Month: January 2018

Hello my most Wonderful World Wide Family. I love you all so very much! You are awesome. Here we are, already coming to the end of the first month of our New Year 2018. This will be a very Blessed year for all of us because of our God and Creator Elohim Who loves to bestow His blessings upon His children. He, Himself is actually the Grandest, most Perfect Blessing we could ever receive. Those of us who know God and do life with Him, bask daily in this intimacy with the Creator of the Universe. Those of you who do not yet know God in a personal, intimate, relationship will be exhilarated when you get to know Him.

Dear LORD God Almighty, Maker of Heaven and earth, we come to you on bended knees. We prostrate our hearts before You LORD. You alone are worthy of our praise. You are Glorious, Omniscient, Omnipotent, Omnipresent. Thank You for Your Son, our LORD and Savior Jesus Christ. Thank You for loving us and teaching us to love one another. LORD please put in our human hearts a burning desire to love our fellow humanity.  To care for them, to help those in need and comfort those who are in pain. To be our brother’s keeper.

LORD let us follow Your example, (found in the Bible), that You gave us when You lived here on earth as Jesus Christ of Nazareth, God Incarnate. God, You left Heaven and all of Your Glory to be born in a manger, (of all places). To be wrapped in swaddling clothes, which are the cloths used to care for the sheep.  You were born as the Lamb Who was slain before the foundation of the world. You died on the Cross of Calvary as the only Perfect Propitiation for our sins. We praise You LORD, we worship You, we love You, we are eternally grateful to You. Please call all of Your children unto You who do not yet know You.

Thank You LORD that You are the Author and Finisher of our lives. You are the Alpha and the Omega. Please protect us and all of our generations LORD from the enemy of our souls and keep us from being deceived. Please give us Your Wisdom, Your Strength, Your Peace that passes understanding, Your Perfect Love, Your Hope for our futures. Please encamp Your angels around us all and let those who are persecuted for loving You know that You are with them. You never leave us nor forsake us. We pray this in the Precious Name of Jesus and thank You. Glory to Your Name!

In my home I have many awesome, colorful plaques, pictures and artwork of Bible Scriptures, and actual words of inspiration written in script such as “Faith, Hope, Love, Amazing Grace, Believe and the Name of Jesus”. I have posters and wooden pictures with the Names of God . I love being surrounded with this atmosphere that I feel honors God and inspires me to be like Jesus. It helps me to keep a right perspective on life at a time when there is a lot of wrong happening all around us.

I also have globes and maps of the world with areas that are marked to indicate countries where Christians are persecuted and even killed because of their faith in Christ. I pray for all of you all around the world. I love you. Jesus loves you! Please, I beseech you, will those of us who are blessed with material blessings please share with those who don’t even have clean water, food or medical care. We are all connected by the World Wide Web. We can all see what is going on in other countries around the world. Please let’s open our hearts and be God’s Heart and Hands to a hurting world.

This one large, beautiful, wooden plaque has many Names that Jesus is called by. I wanted to share those with you tonight. The Bible Scriptures where those Names are found are also listed. (It does not indicate who the artist is, so I’m sorry I do not know whom to give credit to for this artwork, but it is awesome.)

AND HE SHALL BE CALLED:

