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Vicky
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Date Posted: 02:54:30 05/11/06 Thu

Good morning sweet ladies! I will tell you that the LORD has really been working on my heart this week. I have seen in me things that have been painful to look at and yet necessary if I want to walk with MY LORD with a heart that is "blameless." In my own strength this is an impossibility, but when I come to HIM and yield my heart and my will to HIS HOLY SPIRIT, HE will lead me to the place of surrender. Ladies, the things that the FATHER has shared with my heart this morning and over the last couple of mornings may seem harsh and you may feel like I am meddling in your affairs today, but faithfulness to what HE says to my heart is what I have promised to share here. Having said that let's turn our hearts to the WORD of GOD.
Proverbs 11:22 Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.
I read those words this morning and the FATHER stopped me in my tracks...HE said, "Yes, Vick, some of the things that have crossed your lips this week have been said with NO discretion and that doesn't look very beautiful." OUCH! I don't enjoy hearing my LORD say those things to my heart, but Ladies, I have come and have asked HIM to take the hammer, the chisel, the file, whatever it takes in HIS WORD, to change my heart into what HE desires for it to be and to apply it to my life. This week has been one of allowing me to see some attitudes and actions in my heart and life that DO NOT BRING HIM GLORY. OUCH! Yes, that hurts...my desire is to be all and everything that the LORD JESUS desires for me to be. Sometimes, this means HE is going to show me ugliness in my life. BUT, can I share with you Psalm 41:13 PRAISE BE TO THE LORD, THE GOD OF ISRAEL, FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING, AMEN AND AMEN. Are you sitting there scratching your head and saying, "Vick, how did you go from conviction over sin in your heart to PRAISING THE FATHER in just one sentence?" I'm glad you asked. Look back to Psalm 41:4 I said, "O LORD, have mercy on me; heal me, for I have sinned against YOU." Let's look back to Psalm 11:1,4, &7.
In the LORD I take refuge...The LORD is in HIS HOLY TEMPLE, The LORD is on HIS heavenly throne. HE OBSERVES the sons of men, HIS EYES EXAMINE THEM. For the LORD is righteous, HE LOVE JUSTICE, upright men will see HIS face.
When the FATHER comes and calls us to account for our sin HE says to our hearts, "Won't you confess that and forsake it and allow ME to do in you what ONLY I CAN DO?" HIS WORD is CLEAR that if we are willing to confess our sin HE WILL FORGIVE OUR SIN and HE WILL CLEANSE US from the filth of our sin. What a gracious FATHER we have. Let's look at Psalm 71:24 My tongue will tell of YOUR RIGHTEOUS acts all day long, for those who wanted to harm me have been put to shame and confusion.
Ladies, let me assure you this morning that there are those who want to do you harm. You do have a very real enemy and he will do whatever he can to bring discord and upset to your life, but if we will keep coming back to the FATHER and asking HIM to examine our hearts and to show us what HE wants to change in our lives, HE WILL GIVE US VICTORY OVER OUR ENEMY. You mark that down...VICTORY IS THE POSITION THAT YOU FIGHT FROM. Remember Jericho...GOD promised Joshua victory; all he had to do was walk in obedience. This is true in our lives too. I will leave you this morning with something I have said before. Joshua 1:6-8 gives us the key to success in our lives. Our success is directly proportionate to our willingness to walk in obedience to the WORD of GOD. How does this translate into our lives today...well for me today, It is specifically this: "Vicky, your success as a wife will be DIRECTLY proportionate to your willingness to walk in submission and respect of your husband." Ladies, HE HAS SPOKEN CLEARLY THIS MORNING! Let's pray.

FATHER, thank you for YOUR WORD that calls us to account for our sin. Thank you for being tender and compassionate with us even when calling us to account for sin. FATHER, break our hearts over our own sinfulness and cause us to realize that WE CANNOT DO THIS WITHOUT YOU. Thank you for teaching my heart again today. Thank you for calling me to come and sit with YOU for a while. Thank you for being patient with this stubborn heart of mine. Thank you for promising to do a work in my life that could be done no other way. Transform me into the woman that YOU created me to be. I love you JESUS! I want my life to honor YOU! Make me and each of us a GLORIOUS DISPLAY OF YOUR SPLENDOR. We will thank you for this work in our lives. We love YOU! In the MATCHLESS NAME OF JESUS! AMEN.

Thanks for coming today! Thanks for allowing me to share my heart with you and thanks for letting me be real.

I love you!
ONLY and ALWAYS Because of JESUS-
Vicky
Psalm 139:23-24

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