Revealing the Heart

I give you my peace!  We are in tumultuous days where there is disquietude and anxiety from every direction.  As the news proclaims earthquakes and plagues and presidential elections with no concrete answers in sight to man's plight.  There are wars and rumors of wars on the horizon and no peace to be found.  I thought it a good time to share God's peace.   Try turning the TV and technology OFF for a moment and concentrate on the words of a living God! A God's whose spirit is encompassed by complete order, contentment, tranquility and peace!  His word is a lamp unto our feet and a light to our path (Psalms 119:103-105)  He also says in Psalms 34:14 to seek out His peace.  Sometimes He brings us to a point where we pursue it! We long to hear His sweet words as they are sweeter than honey to our lips. The Lord instructs us on how to obtain peace, He says in Psalms 119: 165 if we look to His laws and love them, He will give u...

Transformation One of my favorite creatures is a butterfly!  They are so beautiful and really demonstrate the artistry of a loving God!  As I witness the struggle of the caterpillar as he gently and slowly hides himself within the chrysalis of the cocoon, I think, how long will this creature be hidden in darkness before the transformation takes place?  How often I wonder this same thing as I read God's Holy scripture and witness my own struggle between my flesh and the transformation of Holiness!  "Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.  The old has passed away, behold the new has come.  2 Corinthians 5:17  Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.    And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, t...

Dine with me!  I was thinking of a friend today as I wrote this blog.  How many times in scripture does Christ ask us to dine with Him?   "Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears  and  listens to  and  heeds My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will eat with him, and he [will eat] with Me."  Revelations 3:20 Who is God expecting in the Kingdom at His table?  Is this a question easily answered?  Who would we expect at the table of a president or King or the highest dignitaries of this world?  Those of the upper class, those with an abundance of financial wealth, dignitaries, and others of important status, right?   Christ mentioned in Luke chapter 14, if you accept my invitation, it is YOU who are invited to dine with me.  When He sat at the table with the Pharisees and lawyers, He told the Host of the party that the wrong guests had been invited!  Can you imagine ...

Overcome!  Nothing can compare to you my Lord!  Taste and see the sweetest of your love, where my heart becomes free and my shame becomes undone!   Sometimes we just need a healthy reminder coming from His very present word!    But whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.    Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.   18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.  2 Corinthians 3:17 I don't know about you but every time I read His word, it is as if He stands beside me and shows me His heart.  Lord, I am nothing but a grain of sand, but you know my name!  You see my heart and have counted every hair upon my head. (Matthew 10:30)  Remind me Lord of who I am in you!  My heart longs for you!  Who am I in you ...

I love your presences!  Oh Lord God, you are Holy! You are Baruch HaShem.  The mention of your name is Holiness!  Your name is written in the Heavens, the universe and over the crust of the earth.  Let us be aware and consumed with your Holy presences just by the mention of your blessed name!  Let us experience the glory and goodness, hallelujah! Allow your power to work through our Praise to you and your faithfulness!  Your majesty Elohim!  Bring your healing power through melody Lord God, King of Kings.  El Shaddai, you are Almighty!  Your Kingdom rules and reins with glory and from glory to glory!  How great is your presences?  Let it fill this place, this space! Let it fill this moment! I have nothing to give but your love through me.  El Shaddai!  My almighty God - Hallelujah!  Praise your Holy name.  Let our talk stop at the cross!  We are speechless in your holiness! Let our judgemen...

Practice makes perfect.  Today I was reading an advertisement from a photographer who was talking about taking the perfect picture.  (Me, being a photographer, or at least enjoying it, couldn't resist seeing what he had to say.) He brought up the subject matter of a figure skater.  And how it really is difficult to see the perfection in the performance, when the skate perfectly hits the ice without flaw time and time again.  And it looks like it took little effort by the skater.  But, if you see the skater practice, and fumble and fall time and time again, it is then you can appreciate the pain staking perfection seen in this beautiful art of figure skating!  I personally enjoy and appreciate figure skating! I wonder if this is how God sees us as we walk out our salvation?  As we read His word, as we pray to Him, as we do our best in keeping His principles and commandments, yet we struggle and fall, falling far short of perfection.  ...

Give Him Time!  Don't duck out on spending time with Christ.  Pray with purpose.  As I listen to Charles Stanley about time, it makes me think about how I spend my time?  What do you do with your time? I can't examine anyone else's heart, only my own.  Could it be possible we have drama in life because we don't spend enough time with God!  I want to remember what he tells me, so I am going to read it over and over again!  He says "blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the Lord.  Cast out the iniquity in my heart and replace it with your love!  When I put on my shoes in the morning, take me where your gospel has paved the way.  Fill me with your spirit of love!  Help me to share it, sow it, so you reap the glory with the shoes you have given me.  Help me to only glorify you with my mouth and not waste time in idol talk. Psalms 119  He tells me I am blessed if I keep ...