Many times we think we can be something without the consent of God but that is sick. We are in this world because He has given us life and because he loves us.
"for I alone know the plans I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you,not to harm you, Plans to give you hope and a future" Jeremaih 29:11.
From this verse, we learn that God has already planned out our lives, we just need to allow that by letting his will be done.
Many attimes, we try to run away from what he has planned fo us, that is why many people turn out to be broken but If we let Him have His way in ouir lifes, everything works out the way he has planned.
My sister, and brother, let God's will be done in our life as I have done.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Prayer – He will answer
We can trust God that when we pray to Him, He will answer. It may not be immediately, it may not be exactly what we want. But we can be assured that it will be for our good and according to His sovereign plan and purpose.
"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened." (Matthew 7 v 7-8).
Prayer
Thank you that you answer all my prayers and I can come before you with a full assurance to your blessing. Help me to concentrate on you will for life, as I give you free access to change me.
"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened." (Matthew 7 v 7-8).
Prayer
Thank you that you answer all my prayers and I can come before you with a full assurance to your blessing. Help me to concentrate on you will for life, as I give you free access to change me.
Love the Lord your God
God calls us to love Him with everything we have. Our lives are to be devoted to his glory. This sometimes seems so far above us that it is impossible. But God has given us his Spirit to help us and his grace to motivate us on. Lets use the faith we’ve received to press forward into an even deeper relationship and satisfaction in him.
"Jesus said to him " You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind." This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: "You shall love your neighbour as yourself."" (Matthew 22 v 37-39)
Prayer
Thank you for your grace that causes me to love you more and more. Help me to love you with all my heart, soul and mind. No matter what circumstances I face and help me to show that love to others.
"Jesus said to him " You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind." This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: "You shall love your neighbour as yourself."" (Matthew 22 v 37-39)
Prayer
Thank you for your grace that causes me to love you more and more. Help me to love you with all my heart, soul and mind. No matter what circumstances I face and help me to show that love to others.
Trust in the Lord
God wants his people to trust him with their whole hearts. It is hard to do this as we have all trusted friends and family and have been let down by them. But we must not let this stop us, He is reaching out and calling us to come to Him. He will provide the grace and keep us, as we start to take the first steps.
" Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will direct your paths." (Proverbs 3 v 5-6)
Prayer
Thank you Lord, that you are wholly true, help us to trust the truth of that fact. Help us to put ALL our hope and future in your hands, and trust you for it. Thank you for you grace that constantly works in us to make us more like you.
" Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will direct your paths." (Proverbs 3 v 5-6)
Prayer
Thank you Lord, that you are wholly true, help us to trust the truth of that fact. Help us to put ALL our hope and future in your hands, and trust you for it. Thank you for you grace that constantly works in us to make us more like you.
God works for our good
In all things in life God is working for the good of those he has chosen and have accepted Him. We can have confidence that whatever troubles and problems beset us, he is with us in them and he is working them for our good.
" And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose." (Romans 8 v 28)
"Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." (Psalm 23 v 6)
Prayer
Thank you Lord, that you are working everything out in my life for good. Sometimes It does not feel like it or seem like it. But that is the truth. Help me to see you in all circumstances and to trust you increasingly in my life. Let the overflow of this trust be seen by all who come in contact with me.
" And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose." (Romans 8 v 28)
"Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." (Psalm 23 v 6)
Prayer
Thank you Lord, that you are working everything out in my life for good. Sometimes It does not feel like it or seem like it. But that is the truth. Help me to see you in all circumstances and to trust you increasingly in my life. Let the overflow of this trust be seen by all who come in contact with me.
God saved us by his grace
Salvation is by the free grace of God, we cannot merit it by our works, and we cannot achieve it by our good deeds. It is a free gift, all we can do is wonder in amazement at its benevolence and receive it.
" For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is a gift of God" (Ephesians 2 v 8)
"For if by one man offence (Adam’s sin) death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ." (Romans 5 v 17)
Prayer
Thank you Lord, that you have given to me salvation by your free gift of grace. I receive it by faith and will trust you to keep me in the protection of that grace. Help me to share with others the wonderful gift you have given, knowing there is no way I can ever repay it. Thank you Lord with all my heart.
