The day with dianne Louise

Daniel 12:3 (MSG)  " 'Men and women who have lived wisely and well will shine brilliantly, like the cloudless, star-strewn night skies. And those who put others on the right path to life will glow like stars forever. Our task is to live wisely and rescue souls from death. We cannot give ourselves to worldly pursuits, the latest trinket, the latest fad, this is all folly and wind, no substance. Having said that my God is taking me into business and He has a plan but this is not my lust, my fantasy, this is His doing. I will walk wisely in all He gives me to do. The funny thing is that I say 'I will walk wisely' but that does not mean I am clever, but I know what I don't know and trust Him for the rest. I go at His pace, I seek His insight. I have found His pace, and I constrain myself to His rythym, it is where life is, provision is, I love it. Each week He gives me new tasks to perform and I am able at the end of the week to look and say 'it is good'....

Revelation 3:3 (MSG) Think of the gift you once had in your hands, the Message you heard with your ears—grasp it again and turn back to God. "If you pull the covers back over your head and sleep on, oblivious to God, I'll return when you least expect it, break into your life like a thief in the night. I believe in the grace of my God and the above sounds very 'old testament' in a judgemental way yet it is thoroughly New Testament. The whole of chapter two and three is a message to the church. Our Lord sees, really sees what we do. He is not fooled by religious observance, white washed sepulchre stuff. He is looking for hearts that are genuinely His. We are compelled to hear, really hear what He is saying. We are called to listen to His truth and only His truth. Our Lord knows the times we live in, they are desperately evil but He also knows His power against the enemy of our soul. He is GOD folks! That means He is well able to deliver any who come to Him in simple ...

Revelation 3:18 (MSG)  "Here's what I want you to do: Buy your gold from me, gold that's been through the refiner's fire. Then you'll be rich. Buy your clothes from me, clothes designed in Heaven. You've gone around half-naked long enough. And buy medicine for your eyes from me so you can see, really see. I know women, and men, for that matter who love gold and collect it, masses of it, rings on every finger. I have a lovely friend that has a thing about clothes, lots of them and shoes as well. I know others who are always at the doctors and have a cupboard full of medicine. When we walk in our own vision, our own understanding, our own desires and consuming passions we are caught by that thing but our God is calling us to seek first the Kingdom and then ALL these things will be added. We can get things backward so easily. It is not me first it is He first. It is not mine first it is His first. Last night at DivorceCare I had the pleasure of speaking 's...

Revelation 2:7 (MSG)  "Are your ears awake? Listen. Listen to the Wind Words, the Spirit blowing through the churches. I'm about to call each conqueror to dinner. I'm spreading a banquet of Tree-of-Life fruit, a supper plucked from God's orchard." John was given a message for seven churches and at the end of their individual message they received the above challenge about listening. Even those church who were doing well in most areas there was one major problem, some tolerance of sin. The Lord does not tolerate sin and neither should we. As we become fat we can also become lazy or deaf to the Holy Spirit, he whispers, just like the gentle breeze. If we have a diet of pleasure base on worldly movies for example then we eat the truth of adultery, greed and selfishness. Do we tolerate these things? I am constantly aware that I have to fight to hear because there is so much noise. What am I doing to keep my ears open? Yesterday I had a friend tell me how they ha...

Revelation 1:5-7 (MSG) and from Jesus Christ—Loyal Witness, Firstborn from the dead, Ruler of all earthly kings. Glory and strength to Christ, who loves us, who blood-washed our sins from our lives, Who made us a Kingdom, Priests for his Father, forever—and yes, he's on his way!  Riding the clouds, he'll be seen by every eye, those who mocked and killed him will see him, People from all nations and all times will tear their clothes in lament. Oh, Yes. Today I begin reading both the books of Daniel and Revelation. Daniel was a wise young man who loved God. The writer of Revelation was John, the disciple who loved Jesus the most. In both books we see the sovereignty of God showing things that are to happen. The book of revelation applies to us now. The book of Daniel shows us God's handling of  King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and how, as Daniel and his three companions shone as ambassadors of the Lord God almighty, the Kingdom of God affected the kingdom of Babylon. ...

Ezekiel 47:9 (MSG) Wherever the river flows, life will flourish—great schools of fish—because the river is turning the salt sea into fresh water. Where the river flows, life abounds. The river is the spirit of God. The Key is allowing it to flow. There are times in church when I am aware that the Holy Spirit wants to reach out to the lost. I pray 'I release you Holy Spirit, go and bring salvation.' You know what? He does. If we truly understood how to work with the holy Spirit we would see miracles. We carry Him in our lives and if we understand the laws of releasing and binding we will work with Him. As we release the Holy Spirit we see life come into peoples lives, we see changed hearts, we see hearts open to Him. Instead of selfish prayers it would be smart to release the Holy Spirit to work in our lives, our circumstances. What do you want to do today Lord? What are you saying Lord? He says 'my ways are not your ways, my thoughts are not your thoughts.' So let...

Jude 1:20-23 (MSG)  But you, dear friends, carefully build yourselves up in this most holy faith by praying in the Holy Spirit,  staying right at the center of God's love, keeping your arms open and outstretched, ready for the mercy of our Master, Jesus Christ. This is the unending life, the real life! Go easy on those who hesitate in the faith.  Go after those who take the wrong way. Be tender with sinners, but not soft on sin. The sin itself stinks to high heaven. I am constantly aware that I need to build myself up but it is not all about me. Today I am half-way through a babysit stint so that my daughter-in-law can go to the Colour Conference in Sydney. My room is opposite the most difficult child and although he usually sleeps through the night, he didn't. All three boys are awake at 6am, again I prefer to spend my early waking hours with the Lord, in private, with a coffee. The children are educated in spending the hour until seven in their rooms but guess who ...