For several months this year, we will be featuring some of the Destiny Center Authors as guest bloggers. This month we will hear from Author Lois Lee Soto, known to all who love her as Loi. This excerpt is from her book: Rabbit Trails – But God… has a plan… The Journey of a Life Led by God.
Diane
We hope you enjoyed part of this poem from the book “I Love You Mom!” by Elizabeth W. Drake.
The next few months we will be featuring some of our friends, and Destiny Center Authors, as guest bloggers. This month, in honor of Mother’s day, we wanted to feature part of this poem from Elizabeth W. Drake’s book, “I Love You Mom!” which is available on Kindle. It is a beautiful book based on one poem, from a series of poems, written by Elizabeth W. Drake about the Love of a Mother.
The book “I Love You Mom!”, featuring exquisite photography and poetry, is a perfect gift for your Mother for Mother’s Day, her Birthday, or any special occasion! She has three books available on Kindle from this series. If you are interested there are links to the books below.
We also hope you have a wonderful Mother’s day with your Mom, and / or your children, or family or friends that you want to celebrate as great Moms!
Personally, I am so blessed to have the BEST Mom in the world! I hope that you feel the same way about your Mom!
Happy Mother’s Day!
May blessings – Diane 🙂
If you are interested in getting this book by Elizabeth W. Drake, or any of her other books Destiny Center has published, they are available from our website, and on Kindle. Here are the links…
I Love You Mom! by Elizabeth W. Drake
A beautiful book based on one poem, from a series of poems, written by Elizabeth W. Drake about the Love of a Mother. The book “I Love You Mom!”, featuring exquisite photography and poetry is a perfect gift for your Mother for her Birthday, Mother’s Day, or any special occasion!
Other books from Elizabeth W. Drake:
A Mother’s Love by Elizabeth W. Drake
“My Mother’s Love” by Elizabeth W. Drake
The Corporate Escape by Elizabeth W. Drake
“The Corporate Escape” takes you on a Romantic Adventure the other side of the world and back, as Lynn & Paul’s exciting love story leads them to America, New Zealand, Australia and Tahiti. This is Elizabeth W. Drake’s first novel in the new International Romance Novels Series, Kingdom Romance Novels, Published by KEI.
http://www.destinycenter.com/read/Relationships?product_id=57
About the Author: Elizabeth W. Drake is active in Worldwide Missions and lives with her family in the United States of America. Her novels, featured in the Destiny Center/ KEI new International Christian Romance Series, lead you on an international escapade. You will go with the characters in their faith filled romantic adventures, as they travel the world to exotic Global Locations. Her poetry, about the Love of a Mother, has been published in a series of books featuring exquisite photography and poetry.
Peace for Your Problems
Posted by Diane | Bible Study, Devotions, Missions, Training, Worship & the Arts | No CommentsPhilippians 4:6 & 7 – Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
It sure seems like an easy thing to worry. Everyday, problems come our way, and we have a choice. We can either decide to worry and be anxious, or we can turn everything over to God, knowing that He is in control.
Philippians 4:6 – Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
When we are anxious and troubled, our minds become anxious and troubled & consumed with the problem or situation.
When we are consumed with the problem, we focus on all the negatives, not all the positives. Focusing on all the negatives causes us to have toxins released in our bodies that make us ill. We literally make ourselves sick by the constant focus on our problems and being anxious about the situation.
So, God gives us the answer… Read More
Alignment
Posted by Diane | Bible Study, Devotions, Missions, Training, Worship & the Arts | No CommentsIn all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:6 – NASB
Recently, I noticed my car was pulling a bit to the right, which is better than pulling to the left, into traffic, but still is not as it should be.
That means my car has issues. It needs an alignment. When your car pulls right or left at the same time that you’re trying to make it go straight, then you’ve got issues. And it means you need to get your car to a place that does alignments.
Basically, an alignment “will make your [car’s] path straight,” like in today’s Bible verse.
It’s pretty common to need an alignment for your car. You need your car realigned because it’s been out doing what cars do – driving on bumpy roads, hitting potholes, and going over an occasional curb. Stuff like that knocks your car out the alignment.
The problem is, if you don’t get your car realigned, it throws everything off. The longer it goes on, the worse the damage. Including destroying our tires & then causing problems in many other areas.
Kind of like in our lives. Read More
Recently I had a dream that someone had taken my cell phone. In the dream, I was locked inside a Convention Center with other people, and could not get out. I could not call anyone to get help, or to let them know that I was there, because someone had taken my cell phone. Also, in the dream, I knew I could have used another phone to call my family, but I did not know any of their phone numbers… Because all of their phone numbers were in my cell phone.
