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Routine With A Cup of Caffeine

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March 24, 2018

Yep. It’s another week gone by and time for our Five-Minute Friday. Remember you can join in anytime. Get your word, set your timer, then write till it beeps… why not just do it?

This week our word is ROUTINE… so, here goes…

Let’s start with a question. Is your quiet time with the Lord ROUTINE? Is it just a time to grab a cup of coffee, your Bible and one of your devotions and read for a few minutes? Or — is it a time you’ve set aside with a purpose to be with the Lord.

Granted like anything else, it can become ROUTINE, but if your heart is right, even during those times, you can still receive a well- needed nugget for the day.

But to be real, when we intently set a time to meet with the Lord, and our honest desire is to draw closer to Him, it’s far from routine.

“But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.” ~ Luke 5:16

We all know it’s impossible to build a relationship with someone if we do not spend time with them, right? Well, it’s the same with God. We can know of Him by what others say, or we can begin to spend time with Him and allow an intimate relationship to grow.

You might be asking, “How do I do that? This is all so new to me?” Glad you asked! It’s easy. First, find a place to get away. A certain spot in your house, a favorite park, or even a quiet restaurant where you can close the world away, and it can become just you and Him.

Then begin with reading one passage from the Bible, or a devotion. After you read it, then sit in silence and take the time to listen as He explains to you what that word means and how it relates to your life today.

Then, do it again, and again, and again. Day after day, it will not become a routine, but His Spirit, the Holy Spirit of God, will begin to draw you to that secret place where you will meet with Him one on one. STOP.

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blessings,

Del

If you’d like to learn more abut our Five-Minute Friday link-up click here and check it out..

And, I’m adding this little extra as I found it on Kate Motaung’s Post . Kate is the host of the Five Minute Friday link up pages. And while your there on her page, I encourage you to check out her new book, A Place To Land, which I just finished reading! It is hard to put down. It’s a fabulous memoir of her life penned divinely to keep you hanging onto her every word as she longs for her place called “Home.”

This is the perfect Song from her post to top off the word this week!

“And My God…”

Del

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March 16, 2018

Isn’t it amazing when a single word can instantaneously trigger a certain memory from our past?

Today’s word for Five Minute Friday is PROVIDE… when I hear the word provide, the first thing I think of is Philippians 4:19. “And my God shall supply all your needs according to His riches and glory in Christ Jesus.” Every time I hear that verse, it takes me back to my early days with the Lord. Since I came to Him empty, body, soul, mind and spirit and even my bank account, He taught me to rely on Him for everything.

Now, twenty-some years later, I’ve learned that we don’t only ask Him to provide monetary things, but every single thing we need. He provides the very breath we breathe. The roof over our head to the soles of the shoes that protect our feet. And, he graciously provides for everything we need to further His kingdom.

Sometimes when we ask for things, our prayers are not answered the way we like, or the way we believed things should happen. But, when we rely completely on the Lord, He will reveal to us in His time why that certain prayer was not answered in the way we would have liked.

Today, as we are in the midst of the Easter season, let us remember what Jesus did for us. Let us recall the most significant sacrifice that Jesus paid. He PROVIDED for a debt that we owe, and yet a debt we could never pay.

So you ask, does He provide all our needs? Oh yes, from here in this life today and right on through eternity to spend forever with Him.

What’s Love Got To Do With It

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February 14, 2018

Songs are sung about it. Movies are written about it. And once a year, we even set aside a day to celebrate it.

But the real question is, “What’s love got to do with it? What does love have to do with a relationship and… what is a relationship without it?

If we look to Merriam Webster, we can see what he has to say: Love is a strong affection for another. Yes. That does begin to describe love, doesn’t it? But, as he goes on, he has a few other things to say that seemed to steer me in the direction of where I wanted to go — a devotion, or admiration, unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another.

When I hear devotion, unselfish, concern for another, the verse from 1 Corinthians 13 comes to mind~

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 1 Cor: 4-7

There it is. Love straight from the Word of God. How far I’ve fallen from being able to love as the Bible tells us to love. What about you? Where are you in this whole gamete of the word love?

Well, if you’re like me, and all of these attributes seem impossible to fulfill, I have good news for you. There is someone who can love like no other. Especially the verse that says,

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love 1 Cor 13:13

Our Heavenly Father. His name is love. Although we try in every way to be perfect and to display love to others as he does, we can only do it if we allow His love to flow in and through us.

So back to our question, what does love have to do with it, actually everything. You see, when we look at the whole picture, we can see because God is love and that without Him, we have nothing.

So where are you today? How do you see love and what does it mean to you? Why not share with others and let us know what love has to do with it for you! Just hit the like button and you’ll able to leave a comment for others to see.

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Five Minute Friday ~ Privilege

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February 9, 2018

Well, it’s Friday and time for another post for Five Minute Friday

Today our word is PRIVILEGE

As I think of the word privilege, all that comes to my mind is what a privilege it is to be a Pen-4- The Lord. To be a pen to share His love. To share His Word. To share the goodness, the grace and the mercy of the God we serve.

Many times our past tries to remind us of the things we’ve done that were unpleasing to God, and to make us feel unworthy to be a spokesperson for Him. But when I think of the scripture:

For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his love for those who fear him;
as far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us.“Psalm 103 11-12 …

… I am overwhelmed with the unconditional love that our Heavenly Father has for each one of us.

