Showing posts with label God. Show all posts
Showing posts with label God. Show all posts

Saturday, November 19, 2022

Top 10 Predictions

 

top 10 predictions

Top 10 Predictions

  1. The Bible will still have all the answers.
  1. Prayer will still work.
  1. The Holy Spirit will still move.
  1. God will still inhabit the praises of His people.
  1. There will still be God-anointed preaching.
  1. There will still be singing of praise to God.
  1. God will still pour out blessings upon His people.
  1. There will still be room at the Cross
  1. Jesus will still love you.
  1. Jesus will still save the lost.

God whispers in your soul and speaks to your mind. Sometimes when you don’t have time to listen, He has to throw a brick at you. It’s your choice: Listen to the whisper, or wait for the brick.

– Author Unknown

Meditation: “Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near—at the doors! Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away”. – Matthew 24:32-35

You will succeed because Jesus loves You!

Saturday, October 15, 2022

Thank God

 Dear God,

Finally, it’s time to go home for the weekend.

I want to thank You for what you have already done.

I am not going to wait until I see results or receive rewards, I am thanking you right now.

I am not going to wait until I feel better or things look better, I am thanking you right now.

I am not going to wait until people say they are sorry or until they stop talking about me, I am thanking you right now.

I am not going to wait until the pain in my body disappears; I am thanking you right now for sound health.

I am not going to wait until my financial situation improves; I am thanking you right now for financial breakthroughs.

I am not going to wait until the children are asleep and the house is quiet, I am going to thank you right now no matter what.

I am not going to wait until I get promoted at work or until I get the job, I am thanking you right now for my promotion and lifting up.

I am not going to wait until I understand every experience in my life that has caused me pain or grief; I am thanking you right now for the strength of character that I developed during this experience.

I am not going to wait until the journey gets easier or the challenges are removed. I am thanking you right now for victories won and unseen breakthroughs.


I am thanking you because I am alive.

I am thanking you because I made it through the day’s difficulties.

I am thanking you because with your help I have walked around obstacles and triumphed over difficulties.

I am thanking you because I have the ability and the opportunity to do more and do better.

I’m thanking you because Father, You haven’t given up on me.

God is just so good and He’s good all the time.

Share this message with your friends. Fill up your heavens with praises and thanks to God.

He is worthy of our praise.

Meditation: But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. – Psalm 22:3 (KJV)

You will succeed in Jesus' Name!

Friday, September 16, 2022

10 Things God Wants You to Know in a Recession

 

10 Things God Wants You to Know in a Recession

10 Things God Wants You to Know in a Recession

  1. When there is a casting down, you will be proclaiming a lifting up. – Job 22:29
  1. Your God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. – Philippians 4:19
  1. He knows the thoughts he has towards you, they are thoughts of good and not evil, to give you an expected end. – Jeremiah 29:11
  1. You will never see the righteous forsaken, nor will you see their seed beg for bread. – Psalms 37:25
  1. Even though the young lions lack and suffer hunger, because you and your household trust in the Lord, you will not lack any good thing. – Psalms 34:10
  1. Because you trust in the Lord with all your heart, and you do not believe in what man says, the Lord your God shall direct your path. – Proverbs 3:5
  1. In these hard times, His grace will be sufficient for you, and His strength and Glory shall be made manifest in your weakness. – 2 Corinthians 12:9
  1. Because it is not of him that willeth nor runneth, but of God that showeth mercy, you will receive abundance of mercy and compassion from every angle of the earth in this period of grace. – Romans 9:16
  1. Surely, as the race is not for the swift, not the battle to the strong, as bread is not to the wise, nor riches to the men of understanding, even as favour is not exclusive to men of skill; your time and chance to excel even in these times is here. – Ecclesiastes 9:11
  1. Finally, remember the Lord thy God, for it is he that giveth thee the power, the ability and strength, to make wealth, because he wants to establish his covenant which He made long ago. – Deuteronomy 8:18

– Author Unknown

You will succeed because Jesus loves You!

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Trust Your Needs

 

trust your needs


Years ago, I had crazy spiritual beliefs. I believed that if I wanted to be a holy person, I should NOT trust my needs. Because I figured my desires are most likely from the flesh, not from the spirit.

