Rejoicing on the Altar

So I was sitting here this morning talking with the Lord, when He asked me this question,

"Amy, do you really need someone else?"

So, just to fill you in a bit, so you have some context as to why the question was asked, I will share a bit more.

You see I was pouring out my heart to the Lord about (what I believed was) my need for someone to come along side me in my (ministry) life before I could fully blossom and flourish in the call He had for my life.
*(mind you this is not the first time I have had this conversation with the Lord -lol- none the less as always and ever so graciously with immense love, the Lord continued to converse with me as if it were the first time)
When I was done (whining) pouring out my heart to the Lord, He asked me the question,

"Amy, do you really need someone else?"

My answer? 😊
"No. Lord you know I don't." 💕 "You have become to me, all that I need."  💗

Then the Lord reminded me of a dream I had years ago, 

My New Room at THE ALTAR

click here to read dream

  

Where He spoke very clearly to me about my call. It wasn't the first time and it wasn't the last.
However it was very powerful.

After I was reminded of that dream Holy Spirit began to bring to mind a wealth of scripture that lifted me up as I lay on my altar. 

This first scripture is one of my favorites. I speak this one daily.

Galatians 2:20  "I have been crucified with Yeshua Messiah and I no longer live, but Messiah lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God,who loved me and gave himself for me."

Luke 9:23 "Then Yeshua was saying to everyone, “If anyone wants to follow Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross every day, and follow Me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it."

John 12:24 "Amen, amen I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the earth and dies, it remains alone. But if it dies, it produces much fruit."

John 3:30  "He must increase, while I must decrease.”

You see, (being transparent here) I am on the downhill side of my natural life. I have lived through a great deal (of horrific traumas) here on earth. I only have the good Lord to credit for my life. 👣 He has been with me every step of the way! He has turned every tragedy into a victory! Psalm 34:19

So here I am still and I am continually learning how to live a life of rejoicing in the grave!

Which is just another way of saying dying to ones self - in all things - every day - at all times - in every situation. - It's not always easy. 

Because, well, I am still in this natural body. 

That's when I so appreciate this beautiful scripture found in the Psalms 103:14

"For He knows our frame.
He remembers that we are but dust."

I suppose it's quite apropos that King David was one who wrote this Psalm for us. A Psalm of the attributes of our loving Heavenly Father. Our Creator.

I don't suppose King David had too many friends after Jonathon. However, you sure can tell just how much David knew and loved His Lord by his writings. 💖 💔 💕 💗 Through it all. The brokenness. The sin. The heartache. The loneliness. The repentance. The passion. The obedience. He was surely a man after God's own heart. 

Oh dear Lord, help me too be all you have created me to be. To live a life worthy of the calling I have received in Yeshua Messiah. Through you Holy Spirit. For your Glory. Help me to rejoice daily in dying to myself as I live to serve others in your love...like you!

Give Me a Heart Like Yours! 

I want a heart like yours Lord.

No other heart will do.

I need a heart like yours, Lord.

If I’m to love like you.

I want to love them like you love me.

You’re always gentle and kind.

Never boastful, proud or rude,

I want to love them like you.

You never look out for yourself Lord.

You’re always looking out for me.

You don’t keep tabs on every thing I do wrong.

You never anger easily.

I want a heart like yours Lord.

No other heart will do.

I need a heart like yours, Lord.

If I’m to love to love like you.

I want to love them like you love me.

Always being my best friend.

Never delighting when evil comes my way.

But rejoicing in the truth instead.

I want to love them like you love me.

You've never failed me yet.

You’re always there to protect me Lord.

Ever trusting; in me your hope is set.

.

I want to love them like you love me.

I want to touch them like you touch me.

I want to show them that your love is real.

I want a heart like yours, Lord.

I need a heart like yours.

Give me a heart like yours.

A heart like yours.

1 Corinthians 13

I love you Lord ~ AmyColleen

Today I Realized

God  heard everything I ever said to Him.

He heard every single word.
All the prayers I had ever prayed.

In fact, even those prayers that were no more than a groaning within my spirit born deep from my heart. 

HE heard them ALL.

Staring out my car window. Surrounded by a host of rush hour traveler's speeding past. Everyone in a hurry. Everyone going somewhere important to them - and today? Me, on my way to nowhere important really. It just HITS ME   *wham*    Like someone is playing a movie in my car and the screen is my windshield.

Strangest darn thing. 
I mean seriously - like yesterday in Target, only different. THIS time I start to see (remember) times and circumstances in my life that have been or are difficult or hurtful. 

THEN I SEE  (This is SOOOO cool) prayers I prayed! 

I  actually saw prayers that I had prayed, like written down.
The words flash across the screen (windshield).
I also saw (was reminded of) dreams the Lord had given me about such times - and - the VICTORIOUS outcome!

That's when I realized.

Everything I have been going through. 
Every trial - every hardship and tribulation, they were more than "just allowed" by God to build character - they were, ARE in fact, ANSWERS TO PRAYER - I was being given (strange as it was) a very unusual vision experience in my car - and  -because of it; 

TODAY I REALIZED - God hears my every prayer.

