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You know how everyone loves to have a job with lots of great benefits? Well did you know that the benefits of God are much better and everlasting than any job here on earth could ever give. I mean their benefits are great for sure, but let's check out the benefits of serving God. They can't even begin to give us what God can give us. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. Psalm 103:2-6 KJV Peace, joy, forgiveness, redemption, comfort, provision, hope, salvation, mercy, loving kindness , healing, and so much more! But let's not forget that in this world we will walk through trouble, trials, death of loved ones, and have tribulation, but in the midst of it in Him we still have hope and peace, and are surrounded by His presence. We still have all His benefits and promises. Though we must make the choice of abiding and dwelling in Him. Rest and trust. These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. John 16:33 KJV Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength: Isaiah 26:3-4 KJV The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; Psalm 103:8, 11-12, 17 KJV
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Is there something you've been praying for, hoping for, and excitedly waiting for but it's just not coming about when you wanted, how you wanted, or not looking at all they way you thought it would? Don't lose hope, hang in there, God's working it out in His timing and His way for His glory and your good! His way doesn't always look the way we imagine it would. And when we have to wait on things it builds character, strength, patience, perseverance and endurance. So it's all good!! Mae Renfroe Here is the video I referred to this video called How The Megachurch Destroyed Christianity. https://youtu.be/5BuiwgGqNx4 Wow Mom host, Ellen Mongan, , interviews Mae Renfroe about her book, "Holding on to Hope". When tragedy hits a persons life all you can do is hold on to the hope you have in Christ Jesus, our Savior and our Lord. With wisdom and encouragement Mae tell her story . She brings the light of Christ to guide those who grieve and are broken hearted. This is a story of hope and will touch the hearts of many. Listen and pass it on. Welcome to this week's video. I talk about the importance of looking for God in the little things in life. Too often we can be looking for the big things and waiting on those answers for the big prayers we have been diligently praying, that we miss seeing God at work in the everyday. I share two very amazing God divine appointments in my life recently and encourage you all to not overlook or downplay those little things. The little things often have just as much importance or impact as the big things and in some cases even more. In Him, Mae Renfroe Back in our Alberta home!! in this video I give more details of our trip up from Texas, about how the spit tests we did didn't go as expected, and our 14 day quarantine. Traveling is not what it use to be pre-covid for sure, I guess it's easier for those that have the vaccine, but getting much tougher on the rest of us. if you haven't already go watch part of Our ROAD trip from Texas to Alberta. Praising God for the amazing turn out to Gospel message in the park. It didn't go as I had expected or prayed for, but it went above and beyond all my expectations. All glory to God. God went way beyond my expectations for the gospel message in the park. praise be to God. Ephesians 3:20 May you be blessed and encouraged to trust God in everything you do. His Word will not go out void! And if you would like have me come and share at your church or ladies group please contact me. Visit my speaking page here. Mae Renfroe P.S. At the time of sharing this blog post we are up to 523 views on the Facebook video. YAHOO!!!
Fellow moms, God desires and longs to have a relationship with each one of us personally. And when we Draw close to God He will draw close to us.
Come along and join me on this episode of the podcast as I dig into scripture about seeking God and how we can have a closer and more intimate relationship with Him and how we can hear from Him. Please enjoy this episode of my podcast. May you be blessed and encouraged! In Him, Mae ( below is my notes and scripture that I used in this episode. )
Want to Hear from God?
