This is now

In an acceptable time I have heard You, and in the day of salvation I have helped You; I will preserve You and give You as a covenant to the people, to restore the earth, to cause them to inherit the desolate heritages; that You may say to the prisoners, 'Go forth, to those who are in darkness, 'Show yourselves.' They shall feed along the roads, and their pastures shall be on all desolate heights. They shall neither hunger nor thirst, neither heat nor sun shall strike them; for He who has mercy on them will lead them, even by springs of water He will guide them. I will make each of My mountains a road, and My highways shall be elevated. ...Isaiah 49:8-11

This time is now....we His people are to inherit the desolate heritages now...now we are to go forth, step out show ourselves, now. Now we are to neither hunger nor thirst. We are led by springs of living water now. NOW, NOW, NOW!!! NOW is the time!!!

What are we waiting for?? Why are people not arising and claiming the good life God has for us?? I am no different. I am one of these. Waiting, confused, not sure. Oh, how terrible those things are.
The enemy is the confuser, not God!

He has plainly stated in His words, He has forgiven all our sins, and has healed us of all our disease. (Psalm 103:2,3)

He called His twelve disciples to Him and gave them authority to drive out evil spirits and to heal EVERY disease and sickness. (Matthew 10:1)

He has said that ..those who seek the Lord lack NO GOOD THING. (Psalm 34:10)

What is the matter with us? This same power is in us. We lack no good thing!! We have the authority to drive out demons, and heal EVERY disease and sickness!!!! Why, why do we walk in lack?? Why are we so afraid to step out in faith and heal??
This is what it comes down to ultimately. Do we believe God or not? I mean in the beginning was the word, and the word was with God and the word was God, right?? So, if the word is God, and the word says it then God says it. And it's not something we have take with a grain of salt, It is, IT IS...IT IS....IT IS. It just is. There isn't any casting of shadows with Him, He doesn't change, He doesn't deceive or twist or contort, He speaks plainly, DO WE BELIEVE?????????

Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath. God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly encouraged. We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where Jesus, who went before us, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek. (Hebrews 6:17-20)

So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. (Isaiah 55:11)

Know your enemy 101

Well, as I sat in my fear tonight over the creeking mailbox, and barking dogs, and after of course I looked out the window or the peephole around ten times and after I got the kids to sleep, I decided maybe it was time to go ahead and see what the word said about fear.
And as I sat down I thought, how much do I really know about my enemy? I mean what do I really know? Yes, yes, we all know he is a liar and there is no truth in him. We all know he is defeated... a murderer. And even though I know all those things I thought I better go ahead and look them up again..... look something up at least about who he is. That I should know my enemy, if I am to be victorious over him.
So, this is where the Holy Spirit took me.

-II Corinthians 2:11- ..in order that satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.

Outwit: To surpass in cleverness or cunning; outsmart.
To surpass intelligence.

(This is where it gets good. )

-Hosea 4:6- My people perish from lack of knowledge.

Knowledge: The state or fact of knowing.

And Mindi's (a teacher of mine) words are playing through my head.
Read the word, speak the word, until you know that you know that you know that you know.

Lord, sweet, sweet Father, Master and Savior, help me I need You!! I need Your strength to come be made perfect in my weakness right now. I know I can only be one or the other. I cannot trust You and fear at the same time. I cannot say I believe You and fear at the same time. I cannot really understand Your love while I fear, because Your perfect love casts out all fear.
I don't know much Lord, I will admit that. I am flawed and unfaithful to You most of the time, but here I am Lord. I seek Your face. You are where I turn.. here, now in my time of need. I look to You Father, because I know my only safe place, is You. Oh Father, heavenly gracious, righteous and true, I need You!! Will You come, and hold me tight, tell me great and unsearchable things that I do not know, for my deep calls out for Yours!! You are great, always abounding in mercy, and I fall before Your feet, desperate and weary. I love You. I seek You, for I know You will lift my head. I love You, I love You, I love You. In Jesus' precious and holy blood stained Name, Amen.

More on fear.

" What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You take care of him? You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, and set him over the works of Your hands. You have put all things in subjection under his feet. "

For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left NOTHING THAT IS NOT PUT UNDER HIM. But now we do not yet see all things put under him.......Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is the devil, and release those WHO THROUGH FEAR OF DEATH WERE ALL THEIR LIFETIME SUBJECT TO BONDAGE. For indeed He does not give aid to angels but He does give aid to the seed of Abraham. - Hebrews 26+-


I really like how the amplified bible tells verse 14 and 15.... that by (going through) death He might bring to NOUGHT AND MAKE OF NO EFFECT him who had the power of death- that is, the devil. And also that He might DELIVER AND COMPLETELY SET FREE all those who through the (haunting) fear of death were held in bondage throughout the whole course of their lives.

Dear Fear

I hate you!!! I realize now you are not some simple emotion.

You come and you threaten all that I believe in.

I hate you. I have overcome you. You must get behind me. You are underneath me.

You can go now.

Did I mention I hate you?

Let the Lord be magnified

He will cover you with his feathers.
He will shelter you with his wings.
His faithful promises are your armor and protection.
Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night,
nor the arrow that flies in the day.
Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness,
nor the disaster that strikes at midday.
Though a thousand fall at your side,
though ten thousand are dying around you,
these evils will not touch you.
PSALM 91:4-7

Girl America

This song means so much to me...it breaks my heart every time I hear it, reminding me of how much it means to be a girl. What a gift it is from God, and what a hard road it has been, and how I am just finally now embracing my girl hood.

