Mama Mkristo wa Leo- Today's Christian Woman

2026-04-14T14:39:00.000-07:00

Am back! God is good. It's been a minute. I am now retired and will devote more time to writing inspiring messages. Be blessed as you read and follow.

It is well

2013-07-13T12:27:00.001-07:00

You may be going through "stuff": pain, heartache, illness, misunderstanding, or "whatever." Do not give up; do not assume all is gone.....it is well, it is going to be well. Hold on to faith, hope and prayer. Yes, it is well, it is well.

2011-07-06T15:25:00.001-07:00

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Good and more Good

2011-02-09T11:41:00.000-08:00

My God is good ..all the time....and all the time my God is good.
I feel better today than I have felt in the last 2 weeks. It is hard to coordinate and to live in two different environmnets: my work and my home. For each there are unique challenges that I have to address and sometimes am totally lost as to how best to address that.
Let us pray that each day God gives us wisdom.

Losing a loved one

2011-01-26T09:05:00.000-08:00

It is hard when we lose those that we love. In just two days I have lost two people dear to me: my uncle and my dear friend Mary Robinson. This brings to mind the vanity of life and the "temporariness" of it all. The reality that we are just passing by and that we are on a journey is so real to me. However, the fact that they are happy, at peace, and in glory gives me somewhat, a satisfaction.
Life is but a vapor.
Rest in peace John and Mary.

LIFE

2011-01-20T10:40:00.001-08:00

Aren't you glad to be alive today? Imagine all the people who were here yesterday but are no more? Sometimes I feel like we take life for granted. My prayer today is to that I learn to appreciate my presence in this world and pray that I can be the best person that I need to be.
Love you and praying for you:)

Everyday with Jesus

2010-12-26T15:48:00.000-08:00

I hope that you enjoyed your Christmas holiday. This is always an exciting time for me and my family. We meditate on the birth and life of Christ. This Christmas day we all shared about our lives as committed Christians and re-lived the day we believe to have been our turning point- the day we said YES LORD, I WANT YOU TO BE THE KING AND LORD OF MY LIFE. It is important to review this commitment and to welcome Christ in our hearts, our minds, our homes, our jobs etc EVERYDAY......EVERYDAY WITH JESUS
May the joy of Christ fill your hearts and minds; may you find life and health; grace and peace for the coming year 2011....

What Are You Looking For?

2010-12-11T15:44:00.001-08:00

One blustery winter day a few years ago Lois and I were purring along in our car. We were listening to Christmas music on our way to do some shopping. It was a few days before Christmas. We were thinking about how good God had been to us. We were in good health. We had eight children who love us. We had fulfilling ministry. So many blessings. Our hearts were full and happy. Things were close but we had all we need and much of what we want.

Passing an area where there were some poor children playing, Lois said, “Turn around and go back. Let’s find a little child who could use some money.”

After some mild objections I turned around and we went back and drove into the dirt road between the modest houses. I rolled the window down and drove slowly looking toward the little groups of children. Most of them stood back and looked at our slow-moving car suspiciously. Finally one little boy ran out to the car and said, “Hi, can I help you.”

“Yes, I said. I’m looking for a young man that could use an extra twenty dollars for Christmas. Do you know anybody like that?”

“Sure,” he said, “I can.” Grinning, he reached out and took the money.

“Wow, thanks!” He ran toward the house shouting, “Hey mom, dad….”

We drove away.

We weren’t looking for a boy who was talented or gifted or handsome or impressive in any way. We were just looking for a boy who was willing to admit that he could use an extra twenty dollars at Christmastime.

When Jesus came to this sin-poor world He was not looking for sharp people for his team.
He was not looking for funding for His cause.
He was not looking for moral support…
He was looking for some good honest sinners…
He was looking for sinners who knew they were sinners…

The heart of the Christmas story came out once when one of Jesus’ disciples was irritated that Jesus had been rejected by Samaritans. He said, “shall we call down fire out of heaven and consume them?” Jesus answer revealed his heart for the world. He said, “The Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them. (Luke 9:56)

Later in the book of Luke Jesus said to Zacchaeus, “The son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.” (Luke 19:10). Jesus came looking for people who were sinners. According to the gospels sinners are sick, lost, wounded, dead, weak and ungodly. That is the kind of people Jesus came looking for at Christmas time.

