Where Are You Going?

Abraham was 75 years old when the Lord called him.



Disclaimer: This is not Abraham-This is a picture of my husbands' relative



 “Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you.”-Genesis 12:1

He didn’t tell him where he was going. No forwarding address! Go was the command.  Then he gave a promise.

Honduras 2011

” I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great and you will be a blessing.  I will bless those who bless you and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” Genesis 12::2-3

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Do you know what Abraham did? It says in verse 4 that he left! He didn’t deliberate. He didn’t question if he heard him right or ask why me.  He immediately obeyed!

What is it that God has called you to do and why haven’t you done it yet?  It’s not too late!  Be obedient to his call. If it’s to Be still or if it’s to sell everything and follow him just be obedient because I guarantee there is a blessing waiting for you when you are!

`-May the Lord Bless you Greatly today_-

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Are you Still in the Race?

And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.1John 2:28

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Do you ever feel like giving up? Giving in?  Do you feel like this living for Jesus is really hard and you’ve wondered if it is worth it?

I have felt this way.  I’m not proud of it and I don’t go boasting about it, but there have been times during the years I’ve been living for him that situations have been tough! I have pulled the covers over my head and tried to block out the world!  I know I’m not the only one to do that!  You know why I know it, because I’ve talked to enough women and I know some that have done the same thing!

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You know what keeps me getting out of that bed? I want to please Jesus! Yep……..it’s that simple. I want to be able to stand before the King of Kings and not be ashamed of how I lived for him!

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 You see my friend- he is coming back and we will have to give an account of what we did and didn’t do for him.  Have I stumbled? YES! But I get up and keep going; in Phillipians- Paul inspired by the Holy Spirit describes it as a race to keep running. The race is long and we run out of breath and sometimes we have to get up after we fall.  We keep going, knowing one day we will see our Savior face to face and that we can stand before him Confident in who we have been in him and Unashamed! Until that day let us encourage one another! Don’t give up! Don’t give in!  There are others who are going through this life and you are not alone!

Encouragement Anyone?

Do you wake up some mornings-discouraged right off the bat! I have been there, believe me! God is so faithful even when we are finding it difficult to come to him with our problems.


So, this morning I am here to let the Lord use me to encourage you and what better way to be encouraged than through scripture!  The Lord keeps speaking Isaiah 51 to me and I know it's to keep me looking to him!

"Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and who seek the Lord;Look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry from which you were hewn; look to Abraham, you father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth. When I called him he was but one, and I blessed him and made him many. The Lord will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; he will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing." Isaiah 51:1-3

I am sharing that with you this morning, but I need it just as much as you! I need to be reminded that if I am pursuing righteousness and seeking the Lord that he will comfort me and he will take all my ruins and deserts and make them like Eden.

 Is there anyone with alot of junk that needs to be made into Eden besides just me?

 I need to be reminded that  the Lord is going to take all the dry times in my life and make them alive in him!

Praise the Lord he is faithful! If we just keep  focusing on Jesus and being obedient, he takes care of all the other stuff that surrounds us! Right?

So my friends know this, that no matter how rough your morning has been......
the phone call that made your heart break and put the covers up over your head......
 or the children who were whiny first thing because they didn't get there way.......
no matter what has happened the Lord- if we are living for him- makes it good!

He promises that in Romans 8:28. Let him speak to your heart this morning and show you all the ruins he is rebuilding in your life!

Do you believe he will?I know he will dear friend and he will encourage you like no one else can!