Diane

Jul 01 2015
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All natural mosquito repellant.

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NOmosquitoWell, 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!

 

Jan 22 2015
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STOP!

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Stop-300x300“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

Dec 25 2014
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Merry CHRISTmas 2014!

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Christmas Nativity Orignal Painting by Diane

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!

Dec 11 2014
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3 Keys to Supernatural Happiness

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Artwork by Kyrill Poole Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.

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

Nov 07 2014
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3 Keys to Happiness

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1000px-Face-smile.svg_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

Oct 17 2014
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4 Keys to a Profitable Life

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800px-Holy_bible_bookAll Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness. 2 Timothy 3:16 

When we think of profitability we usually think of finances. But God shows is that profitability is more than making a profit with money.  Let me give you an example.

Each morning I do four things. Two are profitable for my life now and for my eternal life. One is sometimes financially profitable, and the last one often leads me to despair about world events, which is not profitable in any way.  

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Sep 04 2014
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Hidden Treasure

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Treasure chest“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6: 19 – 21.

I am a Treasure Seeker.

A Destiny Prospector.

There is nothing I like more than discovering a treasure. Whether it is a beautiful shell on the beach, or a unique bargain in a special hand shop, or the enormous privilege of helping a person discover the destiny that God has for them.

God has created you for something special. You are HIS treasure! His hidden treasure. A treasure is a very valuable object – like a buried treasure chest full of gold and diamonds. The word “treasure” can also be used as a verb, like when you treasure something in your heart. Read More

Aug 01 2014
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It’s all about LOVE…

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Heart of God – Painting Series by Diane

Heart of God – Painting Series

I have spent much of this summer once again looking at the Vision that I have for my life, and asking God what it is that HE wants from me.

What God wants from me, is me. Plain and simple. He wants me to love Him.

We know we are to obey the commandments of God. So, like the man in the Bible, when we ask about what we should do, we should ask God, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”

The Greatest Commandment – Mark 12:28-31 (NIV) 28 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”

29 “The most important one,”answered Jesus, “is this: Read More

Jul 25 2014
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A Sling and a Stone

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Five_little_stones“I cannot go in these,” he said to Saul, “because I am not used to them.” So he took them off. Then he took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the stream, put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag and, with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine. 1 Samuel 17:39-40 NIV

David was not afraid of the battle. He knew that he was fighting for God. His confidence was not in his armor, or in his ability. His confidence was in where it should be, in God.

David told Goliath, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the Lord will deliver you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.”

“All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.”

David didn’t run from the battle. David ran to the battle. David reached into his bag and took out a stone, and he slung it at Goliath. The stone sank into Goliath’s forehead and he fell facedown on the ground. Dead.

David was successful because he relied on the Lord to use the talents he had already developed to defeat the enemy. God used what David had in his hand. David had five stones, and a sling. Read More

Jun 28 2014
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Be thou my vision

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visionWhere there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keeps the law, happy is he. Proverbs 29:18 (KJV)

We need to have vision in our lives to go forward. Our vision will keep us going, even when the going gets tough.

Jesus had a vision of His Bride that helped Him endure the cross. We need a vision of Jesus, our eternal Groom, to help us to endure all that we encounter.

Jesus, be thou my vision today!