All glory to GOD

 Dearest CHRIST followers  we are so blessed to serve a GOD whose arm is not too short. With our FATHER everything is possible.

We have very good reports about Kelly today. She is improving and the doctors are very satisfied with her progress.

I am so grateful to GOD for HIS mercies and grace.  All glory to GOD

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER  I thank YOU that YOU are gracious and merciful to me and my family. FATHER we ask that Kelly be healed and that this is all to YOUR glory. I humbly pray this in the Holy Name of JESUS CHRIST. Amen. 

Stay faithfully JESUS blessed today!

Glory to GOD in the highest!

 Dearest CHRIST followers, I very seldom write personally.  However, my youngest daughter Kelly has had a massive stroke.  We are praying to GOD to show HIS glory in this.

I am not sure why this has happened to Kelly, but we accept GOD has a plan and HIS plan is perfect.

I would ask that you all pray for Kelly and Jeandre, (her husband), my other daughter Nikki and her family and please keep our family in your prayers.  We are in need of a miracle from our FATHER in Heaven if this is HIS will.

Prayer;  ABBA FATHER, I humbly pray that all reading this know that whatever YOUR plan is, it is a perfect plan and that YOU are our CREATOR FATHER who loves us all.  FATHER we pray for a miracle for Kelly and we humbly ask that YOU heal her completely.

We ask this in the HOLY Name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay faithfully JESUS Blessed today!

GOD has the perfect plan

 Dearest Christ followers, we can never know the plans GOD has for us.  What we are sure about is that whomsoever calls upon the name of the LORD shall be saved.  

We need to trust GOD in everything because GOD is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow and HIS way is the only way. 

Today, let us call upon the name, JESUS CHRIST, and believe in our FATHER and HIS redemption. HE has given us life eternal through our SAVIOUR.

Prayer; ABBA FATHER, I love YOU and I thank YOU that YOU loved us so much that YOU sent JESUS to die for our sins and to give us eternal life.  I thank YOU in the HOLY name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay faithfully JESUS Blessed today!

Grow our faith through the WORD of GOD!

 Dearest CHRIST followers we need to hear the word of GOD to grow our faith.

We need to listen to GOD speaking to us.  We can "hear" from GOD by reading from the Bible daily.

Today, with media so readily available, we can listen to a sermon or a short Bible reading on our phones or tablets.

We need to be in fellowship with like-minded CHRIST followers, either in our Church or in smaller groups.

Communal prayer is also required for us to "hear" the Word.

Let us resolve today to grow our faith.  Let us read the Word, listen to the Word and pray to our FATHER in Heaven to help us to grow in our faith through listening to HIM.

Prayer: ABBA FATHER, I thank YOU for YOUR Word.  Help me to grow my faith daily and to be in YOUR Word daily.  I humbly pray this in the HOLY Name of JESUS CHRIST.   Amen.

Stay faithfully JESUS Blessed today!

Our FATHER keeps HIS promises always!

 Dearest CHRIST followers, we serve a loving merciful, gracious FATHER.  Our FATHER loves us all.  This is why HE sent HIS Son to die on the Cross for us all.  Our FATHER sent JESUS to die for everyone.  Our FATHER told Noah to build an ark and all were welcome to get on the ark. 

Our FATHER will keep HIS promises to punish those who reject HIS word and who scatter HIS flock.

We need to know that because our FATHER is just and Holy and righteous, HE cannot leave sin unpunished. 

All those who do not repent and accept JESUS as their SAVIOUR will face the righteous judgement of our FATHER.  We have only this side of the grave to decide.

Prayer: ABBA FATHER, I worship YOU and I honour YOU and I adore YOU.  Thank YOU that YOU have given us a way to spend eternity with YOU.  I thank YOU for JESUS CHRIST, my REDEEMER.  I humbly thank YOU in the HOLY Name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay thankfully JESUS Blessed today!

Holy Holy Holy LORD GOD ALMIGHTY!

 Dearest CHRIST followers in Heaven the angels sing to the LORD "Holy Holy Holy, LORD GOD ALMIGHTY" in reverance to our FATHER.

We, here on earth, should be praising our FATHER too.  Our FATHER has given us life in abundance, and HE has given us HIS SON as propitiation for our sins.

We have done nothing to earn this, and we cannot earn it by working or doing good deeds or being good people.

The only way to get to our FATHER for eternity is to accept JESUS CHRIST as our LORD and SAVIOUR.

Today, let us make a decision to worship, honour and praise our FATHER every single day.  Let us lift our eyes to the Heavens from when comes our help.  Our help comes from our FATHER and from nothing else.

Prayer: ABBA FATHER, today I say HOLY HOLY HOLY LORD GOD ALMIGHTY.  FATHER, I worship YOU.  I honour YOU.  I adore YOU.  Thank YOU for giving me life and all that I have and all that I am.  I humbly praise YOU and thank YOU in the HOLY name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay faithfully JESUS Blessed today!

