Psalm 42:8

The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, And in the night His song shall be with me— A prayer to the God of my life.

Dear Prayer Warrior's,

His lovingkindness is always with us and at night He puts a song in our hearts. Sometimes, its hard to understand that our God is always with us. He never sleeps nor slumbers. He's always there.There are times when it doesn't seem like it, life gets to be too hard. And if I'm honest, I want to check out mentally. I'll go watch TV for hours. I'll sulk, cry and play the "it's not fair game with myself". Believe me when I tell you life can hurt deeply at times and I don't understand God's ways a lot of the times. What I'm learning in this walk with my Lord is TRUST and FAITH go hand and hand.

 My little mind can't understand what a infinite God is doing all around me.We see through a glass dimly. He holds it all together. Rest in Him tonight and let Him put a new song in you.

So as we lay our heads down to sleep tonight, our God won't!

Blessing and Love,
Christina

FAITH

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:1

Dear Prayer Warrior's,

The Lord and I are still working on this "FAITH" thing. Lol
All I can do sometimes is laugh because it just never seems to end, on my part. He still wanting to grow me in this area. It's not believing for others, oh I have great faith for everybody else's problems but mine. Doubts enter mind, fear of the future. Will he ever answer that prayer? Is this your will? How about a persons free will, Lord! So many thoughts and question enter the mind.

Then the Lord and I began to have our conversations. He reminds me of His word about His promises. When I worship him, I'm in His presence and he tells me"You don't need much, just a mustard seed ."  "I'll never leave you nor forsake you". "Trust in me". I'm realizing that the christian walk is all about faith, believing when I cannot see. The Hope I have is in Christ, It's a choice I have to make daily. To believe, even when I cannot see that he's working it ALL out for good. My dependence is on Him and that's what he wants from His children. 

Why not? He's a good, good Father! 

Blessings,
Christina 

I Am Willing

12 And it happened when He was in a certain city, that behold, a man who was full of leprosy saw Jesus; and he fell on his face and implored Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” 13 Then He put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” Immediately the leprosy left him. Luke 5:12-13

Dear Prayer Warriors, 


This morning as I opened His word and began my daily reading, came to this passage in Luke and the tears began to roll down my checks, even as I'm writing to you now. I was thinking about my son's, friends, and our Adult Children. The man full of leprosy, full of desperation just wanted to be healed. Falling to his face, knew the Lord could but would He, because he knew he wasn't worthy of it. What do we need to be cleanse from, set free from. 

What's my leprosy?
Our Son's and Daughter's?
Our Friends?
My neighbor's?

We are not worthy to stand in The Presence of God, that's why the man fell to his face. But because of the Cross of Calvary. Jesus Christ took our place and paid a penalty we could not pay. We are cleansed by precious Blood of Jesus Christ. He has the power to save, change and transform lives.

Ladies, now we can fall on our knees before The Throne Room of Grace and say........

"Lord are you willing, can you make them, me clean."Yes, my child " I'm willing."

Blessing Ladies,
Christina

The Giver

11For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. Psalm 84:11

 Dear Prayer Warriors,

 This week feeling discourage and feeding into the lies of the enemy, I started to think about the future and fear stared to enter my heart. Why was  I feeling this way? That morning the Lord answered, "Do you love the Giver more then the gifts?" You see, I realized that I was discourage because I so wanted my prayers to be answered by now. You see as a believer I know all things are possible with Him and when I didn't see them answered or things I had desired come to pass. I wonder" Why is God withholding this from me?" Then the Lord ask a question of me "Would you still love me with all your heart, if I never answered another prayer?" Loving the Giver is more important than gifts or prayers we want answered from Him. He's our Joy in hard times. Yes, He wants to bless us because He's a good,good father, but when all I can see is the mess and not Potter himself making something beautiful out of my mess, then I'm missing it. It's about the Giver and not on the gifts.

"Then Moses said to him, "If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up here."
Exodus 33:15

Moses was a great example of not wanting anything else but God's Presence in life. God had promised, a mighty angel would go with them and fight for them and they would win the battle. Moses didn't want an angel, he wanted God with them. Moses knew what it was to be in the Presence of God. He even glowed when he came down from the mountain being with his Savior.

