Only You Lord

Hear me when I call oh Lord,
Relieve me in my distress
Only your mercy will suffice
Though my enemies be against me Lord
You are my protector
All the world is an enemy to me
and only you my God are help for me.
As darkness overcomes me and hope is
all but gone,
I lift up my eyes to the heavens oh Lord
and cry out ABBA fatherI will lie down in peace and sleep
For I know you give me safety in your arms.

~Author Louise Scofield~

Thought for Today

A BOLD FAITH

Father,
A bold faithI ask:

Not one withered and
Speaking with a tired tongue,
But one fresh with future
Leading me from soul chaos.

A bold faithI ask:

Not one tight and
Wrinkled from worries,
Hiding under the trap door
Of self-will,
But one open and
Daring to lift the lid.

A bold faithI ask:

Not one loving
With the heart of a dead man,
But one alive with forgiveness,
Especially the cuts of old.

A bold faithI ask:

One With open eyes

To Your Will and
Closed eyesTo my demons.

~Author Peter R. O'Brien~

Mark 9:14-29.
In this miracle, Jesus speaks to the boy's fatherand crowd saying: "...everything is possible toone who has faith."

It is this faith that is a bold faith.

words...

you know what is *really* important? The way we choose to use our words. I believe that the spiritual side of our lives is often neglected and not looked after, cared for or even noticed or recognized. Yet... it is such an important part of us. We are mind, body and spirit, right? We feed our bodies and many of us feed our bodies too much or the wrong things. We feed our minds whether it be filled with knowledge in general or what we read or what we watch on TV or in the movies or even computer games... or minds are "fed". But do we feed our spirits? And if we do, what do we feed it with? I do my best to feed my spirit with the Word of God and with prayer and fellowship among others who believe similarly to myself. I often find myself, however, betwixt and between feeling as if even other believers do not believe the way I do when it comes to words. John 1 tells us that Jesus is the Word made flesh. Wow. Awesome concept. We are to look to Jesus as we would look to the Word of God. Not only that, we are to be ever so mindful [young Jedi] of the words that proceed from our mouths. We should not be opening any spiritual doors for the enemy and his minions to sneak in.... We need to speak positively about others and about ourselves as well. We need to be encouraging, lifting one another up, not discouraging. We need to pray what is requested of us by others and not pray what *we* think should be prayed for an individual or situation. We need to seek God in all things as we pray for others as well. And we need to pray His kingdom come and His will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

One woman wrote recently that her teen dd was diagnosed with diabetes and that it was "expected" as family member so-and-so has it and this one has it, etc... now while it's true that predisposition to things physically - in the body - is well-known, but people, GOD ALMIGHTY can do ANYTHING. The statement about it being "expected" opens that spiritual door for negative things to occur. But we need to CLOSE that spiritual door and break all generational curses spiritually, physically and mentally and not give the enemy a foothold anywhere in our lives.

Please please be careful what you say and pray.