A Thousand Words Thursday: KJV

So I follow certain companies and organizations on Facebook, and one update was:

What is your favorite Bible translation? Why?


photo credit; kimberly1x.blogspot.com

"King james bc I feel my spirit receiving water when I read it but that doesnt happen with the other translations" ~Lina

"..KJV, because when I receive revelation, I know that it was sent by God!"

My answer was the second.

Oh glory!,
Whitney

Courtship: A Deeper Connection

What I've found along the Way that lines up with my intentions and purpose concerning courtship and marriage:

All are excerpts from this article I'm reading: http://www.boundless.org/2005/answers/a0002415.cfm by John Thomas of Boundless.org.

To love is not to share all the same interests, but it is to value those the other person has.

If marriage is anything, it is a deep-level connection. ... Connecting at deeper levels develops over time as trust grows and as an individual feels they are in a safe place to share at that level.

Enjoying one another’s company is a great starting place for any relationship and obviously a requirement, but we can only talk about the weather for so long.

Conversations that touch at the level of emotions, ranging from joy to pain, are the ones that create heart connection.

Remember what you’re doing: First, you’re trying to discern whether you’re in unity on core values and second, whether you can connect at the level of emotions.

My Faith was on FIRE

A friend just posted a video about a man being raised from the dead. A doctor who was also a believer and follower of Christ, was led to pray for a man who suffered a massive heart attack and had been dead for over one hour. He was turning blue and his body was beginning to decompose. The man lived.

This made me think of a very real event in my life. I remember hearing a story on the local news about a little girl who was abused, raped and kept several days by a man close to her. He abused her to the point of her being in a coma I believe. She was near death. They had been reporting on her story for several days now. I remember her story coming again upon the television. They were reporting live from the hospital down the road, following this little girls every move.

I remember the urge to go lay hands on her. Like, literally go put my hands on her and say a prayer. The live coverage was still broadcasting and I walk toward our kitchen window. My faith was on fire within me. I wanted to go to the hospital and go do this thing but I had no one to go with me. I knew this girl was to live. I needed someone to go with me!! Nobody of faith was nearby. I thought of my friend Shannon. She lives not to far from here. I did not call her. I know if she was around that she would go with me. And, she would be praying with me. The girl ended up dying that day.

I think within me. LORD, my faith was on FIRE!!! My faith was on fire!! This is what ministry is about. Two by two saith the Lord! TWO BY TWO!! Lord knows I should have been there, I couldn't go alone so I thought! God is GOOD and I desire to do mighty things in His Name! Lord be with your Best, Your special ones that they may go boldly! Go boldly!! And bring us a friend to come with us along the way!

W

Status Update #8: Hello!

Hey y'all. Anybody out there? Just thinking of you all a bit :) Hope everything is well. Just checking in. Things are sweet here. Lots of wonderful things. So glad, I bless You. It is about that season again. Blogging season :D I have noticed a pattern. Blogging begins early March til early Fall. Winter is more quiet around here. So, Lord willing I will be sticking around a lot more. Bless you and I love you.

a few fun pics:

march 2011. at the library with sweetpea.


march 2011. waiting on sweetpea so we could go on our walk around the neighborhood.


february 2011 :) the day i met sweetpea.. :)

my modest workdesk. i took this today. mildly dark, but you can see it. it matches; i hadn't even noticed! promise this wasn't staged, hahah! funn!! my new baby. not sure if you remember my other girl (flower/plant/mini rose), but she was bright pink. this one is yellow. she has brightened up my workdesk. i am already enjoying her :) alot.

I may have some good news soon. :)

Now playing,
Tye Tribbett's "Chasing After You"
Tye Tribbett's "Bless the LORD/Son of Man"

Whit

fresh twitter. cllleeeaaan. @allthingsgodly


reeeally enjoying the black and yellow right now. @Child0fGod


Whit

A closer walk: A Thousand Words Thursday #12

A closer walk with you abba. Every day of my life I miss you.

Free to worship. Put a sheet over my face and let me dwell. With you on high.

Now playing
"Thirsty," Marvin Sapp

"My heart is fixed, no room, no vacancies!"

