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Live Abundantly!
Amy
Matthew 22:37-39 - "...Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself."
dancingdreamer | January 18, 2012 20:48
I remember many times when the trials in my life were so intense that I felt as though I couldn't go on. In my weakness, I fell onto my knees and Jesus lifted me up. He is the strength we all need. And the beauty of following Jesus is how we can fall into His arms over and over again.
A Prayer:
Beloved Jesus,
I thank You for Your kindness and Your great love. I thank You for the way You lift up Your people. Thank You for Your encouragement. Thank You for always coming through in Your perfect timing. I hear You whispering to me to pray for strength for the Body of Christ. So many people are struggling at this moment with many kinds of trials. Lord, I ask You to lift up Your Church today. Bless each one of Your children with peace. Give each believer Your strength to carry on. Give them the revelation that You are their strength. Let them hold onto You and to Your promises. Lift their spirits and give them the energy they need to do all You’ve called them to do. Lift up the sad ones and fill them with Your joy. Lift up the brokenhearted ones and heal their hearts. Strengthen Your Church and make us a strong tower for the world to see. In Your mighty name. Amen.
Psalm 61:3 (KJV)
For you have been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
2 Corinthians 12:9 (KJB)
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
dancingdreamer | January 16, 2012 17:52
As I've been seeking the Lord for direction in my writing, I feel
Him nudging me to focus on praying for the Body of Christ, for
America, and for the hearts of the spiritually dead to be revived
and awakened to the truth of the gospel of Christ. I absolutely love
to journal my prayers. I have separate prayer journals for each of
my children, for my husband, and a special notebook where I write
prayers for friends and other family members. Writing my prayers
builds my faith because I can look back at my journals and see with
my very own eyes the faithfulness of Jesus. I will be posting
some of my prayers and the words and scriptures He puts on my heart
on this site. May the prayers of my heart increase your faith in our
Lord Jesus Christ.
A Prayer:
Beloved Jesus,
I praise Your mighty name. I thank You for Your goodness and Your
mercy. You are wonderful. You are mighty. You are awesome. Thank You
for Your great and perfect love. Lord, I commit my writing and my
blog to You and ask You to let every word that I write bring glory
to Your name. Let it be a place where people will feel Your presence
and know Your love. Let only Your peace and Your truth reside in my
words. Let Your Spirit flow through me and let me only pray the
words that You have put in my spirit. Cover me with Your blood and
guard over this site. Let only those who have ears to hear and eyes
to see You read these prayers. Create a safe haven for those of us
that are truly seeking You with our whole heart. We need You, Lord
Jesus. We need Your guidance, Your presence and Your love. We have
turned away from dark things and long to live in Your light for all
eternity. We love You with all of our being and we long for more of
You. Bless each person that reads these prayers and do mighty works in his or her life. Show each one of them
Your loving-kindness and mercy. Bless Your Church and bring a fresh
fire to the hearts of every believer. In Your mighty name, Yeshua,
the Messiah of the world. Amen.
dancingdreamer | January 06, 2012 17:20
What is the
first thing you think of when you hear the word, "grace"?
The word evokes many thoughts in my heart. But the very first
thought that grace brings to my mind is the God who created the
world.
He is grace. The scriptures tell us who He is:
"The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy " Psalm 103:8 (KJV)
"And rend your heart and not your garments." Now return to the
LORD your God, For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to
anger, abounding in loving-kindness and relenting of evil."
Joel 2:13 (NAS)
I
consider myself to be gracious and compassionate in the way I
think and act. It's evident in the way people freely confess their
sins to me. I have had a number of women share their
secrets with me about their struggles to remain faithful in
their marriages. I've learned a great deal about grace
through the confessions of these ladies.
Once
a woman confessed to me that she was considering leaving
her family for another man. I remember weeping as I prayed and
asked the Lord, "What should I say to this woman?" I knew it was
very critical to speak the truth in love. In these types of
situations it is so important to display the heart of God to
those who don't truly know Him. Many times we can blurt out
the first thing that pops into our heads such as, Oh my goodness, are you crazy?
But I sought the Lord for the words to say to the one tempted to
leave her family, and He gave me the perfect words filled
with His grace.
Many
are confused about grace. Grace is not an excuse for being
disobedient—it is a reason to be completely obedient to God. His
abounding Grace should be what causes us to want to obey Him
perfectly.
A
child is much more apt to listen to a loving, gracious parent,
than to one who screams at them in anger and rage. A child wants to
please the loving parent. It's the same way with the Lord. I obey
His commands because I know how very much He loves me and I don't
want to do anything to disturb the closeness I have with
Him. In God's word, He shows us that our sin separates us
from Him.
"But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God,
and your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear." Isaiah 59:2 (NASB)
I don't want to be away from Him for even one minute, let alone one hour or a week or a month. He has become everything to me. It's His amazing grace that draws me to Himself.
I would rather have my head served on a platter than do anything that would spoil my fellowship with Jesus.
