More Valuable Than Gold

Heavenly Father, we you for waking us up this morning. We thank you for your blessings yesterday, your protection and rest last night and your brand new mercies for today. Thank you Father for those things that provide us comfort and sustenance; our homes, clothing, food, transportation, family and friends. Father we thank you for those things we unfortunately overlook at times; your grace, mercy, unconditional love, Jesus, the Holy Spirit and your Word. Please forgive us Father for our times of doubt, unbelief and disobedience. Help us to be better in our love for you, our service to you and others, and our faith and trust in you. We pray Father that throughout today, we take time to acknowledge your hand in our lives and rejoice in knowing that you are forever with us, preparing us for your Son, Jesus’ return. We love you and praise your Holy name for who you are and all that you do on our behalf. We pray and say thank you Father. In Jesus name, Amen.

The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that, knowing Him, the still insist on going their own way. – William Barclay 

Colossians 1:9-14 NLT We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding. 10 Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better. 11 We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy, 12 always thanking the Father. He has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people, who live in the light. 13 For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son, 14 who purchased our freedom and forgave our sins. 

I have found that as I come to know God better and better each day, my desires continue to change from seeking what the world is offering to what God has promised.

As in Paul’s prayer for the Colossians, I too have come to recognize the greater benefit of knowing God’s Will and receiving spiritual wisdom and understanding. In my life and I would go out on a limb and say, in the lives of every Believer, these three things are worth more than anything found in the world. Then throw in God’s power, endurance, patience and joy…well, there is nothing that can beat what God provides to us.

Now, I didn’t always think or feel this way, but God’s process of reforming, renewing and restoring me, has opened my eyes to truly see what has eternal value and what will only fade in time.
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It is only when we realize that there is something more, something more lasting/eternal, that we begin to question what is really valuable and beneficial.

In writing to the Philippians, Paul stated: “I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. For I can do everything through Christ,who gives me strength.” – Philippians 4:12-13NLT 

To me, this is the spiritual wisdom and understanding of the Will of God for our lives. This brings us strength and helps us to endure with patience and joy.

I pray that we all can see just how valuable this is to us all.

God bless.

Your Storm Has A Purpose

Heavenly Father, we thank you again for another day. We are grateful for the mercy, grace and love that you have given to us. We praise your name for who you are and your work in forgiving us, redeeming us and restoring us to a right relationship with you. We are constantly humbled before you for we know that without you, we are lost and only surviving day to day, instead of living with hope, joy and purpose. Help us to rejoice today in knowing that nothing that we face, escapes your watchful and caring eyes and that you have equipped us to be victorious in all things. Help us Father to let your let shine brightly in and through us, so that all darkness must retreat in defeat, before the holiness and righteousness of your power within each of us. We give you the glory for all of the great things that you have done, are doing and plan to do in our lives. It is in Jesus name we, pray and say thanks. Amen.

“Jesus hath many lovers of His heavenly Kingdom, but few bearers of His Cross. He hath many desirous of consolation, but few of tribulation. Many love Jesus so long as no adversities befall them.” — Thomas à Kempis

It is no surprise that for many Believers, it appears that the storms of life just doesn’t seem to end. It often feels like after one storm cloud leaves, another one can be seen in the horizon. We search the scriptures, fall on our knees in dedicated prayer, run to the church alter, the pastor, Christian books, etc., to try and understand, why these storms keep coming.

We can’t understand why a loving and caring God, would continue to allow such things to fall upon His Children. We reason that it makes more sense to us, that troubles should be the main course of those who refuse God’s love and redemption, not for us who are trying to live for Him. It just doesn’t seem fair. We have given up so many things and endured so much ridicule from so-called friends, family and others, for desiring to live a life for Christ. Only to be faced with trials and circumstances in our lives, just like everyone else. And we cry out; “Why me Lord”!!!

