THE BEAUTIFUL BOOK OF PSALMS

Happy Blessed Wednesday Family,

For the last few weeks, Our Lord has had me saturating, submerging myself in The Book of Psalms! One of my fave places to chill-lax in the Bible. The Book of Psalms was written primarily by My Hero, King David.  He wrote The Book of Psalms as A Love Letter to His Heavenly Father.....and that's evident when you spend time reading his soulful, transparent, passionate Words of Praise, Love and Hope! King David was TRULY a Man After God's Own Heart!

And as WE KNOW, when Daddy God's got us off doing one thing...HE ALWAYS brings along side a wonderful CONFIRMATION to add to the mix (smile). Soooo, last week, I was reading a Psalm on my fave website via Facebook The Passion Translation and stumbled across one of Daddy God's "Here Check this Out & Share" items.

OK....let me back track a tad before I share what Holy Spirit has for US today.  I have fallen in LOVE, LOVE with a new version of the Bible...The Passion Translation.  The Passion Translation (which you can read about at length via the link), has come on the scene to re-introduce, (in a God way), the Passion and Fire of The Bible.  And, if I may say so myself....they are doing an Amazing Job in such a wonderfully Godly-Orchestrated and Divinely-Reverent way. Holy Spirit is definitely behind Dr. Brian Simmons and his Anointed Ministry.  The words of The Bible already come to life for Me but when I read The Psalms in The Passion Translation (TPT) version, I feel as if I'm sitting right along side King David......experiencing and walking out each life situation he's facing.  You feel the deep intensity of each Word.  You feel his Passion, Fire and Love for His Heavenly Father. And after a few reads, the Passion, Fire and Love becomes Yours for Our Lord & Saviour! Amen!

Now, We are ready for the "Here Check this Out & Share" from Holy Spirit...........It's a wonderful look at the Top 20 Psalms of The Bible, in what I think is the King James Version, and then beneath, The Passion Translation version of the same Psalm.......Yeah! Pretty God Read :)

Top 20 Psalms of The Bible

Loves, I hope you enjoy this deeper look at The Book of Psalms.  And, I hope the Read will re-kindle in You a new Passion, Fire and Love for Our Lord!!! AND since we are walking out this Love Fest for Our Lord together, why not use this time (if you haven't already) to give Your Life to Christ? After all, He LOVES you so VERY MUCH and Our Father God Gave His Only Son's Life for YOU! Whatcha Think? You IN?!? If so, all you have to do is repeat the Prayer below.....

Prayer of Salvation:
"Dear God, you are God, and I'm not.  You sent Jesus to be my Savior, so I must need to be saved. I need you to forgive the things I've done wrong in life.  I need you to give me a fresh start in life. I need you to help me know my purpose.  I want to begin a relationship with you.  I ask you to come into my life.  I want to learn to trust you.  I want to learn to love you.  I want to learn to love other people the way you want me to.  So I ask you today with humility and honesty and sincerity to please save me as I put my Trust in you.  I Pray this Payer in Jesus' Name. Amen."

Now, please shoot me a Private email at wincty@aol.com. We will Pray together and then hold hands as We Walk Out **The NEXT** Our Heavenly Father has for Us!! Yahooo!! So excited for YOU!!!!

"It's news I'm most proud to proclaim, this extraordinary Message of God's powerful plan to rescue everyone who trusts him, starting with Jews and then right on to everyone else!  God's way of putting people right shows up in the acts of faith, confirming what Scripture has said all along: "The person in right standing before God by trusting him really lives." (Romans 1:16-17, MSG)

P.S. Family, here's a link to the **August Praise & Prayer Calendar** a dear friend of 
mine distributes every month.  Wanted to share with my Mona Girl Blog Family!! August Prayer Calendar

Continued Success & Abundant Blessings!





Mets Gushing Moment:
Oh YEAH! Now That's What I'm Talkin 'Bout!!!!! 

#GodStuff!!!

SELAH!!

Happy Blessed Wednesday Family,

Welllll, Holy Spirit Truly Did IT!! Y'all know Mona by now and You Know I LOVE, LOVE All kinds of Music......and WOWZA! Did the Anointed Praise & Worship Team BRING IT last Sunday at church! And I mean OFF THE HOOK BRING IT!

A Direct Hit deeeep down in my Soul.  A Right On Target Shot straight to my Heart, taking me to a whole 'notha level of Intimacy and Love and Peace and Yearning for Our Lord!!

