UNENDING LIFE

I subscribe to the daily word from this dictionary reference. Those of you that know me, know that I am one who loves words! I love the meaning that ONE simple word can hold within a few letters. I find it fascinating and valuable. I love the power of the spoken word in each of our lives, how we are able to build one another up with our words and the beauty that comes along with that.

God created our Spirit’s within to be moved to a deeper level of intimacy and to be emotionally touched by them. He created the earth and all that is in it and the galaxies with a spoken Word!

Today’s daily word is “INTERMINABLE” pronounced “in-TUR-muh-nuh-buhl “ It means this: “So long as to seem endless; never stopping”

As I began to contemplate this word, I thought about God’s forgiveness is for us, how His peace is for us, His love, His way of blessing us is "interminable!" Thank you God for your endlessness, for loving us endlessly! Ummmmm.... ummmmm soak this in, bathe in it... for it is a gift that is truly endless.

Each and every day we rise with a gorgeous sunrise and each and everyday we witness His magnificent sunsets. This is something that our Lord has done each and every day of our waking and sleeping, it’s endless, never stopping!

Meditate on this Scripture passage:
"But you, dear friends, carefully build yourselves up in this most holy faith by praying in the Holy Spirit, staying right at the center of God's love, keeping your arms open and outstretched, ready for the mercy of our Master, Jesus Christ This is the unending life, the real life!" Jude 1:20

Behold the meaning of this Scripture, read it over and over and over. What does the Lord reveal to you about Himself? Praise Him for it...

COACHES CALL TO ACTION:

1. What can you do for the Lord that is interminable?
2. What might you do for the greater good that is interminable?
3. What might you do for the building up of another?
4. How often do you find yourself praying in the Holy Spirit?
5. Think about what it is for you to "stay right in the center of God's love, keeping your arms open and outstretched" ... Wow!
6. What do you need to change in order to live into Jude 1:20?

In Christ's unending love,

Kathryn

Body Temple

Each of us has been given a Body Temple in which we house our Holy Spirit. Some bodies short, some tall, some round, some boxy... no matter, let us be clean vessels, healthy and holy to be used by our Lord for the work in which He calls... The Lord has given me these verses today as I have prayed for His revelation in regard to my Body Temple, and He as impressed it upon me to share with you... (Please know that this was just as much for me, if not more-- as it is for you)... The Scripture is in black and I have written in blue, what our LORD has revealed to me through the reading of His Word...
At the end you will find a list of coaching questions...

From Psalm 119:33-40
Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, God, thank you that you want me to learn, LORD let me always have a keen desire to soak in your teachings, let me have a hunger and a thirst for those things and keep me from my own fleshly hungers, my own edicts, and solidly stand in Yours. And I shall keep it to the end. Let me start and finish each day with Your will and Your Word for me this day, and every day. Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart. Cause me not to rationalize with my understanding but with Your law, grant me the reasoning for it, so that I no longer desire my own will but Yours. Let my heart fall in love with Your ways, knowing that You always know what is better for me than I ever could. Let me never lean on my own understanding but in Yours as you make it known to me through Your Word and Your Holy Spirit that is living in me. Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, for I delight in it. Oh Lord, MAKE ME walk with You even when I find myself wanting to walk my own path, draw me back unto Your path! Lord let me truly find your commandments not to be a harsh thought, as the word commandment seems so strong, it causes me to want to run from it! Stop me LORD from running away and getting lost on my path, but call me, let me follow Your path, with sheer joy as I trust and know that Your path is the path of restoration, wholeness and resurrection! Incline my heart to Your testimonies, and not to covetousness. Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, You Lord cause my heart to beat for the things that your heart beats for! Keep me from the want of things that You do not want for my Body Temple which houses the Holy Spirit! Literally, turn my vision and longing away from those foods that are not of You. In fact they are worthless, so why would I ever want to put anything in my mouth that holds no worth? and revive me in Your way. Bring to me a resurrected life in which I only live the way you would have me! Bring me the rival, the new breath of your Holy Spirit which leads me to truth, joy, fulfillment and health! Establish Your word to Your servant, who is devoted to fearing You. Launch me each and every morning into Your Word, causing me to be Yours, fully faithful and committed to respecting Your healthy ideals for me. Turn away my reproach which I dread, Let me never make excuses or try to justify my own cravings which in the end I feel guilty about and ultimately worse for not following what you have guided me to do for Your judgments are good. You cannot, nor would you ever direct me to anything except for what is first-class and holy. Behold, I long for Your precepts; Craving Your Word, Your teachings, your guidelines now I surrender those things in which You have asked me to, take them from me Lord revive me in Your righteousness Oh what freedom I find here with you! The revival has begun, your care and love for me have strengthened me to keep My Body- Your Temple as a Holy dwelling place for You to reside, and to grow in strength so that I might serve you even better!

