Blessing for Curses

May 6, 2016May 6, 2016 / Susie Stewart / Leave a comment

Retaliation is human,

for wrongs committed

Cursing the offender,

is the usual way

Wishing harm to your enemies,

is so typical

But what is not

typical

is Your way, Jesus

Returning an offense

with a blessing

Persecution

with a prayer

Evil

with a peaceful demeanor

Impossible?

Not with the Holy Spirit

pouring love and blessing

into you

so that you

in turn

can pour out blessing on people

Being offended

is a choice you make

– Susie Stewart

Bless those who persecute you. Don’t curse them; pray that God will bless them. Be happy with those who are happy, and weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with each other. Don’t be too proud to enjoy the company of ordinary people. And don’t think you know it all!

Never pay back evil with more evil. Do things in such a way that everyone can see you are honorable. Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone.

Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God. For the Scriptures say,

“I will take revenge;
I will pay them back,”
says the Lord.
Instead,

“If your enemies are hungry, feed them.
If they are thirsty, give them something to drink.
In doing this, you will heap
burning coals of shame on their heads.”

Don’t let evil conquer you, but conquer evil by doing good.

– Romans 12:14-21 (NLT)

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Advocate

April 6, 2016April 6, 2016 / Susie Stewart / Leave a comment

An Advocate

unmerited

A Voice

on my behalf

A Mediator

before the Most Holy

My Love

standing up for me

standing in my stead

My Defense

secure and uncorrupted

My Advocate

my Jesus

Love

pleading for me

– Susie Stewart

My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous.

– 1 John 2:1 (NLT)

For, There is one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus.

– 1 Timothy 2:5 (NLT)

My little children (believers, dear ones), I am writing you these things so that you will not sin and violate God’s law. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate [who will intercede for us] with the Father: Jesus Christ the righteous [the upright, the just One, who conforms to the Father’s will in every way—purpose, thought, and action].

– 1 John 2:1 (AMP)

If you love me, show it by doing what I’ve told you. I will talk to the Father, and He’ll provide you another Friend so that you will always have someone with you. This Friend is the Spirit of Truth. The godless world can’t take Him in because it doesn’t have eyes to see Him, doesn’t know what to look for. But you know Him already because he has been staying with you, and will even be in you!

– John 14:15-17 (MSG)

But as it is, Christ has acquired a [priestly] ministry which is more excellent [than the old Levitical priestly ministry], for He is the Mediator (Arbiter) of a better covenant [uniting God and man], which has been enacted and rests on better promises.

– Hebrews 8:6 (AMP)

Christ didn’t go into a holy place made by human hands. He didn’t go into a model of the real thing. Instead, he went into heaven to appear in God’s presence on our behalf.

– Hebrews 9:24 (GW)

God will not lightly or easily lose His people. He has provided well for us: blood to wash us in; a Priest to pray for us, that we may be made to persevere; and, in case we foully fall, an Advocate to plead our cause.

– John Bunyan

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Aware

April 3, 2016 / Susie Stewart / Leave a comment

Aware

Alert

Awake!

to Your presence God

Seeing

Hearing

Perceiving

YOU

Not sleeping

for You have made me ALIVE

in You

– Susie Stewart

…for the light makes everything visible. This is why it is said, “Awake, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will give you light.”

– Ephesians 5:14 (NLT)

But God is rich in mercy because of his great love for us. We were dead because of our failures, but He made us alive together with Christ. (It is God’s kindness that saved you.)

– Ephesians 2:4,5 (GW)

When we were baptized into His death, we were placed into the tomb with Him. As Christ was brought back from death to life by the glorious power of the Father, so we, too, should live a new kind of life.

– Romans 6:4 (GW)

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Forsaken

March 25, 2016March 25, 2016 / Susie Stewart / Leave a comment

You were forsaken

by the people you came to save

Condemned to die

as an innocent man

As God

And You willingly,

through tears and anguish,

torture and mockery

took my sentence

You were forsaken

by the Father You love

Your heart

Yourself

He had to turn His back to You

For You were dark

with my sin

You were forsaken

by everyone

And I can’t begin to know

how that must have felt

For that act

brought me love

and acceptance

Thank you, my beautiful Savior,

for being forsaken

for me

– Susie Stewart

From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land. About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).

When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He’s calling Elijah.”

Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. The rest said, “Now leave Him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to save Him.”

And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, He gave up His spirit.

At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.

When the centurion and those with Him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, “Surely He was the Son of God!”

