Complete in Him

by Tammy Phillips
May 23, 2021

“Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects; Therefore, do not despise the chastening of the Almighty. [Job 5:17 NKJV]   

When something is off or out of line, we know it.  When we are off or out of alignment, we know it.   When a car is out of line, we know it.  How do we know?  There is uneven rapid wear on the tires.  Steering is noisy.  The steering wheel is crooked when driving straight.  We are pulled to the right or the left.  The ride is bumpy.  It is not smooth it is not straight.  It is not easy. 

Like a car, when we rolled off the Manufacturer’s assembly line, we came preset with special angles that align us correctly.  For us to travel the way we are supposed to, we need precise alignment.  Misalignment can lead to uneven wear, poor or shorter life. Misalignment is expensive. Keeping aligned ensures optimal controllability on the journey.  Alignment helps us last longer and travel smoother on our journey.  Ultimately, perfect alignment will keep our wheels pointed in the right direction.   And, when our journey is smoother, it’s smooth sailing or cruising ahead.  Plus, we will require less energy to keep going.

“Happy is the man who God corrects.”   “Happy” in this scripture means blessed.  “Happy” is a derivative of the Hebrew word ‘āšar which means to be straight, to be level, right, happy; to go forward, to go straight, advance, to be made happy and be blessed.   When God corrects us, He makes us straight, right and aligned to the way we are meant to be.  God’s correction, although painful, eliminates that feeling of being off.  His discipline repairs, reforms and rebuilds us to the way He created us to perform on the journey down the road of life.

If a car is supposed to have its alignment checked every 6000 miles, shouldn’t we expect our Father who loves us to check our alignment as we journey down the path, He has us on?   Properly aligned cars perform better and more efficiently.   We can then deduce that properly aligned people perform better, are more efficient and happier.

The Gesenius’ Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon translates “correct” to be in the front, to be in the sunshine, to be in the clear.  Love it!   Happy is the man who God puts in the sunshine and makes clear.

“Therefore, do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.”   Do not reject or refuse the discipline and instruction of the Most Powerful God.  He knows what is best for us.  He knows what alignment looks like.  He uses His word to correct us.   He uses the example of Jesus to align us to plumb.   As we ramble down the road of life, we will hit potholes and run into obstructions that knock us out of align, just like a car.   Thank God we have a loving Father who checks on us and used His word and others to correct us, so that we perform optimally and can be our happiest self.

I enCOURAGE you to readily accept the correction of God because happy and blessed you will be.  He said it!  I believe it.  Alignment might sting just a little bit but walking upright and fully aligned to God is living your best life. Who wants to feel off and live off anyways?

by Tammy Phillips
May 22, 2021

“Man is born to trouble, As the sparks fly upward. ⁸ “But as for me, I would seek God, And to God I would commit my cause– (Job 5:7-8 NKJV)

If one thing is absolute, it is trouble.  It will come.  We can whine and cry about our troubles to anyone and everyone, but it does NO good.  It does not help.  In Job 5, Eliphaz gave his friend, Job, the best advice in his trouble.  How many times do we say to our friends, “If I was you, I would…”?  Eliphaz did the same.  He literally said, If I was you and I was you in trouble, I would seek God, first.  The best advice is always to turn to God and lay it all out to Him. “Is any among you afflicted? let him pray.” (James 5:13 KJV).  If we are not willing to go to God, well then, we should expect more trouble.  Why go to God?  Simply, He is God. He is our Help.

Go to God.  Commit or leave it with God.  “Therefore, humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, ⁷ casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. (1 Peter 5:6-7 NKJV) Leave it at His feet.  Let Him fight the battle.

Why seek God?  Eliphaz reminds Job and makes his case for God in Job 5: 9-16…

God does great things.
God does magnificent things.
God does it large.
God does it the greatest and the largest.
God can do anything.
God can do everything.
God is God. He is great and He is good.

God does unsearchable things.
God does unfathomable things.
God does unaccountable things.
God does unmeasurable and innumerable things.
God is God.  He is great and He is good.

