My simple Christmas gift...

 I have only this simple word, but I give it with my heart and soul 

in the hopes it blesses someone for Christmas

       Wow, it’s been a while since I just sat down with the Word 

and let the Lord speak to me…  

kinda ashamed to admit that, but there it is.  

 Bless God, He is faithful, though!  What a revelation this morning!  

And short & sweet!  I think I am figuring that part out finally, too!  (…and the crowd roars!)

So, He has me reading bits and pieces of John 15 & 16 this morning, when 16:22b hits me:  …and your joy no man taketh from you.  Wow…  yeah!  What I know, I know!  I KNOW the things that God has done in my life; I know the times that Jesus has touched me, spoken to me, been right next to me; I know that I know that I know the visions the Holy Spirit has given me!  No one can ever take that away from me!  Whom have I to fear when I am a child of the most high God?!

But then verse 23 hit me, still in John 16: And in that day ye shall ask me nothing.  Verily, verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye ask the Father in my name, he will give it to you.  OK, hold the phone!!  Let me read that again, Lord…   "ye shall ask me nothing”???  My mind started racing with the, pffft – millions? – of prayers where I’d asked Jesus to handle stuff!  Always being duly respectful, of course - but sometimes as if He was the big brother I always dreamed of having.  

I took those signs and wonders, the magnificent miracle of His manifestations to me, somewhat for granted and often just prayed right to Jesus.  Oh, I always prayed in His name, ‘cause I knew the last part of that verse, if we did that our prayers would be answered!  Right on, Jesus!  

But for all the spewing rhetoric I do about there not being enough reverential fear of God these days – I am guilty of the same thing!!  Well that sucks…  hellooo – revelation!! 

Jesus tells us right there that we are to pray to the Father, IN His name.  He freakin DIED that horrific death on the cross to tear the curtain in the holy of holies and break down that which separated us from the heavenly Father, so we could go directly to Him!  For me to not pray to the Father now is just disrespecting the sacrifice that Jesus made!  Who would do that on purpose???  Not me!  Not now that the truth has been laid out so clearly before me!

Whoa…   Thank You, Holy Spirit for laying the Word out before me the way you do!  

OH!  See!  I almost said, “Jesus, help me to start…”  Well, I see this is going to be a habit that will have to be consciously broken!  (21 days to form a new habit, here I come!)

Glorious heavenly Father, I magnify You and thank You for Your boundless love and mercy!  I can do nothing without Jesus, I ask in His name for the guidance to change my prayer habits and not take any of You for granted, Abba!  I yield my prayer life to You, in Jesus’ mighty name.  I praise You and worship You, Father!  Hallelujah!!

You know, ‘gold and silver have I none’, 

but I sure hope this touches someone out there!

Merry Christmas one and all!! 

ABC Pushes Too Hard

 "Good Christian Bit***s"?!

Really, ABC????  Really?!  

On our TVs, in front of our children?!  

I think you have just gone too far this time!

"TAKE HEED THAT NO MAN DECEIVE YOU" 

Jesus said this in Matt. 24 to prepare us for just THIS kind of thing...  

a fight against not only those who would suppose to DO this in the first 

place, but those who would, as this article suggests at the end, 

be so deceived as to think 

that this would somehow be OK with the creator of the universe, 

the Father of all nations, the Alpha and Omega, 

the great I AM - the one true and living God who spoke 

everything into its very existence!  

The enemy comes like a roaring lion to STEAL, KILL, AND DESTROY, 

seeking whom he can devour...  

ARE YOU GOING TO LET IT BE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY???? 

 

  (John 10:10, 1Peter 5:8)

Here is another article on the matter.

Use this link to tell ABC you do NOT approve!

How long before the F-word is just another part of 

TV language and billboards?

How long before people finally stand up and say ENOUGH?!

