dennis j adams

This week in my devotions ( I have had a heard time keeping up with devotions this week) the Lord impressed my heart with this Psalm

“At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You because of Your righteous ordinances. I am a companion of all those who fear, revere, and worship You, and of those who observe and give heed to Your precepts. ” Psalm 119:62-63, AMP

Companion: friend, associate, partner, comrade, connected

With all — we are not alone in this.

Wow!

Peace

Dennis

I have been working for a few weeks on the right blog theme and bogging software. Well, this is it (I hope). I chose WordPress.org as my software which is on my server. It is not the WordPress.com (which is the wizard site.)

I chose this theme because it looks cool and fits the theme of the blog. Anyway it is really late, 1:00 AM, and I am getting a bit sleepy. Look for regular journaling now!

Peace

Dennis

Great day at the “outside” church! Great day for Acts of Love Foundation, Inc! Then I started to ponder about how so many “churches” have no clue about the lost and desolate souls that wonder this God created earth. Religious people who think that if the message isn’t spoken with the right eloquence and in the proper amount of time allotted the church service was agitating or inconvenient. (Plenty to complain about at lunch). Religion defined in the Word is great and true:

“External religious worship [religion as it is expressed in outward acts] that is pure and unblemished in the sight of God the Father is this: to visit and help and care for the orphans and widows in their affliction and need, and to keep oneself unspotted and uncontaminated from the world.” (James 1:27, AMP)

Boy that throws a damper on most people I know. When is the leadership and those who think they are in charge ever going to get it! What they are doing isn’t working. Oops, I know the answer: Let’s form a committee and look at our options. I am so glad Jesus did not form a committee to look at the options for my soul.

So I wept today watching a movie called “Gracie”. I wept from deep within my heart. It was the analogyin the movie that got to me: Gracie was trying to do something that was totally different that would bring victory over the competition. Of course everyone else said she couldn’t and it does not work that way. They even formed a committee. Well, she did it anyway, and won. Don’t give up and don’t listen to religious people who don’t care about redemption.

Just a thought that brought me to tears from the heart.

Peace, Compassion, and Deep Love of the Spirit.

Dennis

Let me begin by writing this…I am tired! I have been designing web sites, building blogs, searching for blog templates (that are above average), purchasing domains names, setting up a Ubuntu Linux machine, setting up a new network and researching new software. Wow, as I write this I realize, I am very busy. Staying up till 4:30 A.M. every day and getting a just few hours sleep. To tell you, I love it!

It is the weekend now, Friday night, and I am still at it. It’s beginning to rain here in Santa Cruz and do we need it!

I spent this evening with a pastor friend at his churches camp out in the Santa Cruz mountains. We discussed the goodness of God and His unfailing mercy. What I feel summed up the whole evening (before this “techie” stuff I am doing) was that we need to stop praying for God to move. Why? Because He is already moving we need to move with Him. Where is he moving? Look around you! He may be moving right outside your door! My brother, friend, co-laborer, Steve Wright of 2XSalt Ministries and pastor of The Salt Mine Church can confirm this. He walk out of meeting and there a person, a creation of God, a homeless man, just waiting for someone to notice that God was moving. Pastor Steve invited him to pray for the entrance of the Holy Spirit into this man’s life. God was moving right outside the door of the meeting. Come on now, where is He moving around you? Take a look!

It is raining, but I believe this is a beginning of spiritual rain over you and your city. I write this as a prophetic word into your spirit-man and ministry.

Peace

Dennis

What a great week! So many people were blessed by the Word of God!

As I was going to Santa Cruz to minister to the hurting (and anyone else who just needed God’s great mercy and love). The Lord spoke something into my spirit-man. He said “Just build relationships. That’s all I want you to do.” ( I got chills and bumps just was I was typing this). Of course, the hard head that I am I asked “what do you mean?” ( I feeling God right now as I am typing this, this is awesome.) (I wonder if you can type in tongues?) So He so kindly replied “Just build relationships. that’s all I want you to do.” So I again asked, “so that is all you want me to do, right?” Then He allowed me the revelation, “Just love me, obey me, and build relationships and I will do the rest.” _____ (the underscores there is me shouting in the Spirit. My Lord, how I love you! I am so stoked and pleased with this, this is great!

So now I just build relationships, I connect with people and God does the rest.

I know some my think or say, I knew that already. I have been at this thing called “Christianity” since 1976 (I think it was ’76) and I have had so much “stuff” taught me by men: preach this, go to that seminar, get to know this group, this person, do not relate with that group, do not go to movies, don’t watch that, fast this long, pray that long, read this book, where these clothes, be this way….. After a while I felt like I have been put into a pickle barrel and forgotten about. So it takes this person (with the hard head) a little longer to get it! Get it?

I am so glad that I know Him, and love Him, and obey Him (the best that I can), and now I get to build relationships. I believe that I just got told by the Holy Spirit – that is what my purpose has always been.

I have spent years searching for this…and the enemy of our soul, the evil one has manipulated my old man to try to be something else. Great God, you have taken me through a long desert experience to find out who I am in you! Thanks God, I really dig you.

Peace

Dennis

Recently I have been playing blog search.

