Dear Heartstrings family and friends,

We don't often hear the word domain. It sounds rather stuffy and old. At least in my ears. Today, it is relevant. We either live in the domain of Satan or the domain of God Almighty. Pause and think about this.

Will you continue walking, choosing and communicating. We all have been given a path. We choose. We do this every day of our lives. One leads to destruction and eternity of bondage and pain apart from God. One path leads to eternity in the sweet presence of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 

I know how the enemy works in my own life. He distracts me and tempts me to follow my own will. What I want. What I think is best. But, as I have said before...Father knows best. 

It is not the matter of my physical troubles, although Jesus heals. It is not the matter of my emotional discontent, because Jesus fills with all we need. It is not a matter of the spirit behind the day I am living in, because Holy Spirit covers me and helps me to stay true to the path. I have to ask myself, what spirit am I following? What will my mind dwell on? What will please Father God?

WE give thanks to God! I will let His Word speak. Colossians 1:10- "That you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him and desiring to please Him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work and steadily growing and increasing  in and by the knowledge of God [with fuller, deeper, and clearer insight, acquaintance, and recognition]."

We really can choose to walk in His domain, His kingdom. In the intimacy and fullness and freedom our hearts long for. The world cannot supply us with this so if you are looking for answers there, you will be deceived. 

Verse 11-12 says, "[We pray] that you may be invigorated and strengthened with all power according to the might of His glory, [to exercise] every kind of endurance and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father, Who has qualified and made us fit to share the portion which is the inheritance of the saints (God's holy people) in the Light."

Verse 13-14 says..."[The Father] has delivered and drawn us to Himself out of the control and the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in Whom we have our redemption through His blood, [which means] the forgiveness of our sins."

What a Mighty God we serve! Why cave into the depravity of those calling us to follow them! We each choose where we will stand. Even though most days, there is something to complain about...I am trying. And God knows I am dust. But, He will not give up on me unless I continually square my shoulders and turn from Him. His grace goes far beyond what I can imagine!

Read on in Colossians and ask Holy Spirit to teach you, to reach you. He will honor that prayer. I will leave you with this. Colossians 1:23 says,

"[and this He will do] provided that you continue to stay with and in the faith [in Christ], well grounded and settled and steadfast, not shifting or moving away form the hope [which rests on and is inspired by] the glad tidings (the Gospel), which you heard and which has been preached to every person under heaven."

Once you ask Jesus to forgive you of sins He redeems your life back to the Father and then seals you with Holy Spirit. This is where eternity is changed. Simply by coming to Jesus Christ. We are transferred into His Kingdom, His domain. He is then our first love.

I have read this chapter before and every time I learn how to lean and rely more upon the Lord. This Word is Living and will never let me down. All I need is found. All I desire is found. He is Faithful and True. I pray that you will spend time alone with Him today. No matter what you suppose to be true by the words of others, check it out for yourself. Because you alone will stand before Him. Pray for one another and continue even when it seems no one is praying for you. My God can do anything!

Abundance is...walking in the Light