Friday Faves {06 November 2015}

Hello, friend!

How are you on this fine Friday!? November has come in with so much beauty! I love Virginia and all her colours.  

Here are a couple of my favourite shots lately . . . 

Check out a few of my favourite deals going on today . . .

I think this would be so cute in a family Christmas photo!

Mantle or Shelf Banner - only $6.99!

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Wow! 64% off - Colorful Fashion Rainboots! 

Need a teacher gift idea? Teacher Lanyard + Pendant Charm!

Do your iPhone/iPad cords tear or wear out easily? They do around here, so I'm thinking a "strong" cable is next on our list!

76% off - Apple Certified Strong Cable (only ($9.99)!

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This is a fun one! Pick Your State Home Tees - 54% off!

And in case you missed my post earlier this week, don't miss these Thanksgiving Deals going on now!

This is not a favourite yet, but I am thinking of putting this on our Thanksgiving menu! It looks delicious. I mean . . . pumpkin, espresso, AND coffee rum glaze?! Yes, please!

Pumpkin Espresso Bundt Cake

I haven't tried this yet either, but it looks like something my whole crew would enjoy. And I like the ease of a crockpot meal.

Crockpot Chicken Gnocchi Soup

And my favourite inspiration for this week is a Facebook post by Bethel Music. Please don't miss it, especially if you have any illness or pain in your own body or have someone in your life who is ill. Be encouraged! God is GOOD.

We Speak Life

Have a great weekend!

Blessings and love. xo

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Dead Bones Rise

Hello my friend,

I hope this finds you well on this Sunday morning, but if you are not well, maybe this message is for you. 

I woke up with a message to share with anyone who finds themselves in the valley of dry bones today. Maybe you yourself need someone to speak to your dry bones and breathe Life into them. Or maybe you are full of Life, but everywhere you look there are brittle, decaying bones - people all around you wasting away, in desperate need of holy Breath. 

If you are not familiar with the passage in Ezekiel where we find the story of the dry bones, I encourage you to read it now. It's one of the most vivid and exciting stories in the Bible! Read it here.

Whether you are the dry, bleached out bones or you see them all around you, Jesus is saying "Come Alive" to you or "Breathe Life into my people". And I say to you this morning, "Rise up and live!" Jesus came to save and rescue us! Not only can we know Him and the Life He is and came to share with us, freely, but we can experience this Life and Freedom and Joy and Peace as a normal, every day part of our lives. Be free and live today!

If you don't know Jesus or want to know Him better, this is the time. Here's what I would do (but you do as Holy Spirit directs you). I would get on my knees and tell Him how much I need Him. I would repent of my sin and ask Him to take over my life, every aspect, every crevice. Then I would thank Him and worship Him and start walking in the new Life! It's really simple. There's no formula or magic words. Just be honest and completely open and surrendered. He already loves you. He already died for you. Your payment was taken care of at the cross. It is finished! And if you have surrendered to Him, you are a brand new creation! YES! YES! YES! Please let me know in the comments and I will rejoice with you.

Here are a couple of songs to encourage you today:







Be blessed today and filled with His Love. xo

Speaking Life Series - 2

Good afternoon, lovely friend,

In case you missed the first post in this series, go here.

I have several other passages of Scripture to share with you today. Let's speak these truths over our lives and continue asking the Father to teach us about our correct identities. We are His well-loved children and He delights in us! Don't agree with the enemy if he is whispering anything else into your ear. It's time to stand and fight!

Psalm 149:4 NIV

For the Lord takes delight in his people;
    he crowns the humble with victory.

Romans 8:14-17 TLB

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. And so we should not be like cringing, fearful slaves, but we should behave like God’s very own children, adopted into the bosom of his family, and calling to him, “Father, Father.”  For his Holy Spirit speaks to us deep in our hearts and tells us that we really are God’s children. And since we are his children, we will share his treasures—for all God gives to his Son Jesus is now ours too. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering.

I John 3:1 MSG

What marvelous love the Father has extended to us! Just look at it—we’re called children of God! That’s who we really are. But that’s also why the world doesn’t recognize us or take us seriously, because it has no idea who he is or what he’s up to.

Psalm 147:10-11 NIV

His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse,

    nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;

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the Lord delights in those who fear him,

    who put their hope in his unfailing love.

Let's continue speaking life over ourselves, our families and friends, our churches, over our circumstances and our towns/cities. It is our honour and privilege to do so and it will change the atmosphere!

Blessings and love. xo

Speaking Life . . .

Good morning, friends! 

I've been thinking about our spoken words and their consequential impact on our lives. I read a book 10 years ago called Blessings and Curses by Derek Prince, and it opened my eyes to the power of our words. Through the years, I have come to see the effects of words on my family, my own life and friends' lives. Another huge influence on this awareness I've experienced has been from our friends in Kenya, specifically the stories of witchcraft and then the more powerful breaking off of that witchcraft through the power of Jesus. Lives are transformed in story after story after story. It is a choice though. Sometimes people choose to live in the witchcraft. Tragically, some choose the curse. 

This is one Scripture that address the urgency of our words:

Proverbs 18:21 NIV

"Life and death are in the power of the tongue, 

and those who love it will eat its fruit."   

Or a new version that I love so much states it this way (as also seen above):

Proverbs 18:21 TPT

"Your words are so weighty that they have 

power to bring life or release death, 

and the talkative person will reap the consequences." 

There are negative words everywhere. Curses are being spoken - sometimes flippantly, sometimes out of tradition, sometimes purposefully. Sometimes we are just repeating what we have heard spoken over us  -- I'm fat; I'm stupid; I'm too skinny; I'm no good at ___; I can't ever get things right; I'm so clumsy. I'll never make it. I'll never be healthy. I'll never get out of debt. Sometimes we speak curses out of pure jealousy of a friend, relative, neighbour or even a complete stranger. 

Sometimes we have just simply listened to the enemy whisper his wretched lies and have come into agreement with him. 

Whatever avenue has brought about the curses, our response has to be to fall down before the Throne of Grace in repentance. The Father is kind. He is ever faithful to forgive. Our sins have already been paid for on the cross of Jesus. If we have given our lives to Him, we do not have to been known by them any more. We are His sons and daughters, no longer slaves.

The next step is to change our thoughts, which in turn brings about a revolution in our mouths. As Cindy Trimm says, 'Our miracle is in our mouth"! One of the most potent ways to purposefully put blessings and life in our mouths is to speak the Word of God over our lives and our circumstances. 

I'm going to be sharing verses and promises from time to time in this series. These are verses and truths I have been declaring into the atmosphere and have seen breakthrough and freedom and hope in my life, as a result.

This time around, I'll start with some of my favourite Scriptures from Deuteronomy. I think of them as the foundation for speaking life.

Deuteronomy 30:15-20

See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.

But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess.

This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the Lord is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. 

I'd love to know what verses or truths you speak into your circumstances, too, so please share in the comments! We're in this life together. And if you need some life-giving words spoken over you, please say so!

Have a great weekend! 

Blessings and love. xo