Relationships with our Lord

As I sat in church last Sunday waiting for the service to start, I begin to "people watch".


I watched as a beautiful young girl walked in and sat in the row in front of me. She was by herself and she sat there looking forward. The music started and I was quickly moved by the Spirit. I could feel him all around me. Everyone around me stood as we sang praises to our Lord. The girl in front of me just sat there as everyone around her stood. I of course was still enjoying the music, but was also wondering what was going on in her life. Was she sad, or going though something difficult. As the service continued everyone sat as a soloist started singing about the women who was considered unworthy to be around Jesus, much less touch the back of his garment. The girl in front of me jumped to her feet, stretched out her hands towards heaven and sang to the Lord. I was kind of blown away. I caught myself with a ugly cry face, as I licked my lips so that my mouth would close. WOW, I thought, something in that song touched her. During that song it was her and her Lord. She didn't care what anyone around her thought. Everyone has a different relationship with Jesus. That is one of the reasons that I want to know more about him. Sometimes when I talk to him, I feel him sitting right there, and other times I feel that he doesn't hear me. I talk to him day and night. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night. I am soooo tired, but I feel that Jesus wants my company. I beg him to please let me go back to sleep. Can you even imagine how much he desires a relationship with us. We pray to communicate with him and we read his word to hear from him. After the song, the beautiful young girl sat down, opened up her bible and, what I felt her doing, was laying her problems at the cross. We all face hardships and sadness, that is apart of life until we are called home. Lay your burdens at the cross and keep your eyes on Jesus.
Amy

Next Generation.......

We are called to influence the next generation.....

We are called to have spiritual children...

Did you know that we are supposed to be praying for our children's children's children?
We should be praying for them to be mighty warriors for God and praying also for their future marriages. Praying also that their faith comes to them at an early age. Praying for future pastors to come from the generations after us.

Our Faith is supposed to extend over to future generations... Isn't that amazing? Who are you going to pass your spiritual baton too?

This made me wonder today if anyone before me prayed for me? Something deep inside of me tells me "YES" they did. My great-grandmother's name was Talitha. My mom shared with me what a godly woman she was. I can't help but think that she prayed for the generations behind her (which would include me).

Praise God today for someone that could have prayed for you although they never got to see their Harvest.... God wants to stir us to do something for the up and coming generations. God is LORD OVER ALL GENERATIONS....

This holiday season I want to start with our own tradtions that can be handed down to my future generations. I will need your help on this because I do not have any tradtions that have been handed down.....

I need you to share some of your traditions!!! PLEASE POST...them. Take a risk and share!!! I don't think the Yahweh blog has had a comment in years....lol If there is something wrong with the blogging site and it want let you post please email us and let us know at yahwehsistersministries@yahoo.com

God bless you and your family during this holiday season. Let us not forget to pray for our future generations!

Robbie, Amy, and Jen

Uncle Mac

This is " Uncle Mac"- my husband's great uncle. My husband, Rob went to Atlanta to spend his summers with Uncle Mac and Aunt Cindy. Rob and I started dating when I was 17, this wonderful couple was two of the first people that I met in his family. I was immediately considered part of their family and I fell in love with them. Most important- they love Jesus. This shows by the way they live their life. Aunt Cindy died over a year ago. Even though Uncle Mac was so sad, he remained true to fact that God is good and that he would never leave us nor forsake us. Every night he would go to the cemetery, where she was buried, walk and pray. He told us about one night in particular, one that he felt like he couldn't take the sadness anymore. He cried out to Jehovah-Shalom- the giver of peace( Judges 6:24) He needed peace and comfort. He had not even said Amen when a car pulled up to him and told him not to be afraid, but that as he, the man in the car, drove by the cemetery the Holy Spirit told him to pull into the cemetery and tell that man, Uncle Mac, that Jesus loves him. WOW... that was all Uncle Mac needed, to be reminded that God will never, has never, or ever will leave him. Uncle Mac is still sad, but now able to move on. To enjoy this life for what it is worth, and most importantly he is storing up treasures in heaven.
Who is a witness to you? Who are you witnessing to today? Our life is a testimony!!!!! Please do not waste time. You do not have to be a crazy person screaming Jesus Saves. But people do watch the way we live. Lets show someone today, the love of Jesus!!!!!!!
Amy

