You can depend on GOD to see you through - Paul Morton

Be Blessed my brother, 
Be blessed my sister, 
be blessed wherever this life leads you, 
let me encourage you, 
let me speak life to you, 
You can depend on God to see you through, 
You can depend on me to pray for you 

-You might be hurting, 
you might be crying, 
you might be worrying and frustrated to, 
let me encourage you let me speak life to you 
you can can depend on God to see you through, 
you can depend on me to pray for you 

-Pray im gonna keep on prayin, 
Pray im gonna keep on prayin for you, 
Pray im gonna keep on prayin, 
Pray im gonna keep on prayin for you 
you can depend on God to see you thru, 
you can depend on me to pray for you 

Bridge: 
I see you in the future. 
and you look better, 
I see you walking in favor and prosperity too, 
let me encourage you, 
let me speak life to you, 
you can depend on God to see you through, 
you can depend on me to pray for you 

-I pray for you, 
you pray for me, 
and watch God change things, 
Repeat 1x 

-I pray for you, 
you pray for me and watch God change things 

Repeat 6x

10 Amazing Christian Testimonies (1)

The boy who came back from HEAVEN

God needs something to work with

God needs Something to work with
By: Nathlee Grant

God is setting up someone for us…… What can we give Him to work with?

In recent times I have been wrapping my mind on the story in the book of Joshua, in particular the wall of Jericho.  My own analysis, in Joshua 2, two spies were sent to the city to spy it out; I am guessing that this was done so that they could come up with some formation and strategy to attack the city.

while they were there Rahab did the most honourable thing, which was in favour to God and them, she hid them.  

In Joshua 6, the big day to take down the city Jericho, I was anticipating while reading, some top a top formation, skills and strategy, instead God told them in simplicity (to the human mind )to march around the city. This is ridiculous after all that spying and near death, this is it. BUT it worked! wow! My thing now is why then, was it important for the spies to into the city at all?

There is no coincident where God is concern, and I can bet they went into the city only to bring RAHAB out, just as Naomi went all the way to Moab to bring RUTH out. But importantly, they both  i.e. Rahab and Ruth needed to give God something to work with, just as the boy with the fish and bread, Mary and Martha rolled the stone away, Mary the mother of Jesus ask the servant to do as Jesus ask fill the pan with water. Hear this part “Enter the house of the harlot and rescue the woman and everyone connected with her”.  Go into the house and rescue the woman from what? My guess again, rescue her from prostitution. Rahab gave a change of heart, which was all God needed to finish his purpose in her life, Philippians states it better… He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.  Ruth gave a lifestyle, one pleasing to God.

What can we give God to work with?

Understanding ourselves

We are equally important to our CREATOR, whose love for ALL is constant and unconditional.

Where are we looking

Outside /IN or Inside/OUT
By: Nathlee Grant

Outside-In

Going through high school I watched the pretty girls spend all day in the bathroom getting their faces right. They usually spend hours setting their uniforms which could never seemed to suit them, hairs were always in place, shoes spic and spank, these girls were always neatly dressed, not a single pleat was out of place. This and other aspect of my life forced me to think that how I look on the outside determined my functionality and purpose. 

Inside -out

When a programmer writes a computer program; a program is a sequence of instructions, written to perform a specified task with a computer.  He actually place a portion of his thoughts (mind) on some platform which is tested for its functionality, performance and accuracy. Then when he is satisfied he creates an appropriate house/shell for protection, storage.

Aesthetics is usually the last thing on a programmer's mind during coding, testing and even implementation because in reality it cannot perform the functions required, e.g. how a calculator looks cannot not calculate sum of two numbers or any other calculations.  Actual a programmer is most proud when his program executes perfectly, rather than a fancy or beautiful design is.  The word beautiful in the world of a programmer is usually associated with perfect functionalities, “it is beautiful", is exclaimed ONLY when the program does what it is supposed to do. 

Observation

Dig deeper, the program and the house it is stored are inter related and interconnected relying each other for survival. In this context there are wires that run inside the house to create that communication between itself and the program (human body mind/thoughts).

Analysis

I would want to believe that when God created us in His image and likeness; he formed the house, blew into our nostril and when he was done said beautiful, it was merely for the fact that we could carried out all the purposes and functionality that he intended for us do. I believe our earthly bodies are the house our spiritual being a very important role and should not be limited to beauty competition. Is God interested in our appearances or our  functionality?   Outside- In or Inside – Out

 HiNt

Man looks on the outside God looks at your heart

Food for thoughts

Food for thoughts, man put a portion of his mind in a computer which operates in our world but in a different world/realm, did God put a portion of himself in this, our earthly body to allow us to operate in a different realm (world) even though He is with us in this world?

