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<lastBuildDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 20:34:18 +1000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Blessed With A Burden</title><dc:creator>bekky.nixon@optusnet.com.au</dc:creator><dc:subject>Walk</dc:subject><dc:date>2009-05-02T20:33:19+10:00</dc:date><link>www.justbekky.com/walk/walk.html#unique-entry-id-25</link><guid isPermaLink="true">www.justbekky.com/walk/walk.html#unique-entry-id-25</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I watched Freedom Writers today. Something stuck in my mind... a man says to his daughter, when her husband leaves her for doing what was right, "You are blessed... blessed with a burden."<br /><br />A lot of people don't understand how I "operate." Why I choose to be a Christian. Why I choose to have nothing to do with drugs, extra-marital sex, why I say things that people hate because I believe that the Bible is RIGHT and people are WRONG...<br /><br />I love people. But people are not God. I worship God, and love people - not the other way around.<br /><br />I know this makes people uncomfortable, but I'm not sorry. I love God, and I love YOU, and accommodating for sin doesn't do people any favours. I have my own sin; how am I supposed to repent of my own sin, and yet deny it in everyone around me?<br /><br />I've been to a lot of Churches. I've heard a lot of sermons. Most of them were telling me how I could be better, happier, and more fulfilled in life through a series of steps or a strategy laid out by the preacher. Yet Jesus was BRAVE and STRONG - he told people that the only way to true peace and joy is to lay down your life, repent, follow Him, and if necessary, follow Him to the death.<br /><br />If He calls me, I will do it. I will follow Him to the death. And so will my brothers and sisters in Christ. Because it is no longer I that lives, but Christ who lives in me. My life is not my own anymore.<br /><br />People see this when they look into my eyes and it scares them. They see a person who is a willing slave, and they don't understand how I can be so happy. HERE IS THE TRUTH:<br /><br />We are ALL willing slaves.<br /><br />People were created by God, to worship. It is our purpose and, if you like, "the meaning of life." We are NOT free, we all worship something or someone. We may worship ourselves as gods, or our lifestyle, or other people... whatever we devote ourselves to has the potential to be our idol. <br /><br />The point is, everybody is worshipping something, whether they know it or not.<br /><br />I CHOOSE YOU, JESUS.<br /><br />I choose to worship the creator, the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I choose to worship the God who created me, loves me, and was willing to leave Heaven, carry the burden of my sin, and lay down his life for me.<br /><br />I won't be a slave to sin. Sin has brought me nothing but misery and pain, and sin makes promises of joy that are very quickly broken. And yet, we go back to our sin like a dog goes back to its vomit, hoping the next time around it won't be so awful.<br /><br />I choose to serve my Commander-In-Chief, my Hero, my Master, my Daddy... The Almighty God.<br /><br />I gave Him my brokenness and my sin; He exchanged it for Eternity.<br /><br />So, you might think I'm crazy, or that I'm missing out. But I'm not. I'm living a scary, challenging, beautiful, purposeful life. <br /><br />And I wouldn't have it any other way.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Reflections on Quiet Time</title><dc:creator>bekky.nixon@optusnet.com.au</dc:creator><dc:subject>Walk</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-04-17T18:41:16+10:00</dc:date><link>www.justbekky.com/walk/walk.html#unique-entry-id-23</link><guid isPermaLink="true">www.justbekky.com/walk/walk.html#unique-entry-id-23</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I've waited all my life to be here face to face <br />I never knew that I could feel this kind of grace<br />The way You showed me that Your love has washed me clean<br />Could never be erased it lives inside of me<br /><br /><a href="http://s29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/bekky87/?action=view&current=IMG_0087.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/bekky87/IMG_0087.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Take me to that secret place<br />Where I can only see Your face<br />And nothing else will ever feel this way<br /><br />You take away my guilty stains<br />The things I've done that I can't change<br />It's only by the power of Your name<br /><br />I stand here in this place<br />See the glory on Your face<br />I'm taken by the wonder of Your name<br /><br /><a href="http://s29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/bekky87/?action=view&current=IMG_0088.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/bekky87/IMG_0088.