"Like a Father with His children, we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory" 1 Thessalonians 2:11
We should expect no less than this from one another as followers of Christ...that we should, (as brothers and sisters in Christ,) exhort, encourage and charge each other to walk in a manner worthy of God...
Beauty
A Day of Delights
Friday, April 9, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Thankful
"We give thanks to God always for all of you..."
In reading the 1st chapter, I thought about those of you whom I know read this blog and are devoted to reading through His word with me...I wanted you to know today that you are in certainly in my prayers and I do thank God for you...you too as Paul said are loved by God and chosen by Him. Isn't that glorious to know that we are so loved by God and chosen by Him...
I am blessed today that I am looking out over the ocean waters with awe and wonder.... thinking about how grand His hands are and how nothing is to hard for Him...I do not know your specific needs today, but He does and I am lifting you up before Him and believing that whatever your need is it will be accomplished through Him and by Him...
Lord, I do thank you for these devoted hearts that yearn to know you, bless them in whatever way aligns with your will for their lives today...In your name Yeshua I ask, believe and receive...
In reading the 1st chapter, I thought about those of you whom I know read this blog and are devoted to reading through His word with me...I wanted you to know today that you are in certainly in my prayers and I do thank God for you...you too as Paul said are loved by God and chosen by Him. Isn't that glorious to know that we are so loved by God and chosen by Him...
I am blessed today that I am looking out over the ocean waters with awe and wonder.... thinking about how grand His hands are and how nothing is to hard for Him...I do not know your specific needs today, but He does and I am lifting you up before Him and believing that whatever your need is it will be accomplished through Him and by Him...
Lord, I do thank you for these devoted hearts that yearn to know you, bless them in whatever way aligns with your will for their lives today...In your name Yeshua I ask, believe and receive...
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Shepherd Your Flock
"When the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory." 1 Peter 5:4
Are you shepherding your flock?
Are you shepherding your flock?
The Morning Star
"We have something more sure, the Prophetic word, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the morning star rises in your hearts..." 2 Peter 1:19
Peter was an eyewitness to the Glory and the light of Christ. He saw with His own eyes the ancient prophetic word coming to pass. In this passage, he is telling us to pay attention to the Prophetic word in the scriptures that they were not produced by man but are from God through man carried along by the Holy Spirit. He tells us that we will do well by paying attention.
If you walk into a dark room and someone turns on a light within the room, your eyes are naturally drawn toward the light. If you walk into a dark room and there is no light, what is your first instinct? You go directly to where you think the light switch is, right? How many of us like to walk around in a dark room? We don't, we head for the source of light. Jesus is that light, he is the morning star. Everyone is looking for the light, whether they are consciously aware or not is another story. Some people are following a false light/artificail light. See is this way, we are happiest in the natural sunlight, the artificial light of a light bulb can not create the same effect of joy and happiness that walking along on a cloudless bright sunny day can. The joy and light of Jesus is like a sunny day, where as following false prophets is like the light of a light bulb. There may be gladness to have some light but they are missing out on the full effect of the pure bright light of Christ. Pay attention to the light you are following and what it is producing in you. False prophets are among us as Peter warns in 2 Peter 2. Always, always take responsibilty for your walk with the Lord by paying attention to the scriptures and what they say and by spending time with the Lord your self. You will do well...
Lord I thank you for the inexpressible and glorious joy that the pureness of your light brings to me. I pray for those who are walking under the influence of false light. Rise up within their hearts O, Lord that they may know the Joy of walking in pure light.... In your name Yeshua I ask , believe and receive
Peter was an eyewitness to the Glory and the light of Christ. He saw with His own eyes the ancient prophetic word coming to pass. In this passage, he is telling us to pay attention to the Prophetic word in the scriptures that they were not produced by man but are from God through man carried along by the Holy Spirit. He tells us that we will do well by paying attention.
