Be Quiet

Be free of noise, activity, disturbance, troubles and thoughts
Nothing said, expressed, done
Be silent, hushed
Be mentally calm
Be at rest, serene
To remain subdued
To make no sound
To occupy a place of stillness

But whoso hearkeneth unto me

shall dwell safely,

and shall be quiet from fear of evil

Proverbs 1:33
King James Version

Shut up

To close, bring together the lips.

To enclose, bar, confine words from exiting out of the mouth.

To be temporarily free of speech.

To stop from talking.

To become silent.

Be silent, everyone,

in the presence of the Lord.

He is coming out of the holy place where he lives

Zechariah 2:13

New Century Version

The thing to do

Shut up
Be Quiet
Stand Still
Listen


The Lord is talking

Angels

Angels are said to be spiritual beings, having human form with wings and usually wearing a white robe. They have even been depicited in paintings and drawings as having halos.
Some believe that angels are virtous (good, righteous) people, who died and when their souls were accepted into heaven they became angels.
Some also believe that we each have a guardian angel the Lord assigned to us at birth or as our protectors because of what it says in

Psalm 34:7 The angel of the Lord encampeth (lives) round about them

that fear Him and delivereth them.

The angels in the Bible generally appear in the role of God's messengers.

Like Gabriel which means, "strong man of God" who is believed to be the angel that shall blow the trumpet blast at the end of time, the Last Judgment. Gabriel can be found in

Luke 1:19 And the angel answering said unto him I am Gabriel

that stand in the presence of God

and am sent to speak unto thee

and to shew thee these glad tidings.

Then theres Michael which means, "one who is like God" believed to be the field commander of God's Army an example of why is found in

Revelation 12:7 And there was war in heaven;

Michael and his angels fought against the dragon (the devil, satan)

and the dragon fought and his angels.

We also have Raphael (not the Ninja Turtle) [that got a chuckle] which means "it is God who heals" this angel is believed to perform all manner of healing. Though not mentioned by name, it is believed he is the angel in

John 5:5 For an angel went down at a certain season

into the pool and troubled the water

whosoever then first after the troubling of the water

stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.

Another angel Uriel which means, "light of God" is believed to stand at the Gates of Eden. He is not mentioned by name either in

Genesis 3:24 So he drove out the man;

and he placed at the east of the garden of eden

Cherubims and a flaming sword

which turned every way to keep the way of the tree of life.

But if you believe or not in Angels. Remeber God's word in

Hebrew 13:2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers

for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

the Calling God has given You

Heard a Minister speak today on examining the calling God has given You.
She pointed out that God does not call everyone to Preach.
Some He has called to Teach, to Give.
Some have been called to do Big things.
Some small things.
Whatever the calling God has placed on you.
Accept it.
Rejoice in it.
Be grateful for it.
This calling you have may not seem like much, but it is not for you to judge.
It is for you to do, for the Glory of God.
She gave an example of a Lady, who felt insulted a first that the Lord had called her to do the bathroom at her church.
But, she fulfilled it.
The women at her church were blessed because of it.
The bathroom that she decorated, is a haven.
A place for the soul to rest.
A place for the spirit to find peace.
In closing she advised us, to Ask God to Direct Our Steps and if there is Anything Else We can do to Serve God.
Do it.

On the Road

Going about my business,
minding my own you understand.
Living life how I saw fit.
It wasn't much of a life, but
I was having a good time.
Or so I had convinced myself.
I had a job.
I had a car.
I had a roof over my head.
I had clothes on my back.
I had food to eat.
But spent most of my time broke.
Financially,
Physically,
Mentally.
Then one day
when I was on the road to nowhere.
I met the man from Galilee.

When

I've been told,
"The Lord will take you through some things"
If you have faith.
If you believe.
If you trust.
WHEN
You come out.
Because you;
Had faith.
Believed.
Trusted.
You will have increase.
In wisdom.
In understanding.
In knowledge.
Not only will you be blessed.
Your children also be blessed.

I did it again

I missed posting a message yesterday. I intended to do it before midnight, after I finished my homework. I realize I could have done it early yesterday morning when I finished my reading assignments, but I was sleepy and just wanted to go lay down, get a little rest before going into work.

Makes me think how I would feel if the Lord decided He was too tired to answer my call.

Lord, no excuses. I acknowledge I broke a pledge made to you. The opportunity was there I didn't take it. My mind was on me and what I needed/wanted. Not on what I had promised You. I ask your to pardon my sin and forgive my transgression.

Because of my actions, someone may have missed a message that the Lord had for them yesterday. It is my prayer that the Lord sent someone else to you with that message, that you received your blessing though I missed mine. I apologize to you. I ask for forgiveness and know I have to forgive myself as well.

