1) If a person wants you, nothing can keep them away; if they don't want you, nothing can make them stay.
2) STOP making excuses for people and their behavior.
3) STOP trying to change yourselves for a relationship that's not meant to be.
4) Don't settle
5) Don't stay because you think things will get better, you'll only be mad at yourself a year from now when things are not "better".
6) The only person you can control in a relationship is you.
7) Maintain boundaries in how people treat you, if something bothers you, speak up!
8) You cannot change people's behavior, change comes from within.
9) Never let another person define who you are.
10) People will only treat you the way you ALLOW them to treat you.
11) Compromise is a two way street, you shouldn't be doing all the bending.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Friday, April 06, 2007
A journey, not a destination
This Christian life is a journey...we sojourn together....the Psalmist says, a pilgrimage.
NOUN: 1. A journey to a sacred place or shrine. 2. A long journey or search, especially one of exalted purpose or moral significance.
INTRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: pil·grim·aged, pil·grim·ag·ing, pil·grim·ag·es To go on a pilgrimage.
The Hebrew Translation of Pilgrimage is: sojourning place, dwelling-place, sojourning lifetime
Psalm 84
1 How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty!
2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD ; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
3 Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young- a place near your altar, O LORD Almighty, my King and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.
5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools.
7 They go from *strength to strength*, till each appears before God in Zion.
8 Hear my prayer, O LORD God Almighty; listen to me, O God of Jacob.
9 Look upon our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one.
10 Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.
12 O LORD Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you.
This also stuck out today....they go from strength to strength The hebrew for that word and who knew there where over 20 definitions for the word Strength. T
his particular word is used in this way: Definition strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army, ability, force So how does that look?
They go from *might to might*,
till each appears before God in Zion.
They go from *efficiency to efficiency*,
till each appears before God in Zion.
They go from *wealth to wealth*,
till each appears before God in Zion.
They go from *army to army*,
till each appears before God in Zion.
They go from *ability to ability*,
till each appears before God in Zion.
They go from *force to force*,
till each appears before God in Zion.
II Corinthians 3:18 says we go from Glory to Glory.
NOUN: 1. A journey to a sacred place or shrine. 2. A long journey or search, especially one of exalted purpose or moral significance.
INTRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: pil·grim·aged, pil·grim·ag·ing, pil·grim·ag·es To go on a pilgrimage.
The Hebrew Translation of Pilgrimage is: sojourning place, dwelling-place, sojourning lifetime
Psalm 84
1 How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty!
2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD ; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
3 Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young- a place near your altar, O LORD Almighty, my King and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you.
5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools.
7 They go from *strength to strength*, till each appears before God in Zion.
8 Hear my prayer, O LORD God Almighty; listen to me, O God of Jacob.
9 Look upon our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one.
10 Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.
12 O LORD Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you.
This also stuck out today....they go from strength to strength The hebrew for that word and who knew there where over 20 definitions for the word Strength. T
his particular word is used in this way: Definition strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army, ability, force So how does that look?
They go from *might to might*,
till each appears before God in Zion.
They go from *efficiency to efficiency*,
till each appears before God in Zion.
They go from *wealth to wealth*,
till each appears before God in Zion.
They go from *army to army*,
till each appears before God in Zion.
They go from *ability to ability*,
till each appears before God in Zion.
They go from *force to force*,
till each appears before God in Zion.
II Corinthians 3:18 says we go from Glory to Glory.
Forced to Restore (repost)
I studied Psalm 69 and in the first few verses David says. "I am forced to restore what I did not steal"
That jumped off the page at me, because of my background. Product of the times, statistics? I don't know the answer. I'd say alot has been stolen from me. And now, I am forced to restore it, myself. I felt that way for a long time. I had to be restored, I had to do it.
Memorial Day Weekend 1995. I made a commitment to God and started praying. I had some prayer books which really helped cuz they were full of scripture. So I could look them up and do a little reading.From that time on I didn't always live right. I thought *I* needed to clean up my act. *I* needed to get myself right, before God would accept me.
It has taken years to figure out that God is For Me. God Loves Me - as if there were no one else. He's not couting the hairs on my head...He Knows the number and it changes daily. He knows me that intimately. It is His desire to bless me, He's not out to get me. I finally "get it."
In the past 5 years I have read my bible alot and prayed. In the past 2 years I have really prayed for change. Change me. What I really meant, now I see....Restore me.
