Our prayer today!

Our prayer today:

Faith to believe you rule this world

Seek you first 

No anxious thoughts

See your purpose in all things

To be calm and brave 

To believe in your love to melt our hard hearts and swallow up our sin

To practice love not force

For strength to endure whatever hardships you call us to today

To trust the welfare of our loved ones in your hands 

And rid our hearts of vain anxieties and paralysing fears 

Give us cheerful hearts and a bouyant spirit to do your will!!

Amen!

Psalm 91

HE WHO dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty [Whose power no foe can withstand]. I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I [confidently] trust! (Psalm 91:1, 2 AMP)

Stable and fixed. Lean and rely!  These words stuck out to me this morning.  I haven't felt very stable and fixed lately with the busyness all around me.  It is so good to dwell in the secret place ( have time with god , stay near to him ) then we can confidently trust him. 

This scripture is such a reminder to us of who god can be for us if we dwell in him. I need a fortress.  I need a safe place.  Peace comes no matter what is going on when you rely on him. 

Psalm 143:10

You are my God. Show me what you want me to do, and let your gentle Spirit lead me in the right path. (Psalms 143:10 

Show me what you want me to do!

That's our plea this morning!

We find out what he wants us to do by taking time to be quiet everyday and to read HIS word.   If we don't we flounder from day to day with no direction or understanding of his purpose for our life.  

Let his gentle spirit guide you today. 

Be aware!

10,000 Reasons !!!

This morning we listened to lots of worship music like we always do but for some reason today I noticed how much everyone carries the "song" with them.  Music is powerful.  Kadin was singing "God is Able" and Livia ran up the stairs singing "10,000 reasons for my heart to find!"  Devin shouted " build your kingdom here!!"  And as mom..... I feel very blessed to hear my kids singing his praises this morning !!!

1 Timothy 1:5

You must teach people to have genuine love, as well as a good conscience and true faith. (1 Timothy 1:5)

No human has loved me like my dad has. He has been a true example of genuine Christ like love.   A good conscience comes from teaching the work of Christ that covers our sin.   We can't feel "ok" with ourselves unless we are under the blood of Christ that redeems us.  True faith makes the first two: genuine love and good conscience possible.  

I'm grateful for  genuine love , good conscience and true faith through Jesus Christ my Lord.  

Tim 2 Corinthians 5:21

Christ never sinned! But God treated him as a sinner, so Christ could make us acceptable to God. (2 Corinthians 5:21)

Acceptable to God!  Nice!!!

Because of Christ our sins are covered.  Now we are called to be holy as God is holy.   In His spirit we can. 

We can't go our whole lives without making a mistake, however we can choose to be surrendered fully to our God and be at a place where we are a spirit controlled being and we can honor God with our decisions and actions. 

Let's strive to be a light and honor our God in all we say and do!!

Kadins birthday!!!

Kadin is 11 today. 

 

It's an a tradition to share what we love about each other on our birthdays.  

Soooo...

Boo (our dog) said she loves how you leave food on your face for me!

Daddy said:

Sense of humor

Kindness

Handsomeness

How you love us

Livia said:

Always ask me to play with you

Good brother

Rumble the couch good when you toot!

Devin said:

You like to play games that I do

Outgoing

Fun 

Acts like himself 

Happy personality

Really funny

Mom:

Love the way you sing around the house

You care about how people feel

You use words very well

You are so neat and unique

Can't imagine our lives without you!!!

Happy birthday Diddy!!