My Understanding of

Psalm 89:30-34

If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
Then will I visit their transgressions, with the rod, and their inquity with stripes.
Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.

Susposing that we abandon His law, and refuse in His judgments;
Whenever we ignore His established laws, and keep not His commandments;
At that time will He curse us for our violation of the law, accompanied by a measure of discipline, and by our sin will we be marked.
In spite of that His affection for and love of us will He not completely remove, nor allow His faithfulness to be less.

The Video

As it says in Psalm 32:5 I acknowledge my sin and confess my transgression.

Recently I was sent a video entitled "Never let a Crackhead sing at your Funeral".
Unfortunately I, like the others who had viewed it before me laughed at the spectacle that the young man made of himself trying to sing 'Amazing Grace'. I was ashamed and embarrassed for him.
The Lord corrected me.
I did not know this young man, what he had been through, where he had come from. I did not know if this was even a funeral (you couldn't tell this looking at the video). I don't know the person who first put this clip out there for others to see or why.
Who was I to laugh? Does it not say in the Word '...in the congregation I will praise the Lord'. Was this not what this young man was doing?
Why was I ashamed and embarrassed for him for knowing only one verse and how he sang? Does not my Word say, 'Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise' and 'I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people.'
So what, that he did not know the whole song. He knew the part that meant the most to him. 'Amazing Grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me, I once was lost but now am found'.
Could I claim to know the words to ever song I sang when I offered up Praise. No.
If this young man was a crackhead did he not earn the right to sing 'God's praise'.

I Thank the Lord for His correction. I ask for His forgiveness. My hope is in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy.
'For His anger endureth but a moment, in His favor is life...' Psalm 30:5

My Understanding of

Deuteronomy 28:1



If thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the Earth.



On condition that we give attention to what the Lord our God says, persistently obeying, complying with and conforming to all His commands as we have been instructed to, the Lord our God will before all nations present us as the model, place us before them as the standard.

Its Time To Say So

Oh Lord my God all that I have and am is because of you.
I willingly offer myself heart, mind, body and soul into your hands with great joy and much gladness.
Give me Lord, a perfect heart so that I may keep thy commandments, observe thy statutes, increase in the knowledge and understanding of your Word, grow in wisdom and be able to testify to your goodness without hesitation.
I bless your name my Lord, my God.
I worship you, magnify you, giving you all the glory, the honor and the praise.
You Lord are my hope.

Will I

Let the Lord have dominion over me.
Let the Lord abide in my heart.
Be a help to the Lord as He has been to me.
Be blessed all the days of my life and on into the generations.
Be forgiven my iniquities and purged of my sins.
Show my love of and faith in the Lord in my ways.
Praise His name.
Testify to the goodness of the Lord.
Hear Him with my ears and receive Him in my heart.
Read the Word and understand.

Yes, I know I will.

Self Revival

Devotion

Sing a praise song, read a scripture, say a prayer

Welcome

The Lord into your home or car or where ever you're holding your revival

Response from a Visitor

No need to wait for this, just know that the Lord is there

Musical Selection/Congregational Song

Put in that CD with the song(s) you know by heart and sing along

Introduction of the Speaker

No need, cause the speaker is you

Speaker

Out loud tell your story, of where you were or what you used to do and how far you've come by the Grace of God

Invitation

Invite yourself to grow stronger in the Lord or increase your knowledge or make that pledge to change something about yourself that you know is not pleasing to the Lord

Remarks

Thank the Lord for coming,

for listening, for being with you always, for this Revival of your Spirit

Benediction

However you close services at your church, with a song or a prayer or a scripture

Amen.

Be Strong

Fear thou not; for I am with thee:

be not dismayed; for I am thy God:

I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee;

yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Isaiah 41:10

So I arise and speak of my belief in the Living God, my intentions to follow the Lord's commandments and statues and I let it be known that I have made a covenant with Him.
I do not think about what others may say regarding my new walk.
I stand strong on His Word, I am a child of God.

My Prayer: That you be strong, know that the Lord God is your defence against your enemies (for they will come). For thus saith the Lord 'I am with thee, to deliver thee. I have broken thy yoke and I will not forsake thee.'

If the Lord Delights in Us

If we choose the Lord, to be our rock, our fortress, our deliverer, our shield, our sword, our salvation, our refuge, our strength.
If we decide to put all our trust in Him.
If we receive, believe, obey, study and sanctify ourselves in the truth of the Word.
If we separate from the world, release self, surrender to the Lord and let the Holy Spirit lead us.
If we in the fullness of time become rich in faith
Blessed will we be.
for When we need Him, He will come.
and When we call out His name, He will hear our voice.
then When we send up our cry, our prayer, our petition, our plea, He will answer every time.

