Nothing is more appealing than speaking beautiful, life-giving words. For they release sweetness to our souls and inner healing to our spirits. Proverbs 16:24 TPT

He comes to bind our wounds. He comes to bring healing. He comes to bring a balm for your wounded soul. Those places that are hidden from all around you.

He sees. He knows. He will heal and deliver you. You may have scars, but that only shows your journey. God will use that if you allow Him to.

He will take what Satan meant for bad and use it for good. Watch it happen, but until it does, praise Him in the darkness and praise Him in the pain.

Sandy G


Psalm 91:1-2, The person who rests in the shadow of the Most High God will be kept safe by the Mighty One. I will say about the Lord, “He is my place of safety, he is like a fort to me, he is my God. I trust in Him.”

Have you ever been introduced to someone important? You extend your hand and graciously say, “Pleased to meet you.” That introduction doesn’t mean you ‘know’ that person. It simply means you met them.

There seem to be a lot of people in the world that have been introduced to God but are making false claims to ‘knowing’ Him. To really know someone, you must meet again multiple times. There must be more than an exchange of pleasantries. There must be words exchanged and trust built.

So many couples ‘fall in love’ after one date when they truly have no idea who that person really is. They don’t take the time to exchange more than surface stuff, where it’s in the deep things that develop trust and intimacy. You can’t go ‘deep’ on the first date! If you do, you’ll scare the other person away.

Same with building a home, you can’t put a roof on a foundation! Walls must be built to hold the roof on, and they must be straight. Lies only make for crooked walls, which must be torn down and built again. There is so much to say and so little time. I feel a book coming on!

The point here is to know God intimately. You must spend time with Him, cultivating relationship and trust. God doesn’t respond to manipulation. You can’t use, ‘God, if you do this for me, I’ll serve you!’ This isn’t His first rodeo, and I think He’s pretty familiar with the outcome. It’s about knowing you’re on a journey with someone you love, someone who is leading you down an unfamiliar path, but you know will keep you safe.

It doesn’t mean you won’t face obstacles along the way, but your hand is in the hand who created all things. You have to trust Him.

Joseph was on a journey with God. He received a promise and trusted God to keep it. He went 12 years being tested and proved worthy of the task God had given him before it actually came to pass.

Some of us are whiners, constantly asking God, ‘How long?’ Every 5 minutes, like children in the car on a trip. Trust. If you’ve spent time on your walls, you’ll be ready when God puts the roof on. Don’t settle for 4 foot walls unless you’re 3 ft tall. Keep building the walls, focusing on who God is and what He’s done. Praising and worshipping in the middle of your strong winds and rough seas. When you’ve been proven, your promise will manifest. Hold on!

Father, I want to know you more. More than I do at this moment. There is so much I’ve yet to discover about you, your grace and mercy. Your love alone, I’ve only caught small glimpses of, but what I’ve seen and known leaves me weak and breathless. I love with such small, immature love, but you have opened yourself to me in such amazing ways. The only way I can show you my love is by loving others as if it were you. Help me to do that. I seem to fall short so many times. It’s in your Name I ask this. Amen


Joshua 1:9 ERV, “Remember, I commanded you to be strong and brave. Don’t be afraid, because the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

Have you ever received an assignment that seems like more than you’re qualified for? I have! I told a group of doctors that it was no problem to get them up and running for electronic billing. Everything was in place, I just had to figure out what switch to flip to make it happen.

I remember entering their computer room, closing the door, opening the 6 inch thick manual, dropping my head onto the book and praying, “God, I have no earthly idea what I’m doing here! But I know that you are with me and give me the wisdom to do this task. Thank you, Lord, that you are my helper in time of trouble. I won’t be afraid because I know you are with me.”

I looked up and saw a phone with a phone number for tech services on it and felt impressed to call. Alright then, Lord. Fix this Father, and all glory goes to you! The man on the other line sounded so excited that I was there and that they would finally be able to get someone to do the one thing needed to get this office up and running for electronic claims submission. He literally had me change one character, run a test file, then transmit a slew of claims.

