"Change"

I remember all last year that theme seemed to be everywhere I looked, turned, read!

As much as God was trying to prepare me for the things to come I was caught unaware! I was recently promoted and then before I could get a good footing, Change Came, they transferred my boss that I have worked with for six years! Then just when I was settling into that, Okay Lord I can handle running everything until you send someone to take her place, Change came again: This time Change said you can do the Job, you can run the place!

In my Sunday School last week one of the Gentlemen remarked how it is just like God to deny us what He wants us to have because we murmur and complain! I was doing exactly that, complaining and walking in fear, that I would not do a good enough job. Instead of Trusting him, that he would not place anything on me that he did not equip me to handle! I wanted to Trust God, and that is when the door was open for yet another Promotion! We will see How God directs my path on my professional journey! I am excited!

Some one said recently they needed a Suddenly! I experienced mine~ About a week ago, after I received my tax return we, (the family) went to the car dealership, I had been praying and asking for God to provide transportation. I knew that I was going to need it to perform my job. So we spent all day and it was beginning to look bleak! I had asked my friend Ryan to take us there. She had spent the day with her mother and had gotten all the way when I had to call and say Ryan~I hate to impose but it does not look good so Please come pick us up!~ Suddenly just as she drove up into the parking lot, the Salesman comes running out! We managed to speak directly to the Branch Manager at this bank and they approved the loan you will be driving out of the parking lot today! This one thing A CAR has CHANGED everything in our lives!

When I went back to Sunday School and scream from the Roof Tops what God has done in our lives but after hearing all the bad things that had been going on,, job loss, cancer, deaths,, I was hesitant,, I felt like who was I to be tooting a horn no pun intended! I wanted to be sensitive to their pain!

As the Sunday School Class was continuing to share,, about the book we where studying this Bible Verse struck me and moved me tears,,, that we are to lay the past aside.

Philippians 3:13b-14
But this one thing I do forgetting those things which which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before.
I press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Embrace Your Change it Might Be the Blessing You Have Been Praying For!

Till next Time,, Be Encouraged!

Things Happen

Sorry everyone who looks forward to my posts its been a month for the good and for the bad. I do not know about the rest of you but it seems that just when you think you have caught a break Things Happen! For example, a few weeks ago I was blessed with a promotion, a long awaited promotion. We all know what the word says, Promotion comes from God! Yeah God has been smiling down on me! And then it happened not even a good two weeks into the new job, first the cell phone broke, then the computer broke and then my car broke,, I will say it again MY CAR BROKE!

~ God what are you doing! What has happened just when I thought I was going to able to catch a break and be able to enjoy life. Something outside of the constant penny pinching and just making from pay check to pay check.

~ Anyone else feeling the way I am feeling~

~ I began to say God where are you! Why do I feel alone.

~I began to reflect on my actions, since my promotion spending time with him in the morning had become a challenge since I had a change in hours.

I began to change and my actions and be intentional and seek him in the morning sometimes even skipping breakfast.

* This scripture was given to me, To seek him while he may be found! I was reminded of Hide and Go Seek! He is hiding from me and wants me to find him, Okay God lets play Hide and Go Seek! Look Out Here I Come!~

As I began to read Hebrews again I was reminded of how when during Jesus time some followers did not experience miracles because of their lack of faith.,The word says without Faith it is impossible to Please God! Also I was reminded that If I speak to the mountain and have faith I can ask anything and I will be done! As I began to review some notes written in the margins of my Bible, I saw a note from my Pastor, Pastor Garry, the note read what is the corresponding action to what you are believing God for? Scripture says, Faith without works is dead.

Question going through my head okay I need to believe God for reliable transportation on a structured budget, what does the corresponding action to go with my faith look like? I am still waiting for God to reveal himself in this situation. In the meantime I am catching the bus again and leaning on favor from co-workers for a ride home in the evening.

So now we are facing a New Year, Change is the catch phrase: I recently posted on a facebook discussion that in order to see Change you may have to make a Change; So I challenge you to examine your life and your habits and ask you are there any Mountains in your way that could be removed by you Changing YOU!; or Have Things Just Happened and now you are facing a Mountain. Join me as I speak to my mountain! Mountain Move! Change Come and Lord let it begin with me!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Paid In Full

I have been on a journey this month, my journey was to become more Christ Minded and Christ Centered. I had joined Lynn Donovan over at Spritiaully Unequally Yoked Marriage for her experiment becoming Christ Minded. We are a week away from completing our 30 day journey and it has been this week that my world is beginning to change. Spiritually my husband and I have been on a journey together also. We have been conducting some very interesting Bible studies. One of them was on the "Tithe" its Old Testament use in comparison today use Church use, I challenge you to do the same. I even had a friend and her husband dive in as well. We all know Iron sharpens Iron. Her responses continued our conversation about it all.

Then tonight while I was sitting in Church soaking in the Praise and Worship which by the way was one of one first videos posted on my journey,

Then I hear the subject of the sermon Malachi 3:3. The Pastor was Quoting, Has a man or woman robbed God, I though oh, I know what he is going to be talking about then his preaching took a turn. I began to ask if we had been robbing God of that He had paid for US. That in order to come into his perfect will you have to be willing to completely die to yourself. That what this whole journey has been about. Every morning falling Spiritually to My Knees and Declaring that Everything is his. My thoughts, My desires, My family, My income, are all his and anything short of that is sin because he is being Robbed!

Conclusion WE have been PAID FOR IN FULL! We are not our own! Tonight I was reading on the blogs entry You Where Prayed For" John 17:20. I had never seen that before, Christ prayed for those who would believe by those who where spreading the Gospel.

