A THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
January 16, 2021
SATAN IS AFTER THE THRONE OF OUR HEARTS! Just exactly what does that mean? We must ask ourselves…..WHO is supposed to be the King of our hearts? God!! (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit!) We know from scripture that Satan is a thief and comes to steal, to kill and to destroy. (John 10:10) What did he want more than anything? Isaiah records Lucifers words: Isaiah 14:13-15 “For you have said in your heart: ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.’ Lofty words he uttered. He wants to “sit on the mount of the congregation”. That is us. So how does he accomplish this? Predominantly with lies and deception. (John 8:44) “…When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.” (2 Corinthians 11:18) And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. He comes in stealth to take the throne of our hearts and souls. Our soul is our mind, will, and emotions. That’s where it gets tricky. They are always at work and engaged in something. But according to the Word of God, anything we allow to take up our mind, will, and emotions more than God …has become an idol in our hearts. (1 Corinthians 10:14) “Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.” On more than one occasion God has called me on the carpet saying “You have an idol in your heart” Each time I was floored thinking that it couldn’t be. But when He told me what it was….I had to agree and admit that what or who He named was occupying my thoughts more than He was. OUCH! So I simply repented and began to pay attention to my thoughts and affections, making sure they were set first on God. Our priorities in life should be 1. God 2. Spouse 3. Kids/Family 4. Job/Ministry When this delicate balance gets out of whack so do we. It can result in depression, anxiety, overwhelming stress or show up in many different ways. These are just the symptoms that something is amiss in our souls and needs to be adjusted. It is pretty easy to fix. Just recognizing it is half the battle. Then begin casting down and resisting those thoughts that occupy too much of our being! God is a jealous God. “…For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God…” (Exodus 20:4) “…for you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God…” (Exodus 34:14) Actually I think it’s cool that He is so passionate about us. He certainly paid a huge price to show us how much He loves us. To prove His love for us. I truly believe this is a season of repentance. Even on the Hebrew calendar ...we are in the month that they consider a time of repentance. So I encourage each of us to examine our hearts and see if anything or anyone is occupying our mind, will and emotions more than our God. I pray you won’t be a stubborn mule like I can often be and wait until things start falling apart to get my attention! Thank goodness for His mercy! He loves us, wants us, created us…..to be His. I hope you can hear that this is truly a LOVE MESSAGE, and no condemnation. He wants you. What could be better news than that! The King of the Universe wants to be the King of your heart! You are loved!
SPEAK SOFTLY TO MY BROKEN SOUL (poetry)
January 16, 2021
copyright 2016 Jean Chamblee Thomas
Speak softly to my broken soul No one else can make me whole Gently, gently Spirit speak Hold me closely kind and meek Pain so deep no words express Just a tear falls on my breast Dripping from my eyes of blue No idea Lord what to do Such a time I have not seen Maybe so, life’s been quite mean Icy cold most people are Except the few sweet shining stars On this I set my heart of hope That somewhere there’s a lighter note Can I sing again, oh my soul Can I speak of being whole In Your arms is where I lie I know you keep the tears I cry Feeling deeply loving long I wish again to sing Your song Trusting You, Who never fails Waiting for Your Spirit’s sails Into the sunset I will gaze Lifting up a quiet praise Heaven is my dream of dreams No matter those my hope demean I know You’re real with all my heart Lift me up my soul impart Give me joy and wholeness too I know You will I trust in You Heal me Lord so deep within Remove from me all lingering sin Set me on a path that’s right Help me Lord escape the night Of all around the daggers fly Lift me to your Presence high copyright 2016 Jean Chamblee Thomas
A CLEAN SLATE (such a gift)
January 15, 2021
