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Park City, Utah Y'all are probably ready for me to be through with this study on "Praying with passion, confidence and authority." But Chapter 8 is a doozy you don't want to miss.  Session 4 https://wildatheart.org/rhplay/video/moving-mountains-session-4-prayer-consecration Chapter 7  “My Father is always at work to this very day, and I, too, am working.” John 5:17 God loves it when we ask.   (Don’t we as parents like it when our children ask for advice.) “He (God) uses trials and tribulation to cause us to seek him with all our hearts…there is also the beauty of humility that he is cultivating in the human heart; it takes humility to ask." Remember: “We know who God is and who we are.   We know what is going on in the world. We understand the invasion, and that we are partners with God invoking the kingdom.   We know prayer is not begging God, nor is it merely a zap.   So, let us kill this religious deception with an axe and bury it forever. It was not giv...

Due to the weather forecast we are not making the five hour trek east to the game to tonight knowing it could be postponed. We have to be here at church for our annual Fall Festival early Saturday morning and wouldn't be able to stay for a Saturday game. So we will cheer from our living room listening to a live broadcast. The Lord gave me a great verse and word for this week's pregame prayer. and when you turn to the right and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you saying, 'This is the way. Walk in it."  Isaiah 30:21 Tenacious is a mostly positive term. If someone calls you tenacious you're probably the kind of person who never gives up and never stops trying –Someone who does whatever is required to accomplish a goal. Hmm...the definition said, "You may also be very stubborn."   Another grandson is running cross country for the first time and that verse and the word tenacious  are perfect for him as well. Who are you cheering o...

  Time Out I’ve just got to share some of my take aways from Paige Brown’s teaching on Judges. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDVALI8znPA She's leading an 8 week study on Joshua/Judges, but yesterday was one of the best things I’ve ever listened to related to our nation's moral decline and our responsibilities to teach the truth about who God is, what he expects, and what Jesus has done. Paige attends and teaches from a church in Nashville that our daughter was a member of for years. She is passionate about the Word of God. Her online teachings are only up for a week, so you only have until 10/1 if you want to listen. It's 1:25 long, but break it into chunks, The first 10 minutes are just a time for the local people to come into the church. I’d suggest skipping to 19 minutes, which takes you further into chapter 1 and skips her reading the history in the first verses which y’all probably know. Judges is a follow up to Joshua " The Book of Joshua tells the story of Isr...

  What makes you jump out of your seat and rejoice? Who have you cheered on recently? It's football season the Andrews family enjoys a good football game. Gone are the days of making our way into a stadium and jumping up and down and screaming with a throng of people, as we have found it much more enjoyable to watch on TV.  Now, with a grandson playing high school ball, we find ourselves driving much further than we did for our college teams to cheer this young man's team on.  There is something exhilarating about being with a like minded crowd, in a sports stadium/arena that's not the case, but at a Christian concert there is synergy.  One Sunday our final worship song was "King of Kings." I found myself lifting my hands each time we sang "Praise the Father, praise the Son and praise the Spirit three in one" and then applauding the Lord as verse after verse rang out the truths of what our King of kings has done. Watching the video below, with chill bump...

Son and daughter in law in the mountains of Montana. If you haven't bought the Moving Mountains book you are missing out.  It is rocking my passion for prayer. Here is a link to the book on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/071808859X?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title Session 3  Chapters 5-6 Video lesson #3                                    https://wildatheart.org/rhplay/video/moving-mountains-session-3-prayer-intervention   This recap is just a sprinkling of all the meat in these chapters. Pray like you: - know  who you are in the kingdom of God-not orphans, nor slaves, but sons and daughters of the King, his friend and allies; - believe  that intervening prayer is more than just asking God to do something; - understand  authority -and the authority you have been given, and be bold enough to use it; - choose  to unite with others in prayer in orde...

Hmm. It is questionable whether this younger sibling's enjoyment of bath time is being respected by the older. We are living in a social climate where there is little respect for one another.  The idea of regarding the feelings, wishes, rights or traditions of others often doesn't play into our encounters, especially on social media. One of the key bits of wisdom I share when counseling others is "Remember, you do not know the whole story behind what has made that individual act that way. There are hurts, hindrances and sometimes protect motives, which have shaped their thinking." As believers, we have moral absolutes given to us by God which we desire to live by. The judgement that belongs only to God, enters our minds and our reactions can be less than merciful.  Yet, when a loved one breaks those bounds we remember God's grace and mercy and hit our knees and pray. Below are two entries from ministries I respect. These came to me two days in a ro whenI was prone...

An alone moment on the dock and it feels just fine. Rarely, am I alone. Being a people person that's okay. Accidentally, a friend recorded a conversation about me that she was having with her husband and it texted to me.  In the  conversation, this friend said, "I don't see how she does it. All those children and I think 14 grandchildren."  I love her husband's response. "Well, it's all she's known."  He was correct. That has been the norm since we married 46 years. Having a crowd is comfortable. Now, I don't mind a few "catch me up in the quiet" days. But it brings me joy seeing people gather together and connect with one another. While on a date night at t he theatre to see  Reagon   with my husband, my heart began to tug as an older  gentleman walked in very slowly after the previews had started and found a seat. He was all alone. We headed to dinner after the movie and were placed in a booth next to a woman eating all alone. Tha...

  How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is their sum!  If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand.  When I wake up, I am still with you. Psalm 139:17-18 Call me crazy or the equivalent, call me Mama Boo, but every morning when I awakened I open my weather app to check the the weather in the places of residence of our children and consider what they are facing weather wise. Our Utah son was thrilled by their first snowfall yesterday, while our Minnesota son called saying the kids were excited to jump in their pool with friends after school as the temps topped out at 87. If you have children you know they are forever on our minds and we wish we could make life easy for them. Only God is knows which are sunny days and which hold storms for all of his creations. He also knows every beat of their hearts and the thoughts on their minds.  I've said before that I have no clue why He created such a system to have all this on his heart, but He i...

  God goes before us and behind us.  I see this truth all the time in the simple way He will put a Bible passage before me or a message sent to my ears that confirms an area he is working on in me. One day last week a friend called needing help with a high school reunion she was planning. She wanted to borrow some of my party planning supplies. My first thought was sure, than the more I thought through that her request involved glassware I thought this may be a lot of work. Eight hours later I am reading the daily "Bless Every Home-Praying For Your Neighbors" email I receive and it was the prayer posted above for generosity. She picked up her glassware yesterday! Generosity-"the spirit and action of freely and frequently giving to others. An overall spirit of kindness." The prayer-"Lord, I ask that You bless our use of resources for good works, helping us to give generously and share with others.  Help us to recognize the blessings we have received and to use t...