Prepare

             Man Shall Not Live by Bread Alone

                     © 2006 Debbie Turner Chavers

Give your attention to God's word. Start out your day with God. I condense a lot of information in my study/journal notes to myself.  Banking God's word and fellowship with Him in my heart and mind.
If you have ever been in a relationship of any kind you quickly realize the value of good memories built together.  As life happens, it is imperative to have good memories, pure and lovely things to dwell on.  Reading God' word lays a foundation on which to build a life.  Your life.
Reading my journal notes from James 1:21-24, I wrote, "Demands a steady walk and a continual study of God's word. I do not brush my hair once a week. Up keep. Attend to, give action to God's word and your relationship with Him."
Start out your day with God -open your eyes and look upon- Behold The Lord -first thing. Breakfast- He has prepared a feast for you, a table of good things. Learn, train yourself to dine.
Every relationship has highs and lows and a study of Gods Word and a determination to do things His way can help in all areas of your life.  There is not a cookie cutter solution to life.  Yours or my life.  Yet the basic ingredients are given to each of us.  Even the worst cook can prepare a decent meal by reading and following the recipe.

~Debbie

Psalm 34:8  O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

Philippians 4:8  Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest,whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Matthew 22:4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.

1 Corinthians 2:9  But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him

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Psalm 23- Jehovah Jirah

I want to encourage you today to meditate on God's word contained in Psalm 23.   There are six verses.  Read it through at least once and choose one or more verses to snack on today.  Example: verse one
Psalm 23:1  The Lord is my shepherd: I shall not want.

If you are experiencing lack in any area this verse will encourage you to believe God's best for you.
As I read this, I ask myself a few questions.  Have I asked The Lord to be my shepherd? I have.  So I can say, " He is my shepherd." Now as any area of lack comes to mind I can joyfully respond with " I shall not want."  Not because of my effort, but because God said so, and He does not lie.

As I mull this over, I realize that at times I may not want because there is no lack, sometimes there is no desire for a given thing, but regardless of the situation, God is Jehovah-Jirah, my provider.

Scripture is a balanced meal. As with anything you eat, you receive nourishment as you chew it thoroughly!

~Debbie

Psalm 23:1-6
The Lord is my shepherd: I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of my enemies: thou anointest my head with  oil; my cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of The Lord forever.





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Book review

Unexpected Love, God's Heart Revealed in Jesus' Conversations With Women- by Julie Zine Coleman

Excerpt from page 150
God doesn't want a vicarious relationship with us, established through the experiences and theology of others.-
Practicing religion or having the ability to parrot someone else's theology just isn't enough. It has to be personal.  -Julie Zine Coleman

The book is well written, it ministered to me in a specific way. My curiosity urged me to find out more in God's word.  This was more than a good read, it was an arrow pointing to God's word for further study.
I found myself examining the lives of each portrayed woman to discover more of her interaction with Jesus.  Whether the woman portrayed was given a specific name or portrayed by her actions, each woman left Jesus presence changed.  And every time I meet with Him in His word, I leave changed for the better also.
Read Unexpected Love and use it to spur you on to a deeper understanding of God's amazing love contained in His written word, the bible.
Make it personal, ask Him to abide in you and teach you daily by His Spirit in His Word.

-Debbie
A Simple Salvation prayer prayed by you starts the relationship with the one who will love you forever.


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Rain on the Window

Rain on Window
© Debbie Turner Chavers

Recently I saw a maggot crawling above a garbage can onto a window pane.
But just as I saw the maggot start its wiggle upward, I noticed that rain drops began to fall on the window pane, effectively, washing the maggot away.

The Lord spoke to my heart with this visual. God has given us water, living water to wash away "the maggots" or the cares of this world.

God reminded me that the rain of His Holy Spirit and the application of His Word washed/ cleaned away "the maggots" or the cares of this world.
We live in this world and at times it seems to be a place of garbage.
So....if you are seeing maggots.
Clean the window.

**Action plan....
Spend time with God. He loves you and is Always glad to see you. Ask Him your questions, but as with any dialogue. Give Him time to answer.

~Debbie


Mark 4:19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

John 4:10  Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

John 7:38  He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Act 22:16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

Ephesians 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,



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Cleansed and Redeemed



Cleansed and Redeemed
my initial journal sketch
© 1996 Debbie Turner Chavers

  Luke 5:12,13  And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on [his] face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
And he put forth [his] hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.

