Talking 'bout my God: March 2012

Saturday, March 31, 2012

You Make Me Happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don’t you just love this song!!!

So many people are NOT happy!!! They are NOT content with their lives!!! I am so blessed to know God in the way that I know HIM!!!

It is such a relief to have SOMEONE else in charge of my life; SOMEONE else to be responsible for ALL that goes on!!!

I love this whole song, but my favorite part is this!!!

NO I CANNOT COUNT THE WAYS YOU HAVE MADE MY LIFE SO BLESSED. ALL I KNOW IS THAT YOU CAME AND MADE BEAUTY OF MY MESS.

Happy - lyrics

By Ayiesha Woods

No record deal, no dream fulfilled, no three minute video
No catchy jingle, no big hit single playing on the radio

Can make me happy
Can make me feel the way you do
You make me happy
I want to make you happy too
You make me happy, happy

You make me happy, happy

No flashy cars, no movie stars, no man, woman, boy or girl
No fancy things, no diamond rings, nothing in the whole wide world

Can make me happy
Can make me feel the way you do
You make me happy
I want to make you happy too

You make me happy, (echo) happy, happy
You make me feel the way I do
You make me happy
I wish the whole world knew you too

Singing la, la, la…

No I cannot count the ways you have made my life so blessed.
All I know is that you came and made beauty of my mess.

No I cannot count the ways you have made my life so blessed.
All I know is that you came and made beauty of my mess.

And you make me happy
You make me feel the way I do
You make me happy
I want to make you happy too

You make me happy (echo) happy
You make me feel the way I do
You make me happy
I wish the whole world knew you too

I’m singing la, la, la..
Oh la, la, la…

You make me happy
You make me happy

La, la, la…

Happy, ohhh…

Friday, March 30, 2012

Psalm 103:8-12

As I read this Psalm over and over again, it makes real to me the goodness of OUR GOD!!! And HIS TENDER MERCIES!!!

Psalm 103 (CEB)

¹ Let my whole being bless the LORD!
   Let everything inside me bless his holy name!

² Let my whole being bless the LORD
   and never forget all his good deeds:

³ how God forgives all your sins, heals all your sickness,

⁴ saves your life from the pit,
   crowns you with faithful love and compassion,

⁵ and satisfies you with plenty of good things
   so that your youth is made fresh like an eagle’s.
⁶ The LORD works righteousness;
   does justice for all who are oppressed.

⁷ God made his ways known to Moses;
   made his deeds known to the Israelites.

I was reading this psalm on www.biblegateway.com and no matter what version you read this is such an amazing and wonderful psalm. I really liked everything that I read, but I especially like verse 8.

Verse 8 in the NKJV says, The Lord is merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.

Here is verse 8 in the CEV. The LORD is merciful! He is kind and patient, and his love never fails.

And of course, verse 8 in the CEB. The LORD is compassionate and merciful, very patient, and full of faithful love.

The LORD is very patient and compassionate!!! I am very thankful that the Lord has always been patient with me!!! HE is so considerate and kind!!!! I don’t know what I would do without HIM and HIS HELP!!!

GOD IS SLOW TO ANGER!!!

And I am so thankful that HE IS!!! I don’t know what I would do if The Lord was easy or quick to anger!!!

I know that it takes a lot of patience to deal with me and ALL the other hard-headed, stubborn folks. We are the kind of folks that have to be told something over and over!!! We don’t mean to be wrong, but we have stuff stuck in our heads and it doesn’t line up with The WORD!!!

But you see, there are also benefits to being stubborn, as long as you are being Stubborn for GOD!!! Stubborn enough to believe exactly what HE says in HIS WORD!!! And that is the ONLY kind of stubborn, I want to be!!!

Psalm 103:8 (NKJV) The Lord is merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.

Now look at the NKJV, do you see that it NOT only says that the Lord is merciful and gracious, but then it says that GOD IS ABOUNDING IN MERCY!!! That means that HIS MERCY IS OVERFLOWING AND IN ABUNDANCE. His Mercy far exceeds our expectations and is well above and beyond measure!!!

