The act of bowing is a sign of respect. For me, as a Christian, I bow when I am in deep prayer and worship to God.

Why do I bow? It tells my circumstances, my mind and body that there is One who is Greater than I. Bowing tells my situations that the God of the Universe is the head of my life. Bowing also tells my heart not to worry or fear, because I have just placed it ALL on the altar of God.

Psalm 95:1-6

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Praise to the Lord, and Warning against Unbelief.

When is the last time you bowed in submission to God. What is keeping you from giving all your cares to the One who cares the most for you?

I pray that you enjoy the Worship video today. It is a beautiful song from Michael English entitled, “I Bowed on My Knees and Cried Holy.

This morning’s devotion is dedicated to my beautiful Aunt who gained her new body yesterday.

2 Corinthians 5:1-8

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The Temporal and Eternal

5 For we know that if the earthly tent [our physical body] which is our house is torn down [through death], we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. ² For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our [immortal, eternal] celestial dwelling, ³ so that by putting it on we will not be found naked. ⁴ For while we are in this tent, we groan, being burdened [often weighed down, oppressed], not that we want to be unclothed [separated by death from the body], but to be clothed, so that what is mortal [the body] will be swallowed up by life [after the resurrection]. ⁵ Now He who has made us and prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the [Holy] Spirit as a pledge [a guarantee, a down payment on the fulfillment of His promise].

⁶ So then, being always filled with good courage and confident hope, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord— ⁷ for we walk by faith, not by sight [living our lives in a manner consistent with our confident belief in God’s promises]— ⁸ we are of good courage and confident hope, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

Today’s worship video is a classic gospel song by The Caravans and Albertina Walker entitled, “Lord Keep Me Day By Day.”

Yesterday, I was praying about a very serious situation in my life regarding my health and well-being.

The loving Holy Spirit whispered to my heart that God had already given me victory in the situation.  I cant explain the level of love I felt when God used His word to confirm that I shall live and not die.

The beautiful encounter reminded me that God loves me and loves US. When I pray,  Im able to come into agreement with the word of God with confidence and assurance.

What is this post about today? It’s about trusting God with everything and letting Him take the lead.

Give it to God. Stand on the Word. Study the holy scriptures so that when you pray you can come into agreement with what God’s will is for your life.

Proverbs 3:5-6

New King James Version (NKJV)

Life, bills, traffic, work, alarm clocks are all a part of our daily routine. Sometimes it is so easy to go in autopilot mode.

The one thing that we must maintain, nurture and be vigilant about are our relationships. Whether it’s with our parents, siblings, children, friends, spouses or God.

Relationships bring support, love, growth, encouragement and a sense of community and oneness.

God knew that it was not good for us to be alone. We were designed to be connected to each other.

My prayer for today is that we cherish all of our relationships. Let Love be the driving force behind our actions.

Love will help us remember who we are and who we were created to be….

Remember who you are….

Trust Love. Trust God.

Colossians 3:18-25

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The Christian Home

¹⁸ Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

¹⁹ Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them.

²⁰ Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord.

²¹ Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.

²² Bondservants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing God. ²³ And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, ²⁴ knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for^[a]you serve the Lord Christ. ²⁵ But he who does wrong will be repaid for what he has done, and there is no partiality.

Enjoy today’s worship video from Rickie Byars Beckwith.

Have you ever experienced a time when someone walked into a room and the entire energy of the room changed? I have experienced this many times, both positively and negatively.

I call the phenomenon a person’s “karmic fragrance.” What invisible scent trail is setting the atmospheric tone of a room?

In Luke 7:36-38, Jesus was invited to eat at the home of a certain Pharisee. There was a sinful woman who came to the home where Jesus was invited. As she began to come closer to Jesus, the sinful woman began to cry. The presence of such holiness and love caused the woman to spotenously change the fragrance or scent of the Pharisee’s home.

What a powerful statement the presence of Jesus made. Oh, to be in the presence of such Love, so far from what the sinful woman had known.

What fragrance are YOU leaving when walk into a room? Does the atmosphere change, for the better, because of your presence?

Luke 7:36-38

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A Sinful Woman Forgiven

³⁶ Then one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And He went to the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to eat. ³⁷ And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil, ³⁸ and stood at His feet behind Him weeping; and she began to wash His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head; and she kissed His feet and anointed them with the fragrant oil.