Lord, I praise you and thank you for all your doing and all your going to do. Father, you withhold nothing good from me and the ones I love, so if it's not in my life it's not good for me. You know best for my family and for me. I'ts in your timing and you will do it  your way. You are my shield and lamp unto my feet, who shines the way of my path. Forgive me when I look forward more to the blessing than spending time with you. I need to feel your Presence in my life. Knowing your holding my family in your hands and you won't let go. Father, your faithfulness to your children is amazing. Amen

Blessings,
Christina

Let's Talk

Mark 1:35 (NKJV) 
³⁵  Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed.

Dear Prayers Warriors,

I can picture Jesus getting up early to go talk to His father. He finds a little mountain top, as He sits, He looks to the heavens and talks to His Father. The intimacy between the two was amazing..... 

I think when the disciples saw

that, Thy asked ," Lord teach us how to pray". The love between the father and the son; they must have desired it. Your Father in heaven wants that with you and me. In this busy world of ours, we must take time and sit and talk to our Lord. The God who breathe the universe into existence wants to have a relationship with us. He has no need for nothing but yet pursues us everyday to come and talk to Him. He wants to hear about our fears,wants and desires. To Magnify His Name, to give Him Praise and Glory for all He's done and all He is going to do. Prayers for the people we love, friends and neighbors.Our plans for the future, and do they a line with His will. The deep things that we carry that only we know about. The struggles and heartaches that bring tears to our eyes. The things that we can't let go from our past. How about the Joy and Peace we fill because we know Hes here. You see, there's is a longing in our soul that only can be filled by Him and everyday that goes by and we don't get some alone time with Him, we miss out on the best part of the day. That's why the enemy created business, it keeps away from the one who loves us the most.      

Blessing,
Christina

IN AWE OF YOU

Psalm 33:6-8 (NKJV)
⁶  By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.
⁷  He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap; He lays up the deep in storehouses.
⁸  Let all the earth fear the LORD; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.




Dear Prayer Warriors,


What a sight that must have been to see our all Mighty God breath out the stars, planets and the universe.He didn't have to wave a wand, use His hands. That day all three were there, God, Jesus and The Holy Spirit creating the heavens and earth. Better then any firework show, ever!

It's been awhile since I've written in my blog. Heavy trails tend to do that, ones that can shake the core of your faith. When we go through long and heavy trails, whether we caused it or by another person.We know that it had to go through our father first before it gets to us. Then He has to allow it in our lives. If we're honest with ourselves it's hard to imagine our Lord would allow us to go through some of the hard trails of life.

Through this trial, I lost the wow factor in my God. My problem seem so much bigger then my God. I forgot truly who my God was. My fears, doubts had taken over my heart and mind. I felt a little like Job, lots of questions but no answers. Then my Lord started to speak and I was listening. God is always speaking truth into our lives but are we listening.

I remember one night He said, "You've forgotten who I am" and He was so right. I forgotten how MIGHTY and GREAT our God is, who created the heavens with one single breath. I have to put my fears, doubts and unbelief and the foot of the cross,daily and He replaces it with HOPE, FAITH and JOY. I may not know the future but aren't you glad He holds it all together.
May we always be in AWE of our AMAZING GOD!

                                   

Love and Blessings,
Christina
                                       

Worthy, Fulfilled and Powerful

2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 (NKJV)
¹¹  Therefore we also pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power,
¹²  that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Prayer Warriors,

We can learn a lot from the Apostle Paul prayer to the Church of Thessalonians. I know in my prayer life, I’m needing more direction in how I should prayer for myself and the people around me. Especially, my children. My prayers feel repetitive at times. Then the Lord spoke to me about these verses, I felt refreshed in how to pray differently for the people around me. There are three things I want us to see…..

The first is (God would count you worthy of this calling) when he uses the word calling here, it is talking about salvation. When He called us into the kingdom. We have been called to Christ. That we may be worthy of this calling, He makes the unworthy, worthy. We become worthy because of the grace of Jesus Christ. Pray, that we and our love ones and the Church of Jesus Christ would walk in a manner that is pleasing to our Lord.

Ephesians 4:1 (NKJV)
¹  I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called,

Philippians 1:27 (NKJV)
²⁷  Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel,

Colossians 1:10 (NKJV)
¹⁰  that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

1 Thessalonians 2:10-12 (NKJV)
¹⁰  You are witnesses, and God also, how devoutly and justly and blamelessly we behaved ourselves among you who believe;
¹¹  as you know how we exhorted, and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father does his own children,
¹²  that you would walk worthy of God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

The second thing is (fulfill all good pleasure of His goodness) that every good thing would be fulfilled in our lives and people around us. His goodness, not ours, not what we think is good but what He says is good. That the Lord desires would be our desires. Pray, we would long for the things that God longs for. What is on the heart of our Lord! What good pleasures does He want to fulfill in the lives of our children. Pray,  we would listen and know the heart and mind of God.

