Sometimes life can throw you off course. You wake up one day to find yourself at a crossroad and you question how you got there. Lately I have been going through a difficult season in my life. I have questioned my purpose, I had lost sight of the things that were important to me. I got off the course. Looking back I now know how I got there. Things began to unravel for me and instead of holding on to the promises I had in him, I choose to try to make things happen on my own. Don't we all know that taking things into our own hands never works out the way we want. There are so many things that can get in our way, try to distract us and keep us from living the life that God wants for us. I don't want to get in Gods way any longer, I am stepping aside and allowing him to do it. I don't know what the future holds, all I know is that he has it in his hands.
Be Encouraged! Fix your eyes on him! Let him be your portion!
Crys
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Bad fruit, Good fruit?
Luke 6:43-45
No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. 45The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.
I love this part "For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks." Wow, how true is that. Whatever is in our heart we will speak. Lord I want goodness in my heart and I want to speak of your goodness. Create in me a clean heart oh Lord!
I thank God that he is in control of our circumstances and that we don't have to put our trust in man. Even when we become disappointed or discouraged our hope is in the Lord. I want to be encouraged today to have goodness flow from my heart to my mouth and to rely on the Lord for my strength. He is faithful and the work that he started he intends to finish.
Lord I want the fruits of the spirit and I want to bear good fruit. So that those who see me, will see you in me.
No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. 45The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.
I love this part "For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks." Wow, how true is that. Whatever is in our heart we will speak. Lord I want goodness in my heart and I want to speak of your goodness. Create in me a clean heart oh Lord!
I thank God that he is in control of our circumstances and that we don't have to put our trust in man. Even when we become disappointed or discouraged our hope is in the Lord. I want to be encouraged today to have goodness flow from my heart to my mouth and to rely on the Lord for my strength. He is faithful and the work that he started he intends to finish.
Lord I want the fruits of the spirit and I want to bear good fruit. So that those who see me, will see you in me.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
His mercies are new every morning
I wake up today with a new excitement for life, for my life. I am so grateful that I serve a God who loves me, forgives me and gives me an abundance of second chances. Today my husband goes before a panel of executives for his final interview to get approved to be a Statefarm Agent. This could be and I believe is the beginning of the rest of our lives. It's God's promise he made to us in the beginning of the year unfolding. If for some reason he does not get approved, then we must have faith and believe and trust God that this wasn't the right time. But we stepped out in faith and made the decision to take action. In that alone God will honor it. It's the act of obedience even when you scared and don't know the future.
The goodness of the Lord surpasses all understanding. I cannot even fathom how he still loves me. But I don't want to give glory to those things that are behind me now, I press on towards the goal, the prize. I am gonna finish this race sprinting to the finish line, not barely making it. Gone are the days of lingering in my flesh. Today I profess that I am made new in him. Great is his faithfulness and his loving kindnesses. This morning I read Colossians 3. The beginning tells us to set our hearts on the things above. To set our minds on the things above and not on earthly things. I find that when I set my mind on him and he becomes my one and only focus everything else after that just seems to be right. Not perfect, but I have peace and the knowledge that through him all things are possible and I don't have to do it alone. It also says "put to death whatever belongs to our earthly nature." Put to death, to me this means so much. For me to die to my flesh and put to death, all things that are of my earthly nature. Lord that is my desire, that I may be more like you. I am ever so grateful for the love and peace of Christ in my life!
Crys
The goodness of the Lord surpasses all understanding. I cannot even fathom how he still loves me. But I don't want to give glory to those things that are behind me now, I press on towards the goal, the prize. I am gonna finish this race sprinting to the finish line, not barely making it. Gone are the days of lingering in my flesh. Today I profess that I am made new in him. Great is his faithfulness and his loving kindnesses. This morning I read Colossians 3. The beginning tells us to set our hearts on the things above. To set our minds on the things above and not on earthly things. I find that when I set my mind on him and he becomes my one and only focus everything else after that just seems to be right. Not perfect, but I have peace and the knowledge that through him all things are possible and I don't have to do it alone. It also says "put to death whatever belongs to our earthly nature." Put to death, to me this means so much. For me to die to my flesh and put to death, all things that are of my earthly nature. Lord that is my desire, that I may be more like you. I am ever so grateful for the love and peace of Christ in my life!
Crys
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
LORD I RUN TO YOU
Lord I Run To You
Lord I run to you
I fall at my knees
Begging for mercy
Forgive me please
I have fallen down
Please lift me up from this filthy ground
Make me new in you
Delight again in me
I know your mercies are new every morning
Can I have them again today?
Can you cleanse me, purify me
And make a way
Lord I need your forgiveness
Lord I need your love
I can’t go on in this life
Without it
Lord I run to you
I surrender my all
Please catch me again when I
Fall
I know it won’t be easy
But without you I can’t be free
Please do the work that you have
Purposed for me
Take my heart, take my hand
Do your will, your perfect plan
I say yes Lord to you again
Please be my love, my everlasting friend
It’s you alone that I search for
It’s only you that can make me whole
Create in me a right spirit and break
Me free from bondage
That I may live free
I call upon you in my darkest hour
Praying for your peace and your power
It is you that I desire
Spark in me a newness and ignite a
Fire
A fire that cannot be quenched
Rain on me and fill my every inch
Lord I run to you
Please catch me and make me
new
Written by Crystal Rasmussen 7/21/2009
Lord I run to you
I fall at my knees
Begging for mercy
Forgive me please
I have fallen down
Please lift me up from this filthy ground
Make me new in you
Delight again in me
I know your mercies are new every morning
Can I have them again today?
Can you cleanse me, purify me
And make a way
Lord I need your forgiveness
Lord I need your love
I can’t go on in this life
Without it
Lord I run to you
I surrender my all
Please catch me again when I
Fall
I know it won’t be easy
But without you I can’t be free
Please do the work that you have
Purposed for me
Take my heart, take my hand
Do your will, your perfect plan
I say yes Lord to you again
Please be my love, my everlasting friend
It’s you alone that I search for
It’s only you that can make me whole
Create in me a right spirit and break
Me free from bondage
That I may live free
I call upon you in my darkest hour
Praying for your peace and your power
It is you that I desire
Spark in me a newness and ignite a
Fire
A fire that cannot be quenched
Rain on me and fill my every inch
Lord I run to you
Please catch me and make me
new
Written by Crystal Rasmussen 7/21/2009
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