Legacy... ICF worship

 https://youtu.be/NX5IO4Fulr0

Yes, the cost may be high,  but that's why we are here.  To pass the baton and leave a legacy. 

What a wonderful message by our pastor at an event at my church.  What would this world be like if we don't continue to teach our children, and grandchildren. God, and His beautiful message of salvation through Jesus Christ is being fizzled out. 

I can already see how different this world is from when I was growing up. God was a priority. Now it seems like He's not that top priority and we are seeing the reproductions of that choice in many families, and in this world. It's so sad because it shouldn't be that hard to give the best to the One Who wakes us everyday. 

Look at Psalm 78: 1-8.  God commanded that the stories of his mighty acts in Israel's history and His laws be passed on from parents to children. This shows the purpose and importance of helping each generation to obey God and set their hope on Him. It is important to keep children from repeating the same mistakes as we did. What are we doing to pass on the history of God's work to the next generation? 

It's never too late to start. Our children now,  and ones yet to be born have to live in a world that is changing rapidly, and not for the better as we can see. Don't you care? We have been given a command. All of us. 

Teach them the solid ground to stand upon with no compromises! 

 Heavenly Father, what breaks Your heart may it break ours. May we be loyal to You, as You have been so patient with us.  May we not just follow you with words but with our hearts.

For Your glory Lord 

Kim D

Im me... Rebecca St James

 https://youtu.be/inNSdYCtbrQ

I read a true story about a turtle the other day and it inspired me to write this. 

This turtle was being barked at and bitten over and over again by this dog. How could he be so calm? He knew he couldn't outrun the trouble. Instead he was given an armor to withstand it. The turtle had his protective shell.  He knew all he had to do was tuck himself inside and no harm can come to him.

Psalm 119:14, " You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in Your word." The same is for us. When we put our full trust and confidence in God's word and His power in our lives, we no longer have to fear or run from trouble. We can put our armor on, Ephesians 6: 13-18.

 The other night there was a horrible rainstorm, and my backyard has always flooded horribly. Pretty much knee deep.  The storm was so bad that Internet went out. It always seems to be in the late evening hours. It was around 10. I stared outside and looked at my yard filling up. All I could say was, "God there is nothing I can do staring at this, but everything that you can. Please make this water go into the ground quickly by morning." 

 Then as I was getting ready to get in bed, I got an alert on my phone that there was a tornado watch in in my area. I sensed Jesus say, "Rest your head on that pillow. I have you covered."  I slept so well that I didn't even hear the next storm that came through around midnight that my neighbor told me was just as bad.  I got up the next morning and looked outside. The water was only puddled around my 2 Palm trees in the back. I know that only God could have done that. I usually have to put a water pump out there. 

I truly believe in the power of prayer. 

 Sometimes the greatest expression of faith, is when we draw into the  shell of the word and just trust. 

This power is in me and you if you believe. 

For Your glory Lord 

Kim D

Known by Love... Chris McClarney

 https://youtu.be/Iow-9bLo3tU

1 Peter 3: 13-15

 If you speak the truth in love, and eager to do good, yet suffer the loss of friends or family, or anything else, the word says you are blessed. It shows Jesus that your heart is set apart for Him as LORD, not just your Savior. 

I want to be known by love, and speak the truth in love. It's hard today to be calm. So much being pushed on us and our children. But one of the greatest things that has happened to me with studying the Bible, is knowing that no matter what my eyes see  in this world, or what laws they pass in this world,  in the end God has the victory. The story is already written and finished. We are just part of it. We are either for God or against him. People fight for their rights of everything. Fighting for laws to be passed that are against God's Holy standards. All over the world is feeling the affects of 1 John 4 verse 5...  "They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world and the world listens to them."  