The hope and encouragement that I have found and can offer those who can relate to feeling this way from time to time is that God knows everything that we are going through. And if God knows, He has a purpose and a plan for every trial and every storm that He allows us to endure. Notice that I said, “endure”. Because God equips us to be able to stand through it all. When we become weak in our own strength to stand, that is when God steps in with His Spirit to lift us up and empowers us to go on. In fact, like the poem, Footprints, He even carries us through the hardest times we faced or will face.

2 Corinthians 4: 18 NLT 18 So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.

The key to endure these valleys in our lives is to “fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen”. Yes, the invisible God, the Mighty One, the All Powerful and ever Present God, who declared that He will never leave us nor forsake us.

This my brothers and sisters, we can assuredly stand on, no matter how hard the winds may blow or how tough the tasks may be.

Finally, the difference between our trials and those of the world is in what God has purposed for our lives.

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​​I will say, ‘This is My people’; 

​​And each one will say, ‘The LORD is my God.’ ” 

Yes, even though the trials may come, The Lord Is My God! And I am His!!

May you walk in His Blessings today and know that He is with you.

Worry Doesn’t Provide Answers…Only Prayer Will

“Worry is most often a prideful way of thinking that you have more control over life and its circumstances than you actually do.” ― June Hunt

Philippians 4:4-9 NLT 4 Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice! 5 Let everyone see that you are considerate in all you do. Remember, the Lord is coming soon. 6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. 8 And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. 9 Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you.

What we actually have control over is how we think about the circumstances that we face. Its only at the time that we come to realize that God has the power and control to do what He said He will do, that we can humble ourselves and surrender our thoughts, feelings, and control, over to God.

I wouldn’t be sharing this if it was easy or if I had mastered it. No, this is to share with you, how subtle the enemy can be in whispering to us that if we just work harder, pray harder, yell more or plead, beg and cry more, we can fix our situations.

The truth is, if we just rejoice at all times, because we know that God is in control of our lives, both spiritually and if we allow Him, mentally and physically, then the matter will work out in our favor, in due time. But we are impatient and in need to be in control. Somehow, as strange as it may seem, we find some type of comfort in worrying about almost everything. Even though we have heard the sermons, read the Word, listened to many lyrics of songs, that tell us over and over, that God is in control and will not fail His Children.
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Our peace in this world will come from no other place than from resting, trusting and rejoicing in the arms of Christ. For if it truly was in our control, would we still be worrying?

May God show you that you can cease from worrying when you cease believing that you are in control. What we have is CHOICE. And I believe CHOICE is more powerful than Control. But I will leave that for another time and discussion.

God bless.

 

It’s Simple…God Loves Us

“The knowledge of Christ’s love for us should cause us to love Him in such a way that it is demonstrated in our attitude, conduct, and commitment to serve God. Spiritual maturity is marked by spiritual knowledge being put into action.” — Edward Bedore

Colossians 2:2-3 NIV  2 My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

This is a no-brainer as they say. I know I sound like a broken record, but I can’t get past the simplicity of Christianity.

God loves us.

He wants us to love Him.

God showed His love for us by giving His Son to pay the cost for OUR sins.

He wants us to trust Him with our lives by believing, accepting and receiving His gift of sacrifice and love in Jesus.
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He wants us to turn away from our sinful thinking and living and allow His love to flow through us to touch, provide hope and heal the pains of others.

He wants us to worship Him only.

I’ve found that absolutely everything else in the Christian belief comes down to this.

If we can’t grasp the simplicity and power behind God’s love for us, then we will continue to struggle and exhaust our lives. Never truly growing in spiritual maturity to really come to know the depth and vastness of our loving Creator.  And all that He has made available to us in His Kingdom.

I pray that we come to know His love more each day and in return, love Him more each day.

God bless.

Don’t Let Your Discontent, Block Your View of Christ.

“We can’t see the future…but can you see God?” – Bambi Jenkins

James 4:13-15 NKJV Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; 14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.” 

When we are so focused on what’s going to happen next or actually, what we want next, it is almost automatic that we lose sight of Christ. And when we lose sight of Christ, we become afraid, we start to doubt, we lose direction and even forget who we are and/or who we belong to. The next step is in becoming our own god. What I mean by this is, we start operating in our own strength, thinking and efforts.

