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Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 345
September 12, 2017

Many of you reading this today have been effected by hurricane Irma. In our Metro Atlanta area, the storm was not as bad as further south in Georgia and in Florida but many people I know lost power.

As I was considering how blessed we were to keep our power through the rain and high winds I begin to think about all the things we cannot do without power.

If your water comes from a pump in a well no power means no water, which means no showers or baths or even flushing. If your water comes from a county or city then you are blessed to be able to have water but if your hot water heater is electric a shower would be cold.

The food in your refrigerator would spoil without power and there would be no coffee or cooking unless your stove is gas.

The lights would be dark and the plugins would be useless therefore all the battery stuff that has to be charged would eventually run down.

We are a society that has come a long way in convenience and communication but we are a society that is extremely dependent on electricity and technology.

I am sure those who are without power right now totally understand how much we depend on being able to make coffee and run our dishwasher, washer and dryer. I am sure that things look different in the dark than when we can shed light on them.

Why am I going down this road? Because more than we need the electricity of this world in our lives, we need the power that comes from a relationship with the Lord God Almighty.

We need the Power of the Spirit of the Living God leading us and showing us the way. We need to be guided by the sweet presence of Gods Spirit within us.

Acts 26:18 (KJV)
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

What are the parallels?

Without His Power, we are in the dark and cannot see where we are going or what we should do. Just as we light a candle when the power is out, we maybe can get a little light but we cannot see all the junk in the corners or the things that trip us up.

Without His Power, we cannot be fed the truth of the word of God or wash off the dirt and grime picked up from just living in the world.

Without His Power, we cannot effectively live our life to influence the world for good and stamp out evil.

Romans 15:13 (KJV)
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

2 Corinthians 4:7 (KJV)
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

We cannot be charged up or see the junk that needs to be picked up if we do not have the Light of the Spirit of the Living God guiding us.

Ephesians 3:20 (KJV)
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

Just as we do not want to be without Electrical Power we should never want to be without the Spirit of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords guiding us through this journey called life.

I ask you this morning, who is guiding you? Is it chance or intelligence or other people’s opinion? Or is it the Creator of the Universe.

2 Peter 1:3 (KJV)
3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:

In His presences darkness flees and evil has no power. In His presences and with His guidance we can make decisions that will affect all those around us and the world for good.

Are you walking in the fullness of His Power????
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Father, thank you that we do not have to do life alone. Thank you that your Power and Wisdom is available and thank you that you are the creator and nothing is too hard for you as we yield our will to yours. Bless each one who reads this and increase their desire for and intimate walk with you. I ask it in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen

I desire God’s very best for each of you!
Love, MeMaw

 

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 344
September 5, 2017

I was thinking ……and thinking……and thinking……tomorrow I will have been on this earth for 73 years. As I look back I see the hand of the Lord God Almighty in every phase of my life.

I have seen situations that shook me to my very soul and I have walked through difficulties I hope none of you have to walk through, but I have seen God’s Love and His hand of Mercy in every moment of my life.

The Word of the living God tells us of His Faithfulness and it tells us in Psalm 30 verse five: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

No matter how dark the night is morning always comes. The sun may be hidden behind some clouds or a storm may still be making its way across our town, but morning always comes.

I could share incident after incident when the hand of God invaded a situation in my life and gave me Peace and direction.

Have all my choices been good and right? Absolutely not!! But the Father never took His eyes off of me. Have I handle every situation right? Absolutely not!

Have I always prayed for Gods will before making a life changing choice? I am sorry to say that I did not. But in all of these times My God was faithful even when I just did it my way.

I can declare to you without hesitation that:

Psalm 27:1 (KJV)
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

I can declare to you that God has fulfilled the promise found in the scripture below:

Psalm 91:16 (KJV)
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

Last May I had to go to the emergency room and found that my heart rate was 27 and that my status was critical. The electrical system of my heart had quit operating correctly. They put in a temporary pacemaker and followed a couple of days later with a permanent pacemaker. In the emergency room, the Doctor was using words like critical, paddles, ventilators.

You may not believe it but the truth is that the entire time: in the ER, through the insertion of both pacemakers and my time in the hospital and recovery at home, I have constantly been at Peace.

I thank God for the prayers of my friends and family that God heard and answered and I thank God for the brilliant Doctors who are using the minds God gave them to save lives.

And I thank God that He is not through with me in this world yet. I still have lives to influence and work to do.

But most of all I thank Him for the Peace that the world cannot give.

