These scriptures have been a comfort to me lately.... to keep on fighting the good fight of faith!! To not be discouraged, to not be afraid!! But to keep pressing on daily to what is ahead!!
Matthew 25:14 - 30
14:For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
15: And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
16: Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.
17: And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.
18: But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.
19: After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
20: And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.
21: His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of the lord.
22: He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.
23: His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of the lord.
24: Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
25: And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
26: His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
27: Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
28: Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.
29: For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away that which he hath.
30: And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Hebrews: 10 : 38 - 39
38: Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
39: But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition (destruction ); but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
Believe who is in you!! Jesus!! And if Jesus doesn't live in you, all you have to do is call upon his name, Jesus!! Believing he died, was buried, and rose again, and there he will be; Jesus living in you, your spirit joined to the Lord Jesus' spirit. And you will come to find, that no matter what the situation, because of Jesus who lives in you, you will always have HOPE!!
God Bless,
Misty
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Friday, October 9, 2015
Humble Yourself to Obey God
I Corinthians 1:18 ( NIV )
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.Jesus had to humble himself to obey God, and we will have to do the same. Join me as I share some of what God required of me so I could seek his will and not my own.
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Monday, October 5, 2015
I Saw the Lord and He Saw Me!
Years ago I was teaching at a school in southeastern Oklahoma. I drove 45 miles each day there and back. The Lord taught me to pray while driving that road daily. I remember six miles from our house there was a stop sign just after you passed my father-in-laws house; feeling the pressing to be praying I would say to the Lord, "Ok, I'll start at the stop sign." I didn't want to have to pray. I'd reach the stop sign and start praying until I reached the other point I had marked. But one day it came to the point where the starting and stopping points no longer mattered, I found myself talking to the Lord Jesus and praying on the way there, and on the way back.
We didn't turn out for bad weather since we seemed to rarely get any that far south, but one particular day in late January 2005 I received a phone call. On the other end a person was letting me know due to a water break, school was cancelled for that day. I was so excited! I thought maybe I could lay around, watch some T.V; relax for what I'm sure felt like a much needed day off! My husband who was also a teacher at the time, and taught just a block or so down the road was on his way out that morning. As he walked out the door he looked back at me and said, "You need to be reading today." I knew what he meant.... reading the word of God and praying.
After he left I got going with my day and was doing some reading. At some point I went to our work room where we had our computer and did office things. I was facing the west wall and I was on Water of Life Ministries pages reading through testimonies; in doing so, I began reading a friend's testimony. Just as I was finishing I physically felt something lifting and spinning up out through my chest and head area. It was incredible! Immediately I knew something had changed. Everything about the scriptures, God, the Lord Jesus became real and vivid to me. I've always said it was like in that moment I knew God was real!! And that, that day, the Lord Jesus showed up in that computer room!!
Knowing something had occurred and there was a presence in that room with me, I turned around as if the Lord Jesus was standing right behind me. I didn't see him physically, but the presence of the Lord was there in that room!! He was there!! My life forever began changing from that day on. Many of those things I have shared over the years, and now with some of you all here.
II Corinthians 3: 14 - 18
14: But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail (cover ) untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away with in Christ.
15: But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
16: Nevertheless when it ( the heart ) shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
17: Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18: But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
You want to be changed? You want to have hope? You want to know the Lord? Your spirit joined to the Lord's spirit.
You can! How?
By believing in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead and confessing with your mouth the Lord Jesus! Say it, "Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!" Call upon Jesus today!!
God Bless You!
Misty
We didn't turn out for bad weather since we seemed to rarely get any that far south, but one particular day in late January 2005 I received a phone call. On the other end a person was letting me know due to a water break, school was cancelled for that day. I was so excited! I thought maybe I could lay around, watch some T.V; relax for what I'm sure felt like a much needed day off! My husband who was also a teacher at the time, and taught just a block or so down the road was on his way out that morning. As he walked out the door he looked back at me and said, "You need to be reading today." I knew what he meant.... reading the word of God and praying.
After he left I got going with my day and was doing some reading. At some point I went to our work room where we had our computer and did office things. I was facing the west wall and I was on Water of Life Ministries pages reading through testimonies; in doing so, I began reading a friend's testimony. Just as I was finishing I physically felt something lifting and spinning up out through my chest and head area. It was incredible! Immediately I knew something had changed. Everything about the scriptures, God, the Lord Jesus became real and vivid to me. I've always said it was like in that moment I knew God was real!! And that, that day, the Lord Jesus showed up in that computer room!!
Knowing something had occurred and there was a presence in that room with me, I turned around as if the Lord Jesus was standing right behind me. I didn't see him physically, but the presence of the Lord was there in that room!! He was there!! My life forever began changing from that day on. Many of those things I have shared over the years, and now with some of you all here.
II Corinthians 3: 14 - 18
14: But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail (cover ) untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away with in Christ.
15: But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
16: Nevertheless when it ( the heart ) shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
17: Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
18: But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
You want to be changed? You want to have hope? You want to know the Lord? Your spirit joined to the Lord's spirit.
You can! How?
By believing in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead and confessing with your mouth the Lord Jesus! Say it, "Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!" Call upon Jesus today!!
God Bless You!
Misty
Thursday, October 1, 2015
The Perfect Room!
When I first began teaching Anthony and I use to spend a couple of weeks getting my classroom ready. Sometimes that was painting, building things, or whatever we thought it may need. We could sometimes put quite a bit of money into doing it all too. When we moved to Broken Arrow, there were things like this that I wasn’t able to do anymore because of what God was requiring of my life, and our life. This particular year was no different.
