Israel and New Breed - We Have Overcome

I heard this song today and it spoke to me. I love how God continually reminds us that through Jesus we have overcome and can thrive not just survive. We are not defeated!  We are more than conquerors through Jesus!  Oh if we could only get that into our spirit!  Satan must flee when we tell him to leave us alone.  We don't have to struggle.  We don't have to be weighed down.  We are victorious children of God!

Be blessed!

Giving It All To God

"Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.  Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life."  Psalms 139:23-4

God has been talking pretty sternly, yet loving to me lately and taking me to a whole new level.  He's asking for my whole being; my whole heart.  There are parts that I had not yet relinquished to him.  For him to do the healing and restoration that I asked, he needs all of me - those hidden places that I may or may not even be aware of.  

So I've had to take a hard look at me and those not so pretty places that he's showing me.  I must tell you that it hurts to see those things and it hurts to give them up.  Not because I want to hold on to them, but they've been imbedded into me.  Pulling those things out is not an easy process.  But through God's love, mercy, and grace, I'm giving those to him and finding life more pleasant as those dark voids are filled with his perfect love and light.

I met an amazing couple last week at camp.  We were able to talk and share about times like this when God wants everything in us.  I was introduced to this song, "You Won't Relent" by Jesus Culture.  It has spoken to me in an amazing way.  Be blessed as you listen to it.  I pray it speaks to you as well.

Lord, thank you for continuing to work on me; for never giving up.  Continue to search me and reveal to me those things that I may not even be aware of that need to be given to you.  Replace all voids in my heart with your love.  

Broken Chains

God's mercies are new each day.  I am so thankful that He continues to see fit to extend his mercy and grace over my life.  God has been showing himself in a different light and has begun a restoration in my heart and soul.  

Unfortunately, Satan had been at work for a while.  Little by little, I began to get weighed down with this and that.  (See, that's how he works, so you are unaware - kind of like the story of putting a frog in water and slowly warming it up, so the frog doesn't know it is being boiled alive.)  But thank you Jesus that I don't have to stay in that state!

I am free!  God took hold of my heart, broke the walls, took the hurts, and replaced those voids with his restoring love.  Such an amazing feeling!  

Thank you Lord for your continued love, mercy and grace.  You are an amazing God!  You are the one, true, living God.  I am truly thankful that you continue to work on me and never give up.