Quotes from the Heart September 2011

Its time to turn the den of thieves into a house of prayer.

THRESHING THROUGH THE CITY
Did you ever open a window and you couldn't feel any breeze at all? Yet later in the day you could feel the wind blowing throughout your house. God has opened up the windows of heaven over Buffalo. It's only a matter of time before the wind of His Spirit begins threshing through our City.

WILL YOU PONDER AWHILE WITH ME?

I'm pondering a man who.....
Went fishing without a net and caught fish who never swam.
I'm pondering a man who.....
Made loaves from bread that had never been baked.
I'm pondering a man who.....
Made wine from grapes that had never been crushed.
I'm pondering a man who.....
Forgave his tormentors who never felt sorrow.
I'm pondering a man who.....
Who drank from the cup of death and became the river of life.
I'm pondering a man who.....
Knows my flaws and loves me as complete.
Yea.....I'm pondering.....A Friend.

BUTTERFLIES, DIAMONDS & PEARLS

Dear God, please surround me with Butterfly People who will help me struggle out of my cocoon of selfishness. Please surround me with Diamond People who will take the stress that I cause them and turn it into a jewel for you. Please surround me with Pearl People who will love me when I irritate them. Amen

 Just believe

 God loves you as you are. Give him your love now right where you are. Have church right now.

 LETTING GO
Might be good.

A tree let's go of leaves.
New life in Spring.

A farmer let's go of seeds.
New life in earth.

A cloud let's go of rain.
New life grows.

God let go of his Son.
New life eternal.

Im not starting a church so I wont ask you to join a church. I would rather ask you to be a church. A temple where love is evident by your actions.

 HOLY SPIRIT FRUITCAKE

"Mommy"
Asked the Heart farmer's daughter.
"When you make your Fruitcake, what do you cook it with?"
"Oh my sweet daughter, I use a special kind of fruit. I use the kind of fruit that has love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. All of that fruit doesn't grow on trees sweetheart, it comes from God."
"Is that why Daddy says he's a Holy Spirit Fruitcake?"

 

BLIND SEER
A friend who is blind to your former way of life,
And sees the new things that God will do through you.

NEW THINGS
God can build roads in the ocean and pour rivers in the desert.
He can make a masterpiece out of your mess.

{18Forget what happened in the past,
and do not dwell on events from long ago.
19I am going to do something new.
It is already happening. Don’t you recognize it?
I will clear a way in the desert.
I will make rivers on dry land.} Isaiah 43:18-19

 The movement of God is in the soil.

We don't wear robes with rope belts but we are trying
to do the work of St. Francis on the West Side of Buffalo.
Jesus loves you and so do we.

While I was running I passed Roswell Park. I prayed for those have a disease. I also prayed for those who have been healed and those who will be afflicted. Nobody knows who the afflicted will be. Forgive somebody today before they are gone.
Read the book "Unwritten" by Harlan Hobson

Grain is crushed to make bread.
Grapes are crushed to make wine.
The sun always sets before it rises.
You are being crushed just the right way.
You will become food and drink for a new day.
Your life will be used to feed others.
Embrace meekness.

A caterpillar in a cocoon is like a thought in captivity.

It's time for your thought to emerge and fly.

A new part of your life starts this very minute.

 GRACE
Expected rejection that becomes unconditional acceptance.

You are loved just as you are, JUST BELIEVE.

"NEVER DROPPING A LEAF....."

{Instead you thrill to God's Word, you chew on Scripture day and night. You're a tree replanted in Eden, bearing fresh fruit every month, Never dropping a leaf, always in blossom. Psalm 1:2}

How often do you see a fruit tree inside a church?
Go spread some fruit.
Just do something nice for somebody.

 Today you will be given an opportunity to give grace.

YOUR FRIEND
May not be giving you good advice.
Be patient,
Make decisions slowly.
A TRUE FRIEND will pour everything out for you.

Proverbs 11:11-12
Upright citizens bless a city and make it prosper, but the talk of the wicked tears it apart. It is foolish to belittle a neighbor; a person with good sense remains silent.

 HURRICANE
A force of destruction
that creates a path for an
overflowing river of mercy and grace.

 YES,
I'm walking in a valley of death but I have no fear.
I have a Partner guiding me up the Mountain of Life.
We will share a meal on the summit,
He will fill my soul until it overflows.
Your overflowing will always follow me.

 DEAR MR. ATHEIST
I love you as you are. I believe in your potential for greatness.
DEAR MRS. WITCH
I love you as you are. I believe in your potential for greatness.

Since I chose to follow God with my whole soul, I've left some of my hypocritical habits behind. I still need to make many changes in my heart. I'm not trying to convert you. I urge you to write uplifting words that help people. Write words of encouragement instead of attacking my faith.
Do something nice for somebody.
JLYASDI

IT'S
GOOD
TO
SEE
YOU
TODAY!

 TEARS
The tears you cry today are only rain,
Upon the broken ground of your heart,
That will hasten new growth tomorrow.

 A TREE
I was a tree in the beginning at the very first Fall.
The Fall of you mankind because you wanted it all.
I held the fruit you picked that caused you guilt and shame.
You wear it now like a mantle, it's become a part of your name.
Unable to take it off you react in fear, pointing fingers of blame.

"There is such a thing as a fatal sin, and I'm not urging you to pray about that. Everything we do wrong is sin, but not all sin is fatal." 1 John 5:17 MSG

 A VISION
God was standing in the heavens with a lightning bolt in His hand.
He used it to smash a dome in the sky over the Buffalo area.
On the ground were grapes and butterflies.

