Praise in Pros

Conversations With My Dad:
Journal Entry Monday March 14, 2011

Good Morning Daddy~

I thank you that all that you are is more than enough for all our needs.  I praise you for loving  us unconditionally.  The joy in my heart raises my eyes to see, that nothing can come between us due to your divine care.  Circumstance or situations will never command my will to forsake you in fear of their strength.  The only voice I will follow is your voice which rescued me.

The others are your enemy and from them you protect all.  Your body cannot be harmed ~ and I am cupped in your strong embrace.  Your mighty arm lifts me high above where they are bound.  Your Kindgdom each day comes to save us from this place.

Be alive and well in each of us this day.  You are - the Great I Am.  I Am, becuase you are.  I believe in what you have said, spoken in compassion and Love.  Your son came to deliver all.  May He live in Spirit through our souls.  He is our head and Way, your Spirit increases in strength.  Together we are the One, Leading all into your Shekinah glory and grace.

Shine bright this day my Lord.  May I help you prepare their feast.  The words that give life in full: their salvation, their provision, their peace.  Fill their minds, etch their hearts,bind around their wrists, adorn their necks ~ cover them in your Love.  Oh, the joy that will spill into our streets!

Lord God Almighty reigns.  He is alive in the moments of this day.  Look for Him as you go on your way.  Merge with Him as He serves.  He is feeding the masses in many small ways.  Sometimes He requests your voice, other times the glance of your face.  Always the prayers of your lips and the gentleness of your able hands.

Nothing He asks is too small.  Nothing He gives will fall short.  Always an ever present help.  Never forsaking their needs. 

Our God is King of Kings.  Our Lord is Lord of Lords.  His Spirit is Almighty in all ways.  Let us humble ourselves as we participate, in the delightful work of His will.  Hosannah in the Highest ~ yet a mere servant amidst human forms.  This is the King that we serve; this is the Mighty I Am.

Live strong in us; raise us up.  Perch our ears to hear you speak. Clutch our soul within your Spirits strength.  Move us in harmony and peace to achieve your grand plans.  Your vision is all that we need.  Our obedience is at your command. 

Let it be done to us one and all; as you will provide and delight.  For this day is your alone, and you give it so all might be blessed.

In Christ alone, we are with you.  Through all you are, we are One.
Amen,
Candace

Re-Invention???

There were a few of you that could not attend our meeting yesterday - We Discussed the past weeks segments and started conversations on "Living the Dream".   We will be building on this all week and going deeper as we go "Deeply" into the thoughts that comprise the life we walk around in.

1 Peter 5:6,7  Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God that He may exalt you at the proper time ~ casting all your anxiety upon Him because He cares for you.

As I was spending time with our Dad today, I was asking Him some of my "always curious" questions.  I figure He appreciates them since He created me so incredibly curious.  I love the way He designed for us to have a new day ~ a clean slate each and every morning.  It is His own humongous safely net for us to "trip, fall, fly" throughout each and every moment; kinda like a little bird learning how to fly in the safety of it's mom's care.  I truly thank Him that each is fresh and in place for excitement, adventure and many ways to utilize my causal or purposeful curiosity.  Each moment is like this whether we do the same thing with it or not~isn't it? 

I thought about how God promises us that He is the same yesterday, today and forever.  How he doesn't get bored with who He is!  So why do we humans gravitate toward the ketch saying these days "Re-invent Yourself"?

What do we believe "WE" can invent that is better than His original design?  We are daily supposed to be coming into the enlightenment of What He is - which will expose another piece of who we are.  If we are faithful to Him as He is to us to complete us, then we will be transformed "one enlightened moment" upon the other. 

God promised that He is faithful to complete us.  And I believe that ~What about you?

I pray for those of us that feel pressured to "reinvent" your-self and I ask today in this very moment for Gods winds of wisdom to gently swarm around us ~ lifting our veil so that we might hear His truth whisper in our ear:

"You were invented long ago ~ Now you are learning to perform as you were created ~ Let me guide you, My Delight."  " Listen to how you were originally designed to perform ~ Take a few test runs, I will never leave you or forsake you ~ Trust in Me ~ I trust my design."  "I had a vision of your success and I planned all you would need to have it in full ~ Enjoy your run THIS DAY ~ I enjoy seeing you try your understanding." 
"Believe in Me ~ I believe in all you can do!" 

"I Love you ~ I am YOUR creator".

That is what I believe He would whisper to you today.

With the love of our Christ, wrapped in His glory ~ desiring for Him to Radiate this place and enlighten us with His peace,
Candace

In His Presence



 



by Candace Huffmaster © 2011 Kaleidoscope Butterfly, Inc. 