In the past year or so I have listened and learned from various teachers. One things I learned was how to study the bible. I definately learned to read beyond the Psalms. There was a time in my life where all I could do was say "help me God, please, if You're really there, help me." Now I say....Restore me, God I know you're really there, restore me.
The psalmist says...I am forced to restore what I did not steal. All kinds of things have happened to me in my life, physical and sexual abuse, abusive relationships, divorce, abandonment, rejection....SO WHAT! *shrug* THANK GOD! Thank Him that I can shrug. It is the past, its over, I am indifferent. Now, I have a story to tell of restoration, reconciliation. My life can be a testimony to other who have been me, who are me. The me of yesterday.
I started doing some research on "restore" God says He Restores. He will restore.Over and Over:
I will restore the ruins....Isaiah 44:26
I will restore so that you may serve.... Jer. 15:19
I will restore you to the promised land... Jer. 16:15
I will restore you to health and heal your wounds.....Jer. 30:17
I will restore your fortune, your home, I will rebuild you....Jer.30:18
Six places in Jeremiah God says I will restore your fortune
"I will restore Davids fallen tent, I wil repair its broken place, restore its ruins and built it as it used to be, so that the remnant of men and all the nations that bear my name may seek The Lord " Declares the Lord, who will do these things. Amos 9:11-12I will restore twice as much and make you strong....Zechariah 9: 11-136
"I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them. They will be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the LORD their God and I will answer them. Zechariah 10: 6
Gods Word tells me....He is in the restoration business.
That jumped off the page at me, because of my background. Product of the times, statistics? I don't know the answer. I'd say alot has been stolen from me. And now, I am forced to restore it, myself. I felt that way for a long time. I had to be restored, I had to do it.
Memorial Day Weekend 1995. I made a commitment to God and started praying. I had some prayer books which really helped cuz they were full of scripture. So I could look them up and do a little reading.From that time on I didn't always live right. I thought *I* needed to clean up my act. *I* needed to get myself right, before God would accept me.
It has taken years to figure out that God is For Me. God Loves Me - as if there were no one else. He's not couting the hairs on my head...He Knows the number and it changes daily. He knows me that intimately. It is His desire to bless me, He's not out to get me. I finally "get it."
In the past 5 years I have read my bible alot and prayed. In the past 2 years I have really prayed for change. Change me. What I really meant, now I see....Restore me.
In the past year or so I have listened and learned from various teachers. One things I learned was how to study the bible. I definately learned to read beyond the Psalms. There was a time in my life where all I could do was say "help me God, please, if You're really there, help me." Now I say....Restore me, God I know you're really there, restore me.
The psalmist says...I am forced to restore what I did not steal. All kinds of things have happened to me in my life, physical and sexual abuse, abusive relationships, divorce, abandonment, rejection....SO WHAT! *shrug* THANK GOD! Thank Him that I can shrug. It is the past, its over, I am indifferent. Now, I have a story to tell of restoration, reconciliation. My life can be a testimony to other who have been me, who are me. The me of yesterday.
I started doing some research on "restore" God says He Restores. He will restore.Over and Over:
I will restore the ruins....Isaiah 44:26
I will restore so that you may serve.... Jer. 15:19
I will restore you to the promised land... Jer. 16:15
I will restore you to health and heal your wounds.....Jer. 30:17
I will restore your fortune, your home, I will rebuild you....Jer.30:18
Six places in Jeremiah God says I will restore your fortune
"I will restore Davids fallen tent, I wil repair its broken place, restore its ruins and built it as it used to be, so that the remnant of men and all the nations that bear my name may seek The Lord " Declares the Lord, who will do these things. Amos 9:11-12I will restore twice as much and make you strong....Zechariah 9: 11-136
"I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them. They will be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the LORD their God and I will answer them. Zechariah 10: 6
Gods Word tells me....He is in the restoration business.
Borne (repost)
I think this says it all....
Borne of dust, I get so dirty, But You pick me up, brush me off. Send me on my way. Borne of flesh, I get so caught up in my story, It's so human to concern myself with. Everything that I seem to be going through. But Lord, where would I be. Without this flesh to remind me.
Chorus 1: I was borne to breathe, Borne to be broken, Borne to realize that it's not I, But the You in me. Borne to live, AND Borne to love You. I was borne to die. Knowing that my life is not mine.
Hook: So Lord, thank you for the thorn, I've had to bear. From the day that I was borne
Borne of love, Love so perfect. You are Heaven's thought, gift of God. Come to save the world. Born of flesh and born of Spirit, My sweet Savior it's so like You. To concern Yourself with, Everything that I seem to be going through. Oh Lord, where would I be, Without Your love to remind me.
