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There’s Some Good In This

Hi Family!

Trying to find the silver linings in the storms of life can sometimes leave us feeling discouraged, frustrated and weary. Sometimes it can be hard to find the good in the most terrible and challenging of situations. But God and His Word offers a hope which will be able to weather any and every storm.

Romans 8:28 encourages, “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” It’s a matter of perspective and at what vantage point we may be looking at a situation. So let us focus today on the good workings in our lives. Find assurance, encouragement and security in knowing that the Word of God is true and it offers an upswing to every downside.

Much Love & God’s Very Best! From Your Family at God’s Dynamics Family Building

Seize The Day!

Hi Family!

“Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero”, shortened “carpe diem”, is a Latin quote written by the Roman poet, Horace. It encourages us to “Seize The Day”. We are to relish in the present moments we have, enjoying life to the fullest, doing presently what we can TODAY and leaving the concerns for tomorrow where they are…in our tomorrow.

In Matthew 6:34 Jesus, our Lord and Savior, guides us in such a way as well. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Today has jam-packed within it enough things to occupy us. We miss Today when our focus is on tomorrow. We miss the present when our eyes are already on the future. Precious time, valuable moments are fleeting and we must place our energies on making the best of every experience.

Our lives should never be founded on regret – on the “wish I, shoulda, coulda. Its never “too late” when we take advantage of what we can now.

So, hold your loved ones a little tighter. Express your love a bit stronger. Make what was wrong right. Take a trip, a walk, a hike. Take moments to play, to laugh. Cherish every new memory you can make. Share some hope with those who need it. Inhale deep, healing, life-giving breaths, then exhale and release every stress in your system.

You’re Alive! The Lord, our Father, has given you this moment to live it. So do just that.

Create A Wonderfully Blessed And Outstanding Day TODAY!

Much Love & God’s Very Best!  Your Family at God’s Dynamics Family Building

To The Limitless Limit

“…that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;” – Colossians 1:9 “These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full” – John 15:11

Hi Family!

It’s so wonderful to know that we never get that full, weighed down, uncomfortable feeling when we are filled by our Father. We can get poured into over and over again with all the Lord’s richness and rich experiences and still have room for more. We don’t get that sick, bloated, ache that comes when we stuff our faces with all the foods and treats we find so pleasurable.

When the Lord, our Father, pours into us we are left craving more. We yearn for more. Once we get a taste of His goodness, we long for the moment when we can taste His sweetness again. Nothing on earth that we ingest or consume will ever compare with His splendor and bounty. His rich food, more specifically the rich food of His Word, doesn’t put on pounds. It puts on Presence. It nourishes every cell, tissue, organ, organ system within our body. It is not eliminated, but expressed. It has the ability to transform our outer experiences. It molds and shapes our inner experiences and is then expressed through our life experiences. It then enhances our great ability to bring wonderful changes and help to the lives of those around us.

So when we get filled by our Abba and Lord, seek to be satisfied by Him again. Never have that “that’s enough” or needing no more to be full or satisfied with His goodness. But keep hungering and thirsting after righteousness to be filled again and again and again. Keep tasting and seeing that the Lord is good. Every day, every moment with Him draws a sweeter experience than the one before.

Make It An Awesome Day TODAY!

Much Love & God’s Very Best!  Your Family at God’s Dynamics Family Building

A Fixed Heart

“He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.” – Psalm 112:7

Hi Family!

My father-in-law introduced us to this passage of scripture in Psalm 112 some years ago at a very rough time in our family’s life. Our son Zephaniah, now 19, received some very grim news from doctors when he was just 13. They told us he had a tumor in head which had attached itself to his brain, sinus and left eye. One doctor told us, “This will be a long journey for you guys, filled with teams of doctors and specialists. He also might need radiation. ” This doctor even went ahead and consulted with a neurosurgeon. For based on Zephaniah’s scans and reports they were totally convinced that they had to cut his head open from ear to ear. They believed that everything that they were telling us was absolute truth. We did not accept this truth for our son. For us these were “evil tidings”. So we had to “fix our hearts” to continue trusting in the Lord, no matter what was being told to us or what it looked like to us.