Commit thy works unto the LORD

 

Dearest CHRIST followers, we need to take everything about our lives to the LORD.

Before we do anything, we need to pray to GOD and ask HIM to direct us as to what we should do.

It is then, when we have waited on the LORD for HIS direction that our thoughts shall be established.

Our dependence upon our FATHER needs to be for every aspect of our lives.  Our FATHER wants to guide our paths.  HE wants a living, loving parental role in our lives.  We are HIS children and HIS way is perfect.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I thank YOU that YOU are my FATHER.  I thank YOU that I can take everything to YOU in prayer.  FATHER guide my thoughts and my paths.  I humbly pray this in the HOLY name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay faithfully JESUS Blessed today!

MY sheep know MY voice!

Dearest CHRIST followers, we need to build our relationship with JESUS to such an extent that we know HIS voice.

When we are in a living relationship with JESUS we know HIM and HE will lead us.

JESUS gives us eternal life and we shall never perish when we are in HIM. 

In the verse above, JESUS tells us that no one can snatch us out of HIS HAND if we have accepted JESUS as our LORD and SAVIOUR.

This is a wonderful assurance of our salvation!

Prayer: ABBA FATHER, I thank YOU that JESUS is my LORD and my SAVIOUR.  FATHER help me to know YOUR voice so that I may always follow YOU only.

I humbly pray this in the HOLY Name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay faithfully JESUS Blessed today!

In all things GOD works for the good of those who love HIM!

 Dearest CHRIST followers we need to trust all our plans to GOD.  It is no good rushing into things and then when the wheels fall off, praying to GOD to help us.

We need to go to GOD first about everything.  If it is the Will of GOD, GOD will help us.  If not, we are going to find roadblock after roadblock

The real issue is that we lean on our own understanding and do not trust in GOD to direct our steps. 

Today let us resolve that we are going to take everything to GOD in prayer, before we start anything.

Prayer: ABBA FATHER, I humbly pray that YOU direct my paths.  Show me YOUR will for my life.  I humbly pray this in the HOLY name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay prayerfully JESUS Blessed today!

Our CREATOR FATHER!

 Dearest CHRIST followers, the Heavens declare the Glory of our FATHER.  The earth shouts out that a divine CREATOR made it.

We are unable to make a planet or a sun or a moon.  We are unable to make the sea or the tides.

Our FATHER made it all and gave it all to us to show HIS glory.

Therefore, there is no trouble too big for our FATHER to deal with.  As the Psalmist wrote "lift up our eyes to the hills, from where our help will come.  Our help comes from the LORD who made all of this."

We serve a Mighty, Gracious, loving, merciful FATHER.  Nothing is impossible for HIM.

No problem is too great or too small.  

Let us revere our FATHER and give HIM all the glory today!

Prayer: ABBA FATHER, I humbly thank YOU for YOUR creation and that I am so privileged to live in it.  FATHER, I thank YOU that I can rely on YOU for all my help.  I humbly thank YOU in the HOLY name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay gratefully JESUS Blessed today!

Bless Israel!

Dearest Christ followers, Israel is GOD's chosen nation out of which our MESSIAH was born.

Therefore, the LORD says, "I will bless those who bless Israel, and I will curse those who curse Israel".  (Genesis 12:3).

Today let us pray for Israel.  This is in obedience to the Word of GOD.

We do not have to agree with everything Israel does, but we do need to obey our FATHER in Heaven.

Today, as the people of Israel mourn the events of October 7th, let us stand with them in our hearts and our prays.  Let us be obedient to our FATHER.  HE sent HIS Son through the line of King David, the second king of Israel.  Our SAVIOUR was born of the tribe of Judah the lineage of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.  

Without our SAVIOUR, we would have no hope of eternity with our FATHER in Heaven.

Prayer: ABBA FATHER, I humbly pray that YOU soothe the hearts of all who mourn the events of last October today.  I pray that YOU give them YOUR peace which surpasses all understanding.  I humbly pray this in the HOLY Name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay peacefully JESUS Blessed today!

A blameless man died for me!

Dearest CHRIST followers, JESUS lived a completely sinless and blameless life.  HE was tempted but never gave in to sin.

Imagine if we could watch a replay of our messy, sinful lives?  How would we feel if that video went viral?

And yet, JESUS came to this earth to free us from that awful sinful state in which we have lived!

Imagine if we had to be punished for our sins.  How much punishment would we have to bear to make atonement for all the sins?

We do not have to do that.  All we have to do is to recognize that we are sinners.  Then we need to repent, believe and be saved.  No works, no atonement, no punishment.

