100 Days of Transformation-Day 86-Highs, Lows & Intentional Focus

First...

Our little baby boy, Samuel Judah Puru, is travelling very nicely-as are mum and dad. All three are remaining in the hospital for another night to enjoy their little bit of quiet.
Meanwhile, Grandma and Nuno are looking after Baby Pearl and the home front.

Next...

The fast continues...this is the two week mark and that leaves something like 12. weeks to go! I'm not focusing on the time left to go. In fact, knowing that there is still so much time reassures me that all that I hope to come to pass, will. And I fully anticipate being in a totally different state to the one I'm in now, when that time comes.

After the highs of the last 36 hours, it contrasts against the lows through which I have been navigating-stirring all those emotions again. I am getting better at remembering God's promises in the moment, but I am pretty sure that I will, before I'm done, come up with a far more systematic way to take God's admonishment and apply it across the board, unto freedom in every area.

The Whole Point

I  want to reiterate again the purpose and intention behind this entire endeavour: to establish my heart in, and renew my mind to, God's promises regarding each and every area of my life. And, in the process, heal and make whole every bit of me that's broken or bent.

His divine power has granted to us all things pertaining to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us to His own glory and  excellence, by which he has granted to us His precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world because of evil desire. 2 Pet:1:3-4 

 This is not as simple as knowing what scripture says. Any parrot can quote a memory verse! No, this is about the Word becoming flesh again in MY body, YOUR body. It is about KNOWING the Word as the truth of your experience. Knowing BEING experiencing. 

The thing is, it's not going to happen automatically. I could fast for 100 days and be NO better off in any lasting way at all. It must be mixed with the Word and with faith.

Diligence is required to live a transformed life.

God's Part , Our Part

When we are born again, God gives us a new spirit and a new heart. That's quite something! A spirit made alive to God, quickened by His own through the incorruptible seed of His Word, when we believe. ( Ez 11:19 , Ez 36:26-27). That;'s God's part.

Our part is to meditate on His word and renew our mind to His thoughts and ways, Josh 1:8, Ps 1: 1-3, Rom 12:1-2 
All three of these verses, along with countless more, testify to the necessity of meditating on God's Word, in order to be ABLE to walk ion obedience to it. Since obedience is an act of faith, and we are called to the obedience that comes from faith (Rom 1:5),  it is something that can ONLY be done, via the Spirit...and not vain, natural effort.

This hundred days will count for nothing, if all I do is deny myself certain pleasures, with no serious effort to change the way I think in the areas that are less than God says they should be. Areas where my thinking is revealed as being inconsistent with what God says.

It starts with a commitment to God's Word and accepting His promises as THE FINAL WORD about everything.
Week 1: God's Word is final and ultimate authority. Cast aside all else.
Week 2: God's Word comes with promises of blessings now and in eternity for the believer who      receives it.
Week 3: God's Word must be higher in your thoughts, than any other thought- takes constant meditation and diligence.
Week 4: God's Word regarding His Promised salvation
Week 5: God's Word on What Salvation includes.
Week 6: God's Word on Provision-Jehovah Jireh GEN 22:13-14
Week 7: God's Word on  Health and healing and miracles of healings-Jehovah Rapha Ex 15:26
Week 8: God's Word on Victory- Jehovah Nissi  EX 17:8-15
Week 9: God's Word on Peace- Jehovah Shalom JUD 6:24
Week 10: God's Word on Shepherding Us-Jehovah Ra-ah  PSALM 23:1
Week 11: God's Word on  Righteousness-Jehovah Tsidkenu JER 23:6
Week 12: God's Word on Being Present -Jehovah Shammah Ex 48:35
Week 13: God's Word on Prayer, Praise and Thanksgiving
Week 14: God's Word on Worship
Final Two Days God's Word on Fullness of Joy

So, I am thinking, what about I put together a 100 Day Devotional! If it helps me, perhaps it could help someone else too!

How would YOU like something like that? 

100 Days of Transformation- Day 87 Blessings abound!

May 25, 2019
At 2:42am, our little long awaited bundle arrived in a hurry, after making us wait an extra 6 days!
Little Boy, named to be confirmed, couldn't wait for the hospital after all that, and was delivered in the about a kilometre away from home!

But oh! He is perfect! Squishy face and all.


No photos yet... not till mama and papa have released their own public announcement. I have been Grandma on duty  for Pearl , who is now the 'big sis'-and what a cute and wonderful start she has made to that, with wanting to kiss and snuggle and cuddle and squish her new little baby brother!

In the meantime, one of my little grandbaby girl,
after her big morning
meeting her sweet , brand new, sibling.