From that point on we became almost brutal with our faith. It seemed like we had everyone across the globe praying for Zephaniah. Our Pastor, our church family, friends, our relatives, friends of relatives. We as a family would lay hands on him and pray over him. Our prayer was always the same – thanking the Lord for healing him and working a miracle on Zephaniah, preventing the need for this serious surgery.

The Lord answered our prayers. He gave us just what we asked for, a miracle. One of the greatest miracles our family had ever experienced. As time progressed, subsequent scans revealed that the tumor had “inexplicably” detached itself from the brain. Then it became “just a mass”. Needless to say, not a scalpel or a knife ever touched our son’s head. Instead the doctor was guided to go up through his nasal cavity to remove the mass.

The Psalmist in Psalm 112, spoke of a man who “feareth the Lord”. He said that that man would be blessed when he feared (not scared or afraid of, but reverenced, honored, trusted) the Lord. He encourages us to fix our hearts in that position of trust – knowing exactly what our Lord is capable of and knowing that He can do “exceeding, abundantly above whatever we ask or could ever ask of Him”. He will even show us and give us wisdom in the toughest of times on what to do, how to do it, when to do it. He will also direct us to those who will help us through it.

I was later able to share Psalm 112:7 with a friend of mine whose brother was actually going to undergo a procedure with his heart. They found comfort through this scripture in a different way. For them it became a prayerful mantra that his “heart was fixed” because they trusted in the Lord.

So I encourage all who are reading this, no matter what challenges come your way, whatever “evil tidings” you may be broached with. Don’t fear it, fix your heart and trust in our Lord and His uncompromising promises found in His word. Make Psalm 112:7 your personal prayer TODAY. Things around us are changing constantly, what is true today may not be true tomorrow. But the Word of God stands forever and our Father changes not.

Much Love & God’s Very Best! Your Family at God’s Dynamics Family Building

“In The Midst Of It All”

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. – Isaiah 26:3

Hi Family!

Without a doubt, for the past couple weeks the entire world has been shaken. Inundated with reports here , there and everywhere about the coronavirus, we’ve had a multitude of uneasy emotions coursing through us. From uncertainty, to fear, to panic, to paranoia, to frustration, to disconnect, to isolation, to mistrust, to hysteria and the like. Ephesians 4:14 cautions us to not be “tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine.” Yet it seems as the news reports change so do the ebbs and tides of emotions. This should not be so. The Lord’s rich, encouraging and life enhancing promises in His Word guides us toward a better way.

As I walked in my home office today I heard Yolanda Adams’ song “In The Midst Of It All” just beginning to play. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqGjIKEhRxo I walked in right in time. It was a song for me to hear as well as to share. It speaks of Jesus’ keeping power in the midst of storm, trials, uncertainty, attacks of the enemy, battles, adversity and temptations. For the past week or so I’ve heard the statement “With all that’s going on …” too many times to count. Sounds like an “In the midst of it all” situation. When the disciples were caught in the midst of a storm, with all that was going on around them, they knew the name to call on and who to reach out to for deliverance. Jesus, the only name that can deliver, commands the storms in our lives to “Be still” and peace to be expressed. His name gives us the power to persevere and prevail.

So as we all go through (and I do mean “through”) this passing storm together, let us keep our hearts stayed on our Lord and trust Him. Let us feed on His Word and share and encourage each other, praying one for another, fortifying ourselves with His truth. We may be cautioned for now not to congregate together or do our friendly greetings like hugging, kissing and even shaking hands. Yet our Lord and Father’s hand is always available to us to hold on to. It carries no threat, just security, love, assurance and protection. So we all need to continue to “hold on (hold tight) to His unchanging hand.”

Much Love & God’s Very Best!  Your Family at God’s Dynamics Family Building

Power In A Mother’s Prayer

…Telling the generations to come the praises of the Lord, and His strength and His wonderful works that He has done. That the generation to come might know them, the children who would be born, that they may arise and declare them to their children, that they may set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments.” – Psalm 78: 4,6,7

Hi Family!

