Mama didn't Raise no Dummy!

you know, Mama didn't raise no dummy! When I wrote both Grace to the

Rescue and Grace to Grow, I was aware the whole entire time I was writing

them "HOW" I could have captured my audience with titillating and perhaps

even more interesting stories that would grab their attention and stimulate

their mind! Most people like a suspenseful story that has a villain, damsel in

distress, characters they can relate to, all kinds of things of which I am and

was aware of as I was writing my story. My book(s) are not there to say what

anyone WANT to hear or to say what would get the most or biggest "rise' out

of someone: They are there to help you be encouraged (not matter what your

circumstances are) that "The Lord helped her" and- He can "help me too!"

My second book is to encourage that all can (and should) grow in the Lord by

learning to eat, to drink and to partake of the Word of God versus just knowing

it by memorization or by heart. Grace to Grow is a sampler, Grace to Grow

part 2 (currently being written) is the MORE you are hoping for!

 

I fully intend to get Part 2 out by this year it is currently being written.

 

I believe it's not just the words I put on pages that will help as the Spirit of God

will be with my writings to encourage you as you read them.

 

With love Prayers and a sincere heart to

see you Happy, Cherished and Growing in the Lord,

Laura Grace

Author: Grace to the Rescue and Grace to Grow

Available at: https://www.tatepublishing.com/bookstore/book.php?w=978-1-63418-890-6

Travelling with Impatience (through the eyes of a child)

"Come on"

Said "Mom"

 

and "Make it Snappy"

Get in the car

and try to look "happy"

 

We're going somewhere

and we need to "get going"

Time is "ticking away"

and shows "no signs of slowing!'

 

so we got in the car

and my brother was Upset

he'd been playing outside

and he "wasn't done yet"

 

He was having such fun

and I too was not crazy

about really long car trips

where we are "forced to be lazy"

 

I remember the trips

to Grandma's house

having to sit in the back seat

"quiet as a mouse"

 

wondering WHEN we could stop and

"get drinks"

Having too Little to do

And "too much to think"

 

So I'd think about horses

galloping along

on the rolling plains

as we travelled along

 

Deep in thought, Interupted

by sounds of my brother

saying "out loud"

to my dad and my mother

 

"when do we get there?"

and "where are we going?"

I"m hungry and thirsty"

"my boredom is showing"

 

"oh just settle down"

my Mother would say

We'll get there real soon

and "then you can play"

 

So we "made up some songs"

and tried "going to sleep'

We tried to be good

and "not make a peep"

 

but sooner or later

the Journey got long

and we started the whining

"It's taking so Loooooooooooong!"

 

"quit crying" said Dad

Or I'll give you ""reasons to cry"

so we both shut our mouths

and didn't ask Why!

 

I think we both thought

we were not "being taught"

but simply just "forced"

to "sit there and rot"

 

the lessons of discipline

just "do not make sense"

at the time you go through them

it "seems like a fence"

 

LIke "something that hinders"

from just 'having some fun"

but you will cherish the outcome

when the discipline's done!

 

Well we'd stop at a station

and eat and "drink water"

and were told "go to the bathroom"

As we are going "much farther"

 

Well these lessons "like milk"

strengthened our spirits

Unless we are "stubborn"

and just "didn't want to hear it"

 

God is so smart!

We can "see his word"

coming alive!

in the things of this world!

 

As you think about children

and how we should be

As you think about seeds

or becoming "a tree"

 

as you follow you "Father'

keep remembering "this"

life is not always

"just full of bliss"

 

But he knows where he's "headed"

He's mapped out the way!

and although it's not all that "fun"

you're "secure all the way"

As your Heavenly Father

He knows "just what to do"

 

The Journey is simpler

If we just 'let him drive"

and try not to "complain"

or "break out in hives"

 

But when you have "moments"

just remember he loves you

Have a good cry

His ways are "above you"

 

You'll get where you're going

You can "have a good chat'

With your heavenly Father

and "sit on his lap'

 

He loves you he does!

but he won't change for you!

so it's best to find out

What he "wants you to do"

 

by Laura Grace 11-20-08

 

Heb 12:5-6

A Proclamation by Laura Grace

A Proclamation poem by Laura Grace

May your day be blessed
and Your Soul at rest
May the God of Peace
put satan under your feet
May the Lord of heaven
Who has no leaven
Put the words in your mouth
and Keep you from going south
You are blessed going in
and blessed going out
Stay in your God spot
Give the Jesus a shout
and say victory is mine
and don t let yourself doubt
Cause Jesus will finish
the work that he began
I am so glad he loves me
just as I am
but he loves me too much
To leave me that way
So I m Praising him for taking me
further today
Growing and Growing
Let s always being knowing
Our Lord a bit better
and let him break every fetter
and cares of this world
and things that do bind us
Let s be determined
to leave them behind us!