Painful past Mistakes made Can’t change The path was laid Ironclad grip Pulling down Crying out In tears drowned Spinning round A sinking ship Life’s a mess Can’t get a grip What if there Was really a way A gift for you A completely clean slate If you can get past Prejudices made Open your mind The price was paid Forget religion Not what it’s about Embrace the Truth That will let you cry out Forget the steeple The Easter parade Jesus is deep It’s no charade The blood He shed Is no laughing matter Such a shame He’s been treated With a light hearted manner Love so deep Heart so good He gave it for you He shed His own blood So you could have Another chance Get free from your past Set free to dance Dance a new life Leave the old behind Take hold of His hand He will take off the blinds That’s right it’s a kick Jesus is the Way You’ve heard it all along Thought it was a cliche’ Don’t need to be religious To talk to the One That loves you so much Had me write this sweet poem So guess what precious one? He’s waiting on you To give a clean slate Start your life brand new copyright Jean Chamblee 2010 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
MORE AND MORE (poetry)
December 16, 2020
I get to know you
More and more
As I walk through time
Jesus is my open door
So many things
I thought I understood
But under clouds of darkness
My thinking hard as wood
So much more
O, Lord open up
The eyes of my understanding
Fill again my empty cup
So close, so near
I feel you in my heart
Whisper away my fears
Your words hit every mark
Open, open
O, God of the universe
The kingdom of heaven
Is the place of my new birth
I feel Your love arising
Lighting up my mind
Renewing every part of me
Didn’t know I was so blind
Our light is darkness
Compared to your infinite shine
And oh great God of the universe
How can you be so kind?
Kind and good and generous
To give us all we’ve got
Share with us your character
Hide your secret plot
Hidden treasures everywhere
If we would only look
Hidden treasures come alive
Inside your very book
Off the page and on the stage
Kingdom of God on earth
Now’s the time to enter in
And find out what you’re worth
Oh the price, the price He paid
He laid it on the line
Holding nothing back for us
He passed the test of all time
No love greater will ever be
Than what Jesus did for us
For now and all eternity
He gave His life for us
More and more and more, my Lord
Pour it out on me
The presence of the Trinity
That is our destiny!
copyright 2016 Jean Chamblee
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December 8, 2020
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Experiencing God – yes you can!
November 23, 2020
So I have been thinking about you all that visit here on this WordPress site. I also am going to step up my prayers for you. Why? Because I know that you are called and appointed by God and destined to be here at this time in history. Yes, you!!! That is one of my all time favorite attributes of God. He shows favor to anyone He wants. Our acceptance by God is through us accepting what His Son came and did for us. Jesus makes us worthy to be in the kingdom of God – not our works – our belief.
Anyway – I want to help you if I can. I have been on a 40 year journey and have seen many miracles and encountered so much of the miraculous presence of God. I want you to open up an HOPE. That God wants to reveal Himself to you in some of the same ways He did in my life. The Bible says He is “no respecter of persons”. If you seek Him like I did you WILL get results far above what you could expect.
I pray you will read this little excerpt from my story and realize God has assignments for you too. I want to set this before you so you will know that God wants to do for this generation as He has done in the Book of Acts. Here is a modern day story from my little life that shows – God will show up for those who seek Him and desire to obey Him. So here it is:
ANGEL AT THE TIME CLOCK
Now I fully believed that we have angels working with us. I had just never seen one with wings on the earth, until that day…
I went to work in the small little town of Greenville, North Carolina. I worked at a place called S. & S. Cafeteria and it was located in the towns only mall. I drove the ten or fifteen miles to work with the radio on trying to get ready for another mundane day. I arrived on time and began walking down the hallway towards the time clock to punch in.
Out of the blue, for a moment, my eyes were opened to the unseen realm. The spirit realm. Lo and behold right before my eyes, standing beside the time clock, was a beautiful giant angel. He was tall, maybe ten feet or more, and glistened like gold. He had wings that reached to the ceiling and was so majestic looking. It was not a frightening experience, but it startled me because it was so unexpected. Then quickly, the vision closed, but I knew he was still there. I was aware of what the Bible teaches about the gifts of the Holy Spirit located in chapter 12 of the book of 1 Corinthians. That at times when the Holy Spirit desires to, He can open your eyes so that you can see what is in the spirit realm, it’s called “discerning of spirits”, and that is what I had experienced.
