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Let Me Give You New Sight

"Come now, let's settle this," says the Lord. "though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool." Isaiah 1:18

My Bride, let Me settle something in your mind and soul once and for all. I don't see you as you see yourself. You see your sin, and I see a forgiven princess. You see who you were, and I see who you will become as I crown you in My glory. You give yourself guilt, and I give you grace. You hold yourself hostage to your past, and I give you the key to freedom in Me. You are lovely in My eyes, and nothing you could say or do will change this truth. Now let Me open your eyes so you may see all I have died for, that you may have a new view of you!

Love,

Your Prince and New Life

(Taken from His Princess Bride by Sheri Rose Shepherd)

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Valentines Day, 2011

"Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the children of God" 1 John 3:1a

"Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God" 1 John 4:7a



Valentines Day just strikes me as a happy day. I like all the red heart displays in the stores. I like memories of valentine candy, especially the little sugar candy hearts with "Be Mine" or "I Love You" written on them. And, oh the chocolate hearts were (and still are) just delicious, even if the center is hollow!!!

Before we married I bought myself a heart shaped cake pan and baked Gene a cake. I think it embarrassed him because I wanted him to take it home with him and he was living with his parents. Anyway, a lot of love went into that cake which was baked fifty six years ago. The cake pan rusted but our marriage has not rusted!!! He still loves and cherishes me the way Christ loves the Church. It is a joy to love a man like him. So much for memories.

Blog friends, since Love Himself lives on the inside of us, I think it would be great if we show love to someone special this Valentines Day and then go a step further and do something special for someone who really does not deserve it, remembering that, within ourselves, there really is nothing for our King to love. Show Grace to someone...do you have a heart shaped cake pan???

"Father, I praise you as Love Himself. Thank you for loving me unconditionally and continuously showing Grace to me. I pray that my friends in blog land will experience your Love for them and that we all will enjoy showing Your Love to others today. In Jesus Name, I pray." Amen

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Preach the Word

"Preach the word; be diligent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine" 2 Timothy 4:2

In this scripture verse, Paul is instructing Timothy on how to be a leader in The Church in light of the fact that these new christians are being exposed to false teachers and false doctrine. Read verses 1 - 5 for a clear picture of Paul's charge to this young pastor.

Friends, these are the same instructions God has given your pastor and my pastor. If my pastor is to be all God has instructed him to be then he needs my support and my cooperation...and my steadfast prayers on his behalf. My pastor certainly does not need me expecting more of him than God expects of him.

My family is awesomely blessed to have a humble, God loving, Spirit filled, young man as our pastor. We love him dearly and we know he loves us. I trust all of you are as blessed.

"Father, I thank you from the depth of my heart for Pastor Wren who loves, instructs, cares for and encourages me. I thank you for teaching him your Word so he can teach it to me. I ask you to bless each person reading this post with a pastor just like mine. I pray they will, in turn, be blessed and encouraged by their pastor. In Jesus Name, I pray." Amen

My Confession for Today

"This day I will be blessed when I go out and I will be blessed when I come back in this afternoon. The fruit of my womb is being blessed today. This day I choose to walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit knowing that the Spirit of God in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me today. My inner man is being renewed today. This day I choose to rejoice in the Lord. Jesus will richly bless each and every person I come in contact with today.

I boldly declare that I am a daughter of the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords and I will live the life of a Princess today. Now that I have typed myself into the Glory Zone I will go out and be Jesus in my world today."

Oh, blog friends, join me today in declaring who you are in Jesus. Hold your head high, straighten your crown, and walk in His Victory!!!

"Father, I praise you as my Victory today. I pray that my blog friends will confess You in their lives today and they will be blessed abundantly by and in You. In Jesus Name, I pray." Amen

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Happy New Year - 2011

"For He shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways"
Psalm 91: 11

None of us know what the Year 2011 has in store for us. We just know that wherever we go and whatever we do, God's angels have charge over us. Friends, I find rest and peace in that truth. I can and will rejoice in Him this coming year. In Jesus Christ, my every need is already met and my every care is already on Him.

Blog friends, join me in keeping our focus on Him and join me in experiencing Him in every area of our lives in the Year 2011. HE IS LORD!!!!

"Father, I pray that You will abundantly bless my blog friends with Yourself this coming year. I thank You for their encouragement to me. I praise You for who You are and for who I am in You. In Jesus name, I pray." Amen

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Hope has Hands

"Christ in you, the hope of glory" Col 1:27
"For to me to live is Christ" Phil 1:21

Today's post is about another song in the musical our church choir will be presenting this coming Sunday. This song, Hope has Hands, is just so full of Jesus I want to share a part of it with you....NO, I am not going to sing it!!!

"In search of a Child they traveled so far...led by a star to a place of Joy. Now the wise men tell a beautiful story....describing the glory of a baby Boy.

Hope has hands
Freedom has feet
Trust will stand
The Word will speak
The holy and lowly will finally embrace for
Love has a heart beat and
Grace has a face
Compassion has a tear
Joy has laughter
Peace has a smile
Redemption's blood has veins to flow in
A temple to glow in
Light is a Child"

And now, Christmas, 2010
Hope still has hands....our hands
Freedom still has feet...our feet
Love still has a heart beat...our heart beat
Grace still has a face....our face
Compassion still has a tear...our tears
Joy still has laughter...our laughter
Peace still has a smile...our smile
Yes, blog friends, we are Jesus to our world. Glory!!!

"Father, how I thank you for including me in your great plan to bless the world with yourself...my mind does not understand it but my heart does. I pray for everyone reading this post today. I pray that they will see their hands, feet, tears, laughter, and smiles as your instruments of Grace to their world. In Jesus Christmas Name, I pray." Amen

MERRY CHRISTMAS

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Mary Rocks the Rock


"The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust:" Psalm 18:2


"and that Rock was Christ" 1 Cor 10:4


I have been ask to be a reader (not a singer) in a Christmas musical at our church. One of the songs is titled "Mary Rocks the Rock"1. When I read that title I thought my heart would stop beating. And then I read the lyrics and listened to the music and I really had a Glory fit!!!


Part of the lyrics are...


A teenage mother far from her family just now delivered her baby Boy.

Its nothing at all...the way she thought it would be, But tonight everything's right.

Mary rocks the Rock -- that will be the foundation for her life and beyond.

Mary cradles her Son who'll become her salvation, the Promised one.

She hushes His cry with her lullaby, Heaven and earth for the moment has stopped.

Mary rocks the Rock!!!


Yes, Mary rocked the Rock of her salvation and the Rock of my salvation.

Mary carried Him in her arms and laid Him on her lap.

I carry Him in my heart and lay my head on His lap. Do I hear a Christmas Praise!!!!


"Father, thank you for the joy of knowing you as The Rock. You truly are everything Your Word says you are to me. Bless my friends in blogland with Yourself today. In Jesus precious Name, I pray." Amen



1. Musical Ready to Sing Christmas...Hope Has Hands...created by Sue C Smith, Phil Cross and Russell Mauldin