Having trouble? Don’t worry…You’re covered

March 6, 2012

camary1996 God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Prayer , , , 7 Comments

365 Days of Compassion a year God gives me all the days of my life Lamentations 3:22-23

Goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life. Psalms 23:6

I’ll have instruction, teaching and counsel all the days of my life Psalms 32:8

Complete joy will be with me all the days of my life John 15:11

Peace has been given to me for all the days of my life John 14:27 Proverbs 1:33 Philippians 4:6-7

I have an inheritance of spiritual information for all the days of my life Acts 20:32

I have love 24/7 all the days of my life Jeremiah 31:3

Constant strength, refuge and help is available for me if needed all the days of my life Psalms 40:1

My needs will always be supplied all the days of my life Philippians 4:19

There is no need for me to worry about my life, food or clothing all the days of my life Matthew 6:25-26

God will never leave me alone all the days of my life Hebrews 13:5

I will never be separated from God all the days of my life Romans 8: 35-39

I have angels watching over me and protection all the days of my life Hebrews 1:14

The Holy Spirit my helper, instructor and comforter will be there for me all the days of my life John 14:16

So… I am covered for anything that will happen to me all the days of my life and I need to do two things:

1Peter 5:7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;

God is there for you 365 days a year...for the rest of your life. No need to worry or fear. You're not alone in any of this! God has set up a way to take care of you. All your earthly need is covered under His promises to you. You can take this check to the bank and cash it...the deposit was made by Jesus. Everything for your present life and future life has be taken care of. Now leave everything in God's hands.

Facing a new week

March 5, 2012

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I woke up this morning and thought

I’ll be facing many challenges this week

I thought to myself

I’m a child of God

I will not be alone

I will not fear

I will wear hope like a badge

And have peace like medication for my soul

I know who I am

I know whose I am

My God will be there for me

He’s my Father after all

I remind myself of this

I meditate on some of my favorite scriptures

Encouragement envelops me

My spirit is lifted

The sun is up now

My new mercies have arrived

A fresh dose of goodness and mercy

I face my day with much hope

Thank you Jesus

You made this all possible

To you I owe everything

My Savior my King

                         Tanya Nemley

Lamentations 3:22-23

Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.

((( Dancing in the Spirit )))

March 2, 2012

camary1996 God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Prayer , 10 Comments

Let's all dance like David danced!

2 Samuel 6:14 David, wearing a linen ephod, danced before the LORD with all his might,

Dancing in the Spirit is an exciting way of praising the Lord.  I have praised the Lord in dance…mostly when I’m alone….all by myself in my house.  (Some people praise the Lord like this in Church and God bless them…I’m a little shy…maybe when I lose some weight I’ll praise Him publicly…LOL!)   One day ( at home!) I danced so much I thought I was going to pass out.  I could barely make it to a chair.  I was sooo tired but it felt really good.  I feel like I minister to the Lord in a totally different and exciting way.  My spirit gets so excited and burst with so much passion for the Lord.

It is a totally different experience because when you are dancing like that…your mind and body are totally on the Lord and the more you dance the deeper in his presence you get.  You don’t feel tired right away…you feel such joy and happiness.  You get to a point where you don’t want to stop and so you go past your point of endurance and continue on.  Then eventually you do run out of steam and you sit down and a feeling of euphoria comes over you and for a few more minutes you continue to experience an intense state of worship.

Why should we dance in the Lord?  It’s another level of worship in God.  I used to do it a lot when I was younger in the Lord…But now at…(you guessed it)…59… I have to modify it.  I can’t jump around like I use to but I still dance without the jumping from time to time.  I believe my spirit needs this because it really makes me feel close to my God in a unique way.  It’s like I release my whole body over to the Lord.  I also play a tambourine in church as a form of worship.  With ever beat of my tambourine….I feel like I’m sending a message to God that He is worth me cheering about Him and I celebrate everything that He is in my life.

Psalms 149:3 Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with tambourine and harp.