By Laura Grace

THE LIGHT and the Power of Light!

"The Light" and "The Spirit of the Living God" go hand in hand"

 

Let us pray "Father in the name of Jesus thank you for your words "let there be light" so long ago which still applies "forever and ever" amen and we "receive" the entrance of your light and your word in to our hearts "which will stand" forevermore.......In Jesus' name. Amen.

 

Did you ever go to one of those "home-made" haunted house type things when you were a kid? I did. Now my children did not have that experience because I did not allow them to celebrate "Halloween" but "as a kid" I can still remmeber when I went into one of those things and how it was all "dimly lit' and in the semi-darkness you could "see" say "a coffin" and as you walked by this "arm" would "reach out and grab you" and make me "Jump" and "Scream" and then as we would run to get out (of this spooky place) a "rubber spider" would brush across the top of our hair causing even more "fear" (and screaming) and all the kids would "scream" and "get out of there" and say "that was fun" or "that was scary" and tell everyone "you should go in there!"

 

Well my point is this: The only reason we were "scared" is because the room was so dimly lit (just enough light to see your way through this "place") and so had there been "a fully illuminated room" we would have seen that the "monsters" in there were "not dead" (because their eye lids were moving) or that it was "fake blood" or just a "rubber spider" and just all the tell-tale signs of this being one big "staged set up" would have been shown quite clearly 'had there been" "more light".

 

How many areas of your life (or others) are "dimly lit" do you suppose? I know people even "light candles" in a darkened room to have "romance" which is really "concealing" what we really "look like?" or how things "really are?" "oh I love you" she says as he looks so "handsome" by "candle light.' Yes, some "really do this" and sometimes even "call it God" !!oh we do "know better" but sometimes we think it's fun to "deceive ourselves" just like those kids "in the haunted house" scenario? Well "being a kid" is not forever unless you would like to always just "be a child" but then "you can never do grown up responsibilities then" Right?

 

Now believe it or not this sermon began just from reading Acts Chapter 22 and Romans Chapter 8! It just "jumped out at me" that when Paul was testifying about his experience with "Jesus Christ' it was "LIGHT" that was the biggest part of his testimony! In that LIGHT he "saw" that Jesus Christ was who he was persecuting (not just "persons" who were not obeying God "according to the Pharisees") and "In that Light" he saw HIMSELF as he really was...... and he SAW that he had stood by and allowed and innocent man to be stoned to death (Stephen). At the same time he saw the horror of his own flesh and sins he also "saw" that he was no longer condemned by God! And we know this because he wrote in Romans 8:1 "there is therefore now no condemnation to those who........" (read it please Yes please get out your bibles and read it "again"). Read it like Jesus and the Holy Spirit are there with you because if you invite them "they are!" So please, from now on do not underestimate "the Power of Light!". (Amen).

 

So you see my friends as we talk about "God Spot" that place where you allow "the light of God" to just "shine" into your hearts and minds "yes" you will have to take a harder look at yourself in the "reality" of "what" you really are or that "your mind" is not always "the mind of Christ" as it should be "BUT" it is a very good thing! In that light God's love is so powerful that it "matters not" and the Holy Spirit IS where the Light of God IS because the things of God go hand in hand "with each other" (amen) and God cannot seperate himself "from himself" (nor would we wish him to!) so then when Paul talked about "Walking by and in the Spirit' and THESE shall be called the Sons of God (Romans 8) there is much to be said here about "Walking in the Spirit' and if we are not well then "we should be".

 

There are absolutely "volumes" that could be preached about the Holy Spirit as well- So Father I pray: "LET THERE BE LIGHT" in all the hearts and minds of those reading these pages and may the Holy Spirit "grant us' the power to receive revelation of your word Father, which causes us to go forward and grow up "in Him" which is Jesus Christ our Lord. "Let Christ be formed in us'. Thank you Father with all my heart". Amen.

