Sunday, June 29, 2014

Early Morning

JESUS CALLING  "As you get out of bed in the morning, be aware of My Presence with you. You may not be thinking clearly yet, but I am.  Your early morning thoughts tend to be anxious ones until you get connected with me..."

Saturday, June 28, 2014

From Max Lucado Forgiveness Frees the Soul

Is there any emotion that imprisons the soul more than the unwillingness to forgive?...boiling fire of anger...can I reach somewhere to the source of cool water and pull out a bucket of mercy to forgive and free myself.  Can I be the one to say, "Father, forgive them...they don't know what they're doing"

Monday, June 23, 2014

Walking With HIM

...from Jesus Calling 6-23-14

..."When you walk through a day in trusting dependence on ME, My aching heart is soothed.  Gently bring your attention back to ME whenever it wanders away.  I look for persistence--rather than perfection--in your walk with ME.  Psalm 52:8, Deu. 31:6 and Eph. 4:30

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Caught In The Act...

June 19 - JESUS CALLING:
I (GOD) am the firm foundation on which you can dance and sing and celebrate MY Presence.  This is My high and holy calling for you; receive it as a precious gift.  Glorifying and enjoying ME is a higher priority than maintaining a tidy, structured life.  Give up your striving to keep everything under control--an impossible task and a waste of precious energy.  Psalm 5:11; Ephesians 3:20-21, Jude 24-25 and Joshua 1:5

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Alone With HIM

When you approach ME in stillness and in trust, you are strengthened.  You need a buffer zone of silence around you in order to focus on things that are unseen.  Since I am invisible, you must not let your senses dominate your thinking.  The curse of this age is overstimulation of the senses, which blocks out awareness of the unseen world.

The tangible world still reflects MY Glory to those who have eyes that see and ears that hear.  Spending time alone with ME is the best way to develop seeing eyes and hearing ears.  The goal is to be aware of unseen things even as you live out your life in the visible world.
-Jesus Calling   2 Corinthians 4:15, Isaiah 6:3, Psalm 130:5

Saturday, June 14, 2014

Moon

June's full moon – tonight just after midnight - is popularly called the Strawberry Moon, Honey Moon, and/or Rose Moon. It's also the 'Friday 13th June full moon,' something that hasn't happened since 1919, and it's going to be the lowest in the sky of any full moon this year.

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Secrets

Jesus Calling, June 8 Devotional book - "I want you to be all Mine, filled with the Light of My Presence. I gave everything for you by living as a man, then dying for your sins and living again. Hold back nothing from Me. Bring your most secret thoughts into the Light of My Love. Anything you bring to Me I transform and cleanse from darkness. I know everything about you, far more than you know of yourself. But I restrain My yearning to "fix" you, waiting instead for you to come to Me for help. Imagine the divine restraint this requires, for I have all Power in heaven and on earth. Seek My Face with a teachable spirit. Come into My Presence with thanksgiving, desiring to be transformed." Matthew 28:18 and Psalm 100:4

Friday, June 6, 2014

Nothing Can Separate Me From God




FOR I AM PERSUADED THAT NEITHER DEATH NOR LIFE, 
NO ANGELS NOT PRINCIPALITIES NOR POWERS NOR THINGS PRESENT NOR THINGS TO COME, NOR HEIGHT NOR DEPTH NOR ANY OTHER CREATURE SHALL BE ABLE TO SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.
   Romans 8:38,39

Thursday, June 5, 2014

HIS Mercy During Pain



                                              HURT- - BY MERCY ME
Why?
The question that is never far away.  The healing doesn’t come from the explained.
Jesus please don’t let this go in vain.  You’re all I have…all that remains.
So here I am what’s left of me, where glory meets my suffering.
I’m alive, even though a part of me has died.  You take my heart and breathe it back to life.
I’ve fallen into your arms open wide where the hurt and the healer collide.
Breathe
Sometimes I feel it’s all that I can do.  Pain so deep that I can hardly move.
Just keep my eyes completely fixed on You…Lord, take hold and pull me through.
So, here I am, what’s left of me, where glory meets my suffering.
I’m alive…even though a part of me has died.  You take my heart and breathe it back to life.
I’ve fallen into your arms open wide when the hurt and the healer collide.
It’s the moment when humanity is overcome by majesty.  When grace is ushered in for good
And all the scars are understood.  When mercy takes its rightful place
And all these questions fade away.  When out of the weakness we must bow
And hear you say “It’s over now”
I’m alive…even though a part of me has died you take my heart and breathe it back to life.
I’ve fallen into your arms open wide when the hurt and the healer collide.
Jesus come and break my fear…awake my heart and take my tears.  Find your glory even here
When the hurt and the healer collide [x2]
Jesus come and break my fear…awake my heart and take my tears.  Find your glory even here.


Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Loving God With My Trust

"Let your thoughts and spoken words be richly flavored with trust and thankfulness."

Sunday, June 1, 2014

Be Still...

"The Peace that I give you transcends your intellect. When most of your mental energy goes into efforts to figure things out, you are unable to receive this glorious gift. I look into your mind and see thoughts spinning round and round: going nowhere, accomplishing nothing. All the while, My Peace hovers over you, searching for a place to land.   Be still in my Presence, inviting Me to control your thoughts. Let My Light soak into your mind and heart, until you are aglow with My very Being. This is the most effective way to receive My Peace."
"The Peace that I give you transcends your intellect.  When most of your mental energy goes into efforts to figure things out, you are unable to receive this glorious gift.  I look into your mind and see thoughts spinning round and round: going nowhere, accomplishing nothing.  All the while, My Peace hovers over you, searching for a place to land.

Be still in my Presence, inviting Me to control your thoughts.  Let My Light soak into your mind and heart, until you are aglow with My very Being.  This is the most effective way to receive My Peace."
- Jesus Calling, May 31