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />I'm desperate for Your touch<br />Never needed it so much<br />'Cos all I want is You<br /><br />When all the things around me have fallen to the ground<br />I'm always thankful for the love in You I've found<br /><em><br />All I Want Is You</em> - Planetshakers]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>&#x3c;u&#x3e;Choices:&#x3c;/u&#x3e; Light or Darkness?</title><dc:creator>bekky.nixon@optusnet.com.au</dc:creator><dc:subject>Walk</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-03-21T21:14:03+10:00</dc:date><link>www.justbekky.com/walk/walk.html#unique-entry-id-19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">www.justbekky.com/walk/walk.html#unique-entry-id-19</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='http://www.agatecandles.com.au/catalog/images/candle-green-petite.jpg'><br />How do you feel about hidden things? Secret things?<br />Those dark places in your heart that you hide away?<br />When you come to know Jesus, He can light up those dark places. In fact, He will whether you like it or not!<br />That's right, he will expose the nasty things inside of you. But remember, He does it because He loves you!<br />So what will you choose? Will you walk in the light, or in the darkness?<br />Will you humbly come before God and give Him everything in your heart, or will you arrogantly shun His correction?<br />If you do, you're in for an uncomfortable exposure!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>&#x3c;u&#x3e;Choices:&#x3c;/u&#x3e; Amazement or Amusement?</title><dc:creator>bekky.nixon@optusnet.com.au</dc:creator><dc:subject>Walk</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-03-20T21:11:54+10:00</dc:date><link>www.justbekky.com/walk/walk.html#unique-entry-id-17</link><guid isPermaLink="true">www.justbekky.com/walk/walk.html#unique-entry-id-17</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='http://www.cedarville.edu/christianministries/images/heartsong/amazed_cover.jpg'><br /><br />Hebrews 12:28-29<br /><i>Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with <b>reverence and awe,</b> for our God is a <b>consuming fire.</b></i><br /><br />How does Church affect you? Are you <em>amazed</em> by God or simply <em>amused</em> by His presence?<br /><br />]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>My Head is a Tank</title><dc:creator>bekky.nixon@optusnet.com.au</dc:creator><dc:subject>Walk</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-03-20T09:04:56+10:00</dc:date><link>www.justbekky.com/walk/walk.html#unique-entry-id-22</link><guid isPermaLink="true">www.justbekky.com/walk/walk.html#unique-entry-id-22</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='http://www.piedmontsub.com/graphics/GvilleSteelWaterTank.jpg'><br />My head is a big water tank.<br />It has many pipes going into it, the main ones are my eyes and ears.<br />The water that fills the tank is my drinking supply.<br />If rubbish goes into my water, it becomes polluted and my life is poisoned.<br />If I avoid junk and promptly filter anything that accidentally gets through, my mind runs over with Living Water.<br />You see, the Word of God teaches us how to have a clean mind - by obeying God's commands.<br />Jesus said, "Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him." (John 7:38)<br />Don't let the world contaminate your tank. Take up the challenge: is what you are reading, looking at or listening to of God?<br />If not, you had better do a contamination test, because things of the world are often poisonous!<br /><img src='http://www.wisebread.com/files/fruganomics/imagecache/blog_image_full/files/fruganomics/blog-images/appletree.JPG'><br />If you plant apple seeds you will get an apple tree.<br />Your mind is the same.<br />If you plant seeds of sexual immorality, your thoughts and then consequently your life will bear those fruits.<br />If you plant words of discouragement, criticism and anger you will bear those fruits.<br />We live in a society that tells us, "look, just don't touch."<br />But the truth is, to look at something is to touch it with your mind, which is a part of your soul.<br />Guard your heart with ALL diligence. This is a commandment, not a suggestion.<br />And following God's commandments always reaps a reward. :)]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Take A Stand</title><dc:creator>bekky.nixon@optusnet.com.au</dc:creator><dc:subject>Walk</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-03-12T21:59:14+10:00</dc:date><link>www.justbekky.com/walk/walk.html#unique-entry-id-21</link><guid isPermaLink="true">www.justbekky.com/walk/walk.html#unique-entry-id-21</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<span style="font:13px Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#666666; ">"There is a tremendous contrast between the politically correct censoriousness which now hampers discussion of Islam in Australia, however extreme some of its manifestations may be and the misrepresentation and, often, abuse which the normal Australians at Hillsong have to endure." - The Daily Telegraph.<br /><br /><a href="http://s29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/bekky87/?action=view&current=EagleCross.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/bekky87/EagleCross.