God is love

The enemy did something to remind me today of my terrible terrible past. The thought entered my mind in a very tired and unexpected moment and I knew it was not from the Lord. Accusations from the enemy carries with them this heaviness characteristic of guilt and pain.

Lord, I am free from all this now and I will remain free. Thank You for setting me free to live this new life of joy and peace. Peace and joy are mine forever.

Grant me the strength now dear Lord to do the tasks set before me with joy too. Help me to do all these things with a thankful heart, because You have counted me worthy to participate in the work of Your Kingdom, to serve You dear Lord.

May You keep me sweet and gentle at all times. And silence all accusations from the evil one. The Son has set me free and I am free indeed. Amen.

"Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like-minded one toward another according to Christ Jesus."

I am so happy to be at work today.

The Devil has no power over us anymore. He can tempt us to be impatient, to be angry, to be selfish, but He has no power to force us to sin. We choose to do it every time. But we have all the power in Jesus Christ to withstand these temptations without sinning. 

Oh Lord grant me patience to love and to endure all things. Hold me fast and let me not throw away my confidence for it will be richly rewarded. Lord, instead strengthen that confidence that these things have been allowed by Your great love. I cannot explain them now and thinking about them makes me worry sick. But You have asked me to trust You for all things-let me trust You for this great perplexity too Lord. I know that if I do Your will I would receive what has been promised to me: to see Your faithfulness, your flawless plan for mine and the world's redemption. Lord, these things must work together for good and I believe Lord. 

Dear Lord, I will hide myself in the rock of ages. I will be safe and at peace there in Your heart. I will not pay attention to the Devil's clamoring. He won't be able to put his  hand upon me. Because I am Your treasured possession, here and now. You have loaned me to these people that I may serve You and love them. Make me deft and blind to the Devil's work and voice. Make me alive with Your hope dear Lord. 

Amen

 

And keep me patient with myself! Keep me listening and keep me watching and keep me noticing You. Keep me pure Lord. 

Sometimes in the midst of the rush of things it seems impossible always to be victorious, always to be peaceful, always to be inwardly sweet. Is that not so? Yet that and nothing less is our high calling.

Dead they are in apathy and ignorance and putrefying customs, and the false security that comes from adherence to the Christian creed without vital connection with Christ. These poor Christians are dead. "Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you that God should raise the dead?" Lord, it is not a thing incredible. Thou hast done it before. Oh, do it again. Do it soon!

Dear Lord, may You show me the shape of holiness! Holiness in this place and at this time. How would a holy person live in these shoes of mine? How to pray through these seemingly hopeless situation? How dear Lord, may I see that in all things You have the pre-eminence! Today is the day for me to learn obedience. The will of the Lord is clear: submit all things to Him and He will give us peace! Lord I must learn to submit everyday! Grant me what thou will, take away what thou will, let me be delighted and courageous to accept Your will for me Lord! I must learn to let the Lord choose for me and I must receive from Him. How mundane and recurring an humble are my needs before Him, how feeble and weak needing His mercy! You meet my need through the daily and the simple and the quiet. But that is what You are, You have made Yourself known to those who would sit patiently and wait upon You! These fears that cannot be uttered into words, they have found in You the perfect expression and they have been quenched by Your greatness! How could I ever fear men or the devil if the Lord Almighty is guardingy life and my peace! Lord, I've taken myself too seriously, now is the time for me to let go and let You grant me Yourself! 1 Samuel 3:18! Let Jim do what is good in His eyes. Every second, every day! Amen!

At the foot of the cross your burdens will go away! Today I learned that the path to harmony with God is to accept His will for me at each moment of my life! God's will for me at this time in my life is singleness and I must accept it gladly. One day he would exchange it for the gift of marriage if it's best for me then! I thank God for the chance to stay with these 2 wonderful girls and having time for people in my life. This is a gift from Him and it's His will for me now.

I have gotten myself an iPhone and I will be able to blog much more frequently now, especially when traveling. It's been a novel idea to me for the longest time! Now what stands between me and blogging on the go is my tapping skills which has got to improve before I grow bored of this! Really hope to be able to update about life and people a lot more than I did the past one year ! Those who came to this site looking for some news of me and spiritual sharing must have been disappointed:(. My apologies to all of you out there! I am now in the full time ministry and God is keeping me close to Him. Denis is great too, still figuring out God's plan for his life! We are waiting for a about 3 more years before that whatchucallit bliss. I am happy with everything and certainly in very good spirit these days:). I would like to share the wonderful stuff I've been listening to, audio sermons by Elisabeth Elliot! Isn't that amazing? Till I have more time to type longer updates, peace and rest be with every one!