To all women

...Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised...

Proverbs 31:10-31

To all women who fear God:  May God bless you mightily !!!

Proverbs 30:32-33

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Proverbs 29:25

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Proverbs 28:18

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Conceit

"Don't call attention to yourself; let others do that for you." Proverbs 27:2

In other words: Don't float your own boat unless you want to sink; don't honk your own horn unless you want to cause unnecessary crashes.

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Be the end to gossip

“When you run out of wood, the fire goes out; when the gossip ends, the quarrel dies down.”  Proverbs 26:20

Be the end to gossip; when it comes to you, turn and walk away.

Blame

"... We each pay personally for our sins." 

2 Kings 14:5-6 MSG

Since God holds no one else accountable for our sins, neither should we.

The end of you

"Get to the end of yourself where you can do nothing, but where He does everything." 

@Oswald Chambers

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The unnoticed

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Attached to sin

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Words

“Those who guard their lips preserve their lives,  but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.” Proverbs 13:3

Boy, I need this today!  My mouth has been non-stop about people that I’ve been less-than-happy with lately.  Think it is time for me a mouth make-over - God help me. Ever had these kinds of days? 

Feel free to join me if you need a mouth make-over, and let God be our strength!

Life or death ~ Blessing or curse

God’s word is a matter of life or death - blessing or curse: 

Life and blessings to those that choose to heed and obey; death and curses to those that choose to ignore and disobey.

Eyes wide open

When you ask God to open your eyes, you will have a whole new regard for the meaningful and beautiful life in which you’ve been blessed by God to live.

The Unconventional

“Elisha sent out a servant to meet him with this message: “Go to the River Jordan and immerse yourself seven times. Your skin will be healed and you’ll be as good as new.” Naaman lost his temper. He turned on his heel saying, “I thought he’d personally come out and meet me, call on the name of God, wave his hand over the diseased spot, and get rid of the disease. The Damascus rivers, Abana and Pharpar, are cleaner by far than any of the rivers in Israel. Why not bathe in them? I’d at least get clean.” He stomped off, mad as a hornet. But his servants caught up with him and said, “Father, if the prophet had asked you to do something hard and heroic, wouldn’t you have done it? So why not this simple ‘wash and be clean’?” So he did it. He went down and immersed himself in the Jordan seven times, following the orders of the Holy Man. His skin was healed; it was like the skin of a little baby. He was as good as new.”  2 Kings 5:10-14 MSG

God’s miracles, healings, directions, and blessings are like that of no other.  No two will ever be the same.  So, if you have a call on your heart to do something unconventional, something that makes no sense, but you feel strongly about it - then give it a shot.  Your non-conventional move may just be the key to the miracle, healing, direction, or blessing that God has awaiting you.  On the other hand, if nothing comes from your unusual move, then it’s one more notch in your belt of lessons learned, and we can all learn more lessons in life!!

 

God has more than enough

2 Kings 42One day a man arrived from Baal Shalishah. He brought the man of God twenty loaves of fresh-baked bread from the early harvest, along with a few apples from the orchard. Elisha said, “Pass it around to the people to eat.”43His servant said, “For a hundred men? There’s not nearly enough!” Elisha said, “Just go ahead and do it. God says there’s plenty.”44And sure enough, there was. He passed around what he had—they not only ate, but had leftovers.

When God says there is plenty, and asks you to give, whether it be money, time, food, clothing, love, etc., He will make sure you have more than enough of it to give away! 

Impossible? Never!

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God and Family

~ God and family ~

Anything, everything, and everyone else come after.

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Guidance

“… But before you do anything, ask God for guidance.”  1 Kings 22:4-5, MSG

If we all heed the words of this verse, our lives will be much better off, and the world in which we live be a much better place.

 

To fail or succeed

Do what God tells you to do through word, prayer, or the small whispers he places on your heart, and be blessed in all you do. 

However, go against God’s word and spend an awful lot of time back-peddling to clean up the messes you made from your sinful ways.

God is there

1 Kings 19:11-12The Message (MSG)

^11-12 Then he was told, “Go, stand on the mountain at attention before God. God will pass by.”

A hurricane wind ripped through the mountains and shattered the rocks before God, but God wasn’t to be found in the wind; after the wind an earthquake, but God wasn’t in the earthquake; and after the earthquake fire, but God wasn’t in the fire; and after the fire a gentle and quiet whisper.

Many times we will see and hear God through the big storms and miracles of life.  However, most of the time we can only hear him when we stand quietly and wait for him.  So, take time every day to be quiet before God.  No,  you may not hear him every time, but you will feel him in your presence.  As well, if you look closely, you will find him everywhere you are.

So, look around – God is there; listen – God is speaking; stand still – God is holding you.

The Message (MSG)

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To believe or not believe

“… If God is the real God, follow him; if it’s Baal, follow him.  Make up your minds.  1 Kings 18:21, MSG

Either you believe in God or you don’t – there can be no middle ground.  Therefore, those of you that are unsure of what, or who to believe, need to make up your minds.  Why?  Because being sure of what, and who, you believe gives you something to believe in – giving you a future to press on toward.  However, being unsure is like a double edged sword – although you try staying in the middle, eventually it will catch up to you and you will be stabbed by one of the edges, leaving you with no future at all.

Want a miracle?

“… God listened to Elijah’s prayer and put breath back into his body – he was alive!...” 1 Kings 17:21-23, MSG

Want a miracle? 

Then, pray.

Intentions

"... But he was well-intentioned - his heart was in the right place, in tune with God..." 1 Kings 15:11-15, MSG

Intentions count - God knows our hearts.  However, actions are far superior - God sees our hearts.

Repeating the past is no way to the future.

"... and don't go back the way you came." Then he left by a different road than the one on which he had walked to Bethel." 1 Kings 13:8-10, MSG

If you want your future to be different, and better, than your past, then maybe it is time to try something new - maybe it is time to walk in a direction you never thought of walking before; maybe it is time to try a new path in your life.

When all is said and done

“… This is God’s word:  Don’t mark out; don’t fight against your brothers the Israelites; go back home, every last one of you; I’m in charge here…”

1 Kings 12:22-24 MSG

When God speaks, listen and obey, because going against God is a losing battle and when all is said and done, His way will always overrule yours.

Honor God

“If you listen to what I tell you and live the way I show you and do what pleases me, following directions and obeying orders as my servant David did, I’ll stick with you no matter what…” 1 Kings 11:37-39 MSG

Honor God in all of your ways, and He will honor you in all of his.

Handpicked

“… you handpicked them from all the peoples on earth to be your very own people…” 

1 Kings 8:52-53 MSG

You – Y.O.U. – have been handpicked by God.  You are someone very special, very important, and very much loved.  Therefore, never think anything but the best about yourself, and always know that no matter what the world says to you or about you, you are a handpicked, one of a kind, child of God - and no one else compares to you.

Temples of God's

“… The glory of God filled the Temple of God…”

1 Kings 8:10-11

Thanks be to Jesus, our bodies are God’s temples -  He dwells within each of us.  Which means, we need to be treating ourselves, and taking care of ourselves as such.  So… are you?