Bloody Warning

“When the Lord your God extends your border as He has promised you, and you say, ‘I will eat meat’ because you desire to eat meat, then you may eat meat, whatever you desire

“’ If the place which the Lord your God chooses to put His name is too far from you then you may slaughter of your herd and flock which the Lord has given you, as I commanded you; and you may eat within your gates whatever you desire. 

“’Just as a gazelle or a deer is eaten, so you will eat it; the unclean and the clean alike may eat of it  Only be sure not to eat [consume] the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh. 

“You shall not eat [consume] it; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.  You shall not eat it, so that it may be well with you and your sons after you, for you will be doing what is right in the sight of the Lord.’” Deuteronomy 12:23-27

The first time I finished reading through the Old Testament I remember how very angry I felt at a God who would kill so many people and animals.  I was about nine years old, maybe ten, but it really upset me.   

The animals bothered me the most as I loved my dog and cat and other pets very much.  I could not understand how a loving God could ask people to kill so many innocent animals to make up for their sorry sins!

You can see that God had my heart hooked even then, but it took until I was 19 years old before He consumed my heart with the reason for all the bloodshed…There was no other sacrifice but God’s very, beloved Son, Jesus Christ to pay for my sins and sin-cravings! 

No matter how many lambs, oxen, goats or doves were killed, men just went on sinning.  So why waste all that blood if it was not going to make a difference!  For me, it was a dramatic way to illustrate the vastness of my disobedience and how vast Jesus' sacrifice was! 

Take care with love, especially His!  Your servant and friend in Christ, who still prays for you each morning.  Darlene

PS:  Please pray for this ministry.  This is the 20^th year of endeavouring to serve others in His name to offer a smattering of Scripture daily.  Find my statement of faith by clicking (or cut and paste this link into your Web browser):  https://especiallyhislove.blogspot.com   You can find the WeakDay Devotion online by doing a Google search for “WeakDay Devotion”  (Also, there is a “Google Blogger” App you can download to read them on your phone.)

NEW PRAYER REQUESTS

• ·        URGENT – BABY VIVIAN - born prematurely (25 weeks)and weighed 1.5 lbs!  She is breathing on her own and taking milk from a syringe.  She has already survived one surgery to remove part of her intestine that had a hole in it. She will be having another surgery in a week.  For those of you who prayed so faithfully for Baby Saige (see below) you know the mighty value of corporate prayer!!
• ·        Jen – my sweet friend in the UK, doctors found a blood clot. She must rest.  Her heart is troubled though, as her precious companion dog, Honey, is also growing very frail. 
• ·        Doris (my second Mom) - now 100 – is sleeping more now and growing harder than before to awaken.  Pray for Patti, her daughter, as she remains so faithful in sacrificing time and making the effort to always demonstrate God’s love to her precious mother.  Doris (and her husband, Owen, now waiting for Doris in Heaven) both prayed faithfully to bring me to the foot of the Cross. 
• ·        Paul –Has not had paying work since 2010.  Please pray for his ongoing resilience and that the Lord would allow him to be successful with a role.  I know the Lord is watching over him because of your prayers.  Most of all, pray his heart melts enough for the Truth to touch him where it hurts.  Pray for my wisdom and patience as he continues to stay here.
• ·        USA – that the Lord would demonstrate His power in an unexpected and uniting way during these times of unrest and confusion.  Help hearts settle and rest in Him alone.  And let the truth of God’s Word and ways overcome the drive to destroy our founding values.
• ·        Sergio – lost his job and is now looking again.  He was recently diagnosed with adult-onset diabetes.  Was living with his brother, but has been asked to move out, leaving him homeless.  
• ·        Toron – finishing his high school studies needs your prayers for continued strength, focus and confidence, especially with maths.

PRAY FOR THOSE IN FULL-TIME SERVICE

SELF-EVIDENT TRUTH

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifu6aJTOEVA

Or search YouTube for:

The Cause of Christ | RESOLVE

By the WestCoast Choir

“For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of he who suppress the truth in righteousness, because that which is known about God is evident to them.  For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.

“For even though they knew God, they did not honour Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.  Professing to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of bird a four-footed animals and crawling creatures.