God does marvelous things without number.
God does wonderful things.
God does surpassing and extraordinary things.
God does miraculous things.
God does amazing things without number.
God is God.  He is great and He is good.

He gives rain for the earth and water for the fields.
He gives prosperity to the poor and protects those who suffer.
He frustrates the plans of schemers so the work of their hands will not succeed.
He traps the wise in their own cleverness, so their cunning schemes are thwarted.
He rescues the poor from the cutting words of the strong.
He rescues them from the clutches of the powerful.
He gives hope to the poor.
He shuts the snapping jaws of the wicked.

LOOK AT GOD!  Wouldn’t we like to see some snapping mouths shut?  If we lay our troubles at the feet of Jesus, He will do just that.

I enCOURAGE you…
No matter how you define your trouble…
No matter how bad it looks…
No matter how impossible it seems…
if I, were you, “I would seek God, and to God I would commit my cause…”
He does great things.

by Tammy Phillips
May 21, 2021

Please don’t run away because of title or verse. Read to the end. 

“You shall not commit adultery.” (Deuteronomy 5:18)

Obviously, this encouragement is a little different.  I have told the Lord that I would write what He wanted me to write, even if I did not understand.   I have no idea where this is going but here we go.

If you are thinking about it, STOP.  If you are thinking about it, do not do it.   

The five words what make up Deuteronomy 5:18 is one Hebrew word, nā’ap̄. I have always understood that it meant be faithful to your husband or wife and to the marriage bed.  It absolutely means remain faithful.

One of the wisest men who ever lived, King Solomon, said it like this:

Drink water from your own cistern and running water from your own well. ¹⁶ Should your fountains be dispersed abroad, Streams of water in the streets? ¹⁷ Let them be only your own, And not for strangers with you. ¹⁸ Let your fountain be blessed and rejoice with the wife of your youth. ¹⁹ [As a] loving deer and a graceful doe, let her breasts satisfy you at all times; And always be enraptured with her love. ²⁰ For why should you, my son, be enraptured by an immoral woman, and be embraced in the arms of a seductress? (Proverbs 5:15-20 NKJV)

Wow!  Well, I have learned something this morning.  Adultery also, has another meaning.  In scripture, it means idolatry, or apostasy from the true God. It means turning your back on God and being unfaithful to Him.

“And I said, after she had done all these [things], ‘Return to Me.’ But she did not return. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.  “Then I saw that for all the causes for which backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear but went and played the harlot also. 9 “So it came to pass, through her casual harlotry, that she defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees. “And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to Me with her whole heart, but in pretense,” says the LORD. (Jeremiah 3:7-10 NKJV)

Do not be seduced by the sweet words of any woman, man, food, drink, drug or anything that will entice you to turn aside from God.

For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil; ⁴ But in the end, she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword. ⁵ Her feet go down to death, her steps lay hold of hell ²⁰ For why should you, my son, be enraptured by an immoral woman, and be embraced in the arms of a seductress? (Proverbs 5:3-5, 20 NKJV)

I enCOURAGE you DON’T DO IT!    “Remove your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house.” (Proverbs 5:8 NKJV). Don’t even get close to the temptation that would draw you away from your spouse, but more importantly, your God.   Don’t be the one when your flesh and body are almost consumed that will say, “How I have hated instruction, And my heart despised correction! ¹³ I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me!” (Proverbs 5:8, 12-13 NKJV)

DON’T DO IT!

“Most people who follow unlawful pleasures, think they can give them up whenever they please; but sin repeated becomes customary; custom soon engenders habit; and habit in the end assumes the form of necessity; the man becomes bound with his own cords, and so is led captive by the devil at his will.” -Clarke

DON’T DO IT!

