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Is it really okay to sometimes pray for ourself?

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Is it really okay for me to pray for myself Lord?  Is that being selfish?  It seems that I think about and pray for everyone I know, but I never seem to ask for help for myself… except for the occasional “Lord Help Me Now” exclamation.

I don’t know that I’ve really ever sat down and said to God… okay God… here’s me… and here’s what I need your help fixing. ( I would hope I wouldn’t be that blase’)  I just feel like I get so wrapped up in everyone around me that I have such little time for me.  I come from a large family and an even larger “framily”… add to that the in-laws and their framily and yes… you’ve got lots of people around.  And with lots of people comes lots of crazy drama and lots of real issues.

And then there’s times that I get so wrapped up in “other thoughts”.  Human thoughts… worldly thoughts… just pure real people thoughts.  So how do I re-adjust my thinking?  How do I re-adjust my perspective?

I started re-reading a book today.  “A Woman After God’s Own Heart” by Elizabeth George. woman after gods heart book  In chapter 1, the author talks about this in the story or Mary and Martha.

Luke 10:41-42 41 “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, 42 but few things are needed—or indeed only one Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”

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Hearing God’s Voice

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book coverSo this week we are studying chapter 2 of this book.  The chapter title is : Hearing God’s Voice. 

I think that we all want to be able to clearly distinguish God’s voice.  We want to hear it loud and clear so that there is no mistaking it or His message.  Oh if only it were that simple.

I can remember only one time in my life that I feel that I heard God’s voice loud and clear.  I can’t say what His voice sounded like, only that I heard words…  not an impression of words, but actual words.  It was during a time that I was so overwrought with life and my emotions were so out of control.  It’s as though God in His wisdom knew that He better say the words, because there is no way that I was going to hear Him.

But that got me to thinking about hearing from God.  Just a thought to ponder…..

The God that we hear today is the SAME God that walked and talked with Adam in the Garden!!!!  That image always blows me away. 

Just a thought to ponder.

Sometimes You’re Just Out Of Sorts

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So I don’t really know why I’m feeling like I’m feeling, I wish I did.  Since this past Sunday, I have been in a terribly foul mood and oh just so angry.  I have lots of busy “head talk” going on and that is never good.  My poor Michael, he just can’t seem to do or say anything right this week.  I wish I knew why.

I really expected this week to be a beginning.  I recently signed up for an online Bible Study hosted by the Proverbs 31 Ministry – Proverbs31.org –  It is a bible study on the book “What Happens When Women Say Yes To God” by Lysa TerKeurst.

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The pearls of wisdom in this book are really wonderful…  Continue reading →

More of the bathroom mirror

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So…. Last month, in a post called “The Bathroom Mirror”, I made reference to the fact that we had received some disturbing news that an xray showed that Michael (a smoker) had the beginnings of emphysema.  I wanted to give an update to that post.

I posted that news on 7/2/13.  It was about 24 hours later that Michael chose the date of 7/7/13 as the day that he was going to quit smoking.  Now I would like you all to keep in mind that Michael is 56 years old and has been smoking since he was 12.  Do the math, that’s 44 years!  The longest that he has gone without smoking during all those years is approximately 4 days when he was in the hospital. Continue reading →

So The Other Day I Bought A Book…

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jesus calling book cover      Too funny….  while browsing around my blog, I noticed that I had another post called “I bought a book the other day”.    Dunno… just me I guess.

     So the other day I bought a book.  It’s a devotional called “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young.  I had heard/read about this little devotional in another book I’m reading, so when I spotted it in the store, of course I bought it.  I had no idea how much this little book would bless my days.  Continue reading →

Your Word says…. therefore

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I wish I could take credit for this, but I found this list in my bible some years ago, and when I’m feeling out of sorts, this is a strong reminder of who I am in Christ.

I am justified and declared “not guilty” of sin. 
“All are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus” Romans 3:24

 No condemnation awaits me 
“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” Romans 8:1

 I am set free from the law of sin and death
“Through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set youfree from the law of sin and death.” Romans 8:2

I am sanctified and made acceptable in Jesus Christ
“Those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ” 1 Cor 1:2  Continue reading →

The Bathroom Mirror

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About a month ago, things at Mike’s work started getting really crazy.  There was talk of layoffs, people getting fired, etc .  It made things around here very tense and I don’t do well when there is tension in the house.  As Mike would leave each day for work, I would pray Lord just be with him today… keep him focused.  Late one night after a particularly stressfull shift at work… well…  I sort of lost my cool.

Now keep in mind that Mike is a wonderful God-fearing man.  But… the “old” mike shows up from time to time.  I didn’t know him then, but from what I hear I wouldn’t have liked him very much.  As asked him straight out if he believed in God, he said yes you know I do.  Do you believe in the Bible as the word of God… again, yes of course I do.  So then I started spouting out scripture about being anxious and that he needed to stand on that scripture and believe.  I could see that he was thinking about what I had said.

So then next day he heads off to work and I have a thought.

IMG_0685  I decided that I was going to put up the scripture on the bathroom mirror.  Well needless to say, he laughed at what he saw.  Then he stood there and read it over and over.  As you can see from the picture, there have been so many scriptures added to our bathroom mirror.  Continue reading →

Be Anxious For Nothing

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“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”  Philippians 4:6-7

Oh if it were only that easy…

I have these anxious thoughts.  They are stupid thoughts.  Yet, it seems that I have let them rule my life in the last year.  So I decided to do a little research about this stupid problem of mine on my favorite website: What Christians Want To Know…  www.WhatChristiansWantToKnow.com .  (If you’ve never visited it, I urge you to go there, those folks have blessed my heart more than once.

I found an article written by Derek Hill. What does the Bible say about anxiety, a biblical study.   http://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/what-does-the-bible-say-about-anxiety-a-biblical-study/

It’s true.  Every one of us at some point in our lives has experienced anxiety.  In the last 7 years, I’ve had plenty.  Continue reading →

Christian By Osmosis?

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It was a funny (odd) night here last night.  Mike and I had decided to watch a video that had arrived from Jack Van Impe Ministries.  We rarely use the DVD player so trying to figure out how to make it work took some time.  We finally figured out that we had to push a certain button on the remote and voila’ … there it goes.

But prior to getting the DVD going, Mike was rummaging around inside the cabinet that holds the DVD player.  He was pulling out all sorts of old VHS tapes that had accumulated over the years.  Then he starts bringing out VHS box sets of “Jesus” teachings.  One after another after another.  I was quite pleased to see all of these, I had no idea that he had all of them.  Continue reading →

Wasting My Time

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It’s been a couple of months since I’ve posted a single word on this Blog.  Why would be a good question for me to ask myself.  Because I’m lazy?  No, I get lots and lots done every day.  I’m always on the move, always doing something. 

I really had to take a good look at what was wasting my time each day.  It’s really quite simple… I’m wasting my time watching stupid television shows that have no redeeming or eternal value.  I’m wasting my time clicking away on stupid games on Facebook… again no redeeming or eternal value.

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