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br />I am angry.<br /><br />I am angry that if there is a Muslim or Buddhist person in one of my classes, everybody walks on eggshells, however, when I defend Hillsong (or any other) Church I am greeted with scoffing and mockery. I was humiliated in one of my tutorials by my own tutor, who verbally attacked me regarding Hillsong Church. I chose to step down, as I was seething inwardly and didn't want to say something I'd later regret - but MAKE NO MISTAKE - I will defend the Bride of Christ to the death. I am in Her, I am a part of Her - therefore how can I not defend Her?<br /><br />The time is coming where no-one outside the Church will respect Her. The Earth will be divided - sheep on one side and goats on the other. And as the Church we must band together in the name of Jesus Christ, and stand firm against the ways of the World. For friendship with the World is enmity with Christ, and if we do not stand for righteousness, who will?<br /><br />We must grab hold of the True Love Christ has taught us, and run with it in hand. We must show Godliness. We must show righteousness. We must love as Christ first loved us. It is the only way we will be a contrasting light in the darkness of this world.<br /><br />Philippians 2:12-16 (Amplified Bible)<br /><i>12Therefore, my dear ones, as you have always obeyed [my suggestions], so now, not only [with the enthusiasm you would show] in my presence but much more because I am absent, work out (cultivate, carry out to the goal, and fully complete) your own salvation with reverence and awe and trembling (self-distrust, with serious caution, tenderness of conscience, watchfulness against temptation, timidly shrinking from whatever might offend God and discredit the name of Christ).<br /><br />    13[Not in your own strength] for it is God Who is all the while effectually at work in you [energizing and creating in you the power and desire], both to will and to work for His good pleasure and satisfaction and delight.<br /><br />    14Do all things without grumbling and faultfinding and complaining [against God] and [e]questioning and doubting [among yourselves],<br /><br />    15That you may show yourselves to be blameless and guiltless, innocent and uncontaminated, children of God without blemish (faultless, unrebukable) in the midst of a crooked and wicked generation [spiritually perverted and perverse], among whom you are seen as bright lights (stars or beacons shining out clearly) in the [dark] world,<br /><br />    16Holding out [to it] and offering [to all men] the Word of Life, so that in the day of Christ I may have something of which exultantly to rejoice and glory in that I did not run my race in vain or spend my labor to no purpose.</i><br /><br />The true Church, the ones who rise up in Spirit and in Truth, must dispel the darkness and walk in light. We cannot mumble, look at our shoelaces and twiddle our thumbs while the World screams lies into our faces. We must take hold of that authority which Christ DIED to give us! Live above complacency. Remember who really has the victory, and stand strong, no matter what others may do or say.<br /></span>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Sovereign God</title><dc:creator>bekky.nixon@optusnet.com.au</dc:creator><dc:subject>Walk</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-03-09T15:07:35+10:00</dc:date><link>www.justbekky.com/walk/walk.html#unique-entry-id-14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">www.justbekky.com/walk/walk.html#unique-entry-id-14</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[God always finds a way!<br /><img src='http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/dre0568l.jpg'><br />It's so easy to get caught up in fear and confusion, wondering how on earth God will outwork His plan when so few are willing to submit to Him!<br />But remember, it was God who hardened Pharaoh's heart towards the Israelites. Many plagues had to pass through Egypt before Moses finally had his breakthrough, and freedom followed.<br />Even though it seemed as though Pharaoh would never give in to Moses' pleas for freedom, God was in control the whole time!<br />Trust in God, He will use others to bless you and challenge you, whether they like it or not! No matter what goes on around us, when we are trusting in God we can be the eye of the storm - at perfect peace no matter what goes on around us. You would be amazed at how powerful a witness this kind of faith and peace is to and unbeliever! (Or as I prefer to say, "pre-believer!")<br />So stand firm, and don't be afraid to ask for help. :)<br />]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Lost Without You</title><dc:creator>bekky.nixon@optusnet.com.au</dc:creator><dc:subject>Walk</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-03-08T15:06:44+10:00</dc:date><link>www.justbekky.com/walk/walk.html#unique-entry-id-12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">www.justbekky.com/walk/walk.html#unique-entry-id-12</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/89/92/23119289.jpg'><br />The Bible is more than just a book, it's a road map to life.