Acts 20:24 (KJV)
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

Why am I going down memory lane today? Because I want to share the lessons I have learned through 73 years of this journey called life.

GOD NEVER FAILS. JESUS CHRIST IS THE ANSWER. CALL ON HIM AND HE WILL SHOW YOU HIS POWER. HE INVADES YOUR INNERMOST BEING WITH PEACE, JOY AND LOVE. THIS LIFE IS A VAPOR SO CONCENTRATE ON ETERNAL THINGS.

AND MOST IMPORTANT: LOVE GOD AND LOVE EACH OTHER!!

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Father, your love is amazing, your grace is sufficient and your presences is real. I pray that each person reading this will realize that you love them more than they can understand and you just want to help them and fill the deepest desires of their heart. Father, we are a needy people and without you life is not the journey you intended. May the words of each of our mouths and the meditation of each of our hearts be acceptable in you sight. In the name of Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen

I love all of you and pray you walk with Jesus!
Love, Me-Maw

 

 

Me-maw Thoughts
Number 343
August 29, 2017

Life is full of problems:
Ups and downs, victories and failures, valleys to go through and mountains to climb.

We face sickness, death of a friend or loved one, loss of direction and we may lose our smile for a while. But all of you have probably heard this saying: “Life goes on”.

I remember back many (oh, so many years ago) when we were coming from the cemetery after burying my mother (the sweetest lady on earth). I looked around from the car we were in and I don’t remember if it was me or one of my sisters who said; “Look at those people, they are just going about their business as if nothing has happened”.

Of course, it had not happened to them but to us our world had been rocked and we felt like the entire world should be taking notice.

As a mother of two small children I needed my Mother but “Life Goes On!”. I walked through those days because my Hope is in the Lord Jesus Christ. I had a center of Trust in Almighty God and knew His Word was Truth.

Hebrews 13:5 (KJV)
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

John 16:33 (KJV)
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Jesus promised us we would never be alone and also that in the middle of our situations we can have peace and be of good cheer because He overcame the world.

1 John 4:4 (KJV)
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

We can face life with confidence because the greater one lives in us.

Psalm 119:114 (KJV)
Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

Jeremiah 17:7 (KJV)
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

I have been able to face each hardship and situation in my life because I know who I believe in. I know that this life is just a vapor and we need to do all the good we can while we are here, eternity is ahead.

In addition to that I know that I have a helper strong and sure who is with me always.

Romans 15:13 (KJV)
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.

So, I ask you this morning; Who do you turn to when you face life’s problems? I truly cannot imagine trying to navigate this life without the giver of life right with me. I do not understand how a person faces each day without the Love of the Creator God flowing through them.

1 Corinthians 15:19 (KJV)
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

Paul says without hope in Christ hereafter we are miserable. There is more than just this life. Are you walking in the victory of the Lord Jesus Christ or are you miserable? Are you filled with Peace in this midst of all the ugly in the world or are you in panic?

What a shame to miss all the help and strength God the Father provides. I cannot take one step without the Lord Jesus Christ. Does that make me weak? No that makes me strong because I recognize that Jesus overcame the world and the greater one lives in me.

Look at John 16:33 again:
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Hallelujah!!!!! The one who walks with me, my best friend Jesus, has it all under control.

Remember “Life goes on!”, but it is only through Jesus Christ we can truly live in victory.

May we face this day and all it brings, with the greater one…..
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Father God, creator of the universe, my Abba Father. I come to you with a grateful heart that I do not have to do life alone. I thank you that I do not have to navigate my day and my way without you. Thank you for God the Holy Spirit that lives in me and gives me all I need to face whatever a day may bring. I ask that you be real to all who read this and may they understand that you the greater one lives or desires to live in them. Glory and Honor to your name and thank you for the relationship Jesus paid for on the cross. Amen

Remember you are never alone!
Love, Me-Maw

 

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 342
August 22, 2017

Did you look at the eclipse yesterday? Some of you did and some of you did not. The question following the first one is: Did you have the special glasses required to safely look directly at the eclipse?

I’m sure there are people all over the country who said “Oh, it will not hurt me” and looked up without proper protection. I read this morning that it would take 12 hours or so for the damage to show up. I wonder how many are realizing this more morning that they should have listened to all the warnings they have heard for weeks.

Then there are some who were sold the glasses that were counterfeit. These people thought they were buying the protection they needed but the glasses did not have the NASA seal on them. They also can be looking at damaged eyes.

