“Trust and Believe”

When speaking to a friend today they told me they had a premonition about me last night. I was in Heaven on a white horse and I had wings, I was holding a sign that read “Trust and Believe”.


My heart was cheerful as I listened, but saddened at the same time. I knew that this sign was for them, for I have watched them change over the past six months as they have went thru some hard times. I too sometimes have trouble trusting that God hears me, because I pester Him, always apologizing for my shortcomings and asking for healing. I do Believe and Trust Him for my healing, physically and mentally. Do you?


"They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy. He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white." (Rev. 3:4)


Biblically, faith is trust, confidence in, or assurance. Assurance in God: Understanding what Faith / Trust is. Heb. 11:6 6But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.


No one can force trust. It develops over time. Hebrews 11:1 1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. I have written this to let my friend and others know that without Trust in God, you will never be able to believe. We have to go out on a limb and look at what Jesus did for us. Jesus had all the trust that His Father would not leave Him behind; His suffering would not go unnoticed. Jesus believed and trusted His Father to bring Him home to set on the right side of the throne with His Heavenly Father.


Faith (Trust) is a gift from God, not because we deserve it, have earned it, or are worthy to have it. It is not from us; it is from God. It is not obtained by our power or our free will. It is simply given to us by God, along with His grace and mercy, according to His holy plan and purpose, and because of that, He gets all the glory. We need faith to please God. God tells us that it pleases Him that we believe in Him even though we cannot see Him. Faith can fail us at times, but because it is the gift of God, He provides times of trial and testing in order to prove that our faith is real and to sharpen and strengthen it. This is why James tells us to consider it “pure joy” because the testing of our faith produces perseverance and matures us, providing the evidence that our faith is real James 1:2-4. My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.


My dear friends I ask that you go before the Lord and ask Him how you too can grow in your Trust and Belief in Him. As I said, it doesn’t happen overnight, however you will have insight to know the difference in things in your life. Jesus loves each and everyone of us, He wants the best. He doesn’t want us to suffer and be doubtful, but He will allow us to go thru many challenges in our life, but be assured He will never leave you alone, you have to “TRUST AND BELIEVE”.



“Trust and Believe”

The angel smiles as she carries her sign that reads “Trust and Believe”
You have nothing to fear
He is mightier than the enemy who hates you
He says our road ahead will be filled with many obstacles” but not to worry as we have the shield of Him about us.

Listen to my voice, as I cry out to you dear Lord
God can you hear me?
I am falling Lord
I do believe in you
I Trust that you are listening
You are my best friend
I trust that you shall take this pain
I feel like I cannot face another day
I believe you when you say you shall heal me
God can you hear me?

I stand in faith when I feel like giving up
I believe that you have made the way
I believe in you Lord
I trust in you Lord
You are my best friend
Are you listening to my voice, as I cry out to you dear Lord
God can you hear me?

The angel gets back on the white horse and rides off with her sign.
However; before she rides away, she says
“Continue on and know that Jesus is coming
He is with you until the end.”
Yes, my child I can hear you…

Brenda Redmond
August 31, 2010

Spiritual Growth

Spiritual growth takes time. We need to be patient with ourselves and be careful about trying shortcuts or strange ways to become good and holy and like Jesus. We need to work with nature not against it.

Moreover, part of this time is the slow constant discipline of repentance. In Edition, you need to turn back to God every day. Each day pull out the weeds of sin – and there will always be weeds. Prayer, Bible reading, studying and worship each week will also be helpful. It is immediate, and it happens slowly. If we are consistent and disciplined, it will happen because there is nothing that is too hard for God.

