MaggieBelle

Beloved–

O God, your ways are holy.  Is there any god as mighty as you?  You are the God of great wonders!      You demonstrate your awesome power among the nations. By your strong arm, you redeemed your people, the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.  (from Psalms)

No matter how disastrous a situation appears I KNOW I MUST NOT try to escape God’s plan; nor try to FIX the Lord’s plan either.  I need only to  “seek shelter in the most high” and be continually praising my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, the Lord God Almighty.  I pray for you to do it as well.

Luv Ya!

Beloved–

So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves. The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions. (from Galatians) 

I learned that not only does the Holy Spirit have my back but He is also leading my way, therefore I must not try to run ahead of His leading.  I can personally testify that the Holy Spirit has stopped me in my tracks more than once!  I pray for you to desire to want your life to be backed up as well as to be led by the Lord God Almighty.

Luv Ya!

Beloved–

He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will not be shaken.  My victory and honor come from God alone.  He is my refuge, a rock where no enemy can reach me.  O my people, trust in him at all times.  Pour out your heart to him, for God is our refuge.  (from Psalms)

I did nothing to merit the covering of the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.  My loving heavenly Father, the Lord God Almighty, chose to do so out of His abundant grace and mercy.  As the hem of his garment passed over this temple I was tucked into the safety of His shadow.  I pray for you to desire to seek the refuge that Almighty God, the heavenly Father offers you to be his temple. 

Luv Ya!

Beloved–

Because God’s children are human beings—made of flesh and blood—the Son also became flesh and blood. For only as a human being could he die, and only by dying could he break the power of the devil, who had the power of death. Only in this way could he set free all who have lived their lives as slaves to the fear of dying.  (from Hebrews)

I learned that I need to KNOW that the Holy Spirit is present.  But also to be constantly praising and thanking him for WHO HE IS and what He has done for me.  The devil loses his power over me because the Holy Spirit’s presence is illuminating.  I pray for you to seek the presence of the Holy Spirit in your daily life so that you will be able to recognize the real enemy.  Praise our Father, the Lord God Almighty for who He Is!

Luv Ya!

Beloved–

And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.  And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.  (from Ezekiel) 

WiIth hindsight I can see times when the Holy Spirit was working in my life. My husband suggested that we drive to visit with a beloved friend that had just arrived in Canada from Japan.  I was just about to give him the “chapter and verse” why we couldn’t afford to go, when I opened my mouth and said, “that’s a good idea!”  I was astonished, who could have said that?  Then I knew it was an answer to my prayer, that I pray first and speak second.  I pray for you to desire to be conformed to the will of the God who is. . .Father, Son and Holy Spirit!

Luv Ya!

Beloved–

It was in the year King Uzziah died that I saw the Lord. He was sitting on a lofty throne, and the train of his robe filled the Temple. {from Isaiah)

I remind myself every day that my Lord and Savior is the hem and I’m the temple.  In my mind’s eye I can just see the hem of the scarlet cloak lined and trimmed with ermine.  I understand that there was never anything I could do to “fix up” my temple. I only had to believe that the Lord God Almighty used the shed blood of his beloved Son to cover my sin that I might be presentable in his presence.  I pray for you to desire to understand how great a sacrifice the Lord God Almighty has made because of his great love for you.

Luv Ya!

Beloved–

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.  (from Romans)

Even when I recognize the exit to escape sin, I deliberately reject the chance to do so.  When I do choose to sin, I soon see the hammer and nails in my hands that I used to nail my beloved savior to the cross; Christ’s death.  I pray for you to focus on that still small voice you hear, so you can praise and thank the Lord God Almighty for his gracious love for you.

Luv Ya!

Beloved–

The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.  (from Corinthians) 

God always offers me a way out before I sin.  Most of the time I don’t see the exit until it’s just a little too late to turn away causing a major (not minor) crash.  Then I cry out to my gracious heavenly Father to help me to focus more on his presence in my everyday life so I don’t miss the way out that He offers.  I pray for you to desire to focus on the presence of our triune God in your life.

Luv Ya!

Beloved–

Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said,  “I will dwell in them and walk among them; And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.”   (from Corinthians)

Being designated as a temple of the living God kept my mind going around in circles.  What can I do to make a better presentation for my Savior?  But, He said on the cross, “IT IS DONE.”  I need to recognize the FACT that there is NOTHING I can do!  My heavenly Father, Master of the Universe, willingly sent His beloved Son into the world, shed his blood on Calvary’s tree, to wash away my sin and cover me with his righteous blood, so that I might be acceptable in the presence of the Lord God Almighty.  I pray for you to want to recognize the FACT because God loves you so very much.  

Luv Ya! 

Beloved–

And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.  (from Corinthians)

Just like a caterpillar, slowly but surely it turns into a colorful butterfly.  I looked in the mirror every day, looking for any transforming signs; but no, just someone committing the same dumb sins. Only, asking the Lord to help me focus on Him, will I see the shadow of the Lord’s glorious love.  I pray for you to want to bask in the shadow of His glory because he IS Father, Son and Holy Spirit!

Luv Ya!