January 30, 2022
It’s amazing how the Lord works in our lives if we are open to hear His voice. I think after a couple of unreal, shocking, life changing years people are getting weary. So many Believers continued living their lukewarm lifestyles when the attack hit 2 years ago and are now paying an unbelievable price with sickness, physically, emotionally and spiritually. I’m not judging or condemning just stating a reality that affects us all. The awakening is about Believers waking up to the Truth and nonbelievers wanting the Jesus they see demonstrated and working in the lives of faithful Believers. The awaking is happening. All of us have the need to awaken a part of our lives or hearts that fell asleep during the confusion. It’s time to hear His voice.
 
The Lord has definitely been working in my life and I share what He is doing weekly. The year 2020 was a year of complaining about this whole country instead of praising Him. In 2021, people started listening to the voice of the Lord and praising Him, speaking life. 2022 is a year of breakthrough.
 
2021 was the year to run. Run from the deceptions, run to Him, run with the vision and thanksgiving. In 2022 it’s time to break through that paper thin wall that is built up around our hearts and lives to try and protect us from the hurts, deceptions, confusion and strife. The Lord’s been speaking to me for months, maybe all year about the power of praise but I wasn’t listening. I heard and I agreed but I didn’t act on it as He was showing me. I got caught up in my broken heart, shock, confusion, deception, unforgiveness, anger and bitterness and I felt justified in having these feeling. That’s a part of grief that is dangerous. I honestly knew better and sought His guidance but daily I had times of overwhelming grief. Then depending on how exhausted or busy I was depended on how I handled the pain. I sought Him but didn’t listen to Him about the power of praise. I felt too weary to figure out how to fill my home with praise with some of the existing situations. It wasn’t a simple thing in my mind.
 
After a few months, I noticed the effects on my physical body and decided to wake up! Bitterness is rottenness to the bones and I was feeling pain and arthritis in my back and hands. I declared healing but continued to hurt because I wasn’t heeding His voice on praising Him continuously. My lightning-fast mind just realized lately that all the bitterness I justified all summer long had built up in my bones. I praise the Lord that I know I’m already healed and I don’t have claim any kind of destruction in my body. It’s a time of awakening for me. Now it’s a time of breakthrough as I trust the Lord and receive His unconditional, unwavering, uncondemning LOVE! I receive with no doubt or hesitation the healing that was purchased at the cross and given to me as a free gift. It’s time for me to praise Him in ways I have never thought of. It’s time for me to openly praise Him with no thought of myself. The Word is Truth and full of Truth and a demonstration of the power of praise.
 
My thoughts are short today but the truth is deep. Here are some verses on praising Him and the result. Start praising Him more than you complain. Seek His definition and perspective of complaining. Sometimes we have our own definition of complaining and griping but we have to see what He says about it to be able to have victory in our life issues. My definition may not float when it comes down to His perceptive and I realize that when my body starts to hurting. Spend time mediating on His Word this week and let His peace and joy wash over you as you soak in Him.
 
“But I will give my thanks to you, Yahweh, for you make everything right in the end. I will sing my highest praise to the God of the Highest Place!” Psalm 7:17
 
“You have built a stronghold by the songs of children. Strength rises up with the chorus of infants. This kind of praise has power to shut Satan’s mouth. Childlike worship will silence the madness of those who oppose you.”
Psalm 8:2 (A favorite verse for children’s ministry)
 
“I will worship you, Yahweh, with extended hands as my whole heart erupts with praise! I will tell everyone everywhere about your wonderful works! Listen, everyone! Sing out your praises to the God who rules in Zion! Tell the world about all the miracles he has done!” Psalm 9:1, 11
 
“My prayers for you are full of praise to God as I give him thanks for you with great joy! I’m so grateful for our union.” Philippians 1:3-4
 
“Even though I’ve seen their ways, I will heal them. I will guide them forward and repay them with comfort, giving mourners the language of praise. I offer peace to those who are far from me, and I offer peace to those who are near, and I will heal their deepest wounds,” says Yahweh.” Isaiah 57:18-19
 
Notice, it says the language of praise!
 
“Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! Praise God in his holy sanctuary!
   Praise him in his stronghold in the sky!
  Praise him for his mighty miracles!
    Praise him for his magnificent greatness!
  Praise him with trumpets blasting!
    Praise him with piano and guitar!” Psalm 150
 
2022 A year of breakthrough – a TIME of breakthrough. It’s time now. Let His praise inhabit your whole being. Let the world see His love.
 
“Rise up and put your might on display! By your strength we will sing and praise your glorious power!” Psalm 21:13

​January 23, 2022
This past week I celebrated my birthday! Since I was little a traditional birthday celebration was going to the stockshow. I love the western country culture and have always loved the stockshow. The last couple of decades (can’t believe I am saying that) our tradition has been to go to the stockshow and meet family at our favorite Mexican Restaurant afterwards. Thankful this year we were able to do that. So, I celebrated this week with 2 trips to the stockshow and rodeo and having some family together for Mexican food. A great week in my opinion😊
 
Sometimes birthdays are good times to think about the last year and make new goals or re-adjust some things. Since mine is at the beginning of the year it is easy for me to take time to think of the last year and how far I have come in my goals, visions and dreams and where I want to go this next year. I spent some time this week seeking the Lord to show me what He has for me this next year.
 
My life is full. I am so blessed. I have a wonderful, sweet, loving, dedicated husband, amazing children and their spouses, who are my children, who are all following the Lord. Then I have twenty-five grandchildren, some still young, and others older, starting their lives and desiring to follow Jesus and one sweet great granddaughter. I am so blessed to still have my Mom and spend everyday with her, I have my siblings and families, cousins who are like sisters and my extended family. My family is the harvest of my grandparents seeds sown and now I am wanting to be an example to these next generations. We are so blessed with our ministry, our church of almost 28 years and fabulous church family. We have friends and precious relationships around the world. I love my home on our beautiful mountain that is our shelter and quiet place of refreshing.
 
I’m so thankful for everything I have and all He has blessed me with the last 67 years. My greatest desire now is to be able to enjoy to the fullest every blessing I have. I want to spend more time with family and friends. I long to minister more and take the Good News Gospel and love of Jesus to hurting people everywhere. I wouldn’t have made it through year 67 without my Jesus. Not just knowing Him in a causal way but KNOWING Him, having a personal, intimate relationship with Him. My quiet time in my Garden room or on the porch are the most healing moments and hours of my day. To cry out to Him, hear Him, worship Him, call upon Him and bow before Him in thanksgiving every day brought the healing I needed in my life.
 
Losing our grandson, Caleb, has been such a heart-breaking season. I’m healing but in those quiet times with Him He’s shown me I’ve put up walls to protect myself from more hurt or just to survive my busy life. That doesn’t work for long. I cannot protect me. He’s my shield and Protector. I had times of anger and unforgiveness. That ruins every relationship and ministry. In my quiet place He showed me I was headed down the wrong path. This past year’s hurts have made it easy to become a victim, to be selfish and have expectations on others. There was so much loneliness and feeling alone in my hard times. So much uncertainty and unanswered questions. My life changed drastically and I cried hours seeking His wisdom and direction. My “Garden” time with Him was so precious those days. He never condemned, never judged, didn’t scold me but told me I was headed for more pain. I was on a self-pity path and nothing good comes from a pity party.
 
What I learned the most this year was the absolute necessity for intimate time with Him EVERY day. The time spent with Him saves hours of confusion, strife and hurt the rest of the day. This is what He created us for. He created us to spend time with Him. The world’s craziness, hurts, and distractions that steal our time should actually cause us to run into His arms even more. I go to my heart and meet Him there. He holds me close sometimes. Sometimes we dance, sometimes He holds my hands and He directs me. “And He walks with me, and He talks with me, And He tells me I am His own; And the joy we share as we tarry there, None other has ever known.” These is the chorus to the hymn In The Garden. I love the words to that song. Is this how it feels to you? Are your times with Him so sweet, precious and intimate that you feel no one can even understand? That’s what He wants. The wounds of this past year had me making a choice to get bitter or get better. I’m thankful I chose better!
 