If we don’t get it into our hearts to be grateful, thankful and content in ALL that God has already done and provided for us, we will struggle in walking and living in victory. Our peace will be fleeting at best, and we will easily be chasing after the next big or great lie that comes across our path, only to find ourselves further and further away from Christ.
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Not being content is an old weapon that satan has used from the very beginning and unfortunately is still successful with today.

Hebrews 13:5 NIV Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”

Oh when we really understand what it means to know that the Creator of All, will never leave us nor forsake us, we will have true Victory over our own fears and doubts and be able to rest in the Lord and be free.

How Strong Is Your Foundation?

“We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking only to learn that it is God shaking them.” — Charles West

Luke 6:46-49 NLT 46 “So why do you keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord!’ when you don’t do what I say? 47 I will show you what it’s like when someone comes to me, listens to my teaching, and then follows it. 48 It is like a person building a house who digs deep and lays the foundation on solid rock. When the floodwaters rise and break against that house, it stands firm because it is well built. 49 But anyone who hears and doesn’t obey is like a person who builds a house without a foundation. When the floods sweep down against that house, it will collapse into a heap of ruins.”

If you find that your foundation is shaking, in my humble opinion, its not as important as who is shaking it, than what we have built your foundation on.

Jesus is the Solid Rock, on which we should have our foundation built upon. He does not move or change by any storms, circumstances or trials that come our way. However, anything and everything else will. When God shakes our foundation, its because our foundation is weak, built upon something else, other than Jesus. And its because God loves us, that He does not want to leave us in deception that our foundation is strong, when its not.

I Corinthians 3:11 NLT For no one can lay any foundation other than the one we already have—Jesus Christ.

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When we can come to understand that God truly loves us and when we surrender our lives to Christ, He will keep His Word to make us ready for eternity with Him.

Its all in our perspective of who God is and who we are in Him.

Thank you Father for shaking our weak and destructive foundations so that you can rebuild our lives on the right foundation…Jesus. Thank you for not leaving us in our sinful state. Even though it may hurt, please continue to remove ALL spots and wrinkles in our lives, so that we can be made right to spend eternity in your wonderful presence. We love you Father and praise you for Jesus, your Spirit and your love. It is in Jesus name I pray, Amen.

 

“Well Done” or ” I Never Knew You”…Which Do You Want To Hear?

“Love is an action, not a feeling. Love is a choice. In fact, love is a commandment.” —Mack Timberlake

Matthew 7:23 NIV Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’

Luke 19:17 NLT “‘Well done!’ the king exclaimed. ‘You are a good servant. You have been faithful with the little I entrusted to you, so you will be governor of ten cities as your reward.’

So, which would you rather hear Jesus say to you? “I never knew you.” or ” Well Done!” ? Which response is your life directing you to possibly hear?

I hope your answer would be the obvious…”Well Done!”.

I believe the difference in which response we could get from Christ is based on our willingness to surrender ourselves to the Will of God and begin living our lives in and through His Love.
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To be honest, the bar has been set. The goal already established. If we have not love, we have nothing, we are nothing. (1 Corinthians 13). For no matter which way you want to look at it, God is love. And if you don’t have love, well, can you truly say you know God or belong to Him?

I’m not talking about that “love” we learned from the world. You know, that love that changes at every new and exciting thing that passes our eyes or thoughts. Or that love we believe we can either buy, steal, manipulate, lie or cheat our way to.

No, I’m talking about that love that is born from a committed, intentional relationship with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. The love that is freely given by God, where all we have to do is accept it and allow it to flow in and through us to others.

Maybe you haven’t thought about what Christ will say to you when you meet Him face to face. My constant prayer is that when I see Him, He knows me as His own. What about you?

May you be encouraged and challenged to live to hear Him say, “Well Done!”.

God Said So

“Faith is acting like it is so, even when its not so, in order that it might be so, just cause God says so.” – Dr. Tony Evans 

Ephesians 3:16-17 NIV I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. 

