Christian Lyric Spotlight: "Adonai" sung by Avalon

One single drop of rain

Your salty tear became blue ocean

One tiny grain of sand turning in your hand

A world in motion

You're out beyond the furthest Morning Star

Close enough to hold me in Your arms

Adonai, I lift up my heart and I cry

My Adonai

You're Maker of each moment

Father of my hope and freedom

Oh, my Adonai

One timid faithful knock

Resounds upon the Rock of Ages

One trembling heart and soul

Becomes a servant bold and courageous

You call across the mountains and the seas

I answer from the deepest part of me

Adonai, I lift up my heart and I cry

My Adonai

You are Maker of each moment

Father of my hope and freedom

Oh, my Adonai

Oh, From age to age you reign in Majesty

And today You're making miracles in me

Adonai! I lift up my heart and I cry

Oh! You are Maker of each moment

Father of my hope and freedom

Oh, my Adonai



What does this song mean to you?

Break Down of Proverbs 3:5-6

Memory Verse:
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight” - Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV)
















DEFINITIONS:


Trust:
¨ To place confidence: DEFEND
¨ To be confident: HOPE
¨ To permit to stay or go or do something without fear of misgiving
¨ To rely on or on the truth of: BELIEVE
¨ To extend credit to

Heart:
¨ The whole personality:
¨ The emotional or moral as distinguished from the intellectual nature
¨ One’s innermost being

Lean:
¨ To bend from a vertical position: INCLINE
¨ To cast one’s weight to one side for support
¨ To incline in opinion, taste or desire

Understanding:
¨ knowledge and ability to judge: INTELLIGENCE
¨ Agreement of opinion or feeling
¨ A mutual agreement informally or tacitly entered into

Acknowledge:
¨ To recognize the rights or authority of
¨ To admit as true
¨ To express thanks for: to recognize as valid

Paths:
¨ A trodden way,
¨ Route or course

Straight:
¨ Free from curves, bends, angles, or irregularities
¨ Not wandering from the main point or proper course
¨ HONEST
¨ Having the elements in correct order

HANDY LITTLE CHART

I got the HANDY LITTLE CHART in an e-mail at some point over the past years. I thought it was a great tool to have when little things come to my mind regarding discouragement. Enjoy!

God has a positive answer:

YOU SAY
GOD SAYS
BIBLE VERSES

You say: "It's impossible"
God says: All things are possible (Luke 18:27)

You say: "I'm too tired"
God says: I will give you rest (Matthew 11:28-30)

You say: "Nobody really loves me"
God says: I love you (John 3:1 6 & John 3:34 )

You say: "I can't go on"
God says: My grace is sufficient (II Corinthians 12:9 & Psalm 91:15)

You say: "I can't figure things out"
God says: I will direct your steps (Proverbs 3:5- 6)

You say: "I can't do it"
God says: You can do all things (Philippians 4:13)

You say: "I'm not able"
God says: I am able (II Corinthians 9:8)

You say: "It's not worth it"
God says: It will be worth it (Roman 8:28 )

You say: "I can't forgive myself"
God says: I Forgive you (I John 1:9! & Romans 8:1)

You say: "I can't manage"
God says: I will supply all your needs (Philippians 4:19)

You say: "I'm afraid" God says: I have not given you a spirit of fear (II Timothy 1:7)

You say: "I'm always worried & frustrated"
God says: Cast all your cares on ME (I Peter 5:7)

You say: "I'm not smart enough"
God says: I give you wisdom (I Corinthians 1:30)

You say: "I feel all alone"
God says: I will never leave you or forsake you

Ephesians 5:17

"Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is." - Ephesians 5:17

Discovering God's Will by Carole Mayhall

"Before we can address the questions we have about God's specific will, we must look at how we are leading our lives in light of His revealed will. Take God's command that we walk in love. If after a tough day, I snap at my family and take out my frustration on them in a hateful way, I'm obviously not living in God's will. (OUCH)

If I'm not obeying the revealed will of God, it isn't likely that I will receive further instruction on the specific choices I face in my life. That would be like asking for directions when I hold a road map in my hands. (OUCH)

Once we've made a concentrated effort to know and follow God's revealed will, we can ask for His direction on the specifics in our life- those forks in the road. Fortunately, we can relax a little on knowing God's specific will for one simple person- one many of us overlook. Discerning God's specific will is not a mystery game where He's trying to hold something back from us.