This 68th year of my life my desire is to fulfill what I have, finish what I have started and what He has called me to do. I will enjoy every blessing I already have and know there will be more precious people come into my life to love. My greatest frustration is having expectations so I daily give those over to Him. I know I am healed physically and emotionally in Him. He is daily showing me the balance between all the ministries and relationships He has put in my life. That’s a biggie for me, balance. Find His balance through the leading of the Holy Spirit and the spirit of wisdom. I will break through the paper-thin walls I have built to protect myself and let myself freely worship, dance, and sing. I desire to come into proper alignment as I let the spirit lead instead of my mind and hurts. I never want my precious moments with Him to be gone when I leave my garden room but they often are. Instead of getting hurt or offended I need to take every word and thought captive to His obedience. I don’t want to let my mind focus and dwell on lies any longer. If conversations and words are causing strife and division, they are not of Him. My thoughts need to be full of peace and truth. When they stray I can lay them at His feet.
 
“Since we are approaching the end of all things, be intentional, purposeful, and self-controlled so that you can be given to prayer.” 1 Peter 4:7 This is the verse He gave me last September and it still is so precious to me. He is telling me to be intentional, purposeful and self-controlled. Here’s a few more life changing promises.
 
“Yes, feast on all the treasures of the heavenly realm and fill your thoughts with heavenly realities, and not with the distractions of the natural realm.” Colossians 3:2
 
"We can demolish every deceptive fantasy that opposes God and break through every arrogant attitude that is raised up in defiance of the true knowledge of God. We capture, like prisoners of war, every thought and insist that it bow in obedience to the Anointed One.” 2 Corinthians 10:5
 
“Not one promise from God is empty of power. Nothing is impossible with God!”
Luke 1:37
 
“So, what does all this mean? If God has determined to stand with us, tell me, who then could ever stand against us? For God has proved his love by giving us his greatest treasure, the gift of his Son. And since God freely offered him up as the sacrifice for us all, he certainly won’t withhold from us anything else he has to give.” Romans 8:31-32
 
I’m looking forward to year 68😊. There’s so much to do for His Kingdom and I know He is calling me to be a part. He is telling me to stand, to be a voice, to share, to love, to teach, to write. I have the greatest desire to teach children the truths of His Word as they HAVE TO KNOW HIS TRUTHS to make a difference in the next generation and survive the ways of the world. I know that some pain will probably come in some way and I will learn even more of His precious love and grace. Yet, I’m believing that what I’ve learned in the last year will continue to guide me forward and I hope I can help someone else going through the same pain.
 
To sum it all up, the greatest joy, the greatest peace, the greatest hope and faith can only come when you go to your quiet place with the Lord and let Him love on you. May you be able to say,
He walks with me, and He talks with me, And He tells me I am His own; And the joy we share as we tarry there, None other has ever known! I am thankful and blessed and ready for the greatest year of my life!!!!

​January 16, 2022
This week my writings are simple truth. This past week we finally went for mediation on Mom’s divorce. Not anything anyone ever wants to do, especially when you are 91! Leading up to the appointment there were questions, concerns, fears, anger and not a whole lot of peace. None of us needed tension, hopelessness, condemnation, and any other negative emotion there would be in this situation. The last few weeks there was a bit of edginess in our home and I knew that our home needs to be peaceful and calm.  We had to travel to Southern Colorado on Wednesday to be there for the mediation on Thursday and then back home on Friday.
 
On Tuesday as I was praying for the day and how I could help Mom and myself be in peace, the Lord showed me for all 3 of us to write 100 things we were thankful for or made us happy. I’m thinking how do we have time to do that when we are preparing to go out of town and normal daily life? But I felt it so strong that I typed up a paper with a couple verses and numbered it 1-100. At breakfast we talked about it and had communion, which we have been doing at breakfast. We read our “through the Bible in a year” chapters and started being thankful😊. We all had to have it done by the end of the day and we did. All day our home and hearts were peaceful.
 
