God Speaks I Listen

Independence Day July 4, 1776 is a day that we celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence which was declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain (England). The American Revolution was a  battle that was fought during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America.
 

I love the 4^th of July celebrations with the picnics and fireworks.  We should celebrate this very important day in American history and I do.  But it also reminds me of another independence day which for me was the year 1984.  That was the day that I was truly free over satans control over me and my husband, we became a committed Christians and our 3 daughters accepted Jesus Christ into their lives that year  and after our other 3 children were born and grew up they did too.  So 1984 was a very important year for the Nemley family.

There was a single person who fought this battle and won it for us.  This brave, loving, sacrificing, person’s name is Jesus Christ.  I am now free from the thing that has kept me separated from God……original sin caused by Adam and Eve.  I was so bound from this and it kept me separated from God.  Now that I’m free and I look back and think about my former life, I tremble at being in the clutches of an evil god.   

 Romans 6:16,17 16   Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey -whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted.

John 8:34  Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.

2 Peter 2:19   They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity – for a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.

I’m now in the hands of A holy true God and I’m dependant on Him for every aspect of my life and I tell you …….I’m lovin’ it!!!! I have a protector, healer and provider.  He is the lover of my soul, my best friend and He has promised me a mansion and eternal life.  Yeah….. I went from independence to dependence……. But this one is different …….my new owner created everything in the universe and I truly submit my dependence on Him with my whole heart.  God has truly blessed me and God bless American.

Message for today:  Have you declared you independence from the evil one?

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Psalms 23:2   He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,

Everyone is talking about going green these days……well I am going green spiritually.  The Lord promised me green pastures.  These green pastures were not gorgeous green grass like at the botanical gardens, but precious nurturing fresh growing grass shooting out of the rocks by a calm refreshing ever flowing river.  The shepherd knew he could always bring his sheep there for sustenance and refreshing rest.  The green grass in that pasture was like gold to a Shepherd.  

The shepherd would gently and lovingly guide his valued flock there.  We too have a shepherd and He was the first to go green and it is for us who love the Lord and have made Him the head of our lives.  This green is a provision of the good Shepherd and He takes this very seriously.

I can tell you that whenever I am going through a very difficult time I look to God and I tell you for a fact that He has taken me to these green pastures and I have sat beside the still waters.  This life is a journey for us and we need help…….we are trying to make it until we get home.  This reminds me of a gospel song I know:

Rough Side Of The Mountain

Verse 1:
Oh Lord, I’m strivin’,
tryin’ to make it through this barren land,
but as I go from day to day,
I can hear my Savior say,
“trust me child, come on and hold my hand.”

Chorus:
I’m comin’ up on the rough side of the mountain,
I must hold to God, His powerful hand.
I’m comin’ up on the rough side of the mountain,
I’m doin’ my best to make it in.

Chorus

Verse 2:
I’m comin’ up Lord, although my burdens
sometime they press me down,
but if I can only keep this faith
I’ll have strength just to run this race;
I’m lookin’ for my starry crown.

Chorus

Verse 3:
This old race will be soon be over,
there’ll be no more race for me to run.
And I will stand before God’s throne,
all my heartaches will be gone,
I’ll hear my Savior say, “welcome home”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjPhz-Ec7yk

Today look to the Lord and let Him lead you to the nourishing green grass and beside the peaceful waters………go green let God provide your daily sustenance.  Do you know anyone else that can do this for you?  All the money in the world can’t do this; other people can’t provide this…..Only God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit can do this!  I know this for a fact….the bible says it and I have personal experienced it.  You try it……go green!!!!!

Message for today: Be smart…give yourself a break and go green. (Trust the good Shepherd and let Him lead you.)

Genesis 1:1,24,25  1in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

²⁴ And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. ²⁵ God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

“Hey we’ve been sitting around here in these cages waiting to become one of those humans.  They come here and visit us making those crazy faces and throwing  food at us.  I’m sick of it…..we’ve been waiting for centuries.  I’m still really hairy and I don’t see anything changing on me yet!  Why why why?  My mother keeps telling me to have hope, that one day we’ll have a house in the burbs and we’ll get us one of those SUV’s we see all the humans driving around in, but me…. I just want one of those Xbox’s.

Some of us  monkey’s get to live in a house and they dress us up like humans and they even give us jobs in what they call a circus.  Is that a good thing I wonder?  I’ve heard stories you know.

I wonder what color I’ll be. Most of us have black and brown hair ya know…maybe I can dye my hair to get a different look…..I heard a Mohawk is in too.   They say that a being named God created us to be monkeys and that the first man He ever created named us.  I think this is who we are going to be forever but I don’t want to accept that. Did you know the humans made a movie about our relatives taking over this planet…wow!  Maybe we can demand to get a flat screen TV and Netflix.  I’m beginning to think we are just doomed to just sit in these cages and jump around like the monkeys we are and will always be.  Shhh! One of the humans is coming………”

Message for today: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.