I
cannot emphasize enough how important it is for me and for all
believers to walk in unity with the Lord. My desire is for myself
and others to be one with Him and share His grace with all those we come
in contact with.
The day I talked with the woman about her
temptation to leave her family, my words penetrated her
heart. She heard through my voice how deeply God loved her,
and that He didn't want her to mess up her life. There would be
consequences for her wrong choices.
I exhaled a breath that
felt big enough to knock over a large building when she told
me she had chosen to stay in her marriage and make things work
with her husband. Many years later, they are happily married. I
believe it was the grace of God displayed through my life that
helped her make the right choice.
God’s love is abounding. Until the 2nd coming of Christ may we—His followers—continually display His extravagant grace.
dancingdreamer | December 20, 2011 17:24
Verse of the Day:
Psalm 37:23-24 NIV
The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him; though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand.
Beloved Jesus,
Thank You for Your amazing love. Thank You for making my steps firm. I praise You for the way You keep me from falling. You give me strength when I am weak. May You always keep me in the palm of Your hand and lift me up daily. I love You, my Rock and Redeemer. Amen.
Whispers from God:
You can rest in Me for I will never let you go as long as you delight in Me. Walk with confidence because I have you in the palm of My hand.
A Thought to Ponder:
Walking with Christ is the safest place to be. ~ Amy
dancingdreamer | November 07, 2011 13:25
I
will be forever grateful for the way Jesus has turned my life around.
But I am also grateful for the pain that has touched my life. Pain has
undeniably taken me to my knees. And that is where I found a deep
intimacy with Christ.
Throughout
the past decade, I have learned that it is in times of
trouble that we see the Glory of God the most. Whatever
you are facing in your life at this moment, know that it
is a beautiful opportunity to see the Maker of the
Universe do a mighty work in your life. Seek Him with
ALL YOUR HEART, and you will hear His voice shouting words of
encouragement in the midst of your pain.
“God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our
conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is His megaphone to rouse
a deaf world.” C. S. Lewis
Be encouraged and listen intently for His voice. He is waiting to lift your heart up!
Beloved Jesus,
I
lift up the Body of Christ to You today. I pray that each one would
fall to his or her knees in submission to You and grow closer to You.
Lord, will You draw the broken ones into Your love? Let them see Your
glory in their lives. Let them discover the secrets of Your Kingdom and
know You fully and completely. Turn the hearts of the fathers to their
children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous to make
ready a people prepared for Your return. Let the Church rise up and be all
it is called to be. I trust You, Lord, to do great and mighty things for
Your Kingdom. Amen.
dancingdreamer | August 17, 2011 15:40
My
soul cries out daily to be in the presence of God. I want to be
close to Him. It's my greatest need to stay close to my Creator.
There is nothing we can experience in this life that is more
satisfying than having an intimate relationship with Christ.
Second to my desire to be close with God is my desire for others to enter into the Divine Presence that has changed my life.
I long to see people fall in love with Jesus. I want everyone
to experience the joy and beauty of walking closely with Him.
My
prayer is that someone looking for refreshment will discover
through my writing how simple it is to be close to God.
The presence of God is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
If God seems distant, then we need to look inward.
A number of years ago, the Lord led me to a scripture that
revealed a key to intimacy with Him. The words jumped off the
page when I read in Isaiah that God hides Himself from us when
we have sin in our lives.
Isaiah 59:2 (New American Standard Bible)
But your iniquities have
made a separation between you and your God, And your sins have
hidden His face from you so that He does not hear.
It
was in this verse that I saw how easy it is to ruin the
beauty of walking closely with God. I realized that in the
hours, the days, and in some cases, the months I had held onto
an offense in my heart that I was hindering the gift of God's
presence in my life.
God is perfect and holy. It is impossible for His holiness to yoke itself with our sin.
Even the slightest bit of fretting can hinder us from being close to Him.
I love what Oswald
Chambers says about fretting. He calls it wickedness. Imagine
that. When I fret, I am allowing wickedness to separate me from
God.
To insure that I am
continually walking closely with the Lord, the first thing I do
each day is bow down on the floor and pray these words:
23 And the nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity; because they trespassed against me, and I hid my face from them: so I gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and they fell all of them by the sword.
24
According to their uncleanness and according to their
transgressions did I unto them; and I hid my face from them.
Ezekiel 39:29 (American Standard Version)
29
neither will I hide my face any more from them; for I have poured
out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah.
dancingdreamer | June 23, 2011 13:33
There
is a fierce battle raging around us. I believe the battle is
more intense at this present time than it ever has been because
we are living in the "Last Days." There are souls that need to be saved
before the return of Christ. In Ephesians 6:12, it tells us that
our battle is not against flesh and blood but against the
powers and principalities that want to thwart God's perfect
plan.
I have discovered that the safest place to be during the intense battle is in my secret hiding place with Jesus.
Victory comes to those who are completely hidden in Christ.
It's a hard message to receive, but when we have sin in our
hearts, it's impossible to hide in Christ. Even the slightest
amount of resentment or pride will open up the door in our
hearts for darkness.