Life right is now the whole world is full of questions, concerns, fears, death and uncertainties. There isn’t a place on earth that isn’t fighting the same evil, deception, control, sickness, fear and death that we are. There isn’t a person or home on this entire earth that doesn’t need answers and peace. And only those who know Jesus and are soaking in His presence and feasting on His Word will find it. There is absolutely NO other true answer, just imitations. I read Psalm 119:1 a couple days ago, after our thankful list, and I know it is so true.
 
“You’re only truly happy when you walk in total integrity, walking in the light of God’s Word.” Psalm 119:1
 
People are looking for the answer everywhere but in the Word. The Word is now taught as a myth in colleges. People pick and choose what they want to believe and look for happiness outside of the Lord. Unbiblical relationships and gender confusion are a fad. People are looking for true identity, peace and happiness. Their hearts and lives are so broken and nothing else has worked so maybe this will. Drugs are killing our young adults more than any other cause. All substance abuse is at an all time high. It’s hard to find someone that isn’t on something for their depression, fear, anxiety, even Believers. People’s health is dwindling because of the stress and fear which is #1 reason for disease. It’s so sad yet Jesus came and took care of this whole situation over 2000 years ago! He became everything for every person and there’s absolutely no reason for this world to be in such confusion.
 
But it takes more time than people think they have to give. Spending time with the Lord daily, in His Word and going to our own hearts takes surrender of something else. People would have to surrender their fears, their priorities, their time, which they think they don’t have enough of. The addictions to our phones, games and other mindless things which we believe is the answer to stress. We just want to chill out. But there is NO answer besides Jesus. I believe this is where the great awakening will begin. We are praying that people will come to an end they can’t handle alone and decide on Jesus. For the world to know that there is another way is for Believers to walk in and demonstrate love, happiness, peace, joy and assurance. They will only see another answer in us and will only know another answer in Him. 
 
“Shine and make your joyful boast in him, you lovers of God. Let’s be happy and keep rejoicing no matter what.” Psalm 105:3
 
 
 
“But you can tell who are the blameless and spiritually mature. What a different story with them! The godly ones will have a peaceful, prosperous future with a happy ending.” Psalm 37:37
 
“But those who hope in the Lord will be happy and pleased! Our help comes from the God of Jacob!” Psalm 146:5
 
“Living in the worship and awe of God will bring you many years of contented living. So how could the wicked ever expect to have a long, happy life?” Proverbs 10:27
 
“What happy progress comes to them when they hear the Lord speak over them, “I will never hold your sins against you!”” Romans 4:8
 
“Are there any believers in your fellowship suffering great hardship and distress? Encourage them to pray! Are there happy, cheerful ones among you? Encourage them to sing out their praises!” James 5:13
 
“What delight comes to the one who follows God’s ways! He won’t walk in step with the wicked, nor share the sinner’s way, nor be found sitting in the scorner’s seat.
His passion is to remain true to the Word of “I AM,” meditating day and night on the true revelation of light. He will be standing firm like a flourishing tree planted by God’s design, deeply rooted by the brooks of bliss, bearing fruit in every season of life. He is never dry, never fainting, ever blessed, ever prosperous.” Psalm 1:1-3
 
“Drink deeply of the pleasures of this God. Experience for yourself the joyous mercies he gives to all who turn to hide themselves in him.” Psalm 34:8
 
“How happy are those who can live in your Temple, singing your praises. Happy are those who are strong in the Lord, who want above all else to follow your steps.”
Psalm 84:4-5

“When there is no clear prophetic vision, people quickly wander astray. But when you follow the revelation of the Word, heaven’s bliss fills your soul.” Proverbs 29:18
 
“What happy fulfillment is ahead for those whose rebellion has been forgiven and whose sins are covered by blood. What happy progress comes to them when they hear the Lord speak over them, “I will never hold your sins against you!” Romans 4:7-8
 
Well, I didn’t keep it light-hearted:). My love for people with all the destruction of this world wants me to keep telling everyone the Truth and only answer! I only know this because of my own hurts, struggles, grief, sickness, discouragement, depressing thoughts, rejections, heartaches, fears and whatever else the enemy has thrown at me. I’ve faced all of these in my life and have overcome in the Lord but I have faced all of these in the last few months and have had to make a choice to overcome. I have made a commitment, have surrendered my heart and given up of my own ways and thoughts so I could let Him in to heal my heart and I can hear His words so much clearer. It works and I want to share it with everyone. I’m not condemning anyone because I know many of the struggles, not all of them, but enough to know all things are possible in Him. Jesus is our only answer and we will only be truly happy when we are faithfully seeking and spending time with Him, Who is the Word. Love you all and together we can encourage and help each other and be a light to the world!!