For those of Us who are coming into the final stretch of our "30 Day Journey of GETTING TO KNOW HIM....GETTING TO KNOW ALL ABOUT HIM".....I've got something for Us today that is the Perfect Way to bring Us into the home stretch on our Journey together this month!

When you listen to this song..........When you *LISTEN* TO THIS SONG!! You will see Exactly what I mean about "taking it to a whole 'notha level of Intimacy". The Lyrics, the Melody, the Voices, the EVERYTHING-ABOUT-THIS-SONG....will make you want to Do, will make you want to Walk Out, will make you want to Experience First-Hand.....Every Single Detail, Every Single Action described in this Song.

OK! OK! I hear you......enough with the over-the-top intro but Loves, It's NEEDED.....and You'll understand why when you click the link below (ear buds in/max volume).

Oh!! Family, One last thing...(Yeah, I'm on overdrive to get this to YOU!), around the 3rd or 4th *LISTEN*, please bring to mind ALL the Awesome, Powerful, Humbling, Soothing, Loving Names of Our Daddy God we've learned to date...Jehovah-Jireh, Jehovah-Shalom, Jehovah-Rophe, Jehovah-Nissi, El Shaddai (my FAVE so far)........brings the Song and Our LOVE for HIM to an even deeper level. You'll See :)

Loves, as You take this **SELAH** Moment to Praise & Pause...My Prayer is We'll walk away from our time together today.......SEEKING HIM MORE.........because HE Loves, LOVES **US** so Very, VERY Much!!

"Seek the Lord and His strength, seek His face continually." 
(1 Chronicles 16:11, JUB)

Continued Success & Abundant Blessings!!




Mets Gushing Moment:

"For NOTHING is Impossible with God." (Luke 1:37)

P.S. Pleeeeeez Continue to IGNORE the Negative Nellies (aka The Haters).  They could Never, EVER do what YOU do for 162+!! #UrBlessed!! Manage On TC!!!

STUFF..........GOD STUFF!!

Happy Blessed Wednesday Family,

Gonna start with a Commercial Break & Check-In to see how YOU are loving Our 30-Day Journey together of GETTING TO KNOW HIM.......GETTING TO KNOW ALL ABOUT HIM?!? I am sooo enjoying the Daily Readings of Who (really and truly WHO) are Daddy God is! And Pray You continue to walk out with me the rest of the 30-Days!  Knowledge is POWER! Especially when the **Knowledge** is ALLL 'bout Our Lord & Saviour!

I continue to be so very GRATEFUL for our time together every Wednesday.  To come to His Mona Girl Blog to get fed...no matter what's on His Divine Menu......whether it's a humorous, serious, soul-searching, loving, encouraging, Faith-Building, "pull the covers back - ouchy" message, I so enjoy Dining with You, My Beautiful World Family!!

OK! So Today, Holy Spirit has some random Stuff....God Stuff, He's placed in my ear and eye gates that He's got Me sharing with You since our last time together :)

The "First" of His God Stuff is a Beautiful, Powerful, Humbling Poem by one of my Spiritual Sisters - Heyyyyy Elisha! - who does NOT Play when it comes to Sharing her Anointed Gifts and Expressing Her Love for Her Lord! This read may bring you to your knees.....or at least make you Pause and RECOGNIZE!!!

DO I DARE TAKE A LOOK?

Do I dare take a look?

For a glance to behold your beauty?

Such radiance, Your brilliant Light

I know for sure will bring me to my knees

My King, my Love

I stand here quite boldly

Knowing that it was You indeed

Who has beckoned me

Now here I stand, just wanting to look into 

Your beautiful face

But do I dare to take a glance? Do I dare take that chance?

That You will overwhelm me?

**Elisha Freeman**

"Second" of His God Stuff, is a Powerful TRUTH from my Fave Rabbi........

"If we are quiet enough, we might just hear God tell us to feed the hungry and not just our own voice yelling at us to do the grocery shopping.

We may hear God tell us to give charity, instead of hearing our friends tell us about the latest gadget 

we simply must buy.

And if we are connected enough to God's voice,

we may just hear His calling on our life and the purpose

we are meant to fulfill.

Consider this week how we can carve out that "quiet time"

so that we can better hear what God has to say to us."

**Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein**

"Third", and lastly, is a Beautiful PRAYER I read yesterday morning on Prime Time With God.........

Dear Lord,

Thank You for bringing peace to my heart.

I pray that You would help me be a peace-maker in my family and community.....and even in the world.

