tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74303188325086622802012-01-04T16:33:55.337-06:00Great and Unsearchable ThingsThings the Lord gives me, and then I write them.Patti Blounthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15376249926089596648noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430318832508662280.post-76158759073459887322012-01-04T08:23:00.001-06:002012-01-04T16:33:55.349-06:002012-01-04T16:33:55.349-06:00Pogo revisitedThe devil is not the enemy. Our self-will is.(The Lord showed me that personally this morning) Thank goodness, by way of the cross (as we yield to His work) that self-will is dying daily. Let God arise and let His enemies (our self will) be scattered!!! Can I get a witness?Patti Blounthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15376249926089596648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430318832508662280.post-56250696083476931132011-10-16T08:53:00.001-05:002011-10-18T08:31:36.504-05:002011-10-18T08:31:36.504-05:00Making Gold I have a classic devotional book called Streams In the Desert. I like to read it because it has, I feel, a true perspective on suffering and trials in this life, which is absent in most of today's literature. May I propose that in this day, as our prosperity level changed, so did our belief system. This should not be so, as what it truth is truth under God, and His truths are unchangeable.
Patti Blounthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15376249926089596648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430318832508662280.post-4688173243547274492011-09-04T12:04:00.001-05:002011-09-04T12:08:03.961-05:002011-09-04T12:08:03.961-05:00New Covenant Destiny "God wants you prosperous!" exclaims the preacher of today. "Have the faith of Abraham, and you'll be rich like he was. This is our inheritance. Afterall, God owns the cattle on a thousand hills," he says with dollar signs in his eyes, enticing those who have itching ears, and those who either from misfortune or self-induced money problems, sit as his prey. These "teachings", false Patti Blounthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15376249926089596648noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430318832508662280.post-84641357043826353552011-08-04T08:13:00.001-05:002011-08-04T08:13:49.867-05:002011-08-04T08:13:49.867-05:00Going, Going, Gone God tells us to "love not the world, neither the things in the world" and if we do then His love isn't in us. What a statement! I'm wondering if many people who call themselves His know what He has said, and if they have, have let it weigh on them at all!!!
As I look around, I see people who call themselves His in Western christianity, loving the world. They are doing things as the Patti Blounthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15376249926089596648noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430318832508662280.post-33368704106296424292011-07-13T15:03:00.002-05:002011-07-15T08:12:13.894-05:002011-07-15T08:12:13.894-05:00Humble partners with our LordThe following is taken from my devotional book, Streams in the Desert.
God, will You bind us to the cross, and fill us with such love for it that we will never abandon it? Please bind us with Your scarlet cord of redemption, Your gold cord of love, and the silver cord of hope in Christ's second coming. Amen. We ask this so that we will not turn from the cross of sacrifice, or desire becoming Patti Blounthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15376249926089596648noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430318832508662280.post-30457253438012300282011-06-28T09:00:00.002-05:002011-06-28T09:00:50.072-05:002011-06-28T09:00:50.072-05:00Living in the "Nevertheless" As we grow in Christ, our will's become more and more surrendered to His. This growing happens as He shows us that He is indeed trustworthy. We take baby steps towards Him realizing we haven't fallen, but He catches us with His safe and loving arms. Then, again, trust grows towards Him, and it gets firmer and firmer. We become "established on the Rock of our salvation" which is Jesus Christ.Patti Blounthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15376249926089596648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430318832508662280.post-38714791927588168212011-04-25T18:25:00.001-05:002011-04-29T08:31:01.134-05:002011-04-29T08:31:01.134-05:00We're Made for More Than ThisIs this not the fast that I have chosen: to loose the chains of unjustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter-when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? THEN (caps, mine) your light will break forth like the dawn, Patti Blounthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15376249926089596648noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430318832508662280.post-77722318044493774242011-04-02T10:33:00.004-05:002011-04-02T10:39:57.214-05:002011-04-02T10:39:57.214-05:00The Buck Stops Here or The Roman Shade in the Bathroom This past summer, my husband and I were able to buy a new house after 30 years of living in our old one. Because I love decorating so much, I tend to get overzealous by putting my marks on it. All well and good, as a home usually does reflect the likes of the people living in it. But, it all costs money.
I discovered I was carrying around in my head, a future list of things to buy thatPatti Blounthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15376249926089596648noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430318832508662280.post-40924792469109671772011-03-30T09:38:00.002-05:002011-03-30T11:07:41.505-05:002011-03-30T11:07:41.505-05:00As I Follow Christ Who are you being "led" by? Of course, on the most basic level, we, as Christ-followers, are led by the Holy Spirit of God. But God also gives us human examples, in the Body of Christ, to follow in our walk with God. And it's not the same person, at all times.