Our GOD is faithful in HIS LOVE for us!!! HIS LOVE NEVER FAILS!!! He never gets tired of us!!! He is truly patient with us!!! HE ALWAYS LOVES US, even when we don’t love ourselves!!!

Psalm 103:9 (CEB) God won’t always play the judge;
   he won’t be angry forever.

I used to tell folks that if I was GOD, everyone would have been wiped off the face of the earth a long time ago!!! And I will tell you right now that I am so thankful that God isn’t like me!!! I am so thankful that HE IS COMPASSIONATE AND KIND!!!

I am so thankful that GOD ISN’T sitting up in Heaven looking down on us, waiting to squash us like a bug for our sins!!! Do you know that some folks think of GOD that way???

But God says that HE has good plans for us and NOT evil!!!

Jeremiah 29:11 (CEB) I know the plans I have in mind for you, declares the Lord; they are plans for peace, not disaster, to give you a future filled with hope.

Psalm 103:10 (CEB) He doesn’t deal with us according to our sin or repay us according to our wrongdoing,

If God repaid every evil we have done with evil then we would have long ago been destroyed!!! Our lives would be in total ruin!!!

Some folks think that GOD is to blame for ALL their problems!!! They think that they can’t get ahead because God doesn’t want them to do well for themselves!!!

But even here it tells us that God does NOT give us what we deserve!!!! And I am so thankful for that!!!

And yet we must remember that we reap what we sow!!! If you plant it, it is going to come up unless God is merciful!!! There are instances where GOD in HIS MERCY allows us to walk threw unscathed!!!

But I was always taught that you better pray for a crop failure!!!! Because ALL those bad seeds could come up!!! A lot of our problems are caused by the words we speak!!! Some of us are constantly speaking evil instead of GOD’S WORD!!!

So, instead of blaming God for ALL your problems, it is time to take a look at what you have sown and what you are saying!!! If you sow evil, then you get evil; and if you sow good, you get good stuff in return!!! You words are also seeds, so look at what you are saying and see what your words are bringing to pass!!!

Psalm 103:11 (CEB) because as high as heaven is above the earth,
that’s how large God’s faithful love is for those who honor him.

You know GOD LOVES US AND HE WANTS GOOD THINGS FOR ALL OF US!!! HE WANTS ALL OF US TO DO WELL!!!

Psalm 103:12 (CEB) As far as east is from west—
that’s how far God has removed our sin from us.

I am so thankful that GOD HAS BEEN SO MERCIFUL, AND LOVING AND KIND TO ME!!! Especially when I know that I did NOT deserve it!!!

Do you know that God will also have mercy on you??? All you have to do is ask HIM to help you!!!

Psalm 46:1 (KJV) God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Psalm 103:1-9

Every time that I read this Psalm, it blesses me!!!

Here is Psalm 103: 1-9 in the Common English Bible!!! I just love it!!! Could there be a more beautiful Psalm?

Psalm 103:1-4 (CEB)

And what this verse actually says is that HE crowns you and me with FAITHFUL LOVE AND COMPASSION!!! And that is so true!!! No one could ever LOVE us like God loves us!!! And of course, we should never expect them to love us that much!!! But to know that God loves me that much makes my heart sing with joy!!!

HE MAKES ME HAPPY!!! Serving God and pleasing God makes me HAPPY!!! It fills my life with JOY!!!

That is one of the reasons that I write this blog!!! I want everyone one to know and understand God like I do!!! I want everyone to know HOW GOOD MY GOD IS!!!

God is so good that HE gives to us and gives to us!!! He wants us to be blessed!!! And HE wants us to be HAPPY!!! He wants us to live life to the fullest!!!

Psalm 103:5 (CEB) and satisfies you with plenty of good things so that your youth is made fresh like an eagle’s.

That is why verse 5 says that He gives us good things!!! It tells us that HE wants us to be young and vital!!! That is why it says that our youth is made fresh like the eagles!!!

Psalm 103:6 CEB) The LORD works righteousness; does justice for all who are oppressed.

