Perfect Unity

 While reading in Colossians 3 this morning, Paul stressed the need for followers of Christ Jesus to pray one for another so we all remain strong in the Spirit, and with so much going on in our world today, we must purpose within ourselves to lift up the fallen, to encourage the weak, and to share God's Word in Love so our journey is successful, while helping others to stay strong as well.

Jesus commissioned His followers to spread His Word in Love while being His examples on this earth. Being followers of Jesus requires us to purposely adorn our minds each new day with compassion, with kindness, with humility, with gentleness, and determined patience; to determine within ourselves to forgive one another quickly as He has forgiven us, and above all these virtues, to put on Love; which is the key to binding all the other virtues together in Perfect Unity as noted in Colossians 3:12-15.

Perfect unity binds us together in Christ Jesus with love that goes above and beyond to care one for one another so we all remain strong in the faith. Hurting, oppressed, bound, and lost people are looking for a way of Hope that is ours in Christ Jesus; but because we don't walk the walk to match up with the talk we share from the Word, they become disappointed in our outward portrayal of the life we live before them.

So as true followers, we must be prepared at all times; constant in season and out, to give account of that blessed Hope we have obtained, having been changed from our former sinful life by Jesus' atoning blood into a brand new life of freedom. We become living testimonies of God's Amazing Grace, not only by the words we speak but by the life we live before others who may never pick up a Bible but will watch the lives of so called Christians to see if we really can walk the walk we so readily talk about.

As we share Jesus with our words and deeds, let it be in a manner that others will want the same hope that lies within us, knowing there is no greater joy than a life redeemed by our witness of Christ Jesus, and to God be all glory, honor, and praise! Even the angels in Heaven rejoice over just one sinner being saved! So let's determine to make this day the best it can be as we glorify Jesus with loving kindness shown to others along our way. Let's make this a wonderfully blessed day, simply because God loves you and so do I~~~

His Great Love

 "But because of His Great Love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions; it is by grace you have been saved; and God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the Heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages He might show the incomparable riches of His grace, expressed in His kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For it is by grace you have been saved through faith-- and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." Ephesians 2:4-10.

What manner of Love is this--what Grace He has shown to allow His only begotten Son to die in our place upon that cruel cross. Such love is beyond our human ability to comprehend and yet His love is never ending and holds no restrictions. What assurance to know that the God of all creation loves us with a love so unconditional that nothing can ever separate us from His love as declared in Romans 8:38-39, " For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

As you go about your day, I pray you feel His Love saturating every part of your being so you enjoy a wonderfully loved and blissful day; simply because God loves you and so do I~~~

Never Give Up

 My thought to you today is "Never Give Up". "Weeping may endure for the night, but Joy comes in the morning"(Psalm 30:5). Whether you are faced with personal or physical challenges or facing those “mountains” seeming impossible to climb; the God you serve is "able to do EXCEEDING ABUNDANTLY ABOVE all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us”(Ephesians 3:20); and as He declares in Jeremiah 32:27, "I am the Lord, the God of all mankind; Is there anything too hard for me?" and as Jesus declared to them in Matthew 19:26 “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

We have His promised Word to declare so 'Never ever give up' but keep holding on to Him and His Word; "being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus"(Philippians 1:6). Doesn't matter what comes our way, whether good or bad, He is forever with us; throughout His Word promising to never leave nor forsake us; waiting to gather us into His loving arms; to dust off our hurts and failures, to love on us, and to guide us along our way,

We just have to take time to acknowledge Him and let Him be part of our daily life as instructed in Proverbs 3:5-6. Don't get so busy in your daily life that you leave God out. Talk with Him steadily as you go about your day; include Him in everything you do; keep trusting God and hold firmly to His declared promises and He will bring you through every situation you encounter.

We just need to be persistent and steadfast in making Him part of everything we do; and we will enjoy a blessed life, dear friends; God loves you and so do I~~~

New Beginnings

 "I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength, But sometimes I wonder what He can do for me; No great success to show, No glory of my own; yet in my weakness He is there to let me know: His strength is perfect when our strength is gone; He'll carry us when we can't carry on; Raised in His power the weak becomes strong; His strength is perfect, His strength is perfect."

"We can only know the power that He holds; When we truly see how deep our weakness goes. His strength it must begin, When ours comes to an end; He hears our humble cry and proves again. His strength is perfect when our strength is gone; He'll carry us when we can't carry on; Raised in His power the weak become strong, His strength is perfect, His strength is perfect!"

I feel the words to this song are needed not only for myself but for someone reading this today, so I pray you will also take them to heart and know that n our own strength we can't do all that is needed; but through Christ and Him alone we find the strength to do ALL those difficult things in our life (Philippians 4:13).

Just as Solomon describes the life seasons in Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, we can all agree that each season of life is in God's supreme control, and just as each season has its appropriate time to shine forth, our lives also contain seasons of joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain, harmony and struggle, and life and death. Nothing stays the same, and we must learn to adjust to the ebb and flow of God’s designs. Some seasons are almost unbearable to the point we do not understand what God is doing; but it's In those times, we learn to humbly submit to the Lord's plans and trust that He is working all things out for our good and His perfect plan.