He sends Adam and Eve out of the Garden, The scripture did not say God left the garden nor did he descend from them. My mind is going somewhere…but I would have to leave this for now.

Back to the story of computing, since we put our mind into a computer and it function in that way is it safe to say that we can operate like God to the extent of what he has deposited in us? Is God is expecting us to carry out a particular function he had designed us for? Hmm…could it be that we have not tapped into that aspect of our lives because of the limitation in our upbringing. Paul said don’t think too highly of yourself neither think low of yourself; hmm do we know ourselves, who we are? If I know who I am and aim to maximize just that, would I not think moderately of myself...?

The correlation of the house and the program; a set of instruction of the computer carry out a series of decoding and encoding so that the computer can be able to understand and interpret in its world (language) what it is we are saying  and  intelligently display a result to us in our world (language).. 

POST YOUR THOUGHTS!

Our Jamaica By: Nathlee Grant

Our 50th celebration has ended, but we have celebrated still exist....

Our Treasure

If we know what we have, we will seek after it!

Luke 15 - "Seeking the Lost"

 Theme: Living like Jesus did from Bible Study Wednesday October 10, 2012:

I’ll share a thought I had this morning following last evening’s Bible Study “Seeking the LOST”……To begin searching for anything or anyone diligently it/he/she has to mean something to us, something of value, something worthwhile. So I started digging deep, real deep, and the only thing that came up…honestly was my children. Again I probe, trying desperately to find others apart from my children, ding, dong, ding, dong, still nothing, so I asked intensely, whom else would I drop everything for?..........Mighty!, reality hit, I have reached a stage where it seemed nothing matter, everything seems replaceable; All those disappointments, hurt and all others added up and made my heart as hard as rock …..a kind of protective mechanism. "just move on, a dat u a  bawl fah" have became the popular phases used since the day of birth. These are the very phrases I used  in broken relationships, seeing the person only as "dat"….. of little or no value.

This, now I can say really is not to hurt the person so much, as it is to hide pain, the real feelings proving to others that I am  strong, which therefore, after a while becomes the NORM.......one of my popular phrase; “is who him/she think be” with attitude and a kiss teeth expression then proudly move on. My, my is this, who I really am, but I have seen the traits and have acknowledged them and the truth is.......

There is no relationship that I would try desperately to keep, no one person I'll try time after time to get his/her attention, none I would dedicatedly seek out time after time, insults after insults, disappointments after disappointments “no boba” not before now  …… “Living as Jesus did”. Understanding who Christ was/ is, what he represents and what he has done and is doing, then it pains me to think I am otherwise. The scripture said the He was bruised for our transgressions, insulted, spat at, scorned, mocked, laughed at etc….. WHY not I? I was, in my previous life conditioned to, leave it, rest it, some would say, move on or just can’t bother.  What if Christ had done the same thing, cared less gave up or just plainly couldn’t bother? Thank God he didn’t, instead he humbly went to the cross. “Living like Jesus did” ……….

On my way to work this morning I was pleased and in awe at how beautiful the ground looked now then reflected far back in days, when it was used for hands on training, mechanic esp., filled with old cars, truck and bus you name it, there was not a sign of beauty, smiling I thought, that’s it!, in order to stay with someone, through thick or thin, the focus cannot be on the present condition/s, hallelujah! I get excited when I am getting a download WOW!  it is to see what lies ahead; Have a VISION, the vision of his/her life, by this I started laughing out aloud, ding, ding, ding , this is the download, when we seek God we seek him not only for our self but for the ones he gave us to take to Him . Hear the scripture “I have revealed you to the ones you gave me from this world…….. I protected them and kept them safe……--” John 17:6 &12.  (Living as Christ did: …”All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. John 6:37). Before I can start to think which friend to take to Father, I know now I have to seek Him first haha haha… Living like Christ did.  Luke6: ¹² One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. ¹³ When morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them,….”

If we know what we have we will seek after it!!

What to do:  LIVE AS JESUS DID – protect and keep them safe

How: pray and seek the VISION of GOD

Why: Reveal God to Man

A mother's love By: Nathlee Grant

Our place value determined our WORTH

Value yourself and know your worth....
By: Nathlee Grant

Our WORTH is dependent on the VALUE We place on our self. 

For too long we have sat around  making ourselves worthwhile based on values others place on us. ...

Then we began feeling worthless when they no longer note we exist......

Value yourself only you and you alone know your WORTH....