Paul said to follow him as He followed Christ. Then there's the picture of Jesus Himself, being the supreme, servant leader asPatti Blounthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15376249926089596648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430318832508662280.post-48398036112194428642011-03-29T09:39:00.001-05:002011-03-29T09:39:02.517-05:002011-03-29T09:39:02.517-05:00He Will Restore our Souls Recently it has been brought to my awareness that 2 of the basic components of love that a human being needs to grow in "soul" (mind, will, emotions) health are acceptance and a sense of belonging. God designed this to happen within the context of family, with 2 parents who give those things to a child.With the reality of so many in this world who have not received these 2 vital elementsPatti Blounthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15376249926089596648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430318832508662280.post-79781499726406849572011-03-01T09:18:00.000-06:002011-03-01T09:18:03.721-06:002011-03-01T09:18:03.721-06:00Christ in Us; the Hope of Glory!! (Let Him Out)
I like to read books and articles on our life in Christ. Sometimes an author can say a "truth" of God in a different way than another author, and it becomes "rhema" (life-giving) to us, or they state a truth that reaffirms what God has been speaking to you which can quell some confusion you may have had about an issue.
For quite awhile now, I have been wanting to use quotes from Patti Blounthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15376249926089596648noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430318832508662280.post-32706348580847080612011-01-10T11:33:00.001-06:002011-01-10T11:44:52.281-06:002011-01-10T11:44:52.281-06:00Marriage and Entering the Kingdom God said that it is through many tribulations that we will enter the Kingdom of God. Entering the Kingdom suggests being "one" with the Kingdom's ways, or with that of her King. As in marriage we are called on to "become one." So what does one have to do with the other?
Does becoming one in marriage mean that one of the partners (usually thought of as the wife traditionally) has to do Patti Blounthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15376249926089596648noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430318832508662280.post-84351652047848412122011-01-03T09:37:00.000-06:002011-01-03T09:37:36.178-06:002011-01-03T09:37:36.178-06:00 Would you forgive me because I am "the thinker"? In fact, can you believe, that when I was awake at 4:30 am this morning (although I stayed in bed) I thought of this post. My mind automatically goes there. Sometimes I wonder seriously if I need to get on that ADD medicine to help my brain focus, or something to help me not think so much. Did God make me this way, or is it a malfunction, I Patti Blounthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15376249926089596648noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430318832508662280.post-68181076573888506162010-10-30T10:54:00.002-05:002010-10-30T10:56:05.609-05:002010-10-30T10:56:05.609-05:00Walking a Fine Line When people continue to live a life of "immediate gratification" it WILL result in consequences that will harm, cause pain, and even destroy, not only the one making the decisions but also those around them.
"If you sow to the flesh, you will of the flesh reap destruction." The only way out of this dilemma is to realize your sin, (and, I believe feel sorry for it) confess it, and Patti Blounthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15376249926089596648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430318832508662280.post-24846151715520933592010-10-23T10:45:00.000-05:002010-10-23T10:45:33.175-05:002010-10-23T10:45:33.175-05:00A Matter of Opinion? Recently, I sent out an email asking people I know if they wanted me to continue to inform them when I wrote a new post on my blog. One of the responses, said that although they didn't necessarily agree with all my opinions, that they wanted to see how other Christians saw things, and remain open and teachable, suggesting that "yes" they would like to continue to be informed. They went on Patti Blounthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15376249926089596648noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430318832508662280.post-36126075287822334222010-10-19T08:37:00.001-05:002010-10-19T08:45:31.086-05:002010-10-19T08:45:31.086-05:00Come, and Follow Me."You are not your own; you were bought with a price." When we get emboldened to be our own "man/woman" deciding what we will/will not do with our lives, we get further and further away from God. The relationship soon weakens, we begin to feel dry, and, if not remedied overtime, will die altogether. That is a high price to pay for following our own will instead of seeking His. We are taught, by Patti Blounthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15376249926089596648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430318832508662280.post-63008017426821899052010-10-17T15:47:00.001-05:002010-10-17T15:50:59.874-05:002010-10-17T15:50:59.874-05:00Death Producing Life All the pain we have suffered, whether self-induced or unjustly placed on us by others, is used, if we allow it, to shape us into His image. The other day I was suffering so much emotional pain on the inside; I thought I would bust. God spoke to me, by His Spirit, that I was where I was supposed to be. I told Him that I didn't believe Him. I said that this much pain couldn't be where He Patti Blounthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15376249926089596648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430318832508662280.post-84342777022624037722010-10-08T13:36:00.000-05:002010-10-08T13:36:46.564-05:002010-10-08T13:36:46.564-05:00We must obey God, and not Man As this walk with the Lord goes forward, I am finding that the path is getting more and more perilous. He asks more of us as maturing children, and the cost becomes higher. He's shown me that I have, in the name of being nice or hospitality even, have appeased man, and have neglected to follow what He has asked me to do, say and be. I suppose many of us have done that. This has become a Patti Blounthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15376249926089596648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430318832508662280.post-65831781077519974692010-08-31T10:25:00.000-05:002010-08-31T10:25:17.403-05:002010-08-31T10:25:17.403-05:00Things Are Not what They Appear The Lord has been bringing to my attention lately the subject of faith; in otherwords, believing in the things that are not seen because we believe instead the things that God has declared as true. And, we can believe these things because we believe in Him because He is truth.