May I tell you this morning that an event in the heavens much greater than the one yesterday is truly going to happen.

I am referring to the rapture or catching away of the born-again children of God: those who have accepted Jesus death on the cross, and resurrection from the dead, and have given Him control of their life.

According to God’s word those who have received salvation will be caught away before the world is in the midst of judgments.

But you must have the right glasses(salvation). Not disregarding the Bible that tells us:

John 3:15-17 (KJV)
15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
God provided a way for us to have life forever in His presence without all the junk the enemy of our soul throws into our lives here on earth.

1 Thessalonians 4:17 (KJV)
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

We must not believe the lies of the enemy that tells us that we do not need a Savior, or that we are ok because we are a good person.

Titus 3:5 (KJV)
5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

The Creator God made provision that through Jesus Christ we can be reconciled to Him and have a relationship with Him.

Not only does salvation provide us with participation in the rapture of true believers it also provides amazing benefits here on earth.

We have peace, joy, wisdom, direction, health and healing. We have the privilege of coming to the Father with all of our needs and hurts and desires and know that He is listening and understands and will work on our behalf.

John 14:27 (KJV)
27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Philippians 4:7 (KJV)
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Be sure you are truly in a relationship with Jesus Christ. There are many in our world who are declaring there are other ways to salvation. There were those people in the New Testament days. Paul wrote about it in Galatians.

Galatians 1:6-7 (KJV)
6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.

Remember there is only one way and that way is through Faith in Jesus Christ and acceptance of all He did for us.

John 14:6 (KJV)
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Make sure you have a genuine relationship with God the Father through Jesus Christ our Lord!!

 

Father, thank you that we can know we have the real path to you because when we believe and receive your Holy Spirit comes alive in us and we are changed from the inside out. I decree and declare this morning that no one who reads this will be left behind when Jesus comes for the true believers. Let our light shine to bring others to you. I ask in all in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen

I love you all dearly, Know the truth and it will set you free!
Me-Maw

 

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 341
August 15, 2017

Psalm 1:1-3 (KJV)
1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

We are Blessed when our delight is in the law of the Lord; THE WORD OF GOD …. THE BIBLE. The Psalm above clearly shows us that when we delight and meditate on the Word, we become strong and fruitful.

I do not know much about football but I understand that the teams have playbooks. This outlines the way they play on the field. Sometimes the coach will call the plays and sometimes the quarterback but the players know what to do because they have studied the playbook.

If a player came on the field and had not studied the playbook when a name or number of a play was called they would be clueless and just have to pretend and would not play their position correctly.

I submit to you today if we are not familiar with the playbook of life which is the Bible, we are not prepared to face each day. We have no clue where the ball is going or what we are responsible for in the situation. We are just pretending to know what to do.

Oh, we may think we know what we need to do but for the most part we are just living each day with great pretense that we are wise. True wisdom and true living come from the giver of life. The creator God wrote the playbook and we need to follow it.

But in order to follow it and understand its directions we must spend time delighting and meditating on it.

A football team also has a uniform of protective gear that they put on. If one or two of them went on the field unprotected they would find themselves injured, bruised and in pain.

Ephesians 6:11 (KJV)
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Ephesians 6:14-17 (KJV)

14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

We must be dressed in the armour of God as we journey through this thing called life.

Because, you see, the enemy of all that is good, the devil, also has a playbook. His playbook is full of tricks and temptations to keep us from God’s best. Just as the opposing team in a football game tries to find the weak spot in the other team, the devil is always probing for a weak spot.

1 Peter 5:8 (KJV)
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Not knowing the playbook of the Bible can cause weakness in our defense against the enemy and he is diligently looking for those weaknesses.

You have probably all heard the statement that a group or team or movement is “Only as strong as its weakest link.” May I tell you that you are only as strong as the weakest part of God’s armour you put on. Let us know the Word, which is our sword against all the enemy brings.

We are victorious because Jesus is victorious but we must know the playbook!
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Father God I come to you in the name of Jesus Christ. I thank you that you love us enough to give us the playbook of life. Forgive us when we do not delight and meditate in the words of life that you have placed in the Bible. Forgive us when we think we know the way or the play and we just blow it because we did not study the playbook. Touch each person who reads this with the desire to be ready for the game of life by knowing the playbook and putting on the armour. Amen

You are all winners when you walk with Jesus!
Love, MeMaw

 

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 340
August 8, 2017…………………………..
There is an old song that says: “What the world needs now is Love, Love, Love!”

