Yvette's Whispers of Faith

2  Those who follow the right path fear the  Lord ;      those who take the wrong path despise him.  Proverbs 14:2 (NLT) Some people have style, they just seem to look stunning in whatever they dress and others really need a tutor in helping them get a better look. Proverbs is reminding us that we should follow the right path fear the LORD.  Each morning when I wake up the first thought that comes to mind, is Good morning Abba Father.  Thank you for today.   Later on I sit down with my bible and read my daily scriptures and then I pray.  I think I want to cloth myself each day with the LORD Jesus Christ.  I also feel that I need to cloth myself in putting the full armour of God on. My style is plain I am at home and cleaning house, doing washing and ironing.  Cooking meals for the family and just being here.  When I get the opportunity I sit down and write my thoughts for the day.  I ...

18 ‘ Pray for us, for our conscience is clear and we want to live honorably in everything we do.’ Hebrews 13:18 (NLT)   As a Christian I believe the Holy Spirit lives within me and because He does live in me, I think of Him as that ‘little voice’ warning me not to sin.  The thing that is interesting is my obedience.  So this is how I come to realise that obedience to God’s voice is very important.  The little voice is like an alarm, when a burglar comes into your house and the alarm goes off, you have a chance to catch him and have him arrested.  Now that is when you take note of the alarm and carry it through.  You can also ignore the alarm and switch it off and pretend you didn’t hear it and the burglar can rob you blind. My little voice speaks to me mostly when I feel irritated with people around me, I will feel uncomfortable and not happy with my reaction towards them.  I will also feel regret and before I realise it I will r...

13 ‘You ( Yvette ) will seek me and find me when you ( Yvette ) seek me with all your ( Yvette ) heart.’ Jeremiah 29: 13 (NIV) I was about 14 or 15 years old when I was sitting in my bedroom knitting, I used to love sitting on the carpet in my bedroom on the floor.  I heard my mom calling me “Yvette, Yvettie”.  I jumped up and ran over to her.  “Yes, Mommy” I said.  My mom looked up from her reading and answered me “I didn’t call you.”  I said: “Mommy I heard you, calling me.”  She smiled at me and said “No, darling I didn’t.”  Well I turned around and left her and went back to my knitting, I was knitting dolls jersey and my concentrations was on the pattern at hand.  I just got started when I hear my Mom calling me again I heard her calling me “Yvette, Yvettie”.  It was clear as day light and she called me twice.  I put my knitting down and ran over to her in her bedroom.  “Yes Mommy” I stood in front of her expecting h...

Job 33:17; 21 (AMP) 17  That He may withdraw man from his purpose and cut off pride from him [disgusting him with his own disappointing self-sufficiency].  21  His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen, and his bones that were not seen stick out.             Job was going through a lot and it is apparent that Job started to feel disappointed in his self-sufficiency.  It is understandable that he had no pride left any more as everything dear to him as he knew it was stripped away from him.              Job must have been so sick that he didn’t eat well and because of his malnutrition one could see his bones through his skin.  That tells me he was wasting away.             Job’s testing was server and I don’t believe we as normal Christians could understand what he went...

Psalm 118: 17 “I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the LORD has done.” Something I realised is that I cannot fight aging, I see new little wrinkle lines under my eyes, I notice that I cannot shed the weight like I used to and I don’t seem to have the strength I used to have.   Being young has the advantages of being able to do many things and not feel tired and you can do even that little more.  As you grow older live changes, you will do two or three chores and then you need a rest. I need to go to bed early so that I can rise early but I realise I seem to be awake around 5h00 am each morning. In the early hours I speak to God and thank Him for the new day.  I believe God hears my prayers and I pray for my children and family.  I bring each member in my family before the Lord asking for the blessings they need for the day ahead of them.  I call each person into the Kingdom of God. I believe that Psalms 92: 14 reminds me t...

