Majesty

Majesty, worship His Majesty,
Unto Jesus, be all glory, honor and praise!
Majesty, kingdom authority, flows from His throne,
Unto His own, His anthem raise.

So exalt, lift up on high the name of Jesus.
Magnify, come glorify Christ Jesus the King.
Majesty, worship His Majesty,
Jesus who died, now glorified,
King of all kings.

As Christians, isn’t it comforting to know that we have “One God” to bring our petitions and prayers to?

Saturday when I was getting my nails done by the owner of one of the local nail salons located in the Concord area as I looked around I noticed an altar that had two statues in particular. While the nail expert had my hand in his, I casually looked up into his eyes as I said to him “I notice you have an altar here with several statues. When you pray, do you pray to “One God” for many things or to many Gods for many things?” His reply to me in his broken English was “I pray to “many Gods” for many things”. As the Lord was leading me to search within this mans heart, I began to ask him to explain why he prayed this way. He told me that he prays to one God for money, another for his business, another for health, and repeated in his broken English that there are many God’s for many things. I began to tell him that I was a Christian and explained to him how I pray to “One God” our Heavenly Father because He supplies all my needs. I felt the warmth of the Holy Spirit tugging at his heart as he kept looking at me and smiling while he had my hands in his and while he was putting hand cream on them. Shortly afterwards when he was finished we had eye contact once again and I paid and tipped him. Wow, what a testimony to see how my obedience as I listened to God’s gentle voice touched this man’s soul. When I was leaving he gazed into my eyes and took my hands into his once more and said, “Ms Bonnie, your God sounds like a nice God and you are a very kind lady to me”. I looked back at him and replied that now I know why in April when I moved here to North Carolina that God sent me to him to get my nails done.

Deuteronomy 5:7-9 (New Living Translation)
7 “You must not have any other god but me.
8 “You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind, or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea. 9 You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me.

The Power Of Prayer

No ocean can hold back
No river can over take it
No whirlwind can go faster
No army can defeat it
No law can stop it
No distance can slow it
No disease can cripple it
No force on earth is more powerful than
The power of Prayer!


Romans 8:37 (King James Version)
"Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us".

Father You Are With Us Every Step Of The Way

Where is God? He is everywhere you have ever been and everywhere you will ever go. His is with you night and day; He knows your every thought; He hears your every heartbeat. When you earnestly seek Him, you will find Him because He is here, waiting patiently for you to reach out to Him…right here…right now.

God is everything. Our focus should be on Him, seeking to know Him more completely and allowing Him full possession of our life. When He is center in our lives everything else will follow according to His plan.

My Prayer: How comforting it is, Dear Lord to know that if we seek You, we will find You. You are with us, Father, every step that we take. Let us reach out to You, and let us praise You for revealing Your Word, Your way, and Your love to us.

“But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find Him if you look for Him with all of your heart and with all of your soul”. Deut 4:29 NIV

“I seek you with all of my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.
Ps 119:10 NIV

Knock And The Door Will Open

Prayer has mostly to do with God – His grace, His willingness, His invitation. What we say in our devotional time is our response. Prayer is our answering more than it is our initiating or inventing. In prayer we may knock on the door, but we do so having being invited to come in the first place. In Jesus Christ, God opened the door of possibility of communication with Him in the first place. Prayer is where we begin to walk through.

Matt 7:7 "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you”.

Ordinary Days

Everyday life is the only setting most of us have to grow into a life of prayer. While getting ready for our daily activities we can also pray about the day and on how God wants to use us. In this way God can prepare us both physically and spiritually. As we put on our cloths for the day it can remind us that we are clothed in spiritual readiness. We can pray underneath and during our activities, and not just apart from them. God’s presence should be meditated through our daily work, and not destroyed by it. Since Christ was a carpenter most of His life; surely He sanctified those decades of labor with loving attention to God.

“I keep myself in His presence,” Wrote Bother Lawrence, “by simple attentiveness and loving gaze upon God…or to put it more clearly, a habitual, silent and secret conversation of the soul with God. “

For most of us making more room for the spiritual life is not a matter of changing our daily lives but of reorienting our hearts. Growing in prayer is simply a matter of cultivating the garden plate we already have.

Let Us Turn The Ear Of Our Soul Toward God

Thanks Linda so much the donation of yarn I received from you unexpectly yesterday. It is appreciated and will help make blankets for all those little babies who enter NICU located at one of the hopsitals nearby. Presently there are 12 babies out of the 20 beds the units holds. I can't thank you enough. - Love - Bonnie

Dan Rather asked Mother Teresa of Calcutta, “What do you say to God when you pray?” Mother Teresa looked at him and said quietly, “I listen”. Slightly flustered, Mr. Rather tried to ask the question again. “Well, then, what does God say?” Mother Teresa smiled and said, “He listens”. Profound communication can often take place in the most subtle way, through a still small voice, or in loving silence.

Times spent in listening prayer keeps us coming back to God who is eager to communicate through every means imaginable. We need to try to turn the ear of our soul toward God who is full of wisdom, and who is eager to speak to us.

Speak, Lord for your servant hears. Grant us ears to hear, Eyes to see, Wills to obey, and Hearts to love.
---Cynthia Rossetti, Nineteenth Century

My prayer: Lord, help us to not talk over you. Deliver us from chatter. Help us to hear you when you speak to us. Help us to see Jesus Christ, and enable us to follow all that your Holy Spirits leads us to. Amen

Word of God Speak So We Can Listen To Your Voice

Word of God Speak

I'm finding myself at a loss for words
And the funny thing is it's okay
The last thing I need is to be heard
But to hear what You would say

[CHORUS]
Word of God speak
Would You pour down like rain
Washing my eyes to see
Your majesty
To be still and know
That You're in this place
Please let me stay and rest
In Your holiness
Word of God speak

I'm finding myself in the midst of You
Beyond the music, beyond the noise
All that I need is to be with You
And in the quiet hear Your voice

[REPEAT CHORUS 2x]

I'm finding myself at a loss for words
And the funny thing is it's okay

We might not be able to see God, but we can feel His presence and are able to see the affects of our prayers when we pray to Him.

When we feel overwhelmed with our trials we are encouraged to pray and listen to Our Heavenly Father as we "cast our anxiety" (sometimes translated "cares") on Him. He's not a stern judge waiting for us to break down under our worries; He actively wants to listen to us and help carry our burdens.

“Casting all your care upon him; for He careth for you’. 1 Peter 5:7 (KJV)