Chorus 1
Hook: So Lord, thank you for the thorn, I've had to bear. From the day that I was borne.
Bridge for 2nd Chorus: You were borne to breathe, Borne to be broken.....
Chorus 2: You were borne to breathe, Borne to be broken, Borne so that I would realize, You are all I need. Borne to live, Borne to love (save) me. You were borne to die so that I, Could be completely free.
(Repeat)
Hook: So Lord, thank you for the thorns, for the thorns, you chose to bear, So that I could be... I could be borne. I could be borne.
Scriptural References:(John 3:16, Psalm 46:1, 2 Cor. 4:7-9 & 12:9, 1 Peter 5:7, Romans 8:26)
Borne of dust, I get so dirty, But You pick me up, brush me off. Send me on my way. Borne of flesh, I get so caught up in my story, It's so human to concern myself with. Everything that I seem to be going through. But Lord, where would I be. Without this flesh to remind me.
Chorus 1: I was borne to breathe, Borne to be broken, Borne to realize that it's not I, But the You in me. Borne to live, AND Borne to love You. I was borne to die. Knowing that my life is not mine.
Hook: So Lord, thank you for the thorn, I've had to bear. From the day that I was borne
Borne of love, Love so perfect. You are Heaven's thought, gift of God. Come to save the world. Born of flesh and born of Spirit, My sweet Savior it's so like You. To concern Yourself with, Everything that I seem to be going through. Oh Lord, where would I be, Without Your love to remind me.
Chorus 1
Hook: So Lord, thank you for the thorn, I've had to bear. From the day that I was borne.
Bridge for 2nd Chorus: You were borne to breathe, Borne to be broken.....
Chorus 2: You were borne to breathe, Borne to be broken, Borne so that I would realize, You are all I need. Borne to live, Borne to love (save) me. You were borne to die so that I, Could be completely free.
(Repeat)
Hook: So Lord, thank you for the thorns, for the thorns, you chose to bear, So that I could be... I could be borne. I could be borne.
Scriptural References:(John 3:16, Psalm 46:1, 2 Cor. 4:7-9 & 12:9, 1 Peter 5:7, Romans 8:26)
Only Be Strong and Courageous!
God gave the Isrealites 30 days to mourn the loss of Moses and to move on to position themselves to cross the Jordon!!
The LORD Commands Joshua 1 After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses' aide: 2 "Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them—to the Israelites. 3 I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses. 4 Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates—all the Hittite country—to the Great Sea on the west. 5 No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
GET READY!! God is calling you out of the desert and INTO His Rest!! WILL YOU TAKE HIS HAND???As I was with Moses SO I will be with you!! I will NEVER leave you nor forsake you!! You don't have to have things or people, but YOU have to have GOD!!!
6 " Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them. 7 Be strong and very courageous . Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.
8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go." What are you supposed to do???Be strong and courageous!! Do not be terrified!!! Do not be discouraged!! The Lord will be with you wherever you go!!!
10 So Joshua ordered the officers of the people: 11 "Go through the camp and tell the people, 'Get your supplies ready. Three days from now you will cross the Jordan here to go in and take possession of the land the LORD your God is giving you for your own.' "
Go Get ready!! Get ready to Cross the Jordan and enter into Gods Rest!!
12 But to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said, 13 "Remember the command that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: 'The LORD your God is giving you rest and has granted you this land.' 14 Your wives, your children and your livestock may stay in the land that Moses gave you east of the Jordan, but all your fighting men , fully armed, must cross over ahead of your brothers. You are to help your brothers
15 until the LORD gives them rest, as he has done for you, and until they too have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them. After that, you may go back and occupy your own land, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you east of the Jordan toward the sunrise."
Get ready too for the fight!! Bask in the word of God.....meditate on it day and night!! Until the fight is over....you may occuply the land!! IOW...enter into Gods Rest and Stay in the shadow of the almighty!!
16 Then they answered Joshua, "Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. 17 Just as we fully obeyed Moses, so we will obey you. Only may the LORD your God be with you as he was with Moses. 18 Whoever rebels against your word and does not obey your words, whatever you may command them, will be put to death. Only be strong and courageous!"
Be Strong and Courageous THE LORD YOUR GOD THE GOD WHO CREATED THE UNIVERSE WITH THE SOUND OF HIS VOICE IS WITH YOU FIGHTING FOR YOU!