He is not a respecter of persons. I have heard that saying so many times, but you know what, it’s true. He is not a respecter of persons, and He will forgive you just as He has forgiven me. And once you are redeemed by Him and the precious blood of His Son, Jesus, you too will have the privilege to share His Story of love, of grace and of His goodness to anyone you meet.

But, it’s just like a good dessert. You’ve got to taste it for yourself to share with others just how good it really is. And, that is how the love of God is. Once you understand it, and you truly see just what Jesus has done for you, you will too be humbled as I was and ready to share it with the world; Again, what a PRIVILEGE to be a Pen-4-The Lord and share His Story with others.

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Let The Church Arise!

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February 1, 2018

This dreadful virus must end!

I pray that you, or your family, are not affected by it. Sadly, my children and grandchildren have had their fair share along with many dear friends.

In prayer, I believe the Lord is saying that His Church, the Body of Christ, it is time for us to rise up and take our authority over it and to war against it. “I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.”Luke 10:19

For that reason, I feel the call to organize a week-long, and maybe longer, time of prayer. As I asked the Lord for a strategy how to accomplish this, we will have someone praying for the next entire week 24/7. We will begin on Monday, February 5th and pray each day and then we will end on Sunday, February 11th. I have asked certain prayer partners to take an entire day. Within that day, they will ask for 24 volunteers to take one hour and pray, to cast out, and to claim authority over this terrible epidemic that has already taken the lives of forty innocent children.

We MUST rise up as the Body of Christ and take the authority given to us by Jesus and cast this out before it takes even ONE MORE LIFE!

Will you help? Will you be part of this prayer chain and just put one hour aside to pray and cast this flu epidemic under the feet of Jesus?

Please private message me if you are reading this on Facebook, or fill out the form below and I will e-mail you with the date and time to pray. P.S. please let me know what time of day you prefer.

I thank you ahead of time for joining in and for taking a stand to see this dreadful virus come to an end!

In His Name,

Del

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I Surrender For 5 Minute Friday

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January 26, 2018

Well here we are for another Five Minute Friday The Word is SURRENDER.

This couldn’t be a more perfect word for the day, the week, the month and the new year in everything I am walking through.

In this New Year of new beginnings, the Lord has asked me to surrender many things to Him. One is my ministry, Aglow where I was President of our local chapter for the past five years. Then as I also sit on our local Area Board for our Aglow, another decision needed to be made. This time I heard the Lord speak to my heart, “Del, if you surrender your will to Me, I will show you great and mighty things…”

Again, I surrendered that decision to Him, and finally, when I did, I had the peace that surpasses all understanding.

Then, this week, I went to the dentist and had a mishap; the dentist accidental cut my tongue, Ouch!!! And his words still ring in my ear. “No talking today. I want you to try and stay silent for the next day or so and not to use your tongue, double Ouch this time!! Oh, and I forgot, “Only liquids till it heals.”

So you say, surrender. Yes, this month has been a time of surrender, but only when we surrender our mind, our will and our emotions, and in my case, my tongue also, unto Him, can He do that perfect work in us that He longs so desperately to do! Amen… STOP!

Can You Hear Him

Del

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January 23, 2018

We long to hear the voice of God.

We seek to find Him in everything that we say and do.

We strive so hard to follow Him, and then to walk in His ways.

But what do we do when we find Him? When we hear Him speak? When we’ve cried out in desperation and pleaded with Him to guide us on our way and direct our path, and then right there, when we least expected it, He answers us? And not only does He answer us, but He chooses to do it in such a supernatural way that there was no denying it was Him.

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How do we respond? Do we share our story with the world to see and hear their reaction to what He’s done, or do we press into this moment? Do we stop and take this holy moment in time and just choose not to let go? Do we embellish that moment which God has ordained just for us and allow Him to encompass our being?

Oh the joy of finding that secret place, where we can just get alone with God. To take the time to begin a fireside chat with the One, the Only, the God of the universe, that so longs to speak to us, in such an intimate way and reveal the secrets that lie within His heart. The things that He so longs to whisper into our ear, that will guide us and propel us in the way He wishes for us to go.

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Oh beloved, don’t waste that extra moment you have today in futile things that will in no way last forever. No, take the time and invest it in the One, the One and only One who holds your future, and your eternity, right there within His powerful and mighty hands!

Welcome To My Blog

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January 17, 2018

Holidays are over and everywhere we go, all we hear about is new beginnings.

Well, as we enter into this New Year, the year itself has newness written all over it — 2018. If you are someone who loves to figure out the Biblical significance of numbers as I, then you know that the meaning of the number eight is New Beginnings.

So as we are welcome this New Year, I welcome you to my brand new website, Pen 4 The Lord.

I have used that title for my business cards since I began writing well over ten years ago. I’ve always dreamt of creating a website with that name where I can post words that will encourage, uplift and help to equip the body of Christ.

So, just as a fresh loaf of bread comes steaming hot right out of the oven and awakens our sense of smell to dig right in and to enjoy every bite, I pray that this site will do the same. Fresh, daily words from the Lord to wet your appetite and fill you with the living bread of life every time you stop on by.

So welcome and I’ll see you again soon!

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September 13, 2017

Holidays are over and everywhere we go, all we hear about is new beginnings.

So as we are welcome this New Year, I welcome you to my brand new website, Pen 4 The Lord.

So, just as a fresh load of bread comes steaming hot out of the over and entices our sense of smell to dig on in, I pray that this site will do the same. Fresh, daily words from the Lord to wet your appetite and fill you with the living bread of life every time you stop on by.

So welcome and I’ll see you again soon!

Del

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