If you walk into a dark room and someone turns on a light within the room, your eyes are naturally drawn toward the light. If you walk into a dark room and there is no light, what is your first instinct? You go directly to where you think the light switch is, right? How many of us like to walk around in a dark room? We don't, we head for the source of light. Jesus is that light, he is the morning star. Everyone is looking for the light, whether they are consciously aware or not is another story. Some people are following a false light/artificail light. See is this way, we are happiest in the natural sunlight, the artificial light of a light bulb can not create the same effect of joy and happiness that walking along on a cloudless bright sunny day can. The joy and light of Jesus is like a sunny day, where as following false prophets is like the light of a light bulb. There may be gladness to have some light but they are missing out on the full effect of the pure bright light of Christ. Pay attention to the light you are following and what it is producing in you. False prophets are among us as Peter warns in 2 Peter 2. Always, always take responsibilty for your walk with the Lord by paying attention to the scriptures and what they say and by spending time with the Lord your self. You will do well...
Lord I thank you for the inexpressible and glorious joy that the pureness of your light brings to me. I pray for those who are walking under the influence of false light. Rise up within their hearts O, Lord that they may know the Joy of walking in pure light.... In your name Yeshua I ask , believe and receive
Monday, April 5, 2010
Angelic Joy
In celebrating the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, I read the accounts of the resurrection story over and over. It is one story that I can hear countless times. The Joy of it overtakes me. It seems each year my heart opens even wider and receives the event as new and fresh as if it just happened. It is not just a story, it is the reality of our salvation. We went to a sunrise service overlooking the waters of the Ohio river yesterday morning and during that time, I found myself thinking about the resurrection morning, really visualizing it and imagining I was there. Two angels dressed in dazzling white. Can you see them? I can. Can you feel the pure Joy of their announcement? I can. What an incredible morning....Sonrise Sonday...
This morning, I was blessed in reading this months teaching written by my dear sister in Christ Marie Chapian...I love this as I can see her dancing as a little girl and I can see this angel beside her moving about in sheer delight. Serving the Lord is a true delight, the angels enjoy it and so do I...
Marie will be in Chicago next month and I do plan do attend, if there are others in the Ohio valley area who would like to attend be sure to contact me and we can arrange to meet and carpool...I will keep you posted or you can check Marie's site for details, the link has been provided below...
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ANGELS IN OUR LIVES AND THE POWER OF SUPERNATURAL JOY
-- Marie Chapian
When I was a child I thought God was the only one who could see angels and we humans were not meant to know anything about them because angels were a mystery known only to God. Even though we weren't taught about the angelic realm in Sunday School or Church we children somehow sensed around us an angelic presence that was not at all mysterious, but completely natural.
I remember as a five year-old in my tap shoes and sequined costume waiting to go on stage in a statewide talent show. I wasn't nervous or fearful because standing beside me was my guardian angel. The angel's presence was encouraging and comforting, and he also seemed to be having fun. In the years to follow I performed in a zillion talent shows, musicals, plays, dance recitals, films, you name it -- with my guardian angel beside me in the wings (no pun intended.) I experienced many miracles such as healing of serious injuries and being spared deadly accidents, and the like.
It wasn't until years later after dedicating myself wholly to the Lord Jesus and changing direction to enter full-time ministry, that I began to study the role of angels in our lives. I earned a PhD in counseling and became a psychotherapist working with patients in desperate need of a transforming move of God. I began witnessing countless miracles in the lives of people. Baptized in the Holy Spirit, a move of God ensued that overflowed with signs, wonders, miracles, healings, and deliverances-and the joyous, happy presence of God's angelic realm.
Have you ever seen a depressed person energized and empowered? No. Happiness empowers. The angel Gabriel appeared to Zacharias and told him, "I stand in the presence of God!" We, too - you and I -- stand in the presence of God. Every time we pray we stand in the presence of God. Once we get a glimpse of the happy, brilliantly joyous angelic realm surrounding the throne of God and inviting us to join along, we can't help but be touched. How can we resist such love, such joy? One thing I've learned from watching God's angels at work is the inexorable power of joy. Angels move in joy, perfect joy. And so can we. We can overcome the trials and woes that beset us. The joy of the Lord is truly our entire strength.
Angels are God's messengers sent to share with us the same profuse flood of love that they enjoy every minute of every day. People ask me how to recognize angels in our lives. Is there a formula? A pattern to follow? Is there a formula for finding God? No. He finds us. We love Him because He first loved us. My guardian angel found me. Your guardian angel has found you! One day I realized that my guardian angel actually enjoyed his job! It was a revelation to me. I made the discovery that the presence I felt beside me as a child, and now walked with every day, is unequivocally happy.
