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by Tammy Phillips
March 21, 2021

For this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: Hebrews 8:10 KJV)

We often talk about our Bible verse tattoo!  What would yours say?  I have favorites that have gotten me through the storms, tornadoes and tsunamis of life.  After reading Hebrews 8:10, I realized that God has beaten us to the punch.  We have no need of tattoos on the outside because the Lord says that He will write or engrave His laws on our hearts and put them in our mind.  All of His Word is there for us whenever we need it.

Then the Holy Spirit led me to Matthew 22:36-40:

“Teacher, which [is] the great commandment in the law?” ³⁷ Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ ³⁸ “This is the first and great commandment. ³⁹ “And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ⁴⁰ “On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.” (Matthew 22:36-40 NKJV)

God engraved the Old Commandments into two stone tablets. He engraves the New Covenant or Commandments into our heart.  He engraves love!  Love covers it all!   Love Jesus.  Love others like you love yourself.  Everything falls under Love!  God is Love.  I imagine that there need only be one word “tattooed” on our heart…LOVE.

I enCOURAGE you to enjoy your new-found tattoo, the one that God wrote on your heart.  I can’t wait to tell everybody about mine!

 

 

by Tammy Phillips
March 20, 2021

I, even, I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; And will not remember your sins. (Isaiah 43:25 NKJV)

As I rested my head on the pillow, I heard a question rise in my spirit. “Do you remember the first mistake you ever made?  Do you remember the first time you sinned?  Do you remember the first sin your kids committed?”  My answer to every question was, “no.”

The Lord said in Isaiah 43:25 “I, even I, am He that blots out thy transgressions for mine own sake and will not remember thy sins.”

Blot out is the Hebrew word, machah, which means to stroke or rub over; to wipe away; destroy; erase.

I am so glad my God has a BIG BOTTLE OF WITE-OUT!

God is not a liar.  He says He doesn’t even remember them!  It was Jesus that whitewashed us!  No words can express my gratitude to my Heavenly Father for His Word and for His, Son Jesus who paid for our sins with His blood.

I have missed the mark.  You have missed the mark.  Our spouses have missed the mark (although they believe that they are perfect).  Our kids have missed the mark.  Our parents have missed the mark.  Our friends and enemies have missed the mark.  Who do we think we are to keep track and remember our most recent sins when God said they are blotted out and that He forgets them?  Who are we to keep record of others most recent offenses, when God said He has erased them and that “HE WILL NOT REMEMBER THEM?”

The Holy Spirit answered my questions with Acts 3:19. He broke it down like this for me: 

REPENT (change your mind for the better, think differently).
NOW!  BE CONVERTED (turn around, return to God)
THAT YOUR SINS (where you missed the mark; where you made a MIS-take; where you wandered off the path, and where you just did wrong.) may be
BLOTTED OUT (anointed; washed in every part; wiped away; obliterated; erased;white-washed; “whiteout”)
SO THAT TIMES OF REFRESHING (revival, catching and recovering your breath,) SHALL COME FROM THE PRESENCE (face) OF THE LORD.

In case you need more encouragement, He says it again in Hebrews 8:12,

“For I will be merciful and gracious toward their sins and I will remember their deeds of unrighteousness no more.

And, again…

For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.” (Jeremiah 31:34 NKJV)

Need one more encouragement? 

For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. ¹² As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. (Psalms 103:11-12 NKJV)

I enCOURAGE you to embrace the Lords BIG BOTTLE OF WITE-OUT!  You easily forget the first sins.  Forgive yourself and others.  Forget the sins of yourself and others.  God did.  Who do we think we are?

PS… Just learned that “wite” means blame or reproach.  Reproach means shame, disgrace; charged with fault.  God is a God of “wite-out.”

 

by Tammy Phillips
March 19, 2021

Oh, that men would praise the LORD for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men! (Psalms 107:8 KJV)

I heard the voices of the sullen faces coming from the old church pews.  They thought they needed to occupy those pews every Sunday.  No joy.  No laughter.  No happiness.  No praise.  I heard duty coming from their lips as they sang their sacred hymns. (They are my hymns, too.  I just sing them a little different.) Listen closely, you can hear : “Praise God from whom all blessing flow…”

David all but begged the Israelites and us, in Psalms 107, to praise God because of His WONDER FILLED WORKS.  He asked them to thank God for His amazing works.  They cried!  God heard.  He saved them.  He delivered them.  He healed them.  The very same thing He does for us…not just once, but on a daily basis.

