Jewels From JudySaturday, March 15 2003
Nathan David March 15,2001 Nathan, God named you. You are the seed from a promise of God. The Lord has appointed you for a joyous purpose. You were sewn together in your mother's womb where the Lord saw you and approved of you. God's ways are not man's ways. Follow and keep the Lord's ways in front of you. Do not look to the right or to the left, but keep your eyes ever fixed on Jesus. He is your redemption, He is your purpose and He is your friend. You can trust God and as you obey Him you will gain a relationship of trust. Know in your heart that you can always count on the Father to be there for you. He will never leave you, Nathan David! He will never forsake you! Keep your heart for out of it flows the issues of life. No matter what life looks like, Father God will be there with you. Storms will come and storms will go, but He is the Rock to Whom you can depend. Plant yourself deeply in the Rock and those storms will not move you from His purpose. He is the Father of life and His plan for you is great. He is your hope! He is your future! Call upon Him and pray to Him. He will listen to you.. He waited patiently for the day you would be born. You were born to fulfill a promise. Nathan, remember and never forget that love is the glue that binds. Friday, March 07 2003
Beyond The Cross Jesus looked beyond the cross ... He saw you and me He saw our faces so sad and in need So He willing went to the cross, to the tree Jesus, You saw my need ...You saw my sin seed You saw my need, so Your gave Your life for me You went to the cross, to the cross for me Jesus, You cried out on that day... "My God! My God! Why have You forsaken Me?" "Why are You so far from Me?" Then He saw our faces so sad and in need So He willingly gave His life for you and me! Jesus looked beyond the cross... He saw you and me He saw our faces so sad and in need So He willing went to the cross, to the tree Now He is our Resurrected King! We praise You, Lord Jesus, for bringing back the keys! © Aug 27, 1998 Judy Bauman All rights reserved Thank You Father for children who ask such direct questions such as, "How could Jesus go to the cross?" It is by such as these that we really are stretched to see You and Your great love for us. Thank You for this answer in song. I love You, Lord, Judy Thursday, February 20 2003
A Warning to the Church: The Electric Outlet A Vision In the front of an empty church between the two front pews, and in front of the communion table, dangled an electrical outlet. It was suspended in the air from 1" thick, gray, flexible conduit. The wire came into the top right side of the electrical box and exited the bottom left side. A man's hand with an extension cord in it appeared and he tried to plug it into the outlet. The outlet only twisted and turned away from him. He tried this over and over again with no success. Unsuccessful, he finally went away frustrated. I asked the Lord what this meant. As I prayed, the scene replayed in my mind. I noticed that the outlet was not affixed. It just dangled there in mid-air. It was not firmly framed into the structure of the church. Because it was not anchored, when pressure was applied to push the cord into the outlet, it could only twist and turn. There wasn't enough stability to allow the person to plug in their extension cord. I believe what the Lord was showing me was that the Outlet was representative of the Holy Spirit. The man was representative of a believer trying to get plugged into God's power and authority, and to gain a greater understanding of His ways. The Holy Spirit was in the front and near the communion table, but He wasn't given a fixed place. He was not anchored in the church. It points to the reason some churches are empty and not experiencing growth is because the Holy Spirit of God is not given a firm foundation to which people can plug into and get charged up. So they leave. Unless the Holy Spirit is given a secured place in the church to love, save, guide, teach, build, confirm, comfort, empower, fill, speak, renew, bear witness, convict, sanctify, anoint, correct, heal, counsel, rebuke, send, and give joy to the believers - that church will not be permitted to experience lasting growth. Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. Amen. 2 Co 3:17; John 14-16 In Christ, Tuesday, February 04 2003
We Must Get Bibles Back In Schools In 1998, I awoke from a troubling dream, sat straight up in my bed and said in a loud voice, "We must get Bibles back in schools!!!" You may think, "That's impossible." What is impossible with man is possible with God! Four years later I am standing in my bathroom and the answer comes to me in an instant. "It is so easy a child could understand how to get Bibles back in schools!" I said out loud to myself. First we have to understand who we are in Christ. Go to 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; Until you truly understand what the Lord has called you to be. You are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, and a holy nation. You are God's own special people. Why??? So that you can proclaim and praise the ONE who saved you out of darkness into His marvelous light. 2 Co 5: 20 Tells us that we are Christ's ambassadors. An ambassador is a person who is a diplomatic agent of the highest rank; an authorized messenger or representative. They represent their nation or kingdom. In the natural, an ambassador has the responsibility to speak for their leaders. They must know the heart of their leader because are given extra ordinary representation of their entire nation! They speak for their whole nation. As an ambassador of Christ we represent God's kingdom! We are to represent His will and His ways. 2 Co 3: 2, 3 You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men; clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart We are walking epistles of Christ, wherever we go the Bible goes! If you are in the Word and the Word is in you, then whereever you go, the Bible is there! It does no good to get a physical book into the library of the school if it will only sit there on the shelf. You must be the living word and entice others to read what you have read. It is not illegal to bring your Bible to school, have a prayer meeting or Bible study before or after school. Be fishers of men and be the Bible. Be doers of the word! James 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. Amen Judy Bauman Monday, January 20 2003