Two weeks later, that same group of doctors called me in. They held in their hands a check for $47,000 for claims paid in that one file I sent and asked me, “Do you walk on water?” I laughed and said, “No, but I’m friends with the man who does, and He’s the one who did this!”

God loves being our hero! He loves to rescue us when we’re down for the count. Be it financially, physically, whatever miracle needed, He’s merely waiting for us to call out, “Help me!” You see, nothing is too hard for God. He created it all, and everything is subject to change. Just as Joshua faced a fortified city with walls too high to climb, God knew the way to bring it down. He just had to convince Joshua to be strong and brave because He was with him.

My friend, what are you facing today that God hasn’t faced before? Maybe God gave you a dream to do something that seems way over your head. He’s not asking you to do it alone, He wants to partner with you to get the job done. Each step you take, He is there. Everything you need for the job is already in you via the Holy Spirit of God. If God begins to open doors, don’t be afraid to walk through the doors. Hear the Lord say to you, “Be strong and brave, don’t be afraid! I am with you and will never leave you. Never!”

Father, I thank you for your constant presence in my life. You make me brave enough to face the winds of change and the mountain of fear that are before me. Just as the walls came down for Joshua, you will cause these obstacles to move out of my way. I’m thankful that I know your voice and that I listen and obey your commands. I’m excited for what lies ahead. I will not be afraid because you will not allow my enemies to win. Together, Father, it’s the only way I’ll go. I’ve tried it alone before, and I will not do that again. I won’t listen to mans voice of reason or the call of those who say, ‘Come this way or, do it that way.’ You will use the foolish things of this world to confound the wise so Father, may I be a fool today for you. It’s in Jesus’ name I pray. Amen

Deuteronomy 30:11-16 ERV; “This command that I give you today is not too hard for you. It is not a secret hidden in some far away land.  This command is not in heaven so that you should say, ‘Who will go up to heaven for us and bring it to us, so that we can hear and do it?’  This command is not on the other side of the sea so that you should say, ‘Who will go across the sea for us and bring it to us, so that we can hear it and do it?’  No, the word is very near to you. It is in your mouth and in your heart. So you can obey it.

“Today I have given you a choice between life and death, success and disaster. I command you today to love the Lord your God. I command you to follow him and to obey his commands, laws, and rules. Then you will live, and your nation will grow larger. And the Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take for your own.”

This morning, I’d like to break this down on a much smaller and more personal scale. Instead of seeing this for a nation, I’d like you to see it for  you personally. In previous chapters, God is asking us to simply obey Him. If we do what He says, we will participate in the blessings. If we turn our own way and do our own thing, then we place ourselves under a curse. God’s not trying to make it hard for us. He even gave His son, Jesus to pay the ‘once and for all’ sacrifice for our sin.

He did everything He could to make it easy on us. To help us make the right choices in life, but we’re so stubborn. We’ve become like spoiled children, making choices that aren’t good for us with no regard to authority. We want our way regardless of the consequences, than blame God for all the bad that happens because of it. WOW!  He clearly made it our choice and showed us what would happen because of our choices. We have no one to blame but the one we see staring back at us in the mirror. We want the good stuff but don’t want to obey Gods word to get it. We’re looking for another way, an easier way than putting our flesh down and doing it Gods way.

Oh Father, how I regret so many things in life. My mind won’t let me forget the wrongs, even when I’ve done a thousand things to counteract it. But that’s not what You said. You said that if I believe in Jesus, I will be saved as well as my family. You said it’s a gift, not something I have to work for. Simple obedience, that’s all you require of me. That obedience brings blessing into my life and the lives of my family. I choose to obey You. It may cost me all I have but I will never come close to the price You paid. It’s in Jesus’ name I trust. Amen

Lord, just singing about you makes me strong! So I’ll keep shouting for joy to Jacob’s God, my champion. Psalms 81:1 TPT

Don’t ever downplay your past. It’s only a compilation of the most beautiful song ever written. You may be in the middle of something horrible and can’t see how Gods gonna use this, but trust me, he has a plan.

