Solid as A Rock… #Hopeoverflowing and #Awesome80sSong :)

It has been my life experience, that there is always, always…  something in our life that causes us stress, or grief, or worry, or fear….. or …. the list goes on.

If we’re always waiting for the stress; or the pain to go away, if  we are not willing to be gentle with our hearts,  love others, show compassion, then the days will simply pass us by with whispers of us saying tomorrow…  and we will be found wanting, waiting, self inflicted and isolated…

 

“I have told you these things. so that in me you may have peace.  In this world you will have trouble.

But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”

John 16:33

We will always have trouble… Always.

I pray for our hearts to stay soft.

For our eyes to stay  focused on the beauty of the cross…

For our words to be kind…

Pain or turmoil does not have to change your heart…

When we keep our hearts open to God’s whispers of goodness, we are solid…

Solid as a rock… (Ps awesome 80s song! )

“He lifted me out of the pit of despair,

out of the mud and mire; He set my feet on solid ground and steadied me as I walked along.”

Psalm 40:2

You can trust God in the pain, and still shine of hope…

God is always in control, and God is the beauty in your soul…

Keep that heart of God… and stardust soul…

He loves You,

In Jesus Name,

Amen

Lisa

 

Seek Beauty in All Things… #Hopeoverflowing

While it’s true, on the surface,  there isn’t always beauty to be found in some situations, there is a loving God who is readily available to cleanse, comfort, and create in you a beauty that is only found from living in the warmth of God’s holy light, and the sweet  aroma of His fragrance and touch…

“But thank God!  He has made us His captives, and continues to lead us along in Christ’s triumphal procession.  Now He uses us to spread the knowledge of Christ everywhere, like a sweet perfume.”
2 Corinthians 2:14

He will make beauty from ashes…

Your life has meaning in God’s eyes… And He will always choose you!  He wants to use your life… you joy and your pain to draw others into His presence of love and grace…

“For weeping may last for the night, but joy comes in the morning…”

Psalm 30:5

You can believe that God is deeply embedded in the depths of the darkness…

You can be sure that no matter what is going on around you, God is making something beautiful in you….

Hope for tomorrow…

Mercy overflowing.

Grace that falls like rain… and love.  Love that conquers all…

“Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity.

All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.

Three things WILL last forever — faith, hope and love – and the greatest of these is love.”

1 Corinthians 13:12-13

God is enough…

Today.  Tomorrow and forever…

He knows your name, and He adores you…

You are beautiful in God’s eyes…

Believe and Receive it.

Live in Love,

Lisa

 

 

Compassion & Grace… #Hopeoverflowing

 

We should… and can…  choose how we respond to life’s difficult circumstances…

We decide if we are going to make our life beautiful, and loving and filled with kindness not matter what situation we find ourselves in…

It’s a choice to not let our hearts and minds get filled with self absorption, and constant defeat…

You decided to turn off the negative sound track and let love live…

To not let your heart be filled with self pity…  negativity,  or anger is to let freely go and let God’s beauty; and perfect grace flow through your veins and fill your life… Make it your goal that when God’ looks at you he smiles and says, “That’s my girl” … “That’s my guy”

There is magic in kindness…

There is hope in tenderness…

There is life in loving…

Dear Jesus,

No matter what is going on in and around my life; may I stop…drop… and  mediate on the wonders of your love…  The beauty of the things I know you have touched in and around my life…

May your words of hope sink deep into my bones… that my soul will be nourished with truth…with love, hope and tenderness…

May I set aside my agenda…

May I seek to be a reflection of all that you are…

May I fill my world with your presence of grace, and compassion…

May the beauty of your love be my guiding light…

I love you,

In Jesus Name,

I pray,

Amen

Live in Love,

Lisa

Sometimes it takes a good long  look in the mirror to see the reflection we have been sharing…

We need to go deep… look at our heart and lives…   give it all to God…

He is our freedom, and joy… the lover of our soul… Forever and ever…

Amen!

“When I refused to confess my sin, I was weak and miserable and I groaned all day long.

Day and night your hand of discipline was heavy on me.

My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat…

Finally I confessed all of my sine to you and stopped trying to hide them.

I said “I will confess my rebellion to the Lord”

And you forgave me!

All of my guilt is gone.”

Psalm 32:1-11

Let go and Let God…

Drift Away… #Hopeoverflowing

 

“Praise the Lord!

for He has heard my cry for mercy.

The Lord is my strength, my shield from every danger.

I trust in Him with all my heart.

He helps me, and my heart is filled with joy…”

Psalm 28:7

Call on Him in your distress…

He hears your call of mercy and need…

Call on His Holly name…

Jesus… Jesus…. Jesus….

Dear Jesus,

My heart is heavy… My fears too many to count.

Jesus…. Jesus…. Jesus…

He hears your SOS!

He is surrounding you with songs of comfort and strength…

He is protecting you from danger.

Meditate and visualize the love He is offering in these words above…

Let them sink deep into your soul.

May you sense His Spirit doing exactly what He says He will do…

Give you hope overflowing when you feel like your drowning…

Love overwhelming when you feel you don’t deserve it…

May you be present in your day…

May you live a life of love, and trust His power to do  the unimaginable in your life…

Breathe in the moments of today… and don’t rush what is not meant to be…

Then…..