 

Falling into Place

NEW GAME PLAN

Yea, OK...  so I have this tendency to hear God when He speaks, but before He really finishes, I'm sorta like a big yellow lab, straining at the end of the leash, choking itself to get out the door goin, "Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!  We're gonna go for a ride, we're gonna go for a ride!"  And while I'm slobbering all over myself with glee, I missed the part about the ride being to the vet's office!  Then I am disappointed in my owner who I thought loved me and was supposed to care for me, that they could take me to a place where I am poked and prodded, given SHOTS, and forced to sit in a smelly room full of all those 'other' animals so obviously from the wrong side of the tracks!   :/

Ahhhh, yes...   I used to drive this one boss of mine crazy in one-on-one meetings when I would fidget and get this 'let's pick up the pace' look on my face!  

BE STILL and know that I am God.   Now there's a tough one for me to grasp!  haha!

But, I think I may finally have gotten some of what I am supposed to be doing with this blog business figured out!  Yeah!  *insert crowd roaring with applause here*

I am all about God and racing...   hence "Breakthrough Racing" - and this blog.  So, until I learn my way around blogdom a little better, here's the deal.  Off to the bottom right you will find some "additional pages."  They are named appropriately for your perusal as you may desire.  

This main body will be for racing and general 'stuff' as it flies.  The "Sword of the Spirit" page will be my devotions/Bible study section, feel free to ask questions, not that I am a theologian by any stretch of the imagination, but I will do my best to give you what I believe the Bible says on issues.

I will be adding to my Bio page here and there; I have not quite decided what I'm doing with that just yet, how in depth that's going to go - don't want to scare folks, you know!  heehee!  But then, those who frighten easily may want to avoid the "Randomness" page altogether as that is liable to churn out anything from the wild first entry baring my soul about something from my past, to a commentary on Bass Fishing tournaments...   one can just never be sure with me.  It's what keeps folks coming back!   ;o)

Either way, you can count on honesty, humor, lots of racing, and a place to renew your faith and receive prayer and refreshing for your spirit when you need it!  Hmmm...   I suppose a page for prayer requests is called for as well, then!

Welcome to the new Breakthrough Racing blog experience.  I hope you will come back often!

The Reluctant "Prophetess"

The Sword of the Spirit…

it is a two-edged sword that cuts both ways; 

cut me to the quick when I need it, too, Lord.

OK, so for quite some time now the Lord has been after me doggedly to “WRITE!” But, as usual, true to form, I ran. He showed me exactly what I was to say, and I said, “nooooo! I can’t say that to people!”

So then what does He do? Takes me to Jeremiah 1 and promptly says, “Don’t tell me what you can’t do! You will do this and you will not be afraid of what people think.” And I’m pretty sure He said something like ‘period, end of sentence’ when He was done… but I wouldn’t swear to that!

So, a few more days of dragging my feet, a few more days of Him flashing BLOGGING through my head, and here I am, humbly - yes, somewhat reluctantly - to share some of the things the Lord has been showing me. This whole blogging world is new to me as well as stepping out in the Lord this way, so I ask for your indulgence as I wet my feet these first few weeks and not allow comments. One mountain at a time, OK?! Thanks!

Well then, starting soon will be various offerings here in this blog, in a series which I have decided to refer to as the "Sword of the Spirit," on subjects the Lord puts on my heart, or otherwise instructs me to share.  Sometimes He's not so subtle, you see.  He does have a "still small voice" - until you ignore Him, then He is not above smackin' you upside the head with something.  Trust me!

There will be issues coming on subjects such as the "If and Then" principle throughout the Bible; the future without our Bibles; true repentance; Ishmael and the current conflicts with the Middle East; rampant compromise today; unanswered prayer; and many, many more.

I hope you will enjoy the journey, I pray you will receive these words with an open spirit as the Lord intends them, and I hope you will pray for me as I humble myself to accept this mantle that I guess I pretty much asked for, but am now stepping into like the Ghost and Mr. Chicken!

Thank you.