As Spring is just around the corner and times for new beginnings is at hand. Excitement builds as we eagerly await the budding forth of a fresh new season inspiring Hope for brighter days ahead. Just something about Spring that wakes us from the dead of winter into God's glorious new beginnings of new days and new life ahead.

God is always looking for ways to bring about new beginnings to all who will awaken from their deadly past and hear His Word to obtain better days ahead as noted in Isaiah 43:19, "See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; Do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland."

We have to become aware of the need for changes and understand that it's all in God's master plan as we wait expectantly and begin to sense His work at hand.

Learning to acknowledge the Lord very early in our morning times allow us the privilege of walking beside Him through every season in our life. When you walk with a friend you learn to share the good and the bad, the happy and the sad times, and there is no closer friend we will come to know than the gift our precious Lord Jesus sent in Holy Spirit to reside within and talk with us throughout each season of our life.

We can Trust Him to work the work needed in our lives today as His Strength empowers us along our way. Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and The Life (John 14:6) and just as God reminded Zerubbabel in Zechariah 4:6, It's Not by our might, nor by our power, but by the Spirit of the Lord, that all things are accomplished.; Praise the Lord! Let's allow Him to do what is needed in our life today. I pray you enjoy a wonderfully blessed today, knowing that God loves you and so do I~

WHAT MANNER OF LOVE IS THIS

 "But because of His Great Love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions; it is by grace you have been saved; and God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the Heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages He might show the incomparable riches of His grace, expressed in His kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For it is by grace you have been saved through faith-- and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." Ephesians 2:4-10.

What manner of Love is this--what Grace He has shown to allow His only begotten Son to die in our place upon that cruel cross. Such love is beyond our human ability to comprehend and yet His love is never ending and holds no restrictions. What assurance to know that the God of all creation loves us with a love so unconditional that nothing can ever separate us from His love as declared in Romans 8:38-39, " For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

As you go about your day, I pray you feel His Love saturating every part of your being so you enjoy a wonderfully loved and blissful day; simply because God loves you and so do I~~~

PERFECT UNITY

 While reading in Colossians 3 this morning, Paul stressed the need for followers of Christ Jesus to pray one for another so we all remain strong in the Spirit, and with so much going on in our world today, we must purpose within ourselves to lift up the fallen, to encourage the weak, and to share God's Word in Love so our journey is successful, while helping others to stay strong as well.

Jesus commissioned His followers to spread His Word in Love while being His examples on this earth. Being followers of Jesus requires us to purposely adorn our minds each new day with compassion, with kindness, with humility, with gentleness, and determined patience; to determine within ourselves to forgive one another quickly as He has forgiven us, and above all these virtues, to put on Love; which is the key to binding all the other virtues together in Perfect Unity as noted in Colossians 3:12-15.

Perfect unity binds us together in Christ Jesus with love that goes above and beyond to care one for one another so we all remain strong in the faith. Hurting, oppressed, bound, and lost people are looking for a way of Hope that is ours in Christ Jesus; but because we don't walk the walk to match up with the talk we share from the Word, they become disappointed in our outward portrayal of the life we live before them.

So as true followers, we must be prepared at all times; constant in season and out, to give account of that blessed Hope we have obtained, having been changed from our former sinful life by Jesus' atoning blood into a brand new life of freedom. We become living testimonies of God's Amazing Grace, not only by the words we speak but by the life we live before others who may never pick up a Bible but will watch the lives of so called Christians to see if we really can walk the walk we so readily talk about.

As we share Jesus with our words and deeds, let it be in a manner that others will want the same hope that lies within us, knowing there is no greater joy than a life redeemed by our witness of Christ Jesus, and to God be all glory, honor, and praise! Even the angels in Heaven rejoice over just one sinner being saved! So let's determine to make this day the best it can be as we glorify Jesus with loving kindness shown to others along our way. Let's make this a wonderfully blessed day, simply because God loves you and so do I~~~

Nothing Too Hard For God

 Then came the Word of the Lord unto Jeremiah saying, "Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?" (Jeremiah 32:26-27). and dear friend, I ask you today, "Is there anything too hard for our God; the Lord God of all creation; the God who created Heaven and Earth and all therein; The Lord God our Creator?" I tell you of a surety, the answer is NO.... a thousand times and beyond..... there Is Nothing Too Hard for our God!

When I Think about the Lord; How He saved me, how He raised me; How He filled me, with the Holy Ghost; How He healed me, to the uttermost; When I Think about the Lord; How He picked me up and turned me around; How He set my feet on solid ground; It makes me wanna shout; Hallelujah! Thank you Jesus; Lord, You are worthy, of all the glory, and all the honor, and all the praise!

God bless you, dear friends, as we sing forth praise unto the Lord, our God, the King of all kings and Lord of all lords, Jesus Christ our Saviour, our Redeemer, our Healer and Lord! May we sing forth His praise:

Majesty, Worship His Majesty, Unto Jesus be all glory honor and praise; Majesty, Kingdom Authority, Flow from His throne, unto His own, His anthem raise. So exalt, lift up on high the name of Jesus;

Magnify, come glorify Christ Jesus, the King; Majesty, worship His Majesty, Jesus who died, now glorified, King of all kings!

I pray the joy of the Lord fill you with His strength and bring you peace and happiness beyond measure as you go through this day. God loves you and so do I~~~