I AM in Song

Every now an then it is important to remind ourselves that the true and living God that we serve is  'The Great I AM'

Exodus 3:14-  Then God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM; When you go to the people of Israel,

tell them, ‘I AM sent me to you.

The Great I AM

Donnie McClurkin

You are God the Living King

You are Christ the Risen Lord
You are Praised by the redeemed
You are Worshiped and Adored

You're the Great Eternal wonder
You're the Precious Holy Lamb
You are The Great I AM...

Revelation 1:8“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”

I AM

Eddie James

I am the Lord, I'm the Almighty God
I am the One for whom nothing is too hard

I am the Shepherd and I am the Door

I am the Good News to the bound and the poor

I am, I am

I am, I am...

Psalm 46:10 Be still, and know that I Am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!

I AM

Jason Nelson

I AM the Creator,

I AM the Maker

of the Universe

I AM the one who, spoke into nothing

And all creation birthed.

I AM He

Who has all Power in my hands

And if you believe

On My Word you can stand.

I AM Healer

Mender of broken hearts.

Alpha Omega

Your destiny and where you start.

I AM the one

Who does impossible things

That's who I AM, just let me be who I AM

To you...

Be About It: The Kingdom Promise

Thank you for your heartfelt thoughts, hugs, affirmations and encouragement in my last post.  I appreciate each and every one of you!!

Let's jump right in to the first 'Be Attitude' post.

Three of the Beatitudes found in Matthew 5:1-12 contain a very rich promise!

We are promised three times with the reward of inheriting the Kingdom of Heaven:
 
Matthew 5:3:  Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
 
Matthew 5:10   Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake,
For theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Matthew 5:11-12  Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake.   Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in Heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

The promises of a Kingdom reward are offered with a pronouncement of  blessings bases on an attitude or specific trails we face in life. 

"Of the poor in spirit Jesus says, "Their's is the kingdom of heaven." This kingdom is not, as Christ's hearers had hoped, a temporal and earthly dominion. Christ was opening to them the spiritual kingdom of His love, His grace, His righteousness. ... His subjects are the poor in spirit, the meek, the persecuted for righteousness' sake. The kingdom of heaven is theirs. Though not yet fully accomplished, the work is begun in them which will make them "meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light" (Col. 1: 12).

Source: http://www.whiteestate.org/devotional/ag/01_01.asp

 

 

Until next time friends, Be Blessed!!

To Be or Not to Be

Greetings Friends!  It has been a bit quiet here on the blog. But I'm still alive in case you are wondering. 

I've been facing some personal tests lately.  They say a picture is worth a thousand words....

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Nevertheless, I continue to declare that my God is good and faithful, loving, patient and kind.  I'm learning lessons and things about my Character, the spirit in which  I respond to specific test and trials.

I've come to realize that I truly need the Master, our Creator to continue to reveal things about myself to me and help me take the steps to repair and create more Christ like responses to specific tests that I face. As the saying goes, "The Lord helps those who helps themselves."

It's time to meditate on God's word again and take a closer look at God's instructions and expectations of us especially towards our attitudes when facing tests/trials.

I invite you to take this journey with me exploring in the upcoming series of posts  on the Blessings of the Be-Attitudes (Matthew 5:1-12).

Encouraging Myself in the Lord

He'll Do It Again

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

God on the Mountain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I Surrender All

 

These Days

Can evil become any more evil?  When you think the worst of the worst could happen, you recover from one tragedy, here comes another.

Have you ever wondered, Lord where are you?  How can you allow such a murderous actions to happen to your Children? in Your house of worship?!

What about the passing of laws that contradict God's institution of Marriage?

I would say these are fair questions that we should not be afraid, or shy away to ask our King.

One thing we need to remember is that there is a Battle taking place between Good and Evil. The excerpt below from The Great Controversy by Ellen White offers some helpful insight on what is taking place today and why...

The great controversy between good and evil will increase in intensity to the very close of time. In all ages the wrath of Satan has been manifested against the church of Christ; and God has bestowed His grace and Spirit upon His people to strengthen them to stand against the power of the evil one. When the apostles of Christ were to bear His gospel to the world and to record it for all future ages, they were especially endowed with the enlightenment of the Spirit. But as the church approaches her final deliverance, Satan is to work with greater power. He comes down "having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time." Revelation 12:12. He will work "with all power and signs and lying wonders." 2 Thessalonians 2:9. For six thousand years that mastermind that once was highest among the angels of God has been wholly bent to the work of deception and ruin. And all the depths of satanic skill and subtlety acquired, all the cruelty developed, during these struggles of the ages, will be brought to bear against God's people in the final conflict. And in this time of peril the followers of Christ are to bear to the world the warning of the Lord's second advent; and a people are to be prepared to stand before Him at His coming, "without spot, and blameless." 2 Peter 3:14. At this time the special endowment of divine grace and power is not less needful to the church than in apostolic days.  Through the illumination of the Holy Spirit, the scenes of the long-continued conflict between good and evil have been opened to the writer of these pages. From time to time I have been permitted to behold the working, in different ages, of the great controversy between Christ, the Prince of life, the Author of our salvation, and Satan, the prince of evil, the author of sin, the first transgressor of God's holy law. Satan's enmity against Christ has been manifested against His followers.

