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Our base calling is to “Glorify God”.

Glorify Him with your countenance.
Glorify Him with your speech.
Glorify Him with your self care.
Glorify Him by being happy and letting your beautiful light shine.
Glorify Him by being true to yourself and the awesome person He created you to be.

Don’t be conformed to the designs of the world but be transformed by putting on love every day.

Be happy. Your weakness is your glory. Allow the strength of God to rebuild you and reinvent you.

I am a work in progress. I am the clay and He is the potter. I submit to His love. I surrender all to my precious and loving savior Jesus.

I love you Jesus. Thank you for this beautiful day and health enough to get out and walk. Thank you for my little shadow Renzo too!

A testimony Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Luke 11:13 ~ If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!?

We find ourselves asking for many things these days. Seeking, knocking, asking continually.

Luke 11:8 ~ yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs.

We will keep persisting in prayer for our needs but our request will change.

We read today that God is our inheritance. That is also to say that the Holy Spirit is our inheritance.

We don’t have to ask for anything else but more of our God’s Holy Spirit.

God give us more of your Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit is the great provider, the great healer, regenerator and the one who resurrects. The Holy Spirit created everything we see and can’t see. The Holy Spirit is omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent. The fruit of the Holy Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, meekness, temperance, and faith. Today we place more value in having more of the Holy Spirit than having anything else.

We want more of your Holy Spirit Lord. Sasha and I ask for more of your Holy Spirit in Jesus name.

Amen.

A testimony, Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Luke 9:62 ~ Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”

If the Kingdom of God is a peaceful place……

No one living this life lives it without making mistakes. Living in those past mistakes removes peace from the soul. You don’t have to live that way. We are the only living creature that pays for the same mistake over and over again. Every other living creature pays for its mistakes once and only once. Humans remind themselves and others of the same mistake over and over again. Our Heavenly Father doesn’t do this at all. So why do we insist on making each other pay for the same mistake over and over again?

Stop looking back and holding on to your past mistakes. As well, when people remind you of your past, recognize that this is the spirit of satan who desires to be a stumbling block to your peaceful walk in the Lord. When reminded of your past shortcomings, tell satan to get behind you and then remind him of his past, present and future. It’s not a good outlook for him. It’s called the Abyss.

You have an inheritance that is incorruptible, undefiled and fades not away reserved for you because of your belief in the only begotten Son of God; Jesus.

Stop looking back. Go into the little vineyard and go to work for Jesus.

Peace is yours.
Salvation is yours.
Happiness is yours.
Joy is yours.
Providence is yours.

It’s all yours because Christ died for you. Christ got up out of the grave for you. Christ is your living sacrifice and makes peace between you and God possible. All of your mistakes were nailed to that cross and have been thrown into the sea of forgiveness and have been forgotten by God.

Isn’t it time you forget your past failings too and walk in the newness of life?

Let go of your judgements. Stop playing the judgement game that so many are playing these days.

Accept love.

Fear God. Respect God. Keep Jesus commandments.
Fear the Abyss.
Nothingness awaits those whose name isn’t written in the lamb’s book of life.

Jesus, I ask you to save me, sanctify me, forgive me. There is no other name by which human beings can call upon and be saved. Only your name.

Even the dogs like me need the crumbs from my Masters table.

A testimony Saturday, April 9, 2022

Proverbs 14:23~ In all labor there is profit, but idle chatter leads only to poverty.

All this talk, all of these excuses……waste of energy.

You could have already gotten this done if you would have expended the energy on doing what you need to do to get it done instead of wasting energy on talk and excuses.

Self talk, Thursday, April 7, 2022

Romans 14:12-13 ~ So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. Let us not therefore judge one another any more, but judge this rather: that no man put a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.

Judgement. I declared war on my own judgements. Judgement of self and others.

Judgement. The second Adam and Eve decided right and wrong, they were driven out of a peaceful state of being.

Judgement. Moses wouldn’t see the land flowing with milk and honey because he represented the law.

Judgement. The law came by Moses while grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

Judgement. Jesus said “Father forgive them they know not what they do.”

Judgement. The divorced person’s life is marred? Yet, Jesus said if you even look on a woman with lust in your heart you are guilty.

Even Jesus our precious savior and redeemer came from the lineage of David and Uriah the Hittites wife Bathsheba. God can take the worst situations and use them for His glory. No matter your situation, if you trust Jesus, no matter the mess you have created, if you follow Jesus, He can use it for His glory.

I’ve broken every commandment. I couldn’t keep the law or the commandments.

I believe in Christ Jesus for my salvation and for my peace. I rely on Jesus for His mercy. Im glad His mercy endures forever as the wretched man that I am requires faith in His mercy to get through a minute, an hour, a day, and a lifetime.