January 9, 2022
Words. They are life or death according to Proverbs 18:21. Such a phenomenal, over the top, life changing truth and something most of us don’t treat as powerful as it is.
 
“Your words are so powerful  that they will kill or give life, and the talkative person will reap the consequences.” Proverbs 18:21
 
How easy it is, at times, to just blurt out our thoughts, reactions, and attitude. I shared this before but I am so thankful for James 1:5 in The Passion Bible,” And if anyone longs to be wise, ask God for wisdom and he will give it! He won’t see your lack of wisdom as an opportunity to scold you over your failures but he will overwhelm your failures with his generous grace”. He overwhelms my failures with His generous grace! I am so thankful.
 
Even though I know the truth and mess up at times and know His generous grace overwhelms my failures and mistakes, it’s still my heart’s desire to speak life to everyone around me. The other day the Lord spoke to my heart about the words I am declaring that may not be life giving. He said to be “mindful of the frame we place around ourselves, our families, and others.”
What we speak, especially to those close to us, is what will fill the frame. I will give an example.
 
In our ladies’ group yesterday we took an empty frame and held it up to someone’s face and had others declare His truths over that person. Someone would write down what we all saw. It was a powerful time of ministry for all involved. As the lady in the frame sat and heard what others saw the ladies were listening to the Holy Spirit and giving words of life. This was definitely a time of giving life as some came to the meeting discouraged. Each lady then took her written words and framed them. Just putting that frame around each beautiful lady’s face brought such a focus of who she was in Him.  
 
There are no in-between words according to the Word. There is no taking back of the words we speak that are not life but we are thankful for His mercy and grace. Help others see themselves through His eyes, His truth and love. Love brings boldness and confidence that helps each of us stand fearlessly in our identity of the cross. What are some of the benefits of the cross? Righteousness, Healing, Wisdom, Prosperity, Deliverance, Unconditional Love, Overwhelming our failures with His generous grace. Anything that is a benefit given us through the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross, we must believe, agree and declare for it to manifest in our lives. These truths were deposited in us by the Holy Spirit and we are to draw on them. Take what has been deposited in you. Believe who you are in Him, agree with who He says you are and declare His truth with your words of life and walk in that truth.
 
Blessings and cursing of our lips are both powerful. Our words release power and attract whatever kingdom our words agree with. That’s such a powerful truth! Blessings are precious, encouraging, uplifting, and life giving. Curses are powerful; to bring fear, doubt, and cause death. That’s what has happened with everything going on in our world today. People are cursing others with the viruses. They speak that it will happen to you, you will die if you get it, you will feel like this and that. The world has been cursed with sickness and it is bringing fear and death. Many Believers are standing and speaking the Truth of who we are and everything we have because of the cross but it isn’t being heard, yet. Yet. It will be heard and will bring life as we continue to speak life and not give up or give in. We must continue to speak extravagant words of love and hope. Speak words of value that agree with the Word.
 
We need to awaken to our words. The Great Awakening is when we believe, agree and declare our identity in Him and the power of the cross!
 
The other day Ed and I were talking about things going on in our life and it seems we keep bumping up against something negative. I found that when I was being confronted by whatever this was that I lost my peace, joy and words of life. It’s around us in so many places and we were seeking His Wisdom and Holy Spirit. Then the Lord showed us. One thing is the power or lack of power of being filled with the Holy Spirit. There’s such a wall you bump up against when communicating with others that are not filled with the Holy Spirit. It seems more defined in the pressures of the times we are living in. Then there is the law. We continue to bump up against religion and the righteousness by works, the law. It’s amazing how the whole atmosphere changes when we are in that position. Many of you feel it too with family, work and life in general. Righteousness by works speaks death. There is seldom an encouraging word of hope or life. These people love Jesus but they are caught up in words of death because the law is death. It’s such a sad situation. These folks don’t realize they are bound up in words and thoughts that are not life giving. All we can do is pray, love and declare His truths but knowing what we are up against has given us the power to stand. We believe, agree and declare the truth over these situations and wonderful people so they will know the power of life giving words.
 