PAID IN FULL: Jesus died for Leanne! and Jesus died for you! You are Paid in Full!

Kingdom Reflections from Two Year Old Point of View

My husband and I where just talking today about how our little two year old teaches us about the Kingdom, scriptures tell us to come to the father as a child, so we have been watching how Gianna comes to her father when she wants or needs something. Let me tell you she may say it quietly at first then she becomes very demanding and expects that no matter what she is requesting that her father is able and will do it. That reminds me of the scripture that says that the feverent prayers of the righteous avails much.. The other thing we watched happened today was she asked for some stoup, translation-soup and by the time daddy had gotten the stoup on the table which was not soon enough for her she had gone on to something else, ice cream. Mind you ice cream not an option, it was too early in the day no to mention we simply did not have any. Try explaining that to a two year old. I was in the bathroom getting ready for work while all this commotion was going on with her and the Lord says to me, my children are like her, you ask for something and you get it and you no longer want it because you have moved onto something else and just like with your two year old I will make you become satisfied with what you have requested before you can receive something more.

Along the Journey

I am on day eight now, a week has gone by so fast and God has shown me so much. I think one of the things that he has really begun to resonate in my Spirit is how much he really Love Me and that He jealous for me. I really spent time visualizing how I feel when I get jealous of someone s' time I could have more of. I began to feel what Jesus feels when we do not take the time sit with him. His Earthly Ministry was filled with moments of celebrations and one on one encounters, he is a sociable God.


Check out the David Crowder Band, I really wanted the one that was posted on the site I am following during these 30 days, but I think this one is good also. I found it ! How He Loves Us. I This is not the one that I wanted but its the words!



The other area in my life where I feel pulled to strengthen is fasting, I will be honest with you the thought of maybe missing a meal has never been a very good thought to me but thankGod my mind is being renewed. I look forward to seeing how God is going to move as I begin to discipline my flesh and spent times praying that would have spend eating.

My Instructions for the week:
This week I want you to do two things. One, consider a fast from television. Or begin to be discriminating about everything you watch, read and listen to. Don’t listen to the lie that you will be closed minded. The world likes to throw that lie around. Form this day forward I give you permission to BE closed minded when it comes to Christ. You know the truth and the truth sets men and women free.

Next: Sometime this week I want you to experience a daytime fast. This is a fast of breakfast and lunch and concludes with a healthy normal portioned dinner with your family. After sunset. Sunset here today is 6:23 pm. It’s doable. Why fast? When the hunger pains hit I want you to be moved to pray. Sitting at your desk or volunteering or reading blogs, stop for a minute and pray. It is experiencing humbling before the throne of God, not seeking favor for a request but pride less time with the Father. Tell Him about your struggles. Offer him praises. Read to him from your journal the list of thanks you wrote out yesterday.

God lives in the praises of His people.

Are you still falling from bed to your knees and asking Jesus to be the Lord of your day?

Faith for the Journey

I recently started a new online bible study or an experiment as it has been called. My quest to move everything in my life into perspective started with Putting God into the Center of it! I am on the 7th day of this journey. I thought I was pretty close to being on track.

I was challenged to every morning as soon as awake to begin my day in prayer proclaiming that God has complete authority over my life and that I give everything over to him. The Lord was reminding me to pray every morning however he also kept hinting to me there was something I was missing! So I went back to Day 1, and I found the key, I wasn't praying what I was supposed to be praying. These are the words that where supposed to be coming out of my mouth.
Jesus, Today I surrender my place of authority over my life to you. I am placing you on the throne of my life. Teach me to focus on your desires for me. Help me to not worry about what everyone else is doing right or wrong but just show me how to completely focus on you. I give you my entire life this day. In your powerful name, Jesus, Amen.

This morning I got it right and I know I got it right because it was long after that the attack of the enemy began.

..... This was my Lesson Learned this morning ............

I was sitting in the bathroom and all of sudden my left arm went numb and fingers started drawing up and there was no pain, none it was the weirdest thing. The first thing I did was Yell! For my husband! Then I quietly prayed in the name of Jesus, I shall live and not die! As soon as I said that my arm returned to normal! You may be so whats the lesson. I called out to man first! This showed where my trust lied. I trusted calling to my husband first before my healer, my deliverer! I fought a battle in my mind on the way to work. The devil wanted me to live in fear and rehearse the event over and over, so I had to out-loud I began to speak. MY MIND IN SOUND, MY HEART IS SOUND, MY MIND STAYS ON THINGS OF A GOOD REPORT AND NOT ON EVIL REPORTS, I MEDITATED ON THESE ALL THE WAY TO WORK!

Thank God for the Powerful Name of Jesus, every thing that is named both in heaven and in Earth must bow to the name of Jesus!

What Would Jesus Do?

When I was at the Dollar Store today something happened that I am not used to, or rather become aware of:

There was a couple in the store, I just happened to almost walk into the gentleman, I almost knew he was going to smell because he looked dirty and sure enough he did. I said excuse me and thought that would be the end of it. However, I noticed down every isle I went there he seemed to be either in front or behind me.

I found myself asking why can't I just get away from him. Some how he managed to make it to the check out counter ahead of me and he was so friendly.... but you could tell that those around him were judging him.

When I got into the car I could hear this voice saying to me... "Your heart was wrong." I knew that my wanting not be bothered by him was wrong..... I did not know his story!

Why was he dirty?
Why did he smell?
Was he unable to bathe for some reason?
I noticed that he bought a lot of plastic disposables. I wondered if his lights were off?

I asked myself what would Jesus have said to the man.
What would he have done?

What would you have said?
What would you have thought in your heart?

We are asked to show the love of Christ to a Lost and Dying World. I think I failed a test today.