Beneath the waters.. Hillsong

 https://youtu.be/mTwA3NLEjY4

Are you determined to have your own way in living for God? We will never be free from this trap until we are brought into the experience of the baptism of “the Holy Spirit and fire” (Matthew 3:11). Stubbornness and self-will will always stab Jesus Christ. It may hurt no one else, but it wounds His Spirit... Wow,  When I read this this morning, I thought of so many people who have been baptized. But are they truly in love and commited to Jesus Christ.  Baptism is a symbolic commitment. It's being down with your old life, and up with a new one. Similar to wearing a wedding band and being committed to one. But we see today that people who are married and wear a wedding band does not necessarily mean they are committed to that 1.  They cheat on their spouse and make excuses for it. Same today when people are baptized, they don't live a life committed to the "ONE.".  Are we making excuses for cheating on God? Do other things come before Him? This would make me question. Did I really receive the Holy spirit? " Thou shalt have no other god before me."....  What gets most of our time?

 For your glory Lord

Kim D

Falling in love.. Phil Wickman

 https://youtu.be/YccG57dJVEA

Exodus 20: 2-6... No other gods before me...

 The more I praise Him the more I want to. I just keep falling more and more in love. I don't know how it works. It just does. The more I seek of Him, the more I want of Him.  There truly is nothing that captivates me more.

 I have dreams and places that I would love to see. If it's His will, it will happen. If not, I'm OK with that too. 

 He is my source of freshness and strength each morning.  I am so dependent upon Him, and He has been so faithful. John 3:3,  Being born of the Spirit means much more than we think.  He gives us new vision.  He gives us a never ending supply of the life of God.  Could you really want anything more than that?

 Jesus set me free, and continues to set me free of the things that can hold me in captivity here.  Things like money, pleasure and material possessions can hold you captive.  These things are nice. But they should never take 1st place.  I have learned not to put earthly desires above Spiritual priorities.

 Look what Jesus tells the samaritan woman at the well in John chapter 4:10.  "If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked Him and He would have given you living water."  He satisfies to the utmost! Look at verses 13-14, Jesus says," Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst"....  As you read on in this chapter you see that the woman went through 5 husbands.  How many relationships do we have to go through? How many things do we have to buy? How many vacations do we need to go on?  Fall in love with Jesus and see that only He satisfies to the utmost!

For Your glory Lord

Kim D

Good morning God.. Jessica Mack

 https://youtu.be/njTH3kSXwlg

Every morning you wake it starts. Those thoughts and plans for the day. The enemy always trying to trip you up.  But what a beautiful prayer to rise each morning and asking God to show you His plan. God desires our every waking moment, and so does the enemy, John 10:10.. I choose to give it to God. It always turns out to be a better day.

Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life. Psalm 143:8

Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you. (1 Peter 5:7 ....Lord, please teach me not to hold on to all that frustrates me, makes me uneasy, or stirs up anxiety in my heart. Right now, I choose to throw each concern toward You, entrusting them into Your sovereign care once and for all. When I struggle to release my cares to You, please give me grace to trust You. Help me not to take them back but entrust everything that concerns me to You, knowing You are good and kind and all powerful. Prompt me by Your Spirit the moment I am tempted to retrieve any worry or concern. Thank you for carrying all I cannot. Thank you for loving me, caring for me, and watching over me. Thank you for enabling me to live in Your very real peace. In Jesus’s name, amen.. 

Be blessed .. Kim D

Too good to not believe. Cody Carnes and Brandon lake

 https://youtu.be/SXgpg2AIHKw

Isaiah 30:21, " Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” 

 Truly, I have seen miracles that my mind can't comprehend.  There is beauty in what I can't understand.  He's too good to not believe. We truly have a wonder working God.

 Proverbs 18:21 tells us that life-and-death are in the power of the tongue.  So even if you don't believe it, just say it. Claim it! In the name of Jesus.  This year is going to be the best ever. Our words can help us receive all that God has for us. 

Are you unsure about God's vision for you? Just buy into the truth.  God has a vision for us. 

Picture God in front of you calling you forward. Your moving, but then your not seeing Him there as clearly as you did. Faith tells us that believing is not seeing.  So now picture this. Him behind you.  That voice behind you telling you, "keep moving forward in the direction I am telling you to go."   He will tell you when to turn right or left. He will tell you when to stop. He will tell you when to keep moving. Get very acquainted with the Holy Spirit. Our very present help, Psalm 46:1. 