Coaches Call To Action:

1. What are the statutes that the Lord longs for you to grasp regarding your Body Temple?
2. Have you been turning your eyes toward worthless things or from worthless things?
3. What might you begin doing to make your Body Temple more holy for the housing of the Holy Spirit within you?
4. What do you know to be true for you in this passage?

Do you have room for Christ the King?

MAKE ROOM FOR CHRIST THE KING!

And she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. --Luke 2:7

We are in the season of celebrating Christ, celebrating His coming into our lives, and all the blessings and abundance that comes with Him.

As I was reading over this Scripture passage in my mind I was watching Mary give birth. Giving birth in and of itself is such a miraculous thing. The additional miracle Mary received was the way in which she conceived! To be given such a blessing - to be the actual mother of Jesus!

It awes me.

I continue watching Mary... seeing her love spill forth, seeing her experience this miracles of miracles that no other woman has ever experienced - nor will again. She stares, she smiles, she wonders, she worships, she praises our God, with tears that flow expressing the countless sentiments within her heart. After giving birth to Jesus, tenderly she holds her costly newborn, wrapping him up, keeping him warm, and keeping him safe. Nursing and comforting him. He drifts off into a slumber, so she lays him in the manger. In a manager, because there is no crib, no bed, no "genuine" place for sleeping; more specifically as the Scripture tells us,
because there was "not any room for Him."

As I read this I began to take a look at myself and my relationship to Christ Jesus and I pray, O my LORD, my GOD and KING, let me never keep you from entering the heart of myself, let me never keep you out because I have no room for you!

I began to think about how we edge Him out, having "no room for Him" in the numerous areas of our lives.He has come to bring us life and yet we can have no time for Him; no room in our hearts for Him.

All the "rooms" of our hearts seem to be overcrowed, packed with the very "things" that are the Stressmakers of our lives. Christ is our Creator, our Caretaker, our Breathmaker... Let us be the ones who make room for our Lord!He is our Peacemaker, our Possibilitymaker, our Gracemaker, and our Joymaker!

Why in the world would we ever want to miss out that?

Make room for Christ the KingAnd all that He brings!

Merry Christmas!

Kathryn

QUOUGHTS ON DOORS!!

Doors and More Doors- Heavenly Doors

What are the God-given doorways in your life?

“BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO LISTENS TO ME, WATCHING DAILY AT MY DOORS, WAITING AT MY DOORWAY.”

Proverbs 8:34

Have you ever given much thought to the doors that the Lord might be opening in your life? Especially when you wait on Him to call you, then as you truly listen to Him and proceed to take the courage to actually obey what He asks of you? Then the LORD God Himself actually escorts you as you take the steps! If you commence to walking with Him you will be astonished with the incredible journey He will take you on! For me it has been truly grand!

As I become more and more obedient to Him, to His direction, the blessings just keep coming my way! I have been so busy these last few months experiencing the many doors he has opened unto me! I have been astounded by His abundance and blessing upon my life. My coaching practice, my writing, my Holy Spirit directed connections, the new women He has placed in my life and all that we are up to together is Huge!

He has so much to bestow unto those of us who seek Him and seek His will. What perspective do you take as you begin to view the Heavenly Doors? Have you ever really thought about doors and passageways as heavenly? Do you choose to stay in the room with your ears plugged and the doors shut tightly all around you in order not to venture out? Does that idea feel safer to you so that you do not have to take any risks? What would it be like for you if you were to view the word risk and shift the perspective of it? Shift the viewpoint of risk to faith, faithfully seeing a door as a heavenly opening? What doors are you keeping tightly shut that you know you should to be opening? What might be on the other side of the door should you open it?

In the verse above you see that as you listen to the calling of the LORD you will be blessed! I am so amazed at the way He calls us forth to do His work! Until the end of time we must be listening to Him, listening to His voice, His Words of wisdom, His Words of direction, His Words of love. His true desire is to bless us, not to cause us to fear Him or His calling on our lives.

I love the second part of this passage as we are instructed to watch daily at His doors. Not just every now and then, or once a month when we think about it, but every single day we are to be watching daily at HIS doors, waiting for Him to bless us! The thought of this is beautiful to me as I begin to become more and more aware of the doors that He is guiding me to walk through each and every day!

Picture the glow peeking through, radiating from underneath the door, beckoning you to come… to draw closer closer to the door. Laying on your tummy with your face up close to the door, you begin to peer through the opening seeing the lights luminosity and your nostrils take in the smells of fresh air, smelling the sweet fragrance of a magnolia tree! The scent fills you with warmth and hope for the day!

