"And Moses said to the people,

God is God! He is Sovereign and Holy! He is Creator of all, and He is the Most High God! AMEN He must come before everything else in our lives.
This includes family (spouse, parents, sibling, offspring, relatives), home, friends, all other relationships, career, even church and our "work for the LORD". Sometimes we make idols of those things. We brag about them. We measure ourselves against other people (Christian and non-Christian) by them. We use them to get...

Jesus said that we would experience tribulation while sojourning in this sin-sick world. But while we are going through tests, trials and tribulations we must not become envious of those who "seem" to be prospering. Psalm 37:1-3
We can't see everything. We don't know what is going on in others lives. We don't know if they have a problem with a child, spouse, or other loved one. We may not see that their job or business is having...

You are blessed everyday! You receive miracles everyday! Each new day is a gift from God, and an increase. AMEN
Blessings can also come in disguises sometimes. Our loving heavenly Father always wants us to have the absolute BEST! AMEN God's ways and thoughts not like ours, they are infinitely higher! Isaiah 55:8-9
God wants us to willingly and cheerfully give Him a tithe of ALL of our increase, and this is not limited only to money. As we know,...

Revelation 1:8
The LORD must occupy first place in our lives! He is Alpha and Omega! The Beginning and the End! AMEN
But we don't always concede and commit that position to Him.
Our God is a jealous God, and He is a just God. He is also the God of mercy and grace. He IS love!
Be assured that our heavenly Father is not cruel, or vindictive! We may just be used to receiving that type of...

"Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have, I give to you."
Arise! Stand! Walk!
Arise to your feet! Stand fast on the Word of God! Walk out the plan and purpose of God for your life! Walk in the Spirit of God! Know who you are in Christ! You are greatly blessed, highly favored, and deeply loved! Be successful in every good work! You are a precious child of the Most High God! Your are royalty!...

Yesterday as I was reading " My Utmost for His Highest " this really struck me:
June 20, 2007
Have You Come to "When" Yet?
"The Lord restored Job's losses when he prayed for his friends"

Philippians 2:13 (AMP) "[Not in your own strength] for it is God Who is all the while effectually at work in you [energizing and creating in you the power and desire], both to will and to work for His good pleasure and satisfaction and delight."
God is the One Who is working in, through, and for us!
The "in" always comes first. God desires us to become shining reflections of Christ Jesus from the inside out. So He works...

"When everything is going your way, you are in the wrong lane."
"When nothing is coming against you, you are traveling in the same direction as your enemy."
Matthew 5:11 (NKJV)
"Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake."
Blessed: held in reverence : to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference : of or enjoying happiness; specifically : enjoying the bliss of heaven : bringing pleasure,...

Psalm 23 (shared as the Holy Spirit conveys it to my heart)
The LORD IS my Shepherd (protecting and providing for my needs). (When I am secure in this) I shall not want (or need any good thing). You lead me (taking me by the hand and guide me) beside still (crisp, clean, clear) waters. You make me lay down (and rest) in green (fresh, alive) pastures. You restore (deliver, heal) my soul. You lead me in the paths of righteousness...

Who, What, When, Where, Why, How
"I will stand my watch, and set myself on the rampart, and watch to see what He will say to me, and what I will answer when I am corrected. Then the LORD answered me and said: 'Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not...

When we spend time in God's Word, and in prayer and fellowship with Him;
When we concern ourselves with our heavenly Father, and His will for us, what He says about us, and who we are in Christ Jesus;
When we seek only God's approval;
When we humble ourselves so that we are concerned only with God's opinion of us;
It is then that we can walk in His love towards others.
Even when we are hurt (for we are not...

Jeremiah 32:27
"I Am the LORD, the GOD of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?"
In His Unconditional Love~
Deborah
"Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my Strength, and my Redeemer." Psalm 19:14
PRAISE-PRAYER-PEACE-POWER
(Philippians 4:4-13)

DRESS CODE
I'm sure you have read, (or heard a sermon or teaching on), Ephesians 6:10 - 20. There the LORD tells us, through the Apostle Paul, to "put on the whole armor of God". How often have you read this passage in context with the verses that come just before it?
Ephesians 5, along with Ephesians 6:1-4 give us a great deal of instruction on how to live and deal with our families. Verses 5 to 9 of Ephesians chapter...

Dressed For Work
I'm sure you have read, (or heard a sermon or teaching on), Ephesians 6:10 - 20. There the LORD tells us, through the Apostle Paul, to "put on the whole armor of God". How often have you read this passage in context with the verses that come just before it?
Ephesians 5, along with Ephesians 6:1-4 give us a great deal of instruction on how to live and deal with our families. Verses 5 to 9...