GET THAT GOAT BREAD

We have to get that goat bred,
My Mom said to Dad!
We'll take her to the country,
To visit Jenny's Billy.

With a superman cape and a flash of light'
I hurried outside.
Then in again, you don't have to worry,
Come outside and see.

What is it son?
What have you done?
I bread the goat for you,
Come outside, you will see it is true.

In surprised awe, Mom and Dad stared at him.
Dad gave a wink and said, isn't he a gem.
I jumped and chattered excitedly,
Come on, come on, you just have to see.

Outside the Nanny was tied to the fence.
An empty Wonder bread wrapper at her feet, the evidence.
I made her eat every slice,
She did not even butt me, she was very nice.

With a chuckle and a pat on the head,
Dad said well done, son, I would never have thought to feed a loaf of bread.
Smothering a chuckle, Mom said, I think we will still go to the country,
So Nanny can be with her friend Billy!



When my son was 5 he overheard his dad and I talk about getting our dairy goat bred and he decided to help us out. We have laughed at this story for years. Hope it gave you a chuckle as well. Have a a great rest of the day, God Bless, LINDA

WHAT IS MORE POWERFUL THAN THE WORD OF GOD

If I asked you what is more powerful than the word of God most of you would answer........ nothing. Although that is the truth it is not the whole truth. There is something more powerful than the word of God, it is the tradition of men. The Bible says the tradition of men make my word void. God can not and will not go against the will of man. It would be illegal for Him to do so. If you bow to a religious spirit it makes His word void. Doubt and unbelief will still His healing power in your life. Most people think God can do whatever He wants to but that simply is not true. In His own home town He could do no mighty miracles because of their unbelief. Is it God's will to heal? ABSOLUTELY! God is activated by faith just as the enemy is activated by fear. Jesus was always tossing the unbelievers out of the room so by faith He could raise the dead or heal the sick. That's why you have to be careful who prays for you. The prayer of doubt and unbelief can stop the manistesfation of God's plan for your future. The destiny God put on your life since before you were formed in the womb can be blocked by the traditions of men. Are you a slave or are you a son? Cast out the traditions of men and be blessed, LINDA

CONSIDER THIS......

The age old question is why do bad things happen to good people? Have you ever considered that God is setting you up for a supernatural breakthrough? Remember the lame begger at the gate called beautiful. He was forty years old. Others had to carry him there every day. This was his job, to beg for a living. Let's say 4000 people passed through the gates each day. If only 5 out of every hundred gave to him he was making a good living. He was comfortable with his situation, if not he would have picked a different spot. He knew how to work his corner. He depended on the sacrifice of others to make ends meet. Then one day Peter walks by freshly baptized with the power of the Holy Ghost and says I'm here to promote you to a place you have never been before. You are about to become responsible for your own life. You are about to become a witness to the miracle working power of the God of the universe before a congrgation of 4000. You are about to ignite a fire of faith in the hearts of the hopeful and the doubters alike. They have seen you here for years and know your situation. They will see the miracle and know only God could be praised for your healing. You are going to have to leave the comfort of your corner and go where you have never been before. You have just stepped into your anointing. You have just been promoted in the kingdom! Actually Peter did not say all those things, I did. Peter said 4 little words....RISE UP AND WALK, which caused all these things to come to pass.......Have you ever noticed how God gives you a promise and right in the middle of that promise He puts an obsticle..... Maybe your health is precarious...the promise is by His stripes you are healed.....Maybe your marriage is a mess, but the promise is a man who finds a wife finds a good thing.....Maybe your relationship with your children leaves a lot to be desired..... But the promise is children are a blessing from the Lord......Maybe you finances need resurrected from the dead....but the promise is the wealth of the wicked is layed up for the righteous....Don't lose faith in your promise my friend...one day soon Jesus will walk right up to your obsticle and say, RISE UP AND WALK! In a moment you will be given your promotion in the kingdom and as the lame man did you will walk and leap in a congregation of 4000 giving God the glory. Have you ever considered the promise is never really about you? It is always about them! Consider this my friend...........GOD BLESS, LINDA

DID YOU KNOW WORRY IS A SIN

Did you know worry is a sin? Have I shocked you? The Bible says worry is a prayer blocker. Everyone knows the parable of the sower, but have you applied it to your life? Do you remember what happens to the first seed? The birds come and eat it. The seed was the word. I have learned to pray before each church service for God to bind the word spoken, to my heart, that the enemy may not steal it. The only power in your prayer life is the word you know. If the word is stolen by the enemy it bears no fruit. The second seed was destroyed by persecution and offence. It did not bear fruit. The third seed was choked out by the cares (worries) of the world. Again no fruit bearing. The fourth word was sown on good ground and bore fruit some 30 some 60 some 100 fold. The scripture that gives power to get the worry out of your life is found in Phil. 4:6-7 Don't worry about anything: instead pray about everything. Tell God what you need and thank Him for all He has done. Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Jesus Christ. (NLT) . 2Cor. 10:5 goes along with that which says.... We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ. My friend Nona does it like this. She imagines a basket outside the door of her house. Before she enters she dumps the days worries there for Jesus to deal with. Only peace goes inside with her. Peace follows Nona wherever she goes. She has no prayer blockers in her life and goes directly to the throne of God with her petitions. Remember worry is a sin and a prayer blocker. Your body was not made to bear it and will eventually make you sick if you carry it too long. It is a curse not a blessing, sooo my friend be blessed of God and give that stuff to Him. He dumps it in the deepest sea and erects a no fishing sign. Once you have dumped it, do not pick it up again. BE BLESSED OF GOD , LOVE YOU, LINDA