Help me to live in harmony with my friends and loved ones...and with my Christian family as well.

Please forgive me for arguing and being disagreeable 

at times.

Help me to see things through Your eyes so that I can better understand where others are coming from.

Help me to see things through Your eyes so that I can handle situations with wisdom and understanding.

Remind me to think before I speak and pray before I act.

May Your will be done through me today.

In Jesus' Name I pray. Amen.

Yeah...God Stuff!!!! I PRAY, one, two or ALL three of these Mighty Reads touched Your Heart...soothed Your Soul so you walk away from our time together today Well Fed.....FULL.....STUFFED with God Stuff!! 

Love You LOVES!!

Continued Success & Blessings.

Mets Gushing Moment:

YES!!  I see YOU doing Your Best!! And That's a God Thing! 

Something to Remind YOU Why to **KEEP ON**!! (Please Listen & Read ALL the Lyrics...OK?)

AWWWWWWWWWW

Happy Blessed Wednesday Family,

And just like the title of today's Mona Girl Blog......"AWWWWWWWWW" is just what you'll be saying over and over and over again as you scroll through the collection of pics I'm sharing with you today.

Holy Spirit's been gearing me up/nudging me to do the Doggie Adoption (via Rescue Agency) thing again.  I've been Blessed to have Rescue Doggies (and Rescues are The BEST!!) ALL my life from birth to about 8 years ago when after 15 years, both of my Boyz...My Heart, My LOVES...Doc and Bear went home to Heaven.  NOW, Holy Spirit keeps whispering **IT'S TIME** and continues to Bless me with such wonderful Doggie pics of Love, Compassion, Hope and Big Smiles to keep me on task (smile).

For our World Family who are Cat and other Pet Lovers, our time together today is dedicated to Doggies but if you're so led, feel free to post any of your Fave Pet Pics below........Enjoy LOVES!!

Continued Success & Blessings!

Mets Gushing Moment:

#BackToWinItALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mighty Mets Men - Take care of BIZ'NESS 2nd Half!!

"For NOTHING is Impossible with God." (Luke 1:37)

A CRAZY HUNCH & A HIGH HOPE

Happy Blessed Wednesday Family,

For the last few days, Holy Spirit's been whispering in my ear a wonderful story from The Bible. One of Jesus' Mighty, Mighty Miracles from back in the day and One of my Faves!

What makes this Story even more Powerful, this Woman (who by the way, we don't even know her real name, she's only referred to as "The Woman with the Issue of Blood"), made such  an impact on Jesus that when She Touched Him, He was Touched as well! Click Woman with the Issue of Blood for the full knowledge on her story.

Soooo because of His whispers in my ear; because He's Our Omnipotent God, (meaning Every thought is sustained by Him); and because He's penning these Wednesday Mona Girl Blog messages for You through Me, it's clear why I'm being led to revisit this Humbling Story about this Beautiful Strong Woman, this Awesome Story of Courage Faith and Healing.....WE need to read her Testimony!

Commercial Break: If  you're on our 30 Day reading journey of "Getting To Know Him", you'll know/remember that "Omnipotent God" was our Reading on July 4th (smile).

Loves, You know by now, whenever Our Heavenly Father has a Message for US, He always uses multiple Confirmations.......comes at Us with multiple examples. As I was reading some of my Fave Daily Devotionals, I came across (yeah no coincidence), this one by Max Lucado entitled: A Crazy Hunch and A High Hope, that's not only the title of today's Message but the foundation, the inspirational take-away for our Wednesday read.  So here we go.............


"If I can just touch his clothes," she thinks, "I will be healed." (Mark 5:28, NCV)

Risky decision.  To touch him, she will have to touch the people.  If one of them recognizes her....hello rebuke, good-bye cure.  But what choice does she have?  She has no money, no clout, no friends, no solutions. All she has is a crazy hunch that Jesus can help and a high hope that he will. Maybe that's all you have: a crazy hunch and a high hope.  You have nothing to give.  But you are hurting.  And all you have to offer him is your hurt.

Maybe that has kept you from coming to God.  Oh, you've taken a step or two in his direction. But then you saw the other people around him.  They seemed so clean, so neat, so trim and fit in their faith. And when you saw them, they blocked your view of him.  So you stepped back.

