September 2004
Monthly Archive
Just A Prayer Away!!
Posted by Paul on 30 Sep 2004 | Tagged as: General
It always amazes me how the Lord gives me things to write and tonight is no different!
Right now I am listening to “Just A Prayer Away“ by Luanne Hunt, that has totally blessed me as I listened to the words, as I sensed the presence of the Lord. I was brought into an attitude of worship and praise as I listened.
I know that if you take the time to go to Luanne Hunt’s web site and download the free CD, that’s right, the free CD, that you will not be disappointed. All the songs are awesome but “Just A Prayer Away” will touch your heart and give you a sense of how blessed we are to be able to come into the presence of our Father and to realize that He indeed is just a prayer away!
As I listen to that song over and over and listened to the words, I came away with a new sense of the importance of coming into the presence of the Lord, of spending time with Him, allowing Him to write upon our hearts His words and to make His presence known.
This is the shortest post that I have ever written, but there is not much more I can add other then to remind you as the song says, our Father, is “Just A Prayer Away.”
Luanne I am greatful to the Lord for leading me to your site and I want to thank you for such a blessing. Thank you for using the gift that God has given you to bless others and drawing them closer to the Father!
He indeed is “Just A Prayer Away.”
Till later,
Paul
Are You Willing To Be Poured Out?
Posted by Paul on 29 Sep 2004 | Tagged as: General
It is an absolutely beautiful night here in the Hill Country!
It is almost to hard to put in words how beautiful it is tonight sitting here on the porch. Oil lamp lit and the biggest and brightest orange moon I have ever seen in a long time, so bright as to almost take your breath away!
I would have to say the place that I love the most at this time in my life is the front porch because it is a place that I can come and sit down and shut off the activities of the day, of the week. A place that I can be still and know that my Father is in control. That He is aware of everything concerning me.
He will lead us in plain path. He will guide us in His ways and He will lead us in the path of life, that we will draw strength from Him! That He will enable us to walk in the fullness of who He is.
It really is a super evening. The men’s Wednesday night Bible study is really something that I look forward to. To have a group of men of various ages coming together because of the their love for the Lord and the Word of God is awesome. I know that it really pleases the Father.
That we can join together in unity, in oneness that draws us close to the Lord. That He blends us together so we can find strength in Him.
This evening has just been a night to reflect, to look back and see all that the Lord has done in my life.
From where I was two years ago, to where I am now. I am getting to a place that I even enjoy being around myself
The way has already been prepared. The path has been open. We just have to choose to walk through the door or stay where we are.
As for me, I choose to walk in all that the Lord has for me, to be able to give out of what He has given me. To share out of the reality of what He has done in my life, in my heart and in my spirit.
We all have a call, a purpose that the Lord has given us and there are things that have been written in our hearts, things that have been made real. Things that we can share, that will lift up, exhort and encourage others.
As we give out of what has been given us by the Lord, know that the Lord will fill us even more as we are willing to be pour out for Him.
Are you willing to be poured out?
Till later,
Paul
Whom Shall You Serve?
Posted by Paul on 28 Sep 2004 | Tagged as: General
What a pleasant and beautiful night as I set here on the front porch, relaxing, listening to the sound of the evening and feeling a sense of the presence of the Lord.
It is so amazing to realize how much control we really have in choosing our attitudes, our mind set. That each day is fresh and we choose the path that we will walk. We choose to either walk in the ways of the Lord or we yield to the pull of the world and all that goes with it.
Fear, anxiety, depression, loneliness are not of the Lord. He has not given us a spirit of fear, of anger, of anxiety, or depression. It is part of the tactics of the enemy of our soul to try and convince us that we cannot walk in the ways of the Lord. We have bought into his tactic to often and it is time for us to begin to live in accordance to the word and the promises of the Lord.
God’s word is true! The Lord came to give us life and that more abundantly. That when we accepted the Lord. When we were born again we where given new life, a new beginning and we are in the process, actually a continuing process of being re-created, molded and conformed to the Lord. We have been set free, the chains of the enemy have been broken and now we need to live and walk in the new life that the Lord has given us.
In Christ we have the authority and the power to walk in His ways and we need to begin living like He is indeed Lord. That we can do the things that He has set before us to do.
I am not talking about a name it and claim it theology. I am talking about living in the reality of that which was accomplished upon the Cross. That we serve a risen Lord, who sits at the right hand of the Father. That He is our advocate and He has made a way for us to come into the very presence of our Father.
Yes we go through trials, through battles, through temptations but at the same time we are given choices. We choose to either yield to the Lord or to the tactics of the enemy. There is action on our part. We have to choose to allow Him to be Lord of our life, not just a little bit of it, but to be Lord of our whole being.
We serve a Father who loves us, who cares for us but who also disciplines us because He loves us. He is a Father who cares, and though the dealings of the Lord are hard at times, the end result is that we are made stronger in the Lord so that we can walk in confidence with the Lord, knowing that He will fulfill all that He has spoken to us. His word is Yes and Amen!
He is calling us into intimacy with Him, to a place of hearing and walking with Him. He is restoring us. Bringing us back to that place of intimacy with Him. That He is breathing new life into us, those coals in our heart that were about to go out, the breath of the Lord breathed on them, and the embers were ignited by His spirit and consumed us with His presence and He is drawing us day by day into a closer walk with Him, into a place of knowing Him, not just about Him. To a place that His word becomes alive and real to us.
Being brought to a place of sharing that life changing power of the Lord with others, to be a light in a time of darkness, to share the hope of the Christ within. To let others know, that we have hope, we have peace, that we can rest, that even in the darkness of the days, the Lord is rasing up a standard, a people who are willing to be called by His name, who will walk in unity. Who will walk in the Spirit. Side by side, in rank, taking on the enemy of our soul and declaring that Jesus Christ is Lord.
We are being called each day to choose that path that we want to walk. Let us choose to walk in the ways of the Lord, let us choose to serve Him with our whole being and put the enemy on notice that He is not welcome here anymore.
That we can say, as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord!
Till later,
Paul