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Kisses,

Candace



Ministry in Word

The Mind of God

神的心

Who has understood the mind of the LORD, or instructed him as his counselor? Whom did the LORD consult to enlighten him and who taught him the right way? Who was it that taught him knowledge or showed him the path of understanding?
谁曾测度耶和华的心，或作他的谋士指教他呢？他与谁商议，谁教导他，谁将公
平的路指示他，又将知识教训他，将通达的道指教他呢？
Isaiah 40:13-14
以賽亞書40:13-14

I can’t even understand the mind of a genius, so I am not one who can claim to
understand the mind of God. I couldn’t understand my Theoretical Physics professor in college who couldn’t talk very well, but could write out complex equations furiously on the chalk board. Once he told us about a Physics student in India who published a brilliant paper, and he bemoaned the fact that among his students there was none of such caliber.
我什至不能明白一位天才的心，所以我不能说我明白神的心。我不能明白我大学
的理论物理学的教授，他不太能表达但能在黑板很快地写出复杂的方程式。有一
次他对我们提及印度有一位物理学学生发表了一份很棒的论文，而他为他学生中
没有这般水准的而惋惜。

With our limited mind let's make an attempt to see the magnitude of difference between our mind and that of God.
以我们有限的思维让我们试着来发觉我们与神之间思维上的分别。

Absolute Vastness of God’s Mind
神的心绝对廣大

Unlimited capacity to store and retrieve information, unlimited capacity to use all information
无限的容量来储藏和取回资讯，无限的容量来使用全部资讯

We can describe a mind first in terms of its capacity to store and retrieve information. Some people seem to be able to keep a lot of details in their head, allowing them to ponder upon them and organize them as needed. This gives them an advantage of understanding the bigger picture of things. Our God has a vast capacity that can hold in His mind everything all at once, so God’s understanding is perfect and comprehensive.
我们可以先以储藏和取回资讯的容量来形容一个心。有些人似乎能够放很多细节
在脑袋里，让他们可以在需要时思考和整理它们。这给他们了解事情更大局面的
优势。我们的神有廣大的容量可以同时把一切事物存在他心里，所以神的了解是
完美和全面的。

Distraction occurs in human mind when our mental capacity is exhausted and new information arrives and demands our attention, causing us to lose focus on the important things, instead we handle only the urgent things. With God's unlimited capacity to handle information He will not be distracted, but will remain steadfast in carrying out His good purpose to us. That's why God is faithful and changes not even when we are unfaithful and fickle minded.
当新资讯临到我们，需要我们注意的时候，而我们的思维的容量已被用光了，这
就产生了分心的现象，引致我们失去对重要事情的注意力，反而只去处理紧要的
事。因为神有无限的容量去处理资讯，他就不会分心，反而稳重地带出他对我们
的好用心。这就是为什么神是信实不变的，甚至当我们不忠和不坚定的时候。

Therefore God’s idea must be right!
所以神的意念一定是对的！

Absolute Creativeness of God’s Mind
神的心绝对的创作性

Self-generated, original ideas, not depending on others’ thought
自我产生的，仓新的意念，不必靠他人的想法

Secondly we can describe a mind by its creativity, whether it generates original ideas. Technically speaking all human ideas are not original because we have at least learned portions of them from someone else.
其次我们可以以它的仓作性来形容一个心，到底它会不会产生仓新的意念。基本
上所有人的意念都不是仓新的，因为至少它们的一部分是我们从别人那里学来
的。

People in important positions always rely on their advisors. CEO’s have their boards of directors, and the President of the United States of America has his cabinet advising him. Our human minds are limited and we need to put our heads together to come up with better ideas. Yet there is no guarantee that what comes out of this collaboration is the best.
那些身负重任的人常常依靠他们的顾问。总裁有他们的董事会，美国总统有他的
内阁给他资商。我们人的心是有限的，我们须要集中我们的思想来争取较好的主
意。但是不能保证从这个合作出来的主意是最好的。

Not so for God, for His thoughts are so much higher than ours that no one has understood the mind of the LORD, or instructed Him as His counselor. His ideas are always self generated. He needs no outside inspiration. He does not need input from others’ thought. When He created the universe and all that were in it, He had His own best design. He needed no consultation with others.
对神来讲就不一样，因为他的意念是这么超越我们的意念，甚至没人曾测度耶和
华的心，或作他的谋士指教他。他的意念都是自我产生的，他不需要外界的灵
感，他不需要别人意见的帮助。当他仓造宇宙与其中之物的时候，他有他自己最
好的设计，他并不需要别人给他资商。

Therefore God’s idea must be the best!
所以神的意念一定是最好的！

Absolute Judgment of God’s Mind
神的心绝对的判断

Always correct perspective of things, always right and best ways to implement ideas
对事情一定有正确的看法，对实行主意一定正确的和一定最好的方法