THE WORD  (John 1:1),   LORD OF LORDS  (1 Timothy 6:15),   MAN OF SORROWS   (Isaiah 53:3),   ROCK   (1 Corinthians 10:4)   THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE   (John 11:25),   FAITHFUL AND TRUE WITNESS   (Revelation 3:14),   ALPHA AND OMEGA   (Revelation 22:13),   MASTER   (Matthew 8:19),   BRIDEGROOM   (Matthew 25:6),   ONLY BEGOTTEN SON   (John 3:16),   IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD   (Colossians 1:15),    MESSIAH   (Daniel 9:25),   LIGHT OF THE WORLD   (John 8:12),   WONDERFUL COUNSELOR   (Isaiah 9:6),  LAMB OF GOD   (John 1:29),   HIGH PRIEST   (Hebrews 6:20),   CARPENTER   (Mark 6:3),    ROSE OF SHARON   (Song of Solomon 2:1),   KING OF THE JEWS   (Mark 15:26),   IMMANUEL   (Matthew 1:23),   SHEPHERD AND BISHOP OF SOULS              (1 Peter 2:25),   AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH   (Hebrews 12:2),   THE ALMIGHTY   (Revelation 1:8),   I AM   (John 8:58),   PRINCE OF PEACE   (Isaiah 9:6),   GOOD SHEPHERD   (John 10:11),   HOLY ONE   (Mark 1:24),   BRIGHT MORNING STAR   (Revelation 22:16),    THE AMEN   (Revelation 3:14),    REDEEMER   (Job 19:25),   SON OF MAN   (Matthew 20:28),   BREAD OF LIFE   (John 6:35),   THE BELOVED   (Ephesians 1:6),   OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH   (Revelation 5:5),   JUDGE   (Acts 10:42),   ANCHOR   (Hebrews 6:19),  BRANCH   (Isaiah 11:1),   THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE   (John 14:6),   JESUS CHRIST!

Well I must close for now because it is getting pretty late. God bless you all  always. I will be praying for you all.  I love you so much and most importantly, Jesus loves you.   

 

Hello my most Wonderful World Wide Family. I love you all so very much! Well it is already January 11, 2018 and I am just now writing to you and wishing you a Happy New Year. Wow, I’m late aren’t I? Well in my own defense; I did finish up 2017 with a life altering experience. However, it is my deepest resolve and my prayer to God not to allow my life to be put on hold or  made of no effect because of my circumstances. My God Reigns Supreme and He alone is Sovereign and time is of the essence. I am still here on this earth on this side of eternity, (not yet in Heaven), so that means I still have purpose and destiny and work to do for the LORD and this is such a privilege. It is also a privilege to be able to talk with all of you.

Dear LORD God Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth, we come to you with thanksgiving. We thank You for this New Year. We thank You for Your Son, our LORD and Savior Jesus Christ. We thank You that You protect us with Your angels and You are the Banner over our lives for all of our generations, (Jehovah Nissi). We thank You that we are never alone and You see everything that happens to us, (El Ra-ee), and You are always right here with us LORD, (Jehovah Shammah). Thank You that we have this conduit of social media in which we can communicate with each other throughout Your world. Give us a heart and mind to love our brothers and sisters, strangers and enemies all around the world and to help those who are less fortunate or destitute LORD. Don’t let us be selfish LORD. Help us to be the answer to someone else’s prayer and cry for help. You bless us so much LORD, let us be a blessing to others.

LORD many, many people experienced tragedy and devastation in 2017. They are Survivors! They are Victorious! Please bless them and restore their lives LORD. Let all of us feel and experience Your Presence. Fill us with Your Holy Spirit LORD. Help us to clearly know and fulfill the destiny and purpose that You created us for. Help us to use the gifts that You have bestowed upon us and placed in us.  Help us to realize that it is not we ourselves who are successful but it is actually You LORD working through us. Help us to depend upon You and embrace this dependence and intimate, personal relationship with You.  We thank You, we worship and praise You LORD. In Jesus precious Name we pray. Amen. Glory to God!

3 JOHN 2 BELOVED, I PRAY THAT YOU MAY PROSPER IN ALL THINGS AND BE IN HEALTH, JUST AS YOUR SOUL PROSPERS. (nkjv)

Well, I just recently started counseling to help me deal with the grief and sadness that I have been experiencing. I am determined not to be a victim. I am Victorious in the LORD! It has actually been really great. I was thinking about when people say, “I don’t want to share my personal business and emotions with a stranger.”  I actually think it works well. I chose to go to a Christian Counselor because it is totally only the LORD Who is going to provide my restoration and complete healing and Who heals, leads and guides me every moment of every day. I am not sure that I could totally benefit from talking with a counselor who did not understand my faith in, and dependence upon the LORD.

