SWADDLE ME LORD!!!!

Thought you would enjoy that!

As I'm sitting here preparing for my reading and becoming one with Him, I felt a restlessness that I know all too well.  But as I continued to praise Him and let Him take over, I felt a calm that only He can give me.  It reminded me of how I used to wrap my kids.  Back then I called it 'like a burrito', LOL.  Recently I realized I was swaddling.  Maybe I need to pray "Swaddle me Lord!!!"  throughout the day".  Never thought of that.  It's an awesome feeling when you're wrestling in prayer, trying to get past the flesh that wants to remind you that you... 'Didn't finish the dishes', 'Need to call this person', 'Isn't your show on?', 'What's that noise outside?', 'You didn't realize it but you have a pain in your body', 'You didn't worship enough', 'You didn't praise enough', YADA, YADA, YADA, YADA...and then...

~*~!!!BOOM!!!~*~

His peace takes over and it's like a judge banging a gavel!  Order in Karla's temple!! Order!!  LOL  It's awesome!!!  I want to have more of that.  I usually pray here and there throughout the day but I want to make sure that there's a solid block of time that I'm  really just concentrating on Him.  I want to tithe my time in prayer also.  Not driving, not cleaning, etc...Just me and Him.  This blog is helping me do that:) 

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The following is for my own accountability.  Those of you who wish to join me feel free.  You can never get enough spiritual food...ENJOY!!! This is the first year I'm reading the Word cover to cover.  If I can read a 500 page novel in a week, surely I can read my 2200 pg bible in 52 weeks!!   Daily reading schedule example:                  

1st of the month read:   

Proverbs 1, 

Psalms 1, 

Psalms 31, 

Psalms 61, 

Psalms 91, 

Psalms 121

~*Proverbs and Psalms read ENTIRELY by the end of each month*~

My yearly schedule is based on WWW.BibleGateWay.com

Before I begin my study I make sure my heart is right with prayer and worship.  

I ask Him to give me Wisdom, Understanding, Knowledge and Discernment.  

If He leads me somewhere else before I actually study...so be it...I want more of HIM

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Proverbs 5.2 'That you may regard discretion, and that your lips may keep knowledge.' ***My study portion says: Wisdom and understanding are distinct, one from the other.  Understanding is the discrimination which recognizes Wisdom. A child, not having understanding, cannot discriminate between a glass ball and a diamond.

Diamond color is a primary quality factor along with the other 4Cs of Diamond Clarity, Diamond Carat Weight, and Diamond Cut.

So, to discern between the gaudy glass of folly...

and the simple beauty of wisdom...

*~*~***Understanding Is Everything***~*~*

PSALM 5

I pray that my first instinct is always to pray
no matter what

In the morning will I direct my prayer unto You and will
LOOK UP

I think one of the hardest things about being a Christian 

is learning how to take things to the alter...

AND LEAVE THEM THERE!!! Knowing that He heard us 

and His will, which is for our good, Will Be Done!!

Plead my cause, O LORD, with them who strive with Me:
fight against them who fight against Me

I pray for prosperity for the body of Christ physically, financially and spiritually.

O Thou Who hears prayer, unto You shall all flesh come, Psalms 65.2

It doesn't 

take me 

long after 

starting my 

blessing count 

that I wanna...

As the mountains surround Jerusalem

They who trust in the LORD shall be as Mount Zion,
which cannot be removed, but abides forever.

As of today I'm following the through the bible in a year plan with www.biblegateway.com.  Old and New Testament.  So I have some catchin up to do:

GENESIS 4 - What stands out for me was that although Cain knew God wanted a blood offering, he still tried to do it his way by offering fruit.  I know that when I give Him something different then what He asks of me, there will be some type of consequence.  Interestingly his people created the first musical instruments and also brass and iron (Gen 5.21-22)

GENESIS 5 - Have you ever heard the phrase '...old as Methuselah'?  Well you'll meet him in this chapter.  Lived to be 969.

GENESIS 6 - Although man became very wicked and giants roamed the land as a result of fallen angels mixing with humans, Noah found grace in God's eyes.  He walked with God.  He gave Noah detailed instructions for the Ark and established a covenant with him.

GENESIS 7 - I've always heard that Noah led the animals in the Ark 'two by two' but after reading Genesis 7.2, I have a different understanding: 'Of every clean beast you shall take to you by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.' Interesting!!

GENESIS 8 - I wonder why the raven didn't come back.

GENESIS 9 - All these vampire movies out today really bother me.  God was really specific about man not eating animal blood.  How much more human blood???  I respect the jewish cultures way of keeping their food kosher.  We'd probably be a healthier society if our S.A.D. (Standard American Diet) was kosher. No pun intended...the truth sets us free.  God gave us the rainbow for covenant, No More Global Floods.  I think Noah is the only person I know that could get drunk and remember what happened to him.  LOL (vs. 24)  Too bad he got drunk, may Canaan could have avoided being cursed.  God's will be done.

GENESIS 10 - Sons of Noah: Shem, Ham and Japheth.  We learn about Nimrod the mighty hunter.  He founded Babylon and led rebellion against God.  We are given names of the sons of Japheth, Ham (father of Canaan and Cush [father of Nimrod]) and Shem.

GENESIS 11 - After the flood, the Lord wanted man to be scattered and multiply upon the earth, but man feared being scattered so they tried to band together and make a name for themselves through the Tower of Babel (vs 4) God confused their language, causing them to probably sound like they were babbling (Tower of Babel :) (Babel means confusion and is also the Hebrew name for Babylon) and scattered them around the earth like He originally intended.  We are given the generations of Shem ending with Abram who eventually becomes Abraham. In verse 27, after Lot's father died there was a migration from Ur of the Chaldees into Canaan land.  Sarai was barren.


GENESIS 12 - Abram at God's direction moved with his family to Canaan land.  He tells his wife to lie and say she's his sister out of fear of the Egyptians.  Pharaoh and his house were plagued because of Sarai and he called and confronted Abram.


GENESIS 13 - Abram returned back to the Alter to call on the Name of the Lord.  Lot chose land near Sodom and Gomorrah.  Abram remained in Canaan, tooked down his tent and built another alter.


GENESIS 14 - The kings of Sodom and Gomorrah found themselves in the middle of a battle with some foreign kings.  After hearing Lot was taken, Abram took 318 men with him to help.  NOW THAT'S AN ENTOURAGE!!!!  Then after, Abram paid the first 'tithes' recorded in the bible to Melchizedek, Priest of the Most Hight God. Also, the king of Sodom tried to tempt Abram with 'stuff'.  Abram declined cause he was a man of God.


GENESIS 15 - God told Abram he would have seed he could not number like the stars,  there was a blood covenant with 5 animals (5 is the number for grace).  "Unto your seed have I given this land"

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