Friday Devotional

The Holy Spirit of God is our Helper, our teacher of Truth, and our intercessor with God.

John 14: 15-17

Jesus says:  “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.”

Jesus knew that when He ascended into heaven, the world would need the Spirit of God with them, and so He sent the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit indwells us when we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior.

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Oh Holy Spirit, come be with me now. I need your loving guidance  I need to place my refuge in you. You are the Lord and Savior of my whole life and my whole being .I am dependent and gratefully  encouraged by your shadowing over me in every step, word and action I take. I give you my heart and soul in complete abandonment this very moment.

I will be in your garden today with a new human soul. May your spirit flow from you to me and to those I am with today. Amen

 

Friday Devotional (Revised)

Today was a beautiful day in Gods World……..and a new gardening assignment on Lyons Lane. Our client is getting ready to sell her property. She lives in Falls Church. Her townhouse is empty and we have carved out four hours, as a “special request,” to bring her yard up to snuff for an Open House this weekend.  Our pleasure!  And our morning began at 6:56?am,  Gods sun trying to break through the clouds. Our Sovereign God in all his glory, was our witness this morning.

How great is thy faithfulness, Oh God  my Father, morning by morning new mercies I see, all I have needed thy hand hath provided, great is thy faithfulness Lord unto me.  

6:56 am Friday, October 8, 2021

7:00 am

                             7:27?am

Great Is Thy Faithfulness….  Oh God….My Father.  Amen

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Video of our completed work for today. Thank you my generous and ever loving and faithful Jesus for sustaining our energy, after a very busy week, so that we could complete this work today, making our homeowner very happy. She thought we were not going to be able to squeeze her work in to our week. it was a blessing for her and for us  Amen

 

 

My Friday Devotional

                 LILY PAD

Genesis 2: 2-3, Exodus 23:12

It is easy to feel like there are not enough hours in the day to fulfill our purpose, but the Bible reminds us over and over,  that rest is an important part of how we best fulfill our purposes.

Psalm 91:4

Rest is a part of God’s design for our lives. Let’s pause and seek God in prayer, asking him to “cover us with his feathers” so we can find rest and refuge in him.

We often pretend to rest. We take a couple days off. We read, slumber and nourish ourselves with healthy foods. We relax in peace and quiet, but do we truly open up our hearts and our spirits to God’s everlasting restful peace. We can connect with Him in complete abandon. Breath his spirit into our whole body. Close our eyes, relax each limb, each muscle, and listen intently for his whispering voice. Lay quietly and wait for His  spirit to come. Pace your breath, and completely rest.

Prayer

Hear me…my Father God. I need to rest completely in you right now. I have been working and accomplishing. But today I want to share deeply in your calming spirit. I want to open myself to completely listen, to hear You and to allow your spirit to take over in my body, my mind, and my spirit in your divine rest. You are my Father, my protector and my healer.  I surrender all……I love thee Lord Jesus….and  I need thee. Oh how I need thee. Amen.

ContessasHome – Blog Update (Revised)

Good Morning,

Beginning in Lent this year we began a daily prayer time on this blog. It has created blessings beyond our blog viewers, to those who also share our gardening passions and labors, and our former Yoga practice followers.

We will begin our mornings now in personal and private prayer time with Jesus. We certainly trust that those of you who were following us in daily morning prayer will continue with your own practice of prayer. If you would like us to continue daily morning prayer time, please do let us know by email (see below)

Going forward we will also now be sharing with our Yoga students re: classes, times to meet up and assignments through communications using this blog. If you happen to be local in the Alexandria, VA area  please consider joining with us in Beginners Yoga For Women and Men. An announcement of first classes will be posted soon. Stay tuned……

We were privileged to have you join us in praising God daily. So in lieu of daily prayer, starting last Friday we began an every Friday Morning Devotional. If you wish to join along in reflection, meditation and prayer you can view our Devotional on Friday mornings. 

Suggestions are encouraged and very welcome concerning our plans going forward.

“Contessa”

ContessasHome@gmail.com