Lamentations 3

Lamentations 3 : 22-26

22.   It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

23.  They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness

24.  The LORD is my portion,  saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

25.  The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

26.  It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. 


I am so thankful this morning for God's mercy and grace.  If it weren't for His mercy and grace we would be so lost.  And He doesn't just offer mercy one time, but vs 23 says His mercies are new every morning.  Every morning when we wake up, there is new mercy!  And the word also says His grace is sufficient.  (find this vs)
Whatever we face, in any situation, His grace is sufficient.  His grace is enough!

The Lord is our portion.  We don't need anything else.  The Lord will always be enough.  I have a saying that God is the only one who can fill  you up, and yet you still want Him
 more and more!

The Lord is good unto them that wait upon Him.  All we have to do is wait on God.  He has been there for us before, He's still there.  We know that as children of God, He is going to be good to us! If He has brought us through a trial before, He's going to bring us through again.  Sometimes it's hard to "wait" on the Lord, but in Isaiah it says, Those that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run and not grow weary, they shall walk and not faint - and the song says, teach me Lord, teach me Lord to wait.

Do you ever just stop and think about God and His mercy and grace?  How much He loves us?  You know,  we really can't even begin to fathom it.  We were so unworthy and full of sin, and yet He loves us so much, He gave His only son, and Jesus loves us so much He gave His life, so that we might live.  Thank you Jesus! 

In whatever you are facing today, I want you to just begin to call on the name of Jesus.  Tell Him that He is your portion, that you believe in Him, His grace and mercy.  That you know He's good to you, and that you are not giving up, that you are going to wait on Him for the answer, you're going to wait on Him for the Victory.  Tell Him you know He is your way maker, problem solver, soul saver, that He is the blesser, the miralce worker and soon coming king.
Step out of your comfort zone, stop thinking about the situation, the problem you are in and all the negative, and start claiming who you are God.  Start claiming who Jesus is.  I promise you, you will begin to feel better.  Just by starting to praise Him, even though you don't feel like it, because giving God praise, is more than just a feeling, it's more than emotion, you will begin to feel better.

I am a child of God
I am the head and not the tail
I am confident
I am more than an overcomer
I am Victorious
I am Healed
*now you take it from here*

~Here's a saying they do at a church we go to sometimes~
*I am a child of God, every promise in His word is mine,
I pray, I believe, and I shall recieve in Jesus name! *

And here's what God gave me for this year way back the end of december

*Blessin's pouring out of Heaven in 2011* - halleluijah, praise the Lord!!!!!

~Be blessed & Be encouraged ~ God can use you
~A Heart Adornd Womens' Ministry~
*Adorned with God*
Evang. Patti Smith

Super Woman???

Good morning beautifuls!

Have you ever felt like you had to be Super Woman?  Super wife, super mom, super daughter, super co worker, super friend?
Do you get angry with yourself when you don't live up to other's expectations?  Or when no matter how hard you've tried, you just can't do it ALL, or please everybody!!!!  Thank God, that He is the only true one we have to please!  That as long as we do His will, that's all that matters.

In this crazy thing we call life, it seems like we as women have to be SUPER everything!  We don't like to tell people no, we don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, so therefore we stretch ourselves, spread ourselves thin. 
Let's say we have a job: errands for the boss, dead lines, office events, etc, etc, etc
Kids: school activities, ball games, recitals, parent/teacher meetings, etc etc
Husbands: spending time with them...maybe sometimes putting spending one on one time with them off for another day and then it  never gets done......maybe their busy
Household things: laundry, cooking meals, cleaning house.....
Friends: birthday parties, cook outs, maybe a dr's appt with them, listening to their problems, etc
Daughter: taking our parents/parent to their dr appt, making sure they have what they need, maybe cleaning the house for them, cooking a meal for them, maybe they live with you.

