Happy New Year!

I've been reading so many books and so much has been resonating with me, through me.  Check out the Good Reads below.  If you get a chance to read these books they are highly recommended.  These books written my prophets, lay people, people in the ministry - etc etc.; have supported lots that runs through my head and heart, and they have helped my deeping in the Word.

If you have a book suggestion, please leave them in your comments.  If the Holy Spirit guides me to read, I will and we can further our virtual fellowship.

This is the last 2009 Note and as I'm writing this there is definitely a wave of words God wants me to convey.  Unfortunately, i do not have the words that would convey exactly what....i'm very much caught up into experiencing the Holy Spirit which i often do at this time of year.

God wants me to tell you - you must stop your pettiness.  You must stop sitting on the fence.  There is no long drawn out message, its quite simple.  You must get out and spread The Word.  I will tell you what to say, you will be fine, you will listen to me and they will listen to you.  You will not fail.

You must continue in your endeavors as Christ continues.  Simply and without fear.  Love is all there is.  And when you need a place to stay, I will be your refuge.  And when you need a place to stay I will be with you.  Take with you only love, your shield and your provider.  I will be with you.

That is what God wanted me to say....  put God in place of all the I's and me's.

Well saints that has only happened to me, i believe 2wice before.  Where the Holy Spirit takes over my writing.  Since I'm writing this blog sharing the Word, i guess God saw it as an opportunity to speak to someone, through me, through this blog.  As all things are Gods - Psalm 24:1 The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it;

There is a lot of exhortation our there.  My personal humble exhortation is for you to get in the Word.  Fellowship in the Word, in the truth of Jesus with convicted believers.  Ask the Holy Spirit to place you with teaching you need.  We all hear and respond to God differently, some more creative than others, some traditional, but we are all one church.  The Holy Spirit will guide us in all truth.

Looking forward to 2010 and beyond - may the Peace of God be with you always.

2 Peter 3:18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Love Notes From the Pew

2009

Dear God,  This will be the next to last post of 2009. 

It was challenging and deep.  YOU always faithful, me always seeking, questioning, stumbling.  YOU always raising, teaching, lighting the path, Loving.

There's so so much I want to say, and probably will say later on this week, just for the sake of closing out 2009; and let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Thy site, oh Lord, my redeemer.


XOXO

Resonance

On a personal note from this pew <----- all pun intended... anxiety almost got me down.  I prayed and prayed Thanking God, asking for direction.  Come into my heart, speak to me LORD.  The fiery darts seemed to be penetrating and I was regressing back into "the dark night of the soul".  After a whole night of praying, the morning didn't event set itself straight before the enemy attacked with anxiety.  I was dreading moving forward with my new plans; my footing didn't seem steady.

Things are lining up without my sweaty toiled effort - God is paving the way for a wonderful life.
     Proverbs 16:9In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps. 

 And I'm trying not to get in my own way.

So back to the scriptures I turn, actually after reaching out to my sistersaint.

We must not only continually pray, praise and give Thanks, it's good to stay in friendship with each other.  It's cool to develop, to have that friend; tried and true, that has your back.  Praise the LORD for my friend Lydia.  She encourages me and always goes with me to Gods faithful Word, with different insight.

Once I began to search scripture - I certainly did find (Matthew 7:8)...

I was seeking relief from anxiety and God spoke...
     Matthew 6:25 Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or   about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?

     Philippians 4:6-7 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

     1 Peter 5:7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

     Proverbs 16:3  Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. 

These scriptures in particular and a few others resonated strongly, speaking directly to me and diminishing the anxiety.


Saints be encouraged, keep praying, reach out to someone strongly convicted as a follower of Christ.  Don't hold back, God wants our hearts, our lives more and more, joyously living, loving each other and reflecting HIM.

Be strong saints, have a wonderful Thanksgiving.  After giving Thanks and all gratitude and 2nd's and 3rd's of the meal - take a walk, smile, stretch the limbs and lungs, praying all the way.
     Proverbs 15:30 A cheerful look brings joy to the heart, and good news gives health to the bones.

