“We mourn the loss of our loved ones that have gone on..and we live our lives there with them as if they were still here..in which case of course we will..because we loved them and we still do love them..Amen..but my thoughts this morning are simply this..do we mourn for the ones that are here?..the ones that are still with us?..the ones that are held captive by life in and of itself?..the ones that are addicted?..the ones that are depressed?..the ones that have never given their heart and their lives over to the Lord?..do we mourn for those ones?..do we think about them?..do we consider them?..do we do as the bible says and fast and pray for them?..Matthew 6:16-18/Matthew 17:21..Amen..we all think of the good old days so to speak..but honestly we are living in the good old days right now in our lives..for this is our life..Amen..but the thing about them good old days was we didn’t have much time for distractions or for self loathing..Amen!”

“We didn’t have so many forms of entertainment to keep us entertained..so what we had was family..and friends..and what we had was church and fellowship..that is what we looked forward too more so than anything else..was getting to the house of the Lord..Amen..because that was our life..Amen..that was the place were we cried out for our loved ones..but it seems now we have grown cold to what is happening around us..somehow we have turned a deaf ear and our hearts have waxed cold towards life and what is happening here..Matthew 24:12..Amen..so I wonder what we can do as individuals to make sure that we are humbled..that we are on fire for those things that God cares about..Amen..that we do start today praying and making a list of them ones in our lives that need help..and true blue help..not some tiny little thing..because we all have those daily..but I mean the big things in life..the things that are stealing away freedom and deliverance..Amen!”

“Because what I hear when I hear others speak of them ones bound..is simply this..I do not care..Amen..I am not doing another thing..Amen..so that is a scary thing at its best..because that my friends is what is in their hearts..and our hearts is where our lives flow..Luke 6:45..and if we are Gods children and we have hearts such as this..where is there help for the hurting?..where is there hope for the lost?..because if it weren’t for them ones that loved us through our mess..where would we ourselves be?..Amen..so today ask the Lord to open your eyes to see with eyes as He sees..and ask the Lord to open your heart to feel and respond as He feels and responds..Amen..and as He does I pray we all move in toward the direction of that seeing and that feeling..and that we reach out and do something to help..to pray for..to encourage..to love..and to share and shine the gospel..to all and not just merely few..Amen..for it is in His name, 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 ❤