Jump up to verses 1-3.  This always helps me to get a clearer understanding. That the spirit of the antichrist is already in the world. It tells us that many false prophets have gone out into this world.  Even some of those that teach in the pulpits of the church are teaching things that just keep people comfortable. As The Bible says, tickling their ears, 2 Timithy 4: 3-5. That's not the love of Jesus. Teach the truth, so the truth can set them free. Be a true friend, a true loving relative. But be prepared for some to hate what you stand for. But you are standing for Jesus and loving them with the truth. That is the meaning of this verse in Luke 14: 26-27. 

 As I see it, The Bible is being played out just as it is written, and Jesus will be coming soon. 

 So onward Christian soldiers.. Speak the truth in love, unashamed. You never know whose soul is dying to hear it.

For Your glory Lord 

Kim D

Glorious day... Kristian Stanfill

 https://youtu.be/LfzpfqrPUDo

 These lyrics just excites the heck out of me,  and the hell right out of me.

"You called my name (Kim)
Then I ran out of that grave.
Out of the darkness
Into Your glorious day."

How about you? 
There is nothing, absolutely nothing so satisfying than this relationship with Jesus. 

You may wake up to a new day breathing but not alive. Maybe buried beneath shame and failure. Maybe you feel full of anxiety and worry. So many things that the enemy puts you in his tomb of lies. 

We all need to be rescued from sin in our lives. But chains break at the weight of His glory. Call out to Him. You will sence His presence. Something that is hard to explain. You just have to believe and experience it for yourself. 

 It's crazy, but even to this day whenever I start to sink into despair, fear, worry, I hear Him call my name. "Kim, come sit with me. I'm here. I've got you, and always will." 

And my God is not a liar! I have a future. He opened my eyes. He is my daily healing. His love is the air I breath every second, John 20: 19-21

The same way He came out of the grave and shocked the enemy, and kicked his butt. So can we. Run out of the grave of lies!!

For Your glory Lord

Kim D

Blessed.... Vertical Worship

 https://youtu.be/PvY8UW4S5oY

"To seek You is to find You, and to know You is to want You, and I want nothing more than You. "

There are people who will spend months trying to find the best car for their trade. Some who spend months trying to find the home they want to settle in. But to seek the real treasure, they spend no time at all. 

There are people I know who can go anywhere they want to, anytime they want to. They can have any material thing they choose because they have the money to get it. Yet they really have nothing. Oh, they may have all they want this side of heaven. But not realizing they don't have the lasting treasure, because they have no relationship with God,  through His Son, Jesus Christ. This is everything! This is eternal. There will be one of two places we will spend for all eternity. Heaven or hell. Isaiah 65: 15, Isaiah  66: 22-24... Revelation 21:1.

Our lives can be taken at any moment. In the past 2 years, I am shocked at so many people who are gone. Either suddenly, sickness, or accident.  We are not in control of our death date. We don't know our last day,  but God does. It's already written, Psalm 139: 16.

Revelation 20: 12, Another thing that is written, is our name in the book of life. If it's not there when you take your last breath, there is no second chance. You already made your choice of the things that were important to you. Those things are written in the books. 

We can't hide anything from God because He knows the depths of our hearts and why we do, or don't do things. "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." Matthew 6: 19-21. 

What do you want more than anything? What means more to you than anything? All that you can have this side of heaven? Or what God has in store for you for all eternity. I pray you choose correctly. Salvation has come for all who will receive it. Titus 2:11.... 2 Peter 3:9

For Your glory Lord

Kim D

Death where is your sting. .. Cory Asbury

 https://youtu.be/nC_fqD6tV-4

I absolutely love the ladies study we have been doing. Prophecy and our World, has led us deeper into God's Holy Word. 

The most recent one is titled: "What happens when we die?"......

I thank the good Lord that I know that I am His by accepting Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. How about you? You may call Him your Savior, but one day He will be the judge we all will stand before. There are no second chances when we die. We go to one of two destinations. Heaven or hell, and it is immediate. 