<br />By following the example of Jesus Christ, we can walk what would otherwise be a dark and difficult road.<br />The Psalmist said, "Your word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path".<br />It lights our way and guides our journey.<br />Don't underestimate the power of the Word!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Trust</title><dc:creator>bekky.nixon@optusnet.com.au</dc:creator><dc:subject>Walk</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-03-07T15:07:09+10:00</dc:date><link>www.justbekky.com/walk/walk.html#unique-entry-id-13</link><guid isPermaLink="true">www.justbekky.com/walk/walk.html#unique-entry-id-13</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='http://www.investorbuddy.com.au/images/img/article_trust_funds.jpg'><br /><b>Prov 3:5 - Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding...</b><br />We trust in our cars, we trust in the people that manufacture the machinery that our lives rely on, we trust in our seatbelts...<br />... so why do we struggle so much when it comes to trusting God?<br />He has your best interests at heart, and He knows you better than anyone else.<br />Have faith in Him and He'll sort it all out.<br />Have a cup of tea, take a deep breath, and relax; He won't let you down!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>What if you had no more excuses?</title><dc:creator>bekky.nixon@optusnet.com.au</dc:creator><dc:subject>Walk</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-03-06T23:08:16+10:00</dc:date><link>www.justbekky.com/walk/walk.html#unique-entry-id-16</link><guid isPermaLink="true">www.justbekky.com/walk/walk.html#unique-entry-id-16</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I don't usually post vids, I find them quite annoying on other people's pages, but this made my heart swell.<br />Let the whole thing load, and watch the full ten minutes.<br />You won't regret it. :)<br /><embed src="http://godtube.com/flvplayer.swf" FlashVars="viewkey=710dbf1eb8335a2d0a7e" wmode="transparent" quality="high" width="330" height="270" name="godtube" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></embed>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>What Does Love Look Like?</title><dc:creator>bekky.nixon@optusnet.com.au</dc:creator><dc:subject>Walk</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-03-05T15:04:48+10:00</dc:date><link>www.justbekky.com/walk/files/mar-2008#unique-entry-id-11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">www.justbekky.com/walk/files/mar-2008#unique-entry-id-11</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[In on of my classes we're studying images - what they represent and how we interpret them.<br />An example used by my lecturer was representations of love - they are soft and pretty; roses, hearts, teddy bears...<br />But God does things differently to us. <br />An unusual representation, but by far the best picture of TRUE love, is Jesus on the cross.<br /><img src='http://leejagers.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/passion-of-christ.jpg'><br />This. to me, is the penultimate symbol of love.<br />Harsh, ugly, confronting, but to me there is nothing more beautiful.<br />Isaiah 55:8-9<br /><i>"'My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,' says the Lord. 'For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts."</i>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Kingdom Mentality P2</title><dc:creator>bekky.nixon@optusnet.com.au</dc:creator><dc:subject>Walk</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-03-02T15:04:48+10:00</dc:date><link>www.justbekky.com/walk/files/mar-2008#unique-entry-id-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">www.justbekky.com/walk/files/mar-2008#unique-entry-id-10</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='http://www.kesr.org.uk/images/groups/bodiam_castle.jpg'><br />What <b>kind</b> of Kingdom are we living in?<br />It's a Kingdom where the King wears a crown of thorns, and washes His subjects' feet.<br />It's a Kingdom where the subjects are heirs and co-heirs of the Power of the King.<br />There is a two-sided dynamic working in this Kingdom. Those who don't live by it fall into deception and lose authority.<br /><br /><i>Power and Humility</i><br />These work like a scale; they must be in balance and proportion with one another.<br /><img src='http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/02/37/23373702.jpg'><br />To be effective in this Kingdom, we must live by the King's example in humility, or there will be no power behind what we do.<br />There are many who call themselves Christians, but operate out of a Spirit of pride; which brings false power.<br />This is how the Enemy deceives them. So continually guard your hearts!<br />Don't be afraid to step out in faith and exercise your Power and Authority in Christ, but by the same token we must have a healthy reverential fear of God to keep us in check.<br /><br /><i>Things to ponder...