Mary Payne

Would I be excited?

Luke 19:6 - Zacchaeus quickly climbed down and took Jesus to his house in great excitement and joy. This verse really made me take a deep, long, look at myself...would I be excited if Jesus said he was…

Is it worth it??

Romans 6:21 "What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. TEMPTATION...OH it is SOOOOO tempting! But is the guilt worth the indulgence? Is…

Everyone in his household believed

What an awesome statement..EVERYONE beleived...I am holding onto that promise til I breathe my last breath...EVERY ONE of my household...EVERY ONE of my children...EVERY ONE of my loved ones will BELIEVE…

Acts 18:8 (NLT)

shake to it's foundations

God has shaken the prison foundations that has kept our loved ones bound for years...what was started at Winterfest will intensify.  A FREEDOM and LOOSENING has taken place and will continue until ALL…

Acts 16:26 (NLT)

It;s not about us...

All Glory and honor belong to God and to Him alone. Don't think for one second you have anything to do with it. When someone is healed, delivered, set free, restored, provided for...when there is a miracle,…

Acts 12:23 (NLT)

According to their pasture, they were filled

What's in your pasture? What are you feasting on? Where are you spending your time...grazing? Is your pasture lush and green, thick with the goodness of the dew of Heaven? Or is your pasture barren, rocky,…

Hosea 13:6 (NLT)

Chosen instruments

You never know who God has chosen...What He sees in people is not what we see...He chooses those we would discount...those we would say, would never amount to anything in the kingdom. He uses those we…

Acts 9:15 (NLT)

Great joy in that city

Great joy is coming to Conneaut, Ohio!! Greater things... power, revelation, passion, manifestations of God's presence, miracles, deliverances, salvations, wonders, GLORY & JOY! So looking forward to…

Acts 8:8 (NLT)

As the time drew near...

There is an appointed time for the fullfilment of the promises of God. He is not too late... He did not lie... As sure as there was a promise, there is a time...an appointed time, for that promise to…

Acts 7:17 (NLT)

They were ALL healed

A time is coming in the body of Christ where these words will be said once again. They were ALL healed... No more unanswered prayers...no more disappointment...no more untimely death. But healing, deliverance,…

Acts 5:16 (NLT)

He jumped up

What if the beggar refused to get up?  What if he didn't want to put forth the effort that day?  What if he said..."Man, you KNOW I can't do that!  I can't walk!  I can't even stand man...can't you see?…

Acts 3:8 (NLT)

Jesus took our scars

When He bore our sin, He also bore the scars associated with them. Jesus doesn't want us to be scarred from our past...from the sin and pain of it. He wants us to be free.

John 20:21 (NLT), John 20:27 (NLT)

You get what you ask for...kinda like America

It's a shame when you will choose someone who is evil just because you hate that which is holy and good. Reminds me of last presidential election...America got what it asked for...I pray it doesn't repeat…

John 18:40 (NLT)

They do not belong

WOW! This just lept off the page to me this morning. "They do not belong to this world any more than I do." ANY MORE than I DO...wow...He links us up with Him...He is the Holy and Blameless One and He…

John 17:16 (KJV)

warning

Isn't it awesome that we have a God that loves us enough to warn us? I can't tell you how many time the Lord has told me something "in the nick of time"...right before something major was going to happen…

John 16:4 (KJV)

Do we really love Him??

The Lord says that if you love him, you will do what he says...accept his commandments, and obey them...how little our love truly is...I know I don't love him like I should. I want to...I really do...but…

John 14:21 (NLT), John 14:23 (NLT), John 14:24 (NLT)

don't lose it

What are you willing to give up to ensure that your loved ones share eternity with Jesus? Are you willing to push away from the table? Get on your knees? Weap? Intercede? The Lord is working in my heart…

John 12:25 (NLT)

Get ready

Satan is not satisfied with only stopping the fame of Jesus...he wants to steal from and destroy you as well. Guard you promises...guard your miracles...guard your family...don't relent...don't release....Submit…

John 12:10 (NLT)

He stayed

"where are you??? why don't you come jesus? you know that i need you...you said you loved me, and you would never leave me nor forsake me, but now when i need you the most, i'm alone. you don't love me..."…

John 11:5 (KJV), John 11:6 (KJV)

This man is a sinner...

Oh how distorted is our view of the Spirit...how can we judge who is going to be used in the coming days?  Are they going to look like us?  Act like us?  Smell like us?  Be like us?  Thankfully, probably,…

John 9:24 (NLT), John 9:39 (NLT)

Look beneath the surface

What you see is not necessarily what is. Only God knows the intent of the heart. The deep inner self, the soul. We need, as a church, to quit judging people by their outward appearance and love and accept…

John 7:24 (NLT)

And they ate as much as they wanted...

How hungry are you? How much do you really want? God gives us bread with an unlimited supply. How much will you choose to eat? Will you leave the table of God's Word with hunger pangs still deep within,…

John 6:11 (NLT)

Already passed from death to life

As I just returned from saying goodbye to my beloved friend Deb, I found extreme comfort in today's reading. You're not dead Deb...the day you accepted Jesus into your heart, you passed from death into…

John 5:24 (NLT), John 5:28 (NLT), John 5:29 (NLT)

The Father is looking for those who will worship Him that way...

God, our Father, is actively searching, looking, longing for us to worship Him in "spirit and in truth".  He is looking for that part of us, that was stolen from Him at the fall of man, to be restored…

John 4:23 (NLT)

If you only knew....

We say we know Jesus, that we serve Him...but does our lives reflect that statement? Are we walking in defeat, or are we victorious? Are we downtrodden and depressed, or are we filled with the joy of…

John 4:10 (NLT)