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MY HEART TREMBLES ... MY LORD HOW CLOSE I HAD COME ... TO LOSING YOU I DID NOT KNOW - THE MANY TIMES YOU HAD GATHERED ME INTO YOUR ARMS... A CUSHION FROM THE BLOWS OF LIFE WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL! EYES ... BLINDED TO YOUR LOVE EVERY HEARTBEAT ... PAINFUL &nb sp; IN LONGING SO FAR ............ FROM YOU [LORD] STILL THE ECHOES OF YOUR CALL HAUNTS ME ...... PURSUES ME! GENTLE SHEPHERD YOU WERE THERE ALL THE TIME WOOING ....... WAITING HOW TENDERLY YOU LOVE ME.... WHO CAN RESIST A &nb sp; CONFRONTATION WITH YOUR LOVE! YOU ARE PRECIOUS! MY LOVE, MY LIFE! THE VERY BREATH THAT I BREATHE! MY REASON FOR LIVING! THE ESSENCE OF MY LIFE! O THAT I MAY WALK IN THE FRAGRANCE OF YOUR LOVE... Written by: Sandra Gomes - 2006
SOVEREIGNITY ... &nb sp; GOD ALONE! MAJESTIC CREATOR I BEHELD HIM! HIGH AND LIFTED UP! MY LORD AND MY GOD! &nb sp; AWESOME ... &nb sp; FEARFUL ... &nb sp; &nb sp; HOLY ... &nb sp; &nb sp; LOVELY........ GRACIOUS AND MERCIFUL IN ALL HIS WAYS HE IS WORTHY AND LORD OF ALL &nb sp; WHO AM I? &nb sp; HERE TODAY ... &nb sp; &nb sp; GONE TOMORROW ... ALMIGHTY GOD - THE MIGHTY SEAS THE TOWERING MOUNTAINS THE VAST UNIVERSE &nb sp;THE NUMBERLESS CONSTELLATIONS &nb sp; THE BEAUTY OF THE BUTTERFLY &nb sp; THE GENTLE BREEZES &nb sp; THE GUSTY WINDS! &nb sp; THE ANGRY OCEANS! &nb sp; THE SOFTNESS AND SWEET &nb sp; FRAGRANCE OF THE FLOWERS... &nb sp; THE IMMENSE AZURE OF THE SKIES.. &nb sp; THE THUNDERING CLOUDS! &nb sp; AND SHARP, FIERCE LIGHTNINGS &nb sp; THE GENTLE SWAY OF THE TREES &nb sp; THE INTRICATE MECHANISM OF MAN HIS HANDIWORK PROCLAIMS HIM AND EXPLAINS HIM THE LORD GOD OMNIPOTENT REIGNS!
Written by: Sandra Gomes - 2006 2:03 AM - 1 Comments - 0
DRENCHED IN HIS &nb sp; LOVE WAITING ON HIM ON THE TRESHOLD OF &nb sp; SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL HOW UTTERLY TRANQUIL RESTING IN HIM.... &nb sp; THEN LIKE A MILLION WATERFALLS! TUMBLING DOWN MAJESTIC, POWERFUL, &nb sp; REFRESHING... LOVE SO AMAZING FEARFUL AND AWESOME &nb sp; MIGHTY PURE AND GENTLE EMPTY OF SELF! FULL OF HIM! SPENT FOR HIM! LOST IN HIS LOVE .... GAZING UPON THE &nb sp; PURE, GLORIOUS, BEAUTY OF HIS HOLINESS &nb sp; HIS COUNTENENCE RIVERS OF WATER &nb sp; CASCADES FROM MY ... EYES .... IN AWE... EVERYTHING ELSE FADES IN ... HIS SECRET PLACE EVERY OTHER VOICE IS HUSHED SILENCED ... IN HIS SECRET PLACE ... TO HEAR HIM ALONE EVERY FIBRE OF MY BEING BECOMES .... A SYMPHONY OF WORSHIP AS I GAZED UPON HIS NAIL SCARRED .... HANDS... MY HEART IS DRAWN IN HIS I TURNED AROUND TO WHERE I HAD STOOD I WAS IN THE PALM OF HIS .... HANDS ... O! TO BEHOLD AT LAST THE ONE WHO... LOVES ME! LOVE..... COMPELS ME DRAWS LIKES A MAGNET LOVE ..... CONSUMES ME PURIFIES LIKE FIRE LOVE .... SOVEREIGN ... INFINITE LOVE! Written by: Sandra Gomes [2006
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WE WIN!