“For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD, And He ponders all his paths. ²² His own iniquities entrap the wicked [man], And he is caught in the cords of his sin. ²³ He shall die for lack of instruction, and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.” (Proverbs 5: 21-23 NKJV)

And if you need further clarity, like I did…

“For the LORD sees clearly what a man does, examining every path he takes. ²² An evil man is held captive by his own sins; they are ropes that catch and hold him. ²³ He will die for lack of self-control; he will be lost because of his great foolishness.” (Proverbs 5:21-23 NLT)

DON’T DO IT.  Don’t be unfaithful to God.  Don’t turn your back on Him and what He has called you to, faithfulness to Him and your spouse.

Sadly, in the end, this odd encouragement was for me.  I had been very faithful on my food journey, but I took a detour at my son’s wedding.   It is time to get back on the highway.  It is time to eat the right way.   It is time for me to be faithful to God in my eating.  I hear the Lord in my spirit saying, “Don’t do it.”  Where do you need to be faithful? Where do your hear the Lord saying, “Don’t do it?”

PS…My husband lovingly and encouragingly told me the same thing this week.  I think I will follow the instruction of both wise men in my life. 

by Tammy Phillips
May 20, 2021

“For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. “Therefore, I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive [them], and you will have [them]. (Mark 11:23-24 NKJV)

I am blessed to be one of six women who meet each week via zoom to Cover Tennessee in Prayer.   We literally cover the state from North to South and East to West. We are from Memphis, Clarksville (a little north of Nashville), Knoxville and Chattanooga.   We formed to cover our communities, our cities, our state and the leaders of Tennessee and our great nation in prayer.  There is a lot that goes on in our state and nation.  We pray over anything and everything that Holy Spirit leads us to pray over including family and friends. We “come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” (Hebrews 4:16 NKJV)

We believe the Mountain Mover!  We pray for mountains to be moved. We believe for mountains to be moved and we see mountains moved.

Usually, what we pray about stays between our ears and God’s.  I am sharing this prayer request and answer for three reasons.  The number one reason is to encourage all to spend time talking to our heavenly Father.  He wants to talk to you and He wants you to talk with Him. The Lord is our Helper and our Deliverer.  “He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I [will be] with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him(Psalm 91:15 NKJV).  His word also says, “Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.” (Jeremiah 33:3 NKJV)

Secondly, the Bible says in 1 Thessalonians 5:17: “Pray without ceasing.”  Prayer is an act of obedience.  We pray according to and in obedience to the word of God.

Third, the word of the Lord says in James 3:2. “You do not have because you do not ask.” (James 4:2 NKJV)  Our group believes God’s word.  We believe the God of impossible makes all things possible.   We take Him at His word when He says:

“Behold, I [am] the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me? (Jeremiah 32:27 NKJV)

“For with God nothing will be impossible.” (Luke 1:37 NKJV)

“With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” (Matthew 19:26 NKJV)

“I know that You can do everything, and that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You. (Job 42:2 NKJV)

“So Jesus said to them, ‘Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you’”. (Matthew 17:20 NKJV

Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things [are] possible to him who believes.” (Mark 9:23 NKJV)

“Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear.”(Isaiah 59:1 NKJV)

Yesterday, like many days in Cover Tennessee, our prayers were that eyes would be opened.  One of our group, Kristi, was on vacation.  She did not hear our petitions. This is what happened next…

11:15 AM:   Prayer ended.

11:22 AM:   I called Kristi.

11:59 AM:   I was still talking to Kristi and a group text came in from another member of our team, Jo.  Her husband has dementia and usually sits by her side while we pray.  He had walked off during prayer.  She could not find him and had called the police to assist.  Kristi and I stopped what we were doing and prayed.  Kristi, who had not been at prayer, offered this simple prayer: “Lord, open Mike’s eyes so that he can find His way back home.”  Everyone else sent praying hand emojis.

12:03 PM:  I texted Jo in faith to please let us know when he was found.

12:05 PM:  Unbeknown to Kristi’s prayer, Jo texted OPEN MY EYES DEAR LORD.  (She was trying desperately to find her lost husband.  We were all praying the same.)

12:07 PM:  I shared Kristi’s prayer with the group.

12:17 PM:  Jo texted, “He will be found. To God be the glory.  Thank you, Father.  He is in your hands.”

