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'Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?       Tell me, if you have understanding.   Who determined its measurements—surely you know!        Or who stretched the line upon it?     On what were its bases sunk,        or who laid its cornerstone     when the morning stars sang together        and all the heavenly beings shouted for joy?' Job 38:4-7 (NRSV) When I call on Heavenly Father for help in the big and small things of life and in the things needing His creativity I would not hesitate to put on a praise and worship cd or to sit behind a piano and sing and shout just as the angels did. I sing to create. I sing to bring my dreams into existence. I sing through just about anything with everything that I've got. Songs seem to be part of my creativity. Songs seem to go side by side with my victory. Holy Spirit fills my mouth with the Wo...

'Do you see what we’ve got? An unshakable kingdom! And do you see how thankful we must be? Not only thankful, but brimming with worship, deeply reverent before God. For God is not an indifferent bystander. He’s actively cleaning house, torching all that needs to burn, and he won’t quit until it’s all cleansed. God himself is Fire!' Hebrews 12:28-29 (MESSAGE ) I will worship the Lord with a thankful heart, full of respect and fear for Him, for He is full of mercy and grace for me and has given me access to His Kingdom that is unshakeable. I am to worship Him. For, whenever I see just what I have been given in Christ, how else am I to live? He is worthy. I live for Him. As a Child of God I am to live with a grateful heart and with lips of praise. God, You are alive and as active as can be. You are in the house cleaning business. You rip out all of the dirty old warn-out carpets and torch and burn all of the evidence. You never tire and you never shy away from any...

'Eternal One: Sing, childless woman, you who have never given birth.   Raise a joyful shout, you who have never gone through labor. You, whose husband is dead, will bring forth much more than the fertile one who has a husband.   Enlarge your house. You are going to need a bigger place;   don’t underestimate the amount of room that you’ll need. So build, build, build. You will increase in every direction to fill the world. Your offspring will take over the nations; Your people will revitalize long-abandoned towns.' Isaiah 54:1-3 (VOICE) I love my husband. God is my spiritual husband and He has blessed us with three amazing children. He has blessed us and He has seen to it that my entire family is musical. We love to sing. We love to sing His praises. Now my children are having their own children. Those grandchildren of ours are being raised in musical homes! Oh how the Lord blesses us when we raise a banner and a shout to Him! For the childless woman, s...

'Heal me , O Lord , and I shall be healed; Save me, and I shall be saved, For You are my praise.' Jeremiah 17:14 (NKJV) There are none healed that the Lord does not heal. There are none saved that the Lord does not save. Because of His mercy and grace He does not fail me, He is the reason for my praise.  My prayer to You O Lord, in my hour of need, is that You heal me of all my diseases and that you save me from all my sins. Because of Your great love for me, I know that You hear me and my soul can boast in You. With my heart wide open I plead my case and You alone shall... You shall because You can. You shall heal me. You shall because You can. You shall save me. You never let me down. You are my praise. What a natural progression. I pray to You because You can. I pray and You move. Because I need you and my heart is broken, You do not despise me. My Heavenly Father, how can you do anything else? Because You cannot lie and I know that all of Your promises ar...

'So always be ready , because you don’t know the day your Lord will come.' Matthew 24:42 (NCV)   What must I do to be ready? Is a prayer every week on Sunday enough to secure myself and my family a place in God's Kingdom?  How can I neglect the spiritual things of life for the majority of my day and then have the hope that my flesh won't take me into something that might destroy me? It is written, 'So always be ready...' I need to always be ready for the unknown and for the certain things that are going to happen. I must prepare for both the good and the bad things that will happen in my life that I don't know about and have no control over. Those inevitable moments that might just make or break me. Since I don't know the future. I don't know the day and I cannot know the hour in which the Lord will return. I can know this much. I can be prepared for it. I can know that life is short and then the judgment. I can know that the Lord...

'Trust in the Lord with all your heart;   do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.' Proverbs 3:5-6 (NLT) I am taught to place my trust in God. Not in man. Not in government. 'In God we trust' is more than a slogan or just a phrase, it is what we believe. It's a law. It's the way we act on what we believe. It's a lifestyle that leads the people of those great nations that follow their Lord. To the ones that place Him at the center of their homes, He alone makes everything turn out right. To the ones that place Him at the center of their lives, He alone justifies them through faith in Him. It is by faith that I find my happiness in Him when I seek with all diligence and sincerity His Will. When I seek Him I find Him and everything that is good and anything that is great comes from Him. Out of my fears for the future, can arise faith and boldness in me to do His Will...

' The ear that hears,      the eye that sees—          the Lord made them both.' Proverbs 20:12 (GW) The eye and studying the many parts that make up the eye brings me to wonder in amazement about all of God's creation. I don't understand it. How could something so complicated and so very complex ever be taken for granted? Yet, I do. God blessed me with two of them!  Master Designer God the omnipotent Creator has made the eyes and no person has ever been able to duplicate them or even come close. I am so grateful to You God for giving me eyes that see. Let them see only the good things of your creation and let me use them to worship You and to bring You Glory. The ear and studying the many parts that make up the ear brings me to wonder in amazement about all of God's creation. I don't understand it. How could something so complicated and so very complex ever be taken for granted? Yet, I do. God bles...