Mercy, Grace, and Forgiveness: March 2014

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

God is so Good, He has Extended My Life

I'm Living On Borrowed Time

20 years ago I should have been dead.
I would have been happy, I would have been in heaven with Jesus and my loved ones who went before me. But, my children would have been crushed, my Mom devastated, and my husband Dale, burdened beyond what I can imagine.

But the Lord had mercy on my babies and He instantly cured me in a moment of time.

All praise to Him, cancer and death blown out of my body, and Jesus' living hope poured in.
For 20 years it's only Jesus wings of grace that has carried me. All of my many mistakes, faults, and sins He has generously forgiven. His love and power of mercy, grace, and forgiveness is unfathomable, like a mighty river of God's love blown into the universe 2,000 years ago on the cross when He cried, IT IS FINISHED- PAID IN FULL. Jesus has instructed me that for the rest of my life He has called me to tell of His mercy, grace, and forgiveness in my life. I'm a widow. Jesus is my Husband.

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Breakthrough

The Next Day: Breakthrough

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I love Jesus so much.

Today is anew day or new beginnings. He has moved mightily and removed many hindrances in my life. The miracle of prayer and fasting. God in heaven hears and answers our hearts cry. He moves heaven and earth to help us.

It saddens me that the Body of Christ disvalues fasting to seek God.

When we seek Him with all our heart, He moves powerfully, beyond human comprehension. Lives changed, souls saved, nations rise ..... The important ministries in the Bible all start with prayer and fasting in my personal opinion. Paul, Jesus, Paul's missionary outreach of bringing the Light of Messiah to the nations, Ezra's resettling of Jerusalem. NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD.

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So, What's different this morning?

I can worship and love and appreciate Jesus more deeply and fully this morning. An oppressive force that was preventing joyous, intimate worship of and with My Master and Beloved Jesus has been removed. What were those negative forces? Myself, being too busy taking care of everyday life. Now my focus has changed back to Jesus, my Master, my Husband. How I love Him. Another distraction was my contractor not fulfilling his work. Last night he came over, ordered my carpet, and got back on track to getting this house fixed up and beautified. My contractor is back on track. Only God could do that for me. This is divine intervention, answered prayer. I will now have a house of beautify to worship and serve my Lord in. The third roadblock was I wasn't inspired to write the course proposals for the Resident Study Program, for Koinonia Institute. Now, this morning, God has put it into my heart to get with it. The Holy spirit is giving me ideas for exciting Bible classes again!

Jesus has answered my prayers in a powerful way once again! All praise to Him Who sits on the throne. DELIGHT THYSELF IN THE LORD, AND HE WILL GIVE YOU THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART. (Psalm 37:4)

So, what was the bottom line?

I believe it was an oppressive spirit, a demonic type of stronghold or hindrances in the heavenlies to the work of the ministry and to the joy of the Lord. Jesus has broken through once again! All praise to God. FOR OUR STRUGGLE IS NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD, BUT AGAINST THE RULERS, AGAINST THE POWERS, AGAINST THE WORLD FORCES OF THIS DARKNESS, AGAINST THE SPIRITUAL FORCES OF WICKEDNESS IN THE HEAVENLY PLACES." (Eph. 6:12 NASB) Daniel found this out in his 3 week fast!

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Now, I have the joy of the Lord back again. Thank-you Jesus. To me, the joy of the Lord is deep, intimate worship with Jesus. Worship, simply loving Him from the depths of my heart. Singing, praising, dancing, and talking to Jesus in the privacy of my own home. Being moved upon by the Spirit of Truth, the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Jesus is what I mean by worship. God has restored my love for Jesus even deeper. My wandering love has returned wonderfully to the Only One Who Is Worthy! There is nothing better in this world.

Thursday, March 20, 2014

We Can't Draw Our Next Breath Without Jesus

I'm Living On Borrowed Time

Mary of Bethany's the Best

Years Ago I Discovered Mary of Bethany in the Bible

20 years ago I was so weakened I couldn't even get off the couch. jESUS healed me and He has given me my strength back. All praise to Him.

Years ago this body was so depleted of any vital energy I could barely drag myself around. This state seemed to go on for years.... I could barely move. I had terminal cancer. The doctors poisoned me to the edge of death with their chemo (chemical) therapy for a whole year. Not to mention radiation, 2 surgeries, and invasive procedures also seriously weakened my body. At the end of that year I was reduced to a human being being trapped in a body that was too weak to get off the couch.

