Scriptures for today

One day I was watching a commercial for orange juice. A woman was sitting around a table drinking orange juice for breakfast with other people. She asked them what was on her agenda for today. A man said, “When you go to work the elevator will be broken and you will have to take the stairs.”  Her daughter said, “I will be rolling my eyes when you tell me what to wear.”  The next person said, “You will be called from work since your son will get into a scuffle.”  She looks at them and says, “Excellent!”  She holds up her glass, takes a deep sigh and says, “Good thing I have my OJ!”

My first thought was, “Good thing I have my relationship with God! 

When I was six years old I accepted Jesus into my heart because I was afraid of going to hell. Throughout the years of going to church, teaching Sunday school, Bible studies and so forth I only knew God as a Bible God. No one had ever told me that I could have a personal relationship with the Lord.  Then one day my world came crashing in and I came to the brink of suicide. God’s intervention through a counselor became the turning point in my life.  We don’t know what is going to happen from day to day. How do you keep from saying angry words when your daughter rolls her eyes and gives you a hard time about what to wear? How do you keep from sinking into a deep depression when your spouse leaves and says, “I don’t love you anymore?” How do you keep from having self rejection when satan bombards your mind with negative thoughts such as, “You’re not pretty enough, smart enough or good enough?” How do you forgive others when you have been wounded by them?

Acts 16: 22 tells us that Silas and the Apostle Paul were stripped, beaten with rods and thrown into the dungeon with their feet fastened in stocks. While they were praising and singing hymns to the Lord and earthquake took place.  The doors flew open and the shackles were removed and they were free.

The question is, “How did Paul and Silas praise and worship God in the midst of their harsh punishment in prison?  They were not imprisoned in their heart!

One day I could feel my emotions churning within me. I felt like I would explode like a pressure cooker. Instead of saying things that I would be sorry for later I knew that I needed to talk with the Lord. I was gut honest with God knowing that He loved me and wouldn’t judge me. After I chose to forgive the person and gave everything to the Lord I went to bed that night and had a restful sleep.  The next morning I woke up with a song in my spirit…  “I’ve got the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart!” I began to laugh at the humor of God.  The situation hadn’t changed but He had freed my heart and mind.  When I gave my emotions to the Lord He healed and changed my heart to have outrageous joy!

Outrageous means….exceeding the limits of what is usual.

God didn’t give me a little bit of joy.  He exceeded the limits of what was usual.

When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy. (Psalm 94:19 NIV)

So I say to you, “Good thing I have my OJ today!  Have you had yours?”  

 

Scriptures for today

At one point I began to feel overwhelmed in making some hard decisions that I don’t enjoy.   As I kept praying I kept feeling the Holy Spirit rising up in me to get gut honest  and not beat around the bush or try to convince myself that this person is an adult and can make her own decisions.  Yes….she is an adult but the choices that she is making has come down to not only affecting all of her family but infecting them!

Yesterday I got gut honest with her.  At the time I knew that I knew what I said was coming from the Holy Spirit.  However, afterwards, I felt badly and asked the Lord if I was too harsh?   No, I didn’t yell or say angry nasty things……just the truth!  Then I heard the Holy Spirit speak these words to me.  I chasten those whom I love! 

 Hebrews 12:6 says, “ Because the Lord disciplines the one He loves,  and He chastens everyone He accepts as His son.”

Immediately, the confusion was no longer there and I realized God has made me a part of this chastening …….even though she is an adult!  Now…she is upset with me and feels that I’m being unfair but I received a peace that swept over me like a river and felt the Lord’s presence. 

Sometimes we have to do the hard things in life.  I’m one that likes to keep peace and have mercy on others! Then…..I thought about how the Lord feels when He sees His child going on a wrong path and came across this scripture! 

Job 36:8-10 But if people are bound in chains,  held fast by cords of affliction, He tells them what they have done— that they have sinned arrogantly. He makes them listen to correction and commands them to repent of their evil.

When my brother was just a little boy my mother was about to give him a spanking.  Before she did she said, “I only spank you because I love you!”  After his spanking he turned around to her and said, “Well, I wish you wouldn’t love me so much!”