I realize that this song is not referring to the Love of God but the Love of God shown through His sons and daughters are exactly what the world needs. With that in mind if want to share with you again a Me-Maw Thought sent out in 2016. Let the Holy Spirit touch you to be His hand extended.
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Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 304
November 15, 2016……………………….

Last night on the news I was watching a news reporter interviewing prisoners who were admittedly gang members. What tugged at my heart was that every one of them answered the question of why they joined a gang with the same type of answer,

>They were part of something

>Had someone who cared

>Felt welcome

>Felt part of something that mattered

Does this remind you of what we know? It should remind us of how our churches are: welcoming and caring……extending brotherhood and sisterhood to all who come in.

We know that Jesus Christ came to restore our fellowship with the creator God and give us something worth living for and making us part of something bigger than our self.

As a church body we are the representatives of the Lord Jesus Christ.

But I’m afraid many of the churches in our world are so far from accepting and showing people acceptance and receiving them as a part of something bigger than their self that Jesus must weep.

The news reporter then talked with an FBI agent who confirmed that gangs were growing at astronomical rates.

That tells me that the church is not getting its message to the hungry hearts who need a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.

Someway we must get the truth of God’s Love to a generation of youth who are looking, who are lost, who are finding the wrong thing.

Look at the following verses that John wrote.

1 John 4: 9-11 (KJV)
9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

So how do we reach those who are hungry for something but they do not know what?

I know there are inner city ministries who are reaching out but what can we who are not in the inner city do. There are gangs all over and youth who are not in gangs that are looking. There are stressed Moms that are looking. There are dads and singles and younger children that are looking.

We can make sure that every person we meet and every person that steps into the church we are part of, feels welcome and knows that Jesus Loves them and we do to. We must love people in spite of their status in life.

We do not love peoples sin but we must reach out and love and understand that each of us were born with an emptiness that can only be filled with a relationship with Jesus Christ.

Love overcomes differences in culture and attitudes and age.
Let’s begin to love like Jesus!
That’s the only answer I know!
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Father, my heart cries out for all those who are searching for love and acceptance and who do not know that you can give them the peace, joy and self-worth they are seeking. May I allow you to fill me so full of you that they will see your love through me and my attitudes and actions. May my church be a place of goodness and mercy. Touch me and use me. In Jesus name, I pray. Amen

Let’s just love one another! Love, MeMaw

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 339
July 25, 2017

Do you ever hit the mute button on the remote control of your TV during a commercial or when you need to answer the phone, etc.? Do you ever turn off the sound on your computer or phone?

You can still see the screen and still see the movements but you cannot not hear what is being said.

In the same way, I believe we put our Spiritual ears on mute. We know God is in our lives. We can even see His hand sometimes but we have to hear what those around us or the world system or our own fleshly desires are telling us so we put Gods voice on mute.

For a moment consider this: The Creator God, the one who spoke everything into existence wants to speak to you deep in your innermost being by impressions that you know are from Him and we have our Spiritual ears on mute.

We cannot hear Him because the noise of those around us and all that our minds are being bombarded with each day have our attention.

If you have young children or teens, how many times have they not heard what you are saying because they had the music to loud or were playing with friends and only had ears for them?

How many times have you talked to someone and felt like they really had you on mute, lost in their own thoughts or concerns?

In those situations, have you ever thought “If they would just listen!”?

God created man in His image. He loves us and knows the way we should take and yet we tune Him out or put His voice on mute. What a slam to the one who breathed life into each of us and who has a wonderful story written for our good and yet we cannot take the time to commune with Him and let Him heal our hurts, calm our fears and give us divine guidance.

Revelation 3:20 (KJV)
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

John 10:27 (KJV)
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

Mark 7:16 (KJV)
If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

Do you have ears? Take Gods voice off mute!

If we just understood the magnitude of God’s love and care for us and His desire that we hear His direction and His love song to us, our lives would go to a whole new level of wonder and excitement.

Isaiah 48:13 (KJV)
Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.

Our powerful creator God knows each of us and desires a relationship with us more precious than we can imagine. He is with us and He is our strength and guide if we will take His voice off mute!

Isaiah 41:10 (KJV)
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

I admonish you today: Dare to listen and hear what the Lord God Almighty is saying. Just get quite and tune out or turn off the other noises that are screaming in your ears and head and listen deep within! He will speak!!
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Father, in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, I come to you. I unmute my Spiritual ears and I open my innermost being to listen. I decree and declare that as I sit in your presence your voice is loud and clear. Speak to each one who is reading this and let them feel your love and peace. Amen.