Psalm 103:6 (KJV) The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

We need to remember that God says in HIS WORD that we reap what we sow!!!

Galatians 6:7 (CEV) You cannot fool God, so don't make a fool of yourself! You will harvest what you plant.

When we are good to others and treat them kindly, then we reap good things and we reap kindness. When we oppress other people or treat them evil, then we ourselves will be oppressed and treated evil!!!

I recently wrote that God knows how many hairs you have on your head!!! And that HE knows when the little birdie falls out of its nest!!! And so when I read that God is concerned about ALL those that are oppressed, and that HE is going to make sure that justice is done for them, I know that it is true!!!

Psalm 103:7 (CEB) God made his ways known to Moses; made his deeds known to the Israelites.

We can look at how good HE was to the children of Israel and know how merciful God is to HIS PEOPLE!!! But even in reading about them and their journey, we find that God is also merciful to others, as well.

God delivered HIS PEOPLE, but HE didn’t allow them to mistreat others. And HE doesn’t want any of us to mistreat another person!!

When the children of Israel cried out to God and sought HIM, HE always heard their cries and brought deliverance to them!!! HE WILL DO THE SAME FOR ANYONE TODAY WHO CRIES OUT TO HIM!!!

Psalm 103:8-9 (CEB)

⁸ The LORD is compassionate and merciful, very patient, and full of faithful love.

⁹ God won’t always play the judge; he won’t be angry forever.

Psalm 103:8-9 (KJV)

⁸The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

⁹He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.

Some people have this image of God as an angry GOD who sits in Heaven just waiting on us to make mistakes and that just isn’t so!!! He is sitting there watching and waiting for us to cry out to HIM!!! He wants us to ask for forgiveness, because HE WANTS TO FORGIVE US!!!

He wants us to realize that we need HIM!!! He wants to love us and bless us and help us out of our mess!!!

You know, I even hear folks say that if you get yourself into a mess, don’t expect for God to get you out. Well, I am here to tell you THAT IS A LIE FROM THE PITS OF HELL!!!

God doesn’t get us into messes!!! But He sure knows how to get us out!!!

Don’t you know that GOD SPENDS ALL HIS TIME GETTING US OUT OF OUR MESSES!!!

Just as verse 8 says, The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

GOD IS WAITING FOR US TO CALL ON HIM SO THAT HE CAN SHOW US HIS MERCY!!!! SO THAT HE CAN SHOW US HIS LOVE AND HIS COMPASSION!!!

Psalm 103:8 (CEB) The LORD is compassionate and merciful, very patient, and full of faithful love.

If God did NOT love us so much and if HE wasn’t so patient and forgiving, most of us would already be in HELL!!! I know that I would already be dead and in HELL if it wasn’t for GOD’S PATIENCE AND HIS MERCY!!!

God tells us in the first 4 verses of Psalm 118, that HE IS GOOD AND HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER.

Then HE tells us again in verse 29!!!

He tells us this over and over again because HE wants us to understand how much HE loves us!!!! And how MERCIFUL HE IS!!!

Psalm 118:1,29 (NKJV)

¹Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.

²⁹Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Do you know how many hairs are on your head???

I don’t know how many hairs are on my head, but God does!!! And HE knows how many hairs are on your head, too!!!!

Luke 12:6-7 (CEB)

⁶ Aren’t five sparrows sold for two small coins? Yet not one of them is overlooked by God.

⁷ Even the hairs on your head are all counted. Don’t be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows.

God knows when the little bird falls from its nest!!!

Matthew 10:29-30 (CEV)

²⁹Aren't two sparrows sold for only a penny? But your Father knows when any one of them falls to the ground.

³⁰Even the hairs on your head are counted.

So, why does God tell us these things in His Word??? And why are they so important???

The fact that God knows how many hairs I have on my head means that HE knows more about me than I could possibly know about myself!!! To know this assures me that God cares so much about each of HIS CHILDREN that HE makes knowing ALL about them HIS BUSINESS!!!

He knows when the smallest thing happens to us, even if we ONLY scrape our knee or stump our toe!!! HE knows when we are sad or hurting!!! He knows what makes us smile and what makes us cry!!!