Therefore God gave them over I their lusts of heir hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonoured among them.  For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator who is blessed forever. Amen” Romans 1:18-25

Just read those words!!  Our world is drifting inexorably away from personal responsibility to isolation from family and community – even friendships.  This message is critical.  Pray for your purposefulness to pray for the lost around you.  Be brave and ready to share what you have learned during your own walk with your precious Saviour, Jesus Christ! 

Take care with love, especially His!  Your servant and friend in Christ, who still prays for you each morning.  Darlene

PS:  Please pray for this ministry.  This is the 20^th year of endeavouring to serve others in His name to offer a smattering of Scripture daily.  Find my statement of faith by clicking (or cut and paste this link into your Web browser):  https://especiallyhislove.blogspot.com   You can find the WeakDay Devotion online by doing a Google search for “WeakDay Devotion”  (Also, there is a “Google Blogger” App you can download to read them on your phone.)

NEW PRAYER REQUESTS

• ·        URGENT – BABY VIVIAN - born prematurely (25 weeks)and weighed 1.5 lbs!  She is breathing on her own and taking milk from a syringe.  She has already survived one surgery to remove part of her intestine that had a hole in it. She will be having another surgery in a week.  For those of you who prayed so faithfully for Baby Saige (see below) you know the mighty value of corporate prayer!!
• ·        Jen – my sweet friend in the UK, doctors found a blood clot. She must rest.  Her heart is troubled though, as her precious companion dog, Honey, is also growing very frail. 
• ·        Doris (my second Mom) - now 100 – is sleeping more now and growing harder than before to awaken.  Pray for Patti, her daughter, as she remains so faithful in sacrificing time and making the effort to always demonstrate God’s love to her precious mother.  Doris (and her husband, Owen, now waiting for Doris in Heaven) both prayed faithfully to bring me to the foot of the Cross. 
• ·        Paul –Has not had paying work since 2010.  Please pray for his ongoing resilience and that the Lord would allow him to be successful with a role.  I know the Lord is watching over him because of your prayers.  Most of all, pray his heart melts enough for the Truth to touch him where it hurts.  Pray for my wisdom and patience as he continues to stay here.
• ·        USA – that the Lord would demonstrate His power in an unexpected and uniting way during these times of unrest and confusion.  Help hearts settle and rest in Him alone.  And let the truth of God’s Word and ways overcome the drive to destroy our founding values.
• ·        Sergio – lost his job and is now looking again.  He was recently diagnosed with adult-onset diabetes.  Was living with his brother, but has been asked to move out, leaving him homeless.  
• ·        Toron – finishing his high school studies needs your prayers for continued strength, focus and confidence, especially with maths.

PRAY FOR THOSE IN FULL-TIME SERVICE

RECONCILING THE WORLD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zundjUFazfg

Or search YouTube for:

CityAlight ~ Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me (Lyrics)

“Therefore from now on we recognise no one according to the flesh; even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him in this way no longer.  Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold new things have come. 

“Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.”  II Corinthians 5:16-19

The United States of America was founded on the tenants and the values of the Bible.  There was, and IS, no higher truth and guide.  And to His people He gave the ministry of reconciliation. 

Yet the Bible is filled with stories of nations who abandoned the Lord and turned away to pursue what they thought was right in their own eyes – a ‘greater good’.  Please, it is time for us all to stop and pray that the true Body of Believers in America kneel in submission to His headship while there is still time.

Take care with love, especially His!  Your servant and friend in Christ, who still prays for you each morning.  Darlene

PS:  Please pray for this ministry.  This is the 20^th year of endeavouring to serve others in His name to offer a smattering of Scripture daily.  Find my statement of faith by clicking (or cut and paste this link into your Web browser):  https://especiallyhislove.blogspot.com   You can find the WeakDay Devotion online by doing a Google search for “WeakDay Devotion”  (Also, there is a “Google Blogger” App you can download to read them on your phone.)

NEW PRAYER REQUESTS

·        Jen – my sweet friend in the UK, has just been to the doctors again and they’ve found a blood clot. She must rest.  Her heart is troubled though, as her precious companion dog, Honey, is also growing very frail.

·        Doris (my second Mom) - now 100 – is sleeping more now and growing harder than before to awaken.  Pray for Patti, her daughter, as she remains so faithful in sacrificing time and making the effort to always demonstrate God’s love to her precious mother.  Doris (and her husband, Owen, now waiting for Doris in Heaven) both prayed faithfully to bring me to the foot of the Cross. 

