The High Calling of God

I see that I haven't been diligent in the writings of my blog.  This year seems to have gone so fast. I can hardly believe we are talking turkey and some of us (including myself) are singing Christmas songs.  I have even begun to put out some Christmassy things around the house. Call me crazy- but my heart is so full of joy at this time, I can't help but sing "Joy to the World, the Lord is come".  He is here.  He never left.  So to catch up a little, I go back to the end of 2016.  Many times  God gives me a verse to take me into the New Year.  And this year He gave me: 2 Thessalonians 1:11,12-- one of Paul's many prayers to the churches which I love, take personally and pray often.  It says: "To this end also, we pray for you always, that our God will count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire for goodness and the work of faith with power, so that the name of the Lord Jesus Christ might be glorified in you and you in Him, according to the

As I look back on my blo g I can see I have been lax in writing. This I want to correct in the New Year. I must say that overall 2016 was a very good year because I serve an awesome God. I look around my office and see on my prayer walls the many prayer requests I had posted this past year for healings, deliverances, for God to move in a special way in individual lives. I post them on a white index card on  my bulletin board or on the front of the doors of my standing cupboards. When a prayer has been answered I take a bright yellow index card and write over it: healed, delivered, answered, etc. I notice that there are a lot of yellow cards over there!  Some are still white.  But we don't give up when we don't see the answer. We lost a few good people this year in our family and friends. They went on to be with the Lord. We saw a few miracles happen also. I do thank and praise the Lord for this! And we are still standing in the gap for those who are sick, going through vario