My passion is to draw near to the Lord Jesus, the only way I know how is to spend time in the Word of God.  Jealousy can ruins relationship and this is true about a story I was reading.  Joseph who is a beautiful young man, aged approximately 17 a favourite son of his father.  One day he was telling his brothers of a dream he had.  “Listen to this dream I had.  We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.”  This of course made his brothers miserable angry and they really hated Joseph.  It wasn’t too long after that Joseph had another dream and he told his brothers  “listen,” and he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”  Joseph told his father as well as his brothers this dream to which Josephs father rebuked him saying “What is this dream you had?  Will...

Romans 12:10 (AMP) 10  Love one another with brotherly affection [as members of one family], giving precedence and showing honor to one another.             We are reminded to love each other with brotherly affection giving precedence and showing honor to each other.  In our family we respect each other.  Each one of us has a specific talent and can do a specific task.             We make sure that there is enough for all in the house, looking after another and watching over each other.             Family is important to our social lives, it gives us a place to act and live normally and we don’t have to pretend in the house around our family.  People accept you for who you are.             Today I want to encourage you to phone...

A game of manipulation is something that is played out in many homes, and it is disastrous.  Stop doing this to each other. This world has many people that are experts at ‘Manipulation’.  I know of someone that will not speak to you for many days by ignoring you because you didn’t do what is right according to the person.  The atmosphere becomes tense and everybody is walking around on eggs.  No one really knows how to deal with the person and the other person is constantly feel bad and not happy with the situation. Someone I also know is an expert with a ‘manipulation’ by threats and placing a guilt trip on you.  Saying things like ‘oh if you really loved me you would have done this, that or the other for me, but no, I am just not that important.’  Saying things like ‘if you didn’t do it this way we would not be in this position, it’s terrible the decision you have made that brought us to this place in our lives.’ Seriously, stop with the mani...

Key points to ponder and hold fast to. Obedience To be obedient to the Lord Jesus ~ Matthew 6: 24 ‘ … you cannot serve two lords ’ Thank about it you can only serve one God, its obviously the Lord Jesus, but when you make this decision you need to honour your choice by making the Lord Jesus LORD over every area of your life.  To be able to that you will need someone to help you, yes!  The HOLY SPIRIT see 1 Corinthians 12: 3 ‘no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the HOLY SPIRIT’.  Holy Spirit 1 Thessalonians 5 : 17 Always keep praying.  I realise that without prayer I am lost and I invite the Holy Spirit to live in me so that I can continue in prayer daily. Bible Study & Meditation Romans 10:17 Yet faith comes from listening to this Good News—the Good News about Christ. We have a song we teach the children in Sunday School “Read your Bible and pray each day, pray each day, pray each day. (x2) Then you will grow, grow, grow, yes you w...

'where do I put my hope? ... in YOU.' Psalm 39: 7 As you wake up and lay on your bed what is the first thing that comes to mind?  For me, I just say ‘Thank You Lord for another day.’ Still thinking on what will happen today I realise ‘Yippee its Friday’ don’t you just love Friday’s?   We all love Fridays.  It means we might leave early from work, meet up with friends and family, go away for the weekend and most of all attend Church on Sunday.  Renew our batteries for the week and get refreshing word from God. I love being with my family and friends, I love just visiting with them and listening to their stories, so much drama and I don’t even need to watch what is going on TV I hear and see it in my own life. Think on this for a moment:  Psalm 39: 7 “Where do I put my hope?  … In YOU.”  We live such fast paced lives we forget that each day we grow older and before you realise it, times run out.  You might still be 20 and the...

Friends came to our home and I felt that as a young woman, with two beautiful healthy children that I was a good person.  These friends of ours invited us to go to church with them that Sunday.  I agreed because I went to Church religiously and it wouldn’t be a problem. Sunday came and as I walked into the church I felt really uncomfortable.  All the people I saw were friendly, smiling and greeting everybody.  We sat right in front of the church and a band was playing and people were sing and clapping hands.  It disturbed me and I really just couldn’t get the feel of the church. The Pastor came into the church and people were really happy to see him.  He took his violin and played ‘Amazing Grace’ and then the congregation sang along as he played.  I was mesmerised and really could not believe the atmosphere.  He was speaking to the congregation but it sounded like the whole sermon was aimed at me.  At the end of the sermon he said ...