</i><br />How is the Kingdom of God like a worldly Kingdom?<br />How is it different?<br /><br />I'm hoping to expand on these at a later date. When I have less assessment. :)<br />]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Running after You</title><dc:creator>bekky.nixon@optusnet.com.au</dc:creator><dc:subject>Walk</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-03-01T16:01:03+10:00</dc:date><link>www.justbekky.com/walk/files/mar-2008#unique-entry-id-15</link><guid isPermaLink="true">www.justbekky.com/walk/files/mar-2008#unique-entry-id-15</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='http://verdavivo.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/running_feet.jpg'><br />As I run up the hill I feel my muscles strain,<br />As I run down the other side the Gospel's pumping through my veins<br />The fire burns<br />In my spirit, soul, and now my body,<br />The determination,<br />The dedication in my spirit,<br />To serve my Lord with my heart both spiritual and physical,<br />One is eternal, the other is flesh.<br />Pumping to the rhythm of His heartbeat<br />My feet pound the earth,<br />My Spirit pounds the Enemy,<br />Powers and principalities crumbling at my feet.<br />The sweat on my brow is testament to the blood He shed for me,<br />Salty drips no longer tears but magnificent determination:<br />A woman of God,<br />Relentless in her pursuit<br />Of holiness and wholeness,<br />Mind, body and spirit.<br />]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Kingdom Mentality</title><dc:creator>bekky.nixon@optusnet.com.au</dc:creator><dc:subject>Walk</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-02-29T13:00:14+10:00</dc:date><link>www.justbekky.com/walk/files/feb-2008#unique-entry-id-9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">www.justbekky.com/walk/files/feb-2008#unique-entry-id-9</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='http://www.waxmuseum.bc.ca/images/kingcrown.gif'><br />As Westernised Christians, there is often a lack of spiritual authority in our lives. As a group we seem less spiritually effective than our Asian or African counterparts. The kind of supernatural experiences that these Christians live with every day seem "over spiritual" in comparison to our lives. They don't have the same cultural barriers to spirituality that we do. The reason we are often failing in spiritual warfare, if engaging in it at all, is because we don't give credibility to spiritual matters and we don't understand authority like we should.<br /><br />We live in a frame of mind that favours the democratic process over a dictatorship. In our culture, we associate any kind of absolute power as being negative, corrupt and dangerous. We live in societies that are controlled (generally speaking,) by the people and for the people. However, as Christians we live under God's Kingdom, which has one <em>absolute</em> authority; our Heavenly Father. This authority has been imparted to us since the Beginning...<br /><br /><strong>Genesis 1:26</strong><br /><em>"God said, Let Us make mankind in Our image, after Our likeness, and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the beasts, and over all of the earth..."</em><br /><br />Through Christ we claim back this perfect authority, and exercise it over the Earth. Yet because we do not understand God's perfect, awesome and complete power we rarely fulfill our destinies in Christ: to bring the Will of God to Earth through our human authority. In the Bible there was a man who understood Christ's authority. His story is in <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%208:5-13;&version=31;" rel="self">Matthew 8:5-13</a>. As a Roman Centurion he knew that if Christ gave an order, through God's perfect authority, it would be done. But because of our democratic mindset we do not take hold of this whole and complete authority. I challenge you to expand your vision concerning your destiny, and what God has called you to bring to completion in the Earth. By declaring His Word you can exercise your authority as a representative of Christ on the Earth. If you can get past your Western mindset, you too can see the supernatural power of our Heavenly Father.<br /><br />Remember, we are living in a Kingdom, not a democracy. Don't let the enemy trick you into thinking he has any role as a diplomat in this Kingdom. God is sovereign, he is just waiting for his representatives to exercise that authority he has given us.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Your Calling</title><dc:creator>bekky.nixon@optusnet.com.au</dc:creator><dc:subject>Walk</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-02-27T21:34:13+10:00</dc:date><link>www.justbekky.com/walk/files/feb-2008#unique-entry-id-8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">www.justbekky.com/walk/files/feb-2008#unique-entry-id-8</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<b>You Reign - Hillsong United</b><br />What could stand before You <br />As You chose to embrace<br />A cross so undeserved You took for me<br />The weight of sin upon You <br />When You offered Your life<br />As You walked the streets of men <br />With fading strength<br />How could we live but not see<br />Your sacrifice<br />Your glory<br />You reign, You reign<br />Over everything Lord, You reign<br />With power, and justice divine<br />Over everything Lord, You reign<br />What was Your last thought<br />As You drew Your last breath<br />Where the victory was Yours for us to see<br />And all will know the truth<br />As we live by Your grace<br />Every praise to You alone<br />See now the King of Glory<br />Love of God become my calling<br />Father I surrender all I am to You forever<br /><br />Something about these words sticks to my heart.