We sometimes know the fact but not necessarily the truth. For example, a married woman hugging a man who is not her husband may be the fact, but the truth is that the man is her brother. We are limited to our superficial observation and therefore cannot always trust our judgment. However, even when we may have the right perspective and the right ideas, we may not always have the right and the best ways to implement them. A bad approach to carry out the best idea often brings about disastrous result.
有时候我们知到事实却不一定知道真相。比方说，一个有夫之妇拥抱一个不是她
丈夫的男人是事实，但是真相却是那男人是她的哥哥。我们被限制于我们表面的
观察，所以我们的判断不一定可靠。不过，就是我们有正确的看法和正确的意念
，我们可能没有正确的和最好的实行方法。如果用一个不好的方法来执行最好的
主意，常常会带来最恶劣的后果。

However, God needs no teacher to teach him the right way to do things. There was no one else at the beginning of time to teach him how to create the universe. He spoke and things were created perfectly and beautifully out of nothing.
但是，神不须要教师来教他做事最佳的方法。没有别人在时间开始之时教他怎样
仓造宇宙。他说话万物就从无中生有地完美和美好地被仓造了。

Besides, God has a way to cause everything, good or bad, to work together for the good of those who love Him. So His way is the perfect way.
除此以外，神有办法使万事互相效力要让爱他的人得好处。所以他的方法是完美
的方法。

Therefore God’s idea must be perfect!
因此他的意念一定是完美的！

May we trust and obey God’s will for it comes from the absolutely right, absolutely best, and absolutely perfect mind of God.
愿我们信靠顺服神的旨意，因为它是来自神绝对正确，绝对美好和绝对完全的
心。
Tom and Tehwan Tso
仲谋与德菀
“The outcome of your faith is the salvation of your souls.” 1Peter 1:9
“信心的果效， 就是灵魂的救恩” 彼得前书1：9

What Do You See?

Genesis 3:4-6 (NAS)The serpent said to the woman, "You surely will not die! "For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.

Looking over this encounter between Satan, Adam, Eve several points to ponder presented themselves. 
Was God there watching?  He says He is always with us.
Satan spoke to Eve in the presence of Adam, telling her new information about God's character.  Why would he do this except to distort His character in their eyes.  He was basically stating, "I know something about your God that you do not know, therefore I know Him better so you need to trust me."
Both Adam and Eve allowed Satan to have the last word.  Why did they not speak again?  They took his deception, believed what he was saying, pictured the perversion as better and devoured it.

God tells us we have all power over our choices.  If we do not know we will choose a lesser life; a life of destruction leading to death...not only for us, but also for those we are entwined with in life.  Who are you the head of?  Are you following Christ? Is He your head above all else?  What your mind pictures, it seeks and takes hold of.  Change the ways you think....see your life differently and rise a transformed creature.  It happens in the blink of an eye.  God says His words are trustworthy...

I pray that we are trustworthy because of Him whom we believe in to make us healed, restored, whole and leading the way.

In Christ,
Candace

Quiters and Cheaters Are Rather The Same - Neither Prosper

We can quit jobs, community, family and even God. However, we must understand that when we quit (cave in, lay down and give up) we are not cheating ourselves and others out of allowing God to step in, step up and empower us to transform us, situations and communities.  Let us all be part of His solution, not what grieves Him.  With this in mind we must seek Gods will for variables:

Within families we have relationships which lead to "titles". We have a job description even if it is not written out. Some of us would be fired because we are a total slackard. Maybe divorce is our way of firing people and trying to find a new person with better skills to handle the jobs at hand. However, just as in the work force we may move into another company or organization but unless we choose to be a useful, hard working entity the same dysfunction is going to build our reputation within that entity. Sometimes we stick with family when we should be moving on toward what God has created us for and planned our talents for His work. We must try to communicate first and not keep changing jobs - don't we think that person is a bad risk with no person skills. God designed us to learn and grow not quit and walk away.

On the other hand we would not stick with a job that takes us for granted. After repeated attempts to talk to our employer, if they did not seem to desire what we have to offer we would move to another business that desired to employ what we had to give with our best efforts. That is what the devotion was about yesterday. It also has to do with "standing in the wrong place" which is a past devotion in the archives.
I pray that we if we have not done so, we realize that our families are our first "order of business" to God. If we do not have that right God will not bless or increase us as we go out into the work force. Step by step we will see all crumble before us..unless we seek FIRST his ways so that all might be well with our soul.
With the Love of Christ,
Candace

New Things

TGIF Today God Is First Volume 1 by Os Hillman

"Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." Philippians 3:13b-14

Our past can be a hindrance or a help in moving toward God's purposes for each of us. For some, the past has meant pain and heartache, and grace is required so that we do not let our past dictate our responses to the future. If we allow our past to make us a victim, then we have not entered into the grace that God has for us. If we live on memories of past successes and fail to raise our vision for new things, we again are victims of our past.
"See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland" (Is. 43:19). Our past should only be viewed for what we can learn from it. We must move forward and avoid viewing the negative or the positive for more than what we can learn. Many have allowed their past to dictate their future. God is always about doing new things in our lives. He gives fresh revelation of His purposes in our lives. Do not live in the past. Do not hold onto bitterness that may hinder God from doing new and exciting things in your life. He turns our wastelands into streams of water to give life, not death.

