Psalm 31:5 (NLT)

I entrust my spirit into your hand...


Rescue me, LORD, for you are a faithful God!


View Audrey Assad… “Restless”



http://youtu.be/N0B2ybZpDeM

HE Speaks...On Hearing From the Lord...

When we prepare ourselves to hear from the Lord...we must allow our mind to be quiet...
Distractions and a sense of immediate need for prayer requests...is usually not fruitful...

The Lord does not work on our scale of time...He is endless...

We must prepare our heart, mind and body to be able to receive His graceful thoughts and directives...

First by giving Thanks that He is God...and we are not...

Second by eliminating distractions...Jesus often withdrew to the wilderness...alone... to speak with His heavenly Father...

The bible says "you have not because you ask not"  and  "if you remain in the Lord...and His word remains in you...ask and it will be yours!"

So upon desire to hear from God...we must ask...and then be quiet...

Unfortunately, as flawed human beings...we expect answers immediately...forgetting that God works on a different scale of time than ours! 

Ask the Lord to appeal to ALL your senses in answering your request...What might He show you today...what might you hear from a brother or sister in Christ today...what might you smell today that conjures up memories that bring clarity to your mind...

God answers our requests in SO many other ways than divine directed thoughts...

Be open to receive Him with ALL your senses today!  And be patient as He gracefully answers your requests!

In Jesus Name,
Amen

James 4:2
John 15:7
Isaiah 55:8
Luke 5:16
John 11:41-42

How will I be known?

I will be known as a lover of God...

I will be known as a forgiver in God...

I will be known as merciful in God...

I will be known as a bold follower of Christ!

I will be known as eternally saved because of my God!

I will be known as a child of God...Thank You Jesus!

I will be known as a reflection of Jesus...Praise God!

I will be known as an heir to the Kingdom of God!

I will be known to stand strong in the daily resistance of the world...I will NOT be shaken...Thanks Be to God!

All will know that He is my Rock and my Redeemer!

No matter what...I will be known as a lover of God!

Amen

HE Speaks…About Darkness…

When we do not know what to do…

When we are confused…

When we want to see the future...so that decisions can be made…

When we do not understand…

When we feel abandoned…

When there are tears…

When we are anxious…

When we feel fearful…

When we feel completely blind and do not know where to turn or what to do…

These moments of darkness can be closest moments with the Lord…

His word says He will never leave you or forsake you…

Look at what the bible says about these dark times:

In darkness:

Psalm 16: 7-8   I will bless the LORD who has given me counsel;
My heart also instructs me in the night seasons.   I have set the LORD always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.

Psalm 139: 10-12  Even there Your hand shall lead me, And Your right hand shall hold me.  If I say, “Surely the darkness shall fall on me,”  Even the night shall be light about me;   Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, But the night shines as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to You.

Isaiah 45:3   I will give you the treasures of darkness.  And hidden riches of secret places, That you may know that I, the LORD, Who call you by your name, Am the God of Israel.

Psalm 32:7  You are my hiding place;  You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance.  Selah 

Exodus 33:22-23…So it shall be, while My glory passes by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock, and will cover you with My hand while I pass by.  Then I will take away My hand, and you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen.”

Genesis 28:16…And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.

Embrace your Lord in these times of darkness…He is hiding you and protecting you…He will be your light in these times…keep your eyes toward the light…
In Jesus Name, Amen

Mercy Me Here With Me

HE Speaks…The Answer is Always YES!!!

The answer is ALWAYS YES!!!

God WITH US!!!

Immanuel…He is WITH us…and FOR us ALWAYS!!!

The Victory has already been written!!!

With God in me, and for me…I can rest in His deliverance!!!

The answer is ALWAYS YES!!!

Yes He will protect!

Yes He will provide!

Yes He will comfort!

Yes He will Help!

Yes He will!!!...Because He gave us JESUS!!!

Amen

Mathew 1:23

1 Corinthians 2:9

Psalm 91:1-2

HE Speaks…Just For Today…

Just for today…Know you are a child of God

Just for today…Believe in Jesus!!!

Just for today…Accept His Healing Peace…

Just for today…Accept His Gifts in thankfulness

Just for today…See His loving Grace all around you!!!

Just for today…Remember His love for you NEVER ends...

Just for today…Remember Jesus is LOVE…never ending…the same as He was yesterday, today, and forevermore!!!

Amen

John 6:29

Mathew 19:14

John 14:27

HE Speaks...Practice a Saving Faith...

I believe IN JESUS!!!

I Trust IN HIM!!!

I am Thankful for HIM in ALL Things...

In JESUS Name,
Amen

I believe

Practice a "Saving Faith" I beleive IN JESUS!!! I Trust in Him!!! I am Thankful for Him in ALL things... Amen

HE Speaks…Reprimanded?

As any earthly father or parent would do…in childhood…we are reprimanded when we get “off course”…

In love, our fathers or parents “re set” our course.  At first, we may not recognize the value, but in hindsight…we look back…sometimes even in Joy...and are thankful for the reprimand.

If our earthly fathers “re set” our course “in love”, doesn’t our Heavenly Father have just as much right…if not more right to allow trials in our lives to help “re set” our course???  Out of a deepest love and longing for the best for us???

YES!  Our trials are directed in love to not only transform us, but to also draw us deeper still to our heavenly Father!

Even as believers, in trials, we struggle with our faith…that God will answer as we wish, that His motives are good, that He is even listening…

These are the moments we have an opportunity to grow!  God only requires us to do ONE thing in these times…in the good and the bad: 

 John 6:29  Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”
Just believe in Jesus. 

Belief and trust go hand in hand. 
I have come to know a deeper trust by verbalizing my faith in the Lord. 
First I state my belief in Jesus.  
Second that I trust Him.  
And finally I give thanks to Him in ALL things. 

This steady pattern of confession slowly opens the door to a deeper trust in the Lord…that He is always in the midst…and that I can have an expectant faith…despite my circumstances!
Amen
Lamentations 3:23, John 6:29, Zephaniah 3:17

Not Alone - Red (Until We Have Faces)

Meredith Andrews - All Will Fade Away