The Way, the Truth, and the Life said "I will", and He did.
See the beauty of Jesus as He replies, "I will" and the instantaneous miracle of healing. 
Think about this concerning your own life.  What are you dealing with that is a leprosy?  Approach Him in worship, He desires to help you.
We too can come to Christ Jesus with our sins or leprosy and leave cleansed and arise in newness of life.

Sin is like leprosy in its ability to steal and ruin a life. The leper came worshipping. He was full of leprosy, yet when he humbled himself to Jesus- worshipped. He arose healed.
See the beauty of Jesus as He cleanses the unclean. He is able to do all things well.  Want a clean start?  Restored hope?  Look unto Jesus. Call upon Him.  Today is the day of salvation.  He has loved you with an everlasting love.

John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Romans 10:12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have [it] more abundantly.
Jeremiah  31:3  The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, [saying], Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee.

He loves you,
~ Debbie




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"God Created"

  

Are You Thirsty?
© 2006 Debbie Turner Chavers



Genesis 1:1  In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Genesis 1:2  And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Genesis 1:3  And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Genesis 1:4   And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

As I read these scriptures, the two words "God created" came to my attention.  "God created"  how often do we question our new creation in Christ Jesus, or the evidence of our new birth?  This doubt can be brought about by our fleshly endeavors or brought about by our or another persons perceived weakness. 
Yet, if we consider "God created " we see that creation started without form, and void and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 

We too have a well of  water within us that God moves upon.  You are spiritually being renewed (made new) daily.  Just as in the beginning, the evidence of a new world was a process, there were six days of creation.  Your walk in and with Christ Jesus is a process also.  Jesus is God's word in the flesh.  That Word now lives in you after your new birth and is daily creating His image in you.  God divided the light from the darkness by speaking His word.  You are His, agree with Him, speak His Word, obey Him, allow Him access to every part of His creation. 

2 Corinthians 4:16   For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward [man] is renewed day by day.

*Consider...Selah the moment of your new creation in Christ Jesus.  You were in darkness and God moved upon you and gave you the Light of the world.  You are a new creation.  Do not despair if you do not see the completed work.  You will.  He does.

God has done all things well, you are no exception. He has promised that He will complete that which He started in you.
Philippians 1:6  Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform [it] until the day of Jesus Christ:

Remember in the beginning...God. 
In the end...God. 
He is the Alpha and Omega.

Revelation 21:6  And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

John 8:12  Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

John 4:14  But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

Colossians 3:10 And have put on the new [man], which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:

2 Corinthians 5:17  Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

~Debbie
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ABC's of Salvation a simple salvation prayer. 




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Praise

Psalm 50:23
Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.



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Grace

Recently, I listened to a sermon  preached by Joseph Prince.  Sometimes we hear something and it is categorized as a general sound of life.  Words or sounds that we do not actively pay attention to. Yet, in the midst of everyday life, God speaks His truth to our heart when we make ourselves available to listen.  As I study the Word of God and listen to sound, biblical teaching I am thankful for fresh insight about Grace, the unmerited favor of God through His Son, Jesus Christ.  Therefore, I am sharing the four major points of the sermon I heard.

The Law - demands
Gods Love- gives
Grace- supplies
Faith- takes

My Summary:  The Law and its rules and regulations were impossible for man to keep 100%.
So God's love for man caused Him to send His only begotten, sinless Son, Jesus Christ to do for us, what we could not do.  The need to satisfy a Holy God, who required 100% perfection from man, His created investment.
My acceptance of His grace, supplied my inability to please a Holy God. By faith to take what Jesus had supplied through His shed blood, death, and resurrection.  My salvation, my inability covered by His ability.

Grateful for God's Grace,
Thank you, Jesus
~Debbie

ABC's of Salvation


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Hear and Obey



Hear and Obey
© 2011 Debbie Turner Chavers

 I recently saw an advertisement on TBN for a microfilm bible.  The entire bible! It had to be viewed with a microscope.  This caused me to think about my own life and testimony. My daily life and choices.  Have I reduced the bible and its implications to a microscope size?  How hard do others have to look to find Christ in me?  I want God to live large in my life.  To hear as He hears, to be moved by what moves Him. 
Are we listening? Has disobedience stuffed our ears? 
When I was young, people would say "Take the cotton out of your ears." Cotton in this case would represent willful disobedience.  You put it there, you remove it. 
Open your ears to receive God's good word for you.