·        Paul –Has not had paying work since 2010.  Please pray for his ongoing resilience and that the Lord would allow him to be successful with a role.  I know the Lord is watching over him because of your prayers.  Most of all, pray his heart melts enough for the Truth to touch him where it hurts.  Pray for my wisdom and patience as he continues to stay here.

·        USA – that the Lord would demonstrate His power in an unexpected and uniting way during these times of unrest and confusion.  Help hearts settle and rest in Him alone.  And let the truth of God’s Word and ways overcome the drive to destroy our founding values.

·        Sergio – lost his job and is now looking again.  He was recently diagnosed with adult-onset diabetes.  Was living with his brother, but has been asked to move out, leaving him homeless.  

·        Toron – finishing his high school studies needs your prayers for continued strength, focus and confidence, especially with maths.

PRAY FOR THOSE IN FULL-TIME SERVICE

365 Names!

Listen to the video to learn how to remember them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NscHCa395-M

Or search YouTube for:

Eric Ludy - He is (The Names of God) – (Return of Majesty Trilogy)

There are 365 names of God in Scripture!  Isn’t that NEAT!?

He is all things for all of us and He alone offers a payment for all the sin and sin attitudes of our lives.  He saves us when we call upon His name.  Only He is able to save and as He calls you by name, with a love that shakes you to your core: 

1.    You realise He has a plan and that it is meant to bring you love and life everlasting.
2.     But to receive that love, you must admit your helplessness against your own sinfulness.
3.      You must ask God to take your sin. 
4.      You must accept that there is nothing you can offer in return.
5.     You accept His love and lean on new understanding. 
6.       Your desires begin to change. 

·        The desire for old sin habits begin to change

·        Your hunger for learning more about Him and His Word increases. 

·        Choices are clearer

·        The desire for fellowship with others of The Body of Christ begins to grow. 

·        A mysterious peace rests your heart as the world rushes around in confusion and fear.

Then He is your Saviour and Lord!

Take care with love, especially His!  Your servant and friend in Christ, who still prays for you each morning.  Darlene

PS:  Please pray for this ministry.  This is the 20^th year of endeavouring to serve others in His name to offer a smattering of Scripture daily.  Find my statement of faith by clicking (or cut and paste this link into your Web browser):  https://especiallyhislove.blogspot.com   You can find the WeakDay Devotion online by doing a Google search for “WeakDay Devotion”  (Also, there is a “Google Blogger” App you can download to read them on your phone.)

NEW PRAYER REQUESTS

• ·        Jen – my sweet friend in the UK, has just been to the doctors again and they’ve found a blood clot. She must rest.  Her heart is troubled though as her precious companion dog, Honey, is also growing very frail.
• ·        Doris (my second Mom) - now 100 – is sleeping more now and growing harder than before to awaken.  Pray for Patti, her daughter, as she remains so faithful in sacrificing time and making the effort to always demonstrate God’s love to her precious mother.  Doris (and her husband, Owen, now waiting in Heaven for her) both prayed faithfully to bring me to the foot of the Cross. 
• ·        Paul –Has not had paying work since 2010.  Please pray for his ongoing resilience and that the Lord would allow him to be successful with a role.  I know the Lord is watching over him because of your prayers.  Most of all, pray his heart melts enough for the Truth to touch him where it hurts.  Pray for my wisdom and patience as he continues to stay here.
• ·        USA – that the Lord would demonstrate His power in an unexpected and uniting way during these times of unrest and confusion.  Help hearts settle and rest in Him alone.  And let the truth of God’s Word and ways overcome the drive to destroy our founding values.
• ·        Sergio – lost his job and is now looking again.  He was recently diagnosed with adult-onset diabetes.  Was living with his brother, but has been asked to move out, leaving him homeless.  
• ·        Toron – finishing his high school studies needs your prayers for continued strength, focus and confidence, especially with maths.

