Cravings

I'm always hungry lately. I'm not pregnant, but I am hungry and needing something ooy gooy. I love all those wonderful desserts with chocolate fudge and nuts on top. They are all wonderful.

That is not however what I am craving - I'm craving God. I want to know him better. I want to hear his voice in my life. I'm crazy for that Guy! I want to sing in His presence. I want to just experience Him on a big time basis. I want His Ooy gooy favor in my life.

I think I'm in love!

Thanks Lord for the Present of your Presence in our lives.

Sing to Open His Temple

I was reading in Revelation and I came accross this wonderful passage in chapter 15

“Great and marvelous are your works,
O Lord God, the Almighty.
Just and true are your ways,
O King of the nations.
Who will not fear you, Lord,
and glorify your name?
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come and worship before you,
for your righteous deeds have been revealed.”

Then I looked and saw that the Temple in heaven,
God’s Tabernacle, was thrown wide open.

When we were praising the Lord Sunday Morning at church
I know the Temple doors were wide open - the annointing was good!
Thank you Lord for opening yourself up for us!

Dirt on Me

Satan has dirt on me......... and everyother person on the planet. He is the accuser of the Brethren - and he is always looking for "dirt" on me.

I've given him many chances to accuse me - and make me believe that I am not good enough to do, be or recieve anything from the Father - because of the "dirt" on me.

He likes to gossip it around, slander - and take me out of commission. In fact this whole planet is a dirty place. Have you ever looked up into the bright lights on a big stage and seen the dirt filtering down? We are dirt, we do dirt, and we live in dirt. No matter how hard I scrub I can't get clean. My dirt is irremovable. - So Satan you are right I am dirty.

My dirt is irremovable - but it is coverable. "In Him" I'm righteous. I am "dirt dusted with Divinity" - says Jill Briscoe.

No more - Satan, get thee behind me! No matter what you see or what you hear Christ has taken my dirt away as far as east is from the west. You can't immobilize me with your dirt on me. I'm set free IN HIM. As long as I am IN HIM - there is no more dirt.

I John 1:9 But if we confess our sins to God, he can always be trusted to forgive us and take our sins away.

Nose Candy

I try to exercise in my old age. I'm not allowed to run the 6 mi. a day that I use to run each morning but I still exercise. I walk 3 mi. every morning or do the stair stepper for 45 min.

On one of my walks I was admiring all the beautiful flowers that have resurrected this Spring. I don't think it is a coincidence that Easter is in the Spring. The flowers are out! They are eye candy - and show us that creation is real, alive and so is their Creator. I think the colors of heaven will be even more radiant, deep and alive than what we experience on earth.

The Lord on my walk - gave me a breath of Heaven - His nose candy. I'm sure this mimics the beautiful, alive and fragrant experiences we will have in Heaven. Just like the earthly tabernacle was a type of the true tabernacle in Heaven. This "nose candy" isn't connected to my stomach but to my spirit. Have you smelled the lilacs, honeysuckle, jasmine, myrtle and the laurel hedges? It is just a forerunner of the Heavenly fragrance to come. This perfume is an expression of His glory - His Creation.

Romans 1:20 "For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—His eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God."

Heaven by Faith

It was by faith that Abraham was able to please God. It was by faith that you and I are able to be please Him. So what does faith do for us?

It brings us closer to our God. To be in FAITH brings a bit of heaven a little closer to you.

We pray for healing - by faith. We pray for finances - by faith. We pray for others by faith. We pray for our church, our country, our families, Salvation - by faith.

Why? Because we want a little bit of heaven to be present among us. We need His presence in our life to do the things He has called us to do. Without faith - we would be like everyother lost person on this planet.

Faith cements us into our belief system. We believe by Faith that He is and that He rewards those who diligently Seek Him.

The Question is - are we Seeking? If "yes" then by faith you have those things, attitudes, love, & joy that you need to be successful in this life.

I believe by Faith that God loves me - even when things don't go my way - by Faith I will because I am in Him. By Faith Heaven is in me - as well as a place I am going after death.

Disposable Christians.

If you took a disposable paper cup and washed it in the dishwasher chances are it would disentegrate. Because it is disposable. And through the dishwasher of life we are disposable too! Our bodies are disposable.

At our Christian conception our spirits were instantly changed and made new.

We go through this life working out our salvation by constantly renewing our minds and changing our actions to model His.

But our bodies - they are disposable. They wear out, waste away. I use to run 6 mi. a day - and now I'm lucky if I walk 3. Our bodies weren't made to last.

The good news - we have a new body waiting for us at the glorification. In the after life in His presence - there is a new body for you and me.
The Kingdom of Heaven is not meat and drink but righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. Meat and drink are disposable - so don't emphasize the disposable in your life emphasize righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. Emphasize Heaven - the goal and our ending point. Emphasize His rule in your life - not the disposable.

I'm Sick - Where is my New Body???

Paul learned how to be content in whatever state he was in - but how can you be content in sickness?
I've been sick this past week - and I'm tired of blowing my nose, scarfing down asprin and advil cold & sinus. I want out of this body! I know I have a new one coming! Where is it Lord - I'm ready.
It will be so glorious to not have to worry about my knee that doesn't want to run any more. And my hair that doesn't want to stay the correct color. And my wrinkles or my rash or my........ You know what I mean. I'm sick of this old body not cooperating with what I want it to do.
I've got my new body all picked out. It doesn't worry about weight gain because it has a marvelous motabolism. My hair always has "good" days. All the wrinkles are gone - and my clothes fit perfectly. It sings perfectly and never ever wants to leave the Presence of the Lord.
While I'm waiting for my new one - I guess I better follow after Paul as he follows after Christ. Philippians 4:11 RSVA
Not that I complain of want; for I have learned, in whatever state I am, to be content. (By His Stripes I am Healed)