Psalm 21:2 (NKJV)
²  You have given him his heart's desire, And have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah

Psalm 145:16 (NKJV)
¹⁶  You open Your hand And satisfy the desire of every living thing.

And third (the work of faith with power) we would in power in our service to Him. How do we live out our faith, what He has called us to do but with power of the Holy Spirit! Pray, we would walk in Spirit of God. Our Children would be filled with the power Holy Spirit to fulfill His purpose.

Ephesians 2:10 (NKJV)
¹⁰  For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

Ephesians 3:16-17 (NKJV)
¹⁶  that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man,
¹⁷  that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

Paul wanted the people to be worthy, fulfilled, and powerful so that the Lord Jesus Christ would be glorified. That the God of the universe would want to be gloried in me, in you and our love ones. That we would bring glory to His name. Amazing!!!

TOUCH THE SKY WHEN MY KNEES HIT THE GROUND

Prayer Warriors,

There is nothing like being on your knees before the Lord. When you lay it at His feet and He's there to meet you. I've found myself there, a couple of times this week. I've needed to be there because of the hopelessness I feel at time. When I bow the knee something amazing happens a piece of heaven has come down and hope is restored.

Sometimes a song just says it all. 

Love and Blessings,

Christina    

What kind of soldier am I?

Ephesians 6:18-20 (NKJV) 

¹⁸ praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints--
¹⁹ and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel,
²⁰ for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

The Christian soldier is to pray at all seasons, and under all circumstances. His praying must be arranged so as to cover his times of peace as well as his hours of active conflict. It must be available in his marching and his fighting. Prayer must diffuse all effort, impregnate all ventures, and decide all issues. The Christian soldier must be as intense in his praying as in his fighting, for his victories will depend very much more on his praying than on his fighting. Fervent supplication must be added to steady resolve, prayer and supplication must supplement the armor of God. The Holy Spirit must aid the supplication with His own strenuous plea. And the soldier must pray in the Spirit. In this, as in other forms of warfare, eternal vigilance is the price of victory; and thus, watchfulness and persistent perseverance, must mark the every activity of the Christian warrior.

The soldier-prayer must reflect its profound concern for the success and well-being of the whole army. The battle is not altogether a personal matter; victory cannot be achieved for self, alone. There is a sense, in which the entire army of Christ is involved. The cause of God, His saints, their woes and trials, their duties and crosses, all should find a voice and a leader in the Christian soldier, when he prays. He dare not limit his praying to himself. Nothing dries up spiritual secretions so certainly and completely; nothing poisons the fountain of spiritual life so effectively; nothing acts in such deadly fashion, as selfish praying.

The Complete Works of E. M. Bounds.

Prayer Warriors,

Reading this brought a question to my mind.

         What kind of soldier am I?

Oh, how I desire to be that one ready for battle, in or out of season, having the full armor of God. Fervently praying for the body of Christ, my neighbors, family member’s, our country….sometimes we have to ask ourselves, why don’t we pray more? There are lots of reasons but one is maybe if I really fought in battle (prayer) the enemy would come and rage war. You’re probably right. Fear cannot be a factor in how we live our lives as Christians. We may not say it out loud but if I"m not moving forward in obedience or I’ll just lay low, I’m still a Christian and I’m on my way to heaven but are the people around you, are they? So if we’re not moving forward in an area of our Christian walk, are we walking in fear or faith? This is very convicting for me! A good soldier is always prepared and is ready to defend those that are around him. They are not concern about their own lives but the lives of others. I’m not saying we won’t experience fear but if we let control our lives in way or another…….keeping us from experiencing everything Christ had intended for us to walk in. Enemy will put fear in our hearts, but we have a promise…..

   

2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV)
⁷ For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

          Hebrews 13:6 (NKJV) 
          ⁶ So we may boldly say: "The LORD is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?"

Let’s be soldiers, full of faith, ready for battle in prayer for the people he has put in our path.

          Blessings,
          Christina 

Kissed by the Father

Psalm 85:10 (NKJV)
¹⁰ Mercy and truth have met together;

Righteousness and peace have kissed.