• PRAY FOR THOSE IN FULL-TIME SERVICE

The True War

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE8Y1hwNTS4

Or search YouTube for:  ‘Billy Graham

One of the Most Motivational Videos You'll Ever See’

[Moses speaking of the rewards of obedience] “’See I am setting before you today, a blessing and a curse:  the blessing, if you listen to the commandments of the Lord your God, which I am commanding you today;

“’and the curse, if you do not listen to the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way which I am commanding you today, by following other gods which you have not known.  It shall come about, when the Lord your God brings you into the land where you are entering to possess it,’”  Deuteronomy 11:26-29a

Please pray those who receive and those who find the Weakday Devotion today take time with the special videos and music I will share and that the Holy Spirit will use it for His purposes to refresh and refocus His people!

Take care with love, especially His!  Your servant and friend in Christ, who still prays for you each morning.  Darlene

PS:  Please pray for this ministry.  This is the 20^th year of endeavouring to serve others in His name to offer a smattering of Scripture daily.  Find my statement of faith by clicking (or cut and paste this link into your Web browser):  https://especiallyhislove.blogspot.com   You can find the WeakDay Devotion online by doing a Google search for “WeakDay Devotion”  (Also, there is a “Google Blogger” App you can download to read them on your phone.)

NEW PRAYER REQUESTS

• ·        Jen – my sweet friend in the UK, has just been to the doctors again and they’ve found a blood clot. She must rest.  Her heart is troubled though as her precious companion dog, Honey, is also growing very frail.
• ·        Doris (my second Mom) - now 100 – is sleeping more now and growing harder than before to awaken.  Pray for Patti, her daughter, as she remains so faithful in sacrificing time and making the effort to always demonstrate God’s love to her precious mother.  Doris (and her husband, Owen, now waiting in Heaven for her) both prayed faithfully to bring me to the foot of the Cross. 
• ·        Paul –Has not had paying work since 2010.  Please pray for his ongoing resilience and that the Lord would allow him to be successful with a role.  I know the Lord is watching over him because of your prayers.  Most of all, pray his heart melts enough for the Truth to touch him where it hurts.  Pray for my wisdom and patience as he continues to stay here.
• ·        USA – that the Lord would demonstrate His power in an unexpected and uniting way during these times of unrest and confusion.  Help hearts settle and rest in Him alone.  And let the truth of God’s Word and ways overcome the drive to destroy our founding values.
• ·        Sergio – lost his job and is now looking again.  He was recently diagnosed with adult-onset diabetes.  Was living with his brother, but has been asked to move out, leaving him homeless.  
• ·        Toron – finishing his high school studies needs your prayers for continued strength, focus and confidence, especially with maths.

PRAY FOR THOSE IN FULL-TIME SERVICE

What Time Is It For You?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhBNGdS5Kqk

LIFE IS SHORT | Live Every Day for God –

Billy Graham Inspirational & Motivational Video

[Moses keeps talking]: “’If you should say in your heart, ‘These nations are greater than I; how can I dispossess them?’ you shall not be afraid of them; you shall well remember what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt; the great trials which your eyes saw and the signs and the wonders and the mighty hand and the outstretched arm by which the Lord your God brought you out. 

“’So shall the Lord your God do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid.  Moreover, the Lord your God will send the hornet against them, until those who are left and hide themselves from you perish.  You shall not dread them for the Lord your God is in your midst, a great and awesome God 

“’The Lord your will clear away those nations before you little by little; you will not be able to put an end to [consume] them quickly, for the wild beasts would grow too numerous for you  But the Lord your God will  deliver them before you, and will throw them into great confusion until they are destroyed.’” Deuteronomy 7:17-23

Everyday life seems shorter.  Yet, there is enough time every day to keep your heart close to the Lord by indulging in some of His precious Word and praying.  That is spiritual breathing -- inhaling God’s Word and exhaling your heart thoughts to Him in prayer. 

Remind yourself  today of how your life has changed since kneeling at the foot of the cross and how much you have learned.

Take care with love, especially His!  Your servant and friend in Christ, who still prays for you each morning.  Darlene

PS:  Please pray for this ministry.  This is the 20^th year of endeavouring to serve others in His name to offer a smattering of Scripture daily.  Find my statement of faith by clicking (or cut and paste this link into your Web browser):  https://especiallyhislove.blogspot.com   You can find the WeakDay Devotion online by doing a Google search for “WeakDay Devotion”  (Also, there is a “Google Blogger” App you can download to read them on your phone.)