Don’t allow the enemy to steal your song. Just one more note. One more word, and your song will be complete. Sing, mighty child of God! Sing from your pain! Sing from your failure! Sing with passion for a tender loving God.

Your song gets more beautiful with the deep meaning it holds for you, and when you sing it, it’s going to touch more lives than you can imagine. Sing!

Sandy G

“Continue to ask, and God will give to you. Continue to search, and you will find. Continue to knock, and the door will open for you. Yes, whoever continues to ask will receive. Whoever continues to look will find. And whoever continues to knock will have the door opened for them.” Matthew 7:7-8 ERV

God is a motion sensitive God. When we move, He moves. When we seek Him, we find Him. When we give, its given back to us. When we raise our hands and praise Him, He responds by coming into our midst. That’s why they sent singers into battle first, because they knew it would evoke the presence of God and assure the victory.

And when we’re still, we know that He is God, and the rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

Oh Astounding God, if I stand, you’re there. When I’m asleep, You watch over me. When I move, You direct my steps. Is anything too hard for You?

So I will wait in Your presence until I’m full and spill over onto those you place around me.

Sandy G

We have become His poetry, a re-created people that will fulfill the destiny He has given each of us, for we are joined to Jesus, the Anointed One. Even before we were born, God planned in advance our destiny and the good works we would do to fulfill it! Ephesians 2:10 TPT

How many times has God rescued you from the stupid choices you’ve made? I don’t know about you, but I can say countless times. He doesn’t erase the results of those choices, but He adds them into the tapestry of your life, creating a lovely masterpiece.

God makes beautiful things out of horrible events if we allow ourselves to see them through His eyes. Don’t get hung up on hurdles just cause your legs are short. Jump up in the Fathers arms. Those hurdles are not big at all to Him.

Sandy G

The Lord has bared His holy arm In the sight of all the nations, So that all the ends of the earth may see The salvation of our God. Isaiah 52:10 NASB2020

I was praying this over Israel recently. That God would show Himself strong on behalf of His beloved people. It’s so important for us to continually do this because God told us to.

But not only that. He said to pray for one another so that we ourselves might be saved, healed, and delivered. It’s the law of sowing and reaping. An important principle God wants us to practice.

It’s easy to be self-absorbed. It is easy to get so focused on what we’re going through that we forget there are others going through far worse. This is simply a reminder to look away and pray.

But you will not go out in a hurry, Nor will you go as fugitives; For the Lord will go before you, And the God of Israel will be your rear guard. Isaiah 52:12 NASB2020

This is just another covenant promise to pray over Israel today. Set those captives free. Release them and let them go. May You deliver them from their enemies. In Jesus’ name and for Your glory. Amen

Sandy G

The word, Manifest is defined as -“Readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; to make clear or evident to the eye or the understanding; show plainly.”

I kept hearing this word in my spirit, so I decided to look it up to see its meaning, and this is what I found. I believe that God is manifesting His great Word to us in ways we’ve never experienced or seen before.

He’s making clear the dreams and visions that He’s given us in times past. He is also making apparent to us the things we need to be rid of, things that hinder us from going deeper with Him, and trust me, there are things about God that we have not yet scratched the surface of knowing.

Just when I begin to understand His grace, I see another part of it that leaves me stunned and weeping. Just when I think I understand his love, He shows me a new part that leaves me breathless, wanting more.

If we don’t take time now to feed on His Word and be satisfied, we will try to find other things to fill that void. Romans 1:19 ASV, “Because that which is known of God is manifest in them; for God manifested it unto them.”

Lord, may I seek Your face to know You, that You may show me more of You today. The closer I get to You, the less of me is seen.

Sandy G