I came from a Lutheran background and we didn’t clap to music in church.  In fact I was scared out of my mind just to sneeze in church.  It was a form of silent and reverent worship…and that was so blessed to me.  I had the quietness… just to drink in the goodness of God in a soft and moving way and to enjoy the beauty of quite meditation upon the Lord.  I miss that time in my life.  But I so enjoy praising the Lord in my more expressive form now.  Sometime it stirs me right down to my very toes!

The good thing is that I can enjoy both stirring praise and quiet praise.    In my town…I can park my car right up to the water at the ocean park and look at the beautiful ocean, bridges and the boats passing by.  I sit there and look at the beauty of the land and seascape and meditate and talk to the Lord.  I can be still and worship the Lord right in my car or at home also.  When I want to get my exuberant praise on I do.  I put on my worship music and praise the Lord at home or I praise the Lord with my brothers and sister in Christ at church.  The key point is…to worship and praise the Lord by any means necessary for you.

Message for today:  Remember how you used to get down and party at the club?….remember the crazy stuff you did at the football or any sport game game?….remember the way you celebrated and did the happy dance when something great happened in your life?  Well to know that the most powerful being in the whole universe sent His only Son Jesus to die so that you will live with Him forever and that the Almighty God of the entire universe is your Father who is going to take away all suffering from you forever and give you the best life with Him for eternity…should make you want to do….your best happy dance for Him…now!!!  So go ahead and shake….oh I mean get your dance on….because you’ve got a lot to dance about. Halleluiah!!!!!!!!!  Go ahead and praise Him!!

Ecclesiastics 3:1,4  There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: 4) a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance….

Finish the race….please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

March 1, 2012

camary1996 God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Prayer 4 Comments

This is Scott Downard . OH NO!!!!!! He missed out because he was never signed up!

Scott Downard was stripped of his title in this weekend’s Cowtown Marathon because of paperwork, or, more specifically, a lack of paperwork.

The 25-year-old won the Cowtown Marathon in Fort Worth, Tex. on Sunday but was disqualified when he crossed the finish line because he never registered for the race.

Click here for the full story:

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/marathon-winner-disqualified-because-didn-t-sign-race-014434559.html

1 Corinthians 9:24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.

Make sure you sign in

John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

John 17:3 Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

You didn’t just surf into this blog by chance today…it’s for a purpose.  There is some good news in the scripture above.  You can get into heaven…if you sign up for the race to get there.  How do you sign up?  Repent of the sinful things you’ve done and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and commit and submit your life to Him.  You must be born again…born again into a new life with Jesus Christ.

John 3:3-7 In reply Jesus declared, “I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

“How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb to be born!”

Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.”

Whoever you are reading this…I want to tell you…..You only get one chance to get this right because once you die there is no getting a second chance…it will be too late.  So this is the time to really think about the good news that you read in this blog today.  Explore the truth for yourself.  Ask questions…read…and study the facts.  If you look for the truth you will find it.  Make sure you are signed up for the race…and the right race.  Your eternal future depends on it!

I searched for the truth for years and I know in my heart of hearts I found it because of this incredible peace I have.  God has revealed Himself to me in a way that I know the truth and I believe the truth.  I believe in Jesus Christ.  I’m signed up.  How sad it would be like the poor guy in the true story above to find out you were not signed up…and you lost out?

Oh yeah... hell is so real...it's not a myth...evil is real and it came from somewhere ...you've made it this far in life...there is a real prize...and that is Jesus Christ who promises...eternal life with Him. That means a great place to live forever and you will never suffer from anything in your life ever again. Hell or heaven...the choice is yours to make now...while you are...alive.

I want to see you there!...finishing the race!

Girl…Have you been drinking?

February 28, 2012

camary1996 God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Prayer , 9 Comments

1 Samuel 1:12-16 As she kept on praying to the Lord, Eli observed her mouth. 13Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk 14and said to her, “How long will you keep on getting drunk? Get rid of your wine.”

15“Not so, my lord,” Hannah replied, “I am a woman who is deeply troubled. I have not been drinking wine or beer; I was pouring out my soul to the Lord. 16Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief.”

