The day with dianne Louise

John 1:1-4 (MSG) The Word was God, in readiness for God from day one. What came into existence was Life, and the Life was Light to live by. Our words reveal who we are. Jesus was the word of God to reveal the nature and character of God. God's word is full of life and that life creates light. The spoken word, is a word of life, when spoken in faith. That word creates illumination, understanding. I love to listen to the preaching of the word as I am hungry for the life it brings but also the illumination it brings to my mind. Of all words spoken in my day I hunger to live in the words of life and light. Blessed are you who preach the word and bring life and light to the world. The Ten Commandments begins with 'you shall love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole soul and your whole mind'. I am learning to give the Lord my heart. I want to be moved only by His word about a thing, I am learning to give Him my mind and only believe what he says about a thin...

1 Samuel 7:3 Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, 'if you are returning to the Lord your God with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods from among you and direct your hearts to the Lord and serve Him only, and He will deliver you. Again I am challenged regarding foreign gods. What are they? who are they? Fear of man? Fear of failure? Fear of success? Fear of sickness? fear of death? Success at my own hand? wanting a white knight to deliver me? Arrogance? rejection? These are ALL works of demons. They clamour for lordship. Yet my heart belongs to the Lord of Hosts, Mighty is His name, Son of Righteousness, King of kings, Lord of lords, The Great I AM says I am His, I am His, therefore He has done it all, I am blessed because of Him, His word is higher! His ways are higher! I lift up His word above ALL that would claim my worship and I say 'He alone is God, He IS GOD! Amen! My heart and my feelings will reflect Him, my feelings will obey Him, for He alone...

Luke 1:20b .... but my words are of the kind which will be fulfilled in the appointed and proper time God's word is living and active. God's word never, perhaps I should say that again NEVER (pause) NEVER (pause) returns to Him void, it always, I think I should say that again, ALWAYS accomplishes THAT which it was SENT to do, may I say that again ALWAYS accomplishes. There is power in that word, there is anointing in that word for it is mighty, it was spoken by God and His words are words of life. My words are powerful and they are coveted by God and lusted after by Satan but he CAN"T have the word, he can listen to me praise my God and speak His word for His word is life and peace. When God says 'it is finished', it IS finished, for He alone is God and His word endures forever. My circumstances are changing, I am winning because I am blessed, I am blessed and highly favoured of the Lord. I am blessed because I am a child of God . My confession is 'it is wel...

I went out full, but the Lord has brought me home again empty. Ruth 1:21 What a confession! How easy it is to look at our natural circumstances and set them in concrete by our confession. Fortunately for Naomi God did not heed her confession as He had a better plan. Naomi had gone out with a husband who thought it was good to live in a land of idolatry. This husband gave her two sickly children who eventually died. The sons married into the culture and it destroyed them. Naomi did return with a treasure, although she could not see it. She had Ruth, a woman of faith. Naomi's attitude got in the way. What have I got? A loving God, an ever present guide, a comforter, a faithful friend, a true husband, a lover, a powerful ally one who never sleeps, one who goes before me. I am blessed, I am blessed and highly favoured of the Lord. His word never changes, is ever true, He is great, He has abundance in His hands, He shares His glory with me, He surrounds me with His love, I am tru...

There is not even one thing outside a man which by going into him can pollute and defile him; but the things which come out of a man are what defile him and make him unhallowed and unclean. Mark 7:15 Yesterday I had a visit from one of Job's comforters and it left me covered with muck. This friend had know me for sometime and wanted to know how things were going. Oh Dear! I have to learn not to speak the things that are but the things unseen. How wiley is my enemy. Last night I had my first DivorceCare group for a while begin again. There were lovely souls desperate to find God there. My enemy wanted to dis-empower me, and although the class went well I was unempowered . It wasn't until this morning that I was free from the barb in my soul. As I awoke my enemy was the first there but my confession was 'it is well'. As I sang 'it is well' it became well. Coming to work I listened to brother Benny. He preaches about the Shunamite lady who had received a ch...

Judges 20:28 (MSG) They asked, "Shall we again march into battle against the Benjaminites , our brothers? Or should we call it quits?" And God said, "Attack. Tomorrow I'll give you victory." Twice the children of Israel had been beaten by the Benjaminites and they wept before the Lord. Israel had gone out to the Benjaminites to revenge a sinful wrong done by loose men in their city, instead of turning over the wrongdoers the Benjaminites , puffed up in their pride, decided to fight. In the end all the Benjaminites lost their lives and the city was burned to the ground. Last night I was talking to a dear friend who was 'giving up' because of all that had come against her. I said to her 'how can giving up make things any better?' She agreed that it would not make life better. Instead she needed a strategy as did Israel. If our enemy uses all the strategies he has learned over the years why do we assume just wearing the name of Christian will su...

Luke 21:34 (MSG) "But be on your guard. Don't let the sharp edge of your expectation get dulled by parties and drinking and shopping. Otherwise, that Day is going to take you by complete surprise, spring on you suddenly like a trap... How easily we can be seduced. Just spend a week talking natural talk rather than faith talk and we find ourselves in the 'flesh'. Before we know it we are speaking against one another, puffing up ourselves and putting down others. This can happen in the midst of what appears great evangelism. This past week I was reeling in the fish but talking naturally. Yesterday I found my tongue sharper than it should be, with judgement in my heart. Yuck! A bit of self-righteousness there. My bible tells me a little leaven leavens the whole lump. A little bit of sin dirties the whole spirit. Ah! but the joy of repentance, how cleansing it is. Praise God for grace! I cannot live in the flesh but I must 'live in the zone', as Ps Phil Pri...