Proverbs 4:23

• Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. - Prov 4:23 NIV

Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.

--- how does one do this? ---

Avoid all perverse talk; stay away from corrupt speech.

Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you.

Mark out a straight path for your feet; stay on the safe path.

Don’t get sidetracked; keep your feet from following evil. - Prov 4:23-27 NLT

• Put away from you false and dishonest speech, and willful and contrary talk put far from you. - Prov 4:24 AMP

• The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks. - Luke 6:45

• But the words you speak come from the heart--that's what defiles you.- Matt 15:18

• If you claim to be religious but don't control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless. - James 1:26 NLT

James 3
² Indeed, we all make many mistakes. For if we could control our tongues, we would be perfect and could also control ourselves in every other way.³ We can make a large horse go wherever we want by means of a small bit in its mouth. ⁴ And a small rudder makes a huge ship turn wherever the pilot chooses to go, even though the winds are strong. ⁵ In the same way, the tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches.
But a tiny spark can set a great forest on fire. ⁶ And the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself.
⁷ People can tame all kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and fish, ⁸ but no one can tame the tongue. It is restless and evil, full of deadly poison. ⁹ Sometimes it praises our Lord and Father, and sometimes it curses those who have been made in the image of God. ¹⁰ And so blessing and cursing come pouring out of the same mouth. Surely, my brothers and sisters, this is not right! ¹¹ Does a spring of water bubble out with both fresh water and bitter water? ¹² Does a fig tree produce olives, or a grapevine produce figs? No, and you can’t draw fresh water from a salty spring.

¹³ If you are wise and understand God’s ways, prove it by living an honorable life, doing good works with the humility that comes from wisdom. ¹⁴ But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your heart, don’t cover up the truth with boasting and lying. ¹⁵ For jealousy and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and demonic. ¹⁶ For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every kind.

¹⁷ But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere. ¹⁸ And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness.

Love Me Tender

Our God is so sweet! ♥ I was in the kitchen and found myself singing and I knew the Holy Spirit was singing it to me cos it was just so utterly random. Never been an Elvis fan, but this is pure gold. New worship song! *swoon*

Love me tender, love me sweet
Never let me go
You have made my life complete
And I love you so

Love me tender, love me true
All my dreams fulfill
For, my darling I love you
And I always will

Love me tender, love me long
Take me to your heart
For it's there that I belong
And will never part

Love me tender, love me true
All my dreams fulfill
For, my darling I love you
And I always will

Love me tender, love me dear
Tell me you are mine
I'll be yours through all the years
Til the end of time

Love me tender, love me true
All my dreams fulfill
For, my darling I love you
And I always will

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me...

Was watching Bill Johnson's teaching on youtube and pray-reading Isaiah 61 last night and this morning, and then received the Spirit of Prophecy bulletin by Bill & Marsha Burns in my email today. Chills I tell ya, chills. I've been getting Isaiah 61 prayed over me by different people for the past two or three weeks. Significant much?! Finally understood this: Don't be praying for what God has already given you! Declare His truths, thank Him for them and be set free!

Faith Tabernacle December 26,  2012

SMALL STRAWS IN A SOFT WIND by MARSHA BURNS: Rise up with renewed hope and faith that nothing is impossible with Me, says the Lord.  Release your concerns and distress to Me.  I cannot deal with that which you do not give to Me.  Trust Me for strength where you have been weak and peace where there has been turmoil.  Do not be afraid; I am with you to bring you through every dilemma and cause you to be strong.  Isaiah 61:1-3  1 "The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, Because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn, to console those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified."

I S A I A H   6 1

The Year of the Lord’s Favor

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
    because the Lord has anointed me
    to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
    to proclaim freedom for the captives
    and release from darkness for the prisoners,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor
    and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,
    and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
    instead of ashes,
the oil of joy
    instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
    instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
    a planting of the Lord
    for the display of his splendor.

They will rebuild the ancient ruins
    and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
    that have been devastated for generations.
Strangers will shepherd your flocks;
    foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.
And you will be called priests of the Lord,
    you will be named ministers of our God.
You will feed on the wealth of nations,
    and in their riches you will boast.

Instead of your shame
    you will receive a double portion,
and instead of disgrace
    you will rejoice in your inheritance.
And so you will inherit a double portion in your land,
    and everlasting joy will be yours.

“For I, the Lord, love justice;
    I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
In my faithfulness I will reward my people
    and make an everlasting covenant with them.
Their descendants will be known among the nations
    and their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will acknowledge
    that they are a people the Lord has blessed.”

I delight greatly in the Lord;
    my soul rejoices in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
    and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,
as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,
    and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
For as the soil makes the sprout come up
    and a garden causes seeds to grow,
so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness
    and praise spring up before all nations.

 

Merry Christmas!!

 

Food coma! Stuffed to the brimmy brim with turkey, cranberry chutney, beef smoo, potahtoes, brownies, cake, feta salad, chicken curry, baguettes, rice, fruits... oi vey. What fortunate souls we are! A cat nap is imminent then workout! Thank you dear Father, for such an abundance of good things, love, laughter, fellowship and such great weather on your birthday!

Baptizzled!

Got dunked today! wooot! Before the service I was all:

Don't know why I get so nervous about random stuff?! Christina was superduper nice and held 

my hand to calm jumpy self down. It was over in two shakes of a lamb's tail and then:

Happeh smiles! Man, so glad that's over with. I'm not the best with big events but I'll get better. Yayy God!

You Are Beautiful

Preach it! No argument here.

Pfffftt

reverse timber!

Tree on tree action

Every year we have a color/theme debate and in the end, the red-white-green-&-gold combo wins out. It's just so cheery! My genius father who generally doesn't give a flip about decorating, inexplicably went out and bought a mini gold metal Christmas tree - that's meant to be a stand-alone table piece - to top the tree (a tree on a tree lol) and we were all, 

"Nuh uh, that's never gonna work." But of course it did and it's perfect. Love. Men are such surprising creatures!

Bam!

My girl Sunita getting healed!

...and that's how Jesus does it! Praise the Lord!

Dance party!

               

Finally a day off! brrrr perfect rainy day to finish decorating the tree.

pretty!

Flowers galore at Tanglin Mall ♥

Christmas is upon us!

 

We done got our tree yesterday! It's perfect for our small space and amazingly enough,
was pre-trimmed in all the right places where it rests against the wall. God is good!

in progress

Mountains of Myrrh

this one's driving me a little crazy. It's my first real attempt on canvas so am being extra persnickety about it and experimenting bit by bit. Wasn't sure where I was heading but Holy Spirit gave me directions last night so I'm just gonna give in and go wild! 

Ponyhorse is almost there

Anna Piaggi

Planning a series called 'Mountains of Myrhh' and it's all swirling around in my head but there's no time! Need more time! Length of days! Maybe I can get some real painting done after the holiday baking season calms down..