Every new year it was fun to get to redo your classroom with a new look, a new theme; kind of like a kid getting their new supplies for the new school year! People were going to be getting their rooms ready, and I knew for myself, I wasn't going to be making any large purchases like before, it would be something more of what God was requiring.
I went on up to the school to do what I could in unpacking and trying to come up with a "new" plan for the year. Oh, it was heart wrenching to walk by everyone's rooms. They looked so great! New teachers bustling around so excited with their new goodies of things, and seasoned teachers returning for another year doing the same. I went on to my room encouraging myself, "Misty, just believe God." I wasn’t going to try to believe God for this or that, it was just simply, believe, period to survive how I was feeling! I went on about my business in my room that day, still not knowing how or what to do to make my room look nice or new.
Ephesians 5:19
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord..
Well the Lord had put a song in my heart that morning as I was there. One I hadn't heard or considered in years. So as I spent my time preparing things I was singing,
"♫ God will take care of you. All you may need he will provide ♫". Never considering what I was singing just finding comfort that the Lord was with me. For a few days this song continued to just play over and over in my heart, and I continued to worship in my heart or out loud while I would be working on things.
One day upon arriving at school to work in my room I walked through our large media center. It was filled with flower arrangements, nice decorative items, nice pictures, pillow cushions, etc. I couldn’t believe all the stuff that was there! I asked someone about it and found that if it was out there and anyone could have it. Not unusual, but these were some really nice things! I began to look through it all and I found things that would look great in my room!! Things I loved! One of the teachers I work with was helping me carry things to my room and said, “All this stuff you are getting really matches the colors that are in your room”. I said, “I know!!” When I had begun the job I was also to get some of the new small bookcases, but was never able to. There were plenty of those out there now this day too. I now had flower arrangements, decorative items to hang on the wall, cushions for some chairs, and a few other items here and there; things that were somewhat tossed because of simply just a new year, or stored items needing to be gone. When I was growing up my mother and grandmother would often buy items for me to have for when I was grown one day with a home of my own. One of those things were these beautiful expensive baskets. A teacher friend of mine was cleaning her room this day and asked me to come down for a minute. I said, "Sure." When I got there she had one of those baskets and asked me if I would like it, how it came to her to ask me, and that I might like it. I said, "Sure!" Well, God did that for me!
My room did not look the same!! It looked great!! And I was thrilled with it all!! And not a soul knew what God was requiring of me, but God knew what he was, and he was going to take care of me. I laughed at the fact that this was the most I had ever gotten and only spent about 4 bucks. After it was all set up and ready, and I thought it was just perfect!
♫ God will take care of you. All you may need He will provide
No matter what may be the test,
God will take care of you;
lean, weary one, upon his breast,
God will take care of you ♫
( Not all the words are sung, but I encourage you to look them up )
God bless!!
Misty
Every new year it was fun to get to redo your classroom with a new look, a new theme; kind of like a kid getting their new supplies for the new school year! People were going to be getting their rooms ready, and I knew for myself, I wasn't going to be making any large purchases like before, it would be something more of what God was requiring.
I went on up to the school to do what I could in unpacking and trying to come up with a "new" plan for the year. Oh, it was heart wrenching to walk by everyone's rooms. They looked so great! New teachers bustling around so excited with their new goodies of things, and seasoned teachers returning for another year doing the same. I went on to my room encouraging myself, "Misty, just believe God." I wasn’t going to try to believe God for this or that, it was just simply, believe, period to survive how I was feeling! I went on about my business in my room that day, still not knowing how or what to do to make my room look nice or new.
Ephesians 5:19
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord..
Well the Lord had put a song in my heart that morning as I was there. One I hadn't heard or considered in years. So as I spent my time preparing things I was singing,
"♫ God will take care of you. All you may need he will provide ♫". Never considering what I was singing just finding comfort that the Lord was with me. For a few days this song continued to just play over and over in my heart, and I continued to worship in my heart or out loud while I would be working on things.
One day upon arriving at school to work in my room I walked through our large media center. It was filled with flower arrangements, nice decorative items, nice pictures, pillow cushions, etc. I couldn’t believe all the stuff that was there! I asked someone about it and found that if it was out there and anyone could have it. Not unusual, but these were some really nice things! I began to look through it all and I found things that would look great in my room!! Things I loved! One of the teachers I work with was helping me carry things to my room and said, “All this stuff you are getting really matches the colors that are in your room”. I said, “I know!!” When I had begun the job I was also to get some of the new small bookcases, but was never able to. There were plenty of those out there now this day too. I now had flower arrangements, decorative items to hang on the wall, cushions for some chairs, and a few other items here and there; things that were somewhat tossed because of simply just a new year, or stored items needing to be gone. When I was growing up my mother and grandmother would often buy items for me to have for when I was grown one day with a home of my own. One of those things were these beautiful expensive baskets. A teacher friend of mine was cleaning her room this day and asked me to come down for a minute. I said, "Sure." When I got there she had one of those baskets and asked me if I would like it, how it came to her to ask me, and that I might like it. I said, "Sure!" Well, God did that for me!
My room did not look the same!! It looked great!! And I was thrilled with it all!! And not a soul knew what God was requiring of me, but God knew what he was, and he was going to take care of me. I laughed at the fact that this was the most I had ever gotten and only spent about 4 bucks. After it was all set up and ready, and I thought it was just perfect!
♫ God will take care of you. All you may need He will provide
No matter what may be the test,
God will take care of you;
lean, weary one, upon his breast,
God will take care of you ♫
( Not all the words are sung, but I encourage you to look them up )
God bless!!
Misty
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