NEW PRAYER REQUESTS

• ·        Doris (my second Mom) - now 100 – is sleeping more now and growing harder than before to awaken.  Pray for Patti, her daughter, as she remains so faithful in sacrificing time and making the effort to always demonstrate God’s love to her precious mother.  Doris (and her husband, Owen, now waiting in Heaven for her) both prayed faithfully to bring me to the foot of the Cross. 
• ·        Paul –Has not had paying work since 2010.  Please pray for his ongoing resilience and that the Lord would allow him to be successful with a role.  I know the Lord is watching over him because of your prayers.  Most of all, pray his heart melts enough for the Truth to touch him where it hurts.  Pray for my wisdom and patience as he continues to stay here.
• ·        USA – that the Lord would demonstrate His power in an unexpected and uniting way during these times of unrest and confusion.  Help hearts settle and rest in Him alone.  And let the truth of God’s Word and ways overcome the drive to destroy our founding values.
• ·        Sergio – lost his job and is now looking again.  He was recently diagnosed with adult-onset diabetes.  Was living with his brother, but has been asked to move out, leaving him homeless.  
• ·        Toron – finishing his high school studies needs your prayers for continued strength, focus and confidence, especially with maths.

PRAY FOR THOSE IN FULL-TIME SERVICE

Picking Promises Apart

[Moses speaking] “’Then it shall come about because you listen to these judgments and keep and do them, that the Lord your God will keep with you His covenant and His lovingkindness which He swore to your forefathers. 

“’He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your heard and the young of your flock, in the land which He swore to your forefathers to give you.

“’You shall be blessed above all peoples; there will be no male or female barren among you or among your cattle.  The Lord will remove from you all sickness, and He will not put on you any of the harmful diseases of Egypt which you have known, but He will lay them on all who hate you. 

“’You shall consume all the peoples whom the Lord your God will deliver to you; your eye shall not pity them, nor shall you serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you.’” Deuteronomy 7:12-16

Sometimes we can get lost in either the good of a promise or the pain of punishment from disobedience as depicted in the Bible -- and forget that a promise is a promise.  

Unlike a promise from another person (even your best friend or a loved one) that is sometimes broken or ‘bent’ -- God always keeps His Word.  He never lies or exaggerates. 

Every promise of God’s in Scripture contains a condition…an ‘if you do this, then this will result’.  Something easy to forget and easy to ignore, yet the Truth wills out!

Take care with love, especially His!  Your servant and friend in Christ, who still prays for you each morning.  Darlene

PS:  Please pray for this ministry.  This is the 20^th year of endeavouring to serve others in His name to offer a smattering of Scripture daily.  Find my statement of faith by clicking (or cut and paste this link into your Web browser):  https://especiallyhislove.blogspot.com   You can find the WeakDay Devotion online by doing a Google search for “WeakDay Devotion”  (Also, there is a “Google Blogger” App you can download to read them on your phone.)

NEW PRAYER REQUESTS

• ·        Doris (my second Mom) - now 100 – is sleeping more now and growing harder than before to awaken.  Pray for Patti, her daughter, as she remains so faithful in sacrificing time and making the effort to always demonstrate God’s love to her precious mother.  Doris (and her husband, Owen, now waiting in Heaven for her) both prayed faithfully to bring me to the foot of the Cross. 
• ·        Paul –Has not had paying work since 2010.  Please pray for his ongoing resilience and that the Lord would allow him to be successful with a role.  I know the Lord is watching over him because of your prayers.  Most of all, pray his heart melts enough for the Truth to touch him where it hurts.  Pray for my wisdom and patience as he continues to stay here.
• ·        USA – that the Lord would demonstrate His power in an unexpected and uniting way during these times of unrest and confusion.  Help hearts settle and rest in Him alone.  And let the truth of God’s Word and ways overcome the drive to destroy our founding values.
• ·        Sergio – lost his job and is now looking again.  He was recently diagnosed with adult-onset diabetes.  Was living with his brother, but has been asked to move out, leaving him homeless.  
• ·        Toron – finishing his high school studies needs your prayers for continued strength, focus and confidence, especially with maths.

PRAY FOR THOSE IN FULL-TIME SERVICE