I was reading about Isaac's life spent in present day Negev. I was touched by his wandering, nomadic, pilgriming lifestyle. Going from crisis to crisis, test to test believing in God trusting God and waiting on God. I relate to Isaac's wanderings within my own spirit. That of a wanderer searching for her place of rest.
Two thousand years before Christ, Isaac already experienced God's promise that if we come to God and take His yoke upon us with a meek and lowly heart we will experience rest in the deepest part of our being.
My study also talked about Isaac waiting on God's best for a wife. I think about my own children. I'm praying for God's best for their spouses. Can I wait as patiently and as confidently as Isaac?
I heard a song about coming home to Israel the melody and words were calling to my soul. I have such a desire to visit Israel and walk where Jesus walked. To experience the land of my forefathers in a new way. I know I'll be going soon I just don't know when.

I just read the article today on MSN on the fleecing of America in terms of hospital billing. I am ashamed of the medical profession as a whole for what has happened to medical care and hospital care. It's unbelievable. Check out the article at http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/Insurance/Insureyourhealth/P74840.asp?GT1=7823
and tell me what you think.

Why do I get restless in my spirit from time to time. Yearning to go somewhere and do something. Travel the world, live on a commune, start a solar energy business or a non profit.
These are themes that travel through my spirit regualarly but without coming to fruition. Hence forth some frustration. The song where am I going I don't know where am I heading I'm not certain all I know is I am on my way circle my mind. That's the theme song for PAINT YOUR WAGON, a 1950's musical.

Reading Billy Graham's book on leadership principles really got my attention this morning. One of the chapters deal with handling temptations, accountability, and integrity. Interesting stuff another chapter I just started was lasering your goals. I really like Billy Graham. My pastor at All Souls Langham Place was lead to the LORD at a Billy Graham Crusade in Africa in 1951. He sure has made an impact on many. http://www.zondervan.com/books/Detail.asp?ISBN=0310255783 Leadership Secrets of Billy Graham check it out!

I'm still studying Genesis 22. One of the questions this morning that struck me in my spirit was. God gives us tests everyday and these tests and trails determine how we are going to do in crisis. How am I doing with the daily tests of life? What are my sacrafices and trails each and everyday?

Phil 4
4Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again--rejoice! 5Let everyone see that you are considerate in all you do. Remember, the Lord is coming soon.
6Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 7If you do this, you will experience God's peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
8And now, dear brothers and sisters, let me say one more thing as I close this letter. Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. 9Keep putting into practice all you learned from me and heard from me and saw me doing, and the God of peace will be with you.

Pauls Thanks for Their Gifts 10How grateful I am, and how I praise the Lord that you are concerned about me again. I know you have always been concerned for me, but for a while you didn't have the chance to help me. 11Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to get along happily whether I have much or little. 12I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. 13For I can do everything with the help of Christ who gives me the strength I need.

Just heard my television pastor from More than Conquerers Center here in Charlotte preach a great sermon on "8 Cures for Worry". I'm going to attempt to put a few on paper in hopes that for someone they may offer help and hope. Some of the cures got my attention!
Faith is the opposite of Fear. You can't worry if you have faith, especially in God and His Word.
So, build your faith up.
Cast all your cares on Jesus. He can, while you can't.
Choose to let go of your fears, cares, anxieties and worries.
For He cares for you.
Ask yourself what I'm I carrying today that I can give to God who is able to take care of my situation?
Remember Jesus said to all "Come to Me, all of you who are heavy with cares and I will give you rest.
He is the Prince of Peace. God is the Father of Peace. Peace He gives us. Will we take it or let Satan steal it from us?
Renounce all our worries, fears, anxieties, cares. In the name of Jesus rebuke those firey darts that the enemy tries to hit us with everyday.
Prayer and Praise God.
I say memorize Phil 4. It is so rich. It also instructs us what to think about.
Most worry is from our bad thoughts. Satan can put the thought in our mind but it's us who dwell on it that can cause us to stay in the pit.
Think about right things. Again that Phil 4 chapter tells us what to dwell upon.
Don't live in the past.
Don't case away your confidence in God and in His Word.
Excersise self control. Don't get yourself in trouble. ie not managing your finances and then worrying about the situation you got yourself into. Just to name one of countless other situations that we chose to do what we know is wrong. Then are consumed by worry, fear, anxiety, torment etc.
Remember God is faithful to His own house.
God swore to bless and multiply His children.
Receive the peace that God offers.
Check out Heb. 3:6, 10:19-23 35-39

Just heard my television pastor from More than Conquerers Center here in Charlotte preach a great sermon on "8 Cures for Worry". I'm going to attempt to put a few on paper in hopes that for someone they may offer help and hope. Some of the cures got my attention!
Faith is the opposite of Fear. You can't worry if you have faith, especially in God and His Word.
So, build your faith up.
Cast all your cares on Jesus. He can, while you can't.
Choose to let go of your fears, cares, anxieties and worries.
For He cares for you.
Ask yourself what I'm I carrying today that I can give to God who is able to take care of my situation?
Remember Jesus said to all "Come to Me, all of you who are heavy with cares and I will give you rest.
He is the Prince of Peace. God is the Father of Peace. Peace He gives us. Will we take it or let Satan steal it from us?
Renounce all our worries, fears, anxieties, cares. In the name of Jesus rebuke those firey darts that the enemy tries to hit us with everyday.
Prayer and Praise God.
I say memorize Phil 4. It is so rich. It also instructs us what to think about.
Most worry is from our bad thoughts. Satan can put the thought in our mind but it's us who dwell on it that can cause us to stay in the pit.
Think about right things. Again that Phil 4 chapter tells us what to dwell upon.
Don't live in the past.
Don't case away your confidence in God and in His Word.
Excersise self control. Don't get yourself in trouble. ie not managing your finances and then worrying about the situation you got yourself into. Just to name one of countless other situations that we chose to do what we know is wrong. Then are consumed by worry, fear, anxiety, torment etc.
Remember God is faithful to His own house.
God swore to bless and multiply His children.
Receive the peace that God offers.
Check out Heb. 3:6, 10:19-23 35-39

Yesterday I was proactive. I wrote not only to my two Senators, but also to the President and Vice President outlining my concerns with the gas utility company. My bill went up 120% and that's with a digital thermostat that was suppose to reduce the consumption by 33%. The numbers don't add up. Not only for me, but what about people who are living on the edge? I think the Federal government has to do something. They have to regulate the gas utility again. Join me in letting your voices be heard.

Listening to Pastor Gool this morning from Victory Christian Center in Charlotte, NC talking about not being a victim but a victor. Calling forth needs, desires, dreams, prayers as if they have already been appropriated even though they are not yet seen in the natural. I prayed that myself this morning. I prayed for Jan to give up smoking. Seeing him free from the addiciton that is so besetting him. I looked at www.biblegateway.com, the site has a topical index. I got this Scripture on Elijah calling forth fire from heaven. The pastor used the illustration of Joshua asking for the sun to do his bidding. Can you imagine asking God for time to standstill. Yet some prophets did just that asking God to move time. It was either forward or backward. But whichever it was it was still awesome.
What do you need today. I challenge you to call forth the need even though you don't see it realized yet.

1 Kings 18:26-38
36 At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: "O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. 37 Answer me, O LORD, answer me, so these people will know that you, O LORD, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again."
38 Then the fire of the LORD fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench.

Solar solar solar.
Got my gas bill this month to heat the house and it was $375.00. It was a great cause of anguish to me because I hate feeling like I'm getting ripped off. Not only me but so many other people. There must be something we can do.
Who can we write to?
How can we protest?
Where do we make our voices heard?