He has called down the hosts of heaven to fight on your behalf!! Not even a SPARROW goes unnoticed!
Strong: to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore
(Qal)
to be strong,
grow strong
to prevail,
prevail upon
to be firm,
be caught fast,
be secure
to press,
be urgent
to grow stout,
grow rigid,
grow hard (bad sense)
to be severe,
be grievous to strengthen
(Piel)
to make strong to restore to strength
give strength to strengthen
sustain
encourage to make strong
make bold
encourage to make firm to make rigid
make hard
(Hiphil)
to make strong
strengthen to make firm to display strength to make severe to support to repair to prevail
prevail upon to have or take or keep hold of
retain
hold up
sustain
support to hold
contain
(Hithpael)
to strengthen oneself to put forth strength
use one's strength to withstand to hold strongly with
Courageous: basically means, feel the fear, the aprehension and do it anyway!
to be strong, alert, courageous, brave, stout, bold, solid, hard
(Qal)
to be strong, brave, bold
(Piel)
to strengthen, secure (for oneself), harden (heart), make firm, make obstinate, assure (Hithpael)
to be determined, to make oneself alert, strengthen oneself, confirm oneself, persist in, prove superior to
(Hiphil) to exhibit strength, be strong, feel strong
do not be afraid: Afraid implies inner apprehensiveness a disquietedness.
to tremble, dread, fear, oppress, prevail, break, be terrified, cause to tremble
(Qal) to cause to tremble, terrify to tremble, feel dread
(Niphal) to be awesome, be terrible
(Hiphil) to regard or treat with awe, regard or treat as awful to inspire with awe, terrify
do not be Dismayed: to be shattered, be dismayed, be broken, be abolished, be afraid
(Qal) to be shattered, be broken to be dismayed
(Niphal) to be broken, be dismayed
(Piel) to be shattered, be dismayed, be scared
(Hiphil) to cause to be dismayed to dismay, terrify to shatter
The LORD Commands Joshua 1 After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses' aide: 2 "Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them—to the Israelites. 3 I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses. 4 Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates—all the Hittite country—to the Great Sea on the west. 5 No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
GET READY!! God is calling you out of the desert and INTO His Rest!! WILL YOU TAKE HIS HAND???As I was with Moses SO I will be with you!! I will NEVER leave you nor forsake you!! You don't have to have things or people, but YOU have to have GOD!!!
6 " Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them. 7 Be strong and very courageous . Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.
8 Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go." What are you supposed to do???Be strong and courageous!! Do not be terrified!!! Do not be discouraged!! The Lord will be with you wherever you go!!!
10 So Joshua ordered the officers of the people: 11 "Go through the camp and tell the people, 'Get your supplies ready. Three days from now you will cross the Jordan here to go in and take possession of the land the LORD your God is giving you for your own.' "
Go Get ready!! Get ready to Cross the Jordan and enter into Gods Rest!!
12 But to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said, 13 "Remember the command that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: 'The LORD your God is giving you rest and has granted you this land.' 14 Your wives, your children and your livestock may stay in the land that Moses gave you east of the Jordan, but all your fighting men , fully armed, must cross over ahead of your brothers. You are to help your brothers
15 until the LORD gives them rest, as he has done for you, and until they too have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them. After that, you may go back and occupy your own land, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you east of the Jordan toward the sunrise."
Get ready too for the fight!! Bask in the word of God.....meditate on it day and night!! Until the fight is over....you may occuply the land!! IOW...enter into Gods Rest and Stay in the shadow of the almighty!!
16 Then they answered Joshua, "Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. 17 Just as we fully obeyed Moses, so we will obey you. Only may the LORD your God be with you as he was with Moses. 18 Whoever rebels against your word and does not obey your words, whatever you may command them, will be put to death. Only be strong and courageous!"
Be Strong and Courageous THE LORD YOUR GOD THE GOD WHO CREATED THE UNIVERSE WITH THE SOUND OF HIS VOICE IS WITH YOU FIGHTING FOR YOU!
He has called down the hosts of heaven to fight on your behalf!! Not even a SPARROW goes unnoticed!