<br />I just can't stop singing...!<br />Perhaps the powerful visual of Christ embracing his torture?<br />Or of God Almighty so humbled that he walks with 'fading strength'?<br />Maybe it's the CALL:<br />"LOVE OF GOD, BECOME MY CALLING."<br /><br />]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Hard Days Sound Like This...</title><dc:creator>bekky.nixon@optusnet.com.au</dc:creator><dc:subject>Walk</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-02-26T20:48:17+10:00</dc:date><link>www.justbekky.com/walk/files/feb-2008#unique-entry-id-7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">www.justbekky.com/walk/files/feb-2008#unique-entry-id-7</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/cinema/images/talking4_lead.jpg'><br />"Do you think I want to be like this? Every day when I wake up I think: today I'll be different, today I'll be happy, today I'll <i>sparkle,</i> today... by ten o'clock it's gone. I'm dull, I'm dead, I'm me. I can't be different. Oh, I can be what you want when I'm with you and I can be what he wants when I'm with him. But I'm not with him and I'm not with you all the time. I'm with me and I know and that's it. I mean that IS IT." - Judi Dench, <i>Talking to a Stranger</i> (1966)<br /><br />What would I be without the promises of the Lord?<br /><br />Isaiah 61:7<br />       Instead of their shame <br />       my people will receive a double portion, <br />       and instead of disgrace <br />       they will rejoice in their inheritance; <br />       and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, <br />       and everlasting joy will be theirs.<br /><br />He gives us double for our trouble! Though we have hard days that are ugly, and days where we do not sparkle... though we try... He is there.<br />He makes all things right when we follow Him; he picks up the pieces and holds us together as we heal.<br />Not only that, but we sparkle in the Spirit. Though things may seem dull and grey, we are washed in the Blood of Jesus, which makes us shining white!<br />Seeing the world with physical eyes is very different to seeing the world with spiritual eyes. Circumstances change like the wind, but God is always the same, steadfast and reliable at all times. <br />So although things may look like a mess on the outside, remember that your situation could change in the blink of an eye: for better or worse.<br />But if we look with our spiritual eyes we can see that God is Almighty, He is Sovereign, and we needn't fear what goes on around us.<br />Bless.<br />xo]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>God is Love</title><dc:creator>bekky.nixon@optusnet.com.au</dc:creator><dc:subject>Walk</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-02-25T11:45:41+10:00</dc:date><link>www.justbekky.com/walk/files/feb-2008#unique-entry-id-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">www.justbekky.com/walk/files/feb-2008#unique-entry-id-6</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I wrote the following letter to a Church that pickets the streets with signs reading, "God Hates Fags" and the like.<br />This makes me sad.<br /><br />I don't think you're helping people. :(<br />I am a Christian, and I believe that homosexuality, as with many other things, is a sin.<br />In God's eyes all sin is equal, and if we're going to say that God hates homosexuals we must also hold signs saying, "God hates people who cheat on their taxes", "God hates people who lie", and, in fact, as ALL have sinned and fallen short of God's glory, "God hates EVERYONE". But the Bible says that God so LOVED the world that he sent Jesus!<br />Homosexuals are craving the same love and acceptance as all of humanity, the love of God. Sadly, they're looking in all the wrong places.<br />They need to know that although God hates sin, he loved them enough to die for them, and they can find that love in Jesus Christ, instead of in the arms of another.<br />We, as Christians, are called to share the love of Christ with a fallen world. Satan is the one who hates people. He hates us and wants to destroy us with sin. But God wants to save us from that sin. I agree that people need to know they're sinning, but in this fallen world most sin goes unacknowledged. The only way to know the difference between good and evil is through a relationship with Christ, which will only come about through love and acceptance of people who miss the mark.<br />May God bless you,<br />Rebecca.