"Where do I go from here?"

America's top 20! by Laura Grace

Father in the name of Jesus! Help

us to stop talking about what we

need to do and actually Do it! Help

us to see you as you really Are and

get you out of those boxes we have

put you in and expand our horizons!

Oh sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.

Sing unto the Lord, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day.

 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.

amen! Psalm 96:1 KJV

I was thinking the other day about these ads I see on TV

"the top 20" and this had to do with music, but I think it

also has to do with the same messages and sermons we

often hear day after day. OH they are good! (those songs)

and it's good to sing along with them too! (We know them

already!).

 

We are busy taking our shower, getting ready for

work or shopping or cleaning the house (taking care of kids)

and we want to feel better so we sing "those old tunes" that

we know so well! (Right?).

The thing is, I realized a long time ago that singing those songs

(while wonderful indeed) or even "quoting" the same scriptures

I'd been quoting for years, not to mention my saying "it's not

about religion it's about relationship" but KNOWING down in

my heart The reality of that statement was NOT something I

was fully living!

Oh sure, I had experiences with God, encounters

and testimonies, "light bulb moments" and such but I truly wanted

to know him! I was in bible school, studying, praying, doing everything

the minister said and wanting so desperately to totally understand the

good news of God so I could fully share it with others!

Who is actually chosen? (I wondered) How do we know they are chosen?

How do we know if we are chosen? how do we know just because someone

is out there preaching they are actually of God? Is it because of their great

following? THE REASON we sing those same old songs is because they

become so familiar to us (you see) and many of the sermons we hear are

very good, but they don't always fit "our lives" exactly!

We need the Lord to give us recipe's For US that work with what we have

(amen?) As sometimes we cannot even afford (or find) all the very expensive

ingredients we are told will make: "the perfect cake!". A big part of what this

ministry is about (Grace to Grow) is believing YOU TOO can write a song and

YOU TOO can sing a "different tune" and be yourself IN HIM!

YOUR (unique) testimony in the Lord is like "another song" that nobody has

heard yet! It is added to the very arsenal of Heaven's Praises (toward the
Lord!). We need to stop being so afraid of the doctrines of men and study,

pray, learn and see that OUR (unique) testimony of how God brought us out

is not necessarily a recipe for others but an inspiration for them to have a

testimony too! Your Testimony is like "a song" and it doesn't have to be

just like the top 20 (songs) you have already heard to be good!

Father please, I pray people out there everywhere will begin to believe they

can be a light and another shining Testimony for you! I pray people will have

their own stories (in you) and will share, declare and tell those stories! I pray

you will bring to fruition the answer to that prayer Jesus prayed so long ago:

"Let them be one" as we are one" ......"Glorify yourself"

 

 Let the Testimonies of the saints arise and while our songs may be a bit different,

let all of them bring Praise, Honor and Glory to you Lord' including my own.'

amen! Laura Grace