Turn the music up……. and let Him free your soul, and drift away…. :)

Live in Love,

Lisa

 

 

 

When a season of chaos, worry or 1 million fears enters your life, moving in rythem, and flowing with joy is simpl

True Love… #Hopeoverflowing

Three things will last forever faith, hope, and love…

And the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13:13

God loves you with an adoring heart.

You are totally His jam :)

He loves you, Dear Friend, with a heart that cries, I know you… I am sorry for the things that have hurt you.

I am here… standing with you, holding your hand, and even carrying you to safe places…

When I think of what Jesus did for you and me, it overwhelms me with emotion…

The pain, sadness…and for a brief moment, even, emptiness… I am filled with deep devotion and an overflowing warmth love and comfort, I find hard to explain…

So today.

On Valentines Day.

Remember His love… Because you are totally His jam :)

“For God did not send His son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.”

John 3:17

Happy Valentines Day!

Live in love,

Lisa

 

 

By His Wounds… #Hopeoverflowing

“….instead in entrusted himself to him who judges justly.”

1 Peter 2:23b

It does not matter … one little bit …. what you have done… where you have been…

Trusting God in all the dark or scary places of your mind, heart, and soul is where freedom begins…

He is the one who has your heart, your life and all of your days…

He is the one who created you in your mother’s womb… every detail was touched my his hand…

You can take off the heavy yoke of fear and control…

Walk in His Heavenly light…   Cry in His Heavenly presence…. give it all away…

“When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats.

Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly.

He himself bore our sins in his bod on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness;

by his wounds you have been healed.”

1 Peter: 2:23-24

You can live the life you were created for…

A life of hope, light, love and joy…

It starts with surrender and ends with Jesus Christ…

“For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.”

1 Peter 2:25

Live again…

Love again…

Trust again… and be Free….

In Jesus Name,

Amen

Live in Love,

Lisa

Praying over your Sunday … #hopeoverflowing

 

Do not fear for I am with you. Do not be dismayed. For I am your God. I will strengthen you and uphold you with my righteous right hand //

Isaiah 41:10
This has been my life scripture… my life preserver, and most treasured comfort … I thank you, God, for knowing and caring about each of us as if there were only one of us … Your quiet whispers of hope and safety give me strength and life to carry on  #prayingoveryourSundayfriends #Hiscomfortismyhope

Live in love,

Lisa

We’re All Doing the best we can…. #Hopeoverflowing

Be kind in such a way the icky just runs off of you…

May our head’s and heart’s be confident in what is good, and right and true..

“Therefore rid yourselves of all malice and deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.

Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.”

1 Peter 2:1-3

Crave what is good…

Rid your thoughts of darkness and judgment…

There is just no place in our heart for both love and hate…..

“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare His praises of Him who called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light…”

1 Peter 1:9-10

We were drawn into His beauty… into His light…

We were set free from God’s judgment, and touched by grace…

May others see in me a heart of hope, filled with love, and may our hearts be soft… truly caring about our fellow man…

There is so much anger in this world, it is so refreshing to meet a gentle soul…

Lets just believe everyone is doing the best they can… and let our eyes and our hearts listen and love…

Be brave and know God is searching for the good in our hearts, we can do the same..:)

Live in Love,

Lisa

Dear Jesus,

How my heart hurts with the anger of so many… The light of hope and goodness just seems to be foreign and empty…

How I pray for your love to fill my heart… your kindness to flow freely from my lips…

May we be change makers… risk takers all in extending goodness, listening with kindness and flowing with hope…

Each day is a gift, how I pray to not forget how valuable and sweet it is to love and be loved…

I give you my heart, soften me, oh Lord..

I long to see you…

In Jesus Name,

I pray,

 

 

Believers and Change Makers… #Hopeoverflowing

Though we may be inflicted and confused…weary, and unsettled…

His love is the same….

His omnipresence and majesty surround you like a storm viciously swirling and blowing yet in the center there HE is holding you tight…

“Praise be to God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!  In His great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade – kept in heaven for you who through faith are shielded by Gods power unto the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.”

1 Peter 1-5

Thank You, Jesus for revealing yourself to me.  I can’t imagine a world without your love, glory and power. You chose me… my life.. You have filled the empty places with purpose and light…  and in doing so, you purposed my life all for your glory…

“In this you greatly rejoice though now for a little while yo may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.  These have come so that your faith of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire – may be proved genuine and may result l in the praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.”

1 Peter 1:7

Dear Jesus, may my faith be proved genuine as I praise and bask in the glory of your consuming love…may my  trials and sadness… grief and pain be consumed by your plan, and glorious comfort that strengthens my weary feet, and pushes me to the cross of your power and peace…

“Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.”

1Peter:8-9

My Precious Jesus, though I can’t see the beauty of your face, I see the beauty of your love all around this cracked and broken heart… You have filled me with inexpressible and glorious joy which is the hope of my every craving…

How I praise your awesome power…

How my soul rests in the presence of your grace…

May my heart dance and sing… dream and love…

May the beauty of your love and amazing grace deepen my belief that my life has purpose…

May I  be change maker…

A son worshiper.

All for Your glory and the calling of weary hearts…

In Jesus Name,

I pray,

Amen

Live in Love,

Lisa