Thank YOU, JESUS!  Thank YOU that YOU love me so much that YOU died and paid for my sins.  I thank YOU and I love YOU.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I thank YOU that YOU love me and that I can be saved from eternal punishment through my faith in what JESUS did for me on the Cross of Calvary.  I humbly thank YOU in the HOLY name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay gratefully JESUS Blessed today!

Restore people gently!

 Dearest Christ followers, we need to remember that we have all sinned.  There is no one righteous on earth.  All have sinned and have fallen short of the Glory of GOD.

When we find someone sinning, we need to restore them gently.  At the same time, we need to watch the manner in which we do this.  We can be tempted to sin as well. 

Everything we do needs to be done in love, shining the light of JESUS into this ever darkening world.

Today, let us resolve to remember that we are all sinners, saved only the Grace of GOD and the redemptive blood shed by our SAVIOUR for us on that CROSS of Calvary.

Prayer: ABBA FATHER, I humbly pray that YOU show me how to be far more gentle and loving in my approach to others.  I humbly pray this in the HOLY name of JESUS CHRIST.   Amen.

Stay humbly JESUS Blessed today!

Walk in the SPIRIT!

Dearest CHRIST followers, we are blessed to have the HOLY SPIRIT come and dwell in us when we believe in JESUS as our REDEEMER.

Therefore, if we are living in the SPIRIT, let us also walk in the SPIRIT.

What we need to do is to shine the light of the world, JESUS, in the world.  We do that by having the HOLY SPIRIT work in our lives.

The fruit of the HOLY SPIRIT are love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.  

As this world grows further and further away from our FATHER in Heaven, let us ask our FATHER to fill us anew with HIS HOLY SPIRIT and then we need to do our part and let the HOLY SPIRIT work in us to produce the fruit.

This is not easy, but with regular communing with our FATHER and petitioning HIM daily to fill us up again, we can start to let the HOLY SPIRIT do HIS work in us. 

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I humbly thank YOU for my REDEEMER, JESUS CHRIST.  FATHER, I pray that YOU would fill me anew with YOUR HOLY SPIRIT and let the HOLY SPIRIT work in my life to give me the fruits of love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control that only YOU can give to me.  I humbly pray this in the HOLY name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay faithfully JESUS Blessed today!

Blessed are the pure in heart!

 Dearest CHRIST followers, the above was said by JESUS when HE was teaching on the Mount of Olives.

The question we need to ask ourselves is, how pure are our hearts?

We need to remember that GOD knows every thought we ever had or will have.  And it goes to the purity of our hearts.

The only way to have a pure heart is to be like JESUS.  This means that we need to start to act in way that JESUS would have done, had HE been us.  

Therefore, we need to take every thought captive and not only that, we need to purify our hearts.  We need to get rid of strife, malice, envy, hatred, rage and fill our hearts with kindness, love, compassion, mercy, kindness, joy and gladness.

This, I fear, is much easier said than done.

But we can start off today and get rid of bad thoughts, hatred, anger and malice. 

Let us resolve to purify our hearts, one small step at a time, but doing a little bit every day.

PRAYER: ABBA FATHER, I thank YOU for YOUR grace and favour.  FATHER, I humbly pray that YOU help me to purify my heart to become more like JESUS.  I humbly pray this in the HOLY name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay graciously JESUS Blessed today.

Wisdom

 Dearest CHRIST follower, we can have wisdom if we will ask GOD for it.  Wisdom is a free gift given by GOD to all who will ask for it sincerely.

Wisdom helps us to discern good from evil.  It helps us to have discernment, and wisdom instructs us when we are making decisions.

All we have to do is use the wisdom that GOD gives us.

In all our planning and endeavors the wisest thing we can do is to ask GOD.  And then wait on our FATHER to show us the way.

Today let us earnestly ask GOD to give us wisdom.  It is a wise thing to do.

Prayer: ABBA FATHER, I thank YOU that YOU give us such good gifts.  I thank YOU for all that YOU are and all that YOU have done for me.  FATHER, today, I humbly pray that YOU give me wisdom.  I thank YOU in the HOLY Name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay wisely JESUS Blessed today!

Sin starts with our thoughts!

 Dearest CHRIST followers, we need to control what we think.  Sin is born from thoughts.

When we start to monitor what we read, what we watch and what we hear, we start to realize that sin is born in our thoughts.

We wrestle not against flesh and blood but principalities and powers.

The devil knows how to twist the truth so that we start thinking and then start believing that what we are doing is "not so bad".

Then when our thoughts have taken hold of our hearts, they give birth to sin.

As CHRIST followers, we need to take every thought captive and make it obedient to JESUS.

Prayer:  ABBA FATHER, I humbly pray that YOU fill me anew with YOUR HOLY SPIRIT.  FATHER help me to take all my thoughts captive through the conviction of the HOLY SPIRT and to make them obedient to JESUS.  I humbly pray this in the HOLY name of JESUS CHRIST.  Amen.

Stay obediently JESUS Blessed today!