Do not be anxious but in all things trust God

“FROM WORRIER to WARRIOR!”
“…do not worry…
For your heavenly Father knows that you need… things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”

“WAR”SHIPPers - be one

Build the walls of God’s Holy Dwelling Place in the Spirit. Help build a hedge of love around the individual family members through prayer requests and support. Help build the Eternal House of God!

Do you realize that when ONE SINGLE STONE becomes loose or damaged that place is NOW a target for destructive forces to get in. Let us lift each other up. GOD’S LOVE is the mortar and nails that hold us tight together. When a Christian is backsliding, hurting or struggling we must come together to make that person stronger in LOVE.
United we stand Divided we fall, yes, but still if we allow division we’ve ALL failed…

“WAR”shippers are simply prayer warriors specializing in spiritual warfare. Our Members tend to the physical, emotional and spiritual experiences through prayer & counsel. We devote serious time to praying in the Spirit. Cries and petitions are brought faithfully before the altar of the Lord. In this way we build up the hedges of spiritual covering while one is undergoing a sensitive time.

prayer
…equipping the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ…

praise
…no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine…

worship
…the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love and speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head.
—Christ—

^{The body is one and has many members…  For by one Spirit we were all baptized into (the body of Christ)— God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased… those members of the body which seem to be lesser are necessary…  that there should be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another. And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice… Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.
1 Corinthians 12}

LANDMARKS OF HEAVEN

Deuteronomy 27:17 cursed be he who removeth his neighbors landmark.

Steps to Building a House

According to The American Heritage Dictionary, a house is
“A structure serving as a dwelling place, especially for a family.”

-Mark Site
- Set Foundation
- Construct Framework
- Enclose Portals
- Fit Utilities
-Install Finishes
- Connect to main sources

These same steps can be taken in your spiritual life
You are no longer strangers… but fellow citizens of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a Holy temple in the Lord, in whom you are also being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

It is our chief CORNERSTONE Jesus Christ that defines us before the enemy as His blood and Water spilled from Him to mark us as His own- it anoints us. The very place we are at any given moment then becomes spiritually saturated with His very LIFE FORCE because of His sacrificial essence living in us. He is the way the truth and the life. 

Our Father ART in Heaven and no one comes to the Father but through Christ. Open your heart to Christ; be a temple; a landmark of heaven:
His spiritual HOME that Christ, at the right hand of the Father, might gather us to Himself and
present us to our Father to welcome tus into Heaven;
into the very heartbeat and breathe of our FAMILY.

WE are living breathing walking LANDMARKS OF HEAVEN,
we are CUSTODIANS of TIME!

Jesus Christ is the Cornerstone that establishes our lives for God
We are the LIVING STONES chosen by God to make-up His house.  We are the framework built upon the foundational knowledge and experiences set forth by the Apostles and Prophets.  Our heart mind soul and strength are the portals to our temple that WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO OPEN or CLOSE to outside influences. As the whole building continues to be fitted together into a fully functional house, that is FOR a FAMILY, we install aesthetic beauty to our HOUSE by adhering to the Will and Word of God.  When we succeed we can finally become spiritually connected to the source of ALL LIFE as a HOLY DWELLING PLACE of God.

We have the power to effectively bring Christ to any situation. We have the authority to establish His territory. Step foot in someone else’s life and in this way bring the presence of Jesus Christ to them. Visit them, hug them and cover them with His love. Help them stand fast in the field of life as this is the territory that the devil wages war on. He wants to remove remove God’s Landmarks, the Landmarks are His people.
THIS TIME WE HAVE, NOW, IS GOD’S TERRITORY!

My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness

Someone recently told me that a daily devotional is a good way to stay refreshed and focused on God. Instead of a book, it seems like every week or so a new scripture comes up one way or another as the theme. It is recurrent that week which confirms that it is the ONE. I guess this is similar to a devotional so long as I do the study to go along with it and apply it’s lesson to life and change me.

