Debbie Taylor Williams

 “Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You
With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.”

Hebrews 1:9

Recently, I watched a friend prepare a salad. First, she washed and dried the lettuce leaves. Next she tore them into pieces. But the salad wasn’t ready to be served. She took a bottle of olive oil and poured it on the lettuce, flavoring it. As Christians, Christ has washed us and put us in places of service in our homes and work places. Sometimes we may feel as the lettuce – torn and shredded. But we must always remember that Christ, anointed with the oil of gladness, stands above us – ready to pour Himself into us and flavor our lives with His joy.

Lord Jesus Christ, I praise You! Pour Yourself and the OIL of GLADNESS upon me that I may faithfully and joyfully serve You.

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This delicious and juicy brisket was served at Debbie’s Hill Country Ministry Open House! It hit the spot and was so good! The presentation was beautiful and it tasted as good as it looked! Everyone loved it! If you’ve wanted to try brisket at home, but haven’t yet…now is the time and here is the recipe! The Cookbook is a perfect gift as well and comes wrapped and ready to go. Plus it’s 2 gifts in one because then a portion of the proceeds benefit Debbie’s prison ministry and providing the ladies with Bible Studies.

BEST EVER BRISKET p. 300

1 trimmed beef brisket (5 lb)

1 bottle liquid smoke

1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce

onion salt

garlic powder

salt & pepper, to taste

1/4 cup soy sauce

1 bottle barbecue sauce

The evening before, line a baking roaster with foil and put brisket in. Cover with salt and pepper, onion salt, and garlic powder. Mix 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce and liquid smoke and pour over brisket. Cover with aluminum foil and marinate in refrigerator overnight. The next morning pour off liquid and add 1/4 cup more of Worcestershire sauce. Cover with foil and bake 225-250 degrees for 8 hours. Check after 5 hours. When almost done, drain all juices off and pour a bottle of barbeque sauce over brisket. Bake 1 more hour or until done.

Variation: Substitute saeasoned salt for onion salt and omit barbecue sauce and liquid smoke.

“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” Romans 8:1

TABLE BLESSING

Teach me, Lord,

Give me eyes to see

How Your ways are just

And are the best for me.

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 “While they were listening to these things, Jesus went on to tell a parable, because He was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately. So He said, ‘A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then return;“

Luke 19:11-12

In this parable, Jesus portrayed Himself as a nobleman who went to a distant country (heaven) to receive a kingdom for Himself and then return. Before He departed, the Nobleman gave talents to His slaves with which they were to do His business. The greatest praise we can give the Lord and Nobleman of heaven is not with our mouths. The greatest praise we can give Him is by our lives – investing the talents He has entrusted to us in His business on earth.

Jesus Christ, Nobleman of heaven, I pray my life brings You praise as I invest my talents to do Your business on earth. 

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 “O Lord, surely I am Your servant,
I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid,
You have loosed my bonds.“

Psalm 116:16

Do you ever feel “tied up” with some form of spiritual, physical, or emotional bondage? Or, are you concerned for a loved one who is in bondage?  In Psalm 116 we’re reminded that God can do what no one else can do. He can loosen cords that so tightly bind us that we feel we might die. And, even if we die, He reminds us that He will loosen the bonds of death and give us freedom in His heavenly home. “Unbind him and let him go,” Jesus commanded those who witnessed Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. “Unbind her,” Jesus commands when we call on His name. 

Lord, You are the great and mighty God who LOOSENS BONDS. I praise You! 

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 “When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. And He placed His right hand on me, saying, ‘Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and

I have the keys of death and of Hades.“

Revelation 1:17-18

Can you imagine what it was like for John to see the glorified Christ? To say that it was an overpowering experience is an understatement. John writes that “he fell like a dead man at Jesus’ feet.” John’s experience was more than a vision. Jesus placed His right hand on him. Then, Jesus assured John that although He had been dead, He was alive forevermore. In addition, He explained that He had the keys (power and authority) over death and Hades. No doubt you feel as I do – blessed beyond words that Jesus has flung open the gate of death and invited us into eternal life with Him!

Lord Jesus Christ, You who have the KEYS OF DEATH AND OF HADES, I praise You and thank You for bringing me out of death and into Your eternal light!

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 “Now this man would go up from his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of hosts (Jehovah Sabbaoth) in Shiloh. “

1 Samuel 1:3

My friend, Stephanie Shott, who addressed the name Jehovah Sabbaoth in her blog, Do Not Depart, shares the following: “Jehovah Sabbaoth is mentioned over 270 times in Scripture and means the Almighty, Sovereign, Self-Existent God over all the multitudes (whether an army, the sun, moon and stars, or creation itself).”

• In Psalm 24:10, The LORD of Hosts is the King of glory
• In Psalm 46:7 He is our Fortress.
• In Zechariah 4:6, He declares that He alone wins our battles when He tells Zerubbabel, “Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit…”
• And in Isaiah’s life-altering vision of the Lord, he heard the Seraphim speaking to one another, crying out, “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!” (Isaiah 6:3)

There is nothing He cannot do, nothing He does not know, nothing He cannot control, no enemy He cannot defeat, no heart He can not heal, no miracle He cannot perform. And how beautiful to know He longs to work in our lives and on our behalf as the LORD of Hosts.”

Thank you, Stephanie, for sharing this with us today!

JEHOVAH SABBAOTH, I praise You and give You glory for who You are and all You do!

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 “Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.”

1 Timothy 1:17

“I can’t see God, so how do you know He’s there?” people sometimes ask. I think one of the best responses is found in Romans 1:19-20. “because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.” In other words, look up at the glory of the heavens. Look around at the glory of the flowers and trees. Look within at the wonder of the human body. God may be invisible, but His presence is clearly seen.  

King eternal, immortal, INVISIBLE God, I praise You and thank You for the glory of Your creation and for making Yourself clearly seen through Your handiwork. 

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 “I kept looking, and that horn was waging war with the saints and overpowering them until the Ancient of Days came and judgment was passed in favor of the saints of the Highest One, and the time arrived when the saints took possession of the kingdom.”

Daniel 7:21-22

In today’s passage, Daniel is given a vision of future events. There will be a war and God’s saints will be overpowered UNTIL the One who is more powerful than any other, the HIGHEST ONE, steps in. I wonder if you feel as I do – honored and humbled to be on God’s side. And not only to be on His side, but to be designated as His saint; forgiven, washed, and anointed by His Spirit.

Lord God, there is none like You. You are the HIGHEST ONE, and I am humbled to be called by Your name; to be Your saint.

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 “But the Lord was pleased
To crush Him (Jesus), putting Him to grief;
If He would render Himself as a guilt offering…“

Isaiah 53:10

Did you know that God distinguishes between when we sin unintentionally and when we intentionally sin? Yes, He notices. Yet, regardless of whether we were aware or unaware that our behavior was unholy and wrong, God is still willing to forgive us. Christ was still willing to lay down His life as a GUILT OFFERING. What a great and wonderful God the Father and Son! 

Lord Jesus, I praise You for willingly laying down Your life as a GUILT OFFERING so that I might be forgiven.

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 “…looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

Hebrews 12:2

Have you ever considered how much Jesus despised the shame of the cross?  Yet, He suffered through it in order to not only give us a start in our Christian walk, but to also make sure that our faith is perfected, complete, finished. It is with great gratitude that each of us should look heavenward in praise of our Lord and thank Him – the author AND FINISHER of OUR FAITH!

Lord Jesus, I praise You, the FINISHER of MY FAITH!

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