Monday, May 31, 2010

Session 6 - Praise & Prayer Requests

Praise:
Kim - God is magnicent and FULL of glory, honor, power, righteousness!
Debbie - Praise God for the women in the Bible study!

Sarah - Praise for a lady who was in prison learning about the Breaking Free and has been released from prison. She has come to visit our church with her 8 children. We pray that she will commit herself to God and bring her children to church to learn about Jesus so they can know the love of God who has been caring for them and one of her sons, Fernando, wants to get baptised.

Prayer:
Sylvia G. - Pray for Maggie Obeso who was taken to the hospital Mondya with heart problems.

Sylvia G. - Pray for me as I am moving to San Antonio, TX to take care of parents - being obedient to the Lord.

Unknown - Pray for my family they are having a really hard time. I tell them they need Jesus in their hearts that he is all they need in their life. Please, I ask for payers for my nephew he was born 1 month ago and having a lot of complications.

Lisa J. - Please pray for Carol J. That God will heal her heart 100% and that she would be still and wait on God's perfect timing! That he would comfort her and guide her when she should have the procedure. Thank you!

Unknown - Job for the Fall!

Session 6 - Fill Ins

1. The remnant nation of Israel and the numbers are literal.
2. The remnant nation of Israel and the remnant is symbolic.
3. The church as the eschatological people of God who have taken up Israel's inheirtance and numbers are symbolic.
4. The people of God in general and numbers are symbolic
12 tribes X 12 Apostles = 144
144 X 1,000 = 144,000
put a mark is taw, the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet
X or t
suggest the first letter
or his cross
come out of the great tribulation
Lamb will be their Shephard

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Session 5 - Praise/Prayer Requests

Praise:
Kim - God is King over ALL
Unknown - Praise for all the beautiful women of this group!

Prayer:
Unknown - Pray for travel mercies while we fly & visit our daughter in CA next few days. Let Tim, our son-in-law, see Christ in us. He needs to know the Lord.

Leticia - Pray for me taking meds for my thyroid, cholesterol, vit d and aspirin. I have faith in God that soon I won't be taking them. I give myself to the Lord. He will make it better.

Unknown - I haven't worked since last May and I am a single woman. My resources are almost gone. I'm trying to launch a business ministry which I feel is a God idea. I desperately need His favor and for Him to open some doors for me. Please pray in agreement with me.

Susan Rosales - Pray for Ramona, she just came home from the hospital. She had a mild heart attack. We ask the Lord that she looks sto him for healing in her body and in her heart. May her family use this trial as a way for them to rely and surrender their lives to Him. I pray for salation for the entire family.

Susan Rosales - Lift up Carol Ybarra and family. She just found out she has cancer. Let her and the fammily look to the Lord for peace and healing. Prayer of healing and peace for my neighbor, Jim. He's fighting cancer. Let him look to the Lord for healing.

Unknown - Prayer for Cynthia and Meryl Nielsen. Prayer for God's provisions as they ahe been without work.

Unknown - Prayer for my husband to get healthy. He has been sick for 3 years and it's really taken a toll on him physically, emotionally, and spiritualloy.

Sesson 5 - Fill Ins

"The Four Horseman" of the apocalypse.
The Rider on the White Horse
*Christ
*Antichrist
*military conquest
from the outside
*proclamation of the gospel of Christ in all the world
The Rider on the Red Horse
war in general or could be specifically be civil war
invasion from within
The Rider on the Black horse
Scarcity and resultant of famine
The Rider on the Pale Horse
death
The Fifth Seal - The Cry of the Martyrs
The Sixth Seal - Great Cosmic Disturbances
1. context of our present culture and environment
2. merciful people
3. picture God, having been so good to us being so harsh with the world

Session 4 - Email

On fire with the power of the Holy Spirit, is how I would describe Session 4! What a challenge for each of us to hold open our hand to release whatever stronghold is in our lives right now. It brings back the "drop the ball" challenge from Session 1.

God is so precious to give us each opportunities to "live" what we are being taught doesn't he? Hard? Tough? Exhausting? Challenging? Absolutely, but I love that our High Priest, Jesus Christ, learned by obedience in what he was suffering! (Heb 5:8) Being total human, he was tempted in all things even as we are and yet due to the joy set before Him, he endured the cross. He was in complete surrender to the will of God. Are you completely surrendered?

I have asked myself that same question recently as my life has had some interesting & challenging issues arise. In addition I've asked him, Lord, what would my responses and attitudes look like where I could hear you whisper - "You've Won!"

He brought to mind Col 3:12 which says, "Since I chose you to be the holy people I love, you must clothe yourself with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Make allowance for each other's faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which bind us all together in perfect harmony."

Forgiveness is the key to allowing other temptations to not have an opportunity to push open the door to disobedience. I ask are you willing to "let go" and "send forth" the areas of unforgiveness in your life by trusting that your God is a BIG enough God to handle the situation for you? You can TRUST HIM!