After not being able to have a baby…Hannah was very very stressed out and deeply grieved in her spirit.  I have been in this exact same place for the same reason and have prayed in this way.  God heard  Hannah’s and my prayer… and Hannah’s answered prayer was named Samuel …and my answered prayer is named Crystal.  I prayed this prayer again after having 3 girls because  I was barren again for several years and I wanted a son.  I prayed like Hannah for 5 years.  My other answered prayer is named…Joshua.

I have prayed the drunken woman prayer many times for various reasons.  It’s a very difficult prayer to pray.  It’s physically taxing to the body and grief-stricken to ones spirit.  It’s a prayer that draws God to your side and causes Him to put His arm around you because only He can comfort you enough to stop you from crying and not succumb to your grief and anguish.

Abba Father

I tell you…when you are so grieved all you want is your mommy or daddy. When my children were in pain they only wanted their mommy.   When I’m grieved….Just give me my daddy….my Abba Father!  No one else can help me….no one else can console me like He can.

Whitney Houston sang a beautiful song and I would like to share the words here:

As I lay me down
Heaven hear me now
I’m lost without a cause
After giving it my all

Winter storms have come
And darkened my sun
After all that I’ve been through
Who on earth can I turn to?

I look to you
I look to you
After all my strength is gone
In you I can be strong

I look to you
I look to you
And when melodies are gone
In you I hear a song, I look to you                                                                               

About to lose my breath
There’s no more fighting left
Sinking to rise no more
Searching for that open door

And every road that I’ve taken
Led to my regret
And I don’t know if I’m gonna make it
Nothing to do but lift my head

I look to you
I look to you
And when all my strength is gone
In you I can be strong

I look to you
I look to you
And when melodies are gone
In you I hear a song, I look to you                                                                               

My levee’s have broken, my walls have come
Crumbling down on me
The rain is falling, defeat is calling
I need you to set me free

Take me far away from the battle
I need you, shine on me

I look to you
I look to you
After all my strength has gone
In you I can be strong

I look to you
I look to you
And when melodies are gone
In you I hear a song, I look to you

I look to you
I look to you

I found this rendition for you.  It’s so moving and has a great testimony too:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP2IzErAQPs

Message for today:  Go ahead get drunk girl…Go ahead and get drunk guy….not with real wine and liquor but in the Holy Spirit with sincere prayer from the depths of your heart and I tell you….God will surely hear your cry and answer you.  Your Father God loves you!  Pray…Pray like crazy…pray as if you’re drunk…let go and let it all out before God.

(Saying: We had  this saying in our prayer group…Prayer ain’t prayer until the snot starts rollin’!)  Let is roll baby…let it roll!  I know…just keepin’ it real.  Graffic as this may be…It’s the truth when it comes to deep anguish prayer.

Disclaimer:  Ya’ll do this in private…OK?  There are many Eli’s around!  If you have to pray like this in your car…pull over….I have!

God’s book…We’re in it for a reason

February 27, 2012

camary1996 God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Prayer , , 6 Comments

God has kept a record of everything about all of us.  When my kids were born I had a baby book for all their memories and milestones.  Well God has that for us too.

Psalms 139:16 your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

Why is God keeping a record?  Because we will be punished or rewarded for what’s happened with us while we were alive.

I believe God is going to bless me because I’ve endured through all my testing and suffering.  In fact there is a crown of life for us who have suffered.

Revelation 2:10 Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life.

James 1:12 Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

Yesterday while I was in church I got very tired toward the end of the service.  I was thankful that I was able to attend church because I have been suffering with these chronic illnesses. I had my mind on the Lord and He spoke to me.  He spoke of the crown of life and that because of my suffering and endurance through it all….there will be special rewards and for me.  He said He wants me to continue to hold on to Him and the grace He provides for me constantly. 

He told me I’m going to have complete happiness when I’m finally with Him.  He said that I won’t remember any of this pain and suffering and that I’m going to have a completely different life with Him.  He said I will be enveloped in His love and I will never experience fear again.

He told me my loved ones who are there are so happy and they are not worried about me.  They have perfect peace.  They will remember me when I get there…but right now they’re in a different realm.  He said they endured and He wants me to endure and to keep my eyes on Him at all times.  He said He will hold my hand through all of this.  (Precious Lord…take my hand…please)

He said when we die We’ll be in perfect love.  He said right now we have it but can’t experience it because of our human nature.