Prayer: Lord have mercy on our souls. We desire to draw closer to you to get to know you and your word more than ever before; we recognize there are bold distractions and subtle distractions. We recognize evil, we recognize deficit in morality and blatant disregard for your instructions and commands in our World.  We ask that you be our guide as we aspire to live your way, we ask that you keep us grounded and focused.  Let your testimonies and praise never cease from our lips. Protect us from all Evil and save us in your Kingdom as you have promised when you come is my prayer in Jesus name. Amen.

Singing Praises to a Good God

It's my favorite time on the blog, come join me in singing Praises to our Good God....

My God is Good Oh

Woke me up early this Morning

Could have been dead but I'm breathing

Jehovah Jireh is able

 

You provide good food on mi table

Oh Lord I'm feeling di feeling

Oh, Oh Oh oh oh My God is Good Oh...

Jason Mighty

 

 

 

 

 

God is Good

If you didn't know by now, you should,

You can see that God is good.

Gave me joy that no one could.

God is good to me.

Brought me out of darkness into light,

made the wrong things right.

Gave me joy that no one could,

God is good to me...

Lisa Page Brooks

 

 

 

 

 

God is Good

God is good, God is Good,

God is good to me how can I let Him down

How can I let Him down,

How can I let Him down,

He's so good to me...

 

He Pick me up, turn me around

Place my feet on higher ground,

How can I let Him down,

How can I let Him down, 

He's so good to me...

Grace Thrillers

Home Again

Hello Friends!!

How are you doing?  Well, I'm back, returned last week.  Everything went relatively well with the funeral services for my Father.  We traveled and came back home safely, Praise God.  A few hiccups with our return and as usual God fixed it.

Upon our return:

1st: We missed our connecting flight as the screens were showing the wrong gate;  Decided to ask an attendant after a while, who looked up the flight and told us the right gate number; after dashing across the airport we were told the flight just left and we needed to re-book.  We dashed across the airport to find the re-booking station, when it was our turn, the Lady/travel arranger that helped us asked "Are you Christians?" We replied yes.  She said you look like Christians and began sharing her personal testimonies with us. She was full of Praises for the Lord and we were blessed to Praise God with her.  God blessed us that there was another connecting flight to our City in just a few hours and we were able get home that night. God is a Way Maker, Thank you Jesus!

2nd: The taxi driver talked about the Lord, unprompted my us, all the way to our destination and we had a blessed conversation.  It is so refreshing to meet people who really love the God and are passionate about sharing the Lord and His goodness in their everyday lives. 

After settling in, My mother asked me to get her medicine. That's when I realized that her handbag was missing. We searched and could not find it.  Her handbag had her medication and our camera in it. I started feeling overwhelmed and grief stricken thinking about the memories on our camera of pictures several years old now; not to mention my mother's medication.   I looked at the clock and It was after 2am in the morning.  Called the cab company to see if her hand bag left in the cab; they called a cab driver but it was not the same one that took us home.  I asked God to please have mercy and help us to recover the bag. I cried a bit and prayed with exhausted desperation and then decided to surrender and forced myself to sleep.   I called the cab company again the next day and they were able to track down our cab driver and he found the handbag.  Praise be to God for Ever and Ever!


3rd:  The next morning, my mother was moving one of our vehicles out of the drive way and for some reason the door would/could not open with the remote OR the physical key (have you ever heard of a KEY not opening a door?)  We tried and tried and nothing!  I remembered that my cell plan has an emergency assistance and decided to call them to see if they did lock out assistance.  They did and sent someone over right away. Even the man said he had never seen anything like that before, any way he did his thing and got the door open but the car would not start and the alarm started making NOISE non-stop.  I called the dealer to report the problem and there was a re-call for this lock issue and we took it in to get it fixed at no cost to us.  God did it Again....Praise Jehovah.


4th: Returned to work and was told there is a Big re-org taking place to be effective immediately. Staff was being moved and for some reason, I felt very calm.  With all the hype, hallway conversations and speculations, my spirit was not troubled.  After the official announcement at a staff meeting, I was told that I was staying put. God Is Faithful, His promises are true.