In situations in our lives, we seek Him and His promises because we are in need of Him. So we pray and ask HimPatti Blounthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15376249926089596648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430318832508662280.post-47819011228381411052010-08-24T16:16:00.000-05:002010-08-24T16:16:21.883-05:002010-08-24T16:16:21.883-05:00Rethinking Fruit We, as Christ's Body, are to be known by our fruit, He says. I have thought, erroneously, it seems that if someone gives to others and does nice things for them, than this is an obvious display of fruit, somehow proving that they are part of the Body of Christ. Certainly, giving ourselves on behalf of others is something a surrendered person will do, but in itself is not the total picture.
Patti Blounthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15376249926089596648noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430318832508662280.post-22883893546957436782010-07-11T08:19:00.000-05:002010-07-11T08:19:12.435-05:002010-07-11T08:19:12.435-05:00Have you seen Christ today?Thinking about Christ-likeness today: What is that? What does it look like? How do we obtain it? Has anyone actually seen an example of it in action today?
My thoughts: Whenever we have defenses built up, (and we all do) these keep His Spirit from flowing through us. (and it stops His likeness or character from coming out of us) So, the baptism of fire, or letting ourselves die daily, is Patti Blounthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15376249926089596648noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430318832508662280.post-60303285843999928832010-07-09T08:09:00.000-05:002010-07-09T08:09:12.749-05:002010-07-09T08:09:12.749-05:00Can meeting together fulfill God's vision of Body Life?http://www.paidionbooks.org/girrard/bullets/bb620316.html
After reading this article, I was challenged to examine my own actions. Recently, I have started attending a home group. As the article mentions, "meetings" (whether we assemble at 'church' or in homes) fall way short of the vision God has for us to "lay down our lives" for each other. It would seem like one could only do that in a Patti Blounthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15376249926089596648noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430318832508662280.post-87575172387512342482010-07-05T08:34:00.000-05:002010-07-05T08:34:03.365-05:002010-07-05T08:34:03.365-05:00Searching Out the Matter I don't have the following matter completely clear-do you?
I was reading in Ecclesiastes this morning and came upon the Scipture," Now all has been heard, here is the conclusion of the matter; Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgement, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil" Eccl.12: 13, 14.
Patti Blounthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15376249926089596648noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430318832508662280.post-38454167609250046752010-07-01T09:26:00.001-05:002010-07-01T09:27:42.371-05:002010-07-01T09:27:42.371-05:00Holding God to the Letter "My sheep hear my voice," Jesus says. Some Christians believe that the only way to "hear His voice" is through the written word of God. They, in essence, hold Him to the "letter". Let's look at the "letter" to examine something. Didn't Peter, when he was sleeping on the rooftop, have a dream about eating all things, and told, by the Spirit to "go to Straight street"? And, wasn't Paul Patti Blounthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15376249926089596648noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7430318832508662280.post-1292291299261235942010-06-26T08:45:00.001-05:002010-06-26T08:53:23.180-05:002010-06-26T08:53:23.180-05:00The Cleansing Fire of GodHello, Body of Christ, "out there." Are you going through a particularly hard time at present? I don't mean just a "normal" trial of life, but something that's "happening" that goes above and beyond the past pressures? Something that is threatening your status quo, and is shaking every fiber of your being? Something you didn't see coming, and it feels like the enemy has customized this just for Patti Blounthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15376249926089596648noreply@blogger.com2