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Monday, July 6, 2009
The Wilderness Season.
Maybe it was in friendships, business, religion or family but something you have put all your trust in has failed you and it has put you into a personal crisis? It is at this point that you are in the wilderness wondering where God is not seeing him for all the trees, and needing to hear his voice yet the voices of fear, bitterness and anger are so loud it is hard to hear and then you wondered did I ever hear his voice??? When we find ourselves here it is hard to talk about or discuss because of that lack of trust or fear that those around you will think you have totally lost it which you probably agree and just walk away feeling the hurt going even deeper.
It is in those season that I know God is calling our names and asking us to go deeper with him. Wanting us to hold on through the wilderness so that we do not get lost and know that once again that focus, refreshment and deep passion will once again fill us. It is in the wilderness that we will find his provision and guidance once again, calling out to him in desperation for our spiritual lives knowing that he is our only Saviour and maybe that is why we are here in this place to begin with, to remember him, to find humility, grace and a 1st love that we had lost.
I am doing the Priscilla Shirer study "One in a Million" This study has provided the scripture and focus that I need right now and reminds me that God is with me and with us during these times in our life that life is just too hard to live without his consent love and presence in our lives. He has provided me through this Bible Study with the scriptures that I need, the Holy Spirit every morning reminds of me of how great God's love is for me and how faithful his provision.
Exodus 15: 22-25, 27
Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea and they went into the Desert of Shur. For three days they traveled in the desert without finding water. When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, "What are we to drink." Then Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became sweet.
Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there near the water.
Thank You God for your faithfulness and your patience as we go through the wildernesses of life, you are my King.
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
Am I not enough????
In life if you are like me you pray, prayers are answered but there is always another prayer that seems to be ignored. Daily you see miracles and receive them yet in the next sentence complain because something else didn't turn out right and the miracle, well it is already yesterday's news. My kids remind me daily that I am not fair and that the world is not fair; this is no surprise as I could have told them the world is not fair I have been living it almost 40 years and I want to see them just try to raise 4 boys (fairly on a daily basis, not a chance, but the funny thing is, it is always fair when it favors them)!!! But with all this said is God enough? If life isn't fair, if things go wrong, if miracles loose their pop, is God enough????
Will you remain faithful???
Is God enough? Is his son's death on the cross enough to offset the dog days on this earth that just want to destroy our faith in him? Does the love of the cross allow us to praise when praise is not on our lips? Does the love of the cross allow us to love when love is not in our hearts? Does the cross sustain us during the hard and dry seasons of our lives, when life is just not fair?
Oh, how I pray that the cross is enough in my life and that he will find me faithful. Jesus has to be enough or peace, love and forgiveness will always be one bad day, one self pity trip, one unaswered prayer away. May the love of Jesus and his sacrifice on the cross be enough to sustain this life for you and for me until we meet him.
Psalms 118:24, This is the day that the LORD has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Your love is amazing LORD! I praise you!
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
The Common Man
I found myself in James 4 this morning and in those words we are instructed,
verse 4, You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes a enemy of God. Verse 7 Submit yourselves then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands you sinners and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Verse 10, Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
Loving the world, friendship with the world?? Submit to God, flee the devil??? Double-minded and humble??? In this fast pace life as the day goes from morning to night, it is hard to see when the transition happens but somewhere between the phone calls, errands and kids, loving the world becomes easier, double-minded becomes a way of life and I forget who my King is, who my Savior is and this world eats me alive from my heart to my mind to my spirit.
Today I will live for Jesus I pray that Jesus will find me faithful throughout this whole day and that from head to toe, heart to mind and hands I will glorify HIM.
Lord help me to remain faithful to love with your heart, to be passionate with your eyes, to listen with your ears and to know that you are God. I know that you are Alive, Active and in love with me. I pray that my life and all my sisters and brothers in Christ will be focused on you, help us to stay focus on you within our life of choas and strife of weariness and sometimes lonilness Holy Spirit grow within us so that we will not be common man but men worthy of your Name.
I love you Lisa.
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Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Worship and Enjoy God
"Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things and for thy pleasure they are and were created". Revelation 4:11
I have been reading the Pursuit of God as I have been facing hurt, disappointment and a crisis of faith that ask, "What am I doing?" As I read these words this morning my spirit was reminded that all I am to do is worship God, and enjoy Him FOREVER. But how often do I ENJOY God??
Like a child to a mother or father so often we take them for granted and most of our negative, abusive attitudes are acted out towards them. Today in prayer I left refreshed as I spent it concentrating on worshiping and glorifying God and remembering that it is about Him and them not me.