You begin to rise, placing your hand upon the old antique door knob which juts out from the old wooden hewn door - leading to the heavenly places of God, as He calls you forth; you go… you go…

You journey on with expectancy from Him who leads…

On the amazing journey with you,
Kathryn

Kathryn Bonner is an Author/Speaker/Certified Life Purpose Coach.

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Heavenly JoAnne

I've been up since about 3:00am this morning, unable to sleep, I am thinking of dear sweet Joanne who is about to transition from this life on earth, to the next life in heaven. My husband Bruce and I were over at George and Joanne's until about 9:00pm last night. I've had her in my prayers, and the whole family, her kids, and grandkids were there and able to say their good-byes, so did I. I told her of how much I loved her. She has been a gift to me. I will miss her greatly.

The last post I wrote was talking about going on a God hunt. Boy, it's been a long hunt. I love the way blogging can really show us where we are, and where we have been on our journey. Sometimes I visit other blogs and am always inspired by the way they seem to be always consistant with the "every Monday Musing" or the every "Works for me Wednesday" postings. Sometimes I think maybe the consistancy can be truly boring, too predictable, if you will... I then think to myself, "Kathryn, why don't you write every Monday or Wednesday? Have a committed time frame to blog each week, that kind of dedication is good! Then I remind myself that "Kathryn, remember you are a busy author, writer, Life Coach, AND the wife of a pastor and things come up that can not be predicted..." Of course I could argue both points and be very persuasive in each debate because I believe both to be true... I digress though because that is not the topic of my writing for today...

Anyway, my God hunt has taken me many places over the course of months. I'll just share with you a few of my journeys that our Lord has taken me on, some have been exhilerating and some have been emotionally exhausting. (Remember I am a pastor's wife :)

The Lord has been doing another new work in me while on my latest "God hunt" over these last few months. Sometimes we think we have learned things well, and then something comes up to remind you that you still need God! Ha! How soon we forget of our dependancy upon Him, even though we talk about it all of the time, even though He instructs us to keep our eyes on Him at all times, even though His Word teaches us about where to place our faith, we can forget.

I have been doing some of the most lovely work over the last few months, which has connected me even closer to my Lord, My King. All praise to Him who loves us even when we are unworthy. My Lord has had me doing some incredible training to facilitate Life Plans! I have been doing Life Plans for the most wonderful women! I have completed my training and now have my certification to do Life Purpose Plans for women. It's a 2 day, One-on-One retreat, where together we go through your entire life. We assess your spiritual gifts, go through your Wheel of Life (which covers all of the areas of your life such as health, romance, career, calling, relationships, finacial health, etc...) and we discover your passions and purpose. We go through an amazing powerful surrender excercise, then begin the process of setting goals and plans in place for you to begin accomplishing your God-given dreams!

As we go through your life, we each always stand amazed at what the Lord reveals during our two days together. The process is absolutely beautiful, absolutely transformational, especially when we take the time to look at what we have been through over the course of years in our lives. Some of the places in our journey that we experienced the harshest, dryest desert times prove to have had some beautiful learning, and lovely leaning upon our Lord. Those places we have journeyed in the past have meaning and purpose for our futures. As we look beyond ourselves, we are able to see the ministry that our Lord is calling us to.

We must remember through the course of our lives that we ALWAYS stand in a place of CHOICE. Freedoms to choose to look for the silver lining, look for GOD, to stand in a place of totally trusting God in the midst of fear or pain. Choosing to love, even when someone might not be making the same choice, choosing to forgive even when it seems impossible... we always can choose Christ,

*** Shift in my writing**** It's 5:30 am and I just hung up the phone, I just got the call from dear sweet George Tomin, and his dear sweet wife Joanne joined our Lord, around 3:00 am this morning. (Just about the time I was awakened and thinking of her:) I love you Joanne. George and all of us will miss you greatly, we will see you again... love, love, love you!

I will write again later about Life Purpose Plans and post some lovely pictures indicating the true beauty of the process.... I must go and wake Bruce so that he can call George back...

Choose love, choose love every time, I am.

Love,
Kathryn

ALL THINGS Q! QUOUGHTS- Powerful Questions That Provoke Thought... When was the last time that you were on a hunt for God?

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WENT ON A "GOD HUNT"? The other question would be, Have you ever been on a "GOD HUNT"?

But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. Deuteronomy 4:29

I am in the midst of doing a Group Coaching Tele-class Study with a group of women, from all over North America! Two of the women are from New Mexico, four of them are from Toronto, one is from Brampton, one from Edmonton, one from Australia, one from Vancouver and I am from Texas.