Luke also told us in chapter 17 about the disciples praising God with a loud voice and rejoicing.  The disciples were magnifying Jesus and His amazing works. The old Pharisees tried to get Jesus to rebuke the disciples. He said, “if they don’t cry out the rocks will.”  (Ain’t no rock getting my praise!)

Yadah is the Hebrew word for praise which means:

• To use the hand
• To cast the hand
• To throw at
• To throw down
• To revere or worship (with extended hands)
• To show or point out with hand extended.

It blows my mind that we hoop and holler for anything and everything but Jesus. We throw up a praise at ballgames, graduation, and music concerts…a praise misplaced.  The ONLY one deserving of our praise is God Almighty and Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.

Some of those old timers might think that we are crazy.  We need to lead the way and get our praise on.  To the enemy and all people who try to silence our praise, I enCOURAGE you to sing in the day with Yadah! Yadah! Yadah!  Throw all praise to him.

O give thanks unto the LORD, for He is good: for His mercy endures forever. Psalms 107:1 NKJV

 

by Tammy Phillips
March 18, 2021

Let everything that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD. (Psalm 150:6 NKJV)

When Satan throws punches at us, he tries to knock us down and overthrow us. He tries to hit us so hard that it takes our breath away.  We need to realize that he is going to scream, cry and pitch a fit until Jesus returns. He doesn’t know when Jesus is coming, but I believe he is in full panic mode right now.

I enCOURAGE you to be resolute!  Don’t let the enemy of your soul move you!  Don’t let him bother you.  Do not allow him take your breath away.  Use your fighting words.  Praise the Lord.  Praise the Lord.  Praise ye the Lord!  Praise will run that devil right out of your situation.

by Tammy Phillips
March 17, 2021

Neither give place to the devil. (Ephesians 4:27 KJV)

With all the crazy that is going on in the world, our minds can become clouded and easily distracted.   

According to Philippians 4:8, “whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if [there be] any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”  Occupy with these things.

If a thief came to the front door, would we open the door and say, “Come on in and let’s party?”  Absolutely, NOT!  We would fight with everything in us to keep him out.  Neither give place to the devil, the false accuser.  He is a thief and a liar.  He wants to fill our minds with fear, doubt and unbelief.  Our battle is not against the problems of today.  Our battle is against fear and doubt of our yesterdays and tomorrow.  When we occupy our minds with the truth of the Word, we give no place to the devil!

I enCOURAGE you to fill all of your heart and mind with promises of God.  Do not give the enemy one inch because he will barge in and try to take over! OCCUPY!

by Tammy Phillips
March 15, 2021

I awoke early and I really wanted to roll over an go back to sleep, but sleep was elusive.  “Arise and shine,”  I hear faintly in the background of my mind.  My response was…”ugh.”  I brewed a cup of coffee, still wishing that I was back in my cloudy bed, but then I remembered.  A smile slowly crept across my face.  Today is Mary Claire Wilcheck’s birthday.  It is a day to celebrate her.  It is a day to stir my self up and rejoice because the Lord has blessed my son with a fiancé, soon to be bride who is a “rejoicer.”   Mary has a grateful heart.  She rejoices over everything.   A beaming, radiant  smile is part of her daily wardrobe and it  is not painted on.   It is not phony nor fake.  It is not from selfish happiness.  It is pure joy.  She illuminates a room the minute  she steps into it.   In honor of my Lord and her, I choose to turn my frown upside down and rejoice!  The word of God says to rejoice always, so let’s go! 

Rejoice before the Lord God in all you put your hand to.
Rejoice in every good thing which the LORD has given.
Rejoice with trembling.
Rejoice and shout for joy.
Rejoice in the Lord.
Rejoice in His salvation.
Rejoice in His name.
Rejoice and be glad all our days.
Rejoice in His works.
Rejoice at His word.
Rejoice in time to come.
Rejoice with all your heart.
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad.
Rejoice your name is written in heaven.
Rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Rejoice with them that do rejoice.
Rejoice in the Lord.
Rejoice in the Lord always: and again, I say, Rejoice.
Rejoice evermore.
Rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory.
Rejoice in so as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings.

I enCOURAGE you to REJOICE (and send a birthday prayer up for Mary Claire)! 

