The day with dianne Louise

2 Timothy 4:17-18 (MSG) the Master stood by me and helped me spread the Message loud and clear to those who had never heard it. I was snatched from the jaws of the lion! God's looking after me, keeping me safe in the kingdom of heaven. All praise to him, praise forever! Oh, yes! God is able to keep safely all I have given Him. As I throw myself on Him He is my healer, my provider, my reward. I am His and He is mine and I can trust Him to be gracious to me. I must prove His word and cause His enemies to become His footstool. As I trust His word and defy all that comes against me I cause Him to be Lord in my life. He must be Lord over all. As I take the word, hold it up to Him and say 'You word is great and I call it to play today in my life. Your word says 'by His stripes I was healed', the cross finished all the works required, there is no more I can do but trust You.' Today I defy pain and say I am healed, my God is not a liar, His word is true. Amen!

Genesis 27:28 (AMP) And may God give you of the dew of the heavens and of the fatness of the earth and abundance of grain and [new] wine; Abundance is sought and spoken in blessing yet there are principles that govern it. Seeking abundance for abundance sake is empty and futile and carries great cost to the seeker. Frustration, disappointment, sickness are a few characters that co-habit with striving for abundance. Even if God has promised in prophesy or we have a revelation in His word we cannot assume that we can therefore go out and be prosperous. Taking our eyes off the Lord will cause us to drift away from the fountain. However, keeping our eyes fixed on Him will keep the flow open. John 10:10 (AMP) The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows). Fear and disappointment are enemies of blessing as are arrogance and self-reliance. Daring to bel...

Isaiah 27:5 (MSG) Let that vine cling to me for safety, let it find a good and whole life with me, let it hold on for a good and whole life." Grape vines are not strong enough to stand on their own and carry their branches in their own strength. When I was growing up my grandmother had a grape vine running along a wire mesh fence outside the laundry which was in a separate building. I don't remember my grandmother pruning the vine too heavily but I knew, even then, that it could not support itself without the wire frame. Vines are made to cling, so are we. However, we tend to cling to the wrong things, things that are not good support structures, things that move, things that perish quickly, things that consume us, much like weeds. If we finally 'get it' and learn to cling to the Lord and see Him as our safety, our provider, our life source we do well. A vineyard still faces the elements, extreme heat and cold, fire, hail, storm. However the vine will stay rooted...

Isaiah 26:3 (MSG) People with their minds set on you, you keep completely whole, Steady on their feet, because they keep at it and don't quit. This scripture embodies what Christianity is all about. Jesus Himself said 'seek first the Kingdom and all these things will be added to you'. Having a mind set is being fixated, resolute, undeterred. It is like having a magnet in the core of our being. We can be twisted around, totally disoriented but our magnetic centre finds true north. Keeping at it and not quitting talks of determined faith. It says 'this is what I am all about, for me there is no other way.' There is no room for being fickle, nit picking, negative. If God's word gives a promise then He has to perform as we hold Him to His word. We need to know His word so that we can bring it out and say 'God You said, therefore I believe.' God's word is constantly being challenged by our enemy, he will present it in plausible language but we need t...

Isaiah 21:12 (MSG) The night watchman calls back, "Morning's coming, But for now it's still night. If you ask me again, I'll give the same answer." There are seasons in our lives and no amount of constant badgering or whining can change the time and the season. However what we can do is assess it rightly and handle it correctly. For example relational strife can lead to separation or can be used to bring a tighter bond. The outcome is determined by our attitude, our humility and willingness to find truth. I am watching several relationships being tested at present, the commitment and willingness to fight for the future and the heritage are being challenged. Isaiah 22:4 (MSG) In the midst of the shouting, I said, "Let me alone. Let me grieve by myself. Don't tell me it's going to be all right. These people are doomed. It's not all right." I have a friend who is a real pessimist , he gives up easily and the outlook for anything difficult i...

Isaiah 18:5 (MSG) And then, just before harvest, after the blossom has turned into a maturing grape, He'll step in and prune back the new shoots, ruthlessly hack off all the growing branches. Pruning is a biblical concept as well as a natural concept. I garden and also enjoy pruning my bushes, especially roses as it encourages them to continue flowering. Once a year I heavily prune them, severely prune them because I know it is good for them. As much as I don't like it God prunes me. As with any bush there is continually an accumulation of dead wood, especially after a successful flowering season. Dead wood has to go. Dead wood may be something that was once a fruit in my life but now has to go as it has served its purpose. People are a form of dead wood and as much as we like to hang onto certain relationships there are times when they and us have to separate, I am not referring to marriage by the way. We must go where God is leading, not where our emotions are heading or our...

1 Timothy 6:20-21 (MSG) ..... guard the treasure you were given! Guard it with your life. Avoid the talk-show religion and the practiced confusion of the so-called experts. People caught up in a lot of talk can miss the whole point of faith. Excitement can lift us out of sensibility, while it is thoroughly enjoyable to be excited it is not a good place to live. If we stay too long we start to build another world made of lolly papers and sugar. Being a woman I know excitement, but being older I know how to not let it infect my whole being. Being excited does not mean I am on the right path it just means I am excited. In God, when He overshadows me with His goodness and I am blessed in someway I am overcome with gratitude, I prefer this feeling of thanks to any other because humility is there to keep me grounded. I have a friend who is bi-polar and I watch the mania take over as he becomes excited, not a good look. As a young person I found it easy to be excited. You would hear me s...