The day with dianne Louise

Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don’t try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God ’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he’s the one who will keep you on track. Don’t assume that you know it all. Run to God ! Run from evil! Your body will glow with health, your very bones will vibrate with life! Honor God with everything you own; give him the first and the best. Your barns will burst, your wine vats will brim over. But don’t, dear friend, resent God ’s discipline; don’t sulk under his loving correction. It’s the child he loves that God corrects; a father’s delight is behind all this. Proverbs 3:5‭-‬12 MSG https://bible.com/bible/97/pro.3.5-12.MSG I watch my grandchildren learning this valuable lesson: obey. Children learn to obey through discipline, so do we. If we don't listen and go our own way, things go wrong and continue to go wrong until we do listen. Self- will for the christian is not good. Think about the consequences.

Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom. Instead, fear the Lord and turn away from evil. Proverbs 3:7 NLT https://bible.com/bible/116/pro.3.7.NLT There are times when we glory in the fact that we have 'nailed it'. However, why did we? Was it our own ability or an impartation of God's wisdom? We must be careful to give God the glory. He is wisdom itself and we are often lacking. Yesterday I was presented with a problem a friend was experiencing. I knew I had ro step into the problem as the friend was being bullied at work. Of all the times nurses needed being bullied! I prayed for her but knew there was more. The Lord prompted me to contact another friend who  worked at the same nursing home and she offered support and advice. Now, to claim this was my inspiration would be wrong. God was leading me and I was merely a servant. When I solve problems for others, it is God leading and I must give Him the glory. Amen!

The way God designed our bodies is a model for understanding our lives together as a church: every part dependent on every other part, the parts we mention and the parts we don’t, the parts we see and the parts we don’t. If one part hurts, every other part is involved in the hurt, and in the healing. If one part flourishes, every other part enters into the exuberance. 1 Corinthians 12:25‭-‬26 MSG https://bible.com/bible/97/1co.12.25-26.MSG I am grateful that my body parts work together, that my legs and arms stay attached, that my fingers continue to function. The parts we don't see, the inner bowels, liver, pancreas, spleen to name a few, are vitally needed. I cannot live successfully without an input from all my inner parts.  I am grateful my inner parts do not fight with my visible parts for dominance. I am glad there is no jealousy or gossip. My body, generally, just gets on with the task of functioning as one entity. Jesus is the head and we are the body. Just as my brain dire...

This makes for harmony among the members, so that all the members care for each other. If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it, and if one part is honored, all the parts are glad. All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it. 1 Corinthians 12:25‭-‬27 NLT https://bible.com/bible/116/1co.12.25-27.NLT I have been convicted of injustice in so many areas of life. In the name of success amd growth the poor are exploited. The love affair we have had with success is abominable when the cost is so great. Those who suffer are across society, in the body of Christ and without. It is so easy to blind ourseves to the harm we do by the giving of huge tithes. If the money that is made to pay the tithes come from crushing, exorbitant fees, then the Lord disregards our giving. Again and again in scripture the Lord speaks out about injustice towards the poor, the orphans and widows. What good are grand buildings when heartlessness paid for it? We need to return to the...

“When you do something for someone else, don’t call attention to yourself. You’ve seen them in action, I’m sure—‘playactors’ I call them—treating prayer meeting and street corner alike as a stage, acting compassionate as long as someone is watching, playing to the crowds. They get applause, true, but that’s all they get. When you help someone out, don’t think about how it looks. Just do it—quietly and unobtrusively. That is the way your God, who conceived you in love, working behind the scenes, helps you out. Matthew 6:2‭-‬4 MSG https://bible.com/bible/97/mat.6.2-4.MSG Dont look for applause! Serve others and give willingly! Let God reward you! Amen!

But when you give to someone in need, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. Matthew 6:3 NLT https://bible.com/bible/116/mat.6.3.NLT What does this make you think of? For me it is like impulsive giving. I feel the urge and so it without weighing it up or worrying. However, if we read this verse in context with those before we see that the Pharisees made a lot of noise about their giving so to attract attention. Jesus said: "be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of people, to be seen by them. Otherwise, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven". What reward are we looking for? God's or man's? Heavenly reward surely? Therefore, give in quiet and move on not stopping to glory or gloat. Amen!

Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God’s Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don’t know how or what to pray, it doesn’t matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. That’s why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good. Romans 8:26‭-‬28 MSG https://bible.com/bible/97/rom.8.26-28.MSG We have an advocate! The Holy Spirit interceeds for us. As we all struggle with our load, He is there. Today I saw the injustice and inequity of the health system for seniors. I decided that the first thing I would do is pray. Expecting seniors to pay the same cost as working younger people is wrong. As a result many seniors cannot afford new glasses, dental work and needed surgery. Before my mum died she faithfully paid exorbitant monthly premiums for private h...