Posted On 10/17/2006 15:29:26
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 I look unto the Lord Jesus Christ Who is the Author and Finisher of my faith. I am led by His precious Holy Spirit because i am His child and the apple of His eye. He has enlisted to walk in dominion and authority because it is Christ in me - the hope of glory. We have this treasure in earthen vessels. He alone is worthy! In Him we live and move and have our being. O that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His suffering. The song says 'Let the Church be the Church, let the people rejoice, for we've settled the question, we've made our choice, let the anthem ring out! Songs of victory swell! For the Church triumphant is alive and well!
THE VIRGINS OF MATTHEW 25 TYPES A BRIDE WHO AWAITS HER BELOVED - THE CHURCH WITHOUT SPOT OR BLEMISH. BUT HOW DOES SHE WAIT? IS SHE PROPERLY PREPARED OR POORLY PREPARED? HOW DOES SHE WAIT? BEHOLD, OUR BRIDEGROOM IS EVEN AT THE DOOR! TRIMMING OF LAMPS AND REFILLING WITH OIL WILL ENABLE THE FIRE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BURN BRIGHTER AND THE OIL OF HIS PRESENCE TO BE MANIFESTED IN AND THROUGH US! LIGHT DISPELS THE DARKNESS! SO WE DIE, PRUNE AND TRIM AS CRUSHED OLIVES TO PRODUCE THE OIL - AT EVERY LEVEL, AT EVERY SEASON! IT IS NOT A STRIVING - BEING VIGILANT AND WATCHFUL! IT IS AN ENTERING INTO HIS REST - BY FAITH! YOU SEE IT IS NOT BY OUR MIGHT NOR OUR POWER BUT BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD! IT IS NOT BY OUR ELOQUENCE! THE OIL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY IT IS THE OIL OF THE ANOINTING THAT REMOVES THE BONDAGES! IT IS THE YOKE DESTROYING ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT! WE CANNOT FUNCTION WITHOUT HIM! WE CANNOT SLEEP AND SLUMBER AND TRY TO JUMP START ON SOMEONE ELSE'S ANOINTING OR EXPERIENCES! WE HAVE TO WORK OUT OUR SALVATION WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING! NEW WINE! FRESH MANNA! WE HAVE TO MAKE READY FOR THE COMING OF OUR BRIDEGROOM. ALL THE VIRGINS AROSE BUT SOME OF THEM DID WHAT THEY WERE DOING ALL ALONG "GIMME SOME OF YOUR OIL" TOO LAZY TO PAY THE PRICE! TOO LAZY TO SUBMIT! TOO AFRAID TO DIE! HE DID KNOW KNOW WHO THEY WERE! BUT THEY WERE WAITING TOO! OR WERE THEY? BUT HOW?? WERE THEY CAREFULLY CHOOSING THEIR WEDDING GARMENTS? PROTECTING THE PURITY OF IT? HOW MUCH DID THE OIL COST? MAYBE THE PRICE WAS TOO HIGH! HOW MUCH DID IT COST TO PREPARE FOR THE WEDDING? BUT HOW CAN OUR LORD NOT KNOW THEM? BECAUSE THE KNOWING IS IN THE INTIMACY! THAT'S WHERE THE OIL FLOWS. IN THAT SECRET PLACE WE ARE HUMBLED AND OUR 'SO CALLED' RIGHTEOUSNESS MEAN NOTHING FOR NO FLESH SHALL GLORY IN HIS PRESENCE. THAT KNOWING AND TO BE KNOWN BY HIM IS TO UNDERSTAND HIM AND TO DELIGHT HIS HEART [JER. 9]...LISTENING TO HIS HEARTBEAT AND HEARING HIM WEEP OVER THE LOST ..OBEDIENCE IS AN EXPRESSION OF OUR LOVE...ONLY THOSE WHO DO HIS WILL....THEY THAT ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT ARE THE SONS OF GOD...WALKING IN OBEDIENCE. HE SAID TO THE FIVE FOOLISH VIRGINS, "I DO NOT KNOW YOU". ACCORDING TO STRONG'S THIS MEANS THAT HE WAS NOT EVEN AWARE OF THEM...ARE WE READY? WATCH THEREFORE.... OCCUPY 'TILL HE COMES... HE THAT HAS THIS HOPE.......PURIFIES HIMSELF.