She has also been a well behaved girl for Grandma. :)

So, today has been an eventful and full day, following after a night of only two single hours sleep at either end of  four hours of wakefulness.There isn't much news that can follow a car birth!

But I will say, I felt bored with my vegetable diet today...looking forward to something different. It will be another week before I make those kind of changes, so just want to keep the confessions up and the prayers , worship and thanksgiving, real and increasingly constant.

I am calculating the benefits, by faith, not by a tape measure, nor by scales, but by the desired ends I fully commit to bring to fruition, divided by the 100 days it takes to get there-and that is most encouraging.

I'll be back tomorrow, with my two week catch up! Till then,
here is my 'takeaway point'.
Takeaway Point
Review your genuine, heart felt and heart moving desires. Are you utilising God's Word to entrust them fully to God AND keep you on track of a guaranteed outcome regarding them? Do you want/or need help with finding promises?

Write!I'd love to hear from you and for you to share your story!
Really must sleep Now!.. Dozing off repeatedly, even as I sit here! lol
In this household, we are full of rejoicing! Hallelujah!

NIGHT

100 Days of Transformation- Day 88-Promises Broken and Promises Eternally Bound

Today...

...was a pleasant day, but also another day of cycling through my sorrow. Another round of coming to the reality about what is and won't be. I think the hardest part about any kind of grief, is the loss of the future hope it offered. And rejection, should it be part of it, the deepest sting.

Now, the future is not the one I had been investing my heart, or all my efforts, into. Now, it is an unknown thing again. And I am facing it alone again.

Truth is, the future, other than within the parameters of the promises of God, has always been a mystery. It has never been a specific guaranteed outcome. The details never a certainty. It's always a progressive unfolding. And in a way, it is both, always faced singularly and yet, never utterly alone, because Jesus promised He would never leave us (Mat 28:20) nor forsake us.  Heb 13:5, Deut 31:6

But we do like to have some God with skin on , as my friend, Lee-Anne used to say. I am certainly NOT short of lovely relationships and people who love me. I am truly blessed.

Tomorrow...
Plus, we have the promise regarding our future, even if we don't have the details.

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord.
 Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give a hope and a future. Jer 29:11

That's where the focus has to go, so the Word can deliver the healing that is encapsulated in it. So that thoughts can be taken captive and made obedient ( II Cor 10:5 )
It is amazing too, that the gift of life, soon to come in the form of a newborn, is a wonderful remedy for loss, carrying renewed hope and promise.

Don't let the promises, broken by people, keep you from believing in the promises made by God.
He is faithful.

Looking Ahead...

The Apostle Paul, in Philippians said it like this:
...This one thing I do, forgetting what lies behind, and straining forward to what lies ahead. I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus Phil 3:13 (b)-14

The Lord spoke personal promises to my heart at the beginning of this year. This is a form of joy set before me, and I believe the word of power  designed to carry me over and through. God's Word CONTAINS the power to accomplish itself. It never returns void.

So shall my word be that goes out of my mouth;

it shall not return to me empty,

but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,

and shall succeed in the things for which I sent it. IS 55: 11

Yesterday...

This picks up from yesterday and the principle of driving transformation by meditating upon that Word-using it in proclamation to power change and growth and renewal-even miracles! Taking hold of it in your heart, by keeping it in your mouth and keeping it in your thoughts because they overflow from your heart.

Have failed promises devastated your joy and hope?

Let me know your need and I will share God's promises and pray for you.
"The time for mourning is over: Rejoice!
-The season of singing has come"  

A word the Lord gave me just a few weeks ago!And the transformational fast continues...

100 Days of Transformation-Day 89-Peace

Woo Hoooooooo!!
We are in the 80s!

Recap
Today, in my prayer time, I felt the Lord re-affirm the Daily Building precept He spoke to my heart back in January. The Word for me, for this year is DAILY BUILDING. I was reminded that I am not merely fasting for the sake of fasting, but that I have specific intentions and outcomes in mind.

(Oh and the headaches from fasting coffee and sugar have subsided again... still no lower back/nerve issues or ankle problems either. Overall, feeling nicely peaceful and productive.)

Find The Promises You Need
The Lord impressed upon my heart that I need to be clear about these goals and be speaking over them every day, so as to establish my heart in His promises regarding them. In this way, I am not fasting and simply hoping things will change, but I am actively building myself up in my most holy faith to experience the fruition of those promises.

This is the principle of consistency. It isn't just about days passing. It is about them accruing value and leading to exponential growth. And this takes place on multiple levels across an array of fields.

For example, it happens in both the seen and unseen levels- spiritual and carnal.

 

Blessed is the man
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers;

but his delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on his law he meditates day and night.

