A new Direction

The Lord is leading me in a new direction. So for the moment I will not be writing in the blog. If He should tell me to write again I will.

I would like to say Thank you soooo much to my friends and family, especially my sister Sue for checking in.

I love you so much! Keeping seeking Jesus, He truly is the Way, the Truth and the Life.

Spiritual Constipation

I was thinking today that physical constipation normally results from a bad diet resulting in failure to expel well.

Then I thought, that is a parallel to our spiritual life. If we are filling our lives with ungodly things, like worldly movies etc., we will be clogged with worldliness. If we are not filling up on Him, what will we have to overflow to others? When we fill ourselves with Him, it pushes out all the bad waste in our lives.

Jude 1 v 20

"But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit."

John 15 v 5

"I am the vine, you are the branches: He that abides in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing."

Ephesians 5 v 18

"And be not drunk with wine, in which there is excess, but be filled with the Spirit,"

Offence

The word 'offence' came into my mind as I was about to write.

Is this you, have you allowed yourself to be offended?

When I saw this picture, I thought, yes, this is what happens to an offended person. They build fences around themselves which keep the good things out.

Proverbs 19 v 11

"Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense."

Jesus wants us to forgive. Every time something comes to make you offended - use it as an opportunity to forgive. Respond with a soft answer. 

This blog today is specifically for someone - if that is you - please take note and act straight away - Jesus wants to set you free.

God is Love and He is all about you responding in love. That is His way. Make it yours and it will change your life in a way that you never thought possible.

More

I am living the truth that the more I abide in Jesus and experience His love the 'much' more I have to love others.

John 15 v 5

""I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.""

I physically feel so much love for people and it can only come from Him

Thank you Lord!!!

It is a wonderful place to be - abiding in Him - the Best!!!

I love you Lord, thank You for Your presence, there is none like You!

Time Away

I am back from a time away getting to know my new grandson - Samuel.

Thank you to all who patiently looked for my return to the blog.

One thing I learned while away, is that we must be about our Father's business. We must do what He has made us uniquely to do. I am happiest when I am out encouraging and serving people. It is exhilarating! 

And it will be the same for you. Please take the time to find out from the Lord what He has ordained for you to do. You have a unique purpose in life and only you can do it!

2 Corinthians 5 v 9

"Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him.

He put desires in your heart to do what He wants you to do. Then when you do that - wow - it is extremely exciting.

2 Corinthians 3 v 18

"But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord."

Have fun finding out your purpose!

Overgrown

While walking with the Lord we passed land that was clear, but is now being covered with growth. He began to speak to my heart.

As the bushes start to grow, people who are new to the area will not see the "No Entry Private Property" sign. And they can, with a clear conscience walk on the land, not realizing that it is private.

He likened it to a lady who has started her life with the Lord and wears chaste clothing and then little by little has allowed the world's code of dressing into her life. People may then come along and think that she is open to all kinds of worldly behaviour because she has allowed the worldly weeds to throttle the truth.

This is a picture of anything that we allow to choke what the Lord is doing in our lives. It always happens little by little, so one does not tend to really notice. But I feel as this is from the Lord that He would like us to check and see.

Thank you Lord for showing us your truths. You care so much for us.

Evil Shows Itself

While spending time alone with the Lord this morning, the birds announced their presence to chew up the beautiful pepperdews growing outside my door.

The Lord got me thinking.

The worms tell us they are eating our plants by leaving their poop on the leaves below. So there are always telltale signs of when things are being destroyed.

In our lives this happens too. There are symptoms/evidences of what is happening in our lives.

James 3 v 16

"For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work."

Just think about that - that is HUGE!!! "Every evil work" And that comes from "envying" and "strife".

When we see the fruit of the flesh that is not right in our lives, we need to repent (change our mind), submit to the Lord and declare what Christ has made us, in Jesus' name. 

Romans 1 v 21

"Because, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish hearts were darkened."

I think these are two of the most common but vital roots of many of the problems with us.

Galatians 5 v 22

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,"

Thank You Lord!