"Knee Mail"Shelli's Prayer /Blog Page
I was traveling down an old country road
and I saw a church sign that read
"God Answers Knee Mail"
Praise God!!!
Yes , He does...
"To the Lord I cry aloud,
and he answers me from
his Holy Hill." Psalm 3:4
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November 17th, 2009
Where is your focus?
It has become apparent to me over the past several weeks how many people including those professing to know God focus on things that are just not Godly. Take a moment to read Philippians 4:8. This is one of those scriptures that if people actually apply it to their lives it will have a profound effect in their lives. If the focus of your thoughts are on this type of Godly thinking then you will enjoy wondrous fruit in your life.
We are a product of what we take in. If you focus on ungodly garbage then garbage is what you will spew back out into the world around.
Think green. Speak clean.
November 4th, 2009
Perfect Timing
Today I was thinking about the time I spend on this web site simply writing for the Lord the things He places on my heart, for He knows who will read what and on what day. He is the orchestrator of perfect timing and circumstance. From my point of view there is no such thing as coincidence where Elohim is concerned. As I was contemplating these things He spoke into my heart and said, "even now I am rewarding you for the hours you have labored in revealing My heart, your time in this is well spent."
The only agenda of this website; to draw others closer to Him without the legalism and religiosity. Spend time with Him today, it is well worth your while. Call to Him and He will answer you and tell you great and hidden things you do not know..May God bless you and keep you...
October 1st, 2009
Seek the Lord
Lord, There are many out there that are heavily burdened and they are on my heart today. May they know to seek you Lord while you may be found and to call on you while you are near. These are turbulent times and you alone are the Hope. I do not claim to understand it all for I know that your ways and thoughts are much higher than mine. I do know that your desire and your purpose for heaven and earth will be achieved. Thank you for loving me Lord...
I encourage you today to seek the Lord, read chapter 55 in Isaiah....
August 18th 2009
I am blessed by all the visitors from around the world that have made it to this site. O' how much He loves you. When He spoke into my heart to create this site, I placed it in His precious hands and I try to write as eloquently as I can, the things I hear Him speaking. I have said it before and I will say it again that this site is not about religion dear people, it is about God's people having an intimate relationship with Him. This site is not about numbers, it is about individuals who are all so precious to Him. Dear People from all over the globe who may feel small and insignificant, I am here on his behalf to tell your sweet spirit that you are grand and favored by Him. Don't doubt it for even a moment. As I write this, Jerusalem, you are heavy on my heart today, you are loved. God bless you all and keep you safe.
August 2nd, 2009
"For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to him." 2 Chronicles 16:9
This week as I was checking the site activity and seeing all the different visits from around the world, I thought of the above verse. Knowing that he is showing his strength on behalf of all the hearts loyal to him from around the world today is amazing and incredibly comforting. Know that I am thinking of you today and thanking God for his all powerful strength that will prevail on your behalf. God bless you all...
July 21st, 2009
Unexpected Opportunity
The Lord has opened a door to me quite unexpectedly. About a month ago I accepted a position as a hospice visit nurse. I had someone ask "why would you accept a position like that, that is a hard job" my reply was simple, "it is not a job, it is a mission, a journey that He is sending me on, I certainly don't expect it to be easy, he has a plan for me, I trust him completely and I know that I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me". I would just like to request that those of you who are visiting regularly to keep me in your prayers as I tend to families who are coping with a terminal illness. I realize it is very difficult to understand why God allows pain and suffering to this degree, there are no clear cut answers that our human minds can wrap around. In between visits today, I picked up my phone and noted an email with this in the subject line "why does God allow pain" the timing of it was almost eery, my thought, my question in black and white. As I am writing this I am thinking about todays delight "chosen", we were blessed with free will and can reject being chosen by closing our hearts and ears to his voice. In the body of the email that I received there is a comparison between God and a barber, the barber contends to a customer that God must not exist since there is pain and suffering in the world and then the customer states that the barber must not exist then either, puzzled by the comment the barber asks why he would say such a silly thing and the customer responds, " there was guy who walked by your shop with long, scraggly, dirty hair so barbers must not exist since there are still those walking around with long, scraggly, dirty hair", the barber says "that is crazy, I am standing right here, it was the guys choice to walk past my door." Needless to say, it is still quite hard to understand because I know that my God is compassionate and merciful and I will stand on that as I lift these families up in prayer each evening before I go to sleep. God bless you and thank you for visiting.