I know there can be numerous interpretations of what that dream means, but the thing that stuck with me when I woke up, was the reality of what would happen if I lost my cell phone.
I don’t know about you, but it seems that we are at the point where we seem to rely on our cell phones for everything. It is our map, our address book, our itinerary, our calendar, our weatherman, our camera, our video camera, our photo album, our office away from home, our main organizer of our lives, and our personal phone book…
It wasn’t always this way. Read More
Well, it is the week of July 4th, officially mosquito season…
Mosquitos are not fun, and can be very dangerous as well. They carry many diseases, some of them fatal.
SO, if the mosquitos seem to love to bite you – like they do me – then try my new summer all natural mosquito repellant.
A friend at church told me about Lavender Oil, and I had previously read about Coconut Oil, so I decided to combine them, and give it a try.
Here is my recipe:
Diane’s All natural mosquito repellant.
You will need:
Coconut Oil (I use LouAna brand from my grocery store or big box store)
Lavender Essential oil (I got mine online last year, but most health food stores have it)
Small glass or plastic container (I bought a plastic one at the dollar store. Be sure it is able to hold 1/4 cup or more – or make a smaller amount)
Mix ingredients together in a small container:
1/4 cup Coconut Oil
5 – 10 drops of Lavender Essential oil. (Depending on how strong you want it to be)
That’s it! Easy as can be!
Now, just rub the mixture on any exposed skin before you go outside.
It is great for your skin and keeps the mosquitos away. I have been using it this summer & it has worked great for me!
Give it a try and let me know how it works for you!
I hope you have a fun July 4th weekend with family and friends – and NO mosquitos!
“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” Psalm 46:10 ESV
It is a new year. As a ministry we always stop at the end of the year and ask God to clarify what the coming year will be for us. What is the vision for the new year? What is the Mission for this next season? What strategies are we to implement, with our activities this year, that will accomplish the Mission and Vision?
We have been actually processing this, for 2015, since the beginning of the Jewish new year 5775 back in September of 2014. The year 5775 after Creation, which runs from Sept. 25, 2014, through Sept. 13, 2015. The year 5776 starts Sept. 14, 2015. Since last September, we have been sensing a shift in our activities, and in our vision, and have been pressing in to what that could mean for us in 2015.
2015 is a Sabbath Rest year (Shemittah 5775) and a Jubilee Year (Yobel 5776). In the Bible during the year of Sabbath Rest, and a Jubilee Year, all debts between Jewish debtors and creditors were cancelled, and all slaves were released. Every seventh year, in the Sabbath Rest year, the farmers did not toil in the fields. They gave the land a year of rest. They trusted God for provision. And because of the year of rest for the fields, the land was more fruitful in the subsequent seasons. In addition, during the Jubilee Year all slaves were freed, and all fields and houses sold during the past fifty years were returned to their original owners. Read More
Christmas Nativity Orignal Painting by Diane
Merry Christmas from all of us here at YWAM Hollywood!
We pray that as you celebrate the Birth of Jesus, you will be filled with the wonder of His gift to us!
Artwork by Kyrill Poole Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
Everyone claims that they want to be happy.
Yet many of us seem to spend most of our time complaining. We say, “If my life was different I would be happy.”
We spend our time with telling God all the bad things in our life that we want Him to fix, and we call that prayer. If He would just do what we ask Him to do for us, then we would be happy.
Not true.
Happiness is a state of mind, not a set of circumstances.
Last time we looked at the 3 keys to happiness found in the Bible in 1 Thessalonians Chapter 5 starting in verse 16:
16 Rejoice evermore. 17 Pray without ceasing. 18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 19 Quench not the Spirit. 20 Despise not prophesyings. 21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. 22 Abstain from all appearance of evil. 23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
When you rejoice, and give thanks as you pray without ceasing – you focus on the good things in your life, not the bad.
This time, let’s add to that the 3 keys to a happiness that are powered by the supernatural. Read More
Rejoice evermore. 17 Pray without ceasing. 18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 19 Quench not the Spirit. 20 Despise not prophesyings. 21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. 22 Abstain from all appearance of evil. 23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. 1 Thessalonians Chapter 5:16-24
Everyone claims that they want to be happy.
Yet many of us seem to spend most of our time telling each other of our troubles. We declare that if “such-and-such” would just happen in our life then we would be happy. If things were different, we would be happy.
We spend our time with God telling Him all the bad things in our life that we want Him to fix, and we call that prayer. If He would just do what we ask Him to do for us, then we would be happy.
Not true.
Happiness is a state of mind, not a set of circumstances.
God give us the keys to happiness in the Bible.
Let’s look at the 3 keys to happiness found in 1 Thessalonians Chapter 5 verses 16-18: Read More
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