Ultimately Jesus had mercy on me. In an instant He blew cancer out of my body. He poured into me His living hope. Then, over the years, in ups and down Jesus has strengthened my mortal body. I'm actually living on borrowed time. I pray that I please HIm and use this time wisely to tell of Your mercy, grace, and forgiveness Lord Jesus.

At my lowest is when I discovered the Bible. I couldn't do anything else, but Jesus Holy Spirit empowered me to read and understand His Word. All praise to Him. I could lay there for hours and read about Jesus. How He loved the people and wrought miracles. I could almost see and experience being with Him as He walked the hills of Galilee, and stood on the shore of Lake Generesett. Messiah's love for me revealed in His death, burial and resurrection blew me away.

My heart was broken though. I still had my 2 small children who I love dearly. I didn't have the strength to even go outside and watch them play. I couldn't take them to soccer, or to the park. All the other mothers were doing beautiful gardens and great days with their familys. Not me. I was just praying that my children wouldn't run into the street and get killed.

That's when I discovered Mary of Bethany.

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We read about her in the Gospels. (Luke and John) I was just like her. All she did was sit at Jesus feet, listening to Him. That's all I could do in life. One day Mary's sister got angry at her. She demanded that Jesus make her stop just sitting there with Him, and get up, and get to work. Because Martha could do everything. She must have been very strong, healthy, and efficient. Mary, it seemed was just the opposite. Like me.

Well, I expected Jesus to tell Mary to get up and get to work. He did just the opposite. To me, He said to Martha, OH MARTHA, MARTHA, YOU ARE SO BUSY, TOO BUSY... SO WORRIED ABOUT ALL YOU DO. AND YOU KNOW WHAT MARTHA, SOMEDAY IT WILL ALL BE TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU. BUT WHAT MARY HAS CHOSEN IS THE BETTER. IT WILL NEVER BE TAKEN AWAY FROM HER. (This is my paraphrase of what we read in the Gospels)

So, I realized, that laying there on the couch, reading about Jesus was the most important thing in this world. I could do something of eternal value. It made me so happy. Whenever I felt so sad, I would just read those words Jesus said, and He would make me happy again.

I WANT TO KNOW HIM, AND THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION...

Intimacy With Jesus

My goal for fasting today is to be more intimate with Jesus....

And He will give me the desires of my heart.

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The goal of my fasting today is intimacy with Jesus. Friday March 14. It does help to set aside a whole day devoted to Him. I praise God, and thank Jesus for making it possible.

During fast days, in fact all the time, I try to avoid the spirit of the world as much as possible. I don't do tv. Never have really. I also had the internet turned off at my house. I don't like to spend mindless hours surfing the web anymore. I do subscribe to 3 news sites to keep up the the prophetic events on the horizon, especially the mid east. We are so right there at the end of days. We can see it all around us. All the signs are coalesing even as we speak. Please check out my blog: World War 3 Nuclear Attacks. www.worldwar3nuclearattacks.blogspot.co.nz I do love to travel the world with my daughter. I always stand in awe of God. To see His power and magnitude revealed in His creation inspires me. Yet, seeing the hardness of human hearts denying the Creator and Lord Jesus saddens me deeply. Jesus loves the world. And so many are perishing.... God have mercy. Jesus, raise up workers for Your harvest.

This verse from the Prophet Isaiah ring to me.
Isaiah records: FOR THIS IS WHAT THE LORD SPOKE TO ME AS HIS FORCEFUL HAND WAS RESTING ON ME AND AS HE WAS WARNING ME NOT TO LIVE THE WAY THIS PEOPLE WERE LIVING.... DON'T FEAR WHAT THEY FEAR, OR LIVE IN TERROR. THE LORD OF THE HEAVENLY ARMIES- HE'S THE ONE YOU ARE TO REGARD AS HOLY. LET HIM BE THE ONE WHOM YOU FEAR, AND LET HIM BE THE ONE BEFORE WHOM YOU STAND IN TERROR." (Is. 8:11-13 ISV) I think we call all learn a lesson from God's command. God, help us to obey.

Devotion to my First Love, like Mary of Bethany, is what I want.

(Sid Hemmingmoore)

Coming back to Him, again, and again, and again... That's what the whole book, Song of Songs is all about on a spiritual level. I love that book. Of course we know what it's about on the physical level... totally hot.

Last night I went to see the "Son of God" movie.
I cried as I saw Jesus calling Matthew.

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I I sat in awe as I saw Him, Jesus, raising the dead, and healing the sick on the big screen. I loved Jesus even more when I saw Him take up His cross, the Fathers will, to die for my sins. The movie is Biblically accurate for the most part. Makes me appreciate Jesus mercy, grace and forgiveness even more.