July 9th 2009
Dry Bones
The Lord has been speaking into my heart: If there were ever a time that God fearing people should unite as Christ contended in John 17:23, this is it. So beloved believers, I pray that every time we kneel, we lift one another up in FERVENT prayer seeking God as Christ did to bring us to complete unity. I Realize some believers may have lost their love and zeal for God and have allowed their faith to fall into the "Valley of Dry Bones." Read Ezekiel 37. The Lord your God is calling you out of that valley. It is time to forget about practicing religion, it is time to practice "The Presence of God" in your life, there is a profound difference between the two. It is time to look beyond what religious people are saying and doing to what God is saying and doing. I am praying for you today and thanking God for unity. Take out the "word of God" today dear one and see what He is saying to you. Listen closely with your spirit ears. Can you hear the rattling?
June 16, 2009
Dear Visitors, I realize many of you may be checking the website frequently looking for the completion of the boutique and the garden gate suites. They are being worked on and will be completed according to God's time table. The Lord drew me into proverbs as I was praying about the completion and he spoke to me through proverbs 16:9 "In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps." I can make plans but it is the Lord who determines my steps and the timing of those steps. Be patient, check back often, and thank you so much for visiting. I want to say hello and God bless to my visitors from Brazil, Japan and Korea.
June 3rd, 2009
Over the past week or so I have been praying for those who are left feeling lonely and isolated for various reasons. This morning during prayer the Lord was pressing my heart and showing me that there is someone out there today who is heavily weighted down, has lost all hope and has forgotten who she is in Christ. During the time I was praying for this person an email had been deposited into my personal mailbox that caught my eye, the subject line read "A special word for women", it was not only meant for me but for you as well dear one, click over the picture for the link. In closing I want to encourage you to remember who you are in Christ, speak His word over your life, and He will give you wisdom and direction.
May 26th, 2009
Over the summer months I am blessed to be able to spend quiet time in nature. This is a "Be Still and Know that I am God" time for me. A time to prepare for the ways in which the Lord will stretch me to do things in His Service that I have never done before. A time to enlarge the tent. More room for God, less room for me. As we decrease he increases. I love this time. I was reading in the book of Amos how God does nothing in the affairs of humanity without seeking one of his servants to whom he will reveal his activity. The desire of my heart is that I am one of those servants and I pray you are also a servant to whom he can reveal his activity. Sometimes I am speechless and overwhelmed as I watch his activity around me. I pray for those who are so bound by religiosity and legalism that they miss out on the simplicity of God's activity around them. Bless you today and thank you for visiting.
May 24th, 2009
Thank you to those who continue to revisit this site. I prayed over creating a mailing list but was led to understand that there is no need for it and can see that those who are interested in the daily delight, knee mail or anything else on the site will simply revisit the site. The number one goal of this site is to encourage those who visit to get into God's word, in other words don't just know of him through someone else, know him yourself. There is a remarkable difference between the two. This site as you should know by now has been dedicated to the Lord and I try with all my heart to listen closely to how he wants to run it. My defining verse for this is Colossians 3:23. I work for him.
I am completely amazed at the amount of people who are visiting from around the world. Hello Australia, Germany, France, Canada and many more. Hello California,Virginia, Florida, D.C., Kentucky, Ohio,and many more. God bless you all...
May 19th,2009
The Right Response
Today, during my quiet time with the Lord, I was thanking him for the many ways he has blessed my life and how I have felt his favor upon me.
I was moved to read the 1st chapter of Luke and as I read the accounts of the angelic visitation to Zechariah and then to Mary, I was suddenly awakened to the difference in their responses to the Angel of the Lord. It is so profound to me that here Zechariah was standing right at the alter, wouldn't you think that there of all places he would be willing to accept a miracle from God but instead he questioned in disbelief "how can I be sure of this?" for that his tongue was bound until John was born. Then we have Mary, the angel greets her with "Greetings you who are highly favored by God", I can almost see her puzzled little face thinking "me highly favored by God, who am I?" very humble... as the angel continued to tell her what was about to happen to her, she questioned not in disbelief, she questioned as one just wanting to know how God was going to do this "how will this be, since I am a virgin?" she had already accepted the miracle would be she just wanted to know how. I love her words to the angel
" I am the Lord's servant, may it be to me as you have said"
Take time to reflect on what your responses to the Lord have been, do they align with Zechariah or with Mary? One day last summer, I was praying silently to myself about something huge the Lord was revealing to me and I questioned " How can you be sharing this with me Lord, I am just a small person in this world?" That very moment my then 6 year old walked in from the another room and Said "mommy, you know little hands can make a big difference" I wept before the Lord as I understood the words he had sent my son in with, when God is in control it does not matter how big or little we are in the eyes of the world , what matters is who He knows we are in Him and that we are willing to accept it.
May 7th, 2009
Delight the Lord
This is what the LORD says: "Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches, but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 9:23-24
What is delight?
The dictionary defines it this way:
a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture.
Psalm 37:4 says "Delight yourself in the Lord..."
