The day with dianne Louise

“The Lord says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.”  Psalms‬ ‭32‬:‭8‬ ‭NLT‬‬ The best path is always the one that leads to life. We must trust that the choices God makes are best. We have limited knowledge He has abundant knowledge. He sees the end we don’t. I have just been reading the book of Jerimah. Jeremiah was called to prophesy to a stubborn people. Again and again they asked him to give them God’s word and again and again they refused to walk in it, with dire consequences. We can not be so stubborn. Trust and obey! Amen!

“Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and my God!”  Psalms‬ ‭42‬:‭11‬ ‭NLT‬‬ Our hearts can become discouraged, and we can also experience sadness. However, the Psalmist gives us a solution: put our hope in God and praise Him again, and again, and again! Today I again put my hope in God and He  did not disappoint. He is good and faithful to complete what He has begun. Philippians 1:6 We can be sure that the Lord is more interested in completing what He begun than we are. He will do it! Amen!

“The Lord says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭32‬:‭8‬ ‭NLT‬‬ For the longest time there have been maps, road maps and now we have Google maps. I am grateful for the maps. Without maps we would be lost. I remember, before there were Navman devices we could put in our cars, I would pull out the city map and plot my path, write it down and follow the road signs. When Navman came I could trust a voice to tell me where to turn. I am grateful I have such a voice, the Holy Spirit is my guide.  This morning I had a message from a young man in Nepal called Timothy. Timothy is an evangelist. He was travelling to the far reaches in the Terai area to a place where the first church plant he made was. I have been in similar areas. You travel up a river to get to your destination. Without a guide or a map I would be in serious trouble. When I go to Nepal I will depend on Timothy as a guide. Without the Holy Spirit guiding...

“Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and my God!”  Psalms‬ ‭42‬:‭11‬ ‭NLT‬‬ When waiting on God for clear direction we can become despondent. My friend who is going ahead of me to Nepal is full of excitement and constantly receiving confirmations. It is his time to go. I don’t have the same, and his constant excited rambling can be overpowering, but I know I must walk slower, and wait to complete my current task before running on. Managing the emotions created by this dilemma can be challenging. However, I sense a bigger picture for me to concentrate on. When your own space is quiet, and another is noisy, what do you do? Remain faithful and value the quiet in your own field, the noise will soon arrive. Yesterday I watched an episode of The Chosen in which Jesus returns home to celebrate New Year with His family and finds only His mother to welcome Him. His brothers avoid Him. Lazarus and his sisters show up and...

“Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.” ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭10‬:‭23‬ ‭NLT‬‬ When two people hold a rope taut, it remains a strong  tool , but if one drops the rope it is useless. Whilst the Lord will remain  faithful, we must continue in faith to see the result we pray for. We have a part to play in receiving from God. Jesus taught a lot about persistence in prayer. He commended those who were strong in faith, but also reprimanded those who were of little faith. Let us see the answers we pray for! Amen!

“Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.” ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭10‬:‭23‬ ‭NLT‬‬ God can be trusted ! He does not fail us! Today I am seeking God for timing. Next year I am going to Nepal to teach English. However, for how long and when He has not shown me. The first hurdle, can my income stream continue, yes. The next, how long will Nepal allow me to stay? Next, what to do with my home, thirdly when to go. The last three are yet to be revealed. I am ready to pack up everything and leave, but I have people here who I am also ministering to. Is God providing another person to continue in my stead? Perhaps! He has placed other Christian’s in my street, my old neighbour has Christians  in the retirement village, and she needs to come to faith in the Lord herself rather than depend on my faith. I am sure the Lord has it all in hand, I am just to discover it. Praise Him!

“For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”  2 Corinthians‬ ‭3‬:‭17‬ ‭NLT‬‬ The first mention of the Spirit of the Lord, is in Genesis: now the earth was formless and empty, darkness covered the face of the watery depths, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. Gen 1:2. Then….. God said , let there be…. And there was. The Spirit of God was there ready, waiting, for the command, as soon as it came, the Spirit moved, and things happened. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. The Spirit is the power to change, to act, to believe. How about saying something? This morning I knew I needed a miracle, I needed finance . I commanded it to come and went for a walk praising God. I had to dress my old neighbour’s back. She said when she saw me, ‘ I am very grateful for your help and would like to pay you $50’. It was the exact amount I had asked the Lord for. Praise Him! This evening as I was mowing I discovere...