The words we speak, life giving or death, will fill the frame. Notice I didn’t say negative or positive. It’s a truth that words are negative or positive but these words are used by the world. People know that words are powerful but they are trying in their own strength to create what only the Holy Spirit creates.  The world is big on the counterfeit of this verse with positive, kind words. That’s important but there’s no life changing power without the Holy Spirt and the Word.
 
This small verse in the Word will change all of our lives. This truth will change 2022 if we allow it to. It’s impossible without Him. Our words have to give life 24/7. There’s so slacking when we are home alone and no one else can hear. There’s so such thing as words that are just kidding or just saying whatever when no one else is listening. There are no neutral words – in-between words. Words give life or are lifeless. It’s a tough thing to change but we can.
 
“So may the words of my mouth, my meditation-thoughts, and every movement of my heart be always pure and pleasing, acceptable before your eyes, Yahweh, my only Redeemer, my Protector.” Proverbs 19:14
 
It starts in our hearts. “People are known in this same way. Out of the virtue stored in their hearts, good and upright people will produce good fruit. Likewise, out of the evil hidden in their hearts, evil ones will produce what is evil. For the overflow of what has been stored in your heart will be seen by your fruit and will be heard in your words.” Luke 6:45
 
What is in our hearts comes out of our mouth. The answer to a changed heart is time spent with our Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. Being in the Presence of the Lord and meditating on His Word is the only way there is true life change. Soaking in His Word is what will change our words. We need to drink from the well of Truth so we can give His Living Word to others.
 
Believe His Word, agree with His Word and declare His Word and your words will be His words of life😊!
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​January 2, 2022
“We view our slight, short-lived troubles in the light of eternity. We see our difficulties as the substance that produces for us an eternal, weighty glory far beyond all comparison, because we don’t focus our attention on what is seen but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but the unseen realm is eternal.”
2 Corinthians 4:17-18
The last couple of years have had their challenges, short-lived troubles. The real challenge is to not focus our attention on all the crazy, ungodly, devasting, heart breaking evil that we see. We must be so close to His heart that we can focus on the unseen.
 
2021 – It was a challenging year. As I think back on the year it seemed more than a few short-lived troubles. But as the verse says, in the light of eternity. As a church Body we continued to come together. We had 1-2 prayer meetings/week, men’s and ladies breakfasts, Thursday night study. We gave faithfully to all the ministries we seed into and never missed a month. The Pig Roast and Men’s Conference were a great success. New families were welcomed and some old friends welcomed back. Our church family is growing but still small, yet mighty. This year we sent our two families to other parts of the country to share the Good News Message there. Sending out more this year which is always hard but what we are called to do. Sickness and death raised its ugly head trying to get our attention and get us discouraged but we know this is what is seen and is only temporary. You never stop missing those who have gone ahead of us but when we focus on what isn’t seen with our natural eye’s we know all those that have left this world are in the unseen realm which is eternal. That is the only way of healing from loss on this earth. We give Him all the glory and honor for guiding us through 2021.
 
Heading into 2022 is so different than years past when times were a bit more certain and predictable. The verse the Lord gave me last September is still one of my life verses for 2022.
“Since we are approaching the end of all things, be intentional, purposeful, and self-controlled so that you can be given to prayer.” 1 Peter 4:7
 
Since we are approaching the end of all things, He instructs us to be intentional, purposeful and self-controlled so we can be given to prayer. It doesn’t say because we are approaching the end of all things to sit down, quit and give up since there is nothing we can do anyway.
“Here’s what I’ve learned through it all: Don’t give up; don’t be impatient; be entwined as one with the Lord. Be brave and courageous, and never lose hope. Yes, keep on waiting—for he will never disappoint you!” Psalm 27:14
 