My girl America is just a youth in this world
Her smile is more precious than the sparkle of pearls
And though her age reads she's just a young girl
The age behind her eyes show the pain that she's swirled
Through the hand that's been dealt though it's quiet as kept
The weight that she felt last night when she slept
And as she crept into the dreams of the things of her past
Seems to have grown so fast, way beyond her own class
Though they're right there with her, her brothers and her sisters
A natural born leader even when her peers dis her
My girl, she's at a crossroads, people praying for her
Some are preying on her magazine ads, sex, drama
Smoking marijuana, longer for a father to call her, 'daughter'
She's part of a generation longing for reconciliation
And this future that they're facing and this poison that they're tasting
My girl, I know this love you're chasing

[chorus]
My girl America's crying when she's lying on her bed at night
I can see that she's screaming when she's dreaming for her freedom
My girl America's dying while she's trying just to stop this fight
Don't stop believing, my girl America

Boys with hungry eyes have been beating her door
Telling her that's what she's for, trying to rob at her core
Then leave calling her a whore, but still she knows there's more
I know she knows there's more because there is a voice she can't ignore
'Cause it was founded in the foundations, from the day of her creation
In God we trust engraved on the treasures of her nation
And the void that the boys can't fill
With the tipping of the bottle or the popping of the pill
But still most of her friends don't care as they glare
Ready to drown down the funnel as they frown down the tunnel
They stumble and they tumble breaking down into rubble
My girl America, stop can't you see
It's not the circumstances that determine who you're gonna be
But how you deal with these problems and pains that come your way
It's for you that I pray with hope for a brighter day
And so I say, your deliverance is coming

[chorus]

Faith like a child from your first birth
You left it in the dirt on your worst hurt
And I see each tear and every scar
The hands that have held you where you are
And I can see we've strayed so far
A king born under that morning star
As a crown of thorns was placed to erase
Each tear that's touched your face
And his palms and sides were pierced with spears
He hung in love just to draw you near
My girl, out of this whole world
Can't you see this is where we started?

[chorus]

Fear...it's a funny thing.

Fear is only in our minds... by ❀Amy.Es̫mE❀̫ on Polyvore.com

I like this picture. I think about shooting down fear with that arrow instead of the gun that sits in front of me.
Fear...it's a funny thing. I hated the caption on this picture, "Fear is only in our minds.." I thought what BS. I feel it inside me everywhere. In Leviticus where it says ..."I will make their hearts so fearful in the lands of their enemies that the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. They will run as though fleeing from the sword, and they will fall, even though no one is pursuing them." -26:36-....I feel like that's me.

The smallest sound now sends me jumping, and I pray when I go to bed to not wake up until it is daylight. I'd like to lie and say I'm fine, that I'm not afraid. After all, isn't that what the word tells me to do?? Be not afraid? I'm not sure what happened. The day of the burglary I was fine...but now...it is like I become paralized by fear.

To put a little more icing on the cake it's not as if Your words are not full of be not afraid comments or rather, commands, yet here I sit, trying to be as quiet as I can so I can make sure I hear if someone breaks in again. Ummmm....hello I have a security system, heavy duty steel doors, two pit bulls, a 9mm and a frigin shot gun and I am still afraid!!!!!!!!! Which leads me to my next point.

I know my fear is completely irrational! I have security measures out the wazoo, I have a God who saves, not who saves, but who has saved me...personally on numerous accounts starting back with the burglary. So, if God saved me once, if I am His child, His chosen one, His most precious jewel crowning His head...then won't He save me again? Yes, yes He will. And I know it. And I also know that there is a time for everything. There is a time to live and a time to die. And I know that when it is my time to die...I know, that I know, that I know...where I am going!!! After all, "In God I trust...What can man do to me?" -Ps. 56-

Still, I am afraid. I can try and try and try all I want...(did you notice all the I's??) But I suppose when the fear does leave (I actually feel it slightly subsiding now) it will be due to my lack of control on the issue. Or at least my lack of trying to control the issue and just letting the Holy Spirit do it's work in me. After all...He is the Helper (John 14:15) And I as a christian have Him here right stinkin now. He IS in me!!

Ugh! Well, what can I do? I can pray, I can read God's word and remind myself of how many times He tells me to be not afraid, and why He tells me that. And I can take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ..the Word.

Because whether you or I like it or not, the caption on that picture is right. It's all in your head. Or, rather my head. The mind is the battlefield, the mind is a very powerful thing. It can be tricked. I can be tricked by thoughts that will ultimately trigger my body to tremble just like that scripture says. So, that is what I will do. I will renew my mind by the power of God's living word, and let the Helper help me... (no matter how slow it may seem) into that sound mind that Timothy says I have.

Yeah, that's what I'll do, and I'll obviously blog about it so you all can pray for me!! Cause....you're my Helpers too, right. Uh, in case you didn't know that's my way of asking you to pray for me, so step to it. (I NEED YOU)

THE EFFECTUAL, FERVENT PRAYERS OF THE RIGHTEOUS MAN, AVAILETH MUCH! -James 5:16-

TINABAER