Satan would LOVE for us to keep that little pinky holding on tight! Don't allow him the satisfaction or victory to keep you in that stronghold. Our Lord conquered the grave to give us the power to live victoriously through the power of His Holy Spirit. Rely on Him! Not by our strength but through Him and Him alone.

Thank you for all of you walking through this study - truly you are a blessing above all measure! Thank you Jackie for doing a wonderful job last Monday - I appreciated it tremendously!

I look forward to seeing all of you Monday night - it's hard to believe we are almost half way through the study

To the mom's - Happy Mother's Day tomorrow! And to all the ladies, God bless you and keep you!

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Session 4 - Praise/Prayer Requests

Praise:
Kim - Thank you for prayers and answers to prayers!
Kim - Thank you Jackie for holding down the fort and sending out the prayer requests!

Prayer Requests:

I truly hope each of you had a great week!

I had held on to the Prayer Requests for Kim to post on the blog upon her return, however, it is not right to hold the privilege back from anyone to pray for each other!

The Lord delights when we approach Him in prayer! Prayer is a key spiritual discipline and an awesome privilege, so please be intentional and pray for our ladies!

Patricia M. - Prayer and praise for her grandson Michael, who was blessed to receive 2 scholarships for school! She is thankful for God's faithfulness!

Lisa J. - Prayer that God will change her heart towards her mother and sister and that she loves them with God's love....unconditional love! - Also Prayer that God will heal Carol's heart 100%! - Also, prayer for Kim, for God to bless and to keep her close!

Sarah D.- Prayer for travel mercies while Sarah travels to Orlando, Florida.

Tanessa C. - Prayer for a black lab that her husband found while hiking on Sunday. The dog had no identification and no micro-chip. Though advertising, there has been no luck in locating the dogs owner. Please pray that if the owners are unable to get him that a loving home would open up.

Lisa P. - Prayer for God to move closer within her heart and for support, peace and guidance to overcome trials she is going through.

Leticia B. - Prayer for son Mark Garcia who has a bleeding ulcer. Please pray for his healing! Also prayer for Kim!

Heather B. - Prayer for her precious 3 year old daughter Kiya, as satan is battling for her heart and mind through rage bursts.- Also Praise God for recent stress relief in their home!

Debbie G. - Prayer for her father for healing as he battles some significant weight loss and that the physicians are able to diagnose and treat him.

Velma K. - Prayer for travel to California and that the time spent with family will glorify God!

Chris C. - Payer for a scan scheduled for May 14th. Prayer that there is no further growth or progression in the mass in her liver and prayer for Gods TOTAL HEALING!

Requests with no names:
*For a nephew who was born sick and is scheduled to have brain surgery.That he be covered with the blood of Jesus Christ and be healed! Also Praise and thankfulness for all the blessings God has given her, her husband and thankfulness and blessings that Christ is in their hearts and prayer for Christ to be in everyones hearts.

* For God to soften the heart of her sister and brother and that he draws them closer to Him - For protection over her nephew and niece who are being raised without God as a focus in their home. - That her sister and brother are healed from pain in life and give their lives and hearts to God.

* For my husband and I who are faced with possibly foreclosing on a client who is running his buisness out of their commercial builidng. The client has stopped making payemtns and they are faced with a difficult decision. Prayer that he be able to start making his payments again and for clear guidance and direction on how to proceed.

The one who listens to our petitions also has the power to answer them!

Session 4 - Fill-Ins

theocentric
element & creative
throne
1. rainbow
2. four livng creatures
move the throne
There are 24 eleders
what looked like a "sea of glass"
no cescription of God, only that which surrounds Him
scroll of destiny
events can begin to take place.
history to its foreordained consummation
singular means of victory
Passover lamb to the coming plagues
investiture with the office of the King over the universe

Session 3 - Email

"Let it go" and "send it forth" keeps ringing in my ears from Monday night session! That it is the will of God to be on "top" not "underneath."

I am sure many of us have ample opportunities in our lives right now to be in God's will. I pray that we would pursue His righteousness in the choices of decision that we make.

I love where it tells us in the following scripture of Psalms 73:28 "That it is GOOD for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust (let go/send it forth) in the Lord God. That I may declare all your good works." Okay, the let go/send it forth wasn't actually in the verse but the implied application is there for us. This verse gives us a purpose in drawing near to him and trusting Him so that we might tell of what God has done for us. That through His power we were able to "overcome." He gave us victory, power, and the right to say "I WIN" through his death on the cross bringing him glory.

Even though technically we don't have homework outside of our workbook, remember to daily look for ways that God is revealing himself to you, look for those "Who Is This?" moments, and ask God to help you protos - prioritize what he tells us in Deut 6 - to Love the Lord your God with ALL your heart, with ALL your soul and with ALL your strength!

God bless you with understanding and knowledge of His plan for your life to accomplish His will so that he may whisper to you - You Won!

Updates are on the blog for fill-ins, praise/prayer requests, etc. www.hereandnowpalmvalley.blogspot.com