Hi Father
It has been a while since I have written here. I have been reading through the book of Kings in the last couple of weeks and really enjoying that. This morning I have felt so weary I've just enjoyed sittting and listening to music that just lifts me towards You. Right now I am hearing "Sitting at the Feet of Jesus" and just loving the sense of peace that is washing over me just by hearing it.
School is so busy at the moment and I am finding it extremely challenging to hang in there and get everything done. "He is all my righteousness..." so very true! Father please go with me, help me to sense your presence that is always with me. Open my eyes to the opportunities that come my way. Help me to be sensitive to the needs of those around me.
Plese let me experience Your power in my life today. Lord I am full of sin, and judgmentalism for my fellow peers. Please give me a spirit of love and compassion for them, let me see them through Your Eyes and Your Heart!
As we travel as a family to Jimmi's party tonight I pray that you will again help me to see other through Your eyes, if an opportunity comes my way to share You, please give me the courage to do it.
I love You Lord! Thank you for the fullness and completeness in my life only because of YOU!
Meli
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
2 Kings 5 - Story of Naaman & Gehazi - November 11
2 Kings 5:
Love this story, the witness of the maid, the faith of Naaman's wife, Naaman going to Elisha and getting offended by being asked to do a simple act. The encouragement of Naaman's servants, Naaman's acceptance of God as HIS God and taking back the soil as a symbol of worshipping the God of Israel and asking for forgiveness about helping his King into his temple to worship the idol, even though he bowed down he let God know it was only to assist the King, not as an act of worship but as an act of kindness to his master.
Prayer:
Prayer for Natalie today (Royce coming to watch her this morning)
Love this story, the witness of the maid, the faith of Naaman's wife, Naaman going to Elisha and getting offended by being asked to do a simple act. The encouragement of Naaman's servants, Naaman's acceptance of God as HIS God and taking back the soil as a symbol of worshipping the God of Israel and asking for forgiveness about helping his King into his temple to worship the idol, even though he bowed down he let God know it was only to assist the King, not as an act of worship but as an act of kindness to his master.
Prayer:
Prayer for Natalie today (Royce coming to watch her this morning)
Monday, November 9, 2009
2 Kings, Chapters 1 and 2, Monday 9th November
Chapter 1
What an amazing collection of stories. There highlighted for me is the faithfulness of Elijah and Elisha to the calling of God compared with the unbelieving, unfaithfulness of King Ahaziah, 100 Captains and soldiers and mockers of Elisha and Elijah. Ahaziah falls from a window and sends a delegation to a medium to find out of he will recover or not. God mobilises Elijah and intercepts the delegation to ask Ahaziah why he is doing such a thing and to let him know that he wil never recover because of the way he insulted the Lord. So Ahaziah reacts by sending out a delegation of 50 soldiers to arrest him. They mocked and taunted Elijah and fire came down and destroyed them. Ditto for group no. 2. Thankfully the third delegation had a wise captain (v13). This time Elijah went down with them to see King Ahaziah. Elijah told the king himself o how he had insulted God and his soon to be death. Very shortly later Ahazia died.
Chapter 2:
Elijah is taken up to Heaven. Before goin gup he tests Elisha's committment. Elisha sticks by his side and receives what he had asked for, a double portion of the Holy Spirit. So when a mob of young ruffians come to mock Elisha, he leaves revenge to the Lord - along comes a couple of mother bears and mauled them all. No ruffians ever bothered Elisha again!!
So what?
Elijah and Elisha lived faithfully as servants of God. They allowed the Lord to direct their paths completely and to reveal his sovereign will for them every day. The listened to His Spirit. Please Lord help me to live as your faithful daughter today!
The everyday:
Only a few more weeks of school to go. All teachers under pressure and you can feel it around the school. Everyone has been doing DRA2 testing, plus assessments with kids so can get reports done. I feel tired.
Prayer:
Lord please help me today to listen to your stil small voice and to live as your faithful daughter. Help me please to remember to seek to do your will and have courage to follow through!