One day in Heaven my life will be filled with perfect worship and I believe that we will implusively fall to our knees in enjoyment and pleasure of his love and the eternal life that he has for us but today we are distracted, weighed down and worn out it takes (at least for me) intentionally focusing on worship and joy of the Lord. Not just prayer or reading the Word but intentional worship and joy.
John the Baptist understood as he told those that asked him, "I must decrease so he can increase".
May God draw you to the throne of worship and joy as he allows his presence to surround you and may his glory shine through your life. - Lisa
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
Coincidence I think NOT
As I sat there and listened it was said over and over again, "it seems coincidental", "that this and that would happen and we would end up at a person's door that really needed"..................
Coincidence I think NOT!
So as our group went out we had the assignment to give a family a gift card and we began praying. I was excited because I had taken my 8 year old Conley with us and he was designated group leader. (He thought that was pretty cool!) As we drove around town no one was jumping out at us, so I told the group leader to get praying, we needed some guidance. So we pulled over and asked a gentleman doing yard work if he knew a family that needed some help??? The gentleman turned out to be a PASTOR! And he knew a family right away that was in need of help so we ZOOMED over ready to give this card out. What we found was a family stunned to get this gift as we asked to pray with him, his wife came out, you could tell she had been crying and she began to tell us that she was just sitting on the kitchen floor, crying and asking God for some help. COINCIDENCE I think NOT!!!
Praise God, oh how he hears our prayers, the women's for help, Conley's for guidance and mine to teach my son what it is to serve each other in Jesus. It is such a great privilege to serve one another. I think the word coincidence really needs to be taken out of the Christians vocabulary because my God has it all planned out. PRAISE HIM!!!
Psalms 116:1-2, I love the Lord because he hears my prayers and answers them. Because he bends down and listens, I will pray as long as I breathe!
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Saturday, May 9, 2009
In the calm of the storm
The day was full of excitement and I knew that God showed up not only in the wind and rain but in the calm of the storm.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Adopted in Christ
But onto the Word, we are no longer orphans in this world. Romans 8:16-17 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs-heirs of God and co-heirs of Christ, if we share in his suffereings in order that we may also share in his glory. We have been adopted by God I don't know if we truly understand the significance of these words unless we have been without family. We have a friend of Sterling that has been living with us, Awesome, Awesome man. Last night we were talking and it came up that he doesn't know if his mom will come to his graduation, he doesn't even know where she lives now. What do you say to that??? How does a child deal without a mom?? But we are children without a Father until we say yes to Jesus, how do others survive without the love and care of him?? How do you breathe, have hope and guidance. I know that I take this relationship for granted in my life, I have forgotten what it is like to be a orphan, living without him in this world. Thank you Jesus that even when we have no mom or dad in this world you come in and occupy that spot and so much more, you allow peace, forgiveness and hope. PRAISE YOU!
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Sunday, May 3, 2009
Prom Night 09
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Friday, May 1, 2009
Praying constantly
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
Quit complaining and just give Him praise!
Why as Christians or maybe I am the only one, do complaints or negative thoughts come before praise and thankfulness???? As I have been focused this month on praise and thankfulness I have begun to understand that complaining and fussing is just sin, it does not reflect God's love to those around me or those watching me. I am striving to take in every moment not to take one word, one thought, one gesture for granted but to understand that my life and my heart of gratitude for my Jesus is my testimony to who he is in this world. I love him so!
Colossians 3: 17 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
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Friday, April 24, 2009
New Season
Isaiah 40: 22-26 sums up my thoughts of my Lord today, how I love him and marvel at his wonder.
God sits above the circle of the earth. The people below seem like grasshoppers to him! He spreads out the heavens like a curtain and makes his tent from them. He judges the great people of the world and brings them all to nothing. They hardly get started, barely taking root, when he blows on them and they wither. The wind carries them off like chaff. "To whom will you compare me? Who is my equal?" asks the Holy One. Look up into the heavens. Who created all the stars? He brings them out like an army, one after another, calling each by its name. Because of his great power and incomparable strength not a single one is missing.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Worldview
is looking for the same thing; we want guidance, fulfillment, and answers to eternity. As I sit through class and read the books I am so grateful that I have a God that loves me and that Jesus has paid the price for my sins. Most other religions have this good deed vs bad deed thing going with no security of what the scale says until it is all said and done. Then there is the thought that this is all there is, how lonely, how sad. In studying Marxism, it is said "God was simply the creation of people, who projected their own qualities onto an imaginary deity in whom they could find security. He shared the notion that only when people give up their belief in God will they be truly free" (The Compact Guide to World Religions, Halverson pg 152) How the enemy has blinded the eyes of those that are searching for what we have found. I know that my freedom began the day I gave my life to Jesus, he set me free from my fears, my anxiety, my pride, my insecurities and set my heart on what is to come to help me have the strength for today. My prayer is that my life and your life as believers will reveal the one true God, one that loves, hears, sees and forgives our sins to fulfill that which every human searches for, answers to how to live this life.