Strong: to strengthen, prevail, harden, be strong, become strong, be courageous, be firm, grow firm, be resolute, be sore
(Qal)
to be strong,
grow strong
to prevail,
prevail upon
to be firm,
be caught fast,
be secure
to press,
be urgent
to grow stout,
grow rigid,
grow hard (bad sense)
to be severe,
be grievous to strengthen
(Piel)
to make strong to restore to strength
give strength to strengthen
sustain
encourage to make strong
make bold
encourage to make firm to make rigid
make hard
(Hiphil)
to make strong
strengthen to make firm to display strength to make severe to support to repair to prevail
prevail upon to have or take or keep hold of
retain
hold up
sustain
support to hold
contain
(Hithpael)
to strengthen oneself to put forth strength
use one's strength to withstand to hold strongly with
Courageous: basically means, feel the fear, the aprehension and do it anyway!
to be strong, alert, courageous, brave, stout, bold, solid, hard
(Qal)
to be strong, brave, bold
(Piel)
to strengthen, secure (for oneself), harden (heart), make firm, make obstinate, assure (Hithpael)
to be determined, to make oneself alert, strengthen oneself, confirm oneself, persist in, prove superior to
(Hiphil) to exhibit strength, be strong, feel strong
do not be afraid: Afraid implies inner apprehensiveness a disquietedness.
to tremble, dread, fear, oppress, prevail, break, be terrified, cause to tremble
(Qal) to cause to tremble, terrify to tremble, feel dread
(Niphal) to be awesome, be terrible
(Hiphil) to regard or treat with awe, regard or treat as awful to inspire with awe, terrify
do not be Dismayed: to be shattered, be dismayed, be broken, be abolished, be afraid
(Qal) to be shattered, be broken to be dismayed
(Niphal) to be broken, be dismayed
(Piel) to be shattered, be dismayed, be scared
(Hiphil) to cause to be dismayed to dismay, terrify to shatter
Thursday, April 05, 2007
I'm not dead, so I should act ALIVE!
If the enemy can get you to stay in the past, you won't fulfill the DESTINY God has for you!!
Don't fall for it!! The Word of God is powerful!! The confession of broken strongholds was supposed to work The First Time! AMEN?!
What you have to do it line up your thinking with the Word of God. I still have to do it...3-4-5-50 times a day! Keep a journal of your thoughts. See where it doesn't line up with WOG. Then get in the WOG and find scripture that you can quote.
Now I don't mean....blab and grab...ok. What I mean is RENEWING your mind. Changing the tapes.
1) What is your goal? Do you still want to be where you are in 6 months? 1 year? 2 years? 10 years?
Give yourself a time limit. God gave the Isrealites 30 days to mourn the death of Moses. I'm not saying you have 30 days or that you will never struggle again, but give yourself a time limit.
What is your goal? Healing, Deliverance, Restoration? WRITE IT DOWN! God says...My people perish because of a lack of vision. What is your dream? What is your vision of healing and wholeness? WRITE IT DOWN!
2) Believe God. I don't mean about Him, In Him. BELIEVE HIM!
3) Renew your mind. I learned alot about scripute thru some books called "prayers that avail much" by Word Ministries. Germaine Copeland. The prayers are backed up with scripture and I could look up the scripture.
When fear would come I would say.I rebuke this lying demon of fear, in the name of Jesus, I cast you back into the pit of hell, I say to this lie, you will not complete your assignment agaist me! It is written: God has NOT given me a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
I love this quote by Beth Moore: Can you think of anything in your life that would take more power than God exercised when He raised Christ from the DEAD??? ME NEITHER!
My thoughts on that is:
I'M NOT DEAD!! So I should act alive!! AMEN?!
I want so much for women to be DELIVERED from oppression, abuse, strongholds and God is no respector of persons, he delivered me...He'll deliver you too!!!
God delivered the Isrealites from Egypt, but they had to pack up their past and move into their future! They had to walk across the desert into the promised land. They had to face doubts, fears, and giants! But they did it!! When the pillar moved, they moved...when the pillar settled, they settled!! The pillar of God is NOT in your past!! The pillar is in today!! If you want to have something different in your life, you'll have to DO something different.
If you want to go where you have never gone, you'll have to do something you've never done.
If you've never trusted God. TRUST HIM TODAY! If you've never read the bible to feed your spirit man..READ IT TODAY! Don't skim over it...ask God for revelation!
Don't fall for it!! The Word of God is powerful!! The confession of broken strongholds was supposed to work The First Time! AMEN?!
What you have to do it line up your thinking with the Word of God. I still have to do it...3-4-5-50 times a day! Keep a journal of your thoughts. See where it doesn't line up with WOG. Then get in the WOG and find scripture that you can quote.
Now I don't mean....blab and grab...ok. What I mean is RENEWING your mind. Changing the tapes.
1) What is your goal? Do you still want to be where you are in 6 months? 1 year? 2 years? 10 years?