If that describes you, note carefully, only one person was commended that day for having faith. It wasn't a wealthy giver.  It wasn't a loyal follower.  It wasn't an acclaimed teacher.  It was a shame-struck, penniless outcast who clutched onto her hunch that he could and her hope that he would.  Which, by the way, isn't a bad definition of faith: A conviction that he can and a hope that he will.  Sounds similar to the definition of faith given by the Bible.  "Without faith no one can please God. Anyone who comes to God must believe that he is real and that he rewards those who truly want to find him. (Hebrew 11:6, NCV).

Not too complicated is it? Faith is the belief that God is real and that God is good.  Faith is not a mystical experience or a midnight vision or a voice in the forest....it is a choice to believe that the one who made it all hasn't left it all and that he still sends light into shadows and responds to gestures of faith.

There was no assurance, of course.  She hoped he'd respond.....she longed for it....but she didn't know if he would.  All she knew was that he was there and that he was good. That's faith. Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. Faith is the belief that God will do what is right.  

So, whatcha think? "The Woman with the Issue of Blood" (my Shero), on that God-Ordained, Divinely Orchestrated Day, was HEALED....made WHOLE immediately because of her Bold Faith. Despite the many, many, many years of enduring the pain, suffering, humiliation of her ailment, she continued to Persevere, she continued to Believe. "For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole." (Mark 5:28, KJV)

Then, when she had THE OPPORTUNITY of a LIFE TIME presented to her, she used her FAITH that over the many many years of her affliction had been built up, steeped in, fortified and strengthened in Jehovah Rapha (Our Lord that Heals) to RISK...to STEP OUT and BE HEALED.....IN AN INSTANT! And Loves, that's just how Our Lord Jesus operates at times in our lives.  Many, many, many years of enduring and Walking by Faith and Not By Sight......can and will at times bring us into an INSTANT HEALING..........a SUDDEN MIRACLE.....IF WE HAVE FAITH.....IF WE BELIEVE!

And Family, the cool thing about this is, WE don't have to have it ALL together.  WE don't have to be an Uber Saint.  WE don't have to be Perfect in Our Faith Walk.  Just like our Shero in today's Scripture and Message.....WE just have to have.....like Mr. Lucado says in his "You Got This" message.... A Crazy Hunch and A High Hope!

And, as I jump on this band wagon as a result of the crazy, beyond, beyond stuff I'm Standing in Faith for...........I Stand in Agreement with YOU Right Now as we Walk Out Our Faith, as We Step Out in Faith, as We continue to Believe in Our Good, Good God that He will Show Up and Show Out in our lives when We Boldly come to Him with A Crazy Hunch and A High Hope!

Loves, One More CONFIRMATION as we close out our time together today.  An Ole School Hymn that one of the True Saints, One of God's Angels... Brother Eddie Walker.... sings at my church in Harlem.  It's about Our Girl....Our Shero....and her Story. (btw.....Sam Cooke ain't got Nothing on Brother Eddie's version). Enjoy :)

Continued Success and Blessings!!




Mets Gushing Moment:
Last Few Games....SPEECHLESS!!  S-P-E-E-C-H-L-E-S-S!!!

Big Hi-Five, Congrats and Muchas Bendiciones: Yo! Noah! Familia! and Manager Terry!! 
#MetsAll*StarsSHINING!!

GETTING TO KNOW YOU......GETTING TO KNOW ALL ABOUT YOU :)

Happy Blessed Wednesday Family,

Whewee Y'all!! It's Been OVERWHELMING the last few weeks for Mona Girl (smile). And I mean OVERWHELMING in a God Way!!

I'm sure there's some of You who've experienced this feeling......where You are soooo Completely, Totally CONSUMED, SATURATED, DRENCHED with Our Lord's PRESENCE in Your Life that You feel OVERWHELMED (again in a God Way!)

It's like you jump into an ice cold pool on a scorching hot summer day and swim underwater for a bit and then you come up completely out of breath.....trying to catch your breath. It's Exhilarating and Overwhelming ALL at the SAME TIME!! WOW!! WHOOSH!!

Anywho, now that I've had some time to catch my breath......Holy Spirit dropped this little assignment in my lap this week and Loves, I HOPE & PRAY You'll join me...would LOVE to feel your energy as We Walk this Out together! We can Start July 1st!!

Below are the two links Holy Spirit sent me through a Mighty Woman of God and Very Dear to My Heart Friend that will take US, over the next 30 Days, on a Humbling and Awesome journey of getting to KNOW Our Daddy God better. Thanks Shellie for the Knowledge!!!