I’ve heard so many people say, “If it were not for my Mother’s prayers I don’t know where I’d be; my Mother’s prayers helped save my life, my Mother’s prayers led me to the Lord, my Mother’s prayers kept me out of trouble, my Mother’s prayers encouraged me…” There’s something about a Mother’s prayers that has the ability to not only touch and transform lives, but they seem to reach into the depths of heaven and stir the Lord’s heart to action. A Mother’s prayers are backed by an immeasurable faith. Her prayers can move mountains that were otherwise big obstructions.

I cannot express enough how vital it is as a Mother to not only pray for but also with your children. I recently spoke with a woman from the Czech Republic who expressed that there is such a profound and positive effect in having prayer and God as the center of a family. Along with creating a common ground for a Mother and her children to stand on, these prayers will open doors of possibilities. Children will learn to trust that their words are heard and will be answered. Building your child’s faith through prayer is one of the greatest gifts you can give that will equip them for life. Our children will seek God, consulting Him on decisions, being able to address any issue that may come their way.

I have gone many times before the Lord in prayer on our children’s behalf and witnessed His miraculous, only God could have pulled that off, results for them. Mothers, your prayers are invaluable. Pray for and with your children. Pray for their circle of friends, pray for their going out and safe return in, pray for their overall well-being, pray for their future families, pray for them to use wisdom, pray for their growth in the Lord, pray for them to discover the great destiny the Lord has for them. Keep your children before the Lord every day.

Mothers, I encourage you, whether you are new to prayer or more seasoned; whether you are growing in faith with your children, as we started years ago with our children (and we can honestly say we are still growing in our faith today) or you are a faith champion; As you find out for yourself or as you find out together, please let your children know how important speaking to the Lord through prayer is. How rewarding developing a relationship with Him is and about the wonderful treasures and life’s answers awaits them as they delve into and begin applying the practical principles of His Word. They in turn “may arise and declare them to their children, that they may set their hope in God.”

Much Love & God’s Very Best!  Your Family at God’s Dynamics Family Building

The Missing Ingredient

Hi Family!

A few nights ago our youngest daughter helped me by preparing a caesar salad for dinner. She later said that although she had been so looking forward to having this salad she didn’t care for the taste of this particular caesar salad. I asked her why. She said, “I don’t know, it just doesn’t taste the same. It taste like it’s missing something.” After a bit she chuckled, holding a small packet of herbs, and said, “Maybe it taste like that because I didn’t put this in there….I just didn’t feel like putting it in there.” I explained to her that she couldn’t expect to get the results she was looking for if she chose to leave a key ingredient out.

In today’s society, it is vital to have the Lord flowing through every aspect of family life. I believe families have forgotten what great power they have when the Lord is present that it’s become so easy to leave Him out, yet even harder to not have Him in. Overcoming family hurdles can be challenging if we’re not motivated by the hope He offers. Without Him the true dynamics falls apart leaving in it’s wake hurt and broken families.

Our Lord has the power to affect the development, strength and stability of a growing family. For “Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it.” – Psalm 127:1 He drives us spiritually, physically and morally. He is the life force of the family. Yet, as society progressed, became more technologically evolved and inundated with so much “more”, it caused us to have less capacity to hold God in our hearts. He and His originally intended purpose for the family has been radically replaced by different systems, ideologies and ideals. Solomon wisely explains his observation, which is still so relevant today, by stating, “Lo this only have I found that God hath made man upright, but they have sought out many inventions.” – Ecclesiastes 7:29 In Jeremiah 2:32, the Lord made a statement which ached my heart: “Can a maid forget her ornaments or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me days without number.” This is sadly symbolic of how the provisions have taken precedence over the Provider.

Our Father and Lord is the family’s vital, yet many times missing, ingredient. He and His Word is the key to building a strong, thriving family dynamic. It is well said by Saint Augustine, and now more imperative than ever for families and society today, that we have to “Restore to health the eye of the heart whereby God may be seen.”