REMEMBER: As soon as and at which time we meet the conditions, the requirements, the stipulations. That uncertain possibility If becomes a When.

Have you been Called?

Evangelist: bringer of good news, publisher of glad tidings, their special function to carry the Gospel to places where it was previously unknown.
One who's purpose it is;
To know the full truth and understand with the certainty of faith.
To be found righteous in the sight of the God.
To know all the commandments and statues of the Lord.
To fear but not be afraid, to have joy and delight in Him.
To be filled with the Holy Spirit.
To help those who seek to find.
To teach those who want to need.
To prepare those who would ready to follow the will of God.

Your Heart

Though your ears may refuse to listen and your eyes refuse to see.
Your heart hears, acknowledges and fears the Lord.
For it knows the Lord searches all hearts and understands.

Troublemaker

Starts murmurs of discontent.
Accuses one of whispering about another behind their back.
Causes division amongst us.
Spreads falsehoods.
Attempts to justify wrongdoing.
Judgemental.
Misuses and misrepresents God given gifts.
Heres something you should know;
You are an abomination unto the Lord.
By your words and deeds you have provoked the Lord.
Therefore the Lord will deliver you from among us.
We shall hold our peace, saying not a word to or against you.
We will however be in prayer for you.
For thus saith the Lord 'Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard.....'

Tears

My hope is in God, though troubles and trials have come my way.
Yet will I praise Him.
For He is my help, my strength, my rock.
'Misery loves company', it has been said but for me the Lord shall be my companion.
As I cry my tears become my prayer, my praise, my worship.
My faith in God is unshaken.
Through the night until the break of day though I mourn that which is loss.
I know My Lord, My God, My Savior is with me.

Learning

To repent.
To walk the path of righteousness.
To give Thanks always for all things.
What the will of the Lord is.
Understanding of the covenant, commandments, statues and scriptures.
The Truth.
God given knowledge and wisdom.

Why do We wear White?

It is said that white is not even a color, it is without hue and only reflects light.
But we wear it on First Sunday, Fifth Sunday and Women's Day.
We Mothers, Sisters, Daughters, Friends.
Why?
We the Women of God, wear white to show ourselves reformed of mind, acknowledging that the blocks have been cleared from our path.
We are whole and complete, loyal to our Lord, open to His counsel, truthful in our worship, dependable, honorable.
The wearing of white symbolizes our new beginning, our innocence, our purity.
How perfect is our triumphant of Spirit over flesh.

Colossians 2:5
For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the Spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

The Rainbow - Violet

The color at the opposite end from red.
It symbolizes divine freedom and spiritul fulfillment.

Section 109:11
Doctrine and Covenants The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
And in a manner that we may be found worthy, in thy Spirit, to secure a fulfilment of the promises which thou hast made unto us, thy people, in the revelations given unto us.

II Peter 1:3-4
According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue.

The Rainbow - Indigo

The color between blue and violet.
It symbolizes spiritual realization and understanding

Now concerning spiritual gifts brethren I would not have you ignorant.
Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by that Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed; and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
I Corinthians 12:1&3

The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
Psalm 119:130

The Rainbow - Blue

The color between green and indigo.
It symbolizes truth and inspiration.

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. III John 1:4

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. II Timothy 3:16

The Rainbow - Green

The color between yellow and blue.
It symbolizes hope and life.

Thou art my hiding place and my shield; I hope in thy word. Psalm 119:114

For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. John 6:33

The Rainbow - Yellow

The color between orange and green.
It symbolizes wisdom and joy.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the holy is understanding Proverbs 9:10

"Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name, ask ye shall receive that your joy may be full." John 16:24

The Rainbow - Orange

The color between red and yellow.
It symbolizes balance and healing.

If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; Let me be weighted in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. Job 31:5-6

A just weight and balance are the Lord's, all the weights of the bag are His work. Proverbs 16:11

And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom, to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit. To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit. To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirit; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues. But all these worketh that one and all selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. I Corinthians 12:6-11

The Rainbow - Red

The primary color at one end of the rainbow.
It symbolizes strength, anger and determination.

The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my strength in whom I will trust, my buckler and the horn of my salvation and my high tower. Psalm 18:2

Yet ye have not hearkened unto me saith the Lord, that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt. Jeremiah 25:7

And none were received unto baptism, save they took upon them the name of Christ, having determination to serve him to the end. The Book of Moroni 6:3 The Church of Latter Day Saints