I think this is somewhere in Paul. “…a thorn in the flesh was given to me… Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Many of the bible versions quote God the same way so I like that.

Okay, so when I got hurt one of the first things that upset me was being dependent and losing my self-sufficiency. I despise the limitations I have and that is the struggle. The pain is just a symptom of being injurred but this other monster is a symptom of being selfish and less after God’s own heart, it’s lack of contentment I think for me. It is good to be content with what God gives, His grace is sufficient.

It’s okay to have a full life. I enjoyed being able to barrel through most of life on my own. I’ll skip ahead to married life because if I start on about responsibilities from an early age, you won’t finish reading this tonight. So married in our own home. Building parts of my house all by myself (WITH NO HELP), doing the cleaning and the maintenance, upgrades and installs. I rarely needed a handyman as I was inordinately strong and very knowledgeable about most of the ways a home works. I could change my own car’s oil, brakes, tires, alternator, radiator, spark plugs, I’m sure I performed a tune-up and I believe I may have done more repairs than I can remember. I was able to work a fast paced, physically, socially, creatively and mentally challenging job dealing with 100 children and as many adults in one day, lifting and setting up the hundreds of pounds of equipment multiple times, organize my home and home office, achieve in the top percentile of the company and still find the time and energy to help and visit with friends and family, prepare masterpiece meals and start and host activities for a photography club and art gallery. I was able to cover stories for my Online Newspaper column and also prepare artwork for shows like the Better Business Bureau Torch Awards. My own photography business was growing to the potential of millions within only a short start up time. I was also able to keep up with the neighbors’ requests and became the central contact person for most things going on. I was often outside doing some yard work or another maintencance or repair or chasing after someone’s loose dog or child to return them home safely. I could be there for my family whenever they called or needed something and that was daily as well. I could provide for them. I was able to attend church and be involved in philanthropic activities while doing my own ministry and charity on the side. I took care of the family of cats that came to be born on our porch and enrolled as a registered feral cat caretaker for our community to help control the population and spread of disease while looking after the wellbeing of the animals. On top of that I was the wife that could always help her husband, make up the difference, and take care of his needs. I found time to get online and update my 13 sites, visit social networks to check on friends there, and still pray and do some bible study before turning in at night. Only to awake refreshed and ready with the first step for an agenda that sometimes seemed to accomplish 3 - 7days worth of my to-do list efficiently in the one. So you can imagine my to-do list sets my goals at accomplishing around a month worth of stuff within one week. Yes, I always got a lot done and for the most part I didn’t need anyone. I know it was God that allowed this kind of high impact living so why am I so jolted when God allows me to slow down. I got hurt, badly. Letting go of all the things I want to get done and all the people I want to help and all the events I want to go to and all the friends and family I want to visit and all the church Sundays I want to be able to drive to and sit through and all the animals I want to care for and all the works I want to create and all the endeavors I want to take charge of and the things I want to be able to do for my husband and so much more only to be stuck icing my aching body in the midst of home repairs and housework that isn’t getting done because I can’t do it is downright depressing. That’s not a disorder or a syndrome because it is not unfounded, it is realistic that losing all of your perceived quality of life should and would be depressing. It is a struggle to find some reason, no, not the reason this is happening but a reason to get out of bed at all and to not just hope to wither away out of sight. It is during this time that I’ve learned more than I ever did about relationships. It turns out that no matter how much you can accomlish, relationships are the most important thing. This applies to my relationship with God. I really don’t think He was feeling jaded or set aside by the busyness. But I do understand that I was building a pride deep inside, a toxic one. I was becoming an accomplishment junky and everytime I did more I got a giddier high inside. I was feeling more “accomplished”, more “self-sufficient” and more “capable”, but my persona was drifting away from my relationship with God. Every day became more about accomplishing MY TO-DO list than about WHY I ever added that stuff to my TO-DO list in the first place. I had no time to enjoy what impact the DOING had on my or anyone else’s life. What was this doing for God and our relationship. I don’t know. I didn’t get to witness that part because I had already run off to the next task on some quest to get more and more DONE. So now that I can’t DO so much how is it that being weak is a blessing. How is it that God’s strength is perfect at this time. Let me explain simply. Let’s say there is a big box and you are perfectly strong enough to lift it, but your child who is also strong or at least strong enough to hold up one side insists on doing it with you. So you are going to have to lift it in such a manner that supports all the weight AND accomodates for their safety and position in the matter. It is awkward and would be more efficient for you to just do it alone. This is how God is with us sometimes. We think we can handle something fine and it is Him who makes us feel able when He lets us help because  He really has it all. But sometimes we are about to pick something up that will break us and sometimes we do and it does. It is during this time when we can’t interfere when we get to see how strong and capable God is and was all along while we lay there whining in weakness about our pain or circumstances. He will now get done what must be done. He knows all about the To-Do list.