All of this is fine, we are suppose to be caring, compassionate, but it is ok to say no sometimes.
Let's face it, we ARE busy women!  Even if you don't have a job out of the home, you are still busy, maybe you homeschool your kids, your even busier.  Sometimes though we neglect what's really important because we didn't say no to something that wasn't all that important.  We should always make time for our kids, and our husbands.  One on one time with our husband's however we can get it, is so important.  We can't let the closeness die, or the bond we have with eachother die.  It's important to spend time with our kid's. 
Is everything we do really really important, or do we do some things to keep from hurting other's feelings?  How do we measure it out? 
Let's say  you haven't had one on one time with your husband and he wants to spend a quiet night at home with you, and then a friend invites you over to grill some burgers and visit.  What do you do?  Do you put off spending time with just you and your husband and go, or do you say, you know, i think we'll have to pass this time...that sounds great, but i think we're just going to spend a quiet night at home just me and the hubby.  can we reschedual?
If they don't understand, their not much of a friend.

Being a woman of God, a christian does not mean we have to spead ourselves thin.  God does not expect us to stress out and worry over how we're going to get everything done.  It's ok to tell people no sometimes.  God wants us to be happy, and how can we be happy if we're spread out, stressed out and worried all the time? 
Let's be honest, we all say yes sometimes when we want so bad to say no.  We have a lot on our plate, sometimes we feel like there's not enough hours in the day.  Yes we all want to help others and make them happy, but we can't please everybody all the time.  It's impossible.

The bible says come unto me and I will give you rest.  Lay your burdans at my feet. 
When we get overwhelmed from all these things, we can take it to God.  You may be saying, sis patti you just dont' understand my situation.  I may not know everything you're going through, but God does.  I don't know everything you face, but God does!  He is there for You, He cares for You, and He can help you with the strength you need, the boldness you need.  HE LOVES YOU!!!!

God knows that we can't be Super women.  We do the best we can, and we have to have God to help us!  But don't feel bad!  Do our best, love our families, pray for them and let God do the rest!!!

~Be blessed & Be encouraged~ God can use you
~A Heart Adorned women's minsitry~
*Adorned with God*
Evang. Patti Smith

Hello Beautiful ladies!
Can you believe it's already June?!  This year is half way over already...time goes by so fast.
Past time to get busy for the Lord!!

I love thee Lord and I lift my voice to worship you - oh my soul rejoices - take joy my king in what you here, let it be a sweet sweet sound in your ear.
~love that song~

I want God to find favor in me.  I want Him to take joy when I worship Him.  I want to be ever atuned to Him and what He has to say to me.  I believe now is a time when we need to have our hearts prepared, when we need to be ever listening for that still small voice.  We need to be ready, that when God says go, we go, when God says do, we do!  Whatever it may be, wherever it may be, God will provide, God will take care of us.  He will never take us to mountain without helping us climb it, we will never face a trial, that He won't see us through.  Praise God!!
He is faithful.

~God almighty, Lord of Glory, You have called me friend~ 
Thank Him that He is closer than a brother, mother, sister, father, even closer than a friend!!!!
GOD IS MY EVERYTHING!!!!!!

I want to be found doing something for God.  There are things that I need to do more, to be a better woman of God.  We are never good enough on our own, but through God!  Thank God that He sees what we Can Be!!!!!

I believe it's time to evaluate our walk and relationship with God!  Time to look in the mirror, to ask God to examine our hearts, and remove anything that shouldn't be there, and replace it with things of Him! 

Dear God,
I ask you right now, to look inside my heart.  Lord I ask that you remove anything there that doesn't need to be there.  Create in my a clean heart God, and make me more like you...None of me, all of You!!  I know I am not perfect, but I want to strive to be the woman of God, the wife and the mother that you have called me to be.  Help me stay atuned to You and sensitive to Your spirit.  My footsteps are ordered by you, keep me in Your will!  Lord, for all those ladies out there who may read this, whatever situation their going through, whatever the age, I ask that You would reveal Your mighty power to them, open up their hearts to You.  Love them Lord in a way that only you can.  Help us to always find time, make time for You!  You are Everything!!!!
Lord, help the ladies to be sensitive to you, not to be afraid to let you use them in whatever way You see fit.  We love you Lord, In your sweet precious name, Aman!

Be blessed & Be encouraged ~God can use you~
~A Heart Adorned Women's Ministry~
*Adorned with God*
Evang. Patti Smith

Psalms 5: 1-3

Psalms 5:1-3
vs 1.  GIVE ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

vs 2.  Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.

vs 3.  My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

God, we thank you that when we cry out to you, you hear us.  That even though at times it seems like You don't hear us, You always do! 