Prayer Warriors,

When our Lord spake that parable of the prodigal son, and represented the Father as seeing his child afar off in his misery, and how he had compassion on him, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him, one cannot but feel what a touching and tender illustration he has given of this most exquisite passage of his own word: Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

 Barton Bouchier.

The Treasury of David.

                                         

What a beautiful picture does he give us on God’s mercy, truth, righteousness and peace? The prodigal son came to His senses (Luke 15:17) because He finally wanted to live in God’s Truth and not his own. The truth of God is amazing because reality sets in, and I see what a mess I’ve been sitting in. Then there’s that choice of what will I choose? Do I keep living in the mess I made or do I receive the Mercy of God, which was given to the prodigal son, and for you and I. God will always meet us with mercy, they are new every morning. He covers us with Christ Righteousness, the cross, the Lamb that was slain. We need to be a people that forgive and receive forgiveness. Where there is forgiveness, there is peace. Christ died so that we can be forgiven and be at Peace with God.

We need to pray for the prodigals in our lives and for our brothers and sisters in Christ and for ourselves. We need to walk in mercy and truth, but there has to be that balance. We can speak the truth, but it has to be full of mercy. Jesus spoke the truth always, but His eyes were full of mercy. We cannot forget that the righteousness we have, has been given to us by Jesus Christ. I had a debt, I could not pay and He paid debt, he did not owe. It was paid on Calvary. And we can have the peace of God that passes all understanding in whatever we may be going through.

When the prodigal son came home to His father, He was met with a kiss, full of love and mercy. 

Just like our Heavenly Father does! 

Blessing,

Christina

Riding the Heavens

Deuteronomy 33:26-29 (NKJV)
²⁶  "There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, Who rides the heavens to help you, And in His excellency on the clouds.
²⁷  The eternal God is your refuge, And underneath are the everlasting arms; He will thrust out the enemy from before you, And will say, 'Destroy!'
²⁸  Then Israel shall dwell in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine; His heavens shall also drop dew.
²⁹  Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD, The shield of your help And the sword of your majesty! Your enemies shall submit to you, And you shall tread down their high places."

Prayer Warriors,

When I read these verses,  my heart began to melt.

Our Lord loves us so much, that He rides the heavens to save us. I remember watching the movie "Lord of the Rings" and in one of the scenes, there's is a battle going on between good and evil men. As the battle rages, it looks like the good guys are going to lose. Then a big bright light shines down from the heavens and there on the mountain sits Gandalf on a white horse with an army of men behind him. I don't to tell have you who wins the war.

Can you picture it...... 

You can tell that I really like this movie but there has been times in my life where I've had to physically look to the heavens and picture my Lord coming to my rescue.

There is no one like our Lord! We are to rejoice and be happy(Deuteronomy 33:29). 
He's our shield, our  Prince of Peace. He's saved our children and set a path before them.
He provides and His mercies are new every morning. He's given us eternal life.

Look up and see your Redeemer riding the heavens.

Blessings Ladies,
Christina   

My Sanctuary

Psalm 63:1-8 (NKJV)

A Psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

1 O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water.

2 So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory.

3 Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You.

4 Thus I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.

5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.

6 When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches.

7 Because You have been my help, Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.

8 My soul follows close behind You; Your right hand upholds me.

Prayer Warriors,

May we seek Him early and may our souls thirst for Him daily. We look at our world around us, our trials, situations we see our children in. We feel like David, in a wilderness, brokenhearted. But he went into the sanctuary and saw the power and glory of God. David was hiding in caves, there was no church nearby. The cave became his sanctuary, where he could praise God.

Let where ever you’re at, let it be your sanctuary today.

The foot of your bed.

The closet of your room.

Your car.

Walking down your street.

In the stillness of the night as your laying in your bed.

Praise Him, even when you don’t understand what he’s doing in your life.

Praise Him, even when life seems unfair.

Praise Him, even when the ones close to you, hurt you the most.

You see, when we praise Him in the trails of life. You say, “I trust you Lord” with all things. 

You are my help in time of need. My soul will follow close.

See His power and glory work in your life today.

Blessings Ladies,

Christina 

MORE THAN A CONQUEROR

Romans 8:35-37 (NKJV)
³⁵  Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
³⁶  As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter."
³⁷  Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

Prayer Warriors,

What's the difference between a conqueror and more than a conqueror?   

