Giving Thanks!

I just wanted to take a moment and give God thanks for His many blessings.
Psalms 34:1
I will bless the Lord at all times, His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Praise the Lord, he watches over me and takes super care of me.
What he does for me, he will do for you if you let Him.
God Bless

Fishing for Men!

Dear all,
It is a rainy morning here. Now I won't have to water my flowers, God did it for me.
Saturday the 23rd, I was at the coast with some of my brothers and sisters. We were window gazing in Depoe Bay when my brother Chuck saw a t-shirt and said "Here's one Joy could use in her daily devotional" or something similar to that effect. After pondering on it and looking at it, I decided to use it this morning.
Luke 5:4
Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
You need to realize Simon (Peter) as most of the Disciples were fishermen. It was their means of income. They had fished all night and didn't catch anything. Here comes Jesus in the morning and uses Peter's ship to teach the crowd of people. When Jesus is finished using it he tells Peter to launch out. The key here is that Peter obeyed and did what Jesus asked him to do. If he had stayed in the shallow water, he wouldn't have caught the fish.
In verse 10 the latter part Jesus told Peter, James and John "from this time forth you will catch men".
In Matthew 4:19 Jesus said
And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
I dearly love to fish, but as much as I love to fish; it is more important for me to be trying to witness to people, and help them find Jesus.
Sometimes as the saying on the t-shirt I get busy taking care of the things at home or even helping others, including doing things for the Lord that I forget Jesus wants me first and foremost to be a soul winner for Him.
Have a great day fishing!
Joy

Seek Ye First!

Good morning,
It is a special day for me as it's my oldest grandson's 21st birthday. Happy birthday Brad.
Yesterday I was looking at a list of goals I had made sometime toward the end of January. Some of them I have been doing just fine with reaching; however, others that should be easy to reach I have been slack in accomplishing. Like walking, loosing weight, writing at least one hour a day, you get the idea. The two I believe are the most important are reading my Bible every day and praying every day.
Jesus said in Matthew 6:33
"But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides".
I find if I don't read my bible and pray first thing in the morning, the day gets away from me before I know it and I'm too tired to pray or read.
When I put that as a top priority then my day goes better and when someone calls me to pray about something I am ready to ask God on their behalf.
How about you, did you set goals for 2007? Have you looked at them lately so see how you are measuring up? I can't believe the year is half over. There are some goals I set that I have to get busy on. At least this year I set some, and am working on them. Let me tell you, it feels good.
Take care and God Bless you above and beyond what you can conceive or imagine.
Joy

Believing When We Pray!

Good rainy morning,

Mark 11:23-24
23 Truly I tell you, whoever says to this mountain, Be lifted up and thrown into the sea! and does not doubt at all in his heart but believes that what he says will take place, it will be done for him.
24 For this reason I am telling you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe (trust and be confident) that it is granted to you, and you will [get it].
It is raining this morning. Yesterday I went to the coast with some of my family. It was supposed to be cloudy and a chance of rain. I asked God to let the rains hold off and for sunshine. It was a beautiful sunshiny day at the beach for which I give God praise. When I pray I expect God to do that which I've asked for, do you?
If His Word is true, which I believe it is, then when I go to Him in prayer, believing He will answer, then why do I get surprised when the answer comes?
I do have to remember that just like my earthly parents did, sometimes God says no to my prayer, sometimes He says wait a while and sometimes He answers YES and very quickly.
Take care and have a wonderful day!
Joy

Pleasant Places!

Greetings from sunny Dallas,
It is supposed to be raining here, however all I see is sunshine.
Yesterday my brother, sister and I went to silver Creek Falls. I marveled at the beauty and force of the water going over the cliff.
I kept praising the Lord who made the beauty for me to enjoy.
Psalms 16:6 says:
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

I am so grateful that my loving Father gave me beautiful scenes to enjoy. He has given me a goodly and Godly heritage and I praise Him for his many blessings to me daily.
He is our God and worthy of all praise.
Have a super day!
Joy

Come and Hear!

Good morning all you great people,
Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my Soul. Psalms 66:16
I got up this morning with a song in my heart and joyful praise on my lips. The more I seek Him, the more I get to know Him, the more I want to share the love and peace only God can give. He is concerned about everything that happens to me or you. I am excited about His plans for my life. He is my everything, he is my all.
I pray he leads you and guides you and gives you a super day!
God Bless you!
Joy

Make His Praise Glorious!

Good morning,
Yesterday I had the privilege of going to the beach with two of my brothers and a sister. As far as I can remember this was the first time the four of us had ever done anything with it being just the 4 of us. I felt very special to go with them.
The Lord blessed us with a perfect day, sunshine, laughter, fun, good food, lots of reminiscing. What more could anyone ask for?

Psalms 66:2
Sing forth the honor and glory of His name; make His praise glorious!
Psalms 69:30
I will praise the name of God with a song and will magnify Him with thanksgiving,

I just kept walking around yesterday, offering praise to the Lord. It was a very special day sent from the Father to add to our already wonderful memories.
When I looked out across the ocean, listened to the birds giving praise, saw all the beautiful scenery, my heart was overflowing with praise to the Creator who made all things for our enjoyment.
May you have a wonderful, praise filled day in the Lord.
Joy