Life is a Garden

SEED--scripture prayer and confession

When I plant the Word in my heart, I can expect a one hundredfold harvest. Jesus said if I abide in the Word and the Word abides in me, my prayers will be answered. John 15:17; Mark 4:8

 SHEEP THOUGHTS--one sheep's message to the rest of the flock    Put on your overalls and start treating your life like a garden. Jesus told us that if we didn't understand the parable of the seed and the sower, we wouldn't understand anything else. It makes this whole gardening idea fundamental. He explained that the Kindgom of God was like a man planting a seed, and then He gave us even more insight when He revealed that the man was planting the Word. It was about a garden in the very beginning, and it still is.  Mark 4:13; Mark 4:26; Mark 4:14

be a SMART MOUTH--it matters what you say

A man will be satisfied with good by the words of his mouth...  Proverbs 12:14 HCSB

  

POSITIVE ID

forming our perception of God through the Word

God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. Psalm 46:1 NLT

BEARS REPEATING

A Word to the Wise

"You can either water down the Word to match your lack of experience, or you can believe 

God to elevate your experience to match the Word."  Keith Moore

Impossible

Did you know that God does not believe in impossible situations? He honestly doesn't think there are any. He said,"...with God nothing shall be impossible."(Luke 1:37) That means that to His way of thinking, IMPOSSIBLE doesn't get a vote. He refuses to subscribe to impossibility. He looks at every "impossible, hopeless, ain't gonna get any better" situation and whole-heartedly says, "This can be changed, fixed, redeemed, renewed, restored, healed, saved, made whole, rescued, reclaimed, mended, recovered, delivered." Now, God is really into choices. He is always asking us to choose. That's because he knows that choices are the way we navigate through life. So, here's the question. Are you going to continue to believe in impossibility? Or will you turn your back on IMPOSSIBLE, choose to agree with God, and transform your thinking to "everything is POSSIBLE for one who believes." (Mark 9:23) Possibility starts with YOUR choice. Stay Constant in Prayer. Paula J

more meditations on Acts 13:52

Thank you that my husband is continually filled [throughout his soul] with joy and the Holy Spirit.
Here are some more of my insights as a result of meditating this scripture.
Throughout his soul: the soul is the seat of the mind, will, and emotions; to have the mind, will, and emotions continually filled throughout--every nook and cranny--with joy makes for a strong mind since joy is strength(Nehemiah 8:10). We all want to possess a strong, sound mind and desire that for our husbands, too, regardless of age or circumstances.
Since the Holy Spirit is the counselor, teacher, and author of Wisdom, think of the advantage of having a mind continually filled with the Holy Spirit.
The will is our decision maker. To have the will (decision maker) continually filled with the Holy Spirit would guarantee that decisions would be guided and influenced by Wisdom. A will continually filled with joy, would guard against decisions prompted by fear. Fear based decisions always tend toward death (in all its forms.)
One of the purposes of emotions is to give us clues to what is happening around us. They are a little like a thermometer. If our emotions are continually filled with and governed by joy and the Holy Spirit, we can gain an accurate picture of what is really taking place, but we won't be led by emotions or let emotions take over a place of leadership that they were not designed to operate in. We don't want emotions to act like a thermostat and govern what takes place. Being filled continually throughout your soul with joy and the Holy Spirit can diminish or eliminate feelings of superiority, inferiority, low self-confidence, anger, resentment, fear, despair, hopelessness, or any emotions that would lead to lust, greed, or covetousness, etc. To sum it up: be led by the Spirit and you will not fulfill the pressures of the flesh. (Galations 5:16)
Stay Constant in Prayer,
Paula J