" For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is a gift of God" (Ephesians 2 v 8)
"For if by one man offence (Adam’s sin) death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ." (Romans 5 v 17)
Prayer
Thank you Lord, that you have given to me salvation by your free gift of grace. I receive it by faith and will trust you to keep me in the protection of that grace. Help me to share with others the wonderful gift you have given, knowing there is no way I can ever repay it. Thank you Lord with all my heart.
God Chose us
God in his eternal plan has chosen a people for himself. His choice is made evident in the Holy Spirit call to sinners and those who respond. We can take comfort in the truth that those he has chosen, he has called and that those he has called he will sanctify.
" But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, bretheren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth." ( 2 Thessalonians 2 v 13).
"who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus
Thank you Lord, that you have chosen me to be set apart for your purposes. Thank you, that this places me within your plans and purposes and that now there are now no unimportant days in my life. Give me the grace to show you purposes for my life to all those around me.
" But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, bretheren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth." ( 2 Thessalonians 2 v 13).
"who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus
Thank you Lord, that you have chosen me to be set apart for your purposes. Thank you, that this places me within your plans and purposes and that now there are now no unimportant days in my life. Give me the grace to show you purposes for my life to all those around me.
God is Love
It is an amazing fact, that the God of all glory and majesty, should love us. But he does and he showed us this love by giving his own son to die in our place.
" But God demonstrates His own love towards us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." ( Romans 5 v 8).
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not parish but have everlasting life" (John 3 v 16)
"In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His son to be the propitiation for our sins" (1 John 4 v 10)
Prayer
Thank you Lord, that you showed your vast and endless love towards by sending your son to die in my place. Help me to be vessel of this love to those around, so they to can feel and know your great love towards them.
" But God demonstrates His own love towards us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." ( Romans 5 v 8).
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not parish but have everlasting life" (John 3 v 16)
"In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His son to be the propitiation for our sins" (1 John 4 v 10)
Prayer
Thank you Lord, that you showed your vast and endless love towards by sending your son to die in my place. Help me to be vessel of this love to those around, so they to can feel and know your great love towards them.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Surrender
One thing I usually remind myself is that The God I serve is a great God and all I can do for Him is to give Him all that I am. I simply surrender all to God. Sometimes, it seems hard to give all yourself to God, but it is worth it.
"My life, I give it to you, O Lord, because You alone are God. I desire to serve you each day as it comes, lead me in to your will." which is always my prayer.
What is your prayer to today?
"My life, I give it to you, O Lord, because You alone are God. I desire to serve you each day as it comes, lead me in to your will." which is always my prayer.
What is your prayer to today?
Faith is all we need!!
To get our miracles, we should persit for God to move.
Matthew 9:18-26(A dead Girl and a Sick Woman)
As Jesus was going to the ruler's house to see the dead girl, a woman who had been bleeding for twelve years touched his cloak. Because of her faith she said,"If I can only touch his cloak, I will be healed". When Jesus, got to the ruler's house, he said the little girl was only sleeping.
From this passage, I learn that faith is all we need for God to reveal himself to us. We might be sick spiritually or physically,name it but only if we put all our faith in God, He'll make a way where seems to be no way.The faith of the sick woman healed her, we too should have this much faith to get healed, for God to appear in our present situations.
Our circumstances may seem dead to us, but God sees it differently. We need faith in every area of our life, in our studies, in our homes, at school, in our friends' lives...every area.
Faith is hoping for something unseen. We should the faith that moves a mountain, many of us may think this can not be but remember we serve a big God, Who created Heaven and Earth.With Him, all is possible.
When I was young, back then it the 90's, life at home was not the best.My mum was a prayerfull woman who would wake us up at 5am to pray. Life became more hard for us when our Dad left, for her,it was devastating. I grew up watching my mum struggling to pay the house bills, the water bills,electricity bills, our school fees, to buy food....it was too much for her. We were seven of us and she was only a tailor who did not get lots of customers but She trusted and had faith in God. After a long time, God finally answered her prayer because she chose to persit. As I write this, God has raised us from the dust to His kingdom.
This is an encouragement to all of us, you and me...to have faith in God because He is God!!
Faith will take us far above the sky....
Let us have faith in our Father.