DON'T HOLD BACK
Don't hold back, ya' all don't know when Jesus is comin' back.
Don't hold back, ya' all don't know when you'll hear the sound of brrraack
As a bullet pierces the back and more young blood fills a sidewalk crack
And a Mother's tears - she can't hold back.
So don't hold back
Because you just don't know when Jesus is comin' back.

GAP STANDER
Once upon a minute a soul stood in the gap (maybe it's you.)
What's holding you back from becoming a GAP STANDER?
Maybe.....In a few days the Holy Spirit will come upon you. (or today!)
Then.....You will receive power to be a GAP STANDER.

"Fed up, God decided to get rid of them— and except for Moses, his chosen, he would have. But Moses stood in the gap and deflected God's anger, prevented it from destroying them utterly." Ps 106:23 MSG

Did life just hit you with an earthquake?
Maybe it was meant to shake the foundation of your prison and set you free.
It's your choice, an earthquake can carry the aroma of life.

I thank God for ignorant people.
they help to reveal my own ignorance.

 WHAT IF JESUS DIDN'T COME OUT OF THE TOMB?

I'm glad Jesus didn't have an attitude that said: "I'm so mad about that Cross that I'm not coming out of this grave." His attitude was forgiveness and it paved the way for a new life. Whatever you are holding onto, get over it, forgive somebody including yourself. A new life is waiting.

{Don't say to anyone, "I'll get back at you for what you did to me.
I'll make you pay for what you did!" PR 24:29 MSG}

 CONFUSED & AIMLESS
Who will give our children direction?
{So confused and aimless they were, like sheep with no shepherd. "What a huge harvest!" he said to his disciples. "How few workers! On your knees and pray for harvest hands!" Matt 9:37 MSG}
Teachers are workers and harvest hands, pray for them.
The harvest is plenty yet the workers are few.

 DOOM

I think the following statement is a prophetic statement regarding the youth of Buffalo (and the world.)
{Doom to you shepherds of Israel, feeding your own mouths! Aren't shepherds supposed to feed sheep? Ez 34 MSG}
We keep feeding our children self destructing garbage and expect them to respect others. America pours billions into the coffers of election campaigns while Teachers are laid off and Youth Programs shut down.

 I pray for a new mountain everyday.

ONCE UPON A MINUTE
There was a guy whose friends walked out on him in his time of trouble.
They feel asleep when he cried, they ran away before he died.
When the guy experienced a miracle and came back to life, he went back to his friends. He didn't hold a grudge against his friends who betrayed him in their weakness. He acted out forgiveness. That's the Way.

INNOCENCE IN THE DISTANCE
Maybe you have lost your innocence because of something you did or something somebody did to you. Your innocence can be restored like new growth on trees in the spring. Study the Cross of Christ, it's a model of the restoration of innocence.
Psalm 30:11 (The Message)
You ripped off my black mourning band
and decked me with wildflowers.
I'm about to burst with song;
I can't keep quiet about you.
God, my God,
I can't thank you enough

"DADDY" asked the HEART FARMER'S DAUGHTER, "Why do people get divorced when they say they will stay together forever." "Well, my little Beauty, it's because some folks get into the habit of always reaping when they should be doing their fair share of sowing." Daddy, do you mean they are always taking and not giving?" "You are such a smart little girl."
"I love you Daddy."

WHY DIDN'T ADAM COMMUNICATE CLEARLY WITH EVE?

Man wants to think that his love for a woman is his strength. Maybe Adam's supposed strength was vanity. Maybe he didn't love her enough to discuss and share their weaknesses and vulnerabilities. His perceived strength of love was a surface love that should have been "Deep unto Deep."

 THE DEVILS FIRST QUESTION:
"Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden?"
Gen 3:1
Eve was hanging around in an area where she could be tempted. She saw the tempting fruit and she was overcome.
Ask God for the wisdom to recognize temptation and stay away from it. Don't go looking for forbidden fruit, you might find it and be overcome by temptation.

Stop arguing.....Love is a more excellent way.

If we feed the spiritual famine in America
we will relieve the hunger in Africa.

 IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU TODAY!
Smile and repeat that phrase to everyone you meet.
I's amazing how you can plant a smile with a good word.

 Some folks go looking for love.
Some folks become love and they find it.

 

 

 

 

 

IS IT TIME TO LEAVE THE 99?

IS IT TIME TO LEAVE THE 99?



Even in the murkiest of waters, the surface can reflect our image.
Are the things we don't like about others a reflection of our own weaknesses?

Take empathy to another level. Step into the heart of the person whom you are viewing through disapproving eyes. The person you disapprove of may be the one amongst 99 that you are called to reveal a greater love. It's easy to stay in the comfort of the 99. There's safety and comfort in numbers.

The best relationships are not built through comfort. Struggle, brokenness, yieldedness and forgiveness are the hallmarks of relationships that endure and reach the point of: " Till death do us part unto eternal life."

Matthew 18:12
The Message (MSG)
Work It Out Between You
 12-14"Look at it this way. If someone has a hundred sheep and one of them wanders off, doesn't he leave the ninety-nine and go after the one? And if he finds it, doesn't he make far more over it than over the ninety-nine who stay put? Your Father in heaven feels the same way. He doesn't want to lose even one of these simple believers.