Specially For You

Here you are winding down another years end.

You are probably getting into gear with plans for the new year ahead.

Did you know that God has a plan already prepared for you specially?

His plan includes perfect timing, accomplishments, challenges and test designed just for you.

These all work together to shape and mold you into the person you were created to be.

With your own plans, you don't quite work in the occasional curve balls that you yourself, someone or something else throws at you.

These curve balls however are only curve balls to you and I

God had an already custom designed plan with curve balls included, that he made specially for you.

His plan includes everything necessary to chisel away, smooth out, and buildup, so that you may be developed into the person with a purpose for which you were created.

Jeremiah 29:11"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

God's plan for your life was specially designed for you.

Seek the Lord's direction that he may lead you according to His plan and purpose for your life.

His plan is specially designed for  you and includes; perfect timing, accomplishments, challenges and test, designed to develop the true you.



He Is An Awesome God That Loves You

I think we all have a tendency to forget who we stand before

when we worship God, when we are petitioning Him in prayer,

when we are talking to our wonderful Lord. The King of Kings and Lord of Lords, The Great I Am, The Holy One and so much more.

Yet we get star struck when we are in the presence of famous people, who are simply that; people who are well known for a job they do.

If we were to meet these people face to face we want to look and act our best.

Going to buy new attire, take a visit to the barber or beautician to get our hair fixed up nicely, have our makeup on just right, being on our best behavior.

Yet when we stand in the presence of the Lord God almighty, we don't give as much attention to ourselves, or how we present ourselves to Him,  nor do we offer the best of ourselves.

Why?

Maybe it's because as we see and experience  the many wonderful things around us,

we take them for granted.

We think they are simply things that have been and will always be, and so we don't take the time to appreciate them.

I am sure we have all been guilty of this, but some  even more than others.

We also take one another for granted, not showing our love and or appreciation for each other until someone is gone.

We often treat our own lives in  the same manner, until something devastating or drastic happens that makes us look at life differently, with a real appreciation.

It is my desire to take time to reflect and appreciate the goodness of God more in the minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years to ahead.

Let's purpose to slow down and enjoy the life that God in all of is awesome magnificence

has planned and purposed for us.

Psalm 8:4"What is mankind that  you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?"

This wonderful God cares and has you on His mind.

 

 



Please Don't Hurt Me With Your Words

Today as I sat meditating on the word of God,

I thought about how our words can have such impact on those we speak them to or about.

When positive words are spoken to or about someone.

Those positive words spoken can bring a turn-around, cheer one up,

build confidence, motivate one to greatness.

In like manner, when words of negativity are spoken,

those words can tear-down, frustrate, shatter hope, destroy a life.

Proverbs 18;21"The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit."

We hear time and time again just how true this scripture is,

when we listen to stories of bullying, and verbal abuse that goes on in individuals lives.

Words that drive some individuals to a point where they don't want the pain inflicted by the negative words of others.

 Sometimes those negative words become the victims own words,

 after they've had it embedded in their minds by others.

Words can at times cause deeper wounds than a physical injury.

Physical injury can be something that happens and hurts for a while but the pain begins to subside

and you forget all about the injury.

Harsh words can be like a piercing through the heart,

that keeps bleeding and the pain seems to have no end.

The following scripture is great food for thought and should be apart of all of our daily prayer,

Psalm 141:3"set a guard over my mouth, Lord, keep watch over the door of my lips."

We can all at times have a bit of loose lips, saying things we should not say,

to others or about others, or even about ourselves sometimes.

Let's go into the new year giving greater attention to what we let go out of our mouths.

Are we speaking things that we want to give life to?

If not, zip it.

 



Think Differently

We all at times get caught up in wrong thinking.

When people say things to us or about us that we may have never thought

about ourselves, we can get thrown into a negative mindset if we take those words to heart.

This often is the source of self-esteem issues.
The individual has taken negative words spoken to or about them to hear.

A patient gets a diagnosis from the doctor,

and begins to research the illness and out come,

they listen to what  others are saying about their experience with the illness.

Isn't it amazing how the words of others can greatly affect our thoughts?