All day long I wondered what the Angel was there for. Was he there to prevent an accident? A robbery? My mind danced around like crazy with curiosity! Finally, I took my lunch break and sat down at the table with my Bible. As I was eating and reading, a young man came and sat down abruptly across from me and looked me square in the eye. He said, “I heard you were a Christian” I said, “Yes I am.”
He excitedly said, “What must I do to get saved?” Well, here it was! I knew the Angel was there to see to it that this event took place. There is no greater miracle than the new birth, to become what the Bible calls “born again”. When someone accepts Christ and has their name written in the Book of Life. After showing him some scripture and briefly explaining salvation, I prayed with the young man at the table to receive Jesus as his Lord. I also asked him to meet me after work to talk about the baptism in the Holy Spirit which he was excited to do! I figured he needed the whole package!
The young man did meet me in the parking lot after work and received the baptism. It was incredible. I felt like I was living in the Book of Acts! The Holy Spirit descended on him and he was filled with God’s presence and spoke in tongues right there in the parking lot! Never think God is limited to a church for a holy experience to take place! The whole earth is filled with His glory!
I knew that this had been a divine appointment. A special one because God allowed me to see the presence of the Angel, although they are surrounding us in the spirit realm all the time, especially if we are believers. This man’s life was now transformed. I don’t remember his name, but I saw him a year or so later and he said he was going to Bible school to be a minister. He wanted to be a Pastor. I knew God was taking good care of him and it was a blessing to have been allowed to take part in his journey.
How cool to think of the angels involvement in our lives. All going on around us in the unseen realm! They are around you too! The more we pray and walk in faith….the more they are activated around us!
Hebrews 13:2 “Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels.”
1 Corinthians 12:7-11 “ But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.
copyright 2011 Jean Chamblee (revised excerpt from “A Secret Life In the Secret Kingdom”) For more modern day stories: Amazon: https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B005XB5S6W&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_Hg9UFbKG7QVK9
CALLED TO ENTER (poetry)
November 20, 2020
Think not that God doesn’t know you
That He doesn’t see your life
It is He that has fashioned and made you
You are centered in His eye
You are His creation
And He makes all things well
Though it all may seem a mystery
In time the truth shall tell
He made you for a purpose
Yes you fit in His divine scheme
As perfect as a puzzle piece
That completes His heart felt dream
His heart, it longs to know you
And for you to know Him too
He invites you to this journey
But He won’t force you into
He longs for deep communion
Just between you and He
He longs to open up your eyes
To things only He can see
Fulfillment is in intimacy
That can be found in Him
As you take the steps on earth
To seek Him once again
You see at once the enemy
That tries to cloud your soul
He wants to take you down with him
Into the eternal Sheol
Don’t let the lies get to you
That’s contrary to God’s Word
Let the Bible lead you
The truth that you have heard
So like a giant treasure
You must choose to seek
Determine you will find it
Until your life’s complete
You are His great diamond
Only one of it’s kind
He made no other like you
This truth He wants you to find
So determine now to see Him
Look into His word
Call His name in the darkness
And KNOW that you have been heard.
Copyright 2020. Jean Chamblee Thomas
ALL OF OUR TEARS COLLECTED IN LOVE- (poetry)
November 4, 2020
Tenderness
Cocooning all around
A life with much pain
Will receive such a crown
All of the tears
Collected in love
Gentleness sees
Observes from above
All of the days
You thought you were alone
Never a moment
Just a breath from His throne
Tender loving Father
I wish we could see
Unravel the layers
Of seeming debris
Things we’ve considered
Of little report
Are the things heaven sees
Receives great reward
Small acts of kindness
Trickles of love
Never forgotten
Peace like a dove
Acts of forgiveness
In the face of such hate
Makes the Father smile
You’re a champion at the gate
copyright Jean Chamblee 2010
Psalm 56:8,9
“You number my wanderings;
Put my tears into Your bottle;
Are they not in Your book?
When I cry out to You,
Then my enemies will turn back;
This I know, because God is for me.