The hearing ear is a gift from God.
Proverbs 20:12  The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.

Matthew 11:15  He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Matthew 13:9  Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Luke 9:35  And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.



Throughout the book of Revelation it says repeatedly "He that hath an ear, let him hear" ...
Revelation 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
Revelation 2:11  He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
Revelation 2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth [it].
Revelation 2:29  He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Revelation 3:6  He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Revelation 3:13  He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Revelation 3:22  He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Do you have your ears open?
~ Debbie


Strong's concordance gave this meaning for ear in this context..

 (a) of the physical organ, e.g., Luk 4:21; Act 7:57; in Act 11:22, in the plural with akouo, "to hear," lit., "was heard into the ears of someone," i.e., came to the knowledge of; similarly, in the singular, Mat 10:27, in familiar private conversation; in Jam 5:4 the phrase is used with eiserchomai, "to enter into;" in Luk 1:44, with ginomai, "to become, to come;" in Luk 12:3, with lalein, "to speak" and pros, "to;"

(b) metaphorically, of the faculty of perceiving with the mind, understanding and knowing, Mat 13:16; frequently with akouo, "to hear," e.g., Mat 11:15; 13:9, 43; Rev. 2 and 3, at the close of each of the messages to the churches; in Mat 13:15; Act 28:27, with bareos, "heavily," of being slow to understand and obey; with a negative in Mar 8:18; Rom 11:8; in Luk 9:44 the lit. meaning is "put those words into your ears," i.e., take them into your mind and keep them there; in Act 7:51 it is used with aperitmetos, "uncircumcised."
As seeing is metaphorically associated with conviction, so hearing is with obedience (hupakoe, lit., "hearing under;" the Eng., "obedience" is etymologically "hearing over against," i.e., with response in the hearer).




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Technology-Tool? or Idol?

Power Stuggle
© 1999 Debbie Turner Chavers

Today we are flooded with technology. The ability to check in or check out with a finger tip. Often the technology strips away our humanity and leaves us with a social facade. We hide behind the tech cover. Many have fallen beneath the allure of checking out. It has become easier to live life at "screens length".
There is a need to regularly do a "soul check" of our use of technology.
Have you replaced one on one time with others, with social media?
It is difficult to have a meaningful relationship with anyone, when there is a screen of any kind in between you and another human.
When technology steals from your soul, mind, or body, it is an idol . Technological use without benefit of Holy Spirit led instruction can be a tool of destruction.

Prayerfully consider your use and time with technology. Is it a tool that is being used properly by you or an idol? Has it replaced time with God or loved ones?

Technology can be used for good. I use technology on a regular basis. My ability to post this online is a use of technology. Yet, I must guard the way I use and spend my time with it, as to not exclude the true benefit of having  healthy one to one communication with others.
To not allow the screen to replace the beauty of face to face human interaction in our daily life.
I want to encourage you to communicate today ..in person, if possible.

Selah Reflections™
Remember your truth may change daily as you learn, but Jesus is the Truth, He does not change.

~Debbie


John 14:6  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

Hebrews 13:16  But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.




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Habit

Mark 10:1  And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judae by the farther side of Jordan, and the people resort into him again, and, as he was wont, he taught them again.

As I read this verse this morning, I noted..."as he was wont" or in other words " as was his habit.
We all have habits. Things we do habitually.
One of the wonderful things about reading God's word is that it allows you to have Selah moments.
The opportunity to pause and consider your life, thoughts and manner in the light of His word.  Word association is an attention grabber.  More than likely when you read the word " habits" you mentally identified one of your own.  Wonderful.  So pause and consider. Does "the Habit" bring refreshment?


~Debbie
Here is my Selah Reflection for today from today's Proverb in the NIV bible.

Proverbs 13:10
Pride only breeds quarrels,
but wisdom is found in those who take advice.




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Your Father's Heart

This encouragement posted below was sent to me via a daily encouragement from Pastor Joseph Prince's Ministry. If you would like to receive his Daily Grace Inspirations you can click here to sign up at his web site.  I listen to Pastor Prince on a regular basis.  I thought the posting below was a beautiful example of God's great love for us, so I am reposting it on my blog.

~Debbie
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Your Father's Heart


Matthew 7:11  If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

Let me tell you a true story I heard. There was a pastor whose young child was diagnosed with cancer. The day his boy was scheduled for an operation, this father cried out to God, “God, I’m almost 30 years old, but my boy is only about three months old. Why don’t you just take some years off my life and give them to my boy?”


