Author: Faith

“Don’t be anxious about anything; rather, bring up all of your requests to God in your prayers and petitions, along with giving thanks.  Then the peace of God that exceeds all understanding will keep your hearts and minds safe in Christ Jesus.”-Philippians 4: 6-7

Dear God:

Thank You!

Thank You for Family & Friends!

Thank You for filling our hearts with Joy.

Thank You for the tears that help us to release any pain that we have!

Thank You for the many times that you have helped us to walk Your path, instead of our own.

Thank You for the many times that You have helped us love, really love.

Thank You for the many times You have taken care of those we love.  Thank You for making their Path to You and in this world easier.

Thank You for being with those we love and walking through their difficult times with them.

Thank You for walking with us and for helping us to face the difficult times in our own life.

Thank You for the many times You have helped us show compassion and love, rather than ingratitude or anger.  

Thank You for helping us to help others.  And to really find joy in helping others.

Thank You for Prayer, for it brings us so much closer to You.

Thank You for the many times we haven’t been afraid, because we knew You were with us.

Thank You for the many times that You have helped us rise above our own feelings and realize again that Faith is not about how we feel on any given day, but who we follow.

Thank You for giving us Guardian Angels to be with us each day!  And thank you for helping us know that they are with us.

Thank You for the Gift of Nature; it is so beautiful and so often reminds us of You.

Thank You for the Gift of Hugs!

Thank You for those that love us on earth!  They bring us so much happiness!

Thank You for babies that bring us so much joy!

Thank you for smiles, laughter and puppies…

Thank You God for your Word that is in the Holy Bible.  It has helped us every day and we are so grateful for its guidance and its constant reminders of Your love!

Thank You so much for loving us.

Thank You so much for giving us the Freedom to Choose You.

Thank You for Saving us!!!

Thank You God for all of this and more!

“ For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” -John 3:16

Thanksgiving is often a time for gathering family and friends together. And truthfully, we enjoy taking time to give thanks, with those we love, for all of the Blessings that we have received this past year. It is a good thing 🙂

But perhaps this year, we might give even more thanks for our God who does the Blessing.

For where would we really be without God? What if God had not sent Jesus to Save us? What pain God must have felt as He watched His only Son die on that Cross. What pain Jesus must have felt as He died on that Cross. And all because God loved us and was willing to do anything to save us!

Are we willing to do anything and everything it takes to Follow Jesus?

Perhaps that is a great way to give thanks. Love God as much as He loves us 🙂

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“³⁵ And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

³⁶ But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

³⁷ Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;

³⁸ Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.” – Matthew 9:35-38

Before we know it, the Great Harvest of Revelation will be here. But until then, we can need to reach out to as many people as we can to share with them the Good News of Jesus Christ.

We can not “make” anyone receive Jesus as their Savior, but we can certainly share the Good News of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the way to Heaven. And we can pray for them and those we love.

Let us bring as many as possible with us to Heaven and let there be as few left as possible to face God’s Wrath. If we truly love God, we need to love all of God’s People, because God does God 🙂

“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. ³⁵ By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” -John 13:34-35

Follow Jesus & Keep Praying; Prayer Changes Things!

How does one prepare for the Great Harvest? We pray. We pray daily. We pray often. We pray always. For the most important thing we can do to prepare for the Great Harvest, is to grow closer to Jesus. And the way we can do that is to Pray as often as possible, truly as often as possible.

And we can share Christ with others. Revival begins with us. This is true. But it doesn’t end with us!

Unsure how to begin. We can ask the Holy Spirit for the help we need and the opportunity.

But don’t wait! The Great Harvest will come, whether we are ready or not. Be Ready. And help those you love Be Ready as well 🙂

Follow Jesus & Keep Praying; Prayer Changes Things!

Please pray for the people of Ukraine. Many of the embassies are closed, including the U.S. Embassy and many of Europe’s embassies as well. A large attack is expected, and whether we have been supporting the funding of the war in Ukraine or not, it does not matter. What matters is that the families of Ukraine need your prayers because they are suffering so.