Jethro Kingston passed away last Thursday, please be with his family and the kids at TVC
What an amazing collection of stories. There highlighted for me is the faithfulness of Elijah and Elisha to the calling of God compared with the unbelieving, unfaithfulness of King Ahaziah, 100 Captains and soldiers and mockers of Elisha and Elijah. Ahaziah falls from a window and sends a delegation to a medium to find out of he will recover or not. God mobilises Elijah and intercepts the delegation to ask Ahaziah why he is doing such a thing and to let him know that he wil never recover because of the way he insulted the Lord. So Ahaziah reacts by sending out a delegation of 50 soldiers to arrest him. They mocked and taunted Elijah and fire came down and destroyed them. Ditto for group no. 2. Thankfully the third delegation had a wise captain (v13). This time Elijah went down with them to see King Ahaziah. Elijah told the king himself o how he had insulted God and his soon to be death. Very shortly later Ahazia died.
Chapter 2:
Elijah is taken up to Heaven. Before goin gup he tests Elisha's committment. Elisha sticks by his side and receives what he had asked for, a double portion of the Holy Spirit. So when a mob of young ruffians come to mock Elisha, he leaves revenge to the Lord - along comes a couple of mother bears and mauled them all. No ruffians ever bothered Elisha again!!
So what?
Elijah and Elisha lived faithfully as servants of God. They allowed the Lord to direct their paths completely and to reveal his sovereign will for them every day. The listened to His Spirit. Please Lord help me to live as your faithful daughter today!
The everyday:
Only a few more weeks of school to go. All teachers under pressure and you can feel it around the school. Everyone has been doing DRA2 testing, plus assessments with kids so can get reports done. I feel tired.
Prayer:
Lord please help me today to listen to your stil small voice and to live as your faithful daughter. Help me please to remember to seek to do your will and have courage to follow through!
Jethro Kingston passed away last Thursday, please be with his family and the kids at TVC
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Tuesday, October 13
Morning Lord!
Here I am up at 3 am on Tuesday morning with the need to get some school stuff done! And without thinking I got straight into the school work. Thank you for bringing my thoughts to You!
You know what I am like Father. I am sitting here with a battle going on. My work mind is constantly wanting to take over and my thoughts stray back there all the time
Here are some verses that touched me from 1 Thessalonians:
1:5 "... our gospel came to you not simply with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction."
Paul is talking about he cared for the new believers in Thess.
2:7,8 "...Just as a nursing mother cares for her children, So we cared for you. Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well."
Prayer:
Father God, please help me to live my life like that. Please help me to really love and care for people. I particularly think of Liza as I work next to her, please help me to develop a caring relationship with her. Please help me to show her Your love. Please help me to do that with my own family as well, so often when I am with my children, I am just so tired and cranky. Please give me your patience and your wisdom.
Now as I prepare this DRA stuff for this afternoon, please help me to have a clear mind, to be able to discern what is important for the teachers and what I need to leave out. This is just such a small thing in the scheme of the world and all its woes - which are many - tsunamis, floods, drought, typhoons and the daily list goes on.....Father I feel so overwhelmed by all this death and destruction...
Please today Lord make John 14:27 real in my life. I want YOUR peace
"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid."
Thank you Lord!
Here I am up at 3 am on Tuesday morning with the need to get some school stuff done! And without thinking I got straight into the school work. Thank you for bringing my thoughts to You!
You know what I am like Father. I am sitting here with a battle going on. My work mind is constantly wanting to take over and my thoughts stray back there all the time
Here are some verses that touched me from 1 Thessalonians:
1:5 "... our gospel came to you not simply with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction."
Paul is talking about he cared for the new believers in Thess.
2:7,8 "...Just as a nursing mother cares for her children, So we cared for you. Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well."
Prayer:
Father God, please help me to live my life like that. Please help me to really love and care for people. I particularly think of Liza as I work next to her, please help me to develop a caring relationship with her. Please help me to show her Your love. Please help me to do that with my own family as well, so often when I am with my children, I am just so tired and cranky. Please give me your patience and your wisdom.
Now as I prepare this DRA stuff for this afternoon, please help me to have a clear mind, to be able to discern what is important for the teachers and what I need to leave out. This is just such a small thing in the scheme of the world and all its woes - which are many - tsunamis, floods, drought, typhoons and the daily list goes on.....Father I feel so overwhelmed by all this death and destruction...
Please today Lord make John 14:27 real in my life. I want YOUR peace
"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid."
