God is always with us.

Psalm 145:8 “The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.”

Our God is gracious and truly compassionate.  Often when we see the trials and tribulations of everyday life, we find ourselves questioning “Where was God in this?”  We need to know that God is always with us.  God wants the very best for all of us and He does not want to see any one of us suffer.

God, in His infinite wisdom, gave us all free will.  We can do anything we want and therein lies the problem. Everyone has free will and sometimes they use theirs in a bad way or sometimes we make bad decisions. 

When we have to deal with problems, we need to remember that the Holy Spirit lives within each one of us when we ask God to fill us with it.  Jesus is always near and He loves each one of us and He holds us in the palm of His hand. 

We are not alone! We have God through it all.

Prayer:   Heavenly Father today I thank you that You are with me in everything I think say and do.  I thank you for Your Holy Spirit that fills me up and I thank you for Jesus being with me.  I ask today Father that you remain with me in everything I do. I ask this in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Stay Blessed. 

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Trust in God fully

Psalm 4:6 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. ⁷ And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

God will provide for us if we ask.  The Bible contains many passages which talk about this. Our faith needs to be strong as we come to rely on God for all our needs.  We need to let go of our own dependence and learn to lean on God.

Jesus said that if we had faith as small as a mustard seed we could move mountains.  God can move the earth if He desires.  He can move the universe.  How much more can He do for us if we truly have faith that He is our provider.

Prayer:   Ancient of Days, my Creator and my Father God.  Today let my faith be strong enough to know that You can and You will proved for me if I am just faithfully enough to believe that You will.  I ask this in the name of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.  Amen.

Stay Blessed

Wonderful God

Psalm 93:3 “For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods.”

Our God is an awesome God.  We are so privileged to be able to call Him Our Father.  As the summer heat comes along and the birds are making their nests, the buds on the trees are unfurling and the rains are expected, it is a good time to reflect on the wonder of this marvelous creation that we call our earth.

God is everywhere and He is watching over our going out and our coming in.  He is in charge of everything down to the smallest detail.  Every single day we need to pray and thank God for this world and for our lives.

Prayer:   Heavenly Father, today I thank you that you are indeed my Creator.  I thank you for this life that you have given me to live Father and I thank you for the beauty of this world.  I thank you that sent your only son Jesus to live on this world and to die and to rise up into Heaven, so that I might have eternal life with you.  I thank you Holy Father. Amen

Stay Blessed.

Not all who call on the name of the Lord will enter the Kingdom of Heaven

Matthew 7:21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.”

As Christians, we are called to do the will of God.  In order to do the will of God we need to know who God is and we need to listen for His voice.  We do this by reading the Bible and praying in earnest to God.

Let us today make time to read the scriptures.  Let us make a concerted effort to subscribe to a daily devotional and then let us pray often.  Take everything to God in prayer and then listen and watch as God shows us which way He wants us to take.

 

Prayer:   Heavenly Father, today I pray that You show me how to live a righteous life.  Show me Your word and help me to hear Your voice. Forgive my sins as I forgive those who sin against me and give me my daily bread.  I ask this humbly in the name of my Lord and Saviour Christ Jesus. Amen.

Stay Blessed. 

Listen to the word of God

Psalm 33:4 “For the word of the LORD is right and true; he is faithful in all he does.”

In all that we do every day, we need to know that the word of the Lord is right and it is true. For that reason it is necessary to read our bibles every day so that we know the word of God.  It is also necessary for us to listen to the word of God and to be obedient to it.

As we go about our daily business today, let us ask God to guide us and show us His perfect way.  Let us be obedient to His word.   

Prayer:   Heavenly Father, today I pray that You show me how to live a righteous life.  Show me Your word and help me to hear Your voice.  I ask this humbly in the name of my Lord and Saviour Christ Jesus . Amen

Stay Blessed. 

Crucified with Christ

Galatians 2: 20 "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”

Jesus loved us so much that he died on a cross for each and every one of us. We need to love Him too and the way that we can do that is to be like him.  In our dealings with the world, we really need to ask ourselves “What would Jesus do?”

