The Portrait of God in Your Life

Your Life is called to make history- His Story. You weren't created for mediocrity, for nothingness.  You were created with a purpose and a passion that comes from God.  You are a gift to the peoples of this earth.  A gift from a loving Father, who is a creator- an artiste of unlimited magnitude.  Your life is His expression.  Not necessarily everything that has happened to you, for this fallen world would seek to mar the beauty and turn off the music and put out the light.  But they cannot.  It lives inside of you.  So don't let disappointments, or fears or your self made limitations hold you back.  Throw yourself into the arms of the your loving Father, who wants you to discover all that He has created you to be.  Give yourself over to Him completely. Fall so in love with Jesus and Father God and Holy Spirit...that nothing is too hard, nothing is too small, nothing is too big or high to attain, for HE is bigger and stronger and His Love is more powerful.  It will pick you up, it will thrust you forth and it will keep you and it will lead you an it will compel you. But it is the most wonderful love that you cannot live with out. You cannot be whole with out this love of His.  It is time to discover His Love for you, or rediscover it. all over again.  Be refreshed, Be revived. Be loved this day as never before.  And let Him become your everything.... because YOU mean everything to HIM.

Acts 20:24 (New Living Translation)

New Living Translation (NLT)

²⁴ But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.

Is this your song? if not, will you make it your song? What is our life worth if we are not following Christ, if we are not laying down our lives moment by moment. What does our life amount to, if we are not BEING Christ to others, bringing His Presence, His Passion for souls and touching lives and allowing HIM to touch through me and you and transform lives... 

© NEM Jan. 9, 2014

Oh Lord-Pick me up like a paint brush and Paint YOUR Picture...





“Paint Your Picture / The Paintbrush” by Julie Meyer

Pick me up like a paint brush
God, dip it in the colors of my life
Paint Your picture
Father, fashion a heart that is wholly Yours
Take Your fingers, God,
Master potter come mold the clay
Tell your story as You mold me
Fashion a heart that is wholly Yours
And write Your name, write Your name in the clay
And sign Your name, sign Your name on the picture
And write Your name, write Your name in the clay
And sign Your name, sign Your name on the picture
Pick me up like a paintbrush
God, dip it in the colors of my life
And paint Your picture
Father, fashion a heart that is wholly Yours
Take Your fingers, God,
Master Potter, come mold the clay
Tell Your story as You mold me
Fashion a heart that is wholly Yours
And write Your name, write Your name in the clay
And sign Your name, sign Your name on the picture
And write Your name, write Your name in the clay
And sign Your name, sign Your name on the picture
Take all I am
Take all I am
I am Yours
Forever, Forever
Take all I am
Take all I am
And I am Yours
Forever
And ever
Take all I am
Take all I am
For I am Yours
Forever, and ever
Take all I am
Take all I am
For I am Yours
Forever
So, come write Your name, write Your name in the clay
Come sign Your name, sign Your name, on the picture
Come write Your name, write Your name in the clay
Come sign Your name, sign Your name on the picture

Soaking In His Love

After a long day, how good it feels to draw a bath or to stand under a hot shower and just let the water tap dance the tiredness away.  To just stand there soaking up the steam heat, relax and reflect.  Nothing like a hot bath or shower to soothe tired aching muscles. 

Likewise, there is nothing like the Presence of God to soothe and calm frayed emotions, and weary hearts!  How good it is to stand in His Presence and to let Him wash over you with waves of His Love!  

Can you imagine Heaven, where we will be immersed in His Love and surrounded by His Glory? I can just close my eyes and imagine standing still with arms wide open, and breathing in the fragrance, the very essence of of Who He Is, and just having His Love break over me, like undulating waves on the ocean!

Oh how He loves us!  How He longs to show us more of Himself. Reveal more of His goodness, more of His heart to us.  More of His Plans for us. Will you come join me? Let's stand together, and soak in His Love! And then go spread it around!

Integrity Music put out a song years ago. It is called "Think About His Love." Written by Walt Harrah. 1987.  Redone by Don Moen in 1998.



Think about his love
Think about his goodness
Think about his grace that's brought us through
For as high as the heavens above
So great is the measure of our Father's love
Great is the measure of our Father's love

How could I forget his love?
How could I forget his mercy?
He satisfies.  He satisfies.  He satisfies my desire.

Even when I've strayed away
His love has sought me out and found me
Those times I've been
Away from him
His loving arms have held me fast 

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Yes Let's Think About His Love! 
Love You Lord! Thank you for Loving us so!
Nancy 

Why Do You Delay?

God is asking you this question.

Why do you delay?

Come to ME today.
I take all sin away

Feelings of failure they cannot stay.

You look with

Eyes that see

Far too much of you

And not enough of ME.

I've told you before

I'll tell you again

Only in ME will you 

Find the Victory to win.

I know your struggles

 I feel your pain

I see how you battle

With Fear and with Shame.

You look at your shortcomings

But I look at you coming to ME

So now, come in Faith believing

And Let me set you free!

He who comes to ME
I will not turn away

See the Love in MY eyes

Believe the words that I say.

I am a rewarder of 

Those who seek Me

Believe that I AM and I shall ever be

ALL that you need throughout Eternity.

                                                  © NEM 11-18-11

Dear One,

I do not know who you are, but GOD knows you by name! He prompted me to write this to you...He knows where you are. He knows you've been running, hurting, searching.  Searching for answers, but even in the midst of your search, you are afraid to find them, because you fear the pain that might lie in the answer, that what you fear will be true.

HE says " I AM TRUE- count every man a liar (in comparison.)  STOP! Stand still.  Run no more.  Turn and come to ME again, I AM waiting with outstretched arms.  I AM waiting to do you no harm.  This is what repentance really means; to stop and turn around, change your mind, and LET ME change your heart!  You cannot change things that only I can change. I can and I WILL change your life, IF you will but LET ME.  It is NOT too late.  COME HOME my child. I AM WAITING FOR YOU."

John 6:37 (AMP)  All whom My Father gives (entrusts) to Me will come to Me; and the one who comes to Me I will most certainly not cast out [I will never, no never, reject one of them who comes to Me]. 

John 6: 63 (GNB)  What gives life is God's Spirit; human power is of no use at all. The words I have spoken to you bring God's life-giving Spirit.

John (LITV) 8:36  Therefore, if the Son sets you free, you are free indeed.

Heb 4:14  Let us, then, hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we have a great High Priest who has gone into the very presence of God---Jesus, the Son of God.
Heb 4:15  Our High Priest is not one who cannot feel sympathy for our weaknesses. On the contrary, we have a High Priest who was tempted in every way that we are, but did not sin.
Heb 4:16  Let us have confidence, then, and approach God's throne, where there is grace. There we will receive mercy and find grace to help us just when we need it. 

Heb 11:6 (MSG) It's impossible to please God apart from faith. And why? Because anyone who wants to approach God must believe both that he exists and that he cares enough to respond to those who seek him.