I sin daily. Most of the time not willfully. Sometimes willfully. I also try to die to sin daily and try to walk in the spirit so I don’t fulfill the lusts of my flesh. There is a constant warfare within my members. My flesh and spirit strive together and fight each other. The spirit is winning. Delayed gratification is always at war with instant gratification. The ego is always at war with the soul.

If you’ve turned on your own self because of some past actions that you were engaged in, feel judged or have judged yourself then know that you are suffering uneccesarily. All have sinned and fell short. The Bible says strive for perfection as your Father is perfect but the Bible doesn’t conclude stating that you are perfect in and of yourself.

It concludes that Jesus is perfect so you can rest in His perfection.

All of my trust is in you this morning Jesus.

I keep hearing the world is confused and going down.

Call me a hopeless romantic but my spirit keeps hearing with an ear to hear,

Jesus love and mercy endures forever. Jesus is worthy. Jesus forgives.

Today I will forgive. Today I will feel my freedom in Christ. I will live my freedom in Christ.

I am not wicked. Wickedness is devising evil plans against your brother and sisters. Wickedness is murdering, killing, and intentionally hurting your brothers and sisters in the name of Satan. Wickedness is the Anti-Christ which is any spirit or doctrine that is against Christ.

Most people that do what the world calls wrong are simply hurting, confused, misled, looking for belonging, dealing with chemical imbalances and the like. They don’t mean wrong. Be careful how you judge others or you might end up in your own personal hell.

I know I did. My judgements of others ended up in self judgement. I declared war against myself. If I judge you harshly who I don’t know then how much more will I judge the one I do know deeply (myself) with those same judgements?

I’ve got a lot of acquaintances explaining to me why I should maintain some moral superiority over those who to them are “caught in sin” but I’ve been down that road and it is a dead end of personal self sabotage.

I want to spend the rest of my days showing love to those who feel unlovable. I want to ensure those that struggle that there is only love and mercy to be found in my home.

I love you Jesus. I will do my best in my weakness to imitate you today. I will fall short but I know your Holy Spirit will be proud of me whether I rise or whether I fall.

Many are waiting on heaven. Im learning to dial in to its frequency here on this side.

I’ve set the station to love, mercy, freedom, and John 3:16 today.

I love you Jesus. I am loving awareness and today I will love everything and everyone that I’m aware of.
I will tell anyone who asks about my hope and faith. I will tell them all about your grace and mercy.

A testimony Monday, April 4, 2022

PS ~ God blesses me with so much. I am the most vile sinner I know cause I know me better than I know anyone else. Yet, because I fall on the rock daily, I am broken and not ground to powder. I repent daily. I pivot daily. I fall. I get back up. Im a willing worker. God loves me and blesseses me with abundance. He will do the same for you if you’ll only put all of your trust in Him and Him alone.

I love you,

Every day is a new day and offers a chance to start again. Fresh. New. Exciting. Lessons learned.

People around you may continue to hold yesterday’s failings against you but the Lord doesn’t.

Today is new and fresh in the Lord. Do your best today. Maybe approach the day smarter and give more but don’t be beholden to the past, even when people remind you of the past.

The devil is the accuser. Tell satan to get behind you. Make today a great day in the Lord.
While people may be hard to please, the Lord isn’t hard to please. The Lord is easily approached and His mercy endures forever.

A testimony, Thursday, March 31, 2022

We’ve been challenging ourselves at home to speak no evil, not judging anyone or anything, and actively focusing on only the blessings of life.

It’s surprising how difficult that is and how often we catch each other judging people or events we know nothing about. It’s difficult to see no evil, hear no evil, and to not judge. We catch ourselves saying, “Not judging but bless their heart.” which is judging.

We are challenging each other in a fun and non-combative way during our little positive mindset challenge.

We are going to keep trying to cut the root of judgement and negative speech from our lives. Even when we try to do it and are successfully focused on what’s good and beautiful, it’s soon that we are subjected to other peoples judgement and negativity.

It’s all around us.

There isn’t any way to inhabit a land flowing with milk and honey (peace and love) if one doesn’t humble themselves as a little child and cease to judge right and wrong.

We are focusing on what is right and what we know is right. We aren’t qualified to judge wrong. Only God is a qualified judge.

God’s right is right. A man’s way seems right to him and he tries to enforce his right on everyone around him.

In my mind, God’s right is….

Love ourselves with great capacity and love everyone as much as we love ourselves. This is loving our God and the only way to love our God. If you disagree with one’s lifestyle, don’t engage with their lifestyle but don’t ridicule or judge them if they aren’t hurting you or hurting anyone around them.

As well, we are focused on being content with our wages and feeling that we are living in great abundance.

We are actively working on the amazing feeling of loving awareness.

We love everything and everyone that we are aware of. We desire to become better people.
Just my daily musings and journal above. I aspire to be a better person but find it a struggle.

A testimony Tuesday, March 30, 2022.