The word wait means to be together by twisting, to entwine or wrap tightly, not waiting passively. Our hearts are to be entwined with His. We are to be brave and courageous and never lose hope! Hope for what? We are to hope with earnest expectation that we have a victorious life in Him so matter what is happening around us!
“But in the depths of my heart I truly know that You, Yahweh, have become my Shield;
 You take me and surround me with yourself. Your glory covers me continually. You lift high my head.” Psalm 3:3
                                              
“Stop imitating the ideals and opinions of the culture around you, but be inwardly transformed by the Holy Spirit through a total reformation of how you think. This will empower you to discern God’s will as you live a beautiful life, satisfying and perfect in his eyes.” Romans 12:2
 
The other day as I was praying about the New Year, I heard the Lord say. “2022 is a year of breakthroughs.” A year of breakthrough of all the fears and lies we have believed and brought into our hearts. Breakthrough of hopelessness.
 
I saw a paper-thin wall around all the lies, deceptions, fears, sickness, losses – whatever is keeping you – me from being entwined as one with Him and keeps our focus on what is temporal and seen. These lies, deceptions, sickness were wrapped kind of like gifts in this thin paper. I saw this paper-thin wall disappearing like paper that is torn away from something. Just a rip of the paper-thin wall reveals His Truth, promises and hope. It’s not a concrete wall. We are only a couple steps away from total breakthrough! The He reminded me that He is the breakthrough and He already ripped off the paper wall when He tore the veil. We’ve let this paper-thin wall erect before our eyes when He has already broken through death on Resurrection Day. The veil was torn and we have everything that He has for us at our finger tips right now, but we are staring at the paper-thin wall of lies and deception that are hiding His Truth and Life. “I hear the Lord saying, “I will stay close to you, instructing and guiding you along the pathway for your life. I will advise you along the way and lead you forth with my eyes as your guide. So don’t make it difficult; don’t be stubborn when I take you where you’ve not been before. Don’t make me tug you and pull you along. Just come with me!” Psalm 32:8-9
 
These are the last days. The Word gives us instruction after instruction on what to do in the last days. “This is not the time to pull away and neglect meeting together, as some have formed the habit of doing. In fact, we should come together even more frequently, eager to encourage and urge each other onward as we anticipate that day dawning.” Hebrews 10:25
 
“And now we are brothers and sisters in God’s family because of the blood of Jesus, and he welcomes us to come into the most holy sanctuary in the heavenly realm—boldly and without hesitation. For he has dedicated a new, life-giving way for us to approach God. For just as the veil was torn in two, Jesus’ body was torn open to give us free and fresh access to him! And since we now have a magnificent High Priest to welcome us into God’s house, we come closer to God and approach him with an open heart, fully convinced that nothing will keep us at a distance from him. So now wrap your heart tightly around the hope that lives within us, knowing that God always keeps his promises!” Hebrews 10:19-23
 
“And if anyone longs to be wise, ask God for wisdom and he will give it! He won’t see your lack of wisdom as an opportunity to scold you over your failures but he will overwhelm your failures with his generous grace. Just make sure you ask empowered by confident faith without doubting that you will receive. For the ambivalent person believes one minute and doubts the next. Being undecided makes you become like the rough seas driven and tossed by the wind. You’re up one minute and tossed down the next. When you are half-hearted and wavering it leaves you unstable. Can you really expect to receive anything from the Lord when you’re in that condition?” James 1:5-8

This year “I will advise you along the way and lead you forth with my eyes as your guide.” This is His word to us. His eyes that see the seen and the unseen will be our guide. We have many goals and visions for the ministry this year but the greatest vision we have is that as a church family we will “be inwardly transformed by the Holy Spirit through a total reformation of how you think. This will empower you to discern God’s will as you live a beautiful life, satisfying and perfect in his eyes.” “Don’t give up; don’t be impatient; be entwined as one with the Lord. Be brave and courageous, and never lose hope. Yes, keep on waiting—for he will never disappoint you”.
 
There’s no greater vision than a vision from His Word. 2022 here we come excited and full of joy for all He is doing in and through us!! Happy New Year!!