Thank you Lord!
Monday, October 12, 2009
Monday, October 12
It has been a few days since I have been in this place, but I have been enjoying reading Philippians, Colossians and 1 Thessalonians.
I found the end of last week really stressful and struggled to hang in there through all the stuff that I needed to do. I had a really tight, anxious feeling in my chest which I know is not healthy. I struggled to gain a sense of calm.
Last Tuesday, almost immediately after finishing the presentation to the teachers on the Reading Project, my ears went really funny and felt blocked like I had been on a plane. I don't know where that came from? It was weird.
Lord, please help me to maintain a calm spirit, to trust you more, to take one day at a time and just do the best I can. Please forgive me for not being able to let things go and give them to you. I need to be able to 'hand over' and leave it with You.
Jimmi has WOSE for the teachers this week. Which means we need to be at school by 8 am every day (stressful in and of itself with the kids). Please help us in our parenting too.
It has been a short few minutes Lord, but please go with me today, help me to maintain Your calm spirit.
I found the end of last week really stressful and struggled to hang in there through all the stuff that I needed to do. I had a really tight, anxious feeling in my chest which I know is not healthy. I struggled to gain a sense of calm.
Last Tuesday, almost immediately after finishing the presentation to the teachers on the Reading Project, my ears went really funny and felt blocked like I had been on a plane. I don't know where that came from? It was weird.
Lord, please help me to maintain a calm spirit, to trust you more, to take one day at a time and just do the best I can. Please forgive me for not being able to let things go and give them to you. I need to be able to 'hand over' and leave it with You.
Jimmi has WOSE for the teachers this week. Which means we need to be at school by 8 am every day (stressful in and of itself with the kids). Please help us in our parenting too.
It has been a short few minutes Lord, but please go with me today, help me to maintain Your calm spirit.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Philippians 2: Sunday, October 4
Philippians 2:
Paul talks about imitating Christ by being a humble servant like He demonstrated on a daily basis. I need to have the eyes of Jesus so that I can see the needs of others. Jesus left the exultation work up to God the Father, He never exalted himself.
I look forward to the day when verses 9-11 will be a reality:
Paul talks about imitating Christ by being a humble servant like He demonstrated on a daily basis. I need to have the eyes of Jesus so that I can see the needs of others. Jesus left the exultation work up to God the Father, He never exalted himself.
I look forward to the day when verses 9-11 will be a reality:
Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
I need to do God's will without grumbling and complaining (and arguing with others)
(v15) "....Then you wil shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life."
Well Lord, this morning is my opportunity to put all that into practise, to do everything without grumbling and complaining. I have a busy morning ahead with Justin's birthday party, Talia going off to a party etc. Please help me to be calm and warm to my family!
(v15) "....Then you wil shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life."
Well Lord, this morning is my opportunity to put all that into practise, to do everything without grumbling and complaining. I have a busy morning ahead with Justin's birthday party, Talia going off to a party etc. Please help me to be calm and warm to my family!
Yesterday, Sabbath we all enjoyed a family sabbath. We went for a drive, walk, paddle down at Snapper Rocks - it was a windy, but very warm day. Because it was low tide we were able to go right out on Snapper Rocks and wander around. We had a snack and tried to see the whales that we later found out about on the news - the baby was caught in a net and they had quite a team of people in extremely rough swell trying to free it. They had success at last. Then we came home and had lunch and played a few board games with the kids. By then it was a hot 37 degrees. The kids had a late afternoon swim. We then listened to a couple more of Uncle Dan and Aunt Sue's stories (we had listened to Orphan Arthur in the car on the way to Snapper Rocks - what a powerful story). Of course I have awesome memories of that story from when I was about Kieran's age. It was nice to have a real family Sabbath, as the next 6-8 weeks are going to be extremely busy!
Sabbath is such a healthy blessing. Stress falls away and we are able to really spend time together as a family. I am sure our children don't realise how truly special the Sabbath is...it probably won't be until they are grown that they appreciate Sabbaths like yesterday.
Sabbath is such a healthy blessing. Stress falls away and we are able to really spend time together as a family. I am sure our children don't realise how truly special the Sabbath is...it probably won't be until they are grown that they appreciate Sabbaths like yesterday.
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