(Deuteronomy12:18, 26:11, 5:12, Psalm 2:11, 32:11, 35:9, 89:12, 90:14, 119:162, Proverbs 31:25, Zephaniah 3:14, Luke 10:20, Romans 5:2, 15:2, Philippians 3:1, 4:4, 1 Thessalonians 5:16, 1 Peter 1:8, 4:13)

 

by Tammy Phillips
March 14, 2021
(This is a repost from last year around this time.  Sadly, many Americans have been affected and infected by the noisome pestilence.  This is still a truth for today.  Turn off the noise and turn on the truth of the word of God.)

“Surely, he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, [and] from the noisome pestilence. (Psalm 91:3 KJV)”

I arose and began my day and as I passed by the mirror, I glanced at myself. I did not like what I saw. The person looking back at me, frightened me.  I did not recognize her.  She looked worried.  In one of the craziest 48 hours I have ever endured, I had listened to the all the “noisome pestilence.”  The noise was loud and coming from EVERY direction like fiery darts.  I had let the noise affect and distract me.  It had briefly infected me like the stupid virus they were ranting about.

What had contaminated me? The “noisome” which in Hebrew is the word havah which means mischievous; calamity; ruin; fall; destruction…and derives from the word hava which means to breath and rush headlong in to.

“Pestilence” is the Hebrew word deber.  It means plague, destruction, and death, BUT it comes from the word dabar which means…WORDS; to put words in order; to plot against; to lay snares to destroy.

I gather from my word search that the interpretation of noisome pestilence is the mischievous breath of words put in order to plague, trap and destroy me!  All the media outlets used words to incite me to fear and I took the bait.  BUT GOD… In a moment, delivered and snatched me away from the “snares of the fowler,” The bait-layer.  He allowed me to see me!  I immediately chose Jesus! I chose to listen to the Words of my Daddy. “Surely, he will deliver me!”  I smiled big in that mirror and said, “Not today!  Fear you don’t own me!  My Daddy, my Heavenly Father has got me…forever!”

I enCOURAGE you to not take the bait of the enemy!   He is a noisy pest.  Don’t worry during this troublesome time.  Rejoice in the saving words of our Heavenly Father!   Smile and put your praise on!  Turn off the noise!

by Tammy Phillips
March 13, 2021

And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. (Mark 4:39 KJV)

By the same words spoken by Jesus Christ and in the authority of His name, as a daughter of the Most High, I speak to the storms in your life, the insanity in Washington, DC and across our nation, to corona virus, to the rest of the chaos acting up in the earth right now. “PEACE, BE STILL.”  To all media outlets and myself: “Hush! Put a muzzle on it!”  (The original Greek meanings of the word imply  that is exactly what Jesus was saying to the storm.)   In the words of my old friend Constance Spicer, “Breathe in Jesus and breathe out Satan.  Inhale the sweetness of Holy Spirit and exhale the enemy and his attacks.

I enCOURAGE you to join me. Speak to the storms of your life.  “Peace!  Hush!  Be silent!.  Be still! Put a muzzle on it!  Shut your mouth!  I am keeping you in check, here and now. ”   It only took Jesus three words to calm the roar.  Use as many as you need.  Have faith!  Do not fear and then enjoy the calm provided by our Father.

 

by Tammy Phillips
March 12, 2021

And blessed [is] she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.  (Luke 1:45 KJV)

After the angel of the Lord told Mary that she would birth the Son of God, she did what most other women would do.  She ran to her cousin’s house and I am going to assume one of her best friends.  I can hear the convo Mary rehearsed in her mind in route to Elizabeth: “Girl! You are not going to believe what just happened to me!” 

All Mary did was walk in the door and say, “Hey, Elizabeth.”  Mary was so anointed with the Holy Spirit inside her that John jumped in her cousin’s belly  when she walked in the door.  Liz was so filled with the Holy Spirit that she began to speak a word over MARY.

Well, I am no Mary, and you are no Elizabeth.  However, we know Whose we are, and we believe the King of Kings.  According to the word that ‘Liz spoke to Mary,

“Blessed is she that believes.” (We believe and God is no respecter of persons.)

• Supremely blest is she that believes.
• Fortunate is she that believes.
• Well off is she that believes.
• Happy is she that believes.

“For there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord”

• There will be a perfection.
• There will be a completion.
• The Lord will perform, perfect and complete His Word because he is faithful to His promise.  He said it!  He will do it!

I enCOURAGE you to believe the Lord’s word and be blessed.  Watch and wait for Him to perform the promise in your life.  Be blessed.  Be happy!