The one thing that we all have in common is the fact that we are all Christian women. In this coaching study we are learning from the wonderful book "Character Makeover" co-authored by Katie Brazelton (who is the owner & founder of LPCCI - Life Purpose Coaching Centers International, of which I am a Certifired Life Purpose Coach) and Shelley Leith.

The action step that I took on for this week was: "I will hunt for God." I will go on a daily God Hunt, journaling where I see Him show up in my day; the things I see in nature, the interruptions, the serendipities, the detours, the provisions, the difficulties, the connections with people, and/or the answers to prayer. I will share with at least one person something I saw on my daily God Hunt."

I am really looking forward to this. I feel like I am usually very aware of the way that God is showing up in my daily life. It will be really wonderful, and assuring for me to write it out. I pray that you will take the time to HUNT FOR GOD in your dailiness. Think about the way that He has instructed you, or kept you out of a mess, or revealed something to you in a particular way in which you know without a doubt He is speaking to you. It might be through the still quiet whispers, or the cry of a baby that you see God, or hear Him. It might be through an amazing undeniable Holy Spirit connection, divinely appointed by our Lord.

When was the last time that you were on a "GOD HUNT?" Why don't you try journaling about your experiences of this for a week. Take the time to get your eyes off of yourself, and on His majesty. Begin the praising of Him now and always.

He loves you so...

I'm headed out on my GOD HUNT... I will be reporting on what I have seen!

Expectantly...

Kathryn

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ALL THINGS Q - QUESTIONS JESUS ASKED

Jesus asked in Matthew 14:31

"O you of little faith, why did you doubt?"

I am a Life Purpose Coach and I know the power of encouragement and powerful questions. These are just two of the things I do as your life coach, enabling you to awaken to your God-given dreams.

I know that often the fear of the call, or the fear of the BIGNESS of the call from God can keep one from living the fulfilled and meaningful life that God has for you. Many focus completely on the fear of it rather than the exhilaration of doing it.

Let's take a close look at this story of Peter walking on the water. He was the one and only disciple who stepped into the call. The rest of the disciples stayed in the boat, not budging, or getting up, but stayed steeped in their fear.

We all know and love this story of Peter, when he sees Jesus walking on the water toward him and along with all of the other disciples in the boat he is scared! He sort of starts freaking out, thinking he must be seeing a ghost! Naturally Jesus wants to calm Peter's fears, and reassures him of who He is, and tells Peter not to be afraid. Peter needs more proof and says to Jesus, "if it's really you, then command me - call me to come to you on the water." So, Jesus obliges Peter and "calls for him to come."

Peter begins the trek, actually walking on water, just like Jesus! He's doing it, going for it! Then the Scripture tells us that he took his eyes off of Jesus, looking and then focusing in on the fierce winds, becoming very afraid of the storm. The most significant part of this story is that Peter takes his eyes off of Jesus, and that is when Peter began to go down. There is a big question for us to answer for ourselves here, and something for me to point out to you as I believe it effects each of us in our daily living, effects so much of our lives in an adverse way that it bears posing this question to you.

What happens to your God-given dreams when you focus on the fear (take your eyes off of Christ, the one who calls you) rather than the possibilities of faithfully walking with Christ? I really want you to think about what dream it is that you have within yourself for a moment. He places the holy call within you, you know that don't you? Is your calling from the Lord one that you are not facing because of fear around it?

Ponder these questions deeply that Jesus asked Peter, and apply them to yourself:

1. "Where is your faith?
2. And why do you doubt?"

Really take a moment to ask yourself these two questions individually, and answer them honestly. Are you ready for a life change? Are you ready for a life coach in your life? I hired a life coach to propel me into the writing of my first book, and I keep a coach in my life. I am now writing books 2 and 3, and my life coach asks me powerful questions, causes me to choose the life God has for me! Think about what you know you are supposed to be doing with your life. Are you standing in your faith, or your doubt (fear)? Check out my two websites: http://www.kathrynbonner.com/ and http://www.awakeningslifecoaching.com/

Ponder these questions, pray about it, maybe it's time you began FAITH WALKING with a life coach. You won't regret it! Live fully into your God-give purpose, be passionate with your life!

What areas of your life (and there may be many) are you not stepping out of the boat because of self doubt or fear? Do you not trust God? If not, why not? He wants you to place your faith in Him, not yourself. Contemplate this, and get to the place where Peter was, ask the Lord to re-connect with you on a deeper level, reach out and grab His hand just as Peter did, allowing Him to be there with you, to pull you along... Live into the amazing possibilities! Why doubt the call He has upon your life, you know He has placed it there and believes in you! He would not have called you to it otherwise.

Here's to faithful living and fulfillment in Christ who calls you!

Kathryn

I am a life coach who loves to see you discover your purpose and live your passion!