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Beginning to prepare for the Ladies retreat in two weeks. I've started Priscilla Shirer's study, "He Speaks to Me." We all want the Lord to speak to us...or do we? Do we want to be held accountable for obeying or disobeying when we know he has spoken? I'm not so sure that we do. You see, if I know God is telling me I'm over indulging in food and not exercising...thus not caring for His temple, and I continue to over indulge and not exercise...I'm choosing to be disobedient. Maybe the disobedience is ever so slight in my mind, but it is there none the less.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. Proverbs 1:7
My paraphrase based on the original meaning of some words is "To respect the Lord is the essence of spiritual understanding." Fear is respect and honor, and reverence...a spiritual fear.
Steps to my obedience... write down food for 1 week, turn off face book until the retreat is over because it is a distraction on several levels - I get distracted from QT and I could be walking instead. Walk three times a week...do at least 10 sit ups a day...get moving!
Lord,
Please help me to keep to my action steps in obedience to you. I don't want to hear and not do your will. May my obedience bring clarity to your voice.
Amen
Children caring for children
Abba... Heavenly Father to the fatherless
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Day 100! Faith
190
How appropriate! Faith. A simple word that is the foundation of our salvation...it is what we use daily when we push on the breaks of our car...but it so easily slips away for me in my daily schedule.
I'm under a huge time crunch right now with several plates spinning...I'm not complaining because it is all good...I just don't know how I will get it done. And that's the point that the online devotion reminded me of today! It's not about me!
Philippians 4:13 (ESV)
13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
It is about Christ giving me the strength to do all things according to His will.
I have the faith in you Lord
Luke 18:27 (ESV)
27 But he said, “What is impossible with men is possible with God.”
I can do only what you see fit, Lord.
So, now I will put on my shoes, pick up my purse and head on out the door...whatever I accomplish today will be up to the Lord. I have faith that I will accomplish what He desires. I'll stay tuned in to him - my part - and he will guide my steps - his part.
Lord,
I commit this day to you. You know what I need to accomplish. I have faith you will guide my steps.
Amen
How appropriate! Faith. A simple word that is the foundation of our salvation...it is what we use daily when we push on the breaks of our car...but it so easily slips away for me in my daily schedule.
I'm under a huge time crunch right now with several plates spinning...I'm not complaining because it is all good...I just don't know how I will get it done. And that's the point that the online devotion reminded me of today! It's not about me!
Philippians 4:13 (ESV)
13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
It is about Christ giving me the strength to do all things according to His will.
I have the faith in you Lord
Luke 18:27 (ESV)
27 But he said, “What is impossible with men is possible with God.”
I can do only what you see fit, Lord.
So, now I will put on my shoes, pick up my purse and head on out the door...whatever I accomplish today will be up to the Lord. I have faith that I will accomplish what He desires. I'll stay tuned in to him - my part - and he will guide my steps - his part.
Lord,
I commit this day to you. You know what I need to accomplish. I have faith you will guide my steps.
Amen
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Day 99: Knowing
"You are my witnesses," declares the LORD, "and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he, Before me no god was formed nor will there be one after me, ..." Isaiah 43:10
No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him. 1 Corinthians 2:9
"You reign, forever your's is the victory...." Hillsong
"In my life be lifted be high ... " Hillsong
Oh Lord,
I long to bring you praise....to be your servant...Lord of Lords....You are so close yet I am so far from you at times. Oh, my Savior, Lord of Creation, My Lord, My strong tower, hear my prayers...I desire to sit close to you and know you more intimately. I believe you are in my life...you are hearing the prayers of my heart...you are responding, My Father....you are Holy! Several months ago I placed fleeces before you...oh, my Abba you are moving...help me not to run ahead of you...but to joyfully see the answers, see your hand. I love you, Lord. Thank you for providing and caring for our family. I pray that I will honor you...that I will come to know you in a more intimate fashion....That I will understand your will and your way...
Amen
"There's a stirring in my heart unexplainable, there's a calling on my days undeniable...and there's a fire in my bones...uncontainable....and it's causing me to burn...for YOU! I'll go anywhere...I'll do anything...at any cost for you my King!" Fee
No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him. 1 Corinthians 2:9
"You reign, forever your's is the victory...." Hillsong
"In my life be lifted be high ... " Hillsong
Oh Lord,
I long to bring you praise....to be your servant...Lord of Lords....You are so close yet I am so far from you at times. Oh, my Savior, Lord of Creation, My Lord, My strong tower, hear my prayers...I desire to sit close to you and know you more intimately. I believe you are in my life...you are hearing the prayers of my heart...you are responding, My Father....you are Holy! Several months ago I placed fleeces before you...oh, my Abba you are moving...help me not to run ahead of you...but to joyfully see the answers, see your hand. I love you, Lord. Thank you for providing and caring for our family. I pray that I will honor you...that I will come to know you in a more intimate fashion....That I will understand your will and your way...
Amen
"There's a stirring in my heart unexplainable, there's a calling on my days undeniable...and there's a fire in my bones...uncontainable....and it's causing me to burn...for YOU! I'll go anywhere...I'll do anything...at any cost for you my King!" Fee
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
DAY 98: Sickness
192
Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows. Isaiah 53:4a
Lord,
You are at work all around me and yet my eyes have blinders. I am sick and should be using this time simply to be with you...I acknowledge my own spiritual laziness before you. I desire my body to be your temple. Help me to know how to do this moment by moment. To take a walk...go to bed on time and get up on time...half my portions so I'm not a glutton...eat when hungry; not when bored...to fast in order to spend time with you on behalf of those I love...to beseech your hand in their lives.
Forgive me for focusing on the women's retreat as a fun time...help me to communicate it will be a time for ladies to come closer to you and tune into hearing your voice...
Help my children to hear your voice...
James as he leads
Kelsey as she seeks a job
Michael in his future after graduation and in his present
Becca as she seeks your voice for her future
Lonnie and I as we wait patiently for your perfect timing for our future service to you
Those struggling now in relationships and those that seem far from you...
Lord, you promise to hold us close..help us not to forget that you suffered physically, mentally, and spiritually; therefore, we are experiencing nothing you haven't felt. Heal us Father of our sickness.
Amen
Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows. Isaiah 53:4a
Lord,
You are at work all around me and yet my eyes have blinders. I am sick and should be using this time simply to be with you...I acknowledge my own spiritual laziness before you. I desire my body to be your temple. Help me to know how to do this moment by moment. To take a walk...go to bed on time and get up on time...half my portions so I'm not a glutton...eat when hungry; not when bored...to fast in order to spend time with you on behalf of those I love...to beseech your hand in their lives.
Forgive me for focusing on the women's retreat as a fun time...help me to communicate it will be a time for ladies to come closer to you and tune into hearing your voice...
Help my children to hear your voice...
James as he leads
Kelsey as she seeks a job
Michael in his future after graduation and in his present
Becca as she seeks your voice for her future
Lonnie and I as we wait patiently for your perfect timing for our future service to you
Those struggling now in relationships and those that seem far from you...
Lord, you promise to hold us close..help us not to forget that you suffered physically, mentally, and spiritually; therefore, we are experiencing nothing you haven't felt. Heal us Father of our sickness.
Amen
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