And I don’t know about you, but that means a lot to me!!! I like knowing that God cares so much about me that HE knows how many hairs I have on my head!!! No one, but God could possibly know that!!!

God tells us these things because HE loves us so much and HE wants us to know just how much HE LOVES US!!!

Monday, March 26, 2012

PSALM 103:1-5

As a friend of mine and I prayed today, The Lord reminded me of a verse in this passage of scripture. So, I decided to reread the whole passage and I was amazed at ALL that it said.

Psalm 103 (KJV)

¹Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

²Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

³Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

⁴Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

⁵Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

⁶The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

⁷He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.

⁸The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

⁹He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.

¹⁰He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

¹¹For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

¹²As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

¹³Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

¹⁴For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

¹⁵As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

¹⁶For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.

¹⁷But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;

¹⁸To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.

¹⁹The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.

²⁰Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.

²¹Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.

²²Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul.

This Psalm that David has written is so beautiful!!! In the King James it sounds so poetic!

Right now, I am only going to talk about the first 5 verses.

However, I also like the way a few of the other versions have worded this passage. So, I hope you will also enjoy what I am about to share!!!

Here are verses 1-2 in 2 different versions. I just love what they say!!!

Psalm 103:1-2 (CEV)

¹With all my heart I praise the LORD, and with all that I am I praise his holy name!

²With all my heart I praise the LORD! I will never forget how kind he has been.

Psalm 103:1-2 (NCV)

¹ All that I am, praise the Lord; everything in me, praise his holy name.

² My whole being, praise the Lord and do not forget all his kindnesses.

I love how the CEV says, I will praise the Lord with ALL OF MY HEART AND WITH ALL THAT I AM, I PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME!!! And then it says it again in verse 2, "With all my heart I praise the LORD!"

And did you notice that the NCV also says, "with ALL THAT I AM, PRAISE THE LORD."

Then it says, "EVERYTHING IN ME, PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME.MY WHOLE BEING, PRAISE THE LORD."

I am careful when share the different versions of THE BIBLE because while I sometimes think that they explain THE WORD very well, at other times, I think that they don’t say enough or don’t explain it accurately.

For instance, both the CEV and the NCV talk about God’s kindnesses at the end of verse 2. But in that same verse the KJV and the NKJV talk about His Benefits!!!

Psalm 103:2 (NKJV) Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits.

The truth is that God’s Benefits are so much more than kindnesses. For instance, one of God’s benefits is favor. And FAVOR is NOT AT ALL THE SAME AS KINDNESS!!! Another of God’s benefits is mercy. And MERCY is NOT THE SAME AS KINDNESS!!!

The children of God have such an extensive benefit package that there is NO WAY that it could be described as just kindnesses!!! I don’t know who translated these versions from the King James, but I am sure that the original manuscript would agree with the word benefits and would describe so much more than kindnesses!!

Ps. 103:3 (NCV) He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases.

In this Psalm, God speaks through David to remind us that NOT ONLY did we gain ALL these wonder benefits from accepting Jesus as our Savior, but because if JESUS’ SACRIFICE, we are forgiven and healed!!!

I am so thankful that Jesus was willing to die on the cross to take away my sins and deliver me from ALL sickness and disease.

Psalm 103:4 (NKJV) Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,

I would have been destroyed had it NOT been for God in HIS MERCY!!! And yet HE LOVED ME enough to spare my life and redeem me from the destruction that the devil had planned. GOD was merciful and kind to me. He showed me compassion when I did NOT deserve it!!!

Psalm 103:5 (NCV) He satisfies me with good things and makes me young again, like the eagle.

Psalm 103:5 (CEV)Each day that we live, he provides for our needs and gives us the strength of a young eagle.

I am a living witness that God provides for HIS CHILDREN and that HE satisfies HIS CHILDREN with good things!!!

The Lord showed me Psalm 103:5 the other day and I was amazed!!! I had been hearing people testify about how God was making them younger and I had asked The LORD about it.

