Yvette's Whispers of Faith

Today I felt very imbarassed, a friend dropped in and the documents of another friend fell off her desk. The lady asked do you know what happened to my documents? It’s a total mess. I lied there and then, “no I don’t know.” She turned around and said “you lie, sis.” Proverbs 8: 7-8 NIV “My mouth speaks what is true, for my lips detest wickedness. All the words of my are just; none of them is crooked or perverse.” I am sure you want to know why I didn’t tell her the truth. Well, I didn’t want to cause any animosity between the two ladies and I pretended that I wasn’t aware of the problem. Was that the right thing to do? Absolutely not, I should have stated the papers fell off your desk she picked it up and placed it back onto your desk. It was an accident. So why didn’t I just say that? I was afraid they may have an arugment. I actually feel very bad because I tried to hid the truth and yet the truth came out. Revelations 22 verse 15 “[But] without are the dogs and ...

I am learning to draw my strenght from the LORD each and every day, sometimes I feel like it’s too much and I don’t have the strenght to face the day. I remember this morning the first thing I did was pray asking God, please LORD strenghten me, protect me I cannot do this on my own. Psalm 27 : 1 NIV “The LORD is my light and my salvation – whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life – of whom shall I be afraid?” I believe King David went throug a lot, when I read the Psalms I realise there were times when he just felt he couldn’t make it. I sense that he was depressed and perhaps he felt he needed protection. The one theing that stands out for me about King David is that never mind the circumstances he would constantly draw near to the LORD. I believe he had a living relationship with the LORD. Even when King David sinned he looked for the LORD and he repented, asking God to forgive him. He pursuide God constantly in good times and bad times. I belie...

I bought a bracelet to remind myself that God has called me by my name (Isaiah 43 verse 1). Although, I was going through a number of trials and tribulations. John 15: 16 – 17 AMP “You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed and placed and purposefully planted you, so that you would go and bear fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit will remain and be lasting, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name [as My representative] He may give to you. This [is what] I command you: that you love and unselfishly seek the best for on another.” These past couple of months I was facing my Goliath and it seemed to be greater than me, I just couldn’t connect with the Lord. I know that in God’s Word there are more than 3,000 promises and for the life of me I couldn’t see one. Why is that? Is it because in a sense I wanted to see God in the flesh and sit and talk to Him? Or do you think it’s because I couldn’t hear Him speaking in an audible voice? ...

2 Corinthians 10: 12 ESV “Not that we dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who are commending themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding.” Again I am reminded not to classify or compare myself with someone else. When I was very young I seemed to be content with everything in my life. It was okay, I didn’t think I was supposed to be as good as other people.  I am content right now in my life, although I would love to be good at something in my life. I try my hand at everything, currently I am blogging and I love this. I also am trying my hand at baking, creating some cakes and hopefully I am improving. I have come to realize that when my focus isn’t on the Lord my God, I become frustrated and irritated with everything happening my life. I feel let down and then I see this dragon eating away my content.  Lord I need You, I need You Lord every minu...

Galatians 6: 4 AMP “But each one must carefully scrutinize his own work [examining his actions, attitudes, and behavior], and then he can have the personal satisfaction and inner joy of doing something commendable without comparing himself to another.” “ Comparing himself to another .” How many times have we not compared ourselves to others in a day? I believe once we start comparing ourselves with our peers we fall into a little trap called “entitlement.”  I see people that have so much and they still feel entitled to much more. They seem to think they are superior to others and act very prideful.   In Luke chapter 18 verses 11 we are reminded of the Pharisee who made a great show of thanking God because he was better than you and me. Satan was thrown out of Heaven because he was filled with pride and thought he was better than God.  The flip side of comparing ourselves to others creates in some a sense of invisibility. They struggle with very low s...

2 Peter 3: 18  “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen” My self-worth was diminished as a young girl when one of the teachers told me that I would never amount to anything. According to this man I would be pregnant with a child in my arms and a child in the pram and a child on my brain.   I never fell pregnant while I attended school but only after my marriage.   Sadly I never thought I would amount to much because I allowed this teacher to speak ill of me. As I reflect over my life I feel that I had to decide when to allow people into my life and when not. The problem is I never took my Dad seriously when he told me that “Bad company, corrupts good character.” I have been thinking about that and it struck me people can deceive us. In the meantime I have matured and I can sense when someone isn’t what they perceive to be. When it comes to relationships you ...