· Typepad

· WordPress

· Blogger

· Yahoo 360

· pMachine Free

· Sqauarespace ( I am using this one as of now)

· b2evolution

· Nucleus

· Vox

· Live Journal

Some are free and some cost.

Not sure if I am going to keep this one. Not sure which one I will use yet. I have a server and a host so why do I want to pay again for this. Even though Squarespace is really great and helps make professional blogging easy. I have been adding domains names to my host server. So I am going to continue blogging here till my new blog site is built. I’m going to build it. I just can’t help myself I am also going to be building a new website for our foundation: Acts of Love Foundation, Inc. I probably am going to redo my other site also: Potters Hand Ministry Center. So if you know me, you know how “techie” I am. Actually a bit O.C.D. “techie” I really dislike admitting that!
So, where have I been? Being really “techie” and lovin’ it. Ever need any answers for computer tech stuff or IT, just let me know.

Peace

Dennis

What a time to hear from the Lord!

I was leaving Costco today (after shopping for the churches fellowship dinner). I noticed this you man sitting at the edge of a pillar. He had a piece of paper in his hand, green with writing. He had just taken it from a folded and wrinkled envelope. I asked him, “Is it worth it?” He looked at me with a twisted grin mixed with amazement and confusion. “What do you mean? Is it worth it? What are you talking about?” I stated with calmness and intensity (that is possible, Jesus did it!), “The paycheck in your hand…” He looked down at the green check and looked back at me. I looked deep into his eyes and said, Is it worth it? Working all week long for the check?” He looked again at the check and then back at me and responded, “I don’t know, I guess.” He seemed to get a lift of happiness though that he had a tangible reward for his labor. It took a paycheck to bring him a lift!

Then the Lord spoke to me: “Why do people treat their relationship with me like a paycheck?” I said “What?” He said “They get a lift, a moment of joy when I bless them, then it’s back to the…does He really love me thing!? Wow, He is right! We live for the blessing not for the blessing giver! Ouch that one hit home. Bullseye! How about that for being in the Costco parking lot preparing for ministry?

Peace

Dennis

What a time to hear from the Lord!

I was leaving Costco today (after shopping for the churches fellowship dinner). I noticed this you man sitting at the edge of a pillar. He had a piece of paper in his hand, green with writing. He had just taken it from a folded and wrinkled envelope. I asked him, “Is it worth it?” He looked at me with a twisted grin mixed with amazement and confusion. “What do you mean? Is it worth it? What are you talking about?” I stated with calmness and intensity (that is possible, Jesus did it!), “The paycheck in your hand…” He looked down at the green check and looked back at me. I looked deep into his eyes and said, Is it worth it? Working all week long for the check?” He looked again at the check and then back at me and responded, “I don’t know, I guess.” He seemed to get a lift of happiness though that he had a tangible reward for his labor. It took a paycheck to bring him a lift!

Then the Lord spoke to me: “Why do people treat their relationship with me like a paycheck?” I said “What?” He said “They get a lift, a moment of joy when I bless them, then it’s back to the…does He really love me thing!? Wow, He is right! We live for the blessing not for the blessing giver or blesser! Ouch that one hit home. Bullseye! How about that for being in the Costco parking lot preparing for ministry?

Peace

Dennis

· God is good

· Life is good

· Taking a breath is good

· Having hope is good

Today I found out that my daughter, Erin, is pregnant with her second child, our second grandchild. That is good!

In the garden today I found myself worshipping and declaring praise unto His majesty. When I realized that I was joining in with every blade of grass and every tree, flower and bush, I felt really cool. Where I live there are giant redwood trees. I have some fantastic redwood tree stands on my property. They are so tall and towering. It felt really narley to worship with them. But then just for moment I was aware that the earth is groaning for His coming. Not only am I joining in worship with all creation I am groaning for His coming too.

“Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You. ” (Psalm 63:3, NKJV)

“ Praise the Lord! Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. ” (Psalm 106:1, NKJV) The New King James Version. 1996, c1982. Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

Till next time…. Keep praising. Keep believing. Keep trusting.

Peace

Dennis

Last night Kathy and I went to a Scottish Fiddle Concert in Santa Cruz. It was a blowout. Over one hundred fiddlers from around the world were playing at once. Man was I into it! Then God broke into my moment and started a discussion with me: Wouldn’t it be nice if people would serve Me like my Son did? What? Not now, I am digging this fiddle music!

Remember when you were told that going to something like this would send you to hell? Gulp, your right! How foolish is that? Can’t go to movies, can’t play baseball, can’t enjoy life, can’t can’t…. I thought I am glad I quit the I can’t bunch! If we really followed Jesus we would all go to hell (the hell out our front doors)! Just like He did, we would grab as many souls as we could and tell the devil to BACK OFF! Then we would pray with them the prayer of faith.

Then I sensed this incredible flow in my heart! See all these people dancing to the fiddle music? Yes, I do and it is narley. Why do you think my servants don’t dance? They don’t even seem to know I am there. Wow!!! The last sight I remember of the concert is all the fiddlers, all one hundred of them, leaving the concert hall and going out on the street fiddling for the city to hear. It was 11:00 PM

I hope that I can say this right….I believe and trust God was showing me that we need to all start using our gifts and showing our joy (keep playing our fiddles) when we leave the House of God. No matter what time it is! What do you think?

Peace

Dennis