Psalm 103:5 (KJV)Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

When I read this I remember thinking, WOW!!! There it is!!! WE ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY DO NOT HAVE TO GET OLD!!!!

AND IT ACTUALLY SAYS SO IN GOD’S WORD!!

Psalm 103:5 (NCV) He satisfies me with good things and makes me young again, like the eagle.

Sunday, March 25, 2012

And Who Are Those That Have Rule Over Us???

We’ve already discussed why we are supposed to obey the Man or Woman of God, but are there others that we have to obey???

Hebrews 13:17 (KJV) Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

I wanted to include the Contemporary English Version because it tells us so plainly what God wants us to know about obeying The Pastor.

Hebrews 13:17 (CEV) Obey your leaders and do what they say. They are watching over you, and they must answer to God. So don't make them sad as they do their work. Make them happy. Otherwise, they won't be able to help you at all.

As I read the verse above, I thought hmm… That is talking about your pastor. The Amplified Bible actually says, “Obey your spiritual leaders…”

As I was mulling this over in my mind, God reminded me that there are other scriptures that tell us about being obedient and showing respect to those in charge or who have rule over us!!!

1 Peter 2:13-18 (NKJV)

¹³Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme,

¹⁴or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good.

¹⁵For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men—

¹⁶as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God.

¹⁷Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

¹⁸Servants, be submissive to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh.

1 Peter 2:13-18 (CEV)

¹³The Lord wants you to obey all human authorities, especially the Emperor, who rules over everyone.

¹⁴You must also obey governors, because they are sent by the Emperor to punish criminals and to praise good citizens.

¹⁵God wants you to silence stupid and ignorant people by doing right.

¹⁶You are free, but still you are God's servants, and you must not use your freedom as an excuse for doing wrong.

¹⁷Respect everyone and show special love for God's people. Honor God and respect the Emperor.
¹⁸Servants, you must obey your masters and always show respect to them. Do this, not only to those who are kind and thoughtful, but also to those who are cruel.

We can see that God instructed everyone to show respect and be obedient!!! He even told the servants to be obedient to their masters. Just as they had servants that worked for their provision, we work to provide for ourselves and our families. Today, our provision comes to us in the form of a paycheck from our boss or the company that we work for.

Romans 13:1-2 (NKJV)

¹ Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.

²Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves.

God makes it quite plain that we are supposed to obey those in authority in every area of our lives.

I know from personal experience that as a worker and as a servant of God, I am called to obedient to those who have rule over me!! And yes, that means my boss at work!!! I must admit that I sometimes wonder, “Am I the ONLY one???”

It seems that some folks, and yes even some of those who say they are Christians, think they can go to work and act up. They may NOT actually say it, but you can watch them and they have this attitude that God is my boss and that means that I do NOT have to obey anyone else!!!

However, that is NOT how THE WORD tells us to act!!!

Ephesians 6:5-8 (NKJV)

⁵Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ;

⁶not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,

⁷with goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men,

⁸knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.

God tells us here that when we work for others, we are supposed to work for them “as unto Christ.” That means that we are supposed to work as hard for them as we would if we were working for THE LORD!!!

James 4:17 (CEV) If you don't do what you know is right, you have sinned.

What Does "Obey Those That Have Rule Over You" Mean???

Posted for Thursday, 3/22/12

Hebrews 13:17 (KJV) Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

The first part of this verse says, “Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves.” That means that we are to do as our pastor teaches us because God has placed that person over us!!! We are to submit to their authority!!!

There are folks who do NOT think that they have any reason to obey their pastor, after all, he or she is just a person, too!!! But in this verse the Lord says that the Pastor and the Leaders in the church have authority over us. It says that we are to obey them!!!

The 2^nd part of this verse says, “for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account.” This means that if that the Man of God or the Woman of God is supposed to be looking out for you!!! And if they do NOT tell you the right thing, then they are in trouble with God!!!

They have to preach the things that God tells them, because if they don’t and you go to Hell then GOD WILL HOLD THEM RESPONSIBLE!!! YOUR BLOOD WILL BE ON THEIR HANDS!!!