Five Essentials for a Thriving Marriage

If there is one thing that is hard in my life, it is my marriage. My husband travels 3-4 days a week. When he is home I usually work 1-2 days of that time. Every week it is the same thing over and over and over. We have to get use to one another again. Last week we were in Rome, Italy. We had an amazing time. Just the two of us. We even had a flat tire when we got home. But we were happy. When we arrived home, Rob begged me to remain calm no matter what the house looked like or what the kids were up too. I agreed. But of course as soon as I saw how messy my house was, my head started spinning and my mouth was screaming. Oh well... maybe next year. It is amazing how a few minutes can ruin a day or even the memories of a great trip. So here we are again, back in that rut of life. But you know what.... God has more for us that the rut. The Holy Spirit is our teacher, and he whispers all day to me what I should and shouldn't do, but I don't listen. Maybe he should scream it to me, cause how can I hear the Holy Spirit when I am screaming. Ha Ha. I'm not that bad.
Here are five "musts" of marriage. I am going to put them to use also. Even the best of marriages can learn something from these.
1. Be thankful for your spouse.
Pray that God will help you love your spouse the way that they need to be loved.
2.Practice communicating from the heart.
Pay attention to what works well when communicating with your spouse. Practice it
3.Be intimate.
Like it or not, it is a gift from God
You have to be attentive to all of your husband's needs. Be the example. Don't expect to get back what you give. Marriages should be 50-50%, but most are not.
4.Practice the power of forgiveness.
We are all broken, imperfect human beings, we fail our spouses as they do to us. Do not focus on flaws and then punish your spouse. Forgive and you will be forgiven.
5.Be teachable.
Marriage is always a work in progress. Be patient and pray that God will open your eyes to the needs of your spouse. Realize the gift he has given you and be thankful. I know that often I pray for God to change me, not praying for my spouse to change. We cannot change them, God can though. We can allow God to change us.
Pray daily for God to strengthen your marriage.
Amy

HALLOWEEN...................

It is a huge debate:

Christians and Halloween.........

Christians must decide for themselves

and follow their own convictions about regarding the observance of Halloween.

When my girls were little, I did dress them up and take them door to door for candy. But now that they are older it isn't an issue anymore.

I can truly see both sides of the issues. Something strange happened to me a week ago. I have this witch that I have had for at least 10 years. She is big and scary. She has a wart on her nose and she sits on a broom. You can clap your hands etc and she will laugh this horrible laugh and her eyes light up this bright red.

Last week my middle daughter and I were having an argument. It got out of control and I started yelling. Yes yelling... and the witch was in the next room and started laughing so loud on her own...and wouldn't stop. I was very concerned. I even asked a few friends what they thought and they told me to pray about it. I never felt like I had an answer from God or anything but the next day when I looked in her eyes, I had this fear come over me. This certainly could have been all in my head.. I know that fear is not from God. We are to stand on His word.

So.....the very next day I opened the front door and said Satan get out of my house in the name of Jesus and I threw her out as far as I could throw her....lol

My husband came home the next day from being out of town and he saw the witch upside down on the front porch. He could instantly tell that she must have had a quick exit from the house...lol

And yes... He thinks I am crazy..... I tried to explain to him what happened. But the more that I talked the crazier I sounded. He did pick her up and put her somewhere and told me she was gone. My hope is to find her a new home before next Halloween...(just a little side story)

I can't help but think that we have to get out of our comfort zone for God.

We are called to reach out in a world that is filled with danger and be the light that Christ calls us to be..

Halloween brings people of the world to our doorsteps and our neighbors out in the streets.. Maybe we should think of creative ways to use this time to seize this opportunity for developing new relationships and sharing our faith. God calls us to be in the world but not of it....After all these could be actual people that we need to seek and reach.......

I truly believe there is no right or wrong answer. One's convictions about Halloween must be individually sought, individually found and personally followed. We should not judge!!!

I would love to hear your thoughts on this matter....

Blessings,

Robbie

CONFUSION...........................