 

Author, minister, and his servant,

Laura Grace

 

Author of Grace to the Rescue, Grace to Grow and Grace to Grow "more"

www.tatepublishing.com

Defilement! And why we should cooperate with God in the process of Holiness: by Laura Grace

a little on defilement
and unclean spirits........by Laura Grace

If you have bitter envy or self seeking don't lie about it (Book of James) ......
We cannot hide what is in our hearts from God: He sees it all. It is when
we are made more like him he will reveal things about others and not before that. Anything else is just suspicions. He Reveals truths to people he knows can handle it (grown ups in Him.) When Jesus uncovered what was going on with the woman at the well his heart was full of love for her and: "she knew it" and that's why she became his faithful follower and talked about him to everyone she met: "Come meet this Jesus!" she said.........

There is much that can be said about defilement which leads to uncleanness and can lead to unclean spirits hovering around. Peter was told to go preach "to the unclean" but he was told "kill and eat". No, this doesn't mean he is going to kill people but he was a warrior priest (dragon slayer if you will!). If we sit and talk to unclean spirits or try to reason people out of their defilement we will just get dirty ourselves and pollute the river of life within us.

Things "within" a person's heart that they hold fast to: whether it be foolishness,pride, deceitfulness, sexual sins, hatred, murder and everything else "unholy" cannot be reasoned with they must be cast out. They can be cast out by the Word of God and his living water flowing through a cleansed vessel of God!

In Mark chapter 7 Jesus (after rebuking the Pharisees for their focus on washing hands and getting after Jesus about his disciples not washing their hands) said "HEAR THIS" (to the whole multitude) saying "It's not what goes into your mouth that makes you unclean but what comes from out of your heart!" He went on with a list which included pride as well as deceit and foolishness! When we come to God to be changed and transformed we have all discovered unclean or defiled things within us that need to COME OUT and be replaced with the beautiful and lovely things of God. It is when people no longer see these things within us, they will be drawn to the beauty and Light of God shining out of our hearts.

There is much that can be said about defilement, but one definition is to pollute or to muddy or to "tread upon" or insult. A defiled person will tread and trample all over the top of something Holy and not seem to think they are doing anything wrong! Instead of receiving the living Word of God that can cleanse them and wash them clean they will argue and fuss and try to make God's words of no effect.

This type of defilement must be cast out and away from a separated and Holy vessel of God. To be Holy Means to be "set apart" and that means we cannot have arguments with those who wish to cling to their defilements. Unclean spirits will "act up" when the presence of God is around! Let's not deceive ourselves and think there "is no" spirit realm because there is! We need not fear it but we do need to be aware and study and learn so we can grow to a point where we can talk to those unclean spirits and say: "STOP" Cease! Desist! "FLEE" .......so the difference IS really made in the Heart and there is more to this than just calling on God's name. amen!

Resist the devil and he will flee! And I don't care who he is using. Resist him! in Jesus' name........(your humble servant) Laura Grace

(this is the type of expansion that will be in Grace to Grow Part 2 "More" currently in progress.)

How do I know if I've Grown? by Laura Grace

How do I know if I've grown? (by Laura Grace)

Yes this is a very good question is it not? It is!

One I was "afraid to ask" and didn't for a very long

time either! Listen I have to be honest with you

because deep down I knew this was needed but I

kept thinking "I don't have time" so every now and

then I would say "send me miracle Grow" Father!

Supernatural stuff to me was like "miracle grow!"

I can look back now and see how I was scrambling

to know and to grow after I became born again! I

wanted to know everything! I studied everything I

could get my hands on about healing about how to

have faith and how to have fruit and how to witness

and how to be "all I can be" in the Lord! I went through

This seminar twice on "finding your purpose" and took

spiritual gift tests, sat in bible studies and sermons

and talked to Christians all the time! to me planning

a vacation or even buying a house or shopping was

"WORLDLY" because I was raised Lutheran but I was

In a Pentecostal type church for a long time (soaking in

all they said like a sponge!!!). GROWN to me meant

1 Corn 13 all my childish things are put away because I

now LOVE everyone! Isn't that what perfect means? All

the other stuff is nothing (prophecy all that) and now the

perfect has come and I love EVERYONE like God does!

How I discovered I wasn't grown was hard questions used

to upset me! (a lot) that was one way I knew. :)

I think some of my best stories would have to be told in

person! And what I have experienced in the Lord could

not fit in 10 books if I wrote it all down! (and I am still

growing) but this idea that I have to love everyone except

me well, that had to go first! Why? Because how can I be

all God wants if I don't love myself enough to LET myself

have time to grow (first off!) and how can I grow if I am

not drinking in living water every day not just on Sunday?

and what if I just pretended to understand what all these

scriptures mean instead of really finding out for myself what

they mean? And what If I don't apply it because I am too

busy rushing to the next thing I want to learn?