FAN TH FIRE

FAN THE FIRE FROM HEAVEN! There is a church who has the motto.."Wake up, sing up, preach up, pray up, pay up. But never give up, let up, back up, or shut up until the cause of Christ in the world is built up. They must have agreed with Timothy ... Stir up (rekindle the embers of, fan the flame of, and keep burning the gracious gift of God the inner fire that is in you") 2Timothy 1:16 AMP. SAMUEL CHADWICK, AN ENGLISH EVANGELIST SAID " FIRE IS THE CHOSEN SYMBOL FOR MORAL PASSION. IT IS EMOTION AFLAME. GOD IS LOVE. GOD IS FIRE. THE TWO ARE ONE. THE HOLY SPIRIT BAPTIZES WITH FIRE. SPIRIT FILLED SOULS ARE ABLAZE FOR GOD. THEY LOVE WITH A LOVE THAT GLOWS. THEY BELIEVE WITH A FAITH THAT KINDLES. THEY SERVE WTH A DEVOTION THAT CONSUMES. THEY HATE SIN WITH A FIERCENESS THAT BURNS. THEY REJOICE WITH A JOY THAT RADIATES. LOVE IS PERFECTED IN THE FIRE OF GOD." Fire is often a sign of God's presence in the Bible. The songwriter said I've never rained fire down from the sky, but YOU CAN with your sacrifice. Trough out the Bible we are told God is a consuming fire. Jeremiah said the word was like a fire shut up in his bones that could not be contained. John G. Lake said on his first missionary trip to Africa liquid fire pumped through his veins. When John Wesley was asked how he got the big crowds to come out and see him that he set himself on fire and they come to watch him burn. People are like kindling that is dry, cracked and highly combustible. Once they come into a contact with a life that is burning for Christ they will be ignited with the fire of God. All it takes is one spark to change a dry life into a life that burns with passion and purpose. YOU ARE A FIRE STARTER POSITIONED TO IMPACT THE WORLD. FAN THE FIRE WITHIN YOU AND YOU WILL FLING SPARKS AND IGNITE YOUR WORLD. GOD BLESS, LINDA

LET US CELEBRATE CAROL

It is fruit bearing season. Let us celebrate Carol! We have a few ladies who gather on Saturday morning to pray who call themselves the Eagles. Awhile back a new lady joined us. After 6 weeks she gave this testimony. I have gone to church for 40 years and I thought I knew Him but after 6 weeks coming here I have learned more about Him than in all the 40 years in church. Then she began to grieve for all the wasted time she had failed to share Jesus during those years. The fact is that those 40 years were not wasted. It was simply a winter season where the roots ran deep to nourish themselves for the greatest fruit bearing season of her life. She shares Jesus by faith, example, word and deed now with everyone who wanders through her life including the animal kingdom. On the day she gave her testimony I was so moved I went home and wrote a song about her testimony. It is called Wasted moments wasted days........
For 40 years I thought I knew Him, my church had told me so.
But I was doing nothing to help His kingdom grow. Wasted moments, wasted days, lost people all around. No hope for redemption, in sin they were bound. I did not share the good news, how Jesus loved them so. Offering salvation because of Calvary's road. But now I'm learning quickly, by faith to speak His word, snatching out of the fire precious ones who never heard. No more wasted moments, no more wasted days, now I'm serving Jesus, as I fall on my knees to pray. Joy comes from giving, the good news away, loving my neighbor and hearing them say, Carol, I'm so glad Jesus used you to share His word with me. Sharing the gospel story and His love that sets me free. No more wasted moments, no more wasted days. Now I'm sharing Jesus and I'm singing His Praise...........Soooooo.....Let us celebrate Carol in her fruit bearing season and give praises to the King who gives us His best. Let us follow Carols example and have the greatest fruit bearing season in 2010... GOD BLESS< LINDA

CHOOSE THIS DAY WHOM YOU WIL SERVE

Hello belov-ed prayer warriors of the most high God! I took the day off yesterday to recover from the long journey to my Mom's funeral. I want to thank you all for your prayers of traveling mercies. Many came from afar. All arrived safely and returned safely. Some of you prayed about the weather and the last hundred miles were so amazing. There was no snow except a thin powder at the cemetary. The wind was bitterly cold, the roads were clear but the trees and shrubs were covered with glittering ice reflecting the light like millions of diamonds. It was so beautiful to behold. My preacher brother from Texas delivered the ulogy. There were three rooms of people and everyone was moved by his words. It was truly inspired by the Holy One. My Mom's last request of me was to sing at her funeral and I was able to do that. Many complimented me but the best were when they said when I saw you up, there I saw your mama. A few came to grieve her passing but the majority came to celebrate her life and a celebration it was. I met friends and relatives I had not seen for 10,20,30,40 and over 50 years. One lady I had not seen since I was 6 years old. We picked up and visited as if those years were but a moment. Mom always said give me my roses while I'm living I have no need of them when I'm dead. As I listened to the stories, the memories, I realized that Mom had spent her whole life handing out roses to those she loved. Sooooo my message for today is ....Choose this day whom you will serve and hand out roses to the ones you love! God Bless, Linda!