Talk to God and He will speak to you. The Bible tells us to draw nigh to God and he will draw near to us. In James 4: 7-9 7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. James 4: 7-9 The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart, And saves such as [a]have a contrite spirit. Psalms 34:18 13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13 .Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations,I will be exalted in the earth. The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. Psalms 46: 10-11 KJV 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. Matthew 7:7-8 KJV What we feed on the majority of the time is what will have the most impact and effect on us. Out of the issues the heart the mouth speaketh. Luke 6 :45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good, and an evil man out of the evil [a]treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. Luke 6:45 Our time in the Word is very important, but we have to be careful what we put in our minds the rest of our time because it’s the other stuff that will have more effect on us. God wants to speak to us, but he can’t if we are listing to other stuff. When we are dwelling on the things of the world we can’t hear Him. We just can't or we won't, because we listening to other voices and not taking heed to what His Word has told us. What is true about Him and what is true about us. We end up believing the lies of satan. If we allow that than to be louder in our lives than the truth that we know. We got to get rid of all the other voices so we can hear His voice. The things we hear between morning and night need to be life-giving, Christian music, podcats, etc…. The more we seek God and the things of God the more we are filled by Him, and in tune with Him. Matthew 5:6, Mathew 7:7-8 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Matthew 5:6 KJv Are we hungry and thirsty after God and righteousness? 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. Matthew 7:7-8 KJV As I've often told my husband we can have as close a relationship with God as we want. We can either keep Him at arm's length or in His arms. It's really up to us and how much we are willing to surrender and invest in the relationship. Do we just want to have God when we get in a difficult time or do we want an ongoing communication with Him. Do we want Him to be the Lord of our lives? Do we want Him to fill every part of our lives and our every day. The closer relationship the more spiritual insights God reveals to us and more He convicts us on things. Seek God with all your heart. He is near to those of a contrite heart. Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! The Lord of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah Psalms 46:10 -11 It’s easy to feel at times that if we just had the right connections we could do certain things or go certain places that other people are able to do because of their connections or status, and even though that is mostly correct in the earthly realm of things. What we got to realize that if we are God’s child then we do have the connections we need. We are connected to the one who has all the connections. If we have God then we have a friend in a high place. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. John 16:13-15 KJV https://bible.com As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. Psalms 42:1-5 KJV But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:33 KJV Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. Matthew 28:20 KJV Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. Jeremiah 33:3 KJV Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength: Isaiah 26:3-4 God hears us before we even speak a word, ( Psalms 139:4 - Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely. Isaiah 65:24- Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear. ) So we can be assured that He hears our every prayer. And we can also be assured that He answers our every prayer too. But what we need to realize is that He answers in His time, His way and His will. So the answers don’t always come when we want, how we want and don’t always look the way we want them to. But He answers our prayers according to His will and what’s best for us for our good and for his glory. And that is really what we want anyway. We just want Him in our lives and His will done in our lives. I believe God answers every prayer in one of three ways. Yes. No. And not yet. In this video I want to encourage you to not give up or get weary in prayer, and not lose hope. But continue to seek the Father and His will and His heart. And seek and pray that your desires and heart longings are aligned with those of God’s. Psalms 37:4 tells us that when we take delight in the LORD, he will give us the desires of your heart. But first and foremost God himself needs to be the desire of our hearts. God and His Will for our lives need to be the desire of our hearts. And when we desire or love God with all our hearts, soul, and mind then hearts should be in the right place and we will be desiring the right things. May you be blessed and encouraged with this post and video about prayer. In Him, Mae
Yes, God always hears us, and answers all our prayers. The problem is, we may not always like the answers.  It is okay for us to prayer for some things that we think is good. But we need to be ultimately seeking His will in the matter and not our own. So then when the answer doesn't come the way we had hoped for, we are still okay with it, because what we really wanted was His will. Our true desire and want, is to want what He wants for us. A good thing when you are praying for a certain direction in your life, or for a certain door to open, is to pray that He would close every door you are not to walk through. And really seek and pray for His will in the matter and not your own. Rest, trust, and know He wants what best for us, and He can see that so much more clearly than we can. He can see the big picture and the future, unlike us who can only see the here and now.
