The day with dianne Louise

Love the Lord, all His faithful ones. The Lord protects the loyal, But fully repays the arrogant. Be strong and courageous, all you who put your hope in the Lord. Psalm 31:23,24 Be strong and courageous. Easier said than done, at times. The seasons of the 'heavens are like brass' are the hardest. If I sense God's presence and all hell is breaking loose it does not matter because the One that matters is close by. All can be against me but if He is close it does not matter. What matters most is Him. However, the encouragement to stay strong and courageous comes because we need to remember, especially when we truly feel all alone. He is actually at hand but He cloaks Himself so that we can see what He wants us to see. If I am not fazed and am standing firm, untroubled by my circumstances I know I am growing up, in Him. Verse 23 states the fact: 'the Lord protects the loyal'. We have to trust what scripture says and stand fast. He is faithful folks, so fai...

Speak up for those who have no voice, for the justice of all who are dispossessed. Proverbs 31:8,9 There is a people who are lost. There is a people who are far from God and I call to them, 'come!' My prayer is for the wounded, the blind, the deaf who are far away. 'come to the waters and drink, come be set free, come be healed.' I pray for revival, 'come Lord, come!' The spirit of the Lord is moving, He is coming and the valley of dried bones hear and are rising up! Amen

You have known the troubles of my life and have not handed me over to the enemy. You have set my feet in a spacious place. Psalm 31:8 At times we can be in deep trouble, even that of our own making either by willful arrogance or foolish ignorance. At other times we have fallen prey of our enemies who attempt to control either because of religious spirits, jealousy and envy or an offended heart. Jesus was betrayed by an offended heart. He was given up to His enemies to be judged by those who hated His freedom and all He represented. Satan hates those who walk with the Lord and seeks to malign and perhaps destroy their reputations or indeed destroy their lives. Our God is greater, higher and I can trust Him to move in grace and power. If you are facing such a time my prayer is that God will go before you, set your feet on solid ground and although Your enemy comes at you seven ways he will flee seventy. Amen!

Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the winds in his hands? Who has bound up the waters in a cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name? What is the name of His Son- if you know? Proverbs 30:4 There was a beginning and that beginning began with God. There are those who worship and give honor to the created but there is One who made it. We can puff ourselves up with heady thoughts and speak forth a whole lot of heady, frothy words to make ourselves sound clever but we were not there, we did not create and we have no authority. There is a God and He sent His Son to redeem us back to Himself. This God is totally in charge and needs no advice from me the created. He is awesome in His power and mighty to save. He is not removed from me and wants nothing more than to hang out with me. He delights in me. How great is that? The creator, mighty God likes me. As I read Proverbs I find I can relate to the author, we are both cre...

Ascribe to Yahweh, you heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength, ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to His name; worship Yahweh in the splendor of His holiness. Psalm 29:1,2 The Lord has glory and strength, however do I honor Him with it? My God is limited, in my life, by my confession about Him. If my confession lines up with the word of God, then I give Him glory. However, if my confession lines up with my experience then I rob Him of His glory. My God is strong and well able to do all things and again I can release Him or limit Him. David exhorts us to give Him glory due to His name. Again, I must choose. Life or drudgery.

Without revelation people run wild, but one who listens to instruction will be happy. Proverbs 29:18 I can become happy with the rote of Christianity and suddenly find myself becoming my own source of truth. Our current society does what is right in it's own eyes. For example people know that there are speed signs on motorways yet they drive at a speed they deem is sufficient, unless challenged by a policeman giving them a speeding fine and even then will rail against the policeman. Now as a Christian I know I am to honor the law of the land but if I am not diligent in my walk with the Lord I will find myself slipping into the ways of my society. In fact revelation will become something I give mental assent to but do not experience. Revelation is a precious gift my God gives me as I seek His truth. Yet if I deem myself as sufficient I will not seek His truth, how sad is that? To be aware of my need for truth I must stay close to Him and not run wild, that is wisdom! ...

Lord I call to You, my rock, be not deaf to me. If You remain silent to me, I will be like those who go down to the pit. Listen to the sound of my pleading when I call out to You for help, When I lift up my hands to your holy sanctuary. May the Lord be praised, for He has heard the sound of my pleading. The Lord is my strength and shield; My heart trusts in Him and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I praise Him with my song. Psalms 27:1,2;7 How many times do you 'feel' alone and in trouble? I would hazard to guess many. How do I know? We have the same enemy, he attacks us all and thrown his barrel of lies at us, especially when we step out to trust in a scary place. He will be working overtime in an endeavour to cause us to let go of faith, hope and trust. Remind him, 'it is written, I will never leave you or forsake you.' (words of Jesus) He is faithful across the chasm; in the boat on a stormy sea; in a fiery furnace; in a lion's den. Hi...