The message I received was this: “Fear yourself. Fear your desires. Fear your selfishness. Don’t trust yourself. Instead, trust God. Trust your group. Trust your leader. Trust the system…” Oh, what a terrible thing to believe! This is the reason there is so much spiritual abuse happening in religious groups.

Priests, preachers, and pastors love to emphasize this message: “Don’t trust yourself!” Directly or indirectly, they will ask their members to simply rely on the leaders’ wisdom and decisions. Unintentionally, they produce people who are infants in their emotional and spiritual growth. Instead of freedom, religion shackles us to immaturity. God calls us to be childlike, not childish.

God Trusts You—When Will You Learn To Trust Yourself?

Instead, we need to hear a new message. What message? That you’re made in the image and likeness of God! That you’re not just good. You’re very good! So trust yourself because God trusts you. He trusts you by calling you His child. He trusts you by planting His Kingdom in you. He trusts you by dwelling within you. He trusts you by commissioning you to be His presence in the world. He trusts you to love the way He does…

Wow! Believe me, when I pray, when I read the Bible, when I listen to God’s voice in the depths of my heart, I say “Wow!” many, many times.

And one way of trusting yourself is to trust your needs. Not your sinful needs. That’s what you need to deny. But your legitimate, valid, and God-planted needs. Meet those needs. Even your need for joy.

Some people view all pleasure as bad. Their unwritten motto: “If it feels good, it must be bad.” That’s not true. I believe life was given by God to be enjoyed to the full. To be savoured with delight. So taste. Breathe. Relish. Dance. Sing. Live!

Ever wondered why some religious people are so stuck-up, they don’t allow anyone to enjoy life? When we enjoy life, we allow others to enjoy as well.

Love yourself!

— Bo Sanchez

Meditation: Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy. – 1 Timothy 6:17

You will succeed in Jesus' Name!


Friday, September 9, 2022

Conversation with God

 

confession

“Why was my burden so heavy?” I slammed the bedroom door and leaned against it. Is there no rest from this life? I wondered. I stumbled to my bed and dropped onto it, pressing my pillow around my ears to shut out the noise of my existence.

“Oh God,” I cried, “let me sleep. Let me sleep forever and never wake up!”

With a deep sob, I tried to will myself into oblivion, and then welcomed the blackness that came over me.

Light surrounded me as I regained consciousness. I focused on its source: the figure of a man standing before a cross.

“My child,” the person asked, “why did you want to come to Me before I am ready to call you?”

“Lord, I’m sorry. It’s just that… I can’t go on. You see how hard it is for me. Look at this awful burden on my back. I simply can’t carry it anymore.”

“But haven’t I told you to cast all of your burdens upon Me, because I care for you? My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.”

“I knew You would say that. But why does mine have to be so heavy?”

“My child, everyone in the world has a burden. Perhaps you would like to try a different one?”

“I can do that?”

He pointed to several burdens lying at His feet. “You may try any of these.”

All of them seemed to be of equal size. But each was labelled with a name.

“Why there’s Joan’s!” I said. Joan was married to a wealthy businessman. She lived in a sprawling estate and dressed her three daughters in the prettiest designer clothes. Sometimes she drove me to church in her Cadillac when my car was broken.

“Let me try that one.” How difficult could her burden be? I thought.

The Lord removed my burden and placed Joan’s on my shoulders. I sank to my knees beneath its weight. “Take it off!” I said. “What makes it so heavy?”

“Look inside.”

I untied the straps and opened the top. Inside was a figure of her Mother-in-law, and when I lifted it out, it began to speak.

“Joan, you’ll never be good enough for my son,” it began. “He never should have married you. You’re a terrible mother to my grandchildren…”

I quickly placed the figure back in the pack and withdrew another. It was Donna, Joan’s youngest daughter. Her head was bandaged from the surgery that had failed to resolve her epilepsy.

A third figure was Joan’s brother. Addicted to drugs, he had been convicted of killing a police officer.

“I see why her burden is so heavy, Lord. But she’s always smiling and helping others. I didn’t realize…”

“Would you like to try another?” He asked quietly.

I tested several. Paula’s felt heavy: She was raising four small boys without a father. Debra’s did too: a childhood of sexual abuse and a marriage of emotional abuse. When I came to Ruth’s burden, I didn’t even try. I knew that inside I would find arthritis, old age, a demanding full-time job, and a beloved husband in a nursing home.

“They’re all too heavy, Lord.” I said. “Give back my own.”