If they teach and preach what God tells them to, and you refuse to listen, then they are NOT at fault. God will NOT hold them responsible!!!

The last part of this scripture says, “that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.”

This means that if you listen and are obedient, they will be able to give a good report to God about you!!! They will be able to report good things to God and will NOT have to repeatedly pray and ask God for help with you!!!

This may sounds trivial, but it is NOT!!! It is NOT GOOD to grieve the Man or Woman of God!!! It is NOT good for them to have to cry out to God for you over and over again because of any one person!!!

I am NOT saying that they shouldn’t have to pray for you. But if you continue to go the wrong way, causing the pastor to cry out to God over and over again for you, then you may anger God. Sometimes when God sees that HIS CHILD is distressed in a heartbreaking way by the things that you are doing, it makes HIM very angry!!!

God is very aware of how we feel!!!

I guess what I am trying to explain to you is that God doesn’t like to see HIS PEOPLE hurt over and over again by someone else!!! And when we choose to be disobedient, we are NOT only hurting ourselves, but others, as well!!!

It is possible to upset GOD by being willful and stiff necked or stubborn!!! And if HE SEES that we have NO INTENTION of changing our ways, HE MAY BECOME ANGRY WITH US!!!

On several occasions, God became very angry with the children of Israel when they were disobedient and rebellious.

Exodus 32:9-10 (NCV)

⁹ The Lord said to Moses, "I have seen these people, and I know that they are very stubborn.

¹⁰ So now do not stop me. I am so angry with them that I am going to destroy them. Then I will make you and your descendants a great nation."

If Moses had NOT intervened, God would have destroyed the children of Israel!!! So, we would do well to remember that although God loves us ALL so very much, HE IS NOT PLEASED WHEN WE ARE DISOBEDIENT AND REBELLIOUS!!!!

Hebrews 10:31 (KJV) It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

GOD’S WORD WILL WORK FOR YOU!!!!

You know, it is NOT just the healing scriptures that we need to speak over our lives!!!

We need to quote GOD’S WORD, daily, over our lives!!! If we consistently speak HIS WORD IN FAITH, we will SEE it come to pass in our lives!!!

Mark 11:22-23 (KJV)

²²And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.

²³For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

GOD wants us to know and proclaim HIS WORD over our lives!!!

I am the head and NOT the tail!!! I am above and NOT beneath. Deuteronomy 28:13

God makes my crooked places straight!!! Isaiah 45:2

My God shall supply ALL my need according to HIS riches and glory!!! Phil. 4:19

The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want!!! Ps. 23:1

No weapon formed against me shall prosper. Isaiah 54.17

Every evil word spoken over me and my family will fall to the ground.
1 Samuel 3:19, Isaiah 54:17

God has good plans for me; plans to prosper me!!! Jeremiah 29:11

God has NOT given me a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7

The peace that passes ALL understanding shall keep my heart and mind through Christ Jesus!!! Phil 4:7

Monday, March 19, 2012

HOW DO I MAKE GOD’S WORD WORK FOR ME???

When you APPLY GOD’S WORD TO YOUR LIFE, YOUR LIFE WILL CHANGE!!!!

But how do you do that? How do you apply GOD’S WORD to your life???

FIRST, YOU MUST FIND OUT WHAT GOD’S WORD SAYS!!!

To find out what GOD’S WORD SAYS ABOUT HEALING, you are going to have to find THE HEALING SCRIPTURES!!!

There are several ways to do this!!! You can always use a concordance to look up ALL the scriptures that have the word, “HEAL” or the word, “HEALING” in them. While this is an excellent way to find out what God’s Word says, it takes lots of time!!!

However, recently GOD showed me another, much faster way to find the HEALING SCRIPTURES. You can go to the internet and type in “Healing Scriptures”. There are several sites that already have a list of scriptures.

Once you find THE HEALING SCRIPTURES, looking them up one-by-one is an excellent idea!!! You can mark them in your Bible, so that you can find them quickly and easily!!! And the more you read THE WORD, the easier it will be to remember these scriptures!!!