– Matthew 27:45-54 (NIV)

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Names Of God

March 12, 2016 / Susie Stewart / 4 Comments

I went looking online for a list.

An exhaustive list of the names of God. This one caught my eye and I thought I would post it for you.

God is infinitely more than all we can think of or imagine. This is a fairly comprehensive list of His revealed names in Scripture. If you take the time to read over this list, mediate on it, and maybe even research parts of it, I don’t doubt that it will cause you to be in even more awe of God, our Everything.

If you can think of any other names that aren’t on this list, feel free to add them in the comments. I welcome that!

The FATHER
A Comprehensive List of the Names of GOD in the Old Testament

The Primary Names of GOD

 Elohim-GOD (Genesis 1:1) – The strong creator
 Jehovah-LORD (Genesis 2:4) – The self-existing One
 Adonai-LORD/Master (Genesis 15:2) – The Headship Name

The Compound Names
The LORD GOD
“Jehovah El and Jehovah Elohim”

 Jehovah El Elohim (Joshua 22:22) – The LORD GOD of GODS
 Jehovah Elohim (Genesis 2:4, 3:9-13, 21) – The LORD GOD
 Jehovah Elohe Abothekem (Joshua 18:3) – The LORD GOD of Your Fathers
 Jehovah El Elyon (Genesis 14:22) – The LORD, the Most High GOD
 Jehovah El Emeth (Psalms 31:5) – LORD GOD of Truth
 Jehovah El Gemuwal (Jeremiah 51:56) – The LORD GOD of Recompenses
 Jehovah Elohim Tsebaoth (Psalms 59:5,Isaiah 28:22) – LORD GOD of Hosts
 Jehovah Elohe Yeshuathi (Psalms 88:1) – LORD GOD of My Salvation
 Jehovah Elohe Yisrael (Psalms 41:13) – The LORD GOD of Israel
The Compound Names GOD
“El, Elohim, and Elohe”

 Elohim (Genesis 1:1) – GOD
 Elohim Bashamayim (Joshua 2:11) – GOD in Heaven
 El Bethel (Genesis 35:7) – GOD of the House of GOD
 Elohe Chaseddi (Psalms 59:10) – The GOD of My Mercy
Elohe Yisrael (Genesis 33:20) – GOD, the GOD of Israel
El Elyon (Gen 14:18, Daniel 3:26, Ps 78:56) – The Most High GOD
El Emunah (Deuteronomy 7:9) – The Faithful GOD
El Gibbor (Isaiah 9:6) – Mighty GOD
El Hakabodh (Psalms 29:3) – The GOD of Glory
El Hay (Joshua 3:10, Jer 23:36, Daniel 3:26) – The Living GOD
El Hayyay (Psalms 42:8) – GOD of My Life
Elohim Kedoshim (Joshua 24:19) – Holy GOD
El Kanna (Exodus 20:5) – Jealous GOD
El Kanno (Joshua 24:19) – Jealous GOD
Elohe Mauzi (Psalms 43:2) – GOD of My Strength
Elohim Machase Lanu (Psalms 62:8) – GOD Our Refuge
Eli Maelekhi (Psalms 68:24) – GOD My King
El Marom (Micah 6:6) – GOD Most High
El Nekamoth (Psalms 18:47) – GOD that Avengeth
El Nose (Psalms 99:8) – GOD that Forgave
Elohenu Olam (Psalms 48:14) – Our Everlasting GOD
Elohim Ozer Li (Psalms 54:4) – GOD My Helper
El Rai (Genesis 16:13) – GOD Seest Me
Elsali (Psalms 42:9) – GOD, My Rock
El Shaddai (Genesis 17:1,2, Ezekiel 10:5) – Almighty GOD
Elohim Shophtim Ba-arets (Psalms 58:11) – GOD that Judgeth in the Earth
El Simchath Gili (Psalms 43:4) – GOD My Exceeding Joy
Elohim Tsebaoth (Ps 80:7, Jer 35:17&38:17) – GOD of Hosts
Elohe Tishuathi (Psalms 18:46&51:14) – GOD of My Salvation
Elohe Tsadeki (Psalms 4:1) – GOD of My Righteousness
Elohe Yakob (Psalms 20:1) – GOD of Israel
Elohe Yisrael (Psalms 59:5) – GOD of Isreal
The Compound Names Jehovah

