Isaiah God Promised Harvest Time

The Lord says, “My thoughts are not like your thoughts. Your ways are not like my ways. Just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts higher than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9 NCV

We do not always know God’s thoughts. We do not always understand the purpose of God’s ways. But we learn to trust Him and His great wisdom in all that He does. Our desire is to abide in His Word and continue responding to the leading of the Holy Spirit. Our hearts will continue to be renewed and be changed by seeking Him. Our thoughts and our ways will be conformed into the likeness of Christ. It leads to the richness of God’s grace upon us when we endure all things for Christ as He has endured all things for us.

“Rain and snow fall from the sky and don’t return without watering the ground. They cause the plants to sprout and grow, making seeds for the farmer and bread for the people. The same true of the word I speak. They will not return to me empty. They make the things happen that I want to happen, and they succeed in doing what I send them to do. So you will go out with joy and be led out in peace. The mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees in the fields will clap their hands. Large cypress trees will grows where the thornbushes were. Myrtle trees will grow where weeds were. These things will be a reminder of the Lord’s promise, and this reminder will never be destroyed.” Isaiah 55:10-13 NCV

Have you ever heard of rain or snow that must come down, changed their minds and go back up to the clouds? No, we don’t because it is the nature’s law that rain must come down and watered the earth. So is God’s Word, when He speaks, His Word are seeds that goes into our hearts. The Holy Spirit watered the seed to grow into our hearts. We harvest the blessings and the healings from God’s promised. Seed-sowing always bring a harvest. God will never fail us or let us down when we remember that God’s Word can never go back to Him empty. God knows best and He loves us enough to do it His ways, not ours. He is bigger than our needs and wiser than our problems. Let’s trust our Heavenly Father.

Song of Solomon The Rose of Sharon

I am the Rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
Song of Solomon 2:1

In the land of Israel, Sharon is the coastal plain just south of Mount Carmel. Christ is often compared into the rose of Sharon and the lily of the valleys—common flowers of the field. This expresses His presence with us. There are songs about Christ as the type of the Rose of Sharon and the lily of the valleys. It has brought a close relationship between me and Christ when I sang these songs to Him, ‘Sweet Jesus’ and ‘The Lily of the Valley.’ It just reminds me of what Christ is to me and you.

Sweet Jesus
Sweet Jesus, sweet Jesus, What a wonder You are,
You’re brighter than the morning star;
You’re fairer, much fairer,
Than the lily that grows by the way side,
Precious, more precious than gold.
You’re like the rose of Sharon,
You’re the fairest of the fair,
You are all my heart could e’er desire;
Sweet Jesus, sweet Jesus, What a wonder You are,
You’re precious, more precious than gold.
[Words and Music by Paul Goodwin]

The Lily of the Valley
I have found a friend in Jesus, He’s everything to me;
He’s the fairest of ten thousand to my soul;
The Lily of the Valley, in Him alone I see
All I need to cleanse and make me fully whole.
In sorrow He’s my comfort, in trouble He’s my stay;
He tells me every care on Him to roll.
He’s the Lily of the Valley, the bright and morning Star;
He’s the fairest of ten thousand to my soul.
[Lyrics: Charles W. Fry; Music: William S. Hays]

Ecclesiastes The Gift of God

“…that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy
the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God”
[Ecclesiastes 3:13 KJV].
“God wants all people to eat and drink and be
happy in their work, which are gifts from God”
[Ecclesiastes 3:13 NCV].

Note from Zondervan, The Full Life Study Bible.
The ability to enjoy life and live it properly is a gift
from God that comes only when we are brought into a right
relationship with Him and sincerely submit ourselves to Him
as our Lord and God. He then gives us joy in what we do.

Dorothy: There was a question in my heart about our struggles
to accept the ‘new change,’ our semi-retirement since we moved
here two years ago. It was difficult to adjust after 40 years
of being busy between jobs and our ministry.

Then something happened! I read Ecclesiastes 3:13. God answers
my question! I share this with Tony. His eyelids went up as in
surprise that it is a gift of God that we are to enjoy the simple
things and we have yet to learn this.

Prayer: Dear Lord, thank You for showing us Ecclesiastes 3:13.
Thank You Lord for taking a good care of us. We praise You and
love You so much in Jesus’ name. Amen!