Much Love & God’s Very Best!  Your Family at God’s Dynamics Family Building

What Are You Leaving Behind?

Hi Family

The Lord can bring us life’s lessons in all sorts of ways. We just have to pay attention.

Ever thought about the phrases: “Look where you’re going”or “Watch where you’re going”? I’ve heard them used a number of times particularly when a parent is maybe cautioning a child or when a disgruntled passerby has gotten upset because someone either bumped into them while not paying attention or was simply in their way. “Look where you’re going…watch where you’re going”, valid statements. I’d like to also add two just as vital statements, “Look at what you’re doing and look at what you’ve done.”

The first two statements cautions us on how our choices may affect us. While I feel “Look at what you’re doing and look at what you’ve done” begs our attention as to how our choices may affect us as well as others.

There was a woman walking in front of me one morning. I noticed the footprints she was leaving behind. As she moved forward, intent on getting where she needed to be, she was completely unaware of the impressions she was making as the moments passed in the places she’d stepped through. It made me stop and do something I don’t ever remember doing before. I turned to see what, if any, footprints and impressions I was leaving behind. I found that I too had been obliviously leaving traces of myself behind along my path. It made me think about life and the rippling and lasting effect that our life’s choices could have on those who are to follow us, the generations to come.

As we move through life rarely may we consider the impressions or the marks we’re making. Those coming behind us, however, will undoubtedly see them and will be affected by them as we too have been affected by our ancestors or predecessors. We tend not to look back. But think about it, if we truly looked back, we’d consciously make sure that as we move forward we’d make the right marks or impressions to help those who are after us. My husband schedules his days in a notebook. He plans out his meetings, to dos, trips, prayer and so on, daily. He also does something I think is really great by the week’s end. He reviews his schedules and notes from the entire week. This simple discipline helps him to plan better and make adjustments where necessary. He’s able to see where he could have improved, what he hadn’t gotten done, what he was able to clear off his calendar, how much time needs to be spent in various areas, what things were necessary and those he could have done without. Just a time of reflection can make a world of a difference in our lives. We get opportunities to turn things around and make needful changes. In looking back we make for a better forward, a better future.

The Bible encourages us to “walk prudently, wisely, orderly, uprightly, properly, walk in the Spirit, walk worthy, in wisdom, in integrity, in truth, in God’s word. The scriptures remind us how imperative it is to be mindful of the trails we leave behind for some may choose to walk in our steps. The book of Kings as well as the Chronicles is filled with children/sons walking in the ways of their father, walking in the sins of their father or the kings before them. There were also many who walked uprightly before the Lord as their fathers did. Just as important as who we are following are the examples we are for those who are following us. Jesus made the statement in John 8:12, “I am the Light of the world. He who follows me (my words, my path , my ways, according to the Father’s will) shall not walk in darkness but have the light of life.” Obviously, a great example to follow. And on the other hand, many of us parents can relate to John’s remark, as a spiritual parent, in 3 John 1:4, “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.” This comfort and satisfaction comes in knowing that they have learned from us what to do and what not to do and the Lord has allowed them to find the truth in those lessons.

The smallest marks can leave a lasting effect. The woman who was walking ahead of me had tiny feet which still made an impression. Whether large or small, an impression still makes a mark. On your journey’s path, what will you leave behind?

Much Love & God’s Very Best!  Your Family at God’s Dynamics Family Building

Lord, When They Cry Loud and Spare Not….Thank You!

“I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.  So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.”  – 1 Corinthians 3:6-7

HI FAMILY!

As I stood by my kitchen sink rinsing out a container I just used, two of our sons were scurring around behind me getting their final things together. Our eldest son would be down any minute to rush them out to the car so they all won’t be late for work. In a world wind of a couple minutes, they finally kissed me goodbye and left.

Standing by the sink, in the calm of the moment, my thoughts and heart became filled with gratitude. I had just come in from my daily walk, but I knew what had taken place just minutes before I bid my young men goodbye. It happens many mornings, especially when I am out on my walks. But it’s been a pleasure to sometimes witness the tail-end of it as I return home.

