This is the second post today. The first was lost somewhere in Albany Georgia. Maybe I will find it along with my new Eddie Bauer sunglasses that were lost on Friday.
Romans 8:28 says that,"We are assured and know that God [being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose."
Since this is true, all the enemy can do is try to intimidate us and cause us to fear in the process of our trial. Franklin D. Roosevelt once said that , "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." That is so true. 2 Timothy 1:7 says, "For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control." Whatever trials may come our way, we know that our Father will work it all out for the good.
So eat that!, devil. And I want my sunglasses and my car back!
Monday, June 29, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Resting and Recieving
My last post was several days ago. Partly because of traveling, but also because I felt I needed some much needed "spiritual" rest.
On Wednesday, I felt the Lord whisper to me, "Receive my love for the next three days-make that your focus." For me, that meant not doing anything overtly spiritual or pushing my way through life. I have had several opportunities to be very pushy (one being getting the warranty company to get out to inspect my car). However, I really tried to just relax and receive God's love. It's great to be in His flow! Psalm 37:7 says, "Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him..." It is wonderful to rest in God. Hopefully what I have experienced the past several days will continue to help me in my every day life.
On Wednesday, I felt the Lord whisper to me, "Receive my love for the next three days-make that your focus." For me, that meant not doing anything overtly spiritual or pushing my way through life. I have had several opportunities to be very pushy (one being getting the warranty company to get out to inspect my car). However, I really tried to just relax and receive God's love. It's great to be in His flow! Psalm 37:7 says, "Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him..." It is wonderful to rest in God. Hopefully what I have experienced the past several days will continue to help me in my every day life.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Sweet Home
In the church, we need to be careful about putting people in places of leadership when they are not ready. I need to make it clear that I am saying these things to show what God is doing in my life right now. I am in NO way unhappy about my current church...I love it!
When I was first filled with the Spirit, like many others, I wanted to serve God in every way possible. There were opportunities for that--lots of them. I began to take on a religious "shell" where it seemed like I had it all together, when I really needed to be discipled and healed in a lot of areas.
Yesterday, God freed me from that shell. I feel like a weight has been taken off of my shoulders. I am free to be me. If that means leading worship, great. If that means watching movies and hearing God through them, great. Speaking of movies, last night I was watching Sweet Home Alabama (muted because Brian was doing some work in the room). Reese Witherspoon's character had a choice at the altar to choose the man who represented the "shell" she had adopted in her current life, or her true husband, the one who knew her for who she really was. She picked the latter.
The Holy Spirit said to me, through a simple picture with no sound, "Lay down your religion and go with Me." So I am.
I was reading in Isaiah 52 this morning. Verse 2 says, "Shake yourself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem; loose thyself from the bands of thy neck..."9) Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem." To me, God is saying, "K.D., shake off the shell. Now, sit down. You don't have to actively pretend to be something you are not."
And neither do you:)
When I was first filled with the Spirit, like many others, I wanted to serve God in every way possible. There were opportunities for that--lots of them. I began to take on a religious "shell" where it seemed like I had it all together, when I really needed to be discipled and healed in a lot of areas.
Yesterday, God freed me from that shell. I feel like a weight has been taken off of my shoulders. I am free to be me. If that means leading worship, great. If that means watching movies and hearing God through them, great. Speaking of movies, last night I was watching Sweet Home Alabama (muted because Brian was doing some work in the room). Reese Witherspoon's character had a choice at the altar to choose the man who represented the "shell" she had adopted in her current life, or her true husband, the one who knew her for who she really was. She picked the latter.
The Holy Spirit said to me, through a simple picture with no sound, "Lay down your religion and go with Me." So I am.
I was reading in Isaiah 52 this morning. Verse 2 says, "Shake yourself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem; loose thyself from the bands of thy neck..."9) Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem." To me, God is saying, "K.D., shake off the shell. Now, sit down. You don't have to actively pretend to be something you are not."
And neither do you:)
Monday, June 15, 2009
the Big 3-0
I believe that the next 30 years are going to be the best yet. I am believing for signs and wonders, and music. When I woke up this morning I wrote a song on the piano. When I took it to the guitar, it was the same rhythm and chords that I have been playing for 2 years with no words! Funny how it didn't occur to me until after the fact.
No man pleasing these next 30 years either. God reminded me yesterday in church who I am and what I have been through to get here. He gets all the glory!
I am more free than I have ever been in my life. God is restoring things that I "gave up" for Him, especially in the areas of music and creativity.
Good times.
No man pleasing these next 30 years either. God reminded me yesterday in church who I am and what I have been through to get here. He gets all the glory!
I am more free than I have ever been in my life. God is restoring things that I "gave up" for Him, especially in the areas of music and creativity.
Good times.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
One
"6But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female.7For this reason a man shall leave [behind] his father and his mother d]">and be joined to his wife and cleave closely to her permanently, 8And the two shall become one flesh, so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.9What therefore God has united (joined together), let not man separate or divide" (Mark 10, Amplified Bible).
Back in elementary school we used to do the three legged race. I feel like in marriage I'm running a three legged race! There must be unity to have success.