There are times in our lives where we must say and do the hard things!  Maybe you have a situation right now and would rather not deal with it so you have become an enabler.  I encourage you to seek God’s wisdom on what to do and say. He will give you His courage and strength and when you open up your mouth…..He will fill it!   

God loves you and so do we! 

 

 

 

 

 

Scriptures for today

I have been thinking about all of the people that I have had the priviledge  of praying  for in this past week.  Some with physical illness,  addictions, depression, fear and anxieties. I felt the pain in my friend who said goodbye to her brother last year and her mother this year as they both went home to be with the Lord! I listened to stories of parents rejecting their children and children rejecting their parents!  Sometimes we wonder if our prayers are really being heard by God or are they bouncing off the wall?  Do you ever feel that you aren’t able to get through…..that maybe God’s line is busy?  Well, God’s word brings us encouragement in the midst of discouragement. 

First of all.. WE CAN…….CALL ON GOD!

Psalm 17:6
I call on you, my God, for you will answer me; turn your ear to me and hear my prayer.

HE HEARS YOUR VOICE

Psalm 18:6
In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.

HE IS….YOUR ROCK, DELIVERER AND FORTRESS
Psalm 18:2
The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

And….HE WILL TURN YOUR DARKNESS INTO LIGHT!

Psalm 18:28       You, LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light!

Be encouraged today!  God loves you and so do we!

Touch Me Guide to Healing

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Whether it be speaking at churches and leading retreats or talking with women in the Mifflin County Correctional Facility, the Belleville woman enthusiastically shares God’s love for His people through examples of her own life’s struggles.

Her latest outreach has been with pen and paper. Hagemeyer’s second book, “Touch Me: Guide to Healing,” was published in December as a study guide for her first book, “Touch Me.”

Scriptures for today

Recently I kept hearing in my spirit…”Expect everything from me.”  One  night I had this dream.  A man was standing in front of me with a gun and said, “You have one minute to convince me of your God or you will die.”  What would you say?  

I noticed that I had no fear and began to pray this prayer! “Father, you have heard his cry.  I ask that you touch his heart and direct it like a watercourse to you in Jesus Name.  Amen   The dream ended!

Simple words yet very profound! How in the world could I convince that man of my God?  There was no words more powerful than God’s word!

Proverbs 21:1

The King’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as are the watercourses; He turns it whichever way He wills.

The truth is God must be revealed in their heart just as He was revealed in ours!  

II Corinthians 4:3-6 says:

But even if our Gospel (the glad tidings) also be hidden (obscured and covered up with a veil that hinders the knowledge of God), it is hidden [only] to those who are perishing and obscured [only] to those who are spiritually dying and veiled [only] to those who are lost.

For the god of this world has blinded the unbelievers’ minds [that they should not discern the truth], preventing them from seeing the illuminating light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ (the Messiah), Who is the Image and Likeness of God.

For what we preach is not ourselves but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves [merely] as your servants (slaves) for Jesus’ sake.

For God Who said, Let light shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts so as [to beam forth] the Light for the illumination of the knowledge of the majesty and glory of God [as it is manifest in the Person and is revealed] in the face of Jesus Christ (the Messiah).

Are you talking more and praying less?  Make your New Year’s resolution to spend more time agreeing  with God’s word about your unsaved loved ones.

Now…….. agree with God’s word for your loved ones and see Him touching their heart and directing it like a watercourse to Him.  See the light of His love illuminating their heart, removing the blinders in their mind that has kept them from discerning the truth and turning on the light of their spirit that has been sitting in a dark room!  Praise God!  He is faithful! 

When your loved one receives a revelation of His love let us know of their testimony!

Scriptures for today

Many people are making New Year’s resolutions, however, most of the times they only last for a month or two and it’s back to the same old…same old! 

For months I have had some emotions that have kept me from moving forward and receiving God’s best for me.  Everyday I have been asking the Lord to show me what is holding me back.  In these months He has taken me through a process of healing.  I’ve wanted to go forward but felt like I was in a slump.  Everytime I began to feel that I could move forward and let go of the past  something came along that caused me to go back into my turtle shell!  When I retreated into this shell satan not only brought condemnation but I also condemned myself.