Spiritual growth is detailed in 2 Peter 1:3-8, "His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life" (1 John 5:11-12). When you believe in Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit lives inside of you (John 14:16-17) and you are a new creation in Christ! 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" Your old nature is replaced with a new nature that is under the influence of God's Spirit (Romans 6-7). Spiritual growth can only occur in a person who knows the Lord Jesus Christ as his or her Savior. Learning how to grow spiritually is a life-long journey, which happens as you, read and apply God's Word to your life. To get to Heaven you must know God; take this journey with me on being spiritually bound for Heaven. God bless you my friends…

“He loves you or Does He”

Ever been so in love with someone, and you feel it is not reciprocated? Words cannot express the grief one feels when one loses love. It is an ache that is so hard to explain, almost as bad as losing a loved one to death. Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop. Someone said that to me once, and I knew then it was the truth. Alfred Lord Tennyson once said: 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. I am not sure I totally agree with that one, least not right now. There are times when death would seem preferable to the unrelenting pain and frustration. Death of a loved one has a clean finality to it, and, normality, is not a deliberate choice on the part of the other to be free of you. As I sit here writing I am wondering how God feels about this. Some loves must die, if they are not from God they are not really loves anyway, but still it hurts, like Hell. All death hurts like Hell, because God did not make it. If you are going thru the loss of love, please remember they may choose to let you go, but God will never let you go, He loves you so much. Ever think that just maybe God wants you for himself! Have you considered that possibility?



The words “I Love You” is perhaps the most overused and misunderstood words in the English language. God gives and allows us love, but so many do not know the true meaning of loving. It is taken for granted so much. To love is to be loved. Agape is about giving of ourselves expecting and wanting nothing in return. It means loving other people regardless of whether you like them or whether they love you. Its supreme example is in Jesus who laid down his life, not only for his friends, but for everyone. I love with Agape love, and sure, I get hurt a lot, but my goal is to get to Heaven and be by Jesus side. Therefore, for all that have hurt me, I forgive you in Jesus Name. I wish love and happiness for all in this world.


"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me." (Galatians 2, 20)


Therefore, my point here is no matter how much someone hurts you, you will never not be loved, for see, Jesus loves you unconditionally and forever.


I love you too my friends, God bless you all….and I am sure that whoever he or she was or is loved you too, just not the way you loved them.

“Balancing Life”

In order to get balance into your life you must discover your purpose, establish your priorities and you must make your plan. Finding balance in our lives is sometimes very hard to do. We cannot seem to find out how to handle the pressure of what the boss is telling us to do, what your spouse is asking you to do, what the kids want you to do, what the school is requiring of you, what the church is calling for you to do, the expectations of friends, extended family, and so on. Where do we find time for the Lord in our busy lives? Some of us even thrive on chaos — the more the better. The days are a swirl of overwhelming activity from beginning to end. Some people handle it by withdrawing from everything. They feel burned out by people and activities, and now they just say “No” to everything. They never join anything, or if they were involved, they quit everything they used to do. It is the only way they know how to handle it. Others withdraw by retreating into a world of fantasy. They enter a false world where they do not have to be involved with other people on a real level. They sit for hours in front of the television, read countless books or watch an endless string of movies. They retreat into the chat rooms of the internet with its pretend relationships. I know personally I have done most of these at one point in my life, and if not these, I find resolve in slumber. There has to be balance. God does not mean for us to live like this. What happens when a tire is out of balance on your car? One tire out of balance by just a few ounces can shake a whole car. What happens when you have inner ear problems and lose your sense of balance? Your whole world becomes disoriented, and on both occasions you seek help, you take your tire to the shop to be fixed and you find a doctor to give you medication to clear the ear up. So, tell me why we are not seeking help for the imbalance in our lives. The first thing you have to do, if you are going to have balance in your life is to discover your purpose. What is your purpose in this world? The Bible says, “If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord” (Romans 14:8). If it is true that we belong to the Lord, then we have the obligation to live for the Lord. When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order. - Proverbs 28:2



Even a nation in disorder is unstable...so it is in our lives. Where disorder reigns, we find instability in our personal lives. "For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace." - 1 Corinthians 14:32 God wants things to be in balance both in the church and in our personal lives. The only way that you can have any kind of balance in your life is if the Lord is part of it. Seek Him today. God bless you my friends!

Mountain Climbing

Mountain climbing is extremely dangerous. If you are going to climb a mountain, you have to know in your heart of hearts that this is really worth dying for. One slip and you could be gone. One little misstep will send you right down to the bottom again. It is a strange thing about mountain climbing: It is often much easier to climb up than back down. Once you are up, you may never get back. Most mountain climbers who die are lost in the descent, because when they are climbing up they can see where they are going, but when descending they often cannot see ahead.