This way of thinking leads to us loving our neighbours as ourselves, but it also shows Jesus and our Father in heaven that we love them too. It also helps us to be kind and loving.

God loves us and wants us to be with Him and He wants Jesus to be alive in each one of us.

Today let us be children of the Living God.

Prayer:   Heavenly Father, I thank you for the wonderful gift of grace that you gave me in the life of Your loving Son Jesus.  Today Yahweh, let me be more like Jesus.  Let me show people that I truly am a child of God.  I pray this in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Stay Blessed.

Jesus the Bread of Life

John 6: 35 "Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.”

Jesus is our Saviour.  When we believe that He is the Son of God, our creator and we understand that without Him we will surely die, then we begin to understand that indeed without Him we will “starve” to death.

When we live our lives in the fullness of the knowledge of Jesus it becomes a life worth living. We are then assured that one day when we die to this earth, we too will be born into Heaven and be reunited with our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

So let us today make sure that we “eat” of the bread of life and know that we are saved.

Prayer:   Gracious Father in Heaven, thank you that gave us Your Son Jesus Christ so that we might live and have eternal life.  Thank you that You are a gracious, loving and forgiving God.  Father today be with us and give us your peace.  We pray this in the name of our Lord and Saviour Christ Jesus.

Stay Blessed. 

Let us remain in God

John 14: 6"I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

Sometimes even though we are in a new season, everything in our lives suddenly changes.  We lose someone we love very dear to us, or we lose our way in Christ and our lives are different to the way they were.

It is always comforting to know that we are not alone.  Jesus is with us in everything we do.  God listens to our prayers even when we think He does not.  

In the uncertain times, we need to draw near to the one constant, the one thing that never changes, the Love of our Father in Heaven for us.  He loved us so much that He sent His only begotten Son to live on earth, to die, to be raised from the dead and to ascend into Heaven so that we might have eternal life with Him.

Prayer:   Heavenly Father, I thank you today that you are constantly there for me.  I thank you that all I need to do is to pray to You and You are there listening to me.  I thank you Father, that You have given me Your abounding Grace.  I thank you Father in the name of my redeemer, Jesus Christ.

Stay Blessed.

A season of hope

Song of Solomon 2:11 “For behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.”

As we feel the warmth of the first days of spring and we see the buds opening, we know that soon the rains will come.  All the seasons are God’s wonderful creation.  Without the cold of winter, the wheat will not harden and without spring rains the crops will not survive.  Without the summer heat, we cannot hope to reap. 

We need to tell people the good news about our Creator, God.  We need to know that God created all of this so that we could thrive on this earth so perfectly created by Him. 

We need to care take the earth and all its inhabitants. That is our purpose on earth.  To give glory to God and to spread the word that God is great and His grace is amazing.  God sent his only Son to die for us to save us so that we could spend eternity with Him.  

Prayer:   O Ancient of days, our Father in Heaven.  We thank you Father that you have created such a perfect world for us to live in.  We thank you for the seasons and we thank you for our lives.  We pray today Father that through our words and our actions, we are able to spread the news that Your Grace is immense and that everyone who calls on the name of Jesus and believes that He is Your son will be saved.  We pray this in Jesus Name. Amen.

Stay Blessed.

A new season of hope in God.

Matthew 24:32 “From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near.”

We are made in the image of God and therefore as God made the seasons, so he made us in His image to enjoy them. Spring is a time of hope, a time of new beginnings and a time to bear fruit.

Let us today start a new walk with our Creator. Let us determine to read His word every day and let us bear the fruits of the spirit who lives within each one of us.

Go out with joy today and spread the good news that God loves us. He wants all of us to be with Him in our eternal lives and because of that wonderful grace, we need to share our blessings with others.

Prayer: Wonderful Almighty God. As I look upon the new buds of spring today, please give me opportunities to share Your word with others. Please show me how to be a blessing in Your Name. Thank you Father that you made the seasons and thank you that You made me. Amen

Stay Blessed.