If we were to experience that kind of love in our souls right now… our spirits would fly right out of our bodies and head straight toward that love.  That’s how powerful God’s love is.

Right now we all have to experience our lives here on earth.  The good and the bad…we have to deal with it all  God will help us by the power of the Holy Spirit and with the help of earthly worker beings called angels.

We….you are going to be OK.  We should not question God a lot about ever little detail about our lives or about His ways.  He is only going to let us know but so much.  We should encourage each other and help each other make it or endure.  (This is why we should always pray)

While we are waiting our turn to get back to our Father…we should help others to know the way…which is through spreading the good news of Jesus Christ.

Today….I’m overwhelmed with what God told me yesterday and my own bible study about this today.  We should not dwell on dying….but we should be encouraged to know all the wonderful things God has prepared and has in store for us.  We all have a wonderful future.

I have no pictures today because I pray you will see the pictures in your heart of my blog which I hope is a great big Heart…God’s heart.

Waiting anxiously to see His face,

Tanya

Names blotted out of the Book of Life…Shocking info!!!

February 24, 2012

camary1996 God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Prayer , 8 Comments

Psalms 69:28  May they be blotted out of the book of life and not be listed with the righteous.

My blog on 2/22/2012 was very important and today I want to tell you why.

What is the book of life? The book of life is the names of everyone ever born.   The evil sinful people will have their names blotted out of this book. The Lambs book of life are those who have made Jesus their personal Lord and Savior and are born again and their names are permanently written in this book and are in the book of life also.  John 3:3 In reply Jesus declared, “I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.” This is the only way that you can get into heaven when you die.  Your name must be in the Lambs book of life.   If it’s not this is what will happen:  Revelation 20:15 If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

I tell you the truth from God’s word.  This is what God says and many have not told it like it is.  This is it!  There is no getting around it or putting perfume on it…or putting a different spin on it.  If you think it’s cruel or unfair…then you don’t know about or understand the Holiness of God.  I don’t try to understand His ways and I can’t because I’m human.  I will understand all of this one day….and that day will be when I am in my glorified body because I have died.  It will be clear to me as I will be perfected and know what God knows.  Until then…I’m not going to go outside of God’s clear word on this.  I won’t be moved!  I know my name is written in both these books.  John 10:28-30 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. Give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.”

This is the real important thing I want to say here…….

If you are not a Christian your name will be blotted out of the book of life.  Now I am a Christian and all of my immediate family members are Christians.  But those family and friends who are not…their names will be blotted out of the book of life and when I get to heaven they will be as if they never existed to me.  God would not let me spend eternity missing them.

So…..it’s very important and urgent that we:

  1. Pray for the unsaved
  2. Pray for our boldness to share the gospel of Jesus Christ AKA the good news
  3. After doing the two previous things…Just do it!   Word up, Show up, and Speak up!
  4. Follow the Holy Spirits leads and be obedient to the Lord as He directs you.
  5.  Be available!

Philippians 4:3 Yes, and I ask you, loyal yokefellow, help these women who have contended at my side in the cause of the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.

As you can probably tell….I’m burdened for souls….it could be your husband, mother, sister or brother I’m burdened for.  There are so many catastrophes going on everyday now….strange weather events…mass killings…so many car accidents…robberies and on and on.  We should not be fearful…but alert.  I know the Lord…I’m happy in my home and my church…and my life….but I see what’s going on around me and I know and feel the need to pray for those who know not Jesus Christ!

Revelation 3:5 He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angels.

TO BLOT OUT MEANS TO COMPLETELY REMOVE FROM ONES MEMORY OR RECOGNITION.  OH MY GOD!!!! FAMILY….FRIEND….LOVED ONES….NEIGHBORS…..CO-WORKERS….MY DOCTOR………OH MY LORD MY GOD…HELP ME TO BE A BETTER WITNESS FOR YOU….In Jesus Name..Amen. 

God spoke to me today…..SERIOUS

February 22, 2012

camary1996 God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Prayer , , , 7 Comments

John 4:35 Do you not say, ‘Four months more and then the harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.

