Speak to those dry Bones

Here we are at the last weekend in the sixth month of 2013. Were there some resolutions that you had at the start of the year? Well you better get going before you know it 2014 will be here.  If you have young children, before you blink they will have grown up and off to college, so hang in there and do the best you can while enjoying every moment of it.

  I hope by now you are convinced that you are full of God's power and greatness. and as such you are able to confront the impossible situations in your life.  Victory has already been given to us, we only need to know how to appropriate it.  Ezekiel faced a valley of dry bones- (impossible situation) when God asked him the question can these bones live? It was not that God did not know the answer but He was challenging Ezekiel's faith.  God then told Ezekiel to prophesy to the dry bones, again God was confirming the fact that the words from our mouth are powerful. (Ezekiel 37:1-14).

Like He did to Ezekiel God is challenging us about some dry areas in our lives that we have given up on because life seems impossible. Think about what these areas are and speak to God about them and listen carefully to what He tells you to do. Exercise your Faith and speak to these situations and tell them exactly what God tells you to say, then watch the life return to them.  Remember that it is not about you, but more about who is within you.  It is not about knowing what He says but more about obeying what He says.

 
 In His Service,

 

 Vilma

You are God's Masterpiece

I hope you had a great week and looking forward to a wonderful weekend and overall a fantastic summer.  Most of us will probably be spending our weekends gardening, barbequing, attending barbeques or trying to stay cool at the park or at the beach.  After all you are allowed to have some R&R I won’t hold it against you, and I doubt your children or significant other will do so either.

 

At the beginning of the year God gave me a theme for the year, “Harnessing the greatness within.”  This greatness was not only to be harnessed in your children, but within you as well.  It would be near impossible for you to work with something in someone else if you can’t do so for yourself.  

There is so much more to you than you see in the mirror.  You are truly God’s masterpiece.  Here are 4 beautiful verses of scripture that confirms this fact that I would love for you to meditate on this week.

“You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous – how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.” (Psalm 139:13-16, NLT)

In His Service,

Vilma

Consistency in Praying is Key

Last week I mentioned a heat wave and today I am seeing torrential rains with possibility of flood in low lying areas.  Ok Lord I am not complaining, just sharing.  So next week let me guess, sunshine?

It is that time again to encourage you about praying for your children.  I may sound like a broken record, but that is the focus of MPUSH.  Not only is consistency a key factor in our praying but it is good to pray offensively, and not always praying on the defensive.  Satan never takes a break, neither should you.  The minute you sit back to relax, that is the moment he sneaks in to create havoc.  Remember that you can bring every concern, dream, and desire about your child to God in fervent, persistent prayer.

 For today let us pray that our children will not wander away from the protective hedge that God has placed around them.  Pray that Satan will not reach them to lead them into temptation and that they will be kept safe from harm- 2 Thessalonians 3:3; and

 Psalm 33:20-

If you have older children pray that they will not be unequally yoked in intimate relationships, especially marriage see what the scripture says in 2 Corinthians 6: 14 .

 Have a great weekend!

 

In His Service,

 

Vilma