I NEED YOU JESUS!

~Thankful Thursdays with JC~

As you are reading this post I am somewhere between Israel and Alabama. We left Jerusalem at 1:30 A.M. headed back to Tel Aviv. We will arrive back to our church around 6:30 P.M. tonight.

In the last week, I’ve taken a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee, I’ve sat on the hillside at the Mt of Beatitudes, I’ve walked along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, I’ve been baptized in the Jordan River, I’ve stood on the Mount of Olives and walked the Palm Sunday Path to the Garden of Gethsemane, I’ve viewed the Eastern Gate where Jesus will come in victory, I’ve walked the Way of the Cross thru the Old City of Jerusalem, I’ve gone to the Upper Room for prayer. There is a lot on our itinerary that I will not mention but you get the idea. My pray today is simple feel free to speak your own or type it a leave a comment.

Father, THANK YOU for the opportunity to see these ancient places and experience a different culture. THANK YOU for safe travel. Most of all THANK YOU for Jesus.
I will praise you my Father because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works and that my soul knows very well. In Jesus’ precious, powerful and holy name I pray. Amen.

PRAYER FOR REMEMBERANCE

My Dear friend Kimmie is marking the date today that she lost her mother. It was a few years ago. Time heals but it doesn't make us forget. Kimmie has a beautiful spirit, and she is a woman of God. I ask you to join me today in prayer for her as she remembers, and yes mourns, the loss of her mother. Visit her today, if you can, and offer her your support.

Father God,

Only you know the day or the hour that we will meet You, Lord. I pray that Kimmie and other people who have experienced the loss of loved ones will know your comfort today, and always. That they will have comfort in knowing that they will be reunited with their loved ones again in Glory. I pray that her memories will warm her heart and she will have peace today. God you are so good and I pray that you will meet her every need.

In Jesus Name I Pray,

AMEN

TUESDAYS WITH TIZ

A couple of weeks ago I shared with you about STANDING ON THE PROMISES OF GOD. Today I want us to look at a couple of these promises in light of the pressures surrounding us in these times of uncertainty. Jesus truly reveals Himself to us in these times and His Promises become more than black ink on white paper.

In Matthew's gospel in the 6th chapter we read "take no thought for your life, what ye shall ear, or what you shall drink: nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on" (vs 25) "Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field - shall he not much more clothe you" (vs 30) "But seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness;and these thing SHALL be added unto you" (vs 33) "therefore do not be anxious for tomorrow; for tomorrow will take care of itself." (vs 34)

I choose to STAND ON THESE PROMISES - how about you?

Since our Abba Father - our DADDY FATHER, knows all things concerning us we can take our attention off the prices at the grocery store, the clothes rack and the gas pump and look full in the face of Him who assures us that He cares for us!!! HALLELUJAH!!! How will He take care of me? I do not know - that is His business and I will leave His business with Him!!!!!! (I am typing myself into the Glory Zone again!!!!)

"Thank you, Abba Father, that I do not have to be stressed out in these times of uncertainty. I choose to Stand on Your Promises and trust you to take care of ALL the details of my life as I seek first Your Kingdom and Your Righteousness. Thank you, in Jesus powerful name" Amen

Love Thy Neighbor

I have spoken a lot about our move on my site Dust Bunny Hostage. A LOT! Too much actually. But it's what is going on in my life (and seems to just not ever STOP going on!) so of course, that is what I talk about.

I have realized one of the ways that God is going to bless my family here (and He IS going to bless us, I have no doubt). I had a chance to speak to our next door neighbor. AND SHE IS A CHRISTIAN. I wasn't standing with her for 2 minutes before she started talking about the Lord. And do you know what? Without thinking or realizing what was happening, I was raising my hands in Praise! A completely involuntary action. Or maybe, Spirit led would be a better description.

The kids finally got to meet her and she told them, "If you are ever home and your parents aren't, and you need something, you come to see me." I feel so blessed.

Father God,

I pray for each family in our neighborhood. I ask that You allow us to be a witness for You. That if You have a plan for us in this community, that we would be able to accomplish what You send us to do, through Your Son, Jesus Christ.

