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Beloved–

And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.  (from New Testament)

As I became more faithful at daily Bible reading I also became complacent.  Daily Bible reading was just one more item on my to do list. Everything was running smoothly.  Pride told me that I was getting smarter.  When the crash came I could not recall one Bible verse to give me comfort. It was then that I confessed my sin, I wasn’t getting smarter, I was claiming someone else’s work as my own, it was the Holy Spirit guiding my choices. Only when I have an intimate relationship with my Savior that all things work for good because my heavenly father is/was incharge.  I pray for you to desire to have an intimate relationship with our triune God.

Luv Ya!

Beloved–

Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires.  Commit everything you do to the Lord.  Trust him, and he will help you.  (from the Old Testament)

I learned many lessons through that 3 year period.  I learned the difference between “delighting in the Lord” rather than “my way is best.”  To be really “delighted” in a plan or idea of the Lord who loves me and is my Lord and savior that I love is not always automatic; sometimes I have to choose to do so.  Because I tend to be selfish and self centered; daily, frequently hourly, I seek his help to “seal” my words, actions, thoughts and feelings so that all that I do reflects his glory. His mercies are renewed every day!  Praise the God who is . . . Father, Son and Holy Spirit!

Luv Ya!

Beloved–

Don’t keep looking at my sins. Remove the stain of my guilt.  Create in me a clean heart, O God.    Renew a loyal spirit within me.  Do not banish me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit  from me.  Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you.  (from Psalms)

Many times during that 3 year period I needed to reread Psalm 51, usually in tears. There were days in a row when I just kept failing, then I heard the Spirit speaking to me, “You are reading the sentences, and not the words.”  Renew, Restore and Willingness, were the words that stood out in “ALL CAPS” to me.  I had to learn to be willingly obedient. It really is the easiest way.  I pray for you to hear the voice of our Triune God speaking to you.

Luv Ya!

The History of “It’s Wednesday”

The power of praise and prayer has been a passion of mine since I was a very young Christian.  As a church secretary, I took on the prayer ministry, especially for students and teachers at the preschool located on the church campus.

The prayer ministry came to include actual hands-on prayer, Wednesday was the designated day.  One particular teacher would often say to me “It’s Wednesday, isn’t it?”  When she resigned to return to school, she said she would miss our weekly prayer time.  I told her, “don’t worry I’ll email you your prayer.”

In her first emailed prayer I wrote on the subject line “It’s Wednesday” and the title just stuck.  I would like to introduce you to that weekly email known as It’s Wednesday, that began in 2003.

I’m praying daily for YOU and that you will fall in love with Jesus more and more everyday; He has taken out your heart of stone and given you a heart of flesh and blood … His blood!  

Luv Ya!

Beloved–

They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. (from Acts)

It took me 3 years to develop the NEED to read my Bible FIRST THING in the morning.  Once I made the choice to do it, the follow through took me months and months to find out why I didn’t always remember. I had lots of frustration with my lack of self discipline. Then I learned –from the Bible stories about the lives of my Christian ancestors– that I too, was depending on my own ability to be faithful.  I continue to pray for you to desire to read the Bible so you are able to hear the voice of the God who is . . . Father, Son and Holy Spirit!

Luv Ya!  

Beloved–

They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. (from Acts)

As a new Christian I took my salvation for granted, once my crisis was resolved I promptly forgot who was in charge. Several calamities later I became more cautious.  I knew that I needed to develop a relationship with my Savior.  As a child, I learned the 23rd Psalm . . . I thought maybe I should read the whole book.  Developing a habit of reading the WORD daily is not as easy as it sounds. The need to submit to his will over mine was for me a difficult task.  It took me 3 years to become a daily faithful reader.  I pray for you to desire to read the Bible so you can stay on the straight path of the God who is . . . Father, Son and Holy Spirit!

Luv Ya!

Beloved–

So faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the Good News about Christ . . . For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge.  (from Romans)

As a new believer the Lord led me to a Bible believing church that preached the WORD of God every Sunday morning and evening as well as Wednesday night prayer meetings.  The congregation there saw that I was a “babe in Christ” needing wisdom, discernment, knowledge and understanding.  The family of believers in that church lovingly taught me how to apply the WORD of God to my everyday life.  I pray for you to desire to study the WORD of God so that you can testify that the God who is …  Father, Son and Holy Spirit loves you.

Luv Ya!

Beloved–

We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ . . . This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all.  So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth. (from John)

Can that be true?  Yes, I can say I have seen and heard what I can only describe as the unseen hand of the Lord working in my life; there is just no other way to explain it.  I pray for you to experience the Lord working in your life. 

Luv Ya!

Beloved–

He has always been with me!   Can that be true?

Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us.  So God created mankind (aka you and me) in his own image,  in the image of God he created them;  male and female he created them  —–   Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you?  (Genesis and Corinthian)

Now, I know that the Spirit of God lives in me and that He has always been with me!  I pray for you to recognize that it is His voice you hear and join me praising the mercy and grace of our Triune God.

Luv Ya!

Beloved–

But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. (from the book of John)

Now, about the voice you hear  ….  It is the indwelling Holy Spirit caring for you.  When I became a believer I heard his voice.  I have learned that he has always been with me, even when I didn’t believe.  I pray for you to desire to believe that the Lord God Almighty loves you. 

Luv Ya!