Be Well,God Bless.

Revelation

It's a blessing to receive additional revelation on a scripture that you have previously read before. It's applied to the circumstance or a phase of life differently than before. That's why I say additional revelation... believing my path is clearer in seeking God with my whole heart.

Jeremiah 29:11-14 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you," declares the LORD, "and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you," declares the LORD, "and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile."

God revealed Jeremiah 29:11-14 to me this way...

Personally I am back in a place left 5 years ago. I've been praying to know the will of God for my life and to do it. I'm all about the follow through so I live as God intended me to live. So I'm praying to know and do Gods' will right... in my intimate, social, professional, physical and relational lives, in all areas of life, right! So as not to be "the wicked servant". Lord I want to run a good race and hear "well done, good and faithful servant".

I know it is not deeds that gets one salvation, it is the "gracious shed blood of Christ" that is the repentants confessed salvation.

While scripture states "the plans for me" I figure I should know what those plans are so as to "run a good race". And yes the walk is by faith, not by sight, this could be a mild technicality...but not really, it is what it is.

God reveals and revealed to me forgiveness, joy and prosperity and I can most definitely get back in on Gods plan for me because God said I would be brought back from captivity.

It's true what the "negro spiritual" says "woke up this morning with my mind staid on Jesus". When my mind, heart, my life is totally focused on "all things Jesus" the path is clearer. So where I am personally is back on the path, I see it a little clearer and praying to remain on it, focused and faithful as God is faithful, so that my life will reflect "all things Jesus".

Seek God with all your heart and soul saints. God is Faithful to answer, Amen and Amen.

Be Blessed

Grounded

What scripture grounds you?

What scripture do you go to time and time again?

One scripture that grounds me is
Ephesians 3: 14-21
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family[a] in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.

Not to cherry pick the bible; it just happens to be "one" of my favorites. Its lyrical, beautiful, it expresses just some of the Love I experience knowing the goodness and Love of Christ for me. A Love that surpasses knowledge as the scripture says.

It's a infinite Love that's so powerful.

Well, that's just what God layed on my heart today.

Amen and Amen.

Sharing

Sharing Christ
Sharing The Word

Philemon :6 I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ.

Since the word sharing is a verb, how active are we in sharing our faith?

Every area of our lives should reflect God.

Do we have a full understanding? Not always, when I get out of my own way my understanding is fuller.

The more focus placed on Christ, the fuller the understanding. And the blessing of serving the Living Christ is increasing to be like Christ gaining a fuller understanding as the years proceed.

Physically I honor God with my yoga practice. Practicing yoga keeps my temple in good health and wellness. Teaching yoga is a tool used to spread The Word; teaching others to keep and/or improve their temples with good health and wellness.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.

Praying and meditating focusing on His Word "keeps" my temple from stress, "keeps" the breathe of God actively flowing through me; a good thing.

John 8:51 I tell you the truth, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.

It is a good thing God gives us all gifts and talents planned for us to use specially, to keep His Word and to preach His Word. As a physical activity of teaching yoga is my creative gift and talent for preaching His Word.

Blogging is another mode of sharing His Word. Its another area of a 21 century life that is under the sphere of God.

Psalm 24:1 The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.

There is no person, no place, no new technology that is not God's.

So it is with joy that I use it all to worship God; to worship and praise God; yoga, blogging - all social media, networking used to keep His Word, to spread His Word.

Share your faith....

Unfailing LOVE

I was down in the dumps and asking God for direction so I prayed and God answered. God showed me unfailing love.

Psalm 6:4 Turn O LORD and deliver me save me because of your unfailing love.

Psalm 13:5 But I trust in your unfailing love my heart rejoices in your salvation.

My heart began to turn around and shine because I began to remember God will never leave me nor forsake me because of unfailing love.

Psalm 31:16 Let your face shine on your servant save me in your unfailing love.