How have you viewed your past? Has it hindered you in some areas of your life? Have you relied on past successes to dictate what you will do in the future? Put aside such thoughts and allow God to do a new thing in your life. Ask Him to help you see the new things He wants to do in and through you today.

"When your memories are bigger than your dreams, you're headed for the grave" [Author unknown].

God Notices....and He Let's Us Know.

Good Morning My Friends:


Today we are looking at verses 24 and 25 of Genesis 1. They are really clear and straight forward. God Let what He had desired be And IT Was SO - just as He had done with the formation of what came before this. He then noticed all this; He looked upon it. I imagine Him with such a joyous heart filled smile across His face. We do not know if it was in His heart He spoke or if it was audible. But we do know that He took notice and I am sure pause to express that it was all good.

24Then God said, “Let the earth produce every type of living creature: every type of domestic animal, crawling animal, and wild animal.” And so it was. 25God made every type of wild animal, every type of domestic animal, and every type of creature that crawls on the ground. God saw that they were good.

Preparing to move forward with the creation of Man tomorrow, I wanted to set the stage with Roman 1 and a devotion from Oswald Chambers. I pray that your hearts be enlightened today as you look around you at all live and remember that “In the beginning, God said that it was Good and He was pleased.” Show Mercy because you have been given much…..before you ever loved Him…He loved you and said you were a good thing.

With a Holy Kiss – Embrace this Day - As Mason always says yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery but today is a gift that is why it is called “The Present”. It is not his original statement, however it is a fabulous one and I thank him (and Him) always for sharing with me.

Candace


Romans 1: From Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle and appointed to spread the Good News of God. 2 (God had already promised this Good News through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures. 3 This Good News is about his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. F1 In his human nature he was a descendant of David. 4 In his spiritual, holy nature he was declared the Son of God. This was shown in a powerful way when he came back to life. 5 Through him we have received God’s kindness F2 and the privilege of being apostles who bring people from every nation to the obedience that is associated with faith. This is for the honor of his name. 6 You are among those who have been called to belong to Jesus Christ.)


7 To everyone in Rome whom God loves and has called to be his holy people. Good will F3 and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ are yours! First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for every one of you because the news of your faith is spreading throughout the whole world. 9 I serve God by spreading the Good News about his Son. God is my witness that I always mention you 10 every time I pray. I ask that somehow God will now at last make it possible for me to visit you. 11 I long to see you to share a spiritual blessing with you so that you will be strengthened. 12 What I mean is that we may be encouraged by each other’s faith.


13 I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that I often planned to visit you. However, until now I have been kept from doing so. What I want is to enjoy some of the results of working among you as I have also enjoyed the results of working among the rest of the nations. 14 I have an obligation to those who are civilized and those who aren’t, to those who are wise and those who aren’t. 15 That’s why I’m eager to tell you who live in Rome the Good News also.


16 I’m not ashamed of the Good News. It is God’s power to save everyone who believes, Jews first and Greeks as well. 17 God’s approval is revealed in this Good News. This approval begins and ends with faith as Scripture says, “The person who has God’s approval will live by faith.”

By Oswald Chamber – My Utmost For His Highest

am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians . . . —Romans 1:14

Paul was overwhelmed with the sense of his indebtedness to Jesus Christ, and he spent his life to express it. The greatest inspiration in Paul’s life was his view of Jesus Christ as his spiritual creditor. Do I feel that same sense of indebtedness to Christ regarding every unsaved soul? As a saint, my life’s spiritual honor and duty is to fulfill my debt to Christ in relation to these lost souls. Every tiny bit of my life that has value I owe to the redemption of Jesus Christ. Am I doing anything to enable Him to bring His redemption into evident reality in the lives of others? I will only be able to do this as the Spirit of God works into me this sense of indebtedness.

I am not a superior person among other people— I am a bondservant of the Lord Jesus. Paul said, “. . . you are not your own . . . you were bought at a price . . .” ( 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ). Paul sold himself to Jesus Christ and he said, in effect, “I am a debtor to everyone on the face of the earth because of the gospel of Jesus; I am free only that I may be an absolute bondservant of His.” That is the characteristic of a Christian’s life once this level of spiritual honor and duty becomes real. Quit praying about yourself and spend your life for the sake of others as the bondservant of Jesus. That is the true meaning of being broken bread and poured-out wine in real life.