Music

12 Ways for a Praise Break

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Feeling down and overwhelmed with the Holidays? Let’s take a Praise Break today. I know I need it. Here are some of my favorite Gospel and Praise Songs.  Praise can change the atmosphere! Praise can open the Heavens! Shake off that sadness. Shake off that depression. Praise your way out of the dark! (oh this … Read more

Let These Dead Bones Live – Part 2

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Well, let’s finish our story shall we? I mean, we can’t stay in this valley forever, lol!  Here is the beginning of the story: Let These Dead Bones Live – Part 1 Our narrator and teacher is Pastor Derek Smith from England. He was preaching at Life Church in Roscoe, IL. My husband Bob listens to … Read more

The Other Side of Fear

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I have heard it said that everything we want is on the other side of fear.  Here is one of the videos I made with words of wisdom to get to the other side of fear.

Blessings, Diana

“Encourage yourself, believe in yourself, and love yourself. Never doubt who you are.”
― Stephanie Lahart, Overcoming Life’s Obstacles: Enlighten-Encourage-Empower

 

“A dream is a seed.
Vision plants it.
Imagination nurtures growth.
Opportunities create blooms.
Thoughts become things!”
― Donna McGoff

 

A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking because her trust is not in the branch, but in her own wings.”
― Unknown

 

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

 

“Do the thing and you will have the power.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

“The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I’m not going to let myself pull me down anymore.”
― C. JoyBell C.

Here Are Your Keys

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Today we go meet our new landlord and get the keys to our new home. Got me thinking about keys. They open doors and lock doors. Each door has a different key. And when you close and lock one door, another key opens the next one. When someone comes to our house and we are … Read more

It’s OK to Let Go at the Crossroads

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Diana. Walk forward. God promised to go before you and prepare the way. Just get up and walk. You will hear Him whisper the way. Our family is moving in the next 2 weeks.  Things happen. Things change. Lord, let me let go of what I thought was going to happen, and just walk forward … Read more

12 Distractions in Praise and Worship

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My husband and I are blessed and privileged to lead the worship team at our local church. I am humbled how God can and does meet us where we are at. And how God can overcome our inadequacies.  Pastor Jeff Hanson taught an amazing lesson on how God doesn’t make mistakes.  How all things work … Read more

Can I Run Into Your Arms?

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CAN I RUN INTO YOUR ARMS? Copyright 2014 Diana Rasmussen, dedicated to t when my life won’t unwind and I can’t clear my mind can I run into your arms my shelter in the wind when my heart is crying out and I’m numb to the world can I run into your arms my lover … Read more

Jesus Is Lord

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Jesus is Lord today and everyday. He is God of everything above and below the earth. He rules the Heavens and the Earth. And at the Name of Jesus every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that JESUS IS LORD! We are doing something different this year for Halloween. We will not be handing … Read more

Music is Healing

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Music – love it, hate it, just can’t live without it.  We were made to praise, to worship, and to love. Happy songs, sad songs, love songs, break up songs. We tell our stories in songs. Our lives are the lyrics – all the good parts, and all the ugly parts. Who is your favorite Artist? … Read more

Hippie Politics

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Thought I would have fun with this one.  Laugh or cry right? Politics is one of those ‘taboo’ subjects, just like religion.  Seems it stirs everyone up, especially if you see things differently. I am glad God likes flavors.  On another forum I was reading about music and politics. Quite a strange mix. Yet we … Read more

What You See is What You Get

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WYSIWYG What you see is what you get But my God isn’t finished yet He calls me friend I’m not condemned Haven’t you heard? It’s a new thing Changing me from the inside Not by power Not by might But by His Spirit All things made new Good measure pressed down shaken together My cup runs … Read more

New Day Dawning

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Today is a new day my friend. God’s mercies are new upon you today. Walk in love. Rejoice – the glory of the Lord has risen upon you! NEW DAY  Copyright 2014 Diana Rasmussen   Darkness knocked at my door last night tried to come in and eat me alive The Red moon rises in … Read more