Our Broken Yesterdays…

people think i am strong blog“Therefore since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders, and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance  the race marked out for us. 

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God, consider Him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart… “

Hebrews 12:1-3

As we come before You, Dear Jesus, fixing my eyes on You the author and perfecter of my faith, how thankful I am You have chosen me to be a witness of Your love…

Help me to throw off the things that are hindering me, the sin that so easily entangles my heart and trips me up…

I lay down my sin, my broken yesterdays, and pray for Your cleansing and grace.  Please Dear, Lord, give me the strength to not turn back, but instead move forward in hope and healing…

For yesterday is gone and Today is a new day.. Help me to live in the light of what is good.  What is right; and what is pleasing to You…

“Let the past rest, but let is rest in the sweet embrace of Christ..”

Oswald Chambers

Thank You for Your generous forgiveness.. Your gentle nudges.. and Your mighty right hand of strength…

“The Lord gives strength to His people, the Lord blesses His people with peace..”

Psalm 29:30

How thankful I am that I do not have to do life alone, that You are with me all the days of my life…

You are my goodness and hope and I love You.

“Surely goodness and love shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.”

Psalm 23

Happy New Year, Dear Friend…

Live in Love,

Lisa

“Leave the broken, irreversible past in His hands, and step out into the invincible future with Him”

Oswald Chambers; My upmost for His Highest

“The Lord frees the prisoners.  The Lord opens the eyes of the blind.  The Lord lifts the burdens of those bent beneath their loads.  The Lord loves the righteous..”

Psalm 146:7-8

In My Weakness…

in my weakness.. blogLord, How Great You Are…

“He heals the brokenhearted, binding up their wounds.  He counts the stars and calls them all by name.  How great is our Lord!  His power is absolute!  His understanding is beyond comprehension!”

Psalm 147:3

Dear Lord, Oh, how I need You… You know me better than I know myself. Your understanding is beyond comprehension…

  Reveal in me the things that are keeping me from trusting You with all of my heart.. The things that I need to bring out of my thoughts, and lay on the altar…

The things that are keeping me from fully living in the light of Your  love and care…

How I thank You, Dear Lord, that You are healing my broken heart.  That You are, at this very minute, binding my wounds by Your mighty love and amazing grace. How I praise You that Your love and understanding of all that I am covers me, and gives me life…

 How  beautiful that is!  I lay my heart in Your hands, once again, giving You all glory, honor, and praise…

Thank You for Your amazing faithfulness, especially in my weakness…

I love You so so much,

In Jesus Name, I pray,

Amen

Live in Love,

Lisa

“Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me, But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you; for My power is made perfect in weakness.  Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that God’s power will rest on me.  That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in we in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in my difficulties.  For when I am weak than I am strong..”

2 Corinthians 12:8-10

“Rather, the Lord’s delight is in those who honor Him, those who put their hope in His unfailing love…”

Psalm 147:11

I put my hope in Your unfailing love, Oh Lord, My God…

Happy Are Those…

my heart overflows blog“And may the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as our love overflows towards you.”

1 Thessalonians 3:12

That scripture brings such a sense of calm to my heart…

Oh, Lord, May Your love increase and overflow  in my life… May your overflowing love and goodness reach through my heart and cover my relationships with great compassion, grace and lots of goodness…

May this new year bring lots of hope, grace, and warm compassion…

Please help me break free of overwhelming feelings of darkness that tear apart the good You want to bring into my life..

I want to walk in the light of Your beauty and truth.

Thank You for Your great love that overflows and empowers me to be a better person..

It is my prayer that Your love inside of me will increase and overflow..

That there would be way more of You shinning though my life and way less of me…

I love You Jesus…

Thanking You for Your goodness, mercy and hope..

In Jesus Name,

Amen

Live in Love,

Lisa

“But happy are those who have the God of Israel as their helper, whose hope is in the Lord their God..”

Psalm 146:5

God Sees Your Heart…

better way to start your dayHere is a powerful truth that you can stand on today..

No matter what you are going through God sees you.  He sees your heart, and knows the worries that you are carrying…

God doesn’t want you to walk around with a heavy load.  He wants us to cast our cares on Him because He cares deeply for you…

“Cast your cares on the Lord, and He will sustain you.”

Psalm 55:22

Dear Heavenly Father, As I come before You this new day, I praise You and thank You for Your generous mercy and grace in my life…

Thank You for never giving up on me…

Thank You that I can come before You with all of my worries and fears; that I can cast them on You…

And in exchange You will sustain me.. You will carry my heart in Your hands…

How I need You…

Please forgive me when I doubt… When I am tempted to feel guilty or ashamed.

Thank You that for Your faithfulness and hope…

I want to take this time to hand over my day…  Please take this feeling of worry and anxiety away and replace it with thoughts of Your goodness and grace flowing over me…

Thank You for all the love You have so unconditionally showed me.  Thank You for the people You have brought into my life to give me sunshine and breath…

Please help me to love other’s as You love me; help me, Oh Lord,  to see the good in them, like You see in me…

Help me, Oh Lord, to take the focus off of myself, and enjoy the people You bring into my day..

I love You, and thank You for Your loving and gentle kindness.

May my life be an overflow of Your sweetness and grace,

I so want to be a better person…

How I know we all just want to feel loved…

Thank You for Your great compassion…

I pray in Jesus Name,

Amen

Live in Love,

Lisa

“The Lord helps the fallen and lifts up those bent beneath their loads..”

