Let the words count

“Now faith brings our hopes into reality and becomes the foundation needed to acquire the things we long for. It is all the evidence required to prove what is still unseen.” Hebrews‬ ‭11‬:‭1‬ ‭TPT‬‬

Many people say, ‘I’ll believe it when I see it’. However, in the realm of faith we need to believe in faith before we see. God is a God of faith.!He saw, spoke and there was!

Speaking has power. We need to be careful of our speech. We can curse, then bless, and then curse and wonder why a thing is not done.

Careless words are still counted!

 Let the words of my mouth and the mediation of my heart be acceptable in they sight oh Lord (psalm19:14). Amen!

Rise up

“Now faith is the reality of what is hoped for, the proof of what is not seen.”Hebrews‬ ‭11‬:‭1‬ ‭HCSB‬‬

Fairh is that ah moment when reality comes, it is the ‘yes’ and ‘amen’ it is YES!! It is not a soppy’I hope so’, it is definite. It is ‘I trust You Jesus! Your sacrifice is enough!’ ‘YOU are enough!’

Often I experience pain in various places and know this is a prompt to pray for someone who is suffering in those areas. I refuse to accept the disease on myself. I refuse to believe the fearful lie from my enemy. He is a liar and has been from the beginning. I stand with Jesus, not a liar. In the past few days I have experienced something like a hormonal problem and I went to prayer. Yesterday I discovered why. My flatmates had a friend call from England to say she had ovarian cancer. This is not acceptable, I am now praying for this woman. I have a task to see the kingdom of God come to earth, I do this in prayer. Amen!

I cannot drift along allowing the liar to boast that he has more power than Jesus. Phooey! Rise up saints believe in Jesus and claim His authority and pray!

Elon Musk accused the Christians of not objecting enough to the degrading opening ceremony of the Olympics. He said, ‘if the Christians do not object it will become the norm’. He’s right! If we don’t get up and stand up the filth and degradation will be the norm. If we do not rise up and take up all Jesus sacrificed himself for then we are wet dish rags! 

Stop watching the rubbish on TV and get out your bibles! Amen!

He is good

“Some take pride in chariots, and others in horses, but we take pride in the name of Yahweh our God.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭20‬:‭7‬ ‭HCSB‬‬

My God is good all the time! His ways are perfect! His love is eternal! 

When living in the centre of His will all things work together for our good!

Take time to enjoy Him and all He has created for it is good! Amen!

My boast

“Some nations boast of their chariots and horses, but we boast in the name of the Lord our God.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭20‬:‭7‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Today we do not have nations boasting in horses and chariots but rather nuclear warheads, the number of warships, fighter planes etc. Russian holds the west at ransom with his threats to use his nuclear weaponry and Europe has effectively been brought to heel, meanwhile America is left to support the Ukraine and now Israel.

Little Israel stands up to her violent enemies when all the world tries to dictate how she should fight. The gutless attempt to direct David, and like David Israel throws off their suggestions. If it was not for the hostages Israel would be able to throw them off completely. However, against Iran they are most helpful. Israel does depend on American ammunitions and warships.

Scripture tells us of a coming battle when all the world are against Israel and only God supports her. That battle is a sound victory.

With my God I can leap over a wall. Without Him I splat against the wall. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Phil 4:13). Amen!

My hope

““But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence.”

‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭17‬:‭7‬ ‭NLT‬‬

I have only one Hope- Jesus! He suffered for my freedom, deliverance and healing. The price He paid is enough. I am whole because of Him! 

No man or woman can save me like He can. He is all I need!

My future is in His hands, not man’s. He is God they are not! Amen!

Blessing and cursing

“But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit.”Jeremiah‬ ‭17‬:‭7‬-‭8‬ ‭NLT‬‬

What comes before the BUT? 

“This is what the Lord says: “Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans, who rely on human strength and turn their hearts away from the Lord. They are like stunted shrubs in the desert, with no hope for the future. They will live in the barren wilderness, in an uninhabited salty land.”Jeremiah‬ ‭17‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭NLT‬‬

So, blessing and cures are before us, what will we choose? Of course we would say blessing, but do we rely on mankind for our solutions?

We have just seen the Hamas political leader assassinated, will that solve the war in Gaza? Or will that cause other enemies of Israel to rise up against her? We know what scripture says about this conflict and scripture does not lie.

Are we ready for the outfall of man’s contrivances worldwide? As Christian’s we must keep our eyes on our God and His plans. He will lead us in His ways. Amen!

Joy

“Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win! All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize.”1 Corinthians‬ ‭9‬:‭24‬-‭25‬ ‭NLT‬‬

One prize I love is joy. My journey with the Lord brings me joy. Today, after only three hours sleep I went to college. Today we learned about family terms and then moved on the days of the week. As my teacher at home, Martha, taught me a song to sing to help remember the days I performed it for the class. You have to remember I am 70 and here I was out the front of class dancing and singing. They all loved it. So did I, just quietly.

I returned home, had lunch with Martha and then a lesson with her. This one is more advanced and deals with speaking sentences and correct grammar use. I then crashed for around four hours of delightful sleep. When I awoke Martha had guests. She asked me to help entertain the two men while she cooked. I taught them a card game and won. It was fun. When we were about to eat the cousin asked if we said grace and so we sang grace. The two men are not yet believers. One is returning to Dubai tomorrow. He may well be going into a war zone. We will pray for his protection.

Remember to enjoy the Lord’s strength and keep joy ever present. Amen!