He is like a tree
planted by streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its leaf does not wither.
In all that he does, he prospers. Psalm 1:1-3

This is one of God's guarantees and it's repeated in Josh 1:8

This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. Josh 1:8
If you stand on the Word that stands forever, you will see it come to pass, as it is promised.
It also happens, in different areas at the same time, such as material provision, health,
renewing the mind, witty ideas for businesses, wisdom for relationships, training in righteousness, etc

  My son, be attentive to my words;
incline your ear to my sayings.
21 Let them not escape from your sight;
keep them within your heart.
22 For they are life to those who find them,
and healing to all their flesh.
23 Keep your heart with all vigilance,
for from it flow the springs of life.
24 Put away from you crooked speech,
and put devious talk far from you.
25 Let your eyes look directly forward,
and your gaze be straight before you.
26 Ponder the path of your feet;
then all your ways will be sure.
27 Do not swerve to the right or to the left;
turn your foot away from evil. Prov 4:20-27

This describes an exceedingly dedicated attitude to the Word, plus the promises for Life if you adhere to them. Renewing the mind and establishing the heart make following God are much easier thing to do. You can't do this in your strength. This is why we fast and pray. So, God will do what only He can do in our lives, circumstances and relationships!

Use Your Words
The Bible says that Jesus is the High Priest over our confession of faith. AS long as our words agree with His words, He makes sure it is done!
Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession, Heb 3:1 And Jesus also said,

If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. Jn 15:7
So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” Jn 8:31-32

I am absolutely in this fast for the freedom!

It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. Gal 5:1
Which Anointing Are You Counting On?
These are just some of the promises I can be speaking out over myself every day, so that my heart becomes immovable! I know what it is to do this and bring transformation to my life, out of walking in the anointing that abides within. We all have that!
The anointing that comes upon for ministry is as the Spirit wills, so its better to learn how to walk in the anointing that dwells within for our own well being.

Today's Takeaway

If you are believing God's promises for anything, speak them out in faith, fill your eyes, ears, mouth and heart with them  and change the default so that you will hide in His Truth whenever things turn sour- and STAND.

No matter how you feel about it, God's way is the perfect way to handle every situation, so find out what He says about yours

Do you have a situation you would like to know God's promises for , so you can set your faith on them instead of the natural?

Leave a comment and I'd be happy to help.
Good night for now. :)

100 Days of Transformation- Day 90 Daily Building

Significant Others

Today, I had the pleasure of receiving some very special visitors! My bridesmaid from my first marriage in the 80s. She and her  significant other came and, like always, it's as if we had never been apart!

It's so good to have friends like that. Even if you hardly ever see each other! My friend hadn't seen my daughter Rachel since she was very little, and here she is, ready to bring her own baby #2 into the world. I hadn't seen her husband for even longer!

This is a joy, worthy of celebrating and thanksgiving.
Don't let the best things in life go by unrecognised and unappreciated :) Savour them in joy!

What special friends do you have in your life? Maybe, a little folded book would be a fun thing to send them.

More Book Making Fun

Today, I explored a folded book version of the downloadable Colour-Your-Word colour-in templates.
It's too small to colour easily when printed out on A4 paper. It folds down to A6, so would need fine tip colours. Would suit A3 well, as it would fold down to A5, but it's harder to print out A3.
Here's a picture of it before being folded up. (Right)

You can watch this You Tube video  (not my work) to show you how it folds.


I'm making these to send to some friends. They are also part of my practising for my new business. :)

I could make them with the images coloured as well. It makes a groovy alternative to just a card, letter.

Here's another one I made from water colour paintings I did of features that stood out to me at a friend's place, for whom I house/dog-sat. I then used them to make a Christmas greeting.

Fairing with Fasting

Aside from having head aches again, today was fine. Guess I'm not done with the detoxing, but I am working my way through it a day at a time, counting my way down to "0", and a healthier way of living. A Fasted Life.

My 'word' for this year is 'Daily Building'. And that's what I'm doing. Can seem tedious and slow in some ways , but it is steady and consistent and In consistency, lies the power (Gloria Copeland).

What mountain are you facing that is so overwhelming you can never even get started?
Maybe I can help you find a creative way to tackle it, on step at a time, daily building. 

100 Days of transformation- Day 91

Hey all!

Today, I was just so full of joy that we have a born again , Spirit filled Prime Minister-and he was voted in by a good majority! Even the media have dubbed ScoMo, Scott Morrison,  The Miracle Man.
I reckon it's gonna stick, too!

I have this enormous sense of glorious things to come. It's commonly believed, among the spirit-led believers, that the time of the end is so close and all of the political shifting around is about God setting the stage for a final sweep for souls before the end of life on earth as we have known it.