When you awake in the morning, is your first priority of the day to spend time with the Lord? Does the thought of reading his word, praying, being still and waiting on him bring you a high degree of pleasure? Praise God if your answer is yes, if your answer is no then on this National Day of Prayer I lift you up dear one into his court room and ask that he open the eyes of your heart that you may understand and know him for he is indeed a kind, just and righteous God. Father, may this one bring you delight, may this one desire to delight you and also delight in you. In your Holy name Jesus, so be it...
Just as the Lord exercises kindness, justice andrighteousness so must we, this brings him delight. What a treasure it is to know that we can delight the creator. Can you picture him on his great encircled throne overjoyed with your acts of kindness, justice and righteousness?
Delight the Lord today, dear one....
May 4th, 2009
My heart is heavy today for those who have no sense of direction, for those who are lost and do not know you Lord. What a comfort it is to know that even now in this very moment you are searching for them....May they be found and may they learn to trust you and know you even when they do not sense you...
April 28th, 2009
Praise God Dear one... I was on my knees before the Lord asking him to guide me on whether or not to list this site with the major search engines. I had received an email instructing me to begin the process to do just that. I took it to the Lord as this site has been completely dedicated to him for his purpose and This is what he spoke into my heart:
"I myself will tend my sheep, declares the sovereign Lord, I will Search for the lost and bring back the strays. I the Lord search the heart."
He is the search engine of all search engines and so this site is completely in his hands. If you have happened upon this site and are reading this, maybe you will never visit this site again and that's o.k., but while you are here I want to tell you that you are not here by chance , God is calling you to come and know him and he wants you to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that He has loved you with an everlasting love, meet him in His word today dear one, your life will never be the same...
April 23rd, 2009
Today as I was on my knees seeking the Lord I thought about Job and Read chapter 42:1-6. I encourage you to read it. In Fact if you have never read the book of Job start reading 3 chapters a day and you will complete the book in 2 weeks....In verse 2 Job says to the Lord
" I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted. You asked, who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge?"
How many have questioned God without knowledge?
More than we could ever count. As I read that
passage I can almost hear Job's tone as he stands there before God repenting with a humbled heart. I think about that and admit the times I have questioned Him before I knew him and surely I repent as I know that when we know Him, when we have moved into His heart just as he has moved into ours, the questioning becomes a knowing just as Job admits.....
April 20, 2009
What would you tell them?
One day during my morning prayers and journaling, I asked the Lord,
Father, if you gave me a platform before the world, what would you have me to say to them as your servant? Before I could think another thought I heard
“What would you tell them, child of mine?”
.....that you are a loving, forgiving God, that you desire for your children to truly commune with you, that your words are flawless and just as the rains water the earth so does your word water our hearts, that your word is truly a light even in the darkest places, that when one calls on you from the heart, you are faithful to answer, that religion and knowing you are two different things, that the only place in the world a person can be truly grounded is in your holy words, that when a heart draws into you , you pull it in snug and safe under your wing, I would tell them you are fun, peaceful, gentle and strong and that there is no place like the bosom of God, I would tell them that walking with you Lord, is like turning the pages of a well written novel that I cannot and will not put down. I would tell them that walking in the supernatural is quite natural when one walks along side you Lord. I would tell them that I am an ordinary person who has seen extraordinary things not because of who I am but because of who you are and who I am in you, Lord. I would tell them that the recipe for a very real intimate relationship with you Father, is pretty simple, get into your word daily, sit at your feet often, pray, ask questions, be still and listen, then obey….. These are some of the things I would tell them Father
Your Delighted Servant
Shelli
April 20th,2009
People do not need to hear someones philosophies or theological ideas and opinions on how one should live, what I have found though is that people are hungry to hear what God is doing in the lives of ordinary people. My responsibility is not to convince anyone of the reality of His divine presence but simply to bear witness to what the Lord has said and done for me...to share my encounters with those who have an ear to hear...I am an ordinary person, I do not hold any theological degrees, I do hold a degree in applied science in Nursing which has been a stepping stone in my walk with the Lord...I love to learn and grow in the Lord...and so "my delight is in the word of the Lord and I meditate in His word day & night." .... Madam Guyan made a profound statement in which she says "there is a difference between praying and experiencing God" , to add to that, I don't recall who said it or where I may have read it, but truly it is a truth I have realized on my own and the truth is that there is also a remarkably huge difference between "knowing of God" and "knowing God" My sincerest prayer for anyone who may be reading this is that you dear one may go beyond "praying to God" to "experiencing God" and beyond "knowing of God" to "knowing God" ...May the encounters we share through this site delight you and encourage you to know that you have the same access to experience and know our Creator....May your experiences also be "too grand to contain"
Sincerely his Delighted servant,
Shelli
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