 Jehovah (Exodus 6:2,3) – The LORD
 Adonai Jehovah (Genesis 15:2) – Lord GOD
 Jehovah Adon Kol Ha-arets (Joshua 3:11) – The LORD, the Lord of All the Earth
 Jehovah Bore (Isaiah 40:28) – The LORD Creator
 Jehovah Chereb (Deuteronomy 33:29) – The LORD… the Sword
 Jehovah Eli (Psalms 18:2) – The LORD My GOD
 Jehovah Elyon (Genesis 14:18-20) – The LORD Most High
 Jehovah Gibbor Milchamah (Psalms 24:8) – The LORD Mighty In Battle
 Jehovah Maginnenu (Psalms 89:18) – The LORD Our Defense
 Jehovah Goelekh (Isaiah 49:26&60:16) – The LORD Thy Redeemer
 Jehovah Hashopet (Judges 11:27) – The LORD the Judge
 Jehovah Hoshiah (Psalms 20:9) – O LORD Save
 Jehovah Immeka (Judges 6:12) – The LORD Is with You
 Jehovah Izuz Wegibbor (Psalms 24:8) – The LORD Strong and Mighty
 Jehovah-jireth (Genesis 22:14) – The LORD Shall Provide
 Jehovah Kabodhi (Psalms 3:3) – The LORD My GOD
 Jehovah Kanna Shemo (Exodus 34:14) – The LORD Whose Name Is Jealous
 Jehovah Keren-Yishi (Psalms 18:2) – The LORD the Horn of My Salvation
Jehovah Machsi (Psalms 91:9) The LORD My Refuge
Jehovah Magen (Deuteronomy 33:29) – The LORD the Shield
Jehovah Makkeh (Ezekiel 7:9) – The LORD that Smiteth
Jehovah Mauzzam (Psalms 37:39) – The LORD Their Strength
Jehovah Mauzzi (Jeremiah 16:19) – The LORD My Fortress
Ha-Melech Jehovah (Psalms 98:6) – The LORD the King
Jehovah Melech Olam (Psalms 10:16) – The LORD King Forever
Jehovah Mephalti (Psalms 18:2) – The LORD My Deliverer
Jehovah Mekaddishkem (Exodus 31:13) – The LORD that Sanctifies You
Jehovah Metsudhathi (Psalms 18:2) – The LORD My High Tower
Jehovah Moshiekh (Isaiah 49:26&60:16) – The LORD Your Savior
Jehovah Nissi (Exodus 17:15) – The LORD My Banner
Jehovah Ori (Psalms 27:1) – The LORD My Light
 Jehovah Uzzi (Psalms 28:7)- The LORD My Strength
Jehovah Rophe (Exodus 15:26)- The LORD (our) Healer 
Jehovah Roi (Psalms 23:1) – The LORD My Shepherd
Jehovah Sabaoth (Tsebaoth) (I Samuel 1:3) – The LORD of Hosts
 Jehovah Sali (Psalms 18:2) – The LORD My Rock
Jehovah Shalom (Judges 6:24) – The LORD (our) Peace
Jehovah Shammah (Ezekiel 48:35) The LORD Is There
Jehovah Tsidkenu (Jeremiah 23:6) – The LORD Our Righteousness
Jehovah Tsuri (Psalms 19:14) – O LORD My Strength

