The day with dianne Louise

Isaiah 35:8 (MSG) There will be a highway called the Holy Road— impossible to get lost on this road. Isaiah 35:10 (MSG) The people God has ransomed will come back on this road. The Lord has a plan, there is a road to Him, there are people destined to walk on this road. Our God does not sleep, He is constantly working in hearts and minds drawing them to Him. The road is a place of life and fulfillment, it is a place of answers, the river flows through that road bringing refreshment. The enemy comes against the road but he cannot breach the borders. The road is God's way. Keep your eyes straight ahead, follow the One who creates the path and all will be well. As we focus, take our emotions in hand and whisper 'trust Him' we will see 'all things work together for our good'. Mighty God reveal Your ways to us, show us Your glory! Amen!

Isaiah 33:6 (MSG) God keeps your days stable and secure— salvation, wisdom, and knowledge in surplus. When you let someone be a benefactor, without strings, they give generously. When we release the hold of control, totally, our days are stable and secure even if they don't appear to be on the surface. The trick is not to be waylaid by noise, bells and whistles, even good things can distract and stir up the emotions which can then cause us to act out. When bad stuff happens it is a great opportunity for the Lord to show His hand. He has a plan, a great plan, a plan for good. Proverbs tells us that even evil men are used by God for His purpose. He is in control. Give Him room today! Amen!

Isaiah 30:18 (MSG) But God's not finished. He's waiting around to be gracious to you. He's gathering strength to show mercy to you. God takes the time to do everything right—everything. Those who wait around for him are the lucky ones. Waiting brings strength. There is power in the wait, there are answers in the wait, there is wisdom in the wait, there is growth in the wait, there is grace in the wait. Waiting all alone is uncluttered, free from the need to speak, free to find the one who has the strength, the answers, the life, the grace. The Lord is the master of 'the wait'. He waited patiently for time to send Christ, He waits for us to get the revelation of how much He wants to spend time with us. I have two little white Maltese dogs and to me they represent 'the wait'. They wait patiently, looking intently at me when it is time for a walk, time for food and even if there is no reason I will turn around and here are two pair of eyes watching, waitin...

Isaiah 28:12 (MSG) He said before, "This is the time and place to rest, to give rest to the weary. This is the place to lay down your burden." But they won't listen. Ever had a situation where your body is screaming out for rest but you keep pushing it and it is unhappy? For me there is a delicate balance between knowing when my body needs the discipline and knowing when it genuinely needs the rest. When it needs the rest and I push it becomes ill. We have to know how to rest our spirits and sit and wait for refreshing. As the manna in the desert only lasted for a day so does each days supply of grace. I must fill up each day with the fresh, new life as the old is fraying at the edges, death is waiting to consume me. My soul needs me to care for my spirit. As I sit and wait and am refreshed I hear the birdsong, I sense the freshness of morning, the stillness speaks to me. My God is new every morning. It is like believing that yesterdays newspaper is sufficient for the wee...

Isaiah 26:19 (MSG) But friends, your dead will live, your corpses will get to their feet. All you dead and buried, wake up! Sing! Your dew is morning dew catching the first rays of sun, The earth bursting with life, giving birth to the dead. Before I entered into a relationship with the Lord I was a walking dead, my spirit was dead. At the right time He came to me and made me aware of my sin, led me to the answer and as I received the answer I came alive. Oh what life He gave! I had found what I had searched for my whole life, a living God. He was not a fable, a fairy story He became real to me. He washed me of my sin, I knew that I knew I was free. Yesterday I met with some who yet do not know Him like I do. Their eyes were blank, just as mine were, yet life is coming. My prayer is that as the morning dew is now on the land that the spirit of God will be with them bringing a revelation of truth, set them free Lord. Amen! Today I have been invited to speak at a Rotary group about Div...

2 Timothy 1:7 (AMP) For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control. Oh well, the Amplified says it a whole lot better than the Message today. Fear is the root of many behavioural problems and fear in our lives says 'I don't know love yet.' John tells is in 1John 4:18 'perfect love casts out fear'. If we can be aware of our motives then we will discover fear lurking. When we find this critter it is a good thing to throw him out. We can be afraid of what others may think, afraid of others knowing us and therefore not liking us, we may be afraid of rejection. Being perfected in love requires us to stop, wait, court the one who does love us and let Him love. Only His love sets us free, only His loves satisfies deeply. As I am set free by His love I am not afraid of what others think because hey...

Psalms 100:4 ( GW ) Enter his gates with a song of thanksgiving. Come into his courtyards with a song of praise. Give thanks to him; praise his name. You are my salvation your gates are praise, my deliverer, my deliverer, my deliverer is the Lord. (song chris tomlin ) There is only One who gave save, heal and set free. He is the only source of life, the only answer, the only One. Jesus in the gospels says that He is the doorway to the Father, 'no one comes to the Father but by me'. He is the entrance way and there is no other way. Praise helps us find the door way. Praise catches the attention of the Lord, it is a sweet fragrance to His nostrils. Praise chases away the darkness, darkness does not like the light and praise lives in the light because it confesses all the goodness of God. Praise takes an effort, yet it starts the motor, primes the pump, releases the waters of salvation that flow from our spirit. Praise is something we do in all circumstances, good and bad....