Flipparoo

Phillipians 2:5-11
Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
but made himself nothing,
taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
hat at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.

Pondering on these verses Sunday, God brought this to mind:
Jesus made himself nothing---meaning he took on human likeness and had a servants nature. His appearance was of man....and he humbled himself....obedient to the point of death--even a terrible, humiliating naked, public death.

Now if Jesus, who is/was seated at the right hand of God left heaven and all it's glory to take on human form (which we are already born into) and became a servant....I mean think about it...we don't have to choose to be human, don't have to choose to leave heaven to be human....we are born human...no choice there! Right!?!?! So it would seem the hard part has been done for us...we simply are human...born into this world...so we just have to be who we already are. But we must choose the second part....to take the very nature of a servant! Oh wait...choice here! But see we aren't in glorious heaven...so what do we have to loose by serving others?
Could it be that Jesus gave up time in heaven to serve to show us that we need to flip it around and give up some time by serving others so that we will enjoy heaven even more by knowing we did here on earth what we were meant to do?

Today

"Today is the day the Lord hath made, let us rejoice and be glad in it...
as i sit here thinking/praying/pondering God's amazing work i am drawn back to the idea that we, you and i are his handiwork! in us, He finds glory....and i wonder am i living up to be glory worthy? are you?

still no word from Ukraine..."be still & know I am God, and I will be exalted among all the nations" psalm 46-10 (shannon paraphrase)

Urgent Prayer Needed

Hi All,

The Red Cross donated an Apheresis Machine (blood cell separator)and it has arrived in Ukraine to go to a hospital that has needed one to treat children with various cancers. With Little Lambs Ministry, I was able to ship it to Ukraine and got word today that the container (which also has food & goods for many orphanges) arrived--Praise the Lord! However, once it arrived in Odessa, customs agents opened it and found new backpacks so they are making it very hard,so for the next 24 hrs please PRAY without ceasing and fervently that God will work a way for all the items to be released to go to the many orphans and the hospital will get the machine!
Thank you in advance!

Commission to Faith

Lord, today I accept my calling.
Not to perfection or performance.
My calling is to faith.
I have been chosen for this generation.
I have a place in the heritage of faith.
I'm going to stop wishing and whining.
I'm going to start believing and receiving.
What Your Word says is mine.
I won't let others steal my hope.
I will not argue with the Pharisee.
I will believe, and therefore speak
For You, my God, are huge.
Nothing is too hard for You.
Our world needs Your wonders, Lord.
Rise up from Your throne, O God.
Renew Your works in our day.
I confess the unbelief of my generation.
And I ask You to begin Your revival of faith.
In my own heart.
For You are who You say You are.
You can do what You say You can do.
I am who You say I am.
I can do all things through Christ.
Your Word is alive and active in me.
Enemy hear me clearly.
My Father is the Maker of heaven and earth.
And you are under my feet.
Because for today and the rest of my days.
I'm believing God!

--me too! Shannon

On Time God....Yes He Is!

God IS SO ON TIME!

I started the Beth Moore Breaking Free study 5 yrs ago a Prayer Breakfast i led at a local coffee shop....life happened and the group fell apart (time when I was going through my divorce & very low low state for me) then we did 1/2 the study at church with intentions to pick it back up---never did...then this year a friend invited me to it again. With great hesitation I agreed to go...so today we finished and her words about our God were for me....today right now....how when/if we break our covenant with God to tie a knot and move forward. He loves and forgives us and to re-wallpaper our lives with His truth not lies from satan....wheeeeeeeewwwwwwww I needed this NOW in 2009 not 5 yrs ago. I am continually amazed at Him!

soooo as i am literally sticking my tongue out at satan....I CAN WILL AM going to continue to share the great news of a relationship with Christ and can do so even more from the heart since going through a divorce and experiencing doubting God, and now knowing He loves me....no matter what and nothing can snatch me from His hands!

6th Annual Benefit Golf Tournament

www.kneelingbridge.org

Please join us as we raise funds to send medical equipment & supplies to Ukraine! Putting God's love into action!

God's Angel to Prepare the Way

Exodus 23:20 "See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. 21 Pay attention to him and listen to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive your rebellion, since my Name is in him. 22 If you listen carefully to what he says and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you. 23 My angel will go ahead of you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out. 24 Do not bow down before their gods or worship them or follow their practices. You must demolish them and break their sacred stones to pieces. 25 Worship the LORD your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you, 26 and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.
27 "I will send my terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn their backs and run. 28 I will send the hornet ahead of you to drive the Hivites, Canaanites and Hittites out of your way. 29 But I will not drive them out in a single year, because the land would become desolate and the wild animals too numerous for you. 30 Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you have increased enough to take possession of the land.

God is opening my eyes to things... how He goes before us to prepare things and how He works "little by little" to prepare things and make it just the right time for us to work for His glory....I am just wowed this morning...because looking back I can see His preparing me through the past -both failures & successes-for exactly where I am today.
Lord help me wait on You, all the while knowing You are working and things will be right!