Often we feel we must go through layers and layers, all the time wondering "Will God really let me know about this?" when all along God is saying, "I'll show you." He is a God who loves us and wants us to find His will. We just need to have an open heart to His leading."


After reading and typing this...lots of things come across my heart and mind. I know that I am a work in progress and thank God that He know I'm human. I know that I can do big things in simple ways, which is a lot different than how I used to think. We are small and God is big....let life unwind, yet make sure you do something. I praise God for Tresea seeing and accepting her call....and may Gaby see that God is working as we speak...just slow down and let Him work! :) And for Aunt Tracy seeing that she has great strength and the ability to lift spirits with her love and gifts! And for my cuz Jayson that he'll remember that his verse texting is very important...and to bring it back...he got me back into it!

Luke 10:5-6

"Whatever house you go into, let your first words be, 'Peace to this house!' And if a man of peace lives there, your peace will go and rest on him." Luke 10:5-6

Since many of us will be going to different places over the next 4 or 5 months, I thought that I'd research a verse for traveling. This one really caught my spirit! :) I am going to remember this and when I walk into a any place, I want to say "Peace to this house!" We all need as many prayers as we can get. What a way to bless your host with saying a prayer of peace and thanksgiving.

Hebrews 10:36

"For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised." Hebrews 10:36 (NASB)

Being in God's will is the greatest ride one can ever take. It is full of challenges that you never thought you'd ever go through. God does not put bad things on us. He does use the things that happen to us to help us learn and grow....to get stronger...to continue His will for your life. This verse reminds me of my own walk with God. There are days I struggle and feel like I am nothing at all...for what I do in life may not matter...but I know I matter.

I don't get it right all the time, but when I do...when I step aside and let Him work...it's the most amazing thing you'll ever go through. I need His endurance...His strength...His love...His guidance...I need Him to keep me going. When you feel like you can't keep going forward...and that you are distanced from those around you...remember that He has a plan for you...step aside...grab on tight...and enjoy the ride! Rebuild and recharge with Him!

Matthew 7:7-11

"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Or what man is there of you, who, if his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a stone; or if he shall ask for a fish, will give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?" Matthew 7:7-11(ASV)

So many of us are finding that we need the Lord more now than ever before. We always need Him! I decided I'd start doing prayer time in the morning. After just one prayer, God already answered my request of needing help on even the little daily things. God is big, but He isn't too big that the little things don't matter. He wants us to talk to him through the little to enormous things. He wants us to lean on Him. May we all remember to talk to our Father daily! :)

Exodus 33:14

"My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest." Exodus 33:14

How true this verse is to me. I was feeling very anxious about all the changes going on all around me. It is a scary time for us today. So many people just don't care any more. Michael and I sat at Friday's waiting for our order to be taken...almost 20 minutes later, no one ever came to assist us. So, what else is there to do....we got up and left. It was just one more thing to add to my gigantic list of how our society is today.

God reminded me that no matter what is happening to us, he will give us rest. We just have to give it to him. I pray that I step aside and let Him work always. I hand all my concerns and struggles to him. I feel rested and more at peace with him in my presence. Isn't God Good?

Habakkuk 3:17-19

"The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places." Habakkuk 3:19 (King James Version)

If we stop and step aside, God is our strength to get us through the good and not so good. Life on earth is not perfect, nor will it ever be. We are all human! What is hopeful? God never giving up on us! He will give us what we need to get us through anything! He will not give us more than we can handle! AMEN