NOVEMBER 2012

It always goes back to the Cross. xo

Jesus, I want to know You, really know You. I learned about intimacy today, (something I'm embarrassed to say I never learned about before). I want to build a deep, forever relationship with You. I want to spend time with You, talk with You, go on long walks with You, do things together. I want to laugh with You, cry with You, share secrets with You, dream with You. I'm not interested in a quick, 

feel-good-for-a-moment thing. I'm not after what You can 'give' me. You already gave me eternal life, and I want to build that lifetime with You. I want to go places with You, share life with You. Jesus, You're everything I've ever searched for and I don't want to forfeit one single moment because I'm inpatient. If anyone was ever worth slowing down for, it's You. I know You're not in any hurry, and I just realized...neither am I. I love You.. thank You for loving me.

I AM a daughter of the King. That MEANS something, here, right now, today...that has VALUE. This IS my identity. This determines every aspect or area of my life.
If there is anything that presents CONTRARY to this Truth, then I have a choice of how I align myself.
Nothing, not one single thing, can keep me from my PLACE and POSITION in God's Kingdom, I have been fully RESTORED by the Blood of the Lamb, and that CANNOT be undone.
I leave my peasant clothes in the garbage and dress in His Glory, His Power, His Grace, and His Love.

What is your heart responding to...?
When I say:
"well, I wouldn't behave this way if this thing hadn't happened to me"
OR
"if this person didn't treat me this way, then I wouldn't react like this"
then I'm giving that 'thing' or 'person' power and control over me. I'm giving something else permission to determine how I think, feel, and act.
BUT..
If I know God is good ALL the time, and I believe in my heart that He defines who I am, then NOTHING has power over me and everything I am responds from His Love.

Jesus WILL be glorified through your life.

You're not as fragile as you think you are.

Jesus didn't tell us to pray for the sick... He said to go HEAL the sick.

Jesus is in the restoration business...and that means so am I. 

Is your identity in your crisis... or in your Christ?

O God, let Your Voice be louder than anything else I hear; let Your Glory be brighter than anything else I see; may Your Heart-beat be all that I feel and Your Presence be more tangible than any worldly thing. Daddy God, I'm so thankful that I've been saved...but to be honest, heaven is not what I'm after...I need You, today, right here, right now. Jesus, I don't want to think ABOUT You, I want to think WITH You.
You alone are my hiding place, my resting place. Holy Spirit, have Your way with me.

God, You're not a means to an end... You ARE the end. You know the needs we have, but what I'm hungry - starving for - is a deeper awareness of You, to be with You face-to-face, to inhale Your breath...to be fully alive in You. I have been shallow and selfish sometimes when we talk. I hear myself sometimes saying "I really need..." or "please if You could just do..." I do not know what's best f

or me. (a big part of me would like to think I do, but I don't). You alone know what's best for me. My significance is not found by any skill or talent I have nor am I defined by my accomplishments (no matter how genuine). I am defined by You. I don't want to play games and I don't want to be sidetracked. Take me up into You, Lord! In all things, let me see Your glory! Keep my eyes in Your hand - Protect me, keep me, make me, take me! Open my eyes to see the fullness of You! You know my heart, O God... Hide me in You.

Nothing (no THING) can keep The Lord from saving.