Psalm 145:14

Great is HIS faithfulness…

Don’t give up…

It Is The Eve of our Dear Savior’s Birth…

oh holy nightOh Holy Night
Oh holy night, the stars are brightly shining;
It is the night of our dear Savior’s birth!
Long lay the world in sin and error pining,
Till He appeared and the soul felt his worth.
A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices, Yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.
Fall on your knees, Oh hear the angel voices!
Oh night divine, Oh night when Christ was born!
Oh night divine, O night, Oh night divine!

Holy Night sung by Carrie Underwood…

Merry Christmas Eve…

How Majestic Is Your Name…

how majestic is your name“How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord Almighty!  My soul yearns even faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God…”

Psalm 84: 1-2

Dear Heavenly Father, How beautiful You are… My heart and my flesh cry out for You.

My soul yearns to be near You.. In Your Courts I cry…

 How majestic is Your name..

In a world full of so much confusion, anger and sadness, How beautiful it is to be in Your dwelling place…

“Blessed are those whose strength is in You, You have set their hearts on pilgrimage…”

Psalm 84:5

Yes… How majestic is Your name..

I need You, Oh Lord, my heart cries out Abba Father, My Lord and Redeemer..

Thank You for this beautiful new winter day..

Thank You that my heart finds such sweet refuge in Your Courts…

In Your presence I am free.. I am strengthened, and I am loved…

As I walk though this day, Dear Lord, may I know that You are near, give me hope and love that overflows that other’s will know that You are near too..

Your are my strong tower; a refuge over me..

I love You Jesus,

In Your Name, I pray,

Amen

Live in Love,

Lisa

“O Lord Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you”

Psalm 84:12

You are His…

i will sing of your love for as long as I live“How precious are your thoughts about me, O God! They are immeasurable! I can’t even count them; they out number the grains of sand, and when I wake up in the morning they are still with me…”

Psalm 139:17-18

How precious are these words…

They bring such peace and comfort to my heart…

God’s thoughts about me are precious, immeasurable; and He is with me.. Always!

There is nothing I can do to shake His love for me…

I am His, and He is mine…

Dear Heavenly Father, Good morning!  I come into your loving presence this new day thanking You for searching for me; thanking You for drawing me into Your presence that I might come to know You better…

To trust You more, and to depend on You completely…

How I needed to be reminded of your tender mercies…

“When I consider the heavens, the work of your fingers the moon and the stars which you have set in place what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?  You made Him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned Him with glory and honor…”

Psalm 8:3-5

How thankful my heart is to be able to call You Father…

Redeemer…

My Friend and my King…

I am so very thankful for Your loving kindness and great compassion.  Oh Lord, comfort my soul, and cleanse my heart that I would find my strength and hope in You.. and You alone…

I need more of You in my heart…

In Jesus Name,

Amen

“You chart the path ahead of me and tell me where to stop and rest.  Every moment You know where I am…. You both precede me and follow me.  You place Your hand of blessing upon my head.. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to know!”

Psalm 139: 3-4

Rest in His love for you..

Be amazing today…

Live in Love,

Lisa

Feeling Pinned In?

Sometimes we just need the strength to do the next logical thing…

The dishes, a shower… a walk!  Anything to keep moving!

Have you been there?

During the Christmas Season feelings can overtake our hearts, pain and sadness from past hurts can creep in, fears about what’s to come, guilt about what has been..

Something about the serene feeling of the Holidays can trigger things we haven’t thought about in years…

How I pray that we would have the strength to keep those doors closed.  Trusting that what’s done is done, and God is guiding us to look ahead..

Let’s trust Him with our whole life..

Knowing and believing He has great plans to prosper and not to harm us..

“For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper and not to harm you.  Plans to give you a hope and a future..”

Romans 8:28

He has covered our past with His love,  sealed our hearts with His  grace; and is leading us down new roads of tomorrow…

“The Lord will work His plans out for my life, for Your faithful love, O Lord, endures forever.. Don’t abandon me, for you made me..”

Psalm 138:8

Dear Heavenly Father, How I need Your presence today.. covering my sadness and shinning bright Your light of hope.. goodness.. and joy…

Cleanse me, O Lord, of what has been, and open my eyes to Your wondrous hope and loving comfort that I would be excited about  my new tomorrows..

You are my strength.  My hope.  And I trust in You…

“When I pray, you answer me; you encourage me by giving me the strength I need..”

Psalm 138:3

Help me live in love this new day!

In Jesus Name,

Name,

Amen

Love to you,

Lisa

The Best Gift Ever…

little dummer boy1Come they told me
Pa rum pum pum pum
A new born King to see,
Pa rum pum pum pum
Our finest gifts we bring
Pa rum pum pum pum
To lay before the King
Pa rum pum pum pum
Rum pum pum pum
Rum pum pum pum
So to honor Him
Pa rum pum pum pum,
When we come.

Little Baby
Pa rum pum pum pum
I am a poor boy too,
Pa rum pum pum pum
I have no gift to bring
Pa rum pum pum pum
That’s fit to give our King
Pa rum pum pum pum
Rum pum pum pum
Rum pum pum pum
Shall I play for you!
Pa rum pum pum
On my drum.

Mary nodded
Pa rum pum pum pum
The ox and lamb kept time
Pa rum pum pum pum
I played my drum for Him
Pa rum pum pum
I played my best for Him
Pa rum pum pum pum
Rum pum pum pum
Rum pum pum pum
Then He smiled at me
Pa rum pum pum pum
Me and my drum

Live in Love,

Lisa