Be willing to be crazy for Jesus!
Ask God to give you a burning desire so strong it overshadows your own problems. So much yes.

Thank you, Lord, for clearly setting me straight in any darkness of my mom's cancer and our relationship this morning. I love you. In Jesus name, I pray you keep my eyes on you and my heart open to your spirit.

“Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.”

Pam and I were on the phone for over 1.5 hours.  God is so good.  Dillon is NOT being charged.  She can eat. So many blessings.  Testimony about evil spirits years ago being cast out of her house after Cherie gave her “smudging” herbs.

Mark and I shared my flip around 9 am. It was 2 Chronicles 9 and really spoke to me about several issues.

My heart and mind were and remain slightly distracted. A lovely human being died on Sunday, a customer of ours. While sad for her children, we are joyous for her. I have also been in the midst of other issues which have weighed heavy on my heart.

This was posted elsewhere and was intended to be shared here. Between praise for Bryan’s growth and Pam’s renewed fire, I should be completely elated. I know God is actively touching lives and answering prayers. Still, the spiritual warfare which came from listening to the tape ***REDACTED *** is the basis for middle of the night mental chaos.

Satan, get behind me. Seriously. Go.

Exhausted as I am, despite the yawns which will not cease, I needed to get out of bed and into The Word. Desperately. I looked up several verses on going to court and prayed about direction.

After clicking every related verse and pouring His Word over my quasi-troubled-unsure mind, I don’t have clear direction on whether to write a letter to ***REDACTED***. I then flipped to the very beginning of Mark.

Be Jesus. Simple answer.

When I flipped to Micah a few days ago, the spiritual floodgates poured out. Today, I flipped to 2 Kings 7:2-19 and was hit with two more floodgates.

Lord, may I never wait til daylight to share your good news. Thank you for getting me up long before I planned to wake to text Marisa and Bryan. What a wonderful reminder this morning of your promises! Just as the study notes point out, you are known for opening the floodgates of heaven even when our resources are low or our doubts are the strongest.

Bryan does not see His hand on him yet. This is the 5th Saturday he has been to church. I see God all over him. Musical gravitation, both secular and Christian, his acts of service, the direction he gets and the way he is responding and soaking up The Word. Lord, have your way with him!

Miriam came without a push. Thank you, God, for answering my fervent prayers that her birth would be a joyous reflection of your presence in their lives.

Please draw Pammie close to you. Grant me wisdom to help her along the path and grant her forgiveness toward the hurts being caused by her son. I love you, Father God. I am beyond grateful for all the ways you are encouraging me to encourage others through your word.

Is arriving in the told today, more than likely. I am overwhelmed…drowning in gratitude and tears.

Flipping to James 5 this morning was perfect. We were lead to give our group hosts, Jason & Terri, a small "Sprout" of a gift last night. This morning, before I even flipped to James 5, there was a beautiful notecard placed in my car door. I love them both, extra special love for her!

Mark and I have talked at length the past few weeks about how much our business has been blessed. God has been beyond faithful to us; the more we help others, the more He has helped us. My text to Terri after my initial thank you :

"My flip this morning was to James 5:7-13. It served to reinforce what God showed me last week about persecution and much of what we heard Bill read last night. It even mentions Jesus is Lord over both body and spirit and how Christians should not separate the two. So, just know the words you wrote before I even flipped—echoes the Word He gave me today. Please encourage Jason as appropriate. I joked with him last night that "Just so you know, God is very much listening to my prayers ". I truly believe He is.,,and mine are diligent for Jason, his mom, dad, brother and the rest of his family."

Then I sent her a picture:

Yes. Pray and praise. Thank you, Father God. I am humbled. I love you.

And wisdom and light. Interesting theme this morning.

Christ is our blessing and He can only pour out when we are filled with Him. We hear in church to be filled so much we can pour out—yet I am feeling much differently this morning.

Jesus is the “anti-dross”! Bear with me. Dross, once again, makes its way into my morning visuals through the study notes for Malachi 3:2.

I consider “pouring out” , but what are we pouring out? What am I pouring out? If Jesus is on our surface and that is all we pour out to others, they must surely see the surface of our Jesus.

How do we go deeper and pour out MORE? There is more to write, but coffee, first.


And he was a deliberate sinner. We all sin in a multitude of ways, David's were more dramatic.

This applies in so many ways to our lives today. Lord, please grant me more wisdom so that I may deliver bad news with more tact and light only derived from you.