Matthew 9:18-26(A dead Girl and a Sick Woman)
As Jesus was going to the ruler's house to see the dead girl, a woman who had been bleeding for twelve years touched his cloak. Because of her faith she said,"If I can only touch his cloak, I will be healed". When Jesus, got to the ruler's house, he said the little girl was only sleeping.
From this passage, I learn that faith is all we need for God to reveal himself to us. We might be sick spiritually or physically,name it but only if we put all our faith in God, He'll make a way where seems to be no way.The faith of the sick woman healed her, we too should have this much faith to get healed, for God to appear in our present situations.
Our circumstances may seem dead to us, but God sees it differently. We need faith in every area of our life, in our studies, in our homes, at school, in our friends' lives...every area.
Faith is hoping for something unseen. We should the faith that moves a mountain, many of us may think this can not be but remember we serve a big God, Who created Heaven and Earth.With Him, all is possible.
When I was young, back then it the 90's, life at home was not the best.My mum was a prayerfull woman who would wake us up at 5am to pray. Life became more hard for us when our Dad left, for her,it was devastating. I grew up watching my mum struggling to pay the house bills, the water bills,electricity bills, our school fees, to buy food....it was too much for her. We were seven of us and she was only a tailor who did not get lots of customers but She trusted and had faith in God. After a long time, God finally answered her prayer because she chose to persit. As I write this, God has raised us from the dust to His kingdom.
This is an encouragement to all of us, you and me...to have faith in God because He is God!!
Faith will take us far above the sky....
Let us have faith in our Father.
Hope in the LORD....
Some times it may seem like the journey has come to the end,but that is not always right. The journey still continues but only those who have the guts to go on will always end up reaching their final destiny.
My brother and sister, I urge you to continue with your journey, do not stop on the way, do not grow weary,and do not faint because you have a destiny to reach.
" But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength,they will soar on wings like eagles;they will run and not not grow weary,they will walk and not faint." Isaiah 40:31
Our hope should be in God,(Psalms 39:7),not man.In our various life experiences,we are on a journey that is destined to come to an end but all we need is hope in the Lord that we shall make it till the end.
My friends, I am also on a journey, one that involves both ups and downs,but I have chosen to trust in God and hope in Him. I believe I'll make it. Do it with me.
Let us hope in the Lord,
He's our HOPE!!!
My brother and sister, I urge you to continue with your journey, do not stop on the way, do not grow weary,and do not faint because you have a destiny to reach.
" But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength,they will soar on wings like eagles;they will run and not not grow weary,they will walk and not faint." Isaiah 40:31
Our hope should be in God,(Psalms 39:7),not man.In our various life experiences,we are on a journey that is destined to come to an end but all we need is hope in the Lord that we shall make it till the end.
My friends, I am also on a journey, one that involves both ups and downs,but I have chosen to trust in God and hope in Him. I believe I'll make it. Do it with me.
Let us hope in the Lord,
He's our HOPE!!!
Hope in the LORD....
Some times it may seem like the journeyhas come to the end,but that is not always right. The journey still continues but only those who have the guts to go on will always end up reaching their final destiny.
My brother and sister, I urge you to continue with your journry, do not stop on the way, do not grow weary,and do not faint because you have a destiny to reach.
" But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength,they will soar on wings like eagles;they will run and not not grow weary,they will walk and not faint." Isaiah 40:31
Our hope should be in God,(Psalms 39:7),not man.In our various life experiences,we are on a journey that is destined to come to an end but all we need is hope in the Lord that we shall make it till the end.
My friends, I am also on a journey, one that involves both ups and downs,but I have chosen to trust in God and hope in Him. I believe I'll make it. Do it with me.
Let us hope in the Lord,
He's our HOPE!!!
My brother and sister, I urge you to continue with your journry, do not stop on the way, do not grow weary,and do not faint because you have a destiny to reach.
" But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength,they will soar on wings like eagles;they will run and not not grow weary,they will walk and not faint." Isaiah 40:31
Our hope should be in God,(Psalms 39:7),not man.In our various life experiences,we are on a journey that is destined to come to an end but all we need is hope in the Lord that we shall make it till the end.
My friends, I am also on a journey, one that involves both ups and downs,but I have chosen to trust in God and hope in Him. I believe I'll make it. Do it with me.
