Jeannie Pallett

God's Word is Greater than Gold

Why I am not Giving Up Anything for Lent

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 I have never celebrated Lent nor given much thought to it. 

To be completely truthful,  mostly all I know of Lent is from Facebook posts that talk about what the individual is going to give up for Lent.

 Lent has never been part of my Christian walk, nor have I had any teaching on it.

  I think of how Jesus came and took our sin and gave us His righteousness.  God has given us the Way, the Truth and the Life and in Christ, we live and breathe and have our being.  We are loved, wholly, passionately and without reserve by a God who gave His only Son for us and we are well pleasing to Him.  God gave all, He gave the best ~ for you and for me.

…Well, no matter what I know or don’t know, I am not giving up anything for Lent… 

Especially when I can come into His presence and give Him my heart.

As I gaze at the years behind me, I know I have experienced the strength that truly does rise as we wait upon the Lord.  Of even greater importance is the amazing joy and freedom I have experienced after a time of repentance.  The shame I wore for so many years kept me from a real heart to heart relationship with Jesus and when I finally heard the term ‘repentance’ my heart was broken and became completely HIS.Continue Reading

A Psalm of Trust

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Praying Psalm 4 today, September 4, 2014.  A prayer of trust.

Lord, hear me when I call.  You are the God I lean on and trust in.  You are God my Righteousness.  By the sacrifice and blood of Your Son, you have made me altogether and completely righteous.  The blood has forgiven my present, past and future sin.

Would You have mercy on me today, Father, and hear my prayer?

Life forces are coming against me but I declare You are my shield and bulwark, my strong tower and refuge.  In the secret place that is You, Father, I trust.

I know You have set me apart for Yourself.  You are training me in godliness and righteousness.  My heart is comforted knowing You hear me when I call to You.  Your word cautions me to not sin when I am angry.  You do not want me to give the enemy of my soul any legal rights to use against me in the courts of heaven.  I yield to the working of Your Spirit within me.

You encourage me to be still in my heart, still in my soul to calm the rapid beating of my heart in trepidation of what may be coming.  I turn over to You events and circumstances that are worrying me.  I meditate on Your promises to meet any need I may have.

I repent of and turn from my sin of fretting.  I choose instead to offer You my sacrifices of righteousness by actively trusting You.  By speaking out Your word of faith and truth and reinforcing my own heart with it.

My faith and trust, though unseen by me, are visible to You.  I hold them up, here in my hands for You Father, and put my whole hearted trust in You.  You watch over my faith and trust and Your interest gives me gladness of heart.

More than the joy of harvest when there is an abundance of grain and wine, greater than gold is the gladness You have sparked within my heart.  I gave You an offering, a sacrifice of righteousness, choosing to do the right thing by faith, and You overflow my cup with the great joy of my salvation!

When I lie down at night, I am not kept awake by the rumblings of worry, dread and fear.  I lie down in peace and true to Your word of promise, You give me, Your beloved sweet sleep.  You alone O Lord make me dwell in safety.

Thank You for Your grace and mercy, love, compassion and willingness to be a Friend who loves at all times.

I love You Lord,

Jeannie

 

 

 

Worry Will Not Reign

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Are there some priorities that take precedence over treasuring the Word in your heart?  Have you ever thought about what you were really  trusting in and be willing to let that go?

The Lord has been showing me what is in my heart and is stripping away the peripheral so that my trust is in Him alone.  No question but that this is the hardest walk of trust I have ever experienced!

I have worried and fretted and yet the Lord knows and is intimately acquainted with the way we take.  Our decisions have been made after seeking His heart and direction.  We are aligned with Him and I am confident He is going to cause a ‘suddenly’ that will see the answer we are looking for!

I do love the way He speaks to us in the still of the night.  In the hours that seem so dark and lonely, He shines His light and gives us hope.

I love the way He speaks and I love the way He gives us ears to hear.

This was my night hearing:

‘Child, You allow worry to reign. You allow worry to shape your thoughts and worry dictates your actions.

Oh yes, I know you love Me, you love My Word, but you have allowed worry to shuffle in alongside My Word.

Too often you listen to the voice of worry and do not use your voice to speak My words of faith, hope and love over your life.  Use your voice to speak those words of faith, hope and love over every area of your lives. 

You are My Beloved, I will hear you when you call, I pay attention to the words you speak.

I created the earth, the galaxies, the seas and everything on the earth and in the seas.  Things too intricately designed for your full understanding.

 I created all from nothing but My spoken word and uphold all things by the power of that same word.

Do you really think, as worry does, that your dilemnas are too difficult  for Me?  Do you not know that everything about you and every moment of your life is seen by Me and is important to Me because you are My treasured possessions?

Do not worry, do not fret.  Do not take upon yourselves the imagined troubles of tomorrow that may never come.

I Am with you, to uphold you by the strength and power of My mighty right hand.  I Am here for you, My precious one.

Speak the words of life and truth I have inspired.  Can you imagine how far reaching they are, the effect they will have on your circumstances?

Worry is the biggest thief.  Worry says, ‘I might not be big enough, you might not be good enough.‘  Worry will surely rob you of My blessings.

Worry pushes you to work harder, longer.  Worry worries you right out of My blessings because you choose to speak what worry says.

