Building your Prayers with Solid Rock! Miracles Happen.....

I wanted to post a quick follow up to Praying for you spouse......

In response to so many of my close contacts looking for scriptures to pray for their spouse I wanted to post three key scriptures that are so relevant for every circumstance.

This is the foundation of my prayer life and keeping it effective!


God “is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us” (Ephesians 3:20). I believe God has more for us than we can imagine if we will live His way and let Him live through us.

"the things which are impossible with men are possible with God” (Luke 18:27). I believe that God is the God of the impossible.

 we should be “anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving” let our “requests be made known to God”. And when we do “the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding” will guard our hearts and minds through Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:6-7). I believe we should pray about all things instead of worry about everything.

Blessings~ R

N is for New Beginnings!!

We are still focusing on the Transformation Series.....

When you plant a seed you plant it believing it will eventually spring forth and produce a harvest.  One that might be nurturing or beautiful to the beholder.  I doubt many farmers and gardeners, while planting their seeds dwell on the fears of what might not come.  They focus instead on the positive outcome they are believing and praying for.  They nurture the land, and tend to the weeds as well.  

 

New beginnings was not something that came easy for Jason and I.  We spent much of our time going back to the same issues, holding the same grudges and remembering, “when this happens then the following will surely ensue.”  However as we found ourselves in those places, the dark recesses of our thought life.....We decided to do something about it!  The bible says we can and should take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ Jesus.....It was slow at first, very intentional, but very doable!  I found within days that I had more joy in my life!  I had hope!  I remembered how to dream again!  I was even excited to see Jason each day when we got home from work....I won’t lie to you and tell you that Jason thought the new beginning we had both agreed to would even work.  He will tell you that at first he only agreed to start over for our boys.  But as one day lead to the next, he couldn’t deny that something was different......

Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, ² when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. ³ Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. ⁴ Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. ⁵ For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves. They submitted themselves to their own husbands, ⁶ like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.     1 Peter 3:1-6 (NIV)

We were learning how to play together so to speak.  We were exploring activities we both enjoyed to focus our couple time on!  We became intentional again about dating each other.  This didn’t include going to the movie, because going to the movie doesn’t give you time to focus on your spouse.  Instead we went to the duck pond and fed the ducks!  We went to a WSU basketball game together.  We worked out with each other 3 days a week!  We went hiking or sometimes just for an over night campout.

So how did it start?  It started with lots of prayer.... of being kind even when I didn’t feel like it. It started with me doing what was right, trusting God’s plan and note giving way to fear!  

 

Blessings~ R

Love Letters of Encouragement

 I am so excited to share one of the single greatest acts of love my husband has ever shown me!  The holiday's are often very difficult in my home...  Because my parents and Jason's parents have been married several times and there are lots of bad memories tied to some of those relationships we find that the Thanksgiving and Christmas season can be very difficult.  So many people write about what they are Thankful for and I always just feel blessed to have survived the holidays and for my children to not feel the pressure that Jason and I feel to conform to our families ideals.

Jason and I have spent several years breaking some of the generational curses that are deep rooted in our family.  I say it has taken some time not because God didn't want provide healing sooner but, because it took time for Jason and I to realize at times what the root of our struggle was from and to really take it to God.

This week has been tough.  I have been working on my Christmas plans for our children, a few of my siblings and close friends I received a call from back home about a family matter.  The matter was really of no importance however the way in which it was handled nearly shook me to my core!  I was so hurt!  Flor lorn that one of the people who has has always been so dear to my heart could say such hurtful things about me and without me being able to form any kind of response on my own behalf...... This was one of those things I was going to have to choose to forgive without her ever knowing how deep her comment had wounded me!  To hold her accountable would most surely create a war.....

This was a place where I cried out, "Jesus it's for you"

¹ I cry aloud to the Lord;
    I lift up my voice to the Lord for mercy.
² I pour out before him my complaint;
    before him I tell my trouble.

³ When my spirit grows faint within me,
    it is you who watch over my way.
In the path where I walk
    people have hidden a snare for me.

Psalm 142:1-3(NIV)

It wasn't an hour later my lovin' man sent me the message below...........

.... Hear that sound??  

It is the sound of a family tree, it roots are breaking. 
It breaks Seeking the good soil God intended it to have. 
It chooses to break, chooses not to feed on the crap the generations before feed off of, 

chooses to manage resources in order to bear its best fruit ever in the very next season. 
Yes this tree is forever changed when it's roots break, 

and the fruit it produces is even better than good fruits produced in the past.... 
Yes this family tree's future is quite bright for choosing to break

~ Love Jason