Here is a nice little blurb I found on this scripture to help me understand better how it is that being weak could be a good thing.http://thriceholy.net/lrbc/ted5.htm

Out of the Darkness

A Good Cry and A Fearful Laugh

A Good Cry and A Fearful Laugh

from the book ‘A Servant’s Song’ © Angela Mancinelli

Proclaim the Lord to the generations
of all hosts of heaven and nations
that His truth is sent to girt all things
as instruments upon which He sings.

I swear not but rejoice instead
for the breathe of life lifts my head
so that my yes is yes and my no is no
for my speech is edified by God alone!

I do not wrestle against flesh and blood
but wage peace on the wrath of hellfire’s flood
and persevere in supplication for all hearts
that the authority of faith quench wicked darts.

Eat and drink of Salvation and Light
Take up God’s Armour with victory in sight.
And now I invite you to take part thereof:
remember whence we were created in LOVE…

Beloved, press this covenenant deep within
so when you hear, you’ll understand
that all the mysteries of heaven and earth
are only revealed through tears and mirth

“…cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and crying…”

^{Psalm 126:5-6}Those who sow in tears Shall reap in joy.

He who continually goes forth weeping, Bearing seed for sowing, Shall doubtless come again with rejoicing…

^{Psalm 56:8-9}
You number my wanderings;
       Put my tears into Your bottle;
       Are they not in Your book? 
       When I cry out to You,
       Then my enemies will turn back;
       This I know, because God is for me.

“I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears… surely I will heal you.”

Prayer, Worship and WARship: Conquering Depression

Image above © Angela Mancinelli ~ from the book ‘A Servant’s Song’

Proverbs 12:25
Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes it glad.

Matthew 6:34
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Matthew 10:19
But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak.

Job 20:2
“ Therefore my anxious thoughts make me answer, Because of the turmoil within me.

Luke 12:26
If you then are not able to do the least, why are you anxious for the rest?

Luke 12:29
“And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind.

Custodians of Time

Most families have a heritage and a coat of arms. As a member of God’s Family THIS is your coat of arms. God’s legacy is YOUR HERITAGE. We are to protect the time invested by our forefathers and friends and make a real time investment ourselves.
WE ARE KINGS AND QUEENS AND PRINCES AND PRINCESSES.
WE ARE WARRIORS BRED FOR THE BATTLE!

We are a HOLY NATION; A KINGDOM OF CITIZENS AND MEMBERS AND SAINTS!

World Nations are armed with weapons of human warfare, however it is not flesh and blood against which we wrestle but against powers and principalities and spiritual wickedness in high places that war against us through circumstances and even through others.
For THIS WAR, CUSTODIANS OF TIME are ARMED as in Ephesians 6 of the Holy Bible…
with the FULL ARMOUR OF GOD. This is a Proclamation of God’s Sovereignty!

BE steadfast proof that Christ’s blood is pulsing through the human veins of loving, soundminded and powerful individuals all over the world who look fearlessly into the face of evil and resist the temptation to compromise their GOD GIVEN heritage.
Be Custodians of Time!