 Begin to speak My Word over your circumstances and look with eyes that see transformation.

Waiting upon Me, you will learn the joy of rising up and over your circumstances.  

Look at Me, see My love for you shining through My eyes.

 Hear My voice and you will hear My love for you.

Sit in My presence and joy unspeakable will fill you full with glory! There will indeed be a rising up ‘

Remember, you have been Beckoned by the King,

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When We are Walking Blind We Choose Faith

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 When we choose to live a life of faith, we learn to adopt the habit of walking blind.  Faith requires a walking blind attitude of us. Faith says don’t look at what you see in your natural circumstances.  Faith says walk blind and look at what you cannot see.

We left home on Sunday last to live in another city for two months while Bruce has his radiation treatments. We were fully confident that everything at home was in good working order. We were thankful for the precious ones willing to live there and look after our much-loved dogs.  We wanted them to be blessed by their stay.

You heard that saying, “it never rains but it pours”?

On our third night in our temporary dwelling place, exhausted and longing for a good night’s sleep, Bruce’s cell rang at 11 pm.  When the phone rings that late at night, well the heart, it just pounds a little harder.

I could tell by the posture and the head in hands that the news wasn’t good.

It had poured at home.  In fact, the rainfall was so great, in one day it broke the record for the month of October.

Our basement was flooded.  Our basement with the new flooring…

The place where I go to hide myself in Jesus.  The place where I have wanted to hang a sign,

“The King’s River of Delights”.

For surely in the secret place, unseen to others He has revealed Himself to me.

Our basement, a place of peace, joy, praise and the glory of God.  Flooded.

“Bless the Lord oh my soul and all that is within me, bless His holy name.”

The circumstances make me feel as if I am falling back. Our world, shaken, turned upside down and inside out has birthed a deep and settled trust in my Heavenly Father. I know I can trust in God’s promises and His word.

I feel like a grain of sand on the seashore with the crashing waves breaking in.

I cannot stop the tide.

I am being washed away – washed away into the Ocean of Great Love.

What I can do is choose to focus my thoughts, choose to focus my thinking and choose to bless God in the midst of calamity. I will choose to walk by faith and walk blind, trusting in the promises of Almighty God.

When I have no words, He is my song.

Though words fail me now, His words will not.

We are part of a body, people joined to the heart of God. I know nothing of what is going on at home other than members of the body of Christ have mobilized and are looking after our situation. We are helpless, too far away to go home. We have to stay the course.

They keep repeating the words of Jesus, “don’t worry, we’re looking after you”.

We are learning. One hand cannot wash itself.  We need each other.

His Word to me today from Isaiah 42:15-16 The Message.

BUT (in spite of and in the midst of calamities)

But I will take your hand Jeannie, when you don’t know the way, when you cannot see where you are going. I will be a personal guide to you, directing you through unknown country.

I will be right there to show you what roads to take, make sure you don’t fall into the ditch. These are the things I will be doing for you – sticking with you, not leaving you for a minute.
You are my beloved daughter.

I am thankful for His Presence.

What about you? Are you trying to make it a habit to focus your thinking, guard your thoughts and speak words of blessing and praise to God in the midst of hard circumstances?

We just finished radiation treatment #4/39 today.

Praise Almighty Father for giving sight to the blind.

We praise Him and thank Him for hands and feet in the Body of Christ to undertake for us when ours fail.

Love Poured Like Water

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I am your child, Father, and I live knowing you are the All-Seeing One.  You see my past, my present, my future and, as the Eternal Rock of Ages, you see it now.  Time for you is always now and I have learned this by seeing how you answer before I even call.

You know the depth of my need, the fulfillment of every desire.  You have exchanged my heart of stone for a heart of flesh and the heart that you have given me is full of godly desires.  I have heard the proclamation of justice and righteousness resounding in the land and have stirred myself up to seek your face, touch your heart, hear your voice and see the tenderness that marks your ways.  I am overwhelmed by your outpouring of love.

Your love washes over me like a fountain and I can but stay in the midst of it.  In the midst of you, partaking of the meat and drink that you give me.

God's Love is Like Mighty Rushing Waters

 I find balanced rhythm to my life.  I am no longer yielding to the bait the enemy dangles before me, for my gaze has become set upon things eternal.  I am focused on the goal and the way I see, when I look through eyes of faith, so truly determines the perspective I have on life.

 

You fill my heart with faith and teach me how to view circumstances through the eyes of my heart.  The tricks of the oppressor are clear to me and your sweet voice guiding me is clearer still.

I can hear the excitement in your voice as your hand rests upon me.  I yield to your slight pressure for I have chosen submission to my King.  I turn only to look more clearly upon you and I see your eyes sparkling with joy at my eager obedience and desire to be led by you.

In the fire I have learned your faithfulness.  Your truth burns in my belly, the dross of my life is removed in the furnace of affliction.  I have stayed myself upon you, moving only in response to your call to come, to come nearer still and immerse myself in the love of the Father.  This has become the focused goal of my heart, the purpose that drives me.

Psalm119:121-128  “Ayin”  is the Hebrew alphabet letter this portion of the Psalm begins with. It is likened to a fountain of water.