Today's Edification (21 January 2024)

Greetings sisters! 

I hope you are striving in Him, in truth and humility. We always need to be testing our lives to make sure we haven't slipped in any area. But we just keep striving on don't we! The Lord helps us. 

For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

Isaiah 50:7

Here's some more psalm readings to edify... 

What treasures to find hidden under the leaves... 

Simple good, pure, and true pleasures!

Many blessings the Lord provided!

I had a trip to the children's again. Thankful to the Lord for safe travels. While death would be gain for a saint...thankful to not experience the inbetween bit of injury. More time to serve the Lord! 

So I will have my serving ministry to labour at here. Keep striving with joy in whatever ministry the Lord has called you too sisters! If you're faced with a big task...just do one thing at a time whether it's a mountain of dishes or laundry or produce to use or thousands of souls who haven't heard the gospel. One thing and day at a time. 

A woman at the petrol station was thankful for a gospel card. One thing I have changed the last several months about how I give checkout people the gospel is I say a little more about it and linger a little longer to see what they say. But usually it's a situation that only is fitting for something quick but praise God they have the help on the card if they want it! 

Gospel goes out at a highway rest stop too... 

Maybe a weary traveler who needs some living water will find it! 

To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.

Isaiah 28:12

Took some fruit and veggie blessings along from the garden too... 

May we be fruitful in the Lord too! And have all the fruits of the Spirit. I got to listen to some good edifying while driving. And there was a lot of time to ponder in the three hours. It's good to take time to reflect, ponder, test, see if you said and did things right etc. The Lord convicts us where needed or we can be content where we did what was right which is our reasonable service for His glory. 

Here's some scriptures to edify you! (on being humble, contrite etc) 

I sometimes think of this scripture and it is comforting. We can trust in Him always no matter what the world does or thinks of us! 

Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? 

He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? 

And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee. 

And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.

John 9:35-38

 

And this one is good too! 

All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

John 6:37

For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.

Psalm 94:14

This can always be our comfort on this earth, now and into the future! As long as we are being obedient and striving in all truth of course! Outside of the Lord there is nothing certain! Trust in Him through these perilous times sisters, where true love is waxed cold. 

If we are not in the truth this will happen, and I don't want that for anyone... 

But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 8:12

Follow hard after Christ and the truth sisters...no matter what! 

I was thinking of the dove that Noah sent out of the ark when the waters were receding off the earth. It found no place of rest. Don't you think we can feel like that too sisters, in our heart...living in this world we are not a part of? 

Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; 

But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.

Genesis 8:8-9

We can rest in Christ through it all until we get to that eternal rest with Him! Strive on! 

Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

Hebrews 4:11

And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

Revelation 14:13

Let us love one another in deed and in truth... 

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

1 John 3:18-19

Keep striving in good works sisters! Crucify that flesh and walk in the Spirit! 

Love in Christ, 

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Hope and Humility

 

Greetings in Christ to my sisters. 

How's things in your life? 

And yes sisters...our hope is in the Lord! He is faithful and true and keeps His promises! 

hope

That word is so encouraging in this dark world where we see so much going wrong and so many in despair and depression because of sin and the suffering it produces. 

I read some scriptures on hope... 

My hope is that they also will encourage and edify you, my sisters. 

How blessed we are now to have such hope in Christ... 

That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: 

But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 

For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;

Ephesians 2:12-14 

Praise God! How grateful we are for that. And we don't take it lightly...but live for the One who made it possible for us to have such hope! 

 And I share some scriptures from sisters... 

What a great and holy God who deals with the lowly ones and despises the pride. 

Goes along with this one... 

Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.

Psalm 138:6

And this... 

Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

Proverbs 16:5

We women certainly want to be clothed with humility.

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

1 Peter 5:5-6 

That actually reminds me of how we women of God are to adorn ourselves with good works...surely humility would be one. We know the Lord has made us and we have nothing that we have not received from Him. All our good works are what we are supposed to do and were created for. Our obedience to the Lord is only our reasonable service. All the glory goes to God our Creator. 

And it's true that the world would look at us Titus 2 women, who are content to conform our lives to the role God made us for, as having very 'small' and lowly jobs to do. And whether that is a helper to a husband or a keeper at home and serving others and whatever good and godly things we can do we know it doesn't matter what man thinks of us but what the Lord does. It's right where the Lord made us for and so it's the best place to be! Anyway we should only care about what our Creator and Saviour see us as...obedient or disobedient. 

Amen let us sisters continue to be zealous for good works and hate evil. 

(And thank you for both of these scripture pictures sister:-) 

Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

2 Peter 3:11 

Amen...so let us sisters be living holy lives obedient to the Word. 

