was taken from DECISION magazine, May, 2001; ©2001 Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

Well i think the message with all these "food of thought"came across on this last Super Sunday installed by our host Peggy from Amazing Grace Mazes,Messes and Miracles. I so enjoyed linking-up at her place every week.
Today i also linked-up with " Spiritual Sunday's" for the 1st time and think my postings on Sunday's will be linked at there place from now on.


I finalize my packed post with a video i could not resist to ad this video of a preaching of Pastor TD.Jakes.....I love the energy what comes acrosswhile he is preaching . It stirs me up ,it motivates ......and that is God's spirit it wants to bring the best out of us it wants to transform us...just like the same power what transforms the catapillar in a beautifull butterfly!
I pray that we will encounter an energetic and transforming week with our Lord Jesus Christ!

THAN SING MY SOUL SATURDAY ~ El Shadai ~

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“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

Goodmorning my friends
This is the day the Lord has made let us be glad and rejoice in Him !. Let we storm to His throne with our prayers and with the prayer requests of others.

Scroll around on my blog ( at the left and under) are buttons with names for family members from bloggers who need healing in there body. Others are linked to blogsite's where prayer requests are posted!There is a lot of need.......and our GOD IS MORE THAN ABLE ...........He will HEAL,GIVE STRENGHT and PEACE in His time and His manner !!

The whole week one picture i got in my spirit mind last Sunday stayed with me the whole week! With the words...JESUS CHRIST prayed and is praying ........!!?

For you and for me........

I went to look -up the prayer Jesus prayed in JOHN 17 and i know He had US in mind!

John 17

Jesus' Prayer for His Followers

^1-5 Jesus said these things. Then, raising his eyes in prayer, he said:
Father, it's time.
Display the bright splendor of your Son
So the Son in turn may show your bright splendor.
You put him in charge of everything human
So he might give real and eternal life to all in his charge.
And this is the real and eternal life:
That they know you,
The one and only true God,
And Jesus Christ, whom you sent.
I glorified you on earth
By completing down to the last detail
What you assigned me to do.
And now, Father, glorify me with your very own splendor,
The very splendor I had in your presence
Before there was a world.

^6-12I spelled out your character in detail
To the men and women you gave me.
They were yours in the first place;
Then you gave them to me,
And they have now done what you said.
They know now, beyond the shadow of a doubt,
That everything you gave me is firsthand from you,
For the message you gave me, I gave them;
And they took it, and were convinced
That I came from you.
They believed that you sent me.
I pray for them.
I'm not praying for the God-rejecting world
But for those you gave me,
For they are yours by right.
Everything mine is yours, and yours mine,
And my life is on display in them.
For I'm no longer going to be visible in the world;
They'll continue in the world
While I return to you.
Holy Father, guard them as they pursue this life
That you conferred as a gift through me,
So they can be one heart and mind
As we are one heart and mind.
As long as I was with them, I guarded them
In the pursuit of the life you gave through me;
I even posted a night watch.
And not one of them got away,
Except for the rebel bent on destruction
(the exception that proved the rule of Scripture).

^13-19Now I'm returning to you.
I'm saying these things in the world's hearing
So my people can experience
My joy completed in them.
I gave them your word;
The godless world hated them because of it,
Because they didn't join the world's ways,
Just as I didn't join the world's ways.
I'm not asking that you take them out of the world
But that you guard them from the Evil One.
They are no more defined by the world
Than I am defined by the world.
Make them holy—consecrated—with the truth;
Your word is consecrating truth.
In the same way that you gave me a mission in the world,
I give them a mission in the world.
I'm consecrating myself for their sakes
So they'll be truth-consecrated in their mission.

^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.

^24-26Father, I want those you gave me
To be with me, right where I am,
So they can see my glory, the splendor you gave me,
Having loved me
Long before there ever was a world.
Righteous Father, the world has never known you,
But I have known you, and these disciples know
That you sent me on this mission.
I have made your very being known to them—
Who you are and what you do—
And continue to make it known,
So that your love for me
Might be in them
Exactly as I am in them.