The God of Eternity is looking to pour out the riches of his salvation to anyone willing to admit his spiritual poverty. He is willing to heal anyone who is willing to admit that he is spiritually wounded. He is seeking to find anyone who is willing to admit he is lost. He is eager to heal those who are broken and sick. He came looking for people who were needy and willing to admit it. These are his favorite kind of people.

Christmas is for good, honest sinners. The people who have not been deceived into believing that they don’t need Jesus. Christmas is for good honest sinners who live in a deep and continual awareness of their need. Christmas is for when Jesus came to show people whose idols have failed them that Jesus is all their hearts ever craved.

It’s Christmas, when Jesus came looking for some good honest sinners. Anyone interested? Who wants to be first to say, “I need you, Jesus.” Jesus is looking for broken people to bless. He is looking for hurting people to help. He is looking for sinners to save. Let him know you qualify.

Kenneth L. Pierpont - From "The Encourager"

Welcome Him this Christmas season

2010-12-11T15:22:00.000-08:00

Do not let Jesus stay out in the cold this Christmas. Welcome Him in your heart. WISHING YOU ALL LOVE, GRACE AND PEACE THIS CHRISTMAS AND A HOPEFUL, SUCCESSFUL AND CHRIST FILLED NEW YEAR.

RIP Elizabeth

2010-12-07T15:06:00.000-08:00

We mourn a model of strength and courage today-Elizabeth Edwards, 61. Cancer has taken away a strong woman. My prayers are with your family. HEAVENLY PEACE MY FRIEND. TILL WE MEET AGAIN :)

The end of year draws near.....

2010-12-03T13:32:00.000-08:00

I hope you all had a great thanksgiving. There is a lot to be thankful for. Thankful I am still here. As the year draws to a close I hope we can let God lead and direct our lives more closely. LET HIM, HE WANTS TO.

Aim that prayer at someone.....->->->->->->->

2010-11-16T13:55:00.000-08:00

Prayer is the most important tool for your mission in the world. People may refuse our love or reject our message, but they are defenseless against our prayers. Like an intercontinental missile, you can aim a prayer at a person's heart whether you are 10 feet or 10,000 miles away.

Develop Your Friendship with God

2010-11-03T16:48:00.000-07:00

Like any friendship, you must work at developing your friendship with God. It won't happen by accident. It takes desire, time, and energy. If you want a deeper, more intimate connection with God, you must learn to honestly share your feelings with him, trust him, when he asks you to do something, learn to care about what he cares about, and desire his friendship more than anything else.[unknown]
" Draw close to God, and God will draw close to you." James 4:8 NLT

Let the praises ring

2010-10-06T16:22:00.001-07:00

To the only ONE who makes the moon reflect the sun; glory and honor and majesty. You are awesome God in everyway

God is faithful

2010-10-05T13:50:00.001-07:00

God is so faithful....even when we are faithless; even when we are full of fear...He is faithful....

Hearing God's Voice

2010-08-02T08:38:00.000-07:00

"Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord: The word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him." (1 Samuel 3:7)

Samuel was born to Hannah, a woman who had a deep commitment to God. She was barren, but she cried out to God for a son. The Lord gave her Samuel, whom she completely gave to the Lord for His service. After weaning him, she took him to the house of the Lord to be reared by the priests. Eli was the priest of Israel, but he was not a godly leader. He had allowed much corruption, including the sins of his sons, in God's house. God was not pleased with Eli and later judged him and his household.

Samuel grew up in the temple serving God. He also grew up seeing the hypocrisy of Eli's household, yet this did not change the young man. God was with him. We learn that even though young Samuel had a belief in God, he had not yet experienced a personal relationship with Him. God called to Samuel three times, but Samuel thought it was Eli, the priest, calling him. Finally, Eli told him to say, "Speak Lord, for your servant is listening" (1 Sam. 3:9b). This is what Samuel did, and God began telling Samuel important things to come.

Many of us grow up in religious environments. We go to church every week. We have a head knowledge of God, but we do not recognize God's voice in our lives. There comes a time when we must recognize God's voice for ourselves. God does not want us to have a religion; He wants us to have a two-way relationship with Him. Samuel was never the same after this encounter. He would know God's voice and would respond to Him in obedience.