Then, from deep within him, he heard the voice of God say, “I am not like that.” When the man heard that, he realized immediately that his son’s sickness was not from God. He also realized that if he, who has faults, could want his child well, how much more his heavenly Father. So he changed his prayer and said, “Father God, I come against this sickness and I ask you for healing for my child.” That day, on the operating table, the surgeons could find no trace of cancer in the child!

Today, God wants you to know that He is not the kind of Father who wants you sick and defeated, keeps you poor and wanting, refuses to provide for your needs and denies you your blessings.

When my daughter Jessica was younger, I bought a beautiful teddy bear for her. Teddy bears are her favorite toys and I could not wait to see her joy when she saw it. My joy is to see her happy. When she is sick and has difficulty sleeping at night, it hurts me to hear her cry. When she is crying, I cannot ignore her cries. I enter into her discomfort and pain even though I know that her sickness is something that will pass shortly. When she is in pain, I feel the pain too. When she is sad, I am sad too.

I believe that God gives us children to help us understand what His Father-heart is like. His joy is to enter into your joy and see you happy. If you, in spite of your faults, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to you when you ask Him! My prayer today is that you will know just how much your Father loves you!

~Joseph Prince
http://josephprince.org

©Joseph Prince Ministries





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He Showed Me the Rain

As I have become older, I have thought about the impact we each have on the lives of others.
I have grieved over the loss of good friends who are gone.
And I have wondered "What happened?" to acquaintances who did not stick around long enough to be more than an acquaintance.
Usually these people were needy and took the gift of friendship and left.

Friendship takes time.
Friendship is like learning to dance.
Step by step you figure out the friendship rhythm without losing your own beat.
Friends complement your dance even if occasionally they step on your toes.

As I pondered the wonder and gift of friendship, the Lord showed me the rain.
The slow steady drizzle, a mist, and the drenching rain.
Rain that falls quickly, rain that covers with moisture and rain that arrives with noticeable intent.
As I questioned Him, "How and why can we pour out love and help into another person and just be forgotten?
Used in some instances and then discarded?
And He showed me the rain.

Rain that quenched the need of the earth, yet the raindrops were not noticed individually.
Yet, each drop met a need.
Rain, like friendship is a gift from God, meeting a need
Sometimes noticed only temporarily because it brought relief, not simply because it was rain.

Sometimes our gift of friendship to one another is like the rain.
Absorbed and forgotten, yet needed. A gift from God that has fulfilled its purpose.

So He uses us to rain His love and care
One drop at a time, rivers of living water, flowing out of our bellies-one to another.
Friends.
Friends who had been and friends who will be...
Filled and watered by His love.
One drop at a time.
I showed myself friendly and He showed me the rain.

~Debbie


Proverbs 18:24  A man [that hath] friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.

John 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

Ruth 2:13  Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.

Acts 14:17  Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.


*I wrote this originally in 2009 but it spoke to my heart again, so I am reposting it.





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At Heart I Am a Child

At times I publish some of my poetry from my poetry journal, Letting Go of Cockatoo Dreams.
Here is one of my poems.

At heart I am a child 
and the world and its trappings to much to bear
I am hidden 
as I pool my tears behinds eyes and ears

Hating the soul tear that rends my resolve to not cry

To not care

To hold my resolve 
 a broken baby doll

And then I remember

daddy

My father, God

who holds me gently and gathers my tears

Who reminds me while my sobs still hang in the air

Hush my child

It is alright to care

To fall, yet fly, 

under girded,

safely guarded 

In the shadow of His wings

It is there 

that I fly

At heart I am a child

learning to forgive, learning to forget

pressing forward unto a new way

At heart I am a child

His child

and today 

is a new day

~ 2012 Debbie Turner Chavers

Psalm 56:8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: [are they] not in thy book?
Psalm 17:8  Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
Psalm 59:16  But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.



All writing, poetry, posts, art, and photography, copyright © 2013 Debbie Turner Chavers. Protected by US and International copyright laws. All Rights Reserved. Scripture references taken from the King James bible. Would you like to see what I am currently painting? Click on these links http://artparables.com or http://debbieturnerchavers.com Would you like to hear a bible story read to you? Click here http://www.youtube.com/user/debbieturnerchavers