I am learning some things, ever so slowly :) in marriage. I am learning to trust, yield and adapt. I love the Amplified translation because it goes into detail. Ephesians 5 says ,"Wives, be subject (be submissive and adapt yourselves) to your own husbands as [a service] to the Lord.23For the husband is head of the wife as Christ is the Head of the church, Himself the Savior of [His] body.24As the church is subject to Christ, so let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands.25Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her..."
If a husband loves his wife (v.23) it is easy for her to trust and adapt. In the major and minor decisions of life it is so important to work together as a team, but every team must have a leader. Take that principle to the bank, take it to your church, and take it to your marriage. I am very blessed to have a godly husband who makes life simpler for me. When picking your marriage partner make sure it is someone that will make a good team mate!
Back in elementary school we used to do the three legged race. I feel like in marriage I'm running a three legged race! There must be unity to have success.
I am learning some things, ever so slowly :) in marriage. I am learning to trust, yield and adapt. I love the Amplified translation because it goes into detail. Ephesians 5 says ,"Wives, be subject (be submissive and adapt yourselves) to your own husbands as [a service] to the Lord.23For the husband is head of the wife as Christ is the Head of the church, Himself the Savior of [His] body.24As the church is subject to Christ, so let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands.25Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her..."
If a husband loves his wife (v.23) it is easy for her to trust and adapt. In the major and minor decisions of life it is so important to work together as a team, but every team must have a leader. Take that principle to the bank, take it to your church, and take it to your marriage. I am very blessed to have a godly husband who makes life simpler for me. When picking your marriage partner make sure it is someone that will make a good team mate!
Monday, June 8, 2009
Support
I am beginning to realize how important it is to have support. God is first, family and friends second. In Hebrews 13:5 He says that He will not fail us or leave us without support. Verse 6 says, "I will not be seized with alarm. What can man do to me?"
Recently I was having some fear of the future. The Lord spoke to me and said, "I will never leave you or forsake you--you won't be left behind." What a comforting thought!
I read Streams in the Desert this morning and thought I would type an excerpt from the reading for today. "Tomorrow's bridge is a dangerous thing; I dare not cross it now. I can see its timbers sway and swing, and its arches reel and bow. O heart, you must hope alway; You must sing and trust and say: I'll bear the sorrow that comes tomorrow, but I'll borrow none today." At the end was the quote, "The eagle that soars in the upper air does not worry itself as to how it is to cross rivers."
Recently I was having some fear of the future. The Lord spoke to me and said, "I will never leave you or forsake you--you won't be left behind." What a comforting thought!
I read Streams in the Desert this morning and thought I would type an excerpt from the reading for today. "Tomorrow's bridge is a dangerous thing; I dare not cross it now. I can see its timbers sway and swing, and its arches reel and bow. O heart, you must hope alway; You must sing and trust and say: I'll bear the sorrow that comes tomorrow, but I'll borrow none today." At the end was the quote, "The eagle that soars in the upper air does not worry itself as to how it is to cross rivers."
Friday, June 5, 2009
On second thought...
I meant to say in the previous post that the only thing that will limit God is our lack of faith in a situation. Oops. I'm just really excited to go out of town I guess:)
Don't Forget to Pray!
It is easy to get so wrapped up in our circumstances that we forget to call on the name of the Lord. Acts 2:21 says that "Whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved." In Isaiah chapter 7 the Lord told Ahaz to "ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God; as it either in the depth or in the height above."
Ask anything. Believe for anything. The only thing that limits God is our faith!
Don't forget to pray. He cares for you.:)
Ask anything. Believe for anything. The only thing that limits God is our faith!
Don't forget to pray. He cares for you.:)
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Refresh and Restore
Acts 3:19 "So repent (change your mind and purpose); turn around and return [to God], that your sins may be erased (blotted out, wiped clean), that times of refreshing (of recovering from the effects of heat, of reviving with fresh air) may come from the presence of the Lord..."
Today I need refreshing. I recently had breakthrough in an area that had burdened me for a long time. In fact, it caused me much physical pain and trouble. Since the breakthrough, God has been saying, "Rest, relax, refresh and restore".
Have you ever been injured? You know that afterwards you need some recovery time. How much more do we need recovery time after walking in bondage for years, and then being delivered!!
So I'm seeking to rest today. It's as if I have a new lease on life. I appreciate a husband who loves me enough to sacrifice his time and effort so that I can have an easier life.
Today's thoughts are candid, but I needed to share them. Hope everyone that reads this will not be afraid to take some time out to refresh and restore.
Today I need refreshing. I recently had breakthrough in an area that had burdened me for a long time. In fact, it caused me much physical pain and trouble. Since the breakthrough, God has been saying, "Rest, relax, refresh and restore".
Have you ever been injured? You know that afterwards you need some recovery time. How much more do we need recovery time after walking in bondage for years, and then being delivered!!
So I'm seeking to rest today. It's as if I have a new lease on life. I appreciate a husband who loves me enough to sacrifice his time and effort so that I can have an easier life.
Today's thoughts are candid, but I needed to share them. Hope everyone that reads this will not be afraid to take some time out to refresh and restore.
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