Well, who doesn't like to win ,or conquer things...... I have to admit, when I've prayed about a situation and it gets resolved right away. I feel victorious but then I'm on to the next one, not really felling satisfied in my soul.  

Alexander the Great, had conquered the world, at the age of 33 and when he looked around, he felt there was no more to conquer. He went on a ten day, drunken state, wondered the streets, caught ammonia and died. The soul wasn't satisfied.

How about the prayers we labor over, the trials that seem to last a lifetime. Wondering why He won't answer that one prayer. Lord, why are you so quiet right now. What are you doing? 

Christ, wants us to be more than conquerors. Here are some great examples:

 Daniel 3:16-25 (NKJV) 
¹⁶  Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
¹⁷  If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king.
¹⁸  But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up."

Acts 7:58-60 (NKJV)
⁵⁸  and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.
⁵⁹  And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."
⁶⁰  Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not charge them with this sin." And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

 Luke 22:41-42 (NKJV) 

⁴¹  And He was withdrawn from them about a stone's throw, and He knelt down and prayed,
⁴²  saying, "Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done."

When we're going through the fire, He is walking with us and people see Him.
When people throw stones at us, we can look up and forgive them.
When we're taking up our cross daily, and we can say," Not my will, but yours be done."

Our children, family and neighbors are watching and may they see the Love of  Christ in us. 

Nothing, can ever separate us from the love of Christ, for in Him, we are more than conquerors.

Blessings,
Christina 

   

You Will Lack Nothing

Deuteronomy 8:6-10 (ESV)
⁶  So you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God by walking in his ways and by fearing him.
⁷  For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out in the valleys and hills,
⁸  a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey,
⁹  a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper.
¹⁰  And you shall eat and be full, and you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land he has given you. 

Prayer Warriors,

There is so much going on in these verses, but I just want us to concentrate on a couple of things. In verse 7, I want us to see that he brings us "into a good land"...... and He starts to describe the Promise Land and what His people will enter into. You see, no matter our circumstances, it's a good land. Why? Lets look at verse 9, "in which you lack nothing" there is not one no good thing we lack. Our father tells us, He will not withhold, one good thing from His children. Just like we withhold no good things  from our children, unless we believe it won't be good for them.....so our farther will also. If we don't have it, it's not good for us, plain and simple. He is a good God and He loves His children, so don't let the enemy till you differently, don't believe his lies. God is our provider! Yes,we must work, like they had too, till the land and dig for copper, but verse 10 tells us, "you shall eat and be full, you shall bless the Lord you God for the good land he has give you."

1 Corinthians 1:4-9 (ESV)
⁴  I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus,
⁵  that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge—
⁶  even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you—
⁷  so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ,
⁸  who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
⁹  God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Ladies,

Now let's look at the spiritual aspects of lacking nothing...... Why? We are rich in Him. Who? In Christ Jesus our Lord. In verse 7, he's telling us, we are lacking nothing because we are rich in him in all speech and knowledge. His grace has been poured over us. I believe the Lord wants to use you Ladies, in ways you haven't fully pursued. There could be many reasons why you haven't.......but don't let that stop you from walking in the gifts that He has given you! If he has called you, then he has equipped you. Remember, there's not one good thing that He has withheld from you. You lack nothing because of the grace of Jesus Christ, he has given you all things.

You see Ladies, whether its physical or spiritual we lack nothing! 

Blessings,
Christina 

HE BROUGHT US OUT THAT HE MIGHT BRING US IN

Deuteronomy 6:23 (HCSB)
²³  but He brought us from there in order to lead us in and give us the land that He swore to our fathers. 

Prayer Warriors,

He brought us out, that He might bring us in. Today, the Lord taught me, that I just didn't save you, just leave you in the state where I found you. Even being a christian for years, and thinking, I've grown over the years. I'm not where I use to be. Then hearing Him speak to my heart, I started to wonder, am I where He wants me to be in my walk with Him........

IN MINISTRY

MOTHER

WIFE

FRIEND

MY JOB

BEING A WITNESS

ETC.........

I could go on, but you know where I'm going with this. You know, that Lord never takes you out of something and not bring you into something better. He has great plans for our lives, He promised us. The trials we may go through, or the detours we take. We begin to wonder in the wilderness like the children of Israel. What should have taken 11 days, it took 40 years for the next generation to enter in.