MORE NAMES OF GOD

 ABBA……………………………………..ROMANS 8:15
ADVOCATE ………………………….. I John 2:1 (kjv)
 ALMIGHTY ………………………………. Genesis 17:1
 ALPHA ………………………………… Revelation 22:13
 AMEN……………………………………. Revelation 3:14
 ANCIENT OF DAYS ……………………… Daniel 7:9
 ANOINTED ONE…………………………….Psalm 2:2
 APOSTLE ………………………………….. Hebrews 3:1
 ARM OF THE LORD…………………….Isaiah 53:1
 AUTHOR OF LIFE…………………………..Acts 3:15
 AUTHOR OF OUR FAITH………………. Heb 12:2
 BEGINNING………………………….. Revelation 21:6
 BLESSED & HOLY RULER …………. 1 Tim 6:15
 BRANCH……………………………….. Jeremiah 33:15
 BREAD OF GOD …………………………….John 6:33
 BREAD OF LIFE …………………………….John 6:35
 BRIDEGROOM …………………………..Isaiah 62:56
 BRIGHT MORNING STAR …………….Rev 22:16
 CHIEF SHEPHERD ……………………… 1 Peter 5:4
 CHOSEN ONE ………………………………Isaiah 42:1
 CHRIST………………………………….. Matthew 22:42
 CHRIST OF GOD ………………………….. Luke 9:20
 CHRIST THE LORD ……………………… Luke 2:11
 CHRIST, SON OF LIVING GOD …… Mat 16:16
 COMFORTER………………………..John 14:26(kjv)
 COMMANDER ……………………………..Isaiah 55:4
 CONSOLATION OF ISRAEL ………… Luke 2:25
 CONSUMING FIRE ……..Deut. 4:24, Heb. 12:29
 CORNERSTONE …………………………Isaiah 28:16
 COUNSELOR………………………………….Isaiah 9:6
 CREATOR ………………………………….. 1 Peter 4:19
 DELIVERER …………………………… Romans 11:26
 DESIRED OF ALL NATIONS ………. Haggai 2:7
 DOOR ………………………………………John 10:7(kjv)
 END ………………………………………. Revelation 21:6
 ETERNAL GOD…………………………… Deut. 33:27
 EVERLASTING FATHER ………………Isaiah 9:6
 FAITHFUL & TRUE ……………. Revelation 19:11
 FAITHFUL WITNESS …………….. Revelation 1:5
 FATHER ……………………………………. Matthew 6:9
 FIRSTBORN ………. Rom.8:29, Rev.1:5, Col.1:15
 FIRSTFRUITS………………………… 1 Cor.15:20-23
 FOUNDATION………………………………1 Cor. 3:11
 FRIEND OF TAX COLLECTORS & SINNERS…….Matthew 11:19
 GENTLE WHISPER…………………. 1 Kings 19:12
 GIFT OF GOD…………………………………John 4:10
GLORY OF THE LORD………………..Isaiah 40:5
GOD…………………………………………….. Genesis 1:1
GOD ALMIGHTY ……………………… Genesis 17:1
GOD OVER ALL ………………………… Romans 9:5
GOD WHO SEES ME ………………. Genesis 16:13
GOOD SHEPHERD……………………….John 10:11
GREAT HIGH PRIEST ……………. Hebrews 4:14
GREAT SHEPHERD………………. Hebrews 13:20
GUIDE…………………………………………Psalm 48:14 
HEAD OF THE BODY …………… Colossians 1:18 
HEAD OF THE CHURCH……………….. Eph 5:23 
HEIR OF ALL THINGS …………….. Hebrews 1:2 
HIGH PRIEST……………………………. Hebrews 3:1 
HIGH PRIEST FOREVER ………………. Heb 6:20 
HOLY ONE …………………………………….. Acts 2:27 
HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL ………………. Isaiah 49:7 
HOLY SPIRIT ………………………………. John 15:26 
HOPE ……………………………………………. Titus 2:13 
HORN OF SALVATION………………… Luke 1:69 
I AM…………………………… Exodus 3:14, John 8:58 
IMAGE OF GOD …………………………….2 Cor. 4:4 
IMAGE OF HIS PERSON …………. Heb 1:3 (kjv)
IMMANUEL………………………………….Isaiah 7:14 
JEALOUS ………………………….Exodus 34:14 (kjv) 
JEHOVAH ………………………….. Psalm 83:18 (kjv)
JESUS ………………………………………. Matthew 1:21
JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD ………….. Rom 6:23
JUDGE ……………………… Isaiah 33:22, Acts 10:42
KING………………………………………..Zechariah 9:9 
KING ETERNAL…………………….1 Timothy 1:17 
KING OF KINGS…………………….1 Timothy 6:15 
KING OF THE AGES ……………. Revelation 15:3 
LAMB OF GOD ……………………………… John 1:29 
LAST ADAM ……………………………….1 Cor. 15:45 
LAWGIVER ……………………………….. Isaiah 33:22 
LEADER ………………………………………. Isaiah 55:4 
LIFE ………………………………………………. John 14:6 
LIGHT OF THE WORLD ………………. John 8:12 
LIKE AN EAGLE ………………………… Deut. 32:11 
LILY OF THE VALLEYS ………………… Song 2:1 
LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH ……..Rev 5:5 
LIVING STONE……………………………. 1 Peter 2:4 
LIVING WATER ……………………………. John 4:10 
LORD …………………………………………… John 13:13 
LORD GOD ALMIGHTY………. Revelation 15:3 
LORD JESUS CHRIST ………………..1 Cor. 15:57 
LORD OF ALL……………………………….Acts 10:36
LORD OF GLORY …………………………1 Cor. 2:8