When flesh rips, it hurts horrifically. When people bleed, they suffer and are horribly frightend. Because so much of the power for electricity has been destroyed, many do not have heat. Can we imagine the cold? And what about the mother and father whose heart breaks because they can not keep their child warm. And imagine how they feel when they realize they can no longer protect their child!And when their child dies, there are just no words to describe the kind of pain that those who love that child go through! Please pray for all of them.

So many of those who fight in Ukraine are someone’s child. And those parents suffer horrifically. And the 25 year old soldier suffers as well. Wounds can hurt unbearably, whether they be physical or emotional. Please pray for the soldiers and their families as well.

The Ukranian families could so easily be us. The distance that our enemies are from us will only protect us for so long. And before our nation can expect God to protect us, we must turn our nation back to the Lord, before it is too late.

Please pray for the families of Ukraine and pray for our nation as well.

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“Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and on the cloud sat One like the Son of Man, having on His head a golden crown, and in His hand a sharp sickle.”-Revelation 14:14

Are we ready? Because the Great Harvest WILL come. Will we be part of the good Harvest, the grain harvest, which enters Heaven? Or will we be part of the winepress and go to Hell? It’s our choice, given to us by God Himself.

Jesus loves the lost and reaches out to them all. But if we refuse His Help, if we refuse to allow Jesus to Save us, then we will one day face the consequences.

If we follow Jesus, we must love those He loves and so we must love the lost while they are lost. Let it be said that we did the very best we could to love our neighbors well 🙂

Follow Jesus & Keep Praying; Prayer Changes Things!

“⁴ I looked, and there before me was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man^[a] with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. ¹⁵ Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.” ¹⁶ So he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.”-Revelation 14-16

Here we read the Bible Verses regarding the “good” harvest. There is also verses regarding those who are not with Jesus:

“⁷ Another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. ¹⁸ Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, “Take your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth’s vine, because its grapes are ripe.” ¹⁹ The angel swung his sickle on the earth, gathered its grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath. ²⁰ They were trampled in the winepress outside the city, and blood flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses’ bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.-Revelation 17-20“

One question for us all-is which Harvest will we choose to be a part of?

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“ So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.”-Revelation 3:16

It is rare that God’s Word is so horribly descriptive (vomit). Clearly from the verse, God does not want or like “lukewarm” Christians. God wants our hearts to be on fire for Him. He wants us to follow Him enthusiastically and completely.

So what are a few of the steps we can take to avoid this “lukewarm” state?

We can pray-daily. We can read God’s Word-daily. We can do our very best to obey God’s Word-daily. Notice a pattern here; it’s a daily effort!

We can avoid sin and repent daily. We can ask God to “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.”-Psalm 51:10

We can:

“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ ³⁸ This is the first and greatest commandment. ³⁹ And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.'”-Matthew 22: 37-39

Remember, Love can also be an action verb.

Being “hot” for the Lord is a daily commitment and a way of life. One we need to choose if we truly want to Follow Jesus.

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“Try that in a small town” by Jason Aldean is a great reminder about how far this nation fell. What kind of country did we become that we accepted and tried to justify such bad and violent behavior.

People tried to assassinate President Trump twice; some say three times. It doesn’t matter which party. Someone tried to murder a human being! What kind of country have we become that we seem to accept this with ease?

Evil has grown like a cancer for a long time in our country. Electing a new President is not going to change that overnight. The time God has given us is precious; we need to treasure it and use every second of it to turn our nation back to God. And keep it there!

God’s Mercies are new every morning; will it finally be morning in America?

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If 57% voted FOR the abortion amendment that would allow abortions even in the third trimester in Florida, not to mention seven other states voting FOR abortion issues on the ballot, have we really changed? Our mandate as Christians was and is to put God First.

Are we?

Or are we putting our own selfish desires first instead?

Who is coming first in this scenario? Following God’s Commandments or our own?

Time is a Gift from God! What we do with it is our gift to God!

Follow Jesus & Keep Praying; Prayer Changes Things!