Be encouraged. Stay encouraged. Everything that you will need today has been provided. Rejoice through it all; your sins have been forgiven, you have been redeemed and made joint-heirs in the Kingdom of God.  Your enemies may try to derail you, but you have numerous resources of help and protection at your call.  The great thing is, even when you fail to call, they are poised around you to protect you and delivery you from the hands of the enemy. 

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No need to worry today. No need to fret.  Just walk in the victory that has been won for you. Proclaim the goodness and glory of Our Lord. For He is good and He is with us, even if we cannot see or think so.  Its because God has said so! 

God bless.

Let Us Worship Him

Worship was never meant to be an event. It was meant to be a lifestyle.” – Dr. Tony Evans

John 4:23-24 NLT 23 But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way. 24 For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.”

In the life of Believers, worship should be an on-going part of our lives. Something not just reserved for Sunday mornings. I must admit that I love gathering with other Believers and “worshipping” our Lord and Savior. But that is not where it should only occur nor can that be where worship stops.

Now the word “worship” can either be used as a noun or as a verb. It is its use as a verb that I am sharing about today.

On the site, Dictionary.com, “worship” as a verb is defined as: to feel an adoring reverence or regard for. In thinking about this definition, its hard to confine worshipping God to one day or even one moment in time. For if I do revere God and adore Him, or in other words, love Him, then worshipping Him is/should be on-going, at all times, in all situations and thru all circumstances.

I wonder what would happen if we/Believers, didn’t wait for Sunday mornings or the church building, to worship God? I wonder what the Spirit of God would do, not only in our lives, but in the lives of those around us, when they see us worshipping Almighty God, everywhere, anytime, at any place?
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No, “worshipping in spirit and truth”, begins with first having a humble and repented heart. Understanding that all that we are, all that we have and who we will become, is because of Christ. Second, it is having a spirit of gratefulness and thankfulness. Again, if it wasn’t for Christ, we wouldn’t have a right relationship with God. Lastly, at least for this discussion, is to have a heart of love for God. Not that love that exists only when we feel or believe He is giving us all that we want or desire, but the selfless love that surrenders all that we have and are to His Will for our lives.

My prayer is that we truly learn to worship God, in spirit and in truth. I can’t help but think how important it may be to those who are struggling in this life, to see the true Church of Christ, stand up and be the vessels of His light to this world.

Have a wonderful time in worship today and everyday.

God Bless

See Yourself As Victorious

“I believe in God like I believe in the sun rise. Not because I can see it, but because I can see all that it touches.” — C. S. Lewis 

2 Chronicles 20:20 NLT Early the next morning the army of Judah went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. On the way Jehoshaphat stopped and said, “Listen to me, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be able to stand firm. Believe in his prophets, and you will succeed.” 

It was a constant theme in the Old Testament, that for the people of God to be successful, they would have to be reminded to believe and put their trust in their God. The One and Only God, that had proven to them, time and time again, that He had their back. Every time that they went to battle believing and trusting in God, He made them victorious. When they did not seek God’s direction or lost their faith, they were defeated.

This concept has not changed for us today. We can run around in fear, hopelessness and defeat, worrying about every news report that is broadcast, or we can walk in confidence, assurance and hope, that the God we serve, the God that never fails, will give us the victory in all that we face today.

War, diseases, poverty, heartache, storms, trials, and all manner of evils in this world are real. We unfortunately have to live in the midst of this. However, for those who BELIEVE in a Savior, in a God who’s Word is power, strength and true, we have the ability to be victorious through everything that may come our way.
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For what is the purpose of Believers, of the Church, if it is not for us to stand in Faith and God- given Power to be victorious over the enemies of the Kingdom of God and to be a beacon of Hope in Christ, to a world, slipping into darkness by the minute?

I know life brings with it some very scary things. But Christ brings with Him, the power, the hope and love, that can chase those scary things, back to the hell from where they come.

If we Believe that we are Victorious, then we will See ourselves as Victorious, and then Walk as Victors, not victims.