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We had a harp photo shoot by the lake yesterday! Love this girl. Hallelujah I want to add a thought to "Halleulah #4", which was lengthy,  I printed off the lyrics to   “A Thousand Hallelujahs” by Brooke Ligertwood to be able to meditate upon the words when listening to the song. It was a sweet time with the Lord. I journaled, "Perhaps, This word ( hallelujah)  has a single purpose...to lift high the name of Jesus!" "Who else would rocks cry out to worship ? Whose glory taught the stars to shine ? Perhaps creation longs to have the words to sing But this joy is mine With a thousand hallelujahs  e magnify Your name You alone deserve the glory  The honor and the praise Lord Jesus,  This song is forever Yours A thousand hallelujahs a nd a thousand more Who else would die for our redemption? Whose resurrection means I'll rise? There isn't time enough to sing of all You've done, b ut I have eternity to try With a thousand hallelujahs  e magnify Your name

Walking into the kitchen, as I began preparing breakfast I realized my knee wasn't hurting. Stiff yes, but not the pain it's been in for almost two years. Looking at my bottle of turmeric and ginger capsules I thought, "I think this mixture is really working!" In seconds this thought echoed in my mind,  "Or it could be My healing hand and answers to the many prayers being said for you. Oh, and as you prepare to thank Me, remember I created turmeric and ginger." I love the Lord. He is always present and when we listen we will hear him. So, Lord, I raise a hallelujah and a thank You for how good I felt that day. Forgive me for not readily remembering every good and perfect gift is from above. I thank You that my mobility has increased and the pain has lessoned. I thank You for praying friends who genuinely care. I thank You that you are the God who heals in his perfect timing and perfect ways. In Jesus Name, Amen Therefore confess your sins to each other and p

The chase. This is lengthy. Maybe tomorrow's will be short. No clue why the font colors came out like they have. Praise and Thanksgiving brighten any situation. All the pastors from our various campuses were on a bus to VA Beach to attend the SBCV convention. I asked my husband if they sang together along the way. He laughed at me and said, “Like 100 bottles of beer on the wall?” I said, “No, like praise songs in the stand still traffic on I81.”  He simply said, “No.” My reply, “Well, if it was a bus load of women we would have been singing praise and that traffic would have moved or at least the time would have flown by.”  He said, “Probably so.”😂     Praise works, so why do we forget to do it? Since March we have been working on purchasing a car that seats 7 so we can haul more grandchildren around. It will hopefully be our forever car for the rest of our lives. My husband’s 2005 Ford Pick up and my 2010 car have served us well. Two weeks ago we finally found what I had been sea

We have 5 acres of leaves here at Shiloh. You may be thinking, "Who blows the leaves in their woods." Well, we do because that where our scripture trails are. My husband heads out around 4:30 AM every morning before work to knock some of this out.  We don't know how long he can continue this, but for now we say, "Hallelujah for what the Lord has provided here at Shiloh and the strength he has given Deke to persevere."   For now, Shiloh is where we will serve the Lord in gladness. Hallelujah! The   Lord   is my strength   and my defense  he has become my salvation. He is my God,   and I will praise him,  my father’s God, and I will exalt   him. Exodus 15:2 The Song “Hallelujah Even Now” Lydia Laird https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc-WPCQs6RI

Leaf people. I had the best time helping a couple grands create leaf people! Hallelujah means "praise the Lord," which I love to do!  It's interesting that hallelujah  is only found in the book of Revelation in the New Testament. It is used four times in chapter 19. After this I head what seemed to be a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven crying out, "Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God."  Revelation 19:1 One commentary said, " The Lord reserved this proclamation of praise for the climatic stage of his program for humanity." Well, it is an amazing word! A Google commentary states: " The word   hallel ujah first appeared in the book of Psalms in the Old Testament,  a combination of two Hebrew words "hallel" meaning praise and "Jah" meaning God.   But it's in Christianity that hallelujah or the Latinized "alleluia" became best known as a word of great emotional energy ." Today, si

Do you think there will be cotton fields in heaven?   We pass these fields on our way to our son's home in VA Beach. I always want to get out and pick some, but there are big gullies along the edges to keep people out. Satan and his minions are hard at work pouring out their powers of darkness to create barriers to keep us out of  heaven and to also keep us from effective ministry assigned to us by God here on earth.  Years ago, I started recognizing the work of the enemy and calling these attempts to keep us from relationship with Jesus, "Devil darts."  They are going to come.  Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. James 1:2-4 You may heard my exclamation when I don't know how to respond to someone in an overwhelming situation, "Life is a lot. A lot of joy and a l