To me, talking to a counselor has the benefit of providing a set time and atmosphere in a counseling session where I can share my thoughts. I can cry if I need to, obtain sound Christian advice and hear powerful Scriptures that they share with me. Also God can speak to me through the counselor. I can get another point of view from someone who is not actually entrenched in my crisis but is being used to help me while I am. It is freeing. I am being set free.

Many people did not have the kind of year that they wanted or expected to have in 2017. Many have great hopes, plans and resolutions for our New Year of 2018. This is really great. We should all strive to improve our lives and the lives of others. We should all set goals for ourselves. My prayer for myself this year is to grow in Love, in the perfect Love of Christ for my family, loved ones, friends, strangers and enemies. My prayer is also to not have bad attitudes, not to harbor offenses when people have hurt me and to not become bitter which could fester into hatred. We can all be successful despite our circumstances or whatever may come our way in 2018 because our circumstances do not control us. We must not let them. We must rise above. The LORD will teach us how to do this.

The coffee shop where I am at is now closing. I wish I had more time to write to you. I love you. You are always in my prayers. God bless you and all of your generations every moment of every day this year. Happy New Year! 2018 a better year! Jesus loves you.

ISAIAH 40:31   BUT THOSE WHO WAIT ON THE LORD SHALL RENEW THEIR STRENGTH; THEY SHALL MOUNT UP WITH WINGS LIKE EAGLES, THEY SHALL RUN AND NOT BE WEARY, THEY SHALL WALK AND NOT FAINT.

 

 

 

Good morning my most Wonderful World Wide Family. I love you all so very much. It is Christmas Eve. Happy Birthday Jesus!  This is a most wonderful time of year. A special time to celebrate our LORD and Savior Jesus Christ. Also a special time to spend with family and friends. The fabulous thing about celebrating Jesus is that we can  ALL  celebrate. And we can celebrate Jesus every day not just at Christmas time.

To celebrate Jesus, we do not have to be a certain type of person, we do not have to have attained a certain social status or educational level and degree. We can be of any color, culture, creed and from any country. He calls us all unto Himself. We can be rich or poor, mentally stable or mentally ill, happy or sad, employed or unemployed, hopeful or hopeless.  We can own multiple homes or currently be homeless. We can be at the most successful pinnacle of our lives or we can be experiencing the most brokenness that we have ever experienced. (This is me at this current time.)  We are men, women and children of the LORD Jesus Christ, the Only Beloved, Begotten Son of His Father, Who is God our Creator.

This is one of those Truths that Supersede Fact; it does not even matter whether we believe that Jesus Christ of Nazareth is the LORD because HE IS whether we believe it or not. Please don’t get me wrong; it is my heart’s desire that everyone of you and all of your generations accept Jesus Christ as your LORD and Savior and spend eternity in Heaven with Him, (and me). However, God is the One Who decided to give us free will. I have chosen to freely give my will to the LORD and to serve and trust Him with every aspect of my life.

Many of you have chosen other religions or world views. You may think that you receive great benefits from your choice and beliefs. The prayer that I have for you is that the Triune God; God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ), God the Holy Spirit will reveal Himself to you personally and intimately before you pass from this life into eternity. This life is but a vapor compared to eternity and Jesus is the only pathway and door to the One and Only True God and eternal life in Heaven. This is just the TRUTH!