Psalm 77:8 Has his unfailing love vanished forever? Has his promise failed for all time?

Psalm 85:7 Show us your unfailing love O LORD and grant us your salvation.

Psalm 119:41 May your unfailing love come to me, O LORD, your salvation according to your promise.

As I meditated on unfailing love from this scripture, I saw the surrounding
scriptures and read them, Psalm 119:43, 119:30-32. I have been asking God what
am I to do, where does God want me to work. I have been questioning my purpose, my usefulness. I think I'm still questioning.

Isaiah 54:8,10 In a surge of anger, I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness, I will have compassion on you, says the LORD your Redeemer.

Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed, says the LORD, who has compassion on you.

Now I feel special; I am special and cared for and loved because I got a chance to read from the book of Life and know that God the Creator of the universe, El Shaddai has compassion on me and nothing can shake Gods unfailing love for me.

So as encouragement ask for whatever and anything you need. God wants us to ask and God will always answer.

Gods love is Unfailing.

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Calls to Worship

Every day is a call to worship and any time of the day or night. I personally meditate on worshiping God, all day long.

These are some of my churches "calls to worship"...

July 5th
I will sing of your steadfast love, O Christ, for ever; with my mouth I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations.
For your steadfast love was established for ever; your faithfulness is firm as the heavens.
Let us worship.

Gods faithfulness is firm.

I've spent days in meditation on that truth alone. How firm God is.

June 28th
Arise, people of faith, that Christ may give us life. This is the day of meeting in Christ's name.
We reach out for health and wholeness. We embrace one another with concern and care.
God is attentive to us and hears our cries.
God challenges us to eager engagement in life.
Life those who watch eagerly for the morning, We wait in joyous anticipation of God's Word.
The word of life is ours to receive.
The good news is available to be shared.
We will sing praises to God's holy name.
We will tell of God's faithfulness day by day.

My heart and soul soars meditating on these truths.

June 21st
God - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - never fails us;
in the testing times, we are not alone.
God gives us strength;
in our moments of weakness, God is there.
Jesus is our companion;
when we feel along, Jesus is there.
The Holy Spirit is to be trusted;
when we do not know where to turn, the Holy Spirit is there.

There are testing times and trial periods; when we come to them, worship and Praise God and God will definitely see it through and make everything alright. That might be simplistic to some; it's a matter of belief and activation of Faith. HE WILL DO IT!

Thank YOU GOD; this blog of worship is written and sent out as encouragement and sharing....A Call To Worship.

My Pew

My Pew in Detroit is listening to the same gospel heard from a pew in NYC. God has the same outstretched arms full of mercy, grace, love and kindness. I'm more aware all Gods arms hold; and then God does abundantly more than I can think or ask.

The road I chose to walk was dirty and bumpy, uneven, dark and scarry, but Gods Infinite wisdom and total Love does not leave me, it lights His path and continually allows me to get on. That's Grace...Ain't that Loving me!

There is no organized religion, there are no competing god(s), there are no persons, there are no dogmas, atheistic arguments or evolution theorist positioned next to God, on the side of God, above or beneath.

Romans 8:37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[m] neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

So when thoughts think of a new sensation or try to find a new sensation, when I think I've failed, when cities crumble, when nations grow and threaten each other; i'll remember my arms are too short to box with God, i'll be in the pew, off the mat, on the mat, breaking through the doors Praising GOD.

In Gratitude

In honor of kindness, in honor of the debt collectors that are so patient with me. Yes of course I'm in debt, financial debt and probably some other debt that I'm not aware of - well maybe I am, caause not only do I owe God my life, on earth I owe so many and now I'm not speaking about money;

my parents

my friends for being true

my extended family for caring

There is so much more owing; but instead of owing and being in debt, because, debt puts me constantly under condemnation, mercy and Grace covers me to convict me to continue in gratitude. Condemnation stunts me into inactivity, conviction promotes me with gratitude.