My joy is full. I may not always be happy or look happy but my joy is full. At times, life’s responsibilities overwhelm me but I don’t have to go at them alone anymore. I no longer only pray that I better be able to handle life’s responsibilities but when they get too much for me, I give them to Jesus and let the consequences of my insufficiency just be what they are to be.

Jesus says His yoke is easy and His burden’s light. In other words, cast my care upon Him, He cares for us.

The book The 4 Agreements says:

1) Make no assumptions
2) Let your speech be impeccable
3) Take nothing personal
4) Do your best

Sometimes we just have to do our best. After doing your best, just stand in Jesus.

My joy is full this morning because I intend to do my best in Christ and what I can’t do I will let go of and let Him.

It’s good to fellowship with the Father and with the Son, Jesus, the express image and likeness of the Father.

Phillip, Phillip, have I been with you so long and you still don’t know me?

Jesus has been with me and shepherded me long enough through the Holy Spirit that I do recognize His voice and know Him as the

Everlasting Father, the Wonderful Counselor and the Mighty God.

Who am I that God would even be mindful of me?

It blows my mind and for that I awake with a thankful heart. The joy of my salvation is full.
Lord heal and help my little earthly family in Jesus name.

Lord, help my Shibboleth family, promote my Shibboleth family, and give them the fruit of discipline abundantly that they might be set free.

Remember those that it is also my duty to pray for.

A testimony, Wednesday, March 16, 2022

In Love,
Travis

Psalm 31:23~24 ~ Oh, love the Lord, all you His saints! For the Lord preserves the faithful, and fully repays the proud person. Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart.

Woke up this morning with Melvin Wells Jr., Jason Whitener, Bobby Cartledge, Tony C Davis and Charles Grant on my heart and mind. No particular reason but thinking back to small gestures of love and grace they have shown me.

Thinking about the Shibboleth family and their faithfulness to our little program.

I feel blessed this morning.

Today, help my unbelief Lord and strengthen the things that remain.

I’ve spied out the land and it is a land
flowing with milk and honey. At times I feel like a little grasshopper unable to be part of a life flowing with bliss and love. My unbelief prevents me from apprehending all that could be.

Help my unbelief, Lord. Strengthen my belief Lord.

Faith comes by hearing and hearing comes by the Word of God.

Fill me with your Great Great Spirit Oh Lord. Give me wisdom liberally. Supply me with abundant goodness, gentleness, faithfulness and self-discipline. I am not ashamed of the only name whereby men are saved.

Jesus.

There is no other name that strengthens me more than the name of Jesus. To say Jesus. To hear Jesus. Jesus you are my love language.

Like Caleb of old, help me have an excellent and pleasing spirit God.

I often cower when facing troubles and lose faith. I know I frustrate your grace but you are full of abundant mercy and forgiveness in Christ.

Help me to turn towards you without wavering, without pride, but with full confidence that YOU are the giver of good gifts.

My bones and vitality also dry up like the drought of Summer.

Can my bones live again? Thou knowest.

Preach to me Great Spirit so that these bones may live again.

I love you Lord.

Today I will try to be loving awareness. I will try to love everything and everyone that I am aware of with the love of Christ.

Give me my desire back. A godly desire. Help me finish what I started and I will give your the praise you so richly deserve. Whether you will or whether you won’t, I will not stop praising you in the holiest of holiest of places. I pray and beg in Jesus name.

Can this grasshopper apprehend? All things are possible in Christ.

Amen.

A prayer Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Everyone under the law is made guilty before God. There is none good. No not one. Especially Me.

One can put their faith in the law and try to do good or one can be established in the law of faith in Jesus Christ and let go of a guilty conscience and be justified in the sight of God.

It’s hard to believe I can apprehend such a great salvation with faith in Christ without any work. It’s hard to believe that I can walk in peace and in love without having to DO anything but only believe in Christ.
Works follow faith.

I seek to do better today but not because I have to be justified before God. My faith in Jesus cleanses me. I seek to do better because I want to do better after all He has done for me.

He’s is my providence.
He heals my body.
He heals my mind.
He relieves me of guilt.
He takes away my judgment.
He sets me free and I’m free indeed.
He is healing my shibboleth.
He will heal my family.

Just for today, I will try to imitate Jesus.
I will fail. Every man falls short daily.
Yet, I am happy to worship Jesus; my provider, my security, and the lover of my soul by imitating Him as best as I can in the flesh.

They say that imitation is the greatest flattery so today I will try and dial into the frequency that is Christ with my sincerest imitation. I will do my best to imitate my hero before my wife and everyone I come in contact with. If I fall short, I will show myself grace in faith, get back up, and keep trying. My laboring head will hit its pillow Tuesday evening and my sleep shall be sweet.

I need a miracle and He supplies them for His beloved children. I expect one. I’ve received many. He is the giver of good gifts.

A testimony Tuesday, March 8, 2022.