 LORD OF LORDS ……………………….. 1 Tim. 6:15
 LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS…………Jer 23:6
 LOVE……………………………………………..1 John 4:8
 MAN OF SORROWS……………………..Isaiah 53:3
 MASTER …………………………………………. Luke 5:5
 MEDIATOR………………………………1 Timothy 2:5
 MERCIFUL GOD ……………………. Jeremiah 3:12
 MESSENGER OF THE COVENANT …….. Mal 3:1
 MESSIAH………………………………………..John 4:25
 MIGHTY GOD………………………………..Isaiah 9:6
 MIGHTY ONE …………………………….Isaiah 60:16
 NAZARENE……………………………… Matthew 2:23
 OFFSPRING OF DAVID ……… Revelation 22:16
 OMEGA ………………………………. Revelation 22:13
 ONLY BEGOTTEN SON ……… John 1:18 (KJV)
 OUR PASSOVER LAMB …………………1 Cor. 5:7
 OUR PEACE…………………………… Ephesians 2:14
 POTTER ……………………………………….Isaiah 64:8
 POWER OF GOD ………………………….1 Cor. 1:24
 PRINCE OF PEACE………………………..Isaiah 9:6
 PROPHET………………………………………..Acts 3:22
 PURIFIER…………………………………… Malachi 3:3
 RABBONI (TEACHER) …………………John 20:16
 RADIANCE OF GOD’S GLORY ……….. Heb.1:3
 REDEEMER……………………………………Job 19:25
 REFINER’S FIRE ……………………….. Malachi 3:2
 RESURRECTION………………………….John 11:25
 RIGHTEOUS ONE …………………………1 John 2:1
 ROCK …………………………………………….1 Cor.10:4
 ROOT OF DAVID…………………………..Rev. 22:16
 ROSE OF SHARON…………………………..Song 2:1
 RULER OF GOD’S CREATION……….Rev. 3:14
 RULER OVER KINGS OF EARTH …… Rev 1:5
 RULER OVER ISRAEL…………………. Micah 5:2
 SAVIOR ………………………………………… Luke 2:11
 SCEPTER OUT OF ISRAEL….. Numbers 24:17
 SEED …………………………………………. Genesis 3:15
 SERVANT……………………………………..Isaiah 42:1
 SHEPHERD OF OUR SOULS………. 1Peter 2:25
 SHIELD ……………………………………… Genesis 15:1
 SON OF DAVID …………………………. Matthew 1:1
 SON OF GOD …………………………. Matthew 27:54
 SON OF MAN…………………………… Matthew 8:20
 SON OF THE MOST HIGH …………… Luke 1:32
 SOURCE ……………………………………. Hebrews 5:9
 SPIRIT OF GOD ………………………….. Genesis 1:2
STAR OUT OF JACOB……………Numbers 24:17 
STONE …………………………………………. 1 Peter 2:8
 SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS ……….. Malachi 4:2
 TEACHER ……………………………………. John 13:13
 TRUE LIGHT……………………………………John 1:9
TRUE WITNESS……………………. Revelation 3:14
TRUTH…………………………………………… John 14:6 
VINE ………………………………………………. John 15:5 
WAY ………………………………………………. John 14:6 
WISDOM OF GOD………………………..1 Cor. 1:24
WITNESS………………………………………Isaiah 55:4 
WONDERFUL ………………………………..Isaiah 9:6
WORD ……………………………………………… John 1:1 
WORD OF GOD ………………….. Revelation 19:13

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But I will reveal my name to my people, and they will come to know its power. Then at last they will recognize that I am the one who speaks to them.

– Isaiah 52:6 (NLT)

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Love Never Fails

February 11, 2016 / Susie Stewart / Leave a comment

Love never fails.

– 1 Corinthians 13:8 (NIV)

Love is the river that flows through. Love is the arms that are holding you. Love is the place you will fly to. Love never fails you.

-Brandon Heath

You stay the same through the ages. Your love never changes. There may be pain in the night. But joy comes in the morning.
The wind is strong and the water’s deep. I’m not alone here in these open seas cause Your love never fails.

-Newsboys

Higher than the mountains that I face. Stronger than the power of the grave. Constant in the trial and the change. One thing remains.
In death. In life. I’m confident and covered by the power of your great love.
My debt is paid. There’s nothing that can separate my heart from Your great love.
Your love never fails. It never gives up. It never runs out on me.

-Jesus Culture

Love never fails.