12:23 PM:  Jo texted, “Dad just called.  Mike is walking up the drive.”

My response, Mike’s eyes were opened and he found his way home.  “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You.” (Jeremiah 32:17 NKJV)

This is a story that you might have heard on the 5 0’clock news if Mike was still missing.  You are only hearing it now because I wanted to brag on God, give Him the glory due and encourage all to pray always.  We asked and God answered in about 24 minutes.  I can only hope that every answer would come that fast and with the ending we pray for.  However, they do not, but it does not change the faithfulness of God.  He is faithful all the time.

I thank God that “He is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us!” (Ephesians 3:20 NKJV)

I enCOURAGE you to talk to the Lord about everything.  Ask Him anything.  He can take it and He can make it…happen.  He is God.  He is the Mountain Mover.  He is the Eye Opener.  He is the Savior in all things.  Glory to His name!

by Tammy Phillips
May 19, 2021

We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks! For Your wondrous works declare that Your name is near. (Psalm 75:1 NKJV)

As I have said many times before, my God makes me laugh.  He has brought me to this verse repeatedly over the past few days.  My small brain kept wondering why.  It was simple and I was trying to make it hard.  

My brother in Christ, Charles Spurgeon said it best and helped me see, “As the smiling flowers gratefully reflect in their lovely colors the various constituents of the solar ray, so should gratitude spring up in our hearts after the smiles of God’s providence. For infinite goodness there should be measureless thanks.”

Think of it like this. We do not shower our children with gifts and crazy parties, even at age one, because we want their thanks.  We pour out our blessings on them for one reason alone.  We love them beyond measure and want the very best for them.  Is a thank you required, no but a grateful heart is.  How much does it bless our heart when a simply thank you is offered or you hear the precious voice of your baby saying, “Thank you Mommy!  Thank you, Daddy!”

God is good all the time. His name is near!  His name is near.  He is not a God that is far off.  He chooses to make His home in us. He blesses us exceedingly and abundantly above what we could even ask.  How much more does He deserve our thanks?  Sadly, we should not even have to be reminded to give thanks.  It should be never ceasing.

His great, wondrous, things too high, things too hard, things too marvelous and miraculous; things surpassing, extraordinary works declare, count and recount, number, scribe, scratch and scrape, score with a mark as a record His works.  His amazing creations keep tracks.  How much more should we?

The drops of rain that makes the grass almost glowing green should not shout their thank you’s louder than us. The beautiful flowers that dot the earth with their magnificent colors from heaven should never out shout our thanks.  The snow-capped mountains that seem like they have already entered heaven and have advantage over us because they seem closer to God, their praise and gratefulness should not reach Him before ours.  The seas that always sounds a constant roar should not thunder its thanks louder than ours.

Guess what? Children and grandchildren are His miraculous miracles.   We are one of the Father’s wonderous works. We must declare His amazing accomplishments.

I enCOURAGE you to stop many times throughout your day and give Him thanks. Be appreciative.  Be grateful.  “We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks!”  We keep score of all you great achievements and You win.  Thank You!  Thank You!  Thank You for all things, great and small!  We thank you for the things you do too amazing to even comprehend!  Sincerely, Thank You and for Your infinite goodness we offer You measureless thanks.

 

by Tammy Phillips
May 18, 2021

For the iniquity of his covetousness, I was angry and struck him; I hid and was angry, and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart. (Isaiah 57:17 NKJV)

The Lord was talking about His people in this verse and their idolatry.  I know it is kind of a different verse for an encouragement, but it was the last phrase in the verse that rang by bell. “He went on backsliding in the way of his heart.” 

In February of this year, my stepfather who I was estranged from, but had made peace with in 2015, passed.  I was told that he died from “inoperable heart issues” which had been aggravated by covid.  I hope that in the end of his life he had dealt with his spiritual heart issues.   After reading this verse and meditating the cause of my stepfathers death, Holy Spirit led me to the Great Physician fora heart check-up.   I do not want to die of “inoperable heart issues” in spirit or body.  At that time, I was still back sliding in my eating.  I knew better.  I had just not surrendered my whole heart or mouth  to the Lord.

