Take up our crosses!

 My greatest pleasure in life is Jesus.  I know that Jesus is always with me.  He is my rock and my salvation.

A few years back, our family went through tumultuous times.  I remember walking out one evening and looking up and talking to GOD.

Right there and then, I realised that without a shadow of doubt, I was not alone. Jesus is always with me.  GOD is always with me and I am filled with the Holy Spirit. 

The last few years have strengthened my conviction that without Jesus we are empty barrels, wondering about on earth with zero real purpose.  Waiting to live out our empty lives and then to die.

Once we realise that Jesus is always with us, we find that we want to know Jesus more and we want to know GOD more.

This is our true purpose in life. 

We need to die to self and to start living for Jesus. 

In order to take up our crosses daily, we need to feed our faith.  That is achieved through the reading of the Word of GOD.  We need to build our relationship with GOD, that is done through prayer.  

Lastly we need to use what we know about GOD and to tell others about Jesus and to show the world daily that there is hope for all of us.  Our hope is in Jesus!

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, thank YOU that YOU are always with me.  Thank YOU for YOUR grace and favour.  Thank YOU for my family and my friends.  Thank YOU for all my blessings.  Thank YOU for a home to live in and food to eat and clothing to wear.  Thank YOU most of all for loving me and for forgiving me of my sins.  I thank YOU in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay purposefully Jesus blessed today!