I am grateful for all these relationships. I am grateful of where I am not in debt, but aware that kindness abounds in the darkness of debt and breaks through to light.

There is only ONE source kindness comes from, ONE source gratitude comes from that makes itself aware of in me, one darkness breaking through to Glorious Light.

O LORD, you have searched me and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD.
You hem me in—behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,
even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.
If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,"
even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. When I awake, I am still with you.
If only you would slay the wicked, O God! Away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name.
Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD, and abhor those who rise up against you?
I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies.
Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

PSALM 139 NIV

So when my blog becomes much more technically sophisticated, I'll insert the link to Us'2 song - One....so just leaving humming that in your sweet little heads, and as you log off....I encourage you to pray and Thank HIM.

Amen

In Christ

Notes from the Pew #3

5 Steps to Victory in My Life

Starting in Genesis 1:26-28
v.28 dominate...everyone likes to dominate; but we don't always do what we have to..to dominate in our lives. not dominate other people, just dominate the situations in life. instead of being tossed by the waves, I want to ride the waves. So how to get to dominating > from this scripture, as God originally intended I can dominate, so according to how God layed it our originally for Adam and Eve and the directive He gave them was...
be fruitful = to be productive
multiple= increase in numbers
replenish = put back
subdue = control, put under

Laying out the steps to be fruitful
Psalm 37:3-5
I must be willing to commit, I must be willing to committing to being fruitful. I can't just sit there and pray Lawd, I wanna be fruitful and my commitment is not there. Have to make up in my mind about doing things Gods way. Gods way is better than my way, and v.4 to delight in Gods way, v.3 to trust in Gods way. Even backing up to v.1 not fret. Because of individuals they will always get in your way and influence you to think different than Gods way, so I cannot be moved by what other around me are doing.

Being fruitful takes time. Development takes time.

Isaiah 55:6
Seek the Lord, 2nd learn Gods way and Gods process. God doesn't hide, some people think His ways are mysterious, they aren't, He gives scripture to guide, seek Him, pray and God will clearly reveal the way He wants me to go for my life. Now the pastor turns us to a scripture that shows us God does not hide; 1 Cor 2:9-10...what has God revealed....what the eye has seen, ear heard, revealed by the Holy Spirit. God has secrets He will share about every field, professional, everything in life. He knows about every field. You have to do what's necessary to learn all you can about that field, keep learning.

1 Peter 3:7
Gotta pay attention

Matthew 6:22
Next thing about being fruitful - FOCUS. A lot may be going on but you have to make up your mind to focus. Successful people focus and are not moved by what's going on around them. The pastor makes a reference to Tiger Woods' game...the winds may be blowin, the crowds and camera are all around, but he's got to focus and shut all that out to drive that ball down the fairway without it going in the sands, the trees, the little ponds. So I've got to focus to be an individual that gets things done. Focus on God 1st, me next, my family and friends next.

Romans 13:7-10
Be free of debt as much as possible. Boy is this one "my long personal challenge". When I'm not free of debt, I'm a target for the enemy and I'm not able to be a blessing to someone else.

I Timothy 4:11
Command and teach these things....young people have something to offer. God xpects us to multiple; we should produce others like ourselves unless we are nothing to replicate. So not only does the pastor talk about procreation, but it's being a witness of your faith and bringing others to the knowledge and confession of Christ as their personal savior, because I am called to proclaim the gospel to others....

Romans 10: 14-18
this scripture, the pastor says shows us why we are to proclaim the gospel. v.15 how shall thy preach if they be sent...we are all sent. Some ma turn me away and call me a fanatic. Ok well then, I'll just move on. The only way people come by way of saving is by me being sent and speaking the Word of God to them, even though I be rejected.

Luke 6:38
I get back in measure to what is sewn to others...need to find an open ear and mentor them, its called discipleship.

Malachi 2:15
3rd thing...One of the reasos for the institution of marriage...for the proper care of his Gods children. It is all about a family following God.

Ephesians 6:4
Father bring up your children in the admonition of the LORD.