Do you know God's voice? Can you recognize it when He speaks? In order to hear God's voice, you must be clean before Him and listen. Listen to God's voice today and follow His plans for you.

The Daily Encourager

STAY IN GOD'S WILL

2010-04-12T21:59:00.001-07:00

Stay in God's Will
David Langerfeld
Apr 12, 2010

Stay in God's Will

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all you ways acknowledge him and he will direct your paths." Proverbs 3:5-6

Dr. Baker James Cauthen resigned from the faculty of Southwestern Seminary and the pastorate of Travis Avenue Baptist Church in Ft. Worth to take his family to China in 1939, in the midst of war. His explanation was simple: the safest place in all the world to be is the center of the will of God.

Before he left for China, Dr. Cauthen said to his friend Bill Howse: "Bill, many people are making a lot out of what we are trying to do, but for us it's simply the will of God. It's such a good feeling that I can say that if our ship is bombed in Hong Kong harbor and we never set foot on Chinese soil, I will have a sense of completeness because I will have been doing the will of God for me."

Remember. The Will of God will never take you...
Where the grace of God cannot keep you,
Where the arms of God cannot support you,
Where the hands of God cannot mold you.
Where the power of God cannot endow you.

The will of God will never take you...
Where the spirit of God cannot work through you,
Where the riches of God cannot supply you,
Where the wisdom of God cannot teach you,
Where the army of God cannot protect you,

The will of God will never take you...
Where the love of God cannot enfold you,
Where the mercy of God cannot sustain you,
Where the Word of God cannot feed you,
Where the authority of God cannot overrule for you.

The will of God will never take you...
Where the comfort of God cannot dry your tears,
Where the peace of God cannot calm your fears,
Where the miracles of God cannot be done for you,
Where the omnipresence of God cannot find you.

11 Paths to Prayer, Spiritual Life, Christian Living

2010-02-14T17:22:00.000-08:00

11 Paths to Prayer, Spiritual Life, Christian Living

winning1 / Winning Tenure Without Losing Your Soul - Inside Higher Ed

2010-01-21T16:05:00.000-08:00

winning1 / Winning Tenure Without Losing Your Soul - Inside Higher Ed

I really wish I had read this before starting on my dissertation! Well, I read it too late but nevertheless am so very done. Will take notice for my next project

The Keys to Victory in 2010

2010-01-10T15:42:00.000-08:00

As we start this new year and this new decade, may we learn to look upon Him, the author and finisher of our faith. I wish you all a Faith filled year.
In the meantime, read the article below from one of my favorite writers.

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Keys to Victory in 2010
Philippians 3:13-14

THE KEY
The key to victory in 2010 is Philippians 3:13-14. Paul was using the illustration of a race to describe his life. He was in the home stretch, but he was still running the race; the race wasn't over. The first thing we need to notice is that Paul was not satisfied with his performance. No runner worth his salt is ever satisfied with his performance. He always wants to go a little faster, a little longer or a little harder. Each runner wants to continually improve himself. and Paul was the same. He said, "I have not apprehended it yet." - NOT YET!

Right behind this conjunction is one of Paul's secrets to living: THIS ONE THING I DO! It's the only time this phrase is used in the New Testament. Single-minded concentration on the things of God is essential to running the race of Christianity. You cannot be dwelling on other things as an athlete and give your best performance. Therefore, Paul says "this one thing I do."

What is "This One Thing I Do"?
"Forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." That's the key for victory in the Christian life. That's the key for victory in 2010.

What do we need to forget?
Paul had learned that we have to lock the door on yesterday and throw away the key. Paul discovered that looking back almost always ends up in going back. Let me repeat that... Looking back almost always ends up in going back. In the Old Testament we find the wandering Israelites ready to return to their old ways rather than pressing on. In the New Testament Jesus clearly taught us in Luke 9:62 that "no man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for God's Kingdom."

4 THINGS WE NEED TO FORGET:

1. YESTERDAY'S MISTAKES
In his book "ENCOURAGE ME", Chuck Swindoll has a chapter entitled, "The Fine Art of Blowing It". It begins like this, "It happens to every one of us. Teachers as well as students. cops as well as criminals. Bosses as well as secretaries. Parents as well as kids. The diligent as well as the lazy. Not even presidents are immune. Or corporation heads who earn six-figure salaries. The same is true of well-meaning architects and hard-working builders and clear-thinking engineers... not to mention pro ball players, politicians, and preachers. What? making mistakes, that's what. Doing the wrong thing, usually with the best of motives. And it happens with remarkable regularity."