Mathew 9:37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.

Mathew 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.

God has been doing a great deal these days.  In the spirit…there is a lot going on!  If you could see in the spirit world… there’s a lot the enemy is doing and there is a lot going on in the natural… we can see some of that by watching the news.  But the Lord has His army of angels and workers out there too!  Many things are being orchestrated and the Lord says that many people are waiting for us to hold up the light so they can see their way into the kingdom.  They WILL follow the light.  We need to shine brightly for Jesus right now.  

 I go out every day with my flashlight into the darkness.   Even in my house I’m shining my light to anyone who enters and also on my phone and the internet and on my knees in prayer for people to get saved.

I mean business right now for the Lord and have stepped up my game.  Ask my husband…all I do is think about and pray about… how I can get people to hear the good news of Jesus Christ.  I have my own tracts of my own testimonies.  I find it easier to share what I’ve been through and what God has done in my life.  I also have my own personalized tracts with scriptures and info about salvation.  I had them printed up and when I go out… I hand them to strangers as the Holy Spirit leads me to.  I’m….you know what I’m going to say here…..59 years old and I don’t know how long I have left but I tell you….I’m not going to waste one precious minute of my life not doing all I can to share the “good news” of Jesus Christ.  I raised my kids and can spend even more time to the cause of Jesus Christ.

I feel very strongly to say this to everyone….the harvest is ready….please dust off your testimony and get equipped and trained in presenting the gospel to others.  Let your everyday life so scream the name of Jesus in how you are living… that others will want what you have.  That they will see Jesus in your life.  People’s eternal lives are depending on you.  Don’t leave this up to the missionaries or your pastor or church…we are in fact…”the church of Jesus Christ”….we all are workers in God’s kingdom…we are all a part of the vine.  We all have gifts and talents to share.  We all can flow in the anointing of the Lord.  We are the Church!  Onward Christian soldiers.  Let’s carry that bloodstained banner so all can see and hear about the good news.  Pray for boldness and wisdom.  On we go…. forward march!!

To get you started:   http://bible.org/article/how-share-gospel-clearly

Oh my goodness!!…I’m being followed

February 21, 2012

camary1996 God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Prayer , 28 Comments

Throughout my whole life…I have had the same nightmare of somebody chasing me in my dreams.  In fact…I can’t watch any kind of suspense movies.  The few that I have watched with my husband…I closed my eyes and put my fingers in my ears so I can’t see or hear the scary parts until it passes.  Yes…I’m a big chicken when it comes to watching scary movies…so I try not to.

But then…I read this scripture verse and I tell you…it has been such a blessing to me:

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Psalms 23:6  Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

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They have the secret service...we have goodness and mercy!

You know… famous people can’t go just anywhere because of impending danger from stalkers and out of control fans so they must have body guards everywhere they go.  All former presidents of the United States have to have the secret service follow them around all the days of their lives…but we are famous too.  We are children of the King and we too have security following us all the days of our lives because of impending danger from the enemy hoping to completely destroy and consume us..  Doesn’t the knowledge of God’s protection and 24 hour security make you feel good?…Hey not just good but….AWESOME!!!

You know I’m always telling you how old I am.  I’m very happy to be alive that long as a cancer survivor…so yes I’m happy to keep saying it.  I’ve been here for 59 years and for 59 years….goodness and mercy has been closely following me.  They used to stay in the background…but one day I needed to see them really bad so I asked them to come around to the front where I could get a good look at them.  You know how when you’re going through stuff you feel alone?  So they revealed themselves to me by the power of the Holy Spirit and my study of God’s word.  Although they still follow me very closely…I feel as if I’m surrounded by them because they are manifested so powerfully in my life.  This goodness and mercy is keeping it…as the song says… WELL WITH MY SOUL!

Oh my goodness!!...I’m being followed by goodness, mercy and Jesus!

Goodness and mercy keeps me from losing my mind in the midst of it all…and you all know I am going through the ALL!  I know there are some folks out there with me in the “all”…Can I get a amen?  Alright now!

