Conquering Hero

Isaiah 63

1 Who is this who comes from Edom,
With dyed garments from Bozrah,
This One who is glorious in His apparel,
Traveling in the greatness of His strength?—

“ I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.”
2 Why is Your apparel red,
And Your garments like one who treads in the winepress?
3 “ I have trodden the winepress alone,
And from the peoples no one was with Me.
For I have trodden them in My anger,
And trampled them in My fury;
Their blood is sprinkled upon My garments,
And I have stained all My robes.
4 For the day of vengeance is in My heart,
And the year of My redeemed has come.

He has come from winning my battles for me. It sounds so "Conquering Hero" and that is exactly what God is to me. I have seen the man of war fighting for me. I am so blessed!

Pitter Patter

How in the world does the heart know who to fall in love with and who not to? There is this particular guy that hits on me constantly, but my heart just won't take. What's up with that? I don't get hit on very often. It has been said that I am too dominating and intimidating (all rubbish if this guy is anything to go by). He takes me by surprise every time. The sad thing is that my heart doesn't paragasha, pitter patter, sing or jog when he is around. AT ALL!! Then there is the other guy... but that's a story for another time.

Be blessed!

Declaring War

Today I declared war in the heavenlies. I have had it with the devil and his schemes against me. True he comes to steal, kill and destroy, but I have been given authority over every power of the enemy and I am not having his drama anymore. It's on!!!

Words From a Grateful Heart

This psalm says it all! God has been good to me!

Psalm 34

1I WILL bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

2My life makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble and afflicted hear and be glad.

3O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.

4I sought (inquired of) the Lord and required Him [of necessity and on the authority of His Word], and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.(A)

5They looked to Him and were radiant; their faces shall never blush for shame or be confused.

6This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

7[a]The Angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him [who revere and worship Him with awe] and each of them He delivers.(B)

8O taste and see that the Lord [our God] is good! Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who trusts and takes refuge in Him.(C)

9O fear the Lord, you His saints [revere and worship Him]! For there is no want to those who truly revere and worship Him with godly fear.

10The young lions lack food and suffer hunger, but they who seek (inquire of and require) the Lord [by right of their need and on the authority of His Word], none of them shall lack any beneficial thing.

11Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you to revere and worshipfully fear the Lord.

12What man is he who desires life and longs for many days, that he may see good?

13Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

14Depart from evil and do good; seek, inquire for, and crave peace and pursue (go after) it!

15The eyes of the Lord are toward the [uncompromisingly] righteous and His ears are open to their cry.

16The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.(D)

17When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their distress and troubles.

18The Lord is close to those who are of a broken heart and saves such as are crushed with sorrow for sin and are humbly and thoroughly penitent.

19Many evils confront the [consistently] righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.

20He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.

21Evil shall cause the death of the wicked; and they who hate the just and righteous shall be held guilty and shall be condemned.

22The Lord redeems the lives of His servants, and none of those who take refuge and trust in Him shall be condemned or held guilty.

Violent Faith

I don't know why or how, but I know that I know that I know that everything is alright. That it is all sorted and that I have nothing to fear. That God has gone before me and made a way. I know in my knower that there is nothing to fear. God himself has taken care of it. Violent Faith is the way to do it. Thank God for Sister Judy Jacobs!!

Call on Him in Trouble

“I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day.” Abraham Lincoln

“And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me” (Psalm 50:15).

Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. (Psalm 3:1-4)

You, too, will experience God’s power as you call on Him in your time of anguish and fear, for you will find Him to be your shield and the lifter of your head. And as you seek Him, He will fill you with His peace and cause your sleep to be sweet as He holds you in His arms and sustains you.

Oh, the glorious power of prayer! Truly great peace belongs to those who know how to call upon the Lord.

The above are excerpts from an article by Pastor Benny Hinn that can be found here www.bennyhinn.org/articles/articledesc.cfm?id=1250

I Praise You

I will praise the Lord at all times. His praise shall continually be on my lips. I thank Him because the earth has yielded its harvest. Because his eye is on the sparrow, I know he is watching over me. Because I am like a tree planted by rivers of water. Because he is my shepherd, I shall not want. Because he is my eternal Father. My beginning and end. I praise him because he knows the end from the beginning and though my beginning may be small, my latter end shall be great. I exalt him, because he has placed me on a rock, I cannot be shaken. I praise him for dominion. That I can advance his Kingdom where I am. I love and adore him for rejoicing over me with singing. I exalt his name for availing me two powerful intercessors - Jesus my High Priest and the Holy Spirit my comforter. I praise him because the angels are singing my song and all of heaven is backing me up and rooting for me. I praise the Almighty God for stooping down to make me great. For exaltation and a lifting up. I praise you my Lord. I praise you.

His Ways

God is so controversial. I never knew how much until he affected me personally. There are some things that he tell us to do that may be totally out of the norms of society. I thought I was alone until I read Acts 10. There is no denying that God himself had told Israel not to mix with the gentiles. But here he is now asking Peter to go eat at a gentiles house and hang out with them. Why does God do that? It always throws me off. Isaiah 55 says his ways are not ours. Neither are his thoughts. The most I can do is trust in him.

8For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says the Lord.

9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.

10For as the rain and snow come down from the heavens, and return not there again, but water the earth and make it bring forth and sprout, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater,(D)

11So shall My word be that goes forth out of My mouth: it shall not return to Me void [without producing any effect, useless], but it shall accomplish that which I please and purpose, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

Nyokabi!

She should have been born today, but her mom lost her 2 months after conception. Our baby Nyokabi my God daughter. We love you baby!