And what if I say I can see and hide the fact I am blind to

some stuff? OH this journey I have been on involved every

single day of submitting it all to Jesus let me tell you but

yes to Grow? To grow you have to GO and follow JESUS

and it takes guts too (I found that out!). He WILL and can

take you on a Journey and it may not be what you think!

How do I know I'm growing? There is so much to this! How

about we start with REALLY being yoked to Jesus first and

what if we took what he said Literally like: "BREAD" His word is

bread (FOOD) and what if we began to see and believe we can

have this really truly LIVING RELATIONSHIP With God and we

CAN (CAN) KNOW HIM! .........(for ourselves!) ..........

Who cut in on you and said you can't? What are the obstacles

that seem to stand in your way? Admitting we are not as grown

as we thought is the first step (and the hardest one of all I might

add) because Knowing God is not the same as knowing about him!

And yes I do say some radical stuff! but I have lived it! and I am

not afraid to talk about it! and yes sometimes what I say will make

someone mad! (who does she think she is anyway?) but I know
God is with me on this. HOW I KNOW Is because I am CONFIDENT

in my heart because the HOLY SPIRIT has convinced me of truth

after truth after truth! And the biggest testimony of all is KNOWING

Who you are in him and THAT yes you do KNOW him (and he knows

you!) and that you are so full of God you can explain things from the

revelation of your own heart from God to you and the word is alive

to you it's water it's bread! and when you study God shows you more

and more and more because now you know YES THIS IS SUPPOSED
TO HAPPEN! I AM supposed to be another TREE of his growing by the

living water with fruit and leaves and branches and yes I am a minister

of his because minister means servant! And am so full of the Love

Of God I am not afraid of what is coming and I can truly rest in him now

because "God and I" have faced everything there is to know "together'

and what we have not faced yet we will! (Together) ........

I have to stop this is getting long! CONFIDENCE in your Daddy God

even more so than your earthly parents because you KNOW ......

Growing........the revelations are branching out from God to you and it's

getting bigger and bigger! and you love to hear other's testimonies of
God and what he is saying to them because YOU KNOW your heavenly

Father and "dad is with you" while you shop, cook, work, drive, pray, and

I have no doubt many are grown already but I believe God wants to make

growing More exciting (AND FUN) .........and this is part of going back to

our first love by the way Having fun WITH HIM while also learning of him

in Our everyday lives! And let's not stagnate either! and let's all get involved!

When a child is grown they can go do all the stuff mom and dad can do........

Right? ...........so it's not just about loving everyone we are re-born and become
as a baby, then a child and while we don't want to lose our child like faith we
do need to grow UP In Jesus (Ephesians 4) and those who "won't" don't! it's not
automatic either! If that were true we would not see the scary things we see so yes
we really do have to take Dad's hand (the Father) and by his Spirit we learn!
and if you don't believe that read John 14, 15, 16 and circle every place you see
the word Spirit!

I have said enough for today! (there is really so

much to this!!).......with love and prayers! soaking in Living water today!

Laura Grace author, Grace to Grow

The Glorious Day : BY Laura Grace author of Grace to the Rescue and Grace to grow

The Glorious Day: by Laura Grace
Once there was a girl a very long time ago.....
She dreamed of having horses and on a ride she'd go........
and then she dreamed of having friends, as many as hear heart could hold...
and then she dreamed of writing songs, that all would turn to Gold.

and she dreamed of travelling and seeing what she could see
and singing songs that would lift up souls, helping them get free.
Day and night she practiced, and learned 1000 songs
wanting to encourage and wanting to belong.
But she never seemed to quite fit in, she didn't understand it
She tried her best to learn the rules, and whatever was demanded
Year after year after year went by, and she did whatever she found
If songs can't be sung then hearts could be won
and lives could be turned around.
So often she found such very hard ground and prayed until night fall came
Begging and pleading with her savior above to take away their pain.
Finally she realized on one glorious day
the seeds have to find good soil
she finally arrived at a place in her life
Where life was not endless toil
"Your Yoke really is light" she cried with delight"
as she sat at the master's feet!
Now her opened up eyes- and ears "tuned to the wise'
are not ridden with pains of defeat!
I can be a seed sower and can water them too!
She exclaimed on a glorious day!
Oh thank you dear Father I thank you so much!
That we really can "live" what you say!
Now she gets up each morning and looks at the sky
and she knows way down deep in her heart
the secrets of God are not hidden at all
To the ones who will be: "set apart."
-that girl was me
by Laura Grace January 6, 2015