Thursday, January 18, 2018

AN ADDED BONUS

That's my parting gift to you. Peace. I don't leave you the way you're used to being left. . . So don't be upset.
John 14:27

Most  people live with Chaos and conflict in their lives: outside conflict with other people and situations, and inside conflict between different opinions and ideas in their own heads.
Jesus want to gives you peace. When you received His love, His peace is an added bonus. When you embrace His friendship. You'll be able to set Him, like the sun, in the center of your personal solar system. Then all of the chaotic struggles and conflict tend to quite down. All of the questions untangle themselves. All of the things you care about line up and revolves around Jesus. Like planets  pulled into the orbit of his Grace. And He will give you peace.
Peace always.
>GOD

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

You can be like Jesus

Far from the beginning God decided that those who came to him. . . should become like His Son, so that His Son would be the first with many brothers.
Romans 8:29

Who do you look like in your family? Your brother, your mother, your sister, your dad? Did you know that when you are adopted as a child into My spiritual family, you resemble your big brother Jesus? Not physical, of course, but every day your heart, your thoughts, and your action remind Me of Him. And the longer you're around Him, the more you act like Him. I want you to care about hurting people with broken heart and those who are weaker than yourself...just like He did  Believe Me, I know it's hard. His goodness is impossible to imitate in your own.
But when I fill you with My Holy Spirit, you Will have the power to live and love like Jesus. Your life is a part of God grand design. In biblical time the glory of God's people was in His Presence. You, too, are
glorified because the fullness of God now dwells within you, and you will one day be with Him. (Col 1:7; 2: 9). He invite you to join Him in working out His Will in your life, conforming you His image. (Philippians 2:12).

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

INVEST IN STRONG FRIENDSHIP

Be iron sharpens iron so one man sharpens another.
Proverb 27:17

Some friends dull the edge of who you are just by hanging around you. They are time-waster and procrastinator. Their thought are negative, their goal are shallow and their idea are weak.
   Other friends Sharpens you and bring your life into focus. They know what matters and what life is all about. They're not afraid to take stand in spiritual issue-- issue that count. You become a better person just by being around them. Their strength sharpens your character, and as you become stronger your strength sharpen theirs.
   Invest your time, energy and friendship first kind of friend. You won't regret it. And He reveal it He is your helper. He will lead the right path.
Your Best Friend,
GOD

Monday, January 15, 2018

His will is sweet

The Lord showed him a tree. when he cast it into the waters, the water were made sweet.
Exodus 15:25

Joy and sorrow are often close companions. Just as the Israelites went from the thrill of victory at the Red Sea to the bitter water of Marah just 3 day's later (Exodus 15:22-23). Our rejoicing can quickly turn anguish.
  At Marah, the Lord told Moses to throw a tree into the water, which made it "sweet" and drinkable (v25). Another "tree," when "cast into" the bitter circumstances of our lives, can make them sweet. It is the cross of Jesus (1Peter2:24). Our outlook will be transformed as we contemplate His sacrificial death and His submission to the will of God (Luke 22:42).
  Our pain may come from the ill-will of other, or worse from their neglect. Nevertheless, our Lord has permitted it. We nay not understand why, yet it is the will of our Father and friend whose wisdom and love are infinite.
  When we say yes to God, His Spirit reveals His will to us through His word, the bitter circumstances of our lives can become sweet. We must not grumble against what the Lord permits. Instead, we are to take up our cross daily and follow Him. (Luke 9: 23).

Sunday, January 14, 2018

The sunrise travelers

The children of Israel...journeyed from... The wilderness... Toward the sunrising.
Number 21:10-11 KJV

When Moses led the children of Israel out of Egypt, the people immediately experience great joy upon being delivered from bondage. However, as they travel through the wilderness toward the promised land, fear of the unknown would often take hold of their hearts. The following excerpt by Louise Haskins,  taken from Travelling Toward Sunrise, captures the essence of how all of us press on into unknown territory by simply trusting God:
   These travelers were times valiant great heart. They were journeying on the star road making their way through an inspiring land, a desert waste upheld by hope of a glorious new day, a tomorrow morning, when night with its darkness and shadows would be left behind.
Travelers whose hope were fixed on what was before and beyond; men of faith who followed the gleam loyally, right through to the cry to the very end; roads makers, presenting an unparalleled example of courage and bravery; men of vision, always looking ahead, never behind. "What an inspiring, challenging thought as we..begin our journey, traveling toward  sunrise. Let us begin by filling the air with song of rejoicing, with songs not sighs, for we are wayfarers of the infinite, traveling to the land where dawns are begotten and glory has its dwelling  place, where life begins, not ends, and where there is eternal springtime. And I said to the man  who stood at the gate of the year, 'Give me light that I may tread safely into the unknown!'
And he replied; 'Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the Hand of God; That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way.' So I went forth, and finding the Hand of God, trod gladly into the night.
And He led me toward the hills and the breaking of the day in the lone East."'
As you read this, you may be facing tremendous opportunities or overwhelming difficulties. In either case, put your hand into God's hand and walk with Him. Let Him give you comfort and wisdom as you move toward your promised land.

Golden Gods

You shall have no other gods before Me.
Exodus 20:3

God had seized the attention of Pharaoh and the Egyptians with a series of plagues. We must read again 12:29-36. Now they were dying to be rid of their Hebrew slaves. But God didn't want the Israelites to leave Egypt empty handed. After all. They had 400 years of wages due them. So they asked their former masters for articles of silver, gold and clothing, and they got them. Exodus 12:36 says that the Israelites "plunders the Egyptians"
   It wasn't long, however, until God's people fell into idolatry. They used their gold to make a golden  calf. Which they worshiped while Moses was on Mount  Sinai receiving the law (32:1-4).
  Thus tragic  experience highlights  the tension that Christians are required to maintain in relation to their possessions. There us much in our society that we may enjoy, but material things can also pose grave dangers when we use them unwisely. It say. ..that we are "free to utilize" but "forbidden to idolize." We are strangers and Pilgrims on the earth" (Hebrew 11: 13). And we must not become so enamored with "the treasure in Egypt" (verse 26). That we grow complacent and forget our true calling. 
  Are we using our material blessing to serve the Lord or have we become slaves to them?

Saturday, January 13, 2018

Just do it

The wicked flee when no one is pursuing, But the righteous are bold as a lion.
Proverbs 28:1

There is no reason to be paranoid or even tentative about living each day with boldness. You are a righteous person who possesses the life of Jesus Christ Your success is an certain as His commitment to you. Don't worry about the outcome of your endeavors instead, be focused on moving forward through the process in the power of His indwelling Spirit. Your daily journey toward it that calls for trust in Him. The Holy Spirit it is our helper is guiding our step you cannot fail! He is your success in life. For that reason, don't be timid about Life. He is our life.. Live boldly in the confidence, then Joy of the Lord is our strength.