The Great Physician has the very best bedside manners.  He is loving, kind, gracious and merciful.  There is no condemnation in His voice for what we should have done.  His immediate diagnosis followed in the next verses of Isaiah 57:

¹⁸ I have seen his ways and will heal him; I will also lead him and restore comforts to him and to his mourners. ¹⁹ “I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace to [him who is] far off and to [him who is] near,” Says the LORD, “And I will heal him.”

Jehovah Rapha spoke right to my heart at this visit.  I heard Him say:

I have seen your ways.  I am there with you, beside you, in front of you, behind you and covering you.  I am always with you.

I will HEAL YOU
I will cure, mend, stitch, repair, and restore.
I will make you whole.

I will LEAD YOU.
I will guide, transport, and straiten you.
I will lead you back to Me and My way.

I will RESTORE COMFORT TO YOU.
I will be at peace and live-in peace with you.
I will repay, reward, and recompense
I will complete and finish.
I will completely console you.

PEACE.PEACE.
COMPLETE. COMPLETE.
WHOLE. WHOLE.
HEALED. HEALED.

If you have been far off and have back slidden, or if you have been near and following me.

I WILL HEAL YOU.

What caring and  comforting words from the Great Physician Who always has ears to hear.  He always loves us right where we are.  He is there to pick up the pieces of our brokenness and sew our hearts back together, whole, healed, and complete.

I enCOURAGE you to go the Great Physician for a heart check-up.  You will not regret it.  I promise you will feel so much better after your visit.  Follow His instructions and you will be whole, healed, and complete.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

by Tammy Phillips
May 17, 2020

 Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.” (Mark 9:23 NKJV)

I did not have an encouragement prepared ahead for today.  I have told the Lord if you have nothing to say, it will not be said.  After about three hours of seeking the Lord and hearing many things and nothing for sure, I was about to quote my pastor. “READ YOUR BIBLE. DO WHAT IT SAYS and be done for the day.

I looked out my window and saw the gray sky.  I immediately heard the beloved song lyric that have sung so many times at the top of my lungs make a run through my mind. “I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day.  When it’s cold outside, I’ve got the month of May.”   A slight smile crossed my face.  We do have the whole month of May.  It is a great month.  It is when the April showers leave, the cold weather makes it exit and the beautiful and plentiful May flowers start blooming.  It is a month of homemade ice cream and fresh picked strawberries.   It is the month schools end and vacations begin.  It a month of possibilities by virtues of its own name. 

The word “may” means to be possible; to have physical power; to be able; to have moral power; to have liberty, leave, license or permission; to be permitted; to be allowed.  May is used in prayer and petitions to express desire.  May is used to express good will.

May your May be full.  “The LORD bless you and keep you; The LORD make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you; The LORD lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace.” ‘ (Numbers 6:24-26 NKJV)

 

I enCOURAGE you to let May be your month where all things are possible.  Believe it! See it!  Watch it happen.   Take your liberty.  You are permitted to live out your best life.  Express good will to all men.  Eat homemade ice cream and fresh strawberries.  HAPPY MAY!  Happy possibilities.

by Tammy Phillips
May 16, 2021

Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You. (Psalm 56:3-4 NKJV)

You never know if you will marry.
                        Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You.
You never know if you will become a parent.
                        Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You.
You never know if you will be a good parent.
                        Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You.
You never know the exact moment that your child will make its entrance.
                        Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You.
You never know when your child will take its first steps.
                        Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You.
You never know when your child will say its first words.
                        Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You.
You never know how your child will do in school.
                        Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You.
You never know if your child will graduate from high school.
                        Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You.
You never know what your child will become.
                        Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You.
You never know if your child will graduate from college, go to trade school, or the ministry.
                        Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You.
You never know when your child will truly fly from the nest.
                        Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You.
You never know who your child will fall in love with or not.
                        Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You.
You never know when or who your child may marry.
                        Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You.
You never know when you will be sitting quietly by your child or spouse and the next day, they make their exit.
                        Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You.
You never know but God does.  He knows you.  He knows your child.  Our stories are written in His book.  