Amen we can indeed overcome in and through Him! Strive on in patient endurance sisters running the race with joy. 

That's what I have for today! Hope it blessed you and what a blessed hope we have to come if we endure faithfully! Let us all provoke one another to love and good works daily! 

Love in Christ, 

Sister Michaela 

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Lowly and Rejoicing

 

Greetings in the Lord sisters! 

Wherever you are on this earth, I hope you have overcome one more day in the Lord. 

A sister messaged this to me this morning and it's true so I wanted to share it here to remind us all. 

Amen it is sister! 

I read this recently and it blessed me. 

"Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven. 

In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. 

All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. 

And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:

For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them ; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them."

Luke 10:20-24

 

I thought of what it says made Jesus rejoice. It's interesting to ponder. Indeed we see the lowly and the poor and sinners such as we see in scripture as the publicans and harlots seeing their needs rather than the mighty and the proud. And God reveals Himself to them. And no different today with the religious people who think they have it all right. And yet all things are possible with Christ of course because think of Paul as he was a Pharisee. 

(Thank you again sister for faithfully sharing pictures or scriptures.) 

I think I am going to share a few scriptures on similar things and I hope they edify you sisters. 

"And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven."

Matthew 18:3-4

"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass." 

Zechariah 9:9

"When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, 

And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. 

Jesus wept. 

Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! 

And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died? 

Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. 

Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days. 

Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?

Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. 

And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. 

And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. 

And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. 

Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him."

John 11:33-45 

Yes our Lord rejoiced and He also wept. 

"For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. 

And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. 

For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? 

But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it."

Romans 8:22-25

"As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things." 

2 Corinthians 6:10

(Thanks for the verse sister...it went well with my blog post today:-) 

"The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise." 

Psalm 51:17

We will rejoice greatly one day in this... 

"Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. 

And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. 

And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God."

Revelation 19:7-9

Until then let us endure through each day we are blessed with on this earth. 

Amen. Let us sisters do so. 

And let us in our daily serving others, in our keeper of the home duties or whatever service we may be called to do for others do so with the heart of a lowly servant. 

"For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another." 

Galatians 5:13

Amen, by love serve one another! 

The end of another day......... 

I hope those verses I shared from God's holy Word can bless and edify you as they did me. 

"For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord. For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;"

1 Thessalonians 3:8-9

Until tomorrow...in His will, 

Peace and love,

....in Christ...

....from one of God's daughters

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Humbleness of Mind

 

Greetings holy women of God!

Are you strong in the Lord today? 

I was pondering this verse the other night....

"Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

2 Peter 3:17

Falling from our steadfastness. How can that be? 

"We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not."

1 John 5:18

Let us watch and beware. Keep on guard.

I was pondering this one too... 

"Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil."

1 Timothy 3:6

So much about falling...

But I was wanting to encourage us women to think on the quality of humbleness which we are to have, which is the opposite of pride. 

I wrote a post on water yesterday and then I thought of this...about being wet with the dew of heaven...and then I thought what a perfect example for what I was posting today...how the proud can be humbled...like this king was. 

"And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. 

The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws.

And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation: 

And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? 

At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me. 

Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase."

Daniel 4:32-37

Let us all examine ourselves at all times to root out any thing that is not becoming of the humble mind we are to have. 

May all these scriptures bless you.

"These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren."

Proverbs 6:16-19

"Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;"

Colossians 3:12

"Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven." 

Matthew 18:4

"But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up."

James 4:6,10

"He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree."

Luke 1:51-52 

For us godly women it is to be an important part of our character and obedience to the Lord. 

"But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price."

1 Peter 3:4

And it's fitting with our submission and keeper at home type of life. And it is closely related to serving others. 

And our Lord Creator of the universe showed us an example of what it means to serve...and He came to serve. 

"So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them."

John 13:12-17

 

"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass."

Zechariah 9:9

"For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many."

Mark 10:45

And we see an example in Abigail in the Old Testament... 

 

"And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord."

1 Samuel 25:41

Good works of humbly serving others is to be a good indicator of a godly woman, and in this case was in order to accept a widow for receiving benefits.

"Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work."

1 Timothy 5:10

"Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others."

Philippians 2:3-4

I saw this flower on my walk today. It reminded me of what I was writing here. All the rest of the flowers are hight on the bush...but this one was low even though it's attached to the main bush. Reminds me of the lowly:-).

Well sisters, I hope that edified and blessed you as we ponder the subject for us as godly woman striving to be perfect and well pleasing to our Lord. 

Let us follow in our Master's footsteps...

"But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross."
Philippians 2:7-8

Love in Christ, 

...from a daughter of the Lord

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