Take God’s Voice off mute!!
Love, Me-Maw

 

 

 

Me-Maw Thoughts
Number 338
July 18, 2017

Psalm 68:19 (KJV)
Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.

2 Corinthians 1:20 (KJV)
For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.

This week I found that my desktop computer is running such an old windows program that it will not allow the internet to work correctly. Now up until a few days ago I thought it was working great and then it seemed like it just decided to quit working right.

So, my computer needs updating with a different windows system. Even when I thought it was working correctly things were not right within the system. I was missing some of the benefits and things my computer should do for me.

Now if you look at the first scripture above we are told that the Lord God Almighty loads us daily with benefits and the second scripture tells us that His promises to us are YES and AMEN. Amen means let it be so!!

May I tell you that God will load you with all kinds of blessed benefits every day: favor, strength, friendships, open doors of ministry, jobs, food, clothing, and more importantly: peace, joy, love and direction.

WELL??????? Then why do we not have these benefits in our lives? Why do we daily struggle with situations and problems, defeat and lack of direction?

Just as my desktop computer, we are running on old programs. We are running on last month, year, or even yesterday’s blessings. We are being hinder by our flesh and fleshly desires because we are not daily allowing the Spirit of the Living God to load us with the benefits Jesus Paid for by coming to earth and paying the ultimate price.

Lamentations 3:22-23 (KJV)
22 It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

Even when we are on the latest programs on our computers there are constant updates to keep us running with all the good new stuff! May I tell you that God’s Mercy and Blessings are new every morning, His benefits are ours to enjoy but we must spend time in His presence letting our Spirit receive the updates for today.

Yesterday is gone, tomorrow may not come. We have today and today the God of the universe wants to load us with benefits. God desires to Bless us but we must come to Him.

What do you need? Father God has it!! He is the Great I am!! We cannot receive His Benefits without spending time in His presence through prayer, meditating on the word and praise.

As we do our part to come to Him, He then fulfills His promise to cleanse us and fill us full of all we need to be all we can be in a world that needs to see someone who really loves Jesus.

But sometimes we would rather complain about the problems and keep walking in the old ways and remembering back when, instead of coming to Jesus just as we are and letting Him update our Spirit and fill us full of hope, and everything else we need for a peace and joy filled journey on this road called life.

I don’t know about you but I want the full benefit package from our Father God. I want to daily have Him fill me with all I need and to be renewed all through the day because I allow updates to my Spirit.

How about you? Do you want to struggle along on your own or on yesterday’s blessings or do you want to be daily loaded with benefits? I think it is a no brainer! Lord load us up as we submit each, day, way, and situation to you!!
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Father, in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, I come to you. I release to you my day and all that will be part of my day. I release to your Lordship every situation and circumstance in my life. I ask you to fill me with your love and mercy and all that I will need for this journey. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight oh, God. I receive your benefit package and open my heart up for your abundant blessings. I ask this for all who read this and my we understand that your way is always loaded with benefits. Amen

Have and incredible week! The Father wants to Bless you! Receive it!
Love, Me-Maw

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 337

July 11, 2017

Have you ever felt like no one really understood you?

How many times have each of us made the statement: “You just do not understand!” or “They do not understand!”

We all want people to get where we are coming from.  We all have had times when our words and intentions were one thing and the person hearing them took them entirely different.

May I tell you today that we have a Heavenly Father that totally understands each of our desires, dreams, frustrations, intent of the heart, etc.

The Creator God knows every part of us better than we know ourselves.

My heart is full of wonder that My God actually understands me. He knows the deepest places of my innermost being and He Loves me!!!

Isaiah 43:1 (KJV)
¹ But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.

Psalm 51:6 (KJV)
⁶ Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

Psalm 139:1-6 (KJV)
¹ O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
² Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
³ Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
⁴ For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
⁵ Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
⁶ Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

Wow! How amazing that the God of the Universe: the God who Created everything, knows us as no one else knows us.  Not only does He know the depths of our feelings, emotions, and desires, He Loves us in spite of how many times we may reject that Love.

Many times we see a good person and can accept that God Loves that person, but the truth of the matter is that God Loves all people.  If you would categorize yourself and good, bad or in-between may I tell you that you are Loved and were created by the Heavenly Father and if you will receive it: redeemed through the blood of Jesus!

You see the Creator God sees you walking in the destiny He has for you.  He can reach way down deep and pull out the roots of hurt and bitterness that may be holding you back from His Best.

