The Savage Five

Joel 2 Return to the Lord 12  “Yet even now,” declares the Lord , i “return to me with all your heart, j with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; 13  and k rend your hearts and not l your garments.” Return to the Lord your God, m for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; n and he relents over disaster. 14  o Who knows whether he will not turn and relent, and p leave a blessing behind him, q a grain offering and a drink offering for the Lord your God? 15  r Blow the trumpet in Zion; s consecrate a fast; call a solemn assembly; 16  gather the people. t Consecrate the congregation; assemble the elders; u gather the children, even nursing infants. v Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber. 17  w Between the x vestibule and the y altar z let the priests, the ministers of the Lord , weep and say, “Spare your people, O Lord , and make not your heritage a reproach, a byword among the nati...

Daniel 10 2  In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for f three weeks. 3  I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth, nor did I g anoint myself at all, for f the full three weeks. 4  On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing h on the bank of the great river ( i that is, the Tigris) 5  j I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, k a man clothed in linen, l with a belt of fine m gold from Uphaz around his waist. 6  His body was like n beryl, his face o like the appearance of lightning, p his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and q legs like the gleam of burnished bronze, and q the sound of his words like the sound of a multitude. 7  r And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, for the men who were with me did not see the vision, but a great trembling fell upon them, and they fled to hide themselves. 8  So I was left alone and saw this great vision, and s no strength was left in me. My radiant appearance was fearfully cha...

Friday is the day of the week that I normally fast.  The Lord really moves on these days and has me pray for very specific things as well as gives me words for the church and as if that is not enough He encourages me very much in my fasting. This past Friday was no acception!  Thursday morning I had started praying for my husband to get a study bible because he is really pouring over the word of God and studying and I could see this would be a wonderful tool for him to grow in the knowledge of the Lord.  So I began to pray and throughout the day I just reminded God about my request. I had looked on the internet and found one for $47 but was not about to go ahead of God in this area.  So I just kept saying "study bible" to the Lord. Well Friday morning the Lord told me to look on the book shelf of the food pantry where I drop off donations but I knew from previous experience that there was not a study bible on the shelf.  Before I left I said out loud, " I ...

Throughout the past year and a half the Lord has had me fast quite a bit and one thing that He showed me that is incredibly important prior to going on a fast and during your fast is to ask Him for the grace to be able to fast. I am so amazed when I do this just how intimately He responds.  One day while I was fasting I was really thinking about wanting a juicer but knew that I could not afford to purchase one.  However, my Father in heaven owns the cattle on a thousand hills and He heard my heart!  The very same day when I went to my friend's to deliver some food, she had purchased me a brand new (retro 70's) juicer!  You can only imagine how I felt when it had just been hours before hand that I was in prayer and talking with the Lord about a juicer.  This is just one of many examples where the Lord has encouraged me and sustained me through my pursuit of deeper intimacy with Him. This evening I received a call from a friend of mine who the Lord is pursui...

Philippians 4:11-13 11  Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be a content. 12  I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and b hunger, abundance and c need. 13  I can do all things d through him who strengthens me. Luke 14:11 11  For x everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” Luke 18:14 14  I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For n everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”   Matthew 23:12 12  m Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. The picture is clear, those who choose to humble themselves will be exalted.  Scripture is clear that God wants us to go low so that He can lift us up.  When we are lo...