Let us hope in the Lord,
He's our HOPE!!!
Friday, July 11, 2008
What is LOVE
Love is patient. Love is kind. It does not want what belongs to others. It does not brag. It is not proud. It is not rude. It does not look out for its own interests. It does not easily become angry. It does not keep track of other people's wrongs.
Love is not happy with evil. But it is full of joy when the truth is spoken. It always protects. It always trusts. It always hopes. It never gives up.
Love never fails. But prophecy will pass away. Speaking in languages that had not been known before will end.
1 Corithians 13:4-8
Love is not happy with evil. But it is full of joy when the truth is spoken. It always protects. It always trusts. It always hopes. It never gives up.
Love never fails. But prophecy will pass away. Speaking in languages that had not been known before will end.
1 Corithians 13:4-8
God CARES!!!
Many times we go through hardships and feel as if God does not exist. We cry, we crawl for Him to deliver us but He seems to be far away from us.
I have been there myself but one thing I know for sure, God said in His word, that He'll never leave us nor forsake us, he'll always be right besides us.
I encourage you this day that whenever you are going through hardships,praise His name and he'll save you.
As Casting Crown sang...And I'll praise You through the storms, and I'll lift my arms, You are who you are,no matter where I am, and every tear I've cried,You hold in your hand,You never left my side,and though my heart is torn,I will praise You in this storm.
Let us praise in every storm we face , for He'll calm it down and stop it. God is always there when we call and above all, we are His children whom He loves and CARES for.
He cares for you.
I have been there myself but one thing I know for sure, God said in His word, that He'll never leave us nor forsake us, he'll always be right besides us.
I encourage you this day that whenever you are going through hardships,praise His name and he'll save you.
As Casting Crown sang...And I'll praise You through the storms, and I'll lift my arms, You are who you are,no matter where I am, and every tear I've cried,You hold in your hand,You never left my side,and though my heart is torn,I will praise You in this storm.
Let us praise in every storm we face , for He'll calm it down and stop it. God is always there when we call and above all, we are His children whom He loves and CARES for.
He cares for you.
God's Unfailing LOVE for you and me
It all started two thousand years ago,when we were sinners. We were going to die and be destroyed but because of God's unfailing love for you and me, He sent his only begotten son,Jesus christ to save us. There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends.(New Living Translation)
Because of God's love, we have all been made His sons and daughters and that is the best thing that could ever happened to us, we should be grateful.
In God's word, He commands us to love one other,our neighbours, enemies and even strangers.
Love your neighbour as you love yourself. This is one of the greatest commandments and we should all follow it,because if it were not for love, we would not be here today but because of this great love, we are able to open our eyes and love too.
There are so many ways we can show our love to others, by hugging them, by sharing with them our food, or anything else, by smiling and laughing with them, by giving them food, clothing, water, by playing with them, by giving them your time to listen, by just being there for them and so many other ways I have not listed. When we offer our love to various people, I am sure they totally appreciate it,although some will not come to you directly and thank you,but deep in there hearts,they just want to cry and just burst into tears to tell you how much thankful they are.
Some of you might be at the edge of giving up on love but I have good news for you.....Do not, just keeping on loving for God has a great reward for you.
God loves us so much that he has commanded us to love our brothers and sisters.
I love you.
Because of God's love, we have all been made His sons and daughters and that is the best thing that could ever happened to us, we should be grateful.
In God's word, He commands us to love one other,our neighbours, enemies and even strangers.
Love your neighbour as you love yourself. This is one of the greatest commandments and we should all follow it,because if it were not for love, we would not be here today but because of this great love, we are able to open our eyes and love too.
There are so many ways we can show our love to others, by hugging them, by sharing with them our food, or anything else, by smiling and laughing with them, by giving them food, clothing, water, by playing with them, by giving them your time to listen, by just being there for them and so many other ways I have not listed. When we offer our love to various people, I am sure they totally appreciate it,although some will not come to you directly and thank you,but deep in there hearts,they just want to cry and just burst into tears to tell you how much thankful they are.
Some of you might be at the edge of giving up on love but I have good news for you.....Do not, just keeping on loving for God has a great reward for you.
God loves us so much that he has commanded us to love our brothers and sisters.
I love you.
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