Never under estimate the power of prayer and the power of God! Prayers does wonders for us in so many ways. When we prayer for certain things, not only do we receive the answers, "Yes", "No", or "Wait", but we receive so much more than that as well. When we fervently come to the Lord in prayer, regardless of the turmoil our minds, hearts, and spirits had just been in, our hearts are comforted, our anger melts away, our minds and our souls become peaceful, and fears and worries dissolve. It's beautiful and amazing! Take everything to the Lord in prayer, no matter how great or how small it may be. He hears and He cares. And regardless of how small it may seem to you, if it's troubling you, you need to release it to the One who can take care of it for you. ~ Keep diligent in prayer. It works! God is the answer to all our problems! In Him, Mae
Hi Ladies, Welcome to week four video blog posts. I am coming with 2 for you this week! So exciting! I had so much on my mind that I ended up with not one, but two videos! ( Underneath the videos you little find a brief discription of both. ) So enjoy, and may you be blessed, inspired, and challanged as you walk with God! In Him, Mae
Isn't it beautiful when we see answers to our prayers!!  Not all the time can we visually see our prayers being answered though, but when we have prayed for something specific and it comes into being it is so awesome and is a great thing to share with others. I have a couple older answered prayers I wanted to share here as well as one very recently. The recent first. As you may know I am in the process of writing my fourth self published book, which I work on as I have time. I use the book wright program from blurb. Anyway my lap-top was not connecting to our internet for awhile, so my husband finally had to do some over-hauling on my lap-top. And when he was done some things were missing off my computer. Book wright was one of them! And no matter how I searched on my computer I did not find my book in progress. You can know I was very worried because if I lost the book there was no way I was starting again, I have no time for sure! So I went to God in prayer on this. My husband downloaded the book wright program again and opened it and there was my books!!! Praise the Lord!  Here is another answered prayer. A kind of funny one. It was just a couple days before my husband was to fly up to Canada with our oldest son, Nathan, who would then be away all summer long. And I planed a trip to town with Nathan before he was to leave. I had only this one day to work with. And during the night I ended up with diarrhea. Like bad diarrhea. And I had an upset stomach too. I announced at breakfast that I didn't see how I could go. I didn't want to give us that easy, but I knew it wasn't wise for me to be going out in that condition. I decided to lay down for a little nap and see if that would help. Getting up still feeling rough Paul said he would take Nathan instead. I agreed but didn't like that one bit. I was upset that diarrhea would hold me back from this special day with my son! I was like, "No this will not happen". I am going go to God in prayer on this one! So I went in the bathroom on my knees and prayed that God would stop my diarrhea so that I could go and take Nathan to town. So I came out and announced that I prayed and that I was going. Mind you it took a lot of faith. I was being pretty brave. But I was determined. So off we went. I went to the bathroom as often as I could while in town. All went well. And we had a very good time. That afternoon when I got back, my diarrhea started up again and again all night long. Boy was it very obvious as well as very exciting to see what God did for me so that I could go and spend that day with Nathan before he left!! Oh, how He loves me! Praise God for all His goodness!!  Here is a very special answer to prayer that occurred in the late winter/early spring of 2018. In the early spring of 2017 I had been doing little meetings with the children once-in-awhile. And this particular meeting was caught on video by my younger son Ben. This one contained Clayton and was a complete riot because of him. He was loads of fun in our meeting! As you may know Clayton passed away in April 2017. So this little video holds a lot of memory for us, and is very, very special. Well time went by and one of our little ones played with the video camera one day. After that time we found certain videos had been deleted and in all appearance the one of our meeting was one of them. Gone. We could never get that back again. You know I was completely heart broken. On different occasions we determinedly tried to look for it on there, but all with no luck. Finally once when we were talking about it, I got quite worked up about it. Sam said he was going to try once again to look for it. So I told him to wait that I wanted to go pray first. So off to my room I went and I cried out to the Lord that that seemingly deleted video with our son Clayton would reappear back on the video chip. I come out and Sam, who also had been praying, turned on video camera and scanned through the chip again. And guess what there was the missing video!! Praise God who cares about these little things that we care about! Isn't He so good! So of course we lovingly devoured that video several times in a row. Oh, how I love answered prayed like this! Don't you? Our God sees. He hears. He cares! Praise God He is good! ( And He can stop diarrhea! ) In Him, Mae
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I am a wife to my wonderful husband, Paul, of over 22 years. Mommy to 9 blessings, ages 21 to 3 years. Our 2nd oldest son, at age 14, has gone on to be with the Lord on April 19th, 2017. I share about that new road we are on here on my blog. Categories
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