Dale Carnegie has a folder entitled "FTD" It stands for "Fool Things I Have Done." Whenever he did something foolish or stupid, he would dictate a record of it to his secretary. He confesses, however, that he was so embarrassed by his stupidity that he was ashamed to have her know it. So he would write it out in longhand and slip it into the file himself.

Everyone makes mistakes. Everybody does stupid, foolish things. God's Word says: "forget it" - leave them behind you.

There are 3 things we should do about yesterday's mistakes:
1. Learn from them
2. Determine with God's help not to do them again
3. Forget them.
Satan will want to remind you and make you feel guilty for your past mistakes – but God says: "Forget Them. I HAVE"!

2. YESTERDAY'S HURTS
Life is a battlefield. You're a soldier in God's Army. On any battleground, injuries will occur and soldiers are going to get hurt. Sooner or later, someone is going to
... hurt you.
... lie about you
... verbally or physically harm you
... misrepresent you
... chop you up in little pieces
... slander you

It's going to happen--what do you do?
You have two choices:
1. Allow the resentment and hate to build
2. Forgive and Forget
A. Forgive as Christ forgave you
- just as He forgave the Roman soldiers who didn't know what they were doing.
B. Forget those things that are behind you Phil. 3:13

You might say, but David -
... You Don't Understand
.... You don't understand what's happened to me.
.... You don't know how bad I've been hurt.
.... I was innocent.
.... I didn't do anything wrong, but they hurt me.
.... They lied about me.
.... They hurt my feelings and they didn't care.
.... They criticized me when I didn't do anything wrong.
.... They talked about me behind my back.
.... They cheated me, they rejected me, they hurt me really bad.

God understands. Jesus was innocent, but they beat him, they tortured him, they mocked him, they crucified him. He didn't deserve it, but they did it anyway. On the cross, He forgave them. On the cross, He provided salvation for even those who beat him, who mocked him, who crucified him. In order to press on in the Christian life, we have to lock the door on yesterday's hurts.

3. YESTERDAY'S POSSIBILITIES
How often do I see people unable to operate in today because they are still living a "what if" life. They keep talking about "what could have been"--"if I had only..."

Quite often they blame someone else
... if only my wife hadn't...
.... if only my parents (children) hadn't...
.... if only my business partner had...
.... if only the war hadn't...

They even blame God - "if God would have… or if God wouldn't have…"

We can't live on yesterday's promises or yesterday's dreams. Too many people are dissatisfied with life because they've had an expectation that just hasn't worked out. Paul is saying--forget your past hurts, forget your past mistakes and forget living with what might have been and finally...

4. YESTERDAY'S SINS
Billy Graham once said that 60% of all the patients in mental hospitals could go home if they would accept the fact that they are not guilty or that they have been forgiven.

Many people are carrying a burden of guilt:
... A past mistake
.... A moral failure
.... A painful cut to a friend
.... A physical hurt to someone
.... A stupid, hateful remark
.... A poor decision
.... A sin so horrible that they believe either God will not forgive them or they will not forgive themselves

***There is no sin, no matter how great or small, once it has been confessed and forgiven, that the memory of it should torment us no more. Let me repeat that: When sin, no matter how great or how grievous, has been confessed and forgiven, the memory of it should torment us no more!

Notice, Paul didn't say, "I've forgotten those things which are behind. Paul said, forgetting those things. Paul had learned the secret. There are some things in our memory that we will never forget.

We have to keep practicing forgetting...
Guilt will eat us alive. Every time the memory comes back, every time a song or a word or a smell or a picture or a person reminds us, we continue to practice forgetting. How long do we practice forgetting?... until the memory doesn't hurt any more. ... until we allow God to forgive us ... until we allow God to forgive through us ... until the pain is no longer there
... until we can use our past to help us grow in the present ... until we can use our past to help others in the present

God says in Jeremiah 31:34 "I will forgive their iniquity and remember their sin no more."

Psalm 103:12 "I will remove their sin as far as the east is from the west."

