“I tell ya when you think about Jesus..and who He is..and what all He alone has done for you..how can we ever fail to praise Him?..how can we ever fail to live defeated lives?..how can we be at place as to where Victory doesn’t lie?..Amen..I think about us and at how we once were prisoners in our lives..just as the children of the Lord was prisoners to Pharaoh..and at how the Lord lead them to their promised land of Canaan..Amen..but I know we all know the story I’m sure at how what was supposed to take an 11-day journey ended up being 40 years..Numbers 11:1-35/Exodus 6:7-8/Joshua 1:1-24..Amen..can you imagine that?..all because they literally murmured and complained the entire time..they could have cared less about being free..they just wanted to go back to the bondage that they were in under Pharaoh’s rule..and that was total bondage..they had no freedom there..but still they wanted to go back rather than go through the wilderness and that journey for 11 days..to end up being free and living in that land God had promised..that land flowing with milk and honey..Amen!!”

“So in their murmuring and in their complaining they journeyed around for 40 years not getting anywhere..what a shame that was..Amen..and I wonder about us..and I think Lord how many of us choose to sit down and murmur and complain about where we are in life..never considering at where we could be in our lives..but just sit and complain..and not once recognizing that we live in Canaan land..Amen..we are blessed children of the Lord..and daily so I might add..sure we may face a bad day from time to time..we may go through trials..but we are free people..Amen..we are not held captive to that ole enemy of our very own souls..the Lord has set us free..Amen..and whom the Son sets free is truly free indeed..John 8:36..Amen..so don’t squander away your day by not being thankful to Jesus and His freedom He has given you..for you are a child of the Most High God..and Jesus Christ is His name..and He loves you..and He desires to fill you and daily so with every good and perfect gift..Amen!”

“But to sit and not thank Him and not appreciate where you are..is a terrible thing..so please do not wander around in the wilderness..because God has given us Canaan..He has given us everything that we will ever need in all of our lives..for He has given us Jesus..His one and only Son..so thrive in your life..and daily so..doing the best you can with what you have..Amen..for I love the song that says this..”Jesus, paid it all..all to Him I owe..sin had left a crimson stain..but Jesus washed me white as snow..Amen..so let us live in victory..let us thrive in the land where we are..the land that Jesus has given to us..Amen..wherever that might be..always thinking of where we could be in our lives..as to where we are right now in them..for that will cause for us to have so much gratitude and so much thankfulness..for it is in Jesus’ name, that I do ask and pray..Amen and Amen..Be blessed today my dear sweet friends and remember wherever you go and whatever you do, Be a light for our Father, Much love to you all, Mandi