As I lifted the familiar load once again, it seemed much lighter than the others.

“Let’s look inside.” He said.

I turned away, holding it close. “That’s not a good idea,” I said.

“Why?”

“There’s a lot of junk in there.”

“Let Me see.”

The gentle thunder of His voice compelled me. I opened my burden.

He pulled out a brick.

“Tell me about this one.”

“Lord, You know. It’s money. I know we don’t suffer like people in some countries or even the homeless here in America. But we have no insurance, and when the kids get sick, we can’t always take them to the doctor. They’ve never been to a dentist and I’m tired of dressing them in hand-me-downs.”

“My child, I will supply all of your needs… and your children’s. I’ve given them healthy bodies. I will teach them that expensive clothing doesn’t make a person valuable in My sight.”

Then He lifted out the figure of a small boy. “And this?” He asked.

“Andrew…” I hung my head, ashamed to call my son a burden. “But, Lord, he’s hyperactive. He’s not quiet like the other two. He makes me so tired. He’s always getting hurt, and someone is bound to think I abuse him. I yell at him all the time. Someday I may really hurt him….”

“My child,” He said, “If you trust Me, I will renew your strength. If you allow Me to fill you with My Spirit, I will give you patience.”

Then He took some pebbles from my burden.

“Yes, Lord,” I said with a sigh. “Those are small. But they’re important. I hate my hair. It’s thin, and I can’t make it look nice. I can’t afford to go to the beauty shop. I’m overweight and can’t stay on a diet. I hate all my clothes. I hate the way I look!”

“My child, people look at your outward appearance, but I look at your heart. By My Spirit you can gain self-control to lose weight. But your beauty should not come from outward appearance. Instead, it should come from your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in My sight.”

My burden now seemed lighter than before.

“I guess I can handle it now.” I said.

“There is more.” He said. “Hand Me that last brick.”

“Oh, You don’t have to take that. I can handle it.”

“My child, give it to Me.” Again His voice compelled me. He reached out His hand, and for the first time I saw the ugly wound.

“But, Lord, this brick is so awful, so nasty, so…Lord! What happened to Your hands? They’re so scarred!” No longer focused on my burden, I looked for the first time into His face. In His brow were ragged scars – as though someone had pressed thorns into His flesh.

“Lord,” I whispered. “What happened to You?”

His loving eyes reached into my soul.

“My child, you know. Hand Me the brick. It belongs to Me. I bought it.”

“How?”

“With My blood.”

“But why, Lord?”

“Because I have loved you with an Everlasting Love. Give it to Me.”

I placed the filthy brick into His wounded palm. It contained all the dirt and evil of my life: my pride, my selfishness, the depression that constantly tormented me.

He turned to the cross and hurled my brick into the pool of blood at its base. It hardly made a ripple.

“Now, My child, you need to go back. I will be with you always. When you are troubled, call to Me and I will help you and show you things you cannot imagine now.”

“Yes, Lord, I will call on You.”

I reached to pick up my burden.

“You may leave that here if you wish. You see all these burdens? They are the ones that others have left at My feet. Joan’s, Paula’s, Debra’s, Ruth’s… When you leave your burden here, I carry it with you. Remember, My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

As I placed my burden with Him, the light began to fade. Yet I heard Him whisper, “I will never leave you, nor forsake you.”

A peace flooded my soul.

— Author Unknown

Meditation: “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” – Matthew 11:28-30

You will succeed in Jesus' Name!

Monday, September 5, 2022

Letter from God

letter from God
From: GOD

To: All those who believe in me

Date: Today and Everyday

Subject: Life’s problems

I am God. Today I will be handling all of your problems. Please remember that I do not need your help. If the devil happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, do not attempt to resolve it. Kindly put it in the SFJTD (something for Jesus to do) box. It will be addressed in MY TIME, not yours. Once the matter is placed into the box, do not hold on to it or remove it.

Holding on or removal will delay the resolution of your problem. If it is a situation that you think you are capable of handling, please consult me in prayer to be sure that it is the proper resolution.

Because I do not sleep nor do I slumber, there is no need for you to lose any sleep. Rest my child. If you need to contact me, I am only a prayer away.

As with all good things, please pass it on.

— Author Unknown

Meditation: casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. – 1 Peter 5:7

You will succeed in Jesus' Name!