Happy! It's not difficult for a child to recognize the presence of angels, so let's you and I take the plunge into God's heart, and together with His angelic realm, press in to solely love and serve our King of Kings, magnifying His name with unassailable victory, power and joy. I'm ready. Are you?
I'll be teaching on the angels in our lives in Chicagoland in May. Keep your eye on this website for more information. Let the miracles begin!
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You're welcome to reproduce and use these teachings by Marie but do give proper author credit.
To view more of Marie's teachings, please click here.
This morning, I was blessed in reading this months teaching written by my dear sister in Christ Marie Chapian...I love this as I can see her dancing as a little girl and I can see this angel beside her moving about in sheer delight. Serving the Lord is a true delight, the angels enjoy it and so do I...
Marie will be in Chicago next month and I do plan do attend, if there are others in the Ohio valley area who would like to attend be sure to contact me and we can arrange to meet and carpool...I will keep you posted or you can check Marie's site for details, the link has been provided below...
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ANGELS IN OUR LIVES AND THE POWER OF SUPERNATURAL JOY
-- Marie Chapian
When I was a child I thought God was the only one who could see angels and we humans were not meant to know anything about them because angels were a mystery known only to God. Even though we weren't taught about the angelic realm in Sunday School or Church we children somehow sensed around us an angelic presence that was not at all mysterious, but completely natural.
I remember as a five year-old in my tap shoes and sequined costume waiting to go on stage in a statewide talent show. I wasn't nervous or fearful because standing beside me was my guardian angel. The angel's presence was encouraging and comforting, and he also seemed to be having fun. In the years to follow I performed in a zillion talent shows, musicals, plays, dance recitals, films, you name it -- with my guardian angel beside me in the wings (no pun intended.) I experienced many miracles such as healing of serious injuries and being spared deadly accidents, and the like.
It wasn't until years later after dedicating myself wholly to the Lord Jesus and changing direction to enter full-time ministry, that I began to study the role of angels in our lives. I earned a PhD in counseling and became a psychotherapist working with patients in desperate need of a transforming move of God. I began witnessing countless miracles in the lives of people. Baptized in the Holy Spirit, a move of God ensued that overflowed with signs, wonders, miracles, healings, and deliverances-and the joyous, happy presence of God's angelic realm.
Have you ever seen a depressed person energized and empowered? No. Happiness empowers. The angel Gabriel appeared to Zacharias and told him, "I stand in the presence of God!" We, too - you and I -- stand in the presence of God. Every time we pray we stand in the presence of God. Once we get a glimpse of the happy, brilliantly joyous angelic realm surrounding the throne of God and inviting us to join along, we can't help but be touched. How can we resist such love, such joy? One thing I've learned from watching God's angels at work is the inexorable power of joy. Angels move in joy, perfect joy. And so can we. We can overcome the trials and woes that beset us. The joy of the Lord is truly our entire strength.
Angels are God's messengers sent to share with us the same profuse flood of love that they enjoy every minute of every day. People ask me how to recognize angels in our lives. Is there a formula? A pattern to follow? Is there a formula for finding God? No. He finds us. We love Him because He first loved us. My guardian angel found me. Your guardian angel has found you! One day I realized that my guardian angel actually enjoyed his job! It was a revelation to me. I made the discovery that the presence I felt beside me as a child, and now walked with every day, is unequivocally happy.
Happy! It's not difficult for a child to recognize the presence of angels, so let's you and I take the plunge into God's heart, and together with His angelic realm, press in to solely love and serve our King of Kings, magnifying His name with unassailable victory, power and joy. I'm ready. Are you?
I'll be teaching on the angels in our lives in Chicagoland in May. Keep your eye on this website for more information. Let the miracles begin!
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You're welcome to reproduce and use these teachings by Marie but do give proper author credit.
To view more of Marie's teachings, please click here.
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- His Delighted Servant
- My faith is what moves me , it is enjoyable, irresistable, lovely and warm with a sense of mystery. Its like a summer day with a gentle breeze blowing my hair, like a butterfly emerging from a cacoon, like a flower pushing its way through the soil of the earth, like a hidden treasure waiting to be found, yes it is my faith that defines me and I am completely content regardless of what goes on around me...My life with Yeshua is like a well written novel that I can not and will not put down... My greatest desire is to be used by Him to touch hearts without religiousity, denominationalism or legalism. One heart at a time. God Bless All from Shelli