Family First

Weekly Word from the Wisdom Walk
Do you know your family is your first and primary mission field? If those closest to us are last priority on our list, it is almost impossible to think we are going to win them to Christ. The order is God, family, church...
Don't fail to be involved in the lives of your children even to to the point of saying "no" to other activities. Charity (or love in this case) begins at home. 

Lord, I Believe

Weekly Word from the Wisdom Walk
Have you ever wondered why more miracles happen in foreign places than in our local churches? I have. And one thing being in Kenya last week taught me is that some people hear healing is available, they come with expectancy. Jesus  healed only a few people in his hometown because only a few people believed enough to show up. Those few who came were healed. What would happen if we walked into church not just because it's the day we worship but expecting God to meet us there? Are we believers who believe or are we just going along with the words because it's in the Bible? I believe God wants to show himself strong in our lives. But we must challenge ourselves to have a faith in God that calls out to him and wait until He answers. Not wonder if he will...
He is the God of the 21st Century as much as he was in the 1st. Prove him. Thank you Paul and Lynn Crawford and the entire church planting Team in Kisumu.

Off on another God adventure ! It's amazing when we are called to follow it's usually with no concept if where obedience will take us. The once constant is the promise of his presence with even to the end of the age.
Please join me and the team in prayer as we minister in Kenya Nairobi, travel dates of 921 to 10/4.
Blessings!

Pray On

Weekly Word from the Wisdom Walk
Sometimes we pray and nothing happens. The solution then is to ask God to help us align our prayers with his design for us. We were created with a specific destiny in mind and that explains why honest, sincere prayers seem to go unanswered. It's not just saying not my will but rather bring me to the set purpose for my life. Show me how to pray in line with your plan. This is why it is so crucial to pray in the Spirit.  Not necessarily in tongues but with a listening heart so we can pray according to the will of God.

The Bible says the Spirit helps our weaknesses by interceding to the Father according to His "known" will.

Spirit of God,  help us today to pray with insight to the direction you would have us go. Please direct the words of our mouth, and the meditation of our hearts.  Amen.

The Good Die Young Too

Weekly Word from the Wisdom Walk
Difficult day as my husband officiated at the funeral of a 17-year old who died in his sleep, 2 weeks ago. I heard the question asked, "Does God have anything to do with this?" I heard it echo through the church as people struggled not to blame God, but not wanting to accept the death of this young man as His will.
This young man's passing is the reason Jesus wept at the tomb of Lazarus. With sin came sickness and disease, and with those came death. Did God want to see this youth die before he lived? No. But it is part of the natural law which came into effect when Adam sinned.
God does not reverse the laws of nature each time one of his children is affected. What he did more than 2000 years ago was send His son to die so eternal life can be regained.
That is our hope not salvation from all the perils of earth but life with Christ because of the power of his resurrection.  Please, know Jesus. Don't just talk about Christianity, but be forgiven by the Christ and live for him.
RIP Xavier Louis,  you left your testimony behind as someone who followed Jesus. To be absent from the body is to present with the LORD.

WAKE UP CHURCH!

I think I will go ahead and post this again. I especially call on ministers of the gospel to speak the truth to your friends and relatives. Stealing, lying, fornication, abortion, homosexuality, gluttony...are all sins. God loves the sinner, always. But we must not pretend. Sin is sin. Stop lying to save face or feelings. Once again, the falling away has already begun.

Thessalonians 2:1-3Version (NKJV)The Great Apostasy

Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, 2 not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of [a]Christ had come. 3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of [b]sin is revealed, the son of perdition.

The very fact this conversation is necessary proves the truth of the Bible and Christianity.  It doesn't matter who claim to kiss Christianity goodbye or who has given up singing the songs of the LORD, our faith should not be shaken. Yes, some of the apostate or confused are influencers but honestly, our faith should not be based on worship songs or worship leaders. And because someone who wrote for God now supposedly has denied him, it does not alter the truth of the Word.

Beloved,  don't be shaken. We were warned of the falling away and sadly, some Christians will follow the lead of the backslider. This is why faith MUST be in God and our eyes can't be on just people or a feeling, or type of music. We must tear down these idols and icons, get in our own prayer closets, and see Jesus. If we are so rattled now, what will we do when things get worse???
And even as stand firm let's not close the door on these weaker believers. Continue to pray for them as they struggle. God is fully able to restore them to his service, for his glory.
 MARANATHA !!

Using What You Have

 I bought two bags of beautiful navel oranges.They turned out to be so sour,  it made my cheeks hurt! Juicing them would  not have helped so out came the Dutch pot and brown sugar. It was a much longer process than just enjoying a fresh peeled orange. The outcome was also different. Instead of a few oranges, l now have a sweet treat to last a couple of weeks.
 Like you, I prefer easy.  But often what we think will be a simple 1-2-3 turn out to be tools or the building blocks for something greater. Trials, problems, disappointments,  failure are all "sour stuff." Still, God uses them to build character traits we would never have acquired otherwise. Today, I'm saying nothing new. Use your problems as stepping stones and your distress as discipline. And if your beautiful oranges turn out to be unfit for a snack, don't get angry. Make jam.
God bless you !