The day with dianne Louise

“You must be compassionate, just as your Father is compassionate.” Luke‬ ‭6‬:‭36‬ ‭NLT‬‬ This verse is a tag on the end of a discourse on loving your enemies. We all experience times when someone close behaves like an enemy, in a way that hurst us and a way we do not understand. We so easily feel our own hurt and react out of that hurt. However, why is what is happening happening? What is that person going through? What are they not telling us and attempting to deal with all alone? I just received a prayer request. It is 1:14am. Someone cannot sleep. This has been going on for the last two months. It is only now this person is asking for prayer. For two months this brother has struggled alone. He now has prayer warriors beside him. Why am I awake? I often wake at this hour, have time with the Lord, write my blog and go back to sleep. Mind you I go to bed much earlier. Jesus offered us His peace. I pray Jesus’ peace on this brother and on all those who are struggling in turmoil. Amen!

“The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.” Proverbs‬ ‭11‬:‭25‬ ‭NLT‬‬ Jesus said it another way:  “Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full—pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back.”  Luke‬ ‭6‬:‭38‬ ‭NLT‬‬ I have seen this principal at work. While away from Nepal and while in it. God wants me to pour out blessing and finance upon others and He pours it back on me. The Lord went before me on my trip to Europe. I successfully went through Dubai even with the war going on between Iran, the US and Israel; nowhere was I having to weigh my carry on luggage, except in Cairns, Australia; even in India where I did not have a boarding pass or a transit visa, He went before me. In Amsterdam, a difficult and unclean city, I was protected. My train journeys covered and protected. Today I go to church, I wonder what i...

“I tell you, you can pray for anything, and if you believe that you’ve received it, it will be yours.” ‭‭Mark‬ ‭11‬:‭24‬ ‭NLT‬‬ It is interesting that the following verse is straight after this one: “But when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins, too.”  Mark‬ ‭11‬:‭25‬ ‭NLT‬‬ Holding grudges are easy to do and we don’t recognise we have them until we need to love that person. Then, the grudge falls out of our hearts and defies the love required. In fact the grudge stands in the way of faith for answered prayer. When we discover the grudge repentance is required because we cannot move into faith with it there. It is a road block! Today I determined to walk to the bank to hand in my latest visa and reopen the account. The people at the bank were most helpful. My feet started to hurt and after I had visited the last shop before going home I told the Lord my trouble and asked for help. Out of the bl...

“We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.” ‭‭1 John‬ ‭4‬:‭16‬ ‭NLT‬‬ One thing I have learned lately is to not walk in fear or act out of fear, but rather to seek God and His love for me and in that His answer. Yesterday was a prime example. I had flown all the way from Amsterdam to India knowing I did not have a boarding pass for my flight from India to Nepal. It attempted to cause me anxiety and so I kept myself distracted by reading and praising God. When I landed in India I had to present my checked in  statement and ask to have my boarding pass provided. However, the junior staff could only compute that I must exit the airside of the terminal and check in again downstairs, the port side. I constantly replied that was impossible as I did not have a transit visa. I contacted my friend who had booked the flight and he prayed, as did I. Unknown to me he prayed exactly what I pray...

“All nations will come to your light; mighty kings will come to see your radiance. “Look and see, for everyone is coming home! Your sons are coming from distant lands; your little daughters will be carried home.” Isaiah‬ ‭60‬:‭3‬-‭4‬ ‭NLT‬‬ This scripture is referring to Israel. You might say Israe is the focal point of all that is happening in the Middle East and many nations are watching. Also in the last 60 years many Jews are returning to their homeland, especially as the west and Muslims persecute the Jews. Whilst us Christians are drawn to this scripture it is not about us. Nonetheless we can take the essence of what it says- blessing and favour to be what is pored out on us by our God. I have just flow from Amsterdam and have been awake now for over 24 hours, well if you add up all the time differences. On the past leg from Helsinki,  I was fretting a little and had to distract myself constantly to worship the Lord, think on scripture and pray as I anticipated trouble in Ind...

“For where two or three gather together as my followers, I am there among them.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭18‬:‭20‬ ‭NLT‬‬ It is sweet to join with others of the same heart; those wanting the presence of the Holy Spirit, and seeking yeh face of Jesus. I awoke at 3:45am and knew the presence of God was here. There was someone dear praying for me. I enjoy these times. I truely lean in to worship the Lord. As of yesterday I knew something had changed. The atmosphere was different, in a good way. Favour was present. I spent the day with a new friend, a South African woman who lived with her daughter’s family. We shopped, lunched and had fun together. Her granddaughter drove me home. That granddaughter will marry my grandson Archie. We chatted on the way home. She asked me where I was going when I left. I told her and she was impressed. I suppose international travel is special. I am praying about my next stop, Cairns. I will stay at a Christian retreat. There will be many unknowns there. I will make new...