Give yourself a time limit. God gave the Isrealites 30 days to mourn the death of Moses. I'm not saying you have 30 days or that you will never struggle again, but give yourself a time limit.
What is your goal? Healing, Deliverance, Restoration? WRITE IT DOWN! God says...My people perish because of a lack of vision. What is your dream? What is your vision of healing and wholeness? WRITE IT DOWN!
2) Believe God. I don't mean about Him, In Him. BELIEVE HIM!
3) Renew your mind. I learned alot about scripute thru some books called "prayers that avail much" by Word Ministries. Germaine Copeland. The prayers are backed up with scripture and I could look up the scripture.
When fear would come I would say.I rebuke this lying demon of fear, in the name of Jesus, I cast you back into the pit of hell, I say to this lie, you will not complete your assignment agaist me! It is written: God has NOT given me a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
I love this quote by Beth Moore: Can you think of anything in your life that would take more power than God exercised when He raised Christ from the DEAD??? ME NEITHER!
My thoughts on that is:
I'M NOT DEAD!! So I should act alive!! AMEN?!
I want so much for women to be DELIVERED from oppression, abuse, strongholds and God is no respector of persons, he delivered me...He'll deliver you too!!!
God delivered the Isrealites from Egypt, but they had to pack up their past and move into their future! They had to walk across the desert into the promised land. They had to face doubts, fears, and giants! But they did it!! When the pillar moved, they moved...when the pillar settled, they settled!! The pillar of God is NOT in your past!! The pillar is in today!! If you want to have something different in your life, you'll have to DO something different.
If you want to go where you have never gone, you'll have to do something you've never done.
If you've never trusted God. TRUST HIM TODAY! If you've never read the bible to feed your spirit man..READ IT TODAY! Don't skim over it...ask God for revelation!
How I got out!
of bondage.
1) Recognized my issues. I had to say out loud, to God.
I am bitter.
I am angry.
I do blame you.
I am unforgiving.
I am unkind.
I am spiteful.
I seriously listed them out.
2) I Repented (confessed it all). One by one. I got honest with God about how I felt, about Him, toward Him, about me. I let Him have it. But I trusted Him that He could handle it. He's been mad...we see it in the bible over and over. He's been rejected. His heart has been broken.
3) I renounced/released it.
I am not bitter.
I am not what I went thruI am not what happened to me
I am not what they say about me
My experience is not who I amI am not defined by my circumstances.
I am willing to let go.
I release.
I let go.
I release all tension.
I release all fear.
I release all anger.
I release all guilt.
I release all sadness.
I let go of old limitations.
I release and let go of the limitations of my parents. I can love them and go beyond them. I am not their negative opinions nor their limiting beliefs.
I am not bound by any fears.
I am at peace with life. I easily and comfortably release that which I no longer need in life.
I lovingly forgive myself.
4) I Replaced it. I took the Word and began to replace the old tapes.
I have the mind of Christ and hold the thoughts feelings and purposes of His heart.
I have the Holy Spirit living in me and I call things that are not as though they were.
The Fruit of the Spirit is growing in me!
I am loving.
I am patient.
I am kind.
I am gentle.
I am not harsh, hard, sharp or pressing, but useful, good, comfortable, gracious and pleasant. (Matt. 11:30)
I am blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. (Eph. 1:3)
I am chosen by You, my Father. (Eph. 1:4)
I am holy and without blame. (Eph. 1:4)
I am Your child according to the good pleasure of Your will. (Eph. 1:5)
I am accepted in the Beloved. (Eph. 1:6)
I am redeemed through the blood of Jesus. (Eph. 1:7)
I am a person of wisdom and prudence. (Eph. 1:8)
I am an heir. (Eph. 1:11)
I have a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Christ. (Eph. 1:17)
I am saved by Your grace. (Eph. 2:5)
I am seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. (Eph. 2:6)
I am Your workmanship. (Eph. 2:10)
I am near to You by the blood of Christ. (Eph. 2:13)
I am a new creation. (Eph. 2:15)
I am of Your household. (Eph. 2:19)
I am a citizen of heaven. (Eph. 2:19)
I am a partaker of Your promises in Christ. (2 Pet. 1:4)
I am strengthened with might by Your Spirit. (Eph. 3:16)
I allow Christ to dwell in my heart by faith. (Eph. 3:17)
I am rooted and grounded in love. (Eph. 3:17)
I speak the truth in love. (Eph. 4:15)
I am renewed in the spirit of my mind. (Eph. 4:23)
I am Your follower. (Eph. 5:1)
I walk in love. (Eph. 5:2)
I am light in You. (Eph. 5:8)
I walk circumspectly. (Eph. 5:15)
I am filled with the Spirit. (Eph. 5:18)
I am more than a conqueror. (Rom. 8:37)
I am an overcomer. (Rev. 12:11)
I am Your righteousness in Christ Jesus. (1 Cor. 1:30)
I am healed. (1 Pet. 2:24)
I am free. (John 8:36)
I am salt. (Matt. 5:13)
I am sanctified. (1 Cor. 6:11)
I am victorious. (1 John 5:4)
1) Recognized my issues. I had to say out loud, to God.
