You Are Not Your Own

     For the Joy Set Before Him

        © Debbie Turner Chavers

The LORD would have ALL

of your heart, a people called 

by His name. 

A people chosen, redeemed,

set apart for God’s purpose.

YOU are the LORD’S,

you are not your own.

~Debbie

Matthew 22:36

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

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Grateful

Peppers

© 2025 Debbie Turner Chavers

Praying and being thankful for the gift of beauty in all the ways God gives blessings to us this morning.

So many people are waking up this morning to less than lovely in some area of their lives. 

All of us. 

Yet God has given us simple pleasures to rejoice in. One of mine this morning is preparing some peppers to bake.

As I prepared them to bake, I looked down at their vibrant colors and rejoiced in the goodness of God in the harvest.

Grateful for those who planted and picked them.

Grateful for the olive oil that I was given to bathe them in and on and on. 

God is so very good to us. 

As I consider this I am overwhelmed with gratitude. I hope each one of you today will look at a moment of peace, or love, or a task in your day and share the moment with others. 

My preparation of peppers is a gift given to myself and my family. As you sit or move forward today, I pray you realize the good gift of God in you and your effective ministry to your family, the Body of Christ and this world.

Your life is a holy moment.

May God bless you.

~Debbie

Colossians 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

Psalms 90:12   So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

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Today

Baffin Bay

© 2025 Debbie Turner Chavers

Today

Do not be distracted 

by the insistent,

the rude, or the ways of this world 

and its people.

Withdraw

Come aside and worship God.

Momentarily or for an extended 

gathering of time.

Know that minutes or hours given 

and received are never wasted as you sit at Christ’s feet. 

Gather

You will gather strength.

You will be refreshed.

For the journey may be long 

but the destination is sure.

Focus 

Focus on the fact that God loves you

and that man no matter how well meaning

can never fill the void that life without Christ provides.

God is able to fill the void 

and comfort you with peace and joy. 

God is God 

Be still and know

that God is God.

Know

In the knowing 

may God flood your life 

and mind with His peace 

which passes understanding.

In Jesus name. Amen.

🌻Debbie

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5 Questions Before You Decide

Heirlooms

© Debbie Turner Chavers

Daily we make decisions. Some decisions are quick and made with little thought, yet many decisions are life changing. I am writing this to encourage you to be mindful of several questions as you approach making a decision.

1. Is your decision what you dreamed of? 

2. Do you have peace and experience joy from the decision? 

3. Does your decision honor YOUR value and what YOU value?

4. Does the decision honor you?

5. Does the decision honor God?

These questions are relevant concerning  any decision we are considering as we live our daily life.

Jesus Christ said in 

John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Might have, yes, you have been given life and that more abundantly.

Honor that. You are loved.

🌻

Debbie 

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Fruit

An apple has no need to shout “ I’m an apple!” it is obviously an apple.

Matthew 7:20 

Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them.

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I Am Learning

In Christ, Christ in Me

© 2012 Debbie Turner Chavers

Water-Man Series

Daily I am given opportunities to stretch my capacity in understanding and applying the principles of God's word. There is a dynamic shift of thought when I realize and apply subtle adjustments in my daily way of life to His Way. It can be a discarded area of unbelief, a critical attitude, and the list could be longggggg!
Yet these changes give us an opportunity to grow. To grow personally, emotionally, and spiritually in our relationships with one another and the world at large.
A granted opportunity to learn to do well.
It is a beautiful, inspiring purpose to live life as God intended.
I am learning.
Mistakes abound in my walk of faith, yet I don't have to run to keep up, for the Lord's hand is ever present and He never leaves or forsakes me.

I am learning to recognize the pitfalls of my own perception. Every man's way is right in his own eyes. Proverbs 16:2
I have experienced this truth in my own walk.
As I have studied God's word and applied it to everyday life it has illuminated areas of gray and darkness in my own perceptions.
In thought and in deed I was not as grounded as I thought and was too impulsive.
I have been quick to give love yet also quick to judge. Both are out of order without grace and godly discernment.
Therefore, the gift of love is to be weighed, measured and dispensed by the Great Physician.
We are carrying the prescription within us. We must dispense with care and with knowledge.

As a light bearer of God's love, I do not want to shock or jolt others that draw near in fellowship or friendship. Therefore, I (we) must stay plugged in, hiding God's word in my (our) heart and mind to be balanced in a world that can be full of doubt and unbelief.
For it is this people and this world that Christ Jesus came to redeem.
Being mindful, that if I (we) allow offense, pettiness, or carnal lifestyle to manifest it is like a cut or exposure in an electrical line. We must not allow the power of God within us to be exposed to others in a harmful way. There should not be rogue electricity, but stable lines of love and communication.
We must walk in truth and love. The world is watching. We are His own and we are "representing."
God is our source and illuminator in all things. He is light and there is no darkness in Him. I am in Christ and Christ is in me.

"Representing"
~Debbie


Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

John 17:23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

1 John 1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

This is a repost from my blog written and posted originally on January 12, 2017.

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New Art Parable: And A Little Child Shall Lead Them

And A Little Child Shall Lead Them

© 2024 Debbie Turner Chavers

Matthew 19:13-14 Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.

But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for such is the kingdom of  heaven.

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Turn Around

Can Two Walk Together

Except They Be Agreed?

Amos 3:3

© 2004 Debbie TurnerChavers

IF your opinion

is more important

to you than God’s Word. 

You ARE NOT standing

at a crossroad.

You are about to walk 

in the wrong direction.

Turn around.

~Debbie

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The Error of “IF”

Be a Light, He Went That Way

© 2010 Debbie Turner Chavers

A few mornings ago I read a scripture-based verse on merchandise.

The merchandise was attractive yet gave a wrong impression of God’s Word. 

The following is an example of the merchandise that I read, 

“If the stars were made to worship you, so will I.”

Indeed the stars were made, all creation was made to worship the LORD. 

Yet it is not faith inspiring nor factual to premise it with the word “IF.”

With our good intention to draw hearts to acknowledge our sovereign LORD we must not give place to doubt in any form that implies “IF.”

What God’s Word says is not doubtful, it is only our lack of understanding that hinders our confession.

We, the Body of Christ, the Church, must not call forth or sound an uncertain note pertaining to the Word of God.

Our calling is sure and our stand in Jesus Christ is certain and secure, may our testimony and our words of confession testify to the truth found only in Christ.

Let us pray that we shine His Light in the darkness of unbelief with the sure word of His grace and truth. In Jesus name. Amen.

~ Debbie 

Psalm 148:1-14

Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens:praise him in the heights.

Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts.

Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.

Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.

Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.  

He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a  decree which shall not pass.

Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:

Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:

Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:

Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:

Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:

Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:

Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.

He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.

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