He can heal the scars from childhood abuse or hurts.  He can redirect that anger to the enemy of your soul who is all about destroying you.

God sees and understands every mean and demeaning word that has every been spoken to you and His Holy Spirit can dig deep and pull out of you things you had pushed down and forgotten but that are keeping you from His best.

I admonish you today to realize God knows you and Loves you and desires to set you free from all that life has thrown at you to keep you from your destiny and the Peace and Freedom Jesus Christ purchased for you on Calvary.

Come to Him: Let Him into the hurts and confusions and He will set you free!

As I said last week it is for freedom that Jesus Christ died and rose again.

Know that you are Loved and can walk in Faith and Victory!!

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Father, thank you that you know me and still Love me!  Thank you that you understand all I feel and all I desire!  Thank you that you are invading each of our innermost beings with the knowledge that you: the CREATOR GOD Loves and understands and will help us in every way! I come to you Just as I am and I give you complete control of all that I am and all that I am not!!

Have an incredible week!

Love, Me-Maw

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 336

JULY 4, 2017

FREEDOM IS NOT FREE!!

Many fought and died for the freedom of The United States of America.

ONE Savior bled and died and rose again for the freedom of all mankind from the bondage of sin.

John 8:36 (KJV)
³⁶ If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

Romans 8:2 (KJV)
² For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

When we receive Jesus as our Savior He sets us free from all satan’s plans no matter where we are on the earth.  But since today is the fourth of July, the day we celebrate our countries freedom I want to address the freedom we enjoy in the USA and what our responsibilities are to continue that freedom.

On July 4, 1776 thirteen colonies declared their independence from England by the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Our founding fathers wanted a nation where people were free from England’s unfair control. They wanted a place where they could worship Almighty God in any way they chose. If you examine the original constitution much of it is based right out of the word of God.

The United States of America has been so blessed because it has honored God.  Since we have strayed so from honoring God as a nation, a few years ago I typed out my prayer for America and shared it with our church.

In honor of all the men and women who died for the freedom we enjoy (don’t ever forget that there are people right now all over the world being tortured and killed for their faith in Jesus Christ) I am sharing this with you today.  May we all pray this prayer today and every day until revival comes to this great nation.

MY PRAYER FOR AMERICA

FATHER IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS, I COME TO YOU.

I ASK YOU TO CLEANSE ME AND GIVE ME A PURE HEART.

I DECREE AND DECLARE THAT THE LEADERS OF OUR COUNTY, STATE, AND COUNTRY WILL BEGIN TO SEE WITH SPIRITUAL EYES.  LET THEM SEE CLEARLY THAT WITHOUT TURNING BACK TO YOU WE CANNOT MAKE IT.

I PROCLAIM THE VICTORY OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS TO INVADE EVERY AREA OF THIS NATION: A NATION WHO HONORED THE TRUE AND LIVING GOD AT ONE TIME.

WE REPENT WITH A SINCERE HEART FROM THE IMMORALITY THAT IS NOW ACCEPTED AS THE NORM. WE REPENT, WITH SORROW OVER ALL THE UNBORN BABIES WE HAVE ALLOWED TO BE MURDERED IN THE NAME OF CONVENIENCE AND THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR.

WE REPENT OF VOTING FOR A POLITIAN NO MATTER WHAT THEY BELIEVE AS LONG AS THEY WILL VOTE FOR A FEW MORE DOLLARS IN OUR POCKET.

WE COME TO YOU WITH A HEAVY HEART FOR THE IDOLS THAT WE HAVE ALLOWED TO TAKE YOUR PLACE IN OUR LIVES, OUR HOMES, OUR CITIES, OUR STATES, AND OUR COUNTRY.

WE HAVE MADE IDOLS OUT OF JOBS, SUCCESS, PEOPLE, THINGS, POPULARITY, AND FAME.  WE HAVE REPLACED GOOD OLD FASHIONED LOVE FOR YOU WITH LOVE FOR OTHER THINGS.

HEAR US OH LORD!  FORGIVE OUR SINS AND HEAL OUR LAND!

IN JESUS MIGHTY NAME I PRAY!

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Every born again Christian in America should be praying this prayer.

GOD PROMISED:

2 Chronicles 7:14 (KJV)
¹⁴ If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Share this with others and let’s follow God’s instruction in the above scripture and be the answer to our great Nations problems.  God will heal our land if we will pray!!!

Have an amazing fourth and remember that real freedom is not free it cost!!

Love, MeMaw