30 Days of Praying the Names & Attributes of God
(Full Length Version)


30 Days of Praying the Names & Attributes of God Calendar
(Handy Dandy, One Page Calendar Version)



OK! Soooooo here's how we walk this out in Real Time:

On July 1st (and for the 29 Days to follow), in the morning (which is The Best Time) or during lunch or before you go to bed or any QUIET Time that works for you, We read Box #1 - God Is Jehovah. Read it a couple times...let the words...the POWER of the definition sink down into your heart and soul.  Then look up the Scripture Exodus 3:13-15 in your Bible, on your Tablet, Laptop, Phone, etc. Same thing you did with the definition.......Read the Scripture a couple times....let the POWER of the Word sink down into your heart and soul.  I would suggest reading the Scriptures in either the **The Message (MSG)** or **New Living Translation (NLT)** Versions. Both of these Versions are easy reading, bringing His Word to life.

Who's IN?!?  Great!! Yes!! I see Your hand, and Yours and Yours and Yours!! Fabulous!! Me xcited!! Oh Yeah......I can Already FEEL Us Growing Closer to HIM...Our Lord and Saviour!!

Family, feel free to share below or email me at wincty@aol.com with Whatcha Feelin as we wade out from the shore, as we move out of our comfort zones together over the next 30 Days....in Getting to Know HIM....Getting to Know All About HIM!! #FRFR


Continued Success & Blessings!





Mets Gushing Moment:
Whewee! I KNOW it's been a tad bumpy lately but Y'all will be JUST FINE!

Please give me your hands, close your eyes and bow your heads.......

Father God, I know we can come to you with ANYTHING & EVERYTHING that's on our Hearts and Minds. You are our Heavenly Father and You Hear US when we cry out to you, when we seek you, when We NEED You! So, Right Now,  I come to you lifting up Your Mighty Mets Men. Thanking You for Healing, Energy, Encouragement, Stamina, Perseverance, Strength, Patience (Oh YES Patience!), Humility, Confidence, Trust, Peace and LOVE. Please continue to Shine In and Through these Men who will continue to stay on Your Path and Shine Like the Stars you created them to be. I also Pray for their Families, that these Men not only **Receive** Support and Love but they **Give** Support and Love in return. In Jesus' Name. Amen. Amen. Amen.

OK! You're good to go!! #LGM! #IBelieve! 

PILED HIGH & DEEP......#PhD!

Happy Blessed Wednesday Family,

Yeah! Yeah.....I Know! That's the negative meaning of "PhD" that I just learned this year.  It does not apply to ALL folks earning their Amazing PhD monikers (and I've been BLESSED to meet/know some Awesome PhD's) but you know those folks who it applies (smile).

And speaking of PhD's........I read a wonderful message by Steve Goodier, Life Support System that puts the whole PhD thing in a practical, positive, inspiring light. Here's the read........Walk away Blessed!

PhD In Living

American Baseball great Charlie Hough says, "Listen to everyone.  Learn from everyone.  Nobody knows everything but everyone knows something."

At her citizenship hearing in 1967, Immaculata Cuomo (mother of the late New York Governor, Mario Cuomo) was asked by the judge how many stars were on the U.S. Flag.  She said she didn't know, but could she ask the judge a question?  After he agreed, she asked him how many hands of bananas were on a stalk.  He admitted he didn't know, so she proudly said, "Well I do."  Her citizenship was granted.  Here was a judge who wisely realized that everyone has something to teach.

"Live to learn and you will learn to live," says a Portuguese Proverb.  For life cannot be lived well in ignorance.  In fact, those who live life to the fullest have a PhD in Living. This is what a PhD in Living means:

P is for "poor in knowledge".  Those who live best realize that they can never learn enough.

H is for "hungry to learn."  Those who hunger for knowledge will always find plenty to eat.

D is for "desire to succeed". Those who desire to learn and improve, and those who persist in spite of obstacles, will live fully.

Realize you're poor in knowledge, become hungry to learn and desire to succeed.  Everybody and every occasion can become your teacher, and this is the PhD that will open the door of living fully.

Continued Success & Blessings



Mets Gushing Moment:
Now THAT'S WHAT I'M TALK'IN 'BOUT!! GO T-E-A-M!!

Continue to Ignore the NOISE & DRAMA!  And Continue...Each and Every ONE OF YOU to Do YOU!!  The BEST YOU!! 

#BackToWinItAll!  

"For NOTHING is Impossible with God." (Luke 1:37)