RHEMA 1/11/11  SINGING IN THE WILDERNESS

HEARD:  She's singing as in the days of old.  Let us be one.  Fellowship, a unique opportunity. 

Hos 2:14-20

'Therefore, behold, I will allure her, Will bring her into the wilderness, And speak comfort to her.  15 I will give her her vineyards from there, And the Valley of Achor as a door of hope; She shall sing there, As in the days of her youth, As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.  16 "And it shall be, in that day, "Says the Lord, "That you will call Me 'My Husband,' And no longer call Me 'My Master,' 17 For I will take from her mouth the names of the Baals, And they shall be remembered by their name no more.  18 In that day I will make a covenant for them With the beasts of the field, With the birds of the air, And with the creeping things of the ground. Bow and sword of battle I will shatter from the earth, To make them lie down safely.  19 "I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me In righteousness and justice, In lovingkindness and mercy; 20 I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness, And you shall know the Lord. 

WORD PUN:  FOR REST  1/17/11

Today as I glanced at the following graphic and the word "forest," I suddenly thought the word pun, FOR REST.

I realized it was an answer to prayer about why we have been in the wilderness, for rest. 

Heb 4:1-3 NKJV

Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.  For we who have believed do enter that rest...

Heb 4:9-10 NKJV

There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.

Ezek 44:18-19

They shall have linen turbans on their heads and linen trousers on their bodies; they shall not clothe themselves with anything that causes sweat.

Also Bob Jones says that the wilderness times were to teach us to hear the Lord's voice.  That truth connects with the above scripture in Hosea 2.  We learn to find intimacy in Him and become One with Him when all else is put away and the voice of the world are quiet.

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RESTING TO HEAR ME  11/14/08

I have had a very hard year of pain and am taking prednisone right now.  It only lasts 6 hours in my system and then I face a downhill slide of exhaustion and pain until the next pill, because prednisone suppresses the adrenal glands from working.  I tire very easily and have to pace myself.  This month starting the new school I have stretched past my limits and missed not hearing from Him very much.  I have been unhappy about that and today I turned with anointed hands to the following Word to Ponder.  It was a precious Word that exactly hit my need. 

LEARNING TO REST 

Come often into My Presence and be still before Me.  Rest, My love, rest and listen to Me.  The days are busy and distracting.  Spend them in communion with Me even when you are in activity. However do not work yourself to exhaustion, for in that place the craving of your body shouts louder than your desires to hear from Me.  Learn to lay the burdens down and meditate on Me upon your bed.

Ps 63:6-8 NKJV

When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches. Because You have been my help, therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice. My soul follows close behind You; Your right hand upholds me.