JOHN 14:6   JESUS ANSWERED, “I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE. NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME.   (niv)

JAMES 4:14   YET YOU DO NOT KNOW [THE LEAST THING] ABOUT WHAT MAY HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE TOMORROW. [WHAT IS SECURE IN YOUR LIFE?] YOU ARE MERELY A VAPOR [LIKE A PUFF OF SMOKE OR A WISP OF STEAM FROM A COOKING POT] THAT IS VISIBLE FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND THEN VANISHES [INTO THIN AIR].   (amp)

Dear LORD Jesus Christ, God Almighty, we come to You in prayer and adoration today and every day Father. We prostrate our hearts at Your Feet. You are Glorious and Worthy to be praised. We worship You. We thank You with all of our hearts and souls for giving Your Only Beloved, Begotten Son Jesus Christ to leave Heaven and be born as a baby into this world. He lived a sin free life yet He died the horrendous death of being crucified on the Cross of Calvary for us as the Propitiation for our sins. Jesus, the Lamb Who was slain before the foundation of the world. He was born to die for us. This love that You bestow upon us LORD is unfathomable, phenomenal, extraordinary and overwhelming. We love You. We magnify Your Name above all names. You are KING of kings, LORD of lords, MAGISTRATE of magistrates, the One and Only Great Potentate! Glory to Your Name LORD!

LORD please call all of your children unto You. Please make Yourself known to them all in the intimate, personal way that You are able to make them know You LORD. Protect them all from tragedy Father. Keep Your angels around them LORD. Give Your Dunamis Power and strength to those who are suffering persecution for You LORD. Let them know that You are with them. Fill us all with Your Peace that passes understanding and Your pure love. Teach us to love our fellow humanity the way that You do LORD. Please allocate Your provision to all who need help Father.  Teach us to want to joyously and without hesitation, help others. Help us all to be prepared for whatever may come in 2018 and the future. We do not know what the future holds but we know that You alone hold the future in Your hands. Thank You LORD. In the Precious Name of Jesus. Amen. Glory to Your Name!

I actually started writing this letter to all of you on December 24th, 2017. I had the best of intentions of sharing my love and the love of God with you all on that date. I actually wanted to write to you all throughout the month of December about Jesus and celebrating Christmas which really is supposed to be about celebrating Jesus. However, in all honesty,  I continued to be pretty broken this holiday season. I wasn’t my usual self. Which would have been great if I was becoming a better self, but I was pretty stuck in my grief from the loss of my loved one. I wasn’t really able to reach out to others as much as I usually try to.

I was able to decorate my house with a lot of festive holiday lights and my house really shone in my neighborhood. I put up my signs in my windows of “Keep Christ in Christmas” and “Jesus is the Reason for the Season”.  I put up a wonderful well lit Christmas tree and lights and decorations and nativities all around the inside of my house. I sent cards and presents and donations and put on smiles and tried to say the correct encouraging things. I was really still broken and crying on the inside. I didn’t want to be, but I was. I guess we don’t really know when people are hurting and broken and when they are hiding behind their pretend smiles. I think this is a good reason to try to always be kind.

When we gathered as family for the holiday, we were all experiencing brokenness and loss and each one of us was dealing with this in our own personal way. We experienced some arguments, verbal altercations and anger. We did not handle these moments correctly as we might have at different time in our lives when we weren’t so broken. I can especially speak for myself. I apologized and I repented. The LORD forgave me, He knows my heart. He knows all of our hearts. He knows our brokenness and He is right there/here with us during our most painful moments. He never leaves us nor forsakes us.

So, I am especially glad that as a Christian, (Christ follower), who is at times victorious and at times overcome with human frailty; I can celebrate Jesus every moment of every day and not just at Christmas time. Jesus meets us right where we are but He loves us too much to leave us there. He has been doing a healing work in my life since the tragic loss of my son in law this past October. I am a work in progress. He is restoring me. This is what God does.

Prior to this time of loss, I felt like I was in a really good place with the LORD. I felt like I had never been closer to Him. Then life hit. (Again!)  Boy did it hit. Tragedies catch us by surprise. But I choose to use this tragedy as the trajectory to propel me higher in  my relationship with my LORD and higher in my love for my fellow human beings, God’s precious children. YOU. I depend totally on the LORD to succeed. Any and all victories that I will experience will definitely not be my own doing. I pray for more faith, mercy, grace and strength from my LORD for you and me.