When we truly cry unto the Lord, and pour our hearts out to Him, He will hear us!  The next step after pouring our hearts out, crying out to Him, praying, is LISTENING to what HE has to say to us.  So many times we miss out on what He has to say to us, because we get in such a hurry.  We barley make time to pray, let alone make time to listen for His still small voice.

Also, crying out to God, doesn't just have to be when we are in times of distress, or burdened down, or going through trials.  We can cry out to God to grow closer to Him, we cry out to God to help us be a better christian.  We cry out to God to WORSHIP HIM!!!!!!

Sometimes, as I believe I have mentioned in previous studies, we may not have the words to say, but God understands our tears.  He understands our hearts, He understands us!

I will direct my prayer to thee Lord, and I will look up.  We have to look up to Jesus!  We have to put our trust in Him. 

~CHALLENGE~ * find the verse in the bible that mentions, I look unto the Hills from whence cometh my help*

Lord, help me to always, have time for YOU!!!!! 

There may be times when we feel alone, forgotten even, but we never are.  God is always there!!!  He never leave's us, but we do walk off and leave Him.

Friends and family may forsake you, but GOD NEVER WILL!!!!!  For lo, I am with you always, even unto the ends of the world ~find this scripture~

Let's all take time after we pray, to LISTEN!!!!!!!  and not just to listen, but to be obediant!!

Be blessed & Be encouraged ~God can use you~
~A Heart Adorned Women's Minsitry~
*Adorned with God*
Evang. Patti Smith

Isaiah 1:2-5

 I know it has been a long time since I have done a bible study and I pray that you can forgive me. 

I want to start back with a verse that God laid on my heart and I didn't even know what it said until I opened my bible and read it.  It's not about a woman, but something I believe is very important,of course the whole word of God is important.

Isaiah 1:2
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
Vs 3.  The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
vs 4.  Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil doers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are ogne away backward.
vs 5.  Why should ye be stricken any more?  ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

I believe that now more than ever, God is calling His children back to Him.  He is calling His children out, to stand and put on the whole armour of God and STAND!!    Just like when we raise our children and they get to the age that they begin to rebel, we rebel against God.  We don't stop and think about it that way, but that is exactly what we do.  When we don't listen to God and obey Him we are rebelling against Him.  Verse 3 talks about an ox knowing his owner and an ass knowing where he belongs, but Israel does not know, do not consider. 
I believe that sometimes no matter how long we have been saved, we forget who we are in God.  We forget about the power that belongs to us in Christ Jesus and this is when satan begins to walk all over us. 
America as we know has turned her back on God.  America has forgotten what this nation was founded on.  Vs 5 says the whole head is sick.  When the head is sick, the body is sick.  If the "Head" of our church's, the pastor's, assistant pastors, teachers, deacons, etc, would begin to line up with the word of God, we would begin to see our church's in better shape. 
We are in the last days and it is no time to be playing around.  It is time to get serious.  It's time to start walking the path that God has laid out for us.  We need to stop compromising!  Vs 4 talks about a sinful nation.  America is a sinful nation, and it's time to get back to God!!  They have forsaken God, forsaken Jesus the very one who gave up His life and rose again so that we might live!
God, help me to remain ever faithful to you and the call you have on my life.  May I be a light to others in darkness.  May I have compassion!

I just believe that it's time for the children of God to RISE UP and declare Jesus is Lord!  We have VICTORY!!!  WE WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

May you all be blessed and remain faithful to God.  May He use you, lead you and direct you.  May your life be a light to others.

Be blessed & Be encouraged ~God can use You~
* A Heart Adorned Women's Minsitry*
~Adorned with God~
Evang. Patti Smith

Harvest Time

Part of the song from Crabb Family


See the grain, yellow in the fields, setting sun shines down to reveal, the night's closing in - and it's harvest time....
Cant' you hear the many voices crying, no hope, no God, their dying in sin
Can't afford to stop our preaching, on the other hand, we can't stop singing for them
We must bring  them in.....