In the Scriptures, mountains, not valleys, symbolize power and greatness. The Lord speaks of the Kingdom of God as a mountain that becomes so great it fills the whole earth! (Daniel 2:35,44) 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.44 And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. It speaks of the Lord's house as a mountain, where the whole earth shall come and worship and from where the Word of the Lord shall go forth. (Isaiah 2:2) And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.


Jesus carried His cross up the mountain to give His life. He rose to the Highest of mountains after three days. The Mountain called Heaven.


Each of us climb mountains daily in our lives, we face many stones, and some boulders on the way up. How we handle the things below in the valley are going to be the things that matter. The Lord never told us it would be easy. It sure was not for Him. There is death in the valley! Life is on the mountain! Get out of the valley! "Flee as a bird to your mountain." (Psalm 11:1) [[To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David.]] In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your mountain? When you feel as you cannot take another step to reaching the top, it is time to reach your arms out and ask Jesus to take hold of you, to help you with your climb, ask for His divine forgiveness. Jesus loves you and me; He will always lift us up when we fall, no matter how hard or far.


Psalms 23 The LORD Is My Shepherd
A Psalm of David.
1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul:he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.



With God all mountains are climbable……..

“Longing to feel beautiful”

What makes you feel beautiful? I start my day, brushing my hair, putting makeup on hoping it transposes me into one of the models in those fancy magazines. You are unique and special, I tell myself. No one else looks like you. I say to self "Unique is beautiful." Because everyone is beautiful in his or her own way, do not let anyone tell you different.


As the cliche goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But sometimes, the first person you should be able to convince is no one else but your self. Being beautiful is all about feeling good about what you see in the mirror everyday and being at peace with yourself. But its also all about knowing the right bits of information that would keep you looking every inch the beautiful person that you truly are.

Where does your beauty lie? Make a list of what you need in your life to feel beautiful. As I have studied the bible this year, I have read repeatedly how Jesus created us in His own image. Therefore, you tell me how you cannot be beautiful.


• True Beauty in God's Eyes - True beauty comes from a heart that belongs to God. God designed you in a way that delighted Him—you are beautiful!


• You do not have to look or act perfect to gain His love—You are accepted!
• God had given you gifts and talents—you are blessed!
• He has a plan for you that will amount to more than being a face on the cover of a magazine.


1Peter 3:3-4 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.


Proverbs 31:30 Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.


Being beautiful comes from within. Like you, I sometimes feel down and out and ugly and I have to be woken to realize that outward beauty will resolve, it’s the inner spirit and soul that matters to God. I am created by the hands of Christ, just as you are, so WE are BEAUTIFUL IN CHRIST EYES.


That is enough for me…



Give your heart to God so that you too can feel beautiful.

“Consequences of Sin”

If we stray from the truth of God's Word, there are always consequences. Take a few minutes to see if you can think of some of the consequences of sin that you have seen either in your life or in the lives of those, you know.



1. Depression
2. No love for Jesus
3. Sickness
4. Anguish, stress, nervousness
5. Divorce, broken relationships


These are but a few of the things I have seen in my lifetime. I too am a sinner. I have had a feeling of emptiness and loneliness, Feeling left out without God is not a good feeling, it leaves you feeling lost and empty inside. "He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy" (Proverbs 28)


We usually sin because we think we will get some pleasure or benefit from it. Sins have consequences and the Lord sees all.

Sin brings guilt


“For I know my transgressions and my sin is always before me” Psalm 51:3.

Sin breaks God’s heart


“And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption” Ephesians 4:30.

Sin desires to control my life


“Jesus replied, ‘I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin’” John 8:34.

It is often difficult to admit sin: thinking about how it may hurt God/others may make you feel ashamed and you hide it even more, but the truth is that He knows. You are only hurting yourself, after all isn’t it you that has to stand before God in the end. The next time you want to sin, stop in your tracks and think about what you are doing and who you are actually hurting.

Father, I am truly sorry, and now I want to turn away from my past sinful life toward you. Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again. I believe that your son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, and was resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer. I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this day forward. Please send your Holy Spirit to help me honor You, and to do Your will for the rest of my life. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.”