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Sitting at His feet, enjoying  His presence, listening to His heart, quietly waiting as He speaks to mine…  

 Coming out of the chaos of life,

conversing with each other, contemplating each other. 

Wanting to touch His Face.

This is prayer.

Read more fromAnn Voskamp at  http://www.aholyexperience.com/2009/09/simplicity-of-prayer-for-beginners.html

Enjoy your Lord’s Day with Him who loves you best,

Marcie

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Marcie

  A City on a Hill

    This following article was taken from Above Rubies e-newsletter. 

“PRAYER CONCERN:

     On September 25th there will be a national prayer gathering of Muslims on the west front of the U.S. Capitol Building. They are expecting at least 50,000 to attend from mosques all across  America. They’ll gather to pray from 4:00 am until 7:00 pm. The
gathering will take place by the site where U.S Presidents have been inaugurated since 1981. The organizers say that it was Obama’s inauguration speech in January and his speech broadcast from Egypt in June that gave them the idea for this prayer gathering on Capitol Hill. 

     One of the Sheikhs who is leading the gathering, stated, “Muslims should march on the White House. We are going to the White House so that Islam will be victorious, Allah willing, and the White House will become into a Muslim house.”

 The website is www.islamoncapitolhill.com

 …  Notice the words at the end:

“ OUR TIME HAS COME!”

Marcie   

    “¹⁴ if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. ”

II Chronicles 7:14

Prayer for Husbands

Dear Father,

Please enable my husband to obey Your cammand to love You with all his heart, with all his soul, and with all his might. (Deut. 6:5)  Let his heart be filled with You alone to make him pure and true (James 4:8)  Create in him a clean heart filled with pure thought and right desires.(Psalm 51:10).  Warn him not to harden his heart (Psalm 95:8).

Lord, thank You for giving me my husband.   You are his head (I Corth. 11:3).  Help me allow him to be my head, as Christ is head over the Church (Eph.5:23).  Thank You for being  head over all and for Your perfect plans for our home.  Lord, I pray that my husband will have the rich experience of knowing Christ with real certainty and clear understanding.  Your plan for him is Christ Himself, and in Him are contained all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge (Col.2:2-3).  May he not be fleshly minded but spiritually minded, which is life and peace (Romans 8:6).  Capture all his thoughts to obey Christ (2Corth. 10:5).  I pray that he will receive what Christ is teaching him and let His words enrich his life and make him wise (Col. 3:16).  Fill his thoughts with You so he doesn’t spend so much time worrying about earthly things (Col.3:2).

Thank you that You open his mind to understand the Scriptures (Luke 24:45).  I pray that he will not be conformed to this world but be transformed by renewing his mind in Your Word, so that he may experience Your good, acceptable, and Perfect will (Romans 12:2).  Open his eyes that he may truly see from Your perspective (2Kings 6:17).  May he keep his eyes alert for spiritual danger and stand strong and true to You.  Help him to watch for the snares of Satan, our enemy(1Peter 5:8).  Make him always discern the difference between right and wrong and be inwardly clean so that no one can find fault in him(Phil.1:10).  I pray that my husband will hear Your words with his heart, not just his head (Psalm 78:1).  Cause him to hear Your voice as You instruct him (Deut. 4:36).  Open his ears and give him wisdom, causing him to know Your mind, keeping him from pride, warning him of the penalties of sin, and keeping him from Satan’s temptations (Job33:14-17).

Give him Your words so that he may boldly make Jesus known (Eph.6:19).  Let his conversation be gracious and wise, for then he will have the right answer for everyone (Col. 4:3-6).  Whatever he does or says, let it be as a representative of the Lord Jesus (Col. 3:17).  Sweeten his words to say only  what is good and helpful and what will bless others (Eph.4:29).  Cause him to abstain from dirty stories, unholy talk, and coarse jokes (Eph.5:4).  Let the words of his mouth and the meditation of his heart be acceptable to You (Psalm19:14).  May he be transformed in his heart in the fear of the Lord every day.  Cause him to trust in You, Lord, with all his heart and lean not unto his own understanding (Proverbs 3:5).

I pray that he will let the peace of God rule in his heat (Col.3:15).  I pray that Christ will be more at home in his heart, as he trusts You more fully.  By Your mighty power at work in my husband, You are able to do far more than I could ask or ever dream – beyond my highest prayers, desires, hopes, or thoughts.  I praise You and give You glory (Eph.3:20-21)

In Jesus Name, Amen.

Note:  The original prayer for husbnads is attributed to Connie VandPol, Bowling Green, KY. from Prayer Portions, copyright 1994 by Sylvia Gunter.

* Stormie Omartan’s book, Power of a Praying Wife,    is a wonderful guide to praying for your husband as well.  This is part of my morning quiet time.  You can find the book here.   