Transformation is everywhere, not just in and around me, but all over the world! And I am so glad, and grateful, to be riding the wave. Were it not for the grace of God, I could easily have missed it.

In keeping with this theme, I would like to share a song I wrote and recorded, that I believe is for this hour.
It's called There's A Cry ( The Anthem) and you can listen to it, here.

Please let me know if you have a listen, and what you think. If you like it, I can arrange a copy for you. 

Music And Art

I spent time doing music and art today. Prepared for the worship for the prayer meeting tonight and made a Printable. Also known as a Freebie. It was a small "Colour-Your-Word" Colour-in booklet

I haven't actually set it up to be downloaded yet, but it's contents are on the cover. ( left) I want to tweak it a little. I've also made a folded book version with an A4 print out, but it's pretty small for colouring. (A6), so I am considering how I can improve it.

These designs are images I've created for members of my family or myself, but could be fun for others too.

This is also all part of the new business I am kicking off in July, called Learning With Lisa Online. The nature of this business is built on 'content marketing'- or, giving away a lot of  quality stuff, generating a reliable name. The idea is that people who benefit from what you do and use it, will become those who want more of it. And as the content creator, my job is always to find out how I can do more for these people.

My 'school' is all about creativity. How to become more creative, think more creatively, and use those skills to increase the quality of life and relationships through various projects. It is also aimed, at least for now, at the baby boomer generation of women who love the idea of bonding creatively with family and friends.

Keeping On

The fasting continues...although, it has had a few challenging moments, when I REALLY wanted a cup of coffee, or some toast with vegemite! lol But being a spiritual fast, rather than a natural one, that self denial is part of the power in it. Trust me, I wouldn't do it, just to lose weight. But to have prayer objectives, and peoples' lives weighing in your heart, gives you a greater incentive. And because I am seeing so much 'fruit' from previous prayer and fasting, I am further bolstered.

My little brother, so dear to me, in recent months, sent me a message out of the blue, whilst I was still in  California. In summary, he said  that he was recommitting himself to Jesus ( He had tried Christianity decades ago, but didn't get into church and the Word-critical). Then, another message, that he was going to get baptised...and then, he met a lovely woman. Today, he tells me he is getting married and is honouring God in this relationship. All in space of 6 mths or so! His entire life is turned around! God is good at that!

My sis and I cry with joy. It is answered prayer and it encourages us SO much to continue on in prayer!  My back is still without discomfort and my heart is not heavy with sadness.

And we are still waiting for the arrival of our little bundle is now two days passed his ETA. Maybe tomorrow?  Good night for now

When can remember being overjoyed with your life? Your cup runneth over type thing. Love to hear your good news stories!

100 Days of Transformation-Day 92

Beautiful midnight view .

Good evening all!

Monday May 20, and my daughter, who was officially due yesterday, is still pregnant. lol
So, we are all ready for a sudden call to action!

This moon shot, tho very grainy, was taken the other  night, from my window. The moon slides away to its daytime abode via an arc that fills my room with lunar glory.

The heavens declare your glory, Oh God...
Ps 19:1-3 I love watching the sky and seeing His handiwork and enjoying all that the Lord has created.
Today
Today was exciting, because I saw some developments in the relief of nerve related issues in my lower back due to inflammation. I awoke feeling free in lower spine, no stretching and yawning, just to ping back to upright because of a sudden "zing!" from a pinched nerve.

The joy of the Lord has been bringing strength and comfort and support and His grace is at work in situations.

I am confident that the Lord led me into this fast from the purpose of establishing fully in His Way and not my, and that inspirational choices in the natural, spawned by the spiritual intimacy and fellowship, will lead me back to a healthier state, inside and out -and, in addition, to a suitable home and set up.
This is work only God can do!

And I am praying that, in every way, God does what only He can do-above beyond even what we would think to pray. Can't wait to share more and more testimonies

Week II Agenda
My prayer points are for my husband, so far away in the US and for my daughter, so close to delivering her second baby. For the leaders of the nations, ours, Israel's and US's in particular and for the poor in Pakistan, India and Tanzania, who are doing their best to share the gospel and help the widows, orphans and homeless. The rest is as the Spirit leads.

I am continuing the same fast at this point, which is, F& V plus egg, and some cheese sometimes- and I hope to see less and less of any inflammatory caused issues.

I will also say, not having coffee, it is a hard call to stay awake and write these blogs! It takes me ages coz I keep dozing off even as I type! I would like to bring me to them , tho, so maybe I will start doing them a bit earlier.

Hope you are going as well as I am :)

Do you have any testimonies to share of God's goodness in your life? You open the way for more of his blessing ( including peace, love, righteousness and joy) when you magnify the victories H'es already granted.
Share with us!

Time for bed!   Good night!