God wants you to know...

God wants you to know that He hates sin.  To Him, sin is disgusting and detestable.  It doesn't matter what kind of sin it is, lying, hating, gossiping, murdering, lusting, etc., it's all the same to Him, disgusting.  He also, wants you to know that everyone of us is born into sin.  We have ALL sinned and come short of the glory of God, therefore, we all deserved Hell.  God wants you to know that Hell is real and it is worse than your worst nightmare.  Not only is it excruciating, and terrifying beyond description, it is forever, there is NO HOPE.  He wants you to know that He doesn't want you to go there.  But the punishment for sin is Hell, there is no getting around it. God is Holy and pure, He cannot dwell in the presence of sin.  God wants you to know, that He left the beauty and safety of Heaven to come to earth.  He wants you to know that Heaven is real and that He loves you sooooooo much that He lived a sinless life on earth so that He could TAKE the punishment that you deserve.  He took your punishment on the cross and in Hell.  He who knew no sin became sin that you might live.  GOD became sin so that you could become righteous!  Now that is true love.  God wants you to know that this gift isn't automatic, it has to be received.  Salvation is a free gift, but it cost God a terrible price.  God wants you to know you are worth it.  God wants you to take His free gift today.  Just tell Him that you accept the punishment that He took for you.  Ask Him to forgive your sins and tell Him He is the Lord of your life and that you will follow Him.  Now let Him lead you to a Bible believing church and begin to follow Him!  If you prayed this prayer and meant it, you are now saved!

A couple weeks ago, my husband Danny had a wreck where he rolled his truck.  One minute he was driving down the road, two deer jumped out in front of his truck, he jerked the wheel to avoid them and flipped the truck,and the next minute he was upside down on the side of the road.  When I saw the truck, I just started crying because I knew that he could have died and that God protected him.  What I am trying to say is, one minute he was alive and the next he could have easily been dead.  Once you are dead, you are in your eternity, Heaven or Hell, there are no second chances.  You no longer have the ability to choose Christ.  You could be going about your business, totally unaware, and the next second you could be facing your eternal dwelling.  Do you know where you would go if you died today?  You can know.  You can have peace.  If you are unsure of Christ, ask Him to reveal Himself to you.  He will.  He did for me.  Isn't it worth it, to have the peace of knowing where you will spend eternity? 

I also want you to know, that when I say I am a Christian, that doesn't mean I am saying I am better than you or that I am perfect.  We all start out as sinners in need of Jesus.  I have made so many mistakes, even as a Christian, I have drug His precious Holy name through the mud.  Yet still He loves me, still He gives me grace.  I don't deserve it and neither do you, but still He gives it because He loves us.  My relationship with Christ is not about rules and regulations, it is about love.  I love Him because He first loved me and gave His life for me.  Now He is transforming me into His image one day at a time.  What is different about my life now?  Now I have hope.  I have peace.  I have a best friend who dwells in me and will never leave me nor forsake me.  I have an anchor.  I have a rock.  I am never lonely because I am never alone.  I can sleep at night because I know where I will go when I die and because I know that I have someone working on my behalf in every situation of my life.  I can't imagine life without God.  I can't imagine life without hope.  God is everything to me and He wants, He longs, to be everything to you.

     We want to be world changers, we want to minister for Jesus, we want revival in America, in our church and in our families.  For these things to happen, it all starts in the secret place.  It starts with men and women who are committed to spending quality time with the Lord.  It starts with those who will make their time with the Lord first priority and let nothing stop them from having this time alone with Him.  For it is these times that transform us into His image, that root us and ground us in Christ, that give us strength for the storms, that give us wisdom for every situation.  It is these times that we receive the anointing from the Lord that destroys yokes and removes burdens.
     In the scriptures we see Jesus often going to the lonely places to commune with His Father.  Jesus sets the example for us in everything.
      Too often we see Christian leaders who burn out or who fall into sin.  I believe this is almost always because of a lack of quality time with the Lord.  This time is the only thing that can provide the needed refilling and refreshing of the spirit.
      I want to be a world changer, I want to fulfill God's calling for my life, so my first priority has to be spending time with God, in prayer and in the Word!  Lord, I pray, above all that you will cause me to be faithful in prayer and time with You, in your Word so I can be the best wife, mother, friend, family member, servant of God that I can possibly be.  In Jesus name, Amen!

Well, in the last post, I was very open and very vulnerable. God brought me through a very hard time in my life.  I have considered deleting that post but I really think God wants me to leave it because perhaps it will help somebody else.
   I think we all have those times in our lives when we are just overwhelmed.  It is very healing and good to hear how God moved in someone else's life when we are facing that kind of thing ourselves.  So be it, I'll leave the post.  Now on to new things!  What's next God?

Beauty for Ashes

I have been so sick... so broken.  So deep in depression, discouragement, fear, shame, guilt over my failures, rejection... so unable to function.
BUT GOD, you stepped in, took my hand, and said, "Come on daughter, let me show you what you can do, what you can be, in Me.  Come on, it's OK, we will take it one step at a time.  Don't be afraid, I will never let go of your hand.  I will give you My strength. You are safe with Me.  There is a life awaiting you, even more abundant than you can imagine.  I won't give up on you.  I Am your Daddy.  I am a good Daddy.  You can trust Me.  I know you lost your joy for awhile there.  You even wondered about your reason for living.  This was all so that you could find your reason for living again, in Me.  You live because I MADE YOU.  I WANT YOU.  I LOVE YOU.  You are my greatest treasure.  You are my child, my wife, my friend.  YOU BELONG TO ME.  This is why you live."

Thank you God for showing me what I can be.  Thank you for healing me.  For taking all that fear, shame, depression, discouragement, and rejection and giving me beauty for ashes.  How can I ever thank you enough?  Thank you for showing me what I mean to you.  That fact that you went to the cross should have been enough for me to know how much I meant to you... but I just needed to hear you say it.

I am sharing this because God wanted me too.  Because you may need to hear it as much as I did.