Pray for Mercy

Isaiah 63 : 15 ~ 19

'Look down from heaven and see from your lofty throne, holy and glorious.  where are your zeal and your might?  Your tenderness and compassion are withheld from us.  But you are our Father, through Abraham does not know us or Israel acknowledge us; You, O LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name.  Why, O LORD, do you make us wander from your ways and harden our hearts so we do not revere you?  Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes that are your inheritance.  For a little while your people possessed your holy place, but now our enemies have trampled down your sanctuary.  We are yours from of old; but you have not ruled over them, they have not been called by your name.'

How to change my thoughts?

Psalm 139: 14 ‘I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well.’ (NIV)

I struggle with negative thought patterns and it really brings me low, I would be doing something all of a sudden a really bad thought would pop up.  Something like ‘ag, you are just no good, who would like you?  Look at you!’  Before I have complete my task at hand I would really think that I am just not good enough and yes ~ I must be all bad.

I have been thinking about this and decided I am not allowing these thoughts to pester me anymore.  I speak words of faith in my life and I want to change my thoughts to positive and create thoughts.  I say to myself out load “Lord I praise You because I (Yvette) am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”  Even if it is all I say for the whole day, I stay focused on the fact that God is perfect and I am made wonderfully.

Then I also think that because I am wonderfully made I deserve the very best and on the very best is coming to me now, because I am wonderfully made.

I now make a point of shielding my head with my God, by asking that the Lord will give me mercy and would shield my head in the day of battle and not grant the enemy their desires.

I plead the blood of Jesus over my life and know that I am safe.  Keeping this up until I have won the battle I believe I am changing my future.  To a big bright future God has for me.  Amen

Daily reading

http://bible.com/1/eph.1.17.KJV

Today I put it all in God’s hands

I have come to the point in my life that I realise that I keep on asking the Lord to take care of this, that and the other.  Before long I go and collect it back from the Lord and see if I can just fix it.  The harder I try to fix it the bigger the mess.

I was talking to one of my friends and she said, “I see you sitting with your hands in your hair, you feel that you are worthless and that no one really cares about you.”  She also said “that is a lie from the devil, you are worthy and most of all you are loved.  God said that He has called you by your name and that you are His. Isaiah 43:1”  I burst out in tears.

So today I have committed so much into the LORD’s Hands because I just cannot do it on my own any more, I keep on messing things up.

In the meantime I need to relax and learn to take care of myself. 

Father, Abba Father, give me the grace to allow the oil I pour on others, to be poured on me.  In Jesus name I pray.  Amen

Pleasure

            Colossians 4: 2 (TLB)

            ² Don’t be weary in prayer; keep at it; watch for God’s answer, and remember to be thankful when they come.

I think of my own three beautiful adult children and two beautiful little granddaughters and two stepchildren.  God has blessed my life with beautiful children and they are truly a blessing to me.  It pleases me when I see them; the children have turned out to be God fearing children. 

I treasure the thoughts and I devote my time in prayer and I am watchful and I am always thankful for the grace God has put into my life.

I keep praying for my family, friends and loved ones – never forgetting that the Lord Jesus loves me first.

Prayer

Abba Father as I pray and thank you for the pleasure of being a mom and grandma, thank You for the blessings You bestow on me with my children.  Thank You for answered prayers, they are blessed and You are keeping them safe.  In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen

Teach me how to live

Psalm 27: 11 ‘Teach me your way, O LORD; lead me in a straight path because of my oppressors.’

I was thinking that each person’s live is almost like a garden.  In the beginning when we are born its clear and there aren’t many plants in this garden.  As babies we are nurtured and we learn about love, comfort, happiness, kindness, compassion, a sense of being important and cared for.  As we grow up we start learning and in the learning we become the people we are today.  Some of us are positive as we were taught to stay positive and look on the bright side of live and some of us are negative because that is how we were taught. 

As I view life right now I need the LORD to teach me to live.  I want to follow in HIS ways, I want to become more like Jesus and less like me.

People can be disappointing but God knows that and that is why He instructs us to lean on HIM, follow HIM, and trust in HIM.

Prayer:  Heavenly Father, please will You teach me to live and help me to follow You in a straight path, my life isn’t as simple as I thought.  I ask this in Jesus Name.  Amen

God has not given us a spirit of fear.

2 Timothy 1: 7 (NLV)

⁷ For God did not give us a spirit of fear.  He gave us a spirit of power and of love and of a good mind.

Many people do suffer with ‘fear’ and it is created out of an experience or a feeling.  Today I want to encourage you, do not fear.  Something I have learned over the years is to face my fears.  I will stand up and be scared inside of me but I won’t let other people see that I am fearful.

The minute I face my fears, I believe God is faithful and will be there with you, His spirit of power is with you and me and that gives way to love and a good mind. 

We all experience difficult times and because we do not understand or know the outcome we sometimes give into fear.  May the Lord God touch your live and lift the spirit of fear off of you. 

Prayer:  Dear Father God, please will you teach each one of us that we do not have to fear, because You have given us a spirit of power and of love and of a good mind.  We are your children and we can call on you in our hour of need.  In the name of Jesus, Amen