Hear the Lion Roar As I sat in the peace and the calm of the morning Whispering praises to God for all He has done I saw in the heavenlies - dog-like creatures Then the side of a face of a Lion that roared Chorus The Lion of Judah will roar! As we praise, as we praise, As we praise the Lamb of God! Hear the Lion roar! His roar was interpreted deep within my heart He said, "Leave My children alone!" The dog-like creatures - they shrieked in terror They fled the scene at the sound of His voice! Chorus Come all ye nations Every tribe and tongue Come all ye nations Come to the Son Come let us worship Hear the Lion Roar Come all ye nations SING! Hear the Lion roar! Chorus O Father! Thank You for giving me the privilege to write songs of praise to You again. Thank You for letting this song flow out of me and into Your Body. I worship and adore You, Lord Jesus. Thank You for fighting for us when we are helpless to fight for ourselves. Thank You for running off the hyenas! I bless You, Lord and thank You. Amen Wednesday, January 01 2003
I Fell In Love Now I'm Not the Same Am E Am E Am G C G C E Am E Am Am E Am E Am G C G C E Am E Am Am E Am E Am G C G C Am E Am E Am E Am E Am G C G C E Am E Am Am E Am E Am G C G C E Am E Am E Am E Am E Am E Am E Am E Am E Am E Am John 8:36 " So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed." Mat 5;16, 7:7-8, 11:25, Lu 4:18, 6:35, 13:3-6, Jo 14:6, 15:4-14, Ro 6:18, 15:7-11, II Co 2:3, 3:17, Gal 5:1 & 13, Eph 1:3-6 & 14, 3:12, Jam 1:25 5:13, I Pet 1:3-6 & 14, 2:16, 4:11 & 16, I Tim 1:12, Rev 3:8 & 20, 5:12-13, 19:5 copyright© 1997 by Judy A Bauman Father, Thank You for your work in me, and thank you for helping me finish this song. Without Your love, support, and tender handling I never would have been able to sing this or share it. The pain that I worked through just to get out the words was at times excruciating. When I realized You were with me, I knew You would see me through and heal my deep wounds. Thank You for redeeming this song, and healing me. Your Humble Servant, Judy Wednesday, January 01 2003
Who Am I? After my soul has left my body and my bones have returned to dust, what will be remembered of me? Do those who love me know who I have been, and why I have done the things I have done? Have they understood that the only reason I have had the capacity to love them as deeply as I have, is because Christ clothed me in His love? He has been the deepest love of my life. I pray they find rest in the same loving arms I have, and that they have made Him Lord in their lives as a result of my example. I was awakened by God's loving touch within me. The healing that has taken place in my heart and soul is all the proof needed for me to know that God chose to work within me. If in my short lifetime, I have glorified God, then all of my life's dreams have been realized. God's will has been for me to live my whole life, not bits and pieces of it, in His presence and give Him all that I am. The constant search for fulfillment left me weak. Nothing filled me. My capricious lifestyle only left me feeling as if I were only chasing after the wind. (Ecc 2:24-26) No matter how much of life I ate, I was famished, and no matter how much of life I drank, I continued to thirst. Jesus gathered my fragments made me whole. He filled the empty hole that was my life. (John 4:1-26) Jesus healed my grieving heart, and lifted cursing and drink from my lips. He did this simply because I asked Him. He heard my cries. Jesus came and smiled upon me and gave me hope-- the hope to which He has called me. (Eph 1-18) He set me free. (John 8:36) I have lived in God and He has lived in me. Jesus chose me and I have known His voice. (John 10:3) I yearn for His word, love, and wisdom; His faith, grace, peace, mercy, and glory. My goal is to live in a manner pleasing to my Lord, then rest in His arms. I want Him to say to me, "Well done good and faithful servant! Come and share your Master's happiness." (Matt 25:23) In His Word, the Bible, Jesus promises that if we love Him, we will obey His teachings, then He and the Father will come and make a home in us. (John 14:23) I have known this to be true. Jesus is not some character in a book, a great teacher who lived 2000 years ago, or a deranged lunatic who thought himself God. Jesus is the only begotten Son of the One Living Almighty God, Maker of heaven and earth. I sincerely asked Him to forgive my many iniquities and invited Him into my life. Christ made a home in me. Through the power of His Holy Spirit, He has comforted, led, and freed me from the chains, the sins that formerly kept me shackled. My hope is that I have lived as a reflection of Jesus' light on this dark, cold, and lonely world. When someone needed to be loved, I hope to have been of comfort. For those who hungered and need to be filled, I hope to have shared my food. In a parched world where one could be quenched by drinking from the Living Well, I hope to have handed them a cup. As an ambassador of the Lord Jesus Christ, I hope those who have known me will have seen Him in my words and in my deeds. I pray that they see the Savior in the love I have given, the songs I have sung, the provisions I have shared, and teachings the Holy Spirit revealed through me. May all glory and honor go to Him for any and all things I have done well. 7/97 |
