My Tea Time With Jesus

Prayers from A Book of Prayers by Stormie Omartian                                                                                 Wed. 8/15/19 Sometimes, someone else writes out a prayer that just fits so perfectly, that your heart wants to pray it too. This is what happened to me today, and I looked through different devotional books to find God speaking to me. I found Him alive and breathing His kindness down on me in such a way - that these fit my hearts desire and prayers to Him just right!  In our Journey study, we are on the Holy Spirit. This is perfect! Page 95 Because He Has...

Have you ever seen a wild animal ‘tamed’? Or maybe see one in their natural habitat that is being captured and then domesticated?  This is how we need to see and treat our thoughts and actions. Scripture)  2 Corinthians 10:5 (NASB)  We are destroying speculations and every  lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and  we are  taking every thought captive to the  obedience of Christ . (TPT) We can demolish every deceptive fantasy  that opposes God and break through every arrogant attitude that is raised up in defiance of the true knowledge of God. We capture, like prisoners of war, every thought and insist that it bow in obedience to the Anointed One. Thought)  Ok, so “speculations” and “fantasies” are things people DO not they, the person themselves. It is the actions and thoughts that are to be broken down and challenged, debated, demolished. It is NOT the person themselves. Like, breaking the will but not the s...

Have you ever been in a situation where you wondered "how on earth will I have the strength for this?!?!"? Has it ever crossed your mind to wonder how on earth Jesus could have gone WILLINGLY to the cross for us? Where did He get His strength do such a thing?  During my quiet time, I read verses and follow the STAR method to journal. Here is what I got today. Scripture) Hebrews 9:14 (TPT) Yet how much more will the sacred blood of the Messiah thoroughly cleanse our consciences! For by the power of the eternal Spirit he has offered himself to God as the perfect  Sacrifice that now frees  us from our dead works to worship and serve the living God. Thought) Wow!! The Spirit is where Jesus got the power to offer Himself to God as the sacrifice for us!! WHAT?!?! The “eternal” Spirit – the Spirit was/is with God at all times – from the beginning of everything, to now. Jesus was able to offer Himself to do something SUPER hard, because He had the power of the ...

What kind of victory are you needing today? Psalm 149:4 (NLT) For the Lord delights in His people; He crowns the humble with victory. The Lord “delights” in His people. Delights. What comes to your mind as you hear that word? Do you have a memory or vision that pops in your head? I do! Watching young children at play, learning new things. Watching a toddler walk and even run with glee as they are being chased by a parent or grandparent. Yes, I can imagine we can bring this kind of delight to our Lord daily. I’m sure we put on a pretty amusing show each and every day LOL The Lord “crowns” the “humble” with “victory”. Well, these three words just don’t seem to go together, yet our heavenly Father puts them together in high importance. I know He will give each of us a crown when we get to heaven, but this verse let me see that there are “crowns” on us each and every day! Crowns of “victory”! When we are least expecting it, when we are unpresuming of something, THAT is when H...