Father, show us what it means to Love our Neighbor as ourself, Let us be a beacon of Christian love toward each of them. Father, I especially pray for the need of the man up the street, that You would send healing to his body and soul and comfort to his heart. Father God, You know his needs and I pray that You would meet each one according to Your will.

Thank You Lord, for the provision of safety and comfort that we have in our home and in our neighborhood.

In Jesus Holy and Precious name I pray,

Amen

~Thankful Thursdays with JC~

My dear reader as you read this post, I will be in Israel. Today will be my first full day there so I decided to share with you what the group will be doing. We will be leaving Tel Aviv this morning and traveling along the coastal road to Mount Carmel. That is where Elijah confronted the prophets of Baal. We will visit Caesarea on the beautiful Mediterranean Sea. Our leader will lead us in prayer for the land of Israel, while in the western region. We will see the Jezreel Valley, Mt. Tabor and the Mountains of Gilboa from Megiddo, and view the Valley of Armageddon, the site of the final great battle. We will conclude our day at Nazareth Village, and view Cana the site of Jesus’ first miracle. Tonight I will hopefully sleep peacefully in a room at the Sheraton Tiberias.

You may be asking why is she sharing? I’m sharing this because at the time I’m writing this post I am in the mist of getting ready to go. I haven’t travel a great distance in almost 5 years and never out of the country. To say that I’m stressing is a huge understatement. I’m looking forward to being in Israel, I’m not at all fearful about being there, but the getting there is another story completely. On my blog I’ve done some post on the subject, if you care to go there.

As I’m waiting for pictures to save on my computer, I’m running through all the last minute stuff I had to buy today and hoping I haven’t forgotten something. I decided to put it behind me for a little while. I picked up a songbook I have because I love the old hymns I grew up on. I opened it to page 56 to a song written by Will M. Ramsey first copyrighted in 1932 titled He Whispers Sweet Peace to Me. The words to the first verse and chorus are:

“Sometime when misgivings darken the day,
and faith’s light I cannot see;
I ask the dear Lord to bright-en the way,
He whispers sweet peace to me.”
Chorus: He whispers sweet peace to me…
He whispers sweet peace to me,
When I am cast down in spirit and soul,
He whispers sweet peace to me."

The song has four verses and each one is sweeter than the one before.

Abba, Father, Daddy, THANK YOU for whispering sweet peace to me today. Father forgive me for getting too busy with getting ready to see ancient places that I haven’t spent time with the Ancient of Days. I am so very sorry. THANK YOU for using the slowness of the computer and this old hymn as a reminder of what is truly important. YOU.

Just being in Your presence.

Father I ask you to tell me what to take and what to leave behind. Father, I know you will be with me each and every step. THANK YOU for the opportunity to go there. To see with my own eyes places my Savior saw. To walk where He walked. There just aren’t enough words in the English language to express my gratitude.

Father bless each and every person that reads this post with a hunger to draw closer to You. In Jesus’ powerful, holy and precious name I pray.

Amen

TUESDAYS WITH TIZ

Having a true friend is a rare treasure. I am truly blessed to have several true friends. Some I do not see very often but I know they are there. True friendship is not maintenance free. We must keep the friendship going. Hey, that is what SHOPPING MALLS and TEA ROOMS were created for!!!!!!

We must focus on BEING a friend and not on HAVING a friend. Being a friend is a matter of thinking of the other person. Having a friend is focusing on myself and my own needs.

Proverbs 17 says "A friend loves at all times". A true friend laughs with me and not at me. I must ask myself "How can I help this friend become all God created her to be?"

If you are someone's friend, it means you were chosen. You are not in someone's life by happenstance. You are in someone's life because he or she wants you there.

Jesus said in John 15: 14-15 "Ye are my friends" and "I have called you friends" Jesus chose ME to be His friend. My friends, this is awesome!!! He likes for me to spend time with Him developing this friendship. I am in His life because He wants me there. He calls ME "friend" !!!! Just think about that for a minute.

Father,

Thank you for revealing yourself to me as my friend. Me?, a friend of God!!!! Father, that really warms my heart. I thank you for the precious friends you have blessed me with. Help me to be there for them in the good times and the bad times. Oh, how I want to be a JESUS FRIEND to them!! More than anything, Father, I want to make you proud to call me your friend!!!

I pray this prayer in the powerful Name of Jesus, your Son and my friend.

AMEN