I am bitter.
I am angry.
I do blame you.
I am unforgiving.
I am unkind.
I am spiteful.
I seriously listed them out.
2) I Repented (confessed it all). One by one. I got honest with God about how I felt, about Him, toward Him, about me. I let Him have it. But I trusted Him that He could handle it. He's been mad...we see it in the bible over and over. He's been rejected. His heart has been broken.
3) I renounced/released it.
I am not bitter.
I am not what I went thruI am not what happened to me
I am not what they say about me
My experience is not who I amI am not defined by my circumstances.
I am willing to let go.
I release.
I let go.
I release all tension.
I release all fear.
I release all anger.
I release all guilt.
I release all sadness.
I let go of old limitations.
I release and let go of the limitations of my parents. I can love them and go beyond them. I am not their negative opinions nor their limiting beliefs.
I am not bound by any fears.
I am at peace with life. I easily and comfortably release that which I no longer need in life.
I lovingly forgive myself.
4) I Replaced it. I took the Word and began to replace the old tapes.
I have the mind of Christ and hold the thoughts feelings and purposes of His heart.
I have the Holy Spirit living in me and I call things that are not as though they were.
The Fruit of the Spirit is growing in me!
I am loving.
I am patient.
I am kind.
I am gentle.
I am not harsh, hard, sharp or pressing, but useful, good, comfortable, gracious and pleasant. (Matt. 11:30)
I am blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. (Eph. 1:3)
I am chosen by You, my Father. (Eph. 1:4)
I am holy and without blame. (Eph. 1:4)
I am Your child according to the good pleasure of Your will. (Eph. 1:5)
I am accepted in the Beloved. (Eph. 1:6)
I am redeemed through the blood of Jesus. (Eph. 1:7)
I am a person of wisdom and prudence. (Eph. 1:8)
I am an heir. (Eph. 1:11)
I have a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Christ. (Eph. 1:17)
I am saved by Your grace. (Eph. 2:5)
I am seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. (Eph. 2:6)
I am Your workmanship. (Eph. 2:10)
I am near to You by the blood of Christ. (Eph. 2:13)
I am a new creation. (Eph. 2:15)
I am of Your household. (Eph. 2:19)
I am a citizen of heaven. (Eph. 2:19)
I am a partaker of Your promises in Christ. (2 Pet. 1:4)
I am strengthened with might by Your Spirit. (Eph. 3:16)
I allow Christ to dwell in my heart by faith. (Eph. 3:17)
I am rooted and grounded in love. (Eph. 3:17)
I speak the truth in love. (Eph. 4:15)
I am renewed in the spirit of my mind. (Eph. 4:23)
I am Your follower. (Eph. 5:1)
I walk in love. (Eph. 5:2)
I am light in You. (Eph. 5:8)
I walk circumspectly. (Eph. 5:15)
I am filled with the Spirit. (Eph. 5:18)
I am more than a conqueror. (Rom. 8:37)
I am an overcomer. (Rev. 12:11)
I am Your righteousness in Christ Jesus. (1 Cor. 1:30)
I am healed. (1 Pet. 2:24)
I am free. (John 8:36)
I am salt. (Matt. 5:13)
I am sanctified. (1 Cor. 6:11)
I am victorious. (1 John 5:4)
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
QUILTS
This is a quilt top I made mostly by hand (piecing) for my cousin. Its a gradation of pinks from very light to magenta from Top Left Corner to Bottom Right Corner.
I'll probably hand quilt this one too, but its on the bottom of the pile for quilting at this time.
This quilt I pieced by machine, but hand quilted. I made this for my youngest son. I purchased the fabric in march 2005. I finished if by Dec 2006.
Monday, April 02, 2007
TESTIMONY
Testimony: My parents married in their mid-teens and had me 4 years later. Divorced 4 years later. My mom remarried twice and was with the person whom I call my step-father the longest.