God has placed things in our hearts and wants us to journey with Him, into the promise land. It might be a physical, or spiritual one, maybe both. The thought of new place, or ministry, or job........... 
We put fear into our hearts, or we think about our past and we start to question. Is this what God really wants? Can I do This? Why me? Sometimes these questions keep us in the wilderness. How long we stay there, is up to us, so lets take steps of faith and let Him lead us into His perfect plan. 
For here and eternity.   

God wants us to enter into a journey with Him and lets take the next generation with us.

Blessings,
Christina 



  

Trust in God Alone

Psalm 62:1-12 (HCSB)
¹ I am at rest in God alone; my salvation comes from Him.
²  He alone is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I will never be shaken.
³  How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you attack as if he were a leaning wall or a tottering stone fence?
⁴  They only plan to bring him down from his high position. They take pleasure in lying; they bless with their mouths, but they curse inwardly.Selah
⁵  Rest in God alone, my soul, for my hope comes from Him.
⁶  He alone is my rock and my salvation, my stronghold; I will not be shaken.
⁷  My salvation and glory depend on God, my strong rock. My refuge is in God.
⁸  Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge.Selah
⁹  Men are only a vapor; exalted men, an illusion. ⌊Weighed⌋ in the scales, they go up; together they are less than a vapor.
¹⁰  Place no trust in oppression, or false hope in robbery. If wealth increases, pay no attention to it.
¹¹  God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: strength belongs to God,
¹²  and faithful love belongs to You, LORD. For You repay each according to his works.

SATAN WAS SILENCE

Job 1:6-12 (HCSB) 
⁶  One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.
⁷  The LORD asked Satan, “Where have you come from?” “From roaming through the earth,” Satan answered Him, “and walking around on it.” 
⁸  Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil.” 
⁹  Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
¹⁰  Haven’t You placed a hedge around him, his household, and everything he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
¹¹  But stretch out Your hand and strike everything he owns, and he will surely curse You to Your face.” 
¹²  “Very well,” the LORD told Satan, “everything he owns is in your power. However, you must not lay a hand on Job ⌊himself⌋.” So Satan left the LORD’s presence. 

Prayer Warriors,

This discussion between God and Satan is very interesting to me. Satan, says," The only reason Job fears or (loves) you is because you have a hedge of protection around Him." You see what the enemy was saying," Because you have prosper Job in everything, that's why He loves you, take it all away and He will curse you!" 

If you ever read the book of Job, you know that Job had many questions but He never cursed God. 

Job 1:21 (HCSB)
²¹  saying: Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will leave this life. The LORD gives, and the LORD takes away. Praise the name of Yahweh.  

Job did not realize what was going on in the heavenly realm. Satan putting God on the (Stand) before every angel and every living thing, in heaven and on earth. Can you picture it? Man only loves you because of what you do for man not because your a Holy God. Job was put to the test and past and something amazing happened.....

SATAN WAS SILENCE  

 When the marriage is failing, and we still trust God to restore it.

WE SILENCE SATAN

When we don't know how that next bill will get paid, but we know He will provide!

WE SILENCE SATAN

When that job don't come through and believe God has something better!

WE SILENCE SATAN

When we don't understand what He's doing in our lives but we surrender it all!

WE SILENCE SATAN

When we see our children going in the wrong direction and know He will put them on the right path!

WE SILENCE SATAN 

When we're in (Love) with Him and (Worship) Him because He is worthy of our praise!

WE SILENCE SATAN

Job 13:15 (NASB77)
¹⁵  " Though He slay me, I will hope in Him.

There's something bigger going on in the heavenly realm!

Blessings,

Christina 

  

A TRUE BELIEVER

 Job 1:20-22 (HCSB) 
²⁰  Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,
²¹  saying: Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will leave this life. The LORD gives, and the LORD takes away. Praise the name of Yahweh.
²²  Throughout all this Job did not sin or blame God for anything.

Prayer Warriors,

Job was a man of integrity, a man who loved the Lord, not because of what he had but we know from scripture when everything was taken away, He would not curse God. He fell to his face and worshiped Him. No man has suffered as much as Job, except for our Savior Jesus Christ. 
It said, " In all of this Job did not sin or blame God." I love what MacArthur said,

21. Instead of cursing, he blessed the name of Jehovah. Job’s submissive response disproved the adversary’s accusations (1:9–11). So far, Job was what God claimed him to be, a true believer with faith that cannot be broken (v. 8).