We have to get busy. The fields are riped for the harvesting.  and no I'm not talking physically...lol

So we ask ourselves, what can we do?  We Witness!!!  What if I'm shy?  Ask God to give you the courage to witness to someone about Jesus!  It's so important!!!  Time is running out!!
What if they don't listen?  It's so very sad when they dont, but you did your part.

Jesus knew there would still be some who did not accept Him, even after He gave His life, but He did it anyway!!

I know it seems I say this a lot, but CHRISTIANS, time is running out, and we have a lost and dying world that needs JESUS!!!!!! 

One of the things that A Heart Adorned Women's Minsitry is about, is bringing women together, teaching, learning, loving, growing, understanding.  Witnessing!  Beginning to grow into what God wants us to be!
I may not can get on a one on one with you, but through this, I hope we can become friends and you know that I'm here...I may not even know you personally but I pray for you, where ever you are, whatever you're going through, and I hope that you pray for me.
Maybe someday if God allows I can get a group together at least locally.

If there are any of you in the southeastern oklahoma area, I will be holding a women's conference in Coalgate Ok, May 20th - 21st, at Gospel Lighthouse PCG and for those i guess around dallas, corsicana, and around east texas, i will be holding one at Church on the Rock in Rice Tx, June 17th - 18th..message me at smithrevivals@yahoo.com

Are you promoting yourself? No.  I'm inviting those who may not be on my fb, but who are reading these blog's.....this ministry, these women's conference's are not about me, but all about God!!! He opens the doors, He makes the way, He is the soul saver, life giver, deliever, healer, filler...etc...I am just His vessle!

Let's begin to pray for God to help us be, who He has called us to be.  Let's begin to pray for courage to get out there and witness to people.  Time is short, and Jesus is coming soon....
Let's pray for our leaders, and let's pray that AMERICA will turn back to GOD!!!!

Be blessed & Be encouraged ~God can use you~
~A Heart Adornd Women's Ministry~
*Adorned with God*
Evang. Patti Smith

Blessed be the Name of the Lord

Hello Pretty Ladies!
Pray you all have a blessed & happy mother's day.  I did. Sarah picked me flowers, and her and my wonderful hubby took me out to eat chinese food after church, and then I got to come home and relax.  I was very blessed.

Today I want to talk about the Lord being our strong tower and our refuge.

*Blessed be the name of the Lord, blessed be the name of the Lord, blessed be the name of the Lord, most high.
The name of the Lord, is a strong tower, which the righteous run in to, and are saved.

Thank God that He is our strong tower, He is our refuge.  That we are sheltered in His arms.
Our lives can get hectic, we can go through so many trials, but I'm glad to know that when the storms of life come, that Jesus is my hiding place, my refuge!  A strong tower, where we can go and get strength!

We have a place that we can go when we begin to feel overwhelmed, when the burdans get to hard, when the storms are raging.  We can be safe in Jesus!  We know that He is going to guide us, protect us.  Jesus is that Lighthouse, shining the light for us!  Praise Him!!!!

Blessed be the Lord! 
There's another song I like that says
Blessed be your name, when the sun's shining down on me
when the world's all as it should be- blessed be your name
Blessed be your name on the road marked with suffering
those their pain in the offering
blessed be your name


Every blessing you pour out, I'll turn back to praise
when the darkness closes in - still I"m gonna say

Blessed be the name of the Lord- Blessed be your name Jesus
Blessed be the name of the Lord - Blessed be your Holy Name

No matte what is going on around us, we can still say Blessed be the name of the Lord!!

I'm pressed but not crushed
persecuted but not abandoned
struck down, but not destroyed
I'm blessed beyond the curse,
for His promise will endure
And His joy will be my strength

though sorrow may last for the night, His joy come's in the morning

I'm trading my sorrow, I'm trading my shame
I'm laying it down for the joy of the Lord
I'm trading my sickness, I'm trading my pain
I'm laying them down, for the joy of the Lord

saying Yes Lord, yes Lord, Yes Yes Lord
Yes Lord, yes Lord, Yes yes Lord
Yes Lord, yes Lord, Yes Yes Lord, Aman

I know I'm stuck on songs today....sorry, but it's good to have a song in your heart.

Ok, you ladies tell me, when youre feeling down or discouraged, what's your favorite song?

Be blessed & Be encouraged ~God can use you~
Evang. Patti Smith