05/26/2026
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My Conversations With God❤️
Day 1:
Be still… sometimes in life, we have to contend for our peace. In the midst of “the busy”, those times of sitting down, quitting ourselves, forgetting about what’s going on, and paying attention to what the Lord is saying (because he’s always speaking), it can easily be stripped away from us. UNLESS …we will become intentional and focused. (but you have to know in the meantime, he’s still doing something to get us to the place of hearing and understanding Himself. )
The Lord and I have decided we are going to share our conversations with you!
I’ve always been a thinker. I’ve always been curious. I always wonder. And I love throughout the years how God has invaded my mind and renewed it. (He always uses songs and music to catch me. That’s kind of how I roll.)
I was 14 years old and I was listening to “The Alter Boys,” a Christian punk band, 🤭 and Mike Stand (I don’t know if that is his real name 🎙️ ). He shouted out in one of his songs Romans, 12:2. You can find it on their album called “When You’re A Rebel!” (a little shout out for the Alter Boys).
He shouted it with such passion and seriousness, and it hooked me!!! Sound of distorted. Electric guitar rang out and he shouted.!!!!!!
“ DO NOT conform to the world, but be TRANSFORMED by the renewing of your mind so that you can prove what the will of God is, what is Good, Acceptable, and PERFECT!
(more distorted electric guitar, the drummer comes in pounding… He beat those toms and bass drum!!!!
Now…
Being the way I am, God needed me to get a hold of that verse through a sound of passion and intensity because you know how they say. There are people that are always in their head. That was me, still is… I see it in my daughter, I see it in my son. I thought for the longest time it was a weird thing, but it’s not…that’s why the Lord wanted me to take Romans 12:2 and apply it to the majority of my Christian life. Let’s read it again! but let’s add the first verse of Romans 12 out of the Passion translation!!!! (for those who know me know that’s my favorite)
The Transforming Power of the Gospel!
“Beloved friends, what should be our proper response to God’s marvelous mercies? To surrender yourselves to God to be his sacred, living sacrifices. And live in holiness, experiencing all that delights his heart. For this becomes your genuine expression of worship. Stop imitating the ideals and opinions of the culture around you, but be inwardly transformed by the Holy Spirit through a total reformation of how you think. This will empower you to discern God’s will as you live a beautiful life, satisfying and perfect in his eyes.”
Romans 12:1-2 TPT
WOW! If we look at worshiping God this way, not about sacrificing ourselves, but that we get to experience all that delights his heart??? Where’s the sacrifice!!! He always has good for us! We’re not losing anything when we give our lives to him! And usually we do it after we’ve made a huge mess of things. We benefit, we gain, we’re transformed into beauty. We become like him. We enjoy the relationship with a perfect God, perfect father, perfect friend, perfect lover of our soul! Think about that today…
Father, we thank you for the encounters that we have when we spend time with you. We thank you that even when we’re not paying attention that you’re speaking, that you’re pursuing and calling us through songs, through foods, through smells, through sounds! Because you want our attention. We love you back, take our hearts and metamorphose us into your image and likeness.
In Jesus’ name, amen!
Talk to you next time.
Love You! ❤️
-Jesus and Michele
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