Everything else

Everyone else

may fall away

but God will never fail

you

He is the Love

the Constant

you are searching for.

– Susie Stewart

This is how much God loved the world: He gave His Son, His one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in Him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending His Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in Him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust Him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person’s failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to Him.

– John 3:15-17 (MSG)

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Voicemail

January 19, 2016 / Susie Stewart / 2 Comments

My cell phone

tells me my voice mailbox is almost full

That I need to delete some messages

in order to receive more

But I don’t want to

For there were points in time

when people I love and care about

left me messages

and they left an impression

on me

Dates and times frozen

With words of affirmation

of light

of life

of encouragement

to build up

saved in my little rectangular hip magnet

And I view these words

as the very love of God

spoken to my heart

On everyday days

at high points

at the lowest points

Thank you, dear ones,

for minutes spared

to lift up a sister

May my words, Lord,

bring the same

encouragement

whether spoken

written

or typed

– Susie Stewart

So speak encouraging words to one another. Build up hope so you’ll all be together in this, no one left out, no one left behind. I know you’re already doing this; just keep on doing it.

– 1 Thessalonians 5:10,11 (MSG)

What you say can preserve life or destroy it; so you must accept the consequences of your words.

– Proverbs 18:21 (GNT)

Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweet and delightful to the soul and healing to the body.

– Proverbs 16:24 (AMP)

Here are some of those messages ….

* Well, now I have some on video! Maybe I can make some room for more now. 😉

Photo taken by some obscure photo studio way back when. Thanks Dad and Mom ❤

Sinking

January 18, 2016 / Susie Stewart / Leave a comment

Sink into His love today

up over your head

deep

Let the weightlessness

take your worry

your pain

your heaviness

Let the quiet

take all that speaks loud

and shouts at you

and distracts

Let the Living Water

refresh

and cleanse

and hydrate parched places

His love is a vast ocean

of hope and grace

Let go

and be enveloped

Sink not into despair

but into His love

– Susie Stewart

…with all of Your people they will have the power to understand that the love of the Anointed is infinitely long, wide, high, and deep, surpassing everything anyone previously experienced. God, may Your fullness flood through their entire beings.

– Ephesians 3:18,19 (VOICE)

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Not Safe

January 13, 2016January 13, 2016 / Susie Stewart / Leave a comment

We are not all called to go to El Salvador, or Moscow, or Calcutta, or even the slums of New York, but none of us will escape the moment when we have to decide whether to withdraw, to play it safe, or to act upon what we prayerfully believe to be right, knowing that with all our prayers we may be wrong, and knowing that we will probably be punished by those who do not want universe-disturbers to stand up and be counted. Perhaps what we are called to do may not seem like much, but the butterfly is a small creature to affect galaxies thousands of light years away.
– Madeleine L’Engle

One day as Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers—Simon, also called Peter, and Andrew—throwing a net into the water, for they fished for a living. Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow Me, and I will show you how to fish for people!” And they left their nets at once and followed Him.

A little farther up the shore He saw two other brothers, James and John, sitting in a boat with their father, Zebedee, repairing their nets. And He called them to come, too. They immediately followed Him, leaving the boat and their father behind.
– Matthew 4:18-22 (NLT)

Life is short, hell is hot and eternity is forever!!! The world has NEVER been impacted by Christians who spend their whole lives in a car seat and beg God to never let anything bad happen to them!

Ask HIM to set you on fire with HIS plans…and THEN GO FOR IT!

– Perry Noble

My biggest fear, even now, is that I will hear Jesus’ words and walk away, content to settle for less than radical obedience to Him.

– David Platt

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Rest

January 5, 2016January 13, 2016 / Susie Stewart / Leave a comment

To every toiling, heavy-laden sinner, Jesus says, Come to me and rest. But there are many toiling, heavy-laden believers, too. For them this same invitation is meant. Note well the words of Jesus, if you are heavy-laden with your service, and do not mistake it. It is not, Go, labor on, as perhaps you imagine. On the contrary, it is stop, turn back, Come to me and rest. Never, never did Christ send a heavy laden one to work; never, never did He send a hungry one, a weary one, a sick or sorrowing one, away on any service. For such the Bible only says, Come, come, come.”

– Hudson Taylor
My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.
– Exodus 33:14 (NIV)
My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress, I will never be shaken.

– Psalm 62:1,2 (NIV)
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

– Matthew 11:28, 29 (NIV)
Return to your rest, my soul, for the Lord has been good to you.

– Psalm 116:7 (NIV)