And these are my Notes From the Pew February 15th service.

This is teaching, not just preaching; I'm wondering why the Word is always so much sense to some and nonsense to others.

Getting out of the Pew and into the land..... Or as Bruce Feiler wrote about Walking the Bible, which I'm sure is a great book, a bit more in the historical context; I will simply be walking and speaking scripture.

Amen and Amen.

Notes From The Pew #2

Feb 12th Bible study was a great exhortation to Staying on the right path...
Proverbs 12:28
in Gods perfect will there is prosperity, peace, there is no death..prosperity does not always have to do with money...being wealthy in health and love and relationships...who wouldn't want that, staying on Gods path will do that for you....
Psalm 65:11 on Gods pathway there is abundance there is more than you need
Psalm 34:7-9
*there is no better path to be on...
James 1:12 shows what happens when off the path...a turning away because of MY OWN evil desires -so I have to control my desires-
Hebrews 12:1 let us throw off everything and the sin that easily besets us....
so the question....what's got me off track?
this messege is so on point...I don't want to be arrogant and think i'm so on the path lest I fall; I alrdy fell, repented, got back up, God allowed me back up and back on the path...
I can't even do justice to the part in the messege where the minister got really deep about God doing above more than what I can think or ask...so if I think it once, that doesn't mean that God is through, since I thought it; Gods gonna keep blessing me above what I can think...
3 things that get me off the path-
1. Boredom Phil 3:1, I think the philippians were finding themselves being bored with doing the same thing again and again because that's what the scribe says...its no trouble for me to write this to you again....
2. Take care of yourself...don't let yourself get run down. Matthew 7:14 narrow is the way...and few find it. I've got to keep myself strengthened in the Word, read, meditate and do, so I can continue when the way gets narrow, I can continue to be the few....
3. Acceptance...approaval addiction; well i can't say i have this problem (maybe) my thing is trying not to be self-centered. The minister was talking about peer pressure and not just in middle school or high school...adult peer pressure can be a xxxxx, well lemme get another word hmmmm, let's just say it can be challenging and I am certainly challenged these days....
Ya know I just want to hear the voice of God, Leading me, so I make the right decisions. That's all I care about is the voice of God....
I have written down Proverbs 16:7....yeppers, this is where I want to get....
So I gotta be #4 careful with who I hang around with, what I look at, what and who I listen to.and #5 Not to be a busy body 1 Peter 4:15, Proverbs 18:13....
3 points to stay on the right pathand now the minister is going a little faster cause she wants to finish timely.... which I don't think anyone cares about, because well speaking for me, I had to be there, I was going to another engagement, but the Holy Spirit said I needed to be in Bible Study, so I don't really care whether the minister is going over her alloted time, anyway...back to the 3 points
Mark 14:32 *gotta have a prayer lifeJoshua 1:8 *gotta make the word a lifestyledidnt get the scripture reference *gotta give thanks, be thankful FOR EVERYTHING
THANK YOU LORD, FATHER GOD -JESUS, THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY, THANK YOU FOR THIS BLOG, THANK FOR SO SO MUCH, ALWAYS. AMEN....

