Your Word is a Lamp....

Through all the many “deliverances” …through  “sozo” sessions, “guardians of the soul” and every other extra-biblical experience I have endured in the “name of Jesus”, being tossed from one “ministry” to another like a pin on a pinball machine, each one seeming to leave me more damaged than the one before, I have learned one thing: That I have nothing outside the name of Jesus…I can look to no person…to no ministry…All I have is Christ and Him Crucified: I have lost everything else (Phil 3:7). The Cross…the Sacrifice is all that remains. Everything has fallen, except this One thing. There is nothing else for me…nowhere left to run…except to His Cross…where I am undone: Where I am crucified…where I am born again to a new life…where I am free. It is here that I must dwell…daily…hourly…sometimes minute by minute - and how often do I fail. But Lord you are still good…you are still, always have been, and forever will be God…You and you alone will finish what you started in me (Phil.1:6)…You

 An excellent wife who can find?     She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her,     and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm,     all the days of her life. She seeks wool and flax,     and works with willing hands. She is like the ships of the merchant;     she brings her food from afar. She rises while it is yet night     and provides food for her household     and portions for her maidens. She considers a field and buys it;     with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard. She dresses herself with strength     and makes her arms strong. She perceives that her merchandise is profitable.     Her lamp does not go out at night. She puts her hands to the distaff,     and her hands hold the spindle. She opens her hand to the poor     and reaches out her hands to the needy. She is not afraid of snow for her household,     for all her household are clothed in scarlet.[f] She makes bed coverings for herself;     her clothing is