Gods protection

I claim this scripture over my family tonight. God I am so thankful for this scripture & for your mighty protection!

1 John 4:4 (Amplified Bible)

⁴Little children, you are of God [you belong to Him] and have [already] defeated and overcome them [the agents of the antichrist], because He Who lives in you is greater (mightier) than he who is in the world. Amen!

His Spirit

Acts 2:17-21 (New Living Translation)

¹⁷ ‘In the last days,’ God says,
‘I will pour out my Spirit upon all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy.
Your young men will see visions,
and your old men will dream dreams.
¹⁸ In those days I will pour out my Spirit
even on my servants—men and women alike—
and they will prophesy.
¹⁹ And I will cause wonders in the heavens above
and signs on the earth below—
blood and fire and clouds of smoke.
²⁰ The sun will become dark,
and the moon will turn blood red
before that great and glorious day of the Lord arrives.
²¹ But everyone who calls on the name of the Lord
will be saved.’

God gave me this verse yesterday as I was driving home from church. Even though the earth is going crazy between flooding, blizzards in March in Texas, volcano's, tornado's, shootings, the economy and so on and so on. We are living in a pretty messed up place. I feel it's only going to get worse before it will get better which will be when He comes back for us! But I see him poring out His spirit just like He promised! He wants us to draw near to Him in these scary & difficult times. I can't help but be excited to see Him work even through these times!

Thankful

Psalm 59:16 (New Living Translation)

¹⁶ But as for me, I will sing about your power.
Each morning I will sing with joy about your unfailing love.
For you have been my refuge,
a place of safety when I am in distress.

No matter what I go through in life "The good or bad" I will give Him praise for He will see me through. God is so faithful even though I am not always. I am thankful He is always working everything out for good for our behalf. I am thankful we are the head & not the tail. I am thankful He walks beside,behind & in front of us. I am thankful that we have the favor of God everyday if we ask for it. I am thankful His mercy & grace is new everyday!

Great Worship Song

Hillsong United : From The Inside Out


A thousand times I've failed
Still Your mercy remains And should I stumble again
I'm caught in Your grace
Everlasting
Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending
Your glory goes beyond all fame

Your will above all else
My purpose remains
The art of losing myself
In bringing You praise
Everlasting
Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending
Your glory goes beyond all fame

In my heart and my soul
Lord I give You control
Consume me from the inside out
Lord let justice and praise
Become my embrace
To love you from the inside out

Everlasting
Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending
Your glory goes beyond all fame
And the cry of my heart
Is to bring You praise
From the inside out
Lord my soul cries out

Giants

Today I am reminded that we serve a mighty God who is able to do all things. He is able to move mountains. He is in charge of everything because he created everything. The sermon @ church yesterday was on David & Goliath. He preached about giants in our lives. Everyone has there own Giant. He had us to identify and confront the giant in our lives. I know I have a few I had to confront & deal with. But it's awesome to know that if we turn to GOD to help us with our giants He is able & willing to crush them for us so that we can have victory, freedom & healing in our lives. It's all in who we seek for advise when we are dealing with a giant on what the out come will be. God wants us to seek Him & He will not let us down.

1 John 4:4
Greater is He that is in you than he who lives in the world.

Our pastor put it this way:
"Greater is He that is in you than the 'Giant' in your world."

Wisdom

I was talking wit a friend the other day about my boys & the way they have been talking & the way they are talking to each other. It has been bothering me for a while now. I've have of coarse been trying to redirect their way of talking to each other but it has just not been working. It is becoming a battle that I feel like I'm losing. Yesterday in my Women's group @ church our pastors wife spoke on family & The gifts we can't buy our children. Of course it was an awesome word & what I felt like I needed to hear. She talked about discipline & what God want us to instill in our children. Now I don't think all t.v. is bad but like my friend & I were talking there is so much negative influence on there even in the commercials. I'm not blaming their behavior completely on the t.v. God has been working with me on my mouth & how I respond as well. But to hear some of the things on t.v. is different when your hearing it out of their mouths & to each other. I know there have been many times I've been embarrassed from something that was said on a commercial or on a program. I know I'm not that old but wow how times, music & t.v. has changed just since I was little. I feel that's why we are having some of the problems with disrespect & behavior issues from children today. I know it's not the whole problem but some of it. We did a bible study on our words last night.

Proverbs 15:1-2 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but harsh word stirs up anger.
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool gushes folly.(foolishness)

Proverbs15:4-5 The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life, but a deceitful tongue crushes spirit.
A fool spurns his father's discipline, but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.


I am praying for wisdom & praying my boy's will be receptive to God's will for their lives.

Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

Thankful

Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding: in all your way acknowledge him, and he will make your path straight.

I have been praying for wisdom for my son Cory for some time now. Last week God really showed up & worked everything out just like his word promises. I know he will always be there to help me & guide me with all 3 of my boys as long as I submit & allow him to.

Romans 2:28 All things work together for good to them that love God.

I also came across this prayer from the book The Power Of A Praying Parent....

Lord,

I submit myself to You. I realize that parenting a child in the way You would have me to is beyond my human abilities. I know I need You to help me. I want to partner with You and partake of Your gifts of wisdom, discernment, revelation, and guidance. I also need Your strength and patience, along with a generous portion of Your love flowing through me. Teach me how to love the way You love. Where I need to be healed, delivered, changed, matured, or made whole - I invite You to do that in me. Help me to walk in righteousness and integrity before You. Teach me Your ways, enable me to obey Your commandments and do only what is pleasing in Your sight. May the beauty of Your Spirit be so evident in me that I will be a godly role model. Give me the communication, teaching, and nurturing skills that I must have. Make me the parent You want me to be and teach me how to pray and truly intercede for the life of this child. Lord, You said in Your Word, 'Whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.' (Matthew 21:22) In Jesus' name I ask that You will increase my faith to believe for all the things You've put on my heart to pray for concerning this child."

"Amen"