 We all struggle sometimes with not understanding what God is telling us to do. Just believe that He has a plan. A vision for our life that has been pre planned. It's always good.  Let that shift your prayer into asking God what it is He already has planned.  You may not be clear on all the details. But go with that voice behind you,  and walk in it. Begin to move as He unfolds little by little.  He's too good to not believe. He's not a God of confusion. He will direct your path clearly. As long as you draw near to Him. He will draw near to you and make it clear,  Jeremiah 29:12-13.

 Be a faithful heart to do the next thing that God has told you to do.

 For your glory Lord

Kim D

Take courage.. Kristene DiMarko

 https://youtu.be/LJoABwNMzvM

Trust God in the waiting.....

 I have to say, that sometimes I like when God doesn't answer my  prayer right away. Because what Hes doing inside of me, is far better than that prayer being answered when I expect it to be answered.  Knowing that He is there with me in the waiting gives me courage.

 Pursue God's presence more than you pursue your prayer request. When you pursue His presence, you are always transforming. 

 Do we look at God as some kind of genie? Do we stand on the promises of His word?  God's job is to perform the miracle. Our job is to just believe, and never stop believeing. I want God to know i always trust Him. That i will never stop believing what i am praying for, according to His will. 

We can get dissapointed in God at times.  But He's big enough to understand that. 

 There are many waiting in the waiting room of hope of their prayers being answered.  I pray that we grow in the waiting room of hope. There could be so much growth and joy.  What we thought was a delay, could actually be a blessing. 

In the waiting i pray we are full of hope and life. 

Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,

And lean not on your own understanding;
 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths.

For Your glory Lord

Hold on to the Hope giver. Lord increase our faith. 

Kim D

His heart full of praise.. Phil Wickham

 https://youtu.be/IRcHzR_o-vc

Psalm22:3---Isaiah 60:18--Psalm 50:23

 When you go to a football game, or to a sport of your liking, when they score you usually jump up, clap hands and praise out loud. They can feel you.

 God scored big time for us. By sending his Son to feel everything that we will go through in this life. Even when it comes to death. He deserves our praise, OUT LOUD! That's what a disciple does. We can't be a disciple in private. Are we privately saved and not letting it be publicly known? If so, what a shame for all that God has done for us. Are you ashamed? You will never experience all of God that He wants you to experience, if you live a silent saved life.

 A lot of us worship God. But praise is living out loud.  The Bible tells us that God inhabits the praises of his people.

2 Chronicles 20: 18-22.  I love verse 22. It magnifies what God did with their praises out loud. " As they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Sier who were invading Judah,  and they were defeated." 

 People may say I'm a bit much. But I really don't care. Because God has done more for me than I deserve. So as long as I am here I will be a blabber mouth. Like it or not. That's who I've become. Unashamed, and so in love with Jesus.

 Let God feel your worship from your heart.  With hands held high, heart full of praise.

 For your glory always Lord

 Kim D 

I Speak Jesus.. Charity Gayle

 https://youtu.be/PcmqSfr1ENY

Well after 13 years, I was able to finally get myself a new car. It was my Christmas present to me. 

Leaving my daughters house at 7 pm  New Years, i got bumped from behind by a truck. Not hard, but hard enough to put a dent in the car that i didn' t see when looking at it with the guy who hit me. I was pissed! But Jesus had me handle it in a way I didn't want to,  but for some reason He did. 

 I wanted to call the cops. I wanted to get his information. But Jesus told me, "speak my name." I'm like thinking, really Jesus! My new car! Not even one week old.  Well needles to say, Jesus always gets his way.  I spoke His name to the gentleman.  We sat through another light and no one even beeped their horn.  That's unusual today. It was like time stood still for a moment. It was so quiet. Many say I should have gotten his information. But it was just so strong to handle it just the way it was handled.

 It's a New Year.There's going to be other bumps in the road to approach this year. I pray that i will continue to hear His voice over mine and shine His light and extend His grace.  Even when i don't want to. Even when i think Jesus are You serious? It just does something.  Not only for the other person. But also inside me.  

Matthew 5: 14-16 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden.  Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven."

For Your glory always Lord

Kim D