Notes from the Pew #1

fEB 2ND; We started in Isaiah 59:19, I can't tell you the title probably cause when i was writing the scripture reference down, one side of my brain wasn't retaining the title while the other side of my brain wrote. i'm trying to get left brain right brain functioning at the same time, or maybe its not supposed to function at the same time.
Isaiah 59:19-22 (New International Version)
19 From the west, men will fear the name of the LORD,and from the rising of the sun, they will revere his glory.For he will come like a pent-up floodthat the breath of the LORD drives along. [a]
20 "The Redeemer will come to Zion,to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,"declares the LORD.
21 "As for me, this is my covenant with them," says the LORD. "My Spirit, who is on you, and my words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth, or from the mouths of your children, or from the mouths of their descendants from this time on and forever," says the LORD.
The Bishop has been on this series for the last ummm, 3 Sundays. Its about the Power of God in your words. So in my notes, I have....there is nothing He cannot do.
Mark 4 indentifies 5 afflictions of the law...we didn't go to Mark 4, the Bishop quickly said them and then went on to say in Deut their are three identified, poverty, sickness and death.
Ok and this is all within the first 20 minutes of the sermon....so i'm moving along, following getting all excited because i'm really following along.... the Bishop is saying....The Holy Ghost is poised and ready to take out the enemy that wants to take me out.
if i'm going to have deliverence fr the LORD, you must live clean. He will forgive and cleanse me fr all unrighteousness.
speaking the word out of my mouth.
the Bishop is referencing Romans 11:26, we are turning to it...then we turn to Joshua 1:8
at this point I'm between listening and meditating in real time on what the Bishop is saying and writing, so I'm only able to write the scripture reference to go home later, cause i don't want to break my meditation time with the LORD now, its too sweet. I think at these points listening to the sermon, I must be caught up in some kind of "real time" rapture cause I'm like, life has got to stay exactly like this and when i get up outta this seat and walk out those doors, its gotta stay exactly like this so i can remain protected, loved, forgiven, with HIM when i hit the world streets.
But alas, i know its not like that, it supposed to be; that's why its important to get the Word in me, keep it in me, so I can not avoid the arrows of the enemy, but manuever them. Ya know cause John 16:33 says ..."I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." < ok that was a divergent point.
Back to the Notes of the day...So i am somewhere in the sermon listening and i've written..This Book of the Law shall not depart out of my mouth, I will meditate on it day and night and I will be prosperous and successful. Oh that's right, Bishop was saying when you get the Word on the inside of you, its Spiritual force, see we are to operate in the Spiritual which makes us strong protected loved, so we can easily or easier operate in the natural. Bishop says the Spirit world is controlled by God, the natural world is controlled by men speaking Gods word.
I've written down Mark 11:12 and Hebrews 10:23, Hebrews 10:38, 5:7 and Luke 17:5; James 3:2 and matthew 12:33
I paraphrased 1 Corinthians 4:13 to you believe, you speak, you speak what you believe in
What is actually says NIV from Biblegateway: "I believed; therefore I have spoken."[b]With that same spirit of faith we also believe and therefore speak,
I've also written down 1John 5:4 and James 4:7I wrote down Matthew 4: and didn't get the rest of it, but its the part where Jesus is being tempted by satan; satan is trying to get Jesus to "say" everything opposite of God right....Jesus is having none of that...He turns around blasts him with THE WORD of God and satan has nothing to do but leave Him....Matthew 4:11Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.
And I wrote down Hebrews 3:1
By this time, I'm repenting and asking God to forgive me for all the idle words I've said, all the doubt. And God hears me, God gives me strength to walk outta those doors in my "real time" rapture, so I can be better for Him.
AMEN and Amen

Notes From The Pew

NOTES FROM THE PEW is a blog post on ndurbangirl.ning.com a great host site created for more social networking for those indie girls in the city.
NOTES is posted for christian HS networking, basically your notes from the worship services you attend...how the Holy Spirit imparts the Word of God to you.
At ndurbangirl.ning.com we share in the Spirit, in His Name Jesus Christ, in creatively different ways, our experiences while sitting in a pew. Some may be isolated sitting in a pew taking notes and leaving service without sharing. So let's use this blog as a way of sharing.
Just as .....There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. 1 Corinthians 12:4, there will be different Notes and certainly there are different Pews, sometimes you're crying, sometimes laughing, sometimes your spirit is soaring listening to the Word of God. We are not all pastors or even serve in church ministries, although I particularly encourage everyone to, keep praying and the Holy Spirit will lead you to your service, using your particular gifts and maybe while you're in prayer, in this vast social networking age, we share as holy Spirit filled laypersons. And if your in the ministry ordained, of course, sharing is open and available.
May we all be edified and blessed from our NOTES.