I will not pretend to understand how He works. 
I am just thankful He does and always amazed and so very humbled when He does.

I have prayed some pretty, well actually very serious prayers. 
God has taken them to heart. 
So I expect I will see some pretty serious trials and testings.

I suppose at this point I'm just glad I made it to where I was going without causing a major wreck on the interstate!

lol

Tough One to Swallow

As I was praying this morning for so many the Lord brought this to mind. Yes it is a tough word. However tough is not always bad.  Still chock full of nutrients.

This word is for those of us who are blessed enough at this point to be married.* Who love the Lord and are called according to His purpose.  Who are *undergoing fiery trials and being showered with a seemingly constant barrage of enemy attacks from within their own home.

I realize that may sound a bit backwards to some, but to those who have ears to hear, let them hear what the Lord would say to them.

I am not going to give a full teaching here on what Holy Spirit has shown me. It is difficult at best to receive for those who desire to be in the Lord's perfect will and yet with just the following few words and a pure heart for seeking after God, I am certain the Holy Spirit will show you the truth, what you can glean from this for your life. For those who are not ready to receive, it would be futile to even try and explain.

*Don't forget to click on the links!

This is God's divine order:

1. God

2. Marriage

3. Family

4. Church (ministry)

This is God's divine plan, plain and simple.  

Mix these up and you've got major problems.  

Before God ever created the church, He created the family.  

Before God ever created the family, He created the marriage. 

Before God created marriage He created us to have fellowship with Him!  

It is so critical for us to understand God's divine order. So very many families and marriages have been destroyed unwittingly because they didn't understand God's divine order. 

It is sometimes easy to get our personal ministry time to God confused with our vocation or our ministry for God.  When this happens God's divine order gets turned upside down and that is when our world comes crashing down around us.

Think of it like a triangle. God at the top, marriage next, family under marriage and the ministry (church) on the bottom. 

The minute we start giving more time to God, serving in our ministries, over spending time with God, is the moment we will see a shift taking place in the divine order of things.
  

"When our family, marriage starts rocking and a rollin'."

I will just say this, a few words... not every attack we come up against is a direct fire from our adversary Satan. Nope...and....We are able to close the doors to his assaults on us and our marriages and families by simply changing the way we do business. Spiritual business.

Why and How?

Well for starters  (this is the part that sticky for some)

The Why - We are actually the ones responsible for opening the windows and doors allowing the attacks into our lives and homes. Remember the Divine Order I mentioned at the very beginning?  Well that is how. When we get out of order the triangle crashes and the house comes tumbling down. Nothing is working the way it should. That's when the enemy gains his foothold in.

The How we can just fix it is simple but sometimes no so easy.

We just need to humble ourselves and get our "House back in God's divine order".

So I'll let those who need to hear this word listen and be blessed. 

Shalom 

AmyColleen

*Romans 8:28, *Ephesians 6:12

Why Haven't You Come?

"Death, where is your victory?
Death, where is your sting?”

"The sting of death is sin; and sin draws its power from the Law; but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah!"1 Corinthians 15:55-57

(Click on links)

As long as there is breath in the body, it is never too late to be redeemed.

The price has been paid for our sin. The cost was great and certainly nothing we could ever have afforded ourselves to pay. Yet, God so loved us each one, that He paid the price Himself, sacrificing His one and only begotten Son to make a way for each one who would believe to have eternal life. No matter what we have done, no matter when we end up coming to Him in repentance. 

As promised in the Word of God - A gift so extravagant, yet so simple it has been know to be a point of contention (at best) in the majority of nations around the world ever since our Creator stepped foot in the flesh upon this planet. As well as a gift so simple it has proven to completely confound the minds of those considered wisest among the worlds many religious and non religious scholars alike.

So then, why are YOU waiting to receive this gift of everlasting, eternal life? A life of peace?  A life where there are no more sorrows, no more tears?

Better yet, why wait until the last minute to be redeemed from sorrow and sadness when you can know such peace now?

I had the most beautiful opportunity this week to be a part in sharing this life saving message with a most precious soul. Someone so very dear to me asked me to share with and pray for a loved one who was very close to leaving this world. It is never easy to have to say good-bye to someone we love. When we know we will see them again, it does take the sting off a bit. I prayed and I shared this message of life in a way they had not heard before. They had been lied to by the enemy of their soul. They were told they could not come to Yeshua/Jesus because they had lived in the dark side too long, done too many bad things to too many people and could not be forgiven.

Well, that is wrong. I am happy to say this precious beautiful soul was set free and gave their life to Jesus 💖 and was baptized right there in their bed! Complete peace filled their heart and soul. In fact peace Emanated through the room.

They were ready to meet their creator now, where as 24 hrs before they were filled with fear. 

You don't have to wait until your last days. In fact most of us don't know when our last days are.

Come now and receive the peace you need. Stop surviving and start living the life your creator intended for you to live.

He loves you.

Come

click above link