  Too Cute!

http://creaturecomforts.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/09/apple-picking.html

http://www.aholyexperience.com/

     My friend, Ann, is a wonderful hostess.  So are her daughters.  One of her daughter’s  is allergic to chocolate.  Isn’t that horrible?  Well, this carob cake is an excellent compensation.  When we were served this at her house, we couldn’t believe it was carob instead of chocolate and whole wheat to boot!

     Go ahead and give it a whirl.  You’ll be glad you did.

 Ann’s Awesome Carob Cake

Ann’s Awesome Carob Buttercream Frosting

Perfect Chocolate Cake and Ice Cream

     If you really like chocolate, this cake is perfect.   Oh, the white layer?  Whipped cream!  This cake was made with whole wheat pastry flour, but keep it quiet.  No one would ever know! 

     This recipe and other whole wheat dessert recipes are available in my cookbook.   It is available in e-book and spiral bound form.   Just clink on the bookstore link to learn more!

    Now, if I was a really good mom, I would have made a Piano Cake like this:

                     My friend, Kathy, has a tutorial for putting this cake together at                http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/piano-cake/.

If you try it, I would love to see pictures.

(By the way, Kathy is also the author of the Learn  Cake Decorating DVD)

 Blessings,

                                                                                     Marcie

 Happy Birthday, Katie

Katie and Aunt Karen

     I remember the first time we saw you. 

      We received the call on Friday evening you would be coming home on Saturday morning. 

Who could sleep? 

      The washing of your baby things purchased with hope, but left packaged in fear;  the final preparations of your room. 

      Saturday morning comes, and dad runs out to pick up balloons for the mailbox to announce our daughter is here!  Oh, the camera batteries are dead.  Another stop is added, and Dad arrives right behind you. 

First Portrait

     And then we meet for the first time in person.  We have already met in our dreams.  You are so beautiful!  Years of anticipation and joy flow freely down our faces.  You are placed in my arms and fall asleep, home at last.

     Yes, you have a bed, but that is in another room.  We like you with us.  Car seats are to be in the back, but neither one of us wants to give up looking at you to drive, so in the front seat you go, right between us.  We did face you backward for safety.

First Teas

     Your first year, I spent telling everyone about you through tears.  I thought the tears of joy would never stop.  They still well up thinking of you, twenty years later. 

Katie, Our Honey Bunny

It's a girl thing!

      I loved spending time with you: the stories you made up, tea parties, playing doll house,

Our Angels

the dress-up adventures  including playing “sisters” with your brother until he refused to be a sister any longer,  (o.k., Zach, I didn’t post THOSE pictures)

On Your Throne with the King

Queen of Spain

How

Indian Princess and Sidekick  

Katie Puddleduck

       I have loved watching you grow and mature: 

Pretty in Blue

putting off childish things and putting on Christ.  I’ve enjoyed the cooking, sewing, 

Sewing dresses for an orphanage

the FIELD TRIPS

a long story

 and the talks.  

I’ve been amazed as you take on a project and finish it through determination.

holding weak puppy for HOURS to get it to nurse

                                                                                                                                                                                                              

From graduation pictures in mucking boots

to mysterious beauty

You are the daughter of my heart!

     I do not understand why God allowed me the privilege of being your mother, but I’m so thankful He did.

             Love always,  Mom

Do you ever have a little pity party?  Maybe a little whine fest?

     Mine started with this loveseat.  I have been trying to sell it.  We are trying to reduce our enormous electric bill by opening the windows.  Screens had to be rebuilt and blinds need to be added.  The sale of the loveseat is to help pay for blinds in this room.

     Only thing is, it hasn’t sold.  Then, I thought I had a buyer.  My mind starts wandering… gee won’t it be nice to use the proceeds to buy fabric to recover that worn out sofa.  The pity party is beginning.  I’m tired of waiting on things!

     Watch out!  Time to guard heart.  Time to capture thoughts.  Time to give thanks in everything.  Time to be grateful for a sofa, a place to put the sofa, and a roof over our heads.  Time to turn away from ungratefullness.

     So, laying down the new fabric and also the sale of the loveseat, I thank the Lord for family, shelter and food.  I thank Him for His tender care.  

     Then, right outside the window behind that sofa I see  an amazing site:

       A bloom on my  banana tree! 

Now that is so much more beautiful than any new sofa fabric.

      Thank You, Lord, for Your unspeakable gifts.

                                               Marcie

     I love a good holiday!  My husband has been working for a couple of weeks without a day off, so having that end on a long holiday weekend is really great.

    In honor of this holiday, here is a tribute by our favorite comedian to our government.  Enjoy and have a great holiday weekend!