MacArthur, J. (2006; 2008). MacArthur Study Bible NASB (Job 1:20). Thomas Nelson Publishers; Nashville, TN.

I pray that in all we may go through in life, with love ones, work, neighbors.......I pray that we would be blameless in the eyes of our Lord. We would be women of integrity, even when we don't understand! Women of prayer, who persevere in time of trouble. Prayer Warriors that put on the full armor daily, ready for battle. If we've been in a pity party and I know how to do that real good! Remember His promises. 

Let us be, who He claims us to be, a true believer with a faith that cannot be broken! 

Blessings,

Christina

Humility

Humility is an indispensable requisite of true prayer. It must be an attribute, a characteristic of prayer. Humility must be in the praying character as light is in the sun. Prayer has no beginning, no ending, no being, without humility. As a ship is made for the sea, so prayer is made for humility, and so humility is made for prayer.

The Complete Works of E. M. Bounds .

Philippians 2:6-8 (HCSB)
⁶  who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God as something to be used for His own advantage.
⁷  Instead He emptied Himself by assuming the form of a slave, taking on the likeness of men. And when He had come as a man in His external form,
⁸  He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death— even to death on a cross.

Prayer Warriors,

It's amazing, when you think about it, that the God of the universe would come and take on a human body. It said, " He emptied Himself and to the form of a slave." Jesus, whom willingly  limited himself to the likeness of man. Yet still God, he choose to come as a baby dependent on  another human being. He set His rights aside, He now was subject to time, place and human limitations. 
God, who existed before the foundations of the world.

He humbled himself even unto death. I remember thinking to myself, well the Lord had to die. He created us and man sinned so He was our only way out. Oh, how I was mistaken. I truly didn't understand the cross. Yes, He was the only one that could pay that price, a perfect lamb but He still didn't have to do it. I was the one that had sinned, and still does and yet He went willingly, lovingly so that I, you could have eternal life.

When we come to Him in prayer in humility, may we empty ourselves of are pride because if never answers another prayer, He has already done enough! 

Blessings,
Christina  

Trust

The trust which our Lord taught as a condition of effectual prayer, is not of the head but of the heart. It is trust which “doubter not in his heart.” Such trust has the Divine assurance that it shall be honored with large and satisfying answers. The strong promise of our Lord brings faith down to the present, and counts on a present answer.

Do we believe, without a doubt? When we pray, do we believe, not that we shall receive the things for which we ask on a future day, but that we receive them, then and there? Such is the teaching of this inspiring Scripture. How we need to pray, “Lord, increase our faith,” until doubt be gone, and implicit trust claims the promised blessings, as its very own.

This is no easy condition. It is reached only after many a failure, after much praying, after many waiting, after much trial of faith. May our faith so increase until we realize and receive all the fullness there is in that Name which guarantees to do so much.

Our Lord puts trust as the very foundation of praying. The background of prayer is trust. The whole issuance of Christ’s ministry and work was dependent on implicit trust in His Father. The center of trust is God. Mountains of difficulties, and all other hindrances to prayer are moved out of the way by trust and his virile henchman, faith. When trust is perfect and without doubt, prayer is simply the outstretched hand, ready to receive. Trust perfected, is prayer perfected. Trust looks to receive the thing asked for—and gets it. Trust is not a belief that God can bless, that He will bless, but that He does bless, here and now. Trust always operates in the present tense. Hope looks toward the future. Trust looks to the present. Hope expects. Trust possesses. Trust receives what prayer acquires. So that what prayer needs, at all times, is abiding and abundant trust.

The Complete Works of E. M. Bounds .

Prayer Warriors,

I love the words of  E. M. Bounds in how he brings trust and prayer together. Yes, it is with much prayers and waiting that I realize,  that I forgot to bring trust into my prayers. How I know, its because when I walked away, I say to myself, " I hope he answers that." or " That's OK if he doesn't." I've already lost trust in one I'm praying to.

 Proverbs 3:5 (HCSB) 
⁵  Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding; 

I pray that we would ask the Lord to increase our faith, so we can trust in Him with all our hearts. Lean not, on what is going on in our lives, the trails we face, or relationships that are or have been destructive but TRUST in our Lord. The one who redeems, restores, renews. He has saved, changed and transformed lives and He will continue to do so. Trust in the one who holds heaven and earth in the palm of His hands. 

Blessing,

Christina