Please enjoy today’s worship video.

Most people would agree that Love is the most powerful force in the universe. Im speaking of pure, untainted Love.

There are many circumstances I can think of when love stepped into action on someone else’s behalf.

Love, grace and mercy work very closely with each other. There are times, with God’s help and guidance, I was able to share and show true Love. The person is always so shocked because most people would not have reacted the same way that I did. Whenever people are shocked by my response, I always say, “That’s what love does.”

As followers of Jesus, The Christ, we experience Love everyday, even when dont deserve it. Let’s look at the day Jesus was crucified.

Luke 23:32-34

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³² There were also two others, criminals, led with Him to be put to death. ³³ And when they had come to the place called Calvary, there they crucified Him, and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on the left. ³⁴ Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.” And they divided His garments and cast lots.

How easy is it for us to love when others show us love? Very easy, I would say. The true challenge is when we want to react and lash out, because of how we were treated, but instead we choose to go higher.  The gift of Love, in it’s highest form, is to show Grace and Mercy instead of retribution and anger.

I challenge each of us to walk in the office of Love. How will the world around us change, for the better, if we show Grace and Mercy more often.

Please enjoy today’s  worship video. It is one of my favorite hymns, “Love Lifted Me.”

 

The month of June is full of weddings. What an exciting time in the lives of two people and their families.

Marriage is a sacred journey between two people. After my first marriage, I remained single for almost 19 years. I understood that I had a lot of learning, growing and healing to do.

I used my time of singleness to serve God and to prepare myself for my future. I had a very intimate relationship with the Lord. I was very involved in church and several ministries. I had a strong prayer life and I learned how to hear the voice of God so very clearly.

Then one day God said in a whisper, “Im going to change your name.” I didn’t quite know what he meant. A few weeks later God began to put the desire for a husband in my heart.

When God started preparing my heart for a husband, I was SO Afraid. I questioned God. I asked Him, “Who is going to cover me like you cover me? Who is going to love me like you love me? Who is going to make me feel like a princess, the way that You do? I dont want him, God, if he doesn’t remind me of you.”

I never knew I could love someone so much.

True Love is beautiful. My husband wasnt the one that gave me wings, but he was the one that reminded me that I was Created to fly.

So if you are single, taking the next step to marriage is nothing to be taken lightly. Be very sure before saying, “I Do.”

The Bible says this about marriage:

Ephesians 5:25-29

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²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, ²⁶ that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, ²⁷ that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. ²⁸ So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. ²⁹ For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.

Enjoy today’s Worship video.

God’s Everlasting Love

³¹ What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? ³² He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? ³³ Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. ³⁴ Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. ³⁵ Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? ³⁶ As it is written:

³⁷ Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. ³⁸ For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, ³⁹ nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Amen)

Some days, I dont need to add words. The Word speaks for itself.

Enjoy the worship video for today.

We are Overcomers!!!!

May blessings fall richly around you, through you and on you today and every day to come. May the peace of Goodness and Light walk with you daily.

Please accept my apologies in not coming to you daily with inspirational blog entries.  My heart needed a few days to mend from a great sadness that was over me, due to the passing of a dear friend. But I was reminded that I have a calling on my life and that calling does not take days off. I asked God for a refreshing in my spirit. God is so faithful to those that call on Him.

Praise God, my heart, mind and spirit decided  that my time of mourning was over. My mindset needs to be that of joy, thankfulness, blessings and an overpowering knowing that God has already taken care of everything.

So this morning when I rose, I didnt have ANY DOUBT that God had already worked it out for my good or for His glory.

Philippians 4:4-7  (NKJV)

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!

⁵ Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.

⁶ Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; ⁷ and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (Amen)

Please enjoy the worship video this morning. Praise Alert: Be ready to clap your hands and stomp your feet.

Tamela Mann sings a song entitled, “Take Me To The King.” The song describes how it will feel seeing The Trinity face to face.

Can you imagine, one day, seeing the One your soul longs for and worships every day? Oh, What majesty! What glory! What Worship!

Losing a loved one is never easy. In fact it is one of the hardest things we will ever go through, but imagine what it will be like for the loved one we have lost. What will they see?

A dear soul transitioned this week into her new clothes. I send love to the family, the church and the community of believers. She was a brilliant bright light and will forever be missed.

Please let today’s worship video wash over you. I send love to you all.