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his only son. That whosoever believes in him will not perish but will have everlasting life.
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Sunday, April 19, 2009
Conversations
Let's be honest Church can be a very difficult place to go and love Jesus in the midst of all our sin. Satan has done a great job of making Church about ourselves and not about worshipping God. There has been times that I have come home crying from Church wondering why I go, but my love for the heart of Jesus and his church has always won out. I love Church I love the people even imperfect as we are, I love the building, I love what it represents in my life and I know that the last thing God wants for our lives is to abandon our family no matter how disfuctional we are.
My challenge has become to be like Jesus, to welcome everyone in so as they come into his house they know the love that he has for them. I will never be perfect but after these past few conversations I realize that just going to church on Sunday is life and death to some that are just looking for a reason to come back and stay. I am reminded that I am Jesus to someone that is trying to discover his love and a home to come and worship him in. My prayer is for the church to be reminded of the role that they play in the kingdom and to examine their purposes in the community and to love the world the way Jesus does.
Ephesians 1: 22-23
And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
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Friday, April 17, 2009
Yet I will praise!
Though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will triumph in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation! Yahweh my Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer and enables me to walk on mountain heights!
Yes I am still carrying this index card around on good days I even have it memorized. As I went to Walgreens the other day and my debit card was declined I thought of this verse. As I ran a red light to make it to the bank by 6pm to find out that I had messed up the check book and was getting ready to bounce a lot of checks YEKS, I thought of this verse!!!!!!!!!!! As I worry, and am overwhelmed with life, I think of this verse, yet I will praise you God. I am so blessed! So blessed to have the ability to pay bills and to feed my family. So blessed to have a God that loves me, that knows me and who I can trust. But there are times in our souls, in our hearts and minds that we are just empty. This emptiness may be financial, it maybe dreams that have been squished or it may be heart break. Whatever it may be, we find that our stalls are empty and we need to be inspired to not give up because YAHWEH is our Lord, we will still triumph no matter the circumstance because He is our God and our Salvation! And it motivates us to keep on climbing the mountains of life that are insurmountable to us but with him all things are possible. As I read this verse it reminds me to praise him that in my praise and in him there is always hope and that is where I must remain! Yet I will praise HIM!
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Friday, April 3, 2009
The Journey
My index card verse this week:
Habakkuk 3: 17-19
Though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will triumph in the LORD; I will rejoice in the God of my salvation! Yahweh my Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer and enables me to walk on mountain heights!
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Friday, March 20, 2009
Waiting for God VS Idols
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Monday, March 16, 2009
Speechless
Matthew 11: 29-30, 29
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Are God is not safe, but his salvation is eternal.
Matthew 10: 27-29
27What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs. 28Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 29Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.
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Friday, March 6, 2009
May some walls come down!
So here is the thought and I will get into this more later but maybe someone out there needs to relate to this and join me in my discovery. I have always had this mental block of how to be a missionary in a secular job, now I know this seems elementary to many but really I want to be a missionary, I want to be 100% in the mission field and God has just not called me to that and I seem to find myself in management positions in the secular world just feeling like I am missing something. So this paper is my job experience as a christian manager and what a difference it makes in job performance, team atmosphere and joy in my life. I will reflect how I use to do business without the Lord and then as the Lord drew me to him how my management styles changed and I could really see a difference on a daily level. I am excited about doing research on this paper and studing how christian men and women business leaders use their faith in the secular world and what statistics say about a christian business verse non- christian leadership.
So join me on this journey as I am sure more post are to follow and allow God to tear down some walls that will set us free for our purposes while we are here.
Colossians 3:23-24
23Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, 24since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
Many blessings Lisa
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
We are blessed in America

- Freedom of Religion
- Free society
- Unlimited Opportunities
- Food, Homes, Jobs
I just feel like someone needs to say, I LOVE AMERICA!!! We so often get lost in life, we get sucked into the moral decline and focus only on the negative and forget how God has blessed us with this country. I just wanted to tell God today, thank you. As I find myself in this gratitude it awakens in me a passion to fight for this nation one that has become great because of our GOD and people that have been willing to fight for it. Political correctness is not on my list today.
2 Chronicles 7: 14, if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
God today in this great nation you are my King, my Father and will alway be. I pray that you will revive this nation, that we will discover through your Holy Spirit repentance and gratitude for all that you have given us. I pray for our leaders that their hearts will fall in love with you that obedience to you will be their hearts pleasure, joy and desire. God be with us as we fight for your will, your heart and your face to be seen in this great nation. Glory to my Father! I love you Lisa
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