But I want to say….I don’t take God’s grace and mercy for granted.  I’m on my face in prayer… grateful and very respectful of this great…great privilege and blessing from God.  This scripture says why:

Psalms 25:10 All the ways of the LORD are loving and faithful for those who keep the demands of his covenant.

If you love God…If you love Jesus…then you will want to keep His commandments and goodness and mercy will follow you.  Be faithful to God and He will 100% be faithful to you!!!!!!  God will never fail you….ever….how can He with a promise such as Psalms 23:6.  The Lord says in His word that… never will He leave us; never will He forsake us.  Forsake means abandon.  God will NEVER abandon us!!

Message for today: God will never abandon us because goodness and mercy are following me and you all the days of our lives. Halleluiah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Jesus Wept and said… “Are you feelin’ me?”

February 17, 2012

camary1996 God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Prayer , , 7 Comments

Jesus was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.

Well… Jesus did weep or cried when He was on this earth…but I’ve added that He might have said.… “Are you feelin’ me?  And I am saying to Him…. I’m feelin’ you Jesus… “I’m feeling you!!

(“Are you feelin’ me?” is a slang term for… do you understand what I’m trying to express to you….Do you understand my passion or my heart.)

John 11:33  When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.

John 11:35 Jesus wept.

In the true bible story of Lazarus in John 11:1-45 Lazarus had died and His sisters Mary and Martha sent word for Jesus to come to help them…but Jesus took His sweet time because He knew Lazarus was going to be raised from the dead so that he could bring Glory to His Father.  Sometimes the Lord will appear to be slow in answering one’s prayer because He knows there will be a very good outcome…but we humans get impatient.  He tells us in His word to wait on Him.

Mary...are you feelin' me? Trust what you know about me...please!

Now Jesus eventually did get there in… “Jesus time”.  Yeah…we know about “Jesus time” don’t we?…I know about Jesus time for sure.  As I always say…when I get to heaven…I’m buying God a new watch….maybe  Rolex or a Timex…but I think maybe an atomic clock that way He’ll never have to set it!  Yes… God has His own timing and whenever He does bless you….you can bet your bottom dollar…it will be the right time!!!

So Jesus gets near the cemetery and Martha goes running out to meet Him. Jesus tried to tell her that He is the one who resurrects people but…Martha wasn’t… “feelin’ em”.  He had been with them taught them and performed spectacular miracles in their presence and they still didn’t get it about who He really was.  Then Mary and her crowd go running up to Jesus and she also wasn’t….“feelin’ em”…so she just started bawling at His feet. Jesus wasn’t…“feelin’ em” either and was troubled by their lack of trust in Him to keep Lazarus alive.

So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”

I know how Jesus feels when people just don’t get it.  The other day I tried to witness to a store owner and he began telling me all this way out stuff about His beliefs or theories about God  and Jesus.  He just didn’t get what I was trying to explain to Him. Mary, Martha and the crowd just didn’t get what Jesus is all about.  It’s frustrating when you know what you know.  So I can imagine that Jesus probably wanted to throw His hands up and shout… “Oy Vey”!!!!!!  But Jesus cried because He was sad at their lack of understanding in the matter…They really didn’t…”feel him”.

Jesus was human and had emotions and expressed His frustration through His tears.

Jesus was also faced with something I don’t enjoy being around…and it’s all that negativity.  There was an air of doubt hanging over their heads.  Have you ever been around a group of doubters?  A get thee behind me sought of thing?  But Jesus did His thing and God got the glory when Jesus yelled in His anointed voice and Lazarus came out in His mummified clothing.  Then Jesus told them to get Lazarus out of those clothes and let Him go. Now if I was there and saw that dead body coming back alive…Jesus would have to revive me too because I would have passed out for sure!!!  So Lazarus was healed and free!  The bondage of death had him no more…he was free to live the rest of his life and give God the glory.  I’m sure Lazarus had a story to tell for generations….Hey that true story is still being told…today on my blog…well of course in the bible first.  Please read the whole story today in John 11:1-45

Message for today: Jesus wants us to remember who He is…Why He came….How great the Father is…And what He can do in and through our lives.  Are you…“feelin’ em” today?

John 11:25-26 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

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