2 Corinthians 5:8, Philippians 1:21-23, Acts 7: 54-60. There is no soul sleep, and no second chances. 

This story Jesus tells us about the rich man and the beggar in Luke,  is packed with insight. Luke 16: 19-31

We will all face death one day. Unless Jesus returns first. But you can see by these scriptures that it's either hell or heaven. It gets very clear by verse 23. "In hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side."... So you will be able to see from this chasm, and also recognize. 

You can see that you will also feel. Verse 24, " Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am an agony in this fire." 

Verse 26 ... "between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us."

I can't even imagine the horror in seeing heaven, recognizing those there, feeling the agony of fire, and not being able to cross over. Knowing I made my choice and it's done. 

 God is not silent about death. There will be a separation. Its clearly written for us here. One that is eternal, and you choose what, and where that will be by how you live this life, and what you believe. You may have all the riches of this world now. But your now is just a blink. 

For the believer, death will have no sting. 1 Corinthians 15: 55-57.  The sting is sin. Jesus took that sting for us so we don't have to, and nailed it to the cross.

 We owe him everything, and yet all he asks us to do is, believe, receive, and become a child of God, John 1:12.  But I can bet, if God gives you time on this Earth, you will want to love and serve him. You won't just want to sit back and say, "I'm saved."  Love, true love, is action.

For Your glory Lord Jesus, and thank You.

Kim D

 

More precious than silver. Steffany Gretzinger

 https://youtu.be/e0UB716RRMU

Psalm 19:7-11... the meaning of these verses..... There is law that revives us, makes us wise, gives joy to our heart, gives light to the eyes, warns us, and rewards us. They are a light to our path in life. 

I don't know about you, but I know personally for me, God, and all that He did for me,  is worth more than any vacation or shopping spree I can go on. I love vacation cruises, and truly miss them. But these past 2 years God has been speaking to my heart. 

I don't care if you even paid for my vacation or shopping spree. I wouldn't trade His love,  and the fullness of His presence for anything!!! It's more precious than diamonds, and more costly than gold. 

Since I became a widow, I praise Him for the person He is turning me into. Even though i don't have much,  I care so much about those in need. Other widows,  those in other countries who don't even have clean water to drink. People who can't afford their hospital bills for their sick child with cancer. The hungry and homeless.  A number of things that I wish I could hit Lotto. But I don't even play. 

God started this change in me a while ago. He has blessed me with all my needs, and even gives me some of my wants,  which aren't many. I find so much joy in giving. 

Recently He really taught me a lesson, and His lessons are never easy.  I recently did a few upgrades in my home. Truly, they were long overdue. I didn't get the best of the best. I did what was in my budget. But I started looking at things that weren't done as they should be. I mean, no one would really notice but me. 

Long story short. I got sick and wasn't feeling well for a few weeks. Maybe close to a month.  I am one who is always full of energy, and I truly love to work out, but I had no energy.  Yet, I still was looking at those stupid minor things and letting them bother me. 

I was feeling a little better the other day so I was on my way to the gym. At a red light I got rammed in the back.   I got out of my car with the gentleman who hit me, and we couldn't believe there was no damage,  at least that's what i thought. I let him go. 

 All I can say is, only God. I did notice a day later after letting him go, that I did have a crack in my bumper. But it was minor. I heard God loud and clear. "What is more important to you my child?  You have been looking at so many things that are stealing your joy. They are minor, and your health is everything. Which means more to you?"

 I can tell you that I have laid all those minor stupid things down at his feet. I have my peace and joy back. I am also feeling the energy that He knows I love. 

Who can weigh the value of knowing Him? Who can judge the worth of Who He is? You won't even be able to count the blessings of loving Him.

He truly is more precious than anything you can have,  or anywhere you can go. Nothing you desire compares to Him. He truly wants to give us wisdom and understanding in the things we go through. But we have to search for it as hidden treasure,  Proverbs 2: 4-6

Thank you Lord for Your gentle lessons in this life. What a good good Father You are. 

Kim D