A new day!

The last day of May 2012.......tomorrow is a brand new day, a brand new Month, and a brand new beginning. I will be open to whatever the Lord has planned for me, I will Thank Him for everything He has done, and will do in my life and be available for His use. 


Rest in Peace Jimmy "Morningtalk" Cordova 12/28/31-05/28/2012

Been a long time.....

It has been a really long time since I last posted, I have changed my URL http://mcleanjr357.blogspot.com/ and I have changed my location several times. for now I am in Taos, NM and working as a caregiver, it has been a very trying time and I can only do this with Christ's strength. I hope to be more current and try to post more often, until then I hope all is well with you and yours.

Blessings

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Just one of those.....

I know we have all experienced a day, week, month, that has not been up to par. As I draw closer to the Lord I really get attacked by the devil, in the book of James he says to 2Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 2 Peter 1:5-7 says 5For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.. I have been in the book of 2 Peter on Sundays & Wednesdays in church so I decided to look up all the meanings of the words in verses 5-7 so I was prepared ahead of time for Wednesday nights study and because God loves me so much He has shown me that the the scriptures are for the elect, the saints that is you and me Christian. We have to believe and behave, have morals, we are to strive for excellence and claim the spiritual truths of God's word. To do so we need to know the Bible and use the Word to show we have learned ,Patience, Holiness, Devoutness, able to be approachable, go beyond brotherly kindness and love people in spite of our differences. To attain these qualities we need to practice it daily so others can recognize the presence of the Lord in our daily life. And from the words of Pastor Mike "it is not your profession of faith but your progression of faith" I need to act upon the faith that I have been blessed with and when I do that I will consider it all joy!

Safari

Well it has been awhile since I have posted about the study I'm doing in Daniel with all of you. Thanks to Hisgirl and her dedication to the study and the many wonderful ladies that are on the journey with me is why I have come back to blog today. Everyone has been through their trials as we have witnessed on Face Book and others blogs, so I felt I would share the journey that I have been on and how it pertains to Daniel.
Two weeks or so ago I moved in with my niece who was in a very bad relationship and needed desperately to get out of it, along with that she had to get sober. I don't think she even knew she needed to get out or get sober until she was confronted with a do it or else ultimatum. God had me here for a reason and as always has perfect timing, He told me to share my past with her and how God redeemed me and that He has always been there watching over us but it was the choices we were making that led us to be in bad relationships. He let me share with her how much Jesus loves us and that He died on the cross for all of our sin, yesterday, today, and tomorrow, and though we may fall we will never fall out of His hands. He knew we would be right here at this moment and that He was using me to let her know He loves her more than anything and that He doesn't want her in bad relationships He wants a relationship with her. We talked about how we are all born with a God shape whole in us and that Jesus knocks at the door and waits for us to invite Him in. She said I thought he was always there, and I told her that He is always with us but He is a Gentlemen and it is up to us to invite Him into our hearts to be Lord and Savior and when we do so the Holy Spirit comes in and cleans out all the worldly things that we have given into because of our flesh and replaces them with His fruit: love,joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control.
We talked about how she has to admit that she is a sinner and ask for forgiveness and for her to turn from her sin. I explained how she could do it and then we prayed, I gave her my bible for her to use. I told her today she is a new creation in Christ that yesterday is gone tomorrow is not here yet and we need to live in the present we can only handle one day at a time, although it has been a tough road we have been travelling on it with Jesus, she has been sober for two weeks and is reading the bible everyday she has told me that when she gives her thoughts and worries to Jesus that she feels so much better. She also thanked me for bringing Jesus to her home, isn't that the most awesome thing for someone to say..... All Glory and Honor to Jesus!
So now back to how this applies to the study, had I not be in the Word daily and letting God teach me about humility, pride, submission, I really don't think I would have been used by Him, He was equipping and preparing me through Daniel and 1Peter. I was an empty vessel and now I am filled with him and will continue to stay in His Word because without Him I am nothing. We both don't know what tomorrow may bring but we are living today without worry or strife and it is exciting knowing that our Father in heaven is in control.