For those folks who love using their computer and the internet to read and study, there are different versions of The Bible online. There are several sites that will allow you to look up Bible verses and study THE BIBLE free of charge. I use Bible Gateway @ http://www.biblegateway.com/ and the Online Parallel Bible @ http://bible.cc/. I am sure that there are others.

Now that you have these scriptures readily available, you can start using them!!!

Here is the MOST IMPORTANT PART!!! START SPEAKING THESE SCRIPTURES OUT LOUD OVER YOURSELF AND YOUR LIFE!!! The more you say them, the quicker you can WATCH THEM WORK!!!!

Mark 11:22-24 (TNIV)

²² “Have faith in God,” Jesus answered.

²³ “Truly I tell you, if you say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and do not doubt in your heart but believe that what you say will happen, it will be done for you.

²⁴ Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Mark 11:22-24 (AMP)

²²And Jesus, replying, said to them, Have faith in God [constantly].

²³Truly I tell you, whoever says to this mountain, Be lifted up and thrown into the sea! and does not doubt at all in his heart but believes that what he says will take place, it will be done for him.

²⁴For this reason I am telling you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe (trust and be confident) that it is granted to you, and you will [get it].

It is so important to SPEAK GOD’S WORD OVER YOUR LIFE!!! If you think about it, you will realize that you are always saying things about your life!!! So speak GOOD, GODLY THINGS according to Mark 11, and watch the things that you speak come to pass!!!

If we speak bad things, then we will get bad things!!! So, if we want good things to happen in our lives, we must speak good things over our lives!!!

Proverbs 23:7 (NKJV) For as he thinks in his heart, so is he…

Start applying GOD’S WORD ON HEALING to your life by quoting the HEALING SCRIPTURES OVER YOUR LIFE EACH AND EVERY DAY!!!

You have to quote these scriptures over and over to yourself until they begin to come out of your mouth automatically!!!

When someone says, “You look sick.” You say, OH NO!!! I AM NOT SICK!!! I AM HEALED IN THE NAME OF JESUS!!! By HIS STRIPES, I AM HEALED!!!

When the devil whispers in your ear and says, “I know you don’t feel well.” You say, DEVIL, SHUT UP!!!! I AM HEALED IN THE NAME OF JESUS!!! I PLEAD THE BLOOD!!!! I AM HEALED BECAUSE MARK 11:22-24 SAYS THAT WHATEVER I SAY WILL COME TO PASS, AND I SAY THAT I AM HEALED!!! And Isaiah 53:4-5 says that by HIS STRIPES, I AM HEALED!!!

Isaiah 53:4-5 (NKJV)

⁴Surely He has borne our griefs
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.

⁵But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.

Sunday, March 18, 2012

We need to thank God for ALL that we have!!!

If we thanked God more and complained less, just think how much nicer the world would be!!!

Saturday, March 17, 2012

I just can't explain it!!!!

GOD is so good to me!!!

Friday, March 16, 2012

WE ARE ALL THE SAME IN HIS EYES!!!

As you ALL know, I have been writing a lot about HEALING because that is what God has put on my heart!!!

One of the most important things for everyone to understand about HEALING is that GOD IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS!!!

Acts 10:34 (NCV) Peter began to speak: "I really understand now that to God every person is the same."

WHEN HE SENT HIS SON TO DIE FOR US ON THE CROSS-IT WAS FOR ALL OF US-NOT JUST A CHOSEN FEW!!!

I have said it over and over again. JESUS HEALED ALL THOSE THAT CAME TO HIM!!!

JESUS HEALED ALL THOSE WHO SOUGHT HIM!!! AND ALL THOSE THAT WERE BROUGHT TO HIM!!!

WE ARE ALL THE SAME IN HIS EYES!!! JESUS HEALS TODAY!!!

When I heard this song, it touched my heart!!! I hope you will enjoy these words!!!!

