Let Patience Have Her Perfect Work – Part II
February 18, 2009
Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way. James 1:2-4 (MSG)
Old school Christians used to say, never pray for patience, for when you do, you are praying for trials - read more...
Let Patience Have Her Perfect Work
February 17, 2009
But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. James 1:4 KJV
The above scripture is one that came to me often in the early days of my conversion (of course everything I grew up on came from the KJV of the Bible). Maybe if I had another version it would have become clearer to me earlier, I don’t know, but one thing I know that term “patience” was one that made me lose “patience.” read more...
He Who the Son Sets Free – Is Free Indeed!
February 16, 2009
In my desperation I prayed, and the Lord listened;
he saved me from all my troubles. Psalm 34:6 NLT read more...
Are You Called to the Ministry of Reconciliation?
February 15, 2009
Today, one of G.I.F.T.S. own daughters, Van Shepherd shares a personal story of victory!
In one of my most painful and hurtful trials of life, God taught me that I had been called to the ministry of reconciliation. This ministry was not something I organized or thought of. It was a ministry that Jesus died for and I was an ambassador for His kingdom. read more...
Can You Hear the Sound of Heaven?
February 14, 2009
Think, friends: If I come to you and all I do is pray privately to God in a way only he can understand, what are you going to get out of that? If I don’t address you plainly with some insight or truth or proclamation or teaching, what help am I to you? If musical instruments—flutes, say, or harps—aren’t played so that each note is distinct and in tune, how will anyone be able to catch the melody and enjoy the music? If the trumpet call can’t be distinguished, will anyone show up for the battle? 1Cor 7:6-8 read more...
Chosen Daughters of Destiny – The Walk it Out Project
February 13, 2009
4 “Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone.5 And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. 6 And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. 7 Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. 8 Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. 9 Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.” Deuteronomy 6: 4-9 (NLT) read more...
Love in the Only Name that Lives On…
February 12, 2009
He said, “GOD bless you, my dear daughter! What a splendid expression of love! And when you could have had your pick of any of the young men around. And now, my dear daughter, don’t you worry about a thing; I’ll do all you could want or ask. Everybody in town knows what a courageous woman you are— a real prize! You’re right, I am a close relative to you, but there is one even closer than I am. So stay the rest of the night. In the morning, if he wants to exercise his customary rights and responsibilities as the closest covenant redeemer, he’ll have his chance; but if he isn’t interested, as GOD lives, I’ll do it. Now go back to sleep until morning.” Ruth 3: 10-13 (MSG) read more...
Love By Any Other Name! – Part III
February 11, 2009
“And so Naomi was back, and Ruth the foreigner with her, back from the country of Moab. They arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.” Ruth 1:22 (MSG) read more...
Love By Any Other Name…Part II
February 10, 2009
“Naomi said, “Look, your sister-in-law is going back home to live with her own people and gods; go with her.” Ruth 1: 15 (MSG) read more...
Love By Any Other Name…
February 9, 2009
“I’ve told you these things for a purpose: that my joy might be your joy, and your joy wholly mature. This is my command: Love one another the way I loved you. This is the very best way to love. Put your life on the line for your friends. You are my friends when you do the things I command you.John 15: 11-14 (MSG) read more...