 FOR YOU SEE YOUR CALLING, BRETHREN, THAT NOT MANY WISE ACCORDING TO THE FLESH, NOT MANY MIGHTY, NOT MANY NOBLE, ARE CALLED. BUT GOD HAS CHOSEN THE FOOLISH THINGS OF THE WORLD TO PUT TO SHAME THE WISE, AND GOD HAS CHOSEN THE WEAK THINGS OF THE WORLD TO PUT TO SHAME THE THINGS THAT ARE MIGHTY; AND THE BASE THINGS OF THE WORLD AND THE THINGS WHICH ARE DESPISED GOD HAS CHOSEN, AND THE THINGS WHICH ARE NOT, TO BRING TO NOTHING THE THINGS THAT ARE, THAT NO FLESH SHOULD GLORY IN HIS PRESENCE .- 1 COR. 1:26-29
THIS SCRIPTURE WAS DEEPLY IMPRESSED UPON MY HEART A FEW YEARS AGO AS I PONDERED ON WHAT PARTING MESSAGE I SHOULD LEAVE WITH THE SEMINARY I USED TO ATTEND. THE LORD WAS SHOWING ME THAT I WAS 'A FOOLISH THING'. THIS THOUGHT THOROUGHLY HUMBLED ME BECAUSE I UNDERSTOOD THAT MY SAVIOUR HAD CHOSEN SOMEONE LIKE ME AND MADE ME HIS OWN CHILD. IT IS A SUPREME HONOUR. THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS MY LORD WAS SAYING TO ME. I SHOULD NEVER BE AFRAID TO ACTIVELY TRUST IN HIM. THAT TRUST MEANS A LAYING DOWN OF MY LIFE - EVERY PART OF IT. AS PAUL THE APOSTLE SAID, 'I DIE DAILY.' THIS DAILY DOES NOT ONLY NECESSARILY MEAN A DAY, BUT ALSO A SEASON IN OUR LIVES WHEN DEATH IS A NECESSARY REQUIREMENT SO THAT LIFE MAY BLOSSOM. IT IS LIKE THE PRUNING OF A TREE. THE PROCESS OF DYING MAY BE LONG AND PAINFUL BUT IT YIELDS THE PEACEABLE FRUIT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS! [THIS WAS THE FIRST THING THE LORD WAS SAYING TO ME ] NOW - THE FOOLISH THING.. IT IS ONLY OUR GOD - ELOHIM - WHO CAN TAKE AN ABUSED LITTLE GIRL WHO WAS ALMOST ABORTED; WHO WAS LABELED 'THE SICKLY CHILD', 'THE DUNCE', 'UGLY', 'SLOW IN THE BRAIN' - ONE WHO WAS NEVER ABLE EVEN TO GO TO HIGH SCHOOL AND COMPLETELY REARRANGE HER LIFE! YES, I AM A FOOLISH THING! I WAS CALLED A'FIFTH WHEEL TO THE COACH!' BUT GOD! THEY THOUGH THAT I MAY NOT HAVE A LONG LIFE BECAUSE I WAS ALWAYS SICK WITH SOMETHING! MY MASTER FORGAVE ME AND I FORGAVE AND HE HEALED ME OF MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE. HALLELUJAH! HE HEALED MY MIND; STRAIGHTENED OUT MY EMOTIONS; SHOWED ME WHO HE IS AND WHO I AM IN HIM. HE TAUGHT ME TO KNOW HIM AND TO LOVE HIM AND I AM STILL LEARNING HOW MUCH HE LOVES ME. HE IS SO PRECIOUS TO ME. WHEN THE LORD CALLED ME AND I SAID YES TO HIM, I DID NOT EVEN REALIZE WAS A MESS I WAS! I DID NOT KNOW I WAS SO BLIND. [MY HUSBAND ALWAYS SAYS THAT A ONE -EYED MAN IS KING IN A BLIND MAN'S COUNTRY]. I WOULD NOT HAVE PAID A PENNY FOR MYSELF! MY SELF-IMAGE WAS SO LOW. THE SAD THING WAS THAT I DID NOT KNOW IT WAS LOW ! AS I LAID ON MY BED AND MEDITATED ON WHAT BEING A FOOLISH THING MEANT, I REALIZED THAT WITHOUT MY LORD I AM ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! I WOULD JUST BE AN EMPTY SHELL. ALL THE EVIL THAT THE ENEMY HAD PLANNED FOR ME SINCE IN MY MOTHER'S WOMB WAS OBLITERATED BY THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS. I WOULD HAVE TO WRITE A BOOK TO REALLY LOG THE PATH THAT I HAVE WALKED AND HOW MY REDEEMER NEVER EVER LEFT ME NOR GAVE UP ON ME AND HE NEVER WOULD. I AM NOW CALLED A HOLY NATION , A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD .... I AM A JOINT HEIR WITH CHRIST .... I HEARD A STORY ONCE ABOUT AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPEDITION. THEY WERE DIGGING IN A PARTICULAR PLACE AND ONE OF THE TEAM MEMBERS WERE ABOUT TO THROW AWAY A PIECE OF OBJECT WHICH SEEMED USELESS AND DIRTY OF COURSE. THE HEAD OF THE EXPEDITION REACHED OUT HIS HAND TO STOP THE TEAM MEMBER, TOOK OUT HIS RAG AND BEGAN TO CLEAN UP THE OBJECT. THE OBJECT TURNED OUT TO BE AN INVALUABLE PIECE, ITS BEAUTY HIDDEN BENEATH THE DIRT. WE ARE LIKE THAT PIECE OF OBJECT, WHICH IN THE POTTER'S HAND, BECOMES A VESSEL OF HONOUR IN THE MASTER'S HOUSEHOLD.