Light and darkness cannot be in the same
room. It's either dark when the lights are off or it becomes
light when the light has been turned on.
There is no in between
place of hiding in Christ. The days are over for lukewarm
Christianity. A person must be completely surrendered to Christ
or the powers and principalities will take them over during
these dark days for our world.
I pray that every person that
reads this will come enter into the light of Christ and live
abundantly, live fully hidden in His love.
dancingdreamer | June 15, 2011 21:32
Our Mighty Jesus,
Thank You for Your marvelous love. Thank You for the way You make every
circumstance turn to good for those who love You. Thank You for Your
grace. Jesus, will You fill the hearts of Christians with an unwavering
faith? Pour out Your Spirit in a mighty way on those who are fully
seeking You. Jesus, we need more of Your anointing power on this earth.
Please send it, Jesus. Give us a sign in the natural of what You are
doing in the spiritual realm. Jesus, protect this country from disaster.
Show the people how desperately they need you. Revive the hearts of
Your people. Cause them to fall down in repentance and to turn from
their wicked ways. Let Your Spirit fill this city and spread to the
surrounding cities, and ultimately around the world. Jesus, come in a
mighty wind and fill this earth with Your Presence. I love You with all
my heart. Amen.
Whispers from God:
I am looking for followers who will dare to live by faith alone. I am
waiting to do great and mighty things for all who are willing to trust
and wait. I have so much waiting for those who want Me and My power.
dancingdreamer | June 13, 2011 13:20
My Amazing Jesus,
Thank
You for Your unfailing love, for the way You continually pour out Your
mercy and grace. Thank You for the way You gently show me the things in
my heart, in myself that are not good. Jesus, thank You for purifying my
heart, for removing every thing that hinders me from walking closely
with You. Thank You for what You are doing in the body of Christ. Oh how
beautiful it is! I feel it in my spirit: Revival is about to break out
in a big way in the body of believers here in the Atlanta area. Keep
pouring Your Spirit into the hearts of the people who are fully seeking
You. Jesus, we (the body of Christ) want more of You. We want You to
work in and through us in unimaginable ways. We want thousands upon
thousands to be saved in our city due to the massive outpouring of Your
Spirit, Jesus. I am waiting for You with great expectation to do mighty
things in the churches in my area. I have visions of people falling at
Your feet, weeping in repentance, craving Your love, wanting more of
You. Jesus, show the world who You are. Show them Your radical love.
Speak to the hearts of all the people who call You, "Lord." Let each of
them come to know You deeply and intimately. Raise us up to be the
Church You want for us to be. Jesus, make us ready for Your return,
without a blemish or stain. Let us be a Church who loves You fully and
loves each other perfectly. Let each follower of You be so focused on
You that they would not look to each other, but only to You. Let Your
perfect unity and love rule in the hearts of all Your followers. I am
ready to see You do great and marvelous things in my city. I love You,
Jesus, with all my heart. Amen.
Whispers from God:
As
you keep seeking Me and calling on Me, I will pour out My Spirit on
your city. It will be like nothing you have ever seen before. Keep
seeking. Keep asking. Keep chasing after Me with all of Your heart. My
Glory will be revealed in the lives of those fully surrendered to Me.
dancingdreamer | April 18, 2011 13:53
I
have a deep compassion for people experiencing difficult trials. Yet I
know that it's been the difficulties in my life that have pushed me
onto my knees. So along with my compassion, I feel incredible excitement
for the heavenly treasures that I know are awaiting those who rest in
Christ through trying times. My desire is to see every believer walk in
the fullness of Christ, letting His treasures be the reward of their
souls.
My Beloved Jesus,
I
lift up the Body of Christ to You today. We are Your beloved Church
and I know You want us to flourish and thrive in Your plans for our
lives. Encourage the discouraged ones. Lift up the hearts of those
struggling with finances and illnesses. Heal the hearts of those
mourning the loss of loved ones. Jesus, raise up the Church to be
strong, mighty, and bold. We are Your chosen ones and we want to be used
by You to bring hope to the world. Make us a pure and holy people. Rid
our hearts of all unholy thoughts and actions. Jesus, I ask You today
to purify the heart of every believer. Purify Your Church. Bind our
hearts as one. Make us walk in perfect unity. Help us to encourage one another
the way You intended for us to. Jesus, let the Church be filled with
love and joy. Revive the hearts of the contrite ones and prepare the
hearts of lost souls to hear Your call to them. Jesus, raise up every
believer to be the men and women of God they are called to be. Let us
go out into the world to pray for and encourage the brokenhearted.
Jesus, may every believer keep their eyes focused on You and You alone.
And may You fill the lives of those seeking Your kingdom with an
abundance of heavenly treasures. I love You. Amen.
Whispers from God:
My beloved Church, rise up and be the people I have called you to be. Don't look at Your circumstances. Now is the time to stand on My word and My truth. I have called you to be a strong people, to stand in My strength. I will deliver you out of your bondage if You trust Me fully. Let go of doubt and trust Me to deliver you.
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