This morning in my quiet time I sought the Lord for His words of wisdom.  I opened my Bible to Joshua 18:3 that says, “Joshua asked the Israelites, How long will you be slack to go in and possess the land which the Lord the God of your fathers, has given you?”

The defintion of slack is: moving slowly or sluggish….not showing enough care, attention or rigor.

Then God began to tell me to take the plunge which means move suddenly downward or forward….become involved enthusiastically or act of leaping into the water.

The Holy Spirit showed me that He had allowed me to be slack for a time but now was the time to move forward and become involved enthusiastically ……not Ho hum or No way or I can’t do that!  In other words, no more excuses!

Have you been slack in what God has called you to do?  Perhaps God is saying to you this day…It’s time to lay down your fear of moving ahead and become involved in what I have called you to do. Maybe you’ve never chosen to forgive and are living with a bitterness in your soul. Maybe it’s fear of the unknown or maybe you are afraid to get close to someone for fear of getting wounded again.  If so, pray this prayer with me.

Lord, I repent of my selfish ways and of not fully trusting you.  (if it is fear) I take authority over the spirit of fear and thank you that I do not have a spirit of fear but of love, power and a sound mind since perfect love casts out fear! Thank you for your perfect love that is surrounding me right now as a cloak.  Help me to hear your voice clearly over the voice of the enemy.  I look forward with great expectation on what you have in store for this year 2012 and for you to show yourself strong in Jesus Name!  Amen

Now….take the plunge forward and watch what God will do with you, your situations and your loved ones!  Expect God to move on your behalf!

Touch Me Guide to Healing!

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Touch Me Guide to Healing is finally published!  

Are you ready to experience a fresh new awareness of God’s love? Are you tired of allowing the enemy of discouragement, anger, fear, worry and unforgiveness weigh you down by your negativity and others? This guide to healing is a companion to the book “Touch Me” by Jenny Hagemeyer. “Touch Me” gives an account of the healing that God led Jenny through in the midst of pain and sorrow that led her to develop a personal intimate relationship with Him! This companion book guides you into a healing process that brings restoration in your heart and mind. These two books will meet the criteria for Bible study groups, Sunday school classes, prison ministry, personal devotional times and so forth. Get ready for GOD’S EXPLOSION OF LOVE that will change you, your family and friends!

Here are some comments on the back of the guide!

“Touch Me” is a powerful clear presentation of this truth: believe and apply God’s word to your life and experience victory and freedom in Christ. It is filled with words from the Lord and practical examples. The theme can be summed up in believe and claim God’s promises and victory is assured. ~ Lou Gozleth, Destiny Ministries, Orlando, Florida

Jenny brings her personal experiences to life in a way others can catch a vision of being healed and set free. When each of us is healed from past hurts then we are able to bring healing to our own circle of influence. ~ Pastor Richard Armstrong, Assistant Director of Worship Center Missions, Worship Center, Lancaster, PA

This study guide goes hand in hand with Jenny’s book “Touch Me” in which she shares her experience walking closer with the Lord. She has done an excellent job of researching God’s Word so that she could bring solid Biblical teaching. ~ Rev. James Schomer, Station Manager, Rev FM Radio Network, State College, PA

“I recommend this book to women who are longing to know the Father’s love. Jenny intertwines personal experience with scripture, helping to bring the reader to an understanding of the compassionate, loving heart of God.”~ Michelle Watkins, Pastor’s wife, Word of Life Fellowship Church, Huntingdon, PA

In “Touch Me” Jenny shares openly and honestly about personal life experiences that have deepened her love for and dependence on the Lord Jesus. Each story is shared with practical and personal examples. Jenny reminds us that God specializes in hopeless situations and encourages us to allow God to make our past His opportunity to propel us to victory and the destiny that He has for our lives! I recommend this book to both men and women. ~ Joyce Sanders, Knitting Hearts Women’s Ministry, Sumter, SC

“Touch Me” showed me I had areas of brokenness in my life. Reading it a second time I was able to recognize that healing only takes place if we give our areas of brokenness to God by laying them at the foot of the cross. By this process healing will take place and it will bring us to a more intimate relationship with our Lord and Savior. ~ Lois Killian, Church of the Brethren, Lancaster , PA