They would be the kind of people who in a poll would say they are Christian, but weren't. They got caught up somehow in http://www.tm.org/ I remember the day we went to the TM place vividly. We were taught how to chant and meditate. It was all very strange. We didn't go back but that was our "new religion".
There was also a neighborhood friend who was a buddist, or at least her parents were, they chanted, we chanted...I was intrigued.Its been another four years, so...my parents divorced.
I was sent to live with my grandma and then my bio-dad (who is an addict). About 9 months later I moved back with my mom, who had reconciled with my stepfather. Then something happened....my mom was friends with a lady down the street who was Christian, I'd say she is Jesus with skin on.
We started going to church. I wouldn't say anyone "found Jesus" we just went to church. They "found legalism". Then they went to seminary and were ministers and missionaries.But the abusive behaviour hadn't changed. Now my parents used the bible as a means to threaten us, and abuse us in the “name of God.”
Basically by the time I am 19-20 (four years later) what difference does it make if I do bad on my own, God won't forgive me....if I do bad against my will, God won't forgive me. I may as well life whatever kind of life I want.....and I did.
Sex, drugs, rock and roll, abortions.
1995 (four years later) I have a live-in relationship, he's cheating, I'm searching for answers. I flipping thru channels and find of all people Benny Hinn preaching. I stopped and listened. Gave my life to Jesus. Its been a battle.....does God forgive? Does he really love me? Can I really do enough good? How can I be good and gain Gods forgiveness?
Four years later, I marry an awesome guy, we have a child. Its been a struggle to come to know the truth. God loves me no matter what, and God love covers a multitude of sin. Even my sin. Even the sin of my parents. (who I have forgiven)I have tried to read my bible enough, be good enough, do all the right things, I have tried to focus on ONE commandment per day of the week. Its sorta crazy all I have done to try to BE saved, win Gods approval.
Its taken 10 years for me to say....I can't do it. I am saved by grace thru faith alone.
In the words of Watermark:You come as You areAnd I come as I amAnd grace covers shameYou come in Your pow'rAnd I bow downAnd grace covers shameYou come like a flood and I'm lost in this "Hallelujah!"You come as You are and I come as I amAnd grace covers all of me... All of me...
They would be the kind of people who in a poll would say they are Christian, but weren't. They got caught up somehow in http://www.tm.org/ I remember the day we went to the TM place vividly. We were taught how to chant and meditate. It was all very strange. We didn't go back but that was our "new religion".
There was also a neighborhood friend who was a buddist, or at least her parents were, they chanted, we chanted...I was intrigued.Its been another four years, so...my parents divorced.
I was sent to live with my grandma and then my bio-dad (who is an addict). About 9 months later I moved back with my mom, who had reconciled with my stepfather. Then something happened....my mom was friends with a lady down the street who was Christian, I'd say she is Jesus with skin on.
We started going to church. I wouldn't say anyone "found Jesus" we just went to church. They "found legalism". Then they went to seminary and were ministers and missionaries.But the abusive behaviour hadn't changed. Now my parents used the bible as a means to threaten us, and abuse us in the “name of God.”
Basically by the time I am 19-20 (four years later) what difference does it make if I do bad on my own, God won't forgive me....if I do bad against my will, God won't forgive me. I may as well life whatever kind of life I want.....and I did.
Sex, drugs, rock and roll, abortions.
1995 (four years later) I have a live-in relationship, he's cheating, I'm searching for answers. I flipping thru channels and find of all people Benny Hinn preaching. I stopped and listened. Gave my life to Jesus. Its been a battle.....does God forgive? Does he really love me? Can I really do enough good? How can I be good and gain Gods forgiveness?
Four years later, I marry an awesome guy, we have a child. Its been a struggle to come to know the truth. God loves me no matter what, and God love covers a multitude of sin. Even my sin. Even the sin of my parents. (who I have forgiven)I have tried to read my bible enough, be good enough, do all the right things, I have tried to focus on ONE commandment per day of the week. Its sorta crazy all I have done to try to BE saved, win Gods approval.
Its taken 10 years for me to say....I can't do it. I am saved by grace thru faith alone.
In the words of Watermark:You come as You areAnd I come as I amAnd grace covers shameYou come in Your pow'rAnd I bow downAnd grace covers shameYou come like a flood and I'm lost in this "Hallelujah!"You come as You are and I come as I amAnd grace covers all of me... All of me...
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