The first thing the enemy does in your soul:
CREATE CONFUSION.......
How many times has it gone through my head in the last few days?
1) Am I the person I should be?
2) I am not worthy to approach God!
My prayer on the way to work one Friday: Please God let me be like Abraham, take me out of my comfort zone. Give me the patient you want me to have today Lord. Let me be a blessing to them. Let me stand before you today Father and bear good fruit...
Right after my prayer...pure fear came over me..........I wished I hadn't prayed that prayer. Why? Maybe unbelief? Maybe lack of Trust? I have felt the enemy stepping it up with me last week. I have had confusion, which has brought fear, which then brings weakness and this is when the enemy strikes and hits you below the belt...
Before going into work I had a long hot shower. My hair was clean. My clothes were fresh and as I sat down to get report from the nurse I happened to glance in my patient's room that I was getting, and I knew instantly that this was not going to be good.
Where is my trust? Is my trust dependent on God taking me out of my comfort zone as long as it isn't dangerous???? Is it OK for God to take me out of my comfort zone as long as it is easy? The look on my face as I was getting report was painful.......
This was my report:
1st pt: 20 year old female, pregnant with her 4th child when she first came into the hospital, and unsure of a diagnosis at this point (lots of symptoms that didn't seem to fit any one diagnosis). She has been unable to be taken off of the breathing machine and now has a trach. She has had what we would call a "rough" start in life, with lots of areas and decisions that she has made up to this point that have not been the best ones (from the way we see it). She has several infections that cannot be touched with antibiotics because all of the different infections that she has are now resistant to these antibiotics (because of the multitude of antibiotics that she has already been on to try and fight these infections)..............Her kidneys are now also shutting down and this is requiring her to be on dialysis. She needed a blood transfusion because of some bleeding in her lungs which have caused her hemoglobin level to drop. She also has lupus, and her body looks like the body of an 80 year old because of all of the medical complications she has faced just over the past few months. There is a lot of blood coming out from her trach site, which is HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS!!! So I must be very careful......
2nd pt: 50 year old, heavy smoker who came in for shortness of breath, dying with lung cancer that has metastisized all over his body. At this point, there is nothing they can do for him but send him home with hospice. The wife remains at the bedside. They have just been told all of the news and they are devastated.
Hope you have a great day. See you tomorrow.
That was my report..... What am I supposed to do with this? Fear!!! Confusion..... Am I going to catch what this one girl has and take it home to my family? Am I going to get her infections that are resistant to all antibiotics.
Then the nurse says "forgot to tell you...she is on the bed pan every 15 minutes. And she is having LARGE bowel movements each and every time."
I just sat there and wanted to cry. I could feel my eyes starting to water. I thought WOW..... I CAN'T DO THIS... I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS... WHY CAN'T I BE A STAY HOME MOM!!! I want to be back in my comfort zone at this point, but I also want God to use me?????
Then the nurse (I never thought she was going to leave) preceded to tell me about her code status and how her family never come to see her. No friends, no family... she is all alone...
I looked at her through the glass window and saw this pale child-like figure. She had freckles and looked like a baby. I could not believe that this child had children of her own. I wondered if she would ever see them again. Then I thought how unfair life had been to her. No matter what she had done, she did not deserve this. Then I prayed for God to give me the strength to be a good nurse to her. Because with everything in me I wanted to run.......
Why do I want to run away from the very thing that I ask God to do in my life?
Fear and confusion are not from God..... Confusion comes when we are trying to figure something out instead of taking it to God and laying it at his feet. I just kept staring at her, thinking "I don't want to go in there". Confusion came...then fear....Fear took root and grew. This is where the enemy wants to take us. Sitting around, thinking about it, and talking about it only breeds fear... It basically drains our faith.. This is true with anything in our lives. Talking about your issues constantly only drains your faith.. Take it to the Lord and leave it at the foot of the cross. We need to start believing the Word of God. We need to memorize scripture!!! It IS the sword in this dark world. We must shut our mouths and stop our stinking thinking and stand on the word of God.
GREATER IS HE WHO IS IN YOU, THAN HE WHO IS IN THE WORLD...... Satan is roaring around like a prowling Lion waiting to devour us. If we don't know the word of God we will fall prey. The guilt that I felt for my thoughts on that Friday of not wanting to go into that room haunted me until church on the following Sunday. Pastor talked about how good we feel for God one minute and then the next we feel like we have failed him. Disappointed him again. But time and time again God is right there cheering for us, longing for us to come to him and through our weakness He is made strong. Not by my might but by His super-natural strength....
I did go in that room and for two days I was caring for this child. By the time my shift was over on that Saturday, I wasn't even wearing a mask and goggles. I was no longer letting fear grip me. I decided...I am going to trust the one who loves me. His word tells me everything I need to know. Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I WILL FEAR NO EVIL.............God doesn't want us to try and fix it. He knows we are not capable... He remembers that we are dust.... He forgives us every time we repent and turn from our evil ways. Pastor said, He forgets what we remember and remembers what we forget...... We forget that we are weak, God doesn't. We remember when we fail God.... God doesn't... He forgets the sin that is playing havoc in our lives. We are giving Satan that foothold. Jesus died on that cross for us. It broke those chains that enslave us. That hold us captive to our own thoughts. Every time you have a thought that comes to your mind that is not of God, recite scripture and it will set you free every time...
Don't be afraid of the unknown, the scary situations, the uneasy circumstances that God may be placing you in. Don't FEAR the UNCOMFORTABLE. You may be the only light that those "patients" ever see, or the last one that they see...what a blessing to be able to be uncomfortable for God during these times. We don't have to know what to do. We just have to trust that He does...and be willing to walk through the doors. Stop looking through the glass window at the situation and dreading what the rest of the day holds...be humbled, grab hold of God's hand that is reaching out to you, and get in that room. You are placed and can be used for such a time as this. FEAR NOT!!! GET OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE!!!!
So, so tired of being a prisoner in my own mind and being stirred for the uncomfortableness that the Lord has for me,
Robbie

John Piper - Why Memorize Scripture?

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