Happy Monday Sweet Peas

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Monday Greetings to All You

Sweet Peas!!

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Hope your day is going well so far, after all,  it is Monday,

 and usually slow going getting back into the weekly rountine.

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It is about 65 degrees here today, and been sort of a dismal,

gloomy looking day,  think it can probably  match what is going

 on in the hearts of God's people to do with this Government

 Healthcare bill's passage.

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Funny that I went to bed last night bursting with Joy over

having such a wonderful day with my hubby and children

yesterday,  and rejoicing that this is the 3rd time Megan

has come to church with Scott,  and the more I get to

know her the more thrilled I am about their relationship.

She is a darling girl,  really..............

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But somewhere around 4o'clock I would say I woke up 

and started having all sorts of fearful thoughts bombarding

me,  about my children, our country falling apart, and

can't even remember what else, but could not get back

 to sleep. Amazing how the enemy of our soul loves to

 come to us, when we are barely awake and  when the

 house is dark and quiet,  he tries to devour us before

daybreak,  so that we will get out of bed fearful, anxious

and totally lose sight of the power of the

 Lord of our love and lives.

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  Hubby arose at 6:00 a.m. and I told him I just realized that

enemy is really attacking my mind with all these negative

 scary thoughts,  when he came to say goodbye as he

was leaving for work,  I was sound asleep,  and he said

are you feeling better,  and I said yes, it has stopped.and I

 knew he had been praying that was why I could sleep.

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Later when I got up and checked email and my blog

I read that the healthcare bill had passed,  and again

l felt like a heavy cloud over my head about what 

is happening to our beloved country, then I decided

to read our online devotional and yesterdays was

 about the book of Job,  anyway, to make a long story

 short, what I read made me want to go back and read

some of the Job story.  This heaviness of spirit I was feeling, 

 drove me to the Lord to spend time with him,  so I got out

 my bible and started reading in Job 31,  where Job was talking

 to his friends,  and then I read on till the end of the story.

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Well,  all I can tell you is when it gets to the part where

God is talking to Job,  it is a powerful testimony of who

God really is,  I came out of my bedroom a different

woman than I went in,  which is suppose to be what

 happens when we spend time with the Lord. 

 I came out reassured of the fact that Our God is truly

 in control of everything, and He has the power to do

 whatever He desires,  and He is in control of the smallest,

tiniest details of our world and our lives,  and that

He will take care of me and my family and those that love

 and follow Him,  no matter what happens. 

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 My job is to keep a close walk with Him,  and to be as

 obedient as I possibly can to what His word and His

 Holy Spirit tells me.

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And I might add to keep the enemy at bay for he tells 

us to resist the enemy and he will flee.

I hope if your heart is heavy today and the world

seems to be pressing in with anxiety and fear,

Spend some time reading Job Chapter 38-42.

Trust me it will not be wasted time.

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Don't let the enemy of your soul still your JOY!! 

 Do something, don't just sit and just let him

 devour you.

Remember John 10:10 says the thief (satan)

 comes only to kill, steal and destroy:

but I (Jesus) have come that they might have life,

and have it to the full. (that means being full of the

fruit of the spirit..... love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,

 goodness, faithfulness,  gentleness, and self control.

 (Gal. 5:22-23)

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Reading, Praying and Praising are a good way to

submit yourself to God, resist the enemy and 

make him flee as James 4:7 instructs.

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Just felt the Lord would have me share this 

just in case someone else had the kind of day

I had.

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Have a Wonderful Evening with your Family

and/or Friends 

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See ya tomorrow!

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Blessings n' hugs,

Nellie