I John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

It's time to:
Lock the Door on the Past!
Throw Away the Key!
Forget Where You Have Thrown It!

By David Langerfeld
Jan 4, 2010

10 Ways To Make Your Cover Letter Stand Out

2009-12-11T09:34:00.000-08:00

10 Ways To Make Your Cover Letter Stand Out

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

2009-11-25T08:53:00.000-08:00

Thank you Lord for all the blessings that you have bestowed upon us. To you all, HAPPY THANKSGIVING

My favourite song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj0vdV-Q2I0

Waiting upon the Lord

2009-11-12T13:50:00.000-08:00

EAGLES

"But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." (Isa 40:31)

As an eagle goes through the good months of feeding in full measure, he also begins to gain weight. This weight begins to hinder his ability to fly and find food. His speed diminishes and he grows tired quickly. God created in eagles a special inbred answer to this.

The eagle will fly high and find a cleft in the rocks of the mountains. He will look for one that has cover from the elements, and an area that water gathers from morning dew and rain. Once he has found this cleft, he sets himself in it and begins to pluck out all his wing flight feathers! One by one he removes them till he is no longer able to fly, even if he wanted to.

There he remains, waiting... waiting... waiting... until his weight begins to come off him for lack of food other than a few bugs who may find the cleft also. At the same time, slowly his feathers begin to grow back. When the entire ordeal is over, he is back to a slim weight, and ready to once again take flight.

Now with his lighter weight, he can fly higher and faster and he is able once again to swoop down on his meal with great speed - All because he waited for the transformation to take place. Also, because he placed himself in an area where he had no choice but to trust in the Creator that his feathers will grow back. What a wonderful God we serve! How great are His thoughts to have designed the eagle in such a way as He did.

It is the same with us, Beloved. He wants us to place ourselves in a position of no choice but to trust in Him to supply all we need to carry on. In this time of waiting upon the Lord, He renews us mentally, spiritually, physically and emotionally. This time of waiting can be a challenge to us. We may want to fly away from it, but we can not. We are left with the only thing to do.

"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." (Proverbs 3:5-6)

When this time is finished, we shall have new strength, hope, endurance and Faith to finish the race set before us!

Author
Robyn Cavalera
Robyajesusfreak@bellsouth.net

The Lord Goes Before You...

2009-10-22T19:35:00.001-07:00

HOLDING ONTO THE "B"

The Lord is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed. Deut. 31:8

On a family vacation, three year old Tommy wore a new western hat that was nearly half the size of him. He was thrilled the day his dad took him by the horses. He’d never been this close to a horse before.

I watched Tommy struggling to reach through the fence and stroke the horse’s nose. He was holding his “B” In his left hand, the blankie that went everywhere with him. Even on the airplane and out to see the horses. Only thing is he couldn’t quite negotiate getting his hand through the fence hole, without dropping the “B”. And he wasn’t about to drop the “B”.

I couldn’t help but think of how many times there is something good out there, I want to move forward, take the next step. Yet I want to hold on to the security of the past. I just can’t let go of something for fear of how I would be able to manage without it. Kind of reminds me of a story I heard once about a daddy and his young daughter who had a strand of pink plastic pearls.

God asks us to grow in our Christian walk. We don’t have to do it alone, in fact we can’t. 1 Peter 2-3 says, Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tasted that the Lord is good. The “meat”, more of God, is a blessing,

Our “B’s” are wonderful for a season, then comes a time we no longer have to hold onto them. May we have the courage and grace to let go and trust our Heavenly Father to take care of us in the next step He has for us. He is already there anyway;

I had a friend that used to put it this way, “you can’t go anywhere that God is not already there.” That is good news.

Sally Ireland Kennedy
© 2009 Irish Thursdays Weekly Devotionals

PASTOR APPRECIATION MONTH

2009-10-06T03:55:00.000-07:00

October is pastor appreciation month. Please bless your pastor, and his wife.Imagine what they do for you and for your congregation. How many times do you walk up to them after service and say "thank you!" Very few times. It almost becomes routine to listen to our pastors. Okay- appreciate them this month. Tell them how much you love their encouragement, love and YES rebuke. They have been approved by God to work for you with no charge- send them a card this month. We appreciate all of you men and women of God.Thank you for your sacrifices, faithfulness and prayers.