This is the first time I'm hearing this song!! I looked it up after hearing it for a sec on the radio here. I have heard the church sing it once before. Turn this waaay UP, it sounds GOOOOD!

Whitney

There is a Call to Repent ..

Right now.

There is a call to repent. This is what the Lord wants the saints to know. On February 17, 2011 I came across two accounts where saints were speaking of the Lord's call to repent. One was about "instead of repenting, the people chose to appear righteous before the people." The other was about "a call to repent" and how the LORD GOD has your number. He knows how to reach you but will you answer ..

1. Instead of repenting these men chose to appear righteous to the people. http://bit.ly/gjo4Lm

2.Prophecy 119 - 2011 A Call To Repent Or Perish, YAH Has Your Number!!! http://t.co/yI4iuN2

There are two additional accounts of where I know the Lord was saying that this is dire. His people will not move forward if they do not repent.

3. So on February 24, 2011 pastor Wil spoke on Jeremiah 14:10-12, 13, 14-15. If you disregard the call to repent, nothing changes within you. You'll continue to go to church out of form and fashion, but regrettably there will be no inward change. Bless you if this is for you. 1. is to repent, 2. is to acknowledge [sin] through repentance and confession.

4. Now is the parable of the Marriage Feast found in Matthew 22. This came on yesterday.

Matthew 22:2-5

²The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,

³And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.

⁴Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.

⁵But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:

This scripture meant so much to me. As God is not stagnant, His words are neither. There are several revelations of this scripture. One as it relates to our lesson is that many are invited, but few choose to accept.

Don't make light, saints. There needs to be an alarm clock on our lives .. an alarm clock to wake us up from our slumber. God Abba we bless You this day. This day for Your Word, this day for Your son. Make not light of God's call. His hand is upon your life. You must answer His call.

The Message Version says, "They only shrugged their shoulders and went off, one to weed his garden, another to work in his shop." Matthew 22:5, MSG

Let us not be like the foolish men in Matthew 22:5 who made light of God's call on their lives.

Bless! And may God abide in you,
W

He set me Free

But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. I Corinthians 15:10

Enter With Your Eyes Open!: Courtship, Marriage & Covenant

An excerpt from "Reversing the Marriage Implosion: The Covenant" by Dr. Robert Reccord, http://www.believe.com/articles/Relationships/Reversing-the-Marriage-Implosion-The-Covenant/

Enter With Your Eyes Open!

As marriages hurtle into the future before them, we must remind every couple to keep their eyes open for the needs and fears of the other. A wise, seasoned counselor told me years ago that the greatest need of women is security, and her greatest fear is insecurity. Conversely,the greatest need of a man is adequacy, and his greatest fear, inadequacy. If only my wife and I had been told this before we got married, not years later!

Within every wife, there is a little girl craving to hear that she is pretty, valued, treasured and loved. She can handle multiple moves, shaky finances, job difficulties and worse as long as she is relationally secure with her man. Every husband longs to hear, “I’m proud of you because…” He yearns to know he is adequate in his leadership. In conference after conference, women sit stunned when my wife asks men to lower their head and raise their hand on what they would prefer to hear from their wife: “I love you,” or “I’m proud of you.” “I’m proud of you” wins hands down (or up in this case). Even the makers of Viagra and Calais understand a man’s passionate desire to be adequate!

So, what implosions might be avoided if every couple walking toward the altar were clearly guided on the foundational need/fear of their potential mate? It would so clearly show how our IEDs (improvised explosive devices) of words and actions within marriage can rupture the infrastructure of our relationships and bring our homes crashing in around us.

Maybe right now is a good time for you to assess yourself and the needs of the loved one in your life. What do you see that you might not have seen before? What are you going to do about it?

http://www.believe.com/articles/Relationships/Reversing-the-Marriage-Implosion-The-Covenant/

Abba is good. Heh, heh, saw my eyes perk up a bit while reading this. Be blessed.

Whitney

Homemaking: Baking: Sugar Cookies

Haahaha, lol I wanted to bake some cookies. Picked up some non-pareil sprinkles at Kroger and baked these tonight!!







Enjoy!,
Whitney