I think I will close for now. I am glad that I was finally able to write to you all again. Until we talk again, please remember that you are always in my prayers and I love you and most importantly Jesus loves you. God bless you all and keep His angels around you and all of your generations.

ISAIAH  9:6   FOR UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN, UNTO US A SON IS GIVEN: AND THE GOVERNMENT SHALL BE UPON HIS SHOULDER: AND HIS NAME SHALL BE CALLED WONDERFUL, COUNSELOR, THE MIGHTY GOD, THE EVERLASTING FATHER, THE PRINCE OF PEACE.   (kjv)

LUKE 2:1-20   AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THOSE DAYS THAT A DECREE WENT OUT FROM CAESAR AUGUSTUS THAT ALL THE WORLD SHOULD BE REGISTERED. THIS CENSUS FIRST TOOK PLACE WHILE QUIRINIUS WAS GOVERNING SYRIA. SO ALL WENT TO BE REGISTERED, EVERYONE TO HIS OWN CITY. JOSEPH ALSO WENT UP FROM GALILEE, OUT OF THE CITY OF NAZARETH, INTO JUDEA, TO THE CITY OF DAVID, WHICH IS CALLED BETHLEHEM, BECAUSE HE WAS OF THE HOUSE AND LINEAGE OF DAVID, TO BE REGISTERED WITH MARY HIS BETROTHED WIFE, WHO WAS WITH CHILD. SO IT WAS, THAT WHILE THEY WERE THERE, THE DAYS WERE COMPLETED FOR HER TO BE DELIVERED. AND SHE BROUGHT FORTH HER FIRSTBORN SON, AND WRAPPED HIM IN SWADDLING CLOTHS, AND LAID HIM IN A MANGER, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO ROOM FOR THEM IN THE INN.

NOW THERE WERE IN THE SAME COUNTRY SHEPHERDS LIVING OUT IN THE FIELDS, KEEPING WATCH OVER THEIR FLOCK BY NIGHT. AND BEHOLD AN ANGEL OF THE LORD STOOD BEFORE THEM, AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD SHONE AROUND THEM AND THEY WERE GREATLY AFRAID. THEN THE ANGEL SAID TO THEM, “DO NOT BE AFRAID, FOR BEHOLD, I BRING YOU GOOD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY WHICH WILL BE TO ALL PEOPLE. FOR THERE IS BORN TO YOU THIS DAY IN THE CITY OF DAVID A SAVIOR, WHO IS CHRIST THE LORD. AND THIS WILL BE THE SIGN TO YOU:  YOU WILL FIND A BABE WRAPPED IN SWADDLING CLOTHS, LYING IN A MANGER.”

AND SUDDENLY THERE WAS WITH THE ANGEL A MULTITUDE OF THE HEAVENLY HOST PRAISING GOD AND SAYING: “GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, AND ON EARTH PEACE, GOODWILL TOWARD MEN!”

SO IT WAS, WHEN THE ANGELS HAD GONE AWAY FROM THEM INTO HEAVEN, THAT THE SHEPHERDS SAID TO ONE ANOTHER, ” LET US GO TO BETHLEHEM AND SEE THIS THING THAT HAS COME TO PASS, WHICH THE LORD HAS MADE KNOWN TO US.” AND THEY CAME WITH HASTE AND FOUND MARY AND JOSEPH, AND THE BABE LYING IN A MANGER. NOW WHEN THEY HAD SEEN HIM, THEY MADE WIDELY KNOWN THE SAYING WHICH WAS TOLD THEM CONCERNING THIS CHILD. AND ALL THOSE WHO HEARD IT MARVELED AT THOSE THINGS WHICH WERE TOLD THEM BY THE SHEPHERDS. BUT MARY KEPT ALL THESE THINGS AND PONDERED THEM IN HER HEART. THEN THE SHEPHERDS RETURNED, GLORIFYING AND PRAISING GOD FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY HAD HEARD AND SEEN, AS IT WAS TOLD THEM.   (nkjv)