You have examined my heart and know everything about me. 2 You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I’m far away. 3 You see me when I travel and when I rest at home. You know everything I do. 4 You know what I am going to say even before I say it, LORD. 5 You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand! … 13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous–how well I know it. 15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. 16 You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. 17 How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered! 18 I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me! (Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 NLT)

 I enCOURAGE you.  Whenever you are afraid, trust in Him.  You never know but God does.  As your child leaves the nest and begin a new life, I encourage you further with the words of David.  Repeat after him.  “In God (I will praise His word), In God I have put my trust; I will not fear. What can flesh do to me?”  Put your praise on and take comfort in knowing that although you never know, God knows.

by Tammy Phillips
May 15, 2021

As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. (John 15:9)

I told my husband, Kris last night on our drove home, that my encouragement today may be only three words, “Jesus loves you.”   They are the three most important words in the world.  Meditate on them. Know you are loved.

Here is a love letter to you from God’s word: 

My Dear Child:

You are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you… Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.  I showed this love to you in that while you were still A sinner, Christ died for you.  I loved you and this world so much that I gave my only Son, that whoever, and that is you, believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.  I am rich in mercy, because of the great love with which I have loved you, even when you were dead in your trespasses, I have made you alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—

In this is love, not that you have loved Me but that have  loved you and sent My Son to be the pay for all your wrongs and by this know love, that Jesus laid down his life for you.   You have come to know and to believe the love that I have for you because I am love… See what kind of love the I have given to you, that we should be called My children of God; and so you are.

Know that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate you from my love in Christ Jesus your Lord.

My steadfast love endures forever and never ceases,

Abba 

(Isaiah 43:4John 15:13, Romans 5:8, John 3:16, Ephesians 2:4-5, 1 John 4:10, 1 John 3:16,  John 4:16 ,  Romans 8:39, 1 John 3:1, Psalm 136:26, Lamentations 3:22)

I enCOURAGE you with the words of Ephesians 3:17-19.  It is my prayer for you today:

I pray that… “Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” AMEN.  JESUS LOVES YOU!

by Tammy Phillips
May 14, 2021

So will My word be which goes out of My mouth; it will not return to Me void (useless, without result), Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it. (Isaiah 55:11 AMP) 

The Word of God says, “that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Romans 10:9 NKJV)

The Lord said it. His word is not an empty promise. It accomplishes.  We believe it.  It is done.
We are saved when we say… Jesus is Lord and believe in our heart that God was raised from the dead.  
Take God at His Word: WE ARE SAVED

The Word of God says, “Fear not, for I [am] with you; Be not dismayed, for I [am] your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’ (Isaiah 41:10 NKJV) 

The Lord said it. His word is not an empty promise. It accomplishes.  We believe it.  It is done.
He says, “Fear not. He will help and uphold.”
Take God at His Word: DO NOT FEAR.  HE IS OUR HELP.

The Word of God says, “by His stripes we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:5 NKJV)

The Lord said it. His word is not an empty promise. It accomplishes.  We believe it.  It is done.
Take God at His Word: WE ARE HEALED.

The Word of God says, “You are complete in Him.” (Colossians 2:10 NKJV)

The Lord said it. His word is not an empty promise. It accomplishes.  We believe it.  It is done.
Take God at His Word: WE ARE COMPLETE

God’s word is…

• Powerful
• True
• Faithful
• Fulfilling
• Working
• Accomplishing
• Performing
• Prospering
• Healing
• Life Giving

I enCOURAGE you take God at His Word, every time and in every situation.   The Lord said it. His word is not an empty promise.  It accomplishes.  We believe it.  It is done.  Allow the Lord to work on your behalf.  

“God is not a man, that He should tell or act a lie, neither the son of man, that He should feel repentance or compunction [for what He has promised]. Has He said and shall He not do it? Or has He spoken and shall He not make it good?” Numbers 23:19 (Amplified)