Tuesday, January 27, 2015

REALLY Loving NOW is our ms Pat


Our ms Pat chose the One she will worship forevermore -- the LORD JESUS...

Our ms Pat has the ALLmighty GREAT Shepherd -- CHRIST JESUS -- to lead her ALLways beside still waters to restore her soul...

Our ms Pat has the JOY of the LORD JESUS as her strength -- she is ALLways glad for each day the LORD has made...

Our ms Pat has the Light of the Holy SPIRIT and His WORD to guide her way ALLways...

Our ms Pat has a heart that can love ALL peoples -- just like JESUS' heart of AGAPE-love...

Our ms Pat has a funny bone -- a gift from our ALLmighty FatherGOD...

Our ms Pat -- the little child in her bubbles forth -- and we enJOY her!

Our ms Pat -- with her daughter in "the funny" zone...

Our ms Pat -- open-handed giver...

Our ms Pat -- quite a hugger -- a comforter...

Our ms Pat's other half -- yep...they're a team for the LORD JESUS -- two peas in a pod -- united together IN-CHRIST...

Our ms Pat -- a lifetime with the Pastor -- for GOD's glory...
Our ms Pat -- helping another one get on his feet...

Our ms Pat -- who follows after Mary (not like her sister Martha, who got so busy with her good works that she stressed herself out) -- and sits daily at JESUS' feet, humble and teachable, hungry for His WORD...


As JESUS and the disciples continued on their way to Jerusalem, they came to a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. Her sister, Mary, sat at the LORD’s feet, listening to what He taught. But Martha was distracted by the big dinner she was preparing. She came to JESUS and said, “LORD, doesn’t it seem unfair to you that my sister just sits here while I do all the work? Tell her to come and help me.”

But the LORD said to her, “My dear Martha, you are worried and upset over all these details! There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be taken away from her.” (Luke 10:38-42, NLT)

Sunday, January 11, 2015

Claiming GOD's Promises -- a Zac Poonen Exhortation for 2015

I AM in them and You are in Me.
May they be made completely one,
so the world may know You have sent Me
and have loved them as You have loved Me.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. For I will be merciful to their wrongdoing,
and I will never again remember their sins.

If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy SPIRIT to those who ask Him?

From one man He has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live. Your life should be free from the love of money. Be satisfied with what you have, for He Himself has said, "I will never leave you or forsake you."

For this is what love for GOD is: to keep His commands. Now His commands are not a burden...Keep the LORD’s commands and statutes I am giving you today, for your own good.

We know that all things work together for the good of those who love GOD: those who are called according to His purpose...Give thanks in everything, for this is GOD’s will for you in CHRIST JESUS.

Now since the children have flesh and blood in common, JESUS also shared in these, so that through His death He might destroy the one holding the power of death — that is, the devil — and free those who were held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death. Therefore, we may boldly say: The LORD is my helper; i will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

I will make you into a great nation, I will bless you, I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. The purpose was that the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles by CHRIST JESUS, do that we could receive the promised SPIRIT through faith.

The above exhortation is a list of promises we can rightfully claim as genuine children of our ALL-mighty Father in heaven -- the One True Living GOD -- through our union with CHRIST JESUS, our LORD and Savior. Brother Zac Poonen (pastor of CHRISTian Fellowship Church in Bangalore, India) compiled this list of truths so that we may be encouraged to continue running this race of our calling to CHRISTlikeness, as empowered by the indwelling Holy SPIRIT.

The complete article -- "Look Forward to a Wonderful Year in CHRIST" -- is from brother Zac's Word for the Week ministry, specifically written for New Year 2015. May the Holy SPIRIT also grace you with these Bible truths.