 ARE YOU HUNGRY ENOUGH FOR ME? WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO DO TO SATISFY THAT HUNGER? WHAT DOES ONE DO WHO IS STARVING; DESPERATELY HUNGRY; WHEN YOUR LIPS ARE PARCHED AND DRY WITH THIRST? HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THIRSTY, SO THIRSTY THAT YOUR TONGUE CLINGS TO THE ROOF OF YOUR MOUTH? WON'T YOU GIVE ALMOST ANYTHING TO QUENCH THAT THIRST?HOW HUNGRY ARE YOU FOR ME? HOW THIRSTY ARE YOU FOR ME? I AM WILLING TO SATISFY YOUR HUNGER AND TO QUENCH YOUR THIRST, IF YOU WOULD SEEK ME FOR THE BREAD OF LIFE AND THE LIVING WATER. DO YOU BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY THAT THOSE WHO HUNGER AND THIRST AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL BE FILLED? THAT IF YOU SEEK ME YOU WILL FIND ME? DO YOU BELIEVE ME? IF YOU DO BELIEVE MY WORD, YOU WILL COME TO ME TO BE FED BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT I WATCH OVER MY WORD TO PERFORM IT. YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU KNOW ME [HAVE AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP], YOU SHALL BE STRONG AND DO EXPLOITS . ARE YOU HUNGRY ENOUGH? ARE YOU THIRSTY ENOUGH?
 THE LAW OF THE FIRST THINGS IS A PRINCIPLE THAT SAYS OUR GOD RESTORED TO US WHAT HE HAD INTENDED FOR US IN THE FIRST PLACE. WE WERE PLACED ON THIS EARTH TO HAVE
DOMINION, 'EARTH BELONGS TO THE SONS OF MEN'. THAT IS WHY WE ARE ADMONISHED TO SEEK FIRST HIS KINGDOM AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND ALL OTHER THINGS SHALL BE ADDED TO US. THE REASON WHY WE SEE DEFEAT IS BECAUSE WE SEEK THINGS RATHER THAN HIS KING- DOM- HIS DOMAIN - HIS WAY OF OPERATION AND AS SUBJECTS OF THIS KING-DOM WE SHOULD OPERATE BY HIS PRINCIPLES AND HIS RULE. THE AWESOME PRICE THAT JESUS CHRIST PAID WAS COMPLETE. IT IS FINISHED! WE HAVE TO NOW OCCUPY 'TILL HE COMES! HE DID SAY 'GREATER WORKS ..... WE SHALL DO. WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO BIND AND LOOSE! HOW? PRAYER, INTERCESSION, THE WORD, WORSHIP. BEING ONE WITH HIM, IN HIM AND THROUGH HIM. IN HIM WE LIVE AND MOVE AND HAVE OUR BEING. ONLY THEN WE CAN EFFECT CHANGE IN THE EARTH REALM. HIS WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
Recently, I have been having discussions about various issues in believers' lives. I realized that what we did initially to become a christian - which is to believe in our hearts and confess with our mouths -we never really continue to so with the other promises of God. Some of us have become 'unbelieving believers' For example, statistics show that approximately 8% of Christians pay tithes! Wow! Do we really believe that Jehovah Jireh will open up the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing that we cannot contain?[Malachi 3] If we had really believed that Our Heavenly Father would keep His promise that percentage would have been significantly higher. He said "Prove me and see if...."
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