We Are All The Same - Natalie Grant
Songwriters: Robert E. Campbell & Jess Clayton Cates

My life is filled with joy and tears
Just like somebody, ten thousand miles from here
We stand, a half a world apart
Looking up at the same stars

We're the fellowship of the unashamed
Children in our Savior's eyes
Praying for God's touch
To guide us through our different lives

'Cause everybody needs His perfect love
Just like every flower needs the rain
Reminding us, the whole world over
We are all the same

And God is reaching out His hand to us
As all across the earth we call His name
Reminding us, the whole world over
Deep at heart, we are all the same

His love has opened up our eyes
Closing the distance, between our different lives
And His grace fills every step we take
As we walk on in faith

No matter who or where we are
He will be our common ground
Take all the walls we build
And bring them crashing down

'Cause everybody needs His perfect love
Just like every flower needs the rain
Reminding us, the whole world over
We are all the same

And God is reaching out His hand to us
As all across the earth we call His name
Reminding us, the whole world over
Deep at heart, we are all the same

So, let us thank for His love we've come to know
We know we will never face this world alone

'Cause everybody needs His perfect love
Just like every flower needs the rain
Reminding us, the whole world over
We are all the same

And God is reaching out His hand to us
As all across the earth we call His name
Reminding us, the whole world over
Deep at heart, we are all the same

Reminding us, the whole world over
Deep at heart, we are all the same.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

HEALING IS FOR US, TODAY!!! ~~ Reason 1

A LOT OF FOLKS WALK AROUND SICK BECAUSE THEY DO NOT KNOW OR UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS GOD’S WILL FOR THEM TO BE HEALED!!!!!

There are people who do NOT read or study THE WORD OF GOD!!! They never pick it up and it just sits there collecting dust!!! They may dust it off sometimes, but they never read or study it!!!

2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV) Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Some of these folks go to church and say that they are God’s People!!! GOD’S WORD says that if we love GOD, we will do what HE tells us in HIS WORD!!!

John 14:15 (NKJV) “If you love Me, keep My commandments.

John 15:9-11 (NKJV)

⁹“As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.

¹⁰If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

¹¹“These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.

There is truly no way to know what THE WORD OF GOD says unless you pick it up and read it or study it!!! So, because these folks rarely ever pick up The WORD of God, their knowledge of the Bible is little or none!!!

They do NOT know what the Bible says about HEALING!!! And they have no idea that God loves them so much that HE SENT HIS SON, JESUS, TO SAVE THEM FROM SICKNESS AND DISEASE!!! They have no idea that THE WORD says, “BY HIS STRIPES, WE ARE HEALED!!!” Is. 53:5

Hosea 4:6 (KJV) My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

And yes, you can listen to THE PREACHER, but we ALL know that preachers are human and they make mistakes!!! No one, but GOD IS PERFECT!!!!

WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KNOWING GOD’S WORD!!! That is just ALL there is to it!!!

Do you know that in GOD’S WORD, HE TELLS US HIS WILL FOR OUR LIVES??? HE shares HIS HEART with us thru HIS WORD!!!!

How can we know GOD, without spending time with HIM???

God said to me yesterday, YOU SPEND TIME WITH THOSE YOU LOVE THE MOST!!!! YOU SPEND TIME DOING THE THINGS THAT YOU LOVE THE MOST!!!

So, I say unto you, Get in GOD’S WORD AND FIND OUT ABOUT HEALING!!! You might be surprised to know that HE WOULD LOVE TO HEAL YOU AND HELP YOU STAY HEALED, ALL THE TIME!!!

Exodus 15:26 (NCV) He said, "You must obey the Lord your God and do what he says is right. If you obey all his commands and keep his rules, I will not bring on you any of the sicknesses I brought on the Egyptians. I am the Lord who heals you."

Psalm 91:1-7 (CEV)

¹Live under the protection of God Most High and stay in the shadow of God All-Powerful.

²Then you will say to the LORD, "You are my fortress, my place of safety; you are my God and I trust you."

³The Lord will keep you safe from secret traps and deadly diseases.

⁴He will spread his wings over you and keep you secure. His faithfulness is like a shield or a city wall.

⁵You won't need to worry about dangers at night or arrows during the day.

⁶And you won't fear diseases that strike in the dark or sudden disaster at noon.

⁷You will not be harmed, though thousands fall all around you.