Before our three young men leave for work, our eldest son, Jasahn, does something he has taken on as his responsibility each morning. He stands in the hallway of our second floor, with his work bag on his shoulder, and in a loud voice he begins to pray. The second floor of our house is what I would call the middle ground of where everyone would be. Sometimes a couple people may be up on the third floor getting themselves together. The younger ones are usually congregated in their rooms which, incidentally, is on the second floor. Then there may be someone downstairs in the kitchen, as my two sons were today, getting last minute food and water packed for lunch. So Jasahn’s method is to make sure everyone is involved in the prayer. He connects them with his loud echoes of appreciation to God, our Father, in prayer. As he closes out with an “Amen”, many times softer echoes of “Amen” can be heard from his siblings wherever their positions may be. Today, as I consider this, I am so very grateful.

Paul makes it clear in scripture that although one may “plant” and one may “water”, it is God who causes increase or growth. Over the years Sam and I planted as well as watered a number of things in our children’s lives, one of which is prayer in the mornings together to start your day and definitely prayer before you leave the house to cover your day. To experience and witness the Lord’s increase through our children as a result of our daily discipline, is nothing short of beautiful.

Sam and I started having prayer sessions with our children when they were just babies. As we grew in our prayer life and relationship with the Lord, we taught them and they grew with us. We eventually went from one prayer session a day as a family to praying together twice a day. Prayer is so interwoven in our every day lives that its become habitual and first nature. So much so that leaving the house without prayer feels odd or uncomfortable. I recognize that having our connection as a family through prayer is something very precious and I don’t take it for granted. With all the distractions that society offers, I’m so very thankful that our children still value the importance of prayer in their lives. That’s the Lord’s increase!

It is with my Lord’s increase that today, as I stood at my kitchen sink, I was able to gladly and gratefully say “Thank You Father!” Thank you that our twenty-three year old son still rallies his siblings together, even without us being present, to honor God in prayer.

Much Love & God’s Very Best!  Your Family at God’s Dynamics Family Building

Speak Who You Want Your Child To Be

HI FAMILY!

There are so many factors that determine the character traits your child will exhibit. You may have heard about the Nature versus Nurture debate. They question if it’s our heredity or our environment and learned experiences which determine the final product of the person we portray. I conclude that both are contributors. However, I believe the things we are exposed to verbally, environmentally, things we hear and things we see shape us in a more definitive way.

Our words are suggestive and can influence how our children think about themselves. The things we say to them at any phase of life will work its way in and be interwoven into the tapestry of their character. Imagine hearing most of your life, “You are a genuinely beautiful person inside and out” or “You are so smart”, maybe even, “You are so talented”. Wouldn’t you grow to believe it? Wouldn’t you know that’s exactly who you are? For as the Word says, as one thinks in his heart so is he. You have formulated a belief system that has become your living truth. “Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the bones.” – Proverbs 16:24 How about the person that, from they are a child hearing, “You’re bad”, “Why can’t you be more like….”, “Shut up, I’m sick of you”, “You’re not that bright”, “You’re ugly”, “You’re an idiot”, “You won’t amount to anything”. Can you imagine the product of those words? “A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.” – Proverbs 15:4

The Word of God reminds us that we are destined to reap what we sow. What kinds of things do you want harvested in your children? What kinds of things are you surrounding them with? What is your home environment like verbally? Peaceful or volatile or do you not communicate with them at all? Do you hug them, kiss them, love them or lavish them with praise? Or do you ignore them? When you speak, do you spit words at them? A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it can break the children.

Speak life into your children. Speak success into them. Speak liberation from fear. Bolster them with your uplifting words. Build their confidence. Speak words of affection so they will know how to show affection, compassion, regard and love. Speak the words that our Divine Father would say about them. Shape them with your words.

“Let’s Continue to Build Biblical Families Together

Much Love & God’s Very Best!  Your Family at God’s Dynamics Family Building