Why is it, we often do not allow the words of A Mighty God

  have that same if not greater affect on our thinking?

This is a demonstration of the power of the tongue (words from our mouth)

Proverbs 18:21 The tongue has the power of life and death."

This is why it is so important to watch what we let come out of our mouths.

We either speak things that will help build up or tear down.
 Words spoken, good or bad, are planted into the soil of our hearts.

What seeds have you planted in another's or  your own garden? 

Proverbs 23:7 "For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he..."

 

The Angels Are Waiting

One Sunday as I sat in the pews of the church singing songs of praise to the Lord

as the choir also sang, I sat with my eyes closed and mind on the Lord to whom I sang.

I suddenly lift my head and opened my eyes, only to see the heavens opened above.

I looked in absolute amazement at what I saw, and it was beautiful.

In the distance I could see illuminating light, which I believe was the throne of God, with angels dancing and singing all around. 

There was also a great number of angels mounted on horses that encircled the whole expanse as far as I could see.

One appearing to be a commanding chief, approached a group of angels that were to my right and appeared to give commands, sending those receiving the command off in urgency.

I than heard a still small voice that said " It is the prayer of a prayer warrior, warring in the spirit that has summoned the angels for battle.

This is what happens when you pray."

James 5:16"...The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much."

It is according to our prayers, that we summon the angels to action, and the angel t1at is summoned is contingent on the prayer offered up. For it is written in Psalms 91:11"For He gives His angels charge over you,

 To keep you in all your ways."

As it was demonstrated to me here, when we are doing battle in the spirit, we summons warring angels for battle.

Ephesians 6:12"For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual host of wickedness in the heavenly places."

 

 

I Am Saying I Love You

We at times look at situations that we face as negative, and see no possibility of any thing good coming of the situation.

We examine it from all angles, talk about it to other people, stress over it, and still see no way out.

We look and wait expecting the worse, than suddenly something amazing happens.

That amazing is Jesus, who shows up and turns the situation around and than He speaks to you.

" I have been here waiting for you to talk to me about this situation. I intervened on your behalf to show you that I love you and care about everything that concerns you.

I have promised never to leave you, nor forsake you (Deut.31:6)

You may not see a way, but I am a way maker.

Don't lean to your own understanding, but trust me (Prov.3:5)

If the reason you are in this situation is due to your own mistakes, I am here to let you know where you went wrong, and bring correction so that you are able to get back on track (2Tim.3:16)

No matter how it seems to you, I want you to know that I am working on your behalf so that there will be some good that comes of this situation, if but to teach you the proper way, or to trust me. I am always looking to do things in a way that benefits you. (Rom.8:26)

Remember that I love you."



Giving Hope And Glory

As we are in the season of giving.

We each have a wonderful gift of hope to give another.

Every storm we have faced in life and gotten through, is by God's grace and mercy.

Share those testimony's with other's of your not just going, but getting through, giving another hope.

Those testimonies will also be opportunities to give glory to God, of all the wonderful things He has done in your life.

Will you GIVE?

Through New Eyes

I am sure that many of us can say we have tried many times to do the right thing. We have our minds made up and look to our will power to help us, but no matte how hard we seem to try we fail.

Romans 8:14-15" For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin.

For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I don not practice, but what I hate, that I do."

Praise God, we don't have to rely on our own will power, when we serve a SUPERNATURAL GOD who is able to do that which seems to natural man  to be impossible.

2Corinthians 5:17"Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away behold, all things have become new."

Instead of looking to will power, we can to look to God to help us with our areas of weakness.

In this world there are those who look at the life of an individual,and sees no earthly good, making it's own determination and labels that life useless to our society.

This all being based on the individuals background, appearance, mistakes, failures, education, gender, social and or economic status and so forth.

God said in Genesis 1:31 "And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was good and He approved it completely, and there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day."

God looks at the inner man that He created, that is good, the true man hidden under all the junk, the goo that the world has covered and filled him with.  God see's the value and usefulness of all that He has created. He sees the truth that is beheld only through spiritual eyes, seeing beyond the superficial layers that the world views, and can only see.

Let us pray to see through Spiritual eyes, that we may see value and potential in one another and not just see problems.