The Heart 2

We could learn more about the heart since the Bible speaks of the heart as the center; “out of it are the issues of life” (Proverbs 4:23 and Luke 6:45). The heart is the center of the intellect, emotions and human will. When I say things rashly that was not what I intend to say, I often quoted from Jeremiah 17:9 “the heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked: who can know it?” This is the reason why I need the Holy Spirit to fill my heart with God’s Word. Psalm 119:11 ‘Thy Word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against Thee.'

God spoke of “harden hearts” to His people during the time of 40 years of wilderness and how they often grieved Him. In the book of Hebrews was the letter with warnings to believers not to harden their hearts (Heb. 3:8-12). Anyone who continues to reject God’s word will eventually have a hardened heart.

God has the answer to the sinfulness of the human heart is regeneration. It comes to all those who repent of their sins, turn to God, and put a personal faith in Jesus as Lord and Savior. Regeneration is a change of heart. The person who repents from his heart of all sin and confesses in his heart that Jesus is Lord, this person is born again and receives a new heart from God [Rom.10:9; Ps. 51:10; Ezek. 11:19].

When we were born again God creates a desire in our hearts to love Him and to obey Him. I pray that God’s love in your heart will be so full that it will flows to others who needs to feel the love of God from your very heart. In Jesus' name, amen.

Proverbs The Heart

Proverbs 4:23
KJV: Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are issues of life.
NLT: Above all else, guard your heart, for it affects everything you do. NCV: Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life.

KEEP THY HEART WITH ALL DILIGENCE.
Jesus said, “Good people bring good things out of the good they stored in their hearts. But evil people bring evil things out of the evil they stored in their hearts. People speak the things that are in their heart.” Luke 6:45 NCV.

Dorothy: I had a question for myself, “What is in my heart right now?” I wrote down what was in my heart. I was amazed what I wrote: My heart wants to study God’s Word. My heart wants to know more about God. My heart wants to fellowship with God. My heart wants to love God. My heart wants to worship God. My heart wants to sing praises to my living God. My heart wants to see miracle of God every day. My heart wants to adore Him. My heart wants to seek His face. My heart wants to find Him through the Books of the Bible. My heart wants to find the hidden treasure of the Bible.

Delight thyself also in the Lord: and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart [Psalm 37:4]. Dear Lord I pray that You will show me when to watch for the harvest of miracles. Miracle for me and my husband and for all of my friends in Jesus’ name, Amen.

So what is in your heart right now? Think and ponder on these things and talk to God.

Proverbs’ Wisdom

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean
not into thine own understanding. In all thy ways
acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy path.
Proverbs 3:5-6 KJV

Trust the Lord with all your heart, and don’t depend
on your own understanding. Remember the Lord in
all you do, and He will give you success.
Proverbs 3:5-6 NCV

My child, pay attention to my words; listen closely to
what I say. Don’t ever forget my words; keep them
always in mind. They are the key to life for those who
find them; they bring health to the whole body. Be careful
what you think, because your thoughts run your life.
Proverbs 4:20-23 NCV

My son, give attention to my words; … For they are
life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.
Proverbs 4:20a, 22 NKJV

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb,
sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Proverbs 16:24 KJV

Dorothy: Those verses from the Bible inspire me very much.
This is why I love Fresh Manna from the Holy Spirit because
God’s Word are like honeycomb … it is sweet … and it brings
healing to my soul and to my body, even to my bones. May God’s
Word bring blessing and healing to your mind, soul and body
in Jesus’ name I pray, amen!

Psalm God Our Healer

Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak; O Lord,
heal me, for my bones are troubled [Psalm 6:2].

O Lord my God, I cried out to You,
And You healed me [Ps.30:2].

I said, “Lord, be merciful to me; Heal my soul,
for I have sinned against You” Psalm 41:4].

He sent His word and healed them, and delivered
them from their destruction [Psalm 107:20].

He heals the broken hearted and binds up
their wounds [Ps. 147:3].

O Lord, open my lips and my mouth shall show
forth Your praise [Psalm 51:15].
[All scriptures are New King James Version]

Sing, pray and quote these Words from the Psalms.
May the Lord strengthens you spiritually and physically.
May the Lord enables you to trust God for the impossible.
The Lord is your light and your salvation. The Lord is
your strength of your life. The Lord bless your soul
today in Jesus’ name I pray. Amen!