Psalms 150

1. Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in the firmament of his power.
2. Praise him for his mighty acts; praise him according to his excellent greatness.
3. Praise him with the sound of the trumpet; praise him with the psaltery and harp.
4. Praise him with the timbrel and dance; praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
5. Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
6. Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.

What are some of the musical instruments used in the Bible
1. coronet Psalms 98:6
2. Symbols II Samuel 6:5
3. Timbrel Exodus 15:20
4. Dulcimer Daniel 3:10
5. Flute Daniel 3:10
6. Harp Genesis 4:21
7. Lyare I Samuel 16:23
8. Organ Genesis 1:21; Job 21:12
9. Psaltery I Samuel    :10
10. Sackbut Daniel 3:5
11. Trumpet Numbers 10:1-10

Instruments of Heaven! Music is a big influence on your life. Make sure you are listening to right kind of music. Good old gospel, not rock, not contemporary, but good old fashioned Gospel music. In today's world it's said you have to have gospel rock. Well, gospel and rock do NOT go together. Or it's said that contemporary gospel, again it does NOT go together!!!

Have a great day and make sure you Music is Christ honoring :)

Happy Memorial Day

I just wanted to say Happy Memorial Day to all those who have served our country!

God Bless America!!!!

Something to think on

~You are not what you think you are but rather what you think.

~ Thoughts produce actions; Actions produce Habits; Habits produce Life Style

If your thoughts are always negative you will become negative. It your thoughts are about sinful things you will become those things. If your thoughts are positive then you will become positive.

What are you thinking about?
Philippians 4:8
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report: if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Another day of digging in the Valley

But my God shall supply all my need according to his riches in glory, by Christ Jesus.

Well, our valley is turning into the mountain top! As we started today we were a little discouraged in that we hadn't found a house and the one place we excited about fell through. Then I get a call from my daddy.... He and my mom are doing somethings that are a HUGE blessing so just one more blessing while digging in the valley.

Then this afternoon, we are searching and looking for a place and Monday at 9 am we have an appointment to look at a townhouse just South of Martinsburg! Another blessing while digging in the valley.

I just want those who read this, that this digging in the valley is truly something you want to do when you are there. The mountain tops are awesome but when you have something to "do" while in the valley it makes the valley and mountain top even sweeter!

So..... "But my God shall supply ALL my NEED...."

Digging in the Valley part 2

I'm taking my topic of digging in the valley on today also....
I have many friends who are really going through it and I just want to encourage you to go dig in your valley...

To share another blessing from digging while in the valley.... We had an appointment with our Preacher and he was able to do some things that were huge for us!!

Just remember friends that God is only a prayer away and his line is NEVER busy.
So what will you find in your valley today?

Diging in the Valley

Our preacher, preached a sermon Sunday on digging in the valley. So today since in some ways we are in a valley, decided to dig to see what I could find... well, my kids ever since I can remember have wanted a pool and a trampoline. They now have both!! Then, while "digging in the valley, I have friends that love me and are praying for me; they haven't asked questions they are just praying and I kn...ow they are because today, I've been calm, and feel the peace that God has given me. A little bit a ago another thing I find while digging was 2 of my boys pointed out that the things stacked in our dining room is under 1/2 of what was in there when we moved in here almost 9 months ago. Which means my goal of eliminating, consolidating and cleaning out worked. So even though my preacher may not see this, the sermon Sunday has been a HUGE blessing in my valley!!!

Which brings me to the fact I thank God that he gives our Preacher wisdom in what to preach and when! If it wasn't for our Lord, our Preacher Bro Owens, my husband and praying friends today wouldn't be what it is.

Thank you!

Living by Faith

It seems in the last few wks, our family has had to live by faith A LOT. For those of you who read this regularly I have a HUGE prayer request.
Our family is having to move by the end of the wk, this is completely out of our control but we do need to move. In the process of this all we are need of a very large sum of money.
Please help us pray that all works out for the glory of God.
It's not always easy to say, what you want Lord but through the tears and trials of the past few wks we are trying our best to keep this thought.

Thank you each and everyone for your prayers.
I may not be on much after Fri till we can get settled wherever the Lord may put us.

Psalm 139

Good Morning! I pray all are doing well and that you have had a good wk thus far and will have a good rest of the wk.

Psalm 139 is one of my many favorite chapters...
1. O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me,
2. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
3. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

These 3 verses I love!!! The Psalmist is asking God to search him and to know him. We should be doing the same thing. Even though the Lord already knows all, we should not want to try and hide ANYTHING from him. We should want him to know what we are doing while we sit at home, or sit at our computer. We should want to have that knowledge that God sees all! Let Him, the Holy Spirit, have control of your life.

4. Tor there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
5. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

Laid thine hand upon me.... his protection he guiding hand is there to help us.

6. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
7. Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8. If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou are there.

God is everywhere! we should want to be our best to live up to his standard and His will!!!

9. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10. Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

As Christians we are held in the palm of the Lords hand and he'll NEVER let us go!! Awesome thought.

11. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
12. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
13. For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
14. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvellous are thy works: and that my soul knoweth right well.

Isn't it awesome to know we are fearfully and wonderfully made by the Almighty God we serve.

15. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
17. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18. If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
19. Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God; depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
20. For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

We should NOT be with those who curse and take the Lords name in vain. Did you know there are words out that really they are just letters from being the actually curse word, or phrase that is inappropriate. We recently went through this with our boys. One of my boys who wasn't meaning anything bad by it when something would happen he would say, "what the...." and that is all he would say. Well, think about it, "what the....." usually has Hell in there. Well we don't want him using hell in a way that is cursing. Is the word Hell wrong? No, it's a place and it's a place we need to warn people of. However when used as it could be assumed in the little phrase "what the...." it's wrong. So as is spoke of in verse 20 stay away from that which is wicked and do NOT take the Lords name in vain!

21. Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
22. I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
23. Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
24. And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

You know we should want the Lord to search us and know our every thought, our every doing, and want to lead by the Holy Spirit to be lead away from that which is wicked and wrong.

This passage of scripture my preacher asked me to read daily for a month. Why? He felt because of a situation I had recently come out of that I wasn't feeling worthy of myself or God. After reading this for 30 days it transformed my life! I'm so grateful my preacher had me do this. So friend, are you going through something? Is there a situation in your life your saying why? I'm not worth anything? Why not take the challenge and read this passage EVERY day for 30 days. If there's something I pray with you about, please write me and I WILL pray for you.

Prayer Journal

How many of you have a Prayer Journal or maybe a Prayer Notebook?
I want to share with you my Prayer Journal and how it's set up:

Confession Daniel 9:4-6

Thanksgiving/Praise Ephesians 5:20

Family/Friends Psalm 127:1/Proverbs 17;17

Church Family James 5:16

Preachers II Thessalonians 1:11

Missionaries II Corinthians 1:11

Salvation I Timothy 2:3-4

America our Government Romans 13:1-7

Personal Needs Matthew 21:22

This is just a basic thing I follow then I also have it broken down into days. To try and cover all of this at one time would not be impossible, but with a family an all you break it up to where you can have the amount of time you believe you should pray.

Just for example: the first 2 are every day since there are 7 other area's they will follow accordingly or as I feel led by the Holy Spirit to pray.

Because in today's world Prayer is so very important I wanted to share this with you. Do I stick to it daily no there are days I may not use my journal, but this helps keep me on tract with prayer.

Have a great wkend everyone! 

Trust in the Lord

I know since January I've talked about Faith, trust and depending alot. However I reason to, for those who are new on Jan 3 my husband lost his job this is now May 3 and he JUST today got a temporary job that will help.

You say, how in the world did you make it for that long with no job. Well, we trusted in the Lord, we had faith that God would take care of us and we simply depended on the Lord.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding in all they ways acknowledge Him and he shall direct thy path. Proverbs 3: 5 & 6

See, on Jan 3 when my husband came home in the middle of the day, I knew in my heart he had lost his job. That evening, Wed to be exact, on way out to church we receive a call. A man in our church who knew absolutely NOTHING about what happened that day, had a deer for us!!! AMEN

Then we had food from a family who doesn't know us from Adams house cat provide, more deer, home canned food, personal needs plus soooo much more!

Another member in our church gave us so much food I literally had troubles finding a place for it. This was all with in 2 wks of when my husband lost his job.

Basically since the 2nd wk of December I have bought only a few things grocery wise!! My normal grocery bill with 4 teen boys, a husband, and myself is around $200 a month. Since Jan 3 I've not spent more than $50 a wk an that was just for little things we ran out of or needed.

Then as I mentioned in a post with in the last wk, our church had a big day. We went all out, we didn't know how we would get gas to make the trips needed (we live 1/2 an hr from our church).  It's a 50 mile round trip, well when you have a gas hog for a vehicle you do what you can.
The results for us just going and not worrying about it were outstanding and worth giving God the glory.

So 4 mo later to the date since my dear husband lost his job, he has another job. Why? I believe that God saw we didn't stay home from church because we didn't know how we would get home. I believe that he saw that when it was time for bus ministry we went. When it was time for teen soul winning we had the boys there!

I could go on and on, but if you are struggling.... Trust in the Lord! He will take of you!!!

Keepers at Home

Titus 2: 4-5 "That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to lover their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home...."

Keepers - Being on guard, watching, caretaker
Home - Seat of domestic life

In today's world women work out of the home just about as much as the men work. Is this wrong, not necessarily but I believe that God intended for us as wives and mom to be the keeper of the home. After all he has the term "keepers at home" in the Bible.

Think about it, is your house really a home if your gone all day not making it nice and neat. Cleaning an taking care of that which makes your house a home. I worked out of the home for a total of 3 yrs of my 20 yrs of marriage. The first yr I worked out of the home we had no children, but I found that keeping my house clean and looking like a home for us hard to do. I did it, one we had no children so there was little to clean, 2nd it was nice to have the house clean when hubby came home.
The next yrs I worked we have 5 children and even though I worked part time I just couldn't keep up. You say but part time why not? Well if you are from a large family there's at least 3 loads of laundry a day, constantly doing dishes, cooking ALOT so much to do. Maybe you can do it, if you can wonderful. We felt though that our house looking like a home was more important than have more money.

So are you a keeper at home? I'm not saying your wrong to work out of the home in today's world some times you have to. I feel for those who can't choose to work or not. I know that many families MUST have both mom and dad work. As a matter of fact it may come to that soon for us. BUT as long as I can be the wife and mom who stays home and takes care of my husband, children and house I will do that first!

So, as a wife and mom re think what you want to do.... all the money you can get or be the one that your husband and children need by being the keeper at home who takes care of the domestic things.

To learn more about this you could buy the book "Created to be His Help Meet" by Debi Pearl