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Sing a New Song Unto the Lord&#x21;</title><dc:creator>bekky.nixon@optusnet.com.au</dc:creator><dc:subject>Walk</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-02-23T13:32:33+10:00</dc:date><link>www.justbekky.com/walk/files/feb-2008#unique-entry-id-5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">www.justbekky.com/walk/files/feb-2008#unique-entry-id-5</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I wrote a Psalm.<br />Well, I didn't write one of the Psalms... obviously... but I have a prayer book, and as I wrote this prayer straight from my heart (obviously with the aid of the Holy Spirit, without which I can do nothing,) and when I read it back I realised that it <i>sounds</i> like a Psalm.<br /><img src='http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/graphics/QueensTrees.jpg'><br />How I love You! How I love Your ways. You lead me into peace and holiness. Though trouble comes upon me, You are always there!<br />Though my heart is weak in human strength, You quench every fear. Oh, how I <i>love</i> Your Word! It extinguishes the fiery darts if my enemies.<br />Though they slander and do evil, You never leave me. My enemies scoff behind my back. Those whom I once considered my closest allies turned on me. They engage in ungodly practices and worship idols.<br />They claim to know You, O Lord, but they hate Your Word.<br />Bring them to justice, Lord. Be the loving Father who disciplines His children. Show them who is truly the Almighty One of Israel.<br />How I love Your ways. How I love Your righteousness. Your mercy and love cover me, they shield my from Your wrath.<br />Though I am unworthy, You call me Your servant, and You lift me up. You see my pain and suffering, and you soothe my suffering with the healing balm of Your love.<br />You teach me to have faith; I put my trust in You. Though the scoffers and the hypocrites are out in the street, making a mockery of Your name, I will dwell in Your house, O Lord.<br />I will seek Your face in my quiet place. They try in vain to drown out Your Word, Your Truth, Your Righteousness by setting up idols and engaging in perverse behaviour. But Your Word, O Lord, endures <i>forever</i>. It will never be shut out. It will permeate the darkness and bring all wickedness into the Light.<br />I praise You Lord! You alone are worthy! You love and mercy endure forever. Your faithfulness keeps me in Your hands.<br />Show me Your ways, and guide my footsteps, that Your name may be glorified in all the Earth. <br />This is my solemn prayer.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>What does it mean to be &#x3c;i&#x3e;on fire for Jesus&#x3c;/i&#x3e;?</title><dc:creator>bekky.nixon@optusnet.com.au</dc:creator><dc:subject>Walk</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-02-22T21:44:29+10:00</dc:date><link>www.justbekky.com/walk/files/feb-2008#unique-entry-id-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">www.justbekky.com/walk/files/feb-2008#unique-entry-id-3</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It means that the Spirit of God burns things up in your life.<br />If you burn with love for the Lord, all else will be consumed by the fire, and what's left is God's powerful, selfless love.<br /><img src='http://www.globalwebcasters.com/bm/thumbnails/2a91069674ed92323b2808de4cab151e.png'><br />Very few people know what love really is. They think love and hate are opposites. They are not. The opposite of love is selfishness. If you put your own interests, desires, ambitions and feelings before those of others, than you are not loving them.<br /><br />We all do this from time to time, but to walk in love is to continually crucify the flesh and put others first. We live in a society that honours pride, selfishness and arrogance. God hates these things. Proverbs repeatedly warns us against living with an attitude that is selfish, as it leads to corruption and eventually death.<br /><br />I know this is a bitter pill for many to swallow, but it needs to be said, because 1 Corinthians 13 warns us of what happens when we do not love. All our ambition, everything we have strived for, is worth absolutely nothing unless we are walking in love. Love is not a funny feeling in your guts. Love is not a tingling in your spine. Love is not something you can feel on the outside. Love is something you DO. Love is putting others before yourself. <br /><br />Love is different.<br />]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Refuse to Accept the Unacceptable</title><dc:creator>bekky.nixon@optusnet.com.au</dc:creator><dc:subject>Walk</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-02-20T15:31:56+10:00</dc:date><link>www.justbekky.com/walk/files/feb-2008#unique-entry-id-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">www.justbekky.com/walk/files/feb-2008#unique-entry-id-4</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Read <a href='http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel%201-2:10&version=31'>1 Samuel 1-2:10</a><br />Hannah refused to listen to the negative people in her life. She trusted God and worshipped Him in the hardest times. The men around her were always trying to bring her down a peg or two, but she refused to conform to what they expected of her. Instead, she sought after the approval of the Lord.<br /><br />We could all learn a lot from Hannah! Especially women, as we are so often defined by the men in our lives. There is nothing wrong with seeking the advice and support of Godly men; in fact I would recommend it; but first and foremost we must seek God! He is the one who defines us and provides for us. Hannah knew this, and because of her great faith she bore a son, Samuel.<br /><img src='http://www.christcenteredmall.com/profiles/hannah.jpg'><br />Sometimes, God shuts things. He closed Hannah's womb, and this caused her to seek after God.  There are times in our lives that he shuts things in order that we may birth something greater. Instead of becoming despondent when God removes something from your life, look to God to answer your prayers. Ask Him to strengthen you with His Holy Spirit. Do not despair; the Holy Spirit is there to fill in for your weaknesses, that you may stand strong in Him even though you feel weak. It is a great challenge, but with God's help we can see something that many would consider a loss or a failure as an opportunity to go deeper in Him.<br />]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Walking With The Creator&#x2026;</title><dc:creator>bekky.nixon@optusnet.com.au</dc:creator><dc:subject>Walk</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-01-18T19:22:49+10:00</dc:date><link>www.justbekky.com/walk/files/jan-2008#unique-entry-id-0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">www.justbekky.com/walk/files/jan-2008#unique-entry-id-0</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[There is nothing like having a personal relationship with the One who created you!<br /><br />Isaiah 55:10-11<br /><br />As the rain and the snow <br />come down from heaven, <br />and do not return to it <br />without watering the earth <br /> and making it bud and flourish, <br /> so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, <br />So is my word that goes out from my mouth: <br />It will not return to me empty, <br /> but will accomplish what I desire <br />and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.<br /> <br /><br />Genesis 9:16-17<br /><br />Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth." <br /><br />So God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth."<br /><br />Lord, let your Spirit fall on me like rain, and penetrate deeply into my soul and watering the seeds of your Word.<br /><br />Like the Flood, let your rain fall heavy and enduring, sweeping away all that is worldly and unclean in me.<br /><br /> ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Stepping Out...</title><dc:creator>bekky.nixon@optusnet.com.au</dc:creator><dc:subject>Walk</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-01-10T19:22:53+10:00</dc:date><link>www.justbekky.com/walk/files/jan-2008#unique-entry-id-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">www.justbekky.com/walk/files/jan-2008#unique-entry-id-1</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Step out in faith! Today at Planet Shakers conference Reinhardt Bonnke said something I hope I shall never forget: God told him, &ldquo;My Word in your mouth is just as powerful as my Word in my mouth!&rdquo; <br /><br />We are created in the image of God; to speak out in faith and watch what amazing things God will do through us!<br /><br />The point is not, What if nothing happens? The point is to obey God, and do what we know is right. Ask God what you can do for him today, ignore the discouraging words of others, and step out!<br /><br /> ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Let It Go To Let It In...</title><dc:creator>bekky.nixon@optusnet.com.au</dc:creator><dc:subject>Walk</dc:subject><dc:date>2008-01-08T19:23:08+10:00</dc:date><link>www.justbekky.com/walk/files/jan-2008#unique-entry-id-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">www.justbekky.com/walk/files/jan-2008#unique-entry-id-2</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Are you wanting to receive something from God? Have you been waiting for a spiritual UPS carrier to bring you what you desire? You may be learning a lesson in patience, or perhaps you need to reposition yourself.<br /><br />To receive what God has for you, position yourself before God every morning. Take time to seek him. Worship, pray, read your Bible. Be diligent and faithful with your time and allow God to show you if there&rsquo;s anything in your life that is blocking what he has for you.<br /><br />Perhaps your mind is anxious? Or maybe there is sin you haven&rsquo;t dealt with? Lay it all before God! Hand over every area of your life and entrust it to him, so that you may be at peace